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these things," said Lee, "is to count noses Sunday and thereafter. "Don't forget we left the entire matter to President "Wilson last August and agreed to abide by his proposals then. The railroads re fused to accept his recommendations to settle the question then. I have since publicly proposed to leave the entire controversy to President Wil son to personally say whether we should have the. eight-hour day in freight and yard service without re duction of present daily rates. The railroads seemingly prefer a strike, rather than abide by President Wil son's suggested methods of settle ments. "Who is disloyal to the govern ment." "The railway managers cannot get it into their heads that this strike is real and apparently they will not be lieve it until they wake up Sunday morning and find their trains stop ped," he said. Washington. Pres. Wilson will act on suggestion by the railway brotherhoods or managers that he mediate in the strike, if such sugges tions reach him This can be stated on the highest authority. Washington. Officials here are amazed at methods certain newspa pers are using apparently to discred it the contemplated strike by print ing news stories which declare, that Pres. Wilson is opposed to the pres ent actions of the brotherhoods. By telegraph it was learned here today that today's issue of the Chi cago Daily Tribune a bitter anti administration paper carried a 1 first-page heavily displayed story of which the head read: "Don't Strike on Eve of War, Wilson to Ask Will Appeal to Patriotism of Unions to Avert Tie-Up Now." This, in the opinion of some offi cials, is an unwarranted piece of news-faking in an attempt to arouse public' gen'tinient antagonistic to the railroad brotherhoods, for, they say, the president does not appear to have said that he would ask the brother hoods to cease their demand for im mediate recognition of the eight-hour day or to postpone the strike. New York. Pres. Wilson today stands as only buffer between people and impact of greatest strike nation ever has known. Representatives of "Big Four" railway brotherhoods have declared that unless railways consent to their eight-hour day demands by 7 o'clock tomorrow evening the progressive strike designed to tie up country's roads will be set into motion. Hope exists here that Pres. Wilson will act today. Brotherhood chiefs and managers' committee remained in New York, 'each side hopeful that he would call sonie of them to the capital. The nation already had begun to feel effects of order early today. Drastic embargoes were being placed on freight shipments. Food speculators were reported active. Effect of strike on city's food sup ply was matter of grave speculation. In some quarters it was declared that five days at most would see city in near-famine conditions. Washington. "Railroad strike at this time, with food so scarce, is an unspeakable calamity' said Jos. P. Griffin, president Chicago Board of Trade. St Louis. Packing houses here have enough meat in storage to sup ply St. Louis and adjoining cities for two weeks. QUERY FOREIGN GOVEkNMENTS ON STATUS OF ARMED SHIPS Washington, March 16. Because some foreign governments are in clined to object to harboring armed American merchantmen this1 gov ernment has inquired of the Euro-: pean nations whether they would agree to admit the vessels.