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VOL^ 15, NO.
WESUEPORT
Railroad Labor Board Is Ap
pointed by President
Today
More Stock 'Received ,In
Chicago Service Men
Handle Mail
X«v York, April1 13.—Unless
t.lic situation In the New York
district unused, by the unauthor
ized railroad strike is materially
improved within forty-eight
hours, trains may lie manned
with experienced volunteers, J. J. v,.
Mantellv spokesman for the Geu-_
cral Jlauasen' association, an
nounced today after n. meeting of
the organization.
day by President Wilson
The members are:
Representing the public: Geo. W.
Hangar. Washington, D. C. Henry
Hunt, Cincinnati R. M. Barton, Ten
nessee.
ImprovmioM,
aiid Northern Pacific sv^rtwn
yardmen at Spokane arranged a meet- W^nt Names,
Tl'aa
From the Ohio river west to the
Coast—The brotherhood leaders said
the strike was "burning out."
Brotherhood and railroad officials
awaited with much interest the ex
pectod announcement by Attorney.
General Palmer of the government's
policy toward the strike.
In Chicago, where the strike started
two weeks ago with a Walkout of
EDITION
==J'.? ,.• north Dakota's!
Central, where 200 shopmen walk
ad
but and a further menace was Pre
sented in reports -that shopmen were
laying plans for a city-wide walkout
from the railroad shops on Thursday.
The Columbus yardmen's union
voted to call out all switching drews
engaged to handle passenger traffic.
No change in the situation tit To
ledo was. reported and a number of
1 to
factories planned
4
.Washington, 'April 13.—The rail
road labclt''board was appointed to- had been unaffected previously, food
Representing the railroads: Hprace
Baker J. H.\ Elliott -and William X,.
IJlark.
Representing the1 employes: Al
bert Phillips. A, C. Wharton and
James J. Forrester.
West—Vastly better. I Vote Aoalnst Strike.
Chicago—Much improved. Pittsburg" Pk^Aoril l3 —Mem
TcJL™4~l7aSUy
W°rSe'
Particulw,y
More Freight Moved. '.
Railroad officials estimated 25 per
Only about 25 per cent of Chicago's
normal coal supply is being received
but railroads announced that i'f the
fuel situation becomes serious coal
shipments will be given preference 'i.-
At Gary. Ind-. thotisands of steel 'th
reisentatives.<p></p>TSSAGAR"*
workers were idle and last night dor that the French would evacuate
f/»hsUhnofta^
CUt
°a
a reSUlt
2^^°, De« Moines, Iowa.—Earl Caddock
present demands to the compaay rep-
410
sued by officers of the Switchmen'?
Union of North America cominanding.
Collinwo^d ,«h'
close today.
The strike
1'spread
to Cincinnati
when switchmen on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad went on strike last
night.
A. gas shortage was feared by of
ficials at Indianapolis as the result of
cutting off of fuel shipments.
At Terre Haute, /Ind., 500 switch
men on the various roads voted to
join tho insurgents.
No Break Indicated.
New York. April 13.—New York
was still in the grip of the outlaw
railway strike today and there were
no surface indications of a, general
break in the ranks of the strikers.
,. Officials of the various roads in
voHved redoubled their efforts to
maintain service and they were
cheered by announcements that, mili
tary engineers, college students and
citizens in several communities had
volunteered to fill the strikers places.
The offers will be accepted in some
cases, especially where the volunteers Plata, Missouri,
have had previous railroading experi
ence the officials said.
While gains were made by the
strikers yesterday notably in stop
ping the 'suburban service of the Cen
tral railway of New Jersey,. which
trains reached, the city in such num
ber as to relieve the anxieties of
health officials. The milk .trains were
not interfered with to arty marked
extent, and it wag stated that the city
has la supply on hand for 48 hours,
not taking into consideration, today's
expected shipments.
Passenger Service Continues.
The New York Central road,
despite a number of small strikes,
The board will be authorized to I
Ttrn-i,i_^,4_j. ___ lairA1 normal p&sssosGr»scrvicct The rosd
Iln nf th vnHroaH
i„»»,*..«»°ved
4,so
up the grievances or the railroad em- u—i
ployea now on strike. The nomina- ti» ep.!lmi„™?"
tions went to the senate at noon to-:
day and prompt action by that body ™fd suburban service was about
is expetced.
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west, with conditions, according to their efforts to induce "outlaws" to
railroad brotherhood leaders and rail- return to work.
way officials, in tho remainder of the' Among the officials in this city
country pointing toward a return if were Timothy Shea, vice president of
sands of workers were threatened neers, and S. C. Cowan, representing
with enforced idleness unless the the Order of. Railway Conductors,
situation quickly changed. Plans for their campaign wire out-
At Jersey City armed soldiers with lined at a conference last' night call
army motor trucks were called in to ed 'by John G. Walker, secretary of
liandle nia.il halted by the strike. information of eastern railroads, "who
Freph difficulties were en^ountered can^ 'ere
Everett, Wash., walked but' 'mid-
night last ,night add Northern "Pacmc
considerable freight. All
per cent normal
tMs morn-
Chicago, April 13.—Main strength Officials of the "Big Four" broth
of'the striking railroad workers today erhoods who professed to see their tives. and make'an effort to regain Ills
was exerted in the section east of organizations ia danger as 4tfe result strength._ He remained at Kansas
Pittsburgh arid in the Pacific north- of the unauthorized strike, continued City the latter part of February
normal. Around New York passenger, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- ®overed sufflcientljr to return here,
service was hard hit and in the Penn- men L. G. Grlffing, representing the S,°*?veo' andv «e remained until
sylvania steel and iron regions thou- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
frojn
by the railroads at the Pacific -north-. purpose -y- ,
t, although reports frorn vaflous
ing today to decide on' future action, Washington, April 13.—The Penn
Yard employes of the Oregon, Wash- sylvania and New York Central rail
ington Railroad and Navigation com- roSwi* were asked today by the de
pany and the Chicago, Milwaukee, and partment of justicc to send the names the city incinerator was established
St.|Paul in that district awaited action of all their striking employes and to and put into'wmting order, and' tie
by the Northern Pacific men. Officials indicate who of them were leaders in was actively identified with all move
at Los Angeles were confronted with the walkout. ments here concerniiig sanitation "ahd
the refusal of Southern Pacific engi- The Pennsylvania and New York the public health.
neers and firemen to man trains made Central railroad officials flatly refused .T".
up by "loyal" merpbers of the to discuss the meaning of the mes- wrn in jveniucay. ,,
brotherhoods hired to replace strikers, sages, Or to indicate whether similar Dr. Sanders was born in Kentucky
The Situation Ttidav requests would go forward to the ex- December 5 ,1860. His father Ma an
.. .v .'. 'Orititives of
As epitomized by the. brotherhood atlons
leaders today the entire situation was":
#bere
New York. .. Trainmen .on the Pennsylvania rail-
immediately ,tornado at llelrose, Texns, says the
•ft. Predict Earir End. .1 G^lverton News.
j'- National, brotherhood, .offlclato .,
joined today in predicting An early ^London. Dowager Viscountess
end to strikes throughout the country. Wolesey, widow of the famous field
but John Grunau, head of thea. in-v marshal, and a:brilliant'spciety leader,
surgent union, maintained his claims "died.
that the strikers' forces remained in
tact and would.not yield. Guatemala CltfT—Heavy casualties
A break came in the strike at St. are believed to have resulted fram the
Louis when 824 switchmeh employed •revolutionary bombardpient. new
by the Missouri Pacific voted to re
turn to woric today. Switchmen,
trainmen and other employes of two
roads' at Syracuse a]fiO voted tf go
back t° work todayT«and strikers at
Pueblo,: Colo. Musk6gee, Okla. Sagi
naw, Mich. Battle Creek, Mich. Day
ton, Ohio, and severa) other points
decided to end tJievWalkoyt.
'Freight trafflc.contlnued badly1 im
paired' at -Kanaaaf City an# railroad,
officials
Railroad
optlihlstic
declared Passenger ufrlns were .'cipfer
.atipijg cin echedule altbough fratght re
.^alned at a staJnd^U.
»In Detrpit the'feffect of the strike
became m9« .serious "4nd appfoxlr
mately 60,000. fab|«ry workers were
idle1 with' estimates ttfat it.ooov
workers Jh other Mlchi*aii cities
thrown. *ut -ot Work. -Detroit
llghtie* lkit' hight
)At ClevsJlutd
of Brothe^ioodj of RaUway
road, east and west of Pittsburgh,
voted this morning against joining the
a An ana .A odtt I
.. ... .,-npjriihated today to be a member of
switchmen on the Chicago, MUwaukee/the tariff commission.
and'St. Paul road, conditions were'
sufficiently improved today to permit
lifting by several railroads of cmr
bargoes placed a week ago.
strike of Carmen. An official "an-
cent more freight was^noved at Chi- view and agreement to evacuate oc
tago yesterday than on any other day cupied German toxins by the French
since the strike started. ,'
The Illinois Central- railroad -re-,«'£»tement.
ported freight traffic at Chicago was^~^
moving eight per cent of normal. The
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railroad had 114 switch engine crews
and reported nearly normal.
At the Chicago stockyards -246
cars of 'live stoqk were received yes-,
terday at the largest volume" since .the
inception of the strike, and 10,000
.stockyards and packing house eni-'
ploycs returned to work. Approxi
mately 35,000 of these workers still
are idle.
BURTON NOMINATED.
Washington. April 13.—Former
Senator Theodore Burton of Ohio was
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
-r-—^—•
London.—Acceptance of the British
was intimated in an authoritative
WELS
intlmi
Washington.—The senate voted, 37
to 9,- to retain voluntary universal
military training, in the army .reor
ganization bill.
Washington.—President Wilson will
not. spend the summer at Wood's
"Hole. Investigation of its facilities
proved it unacceptable, it was .an
nounced. No other summer White
JSouse has yet been selected.
Winder, Ont.—Jimmy Wilde. Brit
ish flyweight champion, outfought
Zulu Kia of Brooklyn'in ten rounds.
Parta.~Premier_^liilerand assured
Earl of Derby Erit
Services Will Be Held Wed
nesday At LaPlata, Mo.,
His Old Home..
Had Been Active Citizen
During^ 20 Years Rest
dence In Grand Forks.
Dr. Orr Sanders, aged 59, for many
years a resident of .Gr.and Forks, died
at 10 o'clock, Monday night in Minne
apolis, according to word received
Dr. Sanders had for some years
been afflicted with heart trouble,,
which reached a serious stage earlyi
last fall, forcing- him to take a rest
of several .months. Turning his prac
tice in osteopathy over to Dr. E. O.
Nimlos of Kansas City, who had be
come a partner in the firm. Dr. Sand
ers, accompanied by his wife, left
early in December for the Twin
Cities and Kansas City to visit rela-
and while en. route home stopped in
St. 'Paul to~ visit- his -brother. .There
he contracted influenaa and was seft-
OU8,y
Kaa
Washington for that
several instances efforts of the
addVess
5?
ills Wrlk.ri «.r
with
h^ts, and -J^ers
for three weeks. He re-
,, Sunday, caving then for Min
neapolis.
Actitc Citizen.
Dr. Sandera had for nearly twenty
years been a resident of Grand Forks
and during th&t" time, in a quiett' way,
had been-a folrceful influence in the
foor ysitii as. presi4ent:Qf .the board
6f health".- He was particularly inter
ested- in ]iublic 4i«ia|tli'«rptfc and. dur
ing. his. affifiktion with "the citjKB6*rd
of hcialth iwliited lit putting into op*»r
ation^ a-number of^measurfes foiv- the
benefit of the. city. While Dr. Bind
ers was serving- oh the* health 4rtar®-
other railfoatf corpor- officer in the Confederate army., and,
was killed dUring' the Ctvil w^^lsav-i
•ing his wife'and six children "Orr
ish amba^a-
4 German riUes simultaneously ^nd
MitinM .*„•„ that conditions (existing when Franco
woukb.
WJJn Ja flnie
R,N™'
Another ordef was
wrestling match from
Wladek Zbynko in-two straight folia.
jipardnhi
governitaeite has forQied.',i
Berlin.—i'andemonlum reigned on
the Bourse.- Blocks or stopk. were
dumped oq the niarket' with no buy
ers, due to the compulsory 'tmitfer
of foreign securities in Gerihany, un
dpr th? terms of tne peace-treaty.
', —. -V
Daytona, Fla.-^Gene Walter broke
the world's mile record'v for. ipotor
'oycle, covering the distance In 31:72
second?, i,'
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Mmt*tpote: flalrt '-alib|ibr.
wanmcri' tmii|bt Wedaeadir In
«r||ll warmojr
tAnlgfeiiwai
Hi" mmtlriiumoVi-
v%net
Sanders being the eldest of .the fatii
ily. The widow, with- her-- children.
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ers.
It
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It May Be Necessary To Prim The Pump
of his uncle, E. C. D. Shortridge, who
served as governor of North Dakota
during 1893-94. It was while at Bis
marck that he met Miss Mae Dickin
son of New York and they were mar
ried on November 25, 1896.
After their marriage they resided
for a time at Bismarck and. at Min
neapolis, going from the latter place
to Kirkville, Missouri,' to' take a
course in osteopathy. After finishing
their course. Doctors'Orr and Mae
Sanders came to Grand Forks. Dr.
E. O. Nimlos recently purchased their
practice arid since last "fall has been
in charge
Surviving Dr. Sanders are his
widow, one sister, Mrs. R. J. Thrasher
of Kansas City, MO., and two brothers,
one residing in California and the
other, S. Sanders of St.- Paul.
Dr. Sanders Was a member of the
Grand Forks lodge of Elk,s and of
Acacia lodge
A.<p></p>SHERIFF
here this morning. The body will be Parwc D«nir Drcnarwl Tft
taken to his boyhood home at Lajr aP®rs
mood
for bi
ere on
burial, interment
to:take place there on Wednesday?
Death followed a general break
down, following an attack of influenza
which Dr. Sanders suffered about six
weeks ago, and from which he failed
to- rally. Accompanied by his wife.
Dr. Mae Sanders, "he went to Minne
apolis on April 4 for the purpdse of
taking a rest and medical treatment,
and he, had since been a patient at
Ausbury hospital, where his death
took place on Monday night. Dr. Mae
Sanders and a brother of the de
ceased, G. S. Sanders of SL Paul, were
present When. death occurred, and
they will accompany the body to La
Plata.
Webb, sheriff of Crawford* county' are
being prepared today by attorneys
for the court of industrial relations
for filing in the Kansas supreme
court.
The witness said.he had. noti
"Well it is 520 per cent per year,"
the judge said.
went overland to LaPlata not long sald-'that only four steam shovels were
after the close of the war, and the working. No deep mines were work
family lived there for many yoars. ing.
While a very young man, Dr/ Sand- TJjtie report shows that not
COAL INDUSTRY IN
KANSAS IS ALMOST
COMPLETELY TIED UP
Pittsburgh, Kans.,' April 13.—Al
most complete paralysis pf Kansas
coal' Industry is reported today. The
announcement at the-headquarters of
tKaTcoal operators as to operations
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CONDITIONS IN EAST GROW MUCH WORSE
F.' and'
A.<p></p>MAY
M.
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LOSE POSITION
Being Freparea AO
Oust Sheriff Who Let
Howat Speak.
Titt«hi.r*h Van Anrii u_p». The premier spoke strongly against
Mi. in I'.'u r-'
The sheriff was accuspd of miscon
duct in office by permitting Alexan
der Howat,- president of the Kansas
miner's and a prisoner in the coiinty
jail, to deliver a speech to a crowd
of mlndk*s at Girard yesterday.
When the- names of1 twenty-five
miners' union oflfcials and miners,
ordered by Judge Andrew J. Curran
yesterday to." appear before the in
dustrial court to testify1 concerning
conditions in the mining field, were
called in court this hiorning, only
two men responded/ They were
Tony. Ruper, a white miner, and
Thomas Murdock, a oolored miner.
Judge Curran. in close touch with
the proceedings, instructed W K.
Peyton, marshal' of.. the industrial
court, to call the roll- from the steps
of the court house. There was no re
sponse. Steps were Immediately tak
en for contempt, proceedings and the
arrest of the men who refused to
obey., the qrder to. appear will begin
this afternoon.
Judge W. L. Huggins, presiding
judge of the industrial' court, featur
ed the session of the court this
morning with a searching examina
tion into the' methods of coal com
paniea of .advancing money ahead of
IMWfAy to coal ?hlnf^, and charging
the
action
Afc flflfclai pf i, leading
coal -company was.pn the.stand.
Judge HUgg*nt| §(iked the witness
"Ha,ve you figured !but thfe ier cent
of Interest computed the yeaJp you
charge these miners?" ..
with his brother, G. S. Sahdprs, thaifi 200 miners out of the more than ried on here and at Victoria, B. C„ within the next week. ..
nouncement said the vote was "prac- and a cousin, Emmett Orf, -came, to l2,lf|0vin the district are at work. No are successful, officials of .the provin- all of these engagements. The gen
tically unanimous." North Dakota and "established a fur- strike has been .called and the men clal forestry department said, wire- eral now is on a two months' leave
niture store, at Larimore. Later they are'refraining from work on their less telephones will probably be in- which was granted him by the war
disposed 'of this business and Dr. own account, so far as the records stalled as a part of
Sanders became the private secretat-y show. lumbia forest fire protection serylce. .for Chicago at 4:45 p. :m.
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NEWSPAPER
GRAND-PORKS,' N. .Dm, TUESDAY, APjffL 13, 1920. MtlCE FIVE CENTS. 'jC
FRENCH ACTS
DENOUNCED BY
THE_GERMANS
National Assembly Is Re
opened Today British
Officials Present
Berlin,-April 12.—(By' the Asso
ciated Press)—-The national assembly
reopened''' today with Lord Kilmar^
nock, the British charge d'affaires
and other diplomatic representatives
present.. The proceedings began with
a strong protest from President Feh
renbach against the Allied commis
sion in'preventing the upper Silesian
deputies from attending the Assem
bly. Herr Fehrenbach denounced the
Entente for this "encroachement on
the rights of the German people's
representatives."
Premier Mueller then read his
speech, the delivfery of which required
90 minutes. At the outset it em
phatically echoed Herr Fahrenbach's
protest.
Denounces French Action,
of the French in the Rhine
region, saying "Senegalese are quar
tered in Frankfort and arc guarding
Goethe's house." Then reviewing the
events in 'the Ruhr region, he said
that in the confusion following the
Kapp uprising the Ruhr workers
were unable to recognize whether
they were faced by loyal or disloyal
troops.
"This atmosphere of distrust," he
added.' "was exploited by communist
wire pullers, and instead of an im
pressive workers' movement there
gradually came into existence a "red"
army.
"The organized workers," Herr
Mueller said, returned to the mines
and factories, but the deluded cham
pions-of soviet, dictatorships remained
in arms and were joined by the rab
ble of the Ruhr area, whose only de
sire was t'o exploit lawlessness. This
was the situation when the Germa'n
government gave nermission to the
troops to march Into the neutral
zone, where almost the entire pop
ulation was. crying for relief from
terrorism.
Broke Treaty. Charge.
"We raised against France the ac
cusation that she has broken the Ver
sailles treaty and discredited the
League of Nations before it has come
into operation. She acted without
the sanction of the other signatories,
without any justification'arid'in di
rect contradiction of'the final proto
col of last December, which expressly
at
rf'tiotiiirja*??*'
EXPERIMENTS SUCCESSFUL.
Vancouver. B. C., April 13.—Wire-
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The premier contended that I'watchnijrV-tfi«.: itrikfe^ developments
premier contended that!,watching^
more less telephone experiments being car- 'island, Delaware and
1
By MORRIS
::'the.
France's actions were, not in accord-j closely for several day*. Colonel,
ance with the prescriptions of law. Humphreys, chief of staff left Mon
He repudiated the "assertion that day on a tour of the eastern section
German militarists were behind the of the department In case of gov
Ruhr trouble and maintained that' ernment interference in the railroad
France was unable to escape the strike th^ men who policed Gary
domination of her own generals. during the steel strike are again avail-
Referring to the British premier's: able for duty.
.disapproval of France's action, Herr! .General"Wood made-thfe inhounce
Mueller declared- that it would be fnent at a breakfast tendered him at
childish to imagine that the termlna- the Boston cky club. He said:
tion. of .the Entente was foreshadow-: "The situation of growiA'g "serlous
ed by it. He said the deputies need ness in the country is such that I
ojnly to remember-the recent shipping feel it my duty to give up my leave
negotiations "in which neither France and to return to my post of command
tio'r 'Great Britain showed the slight- in Chicago. The "situation is not one
est. sympathy for Germany's vital in- which allows* personal considerations
terefcts." to enter into the matter in the least."
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Man Who Cast The
Only Prohibition
Vote Is Being Sought
Paris, April 13.—Montmartre, the
lighthearted, is rejoicing in the pos
session of a separate government,
having repudiated all allegiance to
all other administrations in France.
The "free commune of Montmartre,"
as it calls itself, will continue how
ever. to pay taxes to Fratice, being
willing to meet the higher rates to
be voted by parliament..
.Invoking the principle of "self-de
termination of free peoples," Mont
martre held an election on Sunday,
as a result of which Jules de Paquit, a
cartoonist of Ideal renown, was
elected mayor. He received an over
whelming majority of the votes cast
by the painters, sculptors and. poets
who form' the predominant part of
the population. His platform was
termed "highly idealistic" and it cer
tainly had the merit of brevity, being
simply:
"Free beer."
There was only one prohibition
vote cast in the election and a hur
ried search was made for the man
said to have deposited that ballot.
When found he produced a flawless
alibi, being able to prove hei had
been asleep in a rear room of a cafe
until after the polls had closed. The
Immediate arrest of the man'who im
personated this guiltless citzen has
been ordered by the new "mayor."
WMDCANCELS
HIS LEAVE OF
ABSENCE TODAY
Railroad Strike Given. As
Reason for Canceling
Campaign Tour
Boston, April 13.—Major General
Leonard Wood today cancelled the
leave of absence "which -he obtained
to make a campaign for the Repub
lican" nomination -for president and
said he would le^-ve later in/the day
for Chicago. to resume his duties as
commanding general 'of the- central
department. He stated thtCt his acL
tion was due to railroad strike co.
Chicago April '13.'—General Leon
ard Wood's campaign for the presi
dential nomination will not be affect
ed by his r?turn..to army- duties here,
his campaign managers' announced
assures that the-consequences of anyj this mdmlng. -The-general wlll^make
of the. treaty are only tp4toe expiated *uch shortrepeakiitg tojirs^p fce^ can
l'n accordance with the general., torff Without interfering 'With-ih'® duties
'scripUons
'the treaty or 'of i'nterria-I'ar:' centT^r'delSiurtineht-lveadquarteHf.
'"h4w
Tstrikfe developments
It was the intention' of General
Wood to speak in several-, places in
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode'
the British Co- department March .20. He. will leave
E E N IN
E IT I O N
Pennsylvania
•lie, cancelled
TWO AMERICANS ARE
BELIEVED TO BE
IN PERIL IN ASIA
WILSON CALLS
MEETING OF
New York, April 13.—Hugh Belli by Attorney General William Lan
of Grafton, Pa., a worker with the I ger.
American committee for relief in the Senator Welford. apparently be
near east, and James K. Lyman of came annoyed at some of the re
I Wisconsin, an American board mis- marks the attorney general and
sionary, are believed to be in peril in. attempted to reply 'with some sort of
I eastern Asia Minor, where Armenian an insinuation as to Mr. Langer foe
massacres have occurred recently, ing "known by the company he
Beirut and the interior. All other re
lief workers in the Jlarash district
are reported to have reached safety.
Columbus, Ohio. April '13.-—Soft
coal mines in Ohio were nearly all
closed down today because of the
strike and thousands of coal miners
were thrown out of work. A few
mines in some scattered sections were
reported still working, but all of the
big mines were closed because of the
inability of operators to get .cars.
STORIES PUBLISHED
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"General Situation'' Will
Be Discussed, Says Aa
nouncement
Taken To Mean That Strike
Will Occupy Attention
of Officials ,?
Washington, .April 13.—Coincident
with reports today., of the growing
seriousness of the railroad strike.
President Wilson called a meeting of
his cabinet for tomorrow to discuss
the "general situation." It will be
the first time Mr. Wilson has met with
his official family since last August*
~\r, c\
Attorney General Palmer had ex
pected to make a decision today as to
whether the government would inter
vene in the strike. Department of
Justice officials refused to say
whether the cabinet meeting would:
cause postponement of the decision^
Simultaneously with the announce*
ment of the cabinet meeting, the
White House made public the named,
of the members of the new railroad
labor board. The nominations latef
were sent to the senate where prompt
action was looked for as government
officers believe the creation of th€
board which is to consider tho rail
road men's wage demands will go ia
long way, toward relieving the situa^
•tion. 4,-
Want Names of Strikers.
The department of justice today,
sent telegrams to the executive offi
cers of the Pennsylvania and New
York Central railroads asking that
they supply the names of the men on
strike on their lines, indicating the
leaders in the movement.
The purpose of this move was not
disclosed nor would officials saj'
whether other lines affected by tho
strike would be asked for similar re»
ports.
Reports from field agents of the de*.
partment .today said a new union
was being formed among thjjk
strikers in Pittsburgh and ''Chicago.
The organization was Identified as th®
"railroad, workers' union" with tern
porary headquarters in Chicago. De
partment agents at Chicago advised
that John Grunau .had been deposed
a|i head of the Chiqag$. yardmen's as
sociation. B^Forts Were made to tafcfc
the identity of -the n^w -offioenii Who,'
the reports said, were, affiliated with
t^5^her,co«S^i^K0fntth»^^^
ojf federal agents, which Assistant At
torney General Garvan indicated thait
the strike leaders were attempting -to
obtain the co-operation of railroad
shop workers in the walk-out. Propa
ganda urging the shopmen to quit
their jobs has been' circulated in at
least live great railroad centers, the
telegrams from agents
said.<p></p>UNTIKHANDS
WELFORD ROAST
Large Crowd of Farmers
Cheer Attorney General
During Address.
(Special to the Herald.)
Pembina. X. D., April 13.—In the
presence of a crowd of Pembina
county farmers which packed the
city hall here to the Utmost of its ca
I pacity. Senator Walter Welford was
handled without gloves Monday night
They left Adana, for Marash on keeps." The attorney general ae
March 20.«according to a cablegram cepted the challenge and proceeded
received here and since that time!to read off with a wealth of corro
nothing has been heard from them, boraUve detail a list of socialist#
Turks advanced against Armenian ^hose program Mr. Welford had aul
villages north of Adana .ate in March
and cut off communication between
e( #ri(
SOFT COAL MINES
IN OHIO CLOSED
BECAUSE OF STRIKE Guatemala Situation
His department. h« sald^- ls~ watch- jlarera wa« said to have anaour
ing developments here, but haS re- jt^em that th« e«pltal would 'i
ceived instructions from Attorney,ahder siege mtil.Oie insurgents
General Palmfer that «ny. announce- lor
ment ia to come from Washington
Figures copipiled at his 9tlkm. he
ad&ed, show conditlahs .here are m-
(ULLANNOWNATED
F0K PLACE
GHlan^
pltiplffatir
abetted during the recent less-
is!aUve
session.
The crowd which included farm
ers from the entire eastern section of
Pembina county cheered Mr. Langer
to the echo.
The attoYney general left this
morning for Park River, where he is
scheduled to speak tonight.
Pictured As A Trap
Sprang By President
Washington. April IS-—Private
advices received here picture tlfe
situation in Guatemala City as a trap
that bad been sprung by president
J2stradra Cabrera on his- enemies
rather than a rebel victory.
nrvirn ov PI VUC ,the president "to use the army'to, prfe
UCitilCiU DI I n£. vent the entry -of the. rebels into the
.1::\ "J capital was a'strategem employed to
isv ,. "v give himx the-upper hand with a miij."-j
Chicago. April 12.—Distrtct Attor- lmum 'of bloodshed:, -a
ney Charles F. Clyne tonight denied Strong government forces we®
stories published here that he hail vstotloned at La/ Palnia. a subtnrg
delivered an ultlmatum uo the st^ik-Jwnere PresideAt Cabrera is locateAt
ing railroad Workers *on wehalf of the !nd at other 'points from where o|
government. He, declared ke had not'"eratlons be directed that will
ier
seen the'Strike" leaders. anT that the'. fectuaily close, all the exits'(r«m °tit*'*
ohly railroad men he .had met were j'Ctty, these reiorts said.- Af-ter t^r
brotherhood offl^ials. rebels hid Hooked into the city,-
It was explained that thl?. failure of,
terna..-
The i»ater an»ply wa
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