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Judge Wilkerson Denies Mo
tion Of Attorneys For Rail
Strike Leaders .That Tem
porary Injunction Be Dis
missed Judge Permits
List Of Crimes In Many
States To Be Read Into
Chicago. Sept. 11.—Headend
"dodge James H. Wilkerson today.
denied the. motion of. attorneys
fog the rail strike leaders that ttie
gorornmcnt's bill for a temporary
/Injunction be dismissed.
*Xam not prepared to decide
at this time that the Mil fails to
•eft up any grounds for relief,"
the. court said.
^udge Wilkerson ordered the
torarament to procrod with' its
arguments. foe. an injunction to
take the-plaoa oC the restraining
order granted ten days ago which
expires today.
.He permitted to be read into
ipe record the list of outbreaks,
Including murders, which are
said to have resulted from the
strike, after the court overruled
objections from the defense. Mur
ders and assaults were listed in
states scattered from coast to
coast. Approximately 35 mur
ders were included in the affi
davits.
The affidavit of. the crimes
charged to the strikers and their
sympathizers cohered twenty-six
'printed gages in the affidavit and
included, besides the murders,
acts of sabotage, assault,, dyna
miting, whipping, derailment of
trains, burning of bridges, riot
ing, destruction pf property, and
Interference with trains in Inter
state traffic.
Chicago, Sept. 11.—Arguments in
.the government's motion to make
^permanent the temporary injunction
'against the railroad strikers opened
at' l'S:35 o'clock this morning before
Federal Judge James Hi Wilkerson.
Blapkburn -Esterline assistant, to
solictor genera !, opened for ijtheii,
government "with formal reading
of the list Of defendants on whom
•personal service had been obtained.s
Donald R. iy.chb)»rg, attorney fo£
8. president, -afld John
8oott, iecretary-treajsurer of the rail
'-way enfaloyes" department of the
-American Federation ',of Labor. called
iattention to .the i'motiOn he filed Sat-
fe1
'uijr
Inrd^y asking dUmlssat-of the injunc
j"tlon, eo far as it relates- to his clients,-
l«nd
said it should, take precedence
OVer 'the government's motion.
Mr.. Esterline, objected after KFr.
Rlchbergr had stated his plea iftid
moved the court proceed to cotugder
the government's petition.
".'"Judge, Wilkerson' ruled ther^- was
BO distinction betvreten a motion to
dismiss the bill and a motion to set
asid# the temporary restraining ordpr
and said he wquld hear the strikers'
attorney on lve", former question.
libne of the principals In \the gov
.erament's case 'were in court when
Judge Wilkerson ascended the bench,
apparentlx, having anticipated the
cajling of the lengthy docket:
The court room was crowded and
dozens were standing. Department of
justice agents were among the first
arrivals. and were scattered ithrough
out* the romo. Outside others unob
trusively patrolled "the halls, while six
floors below .a par of experts from
the radical squad scrutinized every
.one entering at each of the four main
doors..
Attorney General Daugherty, Oliver
Pagan, government indictment ex
pert District Attorney, Ciyne and the
attorney general's assistants in the
ca|se were reported In"" conference in
the district attorney's office, while the
court's docket was being called.'
Chicago, Sept. 11.—(By The Asso
ciated Press.)—Supported by one of
'this most formidable legal batteries
•, the government has ever-thrown into
one court action. Attorney General
IHarry M. Daugherty set his forces In
(Continued on Page 12.)
Wife Of President Spends
Most Restful Night Sirice
Hor Condition Became
Alarming Present Condi
tions Indicate That -She
Will Recw^gfWitheiit
Farther SethacK..
Washington, Sept. 11/—"Mrs.
is disttnotly and decid
edly better," SeontHfy
said on leaving tins. While- House
it S:H0 o'clock this afternoon.
a#
Washington, Sfcpt* Jl.rr-Im
it th the condition «t Mm,
to defer' an ope
"bulletin '.*(
menu "mad#
House,
shortly
M**
1 nifht.
iater.ul
i»-
msnt in tne ctwmuw m-mrm. nwvlng
wMKh began ye^srday.. ftontinued
throughout the i^tht^d- tfte tore
noon, and' physicians^ln atiendaince
Sefen-ed the operatiW wWch ^had
under consideration. An oiScial
iletin issued shortly- »|ter HL p'pldelt
the dit­
•fths
O'CONNOR HOME TO
SPEAK THURSDAY TO
LAWYERS OF STATE
J. F. T. O'Connor, Independent
candidate tor the United' States
senate, has returned from Bis
marck wlyire he argued a c*ae
last Friday before the state su
preme court.
Mr. O'Connor Is scheduled to
speak next Thursday before the
meeting of tKe Nofth Dakota Bar
association at Mlnot.
Friday evening he will open
his speaking campaign for the
senate with an address at Hank
inson, N. D., and on Saturday he
will speak at Falrmount and
Wahpeton.
OITOrilONTO
GENERAL STRIKE
"T
American Federation of La
bor Resumes Conference
At Atlantic City.
Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 11.—The
shop crafts strike and demands for a
general strike of all' organizations
Bismarck. lff^Di,* 8ept 11
of^^.equlty^in^te^^^' gro^nrty
JP^^ Juflice Ahdrew Mii
ay. it will
jM^ourt "today
j&ontihus piph)aD|y dll- wfeek
O. A'. Schl^b^t1 of Mohall, as re
ceiver and trustee, is buing Abe Gor
don, formerly proprietor of clothing
stores in Min.ot and: Valley, City, Bur
net WolfSon and others, asking pos
session -of the?' Gordon Clothiers and
Leader Store .of Minot and the Gor-„
don Clothing tors at Valley City, al
leging that Abe Gordon went into,
bankruptcy and concealed assets from
ceditors.' The stores lore operated by
Cchieber as receiver.
Gordon to', under indictment by a
federal grand jury on a charge of
concealment of assets and prohably
will be tried in October.
I
HARVEST WORKER
•.' SHOT BY HIGH
JACKERS IN S. D.
HurOn, S. D., Sept. 11.—George W.
•Horn, an itinerant harvest laborer,
was shot three times through the head,
and onqe'in the hand by one ol a pair
of high jackers, who held up several
gangs of threshers riding a freight
train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul railroad between Wools^y and
Woonsocket, small towns west and
south of here about 8:30 o'clock last
night, according to a telephone report
from Woonsocket.'
Although the wounded man had
three bullet holes through hi? head,
two of the bullets remaining, *in the
back of the skull, he:xtas conscious
and able to walk 25'car^lengths along
the train to the caboose. When taken
to a hospital at 'Mitchell he was ^tlll
conscious aiid discussed the shooting
freely with authorities.
Improved Condition Of
Harding Causes Physicians
To Delay Proposed Operation
9*30 cjock today as noted in the of
ficial bulletin was 99 1-2, as com
pared with ':l00 1-2 at 9 o'clock last
night her ^nlse was 96, as compared
with lit last night, and her resplrar
tion was 3.9, as compared with 69.
These tfrurea were said by medical
expef ts to be quite indicative of an
lmprivement.
Presldent Hardihg was reported to
treaUy encouraged by the seeming
improyeinent .today in his wife's con
dltltiA. "An air of optintlaqi pervaded
the White -House, those '-in intimate
touch with the patient appearing, to
be in* better spirits over her condition
than at' any time during the.: past
three days.
RefreahM somewhat by a night's
sleep, the president oontinved to «keep
in constant touch With his wife's bed
side ^nd wltb -^iei attending physic-,
lans. The prefmee 'at the White
House of thjp entire consulting staff,
mad* dompMto.iyesterd*yv by the ar
rival., Mere of T0rt 3harIes Mayo, spe
ciallst from Rochester,, Mtin., seemed
to/streng^hsn the hope that Mrs.
Harding would .sucee»tnlly,pkss
of close/friends
•m. Batding Tlflted
—. urini|r-te,day. The
pre«dent-personally in»t-w^thmo^of
the^iiA^-arai i«poit^ to iie bearing
up weH under- the 'Btrafo. Among
waij^Will H..Hay«
bfflof was
practioaily at a/i|^dnlli, onlTy rou
tin.m»«M. Vipth*
cle|!ic*I jVik piresldept re
office and See
rrttiylawitlini arHvei at th*
t^wwrtng.re-
S3
ifh-
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Says He Will Be Candidate
In Order to Save S^te
From Calamity.
JiJQift'
Wirfiai
...
am
i»i»ike
has coma through
with an elaborate acceptance of the
Nonpartisan league ^nomlnation for
governor, said acceptance appearing
in the Sunday issue ,,.oJ the Fargo
Courier-News.
Inv announcing his acceptance Mr.
I^entke says that he sees "our great
state prost'ratied as not even in the
cruelest days of the wlw by a public
Calamity in the, dehtruction of the
value, of everything we: produce and
threatened,%by another almost as gr^M
terete
e8
"'n
ot
the American Federation of Labor as
a result of the injunction obtained by
Attorney General Daugherty against
the striking shopmen were on the
program for consideration when the
executive council of the federation re
sumed its conference' today. Many
members' of the council, although de
nouncing the Injunction as a "blow to
the 'rail crafts and a threat to all or
ganized' labor," expressed their oppo
sition to a general strike. One mem
ber predicted that one of the first acts
of the council would be to give for
mal assurance that the federation
contemplates no such faction.
Hearing Of Eipiity
Snit Starts Today
B^oreJndge Miller
our bU8,nl8s
'n-
These things Mr. £emke modestly
says that he believes he "can* help,"
although "not through any great wis
dom tor power, of my own," but he
doesn't explain just how he is going
io do it.
In conclusion, Mr. Lemke declares
that "I have-fought .the good fight I
iiave kept the faith."
Many Auto Accidents
Sunday Near St. Panl
One person Killed
St. Paul, Minn., Septl ll.~Two per
sons were killed and at least eight
others were injured Sunday in more
than a scpfe of automobile accidents
in and^boUt St, Paul.
William J. Qulnn, 46, Northern Pa
cific-conductor, was killed near New
Auburn -when his. automobile over
turned. Catherine, 5 months old
daughter of Frank Costek, waS killed
when her father's .automobile was
struck by a street car^near Minneapo
lis.
RECOVERY OF FARGO
LAO WITH BROKEN
BACK IS EXPECTED
Fargo, N. D., Sept. 11—James Inch
es. the 17 year old youth who broke
his back Saturday, when he fell from
a tree along the Red river, here, was
restihg easily today the attendii
physicians 'said, and although he Is
still paralyzed from t^ie waist down,
hhj)? for hls recoVi^r Is held out.
SA1LSTAD iffl
jM^^BDAY.
Sni^rio^iWlS^afeyii-^Tte siil-
Mrs. Saiistad-Richardson, who
since .has married, is plaintiff in" the
first action for *10,000 against the
New York Life Insurance company.*
Rivers And Harbors
Bill Passed Today
Washington, Sept. 11.—The river
and harbor development bill, specify
ing projects upon which government
funds may he spent, Was passed today
by the senatp. after amendments pro
viding, for federal acquisition of the
Cape Cod, Mass., and Dismal Swamp,
Virginia-Nodth Carolina canals had
been adopted. The bill now goes lo
conference.
THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
FORKS, N. D.V MONipi^ SEP^MBEtt^ J,
TWO
POWDER
HURLED INTO YARD
HOME IS DAMAGED
Dm Moines, U., Sept. 11.—Two
powder bombs, mapped hi
WW er© hurled from ,a
i. ™-.f.
Int0
.Ik*
*6- tiamamiM
stroying three
demoUshing the troist
mm wps injured.
non-union forem
and Tin shop hea«
had received no
striking workmen,
had no pertwnal enemiea.
GOODPROOfcs
IS MADE BY MIME
RESCUE WORKERS
Investigation of OondMans, of Argo
naut Mine is Ordered by CaUfornia
(By The Associated Press.)
Jackson, Cal., Sept. 11.—Discovery
last night „of a. 120 foot slope above
the 8,600 foot level of the Kennedy
mine may bring rescue workers di
rectly to the final barrier of rock on
this level and 'may cut down by sev
eral days the time required to batter
through to the Argonaut mine, where
47 men have been- entombed by fife
since two weeks ago last midnight, it
was announced today by V. C. Gar
barinl, superintendent .of the Argo
naut.
Garb*rlnl is exploring the slope and
said he would be able to determine
today whether the slope was open,
or whether it was safe for rescue
work. He expressed the. opinion,
however, that it not only .was open
but feasible to use.
1
(By The Associated Press.)
Jackson, Cal., Sept. 11.—An. in
vestigation of conditions in the Argo
naut mine disaster where 47 miners
have been entombed since Aug. 27,
was ordered by Governor William D.
Stephens, it was announced Saturday.
Clarence Jarivs, member of the state
board of control, will .conduct the in
vestigation.
Jarvis was formerly assessor of
Amador county in which the Argq
naut is situated and is said to- be fa
miliar with conditions.
When the one o'clock shift ^ame
out of the Kennedy mine Saturday,
where two efforts are being mode to
drive through the Argonaut mlnei, it
was stated that nine feet tiad been
gaiA'ed on the 3,690'ft. level and 12
feet on the 3,900 foot level.
This leaves 212 of muck to be
cleared out of the: 3,600 foot level
plus 7.5 feet of rock to be drilled and
blasted out. ,, -j.-'.
immask
4he -ll®sd-:
States district court «'"2 p. m^toiftiy.
The Six separtfte suits brought .Ty
Mrs. Leona .J3£ilstad-Rlchardson*. and
the assign^ of the defunct MUltl
-tqne cbiripany of Bau 'Claire jigtihst
insurance. companiBS to force -$8.y
ment of $80,000 insurance carriel't by,
Edward J*. Skilstad, .. Bau Cliire
manufacturer, revolves around *^,the
alleged, death Of Sallstad in a cibtn
fire at Lake Kegabai, Wis., on -the
night of August 26. 1920.
F*rgq, N. D.. Sefct..: U.-^The^« li A5
possibility: that, a^ Vule will be put into
effect on the railroads making it nec
essary to-, prepay all potato shipments
except U. S. grade' No. 1 it Was sald
here 'today by Hf Arnold ofp Minne
apolis official of the North AmeHcan
Fruit Exchange who is in Fargo Con
ferring with H.LBi. Fuller, secretary ,of
the North Dakota Farm Bureau fed
eration on plans for. handling 'the
JjTOrth Dakota potato crop.
'•".Wlille such a rule would probably
Wbrk some hardship on the shippers,
it would, have a greateffect in
strengthening the potato market for
good quality potatoes," Mr. Arnold de
clared^ "It would' likely resultV iri
holding a great part of the poor qual
ity stuff off the markets, which would
have the effect of bringing better
prices for all good quality potatoes,"
he said.
Local dealers have received no in
formation as to any contemplated ac
tion on the part of railroads in de
manding pre-paid potato shipments
except in the case of U. S. grade No.
1." They had no comment to make on
the report.
NOW Y5U STOP Yop/e
CRVtNG OSWALD AHX
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To
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Believed New PoUcy For
Shopmen May Result From
Alleged Peace Meeting.
Chicago. Sept, 11.—(By the Assoc!-
at®d
Prpss.)—-Leaders of-the striking
railway shop crafts were in session
this morning in what Was heralded as
a peace meeting intended to effect a
new policy for the shopmen. B. M
Jewell, head of the federated shOp
crafts, said there were two courses of
action to be considered and that an
nouncement qf the decision would
come at the' close of the meeting of
the general policy committee of
ninety members, probably tomorrow.
Mr. Jewell first went into session
with the officials of the six striking
shop crafts, known as the executive
council. At the close of that session
the general policy committee con
vened. The actioA to be considered
was closely guarded and Mr. Jewell
refused to make known any details of
the program to be placed before the
union leaders.
A long meeting, probably of two
days' duration, was indicated by Mr.
Jewell's statement that the decision
might not come Until tomorrow.
There was not only the possibility
that the policy committee's deliber
ations, would be extended but not all
the members had arrived this morn
ing
PAUUNE FREDERICK
DISINHERITED
WILL OF FATHER
Chicago, Sept. 11.—Informed that
she had been disinherited in the will
of herniate father, Richard C. Libby,
of NorWch,. JConn., Pauline Frederick,
stage and film star, let the world know
today that she wasn't bothered by the
provisions of the will.
"I didn't know he had anything to
leave anybody," she said, "but I
wouldn't' take a penny of his money
if he had a billion dollars." I
Miss Frederick characterized her
late father as a happy go lucky speed
er, who didn'l know the value of a
dollar,.-adding: "I guess I'm like him
in thatlrespect.** .'
The a^reM.' sald she had seen her
father only .three .or foyr. times since
heir |ry^ne.'dl*orced h.inaL.?6 year8 ago.
ThO
T.last
.31
meeting,. she qaidi -was ^In
^California several yean ago. When
she declined to meet his' secjjnd wife.
"My mother has always be?!ii. '.b«th'
mother and all the'father. I ever had
to me,'' she said. *1 owe iny mother
everything."
PAVED FOR
APPOINTMENT OF
MORE JUDGES
Washington, Sept. 11.—The way
Was paved ,today for the appointment
by the president of 25 additional fed
eral .judges to handle increasing court
business, the house approving, 129 to
77, changes in* the Judgeship bill
which was sent to the White House
for approval.
10,000 TONS OF
COAL AT DULUTH
MUCH MORE ON WAY
Duluth, Minn., Sept. 11.—The
steamship Byera arrived in Du
luth this morning with 10,000
tons of ooal and 1 OS.000 tons
more have left lower lake ports
for the local harbor, vessel men
report.
city
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ONE KlLLEDr TWO
INJURED WHEN
'CAR TURNS OVER
Fargo, N. sept ll.^-Mrs.
Axel Johnson, 21, is dead, Mis.
Gcotge Ii. Lofthos is in a* local
hospital with a broken shoulder
and Charles R. Carlson
slightly injured Is being held in
the
jail as the result of an
automobile accident near the city
limits last night when Carlson's
machine turned- turtle.. The three
occupants of the car were all
residents of Facgo. Mrs. Johnson
is survived by a daughter, two
and a half years old and her hus
band.
BIG PRIVATE DEAL
IS NEGOTIATED BT
SOVIET GOVERNMENT
Berlin, Sept. 11.—(By the Associ
ated Press.)—A formal ^.agreement
was signed today by Leonid Krassin,
Soviet ninister of foreign trade and
commerce, and Leslie' Urquhart of
iLondon, providing for complete res
toration of the title rights for 99
years of the pre-war holdings of the
Russian Asiatic Consolidated, ltd.,
while the pact requires formal sanc
tion of the Moscow government, it is
announced the agreement will be
promptly ratified, after which the full
text will be published..
The agreement comprises thirty
eight paragraphs and provides for
complete restitution of the English
corporations various properties in
addition to effective compensation for.
confiscations made by the Soviet.
"This ,1s the first big private trans
action negotiated by the Soviet gov
ernment, and we are proud of its ac
complishment,' said M. Kreesin to
the Associated Press correspondent
after affixing his official seal to the
document in the presence of other
signatories".
GOBS BUCK AGAINST
PORCUPINE MASCOT
.Qreat Lakes .Naval Training Sta
tion.. Great Lakes. 111., Sept. 11.—
Wi^en gobs from Americaii' warships
land in, strange porta they may be
counted .on tci do. one of. tbrs&'.tblnta'.
Swne''hunt- the souvenir stores and
stock -up with, postcards and memen^
tos, Othes, inspired by the same im
pulse that. causes the motor-mi*# to
take a street car ride on his day off,
mre -^owboata -and go out for a row.
They are .familiar sights on the park
lSgOons in- every waterside city. And
the rest hunt mascots.
•'•'One of the- strangest peits ever
Brought to Great Cakes appeared re
cently when naval reservists from
Indianapolis and WaUkegan, 111., re
turning from a cruise on the sub
chaser 419, came in with a young
porcupine.
The-sailors caught their mascot in
the forest near Grand Marais, Mich.,
a harbor of refuge on L»ke Superior.
Ten days intimacy with the porcupine
failed to endear him to everybody on
board.
One Indianapolis sailor, apparent
ly unversed in the ways of porcu
pines, remarked, as he picked a few
quills out of his* hand while watch
ing the mascot unsuccessfully trying
to climb a steel mast
"What's the use -of having a mas
cot you can't play with?"
REPORT ALL' SAVED
WHEN-SHIP SINKS
(Herald Special Serviced
London Sept. 11.—The German
steamer Hammonia has sunk about
eighty miles off Vigo, Spain, according
to a Lloyds message received- It is
believed that the passengers have been
saved.
The Hammonia, owned by the Ham
burg-American Steamship companv
And registered 7,197* tons, left Ply
mouth September *, bound for Mexi
can ports with 100 passengers aboard.
One nv#sage from the steamer said
she was sinking in latitude 41 degrees
60 minutes north longitude 10 degrees
50 minutes west.
HOUSE CLEANING COMPULSORY.
9
Tokio.—Under order of the chief
health officer of the city every house
holder during July of each year
must have a general house cleaning.
Everything in the house must be
turned out, chiefly into the streets,
and given a thorough dusting and
scrubbing. The rubbish that has,
gathered during the year is thrown
into heaps to be carted away. Thus
with a poor cartafee system the streets
of Tokio are littered-for weeks with
the flotsam and jettison Vof her in
habitants. Other cities have other
cleaning period, 'even the smallest
village having to dispose of its: trash
at least once a year.
MVS
CAMES
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 11.—Babe
Ruth made his thirtieth home run in
the fifth inning of today's New York
Philadelphia game.
First game—.... 1 R. H. K.'
Boston 009 000 042—&U4 vl.
New Tork 262 fl02 lex—^7^2'
Marquard. Cooney and O'NeHV
Gowdy V.. Barnes Barnes,1 Ryan
and Snyder.",-.%•*»"e
Boaton .5 .00* 00
New York .1. .'.004 00
Watson, Braxton and- Gowdyj Scott,
jgilly^d, Smiths
Naw Tork'V.- -i i.... ^4. llS^'ai)'
Philadeilphia .... '.100, 40i
Shawkey and Schanf
Hasty, Naylor and Perkins,
Boston ......., v.^ *.
Washington,
*»iarcy and Si»el
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Scran ton. Pa., Sept. 11.—The
contract that sent 155,000
workers back to work, at their
old wages after being idle mora
than Ave months, was foi maHj)
•«ned today by wnwwimaw.ii
of the miners and the operators.
Wilkes Barrel Pa., Sept. 11.—Moat
of the 156,000 anthrqpite mine work
era on strike for five months returned
to work today. Many of them did not!*
Wait for the formal signing of the
greement which was ratified Saturday
but were waiting at the mouth of -.ho
mines when the whistles blew at a.
m. Signing of the new wage scale by V1
union officials and representatives of
the operators was set for 11 o'clock,
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Wockers, declared- at
least 98 per cent of the men were sat
lsfied with the new scale and that a
great majority would resume work ••'.
today. The remainder, he added.
would return as soon as the' mines aura
put in condition for operation.
By the end of the. week, it is ex
pected, several hundred thousand tons
will be on the account. Leading op
erators said the normal output, of two
million tons a week probably would
not be reached before the last of this
month.
To Sign Today.
Wilkes Barre, Pa., Sept. 11.—Lead
ers of the United Mine Workers union
rested here Sunday after the ratifica
tion Saturday toy the tri-disMct con
vention of the hard coal diggei
agreement which will send
mately 155.000 men back
mines after having been
April 1. John If. Lewis,
Murray,. respective^ foresidj
vice presidents' of .thei unlon,ir went' to,^
S a a
agreement. They will meet the, operat
ors' representatives headed by Samuel
P-y«^inej. pfesiden^the Lehigh
COal 'afidTiavigRtlon company, in the
office of W. W. Inglis president of the
Glen Alden Coal company.
Approximately 90 iter cent, of this
minerfe were expected to, resume woflc
today and the remainder will, return
as soon as the mines which are in a
bad condition as a result of the long
suspension have been placed in shape
for operation. Both Mr. Lewis and
Mr. MUrraystated last night that they,
could see no reason why production
should not become normal "very
soon."
The peace pact was ratified b^ a
viva voce vote. Immediately after
the' ratification a motion was unani
mously adopted lifting the suspension
at once and the men will be permitted
to return to work today. As soon as
the convention adjourned leaders' of
the United Mine Workers immediate
ly made preparations to have the for
mal contract signed by both sides at
Scranton today.
When the men return to work the
suspension will have lasted 163 days.
one day less than the great strike of
1902, which continued.from May 12 to
Oct. 22. inclusive. The suspension'
which was never officially designated
as a strike by the union, was free from
serious disorder. None of the coal
companies made any attempt to mine
coal but employed men to keep tha
mines free from water and gas.
It is declared production will not b*
obtained for several weeks.
More Cities Report
Increased Employment
That Decreased In Aug.
Washington, Sept. 11.—Of sixty-five
leading cities in the Unlted.States 39
reported increased employment dtir
ing August as compared with July,
whole only 28 recorded decreases, ac
cording to the industrial. analysis of
last month issued today by the de
partment of labor. The soundness of
business, it was said, was reflected in
the employment increase in many in-
us tries, surmounting the reaction of
the rail and fuel situation.
Building activities in some sections
were retarded by transportation diffi
culties, but operations generally were
satisfactorily improving.^
Will Investigate
Dutribotion Of Honors
London—The distribution of Brit
ish honors, the awards of peeragaa,
baronetcies and leaser distinctions. Is
to be invMtigated, but in this'Wise....
A Royai Commission has been ap
pointed and will inquire into,the mat
ter, which savors of .scandal, for it Is
known .that honors have been more
or less openly sold. But the .commit
tee will make nd public, report on
what it learns. Neither political par
ty h«s a clean record, in this regard.
Therefore, to prevent the wreckage cf
many glass houses, it was:'decided £o
dtye should be allowed ft thHtw
to
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Most Of 155,000 Men Oat Of
Work For Five Months Go ,r
Back Without Awaitinf
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Official Signing 01 Agree-,
ment Lewis Says 08 Per
Cent Of Men Are Satisfied, if
of "the
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since
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Denver, Colo. was first among the
cities reporting increased employment.
with New Orleans second, Lowell and
Lawrence, Mass., also reflected the
improvement .'In textile conditions,^
while Buffalo showed gains in iron,
steel and vehicle activities.
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There is to be ho delviny-.tntb the
past, so far as the public Is/doiMern
The comteisaion will nw .ad
vise on future prooedbce the
Mpardiiur ot honora .in
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