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PEACE PROPOSAL
Settlement of Railroad Strike
Seems Bat Question of
Short Time
Seniority Rights Not Men
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(Br The Associated Mess)
CHICAGO, Sept. 14 Leaders of the
federated railroad shop crafts who
today began negotiating separate set.
Elements of the shop men's strike
which began July 1, In accordance
with the agreement adopted by the
unions' general policy committee, an
nounced that ' several railroads had
telegraphed union headquarters indi
cating willingness to go Into ths ne
gotiations. These, the loaders eald, were in ad
dition to about 50 .roads which pre
viously had agreed to separata settle
ments. Under tho terms of tho peaco plan,
shop men are to return to work under
wage scales prescribd-by the railroad
labor board effective July 1 last.
The question of seniority was not
mentioned in the agreement, which
provides that the shop men shall re
turn to work In positions of the class
they occupied before the strike. -
The agreement made- no mention
either of working conditions or the J
contract system tor "farming out';
shop work.
Disputes over' the "relative spend
ing" of employes and new disputes
which might arise as outgrowths of
the strike shall, under the terms, be
referred to adjustment boards com
posed of six representatives of the
carriers and an equal'number of em
ployes if the disputes cannot bo set
tled as an Individual matter.
The agreement , requires tho signa
tory VoadBto find 'places for all re
turned strikers within 30 days after
it becomes effective.' Roads are not!
required lo tako p'ack strikers" who
have committed acts i of violence.
Much of the credit for the settle
ment was given S, b. Warfleld, pres
ident of the Beaboard Air Line. Con
ferences between ,Wafleld, Mr. Jew
ell and Daniel Wlllard, president of
, the B. h O., In Baltimore early this
month opened the way to tho agree
ment. Among the largest systems said to
be included in the. peaco agreement
aro tho New York Central lines, tho
Big Four, the B. & O., the Southern
railway and the C. & O.
PENNSYl not included
(Br THE ASSOCIATED MESS)
CHICAGO, Sept, 14 Official state
ments to Tho Associated Press today
liy railroad presidents or directors
show that the following roads In
Ohio were not parties to the strike
settlement agreement: Norfolk &
Western, Pennsylvania, Erie and Wa
bash. Among the roads understood to
have accepted the proposals aro the
B. & 0 C. & O., Cincinnati Northern,
Big Four, Dayton Union, Hocking
Valley, Lake Erie & Western, New
York Central, Nickel Plato.
SMANY ROAD8 JOIN
(BT THE ASSOCIATED MISS)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 Advices
to the labor department today from
its representatives in Chicago Bald
that railroads representing approxi
mately 35 per cent of the country's
mileage had signified their intention
of ending the strike on the basis of
the agreement; accepted yesterday
and that roads representing an addi
tional 30 per cent were ready to end
the strike.
The new development in the situa
tion was received with satisfaction
by all administration officials. m At tho
treasury It was said that Secretary
Mellon took the view that with an
end to the strike, the outlook for
business was "very good."
Rail Strike Broken;
Unions Accept Terms
(By The Associated Mess)
CHICAGO, 111- Sept. 14-Vjphe policy
committee of tho strlHinB railway
shop crnfts today authorized B. M,
Jowoll, strlko loader, to sign a separ
ata peaco agreomont with individual
roads.
This action, it was stated, would
end tho strike of from 30 to GZ of the
202 class ono railways of tho country
which entorcd into direct negotia
tions with Mr. Jowoll rccontly at Bal
timore and on any others which carod
to accept tho peaco terms.
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Fred J. Harris Takes Wrong
Car By Mistake And A
Mix-Up Occurs
' Fred J. Harris, owner of the Ford
garage in this city, innocently was
tho causo of considerable consterna
tion and worry to an automobllo own
er, tho police, and Sheriff Lytic, late
Wednesday afternoon.
Thomas Rockwell of near Brandon
came to tho city In tho aftornoon and
parked his Ford near tho corner of
Vino nnd Miilberry streets. When ho
returned for tho car later, ho found
his machine gone, and another Ford
of more ancient model parked in its
place.
Mr. Rockwell Informed tho ' police
and Sheriff Lytle, and a search was
made for tho missing car. Mr. Rock
well forgot his license number, so the
officials hunted up tho numbers from
the records in the ofllco of tho coun
ty auditor.
A search was kept up until about 9
o'clock, when it wus discovered that
Mr. Harris was the causo of the flur
ry and excitement. It appears that
Mr. rHarrls got into the wrong ma
chino In the afternoon and drove
away, leaving the older one in its
place. Harris was positive ho was
driving the right machine. In the
meantime, the police took chargo of
the machino left by Harris, believing
It had been Btolen. Shortly after 9
o'olocn, matters were straightened
out, Mr. Harris was given his car
by the police and on Thursday morn
ing Mr. Rockwell came to Mt. Vernon
and obtained -his car-nt-the Harris
garage.
Labor Board To Give Strike
Settlement Plan Fair
Consideration
(Br The Associated press)
CHICAGO, Sept. 14 Tho settle
ment of tho shopmen's strlko on cer
tain' roads sustained the transporta
tion act, and should tho question up
on which tho strlko was precipitated
como back to tho railroad labor
board, "tho fullest and fairest con
sideration" will bo granted, Bon E.
Hooper, chairman of the labor board',
said in a statement today.
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Condition Is Most Satisfac
tory, Brig. General Saw
yer Announces
(BT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 Further
Improvement in tho condition of Mrs.
Harding was roported today by Brig
adier General C. E. Sawyer, AVhite
House physician. ,The president's
wife spent an excellent night, the
"best since her illness. Satisfactory
recuperative progress, he added. Is
being nude.
MISSIONARIES SPEAK
A large audience heard Mr. and
Mrs. Emory Ross, returned mission
aries, speak at tho Vino St. Church
of Christ Wodnosday evening. Mr.
and Mrs. Ross have . just returned
from several years' work at Bolenge,
Africa, and during their addresses re
lated many of tholr Interesting experiences.
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"Big Tim" Murphy, of tho Chicago
labor trials, Is said to be organizing
a union of bootblacks. Pictures hero
show him getting acquainted with
some of his men.
SPECIAL DEPUTIES.
SWORN IN TODAY
Assist In Handling Traffic on
Wooster Road And At
Fair Grounds
Threo special deputies Mossrs
McElroy, Simpson and Champion
wero aworn in by Sheriff B. H. Lytlo
this morning to bo on duty during the
day on tho Wooster road and at tho
Knox-county.falr ground-to tako careJ
of traffic and preserve order in con
nection with the big celebration. Sher
iff Lytle, Deputy Sheriff Walker and
Probation Officer Purcell also wero
on duty, making six men on duty dur.
ing 'the .day.
Little trouble is expected by tho
officers, except perhaps in tho regula
tor of traffic.
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AKRON, Sept. 14 Tho army dlri
glblo C-2 arrived at tho Wlngfoot
aerial station at 11:23 a. m. today,
when tho crew landed for lunchcou.
It will leave late today for Dayton.
MADE' GOOD TIME
(Br The Associated Press)
AKRON, Sept. 14 Officers of tho
C-2 said the ship made good head
way 'coming from Langley field, -Virginia,
in 11 hours.
The craft is attempting tho first
trans-continental flight of a dirigible
Its destination is Los Angoles. It
was announced that tho ship would
not lovao for Dayton today, but that
tho time for doparturo from Akron
was set at early tomorrow morning.
B. & 0. EMPLOYES
(Br the Associated press)
CINCINNATI, Sept. 14 Mombois
of the B. & O. system oxecutlvq com
mittee of shop craft unions will meet
with Danlol Willard, president, in
Baltimoro tomorrow to negotiate for
peace under tho agreement reached
in Chicago yesterday, It was an
nounced today at tho B. & O. shop
craft headquarters located libro. Tho
men aro expected to return to work
Monday.
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Girl Attempts To
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(Br The 'Associated Press)
NEW YORK(Scpt. 14 Thirteen-year-old
Antoinette Sergl declared In
children's courttoday that sho set
fire to Public School No. 4G in Brook
lyn yesterday because she didn't like
tho place.
She purchased' 6 cents' worth of
kerosene, sho testified, then soakod
bundles of newspapers, and placed
them in different', parts of the build
ing, lighting each tone. The. fire caus
ed littlo damage and the pupils were
removed without 'danger.
Antoinette was placed in care of
tho Children's Society.
MORE EVIDENCE IS
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Judge Wilkerson To Hear
More Testimony In The
Injunction Case
(Br The Associated Press)
CHICAGO, Sept. 14 Preparation
of additional counter evidence against
that being submitted by the attorney
general's oflico before Judge Wilker
son, to mako permanent tho tempor
ary injunction against officials of tho
railway employe department of tho
American Federation of Labor, was
staited today by tho defense. Tho
conclusion of peaco negotiations be
tween tho shop men and a number of
roads jesterday permits tho Introduc
tion of ovidonco to refute tho charges
of roiiipiraey which could not bo In
troduced before.
(Br The associated Press)
LOS ANGELES, Cat., Sept. 14 Suit
for divorce on the ground of "ex
treme cruelty" will be brought at once
against Wm. S. Hart, film actcr, by
Mrs. Winifred Hart, according to an
announcement today by Mrs. Hart's
attorney.
S BILL IS
APPROVED TODAY
(Br the Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 Without
a record votu tho house approved to
day the conference roport on tho sol
diers' bonus bill. Tho measure now
goes to tho scnato and with final ac
tion thero, It will bo sent to Presi
dent Harding. An effort to amend tho
hill and send It. back to conference
for the Insertion of a land reclama
tion option failed. ,
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Attorney General Price Be
ing Considered For
The (Position
J. C. Neal Of Cleveland Also
Considered By Gov.
Davis
(Br The Associated Press)
COLUMUUS, Sept. H Governor
Davis Is directing his efforts today to
ward tho i election of a Ktitc fuel ad
ministrator following ilia action of
the legislature in giving the state au
thority to establish -a fair price on
coal a the mines.
The governor Is said to have un
der advisement Attornpy General
Price and J. C. Neal, former director
of finance of Cleveland, as possible
appointees for fuel administrator.
The Sunday Creek Coal Co. and the
Now York Coal Co., two of tho
largest operating in Okio, in a con
ference here with state officials yes
terday said thoy would be willing to
accept ?1.&0 as a minimum and ?3 as
a maximum fair price for coal, and
suggested that a sliding scale bo
based on the car supply at the mines.
They suggested a 25 cents "per ton
Increase In the price of coal for each
falling off of 10 per cent In tho car
supply.
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Light And Power Company Is
Jo Declare Dividends
To Stockholders
(Br The Associated Press)
COLUMBUS, SepL 14 Officials of
tho Columbus Railway, Power & Light
Co. today announced that a cash div
idend of Vh per cent would be paid
to holders of Series A, preferred
stock, and 1V4 per cent to holders of
Series B, preferred. Payments will
be made on Oct 2, it was said.
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(Br The Associated Press)
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 14 A. C.
Needles of tho N. & W. railroad, an
nounced today that tho road is not
among those participating in tho pro
posed shopmen's strlko settlement.
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BELFAST, Sept. 14 ' The Ulster
government, It was said today, has
discovered a plot to blow up tho
steamer Argenta on which 300 Sinn
rcinors are cnterned at Lame Lough.
THE CAPPER BILL
(Br The associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 Aftor 15
minutes debato and without a record
voto the senate- today passed and sent
to conference tho Capper-Plncher bill
designed to meet tho decision of the
supremo court holding Inoperative
certain sections of the present law
rogulntlng trading in gnUi futures.
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racing driver and America's Aco of
Acerf In tho World VVar, with twenty-six
enemy airplanes to his credit,
was married today to Mrs. Adelaide
Durant, of Oakland, Cal., former wife
of R. Cliff Durant, racer and wealthy
automobile manufacturer. They will
spend their honeymoon In Europe.
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Resolution Is Introduced At
Episcopal Convention
Today
(Br The associated Press)
PORTLAND, Ore., SepL 14 An
attackupon mob violence was placed
before the house of deputies of the
convention of tho Protestant Episco
pal church today in a resolution of
fered by Rev. Dr. C. B. Wilker, At
lanta, Ga.
Dr. Wilmer rofused to say that he
had aimed the resolution at tho Ku
Klux, Klan, whose headquarters aro In
Atlanta.
The bishops decided to eliminate'
from tho marriage ceremony "with
all my worldly goods I thee endow."
BISHOP BROWN UNDER
FIRE BY CONVENTION
(Br The Associated Press)
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 14 Rec
ommendations that tho right of Rev.
W. M. Brown, retired bishop of Ar
kansas, bo brought, to trial on a
charge of heresy and it convicted, be
deposed from tho ministry, was made
to the house of bishors of tho Proi
testant Episcopal church In conven
tion hero today. The report on Bish
op Brown was made by a commit
tee headed by Bishop J. R. Winchest
er of Arkansas, which recommended
that such action bo taken 'in view
of tho antagonistic attitude toward
Christianity," which it is said Bishop
Brown has recently shown.
Bishop Brown retired from his Jur
isdiction as the result of criticism
of a book ho published lately, discuss
ing 'Christianity and communism.
Epidemic Of Poison
Rum Feared By Police
(Br The Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Sept. 14 Fearing an
epidemic of poison on rum deaths in
Manhattan, paralleling the experienc
es of Brooklyn, 'where wood alcahol
has claimed a dozen victims since La
bor Day, tho police today wero seek
ing tho source of tho liquor, which
this morning sent threo persons to
Manhattan hospitals, two unconscious
and one blind; and bllndod a woman
on Staten Island. Reuben Rubins
was picked up unconscious on Avenue
B. When he was revived ho told tho
police he had forgotten whero ho
got tho liquor.
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tlons that tho tariff bill, ameudsd 1st &$
accordance with lnstructionii srfveoW.,
yesterday by the house, wouldt ba oat -?$i
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ager. Ml
Mr. F'nrrlnov anM ha alvovi IkaWk '
to tho will of the majority, and thai V
mo senate amenumentp repeajint;
certain sections would ba accepted.
Although anticipating soma' opposi
tion from the majority side against
the bill on the final rota to accept
tho conferenoe roport, Republican
leaders believed it would bq put
through the house. ,
Tariff Bill Turned
Down By The House
(Br the Associates Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 Tha ad
ministration Fordney-McCumber 4ar
Iff bill as rewritten by tha conferee
today, was rejected in the noose; 102
Republicans voting with 67 Demo
crats and ono Socialist to recommit-,
the bill to conference with instruc
tions to strike out tha embargo sa
dyes and place potash on, tho frea
list. The action of tho house stunned
the Republican leaders, Rapreajmt''
tir0 Fordney, chairman oC'tttSH waffs'
and means committee and one of tha
authors ot the bill, eald after he
vote that its effect might ba'to tors
stall any tariff legislation tjti sea
siau.
Knox County Hunters Are
Getting Ready To Scour
Woods Tomorrow
The sound of the shot gun will
blast forth in Knox county woods to
morrow when tho formal opening of
the squirrel season for 1922, is usher
ed in. Hunters after weeks of idle
ness today were wiping their guns,
"' long since carefully packed away, se
curing a fresh supply of ammunition
and making readyfor a brisk hunllnc
season.
Squirrel this year, so the report
goes, will be none too plentiful.
Officers Ordered To
Shoot Any Dynamiter
(Br the Associated Press)
UNIONTOWN, Pa., Sept. ' 14-
"Shoot dynamiters on sight" was tha
order issued today by Sheriff 'Shaw!
to every peaco officer on duty in tha
Fayette County coke field.
Since the strike oi April 1, the
homes of a number of nonunion min
ers have been destroyed ot- damaged
by blasts. Several explosions neve,
been reported during the pa8t twe
weeks.
Reads Deat Roll Of
His Regiment, Diet
(Br The associated Press)
NEWARK, N. J., Sept. 14 Whilo
reading the death roll of the 13th
New Jersey Veteran Volunteer's As
sociation at their annual convention
today, James O. Smith, tha secretary.
was stricken with a heart attack and
died In a few minutes.
Ho had read down to tho words,
"there are only a few of us left,"
when ho fell. ,
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