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Atlanta i-Wctfcljj Journal
VOLUME XVIII.
ITALY SENDS TROOPS
TO BALKANS; ENTERS |
WAR WITH WMff
Landing of Soldiers at Saloniki
Indicates Outbreak of Open
Hostilities Between the Two
Powers
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 21.—Italian
troops are to take part in the important
campaign just opening In the Balkans,
according to Saloniki advices today
which report the disembarkation of Ital
ian soldiers at that port now in prog
ress.
German troops are employed on the
Macedonian front and % actual war e
tween Germany and Italy, of which
there so far has been no formal decla
ration. now seems probable.
The Macedonian campaign itself does
not yet seem to have developed an en
gagement of first rate magnitude, but
there is pronounced activity along the
150-mlle fighting front, with success
claimed by each side at various points.
In entente circles there is said to be
no apprehension felt that the plans of
General Sarrail. the entente command
er. will be interferred with by the Ger
man and Bulgarian attacks on the al
lied flanks
GREECE IS DISQUIETED
Greece, however, is reported to be dis
quieted over the advance of the Bul
garians toward Kavala. th Greek sea
port east of the allied front, and the
southward move of the Bulgarians on
the other flank, which resulted in the
occupation of Florina.
In the Verdun region the Germans,
who again lost the village of Fleury in
fighting late last week, are niaklng de
termined efforts to regain the place.
Last night they drove against the vil
lage with strong forces, using flaming
liquid, but according to today's Paris
bulletin, the French Are effectively stop
ped the assault.
Along the Somme front tn northern
France the artillery battle is raging vio
lently. No infantry actions are report
ed by Parts, however, although a Ger
man counter attack aparently is in prep
aration following the capture by the
French of a strongly fortified wood be
tween Gutllemont and Maurepas, north
west of Peronne. annouced last night.
■Russians Are Advancing
Along the Stokhod Line
(By Associated Press.)
PETROGRAD. Ajjg. 31.—(Via Lon
don.*—The Russians have made fur
ther advances at some points along the
Stokhod line, where they broke through
the Austro-Hungarian defenses last
week, the war office announced today.
The capture of more than 1,300 men in
• this region in two days is reported.
The announcement follows:
"On the river Stokhod in the region
of Kovel and Rudka-Chervische, fight
ing continues. Our troops made fur
ther advances at some points. The total
of captures in this region on Friday and
Saturday was IS officers and more than
1,350 soldiers. We also took one can
non. IS mchine guns, four bomb mor
tars, four searchlights and a large num
ber of shells, cartridges and rifles. In
the region of Lubieszow, on the Stok
hod A captive balloon was set afire by
our artillery.”
The Russians are pressing forward
vigorously through two of the Carpa
thian passes which lead to Hungary.
Following the announcement last
week of advances in the vicinity of
Korosmezo. which is just over the bor
der in Hungary, the war office today re
ported gains in the pass east of this
region, leading south from Kuty.
The capture of Jablonitza and Feres
kul. on the Cheremiah river, which
forms the boundary between Galicia and
Bukowina. iss announced. Jablonitza is
about twenty miles north of the Hun
garian border.
In the region of Kuty. the statement
says, we occupied the villages of Feres
kul and Jablonitza. on the river Chere
mosh, and several heights west of
FereskuL Stubborn attacks by the en
emy on the heights southwest of Tom
nakik mountain were repelled by our
fire.
Italians Enter Actively
Into Balkan Campaign
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Aug. 21.—Italian troops began
to disembark at Saloniki yesterday, says
« Havas dispatch from that point.
On leaving their ships, the dispatch
says, the Italians passed through Sa
loniki to camp, preceded by military
bands of the allies and cheered by the
populace.
Active participation by Italian troops
in the Saloniki campaign would mean
the existence of a state of war between
Germany and Italy.
Germany is directing the operations
against the allies on this front and, as
the official German reports show, has
forces there. Some Austrian troops also
probably are employed and possiblj
Turks, but the major portion of the
army Is made "tip of Bulgarians. Recent
reports liave indicated the withdrawal
of Austrian troops from the Balkans for
use on the Russian and Italian fronts.
As the allies are believed to have a
force of some 7«0.000 British. French
■ind Serbian troops on the Saloniki front,
the sending of reinforcements at this
time, just after the opening o’ hostilities
rn a large scale, would indicate that
the allies have embarked on a campaign
of extensive proportions.
Italy, which has a considerable surplus
of troops, has been urged to take a more
active part in the Balkan operations, but
was believed to have refrained partly on
n«-<-ount of the fact that she was not at
war with Germany. There have been
several recent indications, however/that
•i declaration of hostilities was forth
coming.
Occupation of Florina
Causes Alarm in Greece
•By Associa’ed press.)
ATHENS. Saturday, Aug. 19. via
London. Aug. 21. —The Bulgarian occu
pation of Florina caused consternation
in the capital and hasty conferences of
king, the general staff and mem
tiers Os the cabinet.
The advance of the German and Bul
garian forces in the direction of Ka
i.ila also is causing disquiet, .although
the impresston is general that this
movement is a mere political maneuver
calculated to influence Rumania and as
feet the Greek elections.
FOUR PORTIAS OF
ATLANTA SWORN
‘ IN TO STATE BAR
Judge J. L. Pendleton's Advice
Is That in Court They Re
frain From Talking All at
Once
Four Atlanta women were admitted to
the Georgia bar Monday morning, the
first to be allowed to practice law in
Georgia under the recent act of the leg
islature signed by the governor Saturday
and effective Sunday.
They were: Mrs. Minnie Anderson
Kale, graduate of the Atlanta Law
school, who took her case to the state
supreme court when she applied for ad
mission before the law was passed; Mrs.
Clara L. Bovard. admitted by cornlty
from Florida, where she formerly prac
ticed; Mrs. Beatrice Castleton, graduate
of the Atlanta Law school, where she
was a student at the same time her
husband was, and Miss Agnes L. Klein,
graduate of the Atlanta Law school.
The four women stood before Judge
J. T. Pendleton while Deputy Clerk Clark
Lewis administered the oath. Mrs. Hale
was presented by Attorney Claude Pey
ton. who made a short speech of in
troduction which served for all four, and
by Ernest Clayton and Palmer Black
burn. Mrs. Bovard was presented by
Remson P. King and Robert S. Parker,
Mrs. Castleton and Miss Klein by Lin
ton C. Hopkins.
MAKES TWO REQUESTS.
Judge Pendleton's speech of welcome
was brief. He made but two requests
of the new attorneys. That they remem
ber not to begin their arguments after
the decision is rendered, as he said
so many lawyers do; and that they re
frain from talking all at once, as so
many lawyers do not.
He signed their applications for ad
mission with the gold pen presented to
Mrs. Hale by the governor after he had
signed the bill with it. The pen was
engraved with her name and "Emanci
pation day. August 19."
During the short ceremony, the wom
en kept on their hats. It was the first
time in the state’s legal annals, so far
as Is known, that attorneys have kept
on their hats In the court room, and
has given rise to the question in court
house circles as to whether a new prece
dent will be established.
Mrs. Hale requested reporters to
state that she will open an office, but
will confine her practice to the office
and will not appear in court.
Mrs. Castleton will be In the office
with her husband. Attorney Samuel M.
Castleton, under the firm name of
Castleton & Castleton.
VILL* CHIEF CUT OFF
EARS OF TO PRISONERS
Mutilated Soldiers Are Then
Shot Just as Rescuing
Party Arrives
(By Associated Preu.)
EL PASO, Tex., Aug. 21.—The story
of a Villa chief with his own hands cut
ting off the ears, of twenty prisoners
who later were shot, is told by a rescued
prisoner in El Democrats, of Chihuahua
City, copies of which arrived hero to
day. The chief who committed the
atrocity was Baudelio Uribe, commander
during Villa's recent raid on Jiminez.
Uribe captured a small body of de
facto government soldiers, according to
the witness, and called on them to loin
his band. Twenty failed to respond.
Finding them stubborn, Uribe trimmed
their ears and then ordered a captain
to shoot them. This order was carried
out just as a rescuing party came up.
The bodies were recovered by the gov
ernment troops.
French Aviator Killed
PARIS, Aug. 21.—Second Lieutenant
Bindejono des Moulinais, a well known
aviator, has been killed in an accidental
fall of his aeroplane In the Verdun
region.
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SHILL GEORGIAHEGULSTE
GEORGIA FREIGHT HITES?
Railroad Witness Contends
That Federal Regulaiton
Should Be Controlling
Shall the intrastate freight rates of
Georgia be fixed by the Georgia railroad
commission, or shall they be fixed by the
interstate commerce commission?
The testimony given Monday by Ran
dall Clifton, assistant freight traffic
manager of the Southern railroad, in
the hearing by the railroad commission
of the petition of the railroads of Geor
gia for a general revision of Georgia in
trastate freight rates, led squarely up to
this question.
Mr. Clifton was contending, as he has
contended since he took the stand, that
the rates of one state cannot be fairly
compared with the rates of another
state, because the rates of a state a r e
subject to local political pressure. Ho
was contending that the only fair basis
of comparing the rates of a state is
with the interstate rates in that ter
ritory, as fixed by the interstate com
merce commission. *
At this point Attorney W. A. Wim
bish, chief counsel for the Georgia SlTip
pers association, which is resisting the
Increases proposed by the railroads, de
veloped by questions that Mr. Clifton
believes the Intrastate rates of the sev
eral southeastern states should be sub
stantially the same, and that the stan
dard by which they should be fixed is
the standard laid down by the inter
state commerce commission for inter
state rates in the southeastern terri
tory.
"Then, If that be your contention, of i
what use is a state commission in reg
ulating intrastate freight rates?” in
quired Attorney Wlmbish.
To this question Attorney Merrtl
Qallaway, chief counsel for the rail
roads, immediately and strenuously ob
jected, with the result that Mr. Clifton
did not answer the question.
"Then If the rates you propose in
Georgia are higher than existing rates
tn Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina, how are you going to per
suade Georgia shippers that they ought
to pay the increased rates you propose?”
inquired C. Murphy Candler, chairman
of the commission.
In reply to this question, Mr. Clifton
said the railroads were going to peti
tion the commissions of those states for
an increase, as soon as the Georgia
commission decides the petition In this
case. In other words, if the Georgia
commission authorizes advances in
Georgia, then the railroads will use
that as an argument why the commis
sions of other southeastern states
should authorize advances in those
states.
“And whatever your honors decide In
this case, whether for or against the
railroads, will carry great weight in
the other states,” observed Attorney'
Callaway. ‘
At this point the hearing recessed un
til 3 o’clock.
After showing the theory on which
the railroads constructed their proposed
scale of class rates to be charged in
Georgia, Mr. Clifton went into a com
parison of Georgia rates, present and
proposed, with rates in Virginia, North
Carolina and South Carolina.
He admitted that the scale of rates,
proposed in Georgia is higher than ex- 1
isting rates in those three states, but
he contended that Georgia rates are too
low, and always have been too low, and
have influenced the making of rates in
other states. He cited various agita
tions of the subject of freight rates in
Virginia, North Carolina. South Caro
lina and Alabama, and claimed that in
nearly every case where shippers in
those states have complained of intra
state rates they have cited. Georgia,
rates as an argument Wfly the rates in
those states should be reduced.
This brought Mr. Clifton to his con
tention that rates in one state cannot
be fairly compared with the rates of
another state, and to his contention
that rates in all the southeastern states
should be substantially the same, and
should be fixed according to a standard
laid down by the interstate commerce
commission. It was at this point that
Attorney Wlmbish asked his question,
above quoted, as to why they need for a
state commission?
Continuing, Mr. CKfton said it is very
hard to convince a shipper in one state
that he should pay a higher rate for a
similar service than a shipper pays in
an adjoining state.
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THIRTEEN PERSONS KILLED
IN GULF COAST STORM
Property Damage in South
Texas Is Estimated at
About $2,000)000
(By Associated Press.)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Aug. 21.
Thirteen person's were killed and prop
erty valued at approximately $2,000,000
was destroyed in the storm which struck
Corpus Christi Friday night and swept
ten adjacent counties in south Texas,
according to reports received here last
night.
Os the dead nine were members of
the crew of the small freight steamer
Pilot Boy, which foundered off the
Aransas Pass jetties. Three Mexicans
were killed at Katherine, a little settle
ment on the King ranch, near Alice, and
one Mexicans was reported killed at
San Diego. Both towns are about 50
miles inland. The estimated property
loss includes damage to the cotton cron,
a large part of which was devastated.
The damage at Corpus Christi was es
timated at $500,000. Other losses were:
Aransas Pass, $150,000; Rockport. $75,-
000; Alice, $100,000; San Diego, $50,000;
Robstown, $50,000; Bishop, $50,000;
Kingsville, $100,000; towns in the R’o
Grande valley, $300,0 »0. and other wide
ly separated and isolated points, $500,-
000.
The storm-'Stricken area extends along
about 150 miles of the lower gulf coast
from Corpus Christi to Brownsville,
reaching inland from 30 to 50 miles.
In Corpus Christi the bay front was
strewn with the wreckage of pleasure
piers and wharfs, and fishing boats and
other craft were high and dry on the
beach as far as Water street, when
the storm abated at midnight Friday.
Hundreds of homeless citizens spent
Friday night in the courthouse and ho
tels, all of which were in darkness, ow
ing to the failure of the power plant.
During the fury of the storm water
was carried over the north beach sec
tion in sheets, demolishing summer cot
tages built on and over the bay. The
90-mile wind was whipped into the
waves in great walls of water, and as
each struck the shore it wrecked cot-
I tages, beached small craft and tore
I down docks.
Gov. Harris Signs Four
More General Bills of
The Late Legislature
Prior to his departure for Monticello
Monday morning where he commences
a series of speaking engagements in the
interest of his candidacy to succeed
himself as chief executive of the state.
Governor Harris affixed his signature
tn four more general bills passed by
the general aaseinjly of 1916. These
bills are as follow*:
To create ‘he office of •ntaries pub
lic-at-large through the appointment by
the state librarian.
To provide for the inspection of
eleemosynary ' institutions by grand
juries, better known as the Veazy bill.
To amend the game and fish laws of
the state.
To amend the state military laws to
i conform to lhe recently enacted federal
militia statutes.
After making an address at Jacks m
Monday afumoon. the governor will re
turn to Atlanta for the night in order
to resume consideration of the few
bills that are yet to be acted on, among
them being the interurban bill.
TAX MTE RAISED TO
CONSTITUTIONAL LIMIT
Excessive Appropriations by
Legislature Necessitates
Placing It at 5 Mills
As a result of the excessive appro
priations made by the general assembly’
at the extraordinary session last fall
and further enlarged at the regular
1916 session, Comptroller General Wil
liam A. Wright Monday morning fixed
the act valorem tax rate for this year at
the full constitutional limit of 5 mills
as against 4.80 mills for 1915.
In spite of this imperative action on
the part of the comptroller general the
state’s expenses for 1916 will be ap
proximately $600,000 in excess of the
revenue as indicated in the tax digest
which is practically complete
With every county in the state save
two. Dougherty and Floyd, heard from,
the total tax valuation in the state is
practically the same as in 1915, with
an enormous increase in appropriations.
At the extraordinary session $206,J00
was appropriated in excess of the reve
nue, and to this the last session added
over $400,000.
Including the corporation returns of
$152,632,510, which are $1,304,930 in ex
cess of last year, and an additional $4,-
500,000 expected from the ten counties
ordered by State Tax Commissioner
John C. Hart to increase their returns
to conform to the state average,
total tax valuations for Georgia for
1916 amount to $957,132,510. This one
item of $4,500,J00 expected from these
ten counties will bring in' an increased
revenue of $22,500.
In 1914 following the passage of the
tax equalization law when appropria
tions were held down more closely to
the available revenue, General Wright
reduced the tax rate to 4.50 mills. In
creased appropriations the next year,
however, caused an increase in the tax
rate to 4.80 mills and further extrava
gance on the part of the last legisla
ture has forced it to the full constitu
tional limit.
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Cotton Quotations Go
To Highest in 3 Years;
Spot Up to 14 1-2 Here
All cotton quotations Monday went to
a new high yecord for the season, and
the highest record in the last three
years.
Atlanta spot cotton was quoted Mon
day at 14 1-2 cents, which is 20 points
higher than Atlanta spot cotton Satur
day.
New York spot cotton was quoted
Monday at 14.85 cents, which is an ad
vance of 40 points over Saturday.
New Orleans spot cotton was quoted
at 550. Both made bond after the trial,
from Saturday.
New York futures were up from 32
to 38 points, which is also a new high
record for the season, with May and
July contracts selling above 15 cents.
Cotton Seed $35 a Ton
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
THOMASVILLE. Ga.. Aug. 21.—Cot
ton seed are reported as selling for
from $35 to S4O per ton in this terri
tory during the past week, and with a
great demand for them. With cotton
bringing in the neighborhood of 14 cents
per’ pound, the farmer seems to be
strictly in it just now. and any short
ness of the crop bids fair to be outbal
by U»e prices it commands.
ROSS TRUE FJILS TO
FURNISH MURDER CLUE
Defense Waives Hearing and
Men Are Bound Over to
City Court
The trial of J. T. Ross and his son,
Leonard Ross, in the municipal court
Monday had fa’led to bring out any
evidence throwing any light on the
Wurm mystery when the state con
cluded its case shortly after noon.
Following the closing of the case by
the state Attorneys Smith and High
smith for the Rosses waived the pre
liminary hearing and Judge Ridley
bound the defendants over to the city
criminal court for larceny. The elder
Ross’ bond -was fixed at s2s' and the 'sorts
at SJ. Both made bond after the trial.
The state protested, claiming that
they hoped to throw some light on the
Wurm case through the witnesses of
the defense. The judge, however, sus
tained the defense.
The Rosses were charged with the
’.heft from the Atlantic Steel company
of copper aluminum and copper wire
fSund by detectives at the Spalding
foundry, which is across the railroad
from the plant. The state called N. C.
Harrison, superintendent at the plant,
J. M. Hollowell, R. W. Hastings, E. R.
Dunoway, W. H. Gregg and A. V. Alklr,
all employed at the plant. They Iden
tified the wire as the kind which was
stored in the steel company’s warehouse.
The cotr-ention of the defense is that
the state failed to make out a case be
cause no witnesses were introduced who
ever saw Ross or his son at the plant
or anywhere near the plant and because
it was brought out in the evidence that
the kind of wire in question was often
sold by the company to the Spalding
foundry.
The prosecution’s case is handled by
Solicitor Eb T. Williams. The Rosses
are represented by Attorney William M.
Smith and Attorney John S. Hlghslmth.
BEITHS FROM PRWSIS
FUGUE IGRIN INCREASING
Thirty-Three Children Die and
92 Cases Reported
in 24 Hours
'By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 21.—The center of
the epidemic of infantile paralysis shift
ed today from Brooklyn to Manhattan
and there were more deaths and new
cases in the latter borough than al any
time since t.se inception of t-e disease.
T.sv health department’s bude’in to
day showed a decrease in new cases and
an increase in fatalities over yesterday.
During the 24 hours preceding 10 a.
m., the plague killed thirty-three chil
dren and ninety-two cases were report
ed as compared with 108 new cases and
twenty deaths yesterday. In Manhat
tan alone there were 17 deaths and 32
new cases.
Spain Plans to Raise
Army to 180,000 Men
MADRID, Spain, Aug. 21.—(Via
Paris.) —An increase in the Spanish
army 'to 180,000 men on peace footing
is provided for in a military reorgani
zation bill which soon will be presented
to parliament by the minister of war.
General De Luque. This calls for an
increase over the present force of 40,000
men. Under the new plan 68,000 men
will be garrisoned in Morocco.
The reserves of the active army will
permit rapid mobilization of 400,000 men.
The project provides for officers suf
ficient for a reserve army of 600,000.
Wilson Plans Long Stay
At Summer White House
•
(By Associated Press.?
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—President
Wilson plans to spend practically all
September and October at Shadow Lawn,
the summer White House, in New Jer
sey. Removal of office furniture from
executive offices to the quarters engage !
for clerks at Asbury Park, was begun
today. Practically the entire office
force of the White House will go.
NUMBER 92.
STRIKE SITUATION TH
DE DISCUSSED AGAIN
AT
Railroad Executives United
Against Wilson’s Plan, but
Are Planning to Present
Counter Proposal
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.—Prazident
Wilzon today reiterated to the railroad
executives, including the new arrivals
from the west, hie demand that they ac
cept hie plan for the settlement of the
threatened railroad strike. The ex
ecutives then first of a series
of meetings in which they will frame
their reply.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—President
Wilson called the railroad presidents tq
the White Hrhnso again this afternoon
for another conference.
It had been expected tnere would be
no further move until tomorrow, but
when the western men began arriving
today the railway managers found that
all the executives who could reach the
capital within a reasonable time already
had arrived. They so advised the White
House and the president Invited them to
a conference at 2:30 o’clock.
The railway heads spent several hours
today trying to devise some form of set
tlement of the threatened strike
would still preserve the principle of ar
bitration, and be one which Presiden:
Wilson could prevail upon the men to
accept.
One of the suggestions the railroad
presidents Were prepared to make at the
White House was for legislation to cre
ate a board or commission to investigate
when trouble threatens between railroad
employers and employes.
Under such a plan the board would be
created by act of congress and would *
probably be empowered to examine wit
nesses to determine the merits of any
controversy. Pending its investigation -
the employes would not be permitted to
strike or to take a strike vote. After
the board had reached its conclusions
from the facts a public report would be
made and there would be an opportun
ity for arbitration, but it would not be
compulsory.
If arbitration were refused the board
would send to each employe of the
railroad interested a statement of the
railroad’s position in the matter, the
employe’s position and the board’s
ings. These statements would be before
every employe when he came to vote on
a strike and opportunity would be given
for a secret ballot. The men would-vote--
directly on the question of a strike. Un
der the present system the balloting Is
not secret and the men vote to delegate
the power of declaring a strike to broth
erhood officers.
It was understood that the railroad
executives wei* not yet ready to present
their final answer today to the president
on his plan. The conference this after- v
noon was arranged to allow the officials
who arrived here today to get the presi
dent’s viewpoint first hand.
As the railroad presidents entered the
White House, Hale Holden, their spokes
man, said the executives already here
had sought to maintain open minds on
the entire question, but that after Presi
dent Wilson had explained his plan thor
oughly to the new arrivals, considera
tion of all questions involved would be
begun with the object of reaching a
final decision.
The railroad presidents were consid
ering under what circumstances they
could find away to accept the eight
hour day basis, and still conserve the
principle of arbitration, which has be
come the crux of the whole fight. West
ern railroad presidents arriving here to
day seemed confident that away would
be found to avert the strike. No con
ference between President Wilson and,
the railway executives is expected • be
fore tomorrow afternoon.
The emn, after a brief meeting todr.y,
adjourned until tomorrow awaiting de
velopments and meanwhile qpnt dele
gates to congressmen to acquaint them
with the details of the controversy.
The situation continued, as both sides
expressed it, serious but not hopeless.
WILSON DEFENDS PLAN.
President Wilson holds firmly to arbi
tration as a principle in the present con
troversy. He has so Informed George
Pope, president of the National Manu
facturers' association, in response to a
telegraphic appeal from the latter that
the principle of arbitration be preserved
in the strike negotiations. The road of
ficials have contended that the principle
of arbitration* would be endangered by
his plan of settlement. The president,
however, declares that his plan has
strengthened rather than weakened it.
President Wilson had before him to
day numerous telegrams from business
men and trade bodies urging that he in
sist on arbitration. It was said official
ly, however, that the appeals would be
without effect on him since he had fail
ed in his effort to bring about arbitra
tion and had no way of forcing It.
The western railway presidents, sum
moned Saturday, began coming in this
morning. Louis W. Hill, of the Great
Northern, principal heir to the vast
properties of the late James J. Hill, and
E P. Ripley, the veteran president of
the Santa Fe, were among the first.
Neither had any statement to make.
The incoming executives conferred
with those aJready here and with the
managers' committee to familiarize
themselves with the negotiations so far.
All the western presidents are expected
before tomorrow noon. By that time
it is expected about 100 railway heads
representing properties valued at about
ten billion dollars will be assembled for
the next conference with the president.
EMPLOYES HOLD MEETING.
The brotherhood representatives held
a brief meeting in their hall today, but
transacted no business. A few tele
grams approving their stand in the situ
ation were read and adjournment was
taken until 10 o’clock tomorrow morn
ing.
The meeting decided that brotherhood
members should call on senators and
representatives from thfeir own states
and acquaint them with the details of
the men’s side. President Carter, of
the engineers, was the only official who
attended the session. •
Some of the incoming railway presi
dents were more optimistic about the
situation than those already here. One
of the western men declared that if his
road alone were involved he unques
tionably would resist the demands of the
men to the last, but he considered the
question a national one and for that
reason Mas sure some common ground
would be found on which to base a set
tlement.