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Show . rjftf n 1m! II 7f 4 ) i fTsiVU si ; ',J' i hri k -r -jfCffviw wi-.-- I V-tVri'M 1. Squad of rescuers descending Into tne Argouauc mine ui .lacKson, Oal., in which 47 niliiers were entombed. en-tombed. 2. Greek piieuiiipiiiciit at Smyrna, photographed Ju.st before the Turks drove iliem out. 3. Children of K. Sumner, "presidential shofinaker," praying outside the White House for the recovery of Mrs. Harding. Miles Uoindcxter had little tlilllculty In obtaining a renoininatioii for the senate. The lemocrutlc nouiime. Is C. C. DIM. Two Democratic gubernatorial primaries pri-maries lu the South were of general Interest. In South Carolina T. 0. Mo I.eod defeated Governor H lease, and the state Is to be congratulated. In Georgia Governor I lard wick wa beaten beat-en by Clifford W. Walker, liardwltk has opposed the Ku Klux Klau. which probably accounts for bis defeat. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENHVENTS Shopmen's Strike Is Broken By Separate Agreements With Many of the Roads. MEN 60 BACK AT OLD WAGES Senators Lodge, Townsend and Poln-dexter Poln-dexter Renominated Republicans Win Mains Election by.Fafr Majority Danger of New War in the Balkans. By EDWARD W. PICKARD SEPARATE agreements entered Into by striking shopmen and railways representing about one-fifth of the country's ndleage last week brought about a break in the strike that has lasted for some 75 days and threatened threaten-ed the nation's transportation facilities facili-ties with demoralization. It Is believed be-lieved some other railways will soon make the same arrangement with the men, these Including the Rock Island, the Burlington and the Northern Pacific. Pa-cific. Some of the big lines, notably the Pennsylvania, have not adopted the settlement plan. They assert they already al-ready have won the strike and will not make terms with the men wtio went out. Of the roads accepting the agreements the most Important are: New York Central lines and subsidiaries. subsi-diaries. Including Michigan Central. Iloston and Albany, nnd Rig Four: Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul; Erie; Chicago and Northwestern and its subsidiary, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha; Baltimore and Ohio; Seaboard Air iine; South-i South-i eni railway: New York. Chicago and St. Louis; The Motion; Wheeling and ! Lake Erie. The agreements are. as they should be. a compromise. All the strikers, except ex-cept those proven guilty of acts of violence, are to be taken back within thirty days at the prevailing pay prescribed by the federal railway labor board, and In the shops where they were formerly employed, but not necessarily at the same Jobs. Tliore is no specific provision regarding the matter of seniority rights, but It Is believed this Issue can be worked out satisfactorily after the men are hack lit work. Any controversies arising from the strike that cannot be settled otherwise ore to be referred to a coin-mission coin-mission to be established, consisting of six representatives of the labor organizations or-ganizations Involved and six representatives repre-sentatives of the railroads. This commission com-mission Is to remain In existence only until May 81, 19-3, and none of Its decisions nor the agreement In gen- railroad boards. Negotiations could he successfully carried on and disputed dis-puted questions settled If approached In good faith." HEARING on the motion to have the strike Injunction obtained by Attorney General Daugherty chntiged Into a preliminary restraining onlcr until a trial began last week before Federal Judge WUkerson In Chicago, and the attorney general announced an-nounced that It would proceed despite the partial agreements reached. The temporary Injunction was extended ten days, but the court warned the government forces It would uot be further extended. The government presented tunny thousands of affidavits telling of acts of violence and threats and other circumstances, all tending to prove Its theory that a conspiracy existed, which In effect obstructed Interstate In-terstate commerce. Mr. Daugberty's determination to press (be case to a decision Is based on his belief that the principles at stake are more Important than any Immediate Isnue or effect. The Injunction, Injunc-tion, he thinks, If granted beyond the ten days now fixed by the court, will not only protect the workers who have taken places of strikers on roads not in the settlement, but will reach the question of responsibility of union leaders for acts of violence. PRESIDENT HARDING and Secretary Secre-tary of Labor Davis were greatly pleased by the news of the partial strike settlement. The secretary said : ' "American Industry bus overcome the last obstacle lu the way of the greatest economic revival the nation has ever knowu. With the settlement of tae strike on many of the trunk line railways assured, the whole industrial machinery of the country is ready for a forwurd movement unprecedented In bur eci nomic history. "The disturbance in the bituminous and anthracite coal mining industries are in the past, and the CO0.U0O coal miners of the country are back at work. Our representatives In New England have advised me that In the textile workers' strike settlements are rupldiy enabling the mills to resume operations. "These three great Industrial disputes dis-putes have been the only hindrances to the nation In its rapid recovery from tho Industrial depression which we faced a year ago. With them out of the way progress toward prosperity will be swift and sure." IT IS true, as Mr. Davis sajs, that the disturbances In t he coal mining Industry arc ended, but the disturbances disturb-ances In the minds of the consumers of coal are Just bcginnin'. The dealers, deal-ers, greedy, unscrupulous and conscienceless, con-scienceless, are demanding exorbitant prices for coal and the people are walling, wall-ing, with little prospect of relief except ex-cept In some states where the authorities authori-ties have both the power and the will to check the profiteering. Meanwhile the congressional conferees have been Maine's electlcn, which used to bo considered h reliable Indication of results re-sults lu the nation generally in November, No-vember, took place .Monday, and the Republicans won by what the parly leaders professed to regard as satisfactory satis-factory iiiiijoi-lties, though naturally they were far below those of li)-l). Senator Frederick Hale's majority over Curtis, Democrat, was about :7.KK), and Governor Baxter bad a slightly larger margin over Putlungall. The four Republican congressional candidates candi-dates were elected, but the Democrats Increased their membership In the state assembly from 15 to 40 and In the state senate from none to three. Republican leaders In Washington called the Maine results an endorsement endorse-ment of t lie adininlst ration, while the Democratic chiefs round satisfaction In the reduced size of the Republican I majorities. TI1K Creek dehiote In Asia Minor was complete;. Constant ine's troops those that were not taptmeil were withdrawn from the mainland lu a hurry and the Turkish Nationalists National-ists occupied Smyrna in orderly manner. man-ner. Then looting broke out, mid nil Thursday someone started a contlagru-tioll contlagru-tioll that destroyed the western part of the city. The Kemalists also oo cuplcd Brusa, burned by the tiering Greeks, and announced thai their capital capi-tal would be moved to Kouia. Their rejoicings over the victory were participated in by their countrymen country-men who adhere to the Constantinople Constanti-nople government, and Iheie aS much talk among them of recovering tliat city from alien dominance and of again possessing Tbruce and the Dardanelles. Dar-danelles. This brought a warning front all the allies that an attack again! the iieinrai zones of Ismld and the Dardanelles would mean war with the allies, ami British and I'.ulhin troops were concentrated in those regions. Probably the allies can leslrain the Turks, bur the danger In the Near East does not stop there and many wie stalcs-int n are shaking their liemls over the prospects of n new war In the Balkans. Bulgaria is massing her forces on the Tbraclan frontier, while Jugo-Slavla and her n.ty Rumania are mobilizing to give the Bu'gars hat tie. The Set os, who themselves want possession pos-session of Salouica, ule deteini neil that Bulgaria shall not grab Tln-.ice and thus reestablish contact with tin) Turks. The Bulgarian pi ess s urging urg-ing the government to abandon diplomacy di-plomacy and to light. England, which has been the friend of Greece, will not nc-mlt Turk y or Bulgaria to get eral "shall be used or cited In any unit roversy between these pui'tles or between the railroads signing the same or any other class or classes of their employees In any other controversy con-troversy that may hereafter arise." There Is to be no Intimidation nor oppression op-pression of the employees who remained re-mained at work or those who took the places of strikers, and all law suits pending as a result of the strike are to be dismissed. CREDIT for arranging this agreement agree-ment Is evidently due mainly lo S. Davics Wartleld, president of the Seaboard Air line and bead of a securities se-curities concern which owns large, amounts of railway bonds. President Wlllard of the Baltimore nnd Ohio also was prominent In the peace negotiations; ne-gotiations; and B. M. Jewell, head of the striking organizations, proved amenable to all suggestions looking toward a fair and reasonable settle-monr. settle-monr. Mr. Warfield, In n statement enn-ceming enn-ceming the agreement, made this pertinent per-tinent suggestion : "Regional railroad labor boards should bo properly nnd promptly established; es-tablished; a boaid named by each group of railroads that operate In each of tlte four rate-making districts Into which the commission has divided di-vided tbe country; the men of eucti group of railroads to also orcnnlze wards to confer with tbe regional disputing over the ('ummins-WinsIow coal distribution and price control bill, disagreeing as to Its application to Intrastate In-trastate as well as Interstate shipments. ship-ments. Henry Ford Is the most vociferous vocifer-ous of the big coal consumers, and according ac-cording to the latest reports he had not altered bis Intention to shut down the Ford plants. He charges that the Inter state commerce commission, through Us control over empty coal cars, "Is playing hito the hands of col profiteers prof-iteers under guise of regulations for the public good," nnd adds: "The same Interests which own the public utilities railroads and mines are using the commission as part of their scheme to fleece the public, and the scheme Is so simple that nobody sees It." CONSIDERABLY battered by results In roriit primaries, the "old guard" or the Republican party resumed re-sumed Its mulling appearance Inst w.ek after the primary elections were li.'ld In Massachusetts, Michigan and Washington. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge won over Joseph Walker by a three to one vote, nnd will have to contest the election with William A. Gnston, who defeated Sherman L. Whipple for tbe Democratic nomination. nomina-tion. Senator Townsend of Michigan, who was opposed by three candidates, won bis renomlnatlon by a plurality of about 2.VKX) a notable victory since he was' hampered by the Issue of "Newberrylsm." Out lu Washington Thrace and has a powerful naval force guarding the waters between the continents. Italy Is most desirous of peace and Is urging England to consent con-sent to a new conference on the Near East. France rejoices over the victory vic-tory of the Turks, but Joins with England Eng-land lu the determination that Constantinople Constan-tinople and the Dardanelles shall remain re-main neutral and undi r International control. All lu all. Brltis.li diplomacy seems to have made a me-s of It. hut a layman at this distance lias no right to pass Judgment et. Britain's course may have been influenced greatly by the ever existent and now Increasing fear of a general Mohammedan upris- Ing against Christian domination. j i ALL the country shared with I're.st- ! dent Harding bis anxiety over th.j ! serious Illness of Mrs. Harding, and everyone rejoiced when the new cauie ' from the White House that the crisis was parsed and the gracious lady's recovery re-covery was virtually nuied. THE bouse sent the tariff hill back to conference because It objected to the proposed duty on potash and the provision continuing for one year the dye embargo act. The changes demanded by tbe hotie were made, and the bill was tt en approved h.v Ids representative after a very brief debate. |