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fniS DAiiy FREE PRESS THE HOME PAPER -ToIay New Today ; . TUad It First In" THE FREE PRESS VOL. 25. No. 126, SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1922 SIX PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS BIG FOUR CHIEFS HOLD WINCE! SECRET Poll of Sentiment in Both , Houses Shows Strong Opposition to President's Plan ;' to Give Him Power to Take Oyer Roads ; and Mines in Emergency -indications are that Such Will Only Be Given When Need Actually ArisesStrike in Bitumi nous Mines in Pennsylvania AboutEnd ed .and;,Gpyerror Recalls Troops on Guard Duty J " " 1 V -. mmm i , - - (By'the United Piest) Cleveland, Aug. 30. Chief of the "big four" brother hood' seiMon here were shrouded in aecrecy -when they re turned their deliberations over the situation caused by the shopmen's strike. CONGRESS WILL NOT ENACT EMERGENCY LEGISLATION NOW. ; 1 ' Washington, Aug .30. Congress will not enact emergency legislation authorizing the seizure of railroads and idle coal mine9 except in the immediate presence of an absolute crisis onph as does not exist now. carrying actual public suffering. This is virtually a complete poll of sentiment in both houses today andjs the reaction on President Harding's proposal that emergency legislation to arm him with power to take over the properties as a lasi reson ue ,eucieu weiuic aujuuiuuicm. BITUMINOUS STRIKE PENNSYLVANIA ENDED. Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 30.' The virtual tend of the coal strike in the bituminous fields in this State was recognized by Governor Sproul with a recall of the guardsmen who have been in the field since July 21st. Four troops of cavalry and one machine gun troop were ordered home this week, the Gov ernor says. DIG FOUR NOT WORKING im aHfiPMEN STRIKE NOW. nivplanV A US'. 30. .Strike of the railroad shopmen is a closed incident with the 'TOg four" brotherhoods for the present, President Lee of the trainmen said today just before the conference opened here. , THOUSANDS OF MINERS , READY FOR WORK. Pittsburgh, Aug. 30.-Thousands of striking minerB prepared to return to Work today upon announcement that the last of the big operators had agreed to reopen their mines under the Cleveland agreement,. ;, Officials state that enough tonnage has been signed up to give employ ment to every one of "the 45,000 strik ers, who have been out since April. a. Good Meeting at Hickory Grove Conducted by Rev. R. L Pittmah of LaGrange tie the LaGrange circuit of the Methodist Church, has just closed a splendid revival at Hickory Grove irt Buckles berry. Mr. Pittman reports that the people of that section are a fine type and he is very much impressed with the fine farming lands thereabouts. He is inclined to criticise conditions of the roads, and reports that a num ber of cars were stuck . either on their way To his meetings or from them, and that it was necessary for assistance to be called for in order ,to get out of the mud. Be commends some of the men in the community who took off. their-shoes, rolled up their pants-legs and went regularly at tl)e job of helping those who be came stuck in the mud. At the be; ginning of the meeting . he says a number of the - members worked on one of the roads, and he thinks that the people of the section are entitled to better roads. ' ! Picked Crews Fight Vigorously to Rescue Entombed Gold Miners (By the United Press) Jackson, CaL, Aug. 30. Picked crews fought through the solid earth and rock today .to dig out 43 entomb ed miners, who it .is feared havs al ready perished.. They were ut off by fire in the.dspths of the Argonaut gold mine here. The race against death for the. lives "of the entrapped men wni end Thursday. Seven hun dred feet of earth and granitvj sep arated the workers and entombed min ers yesterday " They have conquered 400 feet of the distance. Fifty feet of solid granite must be blasted at the last moment. n t Richmond 'r- Man Disappears From ' r a Coastwise Steamer (By the United Press.) Norfolk, Aug. 30. Edward Moon, a wealthy Richmond broker and Will iam Coan ' of Lexington were being hunted by the authorities today, fol lowing the mysterious disappearance of Moon from the steamer Jefferson Tuesday. Moon's personal effects were left on board but all trace of the jjian has been lout The police fear he may have been a victim of foul Play, but offer no solution to his dis appearance. The authorities are also looking for Coan who occupied the tate room with Moon; according to a statement cf the ship's crew. - TWO SOUTHERN R. R. GUARDS SHOT FROM AMBUSH IN GEORGIA Assailants Who Are Sought by Police Said : to Have Taken Their I)eadly Aim From": South Carolina Side of Line " (By the United Press.) ' Augusta, Ga., Aug. 80. E. M. Feaster was killed and Reedy Booth was wounded early... todaf when the two men, who Were Southern Rail way guards, were fired on from am bush near the Hamburgh yards across the river from here in South Carolina. "' The police are searching for the assailants. , '. Visiting t R. Officials ; at Raleigh Are Yery Non Committal About Strike By OSCAR J. COFFIN (Special Capital Correspondent.) Raleigh, Aug. 30. Vice President W. L.' Stanley of the Seaboard, who figured much is the effort to settle the Seabord strike when it began two months ago, was in Raleigh yester day and today, but the 'official said that his visit had nothing to do with the settlement of this difficulty. . Mr. Stanley explained that the of fice of diplomat came to him through his subbing for Vice .President Canill who works with the motor end of the corporation. Mr. Stanley hasn t a regular job of that kind. However, as an occasional, listener in on the company he hears that the trains make fair schedules, that the track and trains are in fair condition and therefore the employers not in a bad way for further carrying on. He was the last man to give up hope of an agreement and one of the last to see any signs . of real caving-in by either side. Norfolk Southern . officials ' Who were also here yesterday, could say nothing about their reopening : of shops. They had "heard" that "an injunction has been taken," but they did not seem to have any actual date for putting new men in shops which have been closed nearly two months. The company adopted the expedient of killing trains and conserving its cars and engines." It has run its, race now and must begin to build up on a big scale. .' " . MAIL ORDER BRIDES LOSE HUSBANDS. Washington, Aug. 30. A deluge of pleas from deserted brides who were wooed by letter, is pouring into the postoffice department. These mail order wives, whose hubbies found their correspondence was to be de sired more than their presence, ask the assistance of Postmaster General Work in regaining their spouses in dicating that ' they felt the govern ment was responsible -for their un successful marriages. So great has the number of pleas and threats be come that the postoffice department was forced to issue an official state ment that it will not be responsible for husbands "lost, strayed or stolen" even if they were gained through tha mails. ....... Another Woman Said " to Have Been Witness . to New Jersey Killing (By the United Press ) Edgewater, Aug. 30. A woman whose name was not disclosed who comforted Bergeen as he lay dying in the road after,- being shot . by George Cline, was found by investi gators today. ; To this woman Berg en is alleged to have whispered the story of how he met death after he admitted intimacy with Cline'e wife. Mysterious Death of Memphis Woman May Be . Cleared Up by Arrest (By the United Press.) ' . Chattanooga, Aug. ' 30. John W, Hudson, alias J. A. Mitchell, was ar rested here Monday charged with vi olating an automobile ordinance. It was discovered that Hudson was wanted in Memphis in connection with an ' investigation of the mysterious death of Mrs. Hattie Ferguson of that place, whose body was found af ter the spring floods this year. Under questioning Hudson admit ted that he dropped a farewell note into his wife's lap as their automo bile was crossing a bridge over the Mississippi, and then jumped off 'the bridge into the water 110 feet below. Mrs. Ferguson disappeared on the same day, according to authorities. Last night Hudson was reported by prisoners in the -cell adjoining- his to have taken glass and ground it into fine particles. Jail officers ; fearing that the despondent man mignt at tempt to take his life, moved him to another cell. BULLETINS (Bt the United Press.) HIRAM JOHNSON LEADING FOR NOMINATION. San Francisco, Aug. 30. Senator Hiram Johnson is leading Charles Moore for the. Republican senatori al nomination in the primary re turns to date. LAST MINUTE EFFORT SAVE BOY. Atlanta, Aug. 30. Attorneys for Frank Dupree, convicted bandit and slayer, went to Carrollton today to ask Governor Hard wick for a 30 day reprieve for the youth. Ac cording to a statement issued, by the defense's counsel, this is the last step to save the boy from the gallows between the hours of 0 and Friday between the hours of 9 and 4 o'clock. -" Paris Has Unconfirmed Report That American Army on Rhine be Larger (By the United Press.) V Paris. Aug. 30. The American Army of Occupation in the Rhine will be increased to 3,000, an unconfirm ed report reseived here today said. The reason for the increase in forces was not given. SPOKEN NEWSPAPER IS LATEST IN PARIS. (Special to The Free Press) Paris, Aug. 30. A spoken news paper is the latest literary fad in Paris. Instead of reading dreary columns of type the news is told to you for the price of a newspaper. f'La Lfore Parole" (The Free Speech) is the name of the spoken newspaper. Its "readers" gather once a week in a public hall and for two hours listen to the news read to them by the staff of the newspaper. .. The .paper gives precedence to a digest . of weekly events, of importance so that read ers who are in a hurrji can leave within a half hour with a knowledge of outstanding events. For those who have more leisure there is an editorial on a subject of current ' in terest, a social gossip column, a comic column read fay a humorist, theatri cal criticism and literary reviews and finally a pamphlet told by its author. COX WMSAHERICA TO BE PHYSICIAN TO Former Democratic, Stand ard Bearer Tells London People He is Hopeful Be cause Washington is Tak ing Some Interest. ,: (By the United Press) London, Aug. 30. "Let us hope that our services to Central Europe will be that of physician and not of 1 ..l..." Tamaa Cft u . . i .1 ;n an uiiuermivci , . v " u m a statement issued here today. ; He aiSO eXpreanCU in U statement since Washington had in terested itself in the economic situa tion, even though Secreteary Hoovsr was not sent there. Openings for Teachers. mi nM .till a YnimKr nf toa.i ers to ue ojjk,""'-v"-schools. Vacancies have been grao ually filled, and the county superin tendent expects to complete al! ap pointments before the beginning t-f the school term. BLEASE LEADING IN RETURNS FROM S. C. TUESDAY Run-Off Between Former Governor :and Thomas McLeod Seems Certain Close Race Between Them For Plurality in First (By the United Tress.) Columbia, S. C Aug. 30. Incom plete returns from all counties indi cated that a second race for governor will bo run bv Cole Blease and Thom as McLeod With 137,000 votes count ed, it was doubtful which one would get a plurality, but Blease was lead- ' . .(Via ing oy inure uiuji u,wv. CATTLE-DIPPING RECORD AGAIN BROKEN IN TEXAS. Washington, Aug. 30. Texas broke its own cattle dipping record when n July 6,783,503 dippings in that State were reported by the Bureau of Ani mal Irtdustry, United States Depart ment of Agriculture. The figure is more than 150,000 greater than the dippings for June, which as recently announced, broke all records for pro gressive tick eradication since " the work began in 1906.; There are near ly 10,000 vats in operation, of which more than 200 were , built during' July, The rapid progress being made in eradicating ticks is the mult of thorough preparation and the excel lent spirit of cooperation among the state and county officials, cattle owners, and representatives of the United States Department of Agri culture. Lieut-Governor of Oklahoma Arrested on a Charge of Perjury (By the United Press.) Oklahoma City, Aug. 30. Lieutenant-Governor Trapp of Oklahoma was arrested here today on. a warrant from Seminole County, charging him with perjury .and preparing false' tes timony. The warrant was served fcy the under- sheriff from Seminole County. . No details regarding the charges were made public. MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY FOR ORGANIZED LABOR FROM FEDERAL COUNCIL THE CHURCH AND INDUSTRY The church has a message ap plicable to human conduct in ail its phases and to every variety of human relationships. Industrial 'relations are but one form of human relations, and in dustrial problems are very large ly human problems. , A gospel that does nut embrace life in its entirety is not suffic ient to save men or to express the full meaning of religion. Washington, Aug. 30. The church is called upon to exert its efforts to the utmost to bring the Christian spirit of fairness and goodwill into the economic order, to teach Chris tian principles and to insist upon their application to industry, in the Labor Day Sunday Message of the Commission on the Church and Social Service of the 'Federal Council of Churches. . fearlessly and frankly the message deals with industrial conditions dur ing the last year. It expresses sym pathy with organized labor . in the coal and railway situations, saying that both are due to the inadequacy of earnings of the men. That the financial conditions of certain of the railroads may have made the reduc tions for their employees appear de sirable, it says, adds only to the se riousness of the situation, " Deplores 12-Hour Day. The message declares . that ; the shopmen are fighting for the very life of their union and that where such a war of extermination ja being waged, ' employers can oly expect ultimate defeat. The message de plores that the twelve-hour working day is still in effect in the steel in dustry and asserts that "apparent ly it will require all ithe continued moral pressure of the church to com plete the reformation of the industry." After pointing out that health and happiness are, generally speaking, necessary to the attainment of the higher life and that the church can not be indifferent to the physical well-being of its people, which de pends so largely on their economic status, the message declares that Christian teachings as applied to in dustry include three cardinal prin ciples: the worth of personality, brotherhood as between all those en gaged in industry, and the motive of service. Bitterness and Conflict' Regretting that "we are still in a period where the dominant note in the industrial world is one of strife and controversy," the message says, there probably never was a time when there was more bitterness and conflict, some of it due to misunder standing between employers and workers and some of it unfortunate ly due to a very clear understanding of hostile aims and purposes." ' After stating that the public is nnrt'c conscious of the unpleasant and ..ti'jus results of .industrial dis Heads Thea! Industry I I ' ' ' 1 1 -v A i VA I ! A V SI of "'i s- ... . x . . . VWW H- MM VMM Aug-ustus Ihotnas, noted play wriulit. who lias been appointed to a pout analogous to that of Will Hays the movies and Judg iandis In baseball. Mr. Thomas has been (or years on of tho foremost figures In the American Theatre, And his appointment as executive 'chairman of the Producing Man agers Association meets the ap proval of all theatredom. Accord ing' to reports he has put his "John Hancock" to a contract for three years, and although the figures are not known, they are estimated In the neighborhood of $25,000 an nually. .. .. Dead Men Lashed to Steering Wheels May Indicate Burial Method (Bv the United Press) Kansas City, Aug. 30. Two dead men lashed to the steering wheels of automobiles piled on the bottom of the (Missouri v River near JSearman, is where banuits have 'been buried this way by members of their gang. Sher iff Kepler believes, he said today. lUne expensive roadster: was Hoist ed out of the waters yesterday and attempts to raise the other are be ing made today. putes, is often ignorant of the major facts of Its judgment dictated by con siderations of self-interest rather than of justice and right. Many of the strikes which have oc curred during the period of depression haVe resulted from a tendency to "deflate" labor a tendency which in part is to be taken for granted with the recession of prices and of living costs and a corresponding deflation of the farmer. , Continuing it says: "'It cannot be too often repeated that high wages during the war were by no means so general as believed and that the de mand for a ' reduction of wages in proportion to the reduction in living costs has been made without refer ence to the fact that wages prior to the war were too low and cannot fair ly be taken as a basis of wage deter mination. Deploring as most unfortunate the fact that no more general effort has been made to approach a settlement of disputes in a coopeative spirit and to appeal to justice and fair play rath er than to trial by economic combat, the statement says: "In a moral world, force can settle nothing per manently. The conferences by which most disputes end . would contribute much more to the stability of indus trial relations if they were held at the beginning rather than at the end of a controversy." Hostile to Lower Courts. Regretting the tendency on both sides in industry to break 'agreements "which indicates," the messags says, "a lack of fundamental integrity which is all too prominent in the in dustrial world and which augurs sill for the future." Pointing out the serious aspect of the growing hostility of organized labor to ', the courts, especially the lower courts, the message states, however, that the courts have been by no means uniformly hostile to la bor and" that the labor unions have gained much during the year before the courts. The lower courts are held largely responsible for the dis trust. . . ' ' . Distinct Signs of Hope. The message, however, closes with the declaration that "there are dis tinct signs of hope and progress in the industrial Situation in America." Earnest and courageous employers are at work1 on constructive experiments. Employers' organizations tnd labor unions are conquering the old psy chology of fear and force and are seeking more social ends by much more social - means. ' The workers' education movement and the new in terest of labor unions in scientific research give much promise. A paragraph devoted to the press says: "The press, sharply criticized and often justly so, for partisanship in labor disputes, shows signs of greater fairness and discrimination and in some instances of 'rnnral leadership. The new role that is xing played by the religious press in this connettiort is espetially gratifying." , MAY TAKE ACTION TO STOP SMUGGLING OF ALIENS IN COUNTRY Thousands of Chinese in Cuba Awaiting Chance of Entering United States. Ask Congress' to Pass Compulsory Law (Special to The Free Press) Washington, Aug. 30. Estimates of from one hundred to three hundred thousand alien with no right to be in thin fnnntrv Yiava hppn mnflp..hv' Secretary Davis of the Department of L,aoor and Director Burns of the De partment of Justice Investigation Bu reau. ' , ....... i . These aliens slip into this country either from Cuba, landing on the Florida 'coast, and making their way north and west, or they come in over the Canadian or Mexican border. Without an absolutely prohibitively expensive border patrol it seems im possible to prevent smuinrllnir of either liquor or aliens, but much can be done to prevent the latter, accords ing to Secretary Davis, if Congress is willing to enact a compulsory regis tration law. i Representations have been made to the Cuban government, with the hope that it can aid In preventing the in- Ilux o the forty lorae thoiuand Chi nese now supposed vto be on the island awaiting a chance to enter this coun try. If, however, international agree ments prove ineffective in preventing our .immigration laws irom being vi olated, Secretary Davis believes that a compulsory registration law for aliens woum make smuggling unprof itable, if not impossible. He is also of the opinion that it would speedily rki this country of many of its un desirable aliens, and take form jails, work-houses and almshouses many a national whn hna nn i-iirhf Viura unl send him tack to his native land, tjherc A- 1. - I . . .... ' m ue careu ror, nos at tne expense ol ine American taxpayer. Shift of Operations May Be Caused in . Monangahela Regions (Byithe United Press) Pittsburgh, Pa.. Aug, 30 The rich ConnellsviJle coal and coke Aegion may never again hold the same place in relation to the ateel industry in the Pittsburgh district. :; ;, Scores of mines along the Monon gehela river may never be reopened, it is predicted, following important discoveries , by ) independent : steel manufacturers, who were forced to looK elsewhere for their coking coal on account of the miners strike in the Connellsville field. Heretofore, coal and coke from Monongahela river mines were con sidered indispensable to steel making. Following certain discoveries, how ever, steel men say they only can use aibout 60 per cent, of the normal out put in the Connellsville district. One of the outstanding develop ments in the steel industry as a di rect result of the coal strike, is the atttention given to production of by product coke, and the knowledge that steel plants can use coal from other than the Connellsville .region. Be sides, it "was pointed out, the by-product ovens at the mills have the ad vantage over beehive ovens at the mines in quantity and quality of coke produced. Independent steel makers, found that by mixing coal from the West Virginian field with equal quantities of Connellsville or Monongahela riv er coal, they produced higher grade coke and a greater yield per ton. "A mixture of 40 per cent. Poca hontas (West Virginia coal) with CO per cent. Connellsville coal is being used at by-product plants with good results, in some cases increasing the output of a blast furnace from 20 to 25 per cent." A leading independent steel manufacturer said; "Should this trend to use low vola tile coal continue, it means that mines which produce coal for coking purposes in Western Pennsylvania face. a reduced demand of 40 to . 60 per cent, below their pre-war output." UNSERVICEABLE ENGINES THIS AND OTHER YEA . New York, Aug. 30. The average number of unserviceable freight-and passenger locomotives for the year 1919, in which year the roads were under federal control, was 2(i.9 (this excludes New York Central, data not yet received) per cent. In 1920, for ten months of which the - railroads were under private control, the num ber of unserviceable locomotives was reduced to , 24.5 per cent. In 1921 the average number of unserviceable engines was further reduced to 23.7 per cent, and the average for the first six months of the year, that is, ( up to July 1, had been 23 per cent. , This represents a decrease or nearly 4 per cent. Three Ohio People KiUed With Heavy Iron Bar; No Clues (By the United Press.) , Canton, Ohio, Aug. 30. Three per sons were brutally beaten to death with an iron' bar here today. The po lice fount) the mutilated bodies of Frank Burns and wife and Mrs. Mary Nola - at the Burns' home. Frank Armstrong Was also injured in the at tack but physicians say ha will live. There are no duet. SIMMONS & M'NARY AMENDMENTS ARE CERTAIN CAUSE VETO Proponents of Bonus Bill While Confident of Pas sage Fear Unexpected Tactics Think Votes Cast For That Purpose (By the United Press) Washington, Aug. 30. An air of confusion developed over the bonus bill in the Senate today as the body prepared to take the final vote on the measure. While it passage is ex pected before adjournment tonight, its supporters feared that the unex pected tactics of the opuosition In ef fecting the adoption of the MoNary three hundred and fifty million recla mation amendment and the Simmons. porposal that the bonus be paid with. interest from the eleven billion allied; debt, made certain that President Harding, would veto the measure. , The, impression prevailed that sen ators opposed to the measure, ' voted these amendments and believed that it can thus be killed. ' : Advance in Price , Coal; Supply Here Less Than 203 Tons While no instructions have been received in Kinston regarding' the ra tioning of coal, the Lenoir Oil & lea Co., the largest coal dealers here, have been selling only one ton' to the customer, except in Cases where contracts had been made earlier in the year. This policy was inaugu rated by the local concern on its Jni tiative, with the idea of maintaining equal distribution of fuel, until soma assurance Is had from the govern ment that coal deliveries will be made with some regularity, Pticea for both hard and soft coal are about $2 . higher than last year. Conservation methods have likewise been used at the various manufacturing plants irt" the city, but no great inconvenience, has. 'been felt. According to the belt information obtainable, there are less than 200 tons of hard and soft oal in the hands of Kinston dealers, and orders have already been bookeaV tor the bulk of the anthracite. Presbyterian Pastor ' and Family Return From Enjoyable Month's Trip Rev. and Mrs. H. N. McDiarraid and their little son Wilson Hines re turned Tuesday night from a month'a vacation granted by the congregation of the First Presbyterian Churoh. The first two weeks of the vacation ' were spent at Kaeford and Rose Hill, ' the parental homes of Mr. and Mrs. McDiarmid. The last two weeks were spent at Montreat, the Summer As sembly Grounds of the Southern Pres byterian Churcii. At this famous summer resort the Presbyterian pas tor and his wife had the privilege of hearing, for a week each, such well known theologians as Dr. O. Campbell Morgan, former Pastor of Westminister Tabernacle, London, Dr. Robert Dick Wilson, Professor of Symetic Languages in Princeton Theological Seminary, Dr. T. W. Car rie, President of Austin Seminary, and a number of other specialists m religious subjects and church method. The month's recuperation has been in every way helpiul and inspiring to the local pastor and his family. They are now ready for the fall work with renewed strength. " : Mr. McDiarmid will occupy his pul pit at both services next Sunday at 11 a. m, and 8 p. m. ';. v" ?t PIKES PEAK GLIDE 1 1 , THE LATEST STEP. Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. '80. There's at least one place - in the U. ,S. where the jazz datice don't cavort in, the new and "peppy" steps. It isn't because there are any objec tions. But the dancers can't stand the strain. Up on the summet of Pikes Peak, tho old fashioned waltzes are the most popular among tha dancers. When one exercises violent ly at an altitude of 14,108 feet tha thin air soon puts and end to the ac tivity. Mountain sickness -results. The Pikes Peak toddle is an inven tion of the "upper regions." Jt' a show, graceful dance not calculated to shorten the breath unduly. At that, however, sitting out is mighty popu-lar--with the moon and stars 14,000 feet closer. Representative Crisp ' of Dare Was Drowned Less Than 3 feet Water By OSCAR J. COFFIN (Special Capital Correspondent) Kaleigh, Aug. 30. Eastern North Carolinians who are here from the first district, bring the story 'that Representative B. G. Crisp of Dare, who was drowned Sunday, lost his life in water less than three feet deep. Mr. Crisp was a good swim mer, but for several weeks he has been a most unnatural sleeper and was broken down completely. V He had been ill and was . unable when the accident caught him to struggle from the' water which was barely deep enough to allow him to drown when in a reclining position.
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