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OPENING OF THE THIRD
SESSION OF LEAGUE OF
NATIONS UNEVENTFUL
jsumber of Delegates and Spec
tators Larger Than Either
of Previous Meetings
KO DRAMATIC INTEREST
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
Augustin Edwards, of Chile, Is
Elected President of the
Assembly
GEN'EVA, Sept. 4. (By ; Associated
p.,s5 The third assembly of the lea
rp rf nations, -which tvas formally
npp"?! ?-t 11 o'clock thl mornlne oit
iid is predecessors both in the number
?t delegates and spectators present,
r.-f-n thoush the session gav little
;?e of producing dramatic inter-
Trse things are Interpreted by the
e dpr? of the leaene as most favorable
the success of the sess'on, indicating
that interest in the league is growfng
r.mvithstanding the fact that the work
?f- both the assembly and the council is
inevitably becoming more ard mote of
3 routine nature, devoid of picturesque
'ea tures and sensational debate.
There was for a ttme the promise of
i mild sensation in connection with
today's opening, thanks to a movement
?n the part of Peru which gave birth
to a shortlived Doom for Dr. Eduard
Bene?, premier of Czechoslovakia, for
he presidency of the assembly.
The South American delegations,
- - vever. grave this movement a death
r.-uv at a meeting during tho recess at
which they approved unanimously tho
candidacy of Ausustin Edwards, of
r'hile. ' "
Thus the election of Senor Edwards
became virtually a foregone conclu
sion, and in the balloting this after
noon he received 42 votes out of tho
4 4 states which had presented creden
tials to the assembly. Two other voles
were cast, one for former President
Motta. of Switzerland, and the other
for Dr. Juan Carlos Blanco, Uruguay,
minister to France. " "
In planning the work of the session
the assembly decided to distribute the
labor among six committee's as " it did
last year. These, committees are:
Constitutional and Juridical question.
Technical organization
Reduction of armaments.
Finances.
Serial andjgSneraj ,uestlks
Political questions . : -A
special committee of five members
was anointed to consider whether sup
p.me::tal questions could be put on
the agenda. These questions include
Lithuania's protest against the Vllna
plebiscite. The Polish delegates ob
ject to this question being considered.
Former Premier Paderew&ki. of Po
land, who was one of the most active
figures at the first assembly of the
league, followed today's proceedings,
with Mrs. Paderewski, from the public
pallery. '
The report of credentials committee
showed that the following nations were
represented at the opening: Ar
gentina. Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Salvador, Peru and Luxembourg.
Officials and Employes
Of Railroad Questioned
Investigation of Bunkhouse Fire
in Pittsburgh Being Made
PITTSBURGH, Sept. A. Thirteen of
ficials and employes of the Pennsyl
vania railroad were questioned this
afternoon at a general meeting of city,
county and federal representatives who
ar investigating the Are which de
stroyed a Pennsylvania railroad bunk
house. Seven employes, recently hired,
were burned to death.
The only announcement authorizzed
after the conference was that the rail
road men had admitted the building
was a tinder-box. It had been used for
many months as a store house for
grease, oil and waste, and the1- floors
ard walls had become saturated, they
declared.
Another conference will be held to
morrow. Several persons who were picked up
v the police, in the fire area last
night, have been released.
The coroner's investigation was be
ing: -ontlnued tonight and it is ex
pected that the inquest will be held the
latter part of this week.
Xo additional bodies were found to
day. Four of the corpses have not
been claimed.
It became known today that- Gerald
Harper, one of the victims, was an
honor graduate from Carnegie Insti
tue of Technology last June. His home
was in Macksville, W. Va.
Mrs. Louise DeRosset
Dies at Washington N. C.
Many friends will be grieved to learn
ri the death of Mrs. Louise Hatton de
Hossett, whose demise occurred yes
terday afternoon in Washington, N. C,
aording to telegraphic advices re
f":ved in the city last night by rela
ives. According to meagre information
vailable last night, Mrs. deRossatt
rlid at the home of her mother. Mrs.
Polly Anne Hatton.
The deceased was the widow of
Thomas C. deRossett, who was a prom
inent Wilmingtonian prior to his de
mise. She Is survived , by her mother
'nd sister, Mrs. F. W. Pick, of this
Hty, the latter being at present n a
visit to friends in Linville; also. a son,
Thomas C deRossett, of Baltimore,
Funeral arrangements wiU be an
nounced later.
Mrs. deRossett had a -great irftny
friends in Wilmington, and was univer
sally esteemed by all who knew her.
The oldest and Iarg-e . Savings
Bank in North Carolina 1 . the logical
President Gompers Flays
Harding and Daugherty in
Stirring Labor Day Address
Declares the Injunction Against
Shopmen a Violation of the
Constitution of Nation
WRONG IN PRINCIPLE
AND IN FACT, HE SAYS
Takes Restraining Order as Ad
mission That Shopmen Have
Nearly Won Strike
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 4. President
Samuel Gompers, of the American Fed
eration of Labor, In a Labor day ad
dress here today, said that the Injunc
tion issued against the railroad ehop
men last week was a violation of the
constitution and laws of the land. He
characterized the action of Attorney
General Daugherty as "exercising a
power never dreamed of in the history
of the republic." . .
The veteran labor chief said the in
junction was wrong in principle and In
fact and was a confession that the
shopment have nearly won their strike.
He urged that the unions furnish
money to support the women and chil
dren of the men on strike.
"The men must fight and take care
of themselves," he declared.
President Harding and Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty were criticised by Mr.
Gompers for the issuance of the injunc
tion, and he asserted that both had ad
vocated legislation to bring about
"compulsory labor." The party of
Lincoln, which freed the slaves, said
Mr. Gompers, is now trying to force
compulsory labor on the whites and
blacks.
Mr. Gompers spoke under the aus
pices of the Central Labor union, of
Philadelphia.
In introducing the labor leader, John
A. ,Voll, international president of, the
glass bottle blowers union, said that
according to Washington dispatches
labor leaders have .beelr admonished to
speak carefully or "the. goblins would
get them." He declared that" the open
shop Is dead "despite the efforts of the
smlntstratioiu- to- rescue .ifcfr in p
llvlon." "
Telling his hearers that he came to
Philadelphia to deliver a message of
hope and encouragement to men and
women who believe in freedom, justice
and democracy, Mr. Gompers declared
that the present is the time wMn or
ganized labor must more firmly resolve
to stand for the declaration of inde
pendence and the constitutional guar
antees of the republic. "In view of ex
isting conditions and circumstances,"
said the veteran labor leader, "now is
the time that tries men's souls to over
come tyranny and injustice and to
maintain the fundamental principles of
America."
Mr. Gompers compared the labor
movement of years ago with the pres
ent and asserted that a company union
is "a company union dictated by the
company and not by a worker's union."
"We are not going to have any such
unions, if we can help It," he declared,
"and we can help it."
The labor president said that after
the war a drive was made by hostile
forces amons the employers to reduce
wages, but that labor refused "to con
sent to bend the knee to any industrial
autocracy."
The drive is also on for the non
union shop under the cloak of the open
shop, he added, and some men are so
treacherous - as to call the open shop
the "new American" plan for the pur
pose of reducing wages and the stand
ard of living.
Taking up the cause of the shopmen,
he said the spirit of real America was
exemplified by these workers, and'
brought cheers from the rain-soaked
crowd when he declared that the ".tide
of lower wages has stopped and we are
on the road to a better day."
He mentioned the fact that there
have been disturbances and that
strikers had been accused. "They are"
hot Interfering with the operation or
the roads," he declared. "Let the rail
road employers operate them." ..
Mr. Gompers asserted that Mr. Hard- 1
ing, as senator and president, and At
torAev General Dausherty both advo-
I cated legislation that meant "compul
Pnnr labor." Despite the President's
appeal to congress on August 18. he de
clared, to put "teeth" in the railroad
labor law, congress has sp far refused
to do so and Mr. Daugherty resorted to
the injunction, more far reaching than
onir lee-islatioh. In doing this, Mr. Gom
pers asserted that he was "exercising
a power never dreamed of in the his
t6ry of the republic."
Mr. Gompers referred to reports that
tie must speak carefully and not vio
late the injunction. He said that was
the way to frighten timid people and
children. , , M , .
"I wonder who Is to do this frighten
ing business," he went on. and men
tioned William J. Burns, director of the
bureau of Investigation of the depart
ment of justice.
"Men wonder at impatience, unrest
M resentment." Mr. Gompers saw.
anc
The combination of finance and big
business," he aaaea, "is maKinsr more
radicalism, indeed, it is a manufactur
ing plant of radicalism In this coun
try." When Mr. Gompers closed, a man In
the crowd who spoke with a foreign
accent and said he was a member of
the carpenter union, asked him
whether he thought there should be a
general strike.
"Better ask Burns,
the detective,"
Mr, Gompera replied. -
"Do you or Mr, Burns run the federa
tion?" the man persisted.
"If that is a conundrum, I give it
up." said the labor leader. -
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by mail feature 6t this: Institution..
Ten Pass
enger trains
Annulled on South
tern:
All Service is Local
Atlantic Coast Line the Only
Road in the State Maintain
ing Full Schedule
RALEIGH, Sept. 4. Ten passenger
trains of the Southern Railway be
tween points In North Carolina will be
temporarily discontinued September 7
In order "to relieve engines for more
important service In the state," ac
cording to notice served on the state
corporation commission today by the
officials of the Southern.
Trains to be cut off are: Nos. 15 and
16 between Asheville and Salisbury;
45 and 46 between Charlotte and Dan
ville; 18 and 17 between Greensboro
and Goldsboro.
Summer trains Nos. 3 and .4 between
Asheville and Columbia, and Summer
trains Nos. 21 and 22 between Asheville
and Waynesvllle will be discontinued,
on the date instead of September 24 as
previously arranged.
The passenger trains annulled are
what are srenerally known as "local"
trains. None of the major or "main
line" trains is involved. The territory
in which the annualled trains operate
is .covered by other dally service and
no tie-up of passenger travel on any
of the lines will result, according to
officials of the road.
Only the Atlantic Coast Line now
maintains Its pre-strlke schedules
among the railroads operating in North
Carolina. No trains have been sus
pended on that road and no indication
has been given that it will be unable to
continue to operate all of its regular
trains. It has thus far been able to
maintain its schedules with 95 per cent
precision.
Fourteen trains were suspended by
the feaboard Air Line within a week
after the strike was called and none
has since been restored. The Norfolk
Southern cut heavy into Its train ser
vice, on some branches annulling all
passenger trains. Service will be re
stored partially during the present
week on this road.
Deputy Marshals In
Tt.Vrrn
Will Continue to Guard Property
of Southern Railway
ASHEVILLE, Sept. 4. Br.ownlow
Jackeon, United States marshal, an
nounced that deputy United States
marshals who have -. been on duty in
the Asheville yards of the Southern
Railway company since the strike of
shopmen occurred, would remain on
the property and go to any point on
the company's yards where they are
needed to carry out the terms of Presi
dent Harding's proclamation.
For two nights in succession the fire
men and switchmen in the Asheville
yards of the Southern have refused to',
work on account of the presence of
special guards and United States dep
uty marshals and temporary settle
ments have been effected each time by
moving the guards as requested by
the switchmen and firemen.' Saturday
night some deputy marshals and spe
cial guards were moved off the prop
erty and took up their posts across a
road bordering the company's yards.
Mr. Jackson said "United States dep
uty marshals are not on duty as guards
for the property, other than to see that
Interstate commerce and the United
States malls are not delayed through
Interference with equipment or mo
lesting of employes, and this they
will do, acting under authority of the
United States government."
One More Barrier In
Way of Ending Strike
Conventidn of Three Anthracite
Districts Must Ratify Scale
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4. One more
barrier remains to be surmounted be
fore the miners in the hard coal Jeld
go back to work. A convention of the
three anthracite districts; set to meet
In Wllkesbarre Wednesday, must ratify
the agreement of the sub-committee o-f
the anthracite miners cale committee
and the operators' policies committee.
The full scale committee, after a meet
ing; which lasted nearly all night, fin
ally aproved the action of the sub
committee in entering the agreement.
Despite the unexpected opposition, the
vote was declared to have been over
whelmingly In favor of the approval.
The opponents of the plan held out
for a wage contract at the ratse ob
taining when the suspension began on
April 1, to last until April 1, 1924. The
compromise date agreed upon was Au
gust 31, 1923. Sentiment from the an-
thraclte fields, as nearly as can be
judged, indicates that the proposals
will be ratified.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover Is ex
pected here tomorrow or the next day
to confer with the miners, operators
and state fuel committee to make
plant for efficient distribution and
price control of the supply of anthrac
ite, which, according to forecasts, will
begin moving from the mines within a
week.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE TO CLOSE
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 4. The Vir
ginia league baseball season will Close
Wednesday, with Wilson the winner by
a safe margin. Newport News will
take second place, with the decision for
third resting between Norfolk. Ports
mouth and Rocky Mount, with two
.games now separating the trio. Rich
mond Is hopelessly, anchored in last
place.
Wilmington Savings & Trust Co., S4
years of progress; 112 Princes St.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF
SUPREME COUOT CLARKE
TO QUIT SEPTEMBER 18
Resignation, Whirffeis Effective
On His 65tiitjiday, An-
noun$J?resident
ii SUTHERLAND
ro be his Successor
Former Senator Ifom Utah to
Be Appointed tojthe Bench,
Harding Indicates
WASHINGTON, SeptJ 4. Resignation
of Associate Justice John H. Clarke
from, the United Statejj 'supreme court,
and he intention tof--appoint former
Senator George H. Sutherland, of Utah,
to succeed him, was Announced today
by President Harding, i Justice Clarke's
resignation will becone effective Sep
tember 18, when he reaches the age of
65 years. !,
A desire to serve hfp neighbors and
"some causes" In ways which would
not be possible while the was holding
public office was givfin 6y Justice
Clarke in a letter to, tjje President as
the impelling reason for his leaving
the bench. A retirement from public
life at 65, he added, would conform to
his "philosophy of life."
Senator Sutherland, who has been
selected for the vacancy, is 60 years
old. He was born in Buckingham,
England, in 1862. He' served Utah In
the first state senate, and was a dele
gate from that state" to each Republi
can' national convention from 1896 to
1920.
Mr. Sutherland was twice elected to
the United States senate, his service
lasting from 1905 to 1917. He was de
feated for re-election In 1916 by Sena
tor King, the present junior member
from Utah. Subsequently he was called
upon by the present administration in
an advisory capacity on several occa
sions, notably as a member of the ad
visory committee to the United States
delegation to the arms conference. He
recently represented the United States
in negotiations with Norway, dealing
with war claims.
Justice Clarke was nominated to the
supreme court bench by President Wil
son In 1916 and In point of service is
the junior associate justice. He was
a life-long Democrat and was associa
ted In politics in Ohio with Tom John
son and Newton D. Bakr, secretary of
war under President Wilson. In 1903
he was defeated for the senate by Mar
cus A. Hanna. In the campaign for
the Democratic nomination for the
same position in 1914 he declared he
wfcen it was far, from;, popular to '"do so.
i ad.s -almost mtbijijQ. doing so."Ulane will head up Canal street of New
"l ' ' " Anion hfa "ftoWsaflrtres iroon" -r tne? OrlVibiJv-jaia.o-hXPects to
bench, and by the bar of the court in
general, Mr. Clarke Is, held in high es
teem. He is regarded by his associates
as a specialist In corporation law In
its various phases.
Rescuers of Entombed
Miners Hear Answering
Signals From Victims
Men Digging Tunnel to Reach
Miners Hear Explosion
Taken For Signals
JACKSON, Calif.. Sept. ,4. Jackson
was still thrilled tonight w.ith the re
port that the explosions had been heard
which apparently were answering sig
nals from the 46 miners who have been
entombed in the Argonaut mine for a
week, although officials in charge of
the work declined to discuss the mat
ter and insisted Thursday was the
earliest date on which the men could
be reached.
The list of missing men was reduced
to 46 today by the discovery that one
of the men supposedly under ground in
the Argonaut mine had quit shortly
before the explosion and gone to. work
at the Kennedy mine. As his name
had not been taken off the Argonaut
payroll, it was at first believed h was
entombed.
One of the night crew of rescuers
working In the adjoining Kennedy
mine, was the man who said he heard
five explosions coming from the Argo
naut mine when two signal blasts were
fired on the 3, 700-foot level. The miners
say the sounds could not have been
caused by falling rock.
Although Thursday is officially an
nounced as the earliest possible date
for a rescue, opinion in Jackson is that
it is possible the end of the search
may come before that date.
At noon today the men working from
the 3,600-foot level, trying to reach
the Argonaut through the old connect
ing tunnel between the two mines,
which has been filled with debris since
a fire two years ago, had 27 feet left
to go in the 60-foot detour they are
making around a formation of hard,
green rock.
After completing the detour, they
will have 353 feet of the tunnel to
clear out before starting to make a 75
foot cut through, a 2,200-foot rise to
the 4,200-foot level of the Argonaut,
where the entombed men can be res
cued through slopes.
LIEUTENANT HINTON LEAVES
KEY WEST THIS MORNING
KEY WEST, Fla.. Sept. 4. Lieuten
ant Walter H. Hinton and members of
the New York-Rio de Janeiro air ex
pedition rested here tonight prepara
tory to taking off at daybreak tomor
row for Neuvltas bay, Cuba, subse
quently to pick up the charted course
recently halted by the wrecking off
Haiti of the seaplane Sampaio Correia.
The air voyagers arrived here today
from St. Petersburg in the Campaio
Correia II, "a plane obtained for the
flight from the United States navy at
Pensacola. Members of the expedition
were guests this afternoon of the local
Rotary club, Less than four hours
were consumed in the trip from St.
Petersburg here, but . the plane en
countered squalls all the way.
Once the flight is- taken up where
the first plane fell, the expedition will
proceed cautiously, it was emphasized
today. No night flying will . be under
taken, Lieutenant Hinton ascribing his
recent mishap to his effort to land In
the darkness.. ' -
Lieutenant Doolittle Is Off
For One-Stop Flight Across
Continent to San Diego.
Hops OS at Pablo Beach Near
Jacksonville, 10:03 o'CIock
Monday Night
EXPECTS TO REACH
THE PACIFIC TONIGHT
Only Scheduled Stop is San An
tonio, Expected to Be Reached
Early This Morning
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept., 4.
Lieutenant Doolittle passed over
Lake City, Fla., approximately 80
miles on his way, at 10:56, accord
ing to telephone advices. He had
been In the air 53 minutes. With a
brisk southeast wind Quartering
on his tail, he was apparently mak
ing high speed.
The aviator passed over Live
Oak at 11:08 p. m., having covered
the 23 miles from Lake City in 12
minutes. He was making nearly
two miles a minute.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 4. (By
the Associated Press.) Lieutenant J.
H. Doolittle, army airman, took his
de Haviland plane into the air at Pablo j
Beach, near here, at 10:03, tonight and
sailed away for his trans-continental
flight. Before night fall tomorrow he
expects to touch the other side of the
continent at San Diego, California.
A record-breaking holiday crowd
cheered the intrepid flyer as he hopped
off. Troops paced off an area of the
hard surfaced beach, while within the
circle, army officers, Intimate friends
of the aviator and newspapermen
shouted well wishes. Sending him off,
too, were Lieutenants Upston and Par
nold from air station at Montgomery,
Alabama, who came here to give the
pathfinding flyer their moral aid.
Lieuteant Doolittle went well into
the air, clearing easily the incoming
breakers of the surf, turned westward
and pushed the nose of the machine for
Tallahassee, the state capital. The
drone of his giant motors was soon lost
to the crowd as he disappeared into
the night. He expected to pass over
the slumbering capital city two hours
later, thence to pick up the lights of
Mobile while skirting the gulf, proba
bly 60 miles shoirt of the city.
As he continues, the prow of the
reach within five hours after leaving
here. From the Crescent city, he will
fly direct through Sabine, Texas, to
San Antonio, where shortly after day
break he plans the only stop of his
trans-continental journey. The sched
ule calls for a 30 minutes' stay at San
Antonio, where the machine will be
doctored and the fuel tank replenished
while the aviator is" in the hands of
his wife and two babies.
From San Antonio the flyer will hop
off for the flight across the desert ex
panse of Arizona, New Mexico and the
extremity of California.
Lieutenant Doolittle's take off here
tonight was without mishap such as
marked hiis previous trial. Last month
the flyer came here in eight hours from,
San Antonia and planned to set sail
Sunday night. His plane did not lift
promptly, raced to the surf, struck a
wave and turned over on its back. The
Lieutenant was unhurt. The wrecked
plane was dissembled and shipped oacK
to San Antonio where it was repaired
for tonight's trial.
Lieutenant Doolittls.ls flying on his
own insofar as defraying his personal
expenses. He has the sanction of the
government, however, in his attempt
to prove the feasibility of quick trans
continental movement of aircraft.
Two fellow aviators have tried be
fore him to thus tighten man s hold
on the elements. Of them. Lieutenant
W. D. Cooney, Of Brunswick, Ga., partly
succeeded and gave his life in attempt
ing to do it thoroughly. A Lieutenant
Pierson, who flew from El Paso, Texas,
to come to Jacksanv ille for the trans
continental trial, was forced down in
the desolate waste of the Big Bend
district of Texas. He was lost to the
outside world for several days. About
the same time Lieutenant Cooney,
started from San Diegro and came to-
San Antonio without stop or mishap..
With more than' haif of his flight be
hind him he was forced to descend in
north Texas by engine trouble. He'
subsequently came to Jacksonville, his
actual flying time establishing a re
cord, but, the unscheduled stop in
Texas had marred his journey and in
an effort to make the one-stop flight
on the westbound trip, he fell and Was
fatally Injured near Monroe, La. Lieu
tenant Doolittle, too, has made the
cross country flight, In 20 hours, but
not with only one stop.
Lieutenant Doolittle, who is 26 years
old, has served five years in the army
air service. His de Haviland plane,
constructed under his personal super
vision, carries 285 gallons of gas, or
enough for thirteen and a half hours
in the air. Its fuselage on either side
bears the insignia of the 80th aero
squadron, two pairs of dice, one show
ing a "natural seven" and the other,
a "crap."
The airflight Is 2,200 miles, Lieu
tenant Doolittle planned not to push
his engine but to . move along at a
safe speed.
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Commission Reports On
Cotton Goods Tariff
, By II. E. C. BRYANT
WASHINGTON, Sep. 4. The United
States Tariff commission has made a
report on household articles made out
of cotton. It is very elaborate and can
be had at the government printing of
fice at 5 cents per copy, and will prove
of intefest to cotton manufacturers and
others. The articles considered .Include
towels, bath mats, quilts, blankets, pol
ishing cloths, mop cloths, wash rags,
pillow cases and batting. North Caro
lina leads .in the production, of. some
of these, articles. She is at the top
on towels and bath mats. New Eng
land is first on quilts and blankets,
with North Carolina a close second.
Parliament of Industry
Needed to End Strikes
British Leader States
This Plan Has Been Given Care
ful Consideration and is
Deemed Practicable
By MILTON BRONNER.
LONDON, Sept? 4. The possible rem
edy for the continually recurring
clashes and disputes between capital
and labor in democracies like America
and England is a Parliament of In
dustry. This is the carefully considered
opinion of the Rt. Hon. Arthur Hender
son, the most skilful leader the mod
ern British Labor party has pro
duced. A prominent leader in the trades
union movement, a member of Par
liament, secretary of the Labor party,
a former member of the war cabinet,
and the probable premier of Great Bri
tain if the Labor party wins Parlia-,
merit, his opinions on industrial mat
ters are always given great weight.
In view of recent coal and railroad
strikes in England and similar con
ditions in the United State. I asked
him whether there was any possible
preventive of such troubles.
"The problem of industrial unrest,"
Henderson said, "has been growing
more acute during recent years. There
can be no question of the workers sur
rendering their right to strike. But
It is a weapon that should not be used
lightly or rashly. No stoppage of in
dustry should take place until every
pacific means of arriving at a settle
ment has been exhausted.
"I believe that force In Industrial
affairs, by whomesoever it may be em
ployed, is sui futile in the long run as
is force in international affairs.
"I believe it is possible to advance
tn higher stages of industrial organ
ization oy peaceful processes as I am
convinced it is possible to attain a
hisher level of international life wlth0
oijit recourse to war.
"Industry, requires a truce to con
flict. The. workers cannot continue
indefinitely the ictims of severe un
employment, semi-starvation, low
wages, domestic distress and social
wretchedness.
"In my judgment the first step to
wards economic recovery and a bet
terment of the workers' conditions of
life lies in the creation of some form
of machinery capable of Investigat
ing and dealing with the problems,
common to all sections of industry,
which are the root cause of indus
trial unrest and conflict.
"Such a body is to be found In the
establishment of a Parliament of In
dustry, representative of employers',
workers and the community's inter
est. "It Is not only desirable, but essen
tial, that such a parliament should
come into existence not on the initia
tive of the government, but on the
Initiative of trade unions and em
ployers' organizations. It should be
an independent body without any con
nection with the state though it
mighty be deemed advisable later to
seek recognition by the state and to
obtain powers defined by legislation.
"Each element should have equal
representation and be free to deter
mine its own methods of ' appointing
its representatives.
"An industrial parliament would
provide a mouthpiece by which new
ideas can be expressed and an organ
ization by which their practical ap
plication to industry can be worked
out.
"Some of the questions of a general
character to which .it might direct its
attention would be: the status of the
worker in industry, Insurance by in
dustry, workmen's compensation, the
standard of life as affected by wages
and hours, working conditions, holi
days, industrial fatigue and hygiene,
investigating new processes, devising
better methods of organization, deal
ing with unemployment, under-em-
ployment, and the maintenance of the
compulsorlly idle workers
'It might devise ways and means of
securing for the workers an adequate
share in the proceeds, of industry, and
fo.r inaugurating a multitude of desir
able reiorms.
"It could scrutinize and advise upon
all legislative proposals affecting in
dustry as a whole, and it should b
ready, If its services were required, to
act in a mediatory capacity in the case
of industrial disputes that might arise.
It might also have powers of initia
tion and be able to submit agreed
draft bills to Parliament."
To Decide Which Bill
Will Have Right of Way
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. Decision as
to whether the tariff bill will be laid
aside temporarily for the soldiers'
bonus bill is expected to be reached
tomorrow by the conference committee
of senate and house, to which both
measures have been referred. Chair
man McCumber issued a call tonight
for the meeting of the conference to
discuss the question summoning Dem
ocratic as well as Republican members
of the committee.
There was no indication tonight as
to what decision might be reached,
although several Republican members
let it be known that they were op
posed to any delay in consideration of
the tariff. It was" their contention also
that the conference report on the bonus
measure should be drawn, if possible;
to eliminate the features of the bill
which have been described as objec
tionable to President Harding, and
they held that such a report would be
easier to develop; if efforts were made
first to obtain from the white house
some specific information of the exec
utive's attitude. . '
311;
RESOURCES
OF NATION
20 BILLION
OF BANKS
exceeded;
JUNE 30
Institutions Under Federal Jur
isdiction Show 529 Million
Increase Over May 5 t
f
RESOURCES GROW IN
ALL BUT ONE DISTRICT
Atlanta District Shows Decrease
of Three Million, Crissin
ger Announces j
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, Resources'
of the national banks of the country
amounting t6 $20,706,000,000 June 80
showed an increase of $529,000,0011 over
the May 5 call and an advance of $188,
000.000 over June 30, 1921, according
to an analysis of returns for the last
bank call Issued tonight by Comptroller
of the Currency Crisslnger.
Between May 5, and June SO, he
stated, resources of national banks inv
each federal reserve district were in- v
creased with tho exception of banks
in the Atlanta district, which showed
a reduction of $3,489,000, the amount
of increase ranging from $828,000 in the
Dallas district to $273,162,000 in the
New York district.
Loans and discounts, including re
disco"Hfits, June 30, amounted to $11,
248,000,000, an increase since May 5
of $64,000,000 but a reduction since
June, 1921. of $756,000,000. Holdings of
United States government securities
amounting to $2,285,000,000 on June 30
increased by $266,000,000 during the
year and by $161,000,000 since May 5,
1922. Other securities held aggregated
$2,277,000,000 on June 30. an increase
of $115,000,000 over May 5, and of 4272.
000,000 over a year ago.
A tendency to carry less cash in the
vaults of the banks was reported, the
amount of June 30 standing at $326,
000,000 which was a, decrease of- $8,
000.000 since May and a decline of $48,
000,000 since June last year.
Balance due from bank and bankers
included lawful reserve, aggregated
$4,256,000,000 June 30, an Increase of
$74,000,000 since -May and of $404,000,
000 since June. 1921.
Capital stock of the banks June 30,
stood at $1,307,000,000 or $10,990,000
more than on May 5 and $33,000,000
more than in June, 1921. Surplus and
undivided profits of $1,541,000,000 on
June 30, was $19,000,000 greater than
a year ago but showed a reduction of
$22,000,000 since May. attributed to
payment of dividends at the close -of
the six months period.
National bank circulation outstand
ing June 30, amounting' to $726,000,000
was .reported as the. greatest or jft,.
cord, an increase of $5,000,000 since
May and an advance of $22,000,000 over
June a year ago.
The total deposits of national banks
June 30 aggregate $13,366,000,000, an
increase since May of $554,000,000 and
since June a year ago of $1,178,000,000.
Liabilities to other banks and bank
ers June 30 was $2,953,000,000, a re
duction since May of $47,000,000 but an
increase since June 1921. of $465,000.
000. The amount of bills payable .June 30.
was $228,000,000. while rediscounts
amounted to $280,000,000, the combined
reduction of bills payable and redis
counts since May bela $26,000,000 and
since June a year ago $963,000,000. '
"The decided reduction," Mr. Crissln
jger said, "In the riabiUty -of national
banks for bills payable, representing
all obligations for borrowed money,
which took place In the. 15 months pre
ceding June 30, 1922, together with a
similar reduction on account, of redis
counted paper is evidence of the fact
that our national btnks. are 'standing
on their own stilts so to speak; are
in a strengthened position, and abund
antly able, and are in fact In a better
position to take care of the require
ments of commerce and Industry made
upon them, than they have been at any
time since the signing of the arm
istice." The number of reporting banks June
30, he added; was 8,249, which was 99
more than a year ago, while the per
centage of loans and discounts to total
deposits June. .30 was 68.92 compared
with 70.93 May. 5, and with 73.47 per
cent June 30. 1921. .
Will Support Efforts
For Disabled Soldiers
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. Announce
ment that it Will "support to the limit"
administration officials who ar3
charged with the duty of restoring in
jured veterans of the' world war to a
self-reliant and sustaining basis was
made today by the national rehabilita
tion committee of the Disabled Ameri
can "Veterans' association.
A statement issued by the committee
said Col. Charles R. Forbes, director of
the United States veterans' bureau, and
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Sawyer, chair
man of the federal hospitalization
board, were doing everything humanly
possible to provide adequate hospital
and curative facilities for the injured
men and that th disabled American
.veterans would "fight out this iseue so
that misdirected criticism" would not
retard the progress being made. ,
This position was taken by the asso
ciation, the statement added, after its
national commander, C. Hamilton
Cook, and other officials of the organ
ization, had completed a thorough In
vestigation of the plans and work of
the government and were "fully satis
fied" with the results of the Investiga
tion. Gored by Bull, Dairyman
In Critical Condition
(Special . to the Star) .
wuSON, Sept. 4. Sunday after
noon R. I. Amenon, who conducts
a. dairy on the eastern outskirts of
this cdty, was frightfully gored by
an infuriated bull. A hle,.wa
ripped . in . his left side Ave. fnche
long. . Xie.ha:been unieonrntHmm to
24 hour and his eadItUm,.,itU
' stated ia critical..
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