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merce Points The Way To
President Harding
GETS AROUND RULING
OF ATTORNEY GENERAL
iSimply Makes New Office -Holders
"Acting;" Until Senate"
Gets Back In Session; Re
publicans Head Off Possible
Marches By Unemployed By
Calling a Conference
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Br EDWARD E. BRITTO.V.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington. Aug. IS. Adopts in the
art of bn)fwfmekSl)C the rivil service
ttt)e. as for -essin-fVlf ?ttir PfeafflbhT
Harding- plan of bunko examinations
for postmastcrships, the Republicans
have found n wav to wallop over the
head thr opinion of the Department of
Justice that the President ernrmV maleo
ro recefs appointments requiring eon
.Urination by the Senate daring the prcs
rnt recess of that body. Whether
President Harding found it out him
solf, or the ii tdrelng mind of some
Republic .) ofii' :! Iiti'i .1 the trick, is
only guess work, fur the plan has ar
rived. That the Republican are to use it
. is tQh-fouuil i" innocent reading
little statement issued today bv Socre
tary of Commerce Hoover. This an
nouncement, is that D. B. Carson, of
Nashville, Tenn., has been recommended
by Secretary Hoover for the position of
r'licf of the bureni of navigation of
the Department of Commerce to succeed
K. T. Chamberlain, in elnrge for 'more
than 13 years, Mr. Chamberlain being
transferred to another bureau. And
the last paragraph of the announce
ment reads:
Hoorer Turns Trick.
'Mr. Carson assumed 1 his duties to
'ny as ailing commissioner of itatign-'
tion. owing to the fact that it is a
Presidential appointment, and this can
rot he made until the Senate convenes
in September." Thus it will be seen
that Secretary IToover agrees with the
oninion of former Attorney General
Knox that in esse of a recess of the
Senate as at present there ran be no
rnpnintments made that require Senate
(onflrniation, while at the last account
''resident Harding was said to be hold
ing that he could make such recess ap
,!rp(intnients. '. a way has been fonnd for him.
Simply appoint acting official on the
libs ho mints to hand out to the hungry
republican pie hunters. I tbii way
! will be able to take rare of Gil! 14m
.Jirissom, secretary of fh North Caro
Jvha Republican State eomrnittee, who is
1 hr.sing tho job of collector of internal
i.-venue for North Carolina, and to put
."ross mch other appointments as ha
Bees fit. All he has to do is to put the
word "acting'' before the name of the
office, and bing, the trick is turned.
If President Harding hasn't found this
out yet he is respectfully referred to
Secretary of Ccmrrtcrre Hoorer, who is
giving cards nnd spades to Postmaster
General Hays in the gentle art of
"throwing 'em out." Without doubt
Gilliam Grissonj, et al, will hold Mr.
Hoover ia the real article. And as
President Harding had a conference
late Saturday with Secretary Hoover
?out the Car-on appointment, and the
acting business developed, we may
expect more of it.
Don't Want Coxey Brigade.
The Harding ajministrnticn is taking
step to head off any species of General
Loxey army of the unemployed
niarehirg on Washington. Secretary of
Commerce Hoover stated today th,;.
President Harding had decided to call
a National conference at Washington on
unemployment, the plans, to bo read
in about ten days, to be prepared by the
iN-partmcnt of Commerce. lh eocatry
is to be represented geographically and
to far as possible by representatives
ef the greater employment industries
keeping the conference as small as pos
Bible. The object is stated to be to
inquire into matters relating to co-ordinating
the jobless with job.
Stating hat while tho business situa
tion is steadily improving Secretary
Hoover adds, "yet some section of the
workers may have exhausted their sav
ing by the coming winter and they
must be a natter of extreme solicitude,''
and that to head off suffering in the way
of food, clothing, housing, "it is neces
sary that we should be forehanded in
the preparation of uch measures as will
prevent any such suffering." And so
it romes to pass that the Bepubliean
having told the country before th elfe-
. tion that prosperity would blossom at
the rose with Bepnblirsns elected, see
so much diaaster ahead in the way of
unemployment that the administration
seel a possible breadline and free soup
dispensary coming as the result of Be
publiean "prosperity," now known as
Harding hard time.
And there is unemployment Blent
of it. Th American Federation ef
labor declares through it executive
council, now ia tesaioa it Atlantic
City, that thia "unemployment litua
tioa ia onr land is Bearing dangerous
crisis," calling for aa end of "phrase
Hiking" aad for action, that "follow
ing fab eeoaomie principle, reducing
th purchasing power of the wage
earner, throwing onr industrial order
iato hostil camp, do not make for
confidence aad stability ia our produc
tive processes." Th challenge of labor
aad of tho wag earner calling for em
ployment is to tba Kepublieaa party,
which "following false eeoaomi pria
eiple"' ia H legislation :ud pending
legislation, th tariff and th tax bill.
wnica ta staying to ini country th
prosperity which i It due, aad filling
th laad with an army of tho anem
ployed. Propaganda Again Ford
Washington newspaper correspond -at
were deluged last night and today
Difference Of Opinion As To
Course To Be Pursued After
Vote Is Taken
FOUR UNIONS SEND OUT
JOINT BALLOTS TO MEN
If Vote Favors Bejection Of
R S400.000.000 Ware Rednc
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tion, Members Of Unions
and Brotherhoods Would Be
Authorized To Leave Rail
road Service, If They Desired
Cleveland, O., Aug. 28. Strike bal
lota pn the acceptance or rejection of
the recent $400,000,000 wag reduction
recently ordered by the Railroad labor
board -were mailed tonight ia 0ft.000
rnemticrs of the "Big Four" brother
hoods and the Switchmen' Union of
North America.
The ballots revealed a difference of
opinitfn among the chief executives
the five organizations, the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, Brother
hood of Locomtive Firemen and En
ginemen, Order of Railway Conductors
and the switchmen using a joint ballot
while the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen" sent out a separate bal
lot.
The trainmen's ballot stated it had
been the intention of all the organiza
tions "To-use a-joint ballot but that
this was impossible because the bah
lot adopted by the other organiza
tion did not in our opinion, contain
an impartial and unbiased recital
of all that is involved, nor did it
convey the assurance that the wishes
of the men, if against working for
reduced wanes, would determine the
question and that they wjould be per
mitted to leave the service."
Coald Leave The Service.
The joint ballot declared that if
tho membership vote was to reject
tho wage reductions which became ef
fective on July 1, 1921 "it ia to be
understood that tho men will be per
mitted to withdraw from the aervice
of their respective companies unless
satisfactory settlcumif can be reached
under the laws of the organization.
"The proposition which confronts our
members and others said th train
men's ballot, ''carries with it an nt
tempt to reverse that decision of the
United States Railroad labor board
on the wag redaction now in effort
sine July 1, or lse persuade or
compel th railroad companies to re
institute wae rate that th labor
board decided should be reduced,
"Many general chairmen at the Chi
cago meeting (July five) favored an
immediate vote of the member on the
members on the wag cut, and held
that if the necessary majority of the
membership voted to leave the eerviee
that a strike, should b called xorto
with, in an effort to force a restore
tion of rates that wer in effect on
June 30, 1921.
Will Be Given Authority.
"IA!! member and others sre hereby
notified thtt if tho membership vote is
in lawful necessary majority to leave
the service, rather than continue er
vic under th reduced wage now in
effect, they will on any or all lines
where uch vote i aecured (with the
sanction of the general grievance
committee) be given necessary authority
bv the president of the Grand Lodge
The president of th Grand Lodge will
not (with th information given rovej
indrrtnk to prevent the wishe of th
men, as expressed in their ballot, from
being adhered to.
Th number of aetive member of th?
five organization to whom ballots
were mailed was estimated at 150,000
trainmen, 115,000 firemen, 80,000 en
gineers, 50,000 conductors and 14,000
switchmen. Ia addition the wag re
duction had been previously voted upon
by the six shop crafts under the rail
way employee department of the
American Federation of Labor. Al
though -this rote wa taken sometime
ago, th result ha not been publicly
announced but ha been understood
to be largely against the acceptance
of the wage reduction.
LOWER FARES PROMISED
TO WEST FLORIDA POINTS
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 28. Passenger fare
to the West Coast of Florida from all
point north of Macon, Ga. including
Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, Chatta
nooga, Louisville and point north of
th Ohio river, will bo cut approximate
ly two dollar by the opening of through
train between Cipcinnati and Tampa
aad St. Petersburg, Florida, via the
short line root of th Southern Rail
way system and th Seaboard Air Line
through Hampton, Fla., early in Novem
ber, according to information received
by Tho Atlanta Constitution tonight.
Announcement that through train to
bo kaowa as th "Swsae River Special"
th first through train ever run between
th Ohio river and th West Coatt ef
riorida, will bo inaugurated has beea
mad by th interested railways.
Th distant between Atlanta aad
Tampa via Hampton 1 54 mile shorter
thaa via Jacksonville. Tho opening of
through train service aad through ticket
arrangement via this rout will pat the
reduced rate into effect
ERZBERGER'S BODY TO
BE CARRIED TO BERLIN
Berlin, Aug. IS. Herr Engterger'
Dotty win do Drought to Beriia next
Wednesday for burial, according to aa
Oppoaaa message this afternoon. It
wa reported aero this noea that two
stadeat had been arrested at Offenbnrg
ader suspicion that they committed the
rins. -
Th Berlia polie ar seeking a ma
who is reported to have declared re
8erret;jrt of HXute liiiglies has sent noiiii' t the Kepublie of l'aiinnia requesting that she ahii by the lecision
of the White jivtnrd to certain territory on tho Costa Kiran frontier. Hero are some soMicrs prepared to defend the
disputed territory. The United States has dispatched marines to Central America to enforce the award.
Decrease of $812,000,000 in
Collections of The Government
Commissioner Blair Reports
Drop Of Nearly Billion In
Internal Revenue
COST OF COLLECTING
SHOWS BIG INCREASE
Income and Profits Tax Repre
sents Nearly 70 Per Cent
Of Federal Taxes
Washington, Aug. 8. Internal reve
neu collections from all sources during
the fiscal year 1921 decreased more than
$812,000,000 a compared with the pre
vious year, while the cost of collection
advanced from 55 to 88 cents for each
$100 collected, according to a prelimi
nary statement issued tonight by Com
missioner Blair.
The increased cost of operating the
intern! revenue service during 1921,
which amounted to about $40,000,000, ho
explained was da largely to reduced
collections and increased expense in
supervising regulatory laws.
Four and Half Billions
Total eollectiona for 1921 amounted
to 4,595,000,7G5 against $3,407,590,251
in 1920, while income and profits taxes
yielded $.1,225 ,790 ,053. compared with
$3,958,936,003 the previous year, and
miscellaneous taxes produced $l,ltU,210.
112, against $1,450,64448 in 1920.
Income and profit taxes represented
nearly 70 per cent and miscellaneous
taxes 30 percent of total receipts dur
ihg 1921, compared with 73 per cent
for income and profits taxe and 27 per
cent for miscellaneous taxes during the
previous year.
Receipts from the National Prohibi
tion Act during 1921 were $2,152,083, as
compared with $641,029 collected during
th previou fiscal year. In addition
Commissioner Blair estimated that col
lections made by the Justice department
from tinea and forfeitures for viola
tion of the act would approximate
$2,500,000.
New York, with a total of more than
$1,000,000,00 ), produced the most Fed
eral revenue among the states, an
Pennsylvania was second with ncnr!
488,000,000.
Collection la South.
Collections in Hoiithern States fol
lows:
Florida: Income and profits $10,
108.2V4; increase 26 per cent; miscel
laneous $6,077,936; total $16,186,230.
Georgia: Income and profits $28?
786,502; decrease 15 per cent; miscel
laneou $8,002581; total $36,789,083.
North Carolina: Income and pron's
$38,533,890, decrease 14 per eent; mis
cellaneous $85,965,012; total $124,498,
902.
South Carolina: Iieome and profits
laneous $2,090,343; total $28,322, 458.
laneou $2,90,343; total $28,322,458.
Tennessee: Income and profits 25,
604563; decrease 3 per cent; miscel
laneous $8,461,924; total $34,066,587.
Virginia: Ine- ie and profits $31,
594,308, decrease 16 per cent; miscel
laneous $29,996,700; total $61,561,008.
NO MENTION OF LEAGUE
IN HUNGARIAN TREATY
References To Labor Legisla
tion and War Criminals Also
Omitted, Says Report
Budapest. Ang. 28. Clauses concern
ing th League of Nations covenant, in
ternational labor legislation and war
criminals sre to be left out of the Hungarian-American
peaee treaty, accord
ing to th best information obtainable
her.
Importance is attached to th latter
phaso, became it has been reported that
th eoaneil of ambassadors was prepar
ing a list of war criminals sad consid
ering tho inclusion ef Admiral Horthy,
regent of Hungary, because of th bom
bardment of th Adriatic coast whll he
wa commander of tho Anstro-Hnnga-riaa
navy. It was (aid that th Italian
and Jugo-Slavs wer pressing th coun
cil for aho placing of Horthy nam on
tho liit.
Th sformal preliminary discussion of
th treaty which ha been i progress
between Foreign Minister Banffy aad
Grant Smith, United States commission
er, has beea Interrupted nd-will not
bo resumed until the test of th treaty
is ready for presentation. This, it is
believed,' probably will b ia about
BBtK. TV BBBBsr wu . w4Banxnw Asar
Caf-
HALF MILLION
FOR
HAY VOIE0
Hertford County Sets Pace For
Other Eastern Counties For
Road Building
Ahoskic, Aug. 28. Hertford county,
fur many years notalile for Us poor
roads, has set tho pace for other roun
ties of the East by voting overwhelm
ingly for a half million (hilar bond
issue, for permanent road building in
tho county. Out of six townships iu
the county, only one voted down the
proposition, Ahoskin giviug 23 votes
against the issue. Few votes were cast
against tho measure, the bulk of votes
against being those who remained away
from tho polls, the vote being agninst
thf-rTgtstmfon; which was ordewd
for" the election. The total majority
wn 403.
The entire county i aroused ' over
the lack of roads heretofore; and hate
declared overwhelmingly that they arc
for good roads. F. U. Hines, tuper
intendent of mads for Hertford county,
has already demonstrated that de
pendable rmds can be constructed in
this county at a low cost. Several
turn pikes havo already been con
st rueted by the road force; and, from
tho proceeds of tho half million dol
lar bond issue, Superintendent Hiues
expects tu, build sand-clay-roads over
the entire county, the period of con
struction being figured nt from three
to five years.
Thirty four miles of roads in the
county which becomes a part of the
State nighwuy has alreudy been re
paired and U now in first class shape.
Whin the btate has built this highway
mileage in Hertford County, and the
half million dollars just voted has
been expended on tho roads in this
county, Hertford will possess a com
pleto system of roads, every mile
of which will be of the most suitable
type to local construction conditions,
LABOR WILL CONTINUE-
PUSH ON, GGMPERS SAYS
Spirit Of American Labor Un
broken By Present Business
Depression, He States
Atlantic City, N. J Aug. 28. The
spirit and organization of American
workers are unbroken by the present
business depression and they will con
tinue to push forward and onward,
Samuel Gompcrs declared in an ad
dress today beforo a conference of la
bor leaders. This was ths first of a
series of similar conferences to be held
throughout the t'nited States with a
view of bringing about "complete
unity and solilurity among the wage
earners."'
Mr. Gompers, describing the effect of
the periods of depression on labor aaid
that while the organized labor move
ment was partially checked, it was
never driven hack to the condition ex
isting before the depression.
Calling upon the workers to resist
wage reductions, Mr. Gompers said:
"Wherever a reduction in wage has
lieen accepted by employes, it ha been
followed by another and then another."
The executive council at a brief
meeting today forwarded a cable mes
sage to Premier Lloyd : George urging
him to continue the true with th Irish
Republic until after the forthcoming
conference at Washington, no matter
what th outcom of the present peace
negotiations with th Irish Republican
leaders. The message aaid tbatVshonld
Great Britain resume hostilities with
th Irish peopl at this tifift it would
again b a menace to the pcac of the
world.
Th Premier wa . also told that
American labor supported the Irish
peopl in their fight for freedom and
had unanimously gon on record at the
recent convention of tho Federation at
Denver in favor of recognitioa of aa
Irish Kepublie by tho - American gov
ernment.
Negro Killed From Aaihaah. '
Jacksonville, Fls Aug. 28. Parties
la ambush early this moraiag shot aad
hilled Jo Losg, aged negro, aad fa
tally wounded his wife, after' setting
fir to th bar a oa their farm a fw
Bile.. iron Piiiiinore ae her.
URGES PLACE FOR
LABOR IN PARLEY
lamuel Gompers Says Workers
Vitally Interested In
Disarmament
Atlantic City, N. J , Aug. 28. -.Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Kedera-tion of Labor, tonight made pub
lic his appeal to the l.-kbor movements
of the nations that are to participate
in the forthcoming disarmament con
ferencn in Washington to prevail upon
their respective governments to h.-rve la
bor represented upon their delegations.
"The proposal to discuss means of
lightening the tremendous burden of
armament," said President Gompers in
a statement accompanying the lorres
pondenee, "is ono which interests the
working people above others. From
them came the first protests against
enormous armament.
"Th hope ia repeated that the forth
coming conference in Washington may
b attended by the highest possible
degree of success. The labor movement
iu the United States, will, in whatever
way it may be possible, make every en
deavor to be helpful to the cause of
disarmament, but only through the op
portunity to exercise a voice within the
conference itself can it make available
its full volume of counsel and eo opera
tion."
The labor chief nlso made public cor
rosponde-nee with the White House ir
which ho urged President Harding to
appoint one or more representatives of
lar rtn the American commission. Pup
port of the Federation also was pledged
to the President in his move to bring
about disarmament.
President Harding in replying to Mr.
Gompers thanked him for the Pedera
tion's support and said that he would
give consideration to the recommenda
tion that n labor representative be ap
pointed to the American delegation,
which he characterized as a "very prac
tical auggestion."
Mr. Gompers' statement said that
President Harding at a conference with
him had also "expressed himself as
being favorably impressed with this aug
gestion."
In his appeal to the labor movements
of Italy, Great Britain, France nnd Ja
pan, President Gompers said that they
should be represented in the Washing
ton conference as tho ''rights and in
terests of the toilers will be no less in
mutely affected in the Washington con
ference than they were in the peace con
ference at Versailles, where their right
to representation and participation was
fully recognized and exercised."
CALLS CONFERENCE TO
DISCUSS UNEMPLOYMENT
Secretary Hoover Formulating
Plans For Meeting To Be
Held Next Month
Washington, Aug. 28. President Hard
ing will call a National conference, rep
resentative of the whole country, to
meet here next month to inquire into
the unemployment problem.
Announcement of the President's In
tention was msde tonight by Hecrctary
Hoover, who was asked to formulate
plsns for the gathering. Thesj, he said
would be ready for Preside within ten
day.
"The object of the conference," Mr.
Hoover said, "will be to inquire into
the volume of needed employment, the
distribution of unemployment, to make
recommendations as to measures that
eaa -properly be taken in eo ordinated
speeding up of employment by indus
tries and public bodies during the next
winter, and in addition a broad study
of economic measures desirable to melio
rat th unemployment situation and
give impulse to tho recovery of busi
ness and commerce to normal. Many,
fonstrnetiv suggestions have beea
mads to th department by employer,
governor of States and by city offi
cials." .
While it has been, determined to keep,
the number at the conference as small
as possible, he said, so that the work
may bo done with expedition, it is in
tended to iavit representative ef the
greater , groups of Industrie and
thought, and the ro operation ef Na
tional organizations will b sopght ia
their, election. Th personnel of th
conference, Mr. Hoover added, will be
made ap so to represent th country
geographically. Tho Cwimee Depart
ment is to co-operate lwith tho labor
Pcprtmc, ea, repreeeatatioa of laber
GOVERNOR FEARS
' SERIOtJS TROUBLE
Charleston, W. Va., Aug.
28. Possibility of 'serious
trouble in the Blair-Sharplea
region of Logan county, was
intimated in a telephone
message to Governor Mor
gan early tonight. Half an
hour after the Governor
made this announcement,
Adjutant General John H.
Charnock and three United
Mine Workers officials left
for Logan where they will
attempt to pacify the miners.
Armed men have captured
three deputy sheriffs of
Sheriff Don Chafin's Logan
county forces and are hold
ing them at Sharpies, the
Governor said.
FeeUng. is so tense, that
Chafin is having trouble in
holding back armed bands
of citizens of Logan, the
county seat, who are de
manding they be allowed tr
attack the armed forces at
once, the Governor said.
L
American Air Force Officers
To Escort Bodies Of Men
Killed In Disaster
Hull. ..ugland, Aug. 2S.-(By the As
soeiated P ress.) The bodies of the Am
erican naval men, victims of the dc
struction of the ZH2, will be sent home
on tho Ilriiish cruiser Dauntless, which
probably will sail f mn Falmouth. The
bodies will be escorted all tho way from
Hull to the t'nited States by American
air service officers.
Two officials of the American Graves
Registration Bervlee arrived her tedsry
from Pari to supervise the embalming
of the bodies.
During the salvaging operation on
the ZR 2 today what was believed to lie
the control car of the dirigible was
raised to the surface, but fell back into
the water again.
Much wreckage from the airship was
recovered lata tonight,. This will be ex
amined tomorrow morning.
The body of Chief Rigger Pettitt was
found in a hunk. He apparently w
asleep when killed.
American bills amounting to 12,000,
ohotoirraiihs nnd various papers were
found in Lieutenant Commander Coil's
pockets, as also was a gold mounted
wallet.
It is stated that mine sweeping opera-
tons wiill be adopted for tho salvaging
of the airship aud the recovery of the
missing bodies.
Requiem Mass For Dead.
Piilham, Kngland, Aug. 28. (By the
Associated Press.) Virtually the entire
staff of the Ptilham air station, constat
iug of about 200 officers and men, headed
by Major Puller, paraded to church to
day and participated in a special re
quiem mass held for the men killed ii
the ZR 2 disaster.
To Hold Memorial Service.
Hull.aAug. 28. (By th Associated
Press. ) A memorial service will bo held
in Old Trinity church pext Thursday
lor the British and American naval men
who were killed in th fall of the ZB 2.
The service will be attended by the
in:i..r and the corporation and repre
sentatives of the British and American
ur torcis. The archbishon of York
has been requested to conduct the ser
vice. ONE MAN KILLED IN
AFFRAY AT ROANOKE
Roanoke, Vs., Aug. 28.-J. H. But
ledge was shot snd instantly killed and
J. H. Wbitloek suffered a wound
through the font at an early hour this
morning in th home of J. M. Walden,
a railroad man of this city. Imme
diately after the shooting Walden
nnd his wife, Whitloek and Mr. and
Mrs. N. A. Pisher were placed under
arrest.
It U alleged by the police that
Walden fired the bullet which ended
the life of Rut ledge and that Wbitloek
was wounded by a bullet from a gun
in th hand of Fisher. The four men
involved in the case are employed by
the Norfolk and Western Railway
Company, it i sai'd.
According to the police, Mrs. Fisher
waa spending th night at the Walden
home during the absence of hr hus
band, who was supposed to be ont of
th city with Walden on a fox nunt.
Upon th unexpected return ef the
husbands, it I alleged, th shooting
took place, Rntledg being killed in
a bed room of the horn snd Whit
I oct suffering his wound while at
tempting to escape through a window
oa the second floor.
Both Walden and Fisher were re
leased andrr bead this afternoon. Whit
lock and the two women are being
held for further investigation.
Two 8ht to Death Frosa Anthaah
Tampa, Fla., Aug. 28. Rub Jones. 43,
of Port Bichey, former snarshsl of Tar
pon Springs, aad Bert Rcott, SB, also ef
Port Riehey. were shot to death from.
ambush at Stevenson's . bead near
Weeckiwatrhee Bpriags, la western Her
aando county, 13 miles from Brooka-
Tille, just before aightf U 1 jlgby
RETURN
DEAD
ON BRUSH Si
five Men Fall In Encounter
Between Armed Band and
Advance Guard Of State
Police
TROOPS RETIRE AFTER
MUCH SHOOTING TAKES
PLACE IN THE BATTLE
Companions Of Fallen Men
Take Them Away But Be
lieved That Several Were
Killed; State Troops and
Deputy Sheriffs Had Taken
Eleven Prisoners Before Run
ning Into Another Armed"
Band; Reports From Sharp
ies Indicate That State Po
lice "Played In Luck" In
Stopping Where They Did
WIRE COMMUNICATION WITH
SCENE OF FIGHTING IS Cl'T
Huntington. W. VaM Aug. 28.
Wire communlratiow between Sharp.
Irs and the outside world was cut off
early tonight. The last message re.
ceived at the Chesapeake and Ohio
offices here was that telling of the
arrival there ef a special train hsv.
Ing on hoard Adjotsnt General lohn
H. Charnock and three t'nited Mine
Workers officials.
State Polie Headquarters. Kthel, W.
Va., Aug. 28. Five men fell in an en
counter early this morning between
an armed band and State troopers on
Beach Creek, Ijngun eoup'v, near tlin
Boone Logan county line. Captain J. K.
Brockns, commanding Ktate l'olice, nnd
deputy sheriffs, reported this afternoon.
There was much shooting on either side,
he said.
Whether all the men who fell were
killed, Capt;,in Brockns s tunnliio to
state. Hi) added "'at after' his men
had seen those who hud fallen picked up
and curried away by their companions
the State troopers nnd deputies retired
because some of their number were in
civilian clothes and it was - difficult to
distinguish them in tho darkness from
the men comprising the armed ban!.
The clash was at close range, accord
ing to Captain Broekus' report, tho men
liritig at each other when but eight to
Uu feet apart. Prior to the fight, Cnp.
tain Hrockus said, eleven prisoner had
been taken by the patrolling party which
set out from Logan yesterday ostensibly
toward Blair and Sharpies. Four of (the
i'""1"""' riu-nN-u uuring me engage
ment, it was said, and one of them is
believed to have been kilh'd.
Headed Advance of Troops.
Captain Broekus was at the head of
tho advance guard of trunper and depu
ties. It was this detachment, compris
ing twelve men, that engaged tho armed
band. The patrol while proceeding
toward Sharpies, Captain Broekus re
ported, ran across five men on foot. All
were armed with rifles aud one had a
shotgun he said.
"e called upon these men to disarm,
vthich they did," the Captain continued.
"We placed them under arrest and pro
ceeded down the road. Further on, w
met two utomobiles and placed six ad
ditional armed men under arrest.
"With the eleven prisoners we march
ed on toward Bharplea aud cam upon
another squad of fivetarmod men. Some--on
called to us that we would not
be allowed to paas. We called upon
them to surrender their arm bt re
ceived in reply a volley of shots.
"Our men returned the fire and in
the fight five men fell to the ground.
Wo waited until we aaw that theyiwere
pieked up and carried away, Snd then
decided to discontinue the advance for
the present. It waa very dark and
some of our deputies were, in civilian
clothes, hampering our distinguishing
them."
Thinks Fonr Were Killed.
Captain Broekus could not definitely
state whether the five men were killed
but intimated that probably four wero
killed.
He said that be had talked with a
man who came from Sharpies after tho
battle had token place and this man
said that "some miners were killed" '
but waa unable to tell whether all flv
of the men had been fatally wounded.
Captain Broekus said that later re
ports from Sharpies indicated that the
State police had "played iu luck-' in
stopping where they did.
"We learned from Sharpies that there
wer between 1,500 and 2,000 armed
miner waiting for us to walk into a
trap," Captain Brockn said, "and if
we had advanced it seems assured a
very serious lituatioa would have de
veloped.'' . .
AH along the way, t:.o 8tate police
officer explained, "pot shots" wero
being taken at the officers from men
hidden in house and in ambush.
RECOVER TWO MORE OF
BODIES FROM DIRIGIBLE'
Indon, Aug. 28. (By th Asso
ciated Press.) Th bodies of Lieut,
pommander Emery Coil, U. 8. K., aad
Ad Pettitt, a rigger, who were killed
in the fall of the dirigible ZB-t at
Hull last week, were recovered today
during salvage operation oa th hull
of the airship, according to aa "an
nouncement mad tonight by th air,
ministry.
Lieut Commander Coil' horn wa
Marietta, Ohio. H wa to have befit
xeculiv officer of the airship whea it '
wa turned over to th United State
Navy. Pettitt lived In New York.
Th air ministry report that a a
siderabl portioa f th airship has
beea salvaged.
Tailor Go Oa .Strike.
Chicago, Aug. 28. I? early S00 aaloa
tailors from 60 ladies tailoring shop '
wer on ctrih today aa tho result of
a fsilur to renew a wage aad working
agrajai which, expired last Uonday. .
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