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V tk: , ESTHER 12 PAGES : Jfn Cinf' OWally tl,p .Bd Filr Eit,,.4... j . . . .1 1 DEDICATED TO THE UPBUILD1NG OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA' TODAY BIT) - - . 4- ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C.SATURDAYMORNING, APRIL 1, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 3 THFkSHEVXLLE CITXZEW ' If pin ami Jew York Grsiid Jury in. Jlicts Exchajia and Six ' of Its Doctors.;" ACTIONISQUEt ;T0;;Bycsro ibobe Declared to Cijss Sales at . . Market rc, , Not ,fv ' Meaning a jBuy., evidence given at Jrecmt "John no" - inyeswgsuwijwrire Chief taglrtrnte MeAdoolnd presented to-the grand 'Jury lr -tie district attorney. "th . Amerdkrt' Cotton ex hange, largest of iKlnc mem. -rshlp in tne cou jrl)M,a glx of Irector wer3fctti today, ,-ia by ;bucfceunt ,' Ttj individuals 'r; Randolph Ro,i ,-. ,!V"n.'vlee-pre-ie- in- the r. Of Rose 0:,ce;.p,rli"! the ex,- - V gelo t. Jennlngs,atin Goulko- - :vin Ifc Fauona? Raymond 1 Vlmer. each wereheH in, ii.soQ k r pleading beforendie Rosalsky i central session jft uisfljay, . , 1 i '! indictments .returned, V of which'BenJmMt.Sobrel assistant ditridtAttracy to ight revealed Jotnch;ttgei the rchtngo as eorp-sjionand the t director, with bavin-,; uince .nuary 1, "croasedsajes mak- contracts att'O ash of the ..arket a.uottfon ttpjout intend-. The Vtother ' inltneiiti Ir. ibe said aecoid ration and .,,ftgJwlth , peniftfng- an in-trti-jhe;bucketHMt order r it ..i. ,oV)br 3. W.ther made ii-i TMttweenthrtr.tatlres to ' v ( eottoi at the i v -mH-i quotrnon -liout vty-ln- i ption of .making; pv " IW8 ohn T)o Inqirf , ivhlch led t ithiT.tfidictmenui' V' Vt ,f DlatHct itto ' X a lnWlpatlon f- -atioa in thjs, tth narei pet," out i? Ban- wny "given I VAdoOi.conrn. 1 'wAvulftrlttesnri ItK-id : v Hembera th indicted I caused hi rlbllcly to 1 ft amazerat 'id upon mendatloHh eviflenca led to the Mi li'tn. .Yribnugev - r J American Ctoi. idiknse Liglnally knowu w ' uinn 'nd' Gtit.m e Amer- whange. y-organised t I , 'oper,-, a iouthernfot nidi now to h a JO0.0OO against the; waa incorporated v. i stata August S. 13.' 1 ; li jyas brought o t . Inquiry that wy :Ai had been aolln rDrloea "as low tl- seph C terwho laim of unga. it he John lnerattr h eouth payable t-'lnataHnients. Thnwi eLvaJue memberahlp I ortae axchange 4ay was sakl to ;un fctermln i, A minimum,-, it r $1,000 is ftjted at the rjetlng of . Graham, psifliflt bf the ge wee the tty Imclal to y attthe 3ohDo hearing re Maglett-ate.fcAi'lo who d 'liatflje eoniereii fJraham ly e-a figireid i Its d stratlon. k . i',J tr. Graham mtsti hi state H tonight ' that M change, offlcera and bro t atren- usiy .assort that wy lire ,en- ely Innocent.",- 1 . '. 4X.TtXCTION IS BtH ON REMOVAL OF 'I5M POLES CrUEEKSBORO. ffcti The chairman or.he i county board of cty f lanea,Iri.MS.i Rul ai member of the t& ' Kith the county Btirnte loads, highway v 8ne unty attorney. arltei -x before judge Js f -i the. Western dixit 1. Rowan ommiS' other gether lent of and to- aP' Boyd, North f "irollna; Federal coi lie , April i. ana mow cause t'Oe fva restrained fn.in should irferltig tithe lines of t i herican ' :)Mom , and TeWP com 1 .. iy.. . . 'S.V' :k j t 'h latter charat n eon. c etlng roads in itn hounty, $ ' highway ; supett" ent ; is destroy sonrf U POw W :nction airrA I hat is M3Is sct;M)f; irk OLSE r F.oot irt. ' ? Sev l. ehildres we tfW''. upon 5 . r'n'o o Dairorf e Re y Are k to be thwtrifw.. i 600 f it" i l n omen twas . t,hea- leered iiv, .A film explo (l -v tne ii for i7 ""SCuh. , - -6 iy f;,me usiyjnjUTe. f W v f-r. if -c VTLO Influenaa enVi it. cout In :r. ty,a eral .impnvettie1 i Hrioos lions bein) . note J'vaV 9. 4hat eajee) .t ' n-nave abted at " "' , blague iipradujVf ..hougntthatsio' T""V tnme, tofli oeJ ,iiigenv iiwer tvrfe.ii of today, man r"V'tvCoy,P'H . -'! here- f from state 5e. ". , -h 'niS K.b4 Vrtantci ; s '5 DISPOSAL MAY OCCUR IN FALL Action on All Offers for Muscle Shoals Property to Be Deferred. I WASHINGTON, March 1. (By tha Aaaoclated. Proas. ) -Poat- ponement until congress ' convenes TITRATE PLANT ,(,jafln December of a 4ecia!on respect tht, Ing the acceptance or rejection of private operation, lease,- purchase and completion of the govern ment'a .war Initiated projects at Muscle iShoale, Ala, appeared probable today with the return of the congressional 'delegation front an Inspection, ot the properties in , Senattrf 'Sorris, ' of Nebraska, chairman oi the agrlouUural com mittee announced he would intro duce a measure for appropriating money with which the army engi neers count oegtn work ot com pleting; the .Wilson dam. this sum mer and for the construction or dam Mo. S on the upper Tennessee river. . He . declared : the . dams should be brought to completion as soon as possible and on. this point, other senators and members of the Bouse military committee who visited the projects, gave their approval. - The agriculture chairman said he was very doubtful that the senate .would be able to decide upon, the -acceptance or rejection of the private proposals at this session of congress, because of the heavily loaded legislative calendar. It was his plan, he explained, to give the offers a thorough atudy while the construction .work was In progress and decide later, mob- ably in the next congress whether any or tneir number should be accepted or whether the govern ment itseir Should -complete the work and put the projects in con dition for operation-under its su pervision. " : , . , -' 1 ; .- ' .' Chalrman Kahn. ot the house military, committee, issued a call for the committee to meet tomor row to discuss the offer, it has been investigating for more than a month ana determine at the same time upon a program of fu ture proceedings. senator Nor- ris prepared to present his plan to toe agriculture oomraittee at its regular meeting on Tuesday, V; IIEAVX' WINDSTORMS ARK , EXPERIENCED IN SOUTH No lives Lost but Bis; Property Damage Results In Three States. MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 31. Storms, . which In some instances took the form of tornadoes, have swept several sectlona-of the south during ; thev last 4 i hours with hevy . property- damsgre; but so far as has been reported ' no lives were lost. . " ' 1 Property damage of ' $109,000 resulted from a windstorm at the Red river "parish oil field in Louis iana. One hundred and forty derricks ' were blown , down and several buildings. - were wrecked. Several warehouses were destroy ed 'at Cosshata, La, i ; Two persons' were seriously in jured and a number of homes were .damaged xin a tornado , at Savannah, Tenn., last night,- ind several Dersons were reportel in- juredhj Crane Hfll, ' in northern Alabfnia early today in a tornado 1-h damaged i resiuents. Plantation cabins, cottoa houses and fences were levelled by a ter rific windstorm which struck near Greenville, . Miss., : today, v Three Inches of rs in fell in three hours. Thei administration building and the boys dormitory of Copluh-Lin-coln Agricultural college at Wes son,. Miss., was partly destroyed and rallroads were', disabled by a severe wind;, and , ralnsterni early -nr.'VI-M txrtnv rm r-in R y . MINES BEING ORDERED ' ' ' " " . , .NEW TOKK, March Jl-- sumption of operations tat.- the Utah, Ray, Chlno and Neva0 o 1idatod mires, will beglnnomor-row,- said a statement to y "hy f Martes 'HayffenT chairman I t lhe nnaree committee , of thf' com Mrft.Ue sutd that telegraphic iastrudions had been forwafded to Ufc. rnanarfirs to that ttttJl Pro nawr to that effe rro 4n- 7 APRIL: FOOL? (By BILLY BORNE) 700 French Forces Killed or Wounded In French Morocco Surprise Attack by Natives On Two Columns is De- dared Costly, LONDON. MaT. 31. Seven hundred men be longing to two French columni have been killed . or wounded in a surprise r attack by tribesmen in the Moulouya .-valley of French Morocco, accord ing to a dispatch' to the v London Times from Huelva, S p a i rt,. dated y Thur8day,jquotins private" r advices received from the ! v-Ef Arai'sh,' Morocco, vvire'- less statioh. . - E B E I oraTDouera If 4 Absentee Vot e , Is Throyra Out; Campbell May Be Given Seat. ,. '";..W WASHINGTON, March Jl. Po litical pressure is being brought to bear on republicans of the house to unseat Representative Pough ton in favor of Dr.' Ik Campbell. It is said some -alna have been made within the past week. Re publican)! in the house are being urged td s upport a report of a minority of the committee con tention that the ' absentee vote should he thrown out in Mr. Doughton's district on account of alleged failure to find some of the ballots. The minority report, which it is said, will be signed by four republicans ' on the committee points out that Campbell would win if the house should throw out the absentee vote by a majorltyf 317votes. v ' Doughton's majority with the absentee vote 1 1,078 sccordlng to hlsfrlends. The claim Is made that the absentee votes were not saved and that some of the men supposed to have voted denied do ing so. The minority will charge that, there was a violation when th; votes iwere not saved. If the minority . report should prevail It would be a most unususl thing but there Is ho telling yhat the republicans- of this administration will do. k, BCREAtJ HEAD IS DEPOSED He' And Other Executives Are Re - moved -For The "Good Of . ; The Service." .,'-. WASHINGTON. March SI. James L. Wllmeth, director of the bureau of engraving , and ' printing and a number'of other-executives in the bureau, 'were removed, "for the good of the "service," Uonlght by President Harding through an executive, order; Louis A. HM, as sistant chief of the division of en graving was" named as the new di rector ot the bureau and all other vacancies were also filled;, ;v The i executive. 4. order-'5; effected executivs heads of every division in the bureau, and ihe action was taken. It was explained, as the re sult of an extended Investigation and in connection with a complete readjustment of -the bureau A to peace time conditions. Mn Hill who was sworn In immediately to the bureau and took charge. The new executive personnel iwlll he in complete charge tomorrow. SURVIVOR OP MERRIMAC CREW PIES SUDDENLY - NORFOLK,, March 31. Andrew TT, TJalton, one - of the last three survivors of tha crew of the Mer rlmac, which 'participated Jrt 'the historic battle with the Monitor in Hampton Roads. Mtrch 9, 1862, died st his horns here tonlsht after brief illness. He was 78,' years PRESSUR 15 SAID TO REIGN Declared to Have Unmis takable Proof of Theft - of Bodies for Food. NEW - TORK.- - March a J Li Graphic stories of stravation and cannibalism in soviet: Rnasla wr brought back today, by thvee men who arrived on steamers from Eu rope, after tours of the famine die trict. ' r ' Two Simon Brailove. inf Wash. ingttm. and Morris D; Barron, ot Brooklyn, who returned on the; Pelonia had , Cone to Russia. tf rescue relative-, who. thev heard. t'rorcssor at. Atkinson, head of the department of economics in Mel bourne university. Australia, who entered Russia as a representa tive of the British dominions fam ine relief. "He was a passenger on the Mauretania. - , . Brailove said he found his brother, ' Peter, formerly a pros perous grain exporter of Moscow, starving in a little town 200 miles from that city. . Barron said he found two sis ters at Riga, penniless and on the verge of starvation. But they, like Feter - Brailove, prererred to re main in Russia, so he made pro visions for their maintenance. : Professor Atkinson, declared he had established to his complete satisfaction that cannibalism was "rampant" at least in theSartov district of Rusei. : - v There have been' numerous thefts of bodies of the-dead,,he de clared, and unmistakable proofs have been found that they were eaten by the starving ocasante. , -: One man; he said, was executed for slaying his wife and preserv ing her body for food purposes in pickling brine. ' ' " ; y. - ? ' TWO MORE INDICTMENT8 v IN ALIltKD LINDSAY CASE Undsey, Arraigned, Pleads GuUty And Is Taken to Grand Jury To Testify NEW YORK. March 31. Two men were arrested on indictments charging larceny late today, fol lowing the appearance of Alfred E. Liodsey, confessed swindler of wealthy society women in Broker age deals, before the grand jury. Earlier In the day. Llndsey had pleaded guilty to an indictment charging larceny of 118,000 from Mrs. W. H. Arnold. ; t ;.y The prisoners are Major Red ondo Sutton, a Wt Tolnt gradu ate, and B. W. Parrott; president of the Pacific Minerals and Chem icals company. They were held in 13.000 bail each and will plead to the charge next week. . ' y After Lindsay had entered his plea today Judge Mancuso of Oen eral sessions, postponed sentence and the broker . was ' immediately taken before, the- grand jury to tes tify 'against other persons said to have been involved with him in his schemes. . - ' s. It was a result of this testimony, followed by a further confession to ..., m-trict Attorney Mur- uhy. that Major Sutton and Par rot were indicted, r Lindsay also further involved in. his activities Dr. K. Arvid EnHnd.who was pre viously indicted on v the . broker s confession. . , , The sums Lindsay and his con federates are credited with having received in swindling operations, Jn which wealthy women were vlc UmSi total lit Jhe neighborhood of ILOOO.OOO.. .. . , . . -: SOLE INTENT WAS TO RC ARE - KlNREAD, SAYS M1&8 TONE ;NBWf" YORK, March Sl.-Ad-mmitig authorship of r letters in which threats were made, to Kin Rills "Guy Klnkead. former corpo ration, counsel of Cincinnati, for whose murder last summer she is on trial; Miss Olivia IM,. P. Stone inn.o-triu a suoreme court Jury that her sole intent wa tocsre the lawyer into Jeaaing mt i ajtac for a cremoni w". u. u. w, has JMatoai.ioa-.t Bw4eiUwUloi - t Kln-kead refused to go through the ceremony with her- after their al leged - common law s marriage . ai-most- four years ago. From time to time he promised to. she said, hut nut off the day and finally he abandoned her and mJ ed snoth uftllBALIl AMONG RUSSIANS Hospitalization Bill h Enacted in the Lcwcr House Friday Measure Providing $17, 000,000 Appropriation Xow Goe to Senate . WASHINGTON', Mar 31 An appropriation of JIT. 000. 000 to lie used in providing additional hospital facilities (or war vet era na would be authoriied by a bill pasued late today by the house without a record vote. The measure now goee to the senate. The bill would place the di rector of the veterans' bureau in charge of all acilvitles which would grow out of passage of the measure, iniluning selec tion of sites, plans for new bnildlngi and for the remodel ing of existing structures desig nated to be converted Into hos pitals, and construction work. A flo-'k of smonclments were offered but for the must part tiiey were rejected. E III OF REPAIR $5,000 Required to Prop erly Repair and Equip Them for Fall. ;ine o rural school buildings of Buncombe county arc in need of repairs and equipment totaling in cost $26,000 before onening for the fall term, it is estimated from fig ures available in the survey now bejng conducted. This unusually larjre sum will be necessary because In the last two years expenditures for repairs have been practically nil. due to the ccrdltion of the county school treasury. Last year's repairs and equipment reached only around 16,000, with oraetically no addl Uon. ' " . During the term now closins Buncombes schools numbered 98. Under county supervision, but they will open this fall 80 in number, due to the elimination of 16 one teacher and two-teacher schools HiirBugn me cocisouaaieu program ot-'the present administration. The ' , survey of the schools, to demmine tho renairs and eoulp nrijM .needed,' is being .conducted by; Frank Walls. Superintendent tit irrfntyk schnojs; and T. P. Gaston, A rtberVoti,tbe vwuntf TCard of coucation. , - This suivey' reached the "half way mark when the two completed inspection of the 40th school yes terday morning. The survey, which has been under way for more than two weeks, will be continued next week, and possibly completed by April 22. Work is now going 6n In French Broad. Leicester, and Reems Creek townships, where 11 schools have been Inspected. The other 29 schools are located as follows, where the townships have all been completed: Upper Hominy, seven; Lower Hominy, Ave; Asheville, 11; Limestone, four; and Avery's Creek -two schools. ! A considerable coition of the repair estimate is made ud by proposed additions of single class rooms to schools which have out grown their present facilities. Three schools, Venable, Oak Hill, and Saild Hill, have requested an additional classroom. , and are in need of such expansion., Mr. Wells said. The construction cost of single rooms as additions will av erage 11,500. HARDING GAVE NO IDEA ON WAGE POLICI, DECLARED Strong Denial From Hooper Fol lows Intimation Policies Are . Laid Down CHICAGO, March 31. Intima tions that President Harding and his cabinet had been Instrumental in bringing the present, railroad fight for lower wages to the rail road labor board brought a strong denial Irom Vice-Chairman Hooper on the bench today that the Preslr dent had never given the slightest Intimation as to what policy the board should pursue In adjusting wages.',' . During a heated colloquy be tween J. L. Coleman, counsel for the Same-Fe eystem and Frank J. Warrener. statistician, . testifying for the shopmen, in their opposi tion to wage reductions, Mr. Cole man declared "the first suggestion of a decline in labor costs came from the Interstate commerce com mission." , t , FLOOD SITUATION CHANGES, DANGER POINT MOVES SOUTH MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 31. The flood situation so far as the levees between Cairo and . Mem phis holding safe has resolved it self into an endurance teat, engi neers saw tonight. With the crest of the flood expected at Memphis tomorrow, when the river here Is expected to reach a stage of 43 feet, levee official say i here, Is no danger of a break above Memphis during the present flood Contin uous rain throughout the central valley during almost the entire week haVe made certain a sec - ond rise in the lower river, engi neers say, increasing -the necessi ty for closest watching of the en tire j' levee system for a week or more, until the : second rise has passed down the river. : A. new situation has develop 1 during the last 3( hours, wheu heavy rains in Arkansas and-Mississippi have brought about flood condiions - in ; number of the tributaries of the Mississippi to the south and to a large extent shifting the danger -one south of this city: .y. BED CATCHES FIRE. ITS ' - - - - 0 teJ-St'FFOCATED NEW TORK. March 31, Jame C. Burlock; ylce-prestdent of the Burlork Non-Skid Tire company, wa killed by suffocation today, whin his bed caught flie. It I be- llevj. bed waa Ignited by a NUMBER SCHOOLS BUNGOMB EED Union Miners Quit Work lit 20 States To Terms On New Wase 18,000 Railroad First To Be Laid Off Because Of Strike In Hard Coal Mines i ..NKiV Vor.K, Mar. 31. Eight J een ihmihaml railroad workers In I the of Pennsylvania will be i thrown out of ork tomorrow as a dlre i result of -he anthracite coal utrtke. Philip .Murray, vice-president of the I'nhed Mine Worker of Amcrwa announced today. This. Mr. Murray asserted, will be "only a prtiudo ' to the far reachlng suspension of Industry whldi is hound to follow idleness at the mine?." OHicials of ;h ; Tennsylvania railroad, the latsf.st aingle carrier of anthracite in that atatc. tonight revealed that o.laus for suspension of certnln freight tralna were, al ready under Mtav but that erews would be lelieved gradually. The first trains will ha taken off tO' morrow,, thev said . and otners as fast as the present supply o coal at the minrs is, distributed. Other roHds where the strike will be most keenly felt include the New York Central, the Balti more and ohi.T, the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Delaware. Lacka- cms ill FOREST Secretary of A s h e v i 11 e Board of Trade Asks Measure's Support. "- TaS iariLi.S en-mas ( k. a. . Mm A.tr i WASHINGTON, X). C. March 31. Tho republicans are trying to kill the Appalachian Forest reser vation program y reducing.;; the appropriation to euch an extent, work .will have, (o b auepended, V 5 M?P1J 'ti6 -when 32,000,000 are hetded.i. Senator wTruuna '9 loaning a tara tight for the larger sum. Chief Forester Greely and State forester Holmes are among ihdse who are protest ing against any such cut. New England ! state in the wniie mountains!' region have joined the sbutherj, states In this contest. ' ":t;;T f ' ,. TEIjEGRA ph number of .- TRDK BODIES FOR AID When apprised ot the above, N. Buukner, secretary of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, immedi ately telegraphed the trade bodies in Boston, New Orleans, Jackson ville, New Fork, Chicago and other cities, asking their support in a movement to support the Appala chian Forestry station and calling attention to the imperative need for the conservation program in order that the country's v future hardwood supply may not be further Jeopardized, i .4.. ...... The Appalachian Forest station was established In Asheville after a 20 months', intensive campaign following a meeting in the Cham ber of Commerce rooms with a number of, citisens interested in the establishment of a forest ex periment station in the Asheville district. There was no station in the east at that time, although there were seven such stations in the west. It was felt at that time that with the rapidly disappearing forests of th east and of . h Southern Appalachians. there snouia pi some definite action taken by the government for study. mg rorest conditions, such th proper harvesting of the timber crop with reference to protection or : young growth, reforestation along with a study of species suit. able with ;t. view of .contlnvitisr the supply ot nardwoods and control of floods. " With the Appalachians as the future hardwood supply region of the entire country, It would ceem a fatal mistake on the part of con gress at this time to withdraw dr reduce J.he appropriation to in crease the work of the Appola- chian Forest station at Asheville, It was said last night. The efforts put forth to secure the Asheville station were en Urged to cover stations in tbe New England states and the Gulf coast region iwlth the result that a sta tion was also established at New Orleans, and the one for the New England states held up for some reason or Other. PROniBITION OFFICERS ARK -EXONERATED IN HOMICIDE ' Justice Act Following Gun Battle Staged Last Week in Georgia SOPEIITON. Ga., March Jl Edward : F. Newberry, of Macon. T. K. Nelson, of Dublin, and J. T. Drake of Adrian, federal and state prohibition revenue officers wern late this afternoon exonerated of charges against them by three Jus tices at a preliminary hearing tiv en - them m connection with the death of P.. Berwick, who was killed near here a week ago In gun battle with the officers. Mrs. Will Moore, in front of whose home the pitched battle oc-ct"'i:e'.A-ttiaedJ.tet dewberry fired the first shot. The office rs, however, said they fired only after Rarwtok emptied his gun at them.ft Other witnesses eald Berwick was) a "bad man. , The warrants under which thetl airegt ! of - the three officers wa - s ma It, were obtained b ""''-wlfe o' EFFORTTQ KILL HA Bring Operators To Workers Are wana and Wttern and the Lehish Valley,: according to tn miners. Officials ot th"se roads declared It would not be Dunsflde lor several days to eatlmai the number of men to b aB"et"d .bv stoppage oi the sources Of . 1 tonnage. Steamship ) nes as well as other public utiJitie) have taken precau tions to aver; a shortage of fuel due to the strike, it was revealed today. For such craft as use t o.il chiefly freighters, supplies sufflcl ent for several months have been stored at Atlantic coast fuel .sta tions. It was waid. 'No shortage i anticipated " unless , suspension. of the wtlnes continues more than' four months.: Shipping men pointed nut that installation of oil burning machin ery In virtually all passencer liners and in many of the larger frelRht ers. removes ihem from the Influ ence of the coal strike. In the event of a fuel famine, they said; coal burners could fill their bunk ers atBuropenn stations, -where there Is reported to be. an overauu ply, or at South American ports. . f in Government Awaits-De velopments, -'Having Taken Reasonable steps, WASHINGTON. Mar. " 31. Con vinced that every reasonable effort has been' made to prevent a na tional coal strike In anthracite and bituminus cosl mlne tomorrow, bt -believing that although these efforts have been' without - avail. existing conditions and ; surplus coal assure pries protection ano current -supply - fori' the general puWiO, Otltriaj wasmnffien settieo , bttWt i Wight ! tj. it :-..ths;SKt vlB" si' finatWblie llburt' discus sion It was said that .the govern ment's long negotiation with, the parties to the controversy and con tinuous study of the industry's pro duction volume had convinced the administration that immediate in tervention, in legal or extra legal ways, would be futile end unneces sary, and that whlie'the" future might sharpen the, breach between employer and employ frf the- min ing, camss, for the present even action looking to tne preservation 01 peace was .unnecessary 4'.- t President THardlng fas Urged during . me osy Of . fubibbjiu' representing the Frorens-frv council ot Churches ot rlst and the National Catho council to make a fur to get operator asrtj Welfare attempt (ners to- gether and to set no itimlsslon to adjust their differ At the White House, hovwi .'was said later that no action a. 4,la ,1mA : , . advisable Supplemented trtdtl y Br Non-Union Output. A house committee also was told by Edward G. Tryonl ceal produc tion Htatlstleian for he geological survey, that 63,000,00) Ions of coal, equivalent to a 61-d iy supply for every 'consumer, wi 1 :be supple mented indefinitely pys large out puts from non-union fields in West Virginia and elsehcre. where operators asserted ttfday that min ers would pay no attention to the union attempts to hve. them cease work. Lahor deadrtment officials also were Interesjpll in rcs"ris from union fields In Wentern he itucky, where It. was oailmated that ap proximately 6,fiof miners were con sidering stayinglnn the Job under a local ware lontract. notwith standing the ni'lonal orders for walking out. f Federal reservl hank and geolog ical survey statrlienta were Issued today bearinc upin the recent'over Utodui lion of enaV which has balk ed largely i,i While. House and la bor department Insurances thai moderate prh es knd a plentiful supply of fuel wpiU assured. The reserve bank ta'4ment said that bituminous neis recently had so amplified their stocks that even the fear of a snike had not suf ficed to prevent a falling off In de mand and a weakening of prices. The geological survey asserted that "even thnuch most of the coal mines In the endntry should re main rlosed down , for three months, citizens of our larger cities need fear no inierruptlon of light ana power service,' Its queries during recent weeks nave disclosed large public utilities whose stork piles will last for 160 days, while average stores have run between 48 and 71 days In potential capacities. Railroads, manufacturers and dealers alike have reported similar conditions tor official records. . .-.j, ...... . This situation, marking the pres ent cosl strike as different ' from former ones, was unofficially class ed as being responsible for a rather cool acceptance of the strike in in formed labor union. Industrial and official circles, because, strike or no strike, it was tending to produce a fairly wide-spread suspension of coat mining, particularly , in the bituminous fields. ., . i VINNESE TO OFFER PRAYER FOR FORMER RULER SUNDAY VIENNA. March 31. (By the kAnociglfrd .Jjeaa, VPrivate drto es from runcnai indicate than the condition of former Empefor Charles Is txtremely grave. y" y " WorshlDers , In many Vienna I churcbes jftave been asked to say special pfayerafor the' ruler. r A - eet pupils It? of Inerc-sion be ' yy la the Ksrl- RL APPEAL TO RD1NG MADE COALSTR Kt r 4 1 it 1 I S 5 'lal Ml Contracts N- MEN WILL JO II WALK OUT Lewis Declares- Kansas Industrial Court' Cannot . Avoid Suspension.,; v ; KENTUCKiTMINERS i ; TO STAY ON JOES: 13,000 Non-Union " Men Remain in the Mines to . Protect Property. " - ...... ..W'-LTT: .W; '"' l.NlHJWarVU1,! ind., ware. ai. (By me Associated Ji Coal -production -wagi etoiiDe night by tbe union nilners, qui their day's work in th 1 MINE ft .C - w : of 20: states, with the avowed pWr- "J ' icy. or remaining -idle indeflniteiyr . 1 in an rfftrtitotorr the operators ' to vaccep ;the minei' terms forL , new. wage eontra'cts. j.h-.. tT ' Omclals ' at-, the head here- of the vJUnited Mine Workers of .'AmeMr.n -declared the auspen-J -ston would not, only Include a half s " mmion werners but also av least' ; iu,eui non-union men would!' t Join In the walk eut. -Ko.Uat'. 5' minute", instructions wer issned, from, headquarters and the tmlv; - f slgntvtcant-: conference held !dur4 J .. Ing the day by President John U 1 V 1 ijowis was ,wttn Lonnie Jaoksonj - I.. ,iui. .u( nu Aeniucxy uniott district, whera S.000 , uniofw men ' ; . will , continue at work , because - - k thoir. contra.r-t with operators has ;' I another year to run.-, , j t " During the day Mr, Lewis ds-j-' ... clased, the .suspension, of work bv Kaneas .union, miners would .aas""?.',i ' be adverted by the acUon of the 1 t Kansas, industrial court ordering" ' !. that;. wage scalca of ths,,it ' ' fr yeai be continued for 39 deys. Tn ' a.-formal statement tonio-ht th union .chief declared' the .nation' wide walk out would affect "hun-i dreds 'of iuousanda f eltlscnt"' not directly engaged la the coal industry and . ho reltrti charge, that the nnara rnrn It at ft forced 'the etrika upon the -mln Kentucky anil Nora Scotia S Imi Mav et lVi,ri(.. . , . , ' miners, union men In Nova ihco- 11a wll, remain at' tvork, (hut thoan ln ,.rh .... . .. iuy4ii,u were , expectd to ijoi ...o ouoprnitiun, - confero over the Kentuckv itnti r said : hv iim , h.rtCjT:.,' ubbii a genarati w rf-. uaiiun mars v - vo: taking the So . - must obey jh operators .j .f Aside uarters, indiel mines to protect jther prope' from damage and tie only trotibi between operators and miner . i. this connection was1 reported from vvashmgton where operators wr said to be objecting to paying lu wages provided for in th4 nn tracts that expired at midnight. Says Public Is Lelled to J? False Security. ....-, s,. Mr. Lewis' formal statement rs. garding the 'suspension of work, follows: rY--,.r, ;k w "The strike Unnn hi,.i, .i. 1 V, , A United Mln '-Workers 'nf A i,, are entering .is not queson of smal magnitude-, nor one T-to be lightly considered by the American - J' " xraugnt; wtth far. reaching conseauencea and serious responsibilities as affneltir n k ... weal. The withdrawal nf in .. of 600,000 men from .the mines of coumry. constitutes a serious problem. Aold from th iMvitki. ' coal shortage, which' will ensue to ' the profit of cosl onerntor. 9 4 the detriment of the puhlic. it will. i.u-o Dislocation of, indusii-y throughout the : nation' affecting hundreds of thousands f citizens ' In other walks of life. r ' "This iva deplorabla conditio ,' snd constitutes a sad Oommentary upon the relauonshlps pf emplover and employe in American industry Kvery-theughtfnt m r . that in the end a settlinient of the problems of the mlnflng industry must perforce be rf1mA sh settlemnat must ' cume ,' thro-ii v joint conference with aee.rMit., representatives of th miri, work ers of the nati"on, Abritrary Atutude Of Operators Blamed 1 "It is most unfortunate because '. of the arbitrary isitttude of the cosl operators thaf such a meit-' ing iannot.be assejgibled Until the country has endured the agony and convulsions involved In an in dustrial strike on-uch a glgartio scale. Jn the presept issue the pub- ' lie. has been luUad In a sense of false security by . the . soothing ' statements of those who will nrnsi through a strike, ;,.; . 'The mine workers ttnamiM have called attention to those fads and our statements have gone tm heeded. The responsibility must therefore be with those who hav ? forced the present situation and are seeking to. beat the roinera backwards. ,;; As self -respecting - eltlsen we we are resolved to stand in oppo. sitioa to those, who deny ua a liv. ing, wage and our . proper aspira tions for an American standard of living,", r, -.C , aecjarji-ed. indiol s . - "LUar-riLs also shoriota 1 f - ' r"- union men womn h. st . V ' ' ' ,-. 1 , ''.A , - GREENSBORO f.'LUBS PREP ATI TO ENTERTAIN FEDERATION TSeMl"'PrMi)V(fme. J"."37ll Cnw GREENSBORO." March 31. 1 North Carolina Federation of V. men's c-iubs wiH -meet tn-'annt. convention here on May. 2, -3, 1 and t. -' ...preparations .rtre' ' made by the IikhI elubs.f entertainment the dlii . the eonventiop. It will brm i.-d cf votuea to 4he ji - V ,r, h' J," P v:r y f 1 'ft r, r It r i A- ft I. rreased to exoman. Mane LO', " - : -' Gormley. Ciga made 1"' u i r
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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April 1, 1922, edition 1
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