A THE ASHEVILLE THE WEATHER 14 PAGES TODAY, North and S. Caroline Fair and wirmtr Tuesday; Wedneiday fair. Tennessee: Cloudy Tueaday, Wed- neaday local thunderahowers, warm. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" PRICE FIVE CENTS. ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N, C, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 4, 1922. CITIZEJN i Million Dollar Bond Issue For ? Desired By Citizens ISSUE CALL FOR AT COURT HOUSE J. V. Martin Named Chairman to Start Ref erendum Vote. ADOPT RESOLUTION FAVORING MEASURE PUBLIC MEETING Community Buildings Are (,'Lj Included in Plan of promoters. Decision to have a referendum to determine the attitude of Ashe viUe voters toward a one million f dollar bond issue for community ii ill lunula, juiivh miu jii.i y i (ill ii u. following whlrh the city coniis sioners will be asked to call a vote, and call for a mass meeting at tho county courthouse Friday night, featured the meeting of community leaders and reprcsen tallves of civic organizations at the Battery Park hotel last night. Charles (1. Lee presided at the opening of the meeting and call ed for nominations to form a tem porary organization to have charge of the business end of the pro- fgram. J. scroop btyles, nominat ed 1!. H. McDufflo a chairman and Fred L. Sale seconded the motion. Tho vote was unanimous and Mr. McDutfie was declared chairman of the meeting. George Wright was nominated as sec nrv and nnnn motion nf .T V Artin and a second by Charles 1). Kee, was elected. J, J. Britt outlined the purpose it tho proposed bond issue and in a strong manner stated the rea sons the voters of the city should fissure the success of the issue through the ballot box. Mr. Britt declared that conditions of soil Jteeps this section from gaining Wny great renown as an agricul tural section and the forests arc being denuded of timber. He stated the people should take ad vantage of the opportunities created by nature and develop the attractions that would bring thou sands of those seeking rest, health and recreation to AsheviUe. Number (Speaks In Favor of Bond Issue. Speaking In favor of the move ment to have the bond issue wert: '.!. J. Britt. A. J. Hutchins, J. W. Haynes, I). Hiden Ramsey, Mrs. Curtis Bynum, Dr. E. B. Glenn, Mrs. J. S. Williams, Mrs. W. D. Upshaw, Mrs. L. E. Fisher, Henry T. Sharp. E. C. Greene. K. R. Wil liams, N. Buckner. Holmes Bry- son, J. G. Stikeleatlter, Congress man W. D. Upshaw, of Georgia; W. W. Warren, Mrs. Charles A, Webb and others. I'pon request of Mr. Warren, Chairman McDufne appointed the following committee to appear before the Central Labor union tonight and place the matter be- ajre the members: K. R. 'Williams, Lilrman; J. W. Haynes. Henry wJf. Sharp, Mrs. L. B. Fisher and Mrs. J. S. William. In response to a request for in formation, Frank L Conder, secretary-treasurer of the city, who was present, stated that he thought within the next year at least $2,000,000 would be added to the taxable value of city prop erty. The debt creating power of the city, he said is around $1,600, iioo and after the bond issue was passed, the city would still have a debt creating power of around $600,000, in addition to funds on hand for work to be carried out, through the recent sale of bonds. R. L. Fitzpatrick, commissioner of public safety.made a short ad dress and pledged his sapp vt to the bond issue. He stated that one of his prime hopes for the city of AsheviUe Is a park that will be a credit to the c'ty, de claring that when he visited other cities he was ashamed of the parks otTereq in AsheviUe, as compar- m f i me; wlth those of more progres- e cities. Chairman McDufrte, who is member of the school advisory ti) board, as Information. ' asserted xnat: seven scnoois now nave tne grounds on which playgrounds could be developed, provided the funds were available to carry out the work. He stated the Murray Hill school recently requested that several Improvements be made to the school yard a on rainy days the mud was so deep It wag im possible to use the yard, lie stated it would only cost about $1,000 to make the yard a playground, but the necessary funds were not available. School Grounds Mow NMd Improvements. He enumerated the Park Ave nue school, West AsheviUe school, new West AsheviUe school. New ton academy or South AsheviUe school grounds, Murray Hill school, Orange Street school and the Xorth AsheviUe school, as needing play grounds. Commissioner Fitzpatrick stated that $100,000 had been offered the Auditorium and expressed opinion that It could be sold or at least $125,000. The following committee was ap pointed to have charge and make arrangements for the mass meet ing Friday night: .!. V. Martin, chairman; Charles O. Lee, W. W Warren, K. C. Greene, Holmes Bryson. Mrs. Curtli Bynnm. Mis. W. D. Upshaw and Mrs. Charles A. Webb. Mrs. Wbb was elected vice-chairman of the committee. Immediately following the ap pointments. Chairman Martin re quested the members to meet at his office in the American Nation al Bank building this morning at 19 o'clock. ' j.uhli.Hv fnmmlttnii In jyp charge ot pubillcMy necessary to place the bond Issue before the public and to educate the people as to the needs of the issue was named as follows: D. Hlden Rsm- ev. chairman; cnarle k. Kontn- Uwu4 no rat) Parks Is To Probe Whippings In Alabama under Cover of Darkness Judge Demands Grand Jury Make Investigation In Jefferson County BIRMINGHAM. Ala., April 3. -.fudge William K. Fort, today in Circuit court called upon the Jef ferson county grand Jury to in vesiigate whippings "that have taken place frequently, and to bring tho responsible to justice. This wan the second charge of l;e nature from the circuit bench within i lie last six months. Judge li. T Hi din having colled for n similar Investigation. No indict ments were returned at that time. "Such people are malefactors of tiie worst type working secretly and under cover of darkness," de clared Judge Fort. In calling for a special investigation "of these affair?.'' "It Is useless to plead that they ti.idcr.ako to do what the law can not do." Judge Fort told the jurors. "People are being whipped and punished for malicious reasons, nnd even because they have aided the law. Von should look into all sirh case?., thoroughly as n danger t the enuntry o tilt the law en forcement agencies.'1 Band of Counterfeiters Maintain Offices in Europe and U. S. BERLIN. April 3. A band of in ternational counterfeiters with branch of 'ices in almost every European country, America and Australia, has established headquarters In Berlin, say police and Itelchsbank investi gators. Monies of half a dozen coun tries are being manufactured here. A score of' arrests have been made, but authorities say the band Is still functioning. in addition there have been many arrests of counterfeiters operating alone, making either German or American money. American dollar and $10 notes are favorite produc-' tions of the counterfeiters. German 60, 100 and 1.000-marlc notes also are widely counterfeited. . Confederates of the counterfeiters usuaily dispose of the German money counterfeited here In a foreign coun try France, Holland. Belgium. Swe den or Norway. The foreign money made in Germany la marketed here. One of the counterfeiters arrested was the proprietor of a large hotel in Amsterdam who posed as a pleas-iire-seeker and lived elegantly In the best hotels. A German counterfeiter of 100-mnrk notes was employed as mechanician In a bier artificial Ice-skatinar rink here. He established his workshop in the attic of the "ice palace" and surrounded It with electric wires so arranged that unexpected entrance would cause an explosion in the "mnit" and destroy the "evidence." The. oroDrietor of the rink watched him and informed the police, who cut t lie wires, entered and found the mechanician busily printing money REFINING COMPANY PLANT SUFFERS DIG FIRE LOSS SAf'L'LI'A, Okla., April 3. Fire which today caused an estimated damage to the Sapulpa Refining company of more than $300,000, tialted train service over the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad and to the southwest, and destroy ed wire communication with Tulsa, still burning fiercely tonight amdng three 55,000 barrel capacity crude oil storage tanks at the company's plant a mile from here. The third tank was threatening to boil over despite efforts of fire men. Fears that the entire refin ery, valued at more than $1,000. 000, would be destroyed should this occur, were expressed by of ficials. Nine large gasoline tanks are but a short distance from the blading liquid. This afternoon the second tank boiled over sending floods of burn ing oil over the Frisco railroad tracks and tho Sapulpa-Tulsa high way. The heat was so intense that the rails were- twisted and It was not until tonight that the flames, which had spread over several acres, had been controlled suffici ently to permit temporary repair ing of the tracks. Automobile traffic was halted bv the flames which covered the roadway. At 6 o'clock tonight the first train of tho day over the Frisco succeeded in passing over the tracks. The fire begun when the tanks were struck by lightning. SPUHIUUS IB AFLOAT, CHAR EE .WHELP POLICE IN BERLIN FINANCE FARMERS Requisitioning Of Church Treasures By Bolsheviki In Full Swing Through Russia MOSCOW. April 3. (By the As sociated I'ress. ) The requisition ing of church treasures is In full swing throughout Russia, but un der the tensest crcumstances. From ten provinces there already have been collected 70. pounds ot gold and 17,820 pounds of silver. From fix churches in the out lying districts of Moscow requisi tioning parties on Sunday s-cured 3.132 pounds of silver, a quantity of gold and 24 diamonds. Two synagogues yielded ' I pounds of sirverwHuiwu iuntoitirtCi i laaia arrested because ten valuable ar tides that had been listed were missing. l'l to March 13 churches hi th government of fiats hid yielded l-S nminri ur about 4. S01 iura -- nininflnun i 11 tp Introduces Bill to Estab lish Banking System to Aid Farmers. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 3 - liftcussim; "the national agricul tural Liedits corporation, wtin greatly enlarged and extended powers. 1 think It provides a sound, well balanced and workable system fot financing the agricul tural operations of the country. If enacted it will give the farming cIjskps banking and credit facili ties. If cot equal at least compar able, t . those which the federal reserve system now gives to those of our people who are engaged in trade and industries other than farming, ns well as those engaged .11 speculative ventures. "A little later I shall ask the indulgence of the senate for th" purpose of making a detailed statemet t of the general provis ions of the bill. In brief, it es tablishes banking system as well adapted to the requirements and conditions of agriculture as the federal i serve banking system is adapted to the requirements and conditions of trades and Industries other tht.n farming." IS REFERRED TO SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE WASHINGTON. April 3. Crea tion of a federal institution simi lar to Ihe federal reserve bank system to provide long term credits f ir farmer was proposed In a bill Introduced today by Senator Sim mons, democrat. North Carolina, former chairman of the senate iinance t ommittee, which was later referred tc that committee. The nil 1 would set up an agricultural b inking svstem with regional dis tricts' and other attributes of the federal banking system. Establishment of a "national agricultural credits corporation" to absorb the war finance corpora tion, with $500,000,000 capital, for a revolving fund, all to be sub scribed by the government, was froposed under the bill. Loans would run from one to three vears. Tho governing body would be a board of five members headed by tne secretary of agriculture, ap pointed by the President and con tirmed l.y the senate. Senatoi Sfmmons told the senate his bill would give farming inter ests the same credit facilities that commercial interests receive from the federa.1 reserve system. Mr. Simmons said his plan was a 'sound, workable and well-bal anced system nf financing the agricultural operations of the ouiitry." r?t would provide for farmers "banking nnd credit facill ties comparable it not equal to the federal .reserve system," he aid. CnmCH OP SACRED HEATIT IS DESTROYED BY FIRE MONTREAL. April 3. The Church of the 8acred Heart, one of the largest religious structures In the city, today was destroyed by fire with a loss of $500,000.' Scores of spectators narrowly escaped death, when the 175-foot spire crashed. of diamonds and nearly 10 pounds of pearls and other Jewels. The central committee of the Moscow provlnoe communist party has ordered every communist to surrender sll their gold, silver and Jewels, with the exception of bol shevik decorations, for the benefit of the famine-atrirken peoiDle. The soviet government has be gun. In the presence of Bishop An tonin, to smelt the gold and silver which lias been confiscated. The famine committee asked the gov ernment to advance one million already secured in oraennamt mav Immediately purchase, bread broad. There has been some rioting, but generally no active resistance actual seizure! has occurred. "SO FAR SO GOOD ; : I (By BILLY BORNE) ' 11 fn WICIHUf U IIIU I I Mil Demand That Women Serve On His Jury Failure to Include Women In Jury Panel to Cause 48 Hours' Delay WAlKriGAN. 111 . April 3 I $y t ,ip Associated Press.) A demand lljat women sit on the Jury in t iiisl of Governor In Mnau. marces of conspiring with B'red E. Sterhng. Lleutenant-Governii nnd .Vernin Curtis, a Grant Pa: his., banker, to embezzle sta! funds while he was state treaaun was mane by his attorneys tonigl' They attacked the legality of thje Jjry panel because the I.ake county hoard of supervisors h.d railed to Include in it the names of womea Attorneys for the state obtained 4S hour delay to prepare their ooavver. f Should the governor's contention be upheld the women seated, thi Lake coifnty courthouse may havw. to be..ri'roodelen before;" trie trial cm, be held. The courthouse has only one large dormitory for turora and as Illinois laws for bid separation of Jurymen, some arrangement would have to be made to furnish privacy for the women Juiors. Judge Edwards has already announced that the Jury would t c c onpned throughout the tiial whicii is expected to last any where from three to five months. Think Board's Problems Are no Greater Than Those of Cabinet's. WASHINGTON, April 3. The house put its foot down firmly on a proposal today to pay salaries of $35,000 to four shtpiplng board officials. ,refusing by u unanimous vote to Approve the conference ic port on the independent olfics appropriation bill, which would have authorized the payment dur ing the coming fiscal year of sal aries of "between $11,000 and $25, 000 to six employes in addition to the four who would receive $35,000. After s round of criticism of the compromise limitation, the confer ence report was recommitted to the house 'managers with instruc tions to Insist on a provision that no salaries in excess of $25,000 be authorized. ' Expressing the hope that con gress would tell the shipping board It would have to get along with out four "$36,000 beauties," Rep resentative Walsh, republican. Mas sachusetts, declared that while the board had a "serious tangle to un ravel," it had no prcJblems to cope with greater than those handled by the cabinet. ' Three Times Greater Than Uie Cabinet's "Yet you propose to ay salaries nractlcallv three times that of caiblnet officials." he ascrted. ad - dressing Representative Wood, re publican, Indiana, In charge of the conference reiport. Representative Mann, republican. Illinois, said the compromise would give to four men a higher com bined salary than that of all cab inet members. Congress, In his opinion. Is not Justified in paying $35,000 to any one in the govern ment service short ot the Presi dent. Representative Harrison, demo crat, Virginia, told the house he had refused as a conferee to sign the conference report because of his objection to the agreement as to salaries. Representative Byrns. Tennessee, ranking democrat on th. aDroorlations committee, also criticized ths salaries compromise. TO BEGIN' CONOTRCCTION OK iSIiECTIUO POWER LIVE RALKIGH. April 3. Ths Caro lina Power company, a subsidiary of the Carolina Power and Light company, has purchased a blocK of ths hydro-electric power from ne Tallahassee Power company and Batlen.y.C. and wortewlU be n Inter - connection transmission line between Baqford and Badtn, a distance of 5 miles. It was an- to nounced l.y Officials of the Caro lina company hers today. BIG SALARIES FOR SHIPPING BOARD'S EXPERTS REFUSED " I ESTABLISH BIG FEW MILES CITY To Supply Fresh Produce to City Scott Dilling ham Operator. Announcement of the opening of a G2 acre truck tarm witnin tnrce miles of this city heralds the ad vent of a new era in farming In Western North Carolina, In the opinion cif local agricultural ex perts. The new truck farm will be the largest of its kind in Western North Carolina, C. C. I'roflHt, cjunty farm agent, said last night, nnd will compare favorably in size with the many big truck farms es tablished In the eastern part of tne statt Scott Dillingham Is operator of l'le new agricultural enterprise. ;ni(l his father. A. M. Dillingham, a id bro'lier, Perry, are associated with hin . Dillingham will remain Manager of the AsheviUe automo bile exe.i.uige, he said Inst night, but will devote hlH personal af tenlion'cvery day to the needs of the fai'ii The enterprise is incorporated as the DMlinghatii Dairy I' arms, with an invested capital of $35. 000, and will be so listed in Brad street's, he says. .Six men are now at work on the farm, which is in good condl tion, Bnd tliis force will he aug mented next week. The SI acres ih being planted In tomatoes, celery, Mvcet corn, potatoes, let tuce, pippcis and other truck products. fjstabllsl. Cannery to ilandle the Surplus A big cannery, Willi a daily ca pacity of .1,300 quart cans, has ar rived at the farm and Is now be ing set up, to take care of surplus vegetablis and fruits after the locai market lias been supplied. In conjunction with the truck ing. a large and modern sanitary dairy will be operated. A herd of 18 thoroughbred Holstein and Jer sey cows is now on the farm, and others are being purchased In addition to this. 100 thor oughbred Poland-China and Berk shire hogs have been ordered, and an order has also been placed for 1,000 chicks, to begin a poultry fami I The farm, which will soon vie I vifh T.'in,.iH,c. i, lr nt,.v,. Is located three miles east of Ashe vllle, on Haw creek. Concerning hla new project. Dillingham says: "I believe there Is as much or more money in farming, conducted on a business scale, with experi enced operators and someone ex perienced to handle the selling and buying, as there. Is in any busi ness or Industry. "Every year thousands of dol lars are sent out of Western North Carolina In exchange for fresh vegetables, when the climate and the soil here Is flttedjust as well for truck farming as" the best of l'Morlda or any other section, ac cording to soli experts. "Mv nlnn I tn keen this nionev 'Ht home. When the crops are reany lour trucks win run irom the farm to the city every day. with fresh vegetables, taken from, the field In the morning, fresh eggs and milk and butter. The trucks will have regular routes, and ev ery household wishing It will be supplied with fresh produce every day of the season. It will be brought to their door. "I am only going to attend to the selling and buying end of the business. My father and brother will take care of the actual opera tion of ths farm, and the other de partments. "The hogs and chickens are like the cannery, merely side Issues, to take care of the surplus and the waste. But In the dairy I expect to have the most modern equip ment, giving the cleanest milk, in the country "? nUGIIKS IjKAVKS FORTt NK- TO FOtND ORCHARD DANVHAiK. Vs.. April 3. The wirt of John K. Hughes, wealthy tobacco dealer, who died here laet week, was probated here today. The bulk of the estate of l:.600.QOO is set aside by the will to establish an orphan sgs ITr whiter children of Virginia here.rhe ' r i' Sparge l leoiesT"f a sum of (250.000. given mitright to the Oanaral hospital, rtrethers and sis tera of ths deceased were given 110. 000 each bv the wilt The estate I 1 valued st over l.OOOAW TRUCK FARM IN Operators And Miners Stand Firm In Nation-Wide Strike; Lewis Explains Miners' Views SMALL OPERATORS' OFF, BTII CHANT 19IGEIiS;ra"-," Union Leaders Claim It as First Victory in j Behalf of Miners. SCRANTON AREA IS SOURCE OF OFFERS Third Day of Strike Is One of Charges and Counter Charges. NKW YORK. April 3 .-- 1 nlnn leaders claimed the first victory for the striking anthrac ite miners here today when they announced sev eral independent companies had nf feted to grant all of the 19 wage demands if the men would return to their jobs immediately. The offer was first made by Wil liam Peck, president of the Grove Hill Mining company, of I'eckville, Pa., who came to New York for the purpose, according to William J. Hrcnnan. president of the United Mine Workers of America in Dis trict No. 1.1 It was followed, he said, by sim ilar of fern from "other small Inde pendent mine opera tois," In the .Scranton area That this signified a break In the ranks of organized mine owners was denied by members of the An thracite Operators' association. They branded owners who had mado such offers as "Independent operators of wagon mines whose production was a negligible factor in the outcome of the strike." The Grove IIIU company is not even af filiated with the organization of Independent operators, they said. "Such offers will not win the strike, and will have no effect on the stand for a reduction fti wages, taken by the operators' associa tion." said W. W. Inglls. president of the Glen Alden Coal company of Hcranton, and a member of the iu,lnrs' and operators' sub-committee on wage contracts negotia tion. In session here. Union leaders were optimistic, however. According to Thlllp Murray, vice-president of Ihe Uni ted Mine Workers' international organization, "the willingness of these smaller operators to continue product ion a basis of higher wagea to the miners is ample proof that there is no reason why big operators employing thousands of men should refuse to accede to our demands " This, the third day of the strike, was one of charges and counter charges Operators charged that union pickets bearing strike literature were invading nonunion bitumin ous fields of Pennsylvania and ex horting workmen to lay down their tools. , Tu this, district leaders here re torted that 1. W. W. literature was being circulated In slrike stricken nreu. calling on union men to Join the I. W. W. "one big union." Clvirges that several of the larg er anthracite operators were vio lating provisions of the suspension agreement today brought threats from dlr.rirt labor chiefs that they would withdraw the 3.200 men as signed to protect mine property during ihe shut down. HWDITS KILL OFFICKR with picoriiK hklpli:ss CHICAGO. April 3. While core of persons helplessly watched, f've automobile bandits tonight shoot Slid killed a patrolman, faltally wounded r hank messenger and escaped with a satchel containing lUO.OUU which iwo were" carrying. The messenger illert later. The hold up occurred on a bilgnlly lighted street, in front of th Calu met National bank In the heart of the Smith I'hlcaan business district. The rohhrs made no effort at concesi- merit and paid no attention to the (crowds. The two virions, ii Krnest II. t'assldy and Phillip om- mers, were taking tne ween s mi mi Hons of the Itoval Building and l.oai association to the hank. As they were about to enter the bank a laigs automobile containing flv men drove up. While one man remained at Ihe wheel ihe four others leaped out and with pistols In their hands halted the two. Patrolman I'assldy reached for Ills pistol hut the robbers opened fire, shooting "him through ihe head. His weapon, half drawn fell finm his pocke. Mimic Battle Above Clouds Staged By Army Aviators Results In Death Of Two HOUSTON. Texas. April 3 A Mimic, bottle above the clouds, staged bv flyers from Klllngton field, resulted In the death of two army avp tors today when two pur nil pld'ics collided in mid -air, both fa'ling to the ground, one In tiames. , The aviators killed in the crash wi re Ma lor" John W. Simons, Jr. of Cnarles'on. H. '.. and Lieutenant Gerald II Kitzpatnck, of Sacra mento, i niir At the limn of the accident about 1 .t nliine were ninsiiit n.anes, piloted by Maior S'mons and Lieutenant Fitzpatrick. were supposed to be protecting a bnmblnt, plant, when a fourth olanc simulated an attack on the bomhlni; rjane. Aviators who witnessed the naneuveis were able to give a graphic cteount. Rushing to the protection of the attacked plane, Major Simons made a sudden turn which threw him against the wind. 7 his r becked the "h''d hlg oLleut'enant Fitzpatrick, who was attempting to pass him from be hind. Tho sudden checking of lapsed of the Drat plena caused the compete fuu urn mtocni fit nii.n. Both opermois anil miners sl.ind linn in the count rv -Wid x'rtke Hliicli lias closed morn than 8.000 mines, leaving oxer ,'iOO.OttO men idle Operators claim many non union innier. xvho were Idle -Sat -urd.iv In observar.ee of Hie .'inni versai x of 'lie e glu lioiir da . h.ixc t et in mil . t o work Boih shies agree, howexer. th.n the strike is piactically 100 per cent perfect in the great central competitive field of Illlnoia. Indi ana, (lino .Hid western Pennsyl vania . operators assert that ii.any nits are in operation in West Virginia. V'lrgiui'i. Kciituikv. Tennessee nnd Alabama. .Kansas operator on Monday agreed to return to the wr..s scale of Mav l'JlT, providing for $3.ti0 a dnv instead nf the $7.50 naniciMn the present ngieenicnt. Union leaders claim victory for the striking anthracite miners through the offer ot several Inde pendent companies to grant the miners' wage demands it the men would return to work Immediately. President John L. Lewis, or the miners, told the house labor com mittee, that miners were prepared to "stay outi Indefinitely It need be. until the operators sign up a basis wage contract for the central competitive fields." Caused by Final Activity in Anticipation of Big Strike. WASHINGTON. April S. A. pro- ductlon of 11. 437.000 tons the highest recorded since December, 10 9 0 wii reached in the bitumin ous coal Industry during ths week ended Msrch 25. according to rs ports compiled by ths geological survey, "rinal activity In antici pation of the strike" was said to have been largely responsible for the heavy output. "This confirms the survey's fore cast that, stocks in the hands of consumers would reach 63.000,000 tons bv April 1," the statement said, adding that at least 3,000,000 tons of the production of the last reported week could bo added to reserves, Contrary to usual practice In, the Industry, production Increased as ihe week progressed, reaching the high output for any one day with 36,092 curs loaded etlhe reporting mines iu Friday, March 24. Preliminary telegraphic returns, tho survey said, Indicate that both Mondav and Tuesday of Ihe follow ing week (March 27-April I) "load ings exceeded 37,900 cars.'' Iteports from tho anthracite In dustry Indicated a simllur situa tion, it was said, the production for the week ended March 26 totaling 2,095.000 tons against 1,908,000 in the previous week and 1,664,000 tons In the corresponding week of 1921. Klnal statistics Tor the American coal producing Industry for 1920, announced by the survey today, showed that n "new record In average production P1' nian per dv" was reached that year. The average production per man for the year was 881. which, divided by 220. the average number of full days the mines were igierated, gives four tone per man per day. The highest previous figure was 3 91 tons, set In 1915. YOUTH FLLK FROM WAGON AM) HIS MX K IS BROKEN IStrMni Vumfxiimii: T itlnUlt CUlMSj HPHJNOBR. April 3. Robert Fos ter, age 16 years, was killed by falling from a wagon xvhleh he was driving near Spencer today. It is said he was standing on the wagon and In crossing a rough place In the road was pitched on his hvad, breaking his neck. He lived only a short tlm. uing of the second to collide with the rudCer of the first plane. The colliding planes splraled to the groi 'id. landed within 25 feet of each other. Both officers were dead when rescuers arrived. The plane piloted by Major Simons caught tire and xva- destroyed. The plane piloted by Lieutenant Fitz patrick was shattered but did not bui n. Major Simons formerly was an ri.ity with the chief of the air serv ice In Washington hut waa un- oergoing training at Klllngton RAVE HIGH RECORD FOR PRODUCTION BITUMINOUS COAL tn tne air. inw.jieio. ii-i was umnaniru uu p native of Charleston. He was ommisi.inned a second lieutenant nf infantrv In 1908 and held tem porarv lank of major during the V.'orldl xvtti. He was transferred t the a'i service last August and given i lie permanent rank of naior. He had been on duty at Ellington Told eince January. Lliuten.int Fitzpatrick is sur vived by a widow. He was com missioned Decemlr 3, 1921, after t iking a courae of training at t-tn was naniKiicu in j-.iiiosi on flrld I n January for advanced training in pursuit work. His home was In tstcramento, California. LEWIS IS OPPOSED TO FEDERAL IGD FI1C TRIBUNAL! Says Bituminous Work ers Ready to Remain Out Indefinitely. NATIONALSCALE OF WAGES NECESSARY Official Strike Leader Cs plains Why Minem . Stopped Work. WASHINGTON, April .- Dis cussing before the house labor committee today reasons why Oiio.Otlii anthracite and bituminous. -oul miners stopped work last .Saturday In tho United States and, Canada, John J. Lewis, president of tho United Minn Workers ot America, and official leader of ths strike, declared that the Jnthra oito workers had gone out irterel to axvait the results of a peacsful negotiation with their employ: over a new wage scale but that the bituminous xvorkers wore out Indefinitely, if need, be, to obtain the signing of a basic wags Con tract. The bituminous workers, Mr. Lewis declared before the com mittee, which is conslderins; ,tb Bland resolution to direct appoint ment by 'the President of a com-' mission to Investigate ths eoal! industry, are out to "stay Indefi nitely if need be, until ths opera -( tors of the central competitive field j of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and western Pennsylvania sign Uo s Jiaslo wage contract according to their pledge on which the other coal mining districts of ths United States can settle." , . In reply to questions by Repre sentative Black, ' democrat, Texas, as to why the union would not set tle with operators in states and districts where work could be re sumed under satisfactory condi tions, Mr. Lewis Insulted that com petition would not permit the op erators to fix wages locally with out a knowledge of the wage scale I their competitors would have. "Kven If the operators of nil- nois, for instance," be added, 'are willing to sign up a new scale for 1 themselves, without regard to their'1 competitors, the United Mine, Workers are unwilling to have it1? members, in Ohio, Western JPenn- ' sytvanta, Indiana and West VI r alnla dragged into the auffrin, of : a long strike, while the Illinois) f mine owners take the markets." , National Wage fcoalo , . , Said First KasenUal. ' AUhotijh holding that a nation,,' al wags scsls was the first esson-l , tlal, Mr. lewls told Chairman No-, Ian, of ths house committee. If congress or any body else could' get "a representative number ot ,, operators from all the central i, fields into a conference, those con- trolling a substantial tonnage, sj ir mean, I shall advise the United: ( si Mine Workers nd I think, theyi will take my advice to nsgotlateiifriM with them for a new contract." .tt .t .Short of this step, ha addedj"'i millers and operator conferring d c " by districts would "Just be talking? ti hp --Molng no good " In speaking ot ixs the general condition of the In- A w dustry, Mr. Lewis referred for the f . most part to bituminous matters 6 In view of the wider scope anil ' importance of that Industry ts-' ' compared with anlh-aclte. Alii r though Die United Aline Worker''" "stood for nationalization of ooal n mines, with adequate assur inee tu f ! property owners involved." Vi P ' riHkseo government ownership as 1 iiiiiuianiuifl at mis time. "Miners know th.it Ihey cart nope to get more than 312 daysJ work a year as things stand." h? ,ln .-..I ..... .... ' . iiu mac par time op eration tends to lnr reasa its scope unci- year, ixmn as soms people may be as ro ths dlfflcJl ties and hazards. If private mrtuu try cannot work out this problem, regularize employment, and atabl- tize outputs. It mav he ne-..i.l aen. believe congress could well set up a tribunal or a bureau invesugate, at legist, and give I.. I- which niignt determine ;i policy. "Nothing CiiisljnirH, n Luslnivw Viewpoint " , 4 Mr. Lewi, pAd nl, r,,,,,,, t, wn, " he termed a general financial ds- mand for liquidation of labor and de-' nation of wages", by declaring that" there wns 'nothing constructive m ' the business viewpoint todav, and Ae- 1 preaslon cannot be overcolme by euU ttug waaas and further lowering the 11 purchasing power of labor" The' : iinn-iuilon operators, especially those " of West Virginia, he said were "Ish maelltes of Industry, whose hand Is ' against Industry, who are fomenting U Industrial difficulties that they m5,a Set high prices." ' ' ' Be sure, that If this do-nothing : policy of business eBve. ths issues , to he fought out." hs satd, "with tha t moonlit standing astda as a neu-irt uai uuservsr. the nuh n ill! k.... ... to foot Ihe bill." It The, industry Itseir n .. m - - - !.iT:iiipfiu- SI" ouilv wasteful." he ..rr.. i ... " Intermittent operations, and 'likewise tn operators rot use,! tn for.. ! of profit during the xvsr and want to IT, retain them " l general, he da-u c ared, that ueithar the anthracite nor ;, ma uiiuminoiis miners had "aecured , , waga scales which kept pace with thsf advance of the coat of living during? , and fter the war. and surely pw f they cannot he aakert to accept less than the small declines In living costs f allow, which sum would be so small as not to affect the customers' pries ' ' evan if it escaped the middlemen ma innrKen. i ronis m recent years" i, .ui,i miiir., im laln m gotns cases I exceeded the total mine coat of pro-1 rlnrlinn nl rvial " I Asked to outline th degree of rsgu, latlon he thought the government might apply to ths industrv, r Lewis sharply opposed ths setting up of wags fixing tribunals, and like wise said he waa not suggesting thai the government fix prtcas. Tha question was not finished when h tomorrow. Representative Bland, republican, Indiana, author of Ihe h.U beor tn- tfsiiia a rap i K

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