North Carolina Newspapers

I THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN V "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" . THE WEATHER CT Western North Carolina: II Where the World' Most Scenic Automobile Highway Takes You to the Top of East ;rn America. ,J' X WASHINGTON. -June 27.-Nortn . and South ClPOlIni!- Ln,..i .1 i 'I: and v thunderstorms Wednesday md Thursday. ' ESTABLISHED 1868. ASHEVILLE, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 28, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS. VTE FOR RAILWAY STRIKE IS OVERWHELMING - ) U 0 era! Scale Committee Aban dons Plans for. the Call .of Absolute Strike. 0AL SHORTAGE IS CROWING CRITICAL I),000 Union and 91,000 I wow on strike. r WASHINGTON. June 27. As- ' surances multiplied today that the attempts of the administration to bring abqut a settlement of the j Ominous coal strike have(neither (J be." dropped or abated. From the white House came the word thai ' 'real -lift 'resident Harding felt difficult and urate i negotiation to be neces- before the spokesmen of thn ''P r" :iitg miners and the representn 4v ' j' S of the mine owners could be n together for a wage agtee "mlit and resumption of work. Further, there were Intimations that government Intervention, now confined to persuasion and sug- -AS SHIS FULL SUSPENSION N DT iirrnrvn m Riiurn fJtHIFII s IILLULU III IIIII1LU 9 gt doll t gestlon, might in some way become lolnted and forcible should the ;blio safety and welfare demand Ifly settlement, and the nreent ilna Drove futile in brincine it SI ojt. -Meanwhile, John L.'Lewls, Presi lit of the United Mine Workers . jKUnerica, remained in Wtshing- I intimotinn ih.i hi. nrnlnncri- .inv Itter his 'Monday meeting with the '' ,15cfsident was at official suggesr t w- His presence might be need ragaln, It was pointed out, if tn wernment spokesmen who at' iso in touch with mine operators Vtrtld develop a suggestion for his iT usther consideration. Fe Representative Men Mny Conler. There were Intimations that of- I JciaU ft br'lg f StO"s I -.VUla were considering a plan to a few representative oper- together with Mr; Lewis and oth responsible leaders of the , mii'.rs union, iur mo jjuiyv.o i i dl! '.ssinr Informally prospects for' holding a. conference author ized to make a wage Agreement.. In all th discussions, it was flatly declared that the government would not announce in advance adoption of any plan for dealing with the strike, but that some ac- l,V.mi"D'er;:'r..- no dee.' taratlon either In quarters inform led I of I orij d as to opinion of operators or f Mr. Lewis for the miners, the rlginsl differences, which precipi- 3: ted a strike last Apm ueiw y attempt at an agreement w ade have been overcome, i . tfliiiers ee k a national or national wage conference, to nx the . basis for a national wage .Urals. Operators have in ; most . districts- indicated complete llngness to negotiate with the un . Ion to fix a wage scale for "Pate territories, but to date have, gen 1 erally refused to countenance fur- ther national agreements. 1.000 Mn, Some ot nlon Workers, otii. P Latest estimates In the P .v. nvrnment inaicaie, re are'stlll approximately 600,- a . miners on airiRc, - . R,tI,ol this number being non- T ,n 'n: , ,. stated today R Jovernment ojn JhJuS : wert the strike, the surplus " ' mi i. .t Punier poim adUv they sa l the anthracite '..P'-uVpiy -Eln a, week it is probable the vm" .:?'"',. iil be around 1 ..- jnmn 1 nts a 1 f ..rruat -:'.m.lno """'"'h, in the opln- rnvernment - -iai,i situation. 55.? .n'road. of the country. . . i. o mir- -ilo anf thYgreat industries can rT be" kencar. of by the rsilj ' roads, no matter tPP,Sr ot coal may be in thelr posswon- LEWIS FOBWARP M"? Til r" xjj ft CE8BARKB. Pa. J"". 27. . ; WTLKE8BARRB hL - LeiK President ot the utMlnr Worker, of America -TTnnn receipt Of S teiesra....."." . . .HaM-0rt Willi ,Sa?dln a T Washjngtor th. .en-ricCworwoa-Soned ' r plan, for Immediate calling an . flnltelj. leaving ((, con mis. ion hy referenaum J0t f i 4 If 0.000 Wis m t prevailing suspension an abso- .f1k?.'fflpiu and members of AUUI ,r u - .1-. conmlttee expi ----r, ovev the tone vt Mr,1,LWI" tsags. although they declined to n '5t appear, that immediats de- Tnd .mthraclte Industries may be f0nr. .d f.r immed atelj a a re- ri- dent snd govarnraent officials; Ml6 Thomas Kennedy, pres den : of j't?s aemral scale committee and V ' a4trict number 7, at Haselton " Joint resolution wnicn wouia A 'ahnr hoard elnd'tta declsUn i reducmg ages of railroad employes ef V July 1, wss Introduced In juse ftrke. 1 me puss today oy noprninia- krke. Republican, renneyi- member of the order or ICmtimmH m Pi AwJ Government To POV AND LANGLEY ARE ASSAILED BY. NEW YORK WORLD l Story Is Declared to "Raise Roof" Upon Arrival in Washington. 4 WABMWOTftW Srtftit! TH1 AflHKTII.LI CITIZEN (BY H K V. BRYASTi . WASHINGTON, June 27. A I year ago The New York Evening World, in a series of stories creat ed a storm here by printing the names of congressmen who hired their own kind to do their office work. Today it repeated the dose and advertised in advance what it was going to do. It was diffi cult task today to keep the minds of the members on their business, for they were dreading the arrival of the "yellow sheet." Two para graphs interest North Carolina. One says "Representative Edward Tou, siAer Mattle Pou, $1,140. Sh resides in North Carolina and has not been to Washington since being on rolls." The other reads: "Represenat tive John W. Langley, Republican, of Kentucky, wife, Mrs. Kather ine U. Langley, clerk of husbands committee, public buildings f.nd grounds at 12,140, never comes to capital except on pay days in mon- ogrammcd limousine." "Nephew, H. f. Flannery, clerk to Langley at $2,600. A govern ment clerk, employed at cne of the departments, comes to the capital after hours and does the actual worlc for small compensa tion. "Mrs. Langley was Miss Gudger, daughter of the late Representa tive Gudger of Asheville." The story raised the rocf to day. ' Congressmen have lots of trou ble over their clerk hire money. Some of them hire Washington men or women when the money 'RATHE HIGH TRIBUTE: IS Li TO Large Corps ' of Officials Seeks Assassins as Bur ial Takes Place. RERLIN. June ; 27. tBy the, Associated Press.) The body of Dr. Walter Rathenau,- Foreign Minister of the German Republic, w ho was assassinated last Satur- day, was Dunea ioay '"""" cemetery in m rcpr ,,., n.,;' the members of his family. Trior to the interment impressive cere monies were held In the chamber of the Reochstag where the casket rested in the place usually occu pied by th desk of the President of the chamber. Two simple wreathes lay upon it, one from the mother of the statesman and the other from a sister. Those inside the chamber were strikingly representative of all walks of German life. In tha for mer Imperial box sat the mother of Dr. Rathenau, surrounded by the Diplomatic Corps, among them Alazan B. Houghton, the Ameri can Ambassador. president Ebert delivered a eu ..... 1. lo of the dead statesman in w rtSSTl .he declared that the assas- sins' bullets had robbed Germany of one of her ablest champions of rejuvenation. After the services in the Reich stag huge throngs gathered In the Luatgarten and held a Republican demonstration. There . were no disorders. The 24 hour strike or dered to protest against the assas sination was carried out to the let ter, All stores and restaurants were closed and the Street ' cars did not operate. Many Attend, Tribute To Dead Minister. ., ... The floor of the Reichstag cham ber was crowded and many per sons stood during the ceremony. There Was a profusion of floral of ferings, Including, a hugs wreath sent by the General Electrlo Com pany of the United 8tates.w- - The arrangements for the funeral were altered late Monday night, the services being transferred from th spacious lobby to the chamber. Ths change Is reported to have been made in deference to' the wishes of Frau Rathenau, mother 6f pr.M Rsthenau, who was dis pleased over the controversy re garding the rempval of the huge statue of William I, which stands in the center of the lobby. Radical deputies had demanded that the statue either be removed or boxed up If the services wars held in the lobby, Frau Rathneau, learning of this decision, requested that the statue be permitted to remain as it was. Inasmuch as her son had been a great admirer of William I. It is reported that she even declined to attend a service In the building if ths statute were removed. The funeral committee finally deferred to her wishes. - ' Many Clues Followed In Rathenau -Murder. Four' department chiefs and 200 Inspectors are devoting their ener gies to following clues to the whereabouts of the assassins of Foreign Minister Rathenau, while flying squads , are scouring the whole country. The government has requested the nu&orlties at Helslngfors, Fin Un.l, to detain three men who sailed on the steamship Rugen a: FUettin, representing themselves as JSugjish jailors, Thls was an ave nue of tcape cipen. to the-assa-slns, ono theory being that they reachcet! Btaakea, near Spandau, west of Berlin, a half hour after the muvderVand there found ah . r piano All Pi REST men took mem tv iniio an to mt th rtnt i4.viihaa BUtf port. 1 I MOT. AMERICANS HELD BY MEXICAN REBEL GENERAL Fate Unknown, as Time X T. - T1.A am Ransam Expired Tuesday Morning. XiApiiCU UU, STATE!) EPARTMENT IS II THE DARK Do Not Enow if Action Is Done to" Embarrass Ob Nregon Government. WASHINGTON. June 27 Seis ure of 40 American employes of the Cortex Oil Company at Tam pico, Mexico,; reported to. the State Department oday, as security for a ransom oC 15.000 pesos, created a stir in off lal circles in Wasn lngton. Lacking further informa tion as to what has happened be-4 hind what la apparently a rigid censorship at Tamplco, however, there was little to indicate to night whether the Incident -would lead to any Change uf attitude here toward the Obregon iovernment in Mexico. v In fact, at the White House. It was said tha: relations between the United States and Mexico were not likely to be affected In any way by the bandit outbreak and tn recent kidnapping for ransom neap ' Guernavaco, s,ome 80 1. miles front Mexico City, of Bruce Bielaskl, formerly Chief f the Bureau of In- . vestlgatlon of ithe Departfttent of Justice and more recently identi fied with Americas., oil interests . who have :iropr.ty in Mexico . ; No Disposition to Act Without Knowledge. Until It Is known that the In cidents are not a maiterv ol tiu mestic policies i Mexico, ..conceiv ed by.enemles of the Obreaon gov ernment to embarrass its relations with the United States, or until that government had been proved unequal to accerdlng such pro tection of Americans ' and their property as the joccaslon demands, there appears to be no" disposi tion here to move in any uther than a. diplomatic ,, . - ,a that In addittofiUo the two scores j American emploites a quarter of a million dollars rth of destruc tible property of lhe Cortes Oil Company was being held as security-for the payment demanded, no other ward has . reached the State Department tonlxht concern ing the bandit action in TamplcoV1 Both the-Embassy In Mexico City and the Consulate at Tamplco were promptly instructed to press for I immediate action by the Mexican federal authorities, adequate pro teotlon for American lives and property and punishment of the perpetrators of the outrage, The consul iepott-u -at the Ill fUt Ull blL (IICI Rebel Gtneral Gorosabe. with 248 wll armed men, held the property, and the 40 Americans, and had bten given 48 hours .from Sunday mcrnirig, when the rani occurred, for payment as demanded. The time limit elapsed this mornirig. It was expected that further word would come at any moment show ing whal finally had occurred, Gorosabe is a now figure In the Mexican situation. Neither at the state department nor the Mexican onbassy was his name recallej. Whether be is a new bandit start ing out on a career of outlawry, or one of the group In the Tam plco region formerly headed by General Paleas, who controlled the oil territory for years, levying tribute on oil operators, was not known. Paleas abandoned the field some time sgo, however, and is now understood to be In the United States. . ' Protection of 1'. 8.. Interest Demanded . . There were Indications that State Department officials were not ex actly sure Just what sort of a sit uation tiny had to meet. Home elements In the meagre official ac- ..... I -.!. .. .1 Ak.M . ...... .... , t'.ously, beyond prompt Insistence mai ine Mexican reaerai autnori ties protect ill American interest adequately. At least, so far as known, the state department had not tonight reported the Cortex Company in cident s.iher to army or navy offi- ,'', or '"Quired as tooths ayall-1 ability of navy ships to send to the scene There is no American warship In wateis adjacent to the Tamplci. fields tho Galveston being at Ojantan.mo, Cuba, and Rear Ad miral Coles, with three ships of his spec:&; service squadron, la Canal Zone waters. For this reason the Nav Department had no re p.rt of itj own of the seizure of the oil camp and its American em ployes. (The new situation In the oil re-, stun uvei iimuun fa lur ine mo ment the seizure of Bruce 1 Ble l;nki. No word had come from the emV.'irsy today to show progress-of the efforts ot the Mexican lederal authorities to obtain the release of the captive. The delay j musea nine surprise, nere. now ever, as the region is mountainous a.-.d it was recognized that the Mexican government must move ca itlou.ly in dealing with reckless outlaws in order that the life of ths prisoner might not be Jeopar dized. , - . ASHEVILLR MAX MADE CAVALRY LIEUTENANT in H. a. c. amtxTt . WASHINGTON, June 27.--Whl't-ford Ingersol Smith, of Afheville. Is one of those accepted as second lieutenant of calvary for the re serve corps'. CAPPER-TI CH KH BIIjL IS ENACTED BY HOTISE WASHINGTON, June 27. The House today by a vote of-208 to 78 passed the CSDoer-Tincher hm n supplement the future trading set of thr Supreme Court. ' ' Intervene In THE - m B t L POSAL GOOD FOUR DAYS YET Several New Names Ap-j ,T1(.3T rn T.iRt nf CftntftS- A ' v ( B EXTRA VO In every man and woman is ths first, and at the Intlat Joint meet ambition to win to sutteeu .j inKt of tn POsference today. Rus reach the top. 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Just a few subscrlp tionS now, while the big vote of fer is on, will place It there The big extra vote offer is a stepping stone to success In our Clrcu'M'ion Lrlvel and you owe it yourself, as well as to vour friends, to demor strate your ability to win. Now this drive thia opportunity of a lifetime is your stepping stone to wealth. You can do it and It will not cost you oeg. cent ' Just your spare time in asking your friends and acquaintances to subscribe to The Asheville Citizen, may bring you a rich prize. Tou can't lose in this wonderful campaign- If you try at all, for a liberal cash commission ! provid ed those who do not win a regular prize. The more you try, the big ger your prize is bound to be. Look up that nomination coupon right now and determine that your name will be listed next Friday amona the other "live wire" res - dents of this community who alert to a gilt-edge proposition and are willing to grasp an opportun tv when It Is presented. During this week the 185,009 Extra Vote Offer is In effect and am .,nt " av.iir .titK ni. amminr of -conations I3H.- 185.000 tra votM wmi allowed. This means that those ot the workers who do their best work this week will most likely have the better of the vote argument at the end of the campaign. The regular votes on each sub scription will be allowed 4ust the same in addition to the extra votes. No limit is placed on tne numner of .ballots of 18S.O00 extra votes each member mav secure Get as many as your ability to take sub ,crtptions calls for.. COMMITS 'T Y SERVICE WORK IS SUSPENDED Wake County Nccrn Breaks Jail; Reward Is Offered. OIT1SSS ki sntic . T.tBOBOFHS MOTBL, Bl trior K fARKLBY) RALEIGH, June 27. The resigna tion of W, C. Crosby as director of the Community Service 8ectkm of the Department of Education Divi sion of School Extension snd the suspension of - community service work for the summer was announced today by Stats Superintendent E. C. Brooks. . . ' . The suspension of the community service activities which have Includ ed the moving picture features for rural sections Is a part of plan for the reorganization for the division Is considered necessary. Counties wishing the use of picture machines for special purposes ran continue to .obtain them through the summer by assuming responsibility for the salary of the director snd ;inechaoic .aniL, operating expenses. Will Brown. Wake County " necrd? serving 15 years for tmtrder i'Soaped from the Ststs prison farm today, s rewsrd has been offered for his csp- ture. Brown was sentenced In lSli, tr t7r.vr.M mrr npgro. Coa MUCH NEEDED PATCH By BILLY BORNE CONCILIATORY 1 policy rules 'at the hagveWMW FT Q Soviets Win Decision for Dis cission s of Credits 1 . First of All the hague. jum 27 ny the Press.patemiln.d, to ropes, aeiegates acceaen 10 ine unequivocal reply was made to them. The formal Bolshevik request for an arrangement for loans or cred its was met bv the pronouncement n lhe pflPt of th, allei that be- fore there could be any thought f,f credits the world must know the exact situation In Russia and what the Soviet intended to do with h Tn.. slans were . Informed that capital couil onlv how to Russia in u.-:the iuum i, v f,,W lu .1U.I11B 111 u.-- jwirtlnn to the re-eslsblishment of ..nnfldence. and confidence laraelr debts. All three questions. It wss declared, were inter-dependent and inseparaoie. .Maxim l.ltvlnoff, head of the Soviets, agreed to supplv detailed Information. The Bolshevlkl re sumed t-helr communique habit. begun at Genoa by Issuing tonight a copy of a letter sent to Presl- dent Patyn of the Centcal Com mittee, demanding to know whers France and Belgium stood and whether thev Intended to adhere to their attitude of allofness adopted st Genoa on the question ot restoration of private property , confiscated bv the Soviet aovern- ment. 4 In the closing days of the Genoa Conference France and Belgium declined to adhere to resolution endorsed by other states concern ing the method of restoration of private property in Russia owned by foreigners. Says Agricultural Bloc Gets Tariffs Hiked From 20 to 350 Per Cent. WASHINGTON. Jun 27. Th agricultural schedule in th ad- m. mtrailon tariff bill was at taC,0 Kaay by senator Walsh. rf Matsachusetts. a Democratic member of the Finance Commit t'H, and defended by Chairman McC'umlier. o' that committee, and Senator Gooding, Republican, Ida tin, chairman of the Republican agricultural tariff bloc. The de bitte continued for several hours with a result that none of the com miltee amendments in the sched ule we-fe voted upon m.- u i.w "B ""."Jua"" ties on ciiUle and fresn leei -v.,uv v.il Anally came under considera tion and without a record vote smendments by Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts, to reduce the com mittee rates were rejected. . Assertina that the bill was an WALSH ASSAILS r 1 n hi nnnn mTP k n K If . M K 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 s 1 ni l. i iiuuuuiu PHASE 0OAR1FF Jf'.itumpt vo make a raid on th'Whb nd Oeorg H. Wright; Free consumers of the country such ss never before has been dreamed of finator Walsh declared the duties proposed on meats, cereals, pota toes and apples alone would In crease 'he cost to the consumer? by 1.1,000,000 annually, u juui rw lur tiio nvviitKe inmiiy of six. This did not take into ac count, he eald. the Increased costs that would follow from the duties es-egsa iouUry, butlr,JnOUJls b, and ths many other foods In the schedule. f DiscusMng what he denominated ns the tmlusnce of the Republican agricultural tariff hi or nr tha Ren. Cmltnuti tn Tt Muni 1 Strik ;pniwiNeeini enn ORGANIZED MfPBSS. Permanent Officers to Be Chosenat Nfit Meet- , ving,ori Juiy 6." " ; Imbued with the deep purpose of "correetimHjpcial evil. In Ashe ville and to elevate the general tons of moral life," a oclal com mission, composed of representa tives from -ministers, churches, clubs and other public-spirited or- ganlsatlons, came into being at an ent iaft( 1 huslastic gathering Tuesday fternoon at the V, M. C. A. 'ormaiion ot mis commission, wn" " " 10 00 permuneni ana nas as Its object to have a far-reachina innuence for-' the betterment of community, Is the direct re- .suit nr a meeting held recently, attended by representatives of the Ministers' Association and dele gates from the Federated Clubs. Resolution, passed Monday by the City . Federation of Women's Clubs, presided over by Mrs. Charles A. Webb, was read at the gathering and adopted without a dissenting vote, It reads as fol low.': "Resolved: that a committee be formed to be known as a Social Commission of Asheville, and that this commission be made up of a man and a woman from each de nomination in Asheville and a rep resentative from each club and so clety, affiliated with the Keder- ated Clubs, and that the purpose of this commission be to endeavor to correct serial evils In our city snd to elevate the general tone of moral life. N "Resolved further: that the min isters and the secretary of the dif ferent social organizations be also affiliated members ot this com mission and, be It further "Resolved: that the passing of these resolutions by ministers and Federated Clubs effect the forma tion ot this commission," It was voted that the officers of the organization consist of a President, Vice-President. Secretary-Treasurer, and Recorder, and Mrs. Mark W. Brown, Mrs. Fred Kent and George H. Wright were named on the nominating committee.- This -committee .will submit Its recommendations' at ths uext meeting of the commission' on Thursday, July ft, at 10:30 a. m., at the V. W. C. A., Castsnea Building. Haywood Street. At the meeting yesterday Rev. Dan Atkins acted as temporary presiding officer and Mrs. - N. Buckner, ss temporary secre'ary. n v ' ,,' t lret- In the absence of Rev. Dr. Camohell. pastor of the First byterian Church, the puroose rf the gathering was outlined by W. W, Edwards, secretary of the V. M. C. A., and Rev. M. Atkins. Prayer was offered at the begin- Lnlng by Rev. L. W. Cnlson. Next In order was the reading ot tne resolutions and their unanlmou passage. Among inooe nrewni no tile "-,.,..,,, thev represented were: Ministerial Association; Trinity Episcopal Church, Camer on McRae and Mrs. John Camp bell: Central Methodist. Dr. L. W. Elias-and Mrs. , E. K. McLarty; First Presbyterian, Mrs. Charles A. Will jpa Lib' M t . aim iuin. i . . Wallace; First Christian, Gaston Mears and Mrs. W. E. Varner; Methodist Protestants. K. L. Douglas and Miss Winona Joyner; Friday Book Club, Mrs. Mark r.Brown co-operative etutiy ciud, Miss Nancy Clement; Frledly Dox en, Miss Nan Erwln; Business and Professional Women, Mrs, Flor ence Martin: Time and Tide Club, MlHI'J. T. Btsnseer Wwi'i S Fortnightly Club, Mrs. Joseph Wl.s; Travelers'. Clu!, Mrs. Guy Wesver; History Club, Mrs. W. R. HarH: Music Vlub. Mrs. O. C. r -ICositiw? "i rn M"l Ultimatum Is Sent Railway Executives On Rescinding Cuts HE WOULD FIRE ALLDEM0CRA7S IN HIS OFFICE Rockingham Man Said Sot j to Have Backing in Big ! Postofnce Roic. TR1 ..HKT11.I.S riTUlI Y H K V. SHVi.vrt WASHINOTON. June 27. W. F. Long, Jr., recently appointed post master at Rockingham, is stlrrfhg us a big row with the rurHl car riers that run out of his office. The department has been tpld that he ham said he would get rid of every one of the Democrats serving as rural carriers. That is going a lit-! 1. lhan th. n.nflrtin.nl nr 1 Civil Service Commission wants to sanction. One of them, Harvey C. Oppedge, It Is said, shook his fist at Long. Ralph Hutchinson for got a letter one day. These are samples of the tales reported to th department. Insubordination will not be tolerated. - The carriers must respect the flostmaster whether they think he deserves the respect or not. The depart ment called Representative Ham mer down today to talk over the situation st Rockingham. The end Is not yet. G. fl.P. CL nil CPMATi: Tl nilR UN atlsfl I L H0UI1 WASHINGTON, June !7, The recent statement of Senator Mc Cormlck, of Illinois, chairman ot the Republican . Senatorial Cam paign Committee, presenting Ad ministration, claims of economies, was attacked in the .Senate today bv Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississippi, and defended by sena tor McCormlck. The MUsissluplan said Senator M-CormU k had his "facts all wror.it" und "ought to make an apology to the Senate and to tha ...iiintrv" Henatoe McCormlck re sponded that Senator Harrison had . presented , only part or nis siaio ment and that he "hsd nothing to qualify" in his original state ment. Henator Harrison particular criticised statements o f Sesator McCormlck comparing appropria tion estimates ot the Demoerstlj and Republican administrations; claims that the Republicans hsd paid off 81. 000,000, J0O of national debts and the claim to a reduction of tuxes. Senator Harrison saldy s Republican newspaper had tttrt- l uted to Senator McCormlck th slutemont that the Harding admin istration had "saved" 87.000,000 -000 as compared with Democratic rtppropriat'on estimates. The lat ter, gerntor Harrison explained, wero made during the war, were reduced voluntarily by department heads when the war ended unex pectedly and yet, Senator Harrison asserted, the reductions were claimed is "Republican savings." "1 want hie country to know the character of hypocrscy that is practiced.-the kind of misrepresent Intlrn tiiat gels Into the press," s.i.d Senior Harrison. ".The estl m ite8 were based on continuance of the war for another year. When 'he war rfosed. department heady immediately reduced the estimates between three and four billion dol lar. And yet the senator sende word across the country that the Harding Administration and Con Bless had reduced the estimates by seven hrliion dollars. henator McCormlck Interjected tli.it he knew Senator Harrison did not desire to be unfair and de clared that his statement did not claim sny actual "saving" of seven hllUoiis but a reduction In com parison of estimates of the respec tive Democratic and Republican years of administration. Referring to Senator McCor mlrk's statement that the Republi can Administration had paid off one billion dollars of the nutlon.il (leot. Senior Harrison said: "Yes, jou paid it off by selling inIus gi'Ods that were purchased to win the war. You didn't sav tj vo MivaKfd it." ' Senator Harrison presenting fig ures stdted that the Democratic A Inilnlslrntlon when former Presi dent Wilson retired hsd paid otf 82.600,000,000 of the deht from its war-peak, comparing the end of the srm.Mlre with the close of th Wilson Administration. 2.400 BOTTLES Of BOOZE ' SI.IZI.D IX NEW YORK. RAID NEW YORK, June 27. Customs Inspectors late today raided three! vessels in port, two flying th American flag, and the other a Norwegian freighter, and confiscat ed 2,400 bottles of alleged liquor, all of whlcn was declared to have been smuggled aboard. The ships searched were the United States shipping hoard stcajnef,. President Arthur, operated by the U, S. lines, the Ward liner. Sibonev. and the Barfond. a Norwegian cargo shin. PORTSMOUTH YOUTH ? IS INSURED BY AUTO RICHMOND,- Vs., June - lJasspa - Xottis fiddler, 7. son nf K. and Mra. :dith Kelsoniaii Sad- AIMS OF SAVING ASSAILED ler of Portsmouth was fatally -in- Jursd by sn automobile drlvin by William Harris today In Teters- biirg-Hopewell turnpike, t MAN Y HEADS OF L fJS DECISION First Ballot Covers $60, 000,000 Wage Reduction for Railway Men. UNION HEADS ARE STILL OPTIMISTIC TKinu- Railroad Heads May Yet Enter Last Min ute Truce to Proposal, t.niv.airu, June n- i " s word teleEram. addressed to th T. Dewitl Cuyler. chairman of the Association of the Railway Execu- . I . Mn llvhr nn tVin aetllHl l 1 . ' T. , r Tl 1 , l v.. Al strike vote beyond saying it was ;, an "overwhelming majority." Bal- tola were still coming in it was ! as they were not returnable until June 20. A two-thirds ma- Jo'ity Is required by the union a laws to call a .trike. 5 ; Although the actual call for the wvlkkout wss mads dependent on , the Rahway Executives' reply f. President Jewell's ultimatum, little expectation was expressed in rail- j ro 1 circles tonight that the execu- ; ( lives would sgree to such sweep- , lng demands as those made by the k union. . , ; ' Six. International union' presi- j dents, forming ths executlvs coun- : ell of the mechanlcsl section, rail- , w.iy smp!oyes deparsment of ths Amor lea n Federation of Labor, ; were responsible for the strlks de- 1 rlMon. Closeted for two days in t secret eesslon, they remained silent o.i thilr actions until tonight. ; Declaring that the railroads have acted on a common, program to reduce' wages and obtain otherd'. vanlsgei to the carriers. .President JeWtll's message pointed out "one , eenetn which may come to the cirriprs s nil their employes and ti the. general public, from the fact that there are national spokesmen of the conflicting interests wh- might be able to halt a nationwide' withdraws: of men from employ- Jrr.ent in the railway service If the r.mwsjr viecunves sincerely de sired to avoid thl. consequence of their previous course of action." "For this reason," ths telegram said, "in behalf of and by the authority of the executive council ot th railway employes depart ment, I am Informing you. and through you, Informing the re-3 iiuiiih,s iio.u. vx iuo various rail way system In the United States and also tha Pullman Company, most e. which are represented in 1"ne Association of Railway Execu tive that unless an Immediate airangsment csn be made: "(1) To continue the payment of the wages at present in forcer (J) To restore operation un der rules 6. .10, II, 14, It. 4f and 177, as they existed prior to th amendments thereof proposed In decision number 232; and (J) To discontinue the contract ing out of work and shops pend ing negotiations between th Aa soclation of Railway Executives and the railway employes depart ment looking toward adjustment ot the existing disputes upon these questions, a sanction of withdraw al from employment on July 1, 1912. as voted by the employes, will be unavoidable." The three point, on which the executives are asked to meet the demands are - Identical with the wljh the three questioMTon which Jc' the unions sre now completing ?W' their strike ballot., l The first ballot covers ths 10, 000,000 wag cut ordered by thei " board, effective July 1. . The sec- f ond ballot involves seven rules re- at gardlng overtime and physical ex-.4V1 amlnatlons, fought principally be-jnr cause they wiped out time and ene-,n half pay for overtime and Sunday iTr work. The third strlks questional Involved the prsctice of numerous! roads In farming out csrtaln work.fced : declared to be In order to avoid Svini ths rulings on wages and worklngiid 1 conditions by the federal labor iy c board. ....'. 'J While union heads expressed t " the veiled hope that the railroad jfenl heads might liBten to their lastaa minuts truce proposal, the sup-f pressed excitement snd tense at-J mosphere around union headquar-jt ters seemed to portend some mo-'t mentous action. , ? CONFERENCE REPOBTON NAVAL BILL IS ADOPTED' WASHINGTON, June 27.- The( House late today adopted the con- ference report on the 1923 navlf bill, accepting senate increases which put the total appropriation,, around 1289,000,000. Some minor, amendments were adopted and the j renort went bacK 10 ine oeui for final action before being sent to the President. f Work on the navy "scrapping I bill passed recently by the housef to carry out the naval limitation! treaty of the Arms Conference wj begun today by a Senate navsis sub-committee headed by Senatoi Polndexter, Republican, Washing ton, acting chairman. Action om the bill, it was indicated, would! not he Dressed as the naval treaty has not yet been ratified by all the! other signatory powers. 2 KILLED IX RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR BEULIa XJunaJt (By the As- sooittteu Press.) Twenty-six per sn.ts wers killed and numbers o hers Ol r. In . la Berl others Injured. 20 seriously. In railway accident Just outside Uu ody ! If S j It! 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