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I THE SUNDAY CITIZEN "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" THE WEATHER North and South Carellnai Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday with local thunderahowers Monday, and In Wait portion Sunday, Western North Carolina .ond I Inn (In, Climate and fernery nsiirpassrd. The Nriml Playground to Twenty Million People Call New Conference 3ENNSYLVAW1A'S! IY0RS PROPOSE! SETTLEMENT IDEA Union Leader Invited to Meet Them Early , This Week. EDERAL PLANS BEING DRAWN UP Hoover Wants All to Ben efit by Present Bitumi nous Output. WASHINGTON, July 22. (By he Associated Press.) Another rfort to bring about ettlement of fie national coal controversy was lggested to President Harding day by Mayor John F. Durkan, if Scranton, one of the live may- s of anthracite cities in Pennsyl vania, who have tendered tneir rvices to the Administration in f1 e Interests of conciliation. Immediately after presentation to i'resident Harding, of his plan !ur settlement of the strike in the, nthraclte fields, Mr. Durkan wired ohn lk Lewis, President of the nited Mine Workers, with whom e had previously discussed the ossibillties of peace. Inviting the nlon leader to meet with the five - - - nayors in Scranton or New YorK;been IIC 111 . J L Vi 111U II I, , n cmlr m - V. , , .. rest lay mainly in the anthra fite problem, should the bitumi nous dispute be Inseparably iltiK- I -with the hard coal - situation, th branches of the industry ould be discussed at the pro ved conferences. Formation of the President's ar-i tration commission was under ooti to be nearlng completion nd it was thought the announce ment of Its personnel would be a de before the expiration of tbe i days or two weeks which it latr been Indicated the Admlnls- atlon will await the result ot the fivitatlon to operators to resume roductlon. Meanwhile various agencies of e Government are combining to rfect emergency distribution of lid to the railroads, public utlli- es and localities in need. At irney General Daugherty spent e day preparing a report to Sec nary Hoover on legal aspects of le plan for using local commit es in the producing fields, work !g under a central committee of eileial officials, to pool and dls lbute coal by means of rail pri itles and to check undue price tlvances. The Attorney General's opinion expected , tomorrow and Mr. mver went ahead today with reparations for a conference ith some 80 or 40 operations nm the producing fields Monday id administrative aids to the ntral committee selected. Mr. Hoover's program is aimed giving the country the full ben- ii ui ine present Dnuminous pto- liction in the face of a rapidly AvlncillriK coal supply and active une force. According to a sur ey issued tonight by Secretary vis 610,000 miners are now out 'i Mrike and 186,000 are still at "irk. The policy of the Admln'stra m to go slow In the assignment if Federal troops to guard duty In i mine fields was indicated to V by Secretary Wec4ts who stat that except at the request of 'ate Governors, troops would be Gained only after a survey of the tuation in a troubled district. K000 MEN STILL ARE WORKING COAL MUTES WASHINGTON .lulv it ITtv ie Associated Pran I Annrnvl- it'ly flO.OOO coal miners are on r"e In the nation's hltumtnnua "d anthracite coal fields anil irk . 0 still are at work, the Denai t- pent of Labor announced tonight '1 xne completion of a survey ins ciai mining Industry. Tlie survey shows that no min- S Hre cn Strike In Alaham. and rginla but that the full wnric. strength of the miners has beon 1 "'He by the strike in the bltumi- ICmtinti rs rvmlv-Oiit W.D.Stoddart "I have alwavH Vin tnrtA . 'heyille and would Ilka to live this section. If It .r. nn..ihi. "dared W. L. Stoddart. of New fk, nationally known hotel arch- . upon his arrival In the city night. Mr. Stoddart is the architect for new million dollar hotel at larlotte and also tha noar KVanM. hCh is under nn.tn.flnn -. . Ot 31.200.000. in 4riltinn In rral others of magnitude in uthern States. Having Just returned from a. estem trip, including atnn at I?i AD5elM- CUf-. for the inter fM1 Rotary Convention. Mr. odda atat.d thtt buBlneM turning in the West, but not as st ss In the Eastern section of nlted tSates. The noted architect is passing b'ough Ashevllle on his way to w York and wUl leave Monday r ernoon for the city called by O. nnr. "Bagdad-on-the-Subway." ESTABLISHED 1668. In Hope Of Settling National Coal Strike COAL STRIKE NEW SIN BRIEF A new peace plan In submit ted to President Harding nnil mmo workers leader by John 1 Durkun, mayor of Sci-miton, Ta. (iovornmcnt agencies take Kti'im to nllt emergency dis tribution of fuel 10 needy rail way anil public utlllti.-i. Federal mnrr of strike slt uatiim gives 610,000 miner un Kir Ike anil 185.000 still nt work. Michigan olllelals report foal ahorMgc Ix-coniing mora mute, with supplies at several State Institutions virtually exhaust ed. London reports heavy de mand for ships to transport KntcMsli coal to the lulled States. a. WHEN IN PUBLIC Action Taken at Behest of: Governor Not Antago nistic to Order. i . ATLANTA. Ga.. July ?2. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan have ordered to discard their KLANSMEM DISCARD Mr. Durkan would not disclose """"" "u """" 'e " le plan of settlement which tha cept when In their lodge rooms. It ayors laid before Mr. Harding was learned here tonight at hend- ut declared that while their In- quarters of the organization. The order as first made public in a let ter to Governor Hardwire, bf Geor gia, from E. Y. Clarke, Imperial wizard pro tern, mentioned only Georgia klansmen but later was stated the order was general. The imperial kloncilium, or gov erning body of the plan, passed a rule more than a year ago, It was stated, prohibiting the wearing of the masks, and regalia except by permission of the Imperial wizard, and it wan stated tonight that the present order means that effective at once no such permission will be granted except for parades. Clarke's letter to the governor, however, stated that he had issued orders "forbidding all further parades or the use of the masks or other cos tumes of the klan In the State of Georgia except In lodge rooms un til further orders." Investigation by klan officials of any unauthorized wearing of klan regalia and of lawlessness by per sons wearing such costumes also haso been ordered, Clarke's letter said. He added that he could not believe the Governor "antagonistic tn the klan." and Mr. Hard wick who had urged that the klansnien unmask, replied he had no "per- sonai hostility or animosity" to- wards the organization. Outrages by bands of masked men have increased in the last year. Governor Hardwick added, and expressed his appreciation of h . u i iii j. , ine un iiitiorwiiK uiuci aim a tout w l h " h6.P a.nS.,wlU b' d',3usd Clarke's statement that the klan is not a "regulatory body." He reit erated his stand that "there is no room in ueorgia lor any ontunna- tion secret or otherwise which seta i ltoelf uu as a censor of the conduct of the citizens of this State, which undertakes to try such citizens in j secret lodge rooms and to execute Its decrees bv the power of the mob above our laws and outside our courts." PILOT MOUNTAIN .MAN IS SOUGHT IN WASHINGTON (BptiHat CfMPMimt, Thi AlUvOlt CUiie) WASHINGTON, July 22. Mys teriously disappearing from tlie Harris Hotel, where he had been a guest on July 15 and 16. Simon Everett, 30 years old, of Pilot Mountain, is being sought by the police. Everett came to Washington on July 16 to visit relatives. He had stopped at the hotel, and on the following day disappeared. It Is be lieved he has met with foul play. The police were asked to make a search for Everett by A. J- Parker a relative. Everett is described as being SO years old, about five feet nine Inches tall, weight about' 145 pounds. When leaving the hotel he wore a blue suit and Panama hat. MISS BI RWKLL WILL WED WILMINGTON PHYSICIAN rscM Ctrfnttnl, Tkt AlUvOlt CM) CHARLOTTE, July 22. An nouncement of the engagement of Miss Mattie Edmund Burwell. of Charlotte and Dr. John Gerald Murphy, of Wilmington, made Fri day by Mrs. Fred Ramseur. at her home in Llncolnton, the marriage to be in NovenVber. Miss Burwell Is the daughter of Rev. Richard Spotswood Burwell, a niece of the late Judge Armistead Burweii ana is a ursi cuiaw ui State Treasurer Lacy's wife. Her ancestral lines run back to' Colonial Governor Spotswood, of Virginia. Dr. -Murphy is a physician, a specialist of Wilmington. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and prominently known throughout the State. WANT LABOR BOARD TO DICTATE FIRMS ACTION GREENSBORO. July 22. A strike ballot is now in the hands of the employes here or tne Houtn eastern Express Company, who de clare that the company ordered wagea reduced on August 1. 1121. and are enforcing the reduction despite the order of the Railway Labor Board repealing the order for reduction. In a statement is sued by the Southeastern employes they ask that the company be compelled to be made "law abid ing." holding that its alleged fail ure to obey the Labor Board if aot lawful 1 1 PERILOUS TIMES ' By BILLY BORNE Ji if PRODUCTION . Warrant Against Kansas Editor Is Formally Issued Is Signed by Nephew; White Makes Bond for Appear ance in October. EMPORIA,' Kans., July 22. (By The Associated Press. I A' warrant charging William Allen White, author and editor, with violation of the industrial court law In dis playing a placard sympathis ing with the striking railroad shopmen, was Issued in dis trict court here late today. Mr. White, through his attor ney, immediately made bond for his appearance when the case is called for trial In dis trict court here next October. The warrant, signed by Ro land Boynton, county attor ney, a nephew of Mr. White, was Issued on an Information filed 'by a representative of Governor Henrr J. Allen, life long friend of Mr. White. LET CO NT II ACTS FOR PAVING OF KIMBERLY ROAD SideWalkS, Curbing, o Sewer Lines and Water . , tji-j JMamS 10 JD6 IriaCeu. contract for the paving of Klm- berly Road and the placing of sidewalks, curb stones, sewer lines and water mains, were let Friday at a cost of around $40,000 by , ..,!. . , the E. W. Grove Investments, and work will start as soon as material can be orljered. A.hevilla Paving Company The Ashevtlle l avmg mP" will pave tne roaa, unuiK with a concrete base. 32 feet wide and will probably start work at one8' . , R. C. Stevens was awarded the contract for the sidewalks and curb stones and the Kelley-Wilson Com pany received the contract tor sew er lines and water mains. fhe thoroughfare will be 60 feet j wide. 32 feet of pavement, and 14 feet space between the property line to the roadway. The tide walks. It Is stated, will be about six fet wide and space will be pro- vlitarf for nlaiitlnff ot trees. tritnhai-iv Road, at Dresent, ex tends from the end of Edwin Place for about one-hair mile atona: in. fenrrinra nf the STOlf link Of the A.Savilla rnillltrV ClUD. Development along the lines of Grove Park win be maae, u w wai1 and the Klmberly Road will he amonr the most attractive In this section. Rrartinn of two handsome res! dences will be started at -an early date by the B. W. Grove Invest ments, it is stated, and will "Pre sent an Investment of around 40,' iinn The residences wil face the golf links and will be located about one nimrter of a mile from Edwin Place. . ' TitlEE MONTH'S FIRE LOSS IN STATE A DECREASE RALEIGH. July 22. A three million dollar fire loss for the first six months of 1322 in North Caro tin, anund' Bis; but it is a decrease ove.-1321 whereas the 121 losses in the United States and Canad.i are 125,009.000 heavier than for the saire period in The fire loss in North Carolina bv months follows: January, $1. 080.350; February. 3364.886; March, 3478.451; April. 3828.685. Ma. iSFl.371: June. 3105.180. The lots during this period oi 33.18, 623 is a decrease of 1605 -489 over the corresponding period of lost year. AUTO PLUNGES DOWN BANK, ONE WILL DIE RICHMOND. Va.. July it. Two persons were injured, on fatally and two others escaped unhurt when an automobile In which they were driving plunged down an embankment and turned turtle on the Richmond-Petersburg turnpike in Chesterfield County, a short distance from this city early today. William H. Dunavant, 44. died of a fractured skull and internal in juries in a hospital In this city later. . , ASHEVILLE, N. C., SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1922. D MOCRATSSCORE M'CORMICK FOR Say He Has no Bight to Declare They Can Hold Only Minor Offices. WAIHINQTOM SUI1BA0 TBB AftHBril-La OlTIIBN fr H. H. C. BRYAS'T ) WASHINGTON, July 22. Dem ocratic leaders are after the Re publicans for the slip that Senator Medlll McCormick made about wo men holding jobs. Cordell Hull, Chairman of the Democratic Na tional Committee, called on tbe women of America to resent the sldr that they could hold only min or positions. He said: "The recent published state ment of Senator McCormick, the Chairman of the Republican Sen atorial Campaign Committee, in which he said persons might vote for a woman for Superintendent of Schools or for the Town Coun cil or other little Jobs like that. but when It comes to the Senate of the United States they simply will not do it, and that he did not believe women -will vote for Mrs. Olsen, the Democratic candidate for Senator In Minnesota, should not go unchallenged by the women of America. "The Democratic National Com nlttee resents this slur upon the capacity of women to hold im portant offices, such as United States Senator or Representative, which, In this Instance, is alined at the Democratic nominee for Senator in the progressive State of Minnesota. "The Democratic party believes in the selection of the most com petent, capable and sultabl3 per sons to office regardless of sex. It now recognizes the absolute equal ity of women with men In political affairs." MARLYNN PROMISE TO "OBEY AND KVERYTHING" CHICAGO, July 22. Marlynn Miller, theatrical star, will promise to 'obey and everything" when she marries Jack Plckford, brother of Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks, at the lat- ter's Hollywood home August 1, she announced here todav. Rt- ferrlng. to her disagreement with 'i"icn AeiKieia. ner manasrer. over the forthcoming marriage to ricKrora, whose first wife, Olive Thomas,' died of poisoning in Paris Miss Miller said today when she stopped off in Chicago en route to the coast. "I am going to say 'obey and everything when I marry Jack, so the whole world will know who my honest-to-goodness manager really is. The happiest day of my life, next to my wedding day, August 1, will be one that releases me from Flo Zelf feld's management." She was Joined here by her mother, who has been living In Chicago. Miss Clair Miller, a sis ter, accompanied her from New York. GENERAL MOVE BEGUN FOR LOWER WOOL RATES WASHINGTON, July 22. While the embargo preliminary to the battle over the wool schedule in the Administration tariff bill was laid down today In the 8enate, an under the surface movement was started by Senator Lenroot, Repub lican, Wisconsin, looking to a gen eral reduction in the higher duties proposed on coarse raw wool and manufacturers of that wool, little of which is produced In this coun try. - Senator Lenroot. who conducted a successful fight against soma of the rates tn the cotton schedule, said there was a considerable num ber of Republican Senators dissat isfied with tha duties to which he had obectlon and that he was kope ful of getting, an agreement with the committee majority for a max imum duty of 60 per cent. 8hould his effort in this direction prove unfruitful, however, it Is his plan to make a fight in the Senate. MAN DROWNS FRIDAY NEAR GREENSBORO GREENSBORO. July 22. The body of Charles York, young white man. was pulled from a pond near here Friday where ne nan drowned. It la supposed that he fall Into the pond while In an apt !cd Uo fit. Ha was subject to such attacks. He was fishing alone when ha fall Into tha water. IMN Senate Votes for Reaudit of War Debt to Carolina Wadsworth Says He Hopes State Has Uetter Luck Than New York. WASHINGTON. July 22 A resolution by Senator Over man, democrat, North Caro lina, requiring the Treasury Department to reaudit and re state the accounts of govern ment with the State of North Carolina for the tatter's ex penses and advances for mili tary purposes during the War of 1312, was adopted today by the Senate. The resolution provides that the same principles made In a Federal settlement with the State of Maryland and In claims of other States be ap plied In the case of North Carolina. Chairman Wads worth, of the Military Commit tee, Interjected during the brief debate that he . hoped North Carolina would "have better luck" that the State of New York, which, he said had Its claim reaudlted but hud never been able to collect. y TO ASHEVILLE Marion Concern Leases Two Stores at Bilt more. The Blttix Candy Company, formerly of Marlon, has leased two stores on the.HendersonvIUe Road, Blltmore, from L. B. Jackson, for a period of five years and head quarters have been moved to this section. The Company has a capital stock of 3150,000 and has been success fully engaged In the wholesale candy business In Marlon for sev eral years. Located in the heart of a fast growing section, with frontage on the Hendersonvllle Road for about 70 teet, in an entirely new build ing, officials are well pleased with their new quarters and ready to co-operate in upbuilding Western North Carolina. , It is understood that tha lease price Is around 316,000 for tha five year period. The 'Store space runs for about 100 feet depth and is al most adjacent to the railroad tracks at Blltmore. ROCKY MOUNT MAN IS KILLED BY ACCIDENT WASHINGTON, July 22. E. V. Hunter, of Rocky Mount. N. C, a baggageman on a Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac train, was killed today in an un usual accident in the Washington terminal yards. Hunter as his train was pulling into the yards leaned from the door of the baggage car. A break In an airbrake coupler suddenly brought the train to a stop. The sliding door of the baggage car closed catching Hunter, who re ceived injuries from which he died later at a hospital. FIVE ARE KILLED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION SPRINGFIELD. Mo.. July 22 (By the Associated Press.) Engi neer C. H. Ring, Sapulpa, ok la., and four passengers, all members of one family, were killed and several passengers injured at 3:50 o'clock this morning when St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad pas senger trains No. 2, Texas Spe cial, east bound, and No. 9, Me teor, west bound, met In a head on collision at Logan, Mo. Besides tha engineer tha dead are Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hammer, Stoutland, Mo., and two small sisters of Mrs. Hammer, named West. TWO STRIKING SHOPMEN INJURED IN SHOOTING LAKELAND, Fla.. July 22. Two striking shopmen were shot and slightly Injured lata today during a clash betweesj tha strikers and new employes at tha Atlantic Coast Line shop here. ND COMPANY MOVES BUS PRICE Intimations Of New Moves To End Rail Strike Follow All Day Conference At Capitali JEWELL DECLARES RAIL EXECUTIVES PREVENT PARLE! Points to Three Policies in Way of Possible End of Strike. SAYS STPJKE NOW UP TO EXECUTIVES Says They and Group Eepresenting Interests Continue Tie-up. CMICAOO. July 22. (By Tlio Associated Press.) Three prinol-p.-il principles now prevent a po sllile settlement ot the railway iihopmen's strike, H. M. Jewell. heU'l ot the railway's department of the American Federation of Lolmr ld In a statement tonight. Thi se Issues, he said, are found I:, the refusal of the rail executives 1. To discontinue oontractlurf out work. 2. To establish national board ot adjustment. 3. To continue seniority rlghti o employi who suspended work. 'The responsibility for Increas ing losses to the railroads, to the communities they serve and to the wi'ge earners upon the railroads and elsewhere, through contin uance of the present suspension o? work" the statement said, "rests now plainly upon the Association of Itallwe' Executives and par ticularly upon that small but doml i.aiU.g fc-rcup, representing the New York banking Interests." Pointing out that the Railroal Laoor Board lias decided against i the prrrtice of contracting out railroad work In certain cases, Mr. Jo we 11 asserted that the Erie Rail roud, the New York Central and Its subiiidnries, Including the In diana Harbor Belt, the Michigan C-;i.trnl and the "Big Four," an I .he Wetern Maryland road have ail oontracted out shop work. "Many other roads," the state tnent said, "have followed th same pitctlce and always with tho purpose of reducing wages, evad InK decisions of the Labor Board dC'Krading working conditions and attacking the employes' organize llors." The contract Issue Is the only one or the three Issues on which a strike vote wag taken, which Mr. Jewell's statement said, held up a possible settlement. The other two strike Issues were wages and work- king rules, It having been virtually agreed at conferences that these matters could be submitted to the Labor Board for a rehearing. The' seniority and adjustment board Is sues have been brought up since the strike started. Appealing for national adjust ment boards to decide disputes, Mr. Jewell said that the Associa tion of Railway Executives opposed such hoards for the purpose of "deliberately" overloading the Labor Board. ''The proposition to deprive men of seniority rights because of sus pension of work," the statement said, "Is utterly indefensible If the facts are understood. The right of the senior employes to be the last laid off and to have first prefer ence In selection for preferable Jobs, he said, was of great Import ance and asserted that the rail roads wished to do awav with sen- J lorlty In order to "weed out those workers moBt active In protection of rights of their fellow employes." "The purpose of destroying sen iority rights," said the statement. "Is a vicious attack on the right of i men to refuse to work under non- acceptable conditions." depriving the men of seniority, he said, would be "a sweeping Injustice, unparalleled In modern history." NKW KMPTOYFS TAKING PLACE OF C. O. CL iKRKS RICHMOND, Va July 22 Rail road officials said today that new employes were being hired to fill the vacancies caused ry tne atrik Ing clerks on the Chesapeake and Oh o Railway and that enough ap plications were In hand to take care of the situation, 'ine oiriciais said some of the clerks had return ed to work. Spokesmen for the union said the men were standing firmly and they would not be af fected by the threat of the railway company to fill the positions of the strikers. The clerks who are now being taken on. railroad officials declare, will have permanent positions and will be protected in every way, even If the strike Is settled. Just how effective the strike is or will be remains to be seen. RENEWED ATTACKS ON JEWS ARE ALLEGED BERLIN. July 22. (Jewish Telegraph Agency.) Renewed at tacks of violence agalnat Jews in upper Sllseia are charged against Polish residents of the territory in dispatches received here from Kattawotix. Jewish pedestrians are alleged to have been beaten and in many Instances to have had their beards plucked, necessitating hospital treatment for a number of the vic tims. It is charged also that Jewish passengers are frequently thrown from fast moving trains, railway employes often 'participating In this. " PIEDMONT N. C. MAN IS ELECTED BY DENTISTS LOS ANGELES. July 22. Dr. a. W. Glsfen, Detroit, was elected President, and Dr. John Steph ens. Cleveland: Dr. O. W. Alexan der. Piedmont. N. C. were named Vice-Presidents at tha closing ses sion of tha American Dental Association. 7c ON TRAINS 10c. DAY'S SURVEY OF RAIL STRIKE President Harding spout most of tlio day conferring lth Hon Hooper, chairman of the I Ulied Mules lUiiroad Im hor Hoard and nioinhcrs of hennio iiuiiiiilttcon on tlio rail way strike hut no eourm- of ac tion wiim inude public. Secretary Davis onnfenr! olili . 1 1. McMoiilinoii. nf tlio IjilMir Hoard ami U. M. Jew ell and other strike loaders at Mooscm-nri, III., tn guJn nil possible Information on (lie controversy. Agreements lMtwoen tint roiuls and employes prevented strikes of 7,iiOO clerks, freight liundlem. station and express employers on tlx- Chicago and .nbotorn Hallway and 4,(l(,o Un tlie Illg Four. Tlio Itallrout! Labor Hoard vlll lie ask iii to arbitrate www differences Ik t ween the Michi gan (ciitrnl and 9,000 Main tenance of Way employes, It was iinnounoed. Eastern roads are planning to fosin company unions. It, 1 lioree. chairman of tho F.unt ern president,' conference of Hallway K.xeculivcs announc ed. SENIORITY RELD L TO ENDING Y STRIKE Jewell and Davis Thresh Over Questions Before Parley Resumed. MOOSEIIEART, 111., July 22. (By The Associated Press) Fol lowing a conference here tonight with R. M. Jewell, head of the striking railway shopmen, the shop crafts president, Jamas J. Davie, secretary ot labor, announced that he believed 'the strliie could be settled If the roads would give the striking shopmen their seniority rights and there was a rehearing by the United States Railroad La bor Board on other disputed ques tions. " Immediately following the con ference tonight Secretary Davis talked to President Harding over long distance telephone submitting a report of the Information ha had gathered to the Chief Executive. AURORA III., July 22 (The The Associated Press) B. M. Jewell, head of the striking railway shop men, and members of his execu tive committee, went Into confer ence on the strike situation with James J. Davis, secretary of labor, at Mooseheart, near here, late to day. Following their confertnee. Sec retary Davis and Mr. McMenlman said that every angle of the rail situation had been discuaaed. Mr. Davis said he desired all the in formation possible on the subject and that this was one reason for the conference with MoMenimen. Asked about peace prospects, Sec retary Davis said: "You can never tell what will happen when one acts as a concil- liator. The conference adjourned tem porarily to allow the conferees to dine. Mr. Jewell refused to dis cuss the meeting or its purpose From other sources, however, it was learned that Secretary Davis had called the union heads into conference to hear in detail griev ances and the remedies they had to suggest. Refusal or the railroads to re lc'mnMM! .it i'tfp. rvH;nlif'ONJ Late Strike News MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 22. Disorders were reported late to night to have broken out at the Louisville ana Nashville Railway shops at Albany, Ala., where 1,600 men are on strike. The United States marshal from Birmingham accompanied by 16 deputies left Birmingham tonight for Albandy to serve a Federal Injunction against picketing and also to re inforce State law enforcement offi cers who said they were numer ically unable to handle any pos sible disorders. PENSACOLA. Fla., July 22. Without serving notice, Judge Wil liam B. Sheppard, of the United States Court for the northern dis trict of Floilda, this afternoon Is sued a temporary restraining order against picketing on or In the Im mediate proximity of the Louis ville end Nashville shops. It Is di rected at all members of the local shop craft unions. DURHAM N. C. July St. Tha Durham Machine Gun Company, held ready for call under orders from the adjutant general. In the local armory, was this afternoon ordered demobilised. Tha com pany will be subject to call. The demobilization took place this afternoon at 4 o'clock after the company had been held tn readiness for service for tha past four days. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., July 32. Union leaders and railroad offi cials tonight reported that striking Chesapeake and Ohio shopmen here had Ignored the ultimatum of tha road that If they did not re turn to work today they would forfeit their seniority rlghta. The places win be filled Monday, the road officials said. W. J. Swain, division chairman of tha union, said tha ultimatum was disregarded all over the system. T RAILWA HARDING MAY AC APART FROM RAIU BOARD, IS VIEW Hooper on Way Back tee Chicago May Carry New Suggestions. TELLS PRESIDENT OF EVERY MOVE Pomerene Not as Pessi mistic as Before Confer encesDoes Not Talk. WASHINGTON. July tI.r-fByf Tha Associated Press.) President Harding spent eight hours today In close study of the railroad strike situation, but when his activities were concluded there was not the slightest intimation concerning; conclusions reached or possible course ot administration action, Hon W. Hooper, chairman of tha Railroad Labor Board, was the President's chief informant, but a part of the time Sonator Cummins, of Iowa; Watson, of Indiana, and Kellogg, of Minnesota, all Repub lican members of the Senate In terstate Commerce Committee were closeted with the President and Mr. H6oper. Later, also, Senators Un derwood and Pomerene, Demo cratic members of tha same Senate committee, saw the President. For these conferences all tha usual en gagements were set aside. Mr. Hooper left the aesslona aft er lunching with tha President and. tonight returned to Chicago. He gave tha President a direct and full account of every move that had been made by the Labor Board since the shop craftsmen walked out July 1, and further a view of the positions taken by the strike leaders, and by tha exacutlvaa ot the railroads with whom the board has dealt. This was supplemented by three Republican Senators who themselves went over issues in tne controversy with heads of eastern railroads in a meeting-tn Wash ington this week. There waa no discussion concern Inar tha enactment of legislation. Senatorial participants Insisted, and President Harding was represented as believing new law would be nec essary and present one upheld for moment. Tha question of senior orlty rlghta waa again held to ba tha chief stumbling block to tha relation of the men now out, rail- i mod executive! largely Insisting that strikers had lost thair relative service positions In employment by striking and the union leaders con tending that employee taken on in their places should be dismissed, i Suggestions that the President' Intended to take action In tha rail strike without reference to tha La bor Board were made after the ses sion, but apparently without offlolal sanction. There also were infer-, ences that Chairman Hooper might be carrying back to Chicago soma new suggestions, on which tenta tive negotiations In an endeavor to get the strike called off might ba resumed. Participants, however, were unwilling to discuss any phase of possibilities that the White House discussions revealed. "I do not view the railway sit uation with as much pessimism as) eomn," Senator fomerene aaia suv er his visit to the White House, "But I believe that the less said' the better rig'.it now." The transportation set, under which the Railroad Labor Board Is created, the power which It places in the Government and limi tations, was also discussed at tha conferences. . CONCILIATION MOVE IS f IjOOKED FOR THIS WEEK. JfM Cm-pnint. TU akol OsMsai) ' KALL1GH. July 22. There wer no r.ew strike developments today. Tlio situation at the end of first week oi what Is regarded as the strike's most serious stags waaw thoroughly in hand and tha week found the Governor with practi cally the solid backing ot the en lira state, certainty of those who have expressed themselves. Tha. leadlng state papers indicate thit ' boih the Governor's action in tak-, Ing military precautions and his mesragej to Harding ware gen-era'ly-endoraed by those who hax givn the aubject deep thought. Letters are pouring Into tha execu tive office from points In North Carolina and from all over tha, eastern section ot the United States) endorsing his stand. I.abor lead-, ers as well as those affiliated with organized labor are giving Oov, emor Morrison their unqualified, endorsement. If there Waa any re sentment In labor circles over tha ordering of troops to be ready for : any emergency this has dlsap-' peered and the Governor has been , t; ired by labor leaders personally J tJ.at they are willing to trust his, judgment. Civic organizations all f over the state have voted their -endorsement of the executive's'. slard. t Opinion Is expressed by many here that next week will see con-' dilatory developments which,. might lead to the ending sf trie siiine. CHARGE HE GOT MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENSES WASHINGTON. July 23. A mas. giving the namct of D. J. Connolly, . and his residence as Macon. Ga., waa arrested here tonight on the charge ; of having obtained money from sev- . era) United States senators and one representative under false pretenses. and also for passing worthleaa checks. The police stated that tha prisoner upon representation of be- -' Ing a constituent In need of money , tn return home had obtained nearly, 315. The police claimed that the man . Obtained 318 from Senator PI I, South Carolina 3-0 from Senator -Rhepnam. Texas; 31t from Senate Flateher. FWIda: 3S7 4u rrnra Repre. setitative Park. Georgia, and a small er amount from tomator Harris,1 Georgia.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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