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THE SUNDAY CITIZEN THE WEATHER Aft PAGES? Per North Carolina: Sunday partly cloudy! mederste Northwest and Waat wind. TODAY DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDrNG OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1668. ASHEV1LLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 30, 1922. PRICE 7c ON TRAINS 10c. TUESDA Y'S MEETINGS MA Y END RAIL STRIKE TORMY DEBATE LD IN SENATE lil TARIFF BILL Grows Out of Charges Senators. Interested Finan cially in Wool Duties. HOT SENATORIAL pARAWAY DENIES 1MTUUIN1INU MUUVbS Only Three Paragraphs in Wool Schedule Disposed of Saturday. WASHINGTON, July 89. The ouestlon of whether Senator are Interested financially, aa has been charged. In the dues on wool and Jcther commodities voted Into the pending tariff bill waa brought up .today In the Senate and led to a .long and stormy debate. I The discussion was opened by (Senator Caraway, Democrat, Ar Ikansas, who offered a resolution proposing; an Investigation by the Judiciary Committee with a report to the Sentte within 10 dsys. Mr. Caraway asked for unanimous con sent for Immediate consideration of the measure, but Senator Wads- worth, Republican, New Tork, ob jected not only, to that, but that jJie introduction of the resolution. us under the rules the measure not come officially before the senate. i Democratic leaders said private ly that the resolution would be pressed later, while Senator Good ing, of Idaho, chairman of the Re publican agricultural tariff bloc and a champion of the wpoi auty. .Mured to the senate tnat ne Von' insist upon an Investigation, Hh'lch he charged had been pro ceed by the Democrats for "po litical purposes. -The Idaho Senator said he would "plead guilty" to .owning a rew sheep, while Senator Bursum, Re publican. -New Mexico, said It was no secret that he was a sheep raiser as he had told the Senate so before. Announcing that he would flght for the sheep industry, "to the last ditch," because, he said, the prosperity or nis eiaie depended upon its livestock indus try Senator Gooding declared that If ' lie had violated any - law -he would resign. He asserted tnat ms own conscience was Blear and Te minded the 8enate that he had rtrswn no line .in his advocacy, of nrntffVtlnn for American Industries; had know n "no North or South, no Kast or AYest. . s.nntnr Stanford. Kepuoucan nrsenn wanted to Know li a, oen- or could vote.for a principle sna have tnat principle personal or selfish Interest. He asked also whether a senator should stand Idly by and see an inlustice done to an Industry. Senator " Smoot. Kepuoncan, Ptah: Oddle. Republican, Nevada, lnn Democrat. New Mexico, denied that they were engaged in wool producing. In opening the discussion sena tor Caraway tola tne oenaio was not Impugning the motives of Senators nor saying that the charges that had bean-made In the noimnari end the Senate were SSfce: tha. what he sought was an TTnvoaHirnfiAn of the matter. His resolution, which was read to the Senate, set forth that these oharges were "hurjtful to the honor of those Senatora and to that of the Senate, itself." . The resolution would not connne Q inquiry to the pending dih, 'would include also tha emer cy tariff bill enacted more than a year ago. The judiciary wmmii tee would be Instructed specific ally to ascertain: "First, whether any Senator is or has been financially or profes sionally Interested in the produc tion, manufacture or sale of any article or articles, mentioned In either of said tariff bills, and If so to what extent. : Second, whether any senator represents, or is connected profes sionally or otherwise directly or in directly with any person, firm, as sociation, or organizations engaged ; In the manufacture, production, or' sale of any of said articles, or hasi CAMPAIGN ENDS FOR N 550URIAIMS Democrats Stage Fight Said to Be Bitterest There In Years. REED STRESSES HIS LOYALTY TO PARTY Long Supporters Hold Mock Funeral With Reed In Effigy. ST. I.OUIS. July 29. (By The Associated Press.) Tne two lead ing Democratic candidates, United States Senator Jamea A. Reed and B.-eckemidge Long, third assistant Secretary of State during the Wil son administration. Draught to a close tonight what is considered by politicians to be the bitterest campaign for the senatorial nomi nation unfed in Missouri In many decades. Senator Reed made his clos.ng rpeech here, while his op ponent wound up his campaign a' Macon, both expressing confidence 'hat plurality of votes will fall to them next Tuesday. Senator Reed's speech was minced with attacks and clothe 1 in inferences against Mr. Long nnc his supporters. He paid high tribute to the -women voters in rolerrtng to his stand on the ma ternity bill during Its discussion in Congress. Stressing his loyalty t the Democratic cause, Mr Reod aga'n In id emphasis on the charge of "bolting" which has been brought ngalnst the Long forces because of a recent threat mads hy tne ot the Long followers. The League of Nations, the food ad ministrate of Herbert Hoover and all the pet Issues of the cam paign advanced by both candidates furnished Senator Reed subjects that have been echoed in all sec tions' of the state during the cam paign. Mr. Long reiterated his previous charges against his opponent, whop)., ho assailed for failure to protect the party in 1920 and for making rpeechea for a Republican cmuldate In Wisconsin. He again charged that many Republican would ote for his opponent .next Tuesday.. .. '.Mobk rervlces, .Jpx,,the-"oUtUi cai lunerui mainea today's activi ties of the Long supporters Is th; city. ,' Preceding the "funeral,'' Mr. Reed, ah effigy, was taken .iround the city, followed by a Ion suing of automobiles carrying iong followers and laden' with Long campaign posters. -The six Republican candidates for the senatorial nomination, R. R. Brevi-ter. John McKinley, At torney General Jesse W. Barrett, uotonei jonn K. Parker, U. 8. A.. State Senator David M. Proctor and Wlll'am Sacks will close their rampulgns tomorrow and Monday. Mr. Brewster and Mr. Barrett af generally believed by politicians to bo the favorites In this race. ' , f , SO THERE YOU AREl j By BILLY BORNE j ii- , 1 - m tcfAZV I rrSlSi' ; i crazy ip I VOTE MR JS7- 2&--Jl n zijp AND FESTIIfA Union Leaders Are Confident y Of Success As They Return To 4 Chicago Following Conference) TWO TENNESSEE! COMPANIES HELD News of the Major Strikes In Brief SET UP HOSPITAL NEAR ASHE VI LLE Local Methodists Will Gather Data on Desirabil it yof Location in Area. Te now Hospital Board of the Methodist Episcopal huxstul--l LZJZzZ tSotrttr.-Tlilg U'rae-r "consideration al VeT Tng maffe by member modern and up VIRGINIA NOMINATES SENATOR ON TUESDAY RICHMOND, Va., July 29. Hoadquarierg of both Swanson an 1 Davis campaign managers present busy scones in the closing hours of tne senatorial campaign. Both Sides are claiming victory, with majorities ranging from 20,000 to 60,000. At Tuesday's primary the Democratio candidate for United States .Senate, to succeed Senator Claude A. Swanson, will be chosen. Former Governor Westmoreland Davis is the only opponent to the nomination of Senator Swanson ts succeed himself. . . While the Swanson manage ment Is claiming the state by from 40,000 to .60,000 majority, the Davis lieutenants are more mod est and proclaim the certainty of but 20,000 majority. Leaders as sort that these claims are conserv ative and no surprise would be evinced if the majority for either candidate went above the figures cflltlallv claimed. Tre Dnvis local managers claim Richmond by a sweeping majority, while the Swanson people claim the city bv not less than S.000. If i total of IS, 000 votes Is cast, Davis men believe his majority may reach 4.000, while the Swan- been so Interested during the ! t colled their ndtd. m get mor. than 9,000 majority. The Swanson management Is confident in its claim that the Sen ator will carry every congressional district in the state, while the Davis adherents are as confident In the clclm of victory In at least seven of the districts. pendency of this bill, or the emer gency tariff bill." ONLY THREE PARAGRAPHS -OF SCHEDULE ACTED UPON WASHINGTON. July 29. Only three paragraphs in the wool schedule of the tariff bill were dis posed of today by the Senate, Sfhich again, was forced to recess jtn the midst ot a roll call because f the absence of a quorum. Duties n cloth for men's suits and over- oats and on pile fabrics were oted today as recommended by e committee and on motion of the immitteo there was eliminated a Bouse provision proposing an add- i z per cent on woolen ciotn sud ct to any process of sponging, impening ir shrinking. Whether the wool schedule garded by leaders on both sides .,.,,. Bh.iK., aia.a W E HAVE ITH US TODAY GOV. MORRISON plan t" erect a to-da to hospital- near Aahevllls local Methodlsts.tn the neaf-fu- tur will gather statistical data to show tin members of the board just why Ashevllle is the most de sirable, point for the treatment Of tjoercuiouli. Authorisation of the formation cf this board was made . at the Uei'eral Conference some time- ftgo In Hot Springs. Ark.. Recently tin organization was perfected :it a rpecial mcttlng in Atlanta and the following officers were eleoted: Bishop Warren A. Candler, At lanta, President: Dr. C. C. Sel'ec man, Dallas, Texas, Recordljg Secretary: Dr. White, Emory Uni versity, Treasurer; Executive Com mittee. Bishops Candler, . M. N. MeCaul, Opellka, Ala., and J. B Ivey, ChMlotte, N. C. At this meeting a set of by Uws wero drawn up and plans laid for future work. The board' held its sessions-in the new 12, JOO.000 hospital that has just been completod at Emory University. The board is also planning to es tablish a tubercular institution in New Mexico or Colorado. ' More concrete plans will be made at theri next meeting. A present the denomination owns , hospitals at Atlanta. St. Louis, Houston and Fort Worth. At Dallas $400,000 has been sub scribed toward a hospital. The Methodist Church is also nla nnlns to build a larger hospital at Mem phis, Tenn. A complete report ol the board meeting is contained In tne current issue of. the North Carolina Christian Advocate. LE VOTE CASH PRIZE OFFER IN CITIZEN DRIVE Subscriptions Bring Double Vote This Week $250 In Cash Prizes. . In appreciation of the wonderful READY FOR DUTY Follows Reported Terrori zation of Citizenship of Claiborne County. SHERIFF AND JUDGE ARE SAID DEPARTED Soft Coal Miners Still Looking for Wage Confer ence to Be Called. JOHNSON CITY. Tenn.. July 29. Two companies of the Tennessee national guard at Kiizubethton, near here, received orders to mobi lize ut once In readiness to move to Clulborne County, where trou ble Is rennrted as occurring In the mining district near the Kentucky border. The order was received from YV. 1. Hrummitt. adjutant gen I'nlun lenders returning to Chi cago from ooiifertmcea with Presi dent Harding osprussrd confidence that Tiiemluy's separate) meetings iM-ltvm-ii t'MH'iitfves and union committors would result In ending tlio walkout. Kr'lght and pasnrnger traffic on nesUiru railroads with Iieadquar tr In Chicago are praotkxUly un afrwtMt by the strike, railway executives naoorted. Administration officials were said to feel that the smtlomint proposals made by President Hani Ing should bring railroads simI unions to an early agreement. 'J ho International AsMMdntlon of Railway Kiiervlsoni of Morlianlca, said to have 10,000 members, asked the President to oniiidder Its post tlnn In any strike settlement plan Railroad executives continued to obloot to restoring seniority right to strikers whllo union heads were Insistent in this demand Additional trooM were sent to Denlson, Texas, which la under martial law. Government activities In coal "I am In Ashevllle solely for a needed rest," declared Governor Morrison to a representative , of The Citizen yesterday. The chief executive stated that having ad i Association at Shelby, he decided to visit Ashevllle until Monday and come through the country in his automobile. Governor Morrison Is accompa nied by his daughter, Miss Angello, who Is a favorite in Ashevllle, hav ing spent the main part of last summer at the Van Dyke Cottage, A Grove Park, which" was the official summer capital of the State, "The road from Charlotte la ex cellent, with the exception of a short stretch," declared the "Good Roads Governor. "I have talked strike, ill that Is necessary," Governor Morrison said when asked in regard to the strike situation throughout the State, debatable, although Senator r'hroot. Republican,- Wisconsin, 'id he would content himself with ie efforts thus far made to re ice the duties. The Democrats d -not plan to discuss at any ngth the remaining naragraphs, "aling mostly with wearing ap- arei, and floor coverings, some Democratic leaders estl ated that the committee amend- fients could be disposed of by "gust IS. but since the Senate would have to act on each of pearly 2,000 paragraphs in the some of which .have not thus f-r been open to change, they f. , oiisiu m nuu-orpv....... h. hl(f . Mrtd that ,. ?.jT.al Vote on tne niea,urB while he could not return to Ashe- KENTUCKy-TENNESSEE MLVE WAGES ADVANCE CINCINNATI, July 19 -Awards In creasing the wages of miners in the eoond section around Plnevllle. Ky., a few mines in the vloindty of Nash. Tille, Tenn., and along the line of the Tennessee Central railroad were mads at a meeting of the Joint arbi tration board of the Kentucky-Tennessee dlstnlot. Under terms of ths agreement reached between S. A. Keller, president of the miners union district No. 19, representing the miners and John P. White, chairman of the board, an Increase In wages amounting to 24 cents a ton to Dick and machine miner, a 20 per cent Increase on yardage and dead work, and an Increase from $2.30 to 13. B0 a day for day and monthly men waa made. - The operators announced that the award Is not a recognition, of the union, but simply a resumption of 1920 wage scale with the- miners as Individuals. . The operators stated the majority ai the mines in Kentucky sre operating- ss non-union propertl and that the award affects a rela tively small number of miners as compared to the strength of the non ue'on properties In operation. The award practically is ths scale nf wages which Is embodied In Pres ident Harding's coal settlement prop osition, it was stated. I a reached. PBENCHAIX JURY IS STILL UNABLE TO AGREE S ANGELES. July 29 The Jury iberatln in th. .m,4 t-i r V MidAJmn. r..nh.. ' jonn W Kh..l tAmw tL".V hopelessly deadlocked and pea to be -excused, vllle for any extended visit, he hoped to be in position to make several visits daring the remainder of the summer and' enjoy brief "re spites from business in the moun tains ot Western North Carolina. Governor Morrison will leavd ear ly Monday for a short stop in Blowing) Rock before returning to Raleigh, . GREEKS NOT TO ATTACK WITHOUT ALLIES' CONSENT CONSTANTINOPLE, July 29. (By The, Associated Press.) The Greek government has Informed the allied commission that-it does not Intend msrehtf?- on Constantinople without the permission of ths allies, it was announced today, The military movements In Tbracs sre explained as a reorganisation of the positions nf the arm In the event that the allies authorise action against Constantinople. SIMMONS HAS CENSUS ON STATE INDUSTRIES WASHINGTON, July 19.-Henator Overman has been notified by Direc tor Forbes of the veterans buresu that the olatms ease of Root.- W. Turner, of Ridge Crest has been re ferred to the Atlanta office. Senator Simmons hss beea Inform ed he hss 104 copies of ths census of manufacturers for North Caro lina. He will send them out to his constituents In the order la which requests are lecelved. , . , rs in une Asnevilia cttlsen s jrreaj v-iruuiiiiion -unve,, tnis tiewspsnen' takes . pleasure In announc'lntf a veritable rarnlval vote gathering for si days with an extra added prize of i250 In gold. The 1260 in gold Is divided Into two big prizes, namely, 9200 160. and It la the last gold prize that will be given during the remainder of the campaign. $200 in gold will be awarded the drive member, regardless of the section in which he or she resides, who turns In the greatest amount of money for new subscriptions during this week ("Monday, July ai-Haturaay August 61 $60 in gold will be awarded the member regardless of the section In which he or she resides who turns In the second greatest amount of money for new sub scrtptions during that time. The award will be made,' not on the basis ot the greatest number of subscriptions nor the ' greatest number of votes secured, but on the greatest amount of money turned in for new subscriptions during the week. i Every member of the drrve has an equal opportunity to win one of these extra gold prizes as the offer constitutes a "contest" with in itself and subscriptions turned in prior to this time will not be applied upon these gold prizes nor will subscriptions that are turned In after next Saturday night apply upon them. An Added Prize Is Betiff Added. The object of adding this prize to the already marvelous list of automobiles, etc., Is to further stimulate action and Increase the almost boundless enthusiasm of the members snd their friends for a final spurt Just before the .finish of the big race. These two gold prizes are extra and in no way con flict with the regular prizes or the gold prizes offered earlier in the race Winners will be awarded by the Judges at the end of -the cam paign August 19, along with the winners of all other prizes. Still Another Extra Vote Onnortunity The fact that twice the regular schedule of votes will be credited unnn each subscription (except Acond-vavmenta which will be credited under crevlous club of fers, makes this week's vote offer most attaactlve from every angle, It gives the diligent ones an oppor- portunity to accumuime ohuurm votes to overcome any lead that may have been gained heretofore,, either real or imaginary ' L TICKET SALE ASSURES GREAT SUCCESS Season Ticket Sale Ends- Single Tickets on Sale Be ginning Tuesday. ' With ihe- -Sale of season tickets I 'sttrtMStfrtlghar both"1, In number and -financial return and flits Jajter at a , reduction ot une tulrd .iwiU' th former price briumnt success was assured the Ashevllle Murla Festival for Us Music f Week concerts, August 7 12th, as well as the two matinees to be given at Montreat Audi torium. " The sale of single tickets wilt begin at Goode's Tuesday morning at 9 o clock. There has never been any doubt of Its success since ths bulk ot the tickets bought are ths single tickets. Secretary H. E. Gruver, of , the Ashevllle Music Association, -furnished last night the following tab ulation of season ticket sales: Box seats at $20, $120; Orchestra, 183 seats, at $15, $2745; Dress Circle, 127 at $12.60, $1687; Dress Circle, 88; at $10, $380; Balcony, 64, at $12.60, $800; Balcony, 45, at $10, $460; Balcony, 69, at $7,60, $617; Gallsry, 10, at $6, $50; a grand total of 642 seats, sold for $6,850. This' compares with sales ot $8047.60 last season when prices were one-third higher. - It has been the rule the past two seasons that the receipts from the season tickets amounted to little more than one-third the total re ceipts, ths sale ot single tickets be ing much larger, In fact nearly twice as large. This year ths sale ot season tickets opened auspiciously but thereafter was disappointing in proportions. The revival of inter est in the last three days is un reservedly credited by Association officials to the Ctvitan Club whose oral of the State. Inst as the com- distribution to be limited to Inter panlea were unloading their equip-' nlim,,ion. .rmrrilna- In an ment from a biiecial train on which they hud returned from encamp ment at Kiioxvllle. NASHVIM.K HEARS COUNTY OEEK'IAIjH All 10 DEPARTED NA8HVIL,I,E. Tenn., July 19. The sheriff and county Judge of I'liiihorne County, Tenn., together with a sheriff's party ot 25 men, were seized by a crowd of approx imately 200 coal mine strike sym-r, pathlzers irom Kentucky Thursday night' and nlaced on a train bound for Knoxvllle, according to infor mation racclved hors tonight. Be fore the men were placed on the train, cowbells were tied to the sheriff and county ludce. It was aaLd,..Th.-..eD.ar.rCUlrashiut wasl. reported to be terrorized.- . , f The sheriff of Claiborne County, which ; lies on the Kentucky bor der near where outbreaks occurred in the Mlddleeboro, Ky Section had requested yesterday that Ten nessee guardsmen be sent, saying miners or sympathisers had come across the border and had been shooting at stores and making threats in Clalborna County. Governor Taylor today called, on Attorney General Palmer for an oulnlon as to the executive's au thorlty to order out troops which officials say could only bs done through authorization of the legis lature. The Governor, It was said might send State police or ask President Harding to order Fed eral or Tennessee troops Into the county, ncoordlnf to an notinraiiiem in Washington. Five steel furnaoes were closed because of lack ot coal at Youngs- town. Ohio. Omaha reported snpply of coal for home consumption praoUoally exhausted Several hundred shota tired dour. Ing a mlno clash In Harrison County. Ohio. J. I j. Iiewla, mine strike loader. repontiod former, statement that an Interstate wage oonferonoe would soon be arranged DENY THEY ARE UNDER ATTACK BY SYMPATHIZERS KNOXVIDLE. Tenn., July 29. Denial that they have .been at tacked or mistreated In any way by coal mine strlks sympathizers was made tonight by County Judge I G. Payne and Sheriff E. K. Mink, of Claiborne County in a state ment to The Associated Press to night. Nashville dispatches had stnted that the Judge, sheriff, ghd a posse of 25 men Jhad been captured by miners from Kentucky, belled and placed aboard a train for Knoxvllle txrTT.BrtW TTTAVKR MAW VOH " PREVENTING DYNCHI.VO WASH1NOTON, July 29. Former President Wllaon, "as an American c tlien and as a natlva of Virginia, 1-ss wrlfen Commonwealth Attorney Thomas H. Lyon, of Manassas, Va., It became known tonight, thanking him for the part he 'took recently In saving Alvln Harris, a negro, from a mob. A tit SUBMARINES IN CONVOY ARE NOW SAFE TjOS ANGELES, July 20. All 12 of the submarines en route from Ixs Angeles to Hampton Roads. Va., under convoy or ma tender Beaver were said at the local submarine base to be accounted for Uils morning. Two of the submarines are out of com mission and are being towed. It was said but no serious trouble is being experienced. PENNSYLVANIA WANTS PART OF MINE OUTPUT PITTSBURGH. July 29. Pittsburgh coal operators announced tonight that they bad bean notified by the Penn sylvania railroad that, beginning July 91. tbe road will request virtually 10 per cent of the output ef bituminous mines operating throughout Ita osn tral regior U. M. W. MEN STIIJi ANTICIPATE CONFERENC1 PHILADELPHIA, July 2 Aftir a long- conference here to day. naiticlDated In by Intern,!- plan of stirring the Interest of the j tlo'nal officers of the United Min tun ran tors, devised py rresiaeni George- H. Wright, was effected most effectively at the Clvltan luncheon Wednesday. The sals ot single tickets will bs in charge of the Southern Enter prises. Ths season tickets nave re served many of the seats 542 of them to bs exact and there, are scores of orders here from other States waiting only the opening of the box office to be filled from nearly every Southern State and one from Kansas sent to General Director Wade R. Brown, it is evident therefore thst prospective making their , reservations. Delay purchasers need to be active In of a day or two may mean that there will be little choice. GENCLCOftl IBM EI DIST DECENTRALIZED Governors Will Adopt Own Schemes for Co-operating With Government. ; HARD1NG:S SETTLEMENT PLAN PUT IN WRITING WASHINGTON, July 29. (By The Associated Press.) President Hard ing has reduced to writing and for warded to the chief representatives of the , striking railway workers snd of the railroad executives Ma plan for .-,lrMMt nt the railroad Strike, it wss learned tonight from advisers of the executive. t The President's advisers were pos itive that the settlement plan, evolved by Mr. Harding from his conferences here this week with leaders of both parties to the controversy bad gone forward preparatory to the meetings Tuesday In New York of executives nit In Chlcaso of ths union leaders. There, however, was no statement of any kind from the white house, the President a-oiding or tne oecision an nounced yesterday by a white house lokesman to reveal no details or tne spoki plan prior to Tuesday's meetings. AMUNDSEN TRANSFERS TO SCHOONER HOLMES NOME. Alaska. July 29 (By The Associated Press.) Captain Amund sen has abadoned his attempt - to reacn roini tmnvw in ins jnaua. nis exploration eato. and has transferred to ths schooner Holas, according to a wireless messsgs received here from (he Maud, Transferring te ths Holmes, with Captain Amundsen were Lieutenant G. Omdal. aviator, and see ether mas whoee name was not given. It is understood that ths plan to fly across the Nona, pole fcae been abandoned -until next year. Workers and the district presi dents n' the union having Juris diction over weatsrn Pennsylvania. Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, state ments were repeated that leaders of the striking soft coal miners had every reason to believe th.it an lnterstats wage conference would seen be arranged. John L. Lewis. International president, said that a gratifying number of coal operators hav--shown a willingness to enter J jlnt. wsge conference snd he hs'V cveiy rer.scn to believe that a sub stantlal baslo wags agreement wsi not far off, Mr. I wis said th jttlks situation in the centre' competitive fields was thorough reviewed and that the number o operators willing to go Into a four mate conference and the tonnag' they represent was considered. HUNDREDS OF SHOTS FIRED IN EN OOt NT BR CADIZ, Ohio. July 29 Several hundred shots were fired during an encounter last night snd today be tween mine guards snd striking miners st the Penova mine of the United Coal Comnany. Harris Coun ty, near Adena, Jefferson County, according to reports msde t Sheriff Martin, of Harrison County. No casualties were reported, how. ever, the mine guards used machine guns In returning ths Are of the miners. Reports to ths sheriff sstd striking miners slso sppesred In numbers In automobiles about the Apex mine near German and at Hopedale dis playing Ore arms but causing no dis orders. .The firing st fhe Penova mine was said to hsve been so heavy last night that residents of Adena, fearing be ing hit by stray bullets, took to the cellars. The attacking party was made up of striking miners from Jefferson -ounty, the sheriff's report said. The Penova mine Is located Just across ths line in Harrison county. Deputies guarding the mine are said to bs union men. They called on Percy Tetlow, stats director of Industrial relations, but Tetlow Is reported to have referred them to Major Robert Haubrlcft, who Is In commsnd of Na tional Guardsmen stationed here. Striking miners have erected a eanrp near that occupied by the mine s-usrds who ars under direction of Major Howard Richard, employed by las anas noiput;, WASHINGTON, July i.w-Con- trol of emergency coal distribution to Individual consumers) is entirely In ths hands of State authorities, except for railway coal. Secretary Hoover, chairman of the Federal Coal Distribution Committee, an nounced tonight. The Federal gov ernment, he stated, will limit Its activities in coal distribution en tirely to Interstate questions. ,; Principles embraced In the ad ministration's plan of coal distri bution, Mr. Hoovsr explained, have been communicated to ths Gover nors) of States who are to adopt plans of their own in co-operation with the President's committee. Distribution problems, he added, vary in different groups of States such as in New England, the Mid dle Atlantic, Southern, Middle West and Northern Lakes States so that there can be no uniform pro gram, while the Intermountaln and Pacific States are able to look af ter themselves and "ars not em braced In active administration." Conservation of the nation's cosl j supply within its boundaries will be necessary, he declared, 'and bunkering concerns along the At lantic seaboard have been asked to bunker ships only to ths next port of call and after August 1 to re quire foreign ships to bunker abroad for the round trip. Al though coal is cheaper In American porta than abroad, he added, it could not fti sparsd out of the country. Canadian consumers also, he said, have been warned to Im port coal from abroad for their use. . Will Hold Coal Export to Minimum Coal exports, he asserted, weuld be held to a minimum during the emergency, no priorities being tranted for the movement of coal .o peoples who can supply them selves. Henry B. Spencer, the newly ap jointed Federal Fuel Distributor, is to supervise coal distribution be tween the States while the method? if handling coal for railways re sponsible to ths Interstate Com merce Commission will be deter mined directly from Wsshlpgton In maintaining Interstate com merce. ' "Each State, outside of the groups able to look after them selves, has been requested." Mr, Hoovsr said, ."to canvass Its situa tion as to stocks and requirements in order of the priority in differ ent classes public utilities, public Institutions, households and indus trial coal. "Each Stats has been asked to make such rules and regulatldViB as It may see-fit to control specu lation and distribution within the boundaries of the State. It has been suggested that the co-operation ot their State wholesale and should be secured. The Federal retail .coal dealers' associations government has no authority and can exert none in this matter be yond moral pressure. , "Each Stats that must Import coal from other States has bsen asked to ereate a Federal State Agency or Committee for the pur chase or guarantee of purchases of coal that may be Imported Into the State from other Btates or from abroad, all coal to be consigned to an agency designated by the State. By this arrangement a great deal mora mobility is given the State authorities) In shifting coal to meet fcH' m fan fs LEADERS BELIEVE SENIORITY RIGHTS TO OEITAINED Jewell Not Talking Except! to Say Prediction "Safe r to Believe." TENTATIVELY. AGREE N 'UPON THE ISSUES Healey Says Firemen and Oilers Strike Will Be Concluded. CHICAGO, July (By The, SvAssoclated Press,) Leaders ot tha striking railway shopmen return ing from conferences) with Presi dent Harding .tonight expressed confldencs that tha walkout would be terminated as a result of meet ings ot railway executives and un ion committees next week to oon- slder proposals submitted by Presi-t dent Harding, They also asserted the strikers will return , to work with ' their seniority rights unim paired if they return at all. ,B, M. Jewell, head of tha shop crafts or ganlamtlon, shook his head smiling ly When newspaperman attempted to question htm. He refused to term the outlook hopeful or other wise but deolared that "It was safe to assume" that ths meeting of the. shop crafts jpolloy committee- was called to hear suggestions for ter-' tnlnatlng tha gtrlka, ' .- : . Timothy Healy, president of (he firemen and oilers' union.- which-, also are on atrlka. told aewsoaeer - -ksir-iMeVtjjea-TtdTg-'" luocting to result in a settlement. ; Aaked eoooarlo( the stage penxe negotiations had ' reached; Mr.! Healy said that "the cess is In the hands- of the President' He re fused to be quoted to the eft oat that a settlement o the Issues be. twssu Air. Jewell and T, ds Witt Cuyler, of ths rail executive as a result of the conferences with the President,, ' -, WESTERN ROADS HANDLE ! ' FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS CHICAGO, July 2. Both truism and passenger trafflo on western lines having headquarters In CIil-i Cgo are practically unaffected by (he shopmen's strike, said a state ment issued tonight by the West ern Presidents' committee on pub- llo relations of the Association of Railway Executives.- More than 7,100 shopmen, -the statement as serted, were emplyoyed this week. "jrreignt trarao demands are be ing met currently and passenger trains are being operated normally Ith but slight delays," said the statement. "Alt of tbe roads re port increases m the number of; man at work in their ahoDS. the. total Increase since July 14 on alii western roads . being 7,1(9 shop-j msn." - , - --r . ' v-' A man seeking railroad employ-i , ment, was seised bv three unlden-; titled men while riding on an In- terurban car near Tulsa. Okla., to-, day, forced to alight .'and aooom-, pany them to-a lonely spot in ai suburb where ha waa given a ge- vsrs beating. Effect ot the railroad strike te being reflected on the livestock market at Kansas City, where there Is a lessened demand for beef and1, meats, tho result, of continued in crossed unemployment, says a statement ot the Kansas City live- stock market. Otherwise, says the review, tbe strike la felt only by delay in tha arrival of some, trains. " Approximately (00 : additional troops were ordered to entrain to day for Denlson to reinforce the 100 Texas national guardsmen on strike duty there, according to any unofficial report. WAD 0 ELL NAMED MOVER ARBI BIG LITIGATION Large Sum Involved in Claims of Firm Against ? Ship Board. ' Charlo E. Waddel hae been n-ioied arbitrator to decide the confrovorsy of the Tidewater ' Power Company, of Wilmington, vortus tho United States Shipping Bord. . The appointment of Mr. Waddeil 1 to decide the case was made br W. T. Lee, State Corporation Com- mlssloner and legal brlets in ths ; cae wll be filed at an early da'e. Mr. Waddeil will vieit Wilming ton tit'.rlng the early part of August t' personally Investigate the altua- . tlon and action will probably fol low thlj investigation. , As on of the leading consulting engineers of the state, Mr. Waddeil Is eminently fitted to handle thia lmpurtaut case and his selection has mat with approval. ' ' A number of important engl-,-neeilng projects have been handled by the Ashevllle engineer a.id this training will be Invaluable In settllrg the claims ot ths Wtl mngton company against ths Ship ping Board. . Tns claim have grown out ef war-tlm work for tha Shipping Board and Involve a large sum. which Is claimed by tha Tidewater fower Company. , i I