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THE WEATHER
wiiuiNflTON. July 81. North J
tn aowth Carolina! Partly cloudy ..
with wldoly scattered thuiltrhow, '
r Tuesday and Wednesday. , i.
THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
ESTABLISHED 1S68.
"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
HARDING
to
ASHEVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY MORNING, 1, 1922.
PF1CE nVE CENTS
Western North Carolina
(next Roads, Climate and
Scenery I'nMirpnssed. Tho
Nearest Playground to Twenty
Milliiio people
HAS FIVE PROPOSALS TO END STRIKE
ITH R
OMPL
orrison Designates State Fuel Administrationlw Of Settlement Will Be
Submitted Officials Today;
ES
WITH
IlllEt REQUEST
- ..
,ste uorporauon uom-
)
it
re
ft I pni
mission Has Charge of
Distribution.
SOAL DEALERS ARE
JrQW AFTER ORDERS
overnor Assumes Power
'WithoutrAny Possible
Warrant of Law." .
OlTBflN KIWI SlTBaiu
TAHOIMHTaH BOTBL
(It, BROCK UMWI
KALFIGH. July Jl. Governor
rrisoTi telegrapTrsd Searetary
over this evening; agreeing with
'lurtance" to asaume supervis-
. ii .i i - v.
h ove coai aiBinouwun in unu
i, linn. He assumes thla power
thont any poaslble warrant of
," The State Corporation Com-
ton . la designated to nave
of the distribution.
Governor telegraphed:
have been away from my of-
o. This and great reluctance to
mtne any esponsibility In the
liter of coal diatributlon aa mer.-
iied in your message of a few
ago. caused the delay. After
il reflr.:ion I see nothing to do
ent io assume without any
.Kiblt warrant of law the power
by designate the members of
Staie Corporation Commission
represent -North Carolina inso-
r as you require representation'
tho sttite to direct the distribu-
a of North Carolina's allotment
coal. TheXnembera are W. T.
e. Chairman; A. J. Maxwoll.
urge P. Pell, and their address
Kaleitrh, North Carolina."
the Governor conferred thli
nlng with Messrs Lee, Maxwe'l
1 Pell on assuming supervision
-t cot! deliveries. The corpora
te con-mission, promising several
vj ago to co-eperate with th ?
vtrnmenl'a emergency organiza-
n in Handling coal, appealed 1 1
iltles companies td conserve coal
the utmost -of their capacity.
ey will keep In close commum-
iun with the emergency organl-
ion eiM be ready . to .Assume
arge ever deliveries of coal . ii
in r imllna. - ,-i
The Governor's reluctance !n
mplylng wfth Mr. Hoover's r-J
est is in line with his nrevVmslv
Klarert views against five -- .
erference In matters of this
id, especially su-iKr ill..., ... ,
economic disturbances devel-
i'n an outgrowin. I
oecretdry Hoover, telegraphing
request tor co-operation in the
ribution of coal, nnlnteri nut
it "the problem of securing thet
intimate consumer shall be
ected on coal now In elrcula.
n and on resale of coal dis
ced and that equitable distrl
"n eliall be carried' out must
t within the authority of eacn
1 m sending this telegram
j' request of the President to
' you can undertake to
"'ate a state organisation under
" direction, that this shall lift
e i with which we can ci-
rate."
overnor Morrison's view Is that
law gives him the authoritv to
c.mrge of any of the prod
If trade, and his declaration
assumes the power "with
any oossible warrant of law"
i ""'Nation to this effect.
Mth hundreds of cars removel
m North Carolina railway linos
"lie coal fields. It la thniwht ....
pi shinnienfa wltl v.AviM . t..i -
fnte soon; and the Corpor--ommlssion
must make
for -supervisory work. The
'".lion leaking nut thi fi...
' .of the appointment of the
J ddminiatratlon''. started ai
"f long dlitann . m.
" aeaiers an over the
Separate Wage Agreement
In Some Coal fields May
Be Instituted This Week
H E N D E fi SON VI L L E f
WASHINGTON'. July SI (Ry
The Associated Press. ) With the
Federal emergency coal control
machine piloted by Fuel Distribu
tor Spencer, finally under way, the
possibility that negotiations for a
separate wage settlement between
the Miners' Union and some oper
ators in Pennsylvania. Ohio. Illi
nois and Indiana bituminous fields
might be Instituted this week was
strongly indicated In Washington
tonight.
Representatives of the various
government departments and pro
ducing operators co-operating un
der the administration's distribu
tion plan set to work on the ini
tial problems facing operation of
the scheme, buc has organization
of regional committees In the pro
ducing fields and formation of coal
pools. The personnel of some of
the regional committees Is to he
announced tomorrow.
Members of the Federal distri
bution committee also conferred
today with Cleveland operators on
the supplies for. the Great Lake
region but no statement was made
as to conclusions reached by the
conferees.
In Cleveland, It was understood.
a meeting Is to be held next Mon
day looking to the settlement of
the strike in Pennsylvanta, Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois.
How extensive such a partial
settlement of the miners' strike
would be or whether. such a con
ference, lacking a considerable
number of employers of larger
forces of miners, would be success
ful at all remained questionable In
official and semi-official view.
Ever since the strike began, some
operators have expressed willing-
ness to' negotiate with John I..
Irfwls, President of the United
Mine Workers and the scale com
mittees of the union. The controll
ing majority In most operators as
sociations has been unwilling how
ever, to concede the union's de
mands for a semi-national wage
scale, made up by a Joint action of
the employers and employes in the
four states named asd have glso
been unwilling to condede the wage
scale of 1920, with ita $7.60 daily
wage base for common Jabor un
derground. -
Soaring prices of coal, due to a
shortage, is said to have made the
higher wage scale acceptable at
least' while the market lasts, al
though hpads of the larger mining
enterprises outside of Ohio Insist
tnat a settlement giving the nun
III BIG CAMPAIGN
INDICT CHIEFS OF
F
ORDEVELOPMEN
T
Chamber of Commerce ta
Raise $30,000 for Pub
licity Campaign.
GRANT INJUNCTION
IN HIGHWAY CASE
SMUGGLING
RING
HDL
LIQUOR
Restrain Boards From
Spending Bond Money
on Lateral Roads.
Sixteen Alleged Members
of Gang Smuggling Chi
nese and Liquor.
ex-sherTff named
on "inner circle"
Expecting Union Acceptance
RAIL EXECUTIVES
IBJECT TO GIVING
UP NEW Elf LIKES1
Policy Committee Of A. E L.,
Which Sanctioned Strike Is
To Pass Upon Harding 's Plan
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Juh' 31.
(Bv The Associated Prew. ) Five
f eniM Cortttpondmcr. T iilnVU Ctliim)
HENDERSON VILLK, July 31.
An Intensive publicity and devel
opment campaign to las: three
years and which carries with It a
the war-time scales again would budBet for 130,000 was planned.l.y
only allow a few montns of opera
tlon, followed by shut downs be
KorTYier Priirafa Tiofoptivo specific proposals for the settle-
... . . T . . . . I nient of the railroad strike are con
Alleged to ue "Brains"
of the Operators.
cause the non-union coal would
throw the output hearing higher
overhead cost out of the markets.
Ohio coal operators associations
are said to have been made a nu
cleus about which Mr. Lewis was
forming an Inter-state group with
whom he would shortly attempt to
negotiate a wage scale.
There were indications tonight
that the Cleveland meeting might
have In it some operators from
northern West Virginia as well as
the four states mentioned. This
territory has never been Included
In wage contracts of the centrol
competitive field In past years, but
there has been some demand for
Its Inclusion, since the coal pro
duced there figures largely In the
markets to which the Ohio, Penn
sylvania product goes.
Scenic Highways To Points
Of Interest In West Carolina
Lure The Motorist -Ever On
the Board of Directors . of the
tlenderaonville Chamber o" Com
merce tonight.
Co-operation of all hotel propri
etors, business men and other cit
izens who have the expansion of
their town at heart, will be sought,
the plan will be large In scope
and was started off enthusiasti
cally by the directors.
To well mark the beginning of
the campaign on Monday, August
14, a big industrial pageant will
be staged at the Carolina Terrace
convention hall. About 150 local
persons win taKe part and some
of Hendersonville's social leaders
will act as hostesses.
Under the plan of the directors
a secretary will be added for the
purpose of carrying on the work
of advertising Henderson villa audi
making It one of the best known
TPENSACOLA. Fla.. July SI The
Indictment of 18 persons, alleged to
be members of a well organised
ring of Chinese end liquor smug
glers that has been operating ex
tensively between Cuba and the
United Slates for more than a
year, became known here this
afternoon after Assistant United
States District Attorney George
IJarl Hoffman had been notified of
tho arrest of ix)tiio Ylng. alias
Quon Yiak, a Chinaman in Phila
delphia. Two indictments charging con
spiracy were returned at a special
three day session of the United
States court in Gainesville a week
ago.
C. P. Moore of Crestvlew, Fla.,
formerly a private detective and
owner of the auxiliary schooner,
Buocess. the boat on which both
Chinamen and liquor are alleged
to have been smuggled, Is the first
person named on each of the in
dictments. He M the "brains'1 of
the alleged unlawful operations,
officials say.
Others who officials say were In
the "Inner circle" of th alleged
talned In President llnrnlng's plan
which will be submitted to railroad
executives in New York and rail
union heads In Chicago tomorrow,
it was stated tonight by an official
of the ratlroad shop crafts vnion.
The official, who relused to per
mit tiie use c;f his name, stated
he had secured the Information
from rail union officials in Wash
ington, Saturday.
The five specific proposals, ac
cording to the official Include
4. "Filming" out of shop work
by tho railroads will be discon
tinued. 5. Dlncnmion of the establish
ment of adjustment boards.
ItepnrJinc the matter of adjust
ments boards tho official stated
that the unions desire a natlo.ial
board i udjusiment while tha
railroad executives seek either ro
:rtnna. or system hoards.
Three points will be stressed by
the general chairmen tomorrow, ft
vas stated, as a basis for settle
ment, restoration of full fcenlarlty.
nntimml hoards of ndlustment And
1. That the employes will abide
by the decisions of the United
States Railroad Labor Hoard In the
future.
2. In the matter of seniority the
employer who i einaii.wci uii ciioj
Job during tne strike will receive
work. rney will oppose, it was
stated, curtailment of seniority,
agreement to accent In the future
decisions of the board and other
than a national board of adjustment.
It was stated that the matter of
preferential treatment. Men who i accepting the proposals, of Presl
dent Harding Is entirely up to the
policy committee of the railroad
department of the American Fed
eration of Labor since this body
vas the one which sanctioned tho
resort towns In the country.
Stop Road Work
Temporarily .
Temporary Injunction restrain
ing V. T. Bane,
i operations are B. H. Sutton, ex-
sheriff of Okaloosa countv: Louie
Ying, alias Quon Ylck, of Phila
delphia: Benjamin Edmundson 'of
l'ensacola: B. Churchwell, ex-
'. Bane. Chairman of tht V""1 . V"u,c",:';"' V,"
County Commissioners and the! "!puly 'UR"fr ",orrJ
Picturesque Byways of
Mountain Country in
Every Direction.
WONDERFUL TRIPS
IN DAY'S TRAVEL
Asheville Citizen Gives
Information Regarding
Various Tours.
ihe
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fTOU..I'KFT INTENDED
iK OVKR A MIIilJON
bl JiRK- July The ante-
i"UO U v IJIO IHlfJ
yvi.n jacoo Ator, who
with nisi ln..j.4 i
1 1 : . r v ril orc, now Mrs.
10 Of nro n Art V vbIi&H mt nr.n ..
wame known today,'
"ft n pi) Una Hon nf 4ha tti-
Company for
lion . TtY' lncom from
" 1. - "rtginjlly granted Mrs.
:i uhlt re'7"nt.,mde the de-
nubile. Bueiness Interests have
'no ml Purehase the buildings for
--f'ftOO. The application Is made
ihe grounds that investment of
-v u,m W0ul1 y'eld 114.00ft more
f' than the rental of 4.00,now
AJor nd Mlf' Force were
"d the following April. By the
?Ll. h'V received
J"m from the trust Tund of
ndn use of the Astorj
maV"i.. T'lla Anue untu her
own of Tipperary
1 aken Sunday By
Free State Troops
31. (By The
town
'O.VDON, July
"ciated Press) The
"larv ., i m -.
roops Sunday morning, says
Jtch to The Times from Dub-
stuck was- commenced
,ury by tTOOpa frorm Dublin.
:, ""0press was mads for some
owi" t the absence of ar
The rregt,irs were well
,J nl commanded the matn
r 1th, m-hin runs. . -in?
I'?? a,e1 wav-Just before
dnl5hfbut was renewed at S
c" n the corning and the
rters succeeded eventually
netting around the town and
M the positions of the irregu-
The Asheville Citizen has In
augurated a Travel Bureau for the
benefit of those desiring informa
tion concerning automobile trips
over Western North Carolina. For
detailed Information regarding a
trip . or suggestions where to
telephone J. D. "Poole,- 336.
following article Incorporating the
principal trips is the first of a se
ries giving touring suggestions.
With the tourist season at Its
height, many are the seekers of
scenic thoroughfares, and plctur
eque highways and byways of the
mountain . country of the Blue
Ridge. Ungulded and In strange
territory, they follow devious and
winding trails.
Western North ' Carolina "has
the edge," in a way of speaking,
on any other mountain section of
this country, in the matter of gen
uine s-ood roads. Concrete, asphalt
and durable sand-clay roads, they
stretch for mile in all directions,
Inviting the - traveler and luring
him ever on and on with sheer ,ex
nectatlon of beauties yet to come.
as vista after vista of rugged andJ
'placid mountains ana vaiieys wax
and fade,
Western North Carolina Js proud
of the good roads which thread
her domain. A stranger tnay drive
nl almost any direction he chooses
and finally arrive at some well
known spot of scenic beauty. But
the average tourist must travel the
road before ne tan .Know on em
barking Just where He Is going,
how to go, and when he will get
there. .
There are ten thousand point of
interest on the various main high
wavs. and' on the byways, which
radiate from Asheville, with their
spokes and cross-roads, and each
traveler will find some particular
scot he would visit above all oth
ers. In classifying the scenic roads
of the mountain part of the Old
North State, they can be roughly
divided Into four classes North,
South. East and West.
To the North lies what. In a cer
tain measure Is untrammeled wlld-
ernes. The lull Denent oi mis is
derived in the trln from AsheviHs
to Marshall. a'dUrtance of 33 miles
down river, and on to Hot Springs,
48 miles .. from Asheville. Hot
Springs Is famous for its springs
and baths, anil, -winding scenic
roads. This was no e of the intern
ment camps for Germans during
the World- war. The return can
be by Marshall to Mars Hill, where
Is located .the famous Mars Hill
College, Hie bifc Baptist institution,
and then m little later . througn
of . Weavervllle the, site of Weaver
College seat of Methodism ssnd
then back to Asheville.
Southward lies Hendersonvllle.
called by someone, the "Dream
City," an'd further down the wind
ing road to Flat Rook, 25 miles
from Asheville. Saluda, 40 miles.
Tuxedo and Lake Summit, "44 miles
or off byroad to Tryon, fruit
center. It was in this section that
the old aristocracy of the South
had their summer homes, far from
the dead miasma of tha lowlands,
and tho beat and dust.
In ths same general dlrerctlon,
on turns to the left at Btltmnrs
. . f iCmtim m Ttf Tmi
HALF D
IIM COL
DAIRYMEN
WTY AGREE
IL
TO JOIN MILK P0
Hendet-son County Road Jtoard,
and the members of tho hoards
, rrom the expenditure of any funds
from the proceeds of tho $u!IO,000
road bond issue has been issued.
The order was signed by Judge
Bsyson, presiding oyer the E iper
ior Court of Yancey County, at
I Bu'rnsville, who set the hearing on
This action by four payers
against Mr. Bane and the mem
bers of the boards follows reports
that they were planning to expend
the money on minor and lateral
roads, whereas, It Is explained, Ihe
issue was voted by Hie tax payers
primarily for the construction of
Would Turn Products to
Farmers Federation
For Disposal.
Of the 122 dairymen in Bun
combe County, Just half have sign
ed contracts agreeing to form a
milk pool, turning their entire
products over to the Farmers'
Federation for disposal, according
to announcement yesterday. .
The Farmers' Federation, un
willing in the first plate to assume
the responsibility of handling the
entire market product of the coun
ty, agreed to do so only on the
stipulation that 95 per cent of the
lzi dairymen set their names to
five-year contracts binding them
strictly t this disposal.
Clause No. 5 in trie contract is
hanging fire,' according to promi
nent dairymen and members of the
federation. This clause provides in
brief that 1 per cent of the gross
re-sale price of the total milk out
put, received by the federation,
may be used, at the federation's dis
cretion in defraying whatever ex
penses arise in the way of ac
counting, handling and inspecting
the milk; and further provides that
CMllnacB on Palft Tin I
Rice, alias D.- M. Richardson, Ha
vana, Cuba; Charlie Suey and
Charlie Hong, Aralachleola.
The Investigation was conduoted
under direction of District Attorney
Oabloy. and by Lilie' G. liardon.
special agent of the department of
Justice and i. R. Cobb, federal pro
hibition JMtrtit' for this district. ;
I miiiVcl lately Heii - :
Two Breed Boats.
The Benjamin R-l", belonging
to Captain Edmundson, one of the
uliegud conspirator and the Jane,
two of the fastest, speed boats of
tl)l section ot the coasf were Im
mediately seized bv the govern
ment. They are the boats, libels
charge thnt met the Success out-
hnve been on strike will reirn
with their seniority rights subject
to those rights acquired during the
strike by :-nen who remained on the
lull xml that the seniority of the
new employes will date from the strike of the shopmen. The policy
time they entered the service. ronnnlttPe Is composed ot DO men,
3. The men will accept the recent 30 from each ot three districts, the
wage reductions of the Railroad dividing lines of which are the
Ijilwir Board ponding a further re- Mississippi river and the Mason
hearing on the matter by the board. I and Dixon line.
NEUTRAL ZONE IS
NGLUOED
Tl
GREEK INVASION
Threat Brings Near East
ern Problem to the;
? Forefront Again? -;
a highway from the Buncombe side ihe three mile limit and trans
County line to the Greenville, S. C.
county, line. '
The, tig bond Issue was voted
more than a year ago and so far
the contract for the " construction
ported the contraband cargo Into
Choc-tawhatchle Bay. The suaresa
Is in Cuba at present it Is said
where she was caught atteriv.itlng
to smuggle liquor out Improperly
of the highway from Henderson-, several days two. She also will be
ville to the Buncombe County line
has not been let.
The citizens -who brought the
temporary Injunction proceedings
are: S. Maxwell, 8. Y. Bryson, K.
G. Morris and N. T. Beasnn.
PETITION REHEARING OP
SOUTHERN PACIFIC CASE
WASHINGTON, July 31. Exe
cution of the Supreme Court order
requiring the Southern Pacific
Company to divest ' itself of own
ership and control of the Central
Pacific Railway, would give retro
active effect to the Sherman anti
trust law and "create a new snd
untried condition" In the-management
of the two roads, according
to a brief filed today In support
of a petition for a rehearing of
the case?. f
Jolnt control and operaVon of
the Southern and Central Pnclflc
properties, counsel for the defend
ants contended, had been In effect
long before the law w.ii enacted
under which the legality of ship
control Anally was attached.
seized, officials state w-Uen she re
turns to the United KtMtes.
Several of the principal parties
of the alleged conspiracy havs al
ready been arrested and other ar
rests are expected to follow imme
diately. The ease rrowlng out of the In
dictment Is expected to bo oalled
for a hearing a the fall term of
the United States t court, which
convenes in Pensac-ola on Novem
ber 6.
RECOMMEND ALL YEAR
SCHOOL-IN NASHVILLE
NASHVILLB, Tenn., July 31
Nashville will be tha first city in
Tennessee to have an sll-year-round
school term If the recommendation of
the city board of education made
tonight la adopted by the city coun
cil. - According to plans the- school
term will be divided Into four Bes-
slons of three months each. Htudents
may elect what three of the four
sessions they wish to attend or they
may attend, all four.
It is hoped by the hoard members
that the new plan will be put into
operation In the coming school term.
SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE
By BILLY BORNE
8
. 'M r it t i w 7iaVV3K s i
JiONDON. July 31 (By Ths As
sociated Press) The action of
Greece In threatening to march on
Constantinople and proclaiming au
tonomy for Smyrna and Its hlnter-
I land again has forced the difficult
Near Eastern problem to the fore
front In diplomacy.
Premier Lloyd George In an lm
portant statement to parliament to
day was able to give, reassuring in
formation concerning the crisis
to the effect that Greece had reaf
firmed Its prervlous undertaking
not to invade the neutral zone. In
eluding Constantinople, without the
consent of the allies. The premier
expressed the opinion that the
motive for the Greek action was' to
expediate a settlement of the Near
Eastern question. He added that a
meeting of the powers chiefly con
cerned would be convened to dia
cuss the situation.
Great Britain, France and taly
all are agreed not to permit Greece
to force matters by a march upon
Constantinople, but they are by no
men ns agreed on a general policy
concerning the near east. It Is con
sidered that it was knowledge of
this disagreement which Induced
Greece to attempt to force the sit
uatlon by proclaiming the auton
omy of Smyrna,- hoping by so do
ing to prevent the nioposed solu
tion bv returning this territory to
Turkey.
Meantime, it Is not generally be
lieved that Greece will proceed to
extremes. Although nil. Is as
sembling large forces of troops at
Kodosto, the powers are taking the
necessary steps to resist any at
tempt upon Constantinople. A
strong British fleet Is gathering In
Turkish waters and allied rein
forcements are being sent to Tur
key. One view of the situation taken
In political circles here la that the
moveruen of Greece Is a bluff on
the part of King Constantino to
save his face in his own country
and induce the powers to recognize
him. .
DIAL'S CHARGES
ill) SENSATION
TO CAPITAL CITY
Will Ask President to
Withdraw Nomination:
. Of Tolbert.
fSB ADBBTIUiB -oitobn
t BY , . 0. tKYANT)
WASHINGTON, July 31. Sena
tor Dial kicked up a sensation her
when he charged that Jos W. Tol
bert, the, Souch Carolina pie dis
tributor had been parceling out
offices for a money consideration.
His allegation held up the con
firmation of the old O. O. P. lead
er for Marshal.
Senator Dial will sale President
Harding to withdraw the nomina
tion' of Tolbert, it is believed here.
Republican leaders would like
to relegate "Old Man" Job Tol-
uert out nave railed to do so up
to the present. They want to
build up a new Republican organ
ization in South Carolina but can
not succeed with Tolbert in the
saddle.
The airing that Senator Dial
will give the Tolbert machine be
fore he gets through may help the
national leaders put him on the
toboggan.
Early . in the pre-conventlon
campaign In 1920. three national
leaders Sidney Bleber. of Wash.
Ington, the national committeeman 1
or soutnern states, and a well
known Republican of . Virginia.
went to South Carolina to organize
tha Republicans away from Tol
bert but when the Chicago coven-
tion .came on the old
there with a delegation readv for
the iest looking proposition in the
way of a candidates, and it was
not Harding. But Senator Dial's
ability to prevent the confirmation
of the Dial nomination is doubted
nere.
But May Accept the Five
Proposals oh Ground of
Patriotic Step.
DEMAND ALL" UNION
MEN BE CARED FOR
Sticking Point in Whole
Attempt at Peace Is
"SemMity Right."'
WASHINGTON, July 31. (Bv
The Associated Press) Convinced1
that the railroad strike would be a
matter of history within 24 hour
after acceptance by railway shop
men and transportation chiefs of
rresiaent Harding s compromise
plan, all of the government's In
fluence was mustered tonlrht he-
hand the effort to obtain adoption"
by the employers' meeting in, New
York and that of tha emnlovsr. in
Chicago tomorrow.
Chairman Hooper, of th Rair.
road Labor Board, after' a confer- j
ence with President Hardin today,
left for Chicago to -b 'on hand
when the meeting is called of tha
general policy committee nf th.
striking shop craft unions. Secre
tary Hoover left tonight to attend
tns New xork meeting of the
exeoutlves. T,
Thers was little doubt in admin-
istration circles concerning accept
ance by the union leaders of ths
proposed ' compromise settlement.
Several railroad executives, how
evsr, are known to hold strong ob
jection because of their belief that
it would entail abandonment of
new employes who have ' stuck
through ths strike a welt as new
msn who ignored throng induce
ments not to accept, employment,
during the emergency,
Personal friends and senatorial
advisers of ths President were
strong In their convlction-that this
opposition would be mors than off
set by those exeoutlves who would
accest tha compromise, either as
fair basis for settling the contro
versy or because of their convic
tion that acceptance was required
as a patriotic step. ,
Optimistic Forecast -On
Executives.
Optimistic forecast of action to
be expected from the New York
meeting was baaed to more than a
little extent. It was Indicated, on
the belief that T. Dewltt Cuyler.
chairman of the executives' asso
elation, and Vice-President Atter
bury of the Pennsylvania, renre-
sentatlves of an influential group
HAMILTON BROWN DEAD
AS HESrLT OF ACCIDENT
lionpltal,
MODERN RFA fifiED IS
I'SED TO AID PASSENGERS I flack.
MONTREAL. July 81. A mod-!
em sea sled, driven by engines of
SAN FRANarson .Tn1 n it
llton Brown, millionaire Insurance
broker of Sen Frannlnen. nfrr-rf
tal Injuries and John Black, of Oak
land, nationally known vnif ....
Injured so eerlously that attending
physicians believe he will dl. th.
result of an automobile accident near
Irvlngton, In Alameda Conunly, to
night. Brown died In a San Jose
where he was taken with
300 horsepower, collaborating with
simple skiffs manned by. Indians!
from the Caughnawaga Reserva-j
tlon, skilled for generation in com
batting th treacherous Larhlne
Rapids, today carried several hun
dred passengers of the steamer
Rapid Prince from the rocks up
on which they had been marooned
since last night, to the mainland
a half mile away. -
The vessel is now resting on -a
ledge O f rock, with little danger of
sinking. J. W. Norcross, vice-pres
ident of the Canadian Steamship
Lines, owners of the Rapid Prince.
said tonight that all of the 400
marooned on the ship will be res
cued before morning.
Charles Ross, head waiter on he
Rapid Prince, was drowned tonight
according to a wireless message re
ceived from the ship. The message
stated tnat Ross and his assistant
Robert Armstrong, were returning
to tn steamer in a lifeboat when it
upset. Armstrongs was saved
w
E HAVE
ITH US TODAY
Wm. H. Williamson
in the management elde of ths rail
controversy, would vote for accept
ance. ,
At the same time, ths sticking
point in, the whole attempt to ne
gotiate a settlement, the so-called
"seniority rights," i continued to
protrude In every conversation and
publlo statement of the leaders
concerned with as much awkward
ness s ever, even considering th
I President's suggestions for its com
promise. : Managements of several
of the larger systems which now
claim to have the strike beaten,
have insisted that restoring the
strikers, even though they accept
the decreased nav and ahrnratlni
ma" n8i of favorable rules, would mean tm
dismissal of great numbers of com
petent men employed since the
strike. It would further mean the
displacement of men who stuck by
the railroad and who have sine
received promised promotions in
the service.
Draiand Strikers '
Be Taken Back.
On the union side, it was held
by such spokesmen for the organi
zations aa were still watching th
progress of events here that no
settlement would bs mad by the
organization unless It took car ot
all their men. That meant that all
railroads, and not merely th larg
est number of smaller roads, had
to put the agreement Into effect
and that all the strikers on each ;
road had to bs taken back.
Advisers to th President had It
that the exeoutlves of th larger
systems who have publicly stated
their positive refusal to take back
the strikers on - a seniority ' basis,
were willing, in advance of tomor
row's meeting to say to associates ,
that while they thought the policy
wrong, they could not persist In
refusing to accept a plan devised
by th government of the United
States. These advisers were hope
ful that a resolution would be
passed by the executives' session
declaring that such a procedure
was contrary to their best Judg- ,
ment of the necessities of the situ
ation, but that in view of th re
sponsibility of th 'President, they
would accede to his views of what
publlo Interest required.
MEXICAN CHIEF ON WAT
. TO SOCTII AMERICA
NEW ORLEANS. July 31. On.
H. P. Trevino. chief of stBff of the
Mexican army, accompanied by his
wife and a party of Mexican army
officers, passed through her today
for New York, when they, will sail
for Rio d Janeiro to attend the
centennial exposition which opens
In their city September
"I am delighted to be in. Ashe
ville and think that the progress
of the city during ths .past few
years has been beyond description,"
Wm. if. Williamson, of Raleigh,
declared to a representative of
The Citizen yesterday.
Mr. Williamson has retired
from active business to a large ex
tent but retains sn interest In the
Holt-Williamson Cotton, Mills in
this state. The Pilot Cotton Mill
Raleigh, and the
Mopedaie Mills, near
are a part of this system
Mr. Williamson's grandfather,
the lateN Edwin M- Holt, In 1S37
built th first cotton mill to mk
colored goods South of ths Po
tomac River. '
Considerable activity Js noted in
the cotton mills of th Stats, th
visitor asserted. . and. a large num
ber of the mills are beina- oner-
2nannlf.hfuU ht,,m.PrBCUCa"y w?OT.a"slStaS
ri..ViJ !Lm effect was made this morning when
& '' iaiiru ilia DlllinUlf fUP
est Country tub yesterday after-
?iiLGovernmenttoFay
Camp Bragg Land
Debts In 10 Days
' v -"
. WASH INGTON, D. C July It.-
Senator Overman was assured to
day that th government would
jay fh land debts mad by th
purchase of lands for Camp Bragg
noon,
that
Mr. Williamson declared
this venture is certain to
Mr. Overman railed with J. Talbot,
Johnson of Aberdeen, who repr
senu a number of claimants.
I'ncl Pam nas been slow anon?
prove a great asset to Aihevlll iv.-i , ttn far whieh
and h lauded th bautlea of th Judgment na been given. Tha
aw dvlopmnt a amounts ta about iJ09,.
I-