North Carolina Newspapers

THE WEATHER WA8HIN0T0N, Auf. 8. North and South Carolina: Partly oloudy with wldaly scattered thuodtr ahowara Monday and Tueaday. THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN ESTABLISHED 1668. 'DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, AUGUST, 7, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS Western North Carolina (ood Road. ( llmaie and fcce-nrry l'nsurpar1. The Nraml Playground in Twenty Million People ala Program Tonight Will Open Ashevi lie's Thirji Music Festival t - AIftTZENAUERWILL TIAL T Yj&ig Singer Already Here, fl Phi iflyiAlnrna. nrrheat.rn. Due This Afternoon. SEAT SALES ON SATURDAY ACTIVE Reparations Body Votes Against All German Proposals A'o Moratorium For This Year; Not to Accept Pie-War Offer. F A I L LI R CLOCK E TO Administrations All Go, SIGNAL ISi While Leasue Of Nations E OP WRECK! Permanent Cox Dprlnrpx SPRAGU E 1 ISSUE WITH STAND Death List Reduced to 38 in Saturday Night's Rail way Catastrophe. GHOULS ROB DEAD AND DYING PEOPLE Most of Victims Missouri - ans Pathetic Scenes Enacted. Former Candidate for President Heard at Geneva Says Assistance of America Would Be Ap preciated in Breaking Deadlock. Matzenauer Goes From Train to Jiemiwortn to Sing for Boys. The stage Is set and Music Week f the Asheville Festival Associa- on, expected with eager longing y many hundreds, dawns today with Mme. Margaret Malzenauer. lme. Julia Claussen, Samuel Gard ner and others of the galaxy or tars here and the famous I'hila lelshia Festival Orchestra of 50 ileces, directed by Dr. Thaddcus llch, arriving this forenoon. And tonight the curtain rises lie first of the seven concerts here and the Tuesday and rsday afternoon concerts at reat's auperb new. auditorium. tefore it will be an audience which, ivlll fill the great Asheville Audi- r!um, a gather'-- in itself a trlklng spectacle, comprising all ot inshevllle society and representa- ivea from all parts of the South J in dress parade. And on the stage eviii oe me woria-iamea orcnestra jvhlch Dr. Rich directs, and Mar- ret Matzenauer. Matzenauer the jnagnlflcent, greatest of dramatic ngers, the world s premier con- ralto, "tthe woman with the voice f gold and royal purple," ar- lnimed by many as the high riestess of song. latzonauer's Is a lorlfled Slnglmc Matzenauer' is a glorified sing s' me. a magnificence and splendor of TAUIS, Aug. 6. (By the Asso ciated Press) The reparations commission, by a vote of three to one, last Thursduv rejected a res olution which would have accorded a moratorium to (iermany for the remainder of the calendar year on reparation. It also rejected Ger many's offer of payments of G0O. (Hiu pounds monthly on balance of her pre-war debt. A communication to this effect was Issued tonight by the repara tions commission. The resolution which would have accorded a mor atorium to Germany and accept ance of Germany's offer of the pay ment of 600.000 pounds monthly on her pre-war debt was offered by Mr John liradbury, the British del egate. The announcement says the com mission has decided to postpone further action until after the Lon don conference. sue ursi C' Nf given , lursday 3 jffontreat i WET-DRY ISSUE LOOMS LARGE IN OHIOJPPAIGN Preachers Urge Support of Drys While Propa ganda Distributed. COLUMBUS. Ohio, Aug. 6. (By the Associated Press.) The wet and dry Issue played the major role in todnv's nniittcHl notlvltv in preparations for Ohio's primary """ Special No. 1 Sl'I.PHUR SPRINGS. Mo., Aug. 6 (Hy The Associated Press ) Failure of an engineer to heed a block signal caused the rear-end collision un the Missouri Pacific here last night In which 38 were killed and about 37 Injured. 25 seriously, according to John Can non, assistant general manager of the road. Train No. 4, a fast passenger vestlhuled steel train running at full speed crashed into No. 3'i. a local composed of five wooden day coaches, a baggage and an express car as the engine was taking on water with the coaches stretching back on a trestlo over (liaise Creek. The impact hurled two of the local coaches down a 50 feet em bankment edging the Mississippi and telescoped four other coaches, crushing a number of passengers to death in their seats. Both trains were behind time, the fast passenger, running from Fort Worth Texas to St. Louis carrying 180 passengers and the local 100 persons. : According to Mr. Cannon, Matt "Ginger" Glenn of St. Louis, en gineer of the fast passenger, failed to heed a block signal warning him the track was not clear ahead. Glenn. 57 years old, and engineer for 35 years without a black mark against his record, was killed when he jumped from his cabin, Just be fore the crash. Edward Tlnsley. also of St. Louis, fireman of No. 4, remained at his post and was Injured seriously. Engineer Glenn shortly before arriving in Sulphur Springs re ceived orders "on the run" to pulli over on a siding at Cliff Cave, 10 miles north of here to allow "Sun- enroute from GENEVA, Aug. 6 (By the As sociated Press ( "The welfare of I he League of Nations and the welfare of our own (.stunt ry would lie advanced if we entered Into full membership In the League of Na tions, but It is apparent from an Intimate view of the situation here' that membership of the United ' States Is not essential to the life of the League of Nations." said .lames M. Cox, former Governor of Ohio, this evening in a speech to the members of the secretariat of ibe League of Nations and proml-i nent men of Switzerland. Mr. Cox, since his visit here, has made a thorough examination of the work ings of the league at Its headquar ters. "-We shall indulge in no predic tions for the future." Mr. Cox con tinued, "but It goes without say ing that our country is progres sive and humanitarian. I have no tlonal court "What statesmen ami liiternatonal Jurists have regarded as a possibility throughout the vears." he added, "is now a reality. We have the Interpretation of in ternational law by a distinguished body whoso contribution to prog ress will be a peace based on Jus lice." .Mr. Cox recalled a reference made by th toast master In the United States and said In reply: "it must be confessed than an American has strange emotions when he visits Geneva, lie looks across the lake to the soil France, where thousands of brave bovs are In the sleep of death. They gave their lives that an Institution of peaco might he builded "The League nf Nations Is the price o ftbeir blood, and II seems strange the flag they followed is not here I stand as an alien In the midst of the league members. Hut. thank God, 1 do not express OF SAWYER Would Leave Truth of Controversy to Commit tee of Physicians. OPEN LETTER ON BEHALF OF LEGION Says Sawyer Does Not Write as if He Under stood the Problem. Separate Conference With Southern Men Will Convene Today NEGOTIATIONS IN CHICAGO. Aug ( ty , As soclateil Press ) - Colonel A A Sprngtie. chairman of the American Legion's national rehabilitation committee, has suggested to ling Tarheel Mayors To Send Delegate On Coal Mission Asked to Have Representa tive Tell Needs of Each City In The State. W AS N T N GO NU TO TODAY nfjadicr General Charles D. Sawyer, our i resmeni naming s physician, that disposition to criticize our sov eminent ai wasnington. we will .purpose animating your organiza-; The letter takes Issue with siate assiinte that it policies are based thought or emotio nalien to the meiits made by General Sawyer in upon a conscientious regard for the Hon " rp,,y , previous communications common welfare. I Mr Cox said he had faith in the fr,,,n the Legion official as printed "However, it must be remem-I future of Europe, but he thought It ' n The Congressional Record, bered that Presidents, prime min-1 necessary that something should be 1 The letter in nnrt follows done, and done quickly. i . . . ... , "The psychology of 1922." he de. 1.mlh' A, ! . ''" m '""M clared, "Is not the psychology of ' 1 , e" 1 Uo" ,tArr!'lly " 1919. Certain readjustment, seem "' ,S" ' T' ,e; ,a'"' """ " to be Inevitable. Europe Is dead-I !!, L ,. 1,h,'r'ar0 , 90 "v- citttsv niwi aitna.B t . R' irn M HITS!. i K. MOCK lllllil l ItALKIGII. Aug. (1 - The Presl- dent of Ibe Stale Utility Assocla-, turn and th- I'nfMent of the As-, snclatlon of Ihe Klet t ic Light and i the President be nuked to appoint Powc Cclt'lcs are being request-: a committee of physicians to de- e. to call a meeting of such as-: ride the controversy between the sprlotlnns for the purpose of ns geneial mid the Legion over I he ! cert a In lug ;helr needs for the) hospital cure given wounded sol-1 State- the mayors of c ities are be- diers. lire requested to tame a represen-j tatlve retail out dealer to come! to Palelgh and confer with the North Carolina coal committee In I regard to the retail domesti trade General Chairmen of Strike Organizations Confer on Sunday. MORE COMPLAINTS TO BE MADE BY" MEN Colonel Spragun tonight made public his letter t,t General Saw-: yer. who is chief co-ordinating of ficer of the hospitalization hoard. Communication Between Administration and Rail Heads Open. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. Lead- requiring less than carlood con sumption, also where coal l used oin of th esirlklng railroad ahop- fnr power, for pumping city wst-: men. II. M. Jewell, president of er. to survey their needs there- railway employes department of for and to male a survey of hoa-lne American Federation of Labor, isiers ana caDinets come and go. international conferences meet and adjourn, hut the League of Na tions stands as a working organi zation through 365 days In the year as a permanent institution for progress." Mr. Cox, prior to his address, had spent several days examining the workings of the commissions of the locked and an outside, unprejudiced power could break It. . . . Our! assistance would be appreciated by; every Interested power In hurope. In concluding, referring to repa- paelty of 28.412 beds, 10,191 of pltals within their jurisdiction with 9 view to ascertaining coal In stock and the necessary re quirements' for a 30-d.iy consump tion. Cltv and county achool superin tendents .ire hrlnar requested to make' a survey of their needs for league secretariat, and the result of rations. Mr. Cox said: his observatlona formed the princl pal subject of his speech, delivered at a banquet In his honor riven by the International Club. "The dream of generations has come true," Mr. Cox began, refer ring to the first decisions handed down by the permanent Interna- Those who destroyed property should he held to financial ac countability, hut only Insofar as they are able to pay. All should be permitted to live. It Is Im portant that all nations become members of the League of Nations." STATESMEN ARE BUSINESS SURVEY I election Tuesday. In some sections of the State, i U'hilA mlnlslap. fnm Oi.l. nulnlt. cal tone, and she a regal figure, .. sllnnnr. . -anrfi(l!r,. ' superb stage presence, an ac- for S(ate offlce indor8ed b the ess as well as a singer. Superla- .(,,- ? ..,. . :vcs, it is true, but they are hers! the out.ide m,eA th ' (,h,lrcri.lroer. likewise they are attributes of her singers here no less exalted their roles than the etar of this enlng. She' is the first to rise iove the horizon of the week, a Brilliant star In the constellation 0J performers who come later. There was great activity at the wnx office at Goode's Saturday, and hlle there are yet good seats ob tainable, late comers today may Aid only balcony or gallery space r liable. GALA OPENING CONCERT SnndaT Evening. August 7, 8:S0 O'clock, Asheville Audltormm First Artists' Night Philadelphia Festival Orchestra, Dr. Thaddeus Rich, Conductor Soloist Mme Margaret Matzenauer Program Prelude Lohengrin . . .Wagner Aria "Ocean, Thou Mighty Monster," f rbm "Oberon" Weber Mme. Matzenauer Overture Merry Wives of Windsor Nicolai Songs (a) Weyla's Song Wolf (b) Erlklng .V.Schubert c Sapphic Ode. ... Brahms (d) Spring Night. .Schumann Mme. 'Matzenauer Intermission Symphonic Poem Phaeton Salnt-Saens Isolde's Love-Death, from "Tristan and Isolde" .. .Wagner Mme. Matzenauer To remove any misapprehension, s officially stated that the, con- Jrts 'at Montreat will begin at 3 clock In the afternoon of Tues- fty and Thursday. oes at Once to Sing tr Soldiers Mme. Matzenauer, arriving on a lated train yesterday afternoon. ent at once to Kenllworth Hos- Wtal. where she sang to the as- mbled soldiers, delighting tnem ith her melodies. "They were oteh and English folk songs. J Id the great singer to a Citizen oresentative. "I have often sung automobiles with unsigned cam paign literature strongly attacking the Anti-Saloon League and the candidates Indorsed by It. This literature advised the church-goers that they were being hoodwinked by the Anti-Saloon League, and that the Anti-Saloon League was playing false to its backers by Joining with Cincinnati wets in urging the candidacy of certain wet candidates. No clue could be found to the source of the unsigned literature, but officials of the Anti-Saloon League stated tonight that scores of church people had advised them that they would su League's candidates. These officials said they expected the un signed campaign dodgers to act as a boomerang to the cause of the Liberal candidates. Of the nine candidates for the Republican nomination for Gover nor, two of them, C. Homer Du rand, of Coshocton and J. W. Dur- nell of Columbus, have waged their campaigns on a beer and light wines platform, basing his candidacy and order platform Harvey C. Smith of Zanesvllle, at present Secretary of State, has been charg ed by the Anti-Saloon League with being liberally Inclined. The Anti-Saloon League has been urging the candidacy of Carml A. Thompson, of Cleveland as the dry candidate most likely to win the nomination although It Indorsed three other of the Repub lican gubernatorial candidates Arthur H. Day of Cleveland, Ru per R. Beetham of Cadiz, and Dan iel W. Williams of Jackson. Rud Hynicka, Chairman of the Hamil ton County Republican Committee also indorsed Thompson. This dual Indorsement of Thompson by Hynlcks and the League led to the charges in the unsigned literature distributed today. Jjesptte tne fact that the Anti-Saloon League has branded him as a wet, Becre tary of Stats Smith has received St. Louis to Texas points .t,q,.j)ass and Mr. Cannon explained the en gineer failed to heed the signal be cause' he apparently was reading these orders when he passed the block. The orders were found near his body. Ghouls Appear Soon After tlie Crash. Ghouls appeared on the scene shortly afte' the crash and robbed the dead and dying. Only one was arrested and he said he -was Wil liam Hall of St. Ixtuis. Several pieces of wearing apparel taken from the unfortunates were found on his person and a Bible was In his waist. Th Bible, it was said had been the property of the Rev. V. C. Pensley of DeSoto, one of those killed. The dead and In iured were spread over an area of several city blocks and chicken crates, automobile cushions, bag- " : the, gage and the railroad tracks con sePLeaau1 allotted their coaches. This llt .h .h i.n! tie village of 150 Inhabitants was GATHERING FOR LONDON SESSION Looked on as Most Mo mentous Conference Since Peace Concluded. s 1 PROSPER S BELIEF TY SOON Leading Dry Goods Mer chants Think Good Times "Around the Corner." which are unoccupied. This latter i school purposes. Purveys are al asserllon h.ie been given wide tin- so requested from steam laundries, tional publicity as a denial that Ice plants and all other manufac further hosptal construction Is Hiring Industries n which coal Is necessary. The Impression Is gained used for generating power. Presl frnm your statement that these dents of state Institutions are he beds are avallablo for sick and dls- lng asked to file their needs. En abled service men. ... I plication and survey blanks may "You have absolutely Ignored, be Tiad upon application to the and not mentioned In any wav. the North Carolina Ooal Committee, fact there were 8.611 atlerits In Corporation Commission, Raleigh, conptract hospitals, 4.G17 of whom IN. C. are mental and nervou cases an ; 2,774 of whom are tubercular. ! is for these men that we demsn the best the country can give. The fact that you have omitted these men from your statement to Con gress again convinces us that you ran to comprehend' the nature this problem and the tremendous Changes that have been effected In medical science during and the war. "The situation that really Is that many of Ihe 89 hospitals listed as government hospitals are only emergenrv buildings leased from year to year, which the gov-j ernment abandons as soon as pro per hospitalization can be secured' In government-owned hospitals." LONDON, Aug. 6. (By The As sociated Press.) Allied statesmen are gathering In London tonight for the oneninsr tomorrow of what seems universally regarded as the j cnuntsi of most momentous conference since j peace was concluded. The immediate concern of the t conference is the question of re fs'EVV YORK. Aug. 6. A tele graphic business survey made by Tne Journal of Commerce Indicates tnai the leading drygoods mer- the country agree th.C prosperity is "Just around the . orner." While business has be'-n back for tometlme past and while merchants have been unwilling to stock in, their shelves or to con I LEWIS HOPEFUL :;F0R EARLY END !::iT0 COAL ST R 1 K Agreement With Minor ity in Central Field Is Now Being Favored. . "......;;.,"":v;,' ' ' """ olkvulantt, ro i au. .- f PORT AIj EMPMYKS ARE The AssocVtd Press.) Hops for i-ai uu.iriii in iMiiuirii an early settlement of the nation wide soft coal strike was held out ft the soldier boys during tne me support ui v ar and since, and find these erejpie. , abn sons thev like best." ine fiuslcal treat had been arranged In advance dv Alias xjiuiiluii, ul hw nllwnrth Red Cross. A statuesque figure Is the great Prima donna, a brunette of nasning iye, vivid in coloring, her voice full toned and strong with a trace kf accent. It la Hungarian, for 4tmo. Mazenauer was born in Hun gary, "although I am now entirely merlcan," she-assurea im -'"- n renresentatlve. fas "Quite a Family,' Must lurry Back Home The singer looaea irom o artment In Grove Park inn out per the Country ciuo ajou course, fith its hundred acres or green- fvard freshened by a shower, to lie far mountains of Pisgah Na lonal Forest, and commented: "It I Indeed a Deautuui cuuiurj, a f onderful- hotel and ths city, rrom ihat I have seen, is very attrao She declared that ene wouia WITT. RFKEW EFFORTS ON RAILWAY'S OPERATION LOUISVILLE. Ky., Aug. I. Furth er efforts will be made tomorrow to Induce the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company to accept Henry Ford's plan for operation of certain of Its Eastern KentucKy coat carry Ing lines, It waa learned here to nlsht. Governor Alexander Qroes beck, Michigan, tomorrow will come to Louisville to confer with President Wlble L. Mapother, of the Louisville -and Nashville it was announcea. Governor Morrow, or Kentucky, also Is expected to attend the conference. Announcement of the plan ot gov ernor Groesbeck to come here waa made in Frankfort today by B. C. Lelbold. Charles Sorenson. F. I Rockelman and C. B. Longley. of Detroit, who yesterday conferred with Mr. Mapother and whose over tures were turned down. The party, all of whom are connected with Henry Ford's Detroit. Toledo and Ircnton railroad went to Frankfort with Governor WT TFXL8 CHINESE RIOT DISGRACE THREATENING rve - . , i, i i iron i ( we to spena ivtr. w.. tod and j:it i nave soms visitors ai noma T.-.t...f i, uapm tria my lamny, ana mum mt"-"j turn. i. Family?" queried her auditor. Indeed yes." laughed the great nger. "My mother ana my mue to lighter Adrienne. eight years old. 1h. yes: nuite a family. Is It not? Irienne Is somewhat of note. She s been written up In the metro lltan Dapera as the Child of ipera." 4 The singer expressed her pleas 4re at the coolness of the atmos Tiere, this contrasting . -with the fat experienced at her home In iarrlson. N. J., a suburb of New iork; in fact, throughout the East. She expressed the wish to have to iay's rehearsal before this after toon, and If the train bringing the Philadelphia Festival Orchestra Is ICMrisnef a ff Tm PEKING, Aug.- . (By The Asso elated Press.) That China's apathy towards the restoration of Shantung, the cradle of her eulture and partic ularly ber failure to respond to the appeal for funds to pay Japan for the Shantung railroad, threatens to disgrace the nation. Is the keynote of the reunited China movement. General Wu points out that China by signing the agreement with Japan at Washington for the re storation of Shantung, pledged hsr self to raise the funds for the re demption of the railroad by popular aubscriptioaw Ha declared that the nation had been unresponsive to the call to duty and faced humiliation If it faiied to provide th necessary funds. , unable to care for the Injured and they along with the aeaa were taken to St. Ixiuis and DeSoto. Dr. W. W. Hull was the only physician administering to the injured for several hours until relief trains ar rived. "Had I had some assistance we might have saved some of the Although dying." Dr. Hull told a reprenen- on a lnw V7 one lime i waa trying to ui persons simultaneously." The cries of the injured had to go unheeded in many cases. Moth era begged for news of their babies and children cried for their parents. One 14 months old child, unable to tell her name, was found a mile from the scene of the dis aster asking for "mama." A wo man from St. Louis took her in charge. One of the saddest scenes re ported was that of the Deganla, family of St. Louis. Four of the family of six were killed and the father la reported dying In a St. Louis hospital. Three of the De ganla children, Ralph, six, Melvln, five and Robert 14 ijnths, lay dead to the right of their father before he could be removed, and Mrs. Deganla lay dead to his left. Mr. Deganla In his delirium clasped his Infant son to his breast repeating between groans of pain "thank God Bobby, we're all alive," not knowing the hearts before being checked, leaving the of his wife and' three children In the confusion, several bodies were hustled on the relief trains were stilled. number of dead uncertain. Many of the bodies could not be Iden tified because their effects had been scattered over such a wide area. The railroad tracks parallel she Mississippi river and the trestle on which the disaster occurred spans Glass Creek where It enters the river. As a result a report was current that a number of bodies were washed Into the Miss issippi but .there was no way of verifying this report. Rescue work was hampered by lack of light. This village Is with out electricity and the rescue workers and morbidly curious made their way among th mass of twisted steel and crumpled wooden coaches by the aid of ker osene torches and candles. Thousands of persons visited the scene late last mgnt ana today. and roads were blocked for three miles. Dr. Hull said bodies were found '00 feet from the scene of the accident. One body was bur led waist deep In a bog. Dr. G. W. Elders, coroner of Jefferson county, said a thorough Investiga tion of the accident would be made. Most of the dead were Mis souri people. paratlons and Germany's request ' tract for mpplles at any great dls for a moratorium; out since tne delivery last week of the note of the Earl of Balfour It Is assumed that the question of Interallied In-! going to be brisk. Such sentiments dance In the future. It Is believed t iat funcnmental conditions hav far improved that business Is debtedness cannot be excluded from the discussions, especially as Raymond Polncare, the French nrlme minister is credited with , bringing to London a plan for the ale pal t'cularly expressed bv Ihe lenders; in the Southern merchan dising i'vld In the general busi ness survey. Tne merchant has been unwill extinction of the German repara-, ing to buy for distant requirement tlons board In exchange for a can cellatktn of the French debt to Great Britain. This plan meets with little sym pathy In England, because it Is contended these German bonds be ing admittedly worthless, Oreat Rrltain would gain nothing, but by : . , . . v, u j.u. t,i "a " rorgining tne rr " hae in times past. lose me ihsi wiraiiuii no tiu.,. but this has been due largely t1 the geieral uncertainty existing Hesitating purchases have been the rule ever since the era of do nation started In. Not until pri ces nave adjusted themselves to what appears to be a stable basis will the merchants be tempted slock up their shelves as thev Kays Misinformation Spread Create l'n rest Among Men To tonight by President John L. lewis. one of the United Mine Workers of America who declared WASHINGTON, Aug. . Postal je wns optimistic as to the nossl- employes have been cautioned by Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett not to be misled by "prop aganda or misinformation" de signed, It was said to creat un rest among the nearly half a mil lion workers of the service. , The caution, contained In a statement made public tonight, was occasioned, it was said, by a declaration of Ihe' National Fed- ble results of conferences between union leaders and operators which begin here tomorrow morning. Onlv operators of the central competitive tie'.d. comprising III! nols. Indiana, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, have been Invited to the conference with the union leaders tomorrow, but Indications tonight favored later Invitations to operators of other coal fields, for bringing pressure to bear up on France on the question of arm aments or on any policy in which France might run counter to British ideas. The situation Is further compli cated by the ultimatum France de livered to Germany concerning Germany's payments on account of clearing her debts and the meas ures which France already has ordered taken In this connection. Little hope seems to be enter tained here that the conference will be a successful one, although It Is fully recognized that In view of the swift fall In the value of the mark which threatens to bring Germany In the wake of Austria and Russia financially, a situation has been reached In which half way measures no longer will be ot avail. SECOND REORGANIZATION OF CABINET ATTEMPTED PEKING, Aug. (By The Asso ciated Press. )-Presiaent .JurR,n Hn today attempted his second re organization of the cabinet on pro trusive lines snd a second time of- This s.tuatinn .according to the purvey, is rapidly changing. It Is tspt daily evident in lhat the mer chants are having no trouble wlt!i credits and are able today to ob tain all the bank backing they de sire Merchandizing stocks 'how ever 9re low. They will probably lie increased If the dealers are a.t nuried that the mills are not in t ndlng to advance prices on them. Wholesale stocks are fair and be lieved to be ample to take care of a), current needs. But the whole s-Hera a- cautioning the producer not to advance prices upon anv probable Increase in orders this teaion. A fair cotton crop Is In dicated which will be niarketd at . high prtcea. All this means a brisk fail teason for the merchant. Ii Is declared that merchandizing conditions for the next nine months are unusually bright. Somj s.iy that if but one-half of thrt present prospec for business It realized the coming season will be better tr.an It was Juat last year eratlon ot I'ostoffice Clerks rthat possibly resulting in enlargement the postal service was not properly i 0f the central geld as a basis for observing the elsht hour law as It wage negoltitlons In the coft coal was "cheaper financially to work industry. regular clerks overtime than to i Mr Twhi, on his arrival here employ substitutes," tonight from Pittsburgh, where he The statement addressed to "nlljB()ent the day, declined to discuss postal clerks" said the department I the possible Bnlargemant of a set welcomed the co-operation of pos-1 tiement. saving developments of M"ADOO'g WHISPER IN SULK'S EAR EFFECTIVE fered the premiership to a supporter of Sun Tat Sen. deposed President i B.,th China. Tang Shoa-l, 1 i sr. IjOcs scene of horror ' AS VICTIMS BROUGHT IN &T. LOUIS.. Aug. .'- By The Aaacclated Press) The Union Sta tion hrre was a scene of horror this morning as trains pulled in with the survivors and victims of the Sulphur Springs disaster. Rel TOSEMITB. Calif.. Aur. The mule wherewith cartoonists , , china Tine Bnw ii, ' - . ' " rradiTste of Columbia University. Democratic party Is not the only prominent Southern leader and Sun's one that is amenable sometimes to representative at Shanghla, Is the whispers from William O. McAdoo man asked to nean ine miniij. in nine secretary or tne treasury The choice of Tang for the pre- j under President Wilson. mlershlp Is undisguised attempt to Yesterday Mr. McAdoo, his wife and daughter were ascending the narrow Tcnsva Lake trail on horseback. They met a pack train, headed by a giant specimen of the type that has made Mis- RETAIX FOOD PRICES !" ol'r' famous and with an appar ttHOW SOME INCREASE ently unalterable determination L ' not to yield even half of the road WASHINGTON, Aug. I Retail to anybody, food prices In IS out of 24 represents-1 The guides pleaded In terms sp tlva cities In the United States show- proprlate to the ears of the ladles ea an increase atinni .r,vmT" In the McAdoo party: then de taiK iaiouiatea to move moun Bait!- " -ui nit this particular well Informed clrclea here dD not ex-, pect It to succeed Snd predict that Tang, who at present -I Sn Canton, will decline. I tal organizations and invited con structlve criticisms and suggestions but that nothing could be more harmful to the postal system than "a series of misunderstandings founded on misinformation." The Federation charged the de partment, Mr. Bartlett Bald In hii statement to the clerks "with a violation of the postal laws, and In addition to his general charge. It goes on to state we are violat ing the law for the purpose of sav ing money." "If It were true that those at the head of a great Governmental department were violating the laws of the land deliberately for anv purpose It would be ground for removal." It added. "It Is about the worst charge that could be made against high officials, we wonder If you, our postal clerks. reallv mean to make this charge, or to indorse the statements of those who do make It. "We do not save money by working our olerks overtime and we do not do It to save money but in emergencies when we are oblig ed to resort to such a0practlce, the department has full and com plete authority In the law." MAINTENANCE OF WAY POLICY IS CNCHANGKD la to JUiy la. tna w j-j w,, ... .... ., ,. partment of Labor's Bureau of Labor ; TI.. " r'.... " statistics announced today. !..... IhaIiuI.i1 Atlanta more and Jaeksonvllle,'-ne per cent, t mule, Decreases included: Richmond 2 per cent: New York and Washing ton. D. C, leas than 6-10 of 1 per cent. ILLINOIS CENTRAL- SHOPS FOREMAN IS KIDNAPPED BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Aug. . W. 8. McLane, car foreman of the Illinois Central strops here, was kidnapped today, blindfolded and taken by automobile to the woods nesr Cardiff, Ala., where he wss badly beaten with hickory sticks. Making his way to Card in be tele Mr. McAdoo descended from hla saddle. He approached the mule. What mystic Democratic password ha used the amides didn't hear and he didn't tell. Hut the mule stood asids and the party rode on past the pack train and op to the lake, whence they departed from Yoae mlte by automobile. SPANISH BALLOON FIRST TO MAKE A LANDING GENEVA. Aug. . The 8panlsh balloon Jesus Fernando Duro. pi loted by E. Magdalene, landed at phoned to Birmingham and an j 7: li o'clock this evening In Grand , O Nelll waa brought here on Friday j .troyed. CHICAGO, Aug. . No Imme diate change in the program of the main.cnance of way union Is ci.nle mpl.ated at present. B. V (liable, president of the organlzn I'on. said here today. He added, l-.oweve- lhat If present practices on Mimr railroads continue "It la lnrd telling where the matter may iead." 1 heso practices, he said, Inclu ded the employment of armed guards by railroads. x He said he had received a message from wm D. Roberta, vice-president of main tenance of wav unions on 2 8 east- e n roads asking for a' strike in sympathy with the shop crafts and hid notified Mr. Roberts that there was no change In the malt -tvnance of way union's stand a' present. ' the conference would disclose whether operators In the outlying districts would be Invited Into conference. He Indicated, howev er, that he mlirht submit a plan tc the union's nolicv committee of 128 members for a settlement, af fecting more states thnn those of the central competitive field. Aside from the possibility of ex tending a settlement beyond the central field, members of the pol icy committee Indicated they fav ored making a wage ngreement with a minority within the central fiald. apparently regarding sut-h a move as one that would force other operators to make a settle ment At the same time they said agreement coald be made with op erators in the outlying districts. The prospects for a break In the strike developing from the open Jng conference tomorrow hinged apparently on the size of the at tendance of the operators from scattered districts wlhln the cen tral field, and whether they were willing to meet the union's wage demands. Too few had reaehed here to nljrTit to forecast the outoome but Ihelr number was expected to be Increased by tomorrow, and union officials plainly Indicated their ex pectations of fruitful results. MILITARY ACTIVITIES CON TIN I' KD IN DUBLIN FATHKR-IN-IAW DEAD; MURDER IS CHARGED MACON. Ga., Aug. 6 W. B. Wataon Is under arrest at Perry. Ga.. on a charge of murder, fol lowing the death In a local hospital lata today of his father-in-law, J. B. O'Neill, a merchant of By ron, Ga. Houston County officers say that Watson attached a heavy iron nut DlTBLIN, Aug. . (Py The Asso ciated Press. - The rattle of machine guns, rifle firing and the explosion nf bombs were heard In various part?. of the city from mld-nlght last nlKht until dawn this morning, while Re publicans were unsuccessfully' at tarklng the positions of the nation a list troops. The Republicans suffered losses but the victims were removed before am bulance arrived. The Nationalists took 30 prisoners. W. II Johnston, president of the n'.K hlnlst:! association and J. P.' Noonan. t hief of the electrical worker brotherhood, waited over Suni'iy In Washington, expecting to rrsu.i e with President Harding t'.tir.orrow negotiations for strike aeUloment which were reopened on Saturday. There was In tha mean time a gathering of general chair": men of the strike organizations on seveial of the eastern railroad pyattems. chiefly machinists rep resentatives, who reported on ex isting conditions and discussed ni-iKS policy with the national ic.iders. Nothing was forthcoming from the White House concerning the possible new negotiations Which '.nlfrnt lesult between railroad ex ecutives and President Harding la furtherance of tha settlement at- ' tempts. In spite of the refusal of the road management to ac t"Pt President Harding's request tint all strikers be reinstated with full senlo-.Ity In consideration Of a .tiling off of the strike, it 1 known that paths of communlcs- , tlon btMween the administration mid the more prominent railroad head remain completely open. L'nlo.i representatives remained fir mln the opinion that President Harding would not ask tftem tJ Compromise furtker on seniority points; held out the Impression tlut they had gone to the limit l.i accept Inr hla erglnal effer and professed complete ignorance as to Whtt" his reconsideration of the pit hie m might develop. The union leaders expect other i-MIroad unions not to strike to follow up tomorrow the of making representations to the President concerning tha non union Into which they claim the "' pui ranroaa rolling stock. This was begun Saturday by leglslallve agents of three ot t'i train service brotherhood or- Haiuuuuns, tne engineers, train men and firemen and enginemen and the intimation left that while tint contemplating actual strike, employes in transportation service outside of the shop crafts might idopt a policy of refusing service i.t a eml-organlzed fashion, on trains or at line points where dlf flou.ty and danger In working trains or facilities Is claimed to . exist because of Improper or In- I uincent shop work. The separate conference between x the shop craft spokesmen on the Southern railway and the mana- ;' geti.ent will begin tomorrow aftor ' a two day postponement. The Southern, acting apart from all ' Ihe other large railroads has of fered J.o settle with Its men exact'y on the haola of President Harding's been hitherto emnhnr iit single line Settlements. HAILS TAMPERED WITH BUT TROUBLE AVOIDED NEW YORK. AuV a i. . thiH .t Ian'P"'"iB- with the third rail of the electrified divi sions of the Long Island Railroad were reported by officials of the road today. No accidents occur red and because of the early dis covery Of th .u. t... Sunday trafflo to Long Island beaches was little Impaired Through train service as report ed on the train schedules at both the Grand Central and Pennsyl vania Terminals waa apparently normal. Employes said they could see little influence on the strike in the arrival and departure of trains. No MARTIAL LAW DECItARED - IN ITALIAN PROVINCES nOME. Aug. (By The Asso elated Press.) Martial law has been declared In the provinces of Genoa, Milan. Parma Ancona and Leghorn. according to an announcement made today. The military authorities have been given control over theae terri tories until order la restored. In Roma troops armed with machine guns rushed to the chamber of deputies In order to protect It against possible attack by faaclstl. $1,000,000 DAMAGE AS CHINESE CITY SACKED prinsa aisejwer. ltei-l f 11 " " v K ' ii',iiijii .uu n u . , w xium m irwn m nm real ambulance waa sent lor him, Sacconnes near here, PEKIN. Aug. f. (By The Aaaa. elated Presa.) The City of Klukanr. m mrii miA than awn n it with also known as Klancchow In Kin. such force on O'Neill's head as toi ' Province, has been sacked by fracture hl.ekull. The alleged ""rUlvSr here today. Two u,. wu.icu . -n.j , n,iU nunorea ahnna vera lnntari ana H.- The damage la placed at statements wara la,,. v the railway executives on the strike as a whnla. trr.,,.i.. speaking Individually said execu tives are watching every step being taken by the various union labors to form a united front and secure the backing of the Administration. "Let them play politics all they want." said one. "we ll keep on running trains." Robert S. Blnkerd, assistant to Chairman Cuyler. of the Railway Executives Association, made public- two telegrams from tha execu tives of two railroads, one In the South and one In the West. "The first, from J. M. Kurn, President of the St. Louis and Pan Francisco read 'Our situation continues to Improve. Now hav ing about 65 per cent normal force. Gain of 250 men past 4i hours. We are handling satisfac torily heavy production oi coal from Alabama mines. Fruit, grains snd other perishables han dled without delay. Our through passenger trains making praoti cally scheduled time'." The second from Lyman Delano. Vice-President of the Atlantlo Coast Line Railroad Company read: "Our equipment Is in as good and safe condition as on July 1. Running repairs have been and are being made currently. No Interruption or elimination or any passenger or freight schedule. REAR ADMIRAL KFJBREE DIK.S IN CORONADO t for aa operation. 1 U.DOO.OO. SAN PTEGO, Cat. Aug. (.Rear. Admiral Uriel Sebree, U. S. N., re- tired, at on time remmander of the Pacldo fleet, died at . his home 1st Coronade tonight.