THE ASHEYILLE CITIZEN
"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA''
V
Western North Carolina
(,ood Roads, Cllmato and
Hrrntvr I nsiirpassrd. Th
Nearest Playground to Twenty
Milium i't-ople
THE WEATHER
WAHINOTON, Aug. 14. 'orftpaat
for North and South Carolina! Partly
oloudy Tuaadav and Wednesday! no
Chang In tamperaturt.
ESTABLISHED 1668.
ASHEVILLEt N. C. TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST IS, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SOFT COAL STRIKE IS
VIRTUALLY BROKEN
1
Southern
To Employ Help Available To
Keep Trains In Operation
VERY EFFORT
0
TTLE FUT
L
i-1
ITS PRESID
.
iffared Terms Men Pre-
viously Had Agreed
To Accept.
koAD TAKING ONLY
COURSE LEFT OPENi
"If It Means War to Kun
Then Let Us Have It
Now," Harrison Asserts.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. The
Southern Railway, which 'to date
has made no effort to combat the
shopmen's strike, announced today
through its President, Fairfax
larrlsnn, that It would employ
y help available to keep trains
operation.
Mr. Harrison In a formal state
ment said that the Southern had
made every effort to settle with
Its men "even to the extent of of
fering the terms that they had
previously a (freed to accept" and
without Vesutlt,' and thait "If it
means wr to run the Southern
Railway thn let us have it now
nt later. '
Officials of the company supple
mented Mr. Harrison's statement
only to the extent of pointing- out
that conferences between the rail
road management and the strik
ers were held last week without
result and that the only course
left open to the company was to
employ such workers as could be
obtained.
The action of the Southern was
generally regarded as significant in
that It had heretofore made no
effort to fill places of the shop
men who went on strike and In
that It not being a member of the
Association of Railway Executives
had not participated In the two
meetings held by that organization
in New York, to consider strike set
tlement proposals put forward by
President Harding.
The statement Issued by Mr.
Harrison said:
"Every effort has been made so
to operate our property that our
men could honorably return to
ork. Every effort has been
made to settle with our men, we
have gone to the extent of offer
ing the terms that they had pre
viously agreed to accept. We have
thus held out every reasonable In
ducement, without result.
"We must now turn to employ
ing other, for the road must be
run; we must give those we em
piny protection for It may be that
those we have up to this time pro
tected by keeping their jobs open
may now turn against us, even
to an attempt to prevent omers
nm working.
"Call Is now being made upon
every employe, upon every patron
of this company, and upon every
nrlzen along Its lines, to rany iu
the support of the- road that has
served you and protect your Inter
ests in the maintenance of trans
portation. With your help we
x-n run the roaa ana we pim!
l the resources of the company
Ji that end. If It means war to
un the Southern Railway, then
let us have it now not later.
Floridians Ask
For Special Rates
For Homeseekers
Southeastern Passenger As
sociation Members Here
Wednesday
Members of the Southeastern
Passenger Association, comprising
passenger traffic officials of South
ern nailroads, about 25 In num
ber, will hold a one day session
at the Battery Park Hotel, Wed
nesday, August 18.
Among the officials who will be
present are: H. F. Gary, General
Passenger Agent, Southern Rail
road; E. N. Aiken. General Passen
ger Agent. Southern Railroad; W.
H, Howard, of the Passenger As-
o... laimii aim v. u. mil.
Fnet Will. Vice-President
r' the National Real Estate Deal
ers. Association and President of
the Florida Realtors' Association,
and a committee of five member,
will appear before the Passenger
Association at the opening of the
session and present arguments for
restoration of "Homeseekers
Rates," on bal of one fare plus
52 for round trip on first ana sec
ond Tnexdnva nf each month.
Tt is asserted that these rates
were removed during the war, but
have been restored on Western
lines and an effort will be made to
have similar action In regard to
the Southeastern Lines. 1
J. L. Wallace, Secretary, Flor
ida Realtors' Association, has
wired Henry T. Sharp, of the
Ashevllle Rear Estate Board, and
""kei his co-operation In having
these rates restored.
The committee of Floridians
will arrive this afternoon and w,Ill
he guests at the Battery Parlt
rtotei.
X SET THIRTY - r
CO All CARS AIiiui
bl'ARTA. Ills Aug. 14. (By
The Associated Press.) Thirty
fi's of coal being hauled from
rwri-union fields In Kentucky were
sncoupled from a Mobile and Ohio
'rain, unloaded and the coal set
ftre by a crowd of men at Percy,
JJtat here late yesterday, accord
s htlll burninr today.
; to advices hers today. The fits
Railway
Thirteenth Allied Conference On
German Reparations Breaks Down,
Premiers "Agreeing to Disagree"
LONDON. Aug. 14. (By the
Associated Press.) The thirteenth
allied conference on Germe.n repa
rations broke down today, "agree
ing to disagree," as the spokesmen
for both France and Great Britain
put It, there having been a com
plete lack of unanimity on the im
portant points discussed.
From the commencement tthe
conference seemed pre-deatlhed to
failure, according to the views ex
pressed by close observers of the
situation, and these observers to
night ure of the opinion that the
failure indicated utter incompati
bility between the policies of Ureal
Britain and Fiance toward Ger
many. To what extent the recent note
of the Earl of Balfour contributed
to today's results Is partly evi
denced by the line of the eleventh
hour attempts by Slgnor Schanzer,
the leading Italian delegate, at
mediation with Premier Lloyd
George at Chequers Court Sunday,
when the Italian foreign minister
proposed that discussion of a mor
atorium for Germany and cognate
matters should be adjourned until
after the various countries had
carried oat their debt fundinsr ne
gotiations with the United States.
Mr. Lloyd George submitted this
proposition to the conference to
day, but, although it whs support-
ed bv the other delegates, it was
opposed by Premier Poincare, and
thereupon Mr. Lloyd George de
clared he was unable to agree to
an adjournment of the conlerence
without a moratorium.
'S LEADERS
TO RE-APPROACH
RAIL EXECUTIVES
Representatives of Organ
izations Not on Strike
Confer With Harding.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. (Uy
the Associated Press.) Heads of
railroad labor organizations not
on strike got their attempts (o
mediate the strikes of shopmen
and other crafts in fcranspertatlon
service back before President
Harding today, and after a two
and one half hour White House
conference declared they intended
to re-approach railroad executives.
L. E. Sheppard, President of the
Order of Hallway Conductors and
spokesman for the entire group,
declared on leaving the White
House the striking union would
leave "their case in the handV"of
himself and his associates while
as to the sporadic walkouts of
Brotherhood members In various
parts of the country he said "the
President doesn't intend to make
any Issue against men who leave
unsafe engines."
Mr. Sheppard, like the other
union officials, refrained from spe
cifically Indicating what basis was
being considered for further com
promise attempts. The meeting
with the President was arranged
by Secretary of Labor Davie after
all the union chiefs, including
those on strike, had been In one
of their general exeeutive sessions
to consider policy.
"It had been much the same
storv, we have been discussing the
whole situation from top to bot
tom, and now we are going to
look for somebody to give us help
In our mediation attempts," Mr.
Sheppard declared. "That means
some railroad executives not so
tenacious of their poirTTS as those
we have seen. We shall talk over
the matter of who might help
with all the union officials tomor
row. "We have found the President
determined to give the workers
the same consideration as the em
ployers. We do not understand
that he Is going- to make further
advances to the executives.
"The situation as to, local walk
outs of other crafts is clear. It's
all newspaper talk that people
have been 'marooned- in me ue
ert. Our men have taken every
train Into the terminals, and the
passengers have been left at
places where railroad men walked
out.
"All our discussion now relates to
the fundamental rights of men who
.i-n nn strike. The railroad laoor
board takes the position that they
ara not entitled to consideration.
Lets of lawyers hold with us that
iki. rights are only suspended. We
have made a basketfull of proposi
tion; I can tell you all of them."
Reverting to the policy of hie own
nninn Mr. Shennard said that "of-
ffcers of our order are on their way
to get men riacK t any rniinia
walk outs are not Justified."
Oar orders are that men are to
stay at work, unleas their Uvea are
endangered." he added. " and to
make an honest effort to maintain
(ransporta-tlon service, with equip
ment that Is aafc."
. An announcement of a similar na
ra we made by W. q. Lee, presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Kallroad
Trainmen, during the day In Cleve
land. Representatives 'of the railroad
managements apparently were not In
volved In the continued union medi
ation efforts and Fairfax Harrison,
president of the Southern Hallway,
issued a statement from She road's
central headquarters that his com
would bow attempt to break
-n strike bv emmoyin new men
Acting apart from all other rauroaae
the Southern, he saia, naa nuneno
tried ''to so operate our "property
that our men couM honorably return
to work" but liad been unable to ef
fect a compromise.
We must now turn to employing
HarrSw concluded. "If It means war
to run the Southern railway, tbeu
1st us have It bow not later." .
Decides
The situation now appears that
the conference has separated with
out any Idea of a new conferenco.
The British government Insists up
on a moratorium as an imperative
precedent to nry further negotia
tions. On the other hand, M. Poln
rare resolutely refuses a mora
torium unless it is uccompanled by
what he calls "guara uteta."
The English critics of the situ
ation as between England and
Frunce saw no other outcome from
the first. They held that M. Poin
care feared h!s parliament and
apprehended a fall like that of
former Premier Brland If he
yielded to British persuasion. The
previous allied conferences con
cerning Germany generally have
ended with some show of a sur
face agreement between the poli
cies of Great Britain and France.
This was almost the first occasion
on which the delegates "agreed to
differ."
The situation is considered all
the more serious, viewing the con
tinuous fall In the mark and the
fact that nothing whatever has
been decided upon beyond a tem
porary suspension of the repara
tions payment due by Germany to
morrow. The whole question again
is thrown Into the hands of the
reparation commission and tonight
neither from the French nor
British delegates could anything
be gleaned concerning the next
step to be taken. Both sides are
awaiting further discussions in
their respective cabinets.
SAMTE FE T
MOVE FIRSI TIME
SINCEJHURSDAY
Governor of Nevada
"Gets the Drop"
on Striker.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14 (By
The Associated Press) Strikers
were arrested In Nevada and Cali
fornia today as a result of the rail
strike and trains were moved on
the Sante Fe system which had
been tied up since last Thursday.
Governor Emmett Boyle, of Ne
vada, was at Las Vegas when 17
men were taken .into custody to
day. No charges have been filed
against the men. Governor Boyle
had obtained a pistol taken from
one of the men and was the object
of one of the strikers' pistols when
the Governor -grot the drop on the
man. No shots were fired, but the
man was arrested.
The Santa Fe started a trans
continental train Eastward from
Los Angeles and expected to send
It Eastward to Chicago. The South
ern Pacific Company also operated
trains on Its division West of the
Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Embargoes on movements of
perishables were unchanged dur
ing the day and California, fruit
growers and shippers faced a loss
that grew Into thousands of dol
lars hourly. It was said there was
no way of saving the ripening fruit
that should be shipped immedi
ately. The Union Paciflo lines In Ne
vada, particularly at Las Vegas,
were the scene of shooting early
today. State police with machine
guns were ordered to Las Vegas
and It was expected that Governor
Boyle would have the police sup
plant the rail guards.
Twelve additional deputy federal
marshals were ordered to' Rose
vllle, Calif., where the Pacific fruit
express maintains Its lceing plant.
Twenty deputies have been on duty
and a report to the marshal In San
Francisco said strikers were vio
lating the court injunction prohib
iting picketing
The Western Paclfio did not
move any trains today, contending
Itself with conferences with the
big four brotherhood men who had
refused to move trains. The com
pany announced its line between
Salt Lake City and Gerlach, Nav..
was open.
The brotherhoods held a confer
ence at Los Angeles, but refused
to discuss the subject of dlseuaslom
The committee was composed of
men employed by the Santa Fe.
The refusal or brotherhood men to
move Senta Fe trains spread to
New Mexico, where nine West
bound trains were held. Travel to
the Grand Canyon has ceased by
the stopping of trainei at Winslow,
Arizona. ,
. A new element was Injected Into
the Strike by the railroad clerks on
the Santa Fe at Needles Cal., calling
a meeting at which a strike call will
be discussed. The 8tate bureau of
markets of California called a meet
ing of growers and shippers and
fruits, or Vegetables to be held here
Wednesday. ...
At Rosevill. the "situation is abso
lutely dangerous" according to Eu
gene Mulvay, deputy marahal In
charge of the deputy marhals there.
Santa Fe officials Jit Los Angeles
said the starting of the Eastbound
California Limited from that point
today was In the nature of a test.
Unusual precautions were taken to
see that the locomotive and ears were
In perfect- condition, to obviate any
possible assert Ion on the part of
transportation brotherhood men that
the reverse was true. There were
75 passengers aboard, mainly for
middle Western points.
From Albuouerque West, these oN
fioials said, all their Westbound
trains .which have been tied up at
desert points were moving. One train
of seven mall and express cars and
another of 11 Pullman sleepers and
coaches were due at Needles from
ISellgman.
RAINS
BE
BUT NOT STRIKING
Calls Upon Capital and
Labor to Cease Their
Petty Bickerings.
PURCHASING POWER
OF FARMER DOWN
Wages of Railroad Work
er and Miner up, Asserts
Secretary Wallace.
LEESBCRG. Va Aug. 14 The
farmer "calls upon capital and
labor to cease their petty blcker
Inps and resume production, trust
ing -to American institutions and
the American sense of fair play to
see that Justice Is dune to both of
them," Secretary Wallace, of' the
Department of Agriculture, declar
ed in an address here today be
fore the local farm bureau.
Mr. Wallace presented compara
tive figures to show that the pur
chasing power of the farmer's
dollar had decreased sharply since
1913, "while the tmges of the
workman, and especially In orga"
nlzed industries .are considerably
higher-than they were before the
war, whether measured in Hollars
and cents or in purchasing power."
"The purchasing power of the
wages of the railway employe In
1921,'' he continued, "was 51 per
cent greater than in.4913. The
purchasing power of the wages of
the coal miner in 1921 was 30 per
cent greater than In 1913. The
purchasing power of- the farm
hand who works for wages In 1921
was four per cent less than In
1913, while the purchasing power
of the farmer himself was, on an
average, fsom 25 to 45 per cent
less than in 1913.
"In short," Mr. Wallace empha
sized, "the farmers of the coun
try, numbering almost one third
of our entire population, have
borne altogether the heaviest bur
den of deflation and they have not
struck. They have kept on pro
ducing and in the face of extra
ordinary low prices have this year
grown one of the largest crops In
our entire history. The JarniB:
believes in law and order. He be
lieves In Government. He believe
In fairness between man and man.
He believes in working hard and
producing efficiently.
"But there are too many people
who seem to be thinking only of
themselves and how they can
profit at the expense of the com
munity at large, and especially at
the expens) of the farmer. The
farmer is sick and tired of this
sort of business. He is disgusted
With these recurring disputes be
tween capital and labor especially
as connected with the essential in
dustries. He sees no reason why
such disputes cannot and should
not .be settled iu an orderly and
lawful way and without the Inter
ruptions of service which cost hlru'
so dearly.
"If the various groups In this
country are determined to prey
upon one another and abandon
law and order for strong arm
methods, the farmer can take
care of himself. He can reduco
his production to his own needs.
He can follow the example of
some others and refuse to sell
what he produced. But he does
not believe in that sort of thing.
He knows that such a policy
Would bring about in this great
Republic exactly the same sort of
conditions that exist In Russia."
TELLS OF RAID BY KLAN
FOLLOWING INITIATION
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 14. De
tails of the planning of a raid at
Inglewood, near here last April
were told today in the trial of 31
alleged members of the Ku Klux
Klan on charges arising from the
affair. Blake K- Shambeau, motor
cycle officer at Inglewood, testified
that the raid was planned at a
gathering Immediately after a
meeting at which several persons,
he among them, were Initiated Into
the klan. Shambeau said that
Nathan A. Baker, thati kleagle of
the klan for Los Angeles County,
conducted the initiation and gave
directions for the raid, naming as
"captains" to lead squads of raid
ers Constable Mosher, who was
slain In the affair and T. H. Jen
nings, formerly an army officer.
BEGIN PEACE PARLEY IN
CHINA TO END CIVIL WAR
SHANGHAI, Aug. 14. (By The
Associated Press.) The first actual
pace parley between the discordant
elements of north and south China
opened-hers today, unheralded by
any prllmlnary announcement,.
Agents of General Wu Pel Fu, war
lord of the north. General Chang
Tso-Lln, military dictator of Man
churia, General Tsao Kun, Tuchun
of Chill, president Li Yuan-Hung
and former President Hsu Shih
Chang, are here to meet with Sun
Yat 8en, former head of the gov
ernment.
w
E HAVE
ITH US TODAY
L. R. Wilson
' "Ashevllle is a beautiful spot, the
pride of North Carolinians and I
am glad to be able to spend a short
vacation In these hills," declared
L. R. Wilson, University of North
Carollnla Librarian, to a represen
tative of The Citizen yesterday.
"Western North Carolina has a
splendid reputation for reading,"
Mr. Wilson asserted, "and I am
confident you will find that books
from the Library are taken out In
greater numbers than In other
cities of the State.'
"Buncombe County," he contin
ued, "is a great territory for cir
culation of mar aril res' and cited
four nationally known as being
widely read in this section.
Mr. Wilson is accompanied to
Ashevllle by members of his family
and has taken a bora en Hillside
for the remainder of the Summer, i
FARMER
AR11MG
HEAVIEST
BU
Mexico Has No Plans
For Meeting Demands
Of The United States
MEXICO CITV, Aug. 14
By Tho Associated Press) The
Mexican government has no
plana for submitting a project
to Congress looking towurd
amendment of Article 27 of the
Mexican constitution, as de
manded by the American State
lp;i-tmtnt, General 1'. Ellas
rJ'.le, chief of the cabinet, told
newspapermen tonight.
If sut h a request were made
of the legislators, he added. It
would be because the govern
ment was convinced such a step
was necessary and not as a pre
liminary, to recognition.
"You may deny categorically
that such a project Is contem
plated." sHld General Calles.
"To date no such initiative is
planned When such a step Is
pi .i.ti'i icd It will be witrn the
government deems It prudent
and necessary."
MISS M. L. CLARK
unnTO iirnpri r
Mum;) mmx
Condition Regarded as
Critical Small Shot
Gun Used.
Despondent over the recent
death of her uncle, C. T. Ijadson,
Miss Minnetto I.. Clark, apparently
about 24 years of age. attempted
to commit Biilclde yesterday morn
ing shortly after 10 o'clock and Is
In a local hospital In a critical
condition. Miss Clark was alone at
her home near New Bridge, where
she has resided alone since the
death of Mr. Ladaon in, June and
inflicted a wound in her left breast
with a small shotgun.
She Is a daughter of Mrs. C. A.
Seymour, 32 West Fifth Street, At
Hanta, and returned last Thursday
from a visit to, her mother.
It Is learned that on several oc
caslons.i In conversations with
neighbors, Miss Clark has stated
that she had nothing to live for
but her pet dog and seemed un
usually despondent over the death
of her uncle.
Yesterday morning, Furman
Wyatt, who conducts a store In the
suburbs, and has been living In a
small cotfage near the Ladaon
home since the death of the latter,
built especially for himself and
Mrs. Wyatt, received a call from
Miss Clark to bring his wife and
come to the house immediately.
Shot Fired As Friends
Itcaclic House
Upon arriving within 50 yards of
the house, they heard a single shot
and upon rushing In the house,
found Miss Clark lying on a bed,
fully dressed and with the shotgun
close by.
She was conscious and motioned
to a note placed near the bed, ad
dressed to Mr. Wyatt, which read
as follows:
"Dear Mr. Wyatt: Telephone my
aunt first and if she Is not there,
then 'phone mamma. Get my body
off on 1:30 train and tell my aunt
to have Patterson to meet body at
Brookwood Station.
"Do not want my body disturbed,
just send it as it is. I am leaving
money enough, 1 think. Bury Jack
under a tree on the lawn. God
be with you all,
(Signed) MINNKTTB L. CLARK'
Several days ago Miss Clark gave
Mr. Wyatt the telephone numbers
of her aunt and mother, ma link
that she feared she would meet
with an accident. Sunday night she
made the statement in the presence
of Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt that she
"wished she could go to bed and
never wake up.
Before being carried to the hos
pital, she stated that she Intended
to 'kill her pet dog, but a small re
volver In her possession would not
fire and she had only one shell for
the shotgun. The revolver, a 22
calibre, was found near by and the
spring would not work on account
of not being properly oiled. This Is
said to have been the reason tor
the Instructions to bury Jack,
which was the name of her pet.
Patterson, referred to in her
note, it was learned, Is a prominent
undertaker of Atlanta.
Mother and Aunt
Expected Today
Her mother and aunt left At
lanta last night at 11 o'clock and
are expected to arrive this ' morn
ing. Upon learning of the shooting,
Sheriff Lyerly, accompanied by a
representative of The Cltinen, Im
mediately visited the Ladson home
and found every detail as left when
Miss' Clark was carried to the hos
pital. A total of $70.45 was found
lying on the note, which had not
been moved and a chack for $27,
made payable to Mr. Wyatt for
work done on the lawn and caring
for the property while she was vis
iting in Atlanta.
iMr. Wyatt notified the hospital
and an ambulance was sent to the
Ladson home.
Despondency Is the only motive
assigned to the attempted suicide,
it Is' stated, and this is borne out
by statements made at various
times regarding the death of her
uncle.
Mr. Ladson tame to Ashevllle
during the latter part of last year
for his health end was accompanied
by his niece. He purchased a 16
aer,e tract of land on the Weaver
ville Highway and ereoted an at
tractive bungalow, arranging the
grounds in a tasteful manner.
Shortly after plans were started
to' make the Ashevllle and East
Tennesses Railroad community
owned, Mr. Ladson, who was a
prominent attornsy of Atlanta,
took an active Interest in the else
trio line and was given the power
of attorney to act fo rthe How
lands, owners of the electrlo line
He later became Infirm from
sickness and was taken to a Balti
more Hospital for treatment, where
ICHIrS m fn FMl I
DESPONDENCY
OF
IS
As England's Leading
Publisher Helped to Win
The World War:
MADE A VISCOUNT
FIVE YEARS AGO
Had Powerful Influence
in England Friend of
American Press Men.
LONDON. Aug 14 -i By The As
suclatml I'ress) l.nnl Nnrlhrllffe. !
(Irent Britain's leading publisher. I
passed peacefully nw.iy early this
morning after nn illness of about
two months.
Death was due to Infectious or
or ulcerative endocarditis, which.
aivoi'dlo to one of tho physicians
In attendance, probably began In
sidiously months iiKo posslblv
during his trip around the world
Lord Northcllffo was stricken In
Cologne, while he was making a
trip Incognito through Germany.
AlthoUKh he was aware of the mys
terlnusiico of his IIIiihhm, he bat
tled gamely to reualn his health.
The news of the death of Lord
Northcllffe did not come as a sur
prise for dtiriiVt; the past several
weeks, the bulletins Issued by his
physicians. nltlmugh skillfully
worded, bad failed, to hold out hope
his parsing has caused universal
sorrow nnd messages of sympathy
have poured into his w idow all day
long from all parts of the world.
Lord Northcllffe was by far the
most nated figure 111 British Jour
nalism, and the first question on
every one's lips was as to what
effect his death will have on the
policies of The Times, and his oth
er newspapers, which since the end
of the war have strongly opposed
the Lloyd George administration
and its principles, with the nota
ble exception of its. dealings with
Ireland, which the Northcllffe
press supported throughout.
Viscount Northcllffo, the son of
an Irish barrlsr, became an edi
tor at 17 years, owner and publish
er of The London Times and Dally
Mall, the moulder of public opin
ion, a man of powerful Influence
in the making and unmaking of
British cabinets and who, with
David Lloyd George, contributed In
a great measure to arousing Eng
land to a more vigorous action In
the war.
He was created a Baron of the
Isle of Thnnt In 1905, and made a
Viscount in in 1917 after he had
served with distinction as head or
the British mission to the United
States to consolidate British inter
ests here during the war.
APPRECIATE DEVOTION OF
SERVICE TO MAS KIND
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 Presi
dent and Mrs. Harding In a mes
sage dispatched today directed the
American embassy In London to
express to Lady Northcllffe their
sympathy at the Heath of Lord
Northcllffe.
"The President fully appreciates
the high qualities" of Lord North
cllffe, "his exceptional ability, his
domlnsnt personality and his de
vovotlon to the Bervlce of man
kind," said the message.
WAS REAL FIGURE IN THE
WINING OF WOULD W Ml
(By FRANK H. SIMOXDS)
tEpntjl Vtutvondtnc. Tht 4fer! Cilia's)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 The
passing of Lord Northcllffe has a
double significance, he was In. his
day one of the real figures in the
winning, of the war. His service
to Allied propagando, used Inside
the German lines as well as out
side, was of utmost value. Ills
press and his personality steadily
contributed to strengthening not
only of public determination but
the resolution of statesmen.
Yet for every newspaper man In
the world Northcliffe has a professional-meaning.
He was from the
start to the flnisTi not only a great
Journalist, but the constant friend
of everv man in the writing game.
It is impossible to exaggerate the
services he rendered to American
Journalists in Europe during- the
whole period of the World War.
And quick as he was to perceive
the public value of enlisting for
eign and particularly American
Journalists on the Allied side, his
first feeling was one of aiding a
fellow newspaper man.
I do not believe there is an
American correspondent who was
in England during the war or since
the war, who does hot have to re
call some service rendered at a de
cisive moment which opened the
doors of tho official world, made
possible a trip to the front of sup
plied needed information obtain
able from the master of that vast
Intelligence service which was the
Northcllffe Press.
It was beyond all else as a fel
low craftsman that Northcllffe
welcomed American newspaper
men. It was In the terms of the
great game In which he and they
worked that he talked to them.
There was nothing, literally noth
ing big or little that lay within
his power to do for them, which
was not done, done beforo they
asked, not Infrequently.
I recall an experience of my
own which Is no more than typical
of that of scores of other Ameri
can Journalists, who were In Eu
rope durlnr the war. I reached
I,ondon from the British and
French fronts In 1917, just before
the Battle of Asras,. on my way to j
America. I hart three asys in
London and through the For
eign Office sought unsuccessfully
to arrange a meeting with Lloyd
George.
On the afternoon of the second
day Northcllffa suddenly telephon
ed me. I had never met htm, but
his first word was to as mi If I
had seen Lloyd George. When I
told him he said. "Oh, come to my
office tomorrow afternoon and I
will take you round and then you
will dine with me." And as he
Dromised he- performed. At six
o'clock Lloyd George received us
at his Downing Street resMlence
and talked with utmost frankness
, cwMN ran r(
PASSING
LORD
NORTHGLIFFE
WIDELY
MOURNED
Settlement Marks
Break In System Of
Collective Bargaining
Peace Prospects In
Anthracite Mines Of
Pennsylvania Bright
I'HILADKLIMIIA, Aug. 14
1'iespects of peace In the an
thracite coal mines of I'enn
slvanla appeared brighter to
night than at any time aim e the
suspension became effective on
April 1, rendering Idle approxi
mately 165,000 men. Samuel l.
Warrlner, head of the opera
tors negotiating committee, said
he was most optimistic that
there will lie il friendly discus
sion and a speedy settlement
when the conferences begin on
Wednesday.
A
CAMPAIGN FOR
FORDNEY TARIFF
Kirby Seeks to Use
Southern Democrats to
Further His Plans.
WliaiNOTOS BUM SAO
TSa AIRBVII.I.a OITtkBM
(BY H V. BHYAST i
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. Some
Southern Democrats are being used
by John H. Kirby, hoad of the
Southern Tariff Association, to
build back fires under Democratic
Congressmen to further his plans
for protective duties. A Hiram
Johnson, Republican charged some
days ago that Kirby, who Is a
member of the Itraxillan Centential
Kxposltlnn board had neglected his
duties to lobby for a protective
tariff. He brought out the fact that
President Harding had given him a
$7,600 Job. Since that time Demo
cratic Congressmen have warned
their constltutents against him and
his organization.
The Southern Tariff Association
started today a propaganda cam
paign to try to Influence Senators
from the South to vote for the
Fordney-UcCumber tariff. Delega
tions called on Senators Sirfimons
and Overman, of Nbnh Carolina
and Dial and Smith of South Caro
lina, urging them to support an
amendment to protect peanut oil.
Many telegrams asking for duties
on fish oil and other things made in
the South were received by Demo
cratic Senators today. But theBe
appeals are falling on deaf ears.
A statement issued by the South
ern Tariff Association today reads:
"That the South Is going to make
a supreme effort to get what she
considers economic Justice In the
pending tariff measure and is not
going to give up the fight without
a hard struggle was indicated to
day at a conference of represen
tatives of leading Southern indus
tries held at the Shoreman Hotel."
The appointment of terms or
groups representing every line of
productive endeavor to present th
view point of . the producers to
members of the Senate and plans
for marshalling the agricultural
and commercial and industrial
forces of the South favoring tariff
levies on Southern products for a
final drive on Congress, featured
the meeting.
The inovlslon In the vegetable
oil Schedule which permits the free
Importation of vegetable oil for
non-edible purposes Is apparently
the storm center of opposition from
the producers and the full weight
of Southern Influence is expected
to be thrown behind the efforts to
get this provision of the bill elim
inated. A petition asking the Senate to
restore all vegetables oil to the
dutiable list was prepared and
signed by leading; fat producing or
ganizations, and all Southern Asso
ciations concerned In agricultural
activities as well ss Southern
hankers, commissioners of agricul
ture, chambers of commerce and
other commercial bodies will bs in
vited to Join the request.
This meeting wsa presided over
by President Kirby. Senator Good
ing, Republican, Idaho, Chairman
of the Senate Tariff bloc, ad
dressed the meeting. A petition
passed to be presented to Con
gress, is signed by the United Pea
nut Association, American Fish
OH Corporation, National Board of
Farm Orgonlzatlons. National Milk
Producers Federation, National
Dairy Union, Peanut Growers Ex
change., Dalrymens League, Ohio
Farm Federation. Ohio Dairy Or
ganization and Southern Tariff
Association.
M.C. Braswell, of Battleboro,
and a delegation were in Washing
ton today conferring with Senator
Simmons wun regara in i-eiiam
Items In the pending tariff bill. It
is understood they desire protection
for peanut oil.
CREDITORS GET PREFERENCE
OVER MORTGAGE HOLDER
JOHNSON CITT. Tenn., Aug.
1 I Chancellor Hal H. Haynes to
day decreed a preference to credi
tors of the Ellxabethton Flooring
Company, over a Baltimore bank
ing house holding; a mortgage for
SSuO.OOO from Boons Fork Lum
ber Company, which comprises th
lloonng company and four other
concerns, now In the hands of re
ceivers. The property of the floor
ing corpsny will hardly pay the
lien creditors' claims of sbout
ilOP.OCO: and the balance of the
property now in th Federal Cou't
in Bankruptcy, will pay only a
small par cent ot the mortgage indebtedness.
JEW
PROPAGAND
ACTUAL SIGNING
OF AGREEMENT IS
SET FOR TUESDAY
Will Put Between 60,000
and 75,000 Men Back to
Work in Mines.
SOME OPERATORS
QUIT CONFERENCE
Abandon Central Com
petitive Field for Pres
ent at Least.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 14. (By
The Associated Press.) The soft
coal strike was virtually broken,
tonight, but prospects were that
the actual signing uf an agreement
between the United Mine Workers
and operators, controlling an an
nual output of 60,000,000 tons,
would be delayed until tomorrow.
The signing of the contract will
actually end the strike In part.
All details of the agreement wars)
accepted in principle by both min
ers and operators and the actual
draft Of the contract was left to a
sub-committee which continued Its
work Into the night. The actual
signing of the contract. President
John I,, Lewis of the miners said,
is expected to follow a meeting to
morrow of the Union's policy com
mittee. .
As a result of th progress mad
tonight, by operators and miners
Governor Marry L. Davis, of Ohio,
announced he would call off-th
conference of governors of five coal,
producing states that was to have
met here to consider th strike sit
uation. He also announoed that he
would withdraw Ohio Militiamen
who were sent into th coal fllds
recently.
The terms of th settlement mark
a breakdown in th system ot col
lective bargaining that has grown
up In, the soft cost Industry slnca
1814. It means the abandonment
fur ths present at least of the cen
tral competitive field, comprising
Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indi
ana and Illinois, as the basis for1
fixing wages In fields outside th
four states. In th past wsgs con
tracts have been made for th cen
tral field, and those of outlying dis
tricts have been fixed on the fien-t-al
field scale.
This 1 not th first tlm. how
ever, that th wage-making ma
chinery on the central field I asl
has broksn down. It failed in 11)08
and was not fully re-established un
til 1910.
The new plan of settlement la a.
fundamental change in th policy
of the United Mine Workers of
America and for that reason th
Union policy jrmmltte of U8
members was called to meet to
morrow to pass on it.
No exact estimate of th number
of miners who will be put back to
work under the settlement was ob
tained, but varied between 60,000'
75,000 men. Altogether, there ar
450,000 soft coal miners on strike
Union officials said. It is expected
by them that the other operators,
will accept the settlement, effected
here, but meanwhile the strike will
continue at their mines.
With drawal of soft coal opera
tors controlling an annual output,
variously estimated at front 8,000,
000 -to l'S.000.000 tons from ths
Joint wage conference Tier with
miners came tonight on account of1
the miners refusal to accede to a
demand for arbitration to settle
future disputes.
The withdrawal, however, did
not disrupt ths conference, but It
was announced that it would be
broadened so as to Include opera
tors from any of th soft ooal
fields.
. The operators who quit were
Michael tlallagher, President of
the Pittsburgh Vein Operators' As
sociation of Ohio, who represented
the Mahanna Company In the con
conference, and S. II. Robblns and
W. L. Robinson, who represented
the Youghlogheny and Ohio Coal
Company. T. K. Maher. of this
city, was selected by the joint sub
scale committee, to act as chair
man In place of th Mr. Gallagher.
The split In the conference,
which came during- sessions of th
sub-scale committee, brought to a
close a day of uncertainty. For
three days Mr. Gallagher, support
ing a demand for compulsory arbi
tration, and President John L.
Lewis, of the miners, who was un
alterably opposed to the demand,
had been unable to reach an agree
ment. AH previous, except this one.
had been agreed to by them, but
all the work must be covered again
in drafting a contract because of
new operators being called Into the
conference.
While making no progress to
ward a settlement In the soft coal
negotiations, the dy was marked
by an exchange of messages be
tween Mr. Lewis and 8. D. Warrl
ner, a spokesman for the anthra
cite operators, that was regarded
ss forecasting an early settlement
Mr. Warrlner said the operator
would renew the wage contract
that expired at the beginning ot
the strike last April 1 and Mr.
Lewis responded that this prom
Is augurs well for a settlement
The conference will begin at Phil
adelphia on Wednesday.
The change that cam tonight
In the personnel of ths soft coal
conference will result In ths
union's polloy committee meeting
tomorrow to decide the question ot
permitting a settlement with any
operators, who ar willing to
olgjnrytion lmnreaiatee.