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V THE WEATHER WASHINGTON. S.pt. f.N.rth and south Tarallna: Generally fair Monday and Tuesday exeept widely scattered thunder showers. THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ESTABLISHED 1668. PTE INQUIRY LI IS NOW ED fif PRESS N New York Daily Says V Probe on Right to Of fice Threatened. SAY PASSING ON ; CLAIMS INVOLVED Simmons Pointed Out Mellon Could Act Where Blair Interested. 7 Ul DUH. VI Qled b rests dren AiaiTia MtaaAO , Ta iifini crraa ir h. n. e. buy inn WASHINGTON. Sept. I. An other David H. Blair story was printed today. A New York dally told of an additional clalni made on the estate of Jas. W. Cannon. In part, the atory reads: "A Senate inquiry is threatened into the right cf David H. Blair. Internal revenue oimminiiui.. r. hold bla office, In aa much aa'hla appointment waa confirmed under what la declared to be a misap prehension., To put It more bluntly, the effort Ja to he made to And whether mlaapprehenalon .waa practiced to overcome the ob jections raised to Mr. Blair's ap pointment, which held it up for a time. . "The question ia over the in come tax payments of the estate of Jaa, W. Cannon, who wag the 1 biggest cotton mill man in the South and many timea a million aire. Mrs. Blair waa hla daugh- ' There was an iasue over the in come taxes, the Government claiming that payment of hun. dreda. of thousanda of dollars waa by the distribution of mill eats to Cannon' wife and by which the vast Income waa so divided as to keep it out of higher brackets. Committee Understood Ho Wonld Not Pass I'pon Claims. iiw f inance uommittea wan ven the Impression that all n- e tax questions , between Mr. pair's family and Wis wife'a had neon asttiea ana mat mere was no chance Mr. Blair would ever fee called upon aa Internal Reve nue Commissioner to act upon them. This waa the testimony adduced at the hearings. -"Now, however, there appears a letter which indicates aa late aa March, nearly a year after the Investigation resulting In Mr. Blair's confirnratiori aa commis sioner, the Government was still trying to collect something over $60,000 being the aggregate of additional . tares due from the Can ft on estate during 117, 1918 and 191 and consequently apper taining to amounts that must have been In dispute at the very time the Finance Committee waa being told there waa no longer any issue between the Government and Mr, Blair's family. 'These hearings took plRce year ago laat May. Like all pro ceedlngs relative to the eonflrma tion of presidential appointees, the testimony waa taken in cam era and had been kept secret until now. "Tho publication of thia letter reveals for the first time the Be tails of what was charged against Mr. Blair and hia defense thereto, The letter Itself Involves some thing of a mystery. For week it has figured in the fro sain of the capital, but has been most elu rive. V'reasnry Department Not SUi-cawilng letter. was rather difficult to get Jiny light on It at the Treasury Da lartmem, nut nnauy 100 verity 01 He copy waa admitted, with me tatement that the original had reen abstracted from the flies of he internal Revenue department, Furthermore, It waa stated that ihpv had Information of fifty of the letter being extant o guess was hazarflod as to would have been interested taking the letter In the first ace o making fifty copies of It ' David H. Blair haa been some- hlng of a atormy petrel evar since in advent International pontics, s a delearate to the Republican ational Convention at Chicago vo yeara ago. He ia a member ' a substantial Republican fsm of North Carolina, where Re- ibllcana are none too plentiful." fair Out of City Could ot Be Reached. t Mr. Blair was out of the city, tVid could not ba reached on this, i"t he haa stated to friends re nt! v that, the letter referred to tat written, and belonga to the epartment files. He said it waa olen but the claim has been set led, and there waa nothing lr- BUlnr Ahniit it. Senator . Simmons spoke ror flair's Confirmation at the time ie matter waa up in mi senate, o Kaid that he did ao under the sau ranee that if any claima Mr. i.i. -.n tnt.rtfwrt.A1 In na up Secretary Mellon would iaas upon them. Ha thinks now fiat there ia nothing wrong aouui lie Cannon settlement. It is a frutine matter that is liable to rme up in all large Income tax alms where a num-ner 01 enter- rlses or persona .are concerned. he Senate is not apt to take this any .more, ' .,. " . ' DESTRUCT ON JT 10LL WEEV t S FAST INCREASING ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY, MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1 922. HP!E RYE CENTS WATCH LABEL On yeur paper. Renew your sub. acrlptlan five daya before eiplratlen, and Inaura not mining an leeue. in VGORA MISSION SAYS GREEK ARM bt.tJttu PARIS. Sent. I. (By the Aaao- ated Press.) The Angora Gov nment mission In - Paris today lade publlo an official communl L a issued last Thursday in An go- saying that after a nve oays Mtle, the Greek army had been mpletely defeated and cut In . The Northern- group, the deration continued, was annlhl led and left only, scattered de is among the mountains and fests. : The Southern group waa Intlmilnir la retreat. 'An immense amount of material Veen captured Dy in a luras. Vd not yet been inventoried, included ISO cannon. DIAJfAPOLIS EDITOR PIES EARLY SUNDAY Loss in Cotton From All Sources in 13 Tears $11,473,599,000. LAST YEAR'S LOSS IS $610,341,000 Prevented Production De claxed to Far Exceed the Actual Crop. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. (By me Associated frees.) The boll weevil, destroyer of potential wealth In cotton and bVigaboo ot the cotton grower, had a record year and did Itself proud In the fields of the South last year by preventing production of 6,227.000 bales of cotton, which with the seed that would have been ainr.ed, was worth 1610,141,000 based on farm prices of December 1. last. a carerui study ot the damages to cotton by the boll woevll and other causea haa Just been con cluded by the Department of Agrl culture whose report shows that during the IS yeara, 1909-21, the hypothetical value of the prevent ed production of cotton from all causes totalled 111,471,598,000, Of that amount the boll weevil damage amounted to !3, 102, 152, 000. The farm value of cotton Including seed, produced In those 13 years aggregated tx5,46,I23, 000 or an average of 1, 203, 578, 700 a year. Actual production of cotton in those IS yeara aggregated 169, 648,000 balea, while damage from all sources aggregated 109,434,000 bales of . which, the boll weevil Is credited with preventing produc tion ot 28,776,000 balea. The po tential production of cotton in the United . States for those years therefore aggregated 269,052,000 bales or an average ot 20,698,015 bales yearly, while the reduction of the crops because of damage from all sources averaged 8,418, 000 bales annually and the boll weevils average toll 2,213,538 balea yearly. J 921 Record for Loss In Production. From point of loss In produc tion' through all cauaea, 1921 waa a record year. The estimated po tential production aggregate 10, 666,000 bales, prevented produc tion being 10,712,000 balea for which the boll weevil was r spon sible for 6,277,000 bales. .The actual production waa 7,594,000 balea. Prevented production there fore far exceeded the actual crop and the weevil caused a reductclon equal to 79 per cent of. the actual crop. Had it not been (or tne weevil last year's crop could have been obtained from 80 per cent tn the acreace cultivated. The wee vll waa more- destructive than all other causes ot damage combined, INFANT ESCAPES INJURY WHEN SERIES OF BLASTS WRECK HOMES HARD COAL MINES! ft- - , ; Mi RUNNING 1 .;::") "i. i-ai-. i " ill nasi TfOftiSimmmasJ.V ' Above, view of the destroyed and damaged buildings. Below, In fant Forhan, thrown from hit cradle In the Forhan hone block way by the force of the blast. Labor difficulties are blamed for ! e series of dynamite explosions which wrecked four bouses, unde. construction, in Garfield Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. Charges un der two ether houaes failed to explode. Two strides of dynamite near thuae buildings were stepped upon and broken by firemen and bearchers. Fire followed the blasts Iosa la set at 130,000. An Infant son of J. P. Fordhan, In a hom. near the dynamited buildings, wa tlown from bla crib and showered with broken glass, but escaped un hurt. 1 fa tw. .vi.. 1 1. 1 mi a a i- 'nnnn tti S5 CJ ru tSu i , j eE EARLY THIS WEEK Scale Committee Goes in Session Sunday Night to Approve Pact. DELEGATED MEET M LIST KK RAI.T.En i Passage of Anthracite Strike Lifts Burden Off Administration. rmiMDEU'lllA. Sept. I - -Anthracite nilnern un niri.)in; li. ic ing settled their whk ilinVri'Ui'fa after more Ihnn five month nf controversy, every effort will be made to sunt luoducMon ot coal aa soon as pnsxlble. The seals committee, summoned early to day, went Into session here tonight to ronnlder and approve the agree ment reached at midnight lost night and to call a deleato con vention of mlneta at Wilkes Itarre this week to ratify the pact for mally. It waa the first time In the his tory of anthracite wage negotia tions that miners have met on a Sunday, tho precedent 'being brok en in order to set quick action, leaders expressed the opinion that the hard coal miners would he In operation by the first of next week and that normal production would be quickly reached. ONE WEEK IRE NEEDED TO REACH TRAPPED IN HOT POLITICALISECRETARY CONTEST FACING ERS SOUTH CAROLINA Sixty Feet of Green Stone Must Be Cut Through to Get to Shaft. JACKSON. Calif.. Sept. I. Gold for years the principal product of this region, haa all but been for- gotten In the effort being made to reach the 47 men who since laat Mlin1 n V nlcn hun ar, t being credited with 6 per cent of j the lower, levels of th Argo- me win uia"t- i naut mine. Estimated loss tnrougn me rav ajrea of the boll weevil, loaa of po tential production through 'he boll weevil, climatic - conditions. ' plant diseases, other Insect peata. aen clent aeed and other or unknown causea. together to tne pr-jaucuon for the yeara 1K09-2I. expressed in thousanda of balea, followa, lear, weevil damage, all damage. crop produced, reapectlvely; 1121 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1918 1912 1911 1910 1909 13 , yeara 6.27T 4,595 2,789 1.325 2,095 2.994 1,983 1,381 1,579 714 388 1.29T 1.868 10,711 8,975 8,825 9.136 8,954 9.605 7.346 6,987 7,987 7,143 6,893 8,702 9,309 28,776 109,54? 8,418 7.854 12,987 11,421 12,041 11,303 11,460 11,192 16,135 14,156 ' 18,701 15.698 11,609 10,005 159,648 20,6.19 yearly aver 2,214 Ijoas for iai n. inn fmm all causes In 1921 .... iss.i nounds per acre., The annroach to that flgUI was 1909 when the loaa waa U4.9 Dounda per acre and the smallest losa waa in 1911 with fl.i pounds. The average damage irom ... caouses in the 13 years, 1909-21. was 115 pounds per acre, made up aa followa: OeUclent moiature, r rmundst excessive moisture, It waa announced today by offi cials in cnarga of the reacue crews that 60 feet of green stone and about 19 feet, of virgin ground re mained between the 4.200 foot level of the Argonaut mine shatt and the excavators who are work lng In a tunnel which once con nected the Kennedy; mine with the Argonaut. It was estimated that It would require another week of continuous labor to reach the entombed men although consider able headway was made yester day. ' An analysis of gasea In the Ar gonaut mine shows there haa been a reduction In the amount of in jurious gaa from eight to 3.1 per cent. Thia Indicated, chemists aaid, that fresh air from some source waa getting into the Argo naut mine, rear waa expressed, however, when the men were first entombed there may have been in the mine too much gas to permit them to survive. HICKORY SHOPS WILL RE-OPKY WITH GOOD FORCE (IfcUt errVMM r staieiUa CtUtm) HICKORY, Sept. 2. The Hick ory shops or tne Carolina ana Northwestern Railroad will open Monday with between 60 and 75 per cent of Its normal working force. Vice President D. B. Aber- 1 32 nounda' other climatic condl- nethy announced thia afternoon. p . J -."i,n disease. 2.1 Among the new men, he said, noa; irawi r" ""' r--J ,k.i M.nv unnlicatlon. unknown : causea ' 1 3 tions nou defective other or pounds. ' ' V.ii f the Prevented rr.. ... 1,1. n t the nravented pro ductlon, at farm prices of. picked production, from the. boll weevil, and from all causes and th; value Of the picked crops of the 13 years expressed In mllllona of &olu, . knll . WMVll. all causes, crop value, respectively: Vardaman and Williams Prepared to Bring Cam paign to a Close. COLUMBIA, S. C, Sept. 3 With Dotn sides- framing Jam-un State wide organUatlons, Mouth Carolina during the next ten days will b in the throes of heated politics conteat for the governorship be tween Cole L. Bleaae and Thomas G. McLeod. Bleaae led McLeod by 12.000 votea In the first primary, but the commnen vote or H lease a oppon ents was nearly 20,000 In excess of the figures run up by 'Mr. Blease. Thus the contest is similar to the campaign of 1916. when former Governor Blease fell short of elec tion in the first primary about 6, 000 votes but the vote for R. A Cooper went to Richard L. Man ning in the aecond primary and put Mr. Manning in office. The McLeod forces contend that the result September 12 will ba as It was six yeara ago, but are taking , no chances In effecting State-wide machinery to get out the 60,000 thousand enrolled voters who did not cast their ballots in the first primary. Mr. Blease Is making taxation the chief iasue of the campaign with the promise to abolish useless offices and thereby cut down the expensea of the government. Mr. McLeod contenda that while taxation ia at this time a most serioua proposition, that the para mount Iasue Is law enforcement. Mr. please issued pardons and parole! A more thaji 1,700 convlcta during tne four vears he was Gov ernor, and Mt. McLeod haa warned that there will be a return to this if the former Governor ia elected. aeed .8 pounda ana cnsniiw. many appiou... made vacant by the strikers July 1 It was aaid Peter Barger. well known farm er, haa brought to Hickory tne first bell weevils reported in Ca tawba County this) year. He found several in his cotton blooms and stated that weevils were re ported on cotton on 'adjoining farms. This County produces only a small amount ot, couon, 1921 1420 191 III V"' 116 1915. 19 1 1913 1912 ' ' 911 1910 909 i years yearly aver. 610 403' 669 230 --855 826 143 65 v 113 45 17 i 106 -114 2.102 239 1,043 . 807 1,(26 1,686 1,474 1,040 525 266 676 470 388 722 765 11,47 ' 960 778 1,204 2,371 2,087 1.866 1,253 796 720 1,027 904 870 963 812 15,644 1,203 AT.TFOKD STRIKERS ARB HELD FOLLOWING MLUDltK MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Sept. Prank A. Miller. Beth W. Poeton Albert Johna and Charlea Moak, who are aaid to be striking rail road workers, were arrested today on warrants charging murder in connection with the ambuacade and fatal wounding of Charlea H. Lanier, a Frisco system shop em ploye who. with two other men, were fired on from ambush while an route from hla nome to tne Friaco ahops In Booth Memphis PNDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 3. Rlch- p Smith, managing editor, of The fi lanapolla Newa for the paat 16 fm and prevtoua to' mat cxn lon with The Associated Press, at hlsliome here erly today. as 33 years old and is sur by hla wtdow. . . wV maw awn OIRLS Mill 1 W DAI I VMUrniT, . - I Pnainn atfMrd1nar to Dolice an- CHICAGO, Sept. 8. Chicago P-1 nouncement, confessed to lmpUca- u.v. tiMti reaueaiva nr u tti nttnrii nn inn a lit o mo - Macon, Ga., authoritiea t rrit bl ln which Lanier. Audie S. Car- r1 nrtnim ana iwu -ni. . . icriacn emDiova ana whom he ii charged with kidnap- clarence Btevens. a shop foreman, wnen mey wor lng. were riding . fired on. wtn J Tt Hicks of the South .itv. described Gahara aa hav ing " deep voice' and the two HXXTON HITS SQCALI tirla 19 and 16 years Ola, aa Doxn h.viAa- bobbed hair, one being a brunette end 'the ether a blonde. , REACHES ST. PETESRBURC ST. PKTERSBURG. Fla., Sept. 8. Lieutenant Walter HNoton, en routs from Penaacola to Ouantan- -na IVrflT.VFD IV COTTON HANDLERS' WALKOlTlamo Bay, Cuba, to resume hla New . llork mo Da Janeiro flight. Inter. NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 3. Ap-1 rupted recently by the wrecking of proximatelr 700 men are invoiveajthe eeaplane Bam pan io uorreia on in the etrlae ot coxion nanaiera who walked out Friday morning when tb cotton operators and the New Orleans Cotton Exchange re ruaed to renew wage agreement under which men have been work Ids- for four years, James Mur phy. president of the New Orleans Cotton rianaiera" Benevolent Asso ciation announced today. the South coast of -Cuba, arrived l.era thia afternoon. - a - Hinton and hla eompanlona will nend tne night here and resume the flight at daybreak it weather conditions permit. A storm waa rag ing over Tampa Bay tonight and .he plane encountered squalls on ths flight from 1 Penaacola. Key iVeet ia the next (scheduled atop. , STRENrOtJS EFFORTS TO a BRING THE VOTERS OCT JACKSON, Miss., Sept. 8 James K. Vardaman, former United States Senator, and Hubert D. Stephens, former Congressman, candidates for the Democratic nomination ln next Tueeday's run off primary for the seat to be vacated next March by. Senator John Sharp Williams, prepared today to bring their whirlwind campaign to a close to- morrow, . RaNlea and meetings throughout the State '-were scheduled to be held during the day and tomorrow night- Strenuous efforts have been made by both candidates and their supporters to bring out the de linquent vote, which is estimated at 80,000 to 40,000, and to secure an advantage by polling a major ity ot the 18,000 votes cast for IMas Belle Kearney - eliminated ln the first primary on August 16. Mlas Kearney haa since announced her support tor Mr. Stephens. Mr. -vardaman has visited all parts of the State during his cam paign out has made few speeches. Numerous friends, however, among tnem rormer uovernor T. u. Bilbo, have delivered addresses in his be half: - Mr. Stephens haa led hia - own speech making forces, carrying his campaign to all corners of the State. Among others who have assisted him la Senator Pat Harrl- aon. ...... j G VES LABOR MESSAGE SUNDAY People Can Look With ftratitude upon Achieve ments of Fast Year. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. Secre tary Davis ln a Labor Day ' mea r.ge o ,thi. A mrteanPopl mad public tenlght declared that can look forward with pride and gratltuda upon the achlevementa of the last 12 months, "and that dur h,g thia period." America haa been brought to the threahhold of an era of unexampled proaperlty. But for the Industrial strifo which has been evident for several months throughout the country the secretary added the outlook of the nation would not have been dark ened during the year. 'We must find a common ground cf flnancea and co-onaratlon for employers and employes where they can adjust their differences wlthou'. recourse to an appeal to force." he aaid. "There can be no Justifica tion tor bloodshed and destruction in America today. The l.i bo r secretary derlarail that "two great things have been accomplished in American Indua trial life." "We' have conauered th. m.n.o. oi unemployment which threatened uf, ne aaid, "and we have Dro vented a ware nanlo In the rank. rr moor, we nave nut between fhnr ana nv8 mi'iion men back to work and we have put them back t work at wages which leave the gen eral wage level of the nation vary W...O ii,f me nign point reacbtl following the war, Despite the pressure nf imam. ploymen, Mr. Davis said, "we he ivi .wit-n inn. Rnnrr.i rht.ii .m- . i. ... " 7T . -."-- r iwjdh who uw in in. . t..i,,f. only an opportunity to beat down nie price of labor," adding that through these lines we have rought America to in. hi-ehhi.i v iivi-NL or unmmn .4 perlty." pros PORTION OF 1OOAN'S BCSINES8 AREA BURNS LOGAN, W. Va.. Sept. I. A portion of Logan's business dis trict was destroyed bv fire today. The loss is estimated at more than o,ooo. The fire started from an unknown cause . in a billiard hall. The White and Browning block was destroyed and the Chea- apeake jipd Potomac Telephone Company quarters were burned. The Elks Lodge, offices of the Logan Coal Operators' Association and stores In a building owned by R. F. White and .Thomas F. Browning were partly destroyed. All of the recorda of the operators' association were burned. I WAIVES PRELIMINARY AND a tuiXiiUAHED ON BONO TAMPA- Fla.. Hen r n T.naier, former editor of Hie Florida Poat, until recently a daily paper published at Winter Park. Fla., waa released on $3,000 bond here early today after he waived preliminary hearing before Acting United States Commissioner J. E. Williams. He was arrested at Or lando Saturday on a warrant sworn out by. Postal Inapector H. O. Reese, of Tampa, charging use of tne mans to derraud. The 12.000 bond was signed by A. M. Star bird, a director ln the Florida Na tional Publishing Company, pub lishers of The Post, and W. R. Rhan, president of the company. FOUR OF , CREW HURT IN SUNDAY EXPLOSION POSSIBILITY OF GUARDING ltOADS TO BE DISOUNNKl WASHINGTON. Sept. 3. -The passage of the anthracite strike, In the opinion of officials today has raise! much of the burden of the Industrial crisis from Preat dent Harding and the Admlnlatra tion. It being pointed out that nl though rail entanglements are still to be faced, the Government s fla clalon ob policy haa been taken, Attorney-General Daugherty'a le gal action last week ln seeking to restrict the ecopo hitherto taKeii ln the strike by crafts unions whose members left the railroad service July 1, apparently stoo out aa representative of an unal terable course which tne Admin latin live had adopted. Future etepa entailed ln the noliov are considered In ottlola circles te be clearly marked and to exclude I osalbilltlea of nego tlatlona, medlationa or other con tact with transportation organ! rations except Insofar aa the en tnrcement of law, the prosecution of disturbers and possibly tn guarding of rellroad centers, may occupy the attention of reaponei hla officers. Congress, alnce tne trtka Iniunrtlon order was ob tatned. haa nppeared Indisposed to Interfere with isny decisions which, the executive department has reached in dealing with the indus trial situation and its memDers have ln general refrained from comment. Prxiilmti H&tdlna- anent today quietly at the White House and whatever reports . were received from the anthracite settlement or th. rail situation, did not ooca alnn Dubllo comment. Secretary n.vi. who .renreaented tne ao ministration at the final confer ences ln Philadelphia before the t.nt.ttva agreement for resump tion nt work ln the anthracite fields was reached, left for Moose, heart. 111., to deliver a Ibor Day addresa. It waa eaia oy a suo ordinate, however, that Depart' ment Information made It appear certain that tne agreement m" k. -.(ifl,i hv the operators and minere whoae lradere have drawn It un. T.Knr. leadera who remainea v..-. . the holiday Issued no comment on the situation today, Production of Coal to Itcirln At Once The nrnductlon ia eatimaieu a. about 40 OOO.oou penina mat ' The s'ttlement announcea u.i nttmA H tea Ber.ators Pepper end Rd of Pennsylvania, came after an all day session of the operators which resulted ln their accepting CAR REPAIRMEN INCINERATED IN PITTSBURG FIRE Seven Lire Logt, Ten In jured, $220,000 Prop erty Destroyed. I'lTTSni'KO Kept. .1 i Hy The AKKorlateil Press i even car repairmen recently inployed. were hiirnril tn death; ten men were Injured. Beveral severely, ami property los of tlJO.OOi) was wrought hy fire which started at dawn today In a hunk house In tho Thirtieth Street yards of the l'ennaylvanlu Railroad and awept through the building with almoat Incredible speed. Nearly all tho bodies were charred beyond recognition. The corpse of J. F, Carr. of Ha III more, waa positively Iden tified, however, railways of ficials made a check of all em ployes living In the hunk hmiae and gave out a list of six miss ing. Kearch of the wreckage failed to reveal an eighth body. Investigations Immediately were started by the railroad, the police and fire depart ments and by the Department if Justice. They ware ln prog ress tonight, with announce ment by the railroad that tt had been unable "to determine the cauae of the fire." N. P. Good, chairman of the striking ahopmen on the Pennsylvania system. In a statement tonight deplored the fire and said it could not be charged to the shopmen.- MARSHALS READY ID ENFORCE U. S. STRIKEJOLICY Extra Men Are Sworn in and Sent to Watch for Acts of Violence. thf comptomlse proposed by the KET WEST,. Fla., Sept. 3 Four members of the crew of the steam er Coulee ware injured when an explosion occurred aboard the steamer en route from Sabine to Newport News today. The explosion occurred, It Is un derstood, when . the bulkhead be tween a cargo of sulphur, and bun ker coal-collapsed, the sulphur forcing Its way Into ths fire room and igniting. The Uoulee con tinued on its voyage but the men who were burned about the face and eyea were brought hare by a pilot tug for treatment. I-AVTETj COOPER SWAB ' FOUND DEAD IN HOT ILL KNOXV1LLE, Tenn- Sept.' 3. Daniel Cooper ' Swab ot Mlddlej- boro, Ky . 61 years old, financier. coal operator and once state sen ator waa four.d dead In hla room at a local hjtel Sunday morning about 9:40 o'clock. Heart trouble. iiperlnduced by stomach disorders, waa the cauae. physicians say. Sen- tor bw.u had been prominent ns Tennessee , politics for yeara. Senators and a three nour join session of miners ana operators n the Joint conference tne miners i.n .r.antarf tho DroDoaltlon and an agreoment made subject to the ctlon of the miners conveni,iiin n. ocordsnce with the rulea ot tne United Mine Workers. The terms of ths agreement OS announced are s ronows: The contract in force Marcn i, 922 to be extended to August 31, 923. The production of coal to begin t once. The miners snd operators to 'intn in a recommendation to Congress that legislation be forth- lth enacted creating a separate nthraclte coal commission with authority io Investigate and report romptly on every pnaae ot tne Industry. The continuance of production after the extension date to be upon such terms as the parties may SKree upon ln the light of the re port Of th commission. Coupled with the announcement waa a latter addreaaad to the min ers and operators by President Harding In which he urged bot'i s'.des ln the name of public welfare io aeede to the proposal mat nau teen advanced by 8enatore Pepper and Reed. Moat of Committeemen Approved Settlement Members of the acale committee arrived here today without any di-finlte knowledge of the final agreement. Thia was due to the fart that the announcement or tne set tit ment was made so late last nlgrt that the Informalon did not reach them befote they left for thia city. The agreement met with the gen eral approval of most of the com mitteemen and no difficulty wat anticipated by them ln having the convention ratify the new pact. '. After th agreement la finally ap proved optrators and mlnera will meet and iormally sign a contract. The date of the expiration of the new contract la rather an odd one aa viewed by the mine workerc. Heretofore all contracts have ex pired on March 31, which In the coal induatry la the end of the co-t year when contracta between pre ducera an.! large conaumera gen erally exp'-. e. It ia alao the ahorteat contract proposed since the oper- store have been dealing, with the United Mine Workera of America , SOUTHERN ROAD ERVIG TY IS EO RES OF MED Guards Removed From Yards Scope of Injunc tion Is Outlined. With workman on dutv In th shops, yard crewa at work and all guards moved from the varda and at the entrance to the a ho pa, the sinus situation hare is quiet, fol lowing two nights of unrest, mark ed by firemen and awltchmen re fusing to move equipment, while guards wars stationed in the yards, As a result of the refusal o switchmen and firemen on the "third trick," Saturday night, to go on duty at 11 o'clock, traffic waa paralysed until 7 o clock yea terday morning and a slight-da lay was f Used! in dispatching the enriy morning trains. t Trains No. 8 and 17 were delay ed for at least . an hour when-the firemen refused to take their places. ' assarting that the agree ment in regard to the moving ot guaraa nad been violated ny the Southern ofllolala. but after a abort eonterence resumed their posts ana tne trains were -moved with out further Interruption. Train service was not Interrupt ed throughout the day and work went on tn the ahopa In the uaual manner. However, a number of trains were late, but this had no connection with the situation ln Ashevllle. Craft Oftieiala Expect No Further Trouble. Craft officials, when asked for a statement last night, stated that they had nothing to aay other than that they are confident no further interruption of yard service will result, while the yard men do not come In contact with guards. united states deputies Marshal and Deputies Sheriff who had been atatloned at the entrance to the ahopa, since the strike was In augurated, have been removed across Riverside Drive and are sta tioned on the Sternberg property. Those who have heretofore been on duty ln the yards near the sta tion, have' been moved under the station sheds. It is understood that the agree ment reached by-Southern officials nd representatives of the firemen, faturday, was that all guards were to be moved to points where the yard men would not come ln con tact with them. However, officials assert, the guarda will closely watch any in dications of violence and will quickly respond If needed, being tatloned so they can cope witn the situation immediately. A total of 101 man are on duty ln tha shops, working In regular shifts, according to -officials and of this number at least 12 are skilled mechanics. Guarda Not Stationed At Shop Entrance. While guards are not stationed at the ahop entrance, aa they hava been for the paat nine weeka, work men reported for duty last night and the night shift carried out the regular ahop achedule, making repalra to equipment and other work required. Following the delay ln early morning trains yesterday. It was learned that Ashevllle postofflce of ficials have reported the delays of Friday and Saturday morning through regular channels, but no action is expected by the Postof flce Department as the trains were moved with only minor interrup tion. Brownlow Jackson, United States Marshal, stated yesterday that he had received no instructions in tegard to the injunction granted In Chicago and nothing haa develop ed to change the mode of handling the atrlke situation locally tn the aame manner aa It has been han dled since the strike started, July 1. Railroad officiate are Inclined to believe that no further trouble will be experienced ln handling the situation ln Ashevllle as ail em ployes not affected by ths strike appear satisfied, especially aa the guards have been moved. Dougherty Injunction Outlined. , The specific scone of the Da ugh - erty Injunction waa outlined ln In formation received yesterday in Ashevllle. and forblda all officers and members of the Federated Shop Crafts or their sympathizers from committing the following acta: Picketing. Issuing any instructions or state ments of any kind, verbal or oth- EXECUTIVES SAY BUSINESS MOVING Federal Officials Compil ing Data for Support of Injunction. CHICAGO. Sept. S. (Hy The Associated I'resa ) Tha beginning of the tenth week of the country wide atrlke of the railway ahop men found 6.600 United State Marshals mobilised to uphold the drnatlo temporary Injunction oh. talned by the Uovernment on Frl day to prevent lawless violence and keep the nation's transportation machine running. From i'hlcago, as a center of rail road ac'.lvltles, waa directed tha work of enforcing the injunction pending the hearing to make It permanent on September 11. A mass of complaints and allegation of conspiracy and attempta to ruin property and -Jeopardise life were being collected today for the uae of Attornuy-Geueral Daugherty In support of hla application to make the Injunction permanent. It will not be alleged that tha atrtkera are guilty In most of tha outbreaks of violence reported, but the Govern ment, It waa aaid. will maintain that actiona ot the atrtkera or ' atrlke leadera caused the violence. Extra forces ot deputies have been sworn In by United States Marshal Robert R. Levy and art being dispatched to railroad shops and terminals to watch for aote for -bidden by the order headed down by Federal Judge Wllkeraon. A thousand write were prepared ln the Federal building and eent to all parte of tha country for eervtoe nn the labor leadera named in tne Injunction. B. M. Jewell head of the ahopmen could not ba found:. and It was reported he woe in the l.aat. John Scott, aeeretary of th ahopmen, remained at hla deak at the Union headquarters. "I haven't - violated any . law,' . he aaid. "Thia organisation never did sanction or condone violence. But we are go ing to carry on the work of the or. : ganixutlon without fear or tremor, and I don't believe the Injunction I Intended to restrain us from ao doing.'1 . . , .... - ' Meanwhile three different pic tures of condUVna in railroads Were painted bv Western axecn. ' t.vea. Government officials and the Union leaders, 'We arc moving the bualneaa: , our men are coming back to work In Increasing nurnbera.aieaarnl.ntHw d II tons re steadily improving ard the strike Is broken," was tha eon- census of opinion of the executive. Federal - officials engaged com piling the lists of acta ot violence for the hearing on making narm. . snant the Injunction, pointed to the petition presented in court by he attorney-general n which he de clared that halt the locomotives Ir tne country naa been tamnarad With and that mars th.n t nno mall traina had been cancelled. ' Union off Hale raltaratl r,r.rlu. tatement- that If the etrlke eon- tinued tha ralwava woi.M K. alysed within 80 days. in connection with he annnlnt . ment during tha oast tw t.v. t marehale end deputies, the follow-' ,,ut w cited by officials of the Department of Justin, hair. section No. 783: "The marshals and their depu. use ahall have in each atata tha some powers In executing the laws . of the United Statea aa sheriffs and thai. daputlea in anch t.t. may have bv law ir. ....in. . he lawa thereof.' Still further exolalnlnr th. ',f the chief executive. Federal au thorltiea mioted a daci.inr. k ,v.. Supreme Court aa followa: So If tne President n, th. - torney-gonrral la advised that the Wc. ln" ""sa states, pea- uiy carrvin treasure, are liable to e robbed and th. m.ti -. assaulted end murdered in any particular region of the country, who can doubt the authority of the Praaldent or ot nn. t th. ...... tlve department to provide a eufrl. esent guard, whether it h. h .... - ot.,U:" rm' or y marshal, of the United Statea.' " FLORIDA AND GEORGIA MAN ATTEMPT HOLD-UP NEWARK. J., Sept. I. Trailed alnce Wedneeday by de tectlvea who had auapected them of a robbery plot, two men were captured last night in the. act of holding up the Jewelry store of Bevtel and Company in the heart of Newark'a busiest section. The prisoners, who said they were Eu gene MuIIer, Of Miami, Fla., and Oeorge Davla. of Columbus, Oa., admitted, the police aaid, that they entered the atore Intending to hold up the proprietor when they were aelxed. Muller said he naa eervea two yeara in prison for a robbery ln the South. The detectives' suspicions were confirmed Friday night when they hired a room adjoining that occu pled by the two men in a house in the suburbs of Newark and with a dictaphone overheard the plot to rob the store. Muller and Davis will be arraigned Tuesday. DOOLfTTI.E READY FOR .OCEAN TO OCEAN FLIGHT JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Sept. I. Lieutenant J. H. Doollttle and his specially constructed De Harl-land-Four plane were ln readlne-a tonight for the hop-off from Pan. loc Beach, near here, tomorrow night for an attempted one-stop trans -continental flight. The plane was moored at Camp Johnston tonight but tha army av iator plana to take It to Pablo Beach tomorrow, A Labor Day crowd ot pleasure seekers I ex pected to witness the take-oC and Lieutenant Doollttle waa confident tonight tt would not meet with the mishap encountered last month, when his plane ran , into the surf and delayed his attempt tn go te San Diego, Calif., in . 24 hours. In case weather conditions are not favorable for the trial tomor row night. Lieutenant Docjittle saye 'he lhas ths two following nlgh,ta of moonlight to make the get-away.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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