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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN THE WEATHER WASHINGTON, Sept. (. Fortcail fer North and South Carolina: Can. erally 'air Thureday and Friday; no changa In tamparaturo. WATCH LABEL On your papar. Wtnaw your tub. acriptioii nva daya bafere aspiration, and inaura not relating ah latue. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-FU1LD1NG OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA" ASHENTlLlXrNrCTHURSbAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1922. " ESTABLISH ED 1868. PP'CE FIVE CENTS MARIN 4 ! D TAKE MANY AYS TO REACH MEN IN SHAFT W I ON MEN IMLETTE VOTE BIGGEST YET- IN STATE PRIMARY Two Wet Congressmen Glenn Curtiss, Aviation Declared Gained in ; Expert, sees Possibil Wisconsin Race. 1 ity of Air Trains. STEPHENS HOLDING I MODEL IS BUILT J (LEAD IN MISSISSIPPI i LIKE THE NC-4 YHardwick Says Opposi-j Sail Plane Can Be Towed i engi?e!- ?IIned to com- O DISCUSS SEPARA TE A GREEMENT E GLIDER RISES OFF SEA FIRST Til'- JACKON. Calif., Sept. 6. ( Bv tkfe Associated Press ) From seven to thirteen days more will be required to reach the 47 men en tombed in the Agonaut mine here, according to opinion expressed in well informed circles tonight. Government, state and mining: comoanv I tion to Him "Red and n Radical Element." JIIUV AUI. bt,, te)t. 6. (J)y The Associated Tress.) Senator Robert M. LaKollette has been swept Into the Republican nomin ation for United States Senator at the November election In this state by the greatest majority that any candidate has ever polled at a H mary In Wisconsin. Returns received from more than four-fifths of the state early to night show him lendlnR by 178.3;i:i, W. A. Ganfleld of Waukesha, presi dent of Carroll College, his only opponent. The vote from 2. 507 out ,1 2 .o-'3 precincts In the slate was: LaKolctte 294,857; Ganfleld 11S,- 624. In rolling up this tremendous majority Senator LaKollette car ried with him what was known as the entire LaKollette slate from United States Senator down to At torney-General. f Governor Blaine, who headed the k AaFollette state ticket, likewise rolled up a remarkable vote and I with 2.051 precincts out of the ?, I 623 reporting tonight he had a I plurality over his nearest opponent I Attornev-General Wm. J. Morgan ( of 133.789. V What appears to be the anly real 1 iSpsct of the primary Is the contest for Congressman In the hjavenlh District, where Congressman Adol phus P. Nelson, rated an a dry and loyally supported by the Antl-Sa-lnon League, Is running more than 4.000 behind Hubert H. Peavey, of Washburn, who was indorsed and assisted by the association opposed to prohibition. The returns from 252 preclncu out of 385 in the Eleventh District gave Peavey 19,-1 680; Nelson 15,377. The wet or ganization Is claiming Peavey s election by a majority or d.ouu or more. Nelson appears to have a hard task before him for he must come out of the remaining 133 pre cincts with a majority of 32 to the precinct In order to win from his wet opponent. The LaFolIette adherents are not the only ones elated in Wisconsin tonight as the wet forces point with pride to the fact that they supported the entire LaFolIette ticket from the Senator down and that they have gained two wet con gressmen. These two men are Peavey and George J. Schneider In the Ninth District. This latter race, however, is far from being over, Schneider and Judge Henry Graass having alternated in the lead all day for this nomination. the latest reports from 208 out of 243 precinct's in the Ninth, give Schneider 16,679 and Graass 15.- 3. Mr. Schneider Is a LaFol- lotte candidate. Sennfni- T ji TToll eft's larirp total Jafcme not only from those who fa vored the wet cause, out irom a host of those who heard the Sena tor attack the Esch-Cummings bill, the Fordney-McCumber tariff measure, the proposed ship subsidy bill, Newberrylsm and his advoea- CmUnttt m Ttf Txcl With Little Effort, Is Indicated. i ment officially on pressicn. the ex- .INDICATIONS ARE OF DEADLOCK DN TARIFF MEASURE House Members Circulate Petition for Accept ance of Senate Rates. POUT WASHINGTON', N. Y. Sept. 6 Glenn H. Curtiss. aviation expert, today soared over Manhas set Hay In a sail plane, which, on two occasions, took the air when towed by a speed boat, stayed aloft 49 seconds each time with a tow line cut and then elided craeefuUv down to the water again. This was said to have been the tlrst time a marine glider has ever risen from the water. At the end of the experiment, ob served by a large party of en gineers. Mr. Curtiss expressed him self well pleased with the result of the test, made under adverse con ditions with a light wind and then gave himself over to Interesting speculation on the possibility of "air trains a number of sail planes towed through tile air by a motor ed seaplane.'' The theory that trailers could be attached to a fly ing boat was ndvanced by avia tion experts who watched the flights after W. L. Gilmore. chief engineer of the Curtiss corporation, discovered that the sail plane tug ged very lightly at the tow line. With the sail plane 30 feet in the air, iUr. Gllmore grasped the line and found that he could hold it with one hand. Later whjenhvheory was laid before Mr.TGrtiss he said he be lieved It would be practical to tow a sail plane behind aflying boat at considerable helghit without danger. The sail piano used in today's tests was, except for its blunt nose. almost a complete copy, on reduced scale, of the NC-4 the first air craft to fly the Atlantic. The glider has a wing Dread of 28 feet, Is 24 feet long and weigh iu pounds. Mr. Curtiss. who piloted the frail craft,.-weight 165 pounds, bringing the totpl to 295. The hull Is made of a very light metal. The cockpit is so small that Mr. Curtiss could barely get into it. The wings are 54 inches wide and the distance between the up per and lower planes la 60 Inches. The lifting area is 280 square feet. Today's experiments started with three unsuccessful attempts to get the sail plane into the air. Kach time the fishing line used as a tow rope snapped. Failure Ifl.riae was attributed to the almost dead calm that prevailed and the aviators, like sailors, whistled for wind. Finally a slight breeze arose . After It had been towed about a quarter of a mile at 35 miles an hour the glider rose 12 feet from the water. The tow line was cut. "Firty-nine seconds," announced the time, when the said plane de scended and Mr. Curtis propelled himself ashore with a canoe pad dle. Later another flight of equal length was made. The gilder mov ed through the air. this time at about 30 feet, on an even keel and, Mr. Curtiss said, under perfect con trol. "This la the first step In sea- Conltmmei m Paot Tm VIRGINIA BISHOP IS CHAIRMAN VICE BISHOP GAILOR Keynote Sermon of Epis copal Convention De livered by Lines. PORTLAND. Oregon. Sept. 6. Bishop William Caliel Brown, of Virginia, was elected chairman of the House of .Bishops, succeeding lilshop Thos. F. Gailer of Tennes see, when the 447th triennial con vention of the Protestant Episco pal Church in the United States formally convened late today. Bishop Gallor had served six veirs. The Hev. Alexander Mann, of Trinity Church, liostnn. was unani mously elected President of the House cjf Deputies. The Rev. Charles I.. Pardee, of New York. wa elected secretary of the Housp of Bishops, s'lc-eeoinii tl DEAD. ONE WILL DIE F T RATIFICATION ROM 0 GUN WOUNDS V V "1 who -diaticed if the .nd lay work f d to ha WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. Ra- pjbllcan conferees on tha admin istration tariff bill have come to the high Fpots of controversy with some indications of deadlock. It wa said today that It might be necessary for them to go back to he House or Senate or both, for nstructlona, but Chairman Mc Cumber, of the Senate managers, and Fordney, of the House man- f?ers, desire to avoid this If pos sible. The chairmen still are hopeful hat the conferees can wind up heir work this week and have their reports ready early next week. Representative Campbell, r,f Kanras, acting . Republican leader, has telegraphed absent Members of the ouse with a view n obtainine- a working nuorum by Monday so that action can be ''ken either on the conference re port or or. any requests for in- ''ruetiona. -Matters In dispute among the conferees Include the duties on wool, sugar and other agricultural ;ronucta and. American valuation. Senute substitute for thi BURKE COUNT! Th House valuation nlan tha M Dlled flov'hl. n..vl.ln. nrnnnalnr broad au-horlty for the President T increase nr decrease tariffs w under discussion- today. Leaders of th Remibllran asrl CUIHiaI ,.i . . . . a . . i muua in uuio iiie diiits T4 House have become somewhat Agrehensive as to the fate of ti.e i7ata agricultural, rates, partlcu- "r'y those , affecting wool and "ar and have formed a sort of "alition In support of them. After conference of leaden of the' two "'oca, House member began to eav i, i- u-i It "-umung among- liieir 'fues petitions urging the House nager in accent th hiarher 8cn- a,e rates. : FOUND DEAD AT 01 OMR STEP Slain With Shotgun Eight Miles From Morgan ton Tuesday. (BpKiit CcrrutKtnut TU JirUI, CUUm) M ORG ANTON, Sept. 6. Mysterv that appears now to have no solu tion surrounds the death of Ouray Smith, whose body waa found late Tuesday afternoon in the doorway of his uncle's - home, near McEl- reath's Chapel, eight miles from Morganton. Young Smith, who Is a native of another section of the county had been living with his uncle, Isaiah Smith, to help him with, his farm work,, since last Spring, when the latter was crip pled by a fall. Tuesday afternoon his' uncle and aunt had driven over to Glen Alpine shopping. Ouray was the only member of the fam ily left at home. They say that he hitched the horse for them and they left him staking a cow to graze near the house. Returning home about six o'clock in the afternoon the elder 8mith'a were horrified to find the body of their nephewastretched In front of the door, his throat slashed In' three nlaces and a gun shot wound, about the size of an egg, in his chest. Just below the heart. Near the body was Smith's own knife and about 10 steps away lay a snot un. This single barrelled gun always hung-In the house, over the door; tulah Smith told officers, who went to the house. Inside the house a white shirt, soaked with blood was found, used evidently in an attempt to staunch the flow of blood. At first suicide was thought to have been prob able, but fhe Coroner's Jury found no powder burns on the young man's clothing, and other-circumstances also indicated foul play. The distance of the gun from the bodv, the nature of the wound. nd .ii fh. evidence in hand practically dispelled the auiclda theory and tha problem before the officers now -is to try to find evidence that will locate the slayer of Ouray 6m!fh. 1 the Hev. Dr. Geo retired owing to years. The highest t. Church and the i delegates today beau-hat many have dtv one of the most Important cunven liuna of the denomination, after hearing the keynote sermon of the Rtgk-Hev. iJdwln 8. Lines.' l;;j of Newark. K. J., which was char-.. acierizeu ny aa appeal lor pro gress. "The hope of the Church," he said, "is in moving forward out of the Innd of ease and contentmnt, out of the land of prejudice and narrow vision. We need in the Church more of the spirit of ad venture, more willingness to get out -of tha beaten, road and do things In new ways and take risks:" Emphatic declaration was made of the need of social service If the Church is to do its highest duty, and the speaker made a plea for Christianity aa a means of solving Industrial problems. The morning service opened with an imposing and picturesque pro cession of the bishops, following the great vested choir to the stage of the auditorium. AH clad in their Epescopal robes, dignitaries of the Criurch from the Near East and Europe being gorgeously gowned, the procession made a colorful picture. A feature of the selection of offi cers of the House of Deputies was that for the first time a woman was elected as an assistant. She was Miss Helen J. Smith of New York. Her -selection, however, did mot make her a member of the House. The Rev. Dr. Henry Anstice of New York, was nominated to succeed himself as secretary of the House of Deputies, but pleaded that because he had served In a secretarial capacity for 45 years, he shoul be allowed to retire. The Rev. Carroll M. Davis, of Missouri, was unanimously elected Secretary and W. W. Kiddey, of New York, treasurer of the con vention. The Aev. Franklin J. Clark of New York and James G. Glass, of Florida, were chosen as assistant secretaries. Say Man Takes up Quar rel Between Own and Neighbor's Children FAMILY PICKED OFF ON LEAVING HOUSE Victims Are Rushed to Gastonia, N. C, Hos pital for Aid. ' Srrwi f'ofMSWMlf fit 4krll( CUM OASTONIA, N. '.. Sept. Two dead, another dying in a local hos pital and throe woundrol, souii marlze the a.ory of a shooting scrape at Clover, S. C, 12 union south of here this afternoon, When Hill Karris, aged 65 ran amuck and shot up the whole Taylor family vwlth exception of father and mother. The dead are: Newton Taylor, aged 13, shot through the stomach and his in testines were perforated 2 7 times, who died on the operating table. Claude Johnson, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, shot and killed Instantly. Kred Taylor, aged 23, shot through the right lung and will not live until morning, say attending physicians. Misses Ger tie and Lela Taylor. 20 and 24 years of age respectively are shot through the neck and chest. Dol ly Taylor aged 8 years, is shot through the arm agd chest and Is not seriously wounded and a is not seriously wounded. Karris became enraged, it Is re ported here, when the Taylor children and some of his children became Involved in a quarrel this afternoon. There had been bad leellng between the twjj families J all summer and It Is alleged that he had threatened the Taylor children before. The two families are neighbors at the Clover Mills and when young Newton Taylor did or said something while at play with the Farrls children the old man seiz ed his gun loaded with buck shot from the house and opened' fire on the lad as-different member of tha family came to -the rescue he picked them pff as they cams out of the ' door ' from' "his ovn porch. Young Johsin, a nephew of the Taylors was visiting at the home and when he went to the rescue he was killed instantly. The fa ther. J. M. Taylor, was at work at- the mill, the mother for some reason unexplained did not come out of the house. All the wound ed were rushed to the local hos pital here where they were given instant aRention. Karris was Immediately arrest ed and conveyed to the Yorke County Jail at Yorke. Karris had been living in and around Clover for a number of years and he too was an employe of the mill which Is owned by CHarlotte interests. Feeling around Clover was in tense but there were no threats of violence. Karris has been mar ried twice and has a number of children, some of whom are married. REPORT VALERA IS CAPTURED IN LATE OPERATE m fg LOOKED FOR SOON CORK, Sept. 6. (By the Associated Press) It is reported here that Eamonn DeValera. and Erskine Chil ders both are prisoners of the nationalists. .The report has not been confirmed, nor has it been denied officially. It is stated that Childera was captured in operations in the Kenmare, Killamey district, where he was seriously wounded. HON 11 BE INTO M DRACCED FIGHT ON BLAIR Look for Drawn Out Af fair in Drive Against Commissioner. wianiNOTn iniiD Tea AtnsrtiTt rmzi TIIK 4aH liTKII .- I WASHINGTON. Sept. 6 Krlends of David II. Rlalr, commissioner of Internal Revenue, believe that he was preparing to resign his Job In November, but he will not quit un der fire. The most recent attack on him may be long drawn out for It will Involve Secretary Mellon be fore It is over. The snme aggressive partisans who secured the appointment of Elmer Dover as assistant secretary oi tne treasury, ann pio distributor of that department, ure after Messrs. Mellon and Blair. Thja time they are shooting at a vital spot. It has been asserted privately for months that concerns that Mr. Mel lon was Interested in, wero. escap ing aome of the tax burdens they should bear. Mean insinuations have been In circulation. Later, the Blair story was coupled with that of Mr. Mellon. , . , The Dover partisans are con ducting the fiercest campaign ever witnessed here. It Is no trouble gather copies of confidential Lewis Claims He Has Majority to Any Proposition. MORE THAN 1.000 j DELEGATES MEET , Opponents Will Be Al-i lowed to "Talk Them selves Out" is Said. i to correspondence on Income tax and other important bureau of internal revenue matters. They are being paddled around. Today a real sensation In this aftermath of the Dover-Blair -controversy was predicted for the near future. Mr. Blair is awav but is expected baek tomorrow. The next snot is to be aimed at Mr. Mellon hut it will carry with It a load for Mr. Blair. An effort will be mnrie (nr n Congressional investigation of the enure tax colleotlnc force from the secretary down. TWO I'NDKRPASSKS ARK SOl'CiHT BY OFFICIALS iSptriat Vwreipm&tmn Tki Jtkvtil Citiamt GREENSBORO, Sept. 5. The State Highway Commission is re quested in a resolution adopted by the Guilford County Board of Commissioners to go ahead with the construction of two under passes on the Greensboro-Olbson-ville road, one at Gibsonvllle, and one at Kour Mile crossing near here. ,T. Elwell Cox. fifth district commissioner will take the matter up with the State Commission. So far the Southern Railway has refused to co-operate In the con struction of th,e underpasses and there has been dejay over J:he building the road. Should the state commission go ahead with the work, the question of expense to be borne by the rail way will be fought out later. The Among the new bishops received two crossings are regarded as very (CiHHnurd m Pan Twl dangerous to human life. SEKKS PUCK I'Olt CLKRK ON TARIFF COMMISSION WAS UINQTON HtllBAO THM ARHIVtl.I.B OITMBN IKY H K V. MHYANT i WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. Sena tor Himmons saw President Hard ing in behalf of William A Gra ham, candidate for a place on the tariff commission tooay. There is no vacancy now but it Is gen earlly understood that Thomas W. Page will soon resign. This com mission must carry Democrats as well as Republicans for tho law provides that It shall not he par tisan. Mr. Clark Is a son of Chief Justice Walter Clark. He Is now employed as expert by the commission. WII.KKS IIAItltK. Pa. Sept. 6. -- All Indications tonight point to ward a speedy riiliU, allon of Un pen, e pact bemeeii operators and miners of the anthracite region by the ti 1-dlHiiii t convention of hard coal mine workers winch be gun Us sessions here toduy. More than 1 .000 delegates, rep resenting 400 local unions In the aninraeue mihiucU were present when the convention was culled to order shortly afler noon. The majorily were unlnslrucled bin John L. Lewis, lnternutloiiul president of ihe I lilted Minn Workers, claimed that he had n majority that would overwhelm any opposition to the aeltlement of the t'nion leaders which would conclude the live months suspen sion In the hard coul fields. Mr. Lewis was optimistic aa also was Philip .1. Murray, vice-president of the I'nlon. who accompanied tha President here from Philadelphia where lust Saturday night, miners and operators representatives agreed to u plan of settlement in volving principally tho continua tion of the old wage scale exist ing prior to the suspension April 1 until August 31. Wli. Addressing the Klwanls Glub of Wilkes Bane at noon today, the miner' chief admitted that the Union would have liked to have had a longer term of contract, but asserted that expediency for the public welfare demanded that the pact' submitted by Senators Pep per and Reed, of Pennsylvania, at the behest of President Harding, be accepted. Mr. Lewis asserted, however, that the miners had won a clean cut victory. The opposition to the peace pact that has developed came princi pally, It was understood, from the delegates representing the Potta vllle, Pittaton and Old Forge dis tricts. Meetings were held among the delegates representing these locals before the convention open ed, according to reports, which In dicated that tha international of ficer were crUlclsed for not hold ing out for the 18 demands of the mlnera formulated at lihamokln. i ney were also indignant. It was said, because tha officials did not hold out for a continuation of trie old wage scale until April 1. 1D24. Leaders of the opposition was prepared to carry their fight to the floor of the convention to morrow but the attitude of Mr. Lewis and Mr. Murray was that they would let this element "talk Itself out" and then swing in the majority vote to a ratification. 1 Executives Of Roads Said To Be In Move fiold Strike Broken GOVERNMENT NOTlSTRIKERfPOL CY TO ACT HASTILY COMMITTEE WILL AGAINST LEADERS MEET IN CHICAGO Daugherty Disappointed, Attorney Takes up Chicago Case. FEDERAL ACTION SCORED IN SENATE Secretary of Striking Crafts Unions Issues Call for Conference. FOLLOWS RUMORED PARLEY BY JEWELL Little Credit Given Books Hope Sessions Will End and Records Taken In Settlement With 52 1 Into Canada. LEXINGTON MAN WILIa ENTER ACADEMY TESTS WASHINGTON. Sept. 6 Robert P. Sink, of Lexington, has been designated for the Military Acad emy entrance examination. James H. Paris has been ap pointed postmaster at Pine Hall, In Slokes County, succeeding Luther T. Blackwell. removed. MAKING IT HOT FOR HIM BY BILLY BORNE. EASTERN ROUTE COMMISSIONERS CHOICE FOR ROAD Bids on Asheville to Bat Cave Road Work Are All Rejected. C1TIKBM KIWI SUIIBtU lAHnnflocoH HUTML tt BHOCK BAHKLUV ) RALEIGH, Sept. 6. Selection of the roulo for the Shelby-Morgun-ton highway through Lincoln and Catawba Counties rather than a more western route, for which del egations appeared here to argue for and against, was made bv the Slate Highway Commission today. Alter a round or speeches both del egations centered on the route Be lected, which runs from Morgan- ton to J nree Corners Hurke, Ca tawba and Uncoln, then to Laurel Hill in Lincoln County Toluca and on to Shelby. O. Max Gardner was a member of one of the djelegatloms and made a speech In favor of the route selected. O. M. Mull, prominent Cleveland County Democratic leader, also was here as were num erous citizens along the routes ad vocated. The road Is In Commis sioner Wilkinson und Commission er McBee's districts. The commission spent the day hearing delegations and left this afternoon by automobiles fur Wll llamston where tomorrow the members will attend the opening exercises of the new concrete and steel bridge over the Roanoke River, the biggest project of road building program thus far com pleted. Governor Morrison also left lor Willlamston during the after noon. He was accompanied by Herlot Clarkson. of Charlotte and Commissioner W. -A. Hart, of Tar- boro. They will be guests at the Hart home tonight, motoring to Willlamston In the morning. The commission gave consider ation to a memorial from Ports mouth', Va., organizations, present ed by Dr. R. L. McMurran, of that city, asking for a new road of seven and a half miles, hard surfaced, to connect with a high way at the Virginia line which the Old -Dominion people want to build down that way. The Commission found It lack ed legal authority to builj the new road. This did not koep Dr. McMurran from taking strong ex ceptions to the commission's ad verse decision, however, and ha declared In a heated speeech 'hat the North Carolina body's refusal to Join In the project would set road building back In Virginia ten years as the atate would not spenl money on roads unless It could get this particular project through. -ICeWMar m fw rw WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. ( By The Associated Press ) Formal announcement by Attorney-General Daugherty that the Government would "consider In due lime what proceedings ahall be taken against the few misguided labor leaders who have made Incendiary speeches" In connection with the Industrial situation, and persistent leports that serret conferences are In progress looking to some sort of separate settlement with individual roads slood out In today's devel opments In the strike of the rail way shop erafta. Incidentally. Mr. Daugherty said preparation of the Government's case had been "somewhat hamp ered" by tho difficulty process serv ers were experiencing in lui-utlng "leading officials of the shop crafts organisations. " W. H. Johnston, president of the machinists, and B. M. Jewell, offi cial head of the seven organizations on strike, have recently dropped out of public view, although labor spokesmen have invariably denied the two leaders were avoiding tha service copies of the restraining order Issued at Chicago last Fri day and asserted they would be available If wanted for that pur pose. Mr. Daugherty In his atatement emphasized his belief that the rank and hie of labor organizations were content to leave the issue to the orderly processes of law, but said the few leaders, "who have shown a contempt for the coiirtanaflf not complain that they are denied the full privileges of free speech. Instructions have been sent to the United Stutes Attorney at Chicago, the At;?rney-Ueneral said, to noti fy counsel for the Unions that the lending officials of the shopmen's organizations together with their complete records would be re quired before the court when tha case is called again. Both in Government and Labor circles today, complete Ignorance was asserted of any actual Impend ing viegotlatlons looking to the settlement of the strike. Some offi cials had been Informed. It was said, that 'the outlook for a set tlement" had boen brightened by recent developments but even with these details were lacking. It was a matter of common knowlodgo, how ever that several railroads still held tho views In favor of separate set tlements which their representa tives had expressed at the recent conference of railway executivea In New York. Government's Course Attacked In Kenuto The Governments temporary re straining order came In for its first public attack In the Senate today when Sepator Hobjnson, Democrat, Arkunsus. assailed the writ on the grouncKthat It constituted a "plain violation -of the Constitution." Senator Watson, Republican. In diana, defended the Government's course, asserting that It was the only action possible In the emer gency which the country faced. The suggestion that settlement negotiations might have been in stituted through third parties was seen In the statement 31 macnm Ists' officials that their organiza tion had not been invited to any meeting. So far as could be learned, no effort was Instituted to serve labor leaders who might have been In Washington. United States Marshall E. C. Snyder said he had rot been Given copies of the Chi cago order which would be neces sary before they could undertaku the task. Attorney - General Daugherty said he "assumed that the strike leaders would welcome the oppor tunity to appear before the couit. Mr. Daugherty's statement fol lows: "The government will conslrle" Cen'fetv- s rag, Two Class One Roads. CHICAGO. Sept, (. (By Tha Associated Press) A call for aa I Immediate meeting of the policy. committee of the 90 In Chicago, probably on Monday, was cent out tonight by John Scott, aee retary of the striking railway shop crafts unions. The telegraphic appeal was in code and directed to the regional general chairman of the organl ratlon In all parts of the country. It was expected that It would be several days before they could ar ilve In Chicago and for that rea son no general sessions wore ex pocd before the first of next week. The meeting was called. It waa Intimated, to consider plans for a settlement of tha strike on sep arate roads representing about one-third of the country's mileage. It followed reports of confarencsa between 11. M. Jewell head of tha atrlkers, and rail executives In the west. The Chicago and North wstern Railway, one of those men mentioned In rumors of separate strike settlements, today Issued tha following notice to Its "striking employes." j "Every possible effort to settle the strike of the federated shop crafts through their national of ficers has failed, this company now Invites the men who - went out on this road to return to work with the aasuranca that they will -be accorded fair and Just treat ment." In discussing the meeting of the union executive committee, Mr. Scott said It was hoped the sea- 1 alona would result -in settlement with at least fill class one roads. He said the expense entailed In assembling the strike leaders would not have made It worth while to Issue a call unless there was a possibility of a settlement being reached. The Union leaders compared tha situation to the action ' iken re cently at Cleveland which ended the bituminous coal strike, John L. Irfiwls, president of the miners, presenting certain terms to any operators who cared to sign eith er piecemeal or by districts or slates. Rail officials on the other hand, declared there could be no comparson in the two situations, as the miners were not In opera tion at the time of the settlement, while the roads are not only run ning, they said, but are improving their condition dally. Not a single western executive would talk for publication, but many Insisted privately that tha trlke was broken, that all talk of a settlement had ended with tha last meeting of the executivea in New Ywk and that they had made and would make no overtures looking toward any further con ferences with the strike leaders. E HAVE ITH US TODAY P. Quarles "Asheville la a great city, grow ing rapidly and yet the finest place to enjoy an outing." J. I Quarles. of Charlotte, manager of the Rock . Hill-Charlotte Agency of the Kquitable Life Insurance Society, said to a representative Of The Citizen. Mr. Queries stated that Ihe in terest Of Kquitable agents In Ashe ville Is evidenced by the fact that the company always arranges an annual outing In this city, which serves as a stimulant to the in surance men to produce results until the next summer so they will be in the $100,000 club and visit tho Land of the Sky. Of a total of 11 annual conven tions of agents and managers In North Carolina, held In the past 11 years, at least seven have been In Asheville, Mr. Quarles stated. CANNOT CONFIRM STORY JEWELL AT UA1TLMORE BALTIMORE, Sept. 6. Un. availing efforts were made to con firm the atatement of John Scott, secretary of the railway employes department of the American Fed eration of Labor, at Chicago, to day, that seven representatives of striking railroad shopmen were in Baltimore for a conference with railroad executives on a proposi tion to end the strike. Inquiries of all sources which might reasonably be expected to be Informed elicited the uniform reply nothing known either of the resence of the strike leaders or of their proposition. Henry K. Broening of the, Bal timore Kederatlon of Labo de clared he knew nothing of any strikers' representatives being here or of any conference, but he did know, that B. M. Jewell lead er of the striking shopmen, was not In Baltimore as he had talked over thi telephone this morning with Mr. Jewell at Buffalo. Mr. Jewell spent two days In Baltl- . more ct the end of last week without his presence or the pur pose, of his visit becoming public ly known. At the railroad offices knowl edge of the strike leaders' pres ence here was denied. At the Baltimore and Ohio of fices an official of the road em phatically denied any knowledge that repl-sen.tatives. of the strlk- 1 ers were here for a conference. He declared President Wllliard s statement last night denying a re port that he had conferred with Mr. Jewell and knew nothing of any meeting still holds good. Mr, Willard could not be seen. GFOIM.l V PUNTER DIES. BROTHER-IN-LAW HELD ATHENS. Go.. Sept. . NVhan Hubbard. well known North Georgia planter. Is dead today from blood poison caused by a bullet wound alleged to have been Inflicted last Saturday by his brother-in-law, Joe Hubbard, fol lowing an argument over domes tic affairs. Mr. Hubbard Is being held on a warrant charging htm with marder.
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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