THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
THE WEATHER
WATCH LABEL'
? WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Forecast'
for North Caroline Fair Frldy end'
Saturday; no Changs la tempera.
ture.
On your paper. Renew your aub.
eerlptlon five days before expiration,
and Ineura not mlealng an laeue.
"DEDICATED TO THE UPBUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
ESTABLISHED 1668.
jASHEVILl 1922.
VPH E FIVE CENTS
nmmons Is Charged
With Being Unfit To
Attend Klan Duties
"IF WINTER ' COMES-
Y BILLY BORNE.
(.LEGATION
AD IN CQU
era
rows Out of Effort to
Enjoin the Klan There
i From Operating.
BREST OF WIZARD-
PRO TEM ORDERED
ossession and Transpor
tation of Liquor Charged
While on Tour.
n in
ADDED TO 1
ii herrin
TS
HOSE
RIOT
-Mb T HASNTMtSSEb
YT, THAT V EVER
Twenty-Seven Co-defendants
in One Include
Deputy Sheriff.
MANY- OFTHOSE
INDICTED MINERS
Indignities to One Slain
Man Are Recounted Be
fore Grand Jury.
"tr iTT A CCCC A TVntl Kant 7 MARION. ILL" Sent. 1 IRv
F.rno- tht rnl William Tnsenh The As8ciuted Press) The special
arging that Col W illiam Joseph grand Jm.y lnvesllRatlnK tne H"errln
immons, imperial wizara 01 ine massacre late today returned 38
nights of the Ku Klux Klan, hasjmore indictments, .ill for murder.
pen Qn a proiongea aeDaucn
til la unfit to transact the h,usi
Mi of the organization, Phil J.
ays, exalted cyclops, and W. H.
olmes, of Lookout Klan, No. 15,
Chattanooga, today Answered
ke bill of -the Imperial wizard filed
Chaitcery Court here to enjoin
e local klan from operating.
The petition of Wizard Bimmona
ated that the charter of the, lo
1 klan had Deen revoked tor sui-
ient reasons, but that It had
ntinued to meet and carry on
lisiness. The answer says;
"While the so-called edict pur-
krts to haVe been signed by Wil-
mm Joseph Simmons, imperial
zard, It ia denied that that It was
A fact signed by him for the rea-
fcn that he was.Mt is believed on
lugust 22, 1922, and had been for
met! me prior thereto, on a pro-
fnged debauch, during which time
is believed he was under the ef-
ect of Intoxicating liquors and
rugs ana nence not physically
nd mentally capable of transact
ing business pf the klan."
it is cnargea in tne bill .that the
Ku Klux 'Klan organised at At
lanta has -not complied with the
awa of Tennessee by filing a conv
ft Its charter and is therefore not
ntltled to operate in this State.
t to further claimed that Imnerinl
Vizard Simmons and other of-
lclala of the klan were eniolned
fcy ths Superior Court of Fulton
County, Ga.,- from revoking the
harter of Lookout Klan.
Cyclops) Hays denies that he
as withheld money, paraphenalla.
r other property of the national
Organization or that a demand
tad aver been made upon him for
ucn property.
A Jury la demanded to trv the
njunctlon suit. '
The first indictment accuses six
men of the slaying or Howard Hoff
man, of Huntington, ind , In the
Herrln cemetery. He was one ol
the six captives who escaped the
massacre at the barbed wire fence
in the timber. They were re
captured and led back to the ceme
tery. There they were shot down.
One of them lived and the other
Ave died.
The second Indictment names
nine men in connection with the
hanging of Robert J. Anderson,
Sparta, Mich,, at the Southern Illi
nois Strip Aline. His body was rid
dled with bullets after he had been
hanged. In the indictment there
are two counts, one charging the
shooting and the other the hang
ing. The third indictment concerns
the slaying o John Shoemaker.
He and 13 others of the non-union
mine employes who had surrender
ed under the flag of truce, were
killed at the barbed wire fence, in
the timber near the lower house.
In this indictment 27 men. are
make co-defendants. Five of them
are named in other true bills. They
include John James Brown (ne
gro deputy sheriff).
The fourth indictment is for the
slaying of John Shoemaker .ind
charges Hubert Walker with com
mitting the slaying, He is the
only one -named on that Indict
ment. Otis Clark, the first ona to
be indicted and the first one jo be
arrested, now hold In the county
Jail, is also charged with the mur
der of Shoemaker" In the indict
ments returned today.
Hoffman's body, was shipped to
Indiana, and. never was buried in
the potter's field at Herrln.
Anderson was alleged by I he
miners at the time of the mas
sacre to have fired a machine gun
ana he was hanged for that.
BAH FAVORS
SIMMONS
G RE D TS
A
A
AA
TE
Appearing Before Agri
cultural Bloc, Expert Says
Measure Best Offered.
BEL VIN MA WARD, "FLYING
PARSON" KILLED WITH TWO
OTHERSAS AIRPLANE FALLS
American Consul
, Is Vindicated in
English Charges
ISSUED IN INDIANAPOLIS
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 7. A
irlt for the arrest of Edward Y.
'larke, imperial wizard pro tern of
he Ku Klux .Klan. was ordered
Mis afternoon by Federal Judge
rancis E. Baker on Information
urnished by District Attorney
fomer Hlliott. The information
harges Clarke, whose' home ia In
Ltlanta, Ga., with possession or
transportation of liquor.
it is 'charged In the information
that the Imperial wizard address-jV
d a meeting at Muncie, Ind., last ers, but a few are engaged in oth-
ignt on Law Enforcement aur-1 er occupations. Special deputy
Ing which it was reported to the
ollce that a 'baggage had been
tolen from Mr. Clarke's auotmo-
ile. It Is declared, however, that
he bag fell from the automobile
nd burst open, revealing a quart
ottle of liquor and oo in cur-
ncy. The evidence, it is deciar-
I, has been placed in charge of
Itie prohibition officers.
Clarke had not been arrested
arly this afternoon.
bhoemaker was the father of
three young children and was a
brother-in-law of W. J. Lester,
owner of the strip mine. He was
acting as assistant mine superin
tendent af the time of the mas
sacre. He was a civil engineer,
university graduate and son of the
mayor of Charleston, 111.
According to the testimony of
one of the massacre victims who
escaped. Shoemaker body was
treated to many, indignities and
one final shot was fired into the
body to make sure he was dead.
Many of those indicted are mln
wahhinotoh ecaa.0
THS ASSSTH.LB OITIZB
fT II K (.'. MKYAXT)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 7.
Appearing before the Senate agri
cultural bloc today Bernard M.
Earuch advocated the Simmons'
larm credit bill. He said it was
the best one yet offered.
A new system of short term
credit for farmers separate and
distinct from the federal farm
Ine- l.n. i t ivatan, aH,.m.ta,4
Mr. touch said the new orgaljfH ar?, ""I",",'0.0,? t0 'J0'"1 ,J,
, v,,,,., uji - i,. i r, I pte'e vindication of Consul
of at len.t $200,000,000 to start
with and be equipped with powers
to extend f.id to farmers In periods
of need on easy terms.
Today'i hearing was in line with
a policy adopted by the bloc's farm
credit committee to gather infor
mation
liitlon.! "he chairman, Senator
Capper, Hepublican, Kansas, who
Invited Mr. Baruch, explained that
ho had shown a great Interest in
farm marketing and financing and
was a close student of systems in
sheriffs are' now out arresting the
men wno were indicted today.
IV.
EI.VRDWICK IN FURTHER
ATTACK ON KU KLUX
ALTANTA. Sept. 7. Defiance of
rhat he termed Senator Thomas
Watson's attempted political
mtatlon In Georgia and ft fur-
Iher attack on the Ku Klux Klan
f-as voiced by Governor Thomas
Hardwlek today, speaking at
ewman in the interest of nis re-
omlnatlon in the Democratic
tate Primary next Wednesday.
teadquartere of Clifford W. Walk-
who is opposing issued state
ments expressing confidence in
heir candidate's victory
I have not launched anv attack
gaint-th Junior Senator," de
lared the Governor in referring
o Senator Watson, "but Jf lie
kanta to bring a fight against me,
tand ready to meet u. i am
ot afraid of him. I have foueht
uccessfully against lilm beiaare
na l can do it agaim i u
ropose to have any boss except
piy consolentious conception 01
Mr. Walker' campaign, manager"!
eeterday issued a statement 10
he effeet Senator Watson would
t vote against Governor Hflra
lck If he were in Georgia Wett-
esday. ;; v
in his speech toaay tne uuvoi-
r again declared Mr.
as the candidate of the Ku Klux
Klan and was receiving the sup-
urt of the "radical element ot or-
anized labor." Mr. Walker wno
not making a speaking cam-
alo-n u nnctd in issue a re
ly for publication In Sunday
ewspapera, his
u'ated.
STREET NOMINATED BT
ALABAMA REFLBIill-.ma
BIAmI.VOHAM. Ala., Sep. 1. O. D.
itreot. of Guntervllle, national aim
ftteeman for the State of Alabama,
s nominated for Governor at tne
tate convention ot Alabama Reipub
eana here today. Jerry Murphy, of
(AbiU. ruimlnated for Llruten-
fnt-Oovernor and 12 ether candldatea
Hesolutlona endorsing me aKnnnu-- njiaiorn
RK ON
C ROAD
ration of President Hardin and com
panding O. D. Street, national com
nltteeman, were adopted ,by , the
fnnventton. ' - .
J- M. Adklns, MobUe, was aieci
halrman nt th ftLata executive com
mittee, aucceeding Pope M. Long, who
fmany withdrew nil una hu
tar ,T -election. i
s
NEW SCEN
TO AIT. iWJTCHEL
Different Route Ayoids
Passing Through Prop
erty of Montre&t.
No better evidence of the won
derful success of the Mount
Mitchell Motor Road can fee given
than the fact that the projectors
of the road are already engaged
in building Ave miles of new road
to take the place of the road oc
cupied on. Montreat grounds over
which the Mount Mitchell Motor
Road operates, consisting of 2 1-1
miles from Rainbow Gap to Sour-
wood Gap, and 2 1-2 miles from
Long Gap to where the Mount
Mitchell Motor Road crosses the
Blue Ridge the third time.
The survey for the new road has
been already made, camps have
been located and the actual work
of grading and clearing the right
of way ha begun; A large force
Is at work-unier the direct super
vision of C, A. Dickey, a director.
President Perley and Mr. Dickey
expect to get this work finished
before the season ends, In order
that they may go to work on im
portant additional Improvements
to the road. Practically all the
new. road will be in McDowell
County, and a large portion of it
will be on tUfi Blue Ridge, giving
an excellent panorama and land
aojina nn both sides of . the moun-
headauartara In- tajPt Rnd giving vistas of acenlc
grandeur equal to auuuoi. uj
fThe8 bu's'neai the past week has
been phenomenally large. The aver-ae-e
has been maintained and already
h? September nearly 1.000 people have
taken the trip to Mount Mitchell.
From Information and facta tne
., Mitnhalt Motor Road haa been
a rt aeart to this eection. .While
the people brought by the raHroadw
have not been up to tbe standard
between 1,000 and 4,000 automobiles
!lv. taken the trip to . the "Top ,d
tt inmfer. It ia eattmad
that fully 70 of these came 'y
for the purpose of going t W
Mitchell; 70 automobiles (publhjf ser
vice)? bav. made the trlthrtl year
which means ''f,'1
...kiln nnlra man of Aaoaylllr The
people carried by the public .ervie
Europe.
Mr. Baruoh urged a flexible,
wide range of credit, large storage
warehouses and elevators through
out the country, negotiable ware
house receipts and free access tJ
farm products to the foreign mat -kets.
He discussed the merit of
ponding hills and declared the
measure I y Senator Simmons is
best calculated to meet the needs
of the .f.irmers. . This, In brief,
pi ovules ine following:
Organization of the national ag
ricultural credits corperallnn, with a
franchise for 60 years with i,.,orH
of directors headed hy the eecretary
of agriculture and four others ap
pointed by the president.
The corporation to have power to
discount notes, drafts, bills or other
eviuruvea ot aeot representing ag
ncuiturai loans, and to advance
money on commodity paper.
Authorize the Issuance of bonds In
a sum or ten times its cafpltal
vtuiiiui i7.cn me reaerai reserve
aoard to rediscount paper held by the
ir. tsaruen declared the wide
tauav oi creuu Dermittefl tinriAt v,l
mi aiuii it. more oesiraoie of those
pending.
The Simmons' bill was baaed on
the theory that the farmer has an
annual turnover, whereas the exist
ing system of rural credits la based
upon the needs of commerce.
Mr. Baruch told the committee Jhat
his chief objection to a bill by Sen
ator Capper for oredlt "j was
that it would be operate! by the
Federal Reserve System, which re
quires a liquid credit.
Warehouses and elevators, advan
tageously located, he said, would en
able farmers to hold their crops un
til the market Improved without being
compelled to dispose of them when
grown to meet their obllgatlona He
pointed to the need of allowing farm
ers to use warehouse receipta as col
lateral for loans.
Senator Capper asked why It Ja
that wihpat Is selling for 70 cents a
bueheli which he describee ae "less
man tne coet or production." ,
"The trouble Is," Mr. Baruch re
plied, "that you have no foreign mar-
aets. ,
Senator Smith, emocrat, South
Carolina, declared at thla point that
tuie contennon em not always hold
true. - 'It has ' been Impossible." he
said, "to sen the cotion to Europe
which the South has produced. The
price he steadily gone down.
JUBSON JMLTj OWNERS
PLANNING IMPROVEMENT
. . ...
OREENVIUK. 8. C, Sept. 7.
Closing tot a contract with a house
manufacturing company here for the
erection or about oae hundred od-
about operatives homes In Judeon
Mill was followed tonight by an
nouncement from the mill that the
weaving department of the mill
weiild be enlarged Immediately - to
litcrease the capacity of mill about
sixty per cent at a cost estimated
St from $600,000 to I7O0.O00. Be.
tween five and six hundred new
looms will be Inataued.
Furher Investigation and
Proof Will be Taken in
Tune Affair, s
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (By
The Associated Press.) Heports of
two investigations made by Amerl
can diplomatic and consular offi
cers In England, which have been
received at the State Department
a com
plete vindication of Consul Slater
and Vice-Consul Brooks from the
charges that they had acted Im
properly in urging travelers to pa
tronlze Armerlcnn shipping board
vessels and In discrimination of
the British merchant marine.
Another Investigation, however.
with a vlrvr In fiitnrn lri i M" heine made hv members of I tnr'
"he chairman, Senator American Embassy staff in l.on
(fon. acting at the direction of Am
bassador Harvey, it was learned
toduy the British Foreign Office al
so has been asked to supply addi
tional evidence before final action
will be taken In the case by the
State Department.
Despite the congestion of ship
olns ot the Tyne port ami the con
sequent loss to shipping Interest
whose vessels are delayed, it was
authoritatively stated that there
could be no hanga,!!) the situation
until the British foreign office had
submitted its final representations
and the American officers had con
eluded the investigation now in
progress.
LEGIONNAIRES
OF S
IE
ATE' BEGIN
NGTODAY
FORMER GOVERNOR OF
, ALABAMA IS DEAD
' BURMTNGHAM, Ala., Sept. 7. For
mer Governor Emmett O'Neal died
here this morning at 1:46 o'clock af
ter several week' lllnees. He euV
fared a etroke of paralysis at Battle
Creek, Midi., where he waa under
going treatment? six weeks ago. He
partially recovered and was removed
to his home here.
" , v
Members of Department
From All Farts of State
Arriving at Gate City.
.
reXrfel CarrsmMM Tht 4tavUlf CIMamj
GREENSBORO, N. C, Sept. 7.
'Legionnalrea of tmV-Department
of North Carolina began pouring
Into Greensboro tonight for the
Fourth Annual Convention tomor
row and Saturday. Members of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the Legion
are alBo arriving for their conven
tion, to be held at the same time.
It ia estimated that by tomor
row morning at :J0 o'clock,-when
the convention gets under way at
the Grand Theatre there will be
between 1.S0O and 2.000 former
service men here, and that the wo
man's meetlnar neginning io-min
utes earlier will draw at least 200.
The women will meet at. the O.
Henry Hotel. ' ,
' Greensboro is in patriotic colore
for the event, decorated from end
to end In honor of the men and wo
men meeting here and the city win
be theirs. Arrangements for the en
tertainment of the visitor are
complete end Include many and
varied pleasures including a ball
game Friday afternoon between
Greensboro and High Point fol
lowed by a ride and supper at
High Point and a street dance Fri
day evening.
Definite assurance has been re
ceived that Governor Morrison will
Be here to address the legion con
vention Friday morning at 11:20.
Commander Thomas W. Bird of
Aahevllle will call the convention
to order. The morning will be given
to organization pf the. convention
machinery and to the Governor's
address. Mrs. E. W. Burt, of Balls
bury, will eall the Auxiliary Con
vention to order and the morning
will be taken up In gearing up the
machinery, with adjournment , to
bear tire Governor's address...
-" A.'
FIRST SNOW FALL OF
SEASON IN MONTANA
HELENA, Mont.. Sent The
first snow of the seeaoa fell today
In lh. ITJKm-M m ... 1 -..l .
of Helena and visible from thla olty. j
30,000 Witness Tragedy at
Kutiand, vt., Marking
Flying Circus.
FOURTH VICTIM.
IS KILLED LATER
Maynard's Body Is Now
En Route to Home
at KerrsN. C.
RUTLAND." Vt., Sept. 7. For a
crowd of 30,000 people assembled
ut the Hut land Fair Grounds this
elfernoim a "flying circus" staged
Wilh-aeruflanea and balloons waa
turned Into. a tragedy, four partici
pants meeting death. An aero
plane cribbed from a lielarht of
2.000 feet, carrying to their dealha
the pilot, mechanic and a passen
ger. A few hours later an aer-
FIRST MMMLeadersof Railway
nnn nn i nrm r, .
Strike Hurrying To
Chicago For Meeting
L BILL GETS
Blf UPPER HOUSE
Only Seven Votes, Cast in
Senate Against Profi
teering Measure.
AMENDED, SENT
TO CONFERENCE
Hoover Says Consumer to
Be Protected Strike
Action Deferred.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.--Vlth
only seven negative votes record
ed, the Senate late today pimsed
ihe first of the emergency coal
J1 ' ' lift I:LuUe ouaUF design
ed to check profiteering and con
trol tho distribution of coal. The
vote was 4 0 to 7 and the measure
as amended was sent lo confer
ence for adjustment of difference
with the House
Passage of tlio profile, t-i nag bill
was followed immediately by con
sideration of the fai't-flntllng i-om-mlasinn
measure but final action
on It whs deCnrred Ivy n sudden'
and at times heated debate over
provisions which would direct Ihe
ominlssion In study the question
of natlonu litation of Ihe mines,
along wth other plinses of the In
dustry. llefore quitting .vr the Any, the
commission bill was amended to
direct the agency lo make a sep
erale ami distinct Investigation of
the anthrui ltu- IniliiHtry and to In
quire Into u-uy "organized rela
tionship'' between miners and op
erators If they exist. The change
was a direct result In the recent
seiueinent or the anthracite tie-up
und Senator Borah, sponsor for
tl)e bill In the . Senate, had pre
vtnusly withdrawn It from consld
eratlou In order to await develop
ments of the anthracite peace ne
gotliillons.
The commission Is ordered I
make Its .report on the anthraclt
inquiry not later than July 1 next
year. A report on the bltumlnoii
al.udy is due, under tho bill. In fiv
months from dote of passage.
An effort by Senator Shleld,
Democrat, Tennessee, to amend th
bill s that representatives of both
miners and operators would ti
specifically prohibited from mem
bershlp on the commission was re
Jected hut only ufter Senator Bo
rah had said he agreed with It but
desired "In the Interest of har
mony" not lo Inject that feature
Into Ihe bill.
Tho fight on whether the com
mission should be directed to In
quire Into the ndvlaabiltty of nn
tlonallzallon Is expected to be re
sumed tomorrow as A result of aj
amendment, to strliie out that se4
tioo. "v ,''
The "meamire passed ' today te
aides creating a Federal fuel dts
trlbuting agency and the post ol
Federal Fuel Administrator, who
Is expected to follow closely the
work of the recent voluntaryor
ganlzatlon formed by Secretary
Hoover, confers broad powers ,on
NJUNGTIO
r.aut leaning from a balloon l.fiOrt
feet in the air was kUlad-when h) the Inlersints commerce cominls
sum witn respect in emnargoea on
coal shipments. The fuel distrib
utor la empowered to determine
coal supplies and may recommend
to the commission Ihe withholding
of 'cars from mines or dealers
found to b taking exorbitant prof
its. It now goes to thii House,
which will not be In session until
Monday
purachut) fulled In open.
The deid:
Lieutenant ' Kelvin W. Mavnard
Known throughout the countrv a
The Flying Parson." ullot of the
airpiane.
Lieutenant L. R. Wood, of Tl.
conderoga, N. Y., passenger wl'h
maynard.
Mechanic Charl. Ml
Plsttsburg, N. Y., and Henry A
(Dare Devil) Smith, of Boston
aeronaut.
iiieuter.ant Mavnard inH hi.
companions, who had been making
dally flights at the fair groundu,
crashed about 1 o'clock In a field
noar me grounds. Hardily had
u;n crown reenvor, e. i.
, ' --HI II1IT
'l nn tnrn of thla imo-n,.
VI: h n ,U. - , . '
........ urala acciaent rnme
r mlth, a Drofesslnnal aawnrt...
had already made two imU.f.l'i
i""""' ieapa at various altl
tuaes this afternoon. On the third
attempt the parachute waa
ly. Then ih. .r:, . '
, . i ---- u.w,,ru iik
- t""'nmei, railing Just outside of
..n icwi OI me grounds.
Km lh M.h. .
U- t ' - Wl KB.
,vln Parachute exhibi
tor fh. 'nrouno"' he eatt
regarded aa one of the beat In hi-
- - " wo veara avn ,hii.
nipting a nuni-hn.' j...
;;':S!,",'t Lvnn' Mass..' he fill
Tne pilot of the plane was killed.
The aeronaut claimed that his
yea'" W" M Pllr"chu,' TPs a
.Maynard anil xm. u
Almost Instant Death
,eut?n'nt Maynard and his two
companion, crashed to almost In
their plane went inm - J "
SuS!" 01 2 000 and
Lieutenant Wo . '
Mlonette. wh .7,h"" 1-r"","
u,rai,. " , iiouienam
T"r?vCOm,,1'e, ,h P"-sonnel
tertiln'r ClrcU" ,hat ha, '
I t lned large crowds dally for a
week with stunt rivm. .-'..
.t,,i ..ri "or"' oofh were ln
JZZ lyt,k!"t4- Lleu"ant Maynard
who piloted the plane, waa breath
ng when spectatora rushed to the
h.Mkuib.ut d"d on th i0 the
.el." thrV. avlat""S, using Mayn
H . mc,n, tookoff the field
?Mhf L.0cl?ck for an Mhlbltloti
flight. Thev hawl nurfn.m. ...
of the stunts on their program
when at an altitude of 1.000 feet
Lieutenant Mayaard tried a tall
"P"U-PPrently believing he waa
at a greater altitude. The plane
refuaed to respond and fell Into a
nose dive, landing m a corn field
at tbe edge of the fair grounds, a
masa of wreckage.
Governor Kartnesa and staff were
among the crowd, which waa' the
largest In the history of the fair.
The body of Lieutenant Maynard
waa sane late tonight to hia home
at Kerr, N. c.-'The local post of
the American Ieglon took charge
of the arrangements and escorted
the caaket to the train.
IIOL'HF.IIOIDKK MI KT HK
PluyiKCfi'KD HAYS IIOOVF.lt
PHILADELPHIA', Sept. 7. In
the matter of anthracite coal dis
tribution and prices "tho house
holder must and will be protected"
Herbert Hoover, Secretary of
Commerce, declared tonight at the
conclusion of a hard coal confer
ence of national significance. The
question of price is yet to -bo de-
c ded. but Samuel Warrijier,
President of the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company, and others
who attended the meeting, snld
there was no disposition among
the "big operators to aeek un
fair profits. "
The principal accompusnment or
the meeting was the appointment
of a commltte that-wlll take 1m-
CnliiMifa as ran Tk1
TURKISH
C
PENE
THE A
RATES TO
GEANSEA
Greeks Will Evacuate
Asia Minor if Early Ar
mistice Granted.
ATHENS,-Sept 7. (By
The Associated Preai.) -The
Greek government resigned to
day. King Conttantine h a i
asked Nikalo Kalogeropoulot
to form a new ministry.
ANGORA. Asiatic Turkey. Sept.
7. (By The Associated - Press)
Turkish cavalry has entered Uer
gatna, some b0 miles north of
Smyrna.
LABOR ATTACKS
IN
LEGAL ACTION
Asks District Court to Set
- Aside Chicago Injunc tion
as to Them.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
ANGLE CLEARS UP
, ...
Washington Thinks Jew
ell Engaged in Strike
Negotiations Now.
WASHINGTON, ttept. t ( ft'
The Awjclttted Press.) legality
of the order obtained by the gov
ernment from Federal Olstrlc
.Iiidge Wllkerson ot Chicago, re
straining Ihe striking railway
ahopcrufts and the railroad
brotherhoods from Interfering wllh
transportation in prosecution of
tbe shopmen's strike, was asaullrd
toduy In i suit filed In the Ku-
pi erne Court of the District of
Columbia by the International
llrother'iood of Klertrlcal Work
ers, cue of the organizations on
strike. The question of lurlsdlc
lion of the Chirafgo court was also
raised by the petition which da
r.led that the plaintiffs had been
tullty of nny Illegal acj, "before or
Binco July- i.
The electrical workera asked n
Iicrmnnftit Injunction to prevent
I'nlted Stntea Attorney Gordon and
United Strifes Marshal Snyder from
enforcing locally the provlsTons of
Ihe Chicago order. (Wtthln two
uours ai.or ine nnng or Hie suit
which wa set for hearing naif.
Si turday Mr. Snyder had served
formal notice ui the Chicago In
junction on J. P. Noonan, presi
dent of the electrical workera, on
most of the other local leaders
named aa defendants before Judgo
wiiaerson nno waa instituting a
eareli for Wlll)am It. Johnston,
head of tho machinists' association,
who was s.ild to have "disappeared
agiMn" after vlaitlnv hi. nlll,..
1The machinists' leader, accord-
ma to aoiiit- or ins associates, how
ever, had left for Chicago beforn
Marshal Snyder started nut wfh
I be olliiSsl copies t the restrain!
Ing order.
Hopo for Writ of
Nation, wide Koopo
While the elet:lilial workera pe
lit on was said to have bean flh. l
solely on their own behalf ami
without rcforenca to ,ih nih .1.
un.lunaoniilrlke, Mr. N'oonau sal, 1 1
TT'-'t' expected both the temporary
, UIBy pB(l WOu,i
Is-ue Salurdav. and th. ...r... .
,, , . - I' nnvtii
will to Lave a nation-will, ammu
Oftlclala of Ihe It.
Justice would not rtmim.1,1 t
publication on the
atrlkera to the courts, but iinotn-
!i."Vylry "Prw"d ,n" "P'"10"
that If the Supreme court of the
"...!.., ui uviuiiipia anould grant
the temporary restraining order,
.i ,.,o open up wide avenuea
lending to possible iiiisnltlnir h
oi jurisuiction or In
junctions and restraining orders
granted by the District Supreme
Court-ranch as those In various
packers and other Imnnriant
u(nder tl,e Hhorman and Clavton
The entire question. It m. - .ia
unofficially centers on sactinn 11
of the Clayton Act aiyl section five
of the Sherman law, which Dro-
vide that In suits brought there-
STR CT SECRECY
OBSERVED AS TO
UNION PROGRAM
MAYJTA1TD WAS BORN r .
IN ANSON COfNTT
RALEroH. it. C, Sept 7.
Lieutenant Belvln W. Maynard, In
ternationally famou aa "the fly
ing parson," killed In an airplane
accident at Rutland, Vt-, today waa
born at MOrven, Anson County, N.
C, September It. 11(2. the son of
ICtmumti aa rata fea)
Bergama ia on the site of the
a'nclent Pergamus. of which there
are extensive remains, comprising
a palace, an amphitheatre, tri
umphal arches, mosques and
burial grounds. .The population la
variously intimated at from 10.000
to 20,1100. The town Is situated
about 0 miles from the Aegean
Sea with the Island of Mltylene ly
ing about the same distance off the
mainland.
CAPTA.IX OF C.tVAI.HT
t"WINS PRIZE FOl "VANCK
PARIS, Sept. 7. u.umn of
4.000 Kemalist cavalrymen oc
cupied Ilaender, 10 imllea from
Smyrna, and Is advancing on
Smyrna, says a Havaa. dispatch
from Adana, dated Thursday,
The dispatch added that 5.000
more men, after taking Akhtaaar,
60 miles noreast of Smyrna; are
speeding toward Mannissa.
The dispatch adds that Noury
Bey, a captain of cavalry, haa won
a prise of 600 Turkish pounds, a
flag offered by Mustapha Kernel
ICmsmnI m fw rwal
jurisdiction. If In his Judgment It
s deemed necessary to nr,,in, t ,.
Government or the purposes of an
Injuncltiii, may have the power to
suopoena witnesses end daf enf
ant In other Jurisdictions.
wnue references to alled .
cret' negotiations at various un
named places looking lo separate
settlements with individual roade
continued to be heard throughout
the day, these still remained to
night In the status of "uneonflrm.
ed reports."
Hctt lenient Prospects
Some administration officials
who have kept In personal touch
with one ar both sides to th.e trans
portation controversy throughout
la progress, reiterated todav thev
had reason lo Jielieve that the
prospects for settlement of the
strike on several Individual roads
appeared to be Improving. It was
said that B. M. Jewell, leader of
the sinking ahoomon. had been
In touch with aeveral of these re-
ently, and while oftlcjally the De
partment of Justice was not ail.
vised of Mr. Jewell's whereabouts,
It was indicated .that administra
tion officials had "a well defined
Idea" of his activities. It was in
timated by some In the confidence
i'resldent Harding and Attor-
ey-oeneral Daugherty - that any
persistent attempt .to obtan service
ugun Mr, Jewell had been deferred
because of the belief that Be was
engaged In negotiations which
might bring a settlement of the
strike within the realm of -Justifiable
hope.
Attorney Oeneral Daugherty
was said to feel that the strike sit
uation, as It directly affects the
law enforcement branch of the
Government, had cleared up ap
preciably In the last few days. He
ports from centers where It was
found necessary to concentrate
forces of special denudes were said
to have empjiasizetf the continued
maintenance - of law- end -order
among atrlkera and railroad em
ployees. After a conference between Mr.
Daugherty and Senator Borah, It
was reiterated by Oovernment of
ficials that no effort would' be
made to retain In the Chicago
permanent Injunction, when and
if granted, the provisions which
have been Interpreted aa tending
to-Interfere with "free speech."
How far Oovernment representa
tives would go In agreeing to a
modification of the temporary
order wa pot stated, but those In
ICaaMaaef Ml fata rr
Next Conference Is Sinv
ultaneous With the In
junction Hearing.
GOMPERS WOULD
OUST DAUGHERTY
Support of Federation Is
Fledged if Impeachment :
Is Attempted.
CHICAGO, Sept. 7 (By TH "
Associated Press) Railroad strike
leadera from every section Of the
country were hurrying to Chicago) -tonight
In response to the sum
mons of B. M. Jewell, head of the
railway employes' department ot
.v. A Ii-.jl.v. f l,,n nf T ahn.
-Tomorrow there will be a meet-,
Ing of the executive council, con
slating of the six executives of the
shop rrafts, and Mr. Jewell, and
on Monday there will be a meeting :
ot the policy committee of SO. The
object of the sessions waa not ,
stated 111 the 'call aent out last,
night. f ,
At union headquarters, It waa
said, the meeting of the executive
council would be secret and that
no announcements ' of any kind
would be made regarding any pos
sible, action It might take. Mr.
Jewell, who dropped from eight
last Friday, waa atill absent from
headquarters tonight. It Was said
at tile home he would return from
New York City early tomorrow,
In the absence of Mr. Jewell and
other members of the executive
council; aeveral of whom were
said to have been In the Haat wltti
him-, union officials -refused 10 -comment
on rumors that Mr.
Jewell was planning to submit a
proposal for a settlement with In- ,
dividual roads to the full council.
The meeting Monday will take
place simultaneously with the
hearing before Federal Judge
Wllkerson, of the action by the
government seeking to make -the
temporary injunction, granted -last
Friday against the strikers, per
manent. - J. P. Noonan, chief of
the ' Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, one of the asven unions
on strike, said In Washington to
day that at thla atags there are no
settlement dlaoiisslons proceeding .
With any of the railroads, although
of course, there might be some in
the future: He added that Mon
day's meeting in Chicago was tall- .
aa to consider what anould be
done In view of the injunction ap
plication. Western E soon Uvea Know
Of No Negotiations. . '
Western railway executlvea were
almost a unit In declaring that they .
anew ut no negotiations looking
toward separate settlements with -Individual
roads. "Strike settle
ment with the American Federa
tion of Labor is now an lmpossl- .
blllty," said A. tl. Wells, vice
president of the Santa Fe, at To-'
peka, Kaa. He added that reports
01 ine willingness ot tne shop,
crafts heads to make settlements''
on Individual roads "aa stated In '
press reports" Indicated that there
Is a realisation among the leaders
that ihe strike ot the shopmen Is .
lost." ' , 1 t
At the same time, Carl Qraj"v
president of the Union Pacific, de
clared the strike "Irrevocably loat"
Cislc ofn Sf. ."m? ""." !-- Omaha. v
He added that the Union Paoiflo
had 111 per cent of -a normal force
now. at work and that there waa .
no ''disgrace Jn defeat" for ths
shopmen.
SMITH DKNIES BK.1NO IN 1
ANY SECRET MKKTTNO
NEW YORK, Sept. 7. Hallway
executives tonight stood pat on
their assertion that they knew of
no new move being afoot to end
the shopmen's strike.
A. II. Smith, head of the New
York Central Llnea, which were
reported to have been represented
at a secret meeting In Baltimore,
denied emphatically that this road .
had participated In such a parley,
or Intended to.
" He added however that If there
was room In New York Central
shnpa for more men, some of ths
strikers might be taken back.
"But." he continued, "If they
come back, It will be under the
terms agreed upon at the last ex
ecutives conference here. There
(CmHmie aa rva)
w
E HAVE
ITH US TODAY
HUGO STRAUS
"l have yet seen nothing to
equal the Land of Ihe Sky. espe
cially the scenic beauty and 1 am
favorably Impressed with condi
tions." declared Hugo Straus,
President- of the Straus" Doremua
Chemical Company, of Peterson,
N. J., to a representative of The
Citizen last night. '
Mr. Straus arrived here Wed
nesday night and will probably
spend about two weeks In this sec
tion. ' :
"After visiting In California and
all i of the leading resort sections -of
the i'nlted States, I have never
seen a hotel with all conditions
equal to the Grove park Inn," he ,
continued.
' The Straus Doremua Company "
manufacturea chemicals for uae
in the textile Industry and a num
ber of tho heavier chemicals used
by manufacturing Industries dally. 1
Mr. Straus, being in a business
Closely lntei-woven with the textile
Industry, haepetit a large part of
his time. In the Southern States
and has learned a great deal of
business conditions as affecting
the latter industry.