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mmwm A DA Weather : . . Fair Local Cotton 17 Cents V0L.XLIH. NO. 79. CASTONIA, N. C.f MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 3, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS III COAL IK ARE READY TO RETURN TO SAYS JOHN L LEVIS WORK INTEREST IN TEXTILE ,,STSIKE ISIFDCOSED ON LAWRENCE THIS WEEK Of . the Lawrence Mill Two Have Been Closed In Ad-j : dition to 10,000 Idle in! Lawrence 7,000 Are Out of j Work at Arlington. By The AMoemto.1 Tress.) ' TJ08T0X, April 3. The statu board of conciliation and ' arbitration today took steps to udvanco its iii. jn 1 1 y into the textile strike situation. After a mouth of investigation on its own ini tiative and by its own agents, the .board called to a conference at the State House tomorrow afternoon a group of representative labor leaders in the textile industry. , President Thomas F. Mc Ma lion, of the United Textile. Workers of Ameri ca, who is at Lawrence directing the conduct of the striko there, ami che where, in New England, was among thore asked to attend. Ben Legere, the one big union leader at Lawrence, also teas to be invited, it was understood. Whether tho manufacturers have been heard by the board as yet was not made known. It was said, however, that the board would complete its information from both sides before the inquiry was concluded . 'west interstate district. These three BOSTON, April 2. For the moment ' districts have more than 400,000 em observers of the New England textile j ployes, excepting about half of the !."(!, strike are focusing their attention mi the j 000 anthracite workers. States includ big mill center of Lawrence. The strike. d in this stronghold of the suspension which began in Rhode Island in January "ere Pennsylvania, Ohio. Indiana, llli and unread to New Hampshire, and iso ' ns, Missouri, Iowa Kansas, Arkansas latcd points in Massachusetts in the mid-.and Oklahoma. Ue of February, is only a week old in1 lu addition central Pennsylvania an thu ..-( mmterle ..f ti e mill i-itiea on ! West Virginia, along with the smalle the Merrimack river. Because the strikers there are largely unorganized, there is more of a feeling of uncertain ty than in Manchester and Nashua. X. If., farther' no the river,' and in the Pautuxrt and Hlack-rtone valleys of Khodo Is'nnd, where, under the direction tit union 'leaders, the striking operatives Jiftve scttleiL down almost into a rout inc. Two unions are trying to organize the ' J.awrenco strikers, estimated to number ntmut JCOOO. ia sevea mills. leaders of the OUc Big Union, after being refused eo-opMation ty tho heads of the I'niuil Textilfi, Workers of America, are at tempting to swell their rank; and laying plans fof independent strike condint. Thomas V. McMahon, president of the I'nitcil Textile Workers, has iu;iee l"wrcncc his headquarters l' r New Lux land. f Of the Lawrence mills, in which the Striko was called Inst Monday because of a -0 per cent wage reduction, two were ("closed early last week. The other, in cludine the largest plant, the Pacific mills, kept a part of their machinery m i operation throughout the week, ami an ( nounccd that thev would he open tumor-1 row. In addition to the strikers T.Imhi ; operatives are idle in Lawrence because of the closing of the Arlington mills,, which did not announce any wag.' red.ic-) tion, but attributed its indefinite shut 1 1ovtii to unfavorable market conditions, j In Hhnde Island the Amalgamated. Textile Workers, in charge of the slriko: in the T'awtuxet valley, are conceiit rat ini their rfforts on trying to estab'inli their, right to have as many pick-ts as thev wish at any of the mills'. They have; started a test case by submitting to tie; .arrest of two of their lead'rs in order: to Cp before the courts the question whether the police er the national guard officers on duty in the valley have ar.yj statutory authority for enforcing a rule; that in certain case only three men shall) be allowed to picket the mill. ) Barred From The Senate. ' Leaders of the Unite Textile Workers. : who hove recently le i delegates of j ISIackstono valley strikers to the state j house in Providence to watch proceed ings in the senate with regard to a forty eight hour bill Itfore that body, are seeking to have the senate galleries re-'. opened to them. On their last vist Lieutenant Governor Grows barred them from" the galleries on the ground thaC they disturbed the session on a previous! appearance: Aside from active organ-1 izing nnd fund raising by the United: Textile Workers, the last weeks have de-, Telopcrl little of interest in connection ' with the strike in New Hampshire. j Jv'o-effort ot-mediation is under w.ij , lu any of the. three states, and prospect-1 of a strike settlement appear remote, j About 60,000 operatives are now idle. . JKNKINS MAY BE THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE ( (BrThe Associated Tress.) , ASHEVILLE, April 3. The recom mendation of L. L. Jenkins as the re publican eandidate for Congress from the tenth North Carolina district will be made at the district republic. eu grcssiouoV convention, which will proba bly be held in Asheville April 15. it was stted today, following a meeting of the executive committee iu this city. Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET NEW YORK, Apr. 3. Cotton fu tures losel steady. May 17.85; July 17;20; October 16.94; December 16.90; January 16.79; Spots 18. , "-''..:'. .' TODAY'S COTTON MARKET ' Cotton iced .......... (Strict to jood middling .Sic .17C j ZSS3T FIRSTiTEST OF STRENGTH IN THE BIG COAL STRIKE Saturday, the First Day of the j Suspension, Was a Holiday i and There Was no Accurate' Guage of Number of Walk- outs. ; IXDIANAI'OLIS, Ltd., April :i . . The first to. t of strength in the nation! .wide suspension of work by naiou coal, "miners came today, the lieginning of the j I suspension on (Saturday, an annual hoi-I iday among miners, having failed to determine the exact effectiveness of the walkout. At the headquarters here of i the United Mine Workers of America I confidence was expressed that the day's j developments wou'd confirm the union estimate of six hundred thousand men, ! among them Jim.000 non-union workers, i had laid down their tools for an indef inite period of idleness. A tacit truce between miners and op- ' erutors was counted on nppnreutiy to make t'te union estimate of idle men a .certainty. Few if any operators in the bin coal producing centers that are j ; strongly unionized were expected to at-' j tempt an early resumption of opera- j I lions. The situation, however: was in' i . . (inulit in tin' non-union ana open simp ' districts. Operators of the Pennsylvania an ' thracitc mines were not planning an im mediate resumption of work and reports sent here indicated a similar attitude on the part of mine owners in the cell- Ural competitive, field and the south- coal fields were counted on to swell tin ! ruks of the striking men. BISONS FACE STRENUOUS WEEK OF TRAINING Manager Wiltse to Put His Charges Through S t i ff Practices Some Will Get the Pink Slip This Week ; ( By ('. K. Marshall. ,Ir.) The Jiison 's second wees of their four weeks stay in the Hunny South closed yesterday. Sunday's elements were all that could be expected. Old Kiny; Sol, , after a rather long vacation, came Lack into hi own by casting his rays downturn! they ai upon tin' "Climbed Yarn Center of thelilege. Tie South'' to the tune of seventy live in the, attend does i shade. With the blue laws rigidly en forced, the whole Herd spent the day : 'rolling over the city boulevards audi county paved highways, en joying th Southern hospitality of their friends and hosts. Others, loss fortunate, idled away the sands of time, sitting about the hotel lobbies, reading about their part in the past week 's sport sheets and writing to friends and dear ones back home. With twenty-nine Bisons on his pay roll at the present, Hooks Wiltse will start to weeding "em out p. d. cp proli-1 ably beginning today. He says he will tie cans to eight ni' ii soon, thus getting hirt crew down to where he can start mak ing out his entries that he will carry into the 1!IJJ International season, when he returns tn Buffalo. .Ionian will prob-) ably get his pink slip Monday or Tues day, in the form of a ticket home. Bill Pierre will sjoii follow in a pending trade. Thi9 week's workouts will be harler than any of the past held here at Loray Park. Work will begin at ten a. in., and, continue throughout the day until five in ' the afternoons. During these- periods. Hooks says. "I am going to work 'cm i like . My reasons for doing this, is that I believe in shooting them through: while the weather permits and, too, ive ) might have plenty of bad weather on our; trip back North." The Hi son's ' are figuring on stopping off at Richmond. Va., for a scries of preseason gnmes, with the Richmond club. Added to their regular workouts and i practices, the Herd has a rather brisk; schedule on hand for this week r at least j five exhibition games will be played.' Those booked so far are as follows . , Monday Itanlo. smi pro. Loray ("ark. Tuesday Charlotte Hornets, at Char ' I lotte. i Wednesday Charlotte 'Hornets at Lo ' ray Park, ! Thursday Charlotte Hornets, at Clmr-i ) lotte. ' ' 1 Two games are pending with the Oreensbnro club of the Piclmont lj-s 'cue. Final arrangements will be an ! nounced early Tuesday. C. K. !ye, known throughout Buffalo and the circuits of the International as "Rnbi;' blew into the city bunda.v morning and received the glad 1......1 Babe will' was welcomed to ine nn. gird his loins with a Bison uniform to rlav and start his 1922 spring training immediately. Such of the Her''- as iyc. Miller, Urban. Hutier. Kane and u fen others, will run the recruits taken in by Hooks a fast race for regular berths on the Rison entry in the International circuit this season. CALLED TO DOOR OF ' HOME AND SHOT DEAD ; BF.LFAIST. April .1. John Mallon, 1 answering a knock at the door of his homo in iskcgonycl avenue last night, was confronted hyu gang of men who asked if his son was in the house. I p. on replying in the negative Mallon was shot dead. A bomb thrown into a bedroom in the) house of John Simpson m Arlington t Street, wounded two chihireu, used and 6, ACTED AS "PROFESSOR OF BASEBALL" AT TWO JAPANESE UNIVERSITIES ' I -'',y$-L J ... . i h If ' ' l-A Herb Hunter, utility player on the St Louis Cardinals, returned recently ' from Japan where he acted as "pro-; fessor ot baseball" for the teams of Wa3da and Keio Universities. Base ball is steadily growing in popularity in the Orient, says Huter, and at the ' end of the 1922 season he will return to Japan, taking with him an all-star team. When he was leaving his Japan-: ese college boy pupils presented him ; with a valuable chow dog. SENATOR KEFLIN TO f SPEAK HERE FRID11 Annual Chamber of Com' merce Dinner to Be Held i Baptist Annex Friday Even ing at 6:45. fembei" of the (Iastonia Chamber enjoy their annual the organization at I'ridav nielil at (i:- Commerce will miner as a nests ot the Baptist Annex 4.1 o'cloik wit I Cuited States Senator I, of Alaniaba, as th-' Thomas .1 llellin, ' chief s eaker . Owing to the si.. ..f the iiieiiilieiship and the fact that not I accommodated in the 1 I possible for mi lulu rs ver mm may In ill it ill be ini to t:ike friends asked not to fi.-k this priv fact that a member cannot not give him the privilege of giving someone else Ins plate as it is only owing to the fa. t some members cannot go that tin card that bal- nee may be accomodated . Admission will be by nuiiibeicl aid only. Those who have these ml find tiny cannot go will sav plate raids the I aid their chainbi r of commerce expense an the oti-.r cards back luelniieis by turning to the office promt ply IRISH MEETING STOPPED BY MEMBERS OF ARMY (By 1 I.I.IX. io Associated Press.) pril The meeting J1' dress-, bar. . au I by Michael ( olhiis. at ( ouiity Mavo. last nieiit. was est lo st op- ped by members f tl fourth Western republican army which a woman division of the li after Mtorniv seen," h in was wounded by a ballet, aicordiug to accounts' reaching Mil!, tin this morning. Jhe chief of i he p r.iv isi, ,na 1 govern moot and his party returned to their hotel, and the nllicer who had proclaimed the meeting at an end followed, declar ing that none would be al'owe.l to leave until Mr. Collins anl his friends had surrender, d t heir a rais. , "Tin- accounts r, ,-, ived h r state I'.'net'i.r the '.,lli'i4 parte i armed, merely s-:iv,ng tii.it ' - nn.' who left t!:, hole! were searched. do ins I" not The telegraph wires amimd C:..lle Bar were cut, and when the new .paper correspon Ivnts there board, d a train lor Athlon.1 they were ordered by two of Beers to go to the barracks. The iff'wspap.'r nn n weie conveyed to the barracks, in automobiles where tiny found A. Mcl'nbo. a ii'.'-.r.li. r of the Hail Kin aim, with Commandant Kilroy and hit it a IT. The commandant stated that Mr. McCabe bad admitted h? was the first to draw a .levoher at the meeting. Mr. Collins Mib-eijiientlv told the rep I rescntative of the IrU'i In b'pend. lit. Publin newsiwiper. that le had visited Mr. Byrne in the barrack and found him in a cell wi' i only a p'ank for a lied, and no budding. He said he had iis - seit oiiiinani ant Kilroy lo panne ".vp. Mr. Vol I in, to if responsible for him. but tkat the reoue-t was refused. Mrs. Uogarty. proprietress of the Conimercuil hotel. Castle Har. vv;: wound cd in the shou'der, presumably by the bullet fired at, the meeting. FASHIONABLE BANDITS' FRUSTRATED IN ROBBERY fTtv Tho Associated Tress.) NEW YORK, April 3. Driven b the door of a fashionable Manhattan a partment in a tdg touring car boasting it chauffeur and a footman, two ban dits last night attempted to hold up Samuel Ka'pport, the landlord, but fled in their fashionable equippagc when Hapiwrt resisted and summoned assist a nee from tenants in tfie place. Ihf police later arisi-atp,! Anthonv troline. aecuse.I oT being the driver ljiiid owner of the. tar, ou a charge of 'attempted robbery. AMERICANSLEGION MEN LLOYD GEORGE WANTS AN! Resumption cf TO ADDRESS SCHGOLS'EXPRESSION OF APPROVAL1! J o. Members of Gaston Post, No. 23. American Legion to Talk to School Children of Gas-, ton County on Americanism and National Courtesies. lu nccordaiive with ; lulls recent v ac cepted by (in;. in Post, :,. J.J Alii, ri can Legion, wlicrcl'v ;n-akers from the Jiijst will appear fr m lime to time ie fore thu public school children of the county to teaidi tln'in the proper courle sies due the National -'la and Antle n, the following a ppoiut in, -n; s have been made for Vediie lay mo.'nlii. April ."III. At the Wednesday lu lining caapel e. r lisr.s ill every lari'e m-IiooI in the cmiiiiy. members' of tin sudeni bodies Leg i-. ii will a on ' ' A iiieriea a I .rc. the Hid .lid til, tin national ei.iirte.sie. spi'akeis assigin-d . The s, are ;is f, . W ar iri li. Ii, eh hool. illovx -4 : i, t'l.euy No. 1 ville, X Supt. A. ( l-., Mi'phell No. 2. iv. K. (, Nn. :;. , Claude No. 4. I'., I). isiliit. A. (S Mallarl, I! -ss iik r Uallar I. . herrv. .Sunt. .1. H. llells'ill, l;iilas, N. H. WolU. Hujit. W. P. (n iii . i iastonia, II. Wilifains. Ml. K. .1. Aliirnel iiv . I 'rimipa I X. C. K. f. I. one; Mr. (i. I.. Sawyer. Pnii'ip.il, X. '., Kiv Arnistroiii; Hunt. K. L. Smit h, lt.ni',,, N. '. X No. ( iastonia , No. li. (iastonia. No. 7. Joe K No. Wray. H. Mis S. Kdna Itaiikm, (ins tonia, X. ('., '. M. Austin. No. !J. Snot. M. L. Ha; lie.. (,.,Monia. X W. (i. (iastoii j No. in. Su,.t. K. A. Th.-mps.-m. Alt. llollv. X. C, H H. (.listen. II. C Sisk. il. 1 n i ii 1 . X. r.v . Y. .1 . A. Sinit'n. I. .well, Dennv. No. 1 I. Supt. ('.. Hugh A. Qm No. 1. Supt. X. . Kmerv B. No. 13. Hujit. C II Sli X '.. Krnest H. Wnrr.-ii The Stanley school i! ( 'raniertun. be .111. .se.l bv its principal, Kev I ' l ink P.. Kan kin, who was a Y. M . C. A. in the war. the Tryon high its principal, Mr. Hinson. M secretary chool bv '.If. !' Hall pils of Belmont, will address the pn f Kast Belmont si hool. PAIS HIGH COMPLIMENT TO LOCAL LEGIONNAIRES K. Burgess in Forward rvation post in Sunday Pays Gaston Post No. 23, American Legion a High Tribute. Th.' following compliment to l.aston Post No -.". American Legion, is from The Forward Observation Post, the American Legion dipaitinenl in the Stat',' daily p:ier.. It U conducted by Cale K. Burgess, State adjutant. Mr. Burgess made the pri'nipnl address a' thi' recent district meeting held in ..is touia. The article read.: The rally meetings at (Iastonia and Wavnesville last week were brilliantly successful. Legioiinaiies from the ninth congressional district assembled at (iastonia on Th.ir-lay and those in the tenth congressional , list t ie' met at Wa nesviil Knday. Tin- enthusi asm and the si.ii it of th. se nic ' iius were viva I work tliets. Tic ly a leader men . most gratifying, ami a gn:i' re- I been 111.) these two I ted ill the legion c illgressiollal dis- (iastoii Host ot Hi, I live ot gnui.at ion i' s - aie good fellows Todav the Caston gle Is .!1,'- i- and st roll g ,.!' the .lis1 legion ranks fifth iu leem strength iu North Carolina and it ing spirit is liable to run it up race with such citie; as ( 'ha riot t. ston Salem, (ireensboro, liab'igh, b. l-l, lilih li the ville and Wilmington. In fact, at present, the (iastoii post is surpasse ! HI membership by only Charlotte, Win ston -Salem, (ireensboro an I Kr.li igh it is leading Asheville, Wilmington other larger cities in the tate brief visit to (iastonia and a brie social ion with such fellows as II an I A ' as ('. . Cherrv. I). H. Williams. Hen Honglas. K. B ! Hugh O unv and tile other officers and leader' of 111"' li'l- ton post of the legion I fell the SC ret. The dart on county legionnaires The .ire not only fine fellows, whom you would enjoy to know personally, but j they are active, energetic and forceful I in. n ; they typify th" bst of the kind' that broke the Hindeii'.urg line and car I ried the stars and st:iHs forward in the Argonne forest and elsewhere in France. I salute the most excellent legionnaires iu Caston county. DICKSON CONFESSES TO ROBBERY OF BANK 'Bv The Associated Press.) SKALF.. ALA., April !. Itev- Dick ers, in. said to have confessed to compli , tv in the rohlvery of th, l'henix Cirard bank at .;irard, Ahi . on January Hi. I'.i.'o. and former city cl-rk. T. A. Weav er, of Oirard. charged fth endirzzle meiit of approximately 2.tiiM) from the iittle ALibama town, aie the principal ...uses to come tip todav iu court here. Ibckcrson, according to a statement by his counsel and the solicitor general, will cuter a l!ea of guilty when arraigned. ! Weaver will fight his cae. Under the laws at the state of Ala 1 Lama, a lwrson eluir,. ! with a capital offense, cannot : be placed on trial im mediately after entering a idea of guilty,' but that as much as a "full day" must; elapse between the time of making the ph-a and actually being placed on trial, j Therefore, me mcaerson ease wi'l go yver q V."eJnl;ir t the wriietr rnnrrnrurr i lUNitKtNlt! Will Ask House of Commons For Expression of Confi-! dence in Government's Pol- Economic Conference at1 Genoa. I The Associated I'r. ss LOM(), Api il :;.-l'iiihe Minister l I L'oyd (ieorge is to appear before, the Hons" of Commons this afternoon and ask for an expression of i unlideuee in I the g eminent 's policy toward the in ternal ioiial economic con fer. ii, at Oe 1 on, oi wlii. li he is one of the .sponsors, j lie i expecled to receive .1 substantial majorits . 1 Mr. Lloyd (ieorge returned lat night from ( heipiers 'oiirt . office,'' a. cording to his s. ii. l i jor Lloyd ( , lie speech on Sal unlay proved ill health aft ei 'of rest. The resolution v. hi.li He is ''sick an assi rtion by leole, in a pub , but greatly 111! his tin weeks the prime minis today, ter v ill per-olially int rodiii'e read.-.: " Uesolve.l, that this house approve the resolutions passed by the Supreme Council at ('nines as a basis of the (ieiioe conference and that it will sup port His Majesty's (iovernineut in en deavoring to give effect to them.'' Notice has been given of seven a-, men. Intents to the government's motion. 1 but that proposed by the labor party is j given piimity. The labor amendment I reads.- j "While approving of an international j economic and financial conference, this; house regrets that the scope of the- .lis-j cus ions at (Iciioa has been cireiimscril. I'd that the conference must fall short . of a sett lenient of the poll ical and: i ionic evils vvliicli affect Km ope, audi it is of the opinion that the Govern- j nieiit, which clearly has not the confi-, ,1,-ii,,. of the country and which is re-' sponsible for a policy whose unfortun ate effects ai" to be considered at tie una, is not competent to represent, this country . " These amendments are not likely to, be adopted. Former Premier Asipiith, ll beha'l' of tile opposition liberals,. Had been of the Ci his home I 'ly lies i s menl . expo. t.-d to joiik in criticism , v ei anient . with a in ehirge but was coiihned to cold . Jo"! in Hubert. ' of the labor amend- ' MISS STONE'S MOTHER HEARS OF HER PLIGHT. (By The Associated Press. J NKW VOK'K, April .1 . - Agitated be can e she had learned her aged mother in TotnpkiosvilV, Ky., had beard of her plight. Miss Olivia M. P. Stone resinned the witness stand for further . toss examiiia t ion today at her trial tor the murder of Kills (iiiy Kinkiad. As sistant libiriet Attorney War basse o 1 pom d Ins iltack Kink, knew Mates on lie story of be t rava ii b id, by demanding aiues K . Clark, for Attorney at Cinein I v het In t iner Ci ual i . 'I , I, nn. ei ie, I don't I, nut ing know int.. , him, Mi -tone tears " I'd r. tie Villi M tak, inv life keep hounding ne this way. : Tin n Mi , ' 'lark, vv ho Warbas e pointed on! it in the court room, Mr. and repealing hi Miss Stone ; him . ' Opt aing In .pi. st ion . insisted .she did not know ase. Mr. would be Warb.'lsse had a ked to tes indicated ( I IK t.l.V c Stone Chnk. gainst Mis heard letter kinsvil accruing a Maim act charge Miss soiieh; to bring against. Kiukead. he said. ,1. cliin d to press the . 'eliiug Miss Stone there was ground for such a charge a h. r. , stone learned her mother had of the case last night, when a of sympathy came from Tomp le. Attendants lit Raymond street .jail said the ptisoiicr spent a night b.inoaiiiiiig the fact that she been unable longer to keep news of trouble from her mother. bad had her TO INQUIRE INTO HARDING'S DISMISSAL ORDER (Hy The Associated Vrcss.) WASHINGTON. April .1. Investi gation bv a special Hons-.1 committee to ,h tcrmiiie whether .bsmissal by Presi dent Harding last Friday of certain, of ficials at tin Hureau of Fngraving and j Printing was justified was proposed in i a resolution introduced by Ilcpresentativc Moore. Democrat, Virginia. I Mr. Moore asked that a commit trti be, appointed by the speaker to ascertain j why the executive order was issued nnd; whether anv investigation of conditions at th-' buitaii pieee.iel its promulga-. tion. The resolution in. seeks to have, it determined whether the "fads indi-j ate that the order may be regarded as a ston in the direction of a return the discredited sooiU system." toi Burglars Loot Stations. ; OF GENOA NEWARK. N. .1 . April ' JurK-j conference at designated time aud place (were idle... Long trains of loaded ears lars early today ' ",,'.r',(' "r"a'' j for the purpose indicated in the agree-i have been moving out of the ctasMiica- strtet .station of the Delaware, Liicka-J ment 0.K.n 0,.,-asion our invitation ; tion yards in the several shipping een wanna A: Western Railroad, took f '.,o00 i as j-en refused and our efforts in vain, j ters ever since the tie tip and it is ex from the safe and escaped. j aRSliming this attitude the operators j jiected the region will be. cleanest m by " ' do not denv that thev are contract break- tonight. Tho coal is Iwinr ford uu HOXTON. N. J . April 3. Uurg.ars : who entire. I over (Sunday '"' . stole I,ono from the rail- y s safe, it became known . . ' A. ' . , ,fe belonging to the West- road i-oiui -today. A small em Union Teh grapn iompauy, also was i I rifled. , j THE WEATHER 1 . i ..A1,. fair . r. V. t mM ..a), i ably Tuesday, glovly riainf tempera tur. 1 11111 Ul V. "' " " - wuu tvw- lvcpciiuciii) i luwcvcr, unruiure Attitude of The jonn L. Lewis Before Makes Statement to turn to Work at Earliest Possible Date. (By The Associated Press.) 1 WASHINGTON, April II. Union I coal miners who suspended work Satur day in the nation's bituminous and, an-! thracitc fields, wcro declared todav bv I John L. Lewis., president of the United M iocs Workers of America, to be desir- i l mis of cm ling "the suspension of mining j j operations at the earliest possible date" but "the resumption of coal production entirely depends upon the future attitude I of the coal operators." Mr. Lewis made this declaration he-: fore the House Labor Committee, which is holding hearings on the Bland rcso- ', t hit ion to direct apiMiintiiient i,y tin-1 ; President of a commission to investi gate the coal industry. Discussing the resolution under consideration, the I'ni ted' Mine Workers' president asserted that his organization would welcome ("any impartial and judicial invest iga- fion of the general conditions in the hi I luminous and anthracite coal industries, especially the facts relating to invest incuts and profits, operating practices, conservation of fuel resources, applica- lion of uniform method of safeguarding) the life and limb of the workers, and industrial relations and conditions. "Much an investigating Imd.v. " he added, "should be clothed with full power to ascertain tho truth, to send for persons ond papers and to take testimony under oath. The personnel of such of u commission should be. free from political , 1 1 1 1 ; 1 1 i . 1 1 s and the mine workers should be given adequate representation there on." "As to the adjustment of controver sies between operators and' mine worker all have been traditionally opposed to governmental intervention." Mr. Lewis continued. "We have been convinced by experience that such adjustments may be more effectively nnd equitably worked out iMith in the interest of the public and of those engaged in the industry by conference and agreement between rep resentativs of the operator and the mine workers. If the operators had main tained their contract c.-.tfi us. the pres ent deplorable condition of affairs in the soft coal industry would not have arisen. All differences should have been settled by agreement and a suspension of work and a general breakdown in the the industry avoided. Our experience with labor adjustment boards or commis sions has been that representatives ot the public, not having kiioweldge of the technique of the coal mining industry and not being completely informed as to different conditions, as might be expect ed, arc not in n position to reach as satis factoy conclusions as those who are ac- tively engaged in the practical opcra 1 tion of the mines. i "The I'nited Mine Workers regret more than anyone else the necessity for j ja suspension of work by the union coali I miners of the country. Wo have, done! 1 everything humanly possible to avoid thci suspension. For month past we have fought hard to induce the bituminous' , coal operators to keep faith with us and with tiie (iovcinment and meet us in ' joint conference so that a new wage and j working agreement might be made that i would maintain industrial peace audi prevent public inconvenience. j "In a joint conference held in the, city of New York on the .'list of March,! llC'ii. a two year agreement was signed; covering wages and working conditions in the mining industry for thM period. In this basic agreement appears the t'ol- . lowing provisions: ' Hesolved, that an interstate joint , conference be held prior to April 1, 1!L', the time and place of holding such meet- I. I .. ....,. ...it!-.... nf '0 U,ridi.'.i ,,. ..... ..v.... . - j state herein represented, together with I the international officers of the I'nited I Mine Workers' organization.' "This arrangement was a part of the on,nmltl ..niellle lis. bindinCT .IS H11V other provision, and was duly executed in writing tnrotigu tne auanimrai ' i flic signatures of the operators and mine j workers' representative. It was ,ii pledge moraltv as binding as any bond or Iiron.;S!l0rv note ever executetl in a biisi nesj transaction, i he mine workers oi the country believed that the coat oper-: ators signed the agreement in good faith, but we now find that they contumelious-j lv refuse to live up to their ngreemeut.i They have refused point blank to do as they agreed they would do. If thej were to refuse to liquidate thoir finan cial obligations it would be no more dis honorable than their refusal t continue their solemn agreement with the mine workers. On two occasions since the month of December, 1921, the operators 1 I.,,.,. fnniudK- Iv-pn invited bv the mine , W(rkers ' representatives to meet in joint ,,rg tr i y penna. of Indiana, who for af'v ,wo Iades lias been rhe ehief) Upokcsman for the coal operators of the j ewltrai eoniiH titivefield. in a recent put I lie interview said: 1 .r .n..nf H.m tlmt our rcfnsj.1 tn niott js a violation of our agn-ement.' f ! the face of such braien and un-j i compromising attitude on the part of the j coal operators the mine workers had no alternative tint to quit their wrork when the agreement expired ana await tnet IU t .nnl..,p a ,Tri..iin f ' li v ' r, t lie. T ' schedules of wages unl governing Their v. "''' ' , Production Is t?. . Coal Operators House Labor Committee That Effect Would Re conditions of employment. It is recog nized by all thoughtful mcu that in thu end an agreement must be effected, through the accredited representatives of the orgauizd workers of tho country and it is particularly unfortunate that hundreds of tiiou-tan Is of men must bo withdrawn from industry to tho detri ment of the social and economic, well be ing of our country before a joint confer ence can he held and an agreement nego. I tinted. The responsibility for this con ' dition must rest clearly upon the shoul ders of tho coal operators, who have flagrantly and urrogaiitly refused to car ! rv out their obligation and meet th j mine workers in joint conference! Their j attitude should rightfully bring down i upon them the moral enstigation of an outraged citizenship. The public can i follow its own reasoning in defining tin I motives of the operators. Wherher it b : their mere sordid desire to further en- rich their own teeming coffers or wheth : er it be their futile hone to destroy the United Mine Workers of America and beat the miners backward, it is equally r,1l"v heusilile. Dospite the failure of our previous attempts to secure a meeting with thu coal operators for the iiurMise of nego tiating a new agreement, the mine work ers are still ready to meet at any time such a meeting is possible." HUMAN HYDROPLANE FOR OLYMPIC GAMES John Weissmuller, of Illinois Athletic Club, Expected to Shatter Many Records , in Swimming. (By The Associated Tresa.) NKW YORK, April 3. A human hy. droplane. John Weissmuller, of the Il linois Athletic Club, is being developed to represent the United States in the Olympic games at Paris iu 1924. Still in his teens, Weismuller ' ambi tion is to lower the world record time for every event on the swimming card. He already has created records for at least a score of distances in tho six months he has been in nt'-inal compe tition. . ' He will be IS years old June 2., 'Ho'"' was born in Vienna, Australia,, but Ills family emigrated to Chicago when he was an infant . It was with a group nf ' barefoot boys that he first paddled in. the surf of Kullertou beach. At tho r age of eight he had taught himself tn keep afloat and until a' year and a half : ago he was his own mentor. He standi six feet one inch, weighs 168, has tin'" usually broad shoulders, and largo, hands and feet, part of the equipment of all great swimmers of the past. ' , "I don't think my feet nnd hands have much to do with it," he said. "It's all in the stroke and the timing of the hands with the feet six beats to u stroke. " Xot a day juisses that Weissmuller does not swim. Ho takes tt dip imme diately after breakfast aud frequently is in the water three times a day.- In training he does not diet and on tha day of a rnee -he - eats, a big steak. . well doner"" He is f ond "t''l"reseTvel figs nd once broke four records after 1 filling his stomach with ''hot dogs."" Contrary to general belief he does not, employ the Australian stroke, but what he calls thu "American" stroke and declares the speed is in the perfect of his anns and leg movement. He breathes with erery stroke. "I'm going after as I can in my first tion,' he said, "and as many records year or compcti-1 1 may go to Ha. i" May PRODUCTION AT STANDSTILL IN ANTRACITE DISTRICTS (Dy Tho Associated Press.) ' ' . WILKK5BABRE, PA., April' 3.' Production is at a standstill in the threo anthracite coal districts of Pennsylvania and 1 oo.OOO idle miners have settled down to await tho outcome of tho Now York conferences. 6omo of the foreign born workers have taken advantage of the suspension to- visit their old homes in Kurope while others are seeking tem porary positions elsewhere. Several thousand, railroad employes, members of coal erevts founds them selves our or employment today as a re- suit ot th ftiisrunt;mi Tn th Vilb. barre district alone 2.000 railroaders sidings near the larger titles, where or- ders can be more readily filled. ' : Officials of some of th local unions today were-investigating the seurc ui circulars which have madd. their apftear anece among the miners criticising their leaders and advocating "One - Big Union." The Mten were urged to disre gard the circulars and tt re-swear alle giance tn the leader 'lip of the UniV- l XGne Workers of A ...,-rh-a. T?-id.!. ..Is. tt was .taietf. wer. nig adv.mtf. ;, v( I Le . :. . . in the anrlvacit; fioloa, PU - - . 1 -e . tl to prad their Itoi :;!: ' T . ' . -:...' , , .... ... x,.. .... . .. . - j - - ' v . . i . " .