V7T Weather Cloudy H Local Cotton 222 Cents VOL. XUH. NO. 178 GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 27, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS INSPECTS FOB EARLY El OF STRIKE SEEM BRIGHTER TODAY OMA TARHEEL EDITORS MEET AT CLEVELAND SPRINGS IN FIFTIETH SESSION More Newspaper Men and .Women Attending Annual Press Convention Than For .Years Past .Pome 200 ' or more North Carolina editors are attending 11m J ubilec meeting ' of the N. C. Pros Association in session this ''week at Cleveland Springs Park Htel. The gathering is 'o largest that has been neid iii several years. t From .ilorehead City to Waynesvillo the f newspaper men'' came to attend the 'meting. One of the most interesting lag utteuuanis is W. O. launders, 01 Liizaoem City, .editor o T lie Indepen dent. It win j be remembered mat u late issue of the American Magazine carried as a feature article an intrust ing story of Mr. toupndcrs and his uews papex career in fclizabeta City and Nor- lorn. From' Vv aynesvUiu " and ' other mountain towns and cities, tno editors have conio making tnis meeting the most representative gathering ever heid. The toilomg message was received from President Harding: Tho White ''House, ' ' Washington, V, C, July 2S, l'J-2. Hon. John B. SherriU, President North Carolina Tress Association, , . Cleveland Springs Hotel, ' . . Shelby, N. C. , I'lease extend my best wishes to tho members of the Association at tlit'ir semi-centennial gathering and . assure them that the fine euport that press antl pub.ic are giving to the Government i a trying time is proving both inspiring" and helpful. ' WAKREN O. HARDING. Today's sessions were featured by ad- dresses of interest on North Carolina's progress in tho past fifty years, ad fol lows: ' Fifty Years' Progress in Manufactur ing" in North Carolina David Clark, Textile Bulletin, Charlotte. Fifty Years progress in Hoad Making in tho 3tate-r-II. B. Varuer, Lexing ton Dispatch. -;. Prominent Figures Anions North Caro lina Newspaper Men During Past Half Century Wade H. .. Harris .... Charilotto Observer. - Progress in Electrical Development in North Carolina John Paul Lucas. Wednesday, evening's program was short and interesting. John A. Park, of ..the Raleigh Times, had the crowd . singing and doing a'l kinds of stunts at the; opening of the evening's exercise and then Josephus Daniels of tho News and Observer, delivered tho annual ora tion. In the course of his speech, Mr. Danils traced the growth of tho news papers in North Carolina for the past 50 years, showing tho wonderful develop ment that- has taken place in every de - partment of the newspaper' business. He paid high tribute to the pioneer editors. The program for Thursday eveniujrjs as follows: ' lu the Looking Glnss of the Past .and Present of tho North Carolina Iless Association. - Kchocs of Other Days Tt. R. Clark J. J. Farriss. W. B. Hard er, Ruf us Shore, John D. tiold, J. . Noell, i. M. Beasloy.-K. T. Rollins, A. J. Connor W. J. Jacobson, 11. P. Deatoir, Archibald Johnson, Andrew Joyner, C. H. Mebane, K. C. Rivers, O. F. Crowsou. Friday an all day : trip to Chimney Hock will tio taken as the guests of Dr. L. B. Morse. , ' GASTON MEK HEAD NEW COTTON HILL IN IREDELL Messrs. J. B. and W. T. Hall, of Belmont, and Kale, of Lincolnton and Mt. Molly, Principal Stockholders. ' 8TATF.SV1LLE, July 20. Applica tion has lieen niado for a charter for the Hall Kalo Manufacturing Company, to manufacture fine combed yarns. The plant will be located just south of "Troutman, in Iredell county, and 'work will commence on the building at once Authorized stock will be $500,000, the company to begin business vith - 100,000 eommon stock and $7500 preferred stock. The plant will 'have 6,000 spindles and will be modernly equipped in every respect. The stockholders are: J. B. Hall, ! Statesvile; J. K. Ha e, Lincolnton; i.' , i, I, 1 1 v , I- I R. H. Kale, Mount Holly: rrankhn; D'Olier, Philadelphia, Pa., and W. T. Hall, Belmont. t i, li- ii i : :i i . e v . t county. COTTON MARKET CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET NEW YORK, July 27. Cotton tures closed barely steady; spots quiet, 15 points up. October 21.26; December 21 .20 ; January 21.07; March 21.05; MaVjie 20.85; Spots 21.55. Receipts 3 Bales Robbie ."Wilson EaJuli- fraiy, and w. H. Price 2?'i OnUiPimley. " ' ' A ..... - ;.. v - .; . v., '' '' V..!?.., s:::-: - '' '-' S i i - JOSEPHUS DANIELS Anniversary orator, whoss address fea tured Wednesday night's program of the N. C. Press Association in ses sion at Cleveland Springs. WASHINGTON HOPEFUL OF EARLY SETTLEMENT WASHINGTON, July 27. Hopes for a move toward settlement of tho railroad strike were revived today as leaders on both sides in the dispute gathered here prsumably for conferences on the situa tion .with aihuinistation official al tho'ugh definite indicaton was lackng as to'whether ther presence here at the same time had the added significance of any pr-arreugement. - " Arriving here earlv in the day after an un-anonunced departure from Chicago B. M. Jewell, head of the striking rail way shopmen, and tho six international presidents "of the shop crafts organiza tion, planned to go to the white house .for a conference with President Hard ing. Although it was tated in official circles today that the union representa tives had not ben "invited' 'to tho wltite house for a conference, they f course, it was added, would be received shouJd they call to discuss the strike situation and such a conference was fully exposed in the course of the day. At the same time, umong the railroad executives, W. W, AtterburJ- of the I'enn' sylvaniii; and TJ DeWit Cuyler, chair- niaa of tuo association or railway exe cutives, were both in Washington today and othrs, including L. F. Loree, of the Delaware and Hudson, were expected to reach toh capitol before tonight. President Harding, who conferred with Mr. Atterbiiry yesterday in what was understood to bo the first of a .series of conferences, with rail executives, was said at th white house at an early hour to have made ho further apointments to meet them today. Indications were that the president pnrposed to confer individually with the rail executives on tthe strike situation and particularly on the seniority issue now rcaarded as the stumbling- block in the way of an adjustment that would send the men bark to work. IMMENSE CROWD ' ATTENDED FUNERAL Church Was Able To ,Hold Only Small Number Of Those Who Came To Pay Their Tribute To Memory Of Rev. Georee A. Sivarrow. One of the largest crowds that ever attended a funeral in Gastoil county assembled at Union church, seven miles south of Gastonia, Thursday morning for the funeral of Rev George A JSparrow, who died suddenly Tuesday Twhilo on a visit to Montreat. Only a s;rall part of the immense throng was atdc'to get in tho church. From all ov -r Gaston county, and parts of York and Mecklenburg, people came to pay their last respects to this man who hail pr. melted in this county for nearly 29 yeaxs. It is a t-afe prediction that not u home in all that section was unrepre sented at the funeral. There were many from Gastonia, Lowell and Bel mont.. Dra J. H. Henderlite was ni charge of the services. Ilcvs. J. K. Herryhill, of Clo-ver, and S. L. Cathey, of Loray, rcal Scripture selections. Kev. A. 8. Anderson, of Cramerton, offered prayer, ficv. H. G. Tate, pastor of Olney, suc ceeding; Mr. Sparrow, paid a brief trib ute to he man who had preceded him. Dr. Henderlite spoke eloquently and feelingly of Mr. Hparrow's life and works iie this community. "A veritable landmark? has been removed," he said. There .as no man in Gaston .county who was held in higher esteem tvery body lovel him. He was a power for righteousness." Dr. Henderlite's talk was extremely touching, and beautiful. Mrs. 11. 15. Moore, of Gastonia, iang a solo, "Ijead, Kindly Light rr. - i - the following nnnisters ociuned seats - ' , i. n .. ""i,- IDicnnan, T. i. Tate, of Olney; Rer. A. f- An. erson,. of Cramerton ; Kev. J. L. Itoryhill, of Clover; lev. F. B. Kaiikin, of Stanley; Ktv. G. V. Xickell, of Bethel iU'v.-H. D. lorbett, of 'Bowing Green; Rev. X.' A. McLaughlin, of New Hope; Kev. W. C. Barrett, of Gastonia; Hex. S. L. Cathey, of Loray, Iredell county. Hvv. J. M. McLain and Key. J K Hall, of Belmont . The" active pall-hearcrs were the fol lowing from the boaril of deacons of fu-ithe rhnrch, L. L. Henderson, Carl Ken- d rick, W. C. WListon,. O. Reese Patrick, Jj. B. Bigger, Campbell Rat ch ford. The j honorary pall-bearers w ere the follow- from the session of the church, J. M. Xoh n, J. V . Riddle, J. R. Henderson, C. E. Hnfifstetler, K. B. Riddle. Jr., GOVERNMENT ASKS STATES' AID IN DISTRIBUTING COAL Secretary Hoover, At President's Request Calls On Gov ernors To Set Up Necessary Organization To Insure Equita ble Distribution Of. Fuel. ! WASHINGTON, July 27. With the federal machinery for emer gency control of coal distribution -completed by President Hardiag's appointment of a central committee of departmental heads, tho t;oveni inent today looked to tho states for the necessary co-operation to put the scheme into effective operation. Immediately after being named chairman of the governmental com mittee yesterday, Secretary Hoover at the request of ' tha president, asked state governors to set up the necessary organization in each j-tate for insuring equitable distribution and the maiuttnanco of fair prices for coal under the administration's plan. This organization, ho said, was to assume responsibility for all distribution within the boundary of "See And Know i . . . Tour Planned The Leading Industrial Journals North Carolina Commercial Secretaries Plan To Bring Agri cultural, Financial and Industrial Editors To State To Show Them What North Carolina Has Plan Outlined By Ritter, of Winston-Salem. WR1GHTSVILLE BEACH. July 27. The editors of the couutry's loading ag ricultural, industrial, financial and tour ist publications will be invited to make a tour of Xorth Carolina this fall, if tho eo-opertion of a suflicient number of cities is secured, according to a plan sub mitted at the afternoon session of the Xorth Carolina Commercial Secretaries Association, which convened her this morning, V , ' ". The plan, in brief, is to conduct a "See and Know North Carolina Tour" for the benefit of the country's leading editors of these special publications, that they may have first Jiand information as to the state's womlcrfull possibilities and those factors that have contributed; to its advanccmctn along agricultural and industrial lines, .They, will be the guesta of the Chamber of Commerce that participate. Thcro will be no obligation on the part of the editpn to give the tetuto publicity ' us a result of tho tou; and this fact will be stressed in the iavi tution that will be scut, to them . This plan aws outlined-by William T." Ritter, who is (Secretary-Treasurer of the State Association and who is also Secre tary of tho Vinston-8aIom Chamber of Commerce. In presenting the plan to the State iieeretaries, tho tollowing state ment was made by the Twin City Secre tary, , . ' ', . "The progress that Xorth 'Carolina has made - aiojig industrial, agricultural and as a place that has attractions for the tourist, has been very marked to say the least. Even a superficial study of the advancement of the State cannot but httlp exxcite the adimiration of most any one, but in order for the State to "cash in" on its possibilities it must let the rest of tho country know what it has. It hag a real story to tell the rest of the country. "But with all the State's advantages and jiossibi.itics, and .its rapid growth. nothing has been done in a concerted way to drive - home tlie facts. Individual; agencies, and transportation companies have been doing sonic work along tneso lines but their efforts have been necessa- j rily limited. Tho time has come for Xorth Carolina to do away with her self- satisfied air and sit serenely i;' and hope that she will attract new peop.es and new caapital without any effort on her pari. Other States, with half tho possibilities are consistently and persistently exploit ing their ' resources and are taking ad vantage of every possibc opportunity to "tell the World." California, and the result she has achieved, is an example, and need we go any further for a better object lesson. "Xorth Carolina is basicaly a well rounded out State. Some States J re sources are purely agricultural but Xorth Carolina, in addition to being an agricul tural State of no mean standing, is a great industrial State and has many things to attract the tourist, as well. To make a sart, nothing better eould be done than to bring those editors whose publications are devoted to agricultural, industry and tourists, into intimate touch with what we have. ' "The tour is not designed as a public ity seeking tour for Xorth Carolina. Its object is one of education, and it would be worth thousands of dollars to the State if each one of the leading opinion-moulding publications had on their staff a man who was thoroughly familiar with our re sources and possibilities. Their sense of news value would undoubtedly prompt them ttr use some stories of the trip, but this is merely incidental. Wc want them to know Xorth Carolina, anil there is not a more fmitfull field to begin to get our metotage across than through pubications that reach the very people e want to interest in this State." President C. V. Roberts, of the Asso ciation," gave his hearty endorsement of the plan, and the convention authorised the appointment of a committer to work each state except to railways. At the, same time the eo-otx-ratioii of tho several transportation regula tory bodies was ''requested by In terstate Commerce Commissioner Aichison, another mebmer of the committee in facilitating operation' of the priority orders for shiplueuts of coal and necessities. While the government ihus pre-" pared to distribute to the best ad' vantage he coal supply which con tinues to fall .under tho"" combined effect of tho coal and rail strikes, l'resident Harding, in restating yes terday the government's policy to ward tre industrial return to work under conditions already proposed by him while the reasonableness of their demands was being threshed out by agencies set up for that purpose. North Carolina" . . ..'.." For Editors Of SAILOR'S STRANGE WILL ADMITTED TO PROBATE. LONDON, July 10. Strange as the story of any document told in fiction is that of a will which has just been admitted to probate and ia now filed in Somerset House . It is the "last will and testa ment" of a sailor, William Skinner, who lost his life when his ship, the Indefatigable, was sunk in the battle of Jutland It is in the form of the ordinary identification disc. On one' side, in the usual deeply-punched letters, , appears the name, number, rating and religion of the man to whom it had been issued. ; On the other side the disc appears at first sight to be just a circular piece of smooth, polished brass. rJut when viewed at a certain angle, there can be seen about 75 minutely enggraved words. With a miscro acope they can be plainly read. They constitute Skinner' a will by which he bequeaths everything to his wife. . .. . . , x ine case naa Deen recoveieu nura inea sea Wlin omunei a uuujr win vu k ing cleaned revealed its secret. VARDAMAN RESENTS WILSON'S OPPOSITION Former Mississippi Senator, Again a Candidate, Replies To Letter Of Former Presi dent. (By The Associates Frew.) 'JACKSON, Miss., July 27. Stung by the oposition to las candidacy for the United States Sonata as .'contained in a letter of Former l'resident 'Wood row Wilsin to Dr. -McCales of Carlisle, Miss., made public Tuesday night, for mer Senator James K. Vardaman issued a statement csterday' in which he said hc did not believe Mississippans' need to be told by Mr; Wilson for whom they shall vote. Mr. Yardman said ' that -Mr. ' Wilson's letter states his conclusions without giv ing reason therefor. Mr. Wilson's letter contained the as sertion that he thought that it "would lie a great detriment to Mississippi if he (Yardaman) were returned to the senate. ' The former senator said: "I can only assume that his opposi tion if for the same reason that Ire op posed me in 191S. He then said in discussing the question that he would be obliged to accept my election 'as a condemnation of my (his) administra tion.' " Mr. Yardaman said Mr. Wilson's op potditon is founded upon the fact that "I performed my duties as senator with the intention of pleasing ami serving the white people of Mississippi and not tbplease or flatter the occupant of the white house. " ' THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, out the details o present to he various communities. . After these communities have assured their support' and interest the matt.-i- will be presented to the edi tors of the publications, and if a suffi cient ii mm Mr fM'ft,! In. tour will bv ar ranged.. ...-.:..;..,.......'. : .... S i ' -, - ! ' i XH I H I i r - . . - ---' ' J. B. SHEKRILL of Concord, president of the N. C. Presi Association, presiding at the sessions at Cleveland Springs this week. '. MANIAC KEPT OFFICERS AT BAY THIRTEEN DAYS; IS FINALLY CONQUERED Deranged Man Killed One Man and Injured Four More., HE RESISTED EVEN BOMBS Wounded,. He Gave Up and Asked. Officer For a Drink. (P-y The Associated Tress.) ' III X TON, W. Va., July 27. John Fredeking, the iiiwino man who barri caded himself in bis huuse and for thir- i teen days resisted the efforts of deputy sheriffs and Mate police to arrest him after he had killed one man and wound ed four others, this morning appeared l 41... fvmit t.w. v lit. lila liuilila I 111. 111V Hunt uwt, urn." v.j. ...w ...... I and asked .for a drink of water. , Two troopers, who wi thothor officers j have resorted to every known means I short of firing the house to dislodge I Fredeking, stepped up to tho door, got j him fhc water he craved, and then led i him to the county jail. He refused to j answer their ((uf'stious and appeared to j be dazed. Physicians were summoned I from the Hinton hospital where they i had been treating the men wounded in j the firing of the past days, and dresser a bullet wound iti Fredeking 's riglit nrm and another injury to his right shoulder. Dawn of the 1.1th day of successful resistance found John Fredeking, luna i tic and slayer of one man, sfill tiring at ! state troopers from his bullet-riddled home hern. Authorities to day planned a determined rush on the house and they expected it to end the crazed vigil of the maniac. Amazed at the tireless energy of Fredeking, who in addition to killing one, nhot four others, the men who have laid siege to the home abandoned imme diate hope of starving the man into submission. His supply of ammunition also seemed endless. Long periods of quiet led police to believe that they quarry was eilmustcd, but each attempt to batter down a door or climb through a window was met by a volley from within. Fredeking, according to his father, has been mentally deranged for 15 years. His condition suddenly, became worse .'! days ago wneu he forced his family from the house. When Lou Matty, a prohibition .officer, attempted to enter lie was shot ami died, soon after. Several days later, with the bouse surrounded, Karl Hope gained en trance, anil he too, was shot. His con dition is critical. Two others sustained bullet wounds. Last night a tear gas bomb was hurl ed into the house but Fredeking ap peared in another room and escaped any ill-effects. LIQUOR SMUGGLERS ARE GETTING ACTIVE (By The Associated Press.) NKW YORK, July 27., Seizure of three alleged rum running boats over night was declared by federal prohi bition agents today to iudicate the re sumption of activity by liquor smugglers who have been uncommonly quiet for several weeks. The three boats' were seized in the vicinity of the harbor aud orhcias believe they came from some larger ship-anchored several miles off the coast. The first seizure was reported by the j harbor police that of the auxiliary ! j". 1 ! , slop K-10I'M, " which was taken in narrows with -00 cases of liquor aboard. The second ship was taken by tho J coast guards who had gone to her aid, j 'when she grounded on a sandbar off : Point O "Woods. Long Ikland. They said J they found the vessel to be the sloop " J. j H. P.", carrying 1,-00 cases of liquor worth Sl.nH). j The radio reported the third seizur. The "Dry Xavy" chaser Hanson, which went out. last Tuesday reported she had ', picked up the sloop "Marion Mosher"! three miles from Fire -'.Island and that ' the boat was headed for New York with j a ejrgo of '.iouor so heavy flat tue water 1 was wa'noy hr r-un WMlle?, . JEWELL, HEAD SHOPMEN TO CONFER WITH PRESIDENT . . . ,v Left Chicago Yesterday Morning Accompanied By His Executive Council To Confer With Mr. Harding Today Number Of Railroad Heads Also At Washington Seniority Rule Now Bone Of Contention Strike News In -'Brief. ' .-. WASHINGTON, July 27. (By The Associated Press. )The White house again today became the center of development in railstrike and the focus of ef forts toward peace, President Hardrhj meeting in conference first with T. DeWitt Cuyler, chairman of the association of railway executives, and then with the strike leaders headed by B. M. Jewell, who reached Washington early in the day from Chicago. . Mr. Jewell and his colleagues went into conference with the President at 11 o'clock shortly after Mr Cuyler had concluded an hour and a half's discus sion of the strike situation with Mr. Harding. Mr. Cuyler on leaving the White house said he had presented the viewpoint of the railroad managements and that he would remain in Washington "to await the pleasure of the President" by that there had been no new develop men in the situation. , Mr. Cuyler indicated that he would return to the White house for another conference after the President had discussed the situation with the strike lead ers. Pressed for an opinion as to whether seniority was the sole stumbling block in the way of settlement he said he had seen no statement from Mr. Jewel on the point and could not therefore ssy whether that was the position taken by the unions. CHICAGO, July 27. (By The Associated Press) Just as the rail way strike seemed to have settled to a long drawn out and determined battle, hopes for peace, which have waxed and waned as succeeding in dications pointed to continued strife or a settlement, were revived by the gathering in Washington of strike leaders and railraw executives. B. M. Jewell, head of the striking shopmen, and his executive council left Chicago secretly yesterday morning for the capital, where they are expected to confer with Presi- dent Harding today, W. W. Atter bury, vice president of the Pennsyl vaina Lines and T. DeWitt Cuyler, chairman of the association of rail- way executives, were in the capitol today and other rai chiefs, including L. F. Loree, president of the Dela ware and Hudson, were exptrted htre - .. . Itestoration of seniority rights to men on strike remained the chief obstaclo to peace. The stand of the railway heads on this question was stated by IL K. Byram, president of the Chicago, Mil waukee and St. Paul, as being that the railroads were not seeking to dstroy seniority rights of men on strike, bat to' moke their seniority subordinate to that of tho men now at work. Government and local officials in vari ous cities were preparing today to -mobilize resources at their command in res ponse to the interstate commission's or ders concerning., transportation of fuel and fooduffs. j Minor developments included disorders at. widely scattered points, a walkout of .'00 shopmen on the Philadelphia and Heading Railroad, not hitherto affected by the-strike, several arrests on varying charges, issuance of an injunction or EXTRACTS FROM PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO STRIKERS "Since you speak as chairman of the railway employes publicity association, anil wince it i? exceedingly important that the American people know prcisely the questions at issue in the present rail way and coal strike, I am more than glad to answer your telegram, though I can only treat your politically partisan references with that contempt which is felt by every good American citizen in the hour of deep' public' concern. 1 "Happily for tho American publie everything done and everything said by government authority relating to the two strikes is a matter of record, and cannot in any way be- distorted. "There is no dispute about the loyal American citizenship" of the inen on strike, nor will anyone question that many of them gave everything that men can give for the service of his country in the world war. Nor is it disputed that the i men on strike are exercising their constitutional and lawful rights, under existing statutes, in declining to work under the terms decided by the railroad labor board or tendered to the workmen bv the mine operators of tho country. No one has attemped or pro posed to draft free men into either the railway or mining service, or suggested coercion under military force. "The military forces of free America are never used for such a purjtose. Their service in only that of preventing lawless ness and vioenee. That same unchallen ged freedom which permits you and your associates to decline to work is no less the heritage of the free American who chooses to accept employment under the terms proposed. The difference between the two Kisitions is that the striking railroad workers exercise their rigts of freedom in seeking to hinder the necess ary transportation of the country, not withstanding the provision made by the law for the consideration of any just grievance; and the striking miners seek to prevent the production of coal necess ary to common welfare, notwithstandi tt the offer of an agency to make impartial settlement; while the men who choose to work jn response to the call of the eoua trv ar ewn-isinir t'"ir 'ike Tir!i Pud OF STRIKING GOES SECRETLY two, and service af eviction notices on former employes occupying railway corn pany dwellings, at Casper, Wyo. Interference wibh mails was charged against seven men bound over to : the federal court of Augusta, Ga., Six were alleged to be striking shopmen. An injunction was isseud at Dallas, restraining strikers from interfering with operation of Houston and Tex-iS Central trains iu the northern district of Texas. s , The federal marshal for the northen district of California was authorized by the United States district attorney to deputize one hundred special officers fur duty during the strike. Mobilized Ktate troops were not moved from their armories at; Birmingham' officials finding tho situation quiet. : In Chicago a non-union worker was beaten severely and another attached.; In the later case police were forced to In tl;e latter case freely to disprsc the mob. . At Texarkana, Tex., two strikers were arrested on charges of violating an in-, junction uainijt interference with rail road operations. .' - A railway guard at Crfffo", la., under arrest for tho' shooting of two striking shopmen, was removed to tho county jail at Keel Oak. Ja., for safe-keeping. Fif teen deputy federal marshals were being sent to Crest on to maintain order. Investigation of Tuesday night's at tack on a train at San Bernardino, Calif., revealed that the block signal systems on tho Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fa had been tampered with, said the report of a deputy I'nited States murshull. Five oilicials of tho Chicago and North western railway wero attacked by five nien said to be strikers at Milwaukee. A-ear inspector for tho Mobile and Ohio at Meridian, Miss., was kidnapped and beaten by unidentified men. - at the same time are making their con tribution to our common American wel fare. Duty of Government ' "The decisions' of the railroad labor t board are in compliance with a mandate of the law making body of the United States. Without discussing iho decisions -at issue, it is fair tt assume that a (Wcfrilmitht agency is ever re;dy to correct an error which is made, else government itself would become uuju,st, Moreover, it is indisputable that there cau bo no government unless its man dates are accepted by the citizens of the republic. . . "This observation relates more par ticularly to the railroad situation. When tho mining situation became menacing I invited representatives of the mine workers and tho operators to a confer ence. They came together, they were advised as to the call of common wel fare, yet in eight days of opportunity no progress was made. In the absence of any tribunal authorized to settle dis putes between mine workers and theif employers the federal government then voluntarily proposed the creation of a national commission before which the disputes might be settled justly, in tho light of full information and in accor dance with the best expressions of out. civilization. THE COAL SITUATION. Frank Farington, Illinois miners president rescinded call tor state convention at Peoria next week to consider a separate agreemnt. Illi nois sub-president lxyal to John L. Lewis predicted Lewis would oust Farrington if plan was carried out. Federal authorities expect state governors to set up machinery to co-cperate in priority plan aad maintain equitably, distribution and fair trices. British "miners, consider attitude toward shipments to America. New York longshoremen may re-' fuse to handle inported coaL Inaisna , governor workii'i "n plans tit lr w .