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Local Cotton
22 Cents
VOL. XLIII. NO. 180
GASTONIA, N. C., SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JULY. 29, 1022
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
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HENRY SPENCER NAMED
COAL ADMINISTRATOR
FOR DURATION OF STRIKE
Former Southern Railway Of
ficial To Act During the
Preent Emergency.
HAS NO FURTHER PLANS
Embargoes On Roads Running
Through Coal Fields Equit
able Distribution Object.
WASHINGTON", July 23. (By the
Associated Tress.) Henry 1$. Bjienccr,
former vice president of tho Southern
Bail way, and general purchasing agent
for the wartime railroad administration,
tonight was appointed federal coal ad
ministrator for the duration of th,e pres
ent strike emergency, by President
Harding.
Mr. Bpencer becomes adlmiiiistrativc
member of the coal distribution commit
tee which will control distribution of
available coal supplies on a priority
basis to essential industries and utili
ties. With the announcement of creation of
the office -of eoul administrator, confi
dence was expressed at the Whtio House
that production of coal regardless of
rail and mine strikes eventually would
be Increased to the poiut where it would
be adequate for the country' tux-di.
President Harding felt so assured on
this point, it was said, that lie contem
plated no further move in the coul
strike situation.
Secretary Hoover, who announced Mr.
Spencer's selection by Proside.it Hard:
ing for the vacancy on the ceiitnl com
mittee, mndo public also names of op
erators from coul producing districts o
far designated as members of the ad1
visory committee which is n part '-of
the federal organization for maintaining
coal prices and insuring fuel distribu
tion. They are: O. K. Bockus, New
York, chairman for Virginia ; K. L.
Douglas, of Cincinnati, for Kentucky;
George S. ' Francis, of Greensburg,
Penu., for .Pennsylvania; K. C. Ma
ban, of Knoxville, for Tennessee; W.
J. Magee, of Charleston, W. Va., and
E. K. WhWito, of Glen bite, W. Va.,
for West Virginia.
C L". Tut tie, of New York, was
named advisor to the committee on lake
and northwest movement and Le Baron
8. Willard, of New York, advisor ou
bunker and tidewater movement.
The governors of 2.J states, Mr. Hoo
ver announced, have undertaken to' erect
the necessary administration to control
profiteering and distribution of coal
within their state borders.
States which have reported steps to
set up this machinery include: Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Norb. Dakota, Minnesota, Maine, Massa
chusetts, New. Hampshire, Connecticut,
Rhode' Island, New York. New Jersey,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Iowa, Oklahoma, Florida, Kentucky,
Tennessee, and Louisiana.
DISCOVER PLOT TO
ASSASSINATE POINCARE
French Premier Is Undisturb
ed By Rumors That He Is
Next Victim Of Monarchist
Association.
PARIS, July 20. (By The Associated
Press) Unperturbed by the information
made public yesterday that an attempt
was being plotted in German monarchist
circes to assassinate him, Premier Poin
care is planning-to carry out his original
ntention of participating iu'thf unveiling
of a war memorial in the Argonne to
morrow mar hia country home in Sam
pigny. Before leaving Paris last night, the
premier discussed the alleged plot and
the precaution considered advisable with
the new prefect of police, M. Naudin,
and with Minister of the Interior Maun
our. The rciKirted plot is understood to
be the work of the jnonart-hist associa
tion known as the "counsel." Encour
aged by its success in planning the re
moval of former Minister of Fnanre
Erzbergcr and Former Minister Rathc
nau, the association, according to the
report made to the French foreign ofiiie
decided to extend its scope beyond the
German frontier and selected Premier
Poincare as the first victim.
At the time of the assassination of
Dr. Rathcnau a report was current in
Berlin that the next victim would !e Dr.
Joseph Woth, the Geramn chancellor,
and the French premier, but no attention
was paid to the report here at the time.
The information which reached the
French government yesterday, it was
made known today, wn' from the Bel
gian government, not through the Berlin
police, as was f'st stated.
The alleged plot had been worked out
with such detaiil, both as to its organi
zation and the means the monarchists
intended to employ to arrnmplish their
end, according, to the oCifiirial report,
that the French Government felt il could
' jiot safely disregard it. After consider
able deliberation it was decided the best
means of frustratag the attempt was to
make a public statement, which accord
ingly was published yesterday. At the
same time a'l necessary precaution! h.iTe
teen taken for the "protection of Premier
Poincare and the liennan government
as ben communicated with.
THE WEATHER
Tmii tonight , Sunday partly cloudy.
Harding's Plan For Settlement
Strike Is Not Yet Made Public
President's Plan Deals For Large Part With the Seniority
Question As Only Point At Issue Between Railroads and
Workmen Strikers May Get Rehearing Before U. S. Labor
Board Two Big Conferences
WASHINGTON, July 29. Details ot
the rail strike settlement plan drawn up
by President Harding, to be considered
at separate meetings of railroad execu
tives and union officials Tuesday, were
still withheld today but the president
was said to feel they offered a basis up
on which the two sides should be able
to come to an cary agreement.
After announcing -that the general
strike committee of the shop crafts union
on strike would be convened in Chicago
to consiider proposals on the same day
the rail heads meet in New York for
that purpose, B. M. Jewell, leared of
the shopmen, and international officers
of the unions left here for Chicago last
night apparently prepared to recommend
favorable action by the committee.
As understood in broad outline the
President's settlement plan deals in ma
jor part with the seniority question as
practically the only controversial issuo
JUDGE WALTER CLARK IS
INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Scalp Wound Misses Jurist's
Brain By Little More Than
a Hair's Breadth In Moore
County Thursday. " '
RALEIGH, July 2!). While not seri
ously hurt, as examinations here today
revealed, Chief Juctice Walter Clark 's
escape from possible fatal injuries in the
automobile accident was almost miracu
lous, according to an account of the mis
hap b his sou, John Clark.
A scalp wound missed the chief jjus
tice's brain by scarcely a hair's breadth,
and physicians making an examination
ut Hex hospital considered that its pene
tration for a fraction of an inch deeper
would have caused instant death.
An x-ray examination was made this
morning to make certain the extent of
his injuries. Judge Clark was unable to
go to his home after the examination.
According to the account given by
friends of John Cark, the steering wheel
locked, swerving tho wheels and throwing
the car down an embankment. Justice
Clark was thrown from . the back seat
through the windshield. He sustained .1
number of slight bruises and cuts about
the head in addition to the deeper wound.
Mrs. John Clark sustained a deep cut
in the tongue, making it necessary for
her to take nourishment this morning
through a tube, otherwise she was not
seriously hurt. Her husband's injuries
consisted of bruises and cuts.
Yesterday's accident is the second
narrow escape for the chief justice.
Friends recall that some nine years ngo
only a raro presenc of mind saved him
from asphyxiation by gas. -
An open jet in a closed room furnish
ed a flow of gas-in a room in the Clark
house in which Justice Clark was caught
unawares. Judge Clark was almost suf
focated when he finally succeeded in cutt
ing the connection and reaching a win
dow. Judge Clark's advanced age made his
escape from more serious injury in yes
terday's accident all the more remark
able, in the opinion of friends. He is 70.
He and his son and daughter-in-law
were returning to Raleigh after a tour
of the western part of the state.
RAN INTO A STUMP
'ART II AGE, July 29. Judge Walter
Claik chief justice of the supreme court,
of Raleigh, and his son, John Clark, and
the latter 's wief, of Durham, were in
jured in an automobile accident near
Hemp, this county, late yesterday after
noon.. They were brought to this place,
where their wounds were treated by Drs,
Blue and Shield. They spent the night
at a hotel.
The local physicians, not being satis
fied about, the extent of the wound in
Judge Clark's head carried him to
Raleigh this morning for an x ray pic
ture to he made by Dr. Royster, his
family physician.
All of the occupants of the car were
injured but none except Judge Clark are
regarded a being possibly seriously hurt.
He was cut about the head, and a rrae-
tore was feared. John Clark was cutit.
about the face by glass from the wind
shie'd, and his wife was cut about her ;
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lip. Their wounds were painful, but not
serious. ' ' .
According to information here the
driver was John Clark, and in some way
he lost control of the car and it ran into
a stump, the car was very badly dam
aged. . ,
THIRTIETH REUNION TO BE
HELD IN WINSTON-SALEM
ASIIEVILLE. N. C, July 29. Infor
nation received here from Frank P.
Bowen. secretary of the Old Hi'kory
association 'today states that the fourth
annual reunion of veterans of the ;t0th
division will be held in Winston Salem,
N. C-. probably the last week in Sept..
Previous reunions were Greenville,
& C, Asheville and Nashville, Tenn.
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
rent inquiry. Nearlv thirteen hundred
NEW' YORK. July 29. Totton fa- cniploves, of which 61 are white work
tures e'od barely steady; Spots quiet rrs. manaze the publications, which in-
Mims u"v.i. .
OIoIht 21.42; December 21.."..j; Janu-
ary -JI.l;
Spots 21.70
March 21.18; May 21.05;
Receipt! ...
24 bales
rnre .....
22 3-4 cents
Tuesday.
now remaining between tli railroads and
and their workmen. Other sections, it
was said, would concede to the strikers
the right to a re-hearing before the
railroad labor board on the watte scale
bind the railroads to set up regional
adjustment boards, and require their a
bandonment of repair contracts with
"outside" shops.
President Harding is understood to
have suggested a compromise on the
seniority question by which the new men
would retain their positions, while the
strikers would be given aseniority rank
iust behind the men who did not walkout
July I. Although a large number of
lines have inducted a willingness to take
bai all of their men in the exact po
sitions held prior to the strike, union
officials appear disposed to resist any
proposals for a sett lenient excluding sys
tems which arc endeavoring to build up
new shop forces.
REPORT ALL SUBMARINES
SAFELY ACCOUNTED FOR
Two Of the Twelve En Route
From Los Aneele To
Hampton Roads Are Out Of
Commission and Are In low.
LOS ANGELES, July 20. All 12 of
the submarines enroute from Los Angeles
to Hampton Roads, Ya., under convoy
of the Tender Beaver were said at the
local submarine base to be accounted
for this morning. Two of the subnier
siles are out of commission and ure being
towed, it was said, but no serious trouble
is being experienced.
Early reports to the effect that four
of the submarines were missing grew out
of the statement of Captain Thomas W.
Sheridan, master of the liner City of
Honolulu, that ho had sighted a badly
smoking submarine off the lower Cali
fornia coast.
8omu degreo of verification was add
ed .by a message received last night at
the' submarine base hero from Command
er Stover, in command of the flotilla,
stating that ho had eight submarines
in convoy, but not mentioning the other
four reported missing. The submarino
base also intercepted a messago from the
Beaver to the L $ ordering her to stand
by to tow a line from the L-5. These
two submersiles, together with tho L-6
and L-7 were tho ones reported missing.
At 9 o'clock it was said no information
pxDuininir the anna rent disappearance of
the four submarines had been received
but that efforts were being made to get
in touch with the Beaver.
Later, however, Captain W. 8. Miller,
commanding officer of the submarine has
denied that an serious accident bad be
fallen the undersea flotilla.
CARLOAD OF SHEEP
UNLOADED AT CLOVER
Messrs. Ford and Barnett, of
Bethel, Bring Car Of Sheep
From Horry County, South
Carolina, For Distribution.
CLOVER, Julyy 29 Looking famish
ed and hungry, gaunt and cmanciated,
the first carload of sheep ever shipped to
Clover arrived here Wednesday. They
were consigned to Messrs. John M. Ford
and A. C. Barnett of the Bethel township
and soon after their arrival, P. J. Hop.
per's automobile truck was commission
ed to carry the flock Ho in all down
into the pasture land in Bethel township
where they will be fattene.l prior to be
ing sold for mutton. The sheep were
shipped ' .from Coiiwayy, Horry county
S. C, their former owner desiring to
sell them because of the passing of the
free range law in that county. The flock
was six davg in transit from Conway and
i iinlirinir from their aonearence when
,,,,..i.,i o,,,,., littu on no trouble
. j , n om, to h.. t,c railroad iwoplc
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in furnishing them with food and drink.
Two died in transit. The i sheep wer
shipped in an ordinary box car, pro
vided temporarily with on upper floor,
half of them travelling in the top floor
and the others on the bottom flflonr
The car of sheep attracted much atten
tion from Clover people and there were
large numlx-rs of people who came
around the car to watch them being un
loaded. It is the intention of the owners
to sell most of the sheep for mutton,
although it is likely that a few will be
kept for breeding ppurposes. Mutton is
said to be in much demand in fiastonia
and Charlotte especially, and the owners
of the flock expect to sell a good many
of thern to these two markets.
NEGROES OWN AND DIRECT
113 NEWSPAPERS IN U. S.
WASHINGTON, July 292. There
are 113 newspapers and 14 magazines
in the I'nited States owned and direct
ed by negroes, the department of lnlior
announced todav as the result of a re-
f u. e JJtt secular. IN relieious ami eigni i
I a i i i: l J ...r...l.K- t
and daily. Sixty three of the publica
tions, the department stated, maintain
and operate their own tresses, and an
addiional seveu conduct ork of a
brfk I
or job nature.
AmazingTfiangll
3
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. Miss Bertha Kats, 28 (above), was i
shot dead In a Brooklyn apartment. '
Mrs. Minnie Relsler, 43. bet slater, '
told police she had killed the girl j
: because the latter had stolen the :
affections of her husband. "John i.
the Barber". Relsler, prize tUthl i
promoter,'
CAMPBELL SENTENCED TO
DIE IN CHAIR OCT. 11
Oteen Chief Of Police Who
Killed Miss Annie Smathers
Last May Is Given Life
Sentence.
ASnKVILLE, Julv 23. William W.
Campbell found guilty, of murder in tho
first degree by. a jury in Superior court
yesterday afternoon for the slaying ef
Mrs." Annie Smathers on May fi, 11)22,
wag this morning si-litenreil by Jiulge
Henry -P. Lane to be' executed in the
ch'ctrie chair at the fdate prison in
Halelgh. Date of execution was set for
October 11.
Csmpbcll who was present when the
leath sentence was pronounced an re
manded to jail and ordered taken to
Raleigh and placed in the custody ef
the state prison warden until the day .ii
execution.
Counsel for the defense gave notice
of reservation of right to appeal the.
ease to Supreme court of North Carnliii::.
Judge Lane granted "i days in which to
prepare and submit the .appeal..
Before pronouncing- sentence, Jii'i,-;e
Lane called on C.'ainpbe'l to stand, and
asked him if he knew any cause why the
verdict as returned by lee jury -rdny
shoul dnot be "-carried o;i!. Canipbeil
iniU'.-ated a negativt answer by moving
his head from side to side, making no
audible reply.
As Judge Lane continued asking the
coiideinneil man if he hud any n::son to
state li'fore the court why he should not
pay with the death penalty' for slaying
Mrs. Smathers, .Campbell remained silent
shaking his )rid from side to side in
quick, jerk,y movements. ;
WEST AVENUERS DEFEAT
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
Friday, afternoon at the Clara - Dunn
Armstrong ball park the West Avenue
Irebterian team of the Sunday school
league defeated the First Presbyterian
dub by a tally of . to 1. TJie losers
regular ' nine men did not show up for
the game' and Hie game was played with
five r.-it stringers and four men picksd
from the crov.d present.
Some lnnehhea I play", on the part of
the up town churchmen allowed the Wet
Avenuers to pile urv five run in the fi.-e
innings played. The loner's only tally
came when C. Underwood poled out a
single that went for a fluke hoim run
dou the third base linp. By losing the
game, the" First . prcabterian caused a
big cut in their percentage column, while
the winners climbed ut another rung of
the percentage column.
JURY UNDECIDED
LOS ANGELES,' Calif., July 29.
The inrv in the second trisil of Mrs.
Madalyne Obeiu hain on tie nUeeil imir-'
W of her sweetheart, J. Helton Ken
nedy, a young broker at IVver'y Glen,
a suburb.' August Z. 1921. still was un-
decided early today . after having hid
the -'! i'"'e P. M. yesterday.
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OUTLOOK FOR PEACE IN THE RAIL
STRIKE IS BRIGHTER; WALKOUT
MAY NOT LAST ANOTHER WEEK
COAL OUTLOOK IS .
CONSIDERED FAVORABLE
President Harding . Content'
plates No Further Move In
Coal Strike Situation
Think Production Is Ahead
WASHIHXOTON, July 20. With
organization of the government's fuel
control machinery rapidly Hearing com
pletion, the outlook us to distribution
and supply of coal was viewed as so
favorable today thnt President Harding
was said to contemplate no further
move in the coal strike situation. Con
lidcace was expressed at the White
House that regardless of the rail and
mine strikes, production of coal even
tually would be increased to the point
where it would be adequate to meet the
country's need.
Tho administrative end of the pri
ority control of coal distribution estab
lished under the governmental commit
tee appointed for that purpose will be
centralized in the ofliee of federal coal
administrator, appointment to which
Henry B. Kencer, former 'vice presi
dent of the Southern Kailwny and gen
eral purchasing agent for the war-time
railroad administration, was announced
last night by the president.
At the same time Secretary Hoover
announced that steps to organize the
necessary state administration to control
profiteering anil he disribution of coul
had been taken by tho governors of
2a states.
HAYS FINDS NOTHING
BAD IN HOLLYWOOD
LOS ANGKLEH, July 20. Will H.
Hays, president of the Motion Picture
Producers ami Distributors Association
of America, has failed after a close
study of motion picture studios here, to
find ''the horrors of Bollywood," he
told the Hollywood chamber of com
merce at a dinner last night.
"The one bad influence in Hollywood
is talk," said Mr. Hays. "For the
life of me, I cannot see the horrors of
Hollywood."
He said the people must have enter
tainment, that if they are deprived of
it they will "go red" ami that the
right kind of motion picures are needed.
"We niust remove the reason for lies
about tho industry, ' ho continued.
"Ours is a fluty to youth. Wo nre not
so much interested in the millions of
dollars invested in tho industry, as we
are in the millions of children whose
morals and education are invested
ia it. "
Jesse L. Lnsky told of a visit he
made to Euro to view sites from
which to Choosu n possible successor to
Hollywood "as a world renter for mo
tion picture production."'
"Wlrtn I reported to Mr. Hays,"
said Mr. Idisky, "I told hiin that no
matter what was said about Hollywood,
it was the only place in tho world for
a motion picture production center. "
ROAD HOUSE OPERATOR
GIVEN HEAVY SENTENCE
Three Years on Gang or Penitentiary
Lectured Defendcnt, Who Will Appeal
SI'AHTANBrUG, S. C, July 2!.
Judge Scase this morning in session
court sentenced W. W. Iiliamc, convict
ed of running a disreputable house on
the highway leading to Roebuck, to three
yxrs hard labor on the public works of
the count yor a like term in the state
penitentiary. A motion was made for
a new trial on the grouds that the jury
as influenced by the testimony put be.
fore it which was ordered stricken out
Is-cause of a faulty search warrant, but
the motion was overruled by the court.
In passing sentence Judge Scasv spoke
frankly to the defendcnt. He said that
a roadhousc run where it was could be
but for one, purpose, for immorality. The
court could riot concieve of a man and
his wife going to a p'ace like that to
siend the night, when there are so many
excellent, hotels in Spartanburg. The
court did not think the house was a hotel
but a resort for immoral purposes, anil
the hotel was merely a blind. ,
After passing sentence, hia honor said
that if the house were torn down and al
opportunities for immorality removed, he
might recommend to the governor to
hange the sentence to a fine of considcr-
abe proportions.
Khaine s attornev gave notice of in
tention to appeal,-and bond was fixed at
1 1, 0 iij.
CHARLOTTE MAN KILLED
IN AIRPLANE ACCICDENT
IN HAMBURG, GERMANY
BERLIN, July 29. (By the As
sociated Pres.) Four persons, one
of them an American passenger,
R. H. MurrilL of Charlotte, N. C,
were kiUed in the wreck of the
German postal airplane .which
crashed near Boisenberg, not far
from Hamburg, yesterday. The
other victims were Albert Baurign
and Senor Cosevergara, Spaniards,
and Pilot Von Bertram.
The airplane, number 150, left
Berlin for Hamburg shortly after
1 p. m. The accident which hap
"pened two hours later, occurred as
the plans was Hying through s thick
cloud over a heavy pine forest.
The four victims when picked up
were found to have had their skulls
crushed. Ihe machine was demol
ished.. This is the second fatal accident
that hn occurred on this same
route within a fortnight.
CONGESTION IN BRITISH
PORTS IS THREATENED
Heavy Movement Of Coal To
America Hampers Loading
Freight Rates In England
Decrease.
LONDON, July 20. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Congestion in British
ports is beginning to threaten interfer
ence with the exort of coal to America
which has taken such a boom since tho
beginning of the strike of tho Ameri
can coal miners. This is particularly
true of Wales and Northumberland.
The loading facilities are limited by
the two shift arrangement which the
dock workers imposed upon their em
ployers during the war. Loading is en
tirely suspended for six or seven hours
out of every 21.
The employers have the irght, under
certain circumstances to claim restora
tion of the three shifts system and it
is considered possible that they may
raise this claim now. Unless this is
conceded by tho workers it seem that
some of tho collieries both north and
south may be kept idlo jK'riodieally,
owing to tho lack of facilities for shift
ing coal already mined.
One result of the congestion has been
a decrease in freight rates which in
some case dropped from sixteen anil
sventeen shillings to 12 shillings six
pence per tou between Thursday and
Friday. Another result is the appar
ent tendency on the part ot American
buyers to withhold further orders tem
lKirarily pending developments in Amer
ica. Nowhere is there reported any gen
eral Bupport among British miners of
tho action taken by the Welsh unit of
tho miners federation which declared
against the exportation of coal to tho
United States.
SENATOR CARRAWAY PROPOSES
PROBE OF CHARGES AGAINST
CERTAIN U. S. SENATORS
WASHINGTON, July 2!). Investi
gation of charges that certain senators
are interested financially in the rates of
duties proposed irf particular' schedules
of the pending tariff bill was proposed
in' a resolution introduced today by
Senator araway, democrat, Arkansas.
The inquiry would be conducted by
tho judiciary committee, which would
be Instructed to report to the senate
within en days. Also tho committee
would inquire ino charges that senators,
in tho languago of tho resolution, "are
or were financially interested in the
passage or extension of tho so-called
emergency tariff. "
Senator Caraway read from an edito
rial in tho New York Herald charging
that certain senators were interested in
tho production of wool and immediately
was interrupted successively by all of
the senators mentioned in tho editorial,
with a resulting running cross fire of
debate which waxed warm at times.
Senator Oooding, of Idaho, chairman
of tho republican agricultural tariff
bloc, said Senator Caraway had voted
for a duty on rice and that his interest
in rice should be investigated. Deny
ing that he or any of his relatives had
any financial interest in the nroduction
of rice, Senator Caraway said he would
say to anybody so charged that he was
an "uiniulified liar."
TOY PISTOL BLUFF FAILED
TO WORK WITH OFFICERS
DETROIT, July 2!). Harry Watson 16
years of age, tried to "bluff" two police
men with his toy pistol. The officers,
believing that the boy'9 weapon was
genuine, fireil upon him and Harry is in
a hospital today near death.
Harry bad efipcd from the Juvenilu
detention home ami tho otlicers were
ordered to arrest him. Locating him in
a nearby alley they called upon him to
surrender but he drew the supposedly
genuine pistol from his. pocket and warn
ed the patrolmen lie was about to fire.
The officers then hhot into the air and
the boy fled. As his pursuers gained up
on him he stopped and again pointed
hiti toy with a warning whereupon he was
shot i the shoulder.
"I thought the bluff would work but
it didn't." he told the officers.
Harry is alleged to have boasted that
he was the youngest criminal in Detroit,
ond that '"no 'bull' would ever take mo
alive."
, The officers were absolved from blame
when it was shown that only by close
scrutiny could Harry's toy bo distin
guished from a real pistol. .
FAVORS DUTY ON WOOLEN
CLOTH FOR MEN'S SUITS
WASHINGTON. July 2!). By a vote
of 20 to 24 the senate approved today
the committee amendment imposing du
ties on woolen c'oth for men's suitings.
fcSoven repubicanevote d against the ,i
mendmeut and three dmocrats suppor
ted it. .
The duties as agreed upon are 26
cents a pound and 40 per cent ad vaorein
on such cloth valued as not more than. CO
cent a pound; 40 cents and 30 per cent,
ad valorem on suh cloth valued at not
more than 60 cents a pound; 40 cents
and oO percent ad valorem on that valued
at from 60 to SO cents a pound; 49 cents
a pound and 50 per rent ad valorem on
that valuedat more than SO cents a
pound. tTmler an amendment by Sena
tor Lenroot, which approved the 49 cents
a pound compensatory duty would apply
only on the woolen content of the cloth.
Agatha "An author says the modern
novel has come to stay." Byrdie
"Not at our bouse. The neighbors
Knrrr" it.'- life.
PRESIDENT HARDING'S
PLANTOBE CONSIDERED
AT TUESDAY MEETING
Rail Heads Called By Cuyler
Will Hold Their Missing
In New York.
PLAN NOT MADE PUBLIC
Striking Shopmen Called By
Jewell Will Have Confer
ence In Chicago,
CHICAGO, July 29. (By The Asso
ciated Press) As tho strike of railway
shopmen entered its fifth week today, the
outlook for peace was regarded as brigh
ter ami in rail eircles here the belief was
expresses that tho walkout would not last
into tho sixth week.
Meetings wre set for Tuesday both by
the rail chiefs and workers on strike, at
which time President Harding's plan for
a settlement was expected to be acted up
on. The conference of rail heads, the call
for which was issued Thursday by T. De
VVitt Cuyler, chairman of the association
of railway executives, will bo held in
New York. Representatives of the strik
ers will meet in Chicago 'in answer to
word sent out last night by B. M. Jewell
head of tho shop organization, to the
ninety general chairman comprising -tho
national agreement executive board. At
the same time notice was given to twenty
five general chairmen of the stationary
liremen, and oliers union that a meeting
would bo held here Tuesday to discuss
settlement of the strike of that organi
zation. The President's tilans wero not mado
public. However, it became known from
authorative souree, that it embraced set-'
tlement of all the striker's grievances
except tho wage question, which would
bo submitted to tho labor board for a
re-hearing. .
While union chiefs and rail heads wero
presumed to be on the verge of making
peace, violence mcreuscd in strike ureas,
reports indicuted.
Thirty nergoe laborers were aaid have
disappeared from tho Chicago and North
western, shops at Milwaukee after a num
ber of shots were tired in tho vicinity.
A non-unon employee' of tho Wabash
was beaten and another kidnapped at
Chicago.
Two workmen in the railroad shops
at Montgomery, Ala., weso beaten by
eight alleged to be -strikers.
A non-union shop worker at Roseville,
Calif., was seized while walking with
his wife. He was carried out of town in
an automobile, beaten and warned to
stop work.
A deputy federal marshal on guard at
the Missouri-Pacific roundhouse at Jef
ferson Cit, Mo., was slugged into un
consciousness by three men after he Lad
been called from the building.
A mob at Janesvillc, Wis., surround
ed a roundhouse of ,'hc Chicago, Milwau
kee and Ut. Paul' where ten non-union
men were at work and compelled tho
men to run from the building. Women
and girls in tho mob threw stones at
the workers.
Striking shopmen of the Mobile and
Ohio were said to have taken charge ot
the shops at West Point, Miss., and
driven out new employes.
At St. Louis two guards of the Mis
souri Pacific and a blacksmith of tho
terminal railroad were stoned and beaten.
Troops at Erie, Pa., were stationed
about the homes of the men who remained
at work following attacks in which the
mens' homes were stoned.
MISS McCORMICK SAILS FOR
EUROPE WITH COMPANION MAID
'Br The Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, July 29. Mathildo
McCurmick, daughter of Harold F. Me
Cormick, of Chciago, sailed on the Ma
jestic today with a maid as her only
companion.
She declined to discuss her plans, to
mention Max Oser, Swiss riding acad
emy mnster, to whom she announced
her engagement last spring, to say
where she would visit in Enroie, or hoir
long she would remain there.
Mathildc 's brother. Fowler, and sister,
Muriel, saw her aboardV Both were
reticent, declaring they knew nothing
about the plans of their 17-year-old
sister.
"She's running her own boat, yoa
know," said Fowler.
Also on the Majestic but in quarters
some distance from Mathilde, was her
uncle, Cyrus II . McCormiek, chairman
of the board of directors of the Inter
national Harvester Company.-
"I am not interested in the affairs of
other people," he replied to questions
concerning Mathildo. "I don't care
what my brother's family does."
$2.50 DAY INCREASE
TO 5,000 MINERS GRANTED
(Ey The Associated Tress.)
KNOXVILlf., Tenn., Julv 29. A
wage agreement granting $2.50 a day
increase to 5,000 miners in 25 apers
tions in Kentucky-Tennessee field was
negotiated at Cincinnati yesterday be
tween the unions and the Kentucky-Tenn-ncsse
coal operators' asswiation, accord
ing to a statement given out 'here by
District '.) headquarters of the I'nitcl
Mine Workers and made public today.
Many men lose their live each y-ar
on account of lock jaw-ncw dispatch.
Other men lose their live eai-n yea?
On ari'imtif nf Irxx." Jonrmt,