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GAS EDA E Local Cotton 21 CENTS VOL. XLIII. NO. 183 GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 8, 1922 SINGLE COPY S CENTS i Weather Rain A III PROPOSED ARSENIC DUTY WOULD ADD MILLIONS TO THE SOUTH S BURDENS Southern Cotton Growers Would Be Oppressed By Tariff Measure IT BENEFITS SMELTERS Senate ; Today Disposes Amendments To Three ' Important Sections. WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. The Sen ate today was to dispose of all pending amendments to three important sections of the tariff bill the sugar schedule, . the proposed five years' bounty on pot ash in lieu of a duty and the rate on white arsenic.. Senators from sugar producing states believe they would be able to muster too necessary majority for the Broussard amendment proposing a duty of two cents a pound on Cuban raw sugar, an increase of one ce;t over ten rate in the Under wood law and four tenths of one cent above the rate in the emergency tariff and the bill as reported to the Senate, The committee amendment, offffered ' yeBterday, for a bounty on potash was opposed geenrallv bv the democrats as a departure from' thartetioailn eRoaB urf departure from the traditional policy, of ' Congress. On the other hand, committee members pointed to teh bounty on sugar paid in the, 90 's as precedent for their recommendation, bounty recommenaea for domestic producers is the same as the tariff duties originally suggested, 2 1-2 cents a pound for two years ending October 1. 1924: two cents for the year ending October 1, 1925; one and one half cents for the succeeding year and 'one cent for the final rear. . . - . ! The white arsenic duty of two cents a pound already has been approved by the Senate, but has been reopened at the insistance of senators from Southern states, who argue that it will cost cotton growers millions of dollars a year. They also contend that it will prove a burden on farmers generally and that tho duty will benefit only smelting interests who produce arsenic as a by-product. TARIFF LAW UNNECESSARY AND UNSATISFACTORY WASHINGTON, Aug, 8. Suporting Lis proposed substitute for the admini tration tariff bill under which congress would rely upon the tariff commission to recommend charges in duties, after full investigation, Senator Jones, democrat. New Mexico, told the Senate today that the pending measure was both unsatis factory and unnecessary. Ho declared that the Underwood law, supplemented by the emergency act to protect agri culture was adequate to meet tho situa tion. : , ' ; , V . , " In. : tariff making,' said . Senator Jonesi-"w6 now1 have, to think of un stable 'governments,1 unstable exchanges, general business depression throughout the world, the world war debts, changes in industry, new industries, new markets our increased development, our merchant marine, and our balance of traed. We are now in aew epoch, fraught with many and varied problems, of world eco nomics and civiiaation. Under these con ditions the present tariff law Js presented No one can measure its effect. Relative ly little of the necessary information has been furnished or presented in connec tion with the bill. "I submit that in all history of tariff legislation there can be found no in stance where a tariff bill, during its consideration, received such universal condemnation as lias the bill now under consideration. Generally speakig, its active support outside of Congress, conies from those who are obsessed by un reasoning fears, who hope to derive some individual pecuniary gain. The general welfare of the country is ignored. "It is widely believed that this bill, after it passes the Senate, will meet an ignominious demise in conference ; and never become law. If the conferees should finally agree and the bill be reported to the Senate our parliamentary rules would prohibit any action upon separate item or items in the bill, and it would have to be accepted or rejected as a whole. The parliamentery proceedure :n the house of representatives would be substantially the same. It is evident, therefore, that as to its' most substantial features the bill would be the product of the secret sessions of the conference -committee, governed by consideration and influences which no one can foretell." Seator Jones said that while he did not believe it was possible to lay dpwn any ironclad rules for the making of a 'scien tific" tariff, he did believe that a situa tion could be brought about which would to a large extent get the tariff out of politics, for which, he added, there was h growing sentiment over tho country. .He disagreed, however, with what he said had come to be a widely accepted theory that duties should in? based on the difference in tha "cost of production at home and abroad. " - WANT ALL CONGRESSMEN ON HAND NEXT MONDAY WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. President Harding was understood today to have in formed Representative Mondell, of Wyo ming, and other house leaders that in view of the troubled industrial situation it was desirable that there be a full at tendence of members next Tuesday when the House reconvenes after a six week's adjournment. The President, It was learned from House leaders, was sard to feel that the House -should be prepared to enact such legislation as the industrial situation, particularly the rail strike, might make necessary. None of the leaders so far as could be learned had been informed as to -whether the President had any specific legislation in mind and that if ha had what was its uituxe. - J ' Harding's Strike Proposal Is Officially Said To Be Final Unless Railroads And Strikers Can Reach Agreement Under President's Proposal, "Government Has A Course Of Ac tion In View To Protect Interests Of Nation As a, Whole. - WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. Presi dent Harding's second proposal for im mediate termination of the railway shops crafts' strike awaited today for mal action by both sides in the con troversy; but rejection by the unions was foreshadowed in statements by their leaders here. Chief . executives of the shop crafts were called -to meet here Wednesday to consider the President 's proposal that the seniority issue be left to the railroad labor board, for determination. At the same time, however, the shop crafts leaders, who issued the call also sought a general conference next Fri day with '.'all executives of the rail road labor organizations . " , B. M. Jewell, as spokesman for the trio of shop craft leaders who conferred with tho President yesterday and re ceived his subsequent call for the set tlement of the strike, said it was not expected "that strike action will be suggested at the general conference," which also will meet here. The con fidence was planned after consultation with the legislative agents of tho broth erhoods and tho message sent to War ren Stone, chief of the engineers, said Swatow, China, Heap of Ruins; 28,000 Dead Bodies Recovered More Than Half The Population Of Chinese Port Wiped Out By Tidal Wave And Storm 28,000 .As Many Bodies Float HONG KONG, Aug. 8. (By The As sociated Press) Typhoon stricken Swatow a mangled and miserable caricature of the port of a week aeo. ddeeedlv eoes about the ghastly task that falls to the survivors of the Btorm--burial of the dead. Bodies, of 28,000 have been recovered, a death toll that triples former estimates and cuts in half the former population of tho native city. Theso figures were given in a circular issued by the Swatow chamber of commerce from its branch in Hong- Kong. ' -.- -.- ' Rude coffins have been hammered to gether with lumber salvaged from tho wreck of the city. But these cannot be made fast enough to dispose of the bodies which are a sanitary menace. Gunny sucks and mattress bags ' have been made into crude shrouds. Graves are dug in the alluvial flats on which the iort was built, that bodies may be in terred as they are recovered from the wreckuge. ' Shortage of food may provo another menace. British in Hong Kong already have sent $10,000 for relief to the Bri tish consul at Swatow." , Rice is being shipped from the British colony. Tho Swatow municipality charitable associa tion, has organized a relief fund to which subscriptions are being sought. Beno- olont societies in Ilong Kong are- unit ing in relief measures for the sufferers. Bandits, making grim eapitol of the city's disaster are reported to have raid ed homes and robbed pedestrians in tho native section. Ghouls sought to loot the dead, but -were promptly stopped by native police. Swatow is a heap of ruins. The todal wave swept the road along the harbor while the storm wns at its height comple ted tho devastation which the ' storm started. Water front buildings crump led before the assault of the water, lie n tangled non-descript piles. Thr steamers caught in the storm were piled on the beaeb. Smaller craft, demolished when they sought shelter in Swatow har bor, add to the tangle on the water front that swirls with the tide. Bodies of many victims have drifted out to sea. They have been sighted by steamers as far as 15 miles from tho levastated port Many will never be recovered. '.-'. EXHIBITION GOLF MATCH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON Mr. And Miss Gobel To Meet Mr. Gallagher And Miss Dotger At Country Club Gastonia Ladies Invited. Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Gastonia Country Club there will be an exhibition golf match between Mr. Bill Gobel, of the Charlotte Country Club ml his sister, Misa Gobel. of New York 3ty, against Mr. OalWhcr. of tha Myers Park Country Club, and Miss Dot ger, or Charlotte. Miss Dotger ig the ehamnion Wbman golf player of the Carolinas, while Miss Uohol ranks with the best on Long Is land. This will be a treat to the ladies of Gastonia to see and it is hoped quite gaiiery win rouow the match. The club welcomes all men and women f Gastonia out to see this match. This is Mr. Gobel 's and Mr. Gallagher's sec ond visit to Gastonia and it goes without waving that a treat is in store for all golfers who like to see the wonderful playing of these professionals and- lady champions. " THE WEATHER . . Thunderstorms this afternoon or to night; somewhat cooler tonight; Wed nesday, far, cooler on the toast. it was believed a' program could be formulated "having for Its purpose protection of the public, preservation of the railroad industry and an honorable basis of settlement for the managers and employes.' In connection with the call for shop craft executives to meet and pass " on the President 's proposal, Mr. Jewell pointed out that he and his colleagues did not have authority to answer, for the federation. He added, however, that "nobody ought to . get ; thp ' idea that the shop federation will accept. " The railroad executives were to meet Friday in New York to formulate their answer to the White House communica tion. - : Mr. Harding's action today was of ficially described as "final'' so far as the government 's - efforts to bring the strike to a settlement through volun tary action of the two parties is con cerned. Just what significances at taches to that description is not appar ent, though it implies that should fail ure again mark tho president's attempt to mediate the controversy, the govern ment has a course of action in view to protect the interests of the nation as a whole. Death Toll May Run Above Far Out At Sea. FINED $50 FOR RUNNING JITNEY WITHOUT LICENSE Charlie Johnson, Denied City . . Jitney License By Council, Took Liberties That Landed Him In Court Judge Jones , Clearly Defines Court's At titude Towards Wilful Vio lators Of The Law. One Charlie Johnson, former li censed jitney driver in the city limits of Gastonia was found guilty in Re corder Jones' court this mornine. of violating the city revenue ordinance, and was fined ?50 and costs. Through his attorney, R.' L. Sigmon, of the lo cal bar, the defendant took an ap peal to the higher court and was re leased on a bond of S200. The case will come up at the next term of Gaston Superior Court, which con venes here August 21. It was on June 6, 1922 that the city council passed upon the jitney and public-car-for-hire question. Re quirement were made so strict in re gard to jitney drivers' licenses that among those refused licensed for the year 1922-1923 was Charlie Johnson. tne a Dove named detendant. It seems that the latter took it upon himself to go right ahead and haul passengers for hire whether he was given a license to do so or not The whole matter was revealed "to the court this morning by several of the btate s witnesses. Messrs. J. F. Coley, E. C. Hendricks, Cash Eddie man and Will Wood, local licensed drivers testified that Johnson had vio lated the law by transporting passen gers inside the city limits and that the defendant received pay for same. The defense endeavored to prove to the court that the defendant had brought persons into the city from outside points and had returned them but was not hauling passengers pick ed up in the city. Ranlo, Dallas and Crowders Mountain were named as points from whenece passengers had been brought to the the city. Pay was received for same. Solicitor George B. Mason, repre senting the City of Gastonia in the case brought out the fact that in re turning the persons to their homes outside of Gastonia, a new 'contract was made and that Johnson was vio lating the city revenue ordinance. The court returned a verdict of guilty and the fine was based on Schedule B, Section 12 of the City Ordinances which reads as follows: "That every person who shall vio late any provision of this ordinance or carry on any business, trade, avocation, or profession on which a license tax has been fixed, without having first paid a tax and received a license shall be liable to a penalty of fifty dollars (50.00) and each day that said business shall be carried on shall count as a separate and distinct offense. - The defense endeavored to reduce the fine by stating to Judge Jones that the defendant would be liable to a one dollar fine just as much as to a fifty dollar penalty. The court stated in return that it was a ques tion of whether or not defendant was guilty or not guilty. In speaking to the attorneys and small crowd pres ent Recorder Jones gave his opinion on the matter involved in the case, the substance of which was as fol lows Gentlemen. It is a question before me as whether he is guilty or not guilty. He is guilty. The law laid down by the authorities of this town and the rights of society have been openy defied. When such a man has It Chines flappers and Eskimo maidens bob their hair. And here's Miss Vivian Slmpkins, Indian prln cess. with, her .hair in the reigning style. She hails from Pawhuska, OkUW and belongs to the wealth est tribe In the world, tho Osagea. SUNDAY SCHOOL PLAY GROUND IS WELL EQUIPPED Main 1 Strest Sunday School Throws Open Playground And Tennis Court To Be In Use Every Day Swim ming Pool To Be Completed Soon Story Hours. .. Commencing yesterday the tennis courts and playground of Main Street Methodist church will be open daily for the- benefit of the girls and boys of this church and Sunday School. At a meeting Sunday afternoon of the recreational committee the man agment of this playground was placed in the hands of Mrs. G. K. Spencer, Mrs. R. O. Craig and Mr. Leonard Huffstetler, who are members of the recreational committee. This com mittee will function during the ab sence of Miss Lola Long, director of young peoples work who is now on an extended Western trip. Provision has been made to have the playground open each day from 9 to 11 A. M., and from 6:30 Until dark. The tennis court, which is a splendid one will be open every af ternoon and is under the management of Mrs. R. O. Craig. All the tennis players of the church are invited to use this court and match games may be arranged by seeing Mrs. Craig. Working under the committee arc several young lady volunteers and some one of these will be at the playground to supervise the activities each day. ' . ; ; . . A feature of the Work will be the story hour, the schedule for which has not been completed. This week there will be only one story hour, namely from 5 to 6 o'clock Thursday after noon. Those in charge are anxious that all the young folks of this congrega tion avail themselves of the advan tages offered. Several hundred dol lars has been spent to equip these grounds. Work on the swimming pool is de layed because of the failure of some of the piping to arrive. It is ready for the pouring of concrete. This will be one of the most up-to-date swim ming pools in the State and will be equipped for use in winter as well as in summer. LOCAL BOYS PLAY . AT MILITARY CAMP CAMP McCLELLAN, ALA., Aug. 7. Company E, of the eighty-first division defeated Company A, of the same division, here this ufternoon in a good game of ball by a score of 3 to 2. Gibbons, of Gastonia, -playing for the winners showed good form, anil out of four trips to the plate' managed to get' two singles and a triple. All Gaston boys here arc fairing 'well and having a big time. THE COAL STRIKE AS IT STANDS TODAY Developments in the coal strike today included: Operators-miners conference at Cleveland marked time waiting ac tion of absent operators on in vitation to join meeting.' Indianapolis operators met at Terre Haute to consider strike settlement plan. Output of West Virginia non union mines showed increase last week. Federal investigations to fix fair,, price in West Kentucky non union field, Secretary Hoover announced. Shipments from Indiana mines operated under troop protection de layed by unsafe railroad tracks. Typhoid spreading in Pennsyl vania tent colonies of strikers. no more regard for the law than that it is time for society to step in and show a hand. It is a matter of respecting the laws, a violation of the laws when you know that you are doing so. The law says that we shall not sell liquor and we must respect the law. It was. just such people who broke the - laws of the country of Russia and look at that country to day. The law mustSe respected and mere are onicers to see mat u is. They All Do t .;fy. Ji' LABOR BOARD STANDS READY TO CONSIDER SENIORITY QUESTION SOLE BAR TO RETURN OF PEACE WOULD CONTROL ALL GERMANY'S FINANCES Drastic Measures Proposed By Premier Poincare At To day's Conference Allies Would Control Germany's Banks And Industries. LONDON, Aug. 8. (By Tho Associa ted Press) Drastic measures of finan cial control in Germany are provided for in Premier Poincare 's raft of the con ditions under which Prance is willing that tin) reiehs shall have a moratorium to tho end of tho present year. ' ' Tho conditions, which are to bo Con sidered by the financial committee of the allied conference, today, are expected to include exploitation of tho Gernwn customs, mines, railroads and ", forests, control of the rekhs bank and tho Ger man bank note press and supervision of foreign currencies as well ns exports and imports. AH these would bo under the active control of international committees sitting in Berlin. , German industries wonrd have to sur render to tho Allies, 26 percent and in some ease more, of their eapitol, while, ns a major meastiro to enforce compliance the occupation and expropriation of the Ruhr coal field would be kept in reserve. An indication of the attitude the Bri tish may take toward these proposals is given by tho Daily Telegraph's diploma tic correspondent, who says a British di plomat remarked that it would require the "enthronement of Jovo in Berlin" to insure their execution. The financial committee is headed by Sir Robert Home, British chancellor of tho exchequer. RANLO CLUB HAS GAMES THIS WEEK Played Kings Mountain A Tight Game Monday -Caroleen At Lor ay Park Wednesday' May Play Winner Of Kings Mountain Shelby Series. The Ranlo Base Ball Club has the following ball games scheduled for the remaining part of this week. Tuesday, Caroleen at Caroleen. Wednesday, Caroleen at Loray Park. This'' promises to be one of the fastest and most thrilling ball games that; Gastonia people have had the opportunity t osee at Loray this sea son. Price, Ranlo's lanky right hander who has pitched shut-out games recently against ' Donaldson and Van Pelt, will be on the mound for Ranlo. Thursday and Friday the Ranlo Club goes to Lenoir. The Ranlo club gave the would-be-champs of Kings Mountain the scare of the season Monday afternoon when they motored over to the mountain town and played them 4 to 3 in the mountaineers favor. The Ranlo boys are all employees of the Ranlo mills and have only play ed on Saturdays with few exceptions, but if they can be permitted to enter the contest and arrangements can be made for it they will offer the winers of the Kings Mountain-Shelby series a challenge for a three of five game series and if Gastonia fans will back these boys up by their presence am support the results might be surpris ing. HAVE DEFINITE PROGRAM TO END COAL STRIKE CLEVELAND, ()., Aug. 8. (By The Associated Press.) With a 'de finite program for ending the soft coal strike already for consideration tomor row, the joint conference of the lead ers' of the striking union miners and oal operators today marked time a-- ing the expected arrival of other opera tors, especially those of Illinois' and Indiana. In addition, operators were expected from several other states scattered over the soft coal fields, for the program contemplated a settlement on substantially a national basis. BUCKLEY ON TRIAL TODAY LOUISA, Va, Aug. 8. Herbert Buck ley, Louisa county lumberman, one of tho eight men charged with shooting up the home of the Kev. J. B. Glenn, at Pendleton, Va., the night of June 9, today went on trial in the circuit court of Loui.sa county here. Buckley, five white men and two negroes yesterday were indicted by a special grand jjury charging them with feloniously shooting up the minister's home with intent to kill. - . SELECTING JURY IN KLAN CASE TODAY LOS ANGELES, Calif.. Aug. 8.-Sc-lection of a jury to try 37 allegcJPjem bers of the Ku Klux Klan on cunrges growing out of the Inglewood raid of April 22, hist, was resumed in Superior Court today. When court adjourned yesterday seven women and five men weer in the jury box. PROMINENT JUDGE OF TENNESSEE DIED TODAY DRESDEN, Tenn., Aug. 8. Judge Joseph E. Jones, 6.1, formerly attorney general, later circuit judge and several years ago a candidate for governor, died at hL home here earlv today after two years of declining health, - KEN WILLIAMS GETS TWO IN ONE INNING Two Homers In One Act Rare Performance Rut Hittin? Heavy Cards Lose Ac count Hornsby's Errors. ' NEW YORK, Aug. 8. Equalling a performance recorded only three times in the history of the major leagues, Kea Williams, slugging star of the 8t. Louis Browns, clouted out two homers in tho sixth inning, his blows figuring promi nently in the 16-1 trouncing administered to Washington by the American league leaders. The Browns tallied nine times in the sixth inning melee. Williams feat is a now mark for mo dern baseball but record books show it was duplicated thrice in earlier days. Two members o fthe old Boston Natio nals, C. Jones in 18S0, and R, L, Lowe, in 1894, hit two homers in an inning while L. Bierbauer, who ployed with Brooklyn and Buffalo, also is credited with the achievement in 1890. Babe Ruth, who has come into his own at bat on tho present western tour, was the big gun in the attack that enabled tho Yankees to beat Herman Pillette, Detroit pitching ace, for the second day in succession and keep within striking distance of the Browns. Ruth eollectod four hits and scored the run in the ninth that gave the Yankees a four-three vie tory. Rogers Hornsby, whoso heavy hitting has been a big factor in the winning drivo or the Cardinals, 'bad an offday in the field and blew his team's chance to go into first place with two costly errors. Tho liraves nosed Rickey's men out 9 to 8. Unusually heavy hitting also featured other major league games. Pittsburgh amassed 22 bingles in trouncing Phila delphia 17 to 10; Cleveland pounded three Boston twirlcrs and won 7 to 0 in a seven inning contest. Tho Chicago White Sox emerged from their hitting slump nnd laced out 17 safe blows to trim the Athletics 12 to 5, in tho only other game played. DR. HORTON TO PLAY PART OF GOVERNOR TRYON Raleigh Man Will Take Om Of Leading Roles In Bur lington Pageant Of The , Regulators. BURLIN'GTON,' Aug. 8. Dr. W. C. Horton of Iialeigh, will play Governor Tryon of North Carolina in tho spectacu lar battle-pageant to be presented In Burlington on "Alamance Day" August 17, it was announced today. Dr. Horton is remembered by hia characterization of fcSir Walter Raleigh in the Raleigh pa geant several years ago and. by his ap pearence as "Governor William Whyto" in the historical moving picture produced by the Btate Department of Visual Edu cation. He is an accomplished dimutist and is assisting Thomas Van Plaukc, movie director, in presenting the pageant. Alajor J. J. Henderson, prominent at torney of Graham, N. C, will character ize Robert Thompson, a Regulator and the first man killed in battle. Captain W. V. Copeland of Burlington will play "Colonel Edmund Fanning'' while "James rugh" will be played by F.'S. W. Dameron, also an attorney. Thomas Cooper is to be presented as "James Hunter" a leader of the Regulators. Mr.- Van Planke, under whose direc tion the pageant is to be presented, was formerly director for "Essnay" and has directed several well-known pictures, among which is "The Golden Rosary " with Countess Olga do Costa, the Russian actress, leading. He will direct pic tures of -tho pageant which will be used later in the photoplay "Romance of the Alamance" to be produced by the Caro lina Films Corporation, a newly formed concern. Hie t namwr or c ommerce win use a ereat deal of the film taken on the day to prove that the Battle of Alamance was the first armed resistance to British authority in the Colonies and the acquiring of a national park in this eounty on the site of the historic battle. RALEIGH LOSES ONE OF ITS OLD CITIZENS Vermont onnecticut Royster Dead Leaves Two Brothers, - Wisconsin Illinois And Oregon Minnesota Roy ster. RALEIGH, N. C, Aug. 8. The funeral of Vermont Connecticut Roy ster, 74, head of the Arkansas Ielaware Royster and Brother Candy Manufac turing ompany, of this city, for forty year, who died late yesterday, will be held tomorrow afternoon. Besides his widow and two sons, Mr. Royster is survived by two brothers. Dr. Wiscon sin Illinois Royster, of Raleigh, and Oregon Minnesota Royster, of Nash ville, Tenn. Mr. Royster wa the son of James Daniel Royster and a grandson of David Royster, one of the first settlers of Raleigh. He was one of seven chil dren, all of whom were named for states. Others were Virginia Carolina, Indiana Georgia, Iowa Michigan, Ark ansas IVlaware, all of whom are dead. The Royster candy business has been conducted at the same stand for fifty seven years. The store was something of an institution, a kind of open forum of the eity(,- Mr. Royster being a philosopher, student, thinker and musi- i tian. INCREASING DISORDER MARKS PROGRESS OF THE RAILROAD STRIKE Hooper Says Resolution Was Wrongfully Interpreted By Strikers. TROOPS SENT TO JOLIET Two Men Killed There And Disorders Reported From Many Places CHICAGO, Aug. 8.' (By Tho Associated Press.) Acting upon President Harding's new suggestion for ending tho rail strike, the United States Railroad Labor Board today stood ready, promptly and readily to consider the seniority question, , sole re maining barrier to peace on the rail roads. In a majority resolution adopted last night tho board asserted as much wiL. lingness to act on tho seniority con troversy as to reopen hearings on the wage and rule issues oriirinallv involved in tho strike. A. O. Wharton, the onlv rm nt the three labor members present at tho meeting voted against the resolu tion after an amendment he offered was voted down. . "The only difference in the attitudo of the board toward the wago and rule questions and the seniority ques tion, ' the Tesolutiou said, "is that, as to the former, the board would bo called upon to rehear matters already formally decided, and, as to the latter, to consider a question which has not been formally heard and decided, . but , which has been inferentially touched upon in the resolution of July 3. 1922. " Tho July resolution, which declared that striking shopmen wero no longer employes of tho roads, Was wrongfully interpreted as "outlawing" the strikers, Ben W. Hoojier, chairman of the labor board, asserted. Increasing disorder marked the prog ress of the rail strike, which is in its sixth week. Troops were ordered to Joliet, Ills., whero two men were killed and Sheriff Nowkirk was injured in a clash" yester day at tho Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Shops. . ' ,' i fr: I . , Governor Kilby, of Alabama, ordered national guardsmen to Albany follow, ing a report that authorities were un able to cope with disorders growing out of the strike of Louisvillo & Nashville railroad shopmen. ' A machinist's helper in tho 6t. Louis San Francisco railroad shops at Monett, Mo., reported that, he had been beaten with strands of wire roj)e. - Three men charged with violation of a federal injunction restraining strikers from interfering with operation of tha Texas & Pacific Railroad were found guilty at New Orleans and sentenced to thirty days. ' . Striking shopmen lost three conten tions in Federal court at Portland, Ore gon, when motions to strike out por tions of a complaint against them wero overruieU . v Governor Parker, of Louisiana, in structed Attorney General Coco to inves tigate tho situation at Gretna, a suburb of New Orleans, where fifteen men were imprisoned after they testified that they had been beateu by alleged strik ers and strike sympathizers. Several men testified that they were flogged by negro trusties within the walls of the jail. Tbo prisoners wero released by Federal J udgo Foster, Governor Park- -er, ia his instructions to tho attorney general, declared the imprisonment of the men was a "disgrace to the state. " Ho threatened removal of any officials found derelict in their duties in connection with the affair. Members of three locals of the Brotherhood of .Railway Trainmen in a joint meeting at Houston, Texas, adopted resolutions protesting the use by railroads of defective rolling stock during the shopmen's strike. Rumors that members of his organiza tion were taking a national strike vote were denied at St. Louis by E. J. Manion, president o the Order of Railway Telegraphers. ' " - z VOLSTEAD ACT ISSUE IN OHIO PRIMARIES C)LUMBUS, O., Aug. S.-fehio voters today are waging a battle' 'f ballots that will determine whether the State, .o far as the republican party is concerned shall swing into the progressive column, or remain conservative as it decided by a Harding" lnndslidi two years ago; whether it will continue to stand for strict prohibition enforcement or advo cate an alteration of the Volstead act to permit sale of light wine and beer. Both issues are being fought out in tha campaign for Governor. COTTON MARKET ! CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET NEW YORK, Aug. 8. O.ttou fu tures c'ostd easy; ots quiet, 75 point j down. October 20. OS; December 21.1"; January 20.05; March -"J. Is); J.. -20.10; Spots 0.3. Receipts.