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!A DAI Weather Unsettled Local Cotton 21 CENTS VOL. XLIII. NO. 197 GASTON I A, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 18,v 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS PISOAH FOLKS GIVE TIIEThe "King Bee MARIANS A FINE TIME AT COMMUNITY MEETING Three Times At Much fried Chicken A They Could ' . . Eat. CAKES AND PIES LIKEWISE People Of A. R. P. Communi- ty Lavish' In Their Hospi- . tality To City Guests. .: ." - . - .-'-I'., -The women of pSsgah Associate IJe- ' formed Presbyterian church were hos- . tesses td the Gastonia Rotary club Thursday. ' evening on tho occasion of . the third weekly meeting with the country people of the county. Like thprevious meetings held at Crowders Creek and New Hojie churches, the af fair was an unqualified success.. Not withstanding the threatening weather, Bouie 120 guests from the city went out to -this- historic old church .. The good ladies had spread the supper on long picnic tables in ,the church yard, but ruin had compelled them to take the spread inside. ; As -at Crowders Creek the visitors deployed themselves all over tho church. Joe Scpark, cotton mill magnate, aud Will .Alexander, city manager, got up in the pulpit behind a barricade of ' hum and chicken, cider and ice-cream and for thirty minutes or 'more wero immovable, save for the workings' of their tnouth and throat muscles. v ' '.- f - Always noted lor their fine cooking, the Pisgah women outdid themselves on this occasion. Never have . the Rotarl ans seen such an -array of eatables. After tho 12U guests had attacked the piles of fried chickeu and country ham time after time the plates were still heaped up with chicken. "We did not eat one-third of the chickeu that wus there," said a Rotarian on his return to tho city last night.' And the tame thing was true of tho cakes, custards, .pies and tarts. They wero all there in super abundance. Chess pies and cit ' ron custards wero conspicuous in their plentitude. And the way George Cocker, Hugh Wray, and others went after theso dclicaeies was a caution. - There was one whole table full of cakes cakes, of every sort, color and sizc There .was lots of- good old fashioned pound cake. Tickles, pre serves and other culinary products . there... After the folks had gotten all they could hold piled up on their plates and were sitting ! around in the church munching chicken here came good looking young ladies of the Pis Rah section, oito delegation serving ice cold apple cider, and the others with trnys of hot coffee, with whipped cream. And in this dairy country, it - was pure cream. Some of 'em took both coffee and cider, eVen unto two or three glosses and cups of each. It is a sight theway some -of these preach ers and. Sunday school superintendents can tack two or three glasses of hard cider under the belt and get by with it. Charlie . Ford tho club scrgeaut-at-arms kept continually moving around among the folks,' ostensibly to see that . all were being helped r' Those -who knew him know that ho was moving around just to let things settle down a little. Then, after everybody had eaten a half-dozen pieces of chicken each, ham till "they couldn't swallow and all the accompanying accessories iu the way of pies, custards and cake, here came another troop of young women serving home-mado ice cream. It was none of your cornstarch stuff. It was pure Jersey cream. It was served, too, the way , they serve it in the country, not one of these little ten-cent dabs you get in the drug store in a little punch glass, but a regular saucer full, the kind of saucer you mean when you . apeak of "cup and saucer." It was regular cream Well, after.' they had eaten all they could, a crowd of the I'isgah men who "hud been off at Shar on at an all-day singing came in and gave the town folks a taste .of old country church singing. It was thor oughly enjoyed. Then they all troop ed out to tho lawn outside where Luther Anthony welcomed the . Rotari ans in . a timely and appropriate -speech. Itesponding to this was James H. Henderlite, that prince of after dinner speakers, who had the whole crowd convulsed with laughter in a few minutes. .He told as how P. W." Gar land, the president of tho club, was due to make this siieech, but that he had once preached at Pisgah and could ill ufford to lose his rep. The best of all, however, was the serea in ho penetrated on Doc. Clinton, who, the preacher declared, had been going j with a certain young lady and finally . became engaged. For some reason-or j rtflinr bIiA -iSltml lifin hnn lin ,1,wnr I ups and claims the ring back, and in addition sent her a bill for or 47 visits! , JThe. crowd howled. Pastor Henderlite kept the crowd in an uproar of laugh ter. Messrs. V A. Falls. Jr., and James Carson, of tho I'isgah neighbor- ' hood, made . short remarks, expressing their pleasure at having the Kotarians with theni. Tom Craig and Tom Love, both natives of this section, also said -a few --words. George. Cocker antL-Ed McLurd led the crowd in some Eotary songs after which the meeting broke up, and the Kotarians returned to their homes. PLAN SIMPLIFICATION RFTHI.fHFM CTTT17T. NEW YORK, Aug. 18. Organiza- tion and simplification of the Bethle- j hem Steel Corporation is provided for I in a plan submitted to 'stockholders to-1 day by President vv . u, Grace, in -connection with a request for their ap- Sixth Grade Miss ilary Foster,, of proval of the corporation a purchase Fairriew, N. C. of the Lackawanna Steel Company. Serenth Grade Miss Louise Anderson The rocKt older will meet in ewark,jot' Charlotte County Court House, Va. ' t-?r tender IS. t . ilusic Miss Grace Kahn, of Mount This Section Caught By Houser; 72 Gallons Liquor Poured Out Wallace Tallent; Of Catawba County, Captured With 30 Gallons Liquor -Another Car , From Columbia With 42 Gallons Taken On Same Road Believed To Be Part of Same Purchase Emptied Wallaco Tallent, of Catawba county, described by Federal Prohibition Agent Evou L. Houser, deputy sheriffs and policemen of a half a dozen counties us the "king bee of the blockaders in tho South Atlantic States," is finally in tho toils of Uncle barn's ever-tighten ing net, spread . for blind tigers, boot leggers and blockaders, together with 72 gallons of liquor taken at tho sumo time. He was cultured at 2 o'clock this morning' on a, lonely stretch of road in upper Lincoln county by Mr. Houser and Deputy sheriffs J. A. Wesson and P. A. Hoyle. He whs immediately placed un der arrest and his car and thirty gallons of "liquor were confiscated. Tallent, to gether with two other bootleggers and the deputU's, were taken to Deputy Hoyle 's Jtome where they wero kept un til morning wheu they were taken to Shelby: -.,,) ' , Tallent was brought on to Oastoiua by Agent Houser accompanied by his two deputies, two cars, and seventy-two gal lons of booze. He was taken before United States Commissioner S. S. Morris where he immediately put up a cash bond of $50 for his appcareiu-e at tho Oc tober term of Federal Court in Charlotte and was released. ' . Thursday afternoon about 5 o'clock Mr. Houser and Deputies Wesson and Hoyle caught a brihd new Ford touring car containing 42 gallons 'of corn likker and two men, 1. F. Snipes and Charley DuGuerry, who claimed to bo from Co lumbia, S. C. One of the men jumped from the ca and ran but was soon captured. The haul was made ia upper Lincoln county. There were seven five gallon oil cans full of the liquid and several smaller containers, the total amount bring 42 gallons. Both men were taken before the United States . Com missioner at Shelby this morning and were left in jail there pending tho fixing of their bonds later in the day. Thetf will be hefcl for trial at the October term of Federal-court-in Charlotte. Leaving Saws and DuGuerry at Shel by, the officers came on to Gastonia with the two cars, the likker and Tallent. They parked in front of tho city hall shortly after 11 o'clock and within a very few minutes two or three hundrd people had gathered around to take a look at the capture. Tallent was taken before Commissioner Morris who fixed his bond MOUNT HOLLY SCHOOLS TO OPEN SEPT. 11 Mount Holly Has Three Build ings And Teacherage Supt. Thompson To Put Out rootball Team This Fall. . MOUNT HOLLY, Aug. IS. The Mt Holly schools will open, for tho coining year on September 11. The new primary building, which has been compltcd, will be used for tho first time. It has beea fully equipped with modern fixtures, with water and light , facilities, and will be a much needed addition to the school plant, which now embraces three build ings, one for tho primary grades with fourteen class rooms, one for the gram uier grades and one for the use of the high scbol. A new teacherage has been built and equipped and will lie op?lrkfor the first time this. Fall. ."i According to the superintendent, E. A. Thompson, an attendance Of 8iU pupils is expected for enrollment for tho com ing session. Football, as a new school activity, will Ik: iniated this Sanson l'rac-1 tice is to begin within tlio next two weeks when a cal is issued for all candidates for the team. "The -team is to be coached by E. A. Thompson, the superintendent, and a schedule is to bo arranged with schools in the county and near-by districts.- It is planned to put out a team that will Vneasure up to the standard of the baseball team last Spring, which placed in the championship series for the state championship but which was ruled out due to the fact that one of the play ers had received money', for his services on an amateur team at Shelby.' The other school activities will Ac be gun this session. The high school will compete again in f he debating series, a oaskctttall team will be put out again, ,"e bciiooi , paper, tno Jioiiy, win oe I,u"usnei oy in students, a corps or. twenty-one teachers has been engaged for the coming session. C. K. Kor-zell is principal of the high school again for this sessian. ' " The teachers for the coming session are as follows,; First Grade Misses Isla Mitchell, of Vanceyville, N.,C.j Flossie Griggs, of Shelby; Esther Davenport, of Mount Holly and Marie Mooney, of Shelby. Second Grade Misses Ida Bankin an-4 Goldie Kale, of Mount Holly and Mar guerite Alrxaner, of Huntersville. Third Grade Misses Lollie Bankin 'and Carrie Stroup, of Mount Holly. Fourth Grade Mrs. T, A. Belk. of Mount Holland Miss fcudie WTiitentr of Stanley. Fifth Grade Mrs. C. E. ' Rozzell, of Mount Holly and Miss Elizabeth Faria, (of Keysnl:e, a. of Blockaders" In Into Gutter Here. at $500, the same being promptly put up in cash. It was stated that Tallent would put up cash to cover the bonds of the two men in jail at Shelby. It is the opinion of Agent Houser that tho 42 gallons captured yesterday. afternoon waj a part of the total shipment of 72 gal lons and that the entire amount was the properly of tho same crowd and was destined for the same place. A short distance in front, of Tallent 'a car when the officers appeared on the scene was a Rock Hill car occupied by two men. This car was halted and examined but there was nothing to indicate its eonnectioa with the liquor traffic and it was per mitted to proceed on its way, 'It is the opinion of the oflieers, however, that this was a pilot car.- Freely-expressed opinion around the city hall by officers of the law today is to the effect that Tallent is the ring leader of the South Mountain blockaders, though ho ' has never before been cap turd on the charge of making or deal ing in the outlawed article, lie is a rather small, red-headed, undemonstra tive, non-talkative sort of a man. He maintained a nonchalant air. throughout tho proceedings this morning, being ap parently entirely uruffled by what was happening. .'"' The haul of 72 gallons of liquor was poured into the sewer at , the corner of Main and South streets at high noon. Hundreds, of the "morally stunted" gathered to witness and mourn the destruction of the white lightning. Officers Houser, Payne and Wesson supervised the operations while local officers were busy pulling stoppers and corks. The stuff was in. fruit jars and tin' cans. - The odor of the liquor filled the air up and doM n Main street and many were attracted by the spectacle. ''Good gosh, eap'n, nint dat a pity!" exclaimed one negro to a w hite man standing by. "Let me git up and git my feet wet," exclaimed another ebony-hueW citizen of Happy Hill. "Maybe I can soak up a little , through my shoes . " A local photographer took a pic ture of the three officers who made the capture, standing behind a veritable monument of jars, cans and containers, from which the liquor had been emptied. ' BELMONT TO UNVEIL -- MEMORIAL TO SOLDIERS Handsome Monument To Four i Young Men Of Town Who Died In World War To Be Unveiled Sunday, Aug. 20. Tho memorial to tho Belmont boys who made the supreme sacrifice in the world war will be unveiled on Sunday August 20th in the Belmont cemeterv. The monument has already been placed and is practically .completed. It is' in the circle in tho middle of the cemetery, on a nuio knoll that makes it the centre of attraction from all points of the cemetery.. The American Legion, under whose auspices the fund for the monu ment was raised will have the affair in charge, and Cale Burgess, of Kalcigh, Adjutant of the organization in this state will be one of the principal speakers at tho uhveiling. The memorial, represent ing as it does the contributions of an en tire community, no one of the donators giving more than one dollar to the fund, is a true community endeavor, and, as such, is of interest to all in the com munity. Belmont people must feel that this is their undertaking and put their interest and endeavor behind the move ment to make the uuveiling of this monu ment the premier incideut in the life of tho town. During the war, no town of its size in North Carolina did more to help win the struggle than Belmont. Wc gave our boys, our money in war drives and our time in Bed Cross work. While it is but natural that our enthusiasm and patriotism can not be kept burning with its war fervor, there are occasions when we owe it to our country and to those who made the supreme sacrifice for her, to put on our armor, as it were and do our utmost to show our love of Country and afrreeintion of patriotism of ttw bovs who gave their lives for America. Tho Auten Stowe Post of tho Ameri can Legion is making plans for the suc cess of the undertaking, they cannot however make the occasion a success without the presence and interest of all Belmont. Let every citizen of the towa do his utmost to make this unveiling a wonderful and inspirational time for our community. ' - Further details of the occasion, as to time., program and so on will be given in the next few days. The bodies of all four of Belmont s,' dead, Charlie Stowe, William Auten, Lonnie Walters and Augustus Ware, have been moved to this central plot. Holly. ,. The high school faculty will consist of Misses Olive White,' of Mount Holly, who will teach Latin; Sarah, Truesdale, of Kershaw, S. C, who will teach Science j8ni History; Clara Purser, of Unionville N. C, who will teach English; Ruth Her- , ron, of charlotte, who will teach Home - ( Economies and Mr. C. E. Bozzell, who wiil teach Math, and French, - Passed Up I fcp - , j m; -X v j t jf V I y r fir T"""- ' ''y Here's Lloyd Ceorge Just about as n, eat as you ever saw him on tot .way to watch the Earl of BalfoMr play tennis it a garden party given by Sir Arthur -Crosfleld at Hignate, England. - ",' ' TRANSPORTATION TIE-UPS IN FAR WEST ARE BROKEN; DISORDERS CONTINUING Three Workers At Cincinnatti Attacked And Badly Beaten .-Roundhouse. Employe ' Is Injured By Bomb. . .CHICAGO," Aug. 18. (By The Asso elated Press) Transportation blockades, particularly in the far west, caused by train crew walkouts virtually were clear ed away today as railroad heads and leaders of the train service unions, re mained in New York foranother parley for, peace in the shopmen's strike. .'In the far west, wher the tie-up.-was most effective, conditions improved rapid: lyi and railroad officials ' announced re sumption of almost normal transporta tion. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fc, Union Pacific. ' Western .Pacific and Southern Pacific reported striking train men back on -their jobs and trains mak ing schedules on time. The walkout of crews on tho Cumber land Valley division of the Louisville & Nashville at -.Corbin,' Ky., ended and switchmen in the L. & N. yards at Mont gomey, A'ai returned to work. Disorders incident to tho rail strike continued. Three workers employed in rail shops at Cincinnati wero attacked and severely beaten. A foundhpuse em ploye of the Texas and Pacific railroad at Dallas, Texas, was injured by a'homb which shattered the roof of the building. A tear bomb used by police in dispers ing a crowd of striking shopmen az Topeka, Kansas, .routed the police also. A third attempt to dynamite tracks cf the Louisville &" Nashville in Alabama occured at Grace, near Birmingham. ROANOKE BOOSTER TRIP POSTPONED Gastonia will not bo visited by tho Roanoke, Va., Bosters Club until Sep tember, according to advices received ny the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce Thursday afternoon. The change is made because of the rail strike situation. The trio through Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina will be' made September ,13th, 14th and loth instead of August 22nd, 2:trd and 24th. Gas tonia will thus bo visited September 14th instead of August 23 rd. LONDON. Aug. 1. (By The Asso ciated Press) Genevieve Ward, famous American .tragedienne, died of heart failure today at her home in Hampstead. Married Instructors No Longer Wanted i CHICAGO, Aug. 18. Cost of living and social demands are so ex cessive in Evanston, 111., site of Northwestern University, that the school no longer will employ mar ried instructors, according to Prof essor Roy O. Clickinger, dean of the college of liberal arts. Northwestern salaries are equal to those paid in other universities, but Evanston's cost of living and social demands are such that some f the married instructors have had to tutor during time away from the school class rooms, and in some instances, wives of instructors have had to accept employment in exclusive Evanston to meet expenses. HARDING RESOLVED TO USE ALL THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT TO MAINTAIN TRANSPORTATION AND RIGHT TO VORI! BOTH SIDES HOPEFUL OF A SETTLEMENT AT TODAY'S CONFERENCE Ringing In Their Ears. Is Statement Of Stone That Strike Must End. MET AT 10:30 TODAY For More Than Four Hours Yesterday They Debated . The Question. - NEW YORK, Aug. 18. (By The As sociated Press) Bailway executives anil Brotherhood chiefs went into session at 10:0 o'clock this inoruinir iu another effort to end the nation-wide shopmen's strike. . . Kinging in their ears wus. tho '.state ment of Warren O. tit one, head jf the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineer:, made this morning nt ua earlier; con ference with labor leaders, that the strike must be Bottled at the sessions with executives' that began yesterday. President Harding was told today by Senator Watsim, ltepublicau, Indiana, oue of his advisers in the rail striko, that long distance telephone conversations with Brotherhood chiefs and representa tives of the railroad executives- in Ne v York had disclosed both Bides "hopeful of a settlement of the rail strike at to day's meeting." 'For more than four hours, yesterday the labor men and railroad, presidents debated the ground upon which tho walk out must end, without success. Labor men, after the conference, expressed be lief that progress had been . made to ward a fovarable settlement, but one exe cutive ventured the opinnig that at tho hour of adjournment, agreement was still far distant. The official statement de clared that no decision had been reach ed. ' While official Information as to what developed at tho conference was lacking the understanding was that de bate ha centered on tho question of seni ority. - -.Representatives 'of stationary workers watching tho progress of tho parley ma le it plain in informal comment "that they regarded it essential tho roads take the strikers back with seniority unimpaired. They -contended' that so many bad or der cars now were piling, up, that tho roads, 'called - upon to transport ' vast quantities of coal before tho winter months, would need great numbers of extra shopmen to speed up repairs. This they asserted, would not make discharge of new employes unnecessary and offset the contention of executives that to restore-strikers would mean discharge of new employes and that this would, be un fair to the new men. MORRISON NOT TO SEND TROOPS TO SPENCER YET Future Action Will Depend Upon Developments That ." Take Place. TO TRY TO KEEP ORDER Labor. . Leaders Promise To Make Every Effort To Keep The Strikers Quiet. SALISBURY, Aug. IS. "If they respect the law, I ilo not intend to send troops, but I do propose to have the law of the state upheld," declared Gover nor Cameron, following his conferences hero this afternoon with several delega tions on the disorders reported as a re sult of the, activities of members the 1,700 striking railroad crafts men in the Southern railroad yards here. - "I believe that I shall not send troops unless something else occurs. I should like to sec the striking men bring about this condition themselves," the gover nor said, stating that he had put it up to union officials and that they had pro mised to do everything iu their power to preserve order and obedience to the law. . To this end, J. M. Ellis, striking ma chiirist and elected this week as presi- j ident of the North Carolina Federation 'of Labor, has announced that he will speak to the striking craftsmen at a (meeting in the Strand theater-in Salis bury today, at which Governor Morrison I intimated that he would pass on to the mien thp condition that was laid down to Mr. Ellis and 'the strike leaders this af- ternoon. ( No Definite Decision Governor Morrison made it plain, how iever, that he was not announcing a de i finite decision and that the action he w ill take, will depend upon the developments, asking those who 'made the request on him for troops to put their requests in writing. He believed, from the reports :made to him. that actions of the picket ling strikers justified the sending of troops,- he intimated, but said he did (Continued on race ix.) Right Of Must Be a Warfare on Unions of Labor Stone Declares Strike Must Be Settled Now NEW YORK, Au2. 18. The strike of railroad shop craft unions must be settled here, Warren S. Stone, of the Brotherhood of Rail way Engineers, declared today as the committee of five rail brother hoods finished several informal con ferences before meeting the rail exe cutives to continue their work of mediation. "The strike must be settled," he continued, "and it must be settled right here at -these meetings. Con ditions over the country demand that a settlement be made it once and we are optimistic that it can be done toon. The five brotherhoods are ready to do anything possible to bring present conditions to an end." "BOLL WEEVIL SPECIAL" HOME TODAY AFTER 11,000 MILE JAUNT TO THE COAST Four Gastonia Boys Reached Gastonia At Four O'clock Today . - Wore out 14 casings More Than 40 Inner Tubes, And Six Hind Wheels Used On The Trip. , Gnstoniat'a "Boll Weevil Special," carrying the banners that relate to the world that Gastonia is the textile cen ter, and that she is the combed yarn cen ter of the south, loaded down with four young Americans blew into port afte midnight early this morning, all weary from a hard trip but glad that Gastonia was thcir'haven of rest today. Tho adventurers left Gastonia July 1 and hurnt tho trail in a special Ford touring car headed for tho wild' ami wooley west where rain is little known, where the man with tho quickcst-dra,w is his own law, and where hot blazing KiiiLf Sol holds his own from month to month having no mercy on anything or any- ono who ever he may be, Southerner,! Yankee, Jew or Gentile. The party made up of Walter Anderson, Everett Jordan, Pink Rankin and Kenneth Parker braved the elements and the resistance of the Rockies to satisfy their desire to see tho best part of tho world first. ' It is impossible to give a full account of the trip in such a small space, f-o only the main points will lie related Fourteen tire casings were used. Eoriy inner tubes were burnt up, six hiud wheel j president did not recommend any legis were worn out, and a dozen springs wero Intnre to eal immeiately with the railroad, broken in the) mad rush for tho golden 1 west. Well over 11,000 miles of travel ) was made. Leaving Gastonia full speed ahead was made through Tennessee, Kea- j had sought earnestly "to restrain prod tucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kan-peering and seure the rightful distribu- sas and Colorado. In Colorado the first real si(;lit seeing stops were made. In their tour of the west, the ltockies were crossed six times, that is, the. Con tinental Divide was crossed a half a ilw en times. Eight or ten mountain ranges were conquered by the lowly lord, inspir ed onward by the Fonr Horsemen. Anions them were the Bhie Ridge, Rockies, Bear Mountains, Brown mountains, Sierras and Pike's Peak. " In Colorado Springs, the Garden of the Gods .was visitfd. Other famous attractions were "the Cave of the Winds" and the Eatey I'ark. From the latter they blew into Arizona. From Moine, Ariz., the 4 'Boll Weevil Special," bored its way into Oio Grand Canyon where a day was spent. The petrified foresti, bad lands, and other points were gazed Upon by the south ern gentlemen. From here into New Mexico the Four Horsemen journed. There the Indian Reservation was visited. Los Angles . aid Hollywood, both famous for their movie productions, was reached in 14 days actual running tome. Here and in 'Frisco people welcomed the Gastonia youths. Mr. Jordan stated to a Daily Gazette rep resentative this morniug that southern people were looked up toHn California and treated with the best hospitality that could be extended to anybody. A I friend of Jordan's furnished his auto- mobile anil' showed them over San (Continued on page six.) THE VEATIIEB North Car a, local ihowerj f" Way And Employer Respected; Deplores Recommends National Probe Into The Conduct Of Coal -Business. LEGISLATION IMPERATIVE Condemns In Vigorous Lan guage Shocking Crime ' ' V At Herrin. : I COAL STRIKE SUMMARY. Developments in the coal strike situation included: Anthracite operators-miners con ference resumed in Philadelphia. ' Illinois operators start confer ence with Frank Farrington, State miners1 president, in hope of settling strike in Illinois, but pro posals from each side are dime trically opposed. RAIL STRIKE SUMMARY. Developments in the rail strike situation today included: President Harding srrsnges to deliver message to Congress today on strike. Running trades mediation com mittee resumes conference with road executives in New York, leaders appear optimistic. ' . i WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. President Harding in an address to Congress today on tho industrial situation declared that the right of employes and employers alike to conduct their business must be recog nized and ho also deplored what bo termed "warfare on the unions of labor. Presient Harding declared ft national investigation for constructive recommen dations as to tho conducti of the eoal in dustry to be imperative, and recommend d a government commission to advise 9 to fair wages an conitions of labor.; . Immediate legislation to establish' ienw porarily a 'national coal agency" with the necessary capital to purchase, ; sell an. distribute coal also was urged by tha. executive. . . ' . , . Other legislative recommendations was for "better protection of aliens and en forcement of their treaty rights," a measure to givo Federal courts juris diction in protecting aliens. In- discussiujf tho coal situation the President referred to what he termed the "shocking crime at Herrin, Ills., which so recently shamed, and horrified tho, country" and added tho incident was butchery of human beings, wrought in madness." Ii ) Stating that tho Esch-Cummins act in establishing the railroa labor board was inadequate, being with little or no power to enforce its decisions, the president recommended action to make the board's ccisions "enforceable and effective a gainst carriers and employes alike." Other than tho amendment of ths Ksch-Ciimmins law to make the railroad labor hoard's decisions enforceable, tho strike.. In asking for the coal legislation ths president said that the Administration tion " of coal but without legal power t control prices. The text of President Harding 'a sjK-eth: It is manifestly my duty to bring to your attention the indutrial situation which confronts the counry. The situa. tion growing out of the prevailing rail way and coal mining strikes is so seri ous, to menacing to the nation's wel fare, that I should be remiss if I fail ed frankly to lay the matter before you and at the 'Same time acquaint you and the whole people with such efforts no thp executive branch of the Govern ment has made by the voluntary exer rise tt its g'Xd offices to effect a set-tlernt-nt. ' . The susien.-4on of the coal industry dates back to last April 1, when the forking agreement - between mine oper ators and the United Mine Workers came to an end. Anticipating that expiration of contract, which was nego tiated with the government's sanction in l'J20, the prpsent administration soupht, as early as last October, con--feivnees between the operators an4 miners in order to facilitate either s new or extended agrecmnt ia ordr to i CniirinDO'l on one . COTTON MARKET Receipts Nous Piice Offered 21 Centj CLOSING BIDS ON THE 1 . new YOkK i:k: NEW YOi.'K. -I t..r- li. ( t-.ir.- l'
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