TOE SUMTJBil WATCHMAN, Esta
CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,11
T??STRONG
FOR THE !
LEVEES
Mississippi River Eat-j
ing It's Way Rapid-]
ly Through Big Dam!
at Old Town, Ark.
Helena, Ark.. March 31.?The;
situation at Oldtown, Arkansas, j
where the caving in of the first |
line of 1cv.-es- of the Mississippi
ffciver began yesterday, was describ
ed, today by government engineers
as critical. Two more feet caved
in eariy today, and a strong cur
rent, from the Mississippi is side
is said to be eating its way under;
the leveee on the Arkansas side, j
Memphis, March SO.?Heavy j
rains in the territory between Cairo, j
III., and Memphis yesterday and j
last night will delay the arrival of \
the crest of the Mississippi river!
Hood -at Memphis until. Saturday j
?oi3>ms. the United States weather !
^gLfrgeu here announced -r tonight. *
This rainfall vrt\\ also bring a maxi- |
mum stage of 42.7 or 42.S here. !
J. H. Scott, forecaster, announced j
and win prolong the passage of the f
crest in this part of the river.
The sloughing off of the ap
proaches to the old front levee at
Old Town. Ark.; twu.miles south of
Helena, for a short distance was
the only l?vo trouble of import
ance reported during-the/day.
The cave, in at Old To-wn ?was dis
covered before more than 50 feet
of the approach had, sloughed and
prompt measures prevented the sit
ation from becoming serious, Maj.
L. T. Jverr. ?nited States, engineer
in charge of the levies in the White
river district reported tonight.
Telephone messages-from Helena ;
tonight said the situation there was
well in hand and/the?wojrk of re
inforcement progressing rapidly.
Workmen <frill kceijf*. on the job
all night and Major-Kerr. said that
by morning ?he levee at that point
should be safe, unless the swift
current off this point ^should cut
into the old- levee at- some other
place. _
Levee engineers here say that
the next 48 hours wilt%rbbably de
termme whether or 't?X\ serious le
vee trouble will develop between
Osceoia. Ark., where Xthe crest of
the flood passetr^this nWrning.^and
the;, Mississippi line. v;\tp to 6
o'clock Old Town ^&Sthc only
point reporting any? .t&t&dc.
Vicksburg. Miss'., v&arch 30.?
Showing a rise of ifojSfetenjths of a
foot since 7 o'clock '#kis morning
the Mississippi river $ad reached
the stage of 47.3 feet'&ere tonight.
Reports from aH poInf??ih the third
Mississippi river distant to head
quarters here stated liia-t water was i
well up on the lev^esi^Vut. that no ?
weak points alvn^ih'^ax^m had !
de\*eloped. - I
Helena, Ark.. March -30.?Sever
al hundred men -are working to
nic: hi in a driving rain by the light
of improvised torches to reinforce
with sand bags the section of the \
front levee approaches at Old j
Town, below Helena, which began *
sloughing away into the river early j
today. The downpour of rain ist
weakening the embankment and
unless there is a change in the j
weather serious trouble is feared i
tomorrow. A nine mile current !
driven from the Mississippi side I
of the river is sweeping against the '
-front levee and according to re- j
ports received here tonight less j
than /our feet of the Crown of this '?
fevee remains for a distance of 50 ?
feet.
Workers say that this strip will
probably not be widened unless th;
sublovccs of sund bangs fa'il to
hold buck the flood waters swept j
against them. The roar of the cur- |
rent as it strikes against the shore j
here can be heard-J^ttne distance ;
j-way. Levee workers late today I
cut down trees and ^attempted to I
place them tbefiver in. front of j
the levee to break the force of the j
current but they were quickly i
swept away down th*e river.
Efforts of the workers tonight is
directed to preventing the <-using
away of the earth under th** ban- !
ouett?. I* this can be done the I
I' -.' v will bold; they gay.
GOV. RUSSELL'S
CHARGES ARE
UNFOUNDEDl
Jackson. Miss.. April 1.?The!
legislative committee that is inves
tigating Gov. Rtfesell'S charges :
that lire insurance companies had i
tospired the hundred thousand dol-j
fc?r seduction suit against him. in
stituted by Miss France* Birk-1
head, reported to the house today j
that the investigation failed to j
substantiate 'Governor Russell's j
charges.
FLOOD HELD
IN CHECK BY
SAND RAGS I
Helena. Ark.. April \.~ Work-i
men returning from the Oldtown '
levee where caving occurred last!
night said that the water from
the flooded Mississippi had gone \
through, the gap in the front levee]
but Is I"':ng held by the sub-levees
built of sandbag*.
>lished April. 1850.
Ml._
fii 'I
OF CAPITAL I
AND LABOR:
i
Miners' Union Deter- j
mined to Prostrate!
Industry of Nation I
If Necessary to
Carry Their Point
Indianapolis. Marcff 31 (By the
Associated Press.)?Coal produc
tion was stopped tonight ? by the
union miners, who quit their day's
work in the mines of 20 states with
the avowed policy, of remaining idle
indefinitely in an effort to force the i
operators to accept the miners'
terms for new wage contracts.
Officials at the headquarters
here of the United Mine Workers
of America declared the suspension
would not only include a half mil- j
lion workers but also at least 100,- 1
000 non-union men would join inj
the walk out. No last minute in- ;
structions were issued from head- i'
quarters and the only significant
conference held during the day by;
President John L. Lewis was with !
Lonnie Jackson, president of the
Kentucky union district, where 5.
000 union men will continue at
work because their contract with i
operators has another year to run. j
During-the day Mr. Lewis de-j
clared the suspension of work by |
Kansas union miners would not be j
averted by the action of the Kan- ;
sas industrial court ordering that!
wage scales of the last two years
be continued for 30 days, in a
formal statement tonight the union
chief declared the nation-wide;
w;alkout. would affect "hundreds of
thousands of citizens" not directly;
engaged in the coal industry, and;
he .reiterated his charge that the ;
operators had forced "the strike j
upon the miners." . j
In addition to the Kentucky min- j
ers. union men in Nova Scotia will
remain at work but those in the i
Western Canadian provinces were j
expected to join the suspension, j
The conference over the Kcn<u--jky|
situation was said by its .partici- J
pants to have been a general re
view of the situation there with .
President Lewis taking the .position ?
that the union must obey its con- ,
tract with the operators.
Numerous reports from tin* coal j
fields of the country also reachctf!
headquarters,.which Mr. Lewis de-|
clared indicated a complete tie up j
of all union fields. These reports j
also showed that 13.000 union men:
would be left in the mines to pro- j
tecL. the property from damage and j
the only trouble between operators J
and miners in this connection was
reported from Washington where :
operators were said to be object
ing to paying the wages provided j
for in the contracts that expired rt i
midnight.
Mr. Lewis' formal statement rc- :
garding the suspension of work ;
follows:
"The strike upon which the
United Mine Workers of America j
are entering is not a question of j
small magnitude nor one to be j
lightly considered by the American1,
people. It is fraught with far!
reaching consequences and serious
responsibilities as affecting the pub- j
lie weal. The withdrawal of in j
excess of C0-0,000 men from thy j
mines of the country constitutes a j
serious problem. Aside from the
inevitable coal shortage which will
ensue, to the profit of coal opera- j
tors and to the detriment of the;
public, it will cause a dislocation of :
industry throughout tin- nation, j
affecting hundreds of thousands of i
citizens in other walks of life.
"This is a deplorable condition j
and constitutes a sad commentary j
upon the relationships of employer,
and employee in American indus- j
try. Every thoughtful man recog- j
nizes that in the end a settlement i
of the problems of the mining in- j
dustry must perforce be effected.
Such settlement must come through
Joint conference with accredited
representatives of thv mine work
ers of the nation.
"It is most unfortunate, because j
of the arbitrary attitude of the coal j
operators, that such a meeting e;<nj
not be assembled until the conn-1
tTJ has endured the agony andj
convulsions involved in m Indus-:
tria.' strike on such n gigantic scale, i
In the present issue the pub-lie bus.
been lulled in a sense of fals*? so- I
curity by the soothing statements!
of those who will profit through a
strike.
"The mine workers repeatedly;
have called attention to those
faces and our statements have gone]
unheeded. The responsibility must'
therefore be with those who have
brought about the present situa
tion seeking io push the miner? i
backw aid.
"As self-respecting citizens w< j
are resolved to stand in opposition:
to those who deny us a living wagt j
and our proper aspirations for an '
American standard of living."
Indianapolis. April !. Confldyut
that the suspension <>i work be
gun at midnight by ilie union coal
miners would rvsuh in a complete j
tieup of ill*- country's unionized
fields, mine workers officials await-;
ed repoits showing the exact of-:
fectiveness of :iie shutdown. They'
expected six hundred thousand i
men. including i hundred thousand
non-union worker?? would 1"- in
cluded in the walkout, l/relimin-1
iary reports indicated that few
operators who conduct th- :i* mines
on a closed shop basis would at? j
"Be Just aud Fear >'
BLOOD i
FLOWS IN !
IRELAND
_ !
Four killed in Sunday ;
Reprisals
Belfast. April 2 (By the Asso
ciated Press).? Four men wore'
shot and killed und three children !
were wounded last night in the Sinn I
Fein area near the Old Lodge Road !
district. The ages of the men !
ranged from 4'J to 63. The children
are two. seven and 13 years old.
It was another grim week-end |
for Belfast. The shooting-'of the I
men is believed to have been in re- i
prisal for the killing Saturday of !
Constable George Turner. The as
sassin fired at Turner from a va
cant house and made his escape. 1
The news of the shooting of th?> j
policeman spread rapidly, und de- j
spite the curfew hour last night,
there were scenes of excitement in
the streets, loiter heavy rifle and
revolve firing punctuated with the!
shrieks of women and children was
heard and shortly afterwards the.
bodies of the four men were taken
to a hospital, where the three chil- |
dren also were conveyed. The j
father of the children. Joseph
Walsh was one of the men who I
was killed. All the killings took
plaee in the heroes of the victims.
Walsh was lying in bed with the
two younger children and the'
bullet, which killed him. wounded
them. Two year old Bridget was
shot through the head.
Frank Walsh. : on of Joseph
Walsh, was stopping with his j
grandmother a few doors distant
from the Walsh home. The grand- j
mother's house Afc'Jso/ was raided. '
The intruders -.rushed upstairs,
seized Frank, who wax trying to!
make his escape through a window,
and pitched him downstairs. His
injuries are not serious. The^rrand
mother said after the raid at Jo
seph Walsh had served five years
in the war on the western front.
She had 13 sons and nephews* in
the war. only two of whom re -
turned.
"And this is my reward on their
return." the old lady sobbed.
In the home of a relative of the'
Walsh family this morning a bullet
passed through the arm of a heigh-;
bor holding a baby and pierced its.
stomach, wounding it fatally.
The body of a young man
named Carvcy'was' found lying in
the road at midnight last night,
three miles from Xewry. There
were two bullet wounds in his'
head.
Orange Hall, near Xewry andi
close to the scene of the recent:
train burning, was destroyed early
this morning. Armed men order
ed out the woman caretaker and
her four children, threw out the
furniture and set lire to the build-,
rug. The woman and her children
were left in the darkness on the
bleak mountainside until they were
befriended by neighbors.
At Waterford today Protestant
Bishop Miller of Cashel. speaking,
on the "Terrible Events in North-j
Ireland." said he had consulted .
with the clergy and men prominent:
in all demnominations. who had1
voiced the opinion that '"the namesi
of Catholics and Protestants are;
being used in connection with j
sonic of the foulest deeds that!
have ever disgraced a country." ;
"All Christians." the prelate
added, "are called upon to say tiny I
loath< and abhor such activities,!
by whomsoever murders are com
mitted, and to regard such men as
the direct embassaries of Satan." j
?_ !
Dublin. April '-' (By the Asso
ciated Press.)?The serious extent]
of the split in the ranks of the'
Irish Republican amy was reveal-j
cd this afternoon ,when from live j
Dublin battalions, which bad been !
ordered out to take a "new oath;
of allegiance with new im plica- i
tions." not less than - M-"J men j
obeyed the Republican appeal andj
marched to Smithfield. There inj
the presence of Liara Mellowes, I
Roderick O'Connor and other not-1
cd heads of the R publican move-j
ment. they took tue oath of al-j
legiancc to free themselves from1
any other further responsibility Lo :
the dial eireanni J
The extremists tonight expressed|
entire satisfaction at the response;
to their appeal. A large crowd. !
including contingents from the
women's organizations, ?witnessed i
the parade of the battalions, but i
gave no demonstration of sympalh} 1
beyond their presence.
Belfast. April 2.?A bomb thrown I
into a house here tonight exploded
and wounded two children.
During the night a. man named
Mallon was shot deud.
ARKANSAS
LUMBER MILL
DESTROYED
Half Million Dollar Fire at
Pine Bluff
rim-bluff. Ark.. April ::. Fire]
hr.--t night destroyed die sawmill of
ih?? Arkansas Short Leaf Lumber j
company. Th? loss n*>* about half!
a million dollars.
tempt continued production. Foi
!!:?? Ilrst rinie in history, officials
-';i<!. both the anthracite and Lit-,
un lino us tields arc t i <-?i up and they
estimated thai six thousand <>; the
nation's seventy ;iv> hundred mines-;'
iot?Let the ends ThourAiius't at
Sumter, S. C, Wedn<
Russians Fight foi
Russians fighting for transj>ortat
They crowd into trains and occupy t
PROGRESS !
BEING MADE
ON ROADS
Construction Com-!
panies at Work on
County Roads,.Also;
Bridges Being Built;
The work of grading <?u tho'j
Manning, road.and of the laying of.
curbing and tlie making.of gjuttcrs
for one-half mile .list beyond the
limits on this "ua< is reported
us advancing very satisfactorily.
The hard surfacing >f this road for
three and one-tenth ihiles is in the'
hands of the AdamsrEVaris Con
struction Company. <>f Jackson-I'
viUe. Fin. This construction com
pany was also granted the con- ,'
tract for the paving of the three j
ami ohe-tcnth miles on the Bishop
ville road and the work of grading
has also been begun on this road, i
Tin- contract for the building of the
four miles of hard surface road on
the Maycsville road was let t<> the
Slattcry and ITenry Construction j
Company, of Greenville, and a'
great deal of the grade work on ;
this road has been almost com-:
pleted! i
Tin- bridge work. which was,
necessary with the hard surfacing!
of tin- roads, was placed with the
Mallard Lumber Company, of
Grccleyville. The first bridge to he!
begun by the company was the!
bridge over Green Swamp on the
Stateburg road. This bridge, a !
three span bridge, is expected to be!
completed within the next ten;
days. The work on 1 >??ii 1 the j
bridges and the roads has been j
very much impeded by the rainy;
weather, but much good progress j
is now being made during the fair'
weather l>v all of the construction!
i
companies at work in the county.!
hi addition to the building of the I
Green Swamp Bridge, the Mallard
Lumber Com pan v is ai work on *
' l
several of the bridges of the Rocky
Bluff Swamp on the Mayesyille ]
road and is also at work with the j
laying of a culvert over the mill1
race at Whites Mill on the Bishop-!
ville road.
TOO MANY
COAL MINKS;
Legislation Proposed to Pre-]
vent Over Development of
In (I us try
_* j
New Vork. APri-l J'.- < 'ougrcs- I
sional action to prohibit the over-'
development of the coal industry is !
proposed by Philip Murray, vice
president of tlie United Mine
Workers as ;? cine for the "great
evil which has America in the grip j
of ;i nation-wide strike/' lie said
Hi" men an required to live a year
on the earnings from forty to two-'
hundred days" work, because of j
over product Ion. !
BOMB THROW
ING IN BELFAST
i
Belfast. April 1. ?.\ bomb Was '
thrown into the family circle m a ]
laborei named l>onnelly. killing in*
three-year-old sen. and woundingi!
two ?.? tii? r children and Uontn*ily.
Kour shots 'a er.- then tired at Mrs.
l.>onnelly. who was nursing an In
fa nr. without effect.
Putney. Bnghind. April I. <'aai-'.
I'Vidge won the annual boat r..j,
with ' ?xford. I
be thy Country's, Tuy Cod's and '
esday, April 5, 1922
r American Food
ion to American food relief stations,
he roofs of coaches.
DIAL ATTACKS
SHIPPING
BOARD
? - -_
South Carolinian Calls!
It Most Incompetent
Set of "Giggling
School Girls/' Big
Losses Shown
Washington. .March 50.-?Assert
ing that he is' opposed to -'throwing
iiway more money on such an in
conrpetent set as the Shippingj
Board." Senator X. I'. Dial opened!
an attack on ship subsidy today'
with the following remarks to the]
seriate:
"I notice that the Shipping]
Heard has come to congress asking
for subsidies. I am hoi surprised
that t hey should ask for help con- j
sidering the manner in which they
have carried on the business en
trusted tu their cure. I have had
occasion to familiarize myself ro
some extent with their methods
and I must s: y thai I know of no
government officials who look
upon their duties as lightly as do
members of the^sbipping board, al
though several of its operatives arc
drawing salaries as high as ?5o.
000 a. year. ^
"They were before the commit
tee on commerce some time ago
and I never was reminded more
forcibly of fourteen-year-old gig
gling schoolgirls than 1 was on
that occasion.
"I noticed in the newspapers a
day or two ago that they had some
1.6-1 ships tied up in ih<- neighbor
hood of New York and the report
stated that they had 600 .guards
and yet they" allowed something
like $400.000 worth of government
property to be stolen from those
sh ips.
"The fact is that instead of try
ing to look out for business they
have tied up ships t<> keep from
carrying on business. I believe that
out of something like I.5M0 steel
ships they were operating some
time ago only :bsi'. i; is even
claimed that t-heV did not have
enough ships for commission to
carry th<- corn which we donated
to the starving people of liussia."
Senator Dial is a member of the
committee to which the ship sub
sidy bifl is referred. His attack
was not answered but it was noted
in t h?- galleries as tin- beginuinit
of :i hitter fight over the subsidy
proposal of the administration.
la?.so> During I'cbruary.
Washington. Mandl 50. - The
Shipping Uoa**d suffered ;i net loss
on the operation of ships' of >?'!.
06!*.45!' during February. Chairmwn
Laskcr announced today. This, h
said, w;is the lowest recorded since
the governmoni engaged in the
commercial operation of it> ves
sels.
?-?? ? m
Bill to Complete
Muscle Shoals
Introduced
Washington. March SI. -The
roniire.-neeni.vnl ??!' work t" eoin
plet?- the Wilson Dam ami construct
!>;iui Number Three at Muscle
Shoals itnd?T government appro- ?
pri.it i.-e and Supervision will be
proposed !?? the Senate by < "3 :;s: r
ni.-in Norris. the agriculture com-j
mitte?' announced after an inspec
tion trip. It is estimate.1 that sev
?ii million hundred thousand
dollars will be n???*??ssary for the
first years work. j
A
["ruth's/'
1NERS WILL
WELCOME IN
VESTIGATION
President Lewis of the
Miners' Union
Makes Statement at;
Congressional
Hearing
Washington. April '?)?The union'
coal miners who suspended work
Saturday in the nation wide strike
arc declared by John L. Lewis, pres-j
ident of the United -Mine Workers'
to be desirious of suspension ot*
strike operations at the earliest;
possibly date, but the resumption
of production depends entirely up-J
on the future attitude of the coalj
Operators. Mr. Lewis before the'
house labor committee hearing on
the ('.land resolution for the ap
pointment of a. commission to in-,
vestigate the mining industry, said;
his Organization would welcome any
impartial and judicial investigation
of general conditions in the bitum
inous and anthracite industries.
Indianapolis. April ?,.?The first j
test of strength in the nation-wide
coal strike came today with the be- .
pinning of the suspension Satur- j
day. th.e annual holiday among the.
miners having failed to determine
the exact effectiveness of the
walkout. United Mine Workers
headquarters expressed confidence
that the day's developments would
confirm the union estimate that six
hundred thousand men. amon? j
them a hundred thousand lion-;
union workers had. laid down their,
tools for an indefinite period of
idleness. The tacit true- between
the miners and operators is count-:
ed (in. apparently to make thej
union estimate, a certainty. Few ?
if any of the operators in the.big;
coal centers which are strongly;
unionized, are expected to attempt
an early resumption of operations.
The situation, however, is in doubt:
in non-union and open shop dis
tricts.
-? ? *p
?225,000 FIRE
LOSS AT UNION
_ i
Almost Entire Block of City']
Destroyed by-Flames
Union. April I.? Union was visit
ed thi* morning at 3:30 o'clock;
with ?an- of the most disastrous
fires since U>05. when the same;
block, known as the Townsend j
block, was completely wiped out. j
an'! which .was destroyed this;
morning with the exception of the.
Bailey Duilders Supply building.
Late estimates show that on con
servative basis the loss of property
known as the Townsend block ami.
People's Supply Company by fire;
early this morning will amount toj
S'2.25.000. with about 40 1 er cent j
insurance.
The fire started in W. 15. Green's j
place of business and spread ori
either side until the buildings oc
cupied by .1. E. Helton, fash Gro- j
ery Company and People's Supply .1
Company were completely destroy
ed. This js one "f the most im
posing business blocks in the city <
<>f Union and is tlx- first block east{
of the Southern Uaihvay. Over the
business concerns burned were the.
.home of the Elks' Lodge and also
the armory.
The Elks' hon;e was one of the
most complete homes in this State i
itn! was only partly insured, while
the armory had about a % T.nOOO
supply i'i armory' stock on hand ?
and a machine gun. ami very little
insurance was carried on this.
w. E. Green was insured icti
about ?"'? per eenfc of tlie value cf
his stork am! buildings and had 108 '
ears 1 turned.
.1. L. Boltn's garage, who has the'
Ford agency for this county, was
insured for about GO per cent. The
building was owned by Mi-. P. I..
McNally and insured for $10.000.
Mr. MeXally dropping .ui1'i insur-j
anee on tlie building last week.
The People's Supply Company,
whose handsome building was also:
burned, had their stock of grocer
ies, vvawrons and buggies insured j
fully, but carried nothing like the
value of tin- building in insurance.]
This handsome !>lo<k of build
ings, valued at $22-?.000. is now :?. ;
mass of ruins, ami tie- Union fire
company, with mill companies, did
a splendid work in keeping the fire,
under control.
'fie- plate "lass windows of the
Carovei building, just across, were
broken i.y the heat from the fire, j
and the stock of the Cash Grocen
Company, is ruined from water.
London. April 3?Premier Lloyd
'ieorge is to address the I Tons.- ot
Commons today to :isk for an ex
pression of confidence in the gov
ernment's policy toward the inter
national economic conference at
te non, it i:- expected to receive a
iibstuntial majori tj.
I lelena. Ark.. A pril '?' Furt her
a\:nu in tie- levee at Old town on
he M issis.-ippi river was reported j
od ay developing a serious situa-j
ton. Men aic being recruited and!
ush.-d to the scene.
Texarkana. Ark.. April -The
Vlice Theatre and other buildings
?alued a: half a million dollars
vere destroyed by fire a; an early]
tour today. j
THE TRUE SOin
TEEPHONE
RATES TO BE
REDUCED
-
Gov. Cooper Signs the
Telephone Rate Re
ducing Act Passed
by the Last Legisla
ture
Columbia, April 3.?Governor
Cooper today signed the telephone
rale reduction act passed by the
last legislature. The act puts back
into effect the telephone rates
which were operative {Ik- first of
last y< ar. prior to the action of the
railroad commission in allowing
the rate increase. The governor is
issuing a statement this afteqpon
explaining his action. The tele
phone company is expected to im
mediately take action to prevent!
the enforcement of the act. [njunc- I
tion proceedings will probably be j
instituted, though, as yet, no move j
has been made.
STARVATION
IN CENTRAL
ARMENIA
Disease Stalks in Trail of Pov
erty?Some Resort to
Human Flesh Diet
New York. April 2.?The ravages)
of hunger among the inhabitants j
of mountain villages in central
Armenia were described as appall
ing in a cabled report from Near
Kast Relief investigators, given out
today by Charles V. Viecry. general
secretary of the organization.
With the break of winter, the
dispatch said. K. A. Downer of
Kingston. X. Y.. made a live days'
visit by horseback to 20 villages
having a popuplation of 25,000 and
found that 19 out of every 30 per
sons were afflicted with disease due
to malnutrition. Foodstuffs through
out the area were exhausted .
?"Several cases were so desperate
that the people resorted to eating
of human flesh," the report "-aid.
"which practice was sharply pun
ished by the authorities. Officials
said that they are doing all they
can to prevent it. but the people
Jos" their senses from hunger."
In many of the villages visited.
.Mr. Dower reported that the chil
dren had lost their hair during the
winter. Bread was being made
from al! kinds of substitutes in
cluding flax, chaff and sawdust, and
children were being fed with indi
gestible materials extracted from
refuse.
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NAVY MAKES
AVIATION SAFER
Wireless to Be Used to Minv
imize Danger
Washington. April 2.? Xavalj
aviation regulation governing naval
air craft in flight are devised to
cut the risk to machines and fliers;
to the lowest point possible, it was
asserted today in an explanation of
naval practices made public by!
Secretary Denby. The regulations
include provisions for enabling the
planes to keep constantly in touch
by radio with ships or shore sta
tions alang the route insuring
prompt assistance in case of disas
ter and minimizing the danger of
losing a plane and its crew at sea.
No naval plane is dispatched
over a route where it will be .at
any time completely out of touch
with the radio stations at one end
or the other of the route, the ex
planation said. The power of the
radio equipment in any plane se
lected for "such a lligiit must he
j sufficient, under the regulations, to
ispan a little more than half the to
tal distance of the flight ordered.
If a thousand mile's is to be cover
ed, the radio plant in the plane
must be sufficient to communicate
more than 30.0 miles."
Where there is any possibility of
a. forced landing between tin- start
and the end of the flight, two planes
must be sen* together. In case
c-ie- is forced do\'. n it is assumed
that the other will be aide to hover
aboVQ and report and then make
a landing itself-to aid the di*sabled
machine.
As another precaution position
reports must be sent by the ma
chines in flight at regular intervals
while making the passage. Should
some extraordinary accident force
down both planes simultaneously
and silence their radio calls, res
cue parties can be rushed to the
place of the hist position and begin
tie- search with reasonable hope of
picking up tii" aviators in a com
paratively shortly distance Horn
thai spot.
As a final precaution all naval
planes are equipped with rocket
pistol's to tire color signals at ni^ht
to guide rescuers to their aid.
LARGE COAL
PRODUCTION
Output at Maximum Just Be
fore the Strike
Washington, April 3? ?*oal pro
duction of M.337.0?? ton.-, the high
est since December tt'JTO. was reach
ed in the bituminous coal industry!
? itii j:sp the week ended March 25, j
according to the geological survey.!
LHKON, Established June f.
VOL. LIIL NO. 15
DETHRONED
EMPEROR
DIES IN EXILE
Former Ruler of Aus
tria-Hungary
Passes Away a t
Funchal,. Maderia
Islands Today
Funchal. Madeira, April 1.?
Former Emperor Charles of Aus
tria-Hungary, died here today.
Former Emperor Charles and
his wife, Zcta, were sent into exile
by the entente allies after be
mad?- two spectacular attempts to
regain the thrones either of Aus
! tria or Hungary. Uthough tlie sit
! nation on the island of Maderia re
sembled that of. Napoleon at. S!
[ Helena, Charles and Zita occupied
a much more comfortable position.
Their exile began November 10th
last. Charles became ill a week
ago, with brouchai pneumonia.
PRESS ASSOCI
ATION WILL SE
LECT PLACE
Executive Committee to Meet
in Columbia Friday Night
?District Men Confer
Columbia, April ?.?The execu
tive committee of the South Caro
lina Press association will meet in
Columbia, l-'riday nicriit to jseWt .:.
place for the annual meeting of Che
association this year. It is under
stood that there will be several in
vitations extended to the associa
tion.
Members of the executive com
mittee are L. Wigfall Cheatham of
Edgefield: F. C. Withers of Colum
bia: It. H. Hilt of Hamberg: A. B.
Jordan of Di?ori and B.Mfc getaoe
of Greenville. Others who will at
tend the meeting Friday night are
iL G. Osteen of Sumter. president:
J. Rion McKissjck of Greenville,
iirsi vice president: O. K. Williams
of Jioek H?I. second vice president;
Harold C. Booker of Columbia, see
cretary, and August Kohn.of. Co
lumbia, treasurer.
Friday at noon there will be a
eonfejrer:^e:.*^jf? 'ail newspaper men
and employing printers of the Sev*
enth congressional district. This
conference v.ill be for the purpose
of discussing general business con
dit-ions. "Newspaper men and em
tploying printers of each of tlie oth
er congressional districts will prob
ably hold similar conferences dur*
ing the month of ApriL
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PROSPECTS ARE
NOT BRIGHT
i Sesser. Ills.. April 1. ~TI*e coal
! miners- of Illinois will remain on
[strike as long as they can safely
J do so. Lon Fox. Ninth District
president of the United Mine
Workers declared here today: but
"we are not going to continue that
course until our organization is de
j moralized/' he added,
j President Fox warned tlie min
jers that they are starting on what
j may be a long strike - , at a lime
when the prospects are Hot bright.
Miners Take Holiday.
Louisvtuo, April 1.?While six
ty thousand miner's of Kentucky
took a holiday in observance of th *
anniversary of the eight-hour day.
reports received tonight report
that mining in the state will not
i be affected seriously by the suspen
sion begun last midnight. The full
! effect rn Kentucky, however, wiil
i not be known before Monday.
The only field likely to be dis
turbed, according to the report?,
is the Harlan district in Southeast
ern Kentucky; where figures of the
state inspector of mines shov '.>.?
0U4 men were employed. How
ever, several large mie.es there wo l
r not be affected.
A telegram from John T,. Lew
f is international president, directing
; the men t continue work in sev
eral mim-s in the Harlan district
j under the recent wage agreement
j based on th*' i!' I 7 wa^e scale Wa^
. read at a mass meeting of miners
! at PineviHe today.
Union miners in "Westerm Ken*
tucky have agreed to rem?.in at
work and the Eastern Kentucky
; held is non-union.
THE SUPREME
COURT DOCKET
j Columbia. April .".-- The appeal
I of Jesse (?appius. one or' the mur
i der trio in the penitentiary death
i house, is set for hearing;bjcf?re tho
! state supreme court in the docket
i issued l?V Harry McCaw. clerk of
I the court, yesterday. The court be
gins its spring term on April 11.
: Another ease of state-wide interest
I is that of the state against K. V.
I Mittle, charged with murder. .MP
itle killed a civil engineer na:n<?!
I Patterson and was convicted. Next
j Monday the supreme court?fwITl rft
en banc to hear two cases. Osteen
vs. the Atlantic Coast Line Rafl
' road, and Tieutv? vs. The Seaboard
Air Line.
Third eireUi^Tuesday] April IS.
two days: i. State vs. Giv*m. 2.
Smith ?k Co.. >s. Thompson. Ox
weld Acetylene company vs. Chan
dler! <?. Wilson et al vs. Post oil