The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 15, 1922, Image 1
TSE STJMTETi WATCHMAN, Esti
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CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,3
TROOPS TO
PROTECT
; RAILROADS
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Strike Disorders In
crease in Number
and Violence?Life
? and Property To Be
Protected
Chicago, July 10 (By the As
sociated Press) .?With increasing
numbers of state" troops and emer
gency forces of United States dep
uty marshals on guard wherever
outbreaks have been threatened,
the government today announced
that life and property would be
protected. \the mail continued and
interstate commerce not interrupt
ed despite the strike of railway
, shopmen.
After a conference with Presi
dent Harding. Attorney General
Daugherty said that the govern
ment would make c?rtain that law
and order were preserved through
the appointment of deputy mar
shals.
The attorney general's announce
ment c?me - shortly after Lieut
Governor Fred EC Sterling, acting
head of the state of Illinois, had
ordered five companies of Nation
al Guardsmen to Bloomington to
protect the shops of the Chicago &
Alton railroad. The ordering out
of the state troops followed ap
peals from the local authorities,
who declared that civil authorities
had collapsed and that the soldiers
?were i?ee<_.e*i to. protect life and
property. They were greeted on
their arrival at Bloomington by
crowds of strike sympathizers with
jeers and ribald comment.
. In Clinton, 111., where the Illi
nois Central shops have been un
der guard of s*.ate troops since
Saturday night, when an outbreak
was threatened following a fatal
shooting affray, the day passed in
comparative' quiet; although several
shots-were fired by sentries at a
group of men who -were believed
to have been advancing to attack
the shops. The attackers fled, none
of them being injured. At Aurora..
Iii., where an emergency force of
deputy marshals has been on guard
since the Burlington* obtained a
temporary injunction against vio
lence on Saturday, several Jrundred
strikers and strike sympathizers
rkid a silent parade about the
shops. All of the Aurora police
force and many /railroad guards
watched the demonstration, whfch
-was orderly. '
Aside from a few clashes, the
cancellation of some passenger
trains on the shorter runs and the
reopening of shops in various sec
tions of the country, there were
few developments in the day. Rail
way executives had expected some
demonstrations to furnish the
turning point of the strike, be
cause ofS the ultimatum of many
roads that all strikers who did not
return to work today would for
feit their seniority rights.
Little disorder was reported as
the result of the efforts of the
roads to reopen their shops. At
Hoxie. Ark.. 50 non-union workers
sent there were chas'gd out of town
and forced to entrain for Poplar
Bluff. Mo. The "Katy" shops in
ParsonsJ*Kan., the scene of rioting
earlier in the strike, reopened un
der the protection of 300 National
Guardsmen with 150 non-union
men on duty.
At Sacramento. Calif., operations
were resumed at the local Southern
Pacific and Western- Pacific shops
with no signs of disturbance.
Southern Pacific officials announc
ed that about 1,500 men were at
worie but union lenders said that
1.800 workers were on strike. At
.the headquartei-s of the Erie rail
ro?.d in Chicago, where a labor
bureau was established after the
strike was called, the following
~ sign was posted at noon: "No
more wanted, quota full."
The Illinois Central published
an announcement saying that any
of its men who returned to work
before July 17 would retain their
' seniority rights. In Denver newly
employed men were put to work in
the shop without any sign of dis
turbance or even of picketing.^ At
Altoona. Fa., it was reported tha
scores of men working in the shops
there had thrown down their
tools to join a demonstration of
the strikers.
Some curtailment of train ser
vice was reported from St. Louis,
Hanibai. Mo., Louisiana. Illinois.
New York and several other
states.
Interference by strikers in Texas
with a mail train was reported to
the postofftce department today. J.
E. Taussing. present of the Wab
ash railway company, appealed to
the government for protection for
his road's shops and said that
strikers had t-topped a matt train at
Mob'ley, Mo., by cutting the air
hose and throwing stoites through
the windows of the coaches.
Temporary restrainfpfr orders
prohibiting striking shopmen from
picketing or interfering with em
ployees or persons seeking employ
^ment at Monroe. La., and at Lit
tle Rock. Ark., were Issued today.
Booneville. -Mo.. July 10.?Twx?
National Guard companies, num
bering 150 nien and officers', were
ordered to entrain for New Frank
lin, M.?.. late tonight and take
chancre of th*- Missouri. Kansis &
Texas railroad property ther<?.
The order was issued by Adjt.
O^n. W. A. Raupp at Jefferson
City. following alleged threats
made against railroad officials by a
iblished Apr?, 1850.
mi._,
RAILWAY
CLERKS ARE
CALLED OUT
The Strike of Railway
Employees Spread
ing to Other De
partments
Roanoke. Va... July 10.?Sanc
tion^ to call a general strike of the
members of the Brotherhood of
Railway Clerks. Station Employees
' and Freight Handlers on the Nor
; folk & Western railway was giv
jen tonight by Giand President E.
j H. Fitzgerald, in a telegram to
j Richard P. Dee, grand vice presi
| dent, who is in Roanoke conduct
I ing an investigation relative to the
j Tvalkout of. about 150 clerks here
jjuly 2 and July 5.
C. B. Lane, general chairman of
the organization on the Norfolk
Western railwaj*. issued a strike or
jder effective Tuesday mornjng at
10 o'clock.
Union officials here claim that
the clerks have a membership of
I, 800 over the Norfolk & Western
railway. Just how many will walk
out in compliance of the order is
sued by Mr. Lane could not be
? learned tonight - at union head
quarters.
A letter in part to all members
.of the organization, forwarded by
C. B. Lane^ general chairman to
night, follows:
-'The vot%of the membership of
this-brotherhood on the Norfolk &
Western system, with reference to
the wage controversy and other
conditions, has been counted and a
constitutional majority, as. provid
ed for in Section 14 of the pro
tective laws, has been received.
"You are hereby instructed, in
accordance with Section 14 of the
protective laws of this brotherhood,
to withdraw from the service of
the Norfolk' & Western railway,
company at l a. m. Tuesday. July
II. 1922." ?
"You will arrange your commit
tees for picketing, which must be
peaceably done,; and warn the
membership against anj- disorderly
conduct or interference with the
] railway ' company's property, and
l also warn them against returning
j to work -or to the company**? prop
! erty for any purpose whatever, un
til a "vatisf?ct?ry settlement of
this controversy has been made."
Richmond. Va., July 10.?Pass
! ing resolutions against a cut in
\ wages .and demanding'that full
j time vacations be granted them
j without having to work extra hours
j to make up for stich vacations,
I members of the local union of the
Federation of Raliway Clerks of the
Chesa peake & Ohio system tonight
authorized the executive board-to
present the ultimatum to the offi
cials of .the railroad system to
morrow.
Other locals along the system
have passed similar resolutions and
the executive board, representing
2.200 clerks, will confer with the
Chesapeake & Ohio officials tomor
row.
Chicago, July 11?Increasing
j disorders, curtailment of train ser
i vice and additional troops on duty
i at several trouble centres marked
the progress of the rail strike* to
day. The ranks of the strikers
was also recruited as the clerks of
the Norfolk & Western were au
thorized to walkout this morning,
j Troops are on guard already at
I Bloomington, and Clinton. 111., Par
j sons, Kan., New Franklin) Mo..
; with other units under arms and
ready to entrain.
Chicago. July 11?The Brother
hood of Signalmen, are not to
strike for the present, at least, ac
cording to a statement this morn
ing by President Helt. of that or
ganization. The decision was
reached after a conference between
the executive board and railroad
labor board.
committee of striking railroad
shopmen, who are reported to
have warned the officials to leave
the town within 24 hours.
Augusta. Ga.. July 10.?Twenty
seven striking shopmen were ar
rested here today and have been
charged with loitering and refus
ing to disband when so ordered by
the authorities. The arrests were
ordered by Lieut. R. E. Elliott.-in
charge of the emergency strike
squad of the police department
here, following information re
ceived by him that the shopmen
were assembling near the railroad
shops to cause disorders.
Bonds of $100 in each case were
fixed, and the strikers were "releas
ed to appear in police court Tues
day morning for tria'..
Kloomington. 1,11.. July 10.?
Three shots were fired at state
troopers guarding the Chicago iv
Alton shops shortly after midnight.
Xo trace of the person doing the
shooting was found.
Twenty-five men congregated at
a striker's pickej post in front of
a grocery stot>' at the north ^nd
of the -hops wet*- warned to dis
perse and a machine gun was set
up to cover the strike pickets.
Lieut. Col. Charles Neunam, in
command,, ordered th* sentry de
tails doubled arid posted additional
machine gun units at vantage
points. A sentry reported i<? th??
lieutenant colonel that the strike
pickets had warned two women
who passed the store to get out of
the way, "for the fireworks are
about to start."
"Be Jost and Fear
BROTHERHOODS
OBJECT TO THE
USE 0HR00PS
Engineers, Firemen,
Trainmen and the
Conductors Refuse
to Enter Shops or
Yards While Troops
Are on Guard
V -
Chicago, July 11 (By the Asso
ciated Press).?With state troops
and United States deputy marshals
on guard "in half a dozen states to
avert violence and prevent inter
ference with the movement of the
mails or interstate commerce, lead
ers of the ' Big Four railroad
brotherhoods and railway execu
tives were hurrying to Chicago to
night to confer tomorrow on is
sues growing out of the shop
men's strike.
At Bloomington, III., where state
troops have been guarding the Chi
cago & Alton railway shops, engi
neers, firemen, trainmen and con
ductors, members of the four big
brotherhoods, voted today not to
enter the shops or yards, as long
as troops are stationed there. ?
Union officials ordered their
men to keep the mail'trains run
ning, however. Clerks employed in
the 3-ards and at the depot walked
out last night, refusing to work
under protection of the troops.
The day passed quietly at the
shops. Only two shots were fired
during the day, and both were
traced to accidental discharge's of
sentinels' rifles.
The matter of working with
guards and state troops on duty
was expected to be one of the mat
ters taken up at tomorrow's meet
ing.' . .. .
Another issue to beV discussed
will be the alleged insistence of the
carriers that .members of the
"Big Four" do work regularly as
signed to the crafts now on strike.
The United State's, railroad labor
board last week rendered an opin
ion that the. member* of one craft
of workmen were not . required to
do the work of another union
whose members were on strike,
unless they /did so voluntarily.
Members of-tlie-"Big-Four", unions
also protested* that' 1 oiling stock
has not been kept in condition
I since the .strike of shopmen, engi
j neers claiming that engines With
I defective brakes, headlights and
I air equipment had been turned over
I to them.
I . A rift in the strike<clouds appear
ed today with the announcement of
! D. E. Kelt, president of the
j Brotherhood of Railroad Signal
! men, that his 14.000 members
i would not strike at this time but
I expected to open mew negotia
; tions with the individual carriers
1 regarding their grievances. If un
? able to reach an agreement, the
j entire matter will be referred to
: the railroad labor board, he said.
Armed with three federal injunc
tions issued against rail strikers.
United States Marshal Moore of the
Peoria office went to Clinton. 111.,
to serve the papers. The writs
j restrain the striker* from picket -
j ing, interference With the opera*
! tions of trains, intimidation of em
| ployees or any conspiracy to tie
i up transportation.
The shop craft leaders assumed
a more hopeful attitude today with
receipt of advices that, all told. 18
railroads had made conciliatory
expressions looking toward a set
| tlernent of the strike and that
j some already were conferring with
i the system federation' committee.
: No settlement will be considered,
however, except on a national ba
sis, the union heads insisted, ad
jhering to their original attitude
j that the railroads deal with the
j six international shop unions as a
I whole.
Negotiations have progressed so
far on the Northern Pacific and
the Great Northern^ that R. A.
' Henning, chairman of the strikers'
I committee at St. Paul. Minn., came
j to Chicago today to confer with
President B. M. Jewell and other
federation . dflicers. No definite
conclusion * was reached, it was
said.
Little actual violence was re
ported today, although troops and
j guards remained vigilant. Two
t hundred Kansas National Guards
J men were 'sent to Herririgton, Kan.,
to guard the Rock Island shops
and officials of the Southern rail
way asked Governor Russell ol
Mississippi for troops at ^Hatties
burg to protect the property ol
! the Mississippi Central shops.
Officials of the St. Louis-San
' Francisco at St. Louis announced
j they had requested protection froni
: the mayor of Memphis and the
; governor of Tennessee heraus?'
j some of their employees at the
j "Georgia'' shop? hud been intimi
dated by the strikers and the sit
j uation was so serious that they
j wer?? compelled to bring the
? workmen to and from the shops in
i automobiles.
All" wa> quiet at Clinton. Til.
I where state troops have been sta
tioned since Saturday. Additional
deputy marshals were sworn in
I here to protect the Chicago &
Northwestern shop employees
two companies of state troops were
s**nt to New Franklin. Mo., tt
I protect workmen on th?- Missouri.
Kansas Tex:is road. Minqi
'clashes between workers and
strike sympathizers were reported
from several points,
Postmaster G?*n< ral Work asked
all postmasters to report to then
local superintendents of the rail
Sumter, S. C, Satnnj
BOTH TRACKS
BLOCKED ON
SOUTHERN R, R.
Wrecking Crews at
Spartanburg a n d j
Greenville Decline |
to Respond to Call |
and Passenger;
Trains Are Being j
Held Up ' k > I
Spartanburg-. July 11.?The main |
line of the Southern railway was
blocked by the wreck of a peach J
'train at 7:15 o'clock this evening.
I between Wellford and Fair For- j
j ert. in this county. 15 miles west;
I of thi3 city, and wrecking derrick *
! crows called here and in Greenville
i have refused to respond. While the j
j wreck ii? on the Greenville division,;
i the Spartanburg division forces'
jsta'ioned at Hayne. the junction,
j point,-were called.upon by Superin- ]
Itendent Maxwell of the Spartan-j
[burg division, to aid in clearing J
I the main line. The reply of the j
j foreman of the crew, according
! to Mr. Maxwell, was that unless j
j some one was under the wreck, the I
i men would not work. While no one !
was injured and the wreck* con- J
isisfs of'only four cars loaded with
j peaches, they 'are so situated ' as I
j to block both the north and south :
j line and thus stop all traffic. Pas- j
i senger trains are being held both j
[ here and in Greer. but with tittte ]
prospect that the line will be open!
i before well in the day tomorrow. *"
} Under normal conditions. accpj'd- \
?ing to officials of" the road,' t^e j
? wreck should have been cleared^ ^ji j
j something like two hours and put!
j for the strike of shopmen little "in-1
' terruption of traffic \vould/Thaye j
! occurred. ,',['. A
j At Spartanburg, 42 men are out,
1 of the Hayne shops. Theie has]
; been no bretk in their ranks.
' It was reported here late tonight]
j that a volunteer wrecking crew, was j
j being made up at Greenville ''Sjjsjli
! would be sent to the wreck.,**' l "~
- /
? Spartanburg, July 12.?A freight
j wreck, which under normal condi
tions would have been cleared in
two hours, occurring at, Trt?;
i o'clock this evening, blocked ' the!
j main line of the Southern railway "j
Vnear Fair Forest, ten miles, west.;
; of Spartanburg. At 2 o'clock tliis \
j morning the wrecking crews at bbth j
: Greenville and Spartanburg have |
j refused to work. The efforts to j
] clear the track* are being made:
j without the assistance of derricks, i
: locomotives being used to "butt":
\ the derailed cars off the tracks. '
j While the wreck is not on the j
i Spartanburg division of the South-!
j em. but onNthe Charlotte division.;
j only a few miles from where they
i I join at Hayne. Supt. William Max- i
j well of the Spartanburg division!
i early in the evening called upon j
,! his derrick crew fc-r service in j
?' clearing the main line. The re-1
I ply came back, through the fore-!
I man of the crew, that the menj
j would not go unless it was a mat- i
! ter of saving human life. "If some-j
! j body is under the'wreck we will
] go, otherwiseNve will not." was the
I answer given Superintendent Max
j well, according to his statement
, i tonight.
j Mr. Maxwell v.*as not informed,!
j he said, as to what experience Su-;
j perintendent Hungerford was hav- j
i ing with his derrick crew at Green
Jville. It was reported in railway!
j circles at Hayne. the junction point!
jtonight that a derrick had been tak-j
j i en from Greenville to the wreck.;
j but was not in operation, the en- j
j gineer refusing to work. It was;
,! understood here tonight that the j
action of the foreman of the der- j
, rick crews was in sympathy with i
, J the striking shopmen, since they ;
j are not supposed to be involved in ]
j the strike. Xo statement was to
, J be had from union sources,
j The wreck is holding passenger I
i trains No. 30. northbound, in Green- I
ville: No. 35. southbound, at ?
, Hayne: No. 45 and 235 at Spar-;
tan burg. At 2 o'clock, it was stat- \
j ed. there was some prospect of
, j having the southbound track open j
iby 3:30 o'clock.
It is reported that the corn crop
of Sumter county is not as good',
i as last year, and there is talk of a ?
shortage instead of a surplus of;
i corn for sale, j
? j way mail service any interfer
I'ence with the movement of the
? I mail's.
fj At Ybungstdwn. Ohio, the Balti-i
I more & Ohio railroad obtained a
i i temporary injunction restraining
[ j interference with the company's
i j shops and yards, while a similar
?'injunction was obtained by the
samt.' road to protect the road's
? property and employees at. Uast
? ISt. Louis. 111., and Flora. 111. The,
? j .Missouri Pacific He Frisco obtained
'la temporary federal restraining
? I order at Kansas City.. Mo., dit oct
i i ed against the shopmen's unions.
land officers and tour persons, one1
. a woman, were taken into cus
. I tody at ew Orleans charged with
t! violating federal injunctions to
i [prevent interference with the op-j
: j eration Of train:--.
Xtw Vork. July 12?President
>! hi aiding"-, proclamation on the
, j shopmen's strike resulted today in
?ja public declaration by the strike
I j corabuct committee of tht* eastern
[ ! railroads that they "would c ontinue
j on strike until a satisfactory set-'
Ijtlement is reached, even it' every
?[mail train in the district is cancel-!
.'led."
t be thy Country's, Thy God's and
lay, July 15, 1922
HARDING'S T
COAL STRIKE
PROPOSAL
Suggests That Miners
Resume Work With
Permanent Wage
Levels to Be Fixed
by Arbitration and
Other Questions De
cided Later
Washington. July 10.?President
Harding today placed before lead
ers of employers and employees
of the anthracite and unionized
bituminous fields a government
plan for settling the coal strike.
It called for immediate resumption
of work by miners now out, at
wage rates of March 31 last, for
fixing of permanent wage levels by
arbitration, and for an .investigation
to recommend solutions of per
manent problems in the coal in
dustry.
All representatives of the groups
concerned had tonight delayed
definite answers to the proposal,
although union officials informed
the president thev had no power
to give acceptance or refusal, but
would summon the general policy
'committee of the United Mine
Workers of America here Saturday
to ..consider the matter.
A day of conferences, at the
White House and at other offices
with Secretaries Hoover. Fall, Da
vis and Attorney General Daugh
erty. participating, was taken to
bring matt?rs to this stage.
Alfred M. Ogle, chairman of the
bituminous operators' group, indi
cated that his associates consider
ed an arbitration plan they had
Ojffered last week, for district set
tlement, "the best and fairest
way." to get the mines opened but
John L. Lewis, president of the
union, clashed this "as obsolete in
the light of the president's pro
posals." Anthracite operators, al
though their committee was three
times at the White House, main
tained silence.
Both, bituminous and anthracite
sections of the general conference
of the coal industry had indicated
a deadlock today before President
Harding brought forward . the ar
bitration plan. The government,
"concerned with coal production
sufficient to meet the industrial
and transportation requirements of
the country/' he said, "desires to
have production resumed."
He proposed that mine workers
should return on the old wage
scale, and that a commission of
five representatives of the public,
three of the miners, and three of
the operators, should fix before
August 10. a temporary basis wage
scale to be held in effect until
March 1. 1923. Jf its deliberations
should not result in a scale by
August 10. the president further
suggested that the wage levels at
the time work was stopped should
continue until a new scale was
ready.
In addition, the commission pro
posed, the president said, should
"investigate exhaustively every
t phase of the coal industry, and
I reveal every cost of production and
transportation." Congress would
j be asked, it was added, to make
appropriations to finance and au
thorize its work.
! "I have taken this short cut to
the resumption of operations be
; cause I believe it is in the inter
est of the -public welfare." the
' president concluded. "When two
; great forces do not agree there
must be a peaceful way to adjust
ment and such arbitration opens
j the way."
He enjoined ail participants to
give the proposal consideration in
[separate conferences and this was
j done immediately. The miners
j formulated their temporary an
j swer in a letter explaining that the
! natio?ial officers and district pres
! idents ca'led into the. meeting
j were "without the authority to
; render a definite judgment upon
your several suggestions and are .-in
: no manner authorized to hind the
I members of the United Mine
Workers of America with respect
to your recommendations."
President Lewis of the union.
\ said the officers would not discuss
the re :ommendations. but they
; might to the full policy commit
! tee, which was 126 members, but
explained that it had full power
to act.
I Chairman Ogle, after various
I deliberations with* his associates.
; the bituminous operators, declared
;that the general arbitration plan
! had not been yo*'ed upon and that
! aii answer to the president might
be delayed.
Washington. July 11.?The coal
strike situation marked time to
| day. pending the decision of oper
ators .and miners in unionized fields
I as to the acceptance of President
Harding's proposal for fixing a new
: '.vage scale by arbitration and the
j immediate resumption of work at
'the wage rate of March oist last.
Washington. July 11 ? Kepreseh
j tatives of the operators of non
union coal mines will be called
together ;it the end of this week
tu consider means for dealing with
j smaller operator - who are selling
: coal at prices higher than the
[ maximum recently reached by vol
' untary agreement. Secretary; fcloov
[ er said today.
! June bridegrooms find it hard to
j live a double life on a single sal
ary. ? . .
"Truth's."
PROCLAMATION
TO STRIKERS
BY HARDING
Laws Must Be Up
held?Men Have
Same Right to Work
as Others Have to
Decline to Work
Washington, July 11.?Presi
dent Harding in a proclamation
issued at the White House late to
night directed "all persons to re
frain from all interference with
the lawful efforts to maintain in
terstate transportation and the
carrying of the United States
mails." .%
In the proclamation which was
issued after a day in which con
tinued reports had reached the
postoffice department of interfer
ence by railroad strikers with mail
trains, the president invited the
cooperation of all public authori
ties, state and municipal, and the
"aid of all good citizens" to uphold
the laws and to '"facilitate those
Operations in safety which are es
sential to life "and liberty and the
security of property and our com
mon public welfare."
The peaceful settlement of con
troversies between shop craft em
ployees and carriers, it was stat
ed, "in accordance with law and
due respect for the established
agencies for such settlement are es
sential to the security'and well be
ing of our people." v
The president took, the position
that men -willing: to maintain the
j operation of railroad trains in order
to transport mail have, the "sanie
indisputable right to work that
others haye to decline to work."
President Harding "Was occupied
throughout the, evening with the
preparation of the proclamation,
delaying his dinner one hour in or
der to go over the first transcript.
He returned, to the executive offices
I after dinner and remained there
[ until the proclamation was made
I public about 10:40 p. m.
The text of the' proclamation fol
j lows: . - ?
A proclamation:
"Whereas, the United States
I railroad labor board, is an agency
of the government, created by law,
and charged with-the duty of ad
justing .disputes between railroad
operators and employers-engaged
in interstate commerce, and,
"Whereas, the , United States
railroad labor board has recently
handed down decisions, one affect
ing the wage of the shop crafts
employees and the other declaring
the contract system of shop crafts
work with outside agencies to be
contrary to the interests of the
transportation act. and. therefore,
that such practice must be discon
tinued: -and "
"Whereas, the shopcraft em
ployees have elected to discontinue
their work, jtither than abide by
the decision" rendered, and certain
operators have ignored the decis
i ion -ordering the abandonment of
the contract shop practice: and
"Whereas, the.maintained opera
tion of the railroads in interstate
commerce and the transportation
of United States mails have neces
sitated the employment of men
i who choose to accept employment
under the terms of the decision
jand who have the same indisput
able right to work that others
I have to decline to work: and.
j "Whereas, the peaceful settle
j men): of controversies in accord
ance with law and. due respect for
' the established agencies of such
j settlement are essential to the se
! curity and well being of our peo
i pie:
I "Now. therefore. I. Warren G.
Harding, president of the United
States, do hereby make proclama
tion directing all persons to re
frain from all interference* with
the lawful efforts to maintain in
terstate transportation and the
carrying of the United States
mails.
"These activities and the main
tained supremacy of the law are
the first obligation of the govern
ment and all the citizen-hip of our
country. Therefore. I invite the
cooperation of all public authori
ties, state and*, municipal, and the
aid of all good citizens to uphold
the laws and to preserve the pub
lic peace, and to facilitate these
operations in safety which are es
sential to life and liberty, and the
security of property and our com
mon public welfare.
"In witness whereof. I have here
unto tet my hand and caused the
seal of the United States to be
affixed.
"Done at the city of Washing
ton, this llth day of July, in the
year of Our Lord, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-two. and
of the Independence of the United
States, the one hundred and forty
seventh.
' Warren G. Harding.
"By the president:
"Charles K. Hughes.
"Secretary of State."
Chicago. July !! (By the Asso
ciated Press).?B. Mf. Jewell,
{?resident of the railway em
ployees' department of the Ameri
can Federation ??!"" Labor, declared
tonight in reply to a proclamation
issued by President Harding that
the way to end the strike was t?i
r;t!l conference of shop crafts
and the railway executives.
"If any one wants to end the
strike they know how to do it. Call
a conference of railroad executive*
and shop crafts representatives,"
he said. "Jb'ull responsibility for
THE TRUE SOT71
DOES RUSSIA
THREATEN
A NEW WAR?
Hague Conference
Breaks Up On Ac
count of Russia's
Attitude?"P eace
Pact Holds For One
Month"
The Hague, July 12.?The con
ference with the representatives of
Soviet Russia here broke down at
one o'clock this afternoon without
apparent hope of any further meet
ing. Maxim Litvinoff. of the Rus
sian delegation, said on leaving the
j chamber that further meetings
I were unlikely as the allies insisted
j upon the Russians making prom
ises with regard to property com
j pensation and giving guarantees
[ which were impossible until the
j Russians knew what credit loans
' would be granted Litvinoff add
i ed that the peace pact would hold
j for one month after the last meet
j ins.
The morning session of the con
ference on Russian affairs which
was voted to the consideration of
the private property question, broke
up amid considerable confusion,
j many delegates declaring that the
{ Russian replies meant that the col
j lapse of the Hague conference is
j inevitable. Xo decision as to this,
j however, will be taken -until three
j o'clock this afternoon.
! RESIGNATION OF
j DOVER EXPECTED
j Regarded as Culmination of
j Controversy With Commis
| sioner Blair
j "Washington, July 11.?President
J Harding was understood tonight to
t have under consideration the res
j ignation of Elmer Dover, of Ta
i coma. Wash., and formerly ? of
I Ohio, as Assistant Secretary of the
j Treasury in charge of customs and
J internal revenue. '
Information, of the resignation
of Mr. Dover was 1 eceived at the
j capitol today from treasury sources
but ''something of' sl mystery sur
. rounded the severance of the As
sistant Secretary's connection with
j the treasury as official confirma
tion or denial of the report was
wholly lacking.
I At the treasury it was said Sec
retary Mellon had no statement to
make and that the matter was one
for Mr. Dover and the president.
At the White House it was made
known that President Harding had
no comment to make at this time.
Mr. Dover himself would neither
confirm nor deny the report. *?
The resignation of Mr. Dover, it
j was indicated, could be'regarded asi
I the culmination of his controversy
(with David H. Blair, commissioner 1
of internal revenue, which has
raged for several months over the
proposed reorganization of the in
ternal revenue bureau,
i According to the, accepted opin
i ion in administration circles, Mr.
! Dover was named Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury by Presi
dent Harding last December to re
organize the customs service ana
the revenue bureau. Reorganiza
tion of the customs service ws;s
effected by Mr. Dover early in the
year, but his plans for changes in
I the personnel of the revenue bu
j reau ran counter to the adminis
? trative ideas of Commissioner
! Blair and 'Secretary Mellon. Fric
tion, officially described as "dis
agreements as to policy." waxed
warmer with the occurrence of a
number of incidents, including the
removal of Dover appointees, and
the issuance of an order by Mr.
j Blair centralizing all discussion of
j appointments in' the offices of the
commissioner and the appointment
! division.
i SUBSTANTIAL
I PROGRESS
i Reported in Controversy Over
Tacna-Arica
! Washington. July 11.? Resum
; ing its formal sessions after a
: lapse of five weeks, the Chilean
Peruvian conference made sub
stantial" progress today toward the
j final draft of an agreement for ar-j
j bit ration of the dispute over'
fTacna-Arica. A broadly worded]
[protocol, embodying a decision to i
. leave the controversy to arbitra
j tion l?y the United States, was cortt
! pleted after a short discussion and
I given . tentative approval by both
j delegations.
In addition, work was begun on
a second diplomatic instrument
detailing the specific points to be
I decided by the arbitrator. It was
announced that hereafter meet
? ings would be held daily until the
I two documents were ready for sig
nature.
. Dennison, Texas. July 12?J. W.
Pik*\ senior, said to be an employe
: of the .Missouri. Kansas and Texas
j road, was shot and seriously wound
ed, and. several other men severely
I beaten in a dash between strikers,
their sympathizers and men believ
I ed !<> be strike breakers here to-j
i day.
j the present situation and the con-!
! tinuation of it rests upon the I
j shoulders of rhe ra^road manage- j
meats."
[HRON, Established June 1.-186?.
_ _ - ?
VOL. LH. NO. 44
NATIONAL CROP
FORECAST BY
GO
July Condition Better
Than the Five Year
Average ? Increas
ed Acreage in Some
Crops
Washington, July 10.?Crops in
general promise better harvests
this year than their average' for
the last five years, forecasts of the
department of agriculture based cri
July 1 condition issued today indi
cate. Bumper crops of white and
sweet potatoes and tobacco " are
forecast and most of the crops are
larger than last year's. With the
exception of wheat, corn and oats,
acreages this year range from'10
to 22 per cent, larger than those of
1921.
Corn acreages ?are increased this
year in mostof the corn belt states
but in the cotton states' decreases
are shown, while in Iowa, the lar
gest corn producing state, there is
2 per cent, decrease and in, Mis>
souri a 3 per cent, decrease. The
crop in general made good progress
to July 1, except in the Southeast
where it has been neglected for
cotton. Growth has been slow
east of the Mississippi, but stands
are good and fields fairly well cul
tivated. Farther west rapid"*"growth
has been made.
Winter wheat- production fore
casts show a decline of 38,000", 600
ushels, compared with June .fore
sts. Severe damage has been re
rted from heat '-waves and hail
storms in Kansas, from drought,
high temperatures and -winds in
Nebraska and from shriveling in;
Oklahoma and black chaff _ and
take-all in some sectionss- -Whelat
remaining on farms Jnly 1 is 31,-.
641,000 bushels, or 25,000,000
bushels less than stocks a year ago.
Potatoes in West.
The large crop of white potatoes
forecast is due largely to-increased
acreages in Western and North
western states while all important
producing states show increas%/of
from 5 to 10 per cent. ?
A 45 per cent, increase in tobac
co. acz:ea^e^Jnr:J?entucky, an in.r
crease of 3TV per ' cent, in Mary
land, 25 per cent, in Virginia, 13
per cent, in North Carolina, 35 per,
cent, in Tennessee, 24 per cent, in
Ohio and 25 per cent, m Indiana^
account for the large tobacco crop.
Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and New
England, however, reported de
creased acreage, . 1;
The 19 leading crops have a total
area of 341.763.000 this year-cora^
pared with 345,140,000 acres las?
year,, a reduction of 1 per cent,
principally to winter wheat and
oats. . '. .
This year> total wheat, crop ^waS
forecast at 81^,000.000 bushels and
the corn crop at 2,3G0.000.0OO
bushels by the department of agri
culture in its July crop report is
sued today*
Winter wheat production was.
forecast at 569,000,000 bushels and
the condition on July 1 was. 77.0
Kper cent, of a normal.__ Z. ', - J.Z
Spring wheat production was ?
forecast at 248.000,000 bushels And
the condition 83.7 per cent. ,;,
All wheat condition was 78.9 per
cent, of a normal. - ~- ,>-.,.-v.
Productlon of C<rnZ\ * *^
"Corn production was forecast at
2,860,000,000 bushels, based ^ an"
estimated area of 103.234,0C$f,a?res,
or 99.4 per cent of last-- yearns
acreage, and a condition of S5~i.
per cent, of a normal on July 1. ' V
Production forecasts and details
of other crops were announce^*" as
follows: . .
Oats, production. 1,187.000.000
bushels: condition 74.4^
Barley, production. 182,00<M>W
bushels: condition 82.6.
Rye. production, 82,000,000;
condition 89.9.
White potatoes, production, 43$,-.
000,000 bushels: conditions 37:<>f:
acreage 4.228.000. or 110.S per
cent, of lant year's.
Sweet potatoes, production, II 1>
000.000 bushels; condition SS.&;>
acreage 1.128,000. or 105.8 per
cent, of last year's.
Tobacco, production. 1,415.000,
000 pounds:, condition S4.2: acre
age 1.763.000, or 122.9 per cent o5
last year's.
I. Flax. production. 10,700,000
bushels: condition 87.6: acreage
1.341.000, or 115.1 per cent of-last
i year's.
I Rice, production, 39.000,000
bushels: condition 8S.6: acreage
j 1.009.000. or 110.S per cent, of last
j year's:
Hay. production, 107,0.00,000
{tons: condition 88.7.
Apples production. 190,000,000
bushels: condition 66.8.
Peaches, production. 54,300.000
I bushels: condition 74.3.
Wheat remaining on farms July
j 1. is estimated at 31.641.000 bush
j els. or 4.0 per cent, of last year*
i crop.
EXPERTS REMAIN
J^T_HAGUE
French Government Will Keep
Representatives On Duty
Paris. July 11.?France has de
cided to keep her experts at The
Hague until the end of the con
ference on Russian affairs there, it
was officially announced today.