The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 15, 1922, Image 1

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TSE STJMTETi WATCHMAN, Esti _ CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,3 TROOPS TO PROTECT ; RAILROADS ? l__ ??z 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.