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THE ST^MTEB. WATCHMAN, Erta CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 IaTines 1 ordered reopened Harding Tells Opera tors to Resume Min < ing of Coal?When Miners Reject Arbi tration - _. Washington, July 17?Bitumi nous coal mine operators were "in vited" by President Harding at the White House today to "return to r- your mine properties and resume operations" after they had replied to the president's tender, of arbitra tion for settling the national coal ? strike -with a collective offer to put their properties and their services at the disposal of the government *'in this crisis." Speaking as chairman of the group of operators after the White House conference. Alfred M. Ogle said the employers would make the attempt to resume operations. Meanwhile, the miner's union, ] through an adjournment sine die of itJ controlling policy committee | . made certain its refural to accept ? ?he arbitration proposal and many of its officials immediately left Washington. The bituminous op| J erators were likewise not a unit in! ? ?? accepting the government arbitra- ! tidn proposals, but the president j said that "a^large majority of them j by unqualified acceptance, had giv en himxoccasion to "express my own j and" the'\pubi:c's gratitude." There .were intimations in officialj circles that all the implications of i -the decision to ask that the mines be opened had been fully consid ' ered by the government, and that there was a possibility that the pro tection o:r troops and the- Ameri can flag would be furnished-m dis tricts where men were willing to work, failing sufficient local safe-j .guarding. " Employers generally | . held the view that some coal pro duction would result in union j fields in Pennsylvania and Ohio, if; nowhere else, even though execu-J tives of the fion-union mines-southj of the Ohio river reported today ; that output was being cut off rapid-1 ly through lack of transportation ] due to the railroad strike. . j A day and night of almost con-! tipuous sessions did hot suffice to] make the bituminous employes a1 unit for acceptance of the detail-j ed arbitration proposals of the goy-j ernment, even though anthracite i operators last week had given quick ! acceptance. On a final vote a. gen-j eral letter, accepting the principle of arbitration and making the ten der of mines' and services, was agreed upon and presented to the president. A delegation consisting of 15 op erators took the message to the White House, and after their visit a statement explaining the proced ure was given out., as well as the text of the president's response. In the district actions referred to, the delegates of employers from the associations in Illinois, the Southwest all territory represent ed west of the Mississippi, and the Pittsburgh vein operators and other associations of Ohio voted for an Unqualified acceptance of the pres ident's arbitration plan. Indiana state associations stood out against the plan. Pittsburgh producers' associations in Pennsyl vania and the associations in cen tral Pennsylvania operating union ized mines, with some support from Ohio districts, presented memorials which were rejections of the pros-1 ident's plan. Payment-of the wage scale exist ing April last and the continuance of the "check off" system of col lecting union dues while arbitration was in progress were points raised by the minority. One or two op erators in central ^Pennsylvania withdrew from their association because of their insistence that ar bitration, should be accepted un qualifiedly. All minority spokesmen offered to accept arbitration on a district basis. President Harding saw Chairman Ogle and William Field, the latter representing the Pittsburgh asso ciation, prior to the- final decision and Secretaries Mellon and Hoover attended the conference. The oper ators - met again after the final White House Interview to discuss their future course. Secretary Weeks went to the sen ate late in the- d?y.^while^t^e op erators were still in session, and discussed withf*senators from coai states the situation and the pos sible steps whi?h might be taken *y the government., in the emer gency. President Harding* s statement to the operators was as follows: "Gentlemen: "I have your decision. I would not be frank if I did not confess a disappointment of yottr lack of un animity. To-the large majority of you who have pledged readiness to resume activity under the gov ernment's proposal, I must ex press my own and the public's grat itude. "We have now va<-hed a point, owing to the refusal of mine work ers" and the minority of your oper ators to accept the proposed arbi tration, where the good (offices of the government in seeking * vol untary adjustment of the dispute between mine operators and mine workers are without avail. ??I can not permit you to depart without reminding you that coal is a national necessity, the m in pie supply of which is essential like hushed April, 1850. 881._ TROOPS ARE I NEEDED AT WAYCROSS Governor of Georgia Asked to Take Charge of Serious Strike Situation at Railroad Shops ________ Waycross. Ga., July 17.?Serious disorders- occurred here this after noon near "the -Atlantic Coast Line shops between strike sj'mpathizers and strikebreakers and railroad of ficials." It is understood that the railroad and county officers have called on Governor Hardwick for troops. The trouble is said to have start ed at an early hour this afternoon when two- shop foremeji attempt ed to bring into the railroad shops two strikebreakers; The four men were set upon and badly beaten. Free for all fighting followed. The police reported no one slain, but several men are said to have been injured seriously. There are more than 100 men at work for the Atlantic Coast Line at this point, and serious trouble is expected by officials. Sheriff* H. J. Sweat officially wired Governor Hardwick tonight that he believed the strike situa tion beyond his control and that troops were needed at once. The sheriff stated that so far as he could ascertain nearly 50 men said to be present employees of the railroad had. been either beaten severely or driven from the city. Waycross. Ga., July 18.?Fresh disorders broke out in the rail strike. here today. Several fights occurred in various parts of the city. - T^ro?ps are expected to ar rive this afternoon. Atlanta. July 17.?G o v. Hard - wick tonight authorized Adjt. Gen. J. "Van Holt Nash to send Georgia National Guardsmen to Waycross, Ga., where disorders were reported late r today in connection with a strike of some 1,000 union em ployees of the Atlantic Coast Line railway. General Nash later said to newspaper men over the -tele phone "from Brunswick. Ga.. that he had telephoned to Waycross and did not believe the sending of troops was yet necessary. If it became necessary, he added, they would be sent. The governor acted on the re quest of Sheriff H. J. Sweat, at Waycross, who advised him that clashes-between present employees and strike sympathizers were be yond his control. Dispatches f?-oin Waycross said that Sheriff Swe_,t announced that more than 50 of iha approxicraately 100 men at work in the shops had been beaten or driv en from town. The chief trouble was said to hav? occurrde this af ternoon. ' No one was kilted as far i as could be learned. The Georgia Nation?. I Guard !.s on its ^annual summer encamp ment at St. Simon's island near Brunswick. Ga., and Governor Hardwick telephoned Adjt. Gen. J. Van Hoit Nash, in command, to send as many men as he thought would be necessary to handle the situation. He was said to have left the personnel and other details to General Nash. General Nash said tonight over the telephone that he would talk to Sheriff Sweat tomorrow morning and if the situation warranted would send troops. The railroad shops at Waycross were under guard today and the attacks alleged to have been made ?were carried out by small parties of men in automobiles who seized their victims in the streets and beat them up. according to a state ment made tonight by Sheriff Sweat. He reported six or seven men painfully hurt but no fatalities. Denison. Texas. July 17?Fifty non-union workers, under heavy guard were detrained here early today and taken to the railroad shop district. There was no de monstration. . Local officials of the Missouri, j Kansas & Texas railroad announced I tbe suspension of fourteen passen [ ger trains in Texas, effective at ! midnight. ! - ? ?? ? j A. C. !_? Engineer Shot Reported to Have Called Yardmaster "Scab" Wilmington. N. C. July IS.?H. J. Southwell. Atlantic Coast Line engineer, was fatally shot at 7 O'clock tonight by H. K. Dallas, yardmaster and special guard at the Atlantic Coast Line yards. Dal las L. held in jail without bond. The trouble was precipitated, it is alleged, when Southwell referred to Dallas as a "scab." There is do indication of trouble as a result of the shooting. Men who wouldn't take a coun terfeit nickel at face value are marrying artificial complexions. wise to common welfare arid inter State commerce. "The freedom of action of em ployers does not measure i" impor tance with th;>t of public welfare and national securuity, I there fore invite you to return to your mine properties and resume opera tions^' "Be Jnst and Fear 3 SERIOUS DISORDERS AT ROCKY MOUNT i [Four Companies o f I Militia Are Sent to I Railroad Town i _i_ Raleigh, N. C, July 17.?While four companies of the National Guard at Camp Glenn, were pre- j paring tonight to entrain for des I ignated points 4n North Carolina to I be used, under orders of Governor j Morrison, for emergency duty in j [?the railroad strike zones, Judge H. j [G. Connor, United States district; [court at Wilson^was signing an in- I I junction prohibiting striking shopi j craftsmen of the Seaboard Air Line j j'from any interference with the j I property or employyees of the Sea- \ I board. The order is returnable at j Raleigh July 27. j ; While reports from Rocky Mount! j indicated a slight disorder there ; } yesterday morning after the ser- j j vice of injunction papers issued by Judge Connor Sunday. reports! (from Hamlet showed only peace-: jful picketing at that branch of the [ Seaboard. Seaboard strikers in! j Raleigh picketed the Seaboard of- ' 'flee building and the shops but ] there were nd disorders. I The four companies of militia j left Camp Glen, according to the j adjutant general's office, on a special train tonight at 7 o'clock, j for their respective destinations, i Company C to Raleigh; Company' D, a machine gun company, to Durham; Company A, to Wilson; ; and Company E. to Rockingham. J The companies stationed at Rock- j ingham and Wilson will be used if i necessary, it is contemplated, at j Hamlet and Rocky Mount, respec- j tively. The machine gun company,' and the company assigned to j Raleigh will be used, according to . the governor, at any point their presence may be required. _ Rocky Mount, N. C, July 17.?' Developments in the shopmen's strike at the Emerson shops of the Atlantic Coast Line tonight was a mass meeting of the shopmen ad- j dressed by J. F. McMahon, chair- ; man of the legislative committee | of the state federation of .labor, who is counseling forbearance and i peace on the pafct 'of the shopmen, j and a conference between Judge H. G. Connor and an aldermanic j committee' of Rocky mount, at1 Wilson. The committee sought to ! show Judge Connor that an in- ( I junction order, issued by him Sunday, had been violated by At- ; I lantic Coast Line workers. I Complete paralysis of the shops ! came today when the stationary j I firemen and oilers went out. Ail i special agents have abandoned the j shops, the last one going today at' j noon when he was forced into an automobile by strikers, taken to his home and warned to stay there. i RUSSIANS DICTATE TO j THE HAGUE j Conference Will Be Continued on Terms Laid Down by Russians The Hague. July IS (By the As sociated Press). ? The Russians I won the rubber today in the ! game being played at The Hague. They had a good hand and play ed it with dash and conviction: they drove their adversaries to a corner and forced capitulation* to their demand for a joint plenary i session, to find, if possible, a way I of saving file conference and con itinuing the work, the aim of which is the reconstruction of Russia and her reentry into the comity of nations. J The Bolshevik victory was com j plete. except possibly on one j point. The non-Russian delegates I insist that when the Soviet dele I gation meets them, probably to J morrow, the Russians will renew j proposals and clear cut proposi j tions justifying resumption of the j negotiations. The Bolshevik! took j their victory calmly and were not ; inclined to murmur against the conditions imposed on them: One of the Soviet delegates in I formed the Associated Press to I night that the Rursians would meet jthe non-Russian delegates and en jdcavor to submit something new j and tangible relative to compensa tion for confiscated property which I Russia was unable to restore to the former owners, but added laugh . mgly: "Moratorium is a popular word nowadays: we may ask for a mo ratorium, in other words for a de lay of some 15 or 20 years f?>r the j payment of compensation. ^f<?u can Russia dp otherwise in her I present economic condition ?" The Soviel delegates flatly re I fused to attend the morning session of th*> subeommission ?>n property j to which they had been hidden and {which many of the delegates were i convinced would I?'* the last dra ! matic session of the conference. The non-appearance of the Rus sians caused everybody to fidget and watch the clock anxiously. After u wait of half an hour. ! somebody suggested telpehoning to their hotel, and the answer was received?"We are not coming; we are saying what we have to sav in u letter, now on the way." V'ot?Let all the ends Thon Aims't t Sumter, S. C, Sat END OF RAIL STRIKE MAY COME SOp Maintenance of Way Employees Not Ex pected to Quit Work, Says Grable Chicago. July 18.?With E. F. Grable, president of the Mainte nance of Way Union, asserting that he did not expect his men to. leave their work, conferences looking forward to a peaceful settlement of the shopmen's strike continued today. Announcement by the Pennsyl vania Railroad that a mutually satisfactory wage agreement had been reached with its shopmen was considered by some railroad and union leaders to have had a clarify ing effect on the entire situation, inasmuch as the Pennsylvania has insisted on dealing directly with its own men. Mr. Grable issued a statement to night asserting that "the path to an early adjustment is open" so far as the 400,000 maintenance men are concerned. Referring to his conference with President Harding last week. Mr. Grable said he had received assurances that members of the Senate interstate commerce committee expected to hold early hearings on disputed points of .the labor provisions of the Transporta tion Act. particularly with refer ence to the living wage principle. SITUATION AT ROCKY MOUNT Rocky Mount. N. C. July l'S.-s Half a dozen officials of the At lantic Coast Line headquarters here were in overalls today . at temping to discharge the duties of the S00 striking railroad employes. All freight and. passenger trains through the local junction .were put through on time today, but ,o?r ficials of the road doubted their ability to continue to cope with the situation. The last of the special guards resigned today following the kid napping of 13 of their number Sun day and three last night. Three arrests were made today in connection with the disorders of the last few days. R. N. Barnes and Pat Causby. describing them* selves as machinists' helpers. ?hd F. Wilson. a local merchant, whose store is located near the railroad shops, are in custody charged with assault, conspiracy and kidnapping. C. & 0. CLERKS WALKOUT Cincinnati. July 19?The strike of clerks and station employees on the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad has been sanctioned. E. H. iOitz gerald. grand president of the Clerk's Brotherhood, announced to day. WAYCROSS IS QUIET Waycross, Ga.. July 19.?It was quiet here today following the ar rival of three companies of state troops yesterday. It is announc ed that the soldiers will be class ed as reinforcements to the police. Navy Yard Not to Be Closed Roose velt Tells Senators Will Be Kept Open on Re duced Scale?Activity of Smith and Dial and Pro tests From All Over South Bring Reaction Washington, July IS.?Senator N. B. Dial this morning called on Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt and was told that the Charleston navy yard would not be closed but would be kept open on a reduced scale. Senator E. D. Smith also ob tained information which satisfied him that the yard would be kept going, but said that the extent of its operation on the reduced plan jwould remain to be determined. There is no question that the ac tivity of the senators and many others in protesting against the cummary order of the acting sec retary for the close of the Charles ton yard and the feeling of various influential persons in 'nigh admin istration circles that a serious mio j take was being mad*1 l>y this jcuorse. together with the manifes tations of concern from Southern j communities outside of Charleston. [constituted in the aggregate reac tion against the closing order j which must have surprised the j acting secretary of the navy as much as it impressed the adminis t ral ion as a. whole. SEC'TY DENBY NEAR TO DEATH Peking, July ; :?. Secretary [Denby, ?>!' the American navy, [narrowly escaped death this af | ternoon in an airplane accident. He was flying al a height of four j thousand ;"???! over the great w;tll when the engine of the plane broke dow n. Th*- machine was demolish ed in landing, but Mr. Denby es caped uninjured. si be thy Country's, Thy God's and urday, July 22, 1922 WSwm I IS CLOTHED I IN MYSTERY I Conference Ends in Uncertain Manner When Russians Ob ject to Soviet Pro posals ? Door Still I Left Open i ,_ [ The Hague. July 19.?Mystery marked the Hague proceedings to j day and the conference ended in ian uncertain manner. After Maxim ! Litivineff. head of the Soviet dele I Kation, had proposed to submit to Moscow a recommendation to ac '' knowledge pre-war debts and ad [mit the general principle of com j pensation for foreign property j there was a temporary effort on the : part of the non-Russian delegates ?to create the impression that the j Russians had yielded materially, i When the non-Russian delegates ! met in the afternoon, however, to j examine Litvinoff's proposals fur ! ther there was decided objection to ! submitting these proposals to the I various governments and an un j willingness to wait for seven days, j as M. Litvinoff had suggested, for i Moscow's action on tiic recommen ! dation. j One of the results of this meet j ing was the adoption of a cryptic resolution introduced by Baron Avezzano. Italy, which wa$; so puz zling that nobody but the delegates, and probably not all of them, could understand it. Then the non-Rus sian delegates decided to hold a I final plenary meeting at 3 p. nr. j tomorrow to receive the reports of I the three subcommissions and [bring the conference to a final ! close. j The Avezzano resolution, dis ! cussing Litvinoff's proposal, does j not consider it a basis for an ; agreement. . Translated from the j language of the experts into plain ; English this statement is evidently [ intended to mean that the leading : delegations at The Hague are not ; inclined to submit the Russian pro j posal to their governments and [have rejected Litvinoffs suggestion 'of a week's delay to - hear from ; Moscow. ! The resolution concluded with j the statement that Litivinoffs dec : laration can help to create a favor j able atmosphere for future nego ! tiations. In other words, the door ! is left open. When M. Litvinoff and his asso I ciates learned of the action of the j Europeans they declared that the j Russian declaration was automati ; cally withdrawn by the failure ot j the other delegates to wait seven j days for Moscow's action and that j the Russians now felt free to make {separate agreements with the va j rious governments as occasion ; might offer. Collective bargaining j never appealed strongly to the j Moscow government, according to I Litvinoff. and now the coast was j clear for dealing with indivdiual j nations. I The impression is general to night that the experts go.t beyond i their depths and the various gov ernments decided it was best to ? bring the conference to a close be i fore further political complications ! arose. While the delegates con I stantly stated that the conference ! was an economic and financial af I fair, it was clear from its incep \ tion that it was little less political i than Genoa. The French and Bel j gian delegates had favored con : eluding it for the past fortnight. 1 The Russians are not making jany preparations tonight' for their 'departure, and the conference has j been reported ended so often that there seemingly is an unwilling fness to heilere that the temporary j revival, brought about by Litvinoff Itoday may not be repeated. Xone of the delegates apparently ; wish to appear as opposing any I legitimate project for the small European investors to get their [money back. At the same time they pointed out what they termed the grave ganger to the social gov ernment system of Europe, which i-they deemed an inevitable accom ipaniment of the Russian project if j put into operation. They contend ? ed that it offered untold opportuni i tics for rh?' dissemination of Bol shevik propaganda because if [meant that every small bondholder 1 in Europe henceforth would have ! a direct interest in the welfare of jthe Soviet government and would 'be put into direct communication [payment would lie in the perpetu . with it. Their hope of eventual jation of the Soviet regime. Cowpens Would Join Cherokee Columbia. July !'???Governor ! Harvey today ordered an election ' for September ?">. on the question of annexing .i portion of Spartan burg county to Cherokee county. The portion <>t r;i?* county in qiies ? tion is in the vicinity of the town of j Cowpens. ihn eastern corner of Spartauburg county. Fire at Laredo, Texas Laredo. July 20.? The proper ties of the Humble tind Pierce Oil ? Companies :<nd the government fu migation plant were destroyed by ' t\ro last night. The damage is es timated at t*\o hundred and fifty 'thousand to half million. Troth's." HARDING PASSES B?CK TO GOVERNORS! - I President Calls on; State Executives to Furnish Protection to Operators and Non-Union Miners - Washington, July 18.?In the! name of the common welfare, and j the paramount need of the Amer ican people for the production and ' transportation of a fuel 'supply. j President Harding tonight through \ telegrams called upon the govern- j ors of twenty-eight coal states to j furnish protection and safeguards to men and ^employers willing to | resume work in the industry, not-! withstanding the mine workers' { strike. To the efforts of the states in this direction, he said, "the fed- j era] government pledges to you! every assistance at its command." Behind the telegrams there loom- ? ed the definite indication of a gov- j ernment decision to obtain the re-; sumption of transportation and i mining, both -hampered today by labor walkouts which high govern-i ment officials consider inter- i connected and associated. Replying to a question late to day. Attorney General Daugherty i said: "Naturally there's a relationship' between che railroad and coal sit- i uations, whether inspired or con- ; spiled I am not saying." John L. Lewis, president of the j United Mine Workers of America, i declared the president's message to j the governors "merely a gesture j which will not produce coal," and j asserted that the mine workers' strike would be continued. Earlier; in the day before the telegrams j had been dispatched Samuel' Gompers, president of the Ameri- | can Federation of Labor, predicted j in a statement that President I Harding's invitation to the opera- j tors to Presume operations would, result in no "appreciable increase-; in production. ? He added that ? "when a half million men are ag-; grieved it is a poor time for the j roll of* drums, the rattling of sa- ] bers and the pounding of the mail-' ed fist." President- Harding' in his tele grams explained in detail the ne gotiations and conferences with i union officers and mine operators and the offer of existing wage scales to the striking miners, all of which had ended, he said, in failure to reach a voluntary ad justment, and left no recourse but to invite the mine operators to re turn to their mines and resume op erations. For this last endeavor, he asked tlrs assistance of the states. ! The telegrams went to the gov ernors of th* following states: Alabama. Vrk?nsas. Colorado, Georgia. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa.! Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland Mich igan, Missouri. Montana. New Mexico. Nor*h Carolina. North Da-j kota. Ohio. Oklahoma. Oregon, Pennsylvania. South Dakota. Ten-; i nessee, Texas, Utah. Virginia,1 Washington, West Virginia, Wyo-! ming. ! BANKS BACKING j ASSOCIATION: ? Farmers in Large Numbers j Signing Contracts Rock Hill. July 19.?The banks of South Carolina will stand strongly behind the South Caro- j lina Cotton Growers' Cooperative I Association in the opinion of Chas. i L. Cobb. of gock Hill, president of! the South Carolina Bankers' As- j sociation, who declared today that in his opinion the formation of the ? association marked thei most for- j ward step that the farmers of the i state have over taken. "I feel sure that there is not a' bank in South Carolina but that will cooperate in every way pos- j sible with the association." said Mr. Cobb. "The banks are de- i lighted to see the farmers putting such business-like methods in the ! marketing of their crops. It is a' I step which we feel they should have taken long ago. j "A very great majority of the I banking institutions of the state endorsed the movement during the organization campaign and assisted in putting the campaign over. They did this only after they had made a thorough study of the plan of and of the operation of the associations in other states which functioned last season. "I feel that an exceptionally able board of directors has been chosen in this state, one that can eope successfully with any prob lem which might arise. The war { finance corporation has placed its I stamp of approval on the organ ization by approving an application for an ad\ance of $10.000.000. This shows the confidence that it has in it. The banks of South Car olina have the5 same confidence in it. ! am sure. and will stand ready to assist it in every way pos sible. "We are all mote or less fa miliar with the results that havej been accomplished by the cooper-1 atives in California. I do not feelj that it is too much to expect that! ? list as great results will !><? obtain ed by the cotton cooperatives;*' ] With s:x million things ;C home that are fine to worry about some people keep up with the Chinese war. THE TRUE SOU! SHIP SUBSIDY GRAB EXPOSED BY FLETCHER Florida Senator At tacks-Scheme of the Republicans to Di vert Public Money to Private Pockets Washington, July 18.?The ad ministration ship subsidy bill was attacked in the senate today by Senator Flecther (Democrat) of Florida, former chairman and now ranking minority member of the senate commerce committee, who said the bill had "provisions for subventions, indirect subsidies and direct subsidies upon a scale never before contemplated." The Florida senator added that in his opinion it would at this time "be a mistake and most un fortunate for the country to enact them into laws." Sale of shipping board vessels on long time payments and govern ment insurance for American ship Operator? was recommended by Senator Fletcher. Analyzing the pending bill Sen ator Fletcher said it proposed to loan money to ship purchasers at rates lower than the government itself could obtain it. He also thought ^hat the Standard OiL the Fnited States Ssteel corporation, United Fruit and other great cor porations maintaining fleets, would, under the bill, escape all taxf-; on their shipping property. The bill. Senator Fletcher con tinued, also wouid give the ship i ping board "the power of life or j death over any shipping( company I or vessel owner, the privilege of rewarding favorites to an unlimit ed extent and of ruining those not j liked, of building up ports and de 1 stroying them, as the board might j determine." The vision of a merchant marine j coming out of this bill is a "de , ceptive mirage," said the Florida j ; senator. "It means wreckage. The j ! end will be what the shipping! j board would apparently enjoy as j they sit in their offices and draw j their salaries, relieved of. t-fte bur I den of these ships, beholding thei ! American merchant marine on I their walls;?painted ships on a i i painted ocean. j J "Granted that subsidies will in-; i crease the possibilities of the sale | i of the ships, the result will be I that the pick of the ships will be j acquired by a few strong lines and j the less desirable will be left on ! the hands of the shipping boa.rd." [ The administration ship subsidy j bill "is framed in the interest of ; the fast ocean liners rather than the cargo vessels," Representative Davis (Democrat) of Tennessee, a member of the merchant marine committe, declared in a statement issued today. The announcement of Presi- j i dent Ferguson of the Newport ; News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock ] ' company "of negotiations with re j sponsible persons for the construe- j i tion of two 1.0 00-foot passenger: steamers." contingent upon the passage of the bill, "smacks of i propaganda." Mr. Davis said, add- j Sing that "nobody except the veryj j wealthy could pay the price of j j travel " on such palatial grey- j i hounds." Ownerss of such vessels, he j pointed out, could borrow - two j thirds of the cost of construction j on 15 years* time, should the bill I become law. at 2 per cent, annual j interest and during that period be I entitled under such a law to $30. ; 000.000 in voyage subsidies, on U60.000,000 "should the. shipping j board double the basic subsidies j under the discretion lodged in ! them by the pending bill." "About the only foreign com I merce this bill would develop." he j continued, "would be to encour I age the already too prevalent j practice of Americans spending I abroad the money acquired in America." I HARVEY ADDRESSES .I DRUGGISTS I Governor Attends State Con vention in Florence i _ Columbia. July 20?Governor Wilson G. Harvey went to Flor ence Wednesday night where he de livered an address before the State I Pharmaceutical Association. The j governor spoke of the drug stores >as a community center and a com-1 I munity builder, striking , a new : thought In connection with the drug business and making a strong ap ' peal to the pharmacists for com > munity building. He said that es pecially iti small towns the popu ! lace look on the drug store as a 'gathering place, where they discuss issues of the day and community [affairs. He plead with the drug gists ;<? maintain a wholesome at mosphere about their places of business. The governor delivered an ad ; dress Tuesday night before the j Rotary <"lul> of Orangeburg. At I the - lose of the address, which was ! loudly applauded by the Orange I burg Rotarians. Mrs. Harvey was : with the governor and the Rotar : kins presented her with n rolling i pm. with which to keep the gover nor straight and a box of candy with which to keep him sweet. Men are lucky. None can un derstand a woman. rHROX, Established June 1, lSGft. VOLLIL NO. 46 BLEASE'S POLITICS 1 IN 1919 In Speech to Labor Unions at Rock Hill He CriticisedState and National Ad ! ministrations i_ . The following report of . a speech delivered at Rock Rill by I Mr. Cole L. Blease was printed in the Charlotte Observer and so far as is of record none of the statements contained therein . have I ever been denied or contradicted: I Rock Hill, Dec. 27, 1919^-Cole L. Blease, former governor -of South Carolina, delivered an ad dress before the representatives-of [ the textile unions of the city. I Mr. Blease spoke of the?rights of laboring men to organizV.'drbp ! ping In some words of advice as to ! what a "abor organization ? should I and should not do.. A considerable ! portion of the time was taken up in I criticising the democratic adminis" j tration,\ state and national, the I speaker referring to the fact that he was still as much opposed .?o but entering the war as ever and de clared that time had shown whL<fc he was right three years ago. Speaking of the labor unions, Mr. Blease said men had the right 7 to organize and to bargain collective^ ly. Organize and tell people about your union, don't confine the mem bership strictly to the men of the particular occupation. He said lawyers take in none but lawyers and doctors hone but physicians. One reason for the death of so many organizations is that they al-. low anyone to become a member, said the speaker referring- par ticularly.- to the organizations 'of farmers. You have the right , to organize and I believe in the right to strike when you think you are not getting a sufficient wage? How ever, he impressed the fact that this does not give the. right to .de stroy property, for while the em-? ploye has the right to quit if; he does not receive the . wage he thinks :he should the employer - has the same right tq refuse, to pay it and tell the employe that he will have tq. cquit. _ Mr., Blease insisted thatthe^emoe^of the local union should be mighty careful in the selection of their leaders. He counseled them to strive to place and keep their organization on a high plane, and to strive, by be ing good citizens as individuals, to make their organization one that would benefit membership. His parting word was to keep the or ganization out of politics, saying that "they say keep out of polir tics and that is a good thing* to remember." Mr. Blease bitterly arraigned "tlfS v* administration forces In Washing" tonr:for plunging the country""into war>and declared that his P?maria. and' Filbert speeches of three years jagb had*turned into prophe sies. He Utill contended that we had .no right to enter the war and 'thought events had proven, this. The people were fast repu diating those who made war posr sible, and when they get another shot^they ? are going to put in a republican ' president and change the entire regime at Washington. He declared tha* the present gov ernment is not a democracy, the past. congress was not democratic, that the president was not a dem ocrat and never was. He referred to the fact that the government was rag>idly sapping state's rights, reference being ..made.-, toj the suf frage and prohibition amend ments to the federal constitutione He gave the appearance" ol^being pleased with the thought that the I country was going republican, but ! declared that so long as they, put "niggers" on the ticket in his state he could nbt stomach the thought of voting republican. He added; however, that he could not - vofc* the democratic ticket. Mr. Blease also referred' tcr ttre recent congressional election in North Carolina and declared , his J belief that the republican candf i date would be seated. He said if 1 he was in congress he would roth to seat Morehead over Hoey,.*as . he believed the election was stol en from the republican candidate, Collier Not Guilty j State Department Says Thai i Charges Against Commit ! sioner to Brazil Unfounded _\ ? *. ? V-T I - j Washington. July 20?The .sJLate department announced today that the charges against D. C Collie*; commissioner General of the,,Uni ted States to the Brazilian Cen tennial exposition, had di?close?i "Xo basis for any charge of dis honesty or moral turpitude." Col lier has been directed to return to Rio de Janeiro and take charge [ of the American participation^'in the exposition. Troops Moving in North Carolina State Militia Ordered to Rocky Mount and Aberdeen Raliegh. X. C, July 20?Acting on Governor MorrisonV instruc tions. Adjutant-General Mets to day ordered state troops from Wil son and Goldsboro to pvoceed ~co Rocky Mount at once ;*nd the squad now at Rockingham to proceed Jo Aberdeen.