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THE SUMTER WATCHMA.V, Esti ?? CONSOLIDATED AUG, 2,3 RAIL STRIKE INJUNCTION CONTINUED Restraining O r der Against Strike; Leaders Will Re main "in Force Pend ing Court Hearing | Chicago, Sept. 11.?The tem porary restraining order granted the government September 1 against the striking railroad shop crafts and their leaders tonight was continued in effect for not to exceed ten days. The original or der would have expired at mid night. Federal Judge James H. Wilker son ordered the continuance on the government's motion at the close of the first day's hearing on the petition of Attorney General Daugherty for a temporary injunc tion to replace it. The continuance, the court stipulated, wilt terminate on the decision in the injunction hearing. As a result of the continuance the injunction hearing will be halted tomorrow morning while attorneys for B. M. Jewell, presi-' dent and James Scott, secretary treasurer of the federated shop crafts, argue for a modification of its penalties. Donald R. Richberg, representing the strike leaders, served notice on counsel for the government that he would move some modifications when court convenes tomorrow. Jewell and Scott were the only two of the more than 240 strike leaders and 300,000 strikers af fected by the restraining order represented in court by counsel to day. Lose First Motion They lost the first battle when the court denied their motion that the government's petition be dis missed. *T am not prepared at this time to decide that the bill fails to set up anj' ground for relief," Judge Wilkerson said, and ordered Blackburn Esterline, assistant to the solicitor general to proceed with the prosecution of the gov ernment's case. ' - In the argument over the con tinuance of the restraining order, however, the court pointed out the difference between the charges of "unlawful combination" and "law ful combination^ to do unlawful acts" and indicated that if the de fense can show only the latter is charged in the bill some modifica tion of the present order might be made. The government today read into the record, a list of nearly twenty five murders growing out of the rail strike, and literally hundreds of acts of sabotage, assault, dy namiting, whipping, derailment of trains, burning of bridges, rioting, destruction of property and Inter ference with trains 'in interstate traffic. Must Produce Facts The defense protested that the list compiled by the Department of Justice and sworh\to by C. J. McGuire, attorney for the depart ment, was improper as evidence, but it was admitted for the time being, on the understanding that, the government would produce fur ther facts in its support. On the same understanding Judge Wilkerson admitted a cer tificate from Postmaster General "Work, showing that 9?3 mail trains operating over track ag gregating 82,912 miles have been withdrawn because of the strike and that delivery of the mails has been seriouly hampered. Likewise he admitted for the time being a report from the director of agricul ture of California showing the fall ing off in fruit shipments during the month of July because, of the railroad tie-up, the need of cars to mcve the crops, and a petition of California fruit growers to the In terstate Commerce Commission set ting forth their needs of cars. Attorney General Daugherty was surrounded today by one of the heaviest batteries of legal talent the government has ever assembled in a Chicago court. Besides Mr. Esterline, he is supported by J. W. H. Crim, assistant attorney general: James A. Fowler. Oliver E. Pagen, government indictment expert and A. A. McLaughlin, all three special assistants to the Attorney General: Charles H. Cline. district atotrney, and C. J. McGuire, attorney. Mr. McLaughlin also represents the railroad administration. Mr. Richberg, local attorney for Messrs. Jewell and Scott, was as sisted by Frank L. Mulholland, of Toledo. Two attorneys for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Kngi neers, Tom Stevenson and Oscar Home, of Cleveland, sat at the de fense table, but only as lookers-on. Ht>pe Appreciates Big Vote Columbia. Sept. 14?James H. Hope, nominated in Tuesday's pri mary, as state superintendent of education to succeed Mr. Swearin gen, whose term expires next Jan uary, was a visitor in Columbia to day. He expressed appreciation of the handsome vote given him throughout the state. Mr. Hope was at one time county superinten dent of Union county, and he is well qualified for the office to which he has been nominated* ?blished April, 1850. L881. STRIKE CASE BEFORE THE U. S. COURT ! Federal Attorney Files I 20,000 Documents! Charging Assaults i on Railroad Em ployes Chicago, Sept. 12 (By the Asso- j ciated Press)?With more thanj 20,000 affidavits charging assaults j by strikers and strike sympathizers j j on railroad workers in every sec j tion of the country, the govern i ment today launched its endeavor J to show a concerted effort by the j striking shop crafts to interfere ? with interstate traffic by driving (railroad employees from their work. Overruling the objections of at torneys for B. M. Jewell and John Scott, the strike leaders, Federal Judge Wilkerson admitted the af fidavits in evidence for the time be ing at least, in the hearing on the government's bill for a temporary j injunction against some '240 shop crafts officials and their followers. The court likewise deferred for the present, argument on the de j fense motion for modification of the temporary restraining order now in force. He ruled that the j government's contention that the I dominant purpose of the alleged conspiracy is the destruction of in I terstate traffic would be a vital j I factor in determining whether the j unions weFe entitled to any modi- j iication in the order, and directed I the government to proceed with j the evidence on which it expects to j prove that claim. The value, as evidence, of the af fidavits of persons assaulted by the strikers and strike sympa thizers, or affidavits of public or railroad officials claiming knowl edge of such assaults was vigorous ly opposed by Donald R. Rich berg j and Frank Mulholland, attorneys for Mr. Jewell and Mr. Scott. They fought their introduction i j and entered a general objection to j all of them that the government i may produce. . The affidavits, they declared. ( are at the best only secondary ev idence, and they fail, they added, to show any connection between their clients and the perpetration ! of the act of violence complained of. A" few isolated acts of violence among 400,000 men on strike are j insignificant in themselves, Mr. Richberg declared. "They would occur even in any army under mil itary discipline," he said, "and an j army of 400,000 m*n would have; to have court m?rtials to deal i with such cases, yet the existence j of the army could not be called a j conspiracy because of those scat- j tered affairs. . He characterized the govern-1 ment's -affidavits as being. "may be j half true." and denied the inference j contained in one of the prosecu tion's exhibits that trains had ever been abandoned :r. the southwes tern desert by their crews. Blackburn Ester ine, assistant to j the solicitor general, read nearly 200 of the affidavits telling of as Isaults to the court today, and an nounced he would continue the l reading tomorrow. Unless an agree ment is reached to shorten the j presentation the government, he ; tdld the Associated Press, will read j into the record reports of similar j occurrences in every state and on < {every principal ra?road line in the j .'country. . Today's exhibits ranged from an J (affidavit of the tar and feathering j of aAtiilroad emplovee?with pho togrwphs attached?through bomb ings, shootings, attempts to run a ?v n workers with automobiles, beatings, threat?, .*rbal abuse, rock throwing and even intimida tions of :h- ir wives ir-d children. Th ? montouus leading was en-, livened occasionally by the various | f?'i*ms of torture against soio?; of trie strike victims, one affidavit j nt a non-uaio,! mar. captured by men said to be strikers told how his captors discussed a half dozen various forms of punishment, in eluding placing pebbles in his shoes and forcing him to walk before their automobile or lying a rope around his neek and dragging him behind the car, and how they final j ly compromised by finally beating him. In upholding the government's ! right to develop its charges that the paramount purpose of the al leged conspiracy of the strikers is to destroy interstate commerce, be fore the defense motion for modi fication of the restraining order is acted on. Judge Wilkerson cited the recent derision of the United States supreme court in the Coro nado ca.^ and similar decisions in the retail lumber dealers" case and the prosecution of James A. I'atten of wheat corner fame in the cotton case years ago. The government scored again during the defense attack on the reading of the assault affidavit when Judge Wilkerson citeil the decision of the Illinois supreme court in the Chicago Wilmington coal case, pointing out that tin court had held it was unnecessary for the prosecution to prove any written or spoken word in further ance of an alleged conspiracy. The mere existence, the court said, in that case of concerted action lead ing to a certain chain of unlawful events was sufficient proof that conspiracy did in fact exist. The hearing was interrupted at "Be Just and Fear STRIKE TO BE ENDED BY AGREEMENTS Shopmen Agree to Make Separate Agreements With The Various Rail roads Chicago, Sept. 13 (By the Asso ciated Press).?The policy com mittee of the striking railway shop crafts today authorized B. M. Jewell, strike leader, to sign a sep arate peace agreement with individ ual roads. This action, it was* stated, would end the strike on from 30 to 52 of the Class 1 raiiways of the coun try which entered into direct ne gotiations with Mr. Jewell recently at Baltimore and on any others who cared to accept the peace terms. With the announcement that partial peace had been voted, came the first definite statement from S. Davies Warfield, president of the Seaboard Air Line and represen tative of the Railroad Securities as sociation, said to control $13,000,-. 000,000 of stock, which showed he was responsible for negotiations that finally ended in the agreement. The agreement was reached be fore the committee of 90 adjourned about 2 o'clock this afternoon. Preparations for ordering the men back to work on the roads which are parties to the agreement were begun tonight in a meeting of the executive council attended by the international officers of the six shop crafs. This meeting?as those of .the past?was closely guarded. The first move in the negotia tions which culminated in the agreement started in New York August 25 when all hope of ending the strike even through the aid of the "Big Four" brotherhoods had ended. Mr. Warfield telephoned Mr. Jewell and arranged further conferences. One week later Mr. Jewell departed secretly for Bal timore and there the basis for to day's settlement was' laid. In addition to Mr. Warfield, Mr. Jewell and his executive council, the meeting was attended by Dan iel Willard. president of the Balti more & Ohio, and A. H. Smith, president of the Xew York, Central. The basis for peace was agreed to by both factions. Then Mr. Jewell and his officers returned to Chica go, while Mr. Warfield began an active campaign to line up Eastern roads. Mr. Willard came West and opened secret conferences here with Western railroad executives. Last Thursday Mr. Jewell author ized a call for his policy commit tee to meet in Chicago September 31. Nearly all the first morning was consumed by a session of the executive council. That afternoon they reported in the Willard-Jew ell agreement. Then began a strug gle for peace with Mr. Jewell, his executive council and chairmen on Western roads endeavoring to bring into the peace line chairmen on railroads not parties to the agreement. Xot until peace was voted did the details of the bitter fight be come known. For three days Mr. Jewell and hi:? associates talked, pleaded and argued for an accept ance of the settlement basis plan. FeaAng failure he did not enter tain a morion for a vote on the proposition until it was virtually assured that he would have nec essary majority behind him. The iprms of the agreement are those offered at Xew York with a few slight changes made necessary to mollify the opposition in the union's ranks. With these terms as a basis, system federations on roads not now parties to the agreement are authorized to enter peace negotiations with proper railroad affieials. Until these em ployes are returned to work, they will be assisted financially by those who are employed. Present employes. ?z? the strik ers will be retained by the railroads signing the Jewell-Willard agree ment. The old men are to return to their former positions at the present rates of pay n :t later than 30 days after the agreement is signed. All strikers with the ex ception of those found guilty of acts of violence are to be put on the roads' payroll at the end of the 30 days' period. Men will be call ed back to work in the order of their standing. Anticipating disputes arising out of the men's return to work the agreement provides for an arbitra rily morning session when Mr. Richberg called the court's atten tion to an article in a Chicago newspaper purporting n> conn* from Attorney Genec&l Daugherty's Office, and setting forth some of the things which the government charges against the strikers. Characterizing the article .as "criminally libelous," Mr. Fiich berg demanded to know wheth er it was authorized by the attorn ey general. Mr. Daugherty. who was n<.* feeling well today, was confined to his hotel, and hi iiis absence Mr. Esterline and his ""associates said they had not read the statement and knew nothing about it. The court, after scanning it cautioned both sides against mak ing ex parte statements tending to influence public opinion prior to the disposition of the case. iVot?Let ail the ends Thou Ainis't a Sumter, S. C, S^t'?rda RAIL SRI?! ! , SETTLEMENT i i PROGRESSING; j - I Shopmen Will Makej Peace on The B?&fe! of Separate Ag*^-! ments With Roads | Chicago, Sept. 14?The members; of rhe shops crafrs policy commit-; jtee who yesterday approved peace ! plans of ending the railway strike! [through separate agreements with; j individual roads, today began sep-j j rate negotiations under the t^rnis; iof the agreement. . Instructions' I to various system federation om- J jcials to sign negotiations, arrange-' j ments and agreement have. ? been j jsent from union headquarters. j i ticn commission cc.npose* of six I j railroad representatives and six! shop craft agents. On the belief that many carriers ' will follow those who were parties i to this greement. it was understood I jtonight the shopcrafts officials! I place their hopes of a nation-wide' j settlement of the strike. The -ac-j jtion of the agreeing ?oads. they' ! were said to believe, will force the \ [others to the same terms. i I Among the roads said by a,rep I resentative of S. Da vies Warfleld. ! to have been parties to the agree- j j ment were: Louisiana & Arl^an-1 sas: Southern railway. East & yTest! Coast, Georgia Southern & Florida, [New Orleans and NortheasVern,? ! Northern Alabama, Seaboard! Ajrj j Line, Macon, Dublin & Savannah, I j Tampa & Gulf Coast, . T^mpa! ! Northern, Virginian railway/ Wins- i ton-Salem Southbound, Alabama j Great Southern. Chesapeake & \ Ohio, and Baltimore & Ohio. Just how soon men on the! I "peace" railroads will return to j work could not be learned tonight! but it was predicted that orders I ending the strike on some roads j [ will be issued within a few hours. I j The peace settlement plan .also; r would apply to the Brotherhood of! i Stationary Firemen and Oilers, | I some 15.000 members of which j I i'oliowed the strike action of the j ', six federated shop crafts. i Mr. Jewell said: "We have! [agreed to the terms of a settlement! r yielding wherever possible and; ?standing where there was no Other; r avenue open honorably to those j I we represent." I "All men are to return to work i j in positions of the class originally! i held-on June 30. 1922. at .the! I same point." according to the1 I statement issued by the policy com-] j niittee. I i "The method of procedure adpt- j j ed by the policy committee at the ? j meeting is no men on any railroad! even though included in the set-! tlement at this time are to return to work until they have received; i the necessary directions from their I ; respective system federation," the; policy committee statement said j and added that the negotiations j with the roads would be ordered I at once. The terms of the settlement were j as follows: "1. In order to bring to an end the existing strike of employes i [upon the undersigned railroads] :and redieve the country from the! j adverse effects thereof and to ex- j j pedite the movement of essential! j traffic, the following memorandum J ; of agreement is made upon the un-; j derstanding. which the parties! j hereto accept, that the terms' J hereof shall be carried out by the ? j of fleers of the companies and thej I representatives of employes in spirit; f of conciliation and sincere purpose ! to effect a genuine settlement of i the matters in controversy refer-, jred to below. This paragraph does, not apply to or include strikes in j effect prior to July 1, 1922. j "2. All men to return to workj I positions of the class they orig- j inally held on June 30, 1922, and, I at the same point. As many of^ such men as possible are to be im- | mediately put to work, at present [ rates of pay. and all such em-1 ployes who have been on strike be put to work or under pay not later j than 30 days after the signing of this agreement, except such men as have been proven guilty of acts iof violence which in the opinion of the commission hereinafter: provided for shall be sufficient cause for dismissal from service. The relative standing as be tween themselves, of men return ing to work and men laid off fur j loughed or no leave of absence, in ieiudinfr general chairmen and oth ers who were as of June no, 1922. j properly on leave of absence, will ("be restored as of June 20. 1922. and ! they will be called back to work in j t hat order. j *-4. If a dispute arises as to the 1 relative standing of an employe or if any other controversy arises growing out of the strike that can i not he otherwise adjusted by rhe I carrier and said employe or the duly authorized representatives thereof, the matter shall he re ferred by the organizations par ties to this agreement. th<- em ployes or the carrier in the inter est of any employe who may he .aggrieved, to a commission to he established and constituted as here inafter provided, for final decis ion by a majority vote. "5. The commission referred to in paragraph 4 hereof shall be composed of six representatives to be named by the chief officers of the organizations parties hereto and six railroad* officers or repre t be thy Country's. Thy God's and y, September 16, 1922 OTHER ?'??! I RAILROADS INTERESTED Settlement of Shop men's Strike by Separate Agree I ment Weil Under Way Chicago, Sept. 14.?Leaders bf the federated railway shop crafts who began negotiations for sepa rate settlement* of the shopmen's strike, announced that several roads in addition to about fifty whi?*h previously had agreed to separate agreements had telegraphed union headquarters indicating their wil - lingness to start negotiations. Sixty-five Per Cent of Railroads Will Negotiate Washington,. Sept. 14.?Advices to labor department from its rep resentatives in Chicago said that roads having approximately 35 per cent of the country's mileage have signified tneir intention of en tering separate agreements to end the strike and that roads rep resenting an additional thirty per cent are ready to end the strike. Direct negotiations to end the strike on the Southern Railway will be inaugurated at conferences beginning Saturday. COTTON CON SUMPTION REPORT More Cotton Used During August Washington, Sept. 14.?Cotton consumed during August amount ed to 527,404 bales of lint,' 60.825 bales of linters, compared with 467.059 and 52,106 bales of linters last August, the census bureau an nounced today. sentatives selected from and by the railroads agreeing hereto. This commission shall be constituted within 15 days from the signing of this agreement and shall have ju risdiction to decide all cases that may properly be referred to it on or before May 31, 1923, but not thereafter. "6. Inasmuch as this agreement is reached for the purpose of com posing in a spirit of compromise this controversy, ail parties hereto agree that neither this settlement nor any decision of the commis sion above provided for, shall be used or cited in any controversy between these parties or between the railroads signing the same or any other class or classes of their employes in any other controversy that may hereafter arise. "7. Both parties pledge them selves that no intimidation nor oppression shall be practiced or permitted against any of the em ployes who have remained at work or have taken service, or against those who resume werk under this understanding. "S. All suits at law now pend ing as the result of the strike to be withdrawn and cancelled by both parties. "The settlement speaks for itself. If the statesmanship shown by Mr. Warfield had prevailed at the outset differences would have been composed in a week. Railroad employes are not breakers of the law hut they are human and ex pect to he accorded the considera tion which they believe they are entitled to receive as the inalien able right of the American citizen. "We sought settlement through th? peaceful method of continued negotiation, not by resorting to vio lence or other unlawful acts. The unprecedented and thoroughlv un-American injunction secured by the attorney general, coming as it did near the close of these import ant and far reaching negotiations, would have, if secured 48 hours earlier, disrupted them. "We have neither criticism to make, nor excuses to offer. We ac ce??ted the administration's pro posal for s?lement and were not responsible for the misapplication of alleged understandings between the administration and the chair man of the Association of Railway Executives, to which its defeat by that body was attributed. Neither were we responsible for the labor provisions of the transportation net. "We conducted our proceedings under well recognized labor policies of long sanding. The public will not believe that the rank and file of labor condone acts of violence resulting in the loss of life among train service employees or others. We maintained as peaceful rela tions as could be expected under the pressure on hundreds of thou sands of men. directly or indirectly affected. We approached the rail roads recognizing their difficulties as- we expected them to appreciate ours. '"We have agreed to terms of I settlement, yielding wherever possi ble and standing where there was no other avenue open?honorable to those we represent?our duty to ! the country we have fully recog nized. We have given up much for industrial peace. We shall now see how far the railroads will go to 1 meet us to gain the same end." Truth's." TARIFF TAXES _HIGHER New Bill Levies Du ties Higher Than Any Measure of1 Recent Years I ' Washington, Sept. 12 (By the As-! sociated Press).?The administra tion tariff bill in the form in which it will become a law probably be fore October 1 was made public today with the presentation of the conference report to the house. Many of the rates proposed by the senate were reduced by the Re publican conferees, but the experts estimated that the level of its du ties wa3 only slightly below the level of those in the famous--Payne Aldrich act, the last Republican protective tariff. Basing their calculations on the present volume of import trade treasury experts figured that the bill would yield an annual gov ernment revenue of $400,000,000. This is $44,000,000 more than was received during the last fiscal year through the Combined opera tion of the Democratic Underwood law or. the Republican emergency tariff act, both of which will be supplanted by this bill immediate ly after it is signed by the presi ! dent. ! Finai action on the measure by [the house tomorrow was the plan of I leaders under an agreement made today for only four hours of gener al debate with a vote to follow im mediately. The bill then will go to the senate where debate of a week or more is expected to precede the final' vote. j Discussion in both the house and senate, but more particularly in the latter, will be the forerunner of that to be heard over the country before the Xovember elections a? the bill is certain to become one of the chief issues in the congressional and senatorial campaigns. Demo crats will continue their attacks on the measure as one certain to in crease the cost of living by several billions of dollars a year and as encouraging the continuation of war pricey. ... Republican proponents of the tariff have defended it and .plan to continue to do so as the first to accord a proper measure of protec tion and as necessary to protect both industry and labor in the present abnormal .world economic situation and more particularly from disastrous competition from the low cost productions countries in central Europe and the Orient, j Chief fighting points in the bill (thus far have been the wool, sugar and dye" duties, all of which were reduced, some in conference, and the so-called flexible tariff provis ion giving the pre^dent broad au thority over tariffs. Under this provision as finally perfected in confreence the executive would have the power to increase or de crease rates 50 per cent. Should such^ increase prove in sufficient to * protect American industry the president could declare American valuation but no rate in the bill'could- be increased on that valuation, although a decrease to 50 per cent, would be possible as the flexible section was approved by the senate. American valuation could have been used only in the case of coal tar dyes, syntheic chemicals and explosives. The senate provision that the flexible tariff should remain in op eration only until July 1. 1924. was stricken out of the bill and the so-called scientific tariff provision, providing for investigation and re ports by the tariff commission, as well as those desigced to prevent discrimination against American commerce and trade were retained. The conferees also approved re taliatory provisions, ir. some cases aimed principally ' against Canada, and affecting Portland cement, common house brick, bituminous and anthracite coal, all of which are on the free list, and automo biles, motorcycles and bicycles. In compromising between the senate raw wool rate of 33 cents a scoured pound and the house duty of 25 cents the conferees agreed upon 21 cents. Long slaple cotton, which the senate had proposed to take at 7 cents a pound and which is taxed und Ar the existing emergency act. was sent hack to the free list. In consequence the 10 cents a pound compensatory duty proposed on the finer cotton eloths. made from long staple cotton, was eliminated. Senate Rale* Accepted Senate rates on cotton cloth were accepted generally with the senate provision that in no rase could the duty on such cloth ex ceed 4 per cent. Also th?? senate provision limiting the duty on cot iten gloves to a maximum of 7.1 per cent. was\accepted but with the addition of a minimum limita tion of 40 per cent. Senate duties on hose and half hose ranging from 30 per cent to 50 per cent, were approved as was the duty of 4". per cent, on knit cotton underwear and all other knit wearing apparel The duty on silk cloth was fixed at 5.1 per cent, the senate ra+e. while that on knit silk hose, half hose, underwear and gloves was fixed at r>0 per cent. Slight reductions made in the senate rates on cutlerv and shin gles, which the house had proposed to tax at 50 cents a thousand, were retained on the free list. , Duties on medicines and compo THE TRUE SOTT: TURKISH m VICTORY ALARMING France and Italy Ac cused of Having Supplied Arms to Turks - I London, Sept. 11.?Sweeping the [Greek forces from Asia Minor in 'a whirlwind campaign lasting ; only two weeks, the Turkish Na ! rionalists under Mustapha Kemal i Pasha -have won a great military j victory, and at the same time at I least, partly nullified the losses to j their nation through the world I of the gravest possibilities?one war. j Thus is created a situation full ?demanding the immediate adoption jof a united policy of Great Britain i France and Italy?and such a pol icy is far from existence, accord ing to the view generally held here. France and Italy are accused in isome quarters of having not only : encouraged the .Kemalists, but of , having supplied them with arms land munitions, although it is re | ported now in the same circles that they are becoming alarmed at the ! unexpected extent of the Turkish j successes. ; Italy's concern is said to have j been manifested in a freshly ex j pressed desire for a preliminary ; to consider the situation, but this ! conferences of the allies at Venice ! finds no favo rin London, at any ! rate. < I The press greets .with indica j tions of alarm the big claims ad I vanced by the Turkish represen j tatives in Paris and Rome, while ; Soviet Russia's alleged desire to es | tablish a Bolsevist-Kemalist al J liance aimed at control of Con stantinople and the straits of Dar j danelles brings renewed demands ; that the neutrality of these be .'maintained at all costs. ! Another cause of ^uneasiness here iis the effect the Kemalists' victory ! is- having in India, where prayers j for their success have been said ? daily in the mosques and every ad j vance has been hailed with gh?e jby the Mohammedans. The Daily ^Telegraph's Calcutta." correspondent isays there., were', denominations; j I illuminations and fireworks there J Saturday night when news of Smyrna's fall became known. - ? The position of the Greek gov I ernment in the face of defeat also iis attracting attention here. Athens ; dispatches tell of a recrudescence j of the talk of. King Constantine's jand the return to power of Veni i zelos. The popularity of the former ?second descent from the throne, ' premier is flaring again with the dashing of Constantine's military plans, and Greek soldiers reaching! Piraeus from Smyrna marched j ?through'the streets of the port; j shouting insult* to the king and j demanding Venizelos* return. The j [Greek newspapers are openly dis I cussing the abdication of Constan | tine. I Meanwhile Venizelos is visiting at St. Moritz, Switzerland, with j his family, but plans to go to Paris^ I within a day or two,' to confer with I political and personal friends, i i While he refuses to discuss the j j Greek situation, hs trends openly ; j declare he is anticipating the pos- j sibility of being recalled to power, j Turks Holding Smyrna. Smyrna, Sept. 11 (By the As sociated Press)?Strong forces of] : Turkish Nationalist infantry today j were holding all strategic points in the city. The troops are un- j ider strict orders against indulgence j i in excesses, the foreign representa tives and military headquarters! ; have been informed by the Kemal- j j 1st commander. Gen. Selah Eddin | i Bey; He complained that the' ' Greeks had committed wholesale I j devastations without military rea-j ; son:-, had said his men were show : ing that they could make war in a civilized manner, j Entry of the iirst cavalry regi j ment under Mursel Pasha was re jceived with enthusiasm. This com j mander's first act was to take ? steps to prevent further firing of j revolvre shots and exploding of j bombs by the enthusiastic Turkish J residents of Smyrna. Refugees to jtho numbe*- of 150,000 are here, j having trailei ?t for days afoot, j on donkeys and in carts, some j crazed by famir*. Only those pro J vided with money have been able I to leave, obtaining passage at ex i tortionate rates to the Ionian and f other Creek i.vands. ! MANY LIVES LOST j Southampton, Sept. 12. ? There j was considerable loss of life : when the German steamer Ham ?? nionia foundered off Vigo Satur : day. Confirmation of this was ob tained at 1.15 o'clock this morn ing when the British steamer Kin : fauns Castle docked here with 285 passengers^ and members of the [crew of the Hammonia on board. [ Capt. Day. commander of the Kinfauns Castle, said the loss of life possibly would reach eighty.' Others on hoard estimated the dead [ at 150. nents of paints were fixed at gen erally the levels approved by the senate. Few changes were made in the free list as approved by the sen ate. iHKON, Established June U 1*66. VOL, Lin. NO. 10. TAKES SUDDEN TURN IN HOUSE Leaders ?relTnafafe to, Control Republican . Majority in Support of Potash Dutv * ?? * . . .Washington, Sept. 13?Revolting,., against the action of the conferees" ' in writing back into the administra^-;-: tion tariff bill a dye embargo li censing provision and a duty 6J& .; potash, the house late today sent^ that measure back to conference.^* Its managers were instructed to. accept the senate amendment re pealing the existing dye embargo . and placing potash on the free list. Some Republican house leaders,-' plainly surprised and disappointed^? were pessimistic as to what tiieV\ ultimate result of the house ac- - tion would* be. Representative Mondell of Wyoming, the floor leader, said he did not know wifipt-' the outcomes would be, while Chair man Fordney of the ways and; means committee said it ?looked doubtful whether there would be a bill at- this Session of congress. Chairman McCumber of the senatei managers took a more optimistic view, however, stating that the sen ate would agree to another cpn^. ference and that the differences would be adjusted speedily. The vote in the house was 177 to 1-30. 'with. 102 Republicans, 74 Democrats and the one Socialist* voting in support of the motion by Representative Garner (Democrat) of -Texas to recommit and 126 Re-^. publicans and four Democrats vot ing, against it. The vote followed a day of . parliamentary wia^ling and sharp debate and announce-,, ment of the result by Speaker Gil-* lett was greeted by. applause pn: >oth sides of the chamber and with* loud cheers from many . or the ?mocrats. Republicans supporting the Gar ler motion included Scott and Tay lor, both of Tennessee. Democrats voting against the Garner motion were Campbell; df Pennsylvania "and Favrot, X-a^aro and Martin, all of Louisiana. -M^i- of the Republicans, voting for the Gamer motion are from the Western agricultural state's an-5 New York, with a majority *of them opposing both the dye embargo provision and the duty on potash. Other sections of the bill, however, came in for sharp criticism from the Republican side and some lead ers regarded present sentiment in the house as so divided as to make doubtful the fate of the measure. Apparently, the move by Repre* sentatnje Garner, who is the rank? ing Democrat on the committee which framed the original tariff, to -8 nclude potash in his motion, to re commit took the managers ?f ?fc3L> bill by surprise. In announcing that he would of er the motion, ?lr. Garner de clared, the-potash duty wasa rscan dal" and charged that it had been placed-m the bill "in order that certain interests in the state of Utah may have an opportunity, to rob the farmers at the rate of-4,30 a ton for the potash they hold.** He added that Republicans from:C farming sections might- successfully defend their vote for the bill withji the dye embargo provision in it but that they could not defend a vote for a' duty on potash. Chairman Fordney, in repjy, de-' clared the potash duty was neces- . sary to protect the industry built up in Utah, California, Nebraska and other staffs during the war. Both the house and senate voted out the dye embargo provision.but the conferees, in considering the specific section of the senate bill for repeal of the existing embargo li censing law, voted to continue 'the. present act for one year with au thority for the president to con tinue it for an additional year should he find that to be necessary for the protection of the industry which grew up in thiahcountry dur ing the World war. . ? -?? - v . i M'LEOD IS A CO-OP Next Governor of State is Loy al Member of Asso ciation Columbia, Sept. 14?Thoma3 G. ? McLeod, who was Tuesday nomi nated fcr governor of South Caro lina, is a loyal member of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Associa tion and one of the most enthusias tic supporters of the movement in the state. He was vice-president of the organization committee and spoke in many cities of the.state in the organization campaign. He was the first pianter in Lee "county to sign the contract. Officials of the association said . today, that hundreds of members of the organization are turning old cotton over to it. Under the terms of the contract delivery of old cot ton is optional, but many of me members are taking the posiaion that if cooperative marketing is ' good for the 1922 crop it is good for the 1921 and 1920 crops. Washington, Sept. 14.?Further improvement in the condition of. Mrs. Harding was reported today by Brig. Gen. Sawyer, the White House physician. She spent an. excellent night.