The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 07, 1922, Image 1
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THE STJMTER WATCHMAN, Esti
CONSOLIDATED AUG, 2,3
coaTwage""
dispute still
imttled
Operators and Miners'
Union Officials . in
Conference Cannot
Reach Agreement
Cleveland. Ohio, Oct. 2 (By the
Associated Press).?Developments
late tonight indicated that there
" was a pronounced . Jack of har
;. moby with the ranks of bitu
minous coal' operators, in session
with miners here to formulate a
plan for negotiating future wage
scales, when it was learned thatJ
the operators in caucus this after
noon rejected a proposal of
the federal government that a pan
el of 20 names of persons disasso
ciated with local'industry be sub-:
mitted to President Harding for
.. use in creation'of a commission
t provided under the Borah-Winslow
law recently .passed by congress- !
At the operator >' caucus thisaft- j
jftferaoon a telegram was read from1
'Herbert Hoover, secretary of com-1
merce. and James J. ?avis, sec re-1
tary of labor, addressed to Thos.!
X- Mahe$ ,of Cleveland, the chair-]
. man of the joint conference of op- j
erat or* and miners, asking the
"conference to submit-to the presi
dent a panel of 20 names of per- j
sons disassociated with the coal in-!
dustry which might be included)
in the federal fact finding coal in
vestigation. .
The telegram, a copy of which
was also sent to John L. Lewis,
president of the United Mine Work
ers of America, requesting in the
name of President Harding that
this panel should be submitted by
the joint conference tomorrow. A
motion wa? made creating a com
mittee of three to-decline the inr
vitation. The lelegam was not read j
at today's joint conference but it I
$s understood it will be placed be
fore the joint conference- tomor
row. Illinois operators at an exe
cutive caucus tonight decided that
they would seek tQ/prevept any ar
rangements being made at this
time for. the continuance of such
collective -bargaining as had pre
vailed . during thfc^p^i??- years.-j
Baltimore, Oct. 2 (By t6e Asse- j
ciated Press).? Tbe general policy ]
committee of .the United Mine]
Workers of America ar.d repre
sentatives of the bituminous opera
tors' from, many points of the Unit
ed States' met here today to'for
mulate a plan for negotiating fu
ture wage scales; and after organ
izifcg? adjourned until tomorrow.
' Miners and operators said the con
ference is one of the most repre
sentative ever .held to deal with
. unionized ?oft coal nrining.
At the joint conference this af
ternoon. T. K. Maher of Cleveland
was elected temporary chairman
'and \ William Greem;:secr?tary of
the United Mine Workers, tempor
ary secretary.
The conference was characteriz
es by Phil H. Penna. of Terre
Kaute. Ind.. secretary of the Indi
ana Coal Operators' association. i
* as an attempt to resuscitate col-i
lective bargaining." , 1
John L. Lewis, president of the'
United Mine . WorkeJrs, declared in!
a statement that In? "miners were j
standing pat" on the agreement'
reached in Cleveland last August
?when the soft coal strike was prac- J
t.cally settled. In miners' quar- j
ters this'-was interpreted that the :
Miners w ould insjal on the appoint- j
iwent of a commission composed of j
operators arr.d iirinev? to investigate]
?the industry. What stand the op- i
erators^would take oh this proposal;
was not discussed at their caacus,!
Mr. Penna said- The ^operators!
met immediataJy following adjourn- j
ment of the conference.
" The Illinois Coal Ooperators" as
? sociation has already announced it
will seek, to prevent auy arrange
r-ent which would conflict with the
provisions of the federal fact find- j
Sag coal commission bill, which ]
provides that the president appoint;
a commission outside the Indus- i
try to make a survey of the coal j
situation and report back to con- i
gress. . j
Operators at their caucus were i
almost unanimous in expressing the
reed of some definite organization
which would be empowered to dear
with the miners and which would
1 e representative of all parties t
controlling the miner*. Howeve-.
no action looking to the formation j
of such an organization was tak- j
en.
Following this afternoon's meet-j
ing Of the operators. Mr. Penna j
announced that no definite policy
of action had been reached.
Curb on Grain j
future Gambling!
Grain Exchange Officials Urg- j
ed to Cooperate With the I
Government
New Orleans., Oct. .'>.? Full co- ;
operation of the grain trade with
officials of the department of agri- 1
culture in the administration of
grain futures act was urged by Dr. (
H. C. Taylor, chief of the bureau
of agricultural economics in an ad- j
drfeSS before the annual meeting of
the grain dealers' national assocH
tion.
?blished ApriL 1850.
im.
TURKS ENTER
THE GAME OF
DIPLOMACY;
! . ? . !
Conflict Over Darda-;
nelles, Constanti-i
nople and Thrace I
Transferred Fromj
I Battlefield to Con-j
ference
? *? ._ ?
j Constantinople. Oct. 2 (By the!
\ Associated Press).?The Kemalist ?
i proposals, which will he laid forr j
j nially. Before.. he Mudania confer- j
, ence tomorrow, are "discussable. |
? but not acceptable.' This was the,
j decision of the extraordinary coun- ?
I cil. which met at the British em- ]
I bassy this afterhoon. It included \
i the allied high commissioners, am- j
t-bassadors. generals and admirals.
j M.. Franklin Bouillon, the French ]
t envoy, through whose efforts with 1
[Kemal Pasha the conference was
i made possible: expressed his confi-j
j dent belief to the"' Associated Press !
correspondent that an agreement;
! wouid be reached tomorrow at Mu- j
| dania.
j "Kemla will make a greater ef- |
j fort for peace than he has.made j
! for war/'- he said.
Two of the most important ques-1
*tions to be dijj^ussed at the confer- j
ence will be demarcation of a new j
neutral zone on the Asiatic shores j
; of\ the Dardanelles and at Ismid.
l and the evacuation of Thrace.
! The aflies hold that Kemal's de
mand's as outlined by M. Franklin-;
Builton are of such a nature that j
the Angora assembly would there-:
after^be in a position to reject the
allied-note. Kemal Pasha insists.
? on settlement-of all military ques-!
tions before replying to the, allied
proposals. He^and four of the min- j
. ister? at Smyrna accepted the al- j
lied note in principle, but the at
titude of the Angora assembly is
not known. \
v It was decided this evening that j
the armistice conference must take!
place ashore at Mudania. instead of
on-one of the allied ships. This de
cision was reached principally be- ,
cause the .allies were unable to]
asrree even on. such a minor quesr j
tion as to 'which . should have the j
honor of-'acting as host of the con- j
ference'. ;-Each, apparently, feared j
that-the . holding of che conference
aboard one of the other's ships, j
would give. that nation a distinct j
advantage in the session and in the]
report of that session which" would j
reach,"the outside world.
Hamid Bey. representing the An-|
gora government, accompanied by,
ML Franklin-Bouillon, the French '
envoy, will leave tomorrow for Mu-1
dania on the cruiser Metz. Gener- i
al Mombelli. who <. will represent j
Italy at the conference, will pro- j
ceed on the Victor Emmanuel:]
General Sharpie, for France, on the!
Jean Bart and General Harington!
on the Iron Duke. j
The Mudania conference will be- i
gin at i^j'clock tomorrow. The
British authorities have ordered the j
cessation of all marine traffic in ]
the neighborhood of Mudania and j
newspaper correspondents, are to?
be barred. Daily communiques will j
be issued on the result of the con- i
ference and transmitted by radio'
to Constantinople. *j
General Harington's consenting:
to meet Ismet Pasha instead 'of!
Mustapha Kemal, is fusing much
comment: there is a vast difference !
in their ranks. General Harington ;
being commander-in-chief of the j
allied forces, while Ismet is only,
second in command of JLhe .\'a-'
tionalist army.
It is learned thaT M. Franklin
Bouillori has secured Kemal's
pledgre to suspend military move- j
ments during the armistice confer
ence, provided the allies accept!
The following conditions:
'. Ij Formal jruaran.Nees concern-)
ing the evacuation of Thrace.
2- The establishment of allied j
I garrisons in the larger towns of j
Thrace. )
?>. The occupation of Thrace by j
i Turkish Nationalist gendarmerie.
4. Transfer of the civil ad minis-]
! tration of Thrace to Kemalist func-1
I tionaries.
Z. Evacuation of Thrace within i
[eight days by the Greek army,
j 6;. Occupation of tb*? weitem
Mine of the Maritza river by allied !
troops. % j
One of Ute British proposals, it j
is reported, will I?? the establish-j
i meat of a new neutral zone on
j the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles. j
\ M. Frahfclfn-BouiHon had an in - i
[teryiew today with General Har-j
ington and also meetings last night;
and today with the allied high com-I
missioners. to ail of whom be save!
an account of Iiis negotiations j
with Kemal Pasha.
The presence of small detach-1
ments of Turkish infantry in the]
neutral zone near Chanak this]
morning is reported.
THE COX
CABINET
WORKS
j _ j
New Sumter Company Re-;
ceives Charter
I ? i
Columbia. Oct. 3.?-The < ox Cab- j
|i7iet Works, of Sumter. were char- i
j tered by th*? secretary of state j
[Monday. The capital slock is $5.-;
1000. C. V. Whitted is president, i
[secretary and treasurer. J. W. j
? Cox is vice president.
"Be Jost and Fear 1
T?RKS ACCEPT
IN PRINCIPLE
ALLIED TERMS!
1 . - - v '?? "y' ?- . '
Settlement in Near!
East Without Warj
Between. Eng-j
land and Turks Ap-|
pears to Be Probable j
Constantinople. Oct. 4.?Turkish j
Nationalists halve accepted thej
1 principle of the allied note regard- [
ing the Near Eastern scttlemer-. it]
is announced here. The com- j
muinque issued , by Genera! Har-j
ington; British.commander regard- |
ing the Mudania conference which !
he is attending, says the proceedrj
ings are satisfactory, that the Na- j
tionalist. representatives have, re-;
issued o?det?s to troops to avoid all |
contact with the British.
The French communique says,
"A preliminary meeting of the Al
lied generals was held at Mudania
with a draft . of the protocol. >
Thanks to the conciliatory dispor >
sition both sides had no difficulty '
in reaching an agreement on the
majority of the: clauses based on 1
the conference."
RUSSIA
BACKING
f THE TURKS
u Constantinople. Oct. 4.?Russia I
loomed up on the horizon for the;
I first time as likely to prove an im-.
.portant figure in the settlement of
? the Turkish problem. The Mudania:
negotiations have brought out the.
fact that Mustypha Kemal Pasha's
advisers are urging him to obtain
from the allies pledges for th<?:
eventual fulfillment of the condi- 1
tions of the so-called national;
pact.. including the control of the I
straits and the modification or an-?
nullment o'f the capitulations.*
j Constantinople. Oct. .3 (By the;
Associated Press).?The prelimi-i
nary conference for the settlement
of peace in,the Near East began
at Mudania today with the allied
generals and. ismi?t Pasha, repre
-
Coiivict Given
Leav?of Absence
Gov. Harvey Allows Negro to
Go Home to.Attend*
Mother's Futteral
Columbia. Oct.' 5.?Arthur Moss.;
a negro of Whitnjire, was allowed
by Governor Harvey to go home,
from the state -penitentiarv. where1
he is serving a.n eighteen-year sen- .
fence, that he might bury his moth- ?
cr. The governor let the man' have',
his freedom op the promise that he!
would return at 11 o'clock on the]
morning of Wednesday, October 4.!
and promptly at. that liour the ne-j
gro walked in'o the governor's of
fice, and an hour later, after the
governor hs^d allowed the convict ?
to go into the basement of the cap- i
itol to arrange some business af- j
fair,s, with one of the suite engi-j
neers whom he liud known fori
sometime, the penitentiary office!
telephoned the governor's office to:
state that Moss had turned up and :
was again safe In the prison yard. ;
The governor fixed one condition {
to the leave of absence granted]
the WJ?tmire convict., and that1
-was that he telegraph the chief
executive every day at 10 oclock! j
advising where .he was. Every [
morning shortly after ten the gov-.
ernor received his telegram.
Moss is in for eightecu years, and '
he has served three, tfe laces lit-j
teen more. The governor was im- <
pressed with the hie??r<>*ss - straight j
story and placed confidence in!
him. The negro had not scon his j
relatives since lie entered the pris- !
on. and the Chief executive ,<;iVs he:
could not turn a deaf <^ar to the
man's plea to be allowed to bury |
his aged mother. t
Governor Harvey Wednesday af- '
ternoon commuted i'roui two:
months on the gang and a fine of
$150, to two months, the sentence!
of Robert Scott, of Greenwood, j
convicted of violating "the prohibi-j
tion law. The gvernor stated in
granting the commutation that the;
court gave the man the option ?f I
serving six months, or of serving ?
two and paying the ?150 fine, but j
he did not like such sentences, r.s I
it gave the rich man a chance to
go free/when he yioated a law. and J
so he would cut Scott's sentence i
down to the prison Service part of j
it. Special Judge Feaiherstone rec- j
oramended the commutation.
THE STATE
TEACHERS'
CONVENTION
Annual Meeting to Be Held
March 8-10, 1923
Columbia, <>ct. .".?The stj?"
teachers! convention is :<> !>?? ajrain j
held in Columbia. March s. 9 and
10. according to derision just reach
ed by the executive committee ofj
the teachers" association, informa
tion to ?Iiis effect having 1.n re
ceived in folumbia today from R.j
C. CJurts. of Rock Hill, president of
the association. The Columbia
Chamber of Commerce has made. ;i
handsome appropriation to j? i<1 in
entertaining the teachers. An ai
tendance of about sixteen hundred
is expected.
Sot?Ix?t all the ends Thou Aims't t
Sumter, S. C, Saturd
Off to Seel
Orphans from the Barnarndo H<
leave by railway for a port whence
tion. They're confident happy bom
GEORGIA HAS
S
NTHESENAtE
Mrs. W. H. Felton1
Named by Gov.
H?rdwick as Succes
sor of Thos. E.
. ft at ?
Atlanta. Oct. Mrs. - W. H.
Felton. of-Cartersville. Ga., beanie
the firstwoman member Of/ the
Uniled"Sintcs senate when Jshe. was
appointed by Go.vexiK?r.1 lard wick to
till the --vacancy caused'by.the death
of Thos. Wut son. ..until hj.sr.st?>
C^Sior is elected in November. ??
Miss Felton. who is eighty-seven
years old. announced, the' accept
ance-oT-the appointment qf Govern
or llarawick in a statement in
which it is said he offered the seir
atprship t?> Mrs. "Watson..widow of
the late senator that, sho declined
for" the. reason of 111 health, and
aversion to ^public station.
Mrs. Watson Declines
Widow Refuses Appointment
I to Succeed Husband
Atlanta. Oct. 2.?Mrs. Thomas
E. Watson, of Thomson, widow of
U. S. Senator Thomas E. Watson,
today declined appointment as
temporary successor of her hus
band until the general election on
November when the nominee'oc
a special Democratic .primary of
October 17 will be elected. The
Atlanta Constitution tonight pub
lishes a story to the effect there is
a "probability -that the governor
Tuesday will announce the tern.-:
porary appointment of Mrs. W. M.
Felton. of CartersvilJe. as ad in
terim, successor to the late Senatojr
Watson/' There was no confir
mation from Governor Hardwicfc
who has announced he will make
public, his appointment tomorrow".
.Mrs. Felton was a close p??ticui
friend of Senator Watson.
Child Welfare Work
Provisions of the Shepherd
towner Law to Be Put
into Effect
Columbia, Oct. ?A program
of' maternity and infancy better
ment is being instituted this week
under provisions of the Shepherd
Towner law. by the state board of
health, through it.-; bureau of child
hygiene; in cooperation with the
federal government.-. Miss Ruth
Moore, who has during the past
two years, been supervising public
health nurse in Clarendon county,
has been put in charge'of the neiv ?
program, and she assumed her du
ties today. i
.\ child and inuternity welfare <
center in -ach county of th>- slate
is to be one of the ultimate ob
jects of the program launched byj
Miss Moore. In counties where
public health work" is already or
ganized she will direct and instruct;
in the program t<? be carried :>'it
rhrough the local nurses, and in
unorganized counties, she will work
through the agency of two field
nurses who have 1??m-t? employed
for general work in the state. Baby
ci<!i!< renccs and classes for mothers
are to be held at various point.>
throughout the stat?-. and instruc
tion given !<> midwifes, and othei
educational and corrective work
la unched.
The appointment of Miss Moore
completes the addition of five
new staff workers for the bureau!
of child hygiene, made possibl ? ' y '
the Shepherd-Tow'ner act and its]
appropriations. t>r. W. P. Cor
nell. of Columbia, has also beer,
appointed as a part-time specialist
for this work in the state.
.Vom is smallest thing in the
world. I'p an atom the biggest.
-XL.
at be thy Con ntry's. Thy God's and
lay, October 7, 1922
k Fortunes
jmes, England, smile happily as.thW
they'll be taken to Canada tor adob
es await them there
1
i HLB) AGAINST
gCitizens of I^exington
County k% Dam
ages in Sum of $1,
2oD,000
' Columbia.;. Oct. 3.?Damaged to
I the amount of $ l .2SO.000 are asked
i of the Standard Oil Company :in a
i series of suits: brought by
' u>nts of Lexington county, in. cases
: to be heard; in the court-,of com
i mon pleas in Columbia- this week,
'..beginning Wednesday." .The suits
ngrow;t?ut? n alleged sale.of kero
sene to W. W. Hall, a-merchant- at
Sleudm?n.. in Lexington county t
; who'in tum '.sold the fluid >o S. D.
1 Derrick, farmer, it is said. When
Mrs. Derrick attempted to .light a
Llamp -containing ? the oil. .. it.* ex
Lplbded. She \yas burned to death,
j Madeline Williams, a young-daugh
tor .of- a neighbor, who- was in
the house at the time'of the ex
, plosion, lost both. 41er ,ears andi one
eye. and suffered severe burns on
? several parts'of-her. body, thejeom
; plaint sets forih. and Mr. Derrick,
in attempting to rescue his wife and
the girl, had both his arms burned;
to a crisp. The first case, to be
called W'Ajnesd^y is that of Made
line Williams against the Standard
[company, for fc-SSu.OOO. A large!
array of aitorneys are connected !
with the case.
BUYS BANK AT
TIMMONSVILLE
Commercial and Savings Ban.k
of Florence Purchaser
Florence. Oct. 3.- The Commer
cial arid Savings Hank, of Florence,
has purchased the Citizens' Ba?ik
of Tj.mmonsville. it was announced
rtod;iy and will continue the busi
ness of the bank in Timtnonsvillc
a-; n branch of the local institution.
i Negotiations for the purchase of the
bank; if was stated, have been in
l>r6g:ress fox- several weeks.
The Federal Reserve Hank, of
which the Commercial and Savings
is a member", bes approved the
i purchase. The Citizens' Bank had
? capital of s*75.000 Mid a surplus
of $50.000. C Kay Smith was the
president. The "only employee of
the bank who will remain is D. .T.
Winn. ilu- cashier. The capital
stock of the- Commercial 'and. Sav
ings will uot be increased by the
transfer but will remain at $250,-!
?0.0.
The announcement Of The d?al j
caused considerable interest in .
banking and business circles here!
and in Timiw ns\ otc. .President F. J
J. Brand, of the 1 'Ommerciaj and i
Sayings Baiijv. staled today that]
s?ti*fttetio? had-been expressed by j
stockholder^ of both institutions!
over tile piu'uhase.
AUTOMOBILE
IS SEIZED
319
Quarts of Whiskey
Machine
in
Columbia. Oct. S.r?A costly au
tomobile with 3If quarts of whis
key was seized and three men.
claiming Pfttsburg as their home,
were arrested here this afternoon
by city and federal officers, after
an exciting chase through the city.
The names " given officers were
Harry Hart, NT.at Seigel and Harry
Seifert.
Three license tags were found
in :b<- machine', showing motor li
censes issued by Florida. Connecti
cut and Pennsylvania.
Ihe men arrested (old officers
the whiskey cost them $1.600.
One would be mistaken in call
ing Dempsey'a diary a scrapbook.
Truth's.'
GOVERNMENT
COTTONCROP
FORECAST!
Department of Agri-i
culture G u e s s e s!
That Yield Will Be;
10,135,000.; Short!
Crop in South Caro
lina
. * ??
Washington. Oct.. 3.?A reduc- j
tion of 440.000 bale? during Sop-1
tembcr in prospective cotton pro
duction this year was shown in the
department; of agriculture's fore
cast, issued today, placing the erop.j
at 10,135,000 eoujvalent 500-poandi
bales. -The dt^'Xin^\ in theeondi- 1
tion of J?ne crop from August L'5
to September 2 3/Wa? seven p?iuts. j
compared with/a ten-year ay*-?- j
age deljne of 5.8 points.
ThertrPwas. a. .deciin* of.'svven
points between August 25. and
September 25. The conditio?! <>i'
the crop September 25 and the
forecast of production 'in the ri
bands of balQs) by'Mates follow s.
Virginia; condition. 63 per cc&t:
forecast. 22; North Carolina, 59 and
730: South Carol]na." 3S and 020:
Georgia. 3? and. 910: Florida. 53 and
2.1: Alabama. 5", and 843: Missis
sippi. 54 and -A&y?i" Louisiana. 53
and 4o7: Texas.. *??!>' and $..?12.
Arkansas. 37 and 967: Tennesse* i
56 and 26S: iDssouri, 70 and 82 |
Oklahoma, IS and 691: Califormi :
SO and 120:"Arizona. 80 ani 31,1
all other stages; S3 and 23.
The loss JT prospective produc
tion during the . month was heav
iest in. Texas, where a reduction
of '232,000 bales/was shown. In
Oklahoma tile reduction was 95,000
b*les, in South: Carolina 67.000. i
Georgia 38>00.,Xorth Carolina 20.
000, Tennessee 10.000 and Lou
isiana 7.0C0;
An" increase in tfie forecast. oJ
production was :-howr. for. Missis
sippi. % here the;-prospective crop
is established at 26.000 bales 7norc
than in-'-September. In Alabama,
there was . an ..increase of.17.0oo
bales, whjle in. Arkansas and Mis
souri there'whs an increase pf.C
000 baleo each. -
Ghmings. Arc Larger.
.Washington.' Oct. 3.--A larger
f?ua ht.Tty:^f^Tjffl^?had* been- grnr
ned.priqr to September s35 tffts year
Mian in any year .'excepting 1916:
since the .compilation of ginning to
tha-t date was, begun in. n>03.
The census :btireaus report today
announced 3.^3.006 bales has been
ginned to September 25. That is
942.614 bales more than ginned to
that dale Jast year, but 198,983
bales less tnah ginned to that date;
in 1916. when the crop was 11.
3G3.915 bates. Jn 19J6 the quan
tity ginn ?d JtOv.September 25 was
35.9 per cent, of the total crop.
To September 25 iast year. 2.
920.392 bales ^were ginned, includ
ing 70.263 round .bales. 2.376 bales
of American-Egyptian and 351 j
bales of ^ea; Island^
Oinnings to September 25 thi* j
year and last year by Slates fol
low:
Alabama. 323,292 this year and
230,380 last year.
Arizona .20,035. and 3.970.
Arkansas-.279*060 and 157.940. j
California 1.040 and 1.480.
Florida 12.373 and 4.287.
Georgia 373.24.8 and 392.569.
Louisiana 158.209 and 101.478. !
Mississippi-349.306 and 230.767.
Missouri 241.726 an<i 14.231.
North Carolina 149,240 and 141,
040.
Oklahoma 18S.5SO and 140.685
South. Carolina 148.786 and 213.
249.
Tennesee 53.453 und 42.31 4.
Texas 1.3-2%3U8. and 1.223.4S4. I
AH other states 1.S7? and 1,317.
THE STATE
FORESTRY
MEETING
Gov. Harret- Arranges For
Conference in Columbia j
Columbia^ Oct. 3. - Governor
Harvey has arranged for a confer- \
ence in Columbia on October 10 on
the ?U?Sti?n of lac itate's forestry/
and for this Jo* has secured the
presence ??f J. Kervia Peters, in
charge of forestry preservation ^
work for. the Cnited States govern-]
ment in the^Eastern part of the/
country: To this conference the
governor is .inviting especially about
fifty prominent ??men of the state.'
and the aim of the conference will ?
be to discuss necessary steps for
ih-' preservation of the forestry of'
Souih Carolina, which, the govern- J
or says is rapidly disappearing, be
cause of the lack of control.
The conference in Columbia will
discuss the establishment of a
state forestry department, the need
of a state forester, a lire protce-;
ti<>n system for the forests and j
methods of co-o)Kvration with the
federal government, with a view
to securing federal aid for a for
estry program in the state.
SOUTHEASTERN
RAILROADS AND
BROTHERHOODS AGREE'
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Washington. t?ct. 5.?Railroads j
of the Southeastern section of the*
Cnited States and the brotherhood j
organizations of conductors and j
trainmen signed an agreement set-;
tling differences and extending
present wages and working rcgula-j
tions until October of next year.
THE SOT
DISPUTE OVER
WAGE SCALE
AT CHICAGO
Maintenance of Way
[ Men .and Officials of
Railroads Cannot
! Agree
j Chicago, .Oct. 3.?-A proposal for
a two cents an hour increase for
! the track and common laborers of
*? the Maintenance. of Way .union,
i numbering about 300.00*0, late to
day was temporarily refused by the
[L'nited States Railroad Labor board,
j Only teyen, of the nine members
i haye taken part in the d'scussions
i which opened yesterday. . 'Albcri
I Phillips of the laborgr<Kip. ? and
j Samuel Higgins . of the railroad
! group, being absent,
i The public representative*. Ch;tir
j man Ben W. Hooper, -R. M. Barxoa;
I and G. W. W. Hanert it ?.was. au
; thoriatively reported., sponsored th-?
? rejected increase. ' It was. under
stood that their offerWas based
j upon the general change fn .rniu^
I trial conditions since last March
; when the evidence upon which toe
! last-' cut of the track and common
laborers wages.- amounting-to Jive
.cents an hour.. was presented.. TlrjS,
decrease became effective July 1,
last. . . *. ' i ?" ?*
I . Evidence offered the boar I *t
\ the recent plea for ?. an -increase
j made by E.'F. Grablev president .ef
: the -Maintenance of Way union; the
'public grouz> was understood- to
j ha ve helds was the. decreases-.in
I wages and living cohdi??ns. pie
domihated over' advances- until
June this year. Since-then,- they
held, there h:is been a slight *'?p
: ward trend. . v .
j Last Monday, -the maintenance
of way ?rgj?nization. 'r^pre3eattng,
I more than 400..000 men-, , went ..'pio
[convention, at Detroit?., ,wjtjb' its
; president reported . as " impatientSy
I waiting^ a decision on hisplea- for
an increase to explain hls<act*K>H-ot"
j July \, in holding in abftj?nce i
! strike vote . and . revising to ?ao*
: company.the shop crafts b? a w-alfer
; ouf. ' ?? ' ; . - ."
At that tiine Wi'L/ McMenimen,
I hvbor. ? member of jthe? 4?a?d. >va?;
? generally Ci;cd**ed,v with; being' t'ne
[ o>Wiator who ?ueee^sf ully'pe.rsaad: ?
t. ed /President "Grable hot :.tb-,cali!';' a
! strike. ~ *To^
? against; the proposition ..offered by
Ithe pubhc group,, holdings:'jQ?at the
increase -was not sufficient." ? '-JL,[<>..
? \> barton; it%p third member, of the
' labor group,, als'o.'was said f o htfve
j stood by Mr. McMenimen .in this
; attitude. They were- reported ' to
[ have offered a htrger' * increase,
: which .was. reiected. .'..<./
I According .to information from
i authentic sources, the two rail-,
j road - member* present, ' Horace
! Baker and J. H. .Elliott, declared
I themselves as opposed .to any in
: crease at. this time. Although" the
?deadlock was said to be only tem
poral^- and will/ad inevitably in a
decision, probably an increase, some
[ doubt wae expressed as to whether
I the labor board would', again con
jsider the maintenance of way case
I until the two absent members re
Iturn. x Both are expected by the
j middle of this month. The board
j will not hold an executive session
i tomorrow but will convene again
j Wednesday to consider other mat
jters. it was'"said It was stated as
[probable that the maintenance of
\ way convention will adjourn before
I the board- reaches a decision.
The present minimum wages for
: common laborers and trackmen un
der the recent decision of the
i board, range from 23 to 33 ceftts
Ian .hour. If the public groups*
; offer would be accepted, the . new
' rates would be 25 to 37 cents an
j hour, retroactive to July ,1, last, j
;. In his plea before the labor j
board. Mr. Orable asked for a -iS j
i cents an hour minimum, and defini-'
J tiOn of a living wage ^nd refused
|*o define, declaring that the terms
|of the transportation act were suffi
ciently clear on that subject.
Maintenance of way employees
fare divided into six classes, the
I largest of which is the common
and track laborers group. The
;'o.uestion of an increase for thi3
group, it was understood, was tak
| ??n up for - consideration first, bcr
cause it the board failed to agree
on the new rate for this class, it was
considered as useless to proceed
I with*, discussion on another.
The average rates of pay. for comT
mon and track laborers, according
to figures compiled by 85 percent.!
of the railroads of the country arc j
35 cents an hour for the East. 2t>.7
cents an hour for the Southeast and j
32.2 cents for the West. Before,
July 1. the. rates were S!J:5 East: I
30.1 Southeast and 37.4 West. How-i
ever, there are approximately 13.
000 laborers in the South and
Southeast who are working for an
average hourly wage ranging from
iT to 23 cents an hour, but these
men are working under rates
agreed to between their own rep
resentatives and agents of the car
tiers in those sections, according to
information. j
ONTARIO FOREST
FIRES CAUSE LOSS OF
LIFE AND PROPERTY
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?S?rth bay. Ont., Oct. 5.?'Forest
fire refugees arrived here today
from Haileybury. Reported that
^between fifty and one hundred per
sons were drowned when crowded.
from the dock where they werej
trying to board a rescue ship.
The king of Greece got his foot
in it and slipped.
rH?O>\ Established Jone 1. IS??.
Y?L.LIII. NO. 16
RICH BANKER
MORS DEBT
CANCELLATION
?merie?ii Bankers ?s
; ?oci?tion Hears Siig?
jjestion * That War
Loans to Europe Be
j , Wped Out
j vK^'lCoVk, Oct. 3.?An over
j wlielhtfpg. . !5 se&iment -faTori-ig
America's abandonment of herpol
. .
icy of isolation from European af
fairs; and :the substitution of a pol
icy wihjch might even involve, par
tial cancellation of the; allied wax
. debt.;" * today: > swept "through, the;
.conventioni.b^the'. American Banli
ersV-a^swatibn. -
" The V ?Ubject wa3 broached, .137
Thomasi-XT; I^miont. associate of .1/
JcS: MptganC. v/feose pica in .beJialX
of American ^Unselfishness'* turn
ed the .convention into an- uproar
as the - lO^pCf Jdelegates., represent
ing ..33.?0?. banks in the United
States, yoicejd their approval.
The movement gained raoraen*
tum, ^en. JJffl^araoht's plea wss'
e'choedliby ^Thomas B. McAflains?
.pr^ident of the bankers' - national
[' o^aniaa?ion- "?tyron T. KerrieS'i
-ITnited -jS't a t es ambassador
France/ and; other nationally kstW.zs
Qgures,', Financial leaders, who .as*
' serte^.Hhaf utrtil recently the -q?es?
ttifti' ofdebt cancellation, ? ^?s&
: brqu?%t only protests Jfcem.^arnil
3j^l large^-t^n^ers throughout the
country: expressed great surpriss
atthe. eh?hsed attitude evidenced
toajk' A' year* ago. thev pointed
out. a proposal similar .to that J&Qr
, t;ously av?nced by Mr. Lnmo?t tvjhs
turrte^<" down;by the association. .
F^rnr*t^c*i?h jou the ctuestion of
Eui'j^an^dghtg- to this government
. ojr, fbu^xil^lon of a. dettn?. e
. :?ro^am eY nfcw loans and'vtrsSd*
contracts/fe not' "expected oi iKi
- c^htc^ibn^ bpweyer.. Leaders "d^-5
claw-itp^yVare.- satisfied, with the
evidence.':tJia,t':banI-:.ers of the coup-,
tri* arc amenable to America's more
active; "r participation, in iore'lsh
i^ancl?'k ^tajii??ati?n and will de?
^eniGk^tm the^esttiy- devekipment
. 6t pabiie..opintone which will jus?ri
. l y/tbe.^ad in; makln?
overtures /tot'- foreign nations eoii-i"
corj^^ta^^T^lity of a fco*?
i'pr^re^u^edV^
v Toe'suhlet tvill be resumed tov
i norrpV^hen-" "right Hon. 1 ^egn?ijlSl"^
Mc^enu.?/ ot England; will a*t
cress^e ?bankers on ''Reparations
' and ;^t^^-t>ebt's.'*
-Ha^nir.'d?rfin<ed its att'tude on
foreign?lfalrs. the conventiogr ta?;
night >;-.pjrepstred to tackle an issta?
which* Recording to the li^ScT?.
prortiise?V to/dominate /remaining
sessioiia,;/\Thi? is the Question^
"branc^'/ljjnks,'' forcibly brot*^}
I into.the^?>yentlon by bod'es cf"ini
d?pchdN<?t$'r representing four
^.'estcru: Sfyte bankers'- organic*
fJon'3j:^^rwye brought to* a bead"
their oppp^frijon \q further increase
of s?cns?n^itutions on the ground
that th^tehd to centralize capi
tal an&^ono j?1e. power.
Andrew ^. Frame of Waukesha,
vHs.. appears in the convention as
the chah)ipicm of the antibrancit
f bank' ciement, which tonight con-,
ceded -^;haye gained considerable
strengtiusince the convention open
eel. T*e-;Pro'' element'was head
i eci by Waldo JTewcoraer.- -an East
eta baECktjr^
CONTESTOYER
" PBlMAfet
' Columbia.; Oct. 3.?A 'writ- of
certiof&iis ^geinsf the ?t?te -^Demo
cratic ?iecutive Comniittee, .for a
reviexvthe ~election-r?suit*-of- thr^
r'ecel?'t-pnljBiiry'. in conjaection^Wi?
a race tot the. legisla^jre frem
Mc\7or^jclc countj-. was - secured
from 4he- supreme court yesteraav
by J.^Kra^er Lyon, of Columbia^
acting frs counsel for the candidate
bringing'.the, contest. The contest
art is*J3U-G."; Killings\7orth. defeat
ed cauidtddte for the legislature
The box in tiuestion- is WillingJon.
TTie -sh^e committee is ordered 10
bring the record* of the balloting
in the WilHngton box -and present
tlvjHc to-t^c court, that the claim
of .Mr.^KiUingsworth might be re
viewed. ..
M^r^ilKngsvrorth ras defeated
? by three v?tes. He claims that
the "?'illington box is thrown ovK
;is he-j?sks, he will be nominated by
IS. votes.
'Sit: KU?ngs^orth brought his
coutest. beTfure the state comn>ft*
tee after the rec?mt first primary,
but it was throv,-n out. His app?a!
from this decision was to th?
state saprpn>c,couit. He contends
that every'ballot in this box had
the Hupiber coupon attached when
it was placed in the ballot hax.
vbich'was contrary to the Austral
ia r ballot rules and destroyed.-tbe
secrecy ot the ballot. Because of
this "alleged f Hegal x oting. he asked
th^.t the. entire box be thrown out.
?- ? . - ? ? ?
DRIVE AGAINST
THB PROFITEERS
New Orleans. Oct. 3.??The prop
er hospitalisation of the vete??bs
of the world war. a return to the
government of the millions of dol
lars: which " the Araericau Legion
contends were stolen dui*ing\and
after the war by "profiteers" wiH
be foremost among the issues be
fore the'National Legion conven
1 *ion here on October 16-20, Natioa
al Legion ofiicers indicate.