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{A 1-Th1e l'urritatn cult. highly plrize~f T!h sianri N01hool ch11(1-ren 1front1 fiveN plane of Normuantly, which unausy Arn NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS. Strike of 400,000 Railway Shop men Sanctioned, and Pull man Workers Included. I.ABOR 1OARD TAKES ACTION Coal Miners' Representatives and Op erators Called Into Conference by President Harding-Germany Upset by Murder of Rath enau-Fierce Battle Is Fought in Dublin. By EDWARD W. PICKARD w1Iy shall w\orke~rs wen.re enlled ouit con strike, el~eivle Sattlitlt briling:.I tiral the ardier Include lalso u II 'ull inatn shorilinenI in lte counitry. An espla Estilither of ilnainteirncfe rof wa e If ploy(ees was4 exiwted to Join In the" walikout. thou1gh :a.s their sitrll:f" vote hful1( not been"1 corrntely" ennv11asedfl It wa;s saidl their action lIIht he dlelayced a few days. The strike" wa"s set on the <bity when the rill worke-rs we"fre to undergo a eut of $i13- ll,(10. fl wages, andu when('1 thet 8- lN(MMMI~fNI fr"Iiht rate1( reduction went Ito o~fr t. It. N1. Jewell. heado (If the shopl erafts, flu i th the rail1 way} exornutiv"es the strike would be ianettoned( unlessi they agreed1 to Ig fior(" fte fedeoratl labor boardI':s wage reduction orde'r, to restore certain wo" rkinug rules w\hieh the board had ell inintated and to abolish the "farming Out" systein andoplted by some of the ra.fIlroads... Traiway managements wol o yed n th tIkede Striken of 400,000lwaimlaye' deo-| pamrent Sancioaned and Pullon - J.W.an, WoreratInludoterho Colpiers' Riereentative A anlOp. . nernatoal lldoithro d onfrence r reetiMet Hrd'in-ermainaal a Upcrtheho by MurdecrofcathWrkrs FouMatin1t iyn, Dulrinehodo Balwy EDARDe W. PAmerD Railwy mnnage erkeis wEieretconfident tha e strike~' woulde nothe geertealy leaselt flrse u tce nime. el luul n t i 'el Jited slt by makuing such' eill pisl~ions a weereels i ltetn e hle s asr has, beeni noede'~ beore ithee trai serie m ten and ispact.leces reli ot invl~.vel in hithei rent conielitro v,ecnd wei Itn co~isuld st leu'f tele stiet lby lerlstuel ng rtain rodstoenee tei .n 'fle'ts fri sho workiS e t t wascc '.leni thler f Ied ae rs un ikely that thise'. woul Natfy I, o'H lhe tolo ges, irtt'rluleere. it tr ,( in rull, tr Ifet i t (11 elor ' or 'clilariill e e gro'e t . i . r ee etll hee I e e thlill 'I' r uh't t r, in t h Ileir di Rentng x" oinli'st hi were. .owing soe ote l eed es hat haeyc geminatd tig btee rne d e l'' ino idustrial anrchy ing rI'ulsjtt thatcee"r te had's "a ied e te 'eeloees to Iistrikee ant h edrel-( in eeend elr argument to tleIhe r'aroad remloees irnlvo o .trking aginsft a eVelslo ofi yte board."'atrlo l Thref board ireietsn('led b theshprftin tolwngxntrnational ofiesadt raiwa ex-C5 eeu'tivoes( the appear beoeiflorOJ an in Pnr IzICIDINT VlllIN fhnally, han taklene personlcton o in stmt ter~V of lthe, Ioa t rikea The dmins traion lethsclti roug p h egh gversnen witr,adit wasi re addred that lkIf( peatefulro m e u to end I he) strke faledt mo~tii~rerste actieo~ woul hei tken, NIext,(' M. Hardeininv I''it Ithe representatcr iven of emnend p heatrscoleef(erenc iee eir ltho'White 3:": I tropthy jeer wilei s'hoonei-rs w%-iI rate tote' visiting the- Whiite. lIouse. 3-.1 Iricans are visiting this year. Ilouse .'aturelaty for tlt- plrpeose of (le viin;; "11nethods upon wh'lichi ne-gotint tle.ns foor the- settlentent of the coil strike' can hte initi;iheel." It was uni eie'r.st'orl It t nitlitie'e at the mueet Ing did lnot hind oittier the opert.irs oi the inlet's to ner(-pt any condlilions filuit udgh"it bw aild iilown. Thie hellet' :n Washington was tthat if the l'resi (!it fitIll to perstatile the employers and workers to get t)geth(er volun tarily, he might deternine on the ap eoiitiienth of an an arbitration commis si( n tnd 'all on both sides to abide by its det"elslin. (ticials (i' the miniers' union have realized that public sympathy Is lost t thern by such occurrences as the ho(-ing miassacre of non-union men in Willlarnsoen county, Illinois, ail not anly disown tall responsibility for acts If violence, but call on the strikers cr maintain the peace for their own nks. Many of the residents and ;(jue of the public ofliiis of the < uthern Illinois region where the out r'iges took plice seem to be in syn pfathy with the nurderous miners, and here is little prospect that the men who slaughtered the strike-breakers will be arrested and prosecuted. '%ounded survivors of the tuassacre in tie hospital at Ilerrin were carefully ua ired, for threats had been inaide hat they would not be perinitted to leave the town alive, lest they testify ri gainst the murderers. The mayor, however, guaranteed their safety. P ItESIIENT IAItDING'S statement to congress last )eceinbetr sug gesting regulating of labor unions was severely critiel-zed by the special pol icy committee of the Amnerican Federai tion of Lahor In its report to the ('In einnati convention. "It would seem," the report says, "that the prolmganda for industrial feudalistin supported by political bureaucracy has found Its way Into the White Ilouse. It Is most regrettable to note the utterances of the President of the Uited States wherein he disapprmoves of labior's re huctant but nec'essary resort to the right to strike agaInst industrial op pression." A CQUITTlAL. of Gov-ernor Small of Illinois on thle chit rge of Ccnsp ir ing to dlefraiud the state was no sur prise to t hose who bad watched the iro gr-ess of thle trial and observed I lie att Itutde of the jury. The lat ter liehd thiat th le pirosecution11 faIled to t race to the governor any3 (of the miiisiapproi iated( funds. A 5i1d 5eqiu'l was thle sudden death of thle gov'ernor-'s wife, whio sulffered'( a s1troke oif itopeicxy duri inog the' Iiimpotuit celebration) at thlelir ha'tne in IKankakee. Symnpiathy for Mr. Stal i n his hereavemient was geineral andl( genuIne, butt unforttunatiely at lot otf ghouls trl(ed to miake poiltleal cap itad out of his gr-eat loss. MENICO got (in thle front pcage lV agin becauseiti5( a buinchl of bandits iti thait hcenightIed count ry eanltutred A. iit'ue( lifehiski, formaer' chlief of tiht iburleaut (If Inve'sltitioin for' the l ie iOM) rainsom. il'inalily lie imiole his starved. Theiin ('ame0 the stor'y that ftyei Aenriieinn s connecteid withI oil was de'nlied by l'resiudenit ()heguon him-t self aiftr i-nve'st igat ion. ( )iii State (llh 'patmen'it, hiowver, was informeiad t hat thle haitiil s had r'eleased t hie fority and the'n ltil size(d X5 eimploye's oef ai iut-h-ilritishi oil companaty, inc(luding sIx Amier'ieans. S OVI E'T Itt 'SSIA'S repriesentaitives. headed by the wily l.Itvinoff, en 'ered thei coinfe'rence ait Thle lInIgue last wee'(k aind at firist atssumied ai defiunt tandi tin(ompilroisling attItude. They InsIsted t hat Ithle first thlin g to tbe dliscussced andi established must he the (''edits toi beb ntc'orded Itussia by the othier nattitins aind to eve'ry othier proiposit Ion li~tvinoft mner('ly reiled:~ "We waniut ('redits or goods; have you got any ?" Outiside the conference hall. hio sid cash was not necessary buit liussiai was anxious to buy ab~roadl and must have credits from either foreign governments or foreign comipanies. After this was settled. said he, the conference cold take up the qtuesthon of privalte property andio debts and the status of Rlussian bonds. The experts of Britain, France rand Italy wvere equally firm in opposition and finally Lltvinoff consented to submit to the is 'it' ijirblehead this suntner. 2 rial view of Deauville, watering subeoiiiission on debts the details of ltiussia's budget covering extraordinary rehelpts and expendittires so that the other powers iay iake a careful study of .ltussia's financial prospects. The subcommission then practically agreed ulion cancellatlon of the Itus shin war debts andl a moratorium on lire-war debts and interest. The financial information thus dragged from the Itussians has hitherto been kept scrupulously secret by them. Litvinoff told American corre siondents that the soviet government had issued it decree recognizing postlrevolution rights to private property of all kinds except land. The aliledl and neutral delegates said that if this decree were genuine, it was the most important move the Russians had made since the adoption of their new economic policy. G 'I'. N nationalists who had been planning great demaonstra t!,lns for last week in fa vor of restoration of the monarchy, decidedly overshot their amrk by the assass!na tion of Dr. Walter Itathenau, the min ister of foreign affairs and one of the country's wealtiilest Iitustrial mang nates. The sicialists and other groups were so aroused by the murder that drastic steps were taken which effec taIly st plpiii ol the proposed uprisings. ChIancellr Wirth and the cabinet im p..%.erd restrictions that approached uart ial law, a "state of emergency" being leliared. The monarchists, however. did not remain silent and their societies joyfully celebrated the <bi:ti of itathen:u. In Bavaria, where th.t y are especially strong, the restric tive mtetsures were ignored by popu lie and otlii:tls alike. Stormy scenes took p lace in the reichstag in Berlin, the nitinnlists being denounced as murderers. In the (erman section of Uppert Silesia alone was there any actual monarchist uprising. Govern atent trooips anl nationalists fought in severalI towi~ns, and the affair then de velolied into a pogrom, many Jews bieing robbed and1( k illed,. Htathienau was considlered one of thle abllest ministers in Europe and wa dloing his best to restore relations between fiermany aind the allied nia tions. in Fran mce his murder was re ga rded its pirobably endling any policy of ennieillt ion in settling the repara tions lirobllem. I Ii T-'FREE~ STATE forces, with the aid of Engli sh guns and adlvlce, foiughit f i-rcely with thle republic-an ir-* regularis in thle very heart of Dbalin last wveek, and ait this writing thle issue of thle battle is untdleeldedi. The repulicans held possession of the Fouir Cour it s hulling atnd also of sever-al hot els in the vicinity. Trhe Free Staters surr-ounded1 the Four Courts and attacked wvith rifle and artiileiry fitre andl homh-thirowvers, andi by Friiday the casualties were some wher-e neari one hundred. The attack ('rs wereC hiamipere'-d by their desire~ not to inilure thle handsome building and to spar the luiivatluable records it eon loins, Ectmon de Valerna in an inter view cha:,racterized the irregulars as '"the bra-:vest oif the brave in our na tion."' in ithler- Pats of Ireland thle IisrgintIs were active anad thle pro visioni~l gover-nment issued thlree mani festunis expilaining w~hy It was coam lled-i to a ct a ga ist t hemi. L ATE'iSTi advieces fr-otn Chlinn are not encotiuag ig. Gen. Chien I hiung-Ming, who dro-ve Sun Ynat Sen from C'anton, was salcd to have been assassina ted wilie at a meetinag of hiis militacry leader-s. Doct or Sun hi maself, whlo apparently is again free, Is pilanm ninig to r-etiake Canton as sooni as his troops arrtive from the north and to re-('stabtllish his regime there, The leaders in thle P'eklng government tire in favor of e-sta:blishting the "United States oif China." D ISAFFECT1ED Republicans of North Dakota, in comitnilation with the Nonptirtjsan league, dle'eniteil senator Porter J." McCumber for re tioinaiition, naming in his st eadI Lynn J. Frazler, former governor who wvas recalled. McCumber has beeni in thi senate 23 years, chairman or the finmance committee, andl secoand in rank on the foreign relations commIttee His defeat is another blow to the0 "old gtuard.," Wisconsin Democrats followed the lend of those in Minnesota by se lecting a woman for the senate. She Is Mrs. Ben 0- Hoonar of Otbh. COTTON CAMPAIGN TO BE REOPENED THE CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION HOPES TO SIGN UP MORE B3ALEAGE. DURING JULY AND AUGUST South Carolina Now Has the Second Largest Sign-up of Any State In the Belt. Columbia. With approximately 440,000 bales of cotton already signed up, a vigorous campaign to sign up 100,000 additional bales will shortly be launched by the South Carolina Cotton Growers' Co operative association, officials an nounced. The campaign will be con ducted during the months of July and August and every effort will be made to secure the signatures of several thousand more farmers to the con tract. The report of the auditing commit tee of the association shows that up to May 15 a total of 433,524 bales had been signed. Since that date approx imately 7,000 bales have been signed. The number of bales signed by the counties up to May 15 follows: Ab beville, 6,139; Aiken, 9,046; Allendale, 1,955; Anderson, 18,619; Bamberg, .4,570; Barnwell, 4,017; Calhoun, 24, 136; Cherokee, 14; Chester, 9,242; Chesterfield, 10,901; Clarendon, 8,212; Colleton, 1,049; Darlington, 26,363; Dillon, 17,243; Dorchester, 7,746; Edgefield, 4,955; Fairfield, 7.592; Flor ence, 9,588; Greenville, 12.719; Green wood, 10,416; Hampton ,240; Horry, 25; Kershaw, 10,523; Lancaster, 6,977; Laurens, 17.446; Lee, 1S,9S3; Lexing ton, 5,S91; McCormick, 4,297; Marion, 7,010; Marlboro, 36.890; Newberry, 9.070: Oconee, 4.560; Orangeburg, 37,960; Pickens, 6.070; Richland, 12, 194; Saluda, 2,404; Spartanburg, 14, 197; Sumter, 25.586; Union, 3.077; Williamsburg, 3,347; York, 11,620; State Farm, 575. South Carolina now has the second largest sign-up of any state in the belt. The sign-up of an additional 150,000 bales would make this asso ciation the largest in the belt, H. C. Booker, secretary of the association, said. Plans for handling the 1922 crop are being perfected now, Mr. Booker said. The board of directors is weighing carefully each step taken realizing the importance of the board's duties. In announcing the campaign to sign up more cotton, it was said that quite a number of farmers over the state had indicated a desire to join the as sociation now that the directors had been named and that the board had decided to give them this opportunity. Pardon Petitions Not Interesting. Governor Harvey has apparently inaugurated a close season for par dIons, paroles and commutations, the chief executive having been governor for over a month and not having granted a single pardon, parole or commutation of sentence. It has not been because of a lack of petitions for executive clemency that no par dons have been issued as every day a petition or several of them conme to the executive offices. The governor stands firm for law enforcement and says he can not get around the belief that the verdicts of juries should not he set aside because somebody presents a petition. The chief magistrate (lees not hesitate to turn the petitions down and nearly ev ery day somebody goes away from the office a sadder, but a wviser man. Governor Harvey has been visited by numerous delegations and on every band he has come out without a scratch while many of those who have come to Columbia have probably re gretted their trip. Some of the petI tions are flimsy, while others are sup posed to contain a ljttle merit. May SIgn Free Grass Act, Governor Harvey has expressed a desire to sign the bill passed by the last session of the general assembly e3xemnpting certain port ions; of flerke )cy county from the general sta ;ewidie stock law, andl wouldl affix his signa turze to the measure except for the fact hat he is afraid if he does sign the h'ill the Peo~le of Blerkeleyv will comm. tinue to want an (exemmpfion and bring the fight to the legislatut rc againi. The governor- is in hetarity sympa thy with the stock law, but at the same time he realize'; that many, peo 1)1e ini Berkeley coun ty are hia rdl-rqs edl and that an exem ption from now until January, 1923, would mean much to the county. The chief executive may sign the act if the pe-ople will not continue to ask exemptions after the end of the present year, lie indi cated. Railroad Found to be All Right, 'rho South Carolina railroead comn mission found the Isle of Palms rail road in the best condition it has been In five years when an inspection of the roadl was made, Chairman Frank Shealy said upon his return to the city. A complete inspection of the en tire physical assets of the railway was made and the general condition was found to be absolutely safo, Chairman Shealy said. Hundreds of new piles have been placed in the tres !les within the past six -manth. Efforts to Stop Delay by Appeals. Efforts to bring about changes in procedure in criminal cases so as to prevent so much delay and to get more inte'lligenit and llwer ignorant men on the jurics. featured the annual con ference of solicitors here, the solici tors beinl:: practically in accord that too many appeals are inade to delay the sentences of the court. At the same time the general opinion was that the right of appeal should not be denied in any case, hut the abuse of this right should be stopped by the courts. Following addresses and sugges tions two committees were appointed by Attorney General Wolfe to frame recommendations along the line as suggested by the solicitors to bring about some changes in the matter of criminal procedure, especially in the matter of appeals, and to see what could be done to strengthen the juries by requiring service of more of the better class of men. Solicitor A. J.I Hydrick of the First circuit, Solicitor IL. M. Gasque of the Twelfth circuit and Solicitor Gunter of the Second cir cult were appointed on the committee to make recommendations in regard to the changes to be suggested in the procedure for criminal cases. Soli citor I. C. Blackwood of the Seventh circuit. Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh of the Fourteenth circuit and Solicitor Thomas P. Stoney of the Ninth cir cuit were appointed on the committee to look into the matter of jury service. Recommendations made by the con mittees will be presented to the legis lature next year. In opening the conference, which followed a dinner at the Jefferson, Attorney General Wolfe spoke of the crime record in South Carolina for the past three years, pointing to the fact that In 1920 the records show that 247 people were slain and in 1921 a total of 248. in classifying the crime element Mr. Wolfe said that he had yet to see a college train ed man on trial for murder or lar ceny. Mr. Wolfe said that there must by some change that can be made to remedy the defects in the law so as to stop the crime wave and he told the solicitors it was up to them to use their efforts to this end. The attorney general emphasized the rights of de fendants must be respected, but that the abuse of these rights ought to be stopped. "We must show the pee ple that justice will be meted out by the courts and we will have no mob violence," Mr. Wolfe declared, adding that where justice was not given, mob violence was encouraged. Mr. Wolfe complimented Solicitor Spigner for the handling of the Arnette case and declared that the manner in which this case was handled created a whole some respect for the law and for the courts. Collect Gasoline Tax. A total of $72,27S.62 was collected from the basoline tax in May, accord ing to figures announced by the tax commissilon. This total with the col lections for March and April brings the grand total to date to $214,000, in round numbers. In March the tax collected was $68,000, approximately, and in April approximately $74,000. Under the, terms of the act, one-half of the amount goes to the general fund of the state and the other half to the counties to he used exclusively for road building purposes. This part to the county is to be distributed quarter ly andl in the same ratio to the total amount dlistributed as the amount of the assessed value of prop'erty In the county bears to the total amount of the assessed value of the property in the entire state. The figures announced by the tax commission are exclusive of a nm her of delinqutents. The commission has been patient with dealers wsho have failed to pay the tax promptly, hut the patience is fast becoming exhatstedl andl a "hard biolled" policy may have to he resorted to to get the pr-oper obedience to the law. Co-operative Plan Leases Quarters. The second and third floors of the 01(1 MasonIc temple, 1425 Main street, have been leased by the South Caro lina Cotton Growers' Co-operative as sociation andI the headqtuarters of that organization wvill he located there, ac cordling to annotuncement made re cently. The association expects to Occupy the buiildling wi thin the next twvo or three weeks. The administrative offIces and sam ple rooms of the association will be located in this building as will the of fices of the disbursing depart ment, the ret-iving p~ools~ department, ahe con centration depa rtment, the offices of the sale's managers, etc. The buildinug is located in the heart of the business dlistrict (if the city and off'icials; of the association are grantifiedl that they wvere able to lease It. Completion of the personnel of the organization which will handle a very large Percentage of the state's cotton crop this year is being ptushedl as rap Idly as possible by the board of diree tors, it was sitatedl, and the associa lion expects to have everything in readiness to handle the crop of Its iiombers by the time the first bale is reatdy for dlelivery to the assocIatIon, To Fill VacancIes. Washington (Speclal)-Second-class postmaster examinations were called ror July 18 to fill vacancies about to ccur at Beaufort, Orangeburg and Winnsboro. The salaries carried w;ith these offices are $2,400 for Bleaufort indl Winnsboro and $3,000 for Orange burg. Thlsd-class postmaster exa~minations were called for July 15 to fill vacan aIes about to occur at Blacksburg, Brunson, Chesterfield, E~astover, Tonesvfie, Liberty, Ridge Springs iind 30WROI SOUG' RELIEF 40 YEA fanlac Restores Los Angeles Man to Splendid Health After Every. thing Else Had Failed. "Tanlac has done me more good han all other medicines and treat nents combined, and that's saying M. treat deal, for I was a sufferer frorn ndigestion forty years and have tried ;very kind of medicine that came my way," said R. II. Bowron, 1035 17th St., Los Angeles, Cal. "I could hardly stand the bad e [ frequently had with my stoma was weak and nervous, had no tite, and I felt miserable ger Nothing I took gave me mot temporary relief and I ga.. grew worse. "About two years ago Tanlac put me in splendid condition and it has been my standby ever since. 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