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* THE SUMTER WATCHMAN", Estj CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 Government Report on Crop Conditions Did Not Include Abandoned Acre age or Boll Weevil Damage Washington, Aug. 10.?Estimates of cotton acreage abandoned up to July, and extent of.. boll weevil damage, to July 25 were not in cluded in the August 1 cotton crop statement* of the department of agriculture according to a letter received today by Senator Harris, ? Democrat of Georgia from Leon M_ Estabrook, chief of the crop reporting division of the depart ment "The percentage of dam * age from boil weevil indicated by . these .{county) reports was not de ducted from the regular report of 70.8 per cent of normal" said Mr. Estabrook, "because in arriving at ; that estimate the factors likely to ^affect the yield per acre, including boll weevil, were fully considered by the field statisticians and crop reporters." Senator Harris' inquiry was prompted, he said, by many re quests as to whether the boll wee vil and abandoned acreage factors ^re subtracted in considering the August 1 government report. "Many cotton growers" said Sen ator Harris "contend that failure to- make a clear? distinction in the reports- has operated to depress the price of CQtton.and fails to give an accurate prospect' of a greater cotton shortage than now anticipated." Mr. Estabrook- informed Senator ^Harris that county agents in 295 out of 846 counties reported an average acreage abandonment of 7.1 per cent. The senate late today passed a bill by Senator Harris providing \for publication by the department of commerce of statistics regarding the world's supply of cotton on hand July 31. : "^This 7.1 per cent was not de ducted and conld. not properly_ be deducted from the^3lT852,W0 acres reported 'to be in cultivation June 25," said the crop reporting chief, "because it is presumed that the abandonment occurred prior to that date and that any abandonment that may have occurred between June 25. the date of the depart ment's estimate -Of acreage, and July 1.. the date of the county agents* estimate, was negligible. "If we assume that 7-1 per cent of the planted acreage was aban doned before June 25, and if the acreage remaining in cultivation on that date was correctly estimated at 34,852,000 the total planted acreag ewould be 37.516.000, the abandoned acreage would be 2,663. 000 and the remainder would rep resent the acreage in cultivation as estimated by the department." Regarding boll weevil damage, Mr. Estabrook added: "The supplementary report also shows that the county agents esti mated that 80.2 per cent of the total cotton acreage was infested with the boll weevil. " As to dam age to the crop from boll weevil up to July 25 the returns were so incomplete as to make a satisfac tory estimate for the United States impracticable. However, state commissioners of agriculture re j>orted the damage as ranging from 1.4 per cent, in North Caro lina to 60 per cent, in Georgia; county agents report the damage as nothing in Virginia and Mis souri to 32.4 per cent, in Geor gia: cotton reporters, as nothing in Virginia and Missouri to 48 per cent in Florida and field statisti cians, report a maximum damage of 28 per cent in Georgia and "Louisiana. SMITH DEMANDS INVESTIGATION Washington. Aug. 10.?Investiga tion of charges that "undue meth ods or practices are being em ployed by the trade in restraining the natural operations of the law of supply and demand" and de pressing cotton prices was propos ed in a resolution introduced to day by Senator Smith (Democrat) of South Carolina. The resolution was referred to the agriculture committee. Senator Smith's resolution recit ed that the cotton carried ovei was less than normal and that re ports on the growing crop indi cated a yield below the world de mand. It also stated that the boll weeVil damage was "more extensiv? and severe 'ihan ever before in his tory _ _ .. making the yield en tirely problematical." 'The price of cotton in the mar kets has failed utterly to respond to these conditions," said Senator Smith's resolution. Senator Smith made public a letter from J. S. Wanamaker president of the American Cotter association. reporting that New York and English cotton specula tors were working together to beat dotfn the market. "Since the government's crop re import was issued?one of the most bullish reports ever ktiown?the market has gone down every day,' si; id Mr.'Wannamaker in his let ibHshed April, 1850. 1881. _ Mil strike [ is growing i more serious I 1 - Train Men Refuse to Move Trains Where Troops Are onl Guar d?Renewed Outbreaks of Vio lence ? ________ i Chicago, Aug. 11. ? Serious ! threats to traffic by the refusal of j trainmen to move trains where j troops are on guard, renewed out- i breaks of violence resulting in sev- s eral deaths and the possibility of! walkouts by maintenance of way j men on various roads marked the 1 progress of the strike of snop! j crafts employes, as the railroad j j heads and union leaders gathered i j for conferences today to consider! j separately President Hardmg's! j proposal for ending the .strike, j j Santa Fe switchmen joined the ! trainmen in protests against work- ! ing under guards and the situation j on the Santa Fe at Needles, Bar- ? j stow and other California points j was further aggravated when the : entire ' yard force at Fresno left j their posts, notifying the company j j that they would refuse to return ' j until the guards are removed. Two 'non-union New York Cen-! I tral employes at Cleveland were i I killed, two Rock Island negro shop J employes were hurt, but probably j ! not fatallv wdunded ! ?? Two Homicides in Barnwell County j Alfred Hill Killed by Joe Wood I ?Boy Shoots Stepfather j i Bamwell, Aug. 11.?Alfred Hill, j white farmer, who lived seven or j i eight miles from Barnwell, was J j shot and instantly killed late this j afternoon by Joe "Wood, . another j j white farmer. The two men met j j in the road near Patterson's old j mill and according to Wood and * Monroe Harley, young white men, a quarrel ensued. It is claimed that Hill fired the first shot, which j did not take effect. Wood then fired twice, both , bullets taking ef jfect, one in the eye and the other ! in the chest Wood is being brought to the j Barnwell jail tonight by Sheriff Sanders and an inquest will be held tomorrow morning. The cause of the trouble is not known, but it is presumed here! that warrants sworn out by Hill a! few days ago for Monroe Harley j and two of the sons of Wood in! connection with tne operation of a J distillery led to the shooting. Both Hill and Wood are middle j aged men and Hill had lost one j arm in a ginnery some years ago. j D. M. Minis Killed hj Moise Hair, j Wilhston. Aug. 11.?About 6:30 j o'clock this morning one mile eastj of Elko, which is three miles from; Williston, Moise Hair, Jr.. shot and instantly killed his stepfather. D. i M- Mims. The only eyewitnesses were Quincy Hair, 15-year-old brother of Moise Hair, and Jesse Hair, a distant relative. From the testimony introduced at the coroner's inquest at Elko this morning, it seems that Mims and young Hair became involved in an argument and Hair says that Mims made at him with a knife and was cursing him at the same time. Hair says he ran out of the house and that Minis pursued him with the knife in his hand. Hair fired once and continued running [ and was followed by Mim3. He then I fired twice and Mims fell. All three bullets took effect, one j piercing the heart. One entered the Istomach'and the other struck the right arm. ,. ? , ? m ?? Kills Young Negro Criminal Assault Attempted in Bethune ! Bethune. Aug. 10.?George D. ] Kelly, salesman at the Lynchburg I Pharmacy here, shot and killed i Leslie Blackman. a negro boy, yes j terday afternoon about 4 o'clock. ! The boy was employed as a por i ter about the drug store and was sent to a residence on an errand in the afternoon, and while there 'attempted to criminally assault an J I] months old girl baby. When Mr. Kelly's attention was i called to the crime, he took the j negro to the room and there fired j a bullet into the boy's body. Sheriff Welch and Coroner Dix \ on were notified and arrived here i about S o'clock last night. At the [inquest which was then h*id the (jury rendered a verdict in accord ance with the above facts. t^r, "and it is the general talk of j the trade that a powerful combine I h:i^ been formed for the purpose of i beating cotton prices down, it bHng j stated thnt this combine is com ; posed of some of thp biggest fihan | cial interests in New York?-some i of the biggest speculators there, f mid some of tbe biggest speculators In England? mi?l that they boast that they will l>e;it the price of <-ot ! ton down to 15 cents. Through some of the most reliable sources ' I am given this information." "Be Just and Fear RAILWAY EXECUTIVES DRAFT REPLY ; Agree to Accept Pres ident H a r d i n g' s Second Strike Pro posal Conditionally 1 New York, Aug. 11 (By the As sociated Press). ? The executive heads of 148 American railways tonight conditionally accepted. President Harding's second proposal for settlement of the nationwide rail strike. This unofficial announcement was made shortly after 7 o'clock following a prolonged conference at the Grand Central terminal sur rounded by the greatest secrecy. Officially, it was merely stated that a committee representing vir tually all the railroads in the coun try would wait on President Hard ing* at the White House tomor row afternoon with a reply to his program drafted by a committee appointed by the Association of Railway executives and approved by the body as a whole. The conditions which went into the acceptance, according to un official sources, were: First: That the president's re quest that the strikers be taken back should be interpreted that as many strikers should be rehired as should be needed by the roads to bring their shop force3 to normal. Second: That such strikers should be taken back unconditionally and that the railroad labor board later should determine whether they were to regain their seniority priv ileges. . President Harding had suggested that all strikers be given back their old jobs and that' the question of seniority be left to the railroad la bor board to be threshed out later. Although a formal statement to the press issued after the meeting by T. DeWitt Cuyler, chairman of the Association of Railway Execu tives, set forth that "the action of the railway executives carf not be made public until it has been sub mitted to the president," said Rob ert S. Binkherd, assistant to Mr. Cuyler declined to state what had transpired a| today's session. This statement nevertheless was obtain'^ ed from Mr- Binkherd. "The reply to President Harding was not looked upon by* the execu tives as a compromise on the ques tion of seniority. It is however, a reply which we trust will be re ceived by both the president and ] the country. "Legally, we believe our stand will be beyond reproach. It is ! neither antagonistic to the presi dent's proposal nor to the stand an ! nounced in the executive's reply of I August 1 to the first proposal sub j mitted by Mr. Harding, in which ! they expressed a determination to stand by their pledges to loyal em ployees and to new men who had been hired to take the places of" strikers." President Harding.'s first proposal was three horned. The first two conditions?that the wage decisions of the railroad board j must be recognized by both side6 I and that lawsuits arising from the j strike must be dismissed for set j tlement by the board?were acoept j ed by the executives. The third?that strikers be rein stated with their seniority privi I leges unimpaired?was flatly re j jected. on the ground that pledges j ha8 been made to loyal employes jand forces recruited since the strike, j A preliminary conference attend ? ed by representatives of Eastern I lines ushered in today's major as ! semblage. Although no formal an j nouncement was made concerning j matters discussed at the peliminary ! session it was generally understood that the Eastern executives formu lated the fight to the finish policy on seniority which they later in troduced at the general meeting. After all the executives had gone into session behind closed doors, a I flurry* was caused by the sudden j appearance in* the ante-room of j Haley Fiske. president of the Met j ropolitan Life Insurance Company, j a heavy holder of rail 'securities. The report,. rapidly spread that he had arrived with an important I message from financial interests, j After his presence had been an } nounced at the conference he re I mained in the ante-room, where he [was joined by Mr. Cuyler. it later j was announced" that his name had j not been mentioned in the confer j ence and from Mr. Fiske's office j came denial that his presence out ' side the conference chamber had any connection with the rail strike. Lieut. Governor Works as Guard Acting Chief Executive of Ne braska Takes Job as Strike Guard Lincoln. Xeh.. August 1-?Lieut. Governor Barrows, for the past iveek acting chief executive, is mIsc working as a five dollar a day strike guard for the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy railroad. He says the lieufenant-governorship has honor, but no remuneration, fie took this work when he and his wife found she had thre.- dollars and forty c?mls in tli**- bank, and he on** dollar and sixty cents in his pocket' with uoL another cent in sight. Sot?het all the ends Thou Aiins't a Sumter, S. C, Wejnes RAILROAD I ? PARALYSIS I THREATENED; i ? * ? - Strike of Shopcraft Employes Assumed! Mor? Serious As j pect To-day By the Associated Press I Chicago. Aug. 12.?The strike of! rail shop crafts employees had as-j sumed a still more threatening as- j pect today as the walkout entered.; the seventh week. Complete p?- ; ralysrs of railroad transportation in j various sections, particularly in the i far west, northwest and southwest, is threatened, as the big four brotherhood men abandoned work or called meetings to consider quit ting in protect against the presence . of armed guards on railroad prop- j erties. or against handling alleged- j ly defective equipment. The train men's walkout started when crews tied up trans-continental Santa Fe j trains in the California and Ari- j jzona deserts and freight on "the j ; Elgin. Joliet and Eastern and grad- j j ually has taken on importance d?r- j ; ing the last twenty-four hours j -~~ ; Goal Strike Near Settlement! , . - j President Lewis of Mine. j Werkers' Union Preii&s! I Early End of Walkout ! Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 13 (By the ; Associated Press).?President' Jdfm j L.. Lewis of the United Mine Wbr>- j I ers, declared here tonight that "I'm- j j portant de\-elopments" occurred to- j j day in the anthracite coal strike. I j and predicted a conference would j j be held with operators "in d few j ! days" to reopen wage negotiations. J i Mr. Lewis refused to elaborate I his statement as to "important de- 1 i velopments" but it was learned j that he had been in long distahCe ! communication today with ?n-! j th'racite operators in Philadelphia, j j "Important developments with i J respect to the anthracite strike" j ] said Mr. Lewis," were taking place i today, and I feel that a joint con- ! ] ference of the operators and TJnit j ed Mine Workers will be arranged,' I and actually take place in a' few j i days." I Part settlement of the soft coal j strike within 48 hours was said by 'Mr. Lewis to be probable, and' W j A. Haskins, secretary of the Xorth i em Ohio Operators' association, j concurred in this opinion, predict : ing that some mines would resume ' production Wednesday, i Xo progress, however, had been I made toward settling the one dis I puted point ot- compulsory arbitra ' tion between Mr. Lewis and Michael i Gallagher, heading the operators, i the two men having been empow I ered to agree on a report to be i presented tomorrow to the joint j subscale committee of miners and I operators. Mr. Gallagher's po j sition favoring compulsory arbitra ! tion for future settlements in the j soft coal industry was understood, f as also Mr. Lewis' opposite posi j tion. A final conference between j the two had been arranged for.to i morrow, preliminary to the meeting of the joint subscale committee. "I am optimistic that it may be l possible." declared Mr. Lewis, "to ; reach an agreement in the next 48 ? hours. I am hopeful that the con I ference tomorrow will develop j something definite along this line. - Developments of the last 12 hours j have been gratifying and portend I an end to the strike that is now entering its 20th week." The nature of the developments -in the soft coal situation were with held by Mr. Lewis, but his confer ?ence that had been scheduled to day -with Mr. Gallagher was post poned until tomorrow. COTTON MARKETING ASSOCIATION i New Campaign For Members To Be Put On j The South Carolina Cotton Grow , ers' Cooperative Association plans i to put on a campaign for the re mainder of this month to secure j additional signatures to the cot ! ton inarketing contract. At a re ' cent meeting of the Executive ' Committee of the Sumter County j Branch of rh*? Association Mr. E. C. Brown of Oswego was placed in ; charge of the campaign in this ' county. He is a member of the j county executive committee of the j association. Campaign headquar ters will be at the Chamber of ! Commerce. Persons desiring con tracts can secure them there or 1 from Mr. Brown. The association has secured am i pie lines of credit to make the ad vances to growers on delivery of their cotton. Arrangements are bc j inv made for storage and handling. ! It is expected that everything will i he itj readiness to receive the first j cotton ihnt is tinned. Dayton. Aug. I 1.- Lieut. Mo i riarity ami a man named Stone breaker were burned to d?-ath to day, when an airplane they were living in caught fire over Wright Field, near here. t be thy Country's, Tl*y God's and day, August 16, 1922 BROTHERHOODS VIOLATED AGREEMENT . Railroad Officials Charges Big Four With Deliberate Conspiracy and In humanity g Chicago, Aug. 13.?The action of ?faiembers of "Big Four" brother hoods in abandoning through pas senger trains at Needles. Ariz,, Barstow, Calif,, and Seligman. Ariz-, was denounced tonight as a deliberate conspiracy, a violation of their agreements with the rail roads and an inhuman act by A. G. Welis. vice president of the Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe. "None of the reasons given for lawless acts is valid," Mr. Wells declared. "The Santa Fe has asked no man to take out unsafe equip ment. It has no unsafe equipment and has been and is literally meet ing^all requirements of the safety appliance act. Inspectors of the bureau of safety, interstate com merce commission, have made many examinations recently of the Santa Fe power and have given the company a clean bill of health. "The sympathetic strikers' have given no specifications as to unsafe equipment or. other unsafe condi tions in the environment where the strike took place. For justification of their lawless and inhuman con duct at Needles and other desert places they are driven to refer to some bomb throwing a few days ago at San Bernardino, 250 miles away from Needles, where the trouble has not been of a sort to induce train service men to refuse to perform their accustomed du ! ties, and which incidentally occur \ red subsequently to the calling of the strike at Needles, j "After abandoning trains filled with people including aged, infirm, I women and children in the desert j with the mercury at 120 in the i shade, the strike committee of the I "Big Four" in session at Needles I received a committe of five, repre jsenting the marooned passengers j who asked them to man the trains ' to_ help the sufferers. They were j told that "not a damned wheel j would turn until the Santa Fe j railroad removed the guards about ! its yards. I "In addition to the indefensible j treatment of the passengers, nearly j 30V carloads of perishable products ! belonging to farmers are standing* I at Needles and other points and are ; fast deteriorating. ? Pueblo. Kan.. Aug. 13,?Missouri j Pacific railroad locomotive firemen j working between Pueblo and Hor j ace. Kan., went on strike at 2 ! o'clock this morning because, they ! allege, the equipment was not in ! safe condition. Twenty-five men j are affected. As a result all Mis ? souri Pacific traffic on this division I is tied up. Los Angeles, Aug. 13.?Members j of the Big Four brotherhoods em j ployed by the Santa Fe railway at j Winslow, Ariz., and Albuqueque. N. j M.. went on strike tonight, accord j ing to an announcement by L L. Hibbard, general manager of the j company's coast lines. j Las Vegas, Aug. 13.?In accord ance with an agreement to move I marooned passengers out of the ; blistering heat of the desert, four ! trains left here last night iced, j watered and inspected by strikers, i The train? are the Los Angeles lim i ited. Continental limited and Over I land Express, west bound, and the j Overland Express, east bound. [ All four trains proceeded slowly j for the first mile out of Las Vegas, with striking rail men riding on all cars to frustrate any possible at* tempts haul non-union employees j out of town, the train crews refus j ing according to the strike com ! mittee. to handle trains carrying J such passengers. Meanwr^.e approximately 150 I non-union employees and guards j were marooned in the famous "bull s pen" built during the 1911 strike. ^Strikers are picketing the town to i prevent the delivery of food to I these men. Foodstuffs which the ! Overland Express last night brought in for the non-unionists remained outside the yards, the truck men refusing to handle the shipment. Governor Emmittt D. Boyle ar rived here last night on the Over land Express after having been ma rooned at Millford, Utah, and Cal iente. New He said he would confer with J. H. Fulmer. United States marshal, who is here representing the fed eral government. Ton Persons Killed. Annandale. Minn.. Aug. IS.?Ten persons dead and more than two score injured was the toll tonight of ;t wreck on the Minneapolis. St. Paul .V Sault Ste. Marie railway here late yesterday when a west bound passenger train crashed into n truck and then plowed into a freight train standing on a side t rack. Funny things happen. One day last week a millionaire's son was out of trouble.-.* Ii is hard to love thy neighbor when he loves thy lawn mower. Truth's." RAIL OUTRAGES! GROWING WIDESPREAD! Passenger T r a i n! Bombed in New Jersey ? Round House Burned in Maina North. Bergen. X. J.. Aug. 13.?' Three bombs hurled at the Wee-I hawken local of the West Shore' railroad, as it crossed a culvert j near Granton junction tonight,! shattered the windows of three poaches and injured ten persons.! five seriously, officials of the road i reported. The train, filled with j passengers returning home after j the week-end holidays, was travel-' ing a slow rate of speed as the ex-! plosions came. It was rumbling; across the bridge when the entire ? train was shaken by the three ex- \ plosions. The passengers were thrown into a panic as they were , showered by flying glass. Ambu- i lance and police reserves were j rushed to the scene from here. The police learned that shortly! before the Weehaken local was due' at Granton, an automobile, said to' have carried three men. wa3 seen! standing by the side of the railroad' ?right of way. A wrecking crew sent to the j scene helped the ? damaged train I into Weehawken. where the more I seriously injured were given first j aid. The West Shore is a subsi-1 diary of the New York Central j railroad. Hound House Burned. Portland, Maine, Aug. 13.?Fif-j teen locomotives of the Maine Cen tral. Boston & Maine and ^Port land company^ and round house were destroyed in a fire here to day. The damage is estimated at $1,000.00*0. The police said they suspect incendiarism. Just before the fire was discovered by deputy sheriffs on guard two explosions were heard. Fire Fpon Officers. San Bernardino, Cal.. Aug. 13.? Disorders in connection with the railroad labor situation here broke out last : hfght.7 several guards and deputy marshals being fired upon by unidentified men at the Santa Fe railroad yards. Subsequently many shots were exchanged. Pre vious to the shooting three torpe does placed on a street car track near the Santa Fe station exploded. "If the question of martial law is put up to me I certainly will recommend it," O. S. Green, chief deputy United States marshal, told a delegation of union men. "This shooting on my men requires drastic recommendations." Want Troops Moved. Joliet, 111., ^Aug. 13 (By the As sociated Press),;?Efforts to end the tie-up on Joliet-& Eastern railroad, Chicago's urban belt line, failed to day when representatives of the Big Four brotherhoods rejected a proposal that they return to work upon the remo\-al of state troops from before the gate of the yards. They demanded that the soldiers who have been on duty since last Monday's fatal outbreak of rioting be entirely removed from the vi cinity of the yards. Strikes at Winslow. Los Angeles. Calif., Aug. IS.? Members of the "Big Four" broth erhoods, employed by the Santa Fe railway at Winslow. Ariz., went out at 8 o'clock tonight, according to information received here by I. L. Hibbard. general manager of the company's coast lines. Chicago^ Aug. 14.?New develop ments in the railroad transporta tion strike situation, including the abandonment of trains in the far west, bombing of passenger train, loaded with excursionists, at Gran ton Junction. New Jersey, dynamit ing of Frisco railroad bridge at Ashgrove. Missouri, destruction by fire at Wichita Fall3 and southwes tern railway shops at Wichita Falls, Texas, marked the early hours of the seventh week, while railroad heads and strike leaders were deadlocked over the presi dent's proposals for peace. Tue walkout of Santa Fe crews, who left trains stranded in the deserts of California. Arizona and Ner* Mexico, spread rapidly over the Southern Pacific and other western lines. The suffering is great among marooned passengers, es pecially women, children and aged it is stated that *.he federal au thorities have begun an investiga tion. -? It is reported, unofficially, that the Richland county board of com missioners is to meet in special ses sion Monday afternoon to consider the Waterec river bridge matter. It is also stated that the impres sion prevails in Columbia that a way will be found to provide the ten thousand dollars heretofore pledged by the Columbia Chamber of Commerce as Richland county's share of the cost of the swamp causeway. -<m ? ? "In the Good Old Summer Time" was written in winter. The razorbaek hog is reported dwindling; but th^y may be grow ing safety razorbacks. THE TRUE SOU7] FLEXIBLE TARIFF PLAN APPROVED Senate Places Great Power in Hands of President Washington, Aug. 11.?A flexible tariff plan proposing authority for the president to increase or de crease the tariff rates in the pend ing bill until Jtily 1, 1924, was approved tonight by the senate. The vote was 36 to 20, with three Republicans opposing and two Democrats supporting. Just before approving the plan the senate adopted, 34 to 19, an amendment by Senator Bursum (Republican) of New Mexico which would pro\*ide that after July 1, 1924, no duties could be changed except by authority of congress. Eighteen Republicans and all the Democrats supported this amendment. The plan as final ly approved is a sharp modification of that originally proposed. The president is prohibited from using American valuation except in the lease of dyes and certain coal tar I chemicals covered in two para I graphs of the bill and is required i to base changes in rates on the ; differences in the "cost of produc tion" at home and abroad instead jof on difference in "conditions of '? competition." j Also the president could not j change duties from specific to ad j valorem or from ad" valorem to i specific, nor transfer articles from ! the dutiable list to the free list or from the free list to the dutiable list, nor could he raise any rate beyond any nfaximums specifically j fixed in the bill. Alterations in [rates, which would be limited to j 50 per cent, of the figures fixed in t the bill, would become effective j within 60 days after the issuing of ? a proclamation providing for such I changes, but a proclamation could {not be issued*until there had been ! investigation and a report of find ! ings as to facts by the tariff com f mission. j Under an amendment by Senator j Reed (Democrat) of Missouri, the j commission before making its rec j ommendations to the * president !would be required to hold public; i hearing and give public notice in ' advance of such hearings. ! In ascertaining the differences in I costs of production the president as I far as he found it practicable would j be required to take into considera tion: "The differences in conditions in I production including wages, cbsts I of material and otlier items in costs. j of production of such or similar merchandise in the United States j and in competing foreign coun j tries. "The . differences in the whole 'sale selling price of domestic and ! foreign merchandise in the prin ! cipal markets of the United States. "Any advantages granted to a foreign producer by a foreign gov iernment or by a person, partner 5 ship, corporation or association in ja foreign country." j The original provision that in I considering prices as factors the ; president should allow for only j "reasonable" profits was eliminat ; ed. I With the flexible tariff fight out ! of the way, the senate approved j provisions dealing with unfair i methods of competition and un j fair acts in importation of mer | chandise into the United States. It jthen rejected the soj:alled scien ! tific tariff amendments proposed by j Senators Frelinghuysen (Republi J can) of New Jersey and Jone3 j (Democrat) of New Mexico 34 to IS. Senator Frelinghuysen sought to I have the salaries of members of the i tariff commission increased from j $7.000 to S10.000 a year, but his ; amendment was rejected with a I great chorus of "noes." With a I similar chorus the senate rejected I another amendment proposing to j appropriate $1.000.000 for the com j mission to conduct tariff investiga j tions. j President Harding also took a hand in the fight today, outlining , his views to several senators who . were summoned to the White House jand later in a letter to Chairman McCumber of the finance commit '' t?e, which was read to the senate. I In the all day debate the flexible j plan was assailed by Democratic ;' leaders as surrender of the func i tions of congress and a dangerous , precedent, and was defended by ! majority senators as necessary to" j take care of American industry^dur ing the constantly shifting condi tions in the world. Senator Underwood. Alabama, the Democratic leader, declared the proposal was a "direct retreat" of congress from the authority which it held to levy taxes and a retreat front the responsibility that rested on cefngress and which it had no right to delegate. Fred R. Libert, a member of the Browning evangelistic party, will speak to the Bible ciass of Broad Street Church at 10:30 a. m. to morrow. Every one is urged to hear this most earnest and enthus iastic speaker of wide experience. tioing South is fine; but a cash ier/Who did it was caught. The ice man is taking up his summer quarters. DHRON, Established June 1, 1S66. _VOL. Lm. NO. 1 ROOSEVELT TRYING TO 1 SAVE FACE Order Closing Char leston Navy Yard Not Rescinded But Will Not Be Execut ed Washington, Aug. 11.?Further conference today between Presi dent Harding Senator Smith (Dem ocrat) of South Carolina and Theo dore Rooseveltf acting secretary of the navy, regarding the order to close the Charleston, S. C, navy yard September 1 developed thaf: the order probably would stand jn definitely but would not be exe cuted for the present. As a result of the conferences it w?ts stated officially, the activities of the yard will be left virtual"^, unimpaired for some time to come, There will be no immediate or wholesale reduction of the working force at Charleston, it was said, pending further consideration o? the matter hy thf president and, other officers of the government: pending further negotiations, retary Roosevelt'sr order meantime standing unchanged. Navy Yard Fate Not Betennined Roosevelt to Again Confer With Smith and Hardin Washington, Aug. 10.?Efforts to secure modification or rescind ing of the order of Acting .Secre tary Roosevelt of the navy closing, the Charleston, S. C, navy yard' September 1 were the subject of several conferences today, with chances said-to be that the order would stand. . ; i As the result of recent confer ences between President. Harding^ and Senator Smith, Democrat, oi South Carolina; and Mr. Roosevelt on the. question. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, Republican leader, today conferred with Mr.'-Roosevelt to see if it wjould be possible to, keep open the Charleston 3rard. The^qtxesrioir has:not been decid ed finally, it was said, as Mr. Rous? velt is to confer again with the president and also with Senator Smith. President Harding was said .to be disposed to keep open the yard if any 'possible means can be found, but so/ far, it was .stated, Mr. Roosevelt has found no resott by which the closing order can be modified. Suggestions have >been ,made that the Shipping Board might find some use for the Charleston yard., but Secretary Roosevelt today in formed call?!* tfiat Chairman Lask- / er,-of the board, had advised him' that the yard was not needed for government merchant vessels. Appropriations for all Atlantic coast navy, yards, it was said, have been *cut to the limit by the department to keep therg. in oper ation.*" These appropriations, ac cording to*%Jr. Roosevelt, cannot, be trimmed, further to furnish funds for the Charleston- -yard without detriment to the naval ser vice of the other sards. Senator Smith continuing -his efforts to keep open-the yard in his state, and said today that some, escape might yet be found from th> order. ? ? ? ? Irish Destroying ? H? Their Own Business Part of City of Cork Laid m Ruins by Fire Dublin, Aug; 11^ (By the Asso> ciated Press).?Conflagrations rag ed in Cork .throughout Thursday night. The firemen were pow erless to put out all the fires. The business part of the city is in ruins. The damage is estimated at 2,000,000 pounds sterling; ? . , National forces from Passage West, hare consolidated their po sitions and puhed outposts to. the outskirts of the city. They do not appear, however, to have entered the city as yet. The bulk of the * Irregular troops are believed :o have evacuated the city, although leaving behind numerous snipers 1 who are concealed in the ruins of buildings and terrorizing citizens. Dublin. Aug. 12.?(By the As sociated Press).?It is officially an nounced that National troops enter ed Cork Thursday and were given an enthusiastic reception. Seven national troops were killed, niany were wounded and some of the troops are missing. It i3 reported that three men were murdered by Irregulars. The retaining Irregulars burned six barracks and three bridges. The Irregular casualties, accord ing to thu announcement, were.six ! dead and 20 wounded. j The National forces are in full j possession of the postoftlce and the j customs house. j Corbin, Ky., Aug. 14?TweTve I hundred trainmen, members of the {"Big Four" brotherhoods, employ j ed on the Cumberland division" of the Louisville & Nashville rail j road struck toda^J tying up the great Harlan Bell county coal dis tricts.