Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 175, 25 July 1922 — Page 1

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Politicians See Little Likelihood of Payment Otherwise Harding's Veto Awaits Passage of Act. STATUS ISUNCHANGED Br MARK SULLIVAN "WASHINGTON, July 25. The soldier's bonus is not really in any position different from where it has been , at any time in the last six months. With the exceDtion of one distant possibility, nothing is to be said of it that adds anything to what your correspondent has said in the

rJ . . Gifford Pinchot, the first Progressive to obtain an important Republican nomination in Pennsylvania, is wag

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Left to right, Mrs. Gifford Pinchot, Mrs. Irving Lenroot and Senator Lenroot, Mary Fiinn Lawrence, daughter of William Flinn, Pittsburg Progressive leader, and Gifford Pinchot, Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania.

RAIL BOARD TO RECOGNIZE NEW ONIONS Situation Clarified by Announcement Goverment Ex

pects Factions To Go to Labor Board With Disputes.

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the position which he took in his letter to Representative Fordney in Feb

ruary namely, that no bonus bill should be p.ossed unless it contained

as an integral part some specific means of raising the necessary revenue, and that the only expedient the president could see to raise the money in addition to existing forms of taxation for the other expenses of the gov ernment, was the sales tax. Since there never has been, and is not now any liklihood of congress passing the sales tax, it follows that there is nothing In sight to infer any change of position by the president. The only possible inference from all this is that, if the senate insists on passing the soldier's bonus bill in the form in which it now exists, the president will veto it.

As to the senate, it is on this subject, to an even greater degree than on most other grounds, conspicuously anu painfully between the devil and the deep blue sea. Senate to Pass Bill. There isn't any doubt that if the bonus bill in its present form is brought up in the senate it will be passed by a large majority. Of those who would vote for it, by no mean3 all believe in it. Some of those who would vote for it would

do so because the conditions in their I

home districts make it more 10 tneir personal interest to vote for the bonus than to vote against it. But to state the situation as starkly as that does an injustice to many senators. With many of . them the real difficulty Is that several months ago, and in some cases as long ago as the campaign of 1920, they made public utterances in favor of the broad idea of a bonus for the soldiers. In many cases they did this off-hand In the course of casual campaign speeches, and without much thought cither of the principal involved or of the amount of money that would be

necessary. One of the best men in the senate,- who regards himself as committed to the bill by reason of such an off-hand utterance along time ago, says now that at the time he had no notion of the billions of money involved in such a measure when applied to alMhe ex-soldiers. Not To Pass Over Veto.

It is because of the aggregate of

Towers,'

by his friends.

LENROOT WILL URGE 60 PER CENT LIMIT FIXED ON WOOL RATE (By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, July 25. Whether

Senator Lenroot, of Wisconsin, could swing enough Republican votes to

overturn, with the aid of the Democrats, the finance committee majority and the agricultural-tariff bloc in the

matter of a maximum rate of 60 per cent duty on coarse wool and its manufactures was a debatable question today at the capitol. Claims were made both ways. The Wisconsin senator, who sought to have the committee accept his pro

posal and thus avoid an open break in ; the senate, was determined to make his fight all along the line unl s the committee gave way. It was his plan to offer a 60 per cent limitation

amendment to each paragraph in the wool schedule. A vote on the first, that relating to carpet wools, was expected today. Members of the committee, backed by treasury experts, insisted that M. Lenroot's plan was not susceptible of administration at least so far as manufactures were concerned because both coarse and fine wool enters into a single piece of cloth. On the other hand, the Wisconsin senator said he would have to have further evidence than furnished thus far before he could be convinced that his plan was not feasible.

Democratic opponents of the duties in the wool schedule will carry their fight further than the coarse wool.

Report Intense Fighting In County Limerick (By Associated Press) i DUBLIN, July 25. Intense fighting is in progress in the vicinity of Kilmallock, County Limerick, according to reports reaching Dublin today. The reports stated that the Republican irregulars were trying to delay the advance of the national army troops, but while a good many men are said to be engaged in the fighting, nothing like a

pitched battle is apparently possible. The communications of the national forces are reported to be suffering here

U, S. CIVIL SERVICE INSPECTOR TO MEET LOCAL CANDIDATES PALLADIUM SEWS BUREAU WASHINGTON, July 25. A representative of the United States civil service commission wiii meet with candidates for postmasterships at Newcastle, Ind.. Richmond, Ind., and Shel-

bvville. Ind.. three of the four first-

and there from small but active bands ( ciass offices in the sixth congressional

of guerilla fighters, who by wearing ; district, this week. The civil service

MICHIGAN GOVERNOR RENEWS EFFORTS TO START STATE MINING (By Associated Press) SAGINAW, Mich., July 25. Governor Alex J. Groesbeck renewed his efforts here today to bring about resumption of operations in Michigan's Bituminous Coal mines, virtually all of whichj are located near Bay City and Saginaw.

The governor came here for a con

ference with state heads of the miners' j union and the mine operators were

J convinced that nothing but loyalty to

the national union stood in the way 01 a return to work of the miners who, according to the executive, have no grievance with local operators. The miners were being urged to return under a guarantee that none of the out

put would be shipped outside the state. Failing to persuade the miners to accept his view that reopening of the

Michigan mines would have no bearing on the general strike situation the governor previously announced, he was prepared to take over the mines and operate them under protection of state police or national guard forces.

WILL DIRECT SHIPPING AND FIX TRIORITV Interstate Commerce Commission Declares Emergency Exists Will Assign Cars Classes Are Designated. willrushshTpments

civilian clothes, are finding it easy to escape after cutting field j telegraph lines and otherwise harrassmg the national troops. The latter, however, are reported to be , continuing their advance.

REPORT RAIL REPAIR CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SHIPYARD SHOPS

(By Associated Press) . NEW YORK, July 25 The use of shipyard machine shops for repairing the rolling stock of the railroads In the United States is the latest development in the strike of the snopmen. Some repair contracts are reported already to have been let and a general survey of shipyard plants is be

ing made, according to R. H. M. Robinson, president of the Merchants'

Shipbuilding Corporation of Chester, Pennsylvania.

The shipyards of the New York Shipbuilding company at Camden, N.J.

T:SltliZ Ut Cleveland. Ohio. Norfolk, Va and

inspector was to be in Newcastle Monday. After he completes his work there he will go to Richmond and from there to Shelbyville. At each place, it is understood, he will meet not only the candidates for the postmastership but the citizens whose names the candidates have submitted as references. After visiting the three cities the inspector will submit a report on each candidate to the civil service commission. In determining the three eligibles for each appointment the commission

will consider the reports filed by the

inspector in connection with the ques

(By Associated Press) CHICAGO, July 25 The railroad strike situation was somewhat clarified today by events taking place in

the east, one the announcement ofj the government's position toward the strike settlement, and the other the refusal of the unions to permit separate settlemen by roads as indicated in the case of trie Baltimore & Ohio, which went into conference today with some of its striking employes at Baltimore. The government announcement stated that the railroad labor board was the place for the roads and their employes to settle their differences, the members of which have been questioned here for a day or two since Chairman Hooper returned from a conference with President Harding in Washington.

Messages to the labor board reported the formation of new unions in

various parts of the countrv and

chairman Hooper said the board was not to recognize such of these organizations as representee of the wcrkers

whenever they were known to have a majority of the actual employes. The board aiso held an executive session, but withheld announcements of its discussion which presumably centered around Hooper's conference with the president and his later meet

ing nere with tne union leaders. Two marshals were knocked down.

Aiiuougn me union cnier on iae tsai- - ... timore & Ohio railroad met with the 0ne man was arrested.

ASKS MORE DEPUTIES FOLLOWING ATTACK ON SANTA FE TRAIN

(By Associated Press) SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., July 24. An appeal for 25 additional men was made by O. S. Greenwood, deputy

United States marshal, today following an attack last night upon a Santa Fe passenger train carrying 29 workers for the Santa Fe shops here.

Shots were fired at the train as a

crowd of strikers and strike sympathizers tried to storm the train on its arrival. Deputy marshals drew their pistols in the clash with the crowd.

management, seemingly the only thing which could come of the conference would be a plan that might prove a basis of rail settlement. To Recognice Unions. New railroad labor unions proposed by the carriers will be recognized by the United States Railway labor board when ever they come before

tionnaires filed by th applicants last pat board with a dispute, providing month , they can prove to the board that their

high, and under the leadership of Sen

ator Walsh of Massachusetts, a member of the finance committee, they plan to show what they contend will be the result ofthe duties on prices of clothing and other products of wool.

ators there are in this particular posi-

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KP.nat.nrs who have got themselves into

positions like this that the bill will rjril 1 1 TO 1 OUflU0 certainly pass if it is broughUup in j UlY ALLIiA OnUflU

the senate, rnere men . arises me question of what is to happen next By far the best guess is that President Harding would veto it. To do otherwise would put him in a very equivocal position. Most of the senators fully expect he will veto it, but don't care much, because all they want is an opportunity to go on record in fulfillment of their pledges to their local communities. This aspect of the matter, however, has a bearing on the possibility of passing the bill over the president's veto. Some senators who will vote for the bill when it first comes up will regard themselves as having by that act fulfilled their pledge and discharged their obligation and will thereafter refuse to help pass the bill over the

president's veto. Just how many sen

month.

The commission Is expected to report the eligible lists for Richmond, Newcastle and Shelbyville some time the latter jpart of August. The terms of the postmasters now serving in the three Indiana cities all expire next Sept. 5. Before leaving Washington to spend his vacation at his home in Connersville Rep. Richard N. Elliott expressed the belief that the new postmasters at Richmond, Newcastle and Shelbyville would be qualified before the terms of the officials now serving had expired. Meredith In Line.

The nomination of Linus P. Meredith of Richmond as United States

(By Associated Press DUBLIN, July 26. Additional large areas in the west of Ireland have been occupied by the Free State forces before whom the insurgents are retiring precipitately, according to today's official report. Claremorris, county Mayo, is the latest town to be freed from the irregulars, who now have retired to Ballinrobe on the border between Galway and Mayo. The liberated Inhabitants of Claremorris, overjoyed at the arrival of Free State troops, continued their rejoicing throughout the night, according to the report.

A message from Tnunes, upperary,

Chicago, were mentioned by Mr. Rod-

inson as capable of use by the railroads. Strike leaders say shipyards workers will refuse to co-operate in a move to take work from the railroad shop craft. . John G. Walker, spokesman1 for the roads, declared that' union " men in Schnectady shops had refused by a 3 to 1 vote to strike against doing railroad repair work. He said that other shops were displaying the same temper against the efforts of the strikers to involve them in the dispute with the roads. Representatives of the 7,000 signal

men working on the Northwestern

railroads and affiliated with the Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen of

America, have announced the suspen-

membership claims a majority of the

men at work on the roads affected, other board members said today. These members explained that under the transportation act, the board has no alternative In the matter. The act, it was explains, provides nothing which would justify the board in taking action toward recognition until the unions officially appear before the board in a plea for settlement of a dispute between them and the carriers. The board then would investigate to find if the labor organizations appearing were properly organized and represented. The term "representative"

marshal for Indiana will be sent to the J was defined as meaning that the orsenate, it is understood, within the ganization appearing was made up of next few weeks. He is expected to I a majority of the workers of its class

succeed MarK istoren as marsnai me then at work on the road imDlicated.

Strikers, sought a warrant for the

arrest of Dolph Bassett, deputy marshal, charging that he used undue violence. The removal of one police officer will be demanded by Greenwood, he announced. The officer is

alleged to have released a striker arrested by a deputy marshal and turned over -to the police for temporary cus

tody. A signal torpedo was placed on th8 track and when the train slowed down shots were fired at the coach containing the workers. Two bullets passed through windows. Ten days ago one train was searched by armed men, believed to be strike sympathizers,' in Cajon Pass, about 20 miles east of here. At that time the situation was reported tense, and the mayor and sheriff at San Bernardino requested that Gov. Stephens send troops.

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. July 25. The interstate commerce commission today declared that an emergency existed in transportation in territory east of the Mississippi river which required it to direct routing of shipment of all essential commodities and to fix preference and priority for the movement of food, perishable products, coal and other fuel, and livestock. . The commission declared that, in view of the emergency, cars for the shipment of coal should be assigned to railroads on the basis of preference

in coal shipment; to the railroads and other common carriers and public utilities and hospitals in a second claEs, and government institutions, national and state, in a third class. The orders which are effective tomorrow further forbid the reconsignment or division of any coal accepted for transportation by any one of the preferred classes and -. declared for

such special purposes as might appear from time to time the commission or its agents might specially . designate oars to be assigned to mines for preferred loading. In a second general service order issued under its emergency declaration the commission required that all carriers in routing shipment disregard the usual practice and forward it to destinations by the routes most available to expedite movement and prevent congestion. -

latter part of September. Senators Watson and New recently joined in recommending Meredith's appointment to President Harding. Pension Award. Mrs. Eliza J. Mitchell of Pershing, Ind., widow of William A. Mitchell, a Civil war veteran, has been awarded a pension. The pension bureau is calling attention to the fact that under a recent act of congress pension payments to veterans and widows of veterans, of all wars except the World war, will be on a monthly instead of a quarterly basis after the first of September.

World war veterans, and dependents of veterans of that war, who receive

Ion or the strike order recently voted 1 compensati11 have aiways recelved

pending further negotiations with; rail

oficials. The decision to suspend the strike order followed a two day conference here of 60 union representatives. The territory involved includes all of the United States from Maine to the Mason-Dixon line, east of Ohio.

.1 v ,oi ,wiiteir Cnmoi tiled late vesieraay, saiu au ""

who have thought over the bonus situ- by the irregulars was .expected there

ation closely believe that it would be iasi nigut as iucj .

passed over the president s veto. StrorQ In House. The present writ lieves in the lower house the st gth of the advocates of the bill is enough to provide the two-thirds vote necessary to

overcome the veto. As to the senate.

intention of taking the town which

hitherto has been held by the national forces. Eamon de Valera accompanied the insurgents last Sunday to Tipperary but according to reports left for Cas-

bel, 12 miles distant, the next day

however, probably the best judgment, j The strain of recent events is said to

although far from an assured one. isnaveieii mm paie iuu

that tois r?oay wouio noi pass me dui over Harding's veto. The one new element in the situation is the possibility in the near future of the payment by Great Britain to the United States of a part of ., Great Britain's debt to this country. If Great Britain should actually pay us a considerable sum oefore the bonus bill comes up for final actioG, or if it should have become clearly evident that Great Britain is going to pay, the advocates of the bonus would immediately seize upon that. They would say that this money would provide enough for at least a first installment in paying the. bonus and that rubsequent receipts of cash from Great Britain, or from our other European debtors, would take care of future installments on the bonus. Advocates of the bill would say that

this unexpected appearance of new

cash in the treasury would meet Mr.

Harding's objection that the bill must

not be passed unless the cash to pay

it is available. Attitude Not Known How the president would feel about this, nobody but himself can tell. Probably much would depend on the amount of cash that Great Britain might pay ust If Great Britain's cash Installment on her. indebtedness is merely a hundred million dollars or so that would only bo a small percentage of the total amount involved

in the bonus, and to say that such a small amount would justify going

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BULGARIA ORDERED

TO PAY $7,720,000 (By Associated Press) SOFIA. July 25. The allied repara

tions commission has ordered Bulgaria to pay immediately four billion levas (normally $7,720,000) due to the allies under the terms of the peace treaty. The demand has profoundly impressed the Bulgarian government which through Minister of Finance Tourlakoff, has asked the opposition party to sustain the government in opposition to what it terms the commission's exaggerated demand. The government claims that Bulgaria is unable to pay the sum and is unwilling to abandon her customs commission, although expressing a willingness to pay within her capacity.

Illinois Coal Operators Abandon Hope of Work

(By Associated Press) CHICAGO. July 25. Illinois Coal Operators association members said today there was no hope of immediate reopening of Illinois mines. After a meeting of the association President Miller said all hopes of reopening the mines had been abandoned. Nothing short of martial law and the suspension of the state mining laws by the governor could start work in the mines, Mr. Miller added.

their payments monthly from the

United States veterans bureau

regardless of how many men were normally employed or had been employed. If the unions were found to be representative the board would then have no other course than to recognize them, it was said.

Strike Brought Home

LEGION CHAIRMAN CLAIMS GEN. SAWYER DELAYING HOSPITALS

(By Associated Press) CHICAGO, July 25. Col. A. A. Sprague, chairman of the American Legion's national rehabilitation committee, in a letter to Brig. Gen. Charlea P! Sjwpr. nersonal Dhvsician to

The railway 6trike, combined with 1 President Hardin and chief co-ordin-

the coal strike, was being brought ator of the federal board of hospitali-

BUSINESS DEPRESSED BY NATION'S STRIKES

(By Associated Press) NEW YORK, July 25. A pessimistic picture of business conditions resulting from railroad, coal and textile strikes is painted with figures including in the weekly review of industrial

conditions made public by the nation

al industrial conference board, an em plovers organization.

"A depressing effect on business generally is evident, the review said. "Altogether over 2,000,000 persons are voluntarily idle through strikes, and since the beginning of July 100,00.0,000

man-hours of work have been lost each

week- With the average wage of la

bor taken at 50 cents an hour the wage loss alone since the first of the month has ben in excess of $150,000,000 and is proceeding at the rate of over $8,000,000 a day. This, in effect, means a serious contraction in purchasing power which in turn may have its effect on future employment and

general business conditions. The conference board records a slight increase in the cost of living since May 15 with a 24 percent recession from the peak reached In July, 1920. "Reports of wage changes gathered by the conference board," the review said, "shows that while last month there were more increases than decreases between June 15 and July 15,

the number of decreases slightly ex

ceeded the number of increases."

INDIAN WHO FOUGHT AGAINST CUSTER, DEAD WEYBURN, Sask., July 25. Antoine Cullertte, one of the Indians who served under Sitting Bull at the time of the Custer Massacre, over 50 years ago, is dead here at the age of over 100 years.

Weather Forecast

FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY By W. E. Moore Fair tonight and Wednesday; moderate temperature. Generally fair weather will continus the next 24 hours and possibly longer due to barometric - pressure being above normal in the northern and central states. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 83 Minimum 61 Today

Noon 81 Weather Conditions The barometric pressure has increased decidedly over Indiana and adjacent states, while a storm center of small size which threatened during last night has moved southward to the southern

states, causing showers and thunderstorms over Missouri, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana and Georgia. Another storm is developing over the Rocky mountains, moving slowly. The heat wave continues unbroken ' over the

southwest, but a moderate tempera

ture prevails over the northern and

central states. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair in the north, mostly cloudy in the south portion, tonight and Wednesday; not much change in temperature.

home to the public today through the

announcements of leaders in several industries that unless a speedy settlement was reached closing of the plants, with resulting unemployment, rationing of fuel and food supplies, and a crippling of public utilities service, would result. Steel plants, especially in the east, will be closed on a whetesale scale if present conditions continue until August, according to the bead of a large steel corporation. Industrial coal was said to be unobtainable at any price

In New York. In Chicago Increases of from $5.25 to $15.25 a ton in coal prices were announced. A shortage of (Continued on Page Tea) CULBERSON TRAILING BY 16,000 VOTES

DALLAS, Tex., July 25 Leading

Senator Charles A. Culbertson by more i than 16,000 votes on the face of latest returns from Saturday's Democratic primary, J. E. Ferguson, former governor, seemed assured of being in th3 runKlux Klan question in his campaign now holds first place in the senatorial contest by a margin of nearly 26,001 votes. Mayfield, who has served as state railroad commissioner for a num

ber of years, was generally regarded as having the support of the Ku Klux Klan, although he did not make the klan an issue in his Campaign. Ferguson and Culbertson opposed the klan. Senator Culbertson did not come to Texas from Washington to prosecute his campaign for re-election, saying he did not want to leave his

zation. made public today, charged

that General Sawyer is standing in the

wav of proper care for wounded and

shell-shocked veterans and holding up

hospital plans voted by congress

Appealing to General . Sawyer to

"stand aside," Col. Sprague said more

than 4,500 mental cases still are confined in contract institutions and that

of the remaining 4,715 victims of men

tal disorders only 3,500 are in govern

ment institutions devoted entirely, to

their care.

Quoting from a letter received from

General Sawyer in which the chief coordinator said, "I am convinced thyt the peak of hospitalization has be In

passed," and that the government had sufficient bed3, except in two districts. Col. Sprague replied: "It is almost unbelievable that, having satisfied congress that these hospitals were needed and that tSey should be built to capacity, that we now have to reply to your statement that they are unnecessary. Urges Proper Care.

"The reply of the American Legion and every real American is: 'Give these men the best care that medical science cap provide in government institutions maintained at the highest

standard of equipment and administra

WASHINGTON. July 25. The immediate policy of the government was declared at the White House today to be a continuation of its endeavors to furnish its protection to men willing to work in the mines and to put into motion the machinery decided upon for the distribution of the dwindling coal supply. The administration spokesman in

1 discussion of the coal situation Eaid

appointment of a federal commission to go into the coal industry was not

m prospect, at least this week.

The administration's view as ex

pressed at the White House today is

that the government can not force men

to work, but it can create a condition in which men willing to work and de

sirous of work may work in safety.

II It is demonstrated after a fair

trial that there are no men willing to

work, some other plan or some other

method must be devised to get coal.

President Harding accordingly was

represented as unwilling to speculate or anticipate such a situation and a necessity of adopting another

method. Plans to Function Soon The government's emergency coal program will begin to function within 48 hours, Secreatry Hoover In making this announcement today said ratifications of the emergency plan for distribution of the reservation of unfair prices by the operators association was expected within 48 hours, but if co-operation was withheld in any district, the government would proceed to appoint the necessary local committees. The emergency coal control plan. Mr. Hoover stated, is intended to appl; to all coal produced in the non-union or union fields, and it was indicated that a service order by tho interstate commerce commission providing for priority in the location of coal cars made be expected immediately. Operators Remain. Representatives of operators in the producing fields remained here for a

further conference today with Secretary Hoover to round out details of the plan to insure the fuel supply of essential industries and the maintenance of fair prices during the strike mergency. A number of minor changes in the tentative form to which the plan was agreed to by the operators and railroad representatives yesterday was considered probable and the product of the final discussion then was to be resubmitted to the interstate commerce commission and other government agencies involved. In addition.

it was said, much work remained in the organization of the local committees through which the plan would be

Unn QHfi near in their own homes sr

that if rehabilitated they can be re- administered under the supervision of

turned to civil life with greater ease,

and if doomed to hospitalization they can be near those whom they love best. "Four years have already passed and the veteran has not yet been provided for. A belated program is now being held up and changed. It is being changed to meet your approval. "I appeal to you, sir, to stand aside and allow this program of the Veteran's bureau go into effect and at once."

The Sprague letter follows one writ-

senatorial duties. Neither did he re-i ten by the general July 21 to Col

turn to Texas in 1916, when he was i Sprague dealing with the legion's de-re-nominated by a large majority overlmands for hospital care of the woundformer Gov. Oscar Colquitt in thfeled under the Langley Appropriation

REVOKE LEGION CHARTER BECAUSE OF GAMBLING

(By Associated Press) j TORINGTON, Wyo., July 25. The! charter of the Denny O. Wyatt post of ; the American Legion at Casper, Wyo., i has been cancelled, because of charges ! that gambling games were conducted; In clubs, operated in connection withj the post.- i

Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11, 70S

second primary. In the event of his elimination from the approaching run off, it would mean his retirement after 24 years service in the senate. Previous to that he served as attorney general and governor of Texas. Gov. Neff has been nominated for re-election over three other candidates, and will not participate in the run-off. -Gov. Neff ignored the Ku Klux Klon question in his campaign but was considered to have had the support of the klan. Congressman Thomas L. Blanton, who has been a conspicuous figure in the lower house since hia election thereto, has a lead of 12,000 votes over his nearest opponent and his renomination seems asured.

bill.

BLAKE'S AIRPLANE CRASHES TO GROUND

iBy Associated Press)

LONDON. July 25. The airplane In which Major W. T. Blake, the British

aviator, is attempting an around the world flight from England crashed to the ground at Sibi, British Beluchistan, near Quetta, Saturday, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Carachi today. The aviator escaped injury, but the under carriage of his plane was smaslied.

a central governmental committee in Washington appointed by the president. -

Daugherty Approves As announced by Secretarv Hoover

in its tentative form last night th.? plan, which, before being submitted

to the operators, was approved in an

opinion by Attorney General Daugherty as being "entirely legal," is de

signed to insure fuel distribution to railroads, public utilities and other necessary consumers, and the maintenance of fair prices, through preferential allocation of freight cars. Tho emergency powers of the interstata commerce commission in the. regulation of interstate commerce form the mainspring of the entire plan. In addition to the "presidential committee" here, composed of a represntative of the commerce, justic3 and interior departments and the Interstate commerce commission, to cooperate in carrying out the preferential orders of the commission, the plan also provides for an administra

tive committee, comprising representatives of the former committee and of the operators and railroads, and, where necessary, representatives of the larger consuming groups. The presidential committee would establish a representative in each district to co-operate with the operators committee in giving effect to the plaa.