Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 180, 31 July 1922 — Page 1

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COAL CONTROL MACHINERY IS PUT INTO GEAR Henry B. Spencer, Federal Fuel Distributor, Begins Op

Uncle Sam's Official "Working Girls' Friend" SCORE INJURED BY EXPLOSION OF GAS TANK One of Uncle Sam's Six Able Portias Enforces Laws

SAY HARDING i: ASSURED OF RAIL PEACE Friends and Advisors of President Say Both Sides Have Indicated, Acceptance of Plan Denied by Cuyler. PREDICfRETURN SOON

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tion of Coal Shipments. SWAMP INDIANA BODY ' (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. July 31. The government machinery for emergency distribution of coal swung into gear today as the central committee here, T.ith Harry B. Spencer, federal fuel distributor, as administration head. began active functioning under the program devised, to supply coal to the industries and localities where it is most . needed, and to maintain fair price levels at the mines. The centra! . control organization was-rapidlv being perfected, it was said, with the organization of an adequate staff to handle the rush of reports and orders expected to flow through Washington. Accepting onlv the reninMhilitv of keening the railroads and interstate rublic utilities supplied with coal, and directing a proper distribution as between states, at the same time through car allocations', holding mine nrices at a fair level, the federal pgency lookel 1o the various states to control distribution within their borders. In many states creation of the necessary administration for this already has been reported to the central committee. . Slow Recovery. As thp distribution DrOEram went into effect, flow recovery in production was shown in reports to the geological survey for the week ending Saturday, the estimated total being 3.900,000 tons as compared with 3,700,000 tons tfle week previous. Production of anthracite was said to remain at "practically zero." Stating there was "no indication of increased production in response to the invitation to reopen the mines in any of the stronglv organized districts, the report raid more coal, however, was coming out of the former nonunion fields of Pennsylvania, with slight increases in several other districts. INDIANAPOLIS, July 31. The pubcoa commit quests for coal supplies from public utilities and essential industries from all Darts of Indiana. In a telegram to Secretary Hoover.4 head of the federal coal distnmitmg committer, the Indiana commission asked for 60 cars of coal at once to take care of the emergency needs. David Mathews, who was directing the work of the Indiana coal commit-1.

tee. e aid s the application for tmerg- j & ency supplies of fuel were coming ; from all sections of state with the de-i

m ands of canning factories regarded as especially imperative. It was pointed out that persihable crops of great quantity including the tomato crop, must be taVen care of by the canning factories this week. Among the factories reporting an exhausted coal supply was the New Albany Ice company which has been compelled to shut down its cold storage plant. REED AND LONG AWAIT VERDICT OF VOTERS fP.V Associated Press) ST. LOUIS. July 31. What Missour ims term the bitterest political

raign ever waged in the state was j pr0vements will be practgically gone, tndtd today, so far a3 the principals j as they are of little Tame for an or. were concerned, and partisans Hjdicanr f Qn tbe other hand

. i t 1 TTnUni4 CtktA2 conatfir ' jaiUfS A. iltTU, UUHCU kJiaivo .v , u . . . rnd his opponent for renomination, r.reckenridge Long, debated the question of possible majorities in the primary tomorrow. The Democratic contest overshadowed that for the- Republican nomination. for which six are viemg. While the canuiastes memseivea had clofed the verbal battles, some of; tho supporters still were making j rpceencs. ir.e miert-M. m me uemu-, crane c.-impaigu iii'--- ucuiiir m-i teuiC that ilia us or inrea ciuos have been organized inrougnout iuc state, taking . into their folds many women adherent of the Missouri Anti-Sa'oon league and the so-called Wilson Democrats, ail of whom have aligned themselves in favor of Mr. Long. On tlic other hand, posters appealing to fhe voters to "Win with Reed, Defender of the Tsople's Rights." hive appeared over the state and numerous "Reed for Senator" clubs have been formed to rally to the support of the senior senator. Mrs. Champ Clark, widow of the former speaker of the house of representatives, her son and Miss Mabel Stone, daughter of the late Senator Stone, are among the Republicans who have cast their lot with the Reed cause. CONSTANTINOPLE SAFE FROM GREEK ATTACK I?y Associated Press) CONSTANTINOPLE, July 30. British troops today were being transferred across the Bosphorus from the Asiatic to the European side, crossing Constantinople, on their way to the Tchatalja line, 30 miles west of the citv. to reinforce the French troops. The allied military staff has cate gorically announced that under no cir-1 cumstances will it permit a urees anvance upon Constantinople, being prepared to oppose by force any attempt at violation of the neutrality of the city, whether by Turks or Greeks. The concentration of Greek forces In Thrace ia continuing.

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Miss Mary Anderson, director of the Woman's Bureau, Department of Labor. More than 8,000,000 employed women in the United States are her special charges. She has a staff of thirty assistants.

COUNTY PUTS $40,000 IN HOSPITAL PROJECT YET DEFERS, BUILDING Py R. G. TII.TOX Although Wayne county has expended in the neighborhood of $40,000 over and above the amount re ceived from the farm, in work which j must be done before a hospital is located at Smithfield, the 235 acre farm j given the county for a tuberculosi3 tbe uestion of whether w ' nrkf rnnntir Trill V,nili a tiriQnltat nn this site Is still unsettled. Action by the coun.coromissioners is expected to determine the ques tion, one way or another, when that body meets to make up the annual budget during the month of August. Almost six years have elapsed since the farm was transferred from David and India Esteb t0 the countV) and ... . ing a hospital. Moving and rebuilding the barn at Smithfield cost approximately $9,000; moving and rebuilding a tenant's house cost $2,000; erection of a farm superintendent's cottage, $7,300; and supplying a water system, between $2,000 and $3 000, according to the statement of officials who have had charge of the farm. Plan for Dairy 1 Alterations on the barn were made jto provide for taking care of a large numDer or came, as miiK is a siapie article of diet in the treatment of tubercular patients. If the county decides to drop the tuberculosis hospital project, turning the farm back to the donor3, it wi!l cam-imean that tne $3..309 invested in im should it decide to go ahead, the work alrealy done will provide an excellent start toward the construction of the building. Experts who have been In touch with hospital projects over the state of Indiana, are authority for the statej ment tnat a 64 bed hospital, wit'i comtical unit for an institution of this kmd. Such a hospital would cost ap-t Illtlt" rfl III i 1 1 1 1 1 1 . I . 13 I Utr PlliaiicaL UICH-.' proximately $148,000. Items going to i mae up this cost are: Reception hospital f 84,000 Heatine Dlant 18.000 j Djning room building 20,000 i Remodeling residence for . nurses' home 6 000 I Eauimnent 20.000 Total $148,000 Architect Has Plans This estimate was made up in September, 1921, in connection with the visit of T. B. Kidner, national tuberculosis autharity, earlier in the year. The plans for such an institution have been drawn up. were approved by him and are now on file in the office of a local architect. It is possible to start an even smaller unit, of about 25 beds, in the opinion of local physicians, but such a hospital would have a larger overhead expense in proportion to the patients treated than the larger unit. County Not Wasteful Charges that the county has been operating the farm in a wasteful manner, expending money that no practical farmer would spend, are not borne out by the facts in the case. The farm has returned $26,010.23 to the county treasury in the period since it was taken over, but a large part of the $65,319.54 went into improvements that were made in preparation for the hospital. The county already has spent nearly $40,000 in preparing to build a tuberculosis hospital. It has . been given a 235-acre farm and has 'been offered $50,000 in government bonds if it sees fit to continue the work. Will the county commissioners take action to put this gift to some use this year or will the matter be postponed as it has been from time to time since 1917?

COAL FOR DOMESTIC USE MAY BE SHORT; FACTORIES SUPPLIED

Domestic consumers appear to be the ones most likely to suffer from a coal shortage in early fall, according to reports Monday. "Manufacturer, almost without exception, have coal on hand to keep their plants running un til about the middle of September or the first of October, a number of them say. . , ' Supplies of fuel at the various coal yards is rapidly dwindling, dealers say, and the chance for replenishing seems elim. One dealer-stated that the supply he now had would be exhausted by the last of this week, and another reported that his supply was far below normal, with many orders in for coal now on hand. Probability of a rise in price depends upon the price that will have to be paid for the coal at the mines, the dealers say. One member of a coal company said he believed the domestic consumer would not be supplied with coal by shipment until the railroads and other utilites had been cared for. Florists of the city ara needing very little coal at present, and appear to have plenty to last until October or Novembers One florist stated, however, that his winter supply for this year was not in, contrary to the general rule. No serious need for coal appears to be immediate. Factories are continuing, and domestic consumer report that they are waiting for a settlement of the strike situation. Both the Richmond city waterworks and the municipal light and power plant report sufficient coal for present needs. ORDINANCE ORDERED, PROHIBITING HEAVY TRAFFIC ON NORTH A - Heavy traffic will be prohibited on North A street from Fifth to Sixteenth streets if the orders of the board of works as conveyed to the city attornev Monday, are carried out. The board ordered the city attorney to u;u.'"au,-c LU cuc' 1U1 introduction in council. Signs will in form drivers of heavy motor truks of the city's action. ' Although the board decided to improve North Nineteenth street by laying cement curb and gutter, near the railroad, the improvement will not be made until next spring, the board ruled. Hearing was held on this and one other improvement Monday. The other was on a cement sidewalk from Fourteenth to Fifteenth streets, on North D. This resolution, too, was confirmed. Three petitions for improved alleys were received and referred to the city engineer for plans. They cover territory as follows: Alley between North Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, from D to E; between North Sixteenth 'and Seventeenth streets from C. to E. and be tween South Tenth and Eleventh streets from G to I. Stop Use of Street. Action to keep the circus from using South B street, from South Twenty-first to Twenty-third streets, was taken by the board, when it ordered police commissioners to notify the concern to that effect. This street has been newly graveled. Plans for the comfort station to be put in under the city light plant office were adopted by the board when presented by the city engineer. The board ordred separate bids advertised for and for the general construction, plumbing, heating and lighting contracts. Pending decision by the city and county concerning the improving of Northwest Seventh street, the city engineer was ordered to block the street, at the Dennis school building, and put up a warning light to keep motorists from using the street, which i wa3 declared to be dangerous.

Dozen Houses Are Fired in Chicago When Tremendous

Sheet of Flames Leaps Forth Following Blast. MANY ARE OVERCOME By Associated Press) '.CHICAGO. July 31. A tank 60 feet wide and 100 feet high containing thousands of cubic feet of gas blew up today at Twenty-fifth and Thropp streets, a section inhabited mostly by laborers injured more than a store of persons, set fire to a dozen houses I and caused many persons with an area or several blocks to be overcome by the fumes. The flames were brought under control by the fire department. The cause of the explosion was undetermined. The top of the tank blew off and witnesses said that simultaneously a tremendous sheet of flames leaped forth. In a few seconds, houses were burning and scores of people were fleeing. A dock on the Chicago river caught fire and for some time several large lumber yards were threatened. Within 30 minutes after the explosion 25 injured persons had been taken to hospital and dozens of others were said to be receiving attention in private homes. The tank contained 14,200,000 cubic feet of gas. Strike News Summary Henry B. Spencer, federal fuel distributor, began operation of govern ment machinery for a location of coali shipment. Several minor disorders ! marked tne progress or the strike m made on mines. None seriously hurt. Friends and advisors of President Harding said that the president has received assurances from T. De Witt Cuyler and W. W. Atterbury of the executives, and B. M. Jewell of the employes, that his proposal would be ac cepted as satisfactory to end the strike, when they are considered by separate meetings of both sides, to morrow Mr. Cuyler denied that he had definitely stated that the Harding plan would be accepted. Persons closely connected with the situation said peace is expected within 36 hours and strikers would be turning to work within 48'b.ours. reVAN SANT FUNERAL SERVICES TUESDAY Funeral services for R. R. VanSant 77 years old, prominent lodge member and business man of this city, will be conducted by Webb lodge No. 24, F. and A. M., assisted by Dr. F. A. Dressel. pastor of the First English Lutheran church, at the home, 209 South Tenth street, at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Van Sant died at 3:45 o'clock on SaSturday atternoon at his home," after an illness of several months, caused by an automobile accident. Mr. Van Sant was tyler of Webb lodge of Masons for several years and a member of the First English Lutheran church. He was born Oct. 6, 1844, in this city, where he had lived all his life. He was in the confec tionery business for about 25 years but has been retired for the last. 10 years. - He was a member of Webb lodge No. 24, F. and A. M., King Solomon's chapter, R. and A. M., Wayne council No. 10, R. and S. M. All Masons who expect to attend the funeral are to meet at the Masonic temple . at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon Mr. Van Sant is survived by his widow, Gussie Van Sant; a daughter, Mrs. William Rhoades; a sister, Mrs. Sallie Salter, and a brother, Samuel Van Sant, of this city. Weather Forecast FOR RICHMOND AND VICINTY By W. E. Moore Generally fair tonight and Tuesday, excepting for possible local showers. A storm center is crossing the Great Lakes and will be followed by fair weather, but as the storm center is moving slowly local showers are probable, but local fair weather will prevail. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 7o Minimum 64 Today Noon 71 Weather Conditions: The weather is fair and warm cow over most of the United States, but local rains are occurring over the lake region and adjacent states. Very warm weather prevails over the west and northwest, where there are high temperatures. High Temperatures Sunday Spokane,, Wash 91 Medicine Hat 90 Oklahoma City 100 Phoeniz, Ariz 102 BIsmark. N. D 85 For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Tuesday: slightly warmer in the extreme northwest portion tonight Paid Circulation Saturday, was 11,695

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Mrs. Mabel Walker Willerbrandt, of enforcing all government taxation j eighty-six federal districts. DCI ICUC DDCQinEKlT ULLILIL I IIUUIUUII 1 1 BORAH MAY AGREE ON STRIKE POLICY PAI.LADirM NEWS BUREAU WASHINGTON. D. C. July 31 The conference between President Harding1 and Senator Borah, to be held this week, is expected to have an important bearing in the shaping of whatever legislation the president will have to propose to congress to establish the government's policy in the settlement of the coal strike. It is important to the president that his program reecive the indorsement of Senator Borah for legislation deal ing with the situation brought about by the coal strike normally would be referred to the senate committee on education and labor, and the Idaho senator is chairman of that committee. It is believed the conference be tween President Harding and Senator Borah last week did not result m a mutual understanding. In the event the conference they are to hold this week is no more productive of results a struggle in congress over the policy to be pursued by the government in the coal strike crisis bids fair to be the next important phase of the situation Won't Report Measure. Senator Borah recently introduced a resolution to create a commission to investigate the entire coal production question. However, a majority of his committee has refused to report tit& measure, believing that such action might embarrass the president. The committee majority overruled Borah's contention that congress is charged with the responsibility of finding a remedy for the situation and that it should proceed with its legislative function without waiting upon the White House to initiate action. Senator Borah, as chairman, was instructed by the members of his committee to confer with "the president, and he is now complying with the committee's order. Senator Borah up to this time ha3 made no move that could be construed ! as antagonistic to the efforts the executive authorities are making to bring about the settlement of the coal strike. It is known, however, that ho has decided views about the course the government should pursue. Washington wonders whether his views in their entirety, can be made to go along with those held by the president. No permanent solution of the coal production problem is possible. Senator Borah believes, without providing some sort of government control or regulation of the industry. On that point the opinions of the president and the Idaho senator might conflict for the president has frequently indorsed the doctrine of keeping government out of business. But Borah has a precedent, in the government's regulation of the railroads through the interstate commerce commission, for his coal production policy. Borah has said that the primary purpose of the commission he proposes to create is to determine whether control of the coal Industry can be effectively exercised by a tribunal similar to the interstate commerce commission, or if nationalization of mines offers the only solution. The Idaho senator has also made it plain that he is determined to block any move he believes is aimed at the destruction of labor unions. It is hardly probable that his views on that matter will conflict with those of the president. While President Harding and the chairman of the senate committee on education and ' labor grope for a program to submit to congress the advocates of compulsory arbitration of labor disputes are again forming their lines. " . SEN. CROW NEAR DEATH UNIONTOWN. Pa, July 31. United States Senator William E. Crow, was reported near death today. Crow, who has been in ill health for months, suffered a relapse yesterday.

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WAYNE AND PREBLE VISITED BY STORM; ONE MAN IS KILLED Portions of Wayne and Preble connties Monday were in the path of, a severe electrical and hailstorm which claimed the life of William Trone, 38 years old, of near West Manchester, and caused heavy crop damage. Hailstones the size of hen's eggs were reported to have fallen at Bethel, and the hail falling at Braffettsville, Ohio, was said to have been heavy enough to scoop up with a shovel. Damage to corn in many sections of the two counties, and such a flood of rainfall that threshing will be set back for four or five days occurred. Windows were broken by hail and large tree limbs blown to the ground in some sections. The storm did not continue long in any locality, but was very intense during its stay. While wind acompanied the storm in most places, it is said that the greater portion of the damage is the result of . the large hail stones. Lightning was a factor in the storm at all parts of the two counties. NEW PARIS, Ohio, July 31. William Trone, 38 years old. living one mile south of West Manchester, was; struck and instantly killed by lightning Monday while picking blackberries on the Elmer Hoover farm, three miles north of here. It is said that he was walking alone across an open field when the lightning struck him. The bolt of lightning which caused his death was a part of a heavy rain and electrical storm which visited this community near noon. The storm did not last long, but was accompanied by a severe electrical display. Mr. Trone is survived by his widow, six children, his mother and six brothers and sisters. BETHEL, Ind., July 31. Hail the size of hen's eggs fell here for about 15 minutes Monday morning during a severe rain and thunder storm. Windows were broken and much corn was damaged. Limbs were blown down and the heavy rainfall will make threshing impossible for several days. The storm was accompanied by lightning but no damage from that source is reported. Beginning about 10:30 o'clock, the storm continued for about half an hour, and seemed to cover only about a mile in and about Bethel. BRAFFETSVILLE," Ohio. July 31. Hail stones fell so heavily here about 11:30 o'clock Monday morning that scoop shovelsful covered the ground The storm continued for about 45 minutes. No great damage was caused according to reports. Little wind was present but the lightning was exceptional active. VfEST MANCHESTER, Ohio, July 31. A heavy rain storm struck West Manchester Monday morning, but little wind or lightning was observed. The rainfall continued for about 30 minutes. Little damage is believed to have been caused by the downpour. DIPLOMATS DISCUSS CHINESE RAILWAY 'By Associated Press) TOKIO, July 31. The future of the Chinese Eastern railway has become the subject of diplomatic conversation through the contemplated withdrawal of Japanese trcops from the line and the conclusion of the existence of the international board of control. Japan holds the subject of the railway is a matter exclusively for Russia and China to settle and is abiding by the two resolutions adopted by all the powers at he Washingon conference covering the railway. However. Japan win assist China in co-operation with i other powers It Is . said, provided I China should request such assstanc

(By Associated Press WASHINGTON, July ?1. President Harding was said today by close personal friends and advisers to hive received assurances from Chairman Cuyler of the association of railway executives, Vice-President Atterbury of the Pennsylvania railroads, and B. M. Jewell, head of the striking ehopmen's organization, that' thsy would support his proposal for immediate ending of the strike. These assurances were understood

to be the basis of the president's hope for successful termination of his arbitration efforts. They have been the subject of discussion, it was reported, between the president and his immedi ate advisers, including some members of the senate. It was said that Mr. Jewell, would, in the union conference to be held tomorrow at Chicago, give his endorsement of the settlement proposals. Mr. Cuyler and Mr. Atterbury, it was said, did not go so far as the union head, but were said to have advised the president that they would vote for acceptance. It was aid that Mf: Cuyler told "the president that he would agree to present the settlement proposals to the railway council tomorrow at New York and in doing bo would express the belief that they ought to me adopted. Count on Influence The influence of Mr. Cuyler and Mr. Atterbery is counted upon by the administration to have a large influent at the railway executnves' meeting. Ben Hooper, chairman of the railroad labor board, who stopped ofT in Washington today enroute to Chicago from Newport, Tenn., spent nearly an hour in conference with the president, going over the strike, situation and the settlement plan. On leaving the Whita I House, Mr. Hooper said he could not I with propriety, "discuss the nature of his conversation with the president. He appeared quite hopeful and said that in event the president's proposal was accepted, the labor board would grant a re-hearing of the wage dispute as soon as the two 6ides could prepare their cases. He intimated that neither the executives nor the union leaders were as yet in possession of the full details o the settlement plan. PHILADELPHIA. July 31. T. DeWitt Cuyler, head of the railroad executives' organization, said today that "it is not true that the railroad employes have given assurances that they would support President Harding's proposals for an immediate ending of the strike." Mr. Cuyler said that there has been no "commitment" of any kind. He added that the understanding was to await the president's proposals, which had not been received yet. Mr. Cuyler would not add to his de nial as to whether he was speaking for himself or all the executives, Asked whether he would personally support j Harding's plan he said he had no further statement to make. Vice-Presi dent Atterbury of the Pennsylvania is in New York attending a meeting of the eastern executives at the Metropol itan club. ' - In his absence It was given out by the general offices that the Pennsylvania roads had not changed its position 6ince the statement by Mr. Atterbury at the 'White Hous last Wednesday, after seeing President Harding. In the statement Mr. Atterbury said the question of seniority should properly be determined by the employes of the company and that it would be guided by what the employes thought wise, fair and to be equitable. CHICAGO, July 31. Strike leaders were arriving from all parts of the country today for Tuesday's meeting called to consider President Harding's plan for a settlement of the railway shopmen's strike and hopes were expressed that' the' men would be back at work before the end of the week. . The position of the striking shop employes was expressed . by 'A. O. Wharton, labor member of the United States railroad labor board, who declared: "If either the railroad executives meeting in New York Tuesday or tin shop crafts policy committee meeting in Chicago should reject Mr. Harding's peace proposal, the group that rejects It would face full responsibility for continuation of the rail strike and all tnat might result therefrom." Expect Bitter Struggle . ; The union, leaders, however expressed the belief that the peace plan would meet with the strongest pos sible opposition from railroad executives attending Tuesday s meeting in New York at the call of T. Dewltt Cuyler. They expressed the belief that the president's plan would be accepted finally, but only after a bitter struggle based on the refusal of man;.' roads to consent to the restoration of seniority privileges to the strikers. A members of the board asserted, however, that the general outlines of a settlement had been agreed to last week at a conference between President Harding and Mr. Cuyler and Mr. Jewell, head of the striking shopmen. ."If peace had not been in sight on both sidesj". he declared, "neither wouldhave consented to the separate meeting to consider a peace proposal submitted .by. the president of the United States, because neither could afford to be placed in the position before the public of bearing the respon sibility for a continuation of the walkout through rejecting the president's plan." - The seniority Issue which arose after (Continued on Page Twelve ) 4