Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 185, 5 August 1922 — Page 1

MOOT) A. AND SCX-TELEGRAM VOL. XCII., No. 185 Palladium, Est. 1831. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram, 1907. RICHMOND, IND., SATURDAY EVENING, AUG. 5, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS

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FORCE NEED Mark Sullivan Presents Picture of Mark Hanna, Powerful Figure of Past, Who Wielded Power Fearlessly. letters Tell story By MARK SriXITAN WASHINGTON. Aug. 5. That the chief lack and the chief need of this country is political leadership has been so often repeated that it is no new story. The fact is revived for the purpose of this article, , only, because certain circumstances make it possible to give a picture of one kind of political leader a kind that the Republican party once had, but today has not. The principal point of this article rests upon two letters which the late Mark Hanna wrote to Mr. Herman Kohlsaat. Mr. Kohlsaat is now printing his recollections in the Saturday Eveneing Post, and these two letters appear in them. To understand these letters, and to

take m the complete picture of the j she holds the distinction of being the kind of man and the kind of political ; only woman in the United States to leader Mark Hanna was, it is neces-jhold down such a position in a susary for the reader to know that Han- preme court, na and Kohlsaat were intimate I -s!CONTRACTS EXECUTED

political partners partners in the enterprise of making McKinley President. Kohlsaat, as the owner of two Important papers in Chicago and Hanna as the most aggressive leader in the Republican party, had been the two men chiefly responsible for the nomination of McKinley and for the direction of the party which that nomination involved. Expected Reference Kohlsaat, therefore, had a right to expect a little deference from Hanna. But the son of political leader Mark Hanna was, does not give deference to anybody. Such a leader is not an advice-seeker. He is not an "ears-tc-the ground" politician. Such a leader is not the kind that tries to find out what the people aro thinking and then adjust himself to it. Such a leader has a mind of his own, has convictions of his own. works out his own program, knows what he wants and then goes straight toward it. That is the kind of political leader Hanna was: (It Is not. of course, the- only .kind of political leader. There are other kinds. B-ut the United States now has no political leader whatever, either of the Mark Hanna type or of any other type.1 Towever, to proceed with picturing the kind of leader Hanna was: Hanna was in the senate and Kohl saat was running his newspapers in Chicago. The question that came up was how to bring into the union the island of Porto Rico, which had lately been acquired from Spain. Kohlsaat, with the streak of idealism in him, thought that Porto Rico ought to be brought in as an integral part of the union, on the same basis as such territories as New Mexico and Arizona. (These two. now states, were then territories.) Hanna had no such notion. That Hanna was right, nearly everybody would not agree. But the

point is not at an wneiner nanna, pay 57 500 as a part of the expense of was right or wrong. The point is tomoving the machinery and equipment illustrate what kind of a political 1 to Richmond and will loan on first leader Hanna was, the definiteness of mortgage the sum of $25,000 which his ideas, and the forthrightness with will be approximately one-half of the

which he went straight ahead toward his purposes. Wrote to Senator, Kohlsaat, as the editor and pub - Usher of very important newspapers, and as the intimate friend and polit - ical partner of Hanna, wrote to the latter stating his views. Hanna s reply read as follows: "United States Senate, Washington, D. C, March 14, 1900. Mv Dear Kohlsaat:

I do not agree with you on the use 01 ireigm cars, u is saia. . pending questions are making the sitForto Rio tariff measure, and I hon- Work on the new building will be-!uation infinitely more difficult to hanesUv believe if you had been hero 'gin within the next 10 days and will ; dle the mesage states, vou' would not have taken such a po-be completed by Dec. 1. John M.i Issued Instructions "sition. but ns I have no idea that I ; Mueller and company, of this city, will! when the shopmen's strike was tan change your views, I will not en-! be in charge of the designing and con-;canedi the brotherhood chiefs issued

ter into an argument. I feel my refcponsibilitirs and shall stand by our policy here, which I know is right. Sincerely yours.

M. A. HANNA. (operation aay ana nignt ior tne lastiis lhey secured waivers of reTo get the full effect of this letter, j three and one-half years, with about j sponsibility from the superintendents and to realize its bearing on the pres-1 125 people employed. The authorities i of terminals

ent lack of men uth foresight per - sor.ality like this to realize the contrast, it is only necessary to let your imagination dwell for a moment on the kind of discursive, equivocal let - ter that would be written by most men in the senate today under analogous circumstances. Can you think of any man now in the senate who is as confident nsi

to what is best to be done, whojt&eir iamiiies to menmona wnen the knows his own mind as clearly, and : Plaat is moved here, but a large numgoes toward his purpose as forth-j ber of the employes must be obtained rightlv as Hanna did in the case of,lcaythe admission of Porto Rico? If there! Tne officers of the new company were a leader in the senate, endowed l'- E- p- Horton. president; C. Edgar with these qualities of Mark Hanna's, I Hamilton, vice president and treaBhow imDossible would be. for examnle. I urer; E. H. Lewis, secretary.

the present condition of timid buck-J passing about the soldier's bonus. j Kohlsaat, 3-ou can inter trom tne correspondence, hps not completely rebuffed by Hanna's letter. He kept on preaching his own doctrine in his own papers; and by a process not frequent among all of us who write, apparently presented his own editorials to Hanna as the consensus of public opinion; and seems, the implication is, to have threatened Hanna for his dofiance of what Kohlsaat said was the state of public opinion on this question. Hanna's Reaction Hanna's reaction to this is set forth pungently In his next letter: 'United States Senate, Washington. D. C, March '27. 1900. JIv Dear Kohlsaat: I am In rceipt of your telegram (Continued on Fafe Ten)

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Mrs. William Chesley Lewis. Mrs. William Chesley Lewis, chief law clerk of the supreme court of Oklahoma, also is marshal of th court. ASSURING LOCATION OF GEAR PLANT HERE Contracts were executed Saturday which will bring a new industry to Richmond the Automotive Gear works. The factory of this concern is now located at Atlanta, Ga,. but will be moved to Richmond as soon as a building can be erected by the company. The company manufactures all kind3 of gears used in motor cars. Negotiations have been under way for several weeks to complete arrangempnts fnr t"hf eeta hlisshmcmt in Pinhmond of the new factory but the ac tual detaiis were not comnleted until Saturday afternoon. E. P. Horton, president of the organ ization, and C. Edgar Hamilton, vice president and treasurer have been in Richmond for the past week nego tiating with the Richmond Development -company and -the "South Side Improvement association for the necessary co-operation in bringing the plant here. K. T. Crawley, head of the industrial department of the C. & O. railway and S. C. Covert, industrial representative of the C. &. O. also were here during the past week to make final arrangements for the rail connections and shipping facilities. The C. & O. railroad has shown a marked interest in the new concern and materially aided its establishment in Richmond . Site, Funds Provided. Under the arrangements for the establishment, the South Side ImDrovement association has agreed to provide the factory site on South O and Eighth streets free of charee. The j Richmond Development company will cost of the new factory buildin The building will cover approximate ly two acres of ground and will be lo- ; cated some 200 yards south of tne j plant of the National Automatic Tool 1 company. It wiu have 24,000 square feet of floor space, and will be of con crete, steel and glass construction. The new building will be modern in every respect and will be equipped with the most up-to-date labor-saving devices. Shipment of the machinery and equip mentrAom .Aanta will require the struction of the new building, Employs 125 Workmen ine Atlanta plant or tne Automotive

Gear works has been in continuously, tn tavo nut nnv unsafe enninmer.t

, are moving the plant to Richmond be - cause or us geographical location ana ! shipping facilities, and it is expected j that the company also will be able to : increase lts proauction ana mat witaj in a short time the employment list will be increased to 200. It is stated that a large number of; the more experienced mechanics now employed with the concern will bring CHICAGO WILL RIDE TO WORK ON MONDAY CHICAGO. Aug. 5 Chicago will ride to work on Monday. Settlement of the city's greatest strike was virtually assured when union officials ordered a referendum on an agreement reached between the strike leaders and the lines. The referendum will take two daj-3 and union chiefs declared the earliest workers would be able to ride Monday. Sirens and firebells spread the welcome news and a miniature celebration started. The strike started August 1. It is estimated that if it terminates Monday it will cost more than $8,000,000.

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RE PENALIZED FOHAILORE Reply to French Note De manding Payment Received by Poincare Order Penal ties Into Effect. 1 NO MILITARY ACTION (By Associated Press) i PARIS, Aug. 5 Germany's reply to: the latest French note demanding payment In full of the installments on the pre-war debts owing to FrenCh citizens was delivered to the foreign office at noon today. Piemier Poincare, after a quick perusal of the document gave an order, the purport of which was not announced. The French government today ordered into effect the penalties against Germany for failure to pay in full the installments on the pre-war debts to French citizens. The penalties concern German properties sequestered in France. Certain payments that were being made to Germans on account cf war losses are suspended in Alsace and Lorraine as are also the indemnities under the arbitration agreements reached between France and Germany in August and September, 1921. No military action Is involved. Arrarges Enforcement Anticipating that the assurances required of Germany of her intention to pay the $2,000,000 due Aug. 15 toward liquidation of the pre-war debts owing to French citizens would not be forthcoming at noon today, Premier Poin care last night made final arrange ments to enforce the threatened pen alties. His plans were completed after a lengthy conference with M. Reibel, minister of liberated regions, who is also replacing Louis Barthou as minister of justice. It is understood that the first measure, which will be applied Monday, will be the expulsion of 150 Germans residing in Alsace-Lorraine and the sequestration of their property. Similar measures will be taken the following week, fresh and harder penalties being enforced weekly until the German government decided to pay. A Berlin dispatch last night said a supplementary note was being sent to I Paris reaffirming the position taken VaT c cation TegardTng' the Dy me uerman government in us or payment of private debts. Germany did not propose to default on the payments, the note said, but merely requested a reduction of the amount to be paid. . TRAINMEN AWAIT REPLY TO MESSAGE POINTING OUT CRISIS CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 5. Heads of the brotherhood of railroad trainmen, brotherhood of locomotive en gineers and the brotherhood of firej men and enginemen today were awaitmg a repiy to a telegram iney sent to Washington last night requesting President Harding to meet with legislative representatives of the brotherhoods so that they can lay before him the critical situation resulting from the shopmen's strike. In a message to the representatives authorizing them to discuss with the president questions at issue, it is pointed out that discontent is rapidly growing among the membership of the three organizations, and it is the belief of the leaders that unless the strike is settled the brotherhoods will Inevitably be drawn into the contro versy. "Constant aggravation of conditions and the refusal of the railroad executlves tn apppnt nrnnnsals of th nrpsij dent for a corapromiSe settlement of instructions to their members not to do anything more than their contracts .nllPfl fnr The mpr. wert authorized j Since then, the brotherhood chiefs (declare, they have received hundreds'. j of complaints from their members that demands have been made upon thei men to take out locomotives and equip ment which are in a dangerous and un safe condition. The men also claim that they have been subjected to abuse and assaulted by armed guards employed by the railroads. The situation has reached a point where unless something is done it will be hard, if not impossible, to keep the brotherhoods from being involved," D. B. Robertson, president of the Firemen and Enginemen, declared. "Reports continually come, to us of armed guards endangering the lives of our men. Unless something is done for our men we will have to take action to protect them." v WAYNE TAX FINDINGS APPROVED BY STATE INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 5. Complete list of the recommendation of the state board of tax commissioners on appraisement for all classes of property as announced today show that the findings of local boards of review were unchanged in 30 counties, increased in 5 counties and both increased and decreased on various kinds of properties in all the counties. There was no change in Wayne county. In Fayette county, land, lot and improvements were increased 10 percent in Connersville.

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Sebastian Sampaio. Sebastian Sampaio, Brazilian commercial attache at Washington, is returning to Brazil to assist commercial missions and American visitors who will visit the Brazilian exposition. 5,000 LOSE LIVES, BIG PROPERTY LOSS IN CHINESE TYPHOON BULLETIN HONG KONG, Aug. 5 Wednesday night's typhoon at Swatow, 250 miles north of here, was the worst in the history of that city. Dead bodies are floating amid the wreckage every where in the harbor. Nearly every house in the city was damaged. (By Associated Press) HQNGKONG, Aug. 5. Full reports of the disastrous typhoon which swept Swatow, 250 miles north of here, with estimated loss of five thousand lives, and great property damage, Aug. 2, were awaited here today. Foreign warehouses were demolished by the storm and their contents lost or extensively damaged. Two British steamers were swept ashore and their cargoes, it is believed, will be loot for pirates before they can be salvaged. Swatow is a port of 50.000 to 60,000 inhabitants at the mouth of the River Han, near the eastern border of the province of Kwangtung. It is the port also for the city of Chao-An-Esien, situated 25 miles inland. The nortn-

ern banks of the river, on which the Up the mines in preparation for thecity of Swatow is built, is formed by j actual digging of coal in the shafts

alluvial plains, placing the city at. the mercy of violent storms on the sea. Increasing traffic of the port has led to overcrowding the narrow strip of land on which it was built and in the last forty years more than twenty j acres have been reclaimed from the ! sea to provide room for more build1 ings. The port occupies an uafavorable position in still another respect, as it is opposite the lower mouth of the Formosa channel, where many of the violent tropical storms form. It; has been subjected often to the fulli j force of typhoons which almost yearly sweep the lower coast of China NORTHCLIFFE WORSE. (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 5. It was announced today that Viscount Northcliffe passed, a poor night and his condition was somewhat worse. Weather Forecast ' FOR RICHMOND AND VICINITY oy w. t. mwwnt i Generally fair tonight, becoming unsettled Sunday or Sunday night; warmer Sunday Although fair weather will prevail tonight, it will be followed by increas ling cloudiness some time duriug the next 36 hours, dua to a storm center over the upper plain states. Temperatures Yesterday Maximum 82; Minimum 5 Today Noon 80 Weather Conditions The long period of cool, pleasant weather, which has been due to a persistent area ofj high barometric pressure over the northern and central portions of the United States, resulting in an unusually long term of northerly winds and fair weather. The hot wave over the north is being broken up by heavy rains in that section. It continues unsettled with showers along the Atlantic coast. For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and probably Sunday. Somewhat warmer! in the north portion Sunday. Paid Circulation Yesterday, 'was 11,633

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ARE T0 STAY Will Not Be Withdraw From Coal Fields Until Necessity of Presence Over, Governoi Tells Lawmaker. GUARD IS REINFORCED (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 5. Governor McCray said today that state troops will not be withdrawn from the coal field until he is of the opinion that the necessity for the present is re moved in a telegram to State Representative Elmer Sherwood, of Linton, who had protested against the order ing of national guardsmen into Green county. "In answering your telegram," said the governor, "would say the presence of Indian troops should not be resented by the law-abiding element of your population. These troops are there to protect life and property and not to start trouble. They will be withdrawn when in the judgment of the governor, the necessity of their presence in removed. I call upon you as a member of the general assembly of Indiana, to uphold any movement, which has for its purpose the maintenance of law and order." He sent similar messtges of Elmer Wood, coroner of Green county, and J. L. Simms of Linton, Ind., vice-president of the state federation of labor, who had protested against the pres ence 01 state troops in the coal fields. More than 350 additional state troops, members of the third battalion of the 151st infantry are on their way I lieiQS 10 rwniorce tne uu men already on guard duty. A troop passea inrougn Indianapolis this noon from Camp Knox, Ky., to the strike aistnct. Major General Tyndall, in command of the state troops at Staunton, reported everything quiet, except the firing of occasional shots into the mine guard. No one has been hurt among the guardsmen. Decision to send additional troops to the coal fields under military protection was reached by General. Smith after a conversation-with Major Gen eral Robert H.- Tyndall, commanding officer ol the field, who said that more troops were needed to adequately protect the new area. STAUNTON, Ind., Aug. 5. Although there was a noticeable feeling of resentment among residents of the coal mining district occupied by Indiana National Guards, Friday night passed quietly and no disorders had been reported to military headquarters here up to early today. Troops, however, continued to maintain a heavy guard over the 20 by 40 mile martial law area, as the situation was considered by officers to be decidedly tense. All outposts here were doubled last night as the result of the skirmish between snipers and national guardsmen early Friday morning. No one was hurt in the firing, which lasted more than two hours, as far as could be learned at military headquarters. In the meantime, work of cleaning taken over by the state, are going for ward. Officials say they expect to have the mines in fall operation by the first of the week. As none of the striking miners in this district have answered Gov. McCray's call for volunteers to man the mines, It is expected that imported labor will be used. Strike News Summary President Harding conferred with B. M. Jewell, head of the - striking shopcrafts; W. H. Johnson, head of the machinists, and James Noonan, leader of the electrical workers' union. Shopcrafts organizations of the Southern railway postponed meeting with road officials until Monday to consider the road's peace proposals. Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, praises President Hardings efforts to end strike, but declares they are being blocked by railroad executendon reports cancellation of some f American coal orders, j jiore troops ordered to the coal ; mines at Staunton, Ind, Federal fuel distributors asked gov ernors of several states to concur. In plans for emergency rationing of coal. Secretary Hoover announces federal prices for coal are in effect in 95 per cent of coal producing fields.

CONTEST OF NINE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR FEATURE OF OHIO PRIMARY

COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 5. Sixly-nine candidates for nomination to state offices on the Republican and Democratic tickets, the largest number ever entered in a primary election contest in the state, to all Intents and purposes closed their, campaigns tonight, most of them confident they will be counted the popular choice in the balloting next Tuesday. Overshadowing all other. contests is that waged by the nine Republican candidates for governor, though the contest between the three Democratic candidates for that office also has been a spirited one. In neither contest, has the campaign been absolutely free from attacks by some candidates of their opponents' records, either in public or private life. While in most political circles, the considered to be Carmi A. Thompson of Cleveland, Secretary of State Hgr

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1 Mrs. Calvin Coolldge In a new pose. Mrs Calvin Coolidge, wife of the vice president, will be missed from the social functions in Washington for a while because she has left with her husband for California. After attendBar association on the west coast they will go to Vancouver and return by way of tha Canadian Rockies. WAYNE TUBERCULOSIS SUFFERERS INDICATE 1 NEED OF HOSPITAL Py R. G. TILTO That Wayne county Is in need of a tuberculosis hospital, and that such an institution would be put into use as soon as it is erected, is evidenced by figures which give an idea of the number of cases incipient and active, that . . M. are now in the county, Although no actual survey of the situation has been made by any or ganization, in Wayne county, it is known that at least 99 cases are in existence at the present date. In addition to this fact, Mrs. A- W. Roach who acted as military chairman for the I Anti-Tuberculosis association during the war. is authority for the statement that 55 menand boys of military age were rejected for military service because they had tuberculosis tn some form. Smith-field.' a 235-acre farm formerly owned by Mr.. and Mrs. David Esteb, was turned over to Wayne county in 1917, to be used as the site of a tuberculosis hospital. Since that time the county has operated the farm, pay ing Mr. and Mrs. Esteb $1,600 annually as rent. This payment is to continue through their lifetime and one year after death. Offer Liberty Bonds In addition to the farm, Mr. and Mrs. Esteb offered the county $50,000 in Liberty bonds, to be used when the county raised a similar amount. The county council made the appropriation, but the necessary tax levy was never recommended, and the appropriation remained a "paper one." reached, and immediately," said Mrs. Roach, Saturday. She referred to tne question of whether the county commissioners were to start active work on building the institution at this time. "With the amount that has been spent there, something should have been done long ago," said Mrs. Roach. "It is too valuable a gift to go without recognition by the county. New Cases Developing. "There was a time when we were hunting places to have tuberculosis patients from this county sent for treatment. New cases are constantly developing and most of tbem prefer not to go away from home." "Wayne county should have a hospital where sufferers from tuberculosis can receive proper care and treatment," said Judge W. A. Bond Saturday. Judge Bond refused to express an opinion as to the present location of the hospital, saying he was not sufficiently familiar with the plan to give an opinion. "As long as Wayne county neglects this situation, there will be an economic loss and danger of spread of the disease with consequent loss in wages, and cost to the county for the care of natients." said one Dhvsician. well acquainted with the tuberculosis situation in this county, Saturday. AMBASSADORS SAIL LONDON, Aug. 5. Sir Auckland Geddes, British ambassador to the United States, sailed today on , the Mauretanla for New York. S. Alfred Sze, Chinese minister in Washington, also was a passenger. vey C. Smith of Columbus, Congressman Charles L. Knight of . Akron, and C. Homer Durand of Coshocton, there also-is admitted a possibility -f one or more of the other candidates winning the nomination. Particularly is it often spoken that if Senator Arthur H. Day of Cleveland is able to poll a majority cf the exsoldier vote along with a portion of friends of former service men, he may prove to be the dark horse in the race and will pull up at the wire a nose in the lead. Day is an ex-servic man, and sponsored the bonus amendment in the legislature. Democraic Race On the Democratic ticket, the race between former State Auditor A. V. Donahey. New Philadelphia: former Judge James G. Johnson, of the suPreme court.; and Thomas J. Duffy, - (Continued on Page Five)

UNION CHIEFS REOPEN TALK WITHJARDING Jewell, Head of Shop Crafts Workers, Johnston, President of Machinists, Noonan, Electrical Leader, Present.

ISSUES ARE GONE OVER (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 5. B. M. Jewell, head of the striking railroad shop workers; W. H. Johnston, president of the International Association of Machinists, and James P. Noonan, president of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, reopened negotiations today with President Harding in the railroad strike. The union leaders, after an hour's conference, left the White House un der restraint of a presidential request to maintain Eilence as to the. matter under consideration, but all three expected to remain in Washington for at least a day or two. It was indicated that the issues in the strike had again been gone over, but whether President Harding had proposed that the strike leaders send men back to work and leave the difficult seniority question to be decided by the railroad labor board, was not definitely determined, although it was suggested in connection -with the discussion. Clearing Up Points. President Harding has made no reply to the communication of the policy commi'ee of the Bhopcrafts union accepting, with interpretations his proposals fpr a settlement of the strike and it was believed in some quarters that the executive desired to discuss certain points in the acceptance as a preliminary step to further peace moves by the - administration. Ths status of the rail strike after rejection by the railway executives of the president's proposals for settlement of the issue regarding seniority rights of strikers, was discussed at length yesterday at the cabinet meeting and it was later declared by a White House spokesman that the administration regarded its major purpose as having been accomplished in the agreement by both sides to consider the author ity of the railroad labor board as su preme in future controversies. Dividing Interest with Mr. Jewell'-, trip to Washington was the expected conference with President Harding on the rail strike situation today of th legislative representatives of three of the four railroad brotherhoods. Request Conference. The conference was requested in a telegram to the president from the brotherhood executives in Cleveland last night, declaring that it was sought "for the purpose of presenting to you our views in connection with the strike of railroad ehopcrafts which is daily developing into a more serious situation." Another message from the brotherhood chiefs to their legislative representatives, which they asked be filed with the president, said increasing complaints of "dangerous and unsafe" railroad equipment required to be taken out by their members and "assaults" and "insults" suffered by them from armed guards were making the j situation "infinitely more difficult to handle." Another development in th rail situation, holding attention today was the meeting here of Southern Railway officials with the general chairmen of the six striking shopcrafts on its lines, to discuss proposals for a separate settlement submitted to the men by H. W. Miller, operating vice president. The Southern, dealing wit'i the strike situation entirely separate from the other roads, has made no attempt to break the strike by takins on new men, and has offered to restore full seniority rights to all returning strikers. CHICAGO, Aug. 5. Comparative calm prevail-ent in the rail strike sit-, uation several days, today gave way to renewed activites both for ending the six weeks' old walkout J nd for making it more effective. N.r peace conferences were pending in Washington; new threats came from maintenance of way men and other union workers and a conference with President Harding was sought by the bia four brotherhoods for the purpose of presenting their views of the strike, Congress indirectly came to the negotiations, eastern ranroaas sent aetachraents of shop workers to the re lief of roads in coal mining districts in Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky and outbreaks of violence were reported from points hitherto peaceful. . - B. M. Jewell, president of the railway employes' department of the American Federation of Labor, the shop crafts leader, was in Washington where he was summoned by President Harding. Union chiefs here looked upon Mr. Jewell's presence at the capital as indicative of further settlement parleys. Officials of the Southern Railway and representatives of shopmen on that road also were in Washington to confer on a possible separate peace. Asks Sympathy Strike William D. Roberts, vice president of the maintenance of way men's un ion, and E. L. Enke, member of the brotherhood executive board, , telegraphed President E. F. Grabl last night recommending a Fympathetie strike of maintenance of way men on ths 28 eastern roads over which they hold jurisdiction. At Spokane, Wash., the chairman of the strikers' organization announced that wrecking crews would not answer emergency calls even though lives were endangered. Union men said the action was prompted by the executives' statements that-the road3 -were able to cope with any emergency and by an ultimatum notifying men to return to work or consider themselves permanently discharged. A bill introduced in the United (Continued on Page Four)