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The Washington times., 1921-09-03
1000 Troops Arrive
In Mine Battle Zone;
Rebels" Keep to Cover

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MADISON, w. Va, Sept.
3.-Three hundred Federal
troops arrived ON the Logan
Boone border line this morn
ing.
Communication has not yet
b 9 e n established. between
these troops and Col. c. A.
Martin, commanding head
quarters here.
Seven hundred troops un-
der command of Colonel
Martin arrived here early this
morning.
The commanding officer
Immediately dispatched q
special train with 800 men to
Sharples, ten miles back Of
the Logan border.
Sharples has been a big
congregating point of the
miners.
. What action will be taken
by the Federal troops to meet
the situation is not known.
The military authorities express
ed the belief that when the fact that
Federal soldiers are on the ground
becomes generally known TO the min
ers, they will give mp their attempt
ed march through Loyal county.
Colonel Martin was making an ef-
fort at 9 o'clock TO get in touch with
the commander Of the advanced de-,
tachment. .'
Il was anticipated that communi-
cation would be established within
a few hours.
So far no miners have come out
Of the hollows on the Logan border.
The Washington times., 1921-09-03
.GOMPERS URGES
HARDING ACT To
END v. VA. FIGHT
President Declines to Call Con-
ference Until Order Has
Been Restored.
NJ International New. Service.


President Harding was asked today
by Samuel Gompers. president Of the
American Federation of Labor. and
James Lord. head Of the mining de-
partment Of the federation, to call q
Joint conference Of West Virginia
miners and operators to consider meas
ures for a final end OF the labor trou-
bles there. IN
Gompers and Lord supported the
similar suggestion made by John l..
lewis, head Of the United Mine
Workers. 81.
The President informed the labor
leaders that until the authority OF the
United States had been established in
West Virginia and order restored he
does not feel he can act further. He
said his first duty II the re-establish-
ment Of peace and order.
Gompers told the President that,
even though peace may be restored In
the present situation. II viii not settle
the long g-drawn-out labor warfare, and
he urged that the Government take
steps 10 wipe out the causes OF con-
troversy between the miners and op-
orators. He suggested the President
should not only call the Joint confer
cnce, but should have representative
upon It. o.
Statement By Gompsrs.
Following the conference with
President Harding, which lasted
nearly an hour, Gompers dictated
the following review Of the situa-
ton as union leaders SEQ Il:
I'VE came to see the President
Mr.. James Lord, president OF the
mining department OF the A. r. Of
L.. and Ito lay before him the sit
uation as we understand Il and know
it, as II exists in West Virginia. or
course. we know and said to the
President, that AGAINST the authority
of the Government OF the United
States the people OF West Virginia
cannot and must not stand In hostile
array, but that after all, when the
men have obeyed the order Of the
President and dispersed, Il may crush
their spirit, but that In no remedy
of the acute situation az Il exists
In that State, and nothing win be
settled.
"As a result of the coal strike of
1919 In the bituminous field the United
States Coal Commission awarded an
Increase In wages OF "a cents per ton,
coal fields throughout the United
States. And It was applied I'm all the
fields of the country except IN these
mines. I'm West Virginia. The men.
having been unorganized, first by In
functions Of Judge Dayton and other
Judges and the Individual contracts
imposed upon the men as a condition
precedent to their employment. had
been unable to make any kind of a
CONTINUED on Pare ., Column ~
The Washington times., 1921-09-03
PAY READJUsTMENT WORKS
BOTH WAYS IN WORCESTER

WORCESTER. Mass. Sept. s.--of
ficials of the Grafton a Knight Manu-.
featuring Company yesterday voted to
reduce wages of shop and office en-
ployes 10 per cent on those who have
been working at wartime pay, and
TO raise the pay Of others who did not
profit by the wartime boom.
The Washington times., 1921-09-03
SHIPPERS KEEP UP FIRE
. IN v. W., BUT MASS Of
MEN STARTS RETREAT
BY Interaatienai News Service.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Sept 3-Word has reached
here that with the arrival Of the Federal troops the miners
are moving back from their enrenched positions m the
mountains preparatory to returning to their homes.
The feeling s general here that the end Of the fighting,
if already has come, in ht Il Is believed today
will mark the end of hostlities. -
The miners il Is said feel that with Federal troops
the scene they win be able to return safely to their homes
with the assurance that their interests win be protested
The arrival Of he troops welcomed BY the miners
IL was reported here
The Washington times., 1921-09-03

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The Washington times., 1921-09-03
PLOT AGAINST SOVIET
FOUND IN PETRoCRAD

COPENHAGEN, Sept. a.--A plot TO
overthrow the Russian soviet govern
ment and murder the Bolshevist lead.
ers has been discovered In Petrograd,
according to q dispatch to the news.
paper Poiitiken today.
The Washington times., 1921-09-03

- G.rmsn. fifty-ons years
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mrs w1Eh ths surrender Of
- whsefy. ths German
- fw1.as any eelcbr.ticn Of
- erUl ke-ring k.freds alive.
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The Washington times., 1921-09-03

Partly cloudy tonight and
sunday,s with probable
thunder showers; no change
q temperature; moderate
southwest winds. Tenn
perafure at 3 o'clock this
morning. 70 degrees.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
PENSACOLA TO HAVE
new LEAGUE CLUB
viii Have Team in Newly Formed
Cotton States League, Ac-
eording to Plans.

Secretary Harry Larkin, of the
Pensacola Baseball Association yes
terday received acknowledgement of
the receipt by Secretary Anderson of
the Cotton States League of the $50
franchise fee. from the local club, for
membership in the Cotton States cir
cult in 1922.
The. Cotton States League will be
q class G circuit, and it is practically
certain that eight clubs, representing
Montgomery, Selma, Pensacola, Jack
son, Meridian, Vicksburg, Clarksdale
and Greenwood. will be the composite
clubs Of the new circuit.
A salary limit for players, (not in
Guiding player -managers) of $3.50 has
been set for the 1922 season. The
ruling of the National Commission
which requires that a cash forfeit of
$1,325 be posted before the opening of
the season, to insure good faith on
the part of the club, will be posted
in due time. it is said, and Pensacola
will have a chance for organized base
bah in future which should produce
a brand of baseball in the cities repre-
scented by clubs in the new circuit
that has not been seen in these cities.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
CLERK EXAMS
ON SEPTEMBER II

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open COM
petiti7e examination for railway mail
clerk to be held at Pensacola, Florida,
on September IL, 1921. The entrance
salary for the position of railway mail
clerk is $500 year. Applicants must
have reached their eighteenth but not
their thirty-fifth birthday and must
be free from physical defects, must
measure at least feet and inches in
height without boots or shoes, and viii
not be eligible for appointment unless
they weigh 100 pounds in ordinary
clothing without overcoat or hat Age
limits and height and weight require
ments do not apply to persons entitled
to preference because Of military or
naval service. Competitors viii be ex-
amined in the following subjects:
l. Spelling twenty words Of more
than average difficulty.
2. Arithmetic (simple tests in adj
dition, subtraction, multiplication, di-
vision. common and decimal fractions,
ordinary weights and measures, United
states money and simple percentagel.
3. Letter-writing a letter between
100 and 125 words in length on some
subject of general interest COMPETE
tor may select one Of two subjects
giyen).
4 Geography Of the United States
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
HERE is MORE ABOUT
COAL FIELDS
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STARTS ON PAGE ONE

the civil war-will depend on condi-
tions as reported by Brigadier- Cen
eral Bandholtz at noon tomorrow, the
hour fixed as limit by President
Harding. General Bandholtz left
Washington late today and on arriv-
ing in Charleston early tomorrow will
begin a survey of the situation.
The declaration of military rule and
the use of troops to enforce it, if
found to be necessary by General
Bandholtz, it was stated, will be con-
fined to Kanawha, Fayette, Boone, Lo-
gan and Mingo counties, comprising
a section in the southwestern part OF
the state and embracing Charleston,
the state capital
Reports from several points in the
disturbed area were forwarded to Sec
rotary Weeks by Governor Morgan
during the day. They said that armed
men resented orders to dispense, de-
claring they would force the govern
ment to declare martial law and
threatened to blow up troop trains in
the event soldiers were sent into the
state.
A telegram signed by members of
the West Virginia delegation which
conferred yesterday with Secretary
Weeks reached the war departme Mt
late today from Charleston.
1.-THE committee calling on you yester-
day, Just returned to Charleston" the
message said, land find miners from
practically every camp in the Kanawha-
Fayette- Boone section rushing to Logan
Boone line. We personally saw several
men on our return with high powered
rifles in automobiles rushing to the trou-
bed zone. The governor is Just advised
from Logan that firing is taking place at
the top of the mountain near the Logan
Boone line. State is rushing reinforce
ments to that point from every available
station Miners openly state, according
to reports to governor. they will not obey
presidents proclamation. Necessary that
federal troops be sent at once if loss Of
life is 70 be avoided. More than 5000
men under arms close to Boone-Logan
line and more on their way
General BandhoItz on leaving Washing
ton carried letter from Secretary Weeks
to Governor Morgan. 1t said:
.sYou have received the presidents
ordering the insurectionary
element in West Virginia to retire peace
ably to their homes by noon on September
/, 1921 I am sending General H II.
Iandholtz, the bearer of this letter, with
instructions to report to me the extent
to which this order is obeyed. In case
it becomes necessary to send federal
troops this officer is designated to COM
mand them. May I ask that you will
afford him every possible assistance and
in the way of offices, stenog-
raphers and clerks, quarters, transporta- |
ton, etc.
II very earnestly hope that It may not |
become necessary to employ federal /
troops. If they are used it win be to re-
store peace and order in the most eff |
fective and prompt way. The problem |
win be regarded by the military authori |
ties purely as tactical one"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
MURDER SUSPECT
BURIED TO THE chin
Railroad Man Denies He Killed His
Wife, Despite Burning Threats.
tey The AssoeIated eresal

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Aug. 31.-J
P. Lee. railroad man, kidnapped from
his home last night by unidentified
persons, was threatened with burning
at the stake and was buried in a shall
low grave to his chin in an attempt
to extort from him a confession that
he killed his wife here early this month
the police announced today.
After being buried Lee lost con-
seriousness and was dug out by his
captors who returned to the city and
liberated him.
Lee. who works on a night shift re-
turned home just before midnight
August and found his wife uncon-
scious with her head beaten to a pulp
and the house ransacked. Mrs. Lee
died without making statement.
Henry Hamilton, a negro ice man
was arrested as suspect but after
troops had been stationed at the coun-
ty Jail severaF nights to prevent
threatened mob violence and the cor
oner had ordered him held for grand
jury action official became convinced
Of his innocence and 1t is understood
he has been liberated.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
AMERICAN LAWYERS
FAVOR PROHIBITION
judicial Section of Bar Association
Sounds Warning TO Prohibition
Law Scoffers.
tay The AssocIatea ere.s.l

| CINCINNATI, Ohio. Aug. 31-com-
mercial and social leaders who scoff
at the federal prohibition law are aid
/ ing the cause of anarchy and promot-
ing mob violence. robbery, and horni-
eide. it was declared today in a warn
| ing issued to the American people nv
the judicial section of the American
! Bar Association.
THE people of the United States
have undertaken to suppress the age
long evil of the liquor traffic. the
statement, signed by Judge Charles
A. Woods, of South Carolina. chair
man Of the section said. ssWhen for
the qualification of their appetites.
lawyers, bankers, merchants. and
manufacturers. and social leaders.
both men and women, scott at this
law, or any other law, they are aiding
the cause of anarchy and promoting
mob violence, robbery and homicide.
They are sowing dragons teeth and
they need not be surprised when they
find that no judicial or police authority
can save our country or humanity
from reaping the harvest
The statement was issued after a
large audience had listened to William
Howard Taft, chief justice of the Su-
preme court of the United States.
urge measures to reduce delay in the
courts. He recommended appoint
ment of eighteen new judges, two for
each federal district, to aid in clear
ing the dockets.
Introduction of a report by Elihu
Root, chairman of the legal education
section. in the afternoon session.
aroused considerable controversy over
the requirements for admission to the
bar.
After a turbulent session, the re-
port was adopted and will be pre-
scented to the association tomorrow. 1t
recommends two years college and
three years. law schooling, to admit
to the bar, in schools maintaining
certain standards.
The patent law section heard a re-
port on revision and codification of
trade mark laws, which it referred
back to the committee, after discussion
for further revision.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
FISHING SCHOONER TO
DEFEND CHAMPIONSHIP

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Aug. 31-The
Bosting fishing schooner Mayflower is
without contender to date for the honor
Of defending the international fishing yes
sells championship cup won at Halifax,
N. s., last fan by the GIoucesterman Es-
peranto. The American fishermen's race
committee having received no further en-
tries for the elimination contests to be
held off this port in October, sent COM
munication broadcast today to fishing
vessel owners on the Atlantic seaboard
from New York to Bucksport, Me. Atten-
tion was called to the fact that entries
close September 10.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
GILFILIAN SCOTT

Questions relating to the boundaries
Of states, and to capitals. largest cities
and localities by states of prominent
cities).
5. Penmanship (the legibility, ra-
pidity. neatness and general appear
ance of the handwriting in the subject
of copying from plain copy.
6. Copying from plain copy "a SIM
pie test in copying accurately. in the
competitors handwriting a few print
ed lines).
Applicants should at once apply for
form 304, stating the title OF exam
ination desired, to i. C. Noble, local
secretary, at postoffice, or may apply
direct to the secretary of the fifth
civil service district, Atlanta. Ga.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
GIRLS! BLEACH SKIN
WHITE WITH LEMON

Squeeze the Juice Of two lemons
into 3 bottle containing three ounces
Of Orchard White, which any drug
store viii supply for a few cents,
shake well. and you have quarter
pint Of harmless and delightful lemon
bleach. Massage this sweetly fragrant
lotion each day. then shortly note the
beauty and Wilderness OF your skin. :
Famous stage beauties use this
lemon lotion to bleach and bring that
soft, clear. rosy-white complexion.
also a. q freckle. sunburn, and tan
bleach because II doesn't irritato,,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
PANAMA CANAL HANDLES
LARGE NUMBER VESSELS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-During the
seven years Of commercial operation OF
the Panama canal ending August IA, last,
1916 commercial vessels made the tram
sit through the Isthmus according to the
Panama Canal Record. The aggregate
tonnage of these vessels was 1865. 942
and their cargo totalIed 51,57s, 800 tons
of 224o pounds.
The traffic was made up Of 6,3ss yes
sells OF 21,933,35 net tons carrying a.
215,402 tons OF cargo from the Atlantic to
the Pacific and 1923 vessels of 23,936.617
net tons carrying 2s,s63,51 tons Of cargo
from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
LOS ANGELES LIMITED is HELD Up
BY MASKED ROBBERS NEAR OGDEN

other proceeded to the other cars. The
exact amount taken is not known.
Nearing the outskirts Of Salt Lake
City, the robbers pulled the signal
cord and escaped in the northern part
Of the city. One passenger in tie
observation car rather than hold up
his hands. jumped from the train. AS
he was fleeing one of the bandits shot
at him.
Women and children on the train
were not molested
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
az rhs AssocIated Press,

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. a.
The LIS Angeles limited, of the Union
Pacific system, was held up by two
masked and armed robbers shortly
after two o'clock this afternoon near
Clearfield, nine miles south Of Ogden
All the male passengers were robbed
The train was stopped by an auto
matte block signal. The two robbers
boarded the train and while one gath
cred loot in the observation car the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
PALACE CAFE is CLOSED
BY ATTACHMENT ORDER

w. L. Meyer, and Levy & Hallmark
through c. J. Stokes, counsel for both
plaintiffs, hled in the Court OF Record
yesterday, suits for attachment dam
ages to the extent Of $1,000 and $500,
respectively, against Stephen Cleotelis,
trading as the Palace Cafe.
Deputy Sheriff Rice served the nee
essary papers IA the case yesterday
and the place was closed up. pending
settlement, It IS understood.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
GEORGIA HURLER OUT
WITH A BROKEN ARM
(sy rha AssoeIated Presal

1uLLEDGEvILE. Ca, Aug. s1.-The
right arm of Wade johnson snapped
in two this afternoon while he was
pitching for MiIledgeville against
Eatonton. The accident occurred in
the eighth inning with the score / to
q against him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
PARHAM ACQUITTED OF
WIFE-KILLING CHARGE

FORSYTH. Ca, Aug. 81. III. Par
ham. on trial here charged with the MUIR
der OF his wife. was acquitted by a jury
today in Monroe superior court. The
jury deIiberated more than nine hours.
Parham did not deny that ha shot his
wife. but pleaded the unwritten law.
claiming that the young woman had been
intimate with a young man Of the COM
munity.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
CUSTOMS HOUSE TO GET
FULL HOLIDAY MONDAY

The local customs officials will OBJ
serve Monday. Labor Day with an
all day holiday, according to announce
ment made at the federal building
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
MACON GETS A SIX
PER CENT ICE REDUCTION

MACON, Ga, Aug. 31.-A reduction
of ten cents per hundred pounds, eff
fective tomorrow, was announced to-
day by local ice companies. The new
retail price is so cents per hundred
pounds.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01

~ Had sharp Pains Like Lightning
Flashes shooting Through Ny Joints"
want every sufferer from any form
Of muscular and sub-acute dwelling
at the joints) rheumatism to try the
great value Of my improved Home
Treatment for its remarkable healing
power. Don't send a cent; simply
mail your name and address. and I
win send it free to you. After you
have used it. ard It has proven itself
to be that long-Ioolxed for means OF
getting rid OF such forms Of rheuma-
tisr1, you may send the price Of IL.
One Dollar. but understand do not
want your money unless you are per-
fectly satisfied to send II. Isn't that
fair? Why suffer any longer, when
relief is thus offered you free. Don't
delay. Write today.
Mark H Jackson, 2O6H. Durston Bldg.
Syracuse, N. 2.
Mr.. Jackson IS responsible. Above
statement true.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Bewarel Unless you see the name
sBayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians Tor twenty-o
gears and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told IN the Bayez
package for Colds, Headache, Eeu@
FaIgia, rheumatism. Earache. Tooth
ache. Lumbago, and for Pain Handy
tin boxes OF twelve Bayer Tablets Of
Aspirin cost few cent? Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin Is the
trade mark Of Bayer Manufacture Of
Observation-Disclosures of Salicyiicacid.
Advertisement.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01

yesterday afternoon. Shipping inter-
ests in the city were notified of the
holiday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01

Amy kind of Wood delivered at
the right price. Phone 9O8.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-01
Rheumatism
A Remarkable Home Treat
ment Given by One Who
Had 1t.

In the year Of 1893 was attacked
by Muscular and Sub-Acute Rheuma-
tism. I suffered as only those who
are thus afflicted know for over three
years. tried remedy after remedy
but such relief as I obtained was only
temporary. Finally. I fund y treat
ment that cured me- completely and
such a pitiful condition has never re-
turned. have given It to a number
who were terribly afflicted. e-e1 led
ridden, some Of them seventy 70 eighty
years old. and the results were the
same as Ia my own case.
The Washington herald., 1921-09-18

houses under single corporate management, own
ership and operation which would cover every i'm
portant market or distribution center in this coun
try. This corporation should be authorized neither
to buy or sell, but only to receive, hold ship and
deliver. They would be available to all shippers
are the railroads. Individual corporations, or
food purveyors in combination, could then provide
lateras, as it were, that is, warehouses in smaller
cities of less importance, could supply from the
main houses.
There is nothing, as it seems to The Herald,
more needed in this country as business facility
The request of the packers to re-enter the food
business, and the objections, merely emphasize a
situation which Should be patent to all business men
who deal in perishabes semipershables- 1t would
immensely lessen handling costs. 1t would greatly
facilitate distribution and would reduce wastes. 1t
would be practically noncompetitive with any pres
ent bushes as it would provide practically new
facility or agency. H.