The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-09-01
WEEKS WAITS
REPORT FROM
ARMY OFFICER
All in Readiness for Entering
into West Virginia Mar
tial Law Proclamation is
Drawn and Signed.
PLANES DISPATCHED
(BY Associated Presal


WASHINGTON, Sept 1-Expiration
at noon today of the time limit fixed
by President Harding by proclamation
for dispersal of the armed bands Of
orders found White House and War
Department officials awaiting a report
from Brigadier General Bandholtz as
to the situation.
While officials awaited the report on
which decision as to employment O.
federal troops and declaration of
martial law will rest, all was in readi-
ness for the federal government to
| step into West Virginia, should that
| be found necessary.
Trains were said by Secretary
Weeks to he standing ready on the
sidetracks at Camp Dix, N. J.. and
Sherman, o., to move troops at
moments notice: Thirteen airplanes
/ were en- route from Langley Field, Va.
to make survey of the whole region
and report what they observed.
/ Proclamation Ready.
I
in the counties of Fayette, Ksnawha,
Logan, Boone, and Mingo, was drawn
up and signed ready for promulga.
ton. ~ &
Il will wait for the report from
General Bandholtz before making a
move Secretary Weeks announced at
noon. no word has been received
fro mhim since he left for West Vir-
ginia. He probably will report as soon
as he has surveyed the ground after
noon" AS the expiration of the time
limit fixed by president approached,
communications from West Virginia
officials and citizens poured into the
war department ,and White House in
an almost steady stream, all of them
inserting that the armed bands were
disposed to disregard the call to dis
Iperse, and calling in urgent language
for the employment of federal troops.
Preparatory to possible intervention
by the federal government in the West
Virginia mine disorders, thirteen air.
planes were ordered today by SecIe-
{ tary Weeks to proceed from Langley
Field to coal fields of that state
Planes Dispatched.
: Despatch of the airplanes, the war
secretary said, was purely a precau
tionary measure. President Harding
was preparing to leave for the Army
: War college to deliver an address at
the opening of the fall term and Mr..
Weeks accompanied him discussing
. The West Virginia situation on the
way. The secretary said no reports
had yet been received from Brigadie.'
General Bandholtz.
| LOGAN, W. Va. Sept Rum
, ners reaching Logan from outlying
posts in the mountains reported
!; at noon today that quiet prevailed in
! the sections where the deputy sher-
: ifs and volunteers were prepared to
: : meet an advance of armed bands from
the east side of Spruce Fork Ridge.
The bodies of John Gore, Jim Nun
!, sey and John Cavajo who were killed
in the fighting yesterday were
brought to Logan today
Commanders of the men in the
mountains said it was impossible to
estimate the number of casualties sui
fered by the attacking party, and nc
, statement was made as to the men
/ wounded by the defenders.
Keep Up Firing
As precautionary measure, 1t was
said, the Logan and Mcdowell mer
o kept up hot rifle fire at times to
d day on the sections of the range be
S lieved to be occupied by the armed
d bands.
i Approach of noon today found
t thousands of men still gathered across
the Logan county line. At Crooked
Greek firing which started yesterday
morning continued but reports from
Iother border sections were that quiet
~ prevailed.
5 There was no indication, howevel
that any of the armed bands had dis
r persed and border patrols of deput,
e sheriffs state police and voluntee
e peace officers kept close watch.
'r Prediction freely was made between
e
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