Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-03-25
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the pilot of the airplane from which
the leap was made, The latter sui
fered from cold and was apparently IN
a stupor when Hamilton jumped. He
was reused by Hamilton, the machine
shifted into position for the leap and
Hamilton from the rear cockpit.
Lieutenant j. l.. Stromme and LIEUT.
enant Fl. A. Sovlfn had sealed the bar
agraph and took charge of it when the
machine landed. They varified the
record. The paragraph had been test
ed previously to guard against error
in the record.
Members of congress have been
askd by Postmaster General Hays to
cooperate in the mail every hour
campaign which he proposes to lnau-
gurate over the country in an effort TO
relieve the congestion of the big Cit
les as the result Of the bulk of the mail
of business firms being held until the
end of the work day and then placed
In the mail boxes. Mr.: Hays already
has taken this subject UP with the
heads Of the various Federal depart
ments in Washington holding that the
first step in the campaign Ought TO
begin at home' The postmaster gen.
eral, in formal statement. declared
it was his intention to put the entire
postal service upon a purely business
basis $50 sound and SO SerTiceabie
that no political party will ever again
dare attempt to ignore or evade It..
The mid German industrial areas,
are again In the throes Of anarchy IN
consequence of the communists deter
mination to force a widespread gen.
eraI strike in protest agalnst" the gov
ernments action in maSSing security
police" there for the purpose oil check
ing the rioting and plundering which
have been goinS on for tn past 1e"
days. The Ignite districts near Mans
field are the. chief center Of the pres
ent disturbances, which not only eE-
tend to derailing trains by removing
the tracks, but are spreading serious
bomb outrages upon the Judiciary
buildings. In nearby towns and cities,
including ,Leipsig. Dresden, t'reloerg
and Rodewfch. Armed bandits, oper-
ating under the direction of the motor
ious Robin Hood" Hoelz, who year
ago terrorized. Vogtland, and carry
ing out holdups. robbing. savings
banks and otherwise spreading terror
through the community by the de-
struction Of Industrial plants and the
seizure Of arms.
A proclamation convening congress
in special session at noon. April IL.
ito receive such . communications as
may be made by executive was Is.
sued Tuesday by President Hardlng.
Tariff and tax revision will be the
principal subjects before the new
congress- but many other important
subjects, including. the transportation
problem, regulation of the packing and
coal industries, and immigration re-
striction are exported to take up.
None of the subjects to be considered
was mentioned in the call for the ses-
sion. sthe text of which follows:
Whereas public interests require that
congress of the United States should
be convened in extra session at Il
o'clock noon, Oil the eleventh day o.
April, 1921, to receive such communl-
cation as may be made by the eHecu-
tive: Now, therefore. /, Warren u.
Harding, president Of the Untted
States, of; America, do hereby proclaim
and declare that an extraordinary oc-
casion requires the congresA Of the
United States to convene IN extra seS-
sion at the capitol in the city of WASH
ineton on the eleventh day of April.
1921, at l2 o'clock. noon. of which all
persons who shall at that time be en-
titled to act as members thereof are
hereby required to take notice.
With the decision by Republican
leaders to put through the Fordney
emergency tariff bill precisely as
voted by President Wilson immediate
" upon the convening Of congress, the
major legislative program for the eX-
ira session is believed to be dcflnlte4y
settled. Reversing their previous pos
ition against the enactment OF an en-
ergency tariff. members OF the mousse
ways and means committee on Mon
day acceded to the request OF PTeSl-
dent Harding for passage at once OF
a measure designed to afford nrotec-
tion to the farmers against foreign
competition. Agreement to the pro-
gram also was given by Senators rem
rose Smoot and McCumber, conferes
from the senate finance committee,
Senator Penrose stating that there
would be limitation Of debate If nee
essary to insure speedy passage OF the
bill through the senate it probably
will be rushed through the house un-
der a specials rule. With the emer-
gency measure out Of the way tne
house, according to the final program
agreed on. then will take up the anti
dumping bill, to be followed by per.
manent tariff revision. The actua'
work of framing the tariff bill will be
begun by the ways ana IuedliS VIII
rnittee at once. 1t is planned TO speed
up the programme by having the SEN
ate finance committee consider revenue
legislation while the house IS at work
on the tariff.
Prospects Of an immediate strike
in the packing industry were averted
this week through the mediation OF
Secretary Davis. Compromises on the
part Of employees in accepting the
recently announced wage reduction
and on the part Of the FIVE big paskers
in consenting to six months extern
ton Of the AlSchuler arbitration ar
rangement made possible the settle
ment after three days Of conferences
in which representatives OF the PACK
ers and employees and Secretary Dav-
is, Hoover and Wallace participated.
The terms Of the settlement rs agreed
to are in brief as follows: Reduction
Of wages amounting to eight cents an
3 sshour for hourly workers and II Il per
cent. for piece workers. Retention Of
the basic eight hour day and overtime
rates as provided in the wartime
Alchulcr rulings, Extension for SIX
months or until next September - OF
the arrangements whereby Judge
Samuel Alschuler shall decide all
questions of hours, wages. conditions
and adjustments not specifically pro-
,-;Io5 IN written agreement.