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SOUTH IS RELATIVELY
FREE OF LABOR TROUBLE
Use of Single Language, Sa-
vile Says, Causes Lower
Labor Turnover.
I Special TO Tho Timns- pIsu,tch

Special TO The Times plspatch.l
ASHLAND. VA, MAY i3.-Allen J..
SaNii!e. Director OF Public Works at
Richmond. was the speaker before the
Randolph Macon College Y. NJ. c. a.
Tuesday night. lie spoke on the in
dustriai problem from the stand
point Of the employer. his !llustra-
'i"ns being chosen from his own
varied experience.
MIR. Saville contrasted the situa
ton m The South with that in the
Middle West, the South being rela-
lively free from labor agitation. due
10 the greater homogeneous and the
use OF single language. lie spoke
Of large contract Job In which he
was engaged before coming TO Rich
mond. in which the labor turnover
sometimes reached as high as - per
cent month with consequent added
costs. The i'll feeling developed be-
tween employers and employees. he
contract on tin" part Of one party
said is frequently due TO breach Of
where the one explanation seemed to
be dissatisfaction because the other
party OF the contract was also profit
ing by II. Labor"rs have violated
wage agreements because the man
agement was st!ll getting large re-
turns. and employers have been
known To attempt revision of wage
scales because under them their en-
ploNes We're earning more than they
ha1 anticipated. He called particular
attention TO the fact that employers
were the same kind OF men az en-
ployes: that many OF them. even in
tho highest executive positions. have
come M through all grades of labor.
and they are not theorists in refer
encs To labor conditions.
MIR. Savillc mentioned with evident
approval the plan Of industrial CON
crosses which has. been adopted by
many large Industrial organizations.
He believes that the solution OF the
labor problem In America is not go
very far distant. and thinks Il Will
o"We through recognition Of the right
or consultation between labor and
employers aud through the develop
m"nt of profit sharing plans. The
Interests Of the employer and en-
pl"yc are Fundamentally the same. for
no business can continue to employ
labor unless II can he conducted at
II proht while meeting competition.
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TnrmviIie Has New 1,o,.,

FARMV1L1E. VA. May 13.-B d
ingersoll. who has conducted n res.
tnnrant at the corner OF Main ana
Third Streets during the mast yrar
mas opened an European plan hotel
IN the building adjoining that OF his
restaurant The hotel has twenty
bedrooms each fitted up with hot
ana coid running water. stationary
washstand, electric lights and NJ,
other modern convenlcnces. Thorn
are two largo reception rooms for
guests fitted UP comfortably as wen
as spacious lobby on the second
floor. Shower-baths also make I'M
an attractive feature OF the hotel
equipment.
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Wise county Mn.ons May nutld

Information from Norton is to the
effect that the Masons OF Wise County,
who own lot on Park Avenue. Nor
ton, arc discussing the building OF n
Masonic Temple. Cyrene Commander.
No 81, has membership OF $50. alone.
and IT Is suggested that each OF the
members buy 5000 worth OF bonds for
tho construction OF the temple, the
Proposed cost of WHICH willrbe at least
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-14
CAPITAL. INVESTED IN
SOUTH, $918,263,767
Staslcian T. NJ Workman, of Virginia Association for
the Common Good, issues Report manufacturing
in Va Shows Increase of IT 6 Per Cent,

Twelve and scycn-tenths OF the
capital. surplus ana Undivided profits
~ banks In tho twelve Southern
states is in the national and stat.
ranks Of Virginia according 10 Z. ".
Woriham. statistician for the Virginia
Association FOR IN" Common Good
who has compiled "A tabulatcd state
fn"nt show!ng the amount OF cap!tal
Invested in Virginia In national and
state institutions. Including the Re
rionnl Kcs"rv. Bank. manufactures
mining, the Jphh!ng ana retail bus!-
n"sS. and N!rEinins agricultural
wealth, as compared wlth other
southern states. The Gtatcmct. 9
BASED unon reports Of the United
"tht's '"mptrolI'r az TIL. Currency
ana state ana national bank exam
lnsrS. tn" United States prpar,rn.r,
OF 'omn"rc" AMI Agrlcultur. uu
feau % Census. 1920 and rnturncf
pucsiionuaIres from the scy.,,t
Chambers OF COMMERCE.
Invested In hanks
NFc!ninS statistics are given nv.
cpnSrHssi'nhl districts. Tho total Of
"h''h - compared With tho total o,
other southern States and shows IN .
total capita surplus and undiyidad
rf"fts "f rational banks In IN. Sat.
70 b" t75.0"..G!l; STAT" bank sal
uo-''22 20, total ~ SilG.55a.0o %
Ihe total capital. turrIus ana undi-
i"'N FRONTS "' 'he national banks m
rinis soY,b ' cnr, Jnr"''ma, Wes' Nir-
ia Alabama. I.omisi,nn jla,,,, ~,
Ifnn"~sr". Mississippi and Texas ls
fi"'.ljS6iiI NirginIa's total being - 9
per cent ~ the grand total Tn.
teItes5.7s7.s2 InVcstcI ~ -, '"'a 'i,. ~
surplus and undivihed pr"S,. Vnp'." L.
tionnI and s,,,n i,,s',,t, ''"n's 'h ma
glnIa.s tn,aI is - No. ''u VI
grand total va"
By Congress- lou,l ,rIs,,tc.. ,-,
las Investments I'm ba,ks ,oIi i"..s
Frs, Di,irfo, %.,,.,.r
IoG.2so: state 81 gai ts-,- 800 -"
a2TTs7I: ''' ''''
Scrurd DIs,,tc, r,,t,
sSsa30ts s,,,c ~ c-t,.a,
<Ig.31-.7pist
Third pis,rIc, x,,f
tse2-slSs s,nra 81, t..m.. =, 1870
Fourth District E,,io,,i
81 .rat.: ~" .'"'."i phhH..
se.3C6sbT.i5
Fifth Distric,-E,,,,,,, .,
s26.7H2: state ,,ato 77-In. ,",.1
lss.66a.lo -
sixth -Na.lorsI barL. =.
tiois5: state s.i-so-s
6.62Gi 40
seventh District, Sa.io,,,
,5l0ntal. stint. &, .-.tsi,,
s6.is3ss.la '''''''
Eighth bix,,l,, S,,fo,
s3iTbt-O. Stat. son o.,tG, ,o,.I -
ssu.TCiJH.
%in,h District Sa,ionsI SAL. q,
47s.Gaa. STATE ,2its 5ss-. ,,,a,
62SeCiTp
Tenth District N,,io,al,, .,
lti04o. Star. tis,s tas,, -,
ssOGeOiI
M,nuf,c,,,,
Wright, h.e ,tt. 80 ono
in manufacturing IN irr,.a. -, - !.
nor con, h.,wcen ~, az
carolina b,s ,n,.I -, ,Ss u
inycstad 4, ,,,,,,ra,,i
crease Of lc5 nor -,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-14
10,499,000 BUSHELS
OF WHEAT F0RECASTED
Statistics for State Gathered
by Virginia Crop Report
ing Service.
1NCHEASE OVER LAST YEAR
Owing IA I,x,r,,,I- u.t-.
INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR
Owing 10 Favorable Winter Lea.
Acreage Hns Hccn rlowrd Under
ihnh I~unl-trops for milton
Placed ut t.7a3O 600 HushrIs


,ro,r,,.
'''''''''' onsheis OF
Is i"''o"s'"n Tor virginia this
year by the Virginia Crop Reporting
Service, recen,lv formed nv
~ e
"''"'"h '"'fE" w
INNER '"H'n issioner Of Agriculture.
and Henry NJ TAYLOR. q, Tho t-ui,o1
state. Hur..u ~, N,rLo 49,,
rc,jna,.s r,i, ,n,o.., g.
ms forecast IL haEe'!
Np"n condition % Fl per cent on
SIS. acres roma ming for b,rycs.
Las, ,,ar ,bo ,,o,t,,,,.
,o, ana I'M
""' hG L" a"mar"
from Hh'"F"rahle weather conditions.
and in 1920 tho prnGuc,ion w,E -,
l50 600 hu.bc. r..
Vi
'"F! small IN this
state. and. owing to tn. favorable
winter less acrcsyc ba. ,.o, ,,,
rd 49,.
anu '"e acreage
i"r haFN"st estimated to b"
"h'H -" f"f c'nt i"sS man wa7 rown
,"S' '"i ana per cent loss than WAS
h"' "s'"n iaSt E""r Since ia" iprii
r"P"'' 'hrre ma. been "a decline %
''' '"h' N condition caused BY fr""i
"""'"s" "a" western part OF IN"
H'"t". ne hish"si condition * In
W" southwest. The average price
~ wheat to virginia farmers on May
Wa 'l,"' per hu,h"l. compared w:th
go. ."St !""r' ana Wis on December
J. !'-I'
f"r~"aSt Tor Nation.
hasc" upon the May condition Of
90" per CENT ana "sl5i 90" acres re-
naming for harvest the forecast for
~" WIN 'er wheat cror in the United
S'hteS - "s't'J."u" bushels This IL
P'' I'H7 'hhh me brodhrtl"n
"N' PCT '"hi more IMAM
~ OF IN" past ton %"ars
mere mas bc"n "a rather larg" aban-
conn OF land seeded last fall. IS
p'clhNN IN KANSAS. Texas and Okla
h"hla :" IN" aFer"g" i"ft FOR harvest
70 per cent les" than was sown
'"St !hI' n" ten-y"ar average per
cent "' ana ndonment N planted acre
~ rs.
spring p'""ine has mad" rapid
P'"etcsS hhf!ne the past month and
on MAY was IS per cent completed
'"Is compares Win ~ per cent last
YEAR ana - ncr cent IN" ten year
average. iIanting and seeding are
h!s" NOR" advanced than usual. but
SightlE behind st Year. ON May /
90 per cent Of the planting had been
iInish"d, COMPARED with 80 per cent
'"S' year. ana 90 per cent Tn" ten
year average.
f"S'Hf"s were given n good start
ny 'h" warm ram spring ana are
some" ma a"oNe the average Tor the
season re "SccIitnt early grazing
ma h""n Welcomed Icy the farmers
WI" had small stocks OF feed left
from me light crops OF last year. The
"a y -
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Mnsons Lny concessions.

IIEATHSVlLLE. VA, May 13-The
concessions Of the new and hand
some white stone high school was
recently laid by the Lancaster Ma
sonic Lodge. The former school was
destroyed by fire about n year ago,
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Two New nrnnch Banks.

Among The announcements OF the
past week were two regarding branch
banks to be constructed in North
Richmond. The American National
Bank and the old Dominion Trust
Company will begin construction OF
new institutions on the North Side at
once. and both expect to be located
early in the fan.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-14
Local Bank Clearings
Increase $4.2O7.300

Bank clearings for TIE week as
reported by the Richmond Clear
ing House Association totalcd
S4O.63O.S27. as compared with
S36.423.42S for the corresponding
week last year. an increase OF
s4.207.3e9. Compared with the
total for the previous week. s4l.-
a79.4S2. there was a decrease OF
S4s.655.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-05-14

in operation, built by Frank j.
SpraEue stu resident OF New York.
Today there are 5000 miles OF tracks
used by 1900. 100000 persons n year.
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Year. DcncIt s,c..0-a.

Years Deficit s3ca.613.
For the year ending December ST.
1921. the Norfolk Southern Railroad
reports deficit OF s323.613. after
taxes and charges as against a de-
hcit OF $685. in 1920.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-06-22

on the Martha Corvet years ago who
looked like him; or looked like what
this fellow may have looked like once.
I can't be sure"
He turned to Constance. you're
going home, CONNER I'll see you over
there. I'll come back about this after
ward. Conrad"
Alan followed them to the door and
closed 1t after them. He spread the
blankets over Luke. Luke's coats,
which Alan had removed, lay upon a
chair. and he looked them over for
marks of Identification. A side pocket
produced an old briar; there was moth
ing else. Then Alan walked restless
ly about, awaiting Spearman. Spear
man. he believed, knew this man !;
Spearman had not even ventured upon
modified denial until he was certain
that the man was dead; and then he
had answered so as not to commit
himself, pending learning from Con-
stance what Luke had told.
But Luke had said nothing about
Spearman. 1t had been Corvet, and
Corvet alone, of whom Luke had
spoken; it was Corvet whom he had
accused; 1t was Corvet who had given
him money. Was 1t conceivable, then,
that there had been two such events in
Corvet's life? That one of these
events concerned 1.-The Miwaka and
Spearman and sol be one-some one
with a bullet hole above the eye
who had "got" Corvet; and that the
other event had concerned Luke and
something else? 1t was not conceiva-
BILE, Alan was sure; 1t was all one
thing. If Corvet had to do with the
Miwaka, then Luke had had to do with
1t too. And Spearman7 But If Spear
man had been involved in that guilty
thing, had not Luke known lit Then
why had not Luke mentioned Spear
man7 Or had Spearman not been real
ly involved? Had 1t been, perhaps
only evidence Of knowledge of what
Corvet had done that Spearman had
tried to discover and destroy?
Alan went to the door and opened
It, as he heard Spearman upon the
steps again. Spearman waited only
until the door had been reclosed be-
hind him.
"well, Conrad, what was the idea Of
bringing Miss Sheriff. into this?'
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house; you must never come in here

house; you must never come In here
againi"
Her eyes filed. as she watched him {;
never had she liked him so much as
now.
II thought" he said almost wistful-
1y, "it seemed to me that. whatever he
had done, 1t must have been mostly
against me. His leaving everything +"
me seemed to mean that l was the one
that he had wronged, and that he was
trying to make 1t up to me. But il
isn't that; it can't be that 1t is some
thing much worse than that
Oh. I'm glad haven't used much Of
his money! Hardly any-not more
than ! can give back 1t wasn't the
money and the house he left me that
mattered; what he really left me was
just this dishonor, shame a.. :"
The doorbell rang and Alan turned
to the door and threw II open. In the
dusk the figure of the man outside was
not at all recognizable; but as he en-
tered with heavy and deliberate steps.
passing Alan without greeting and
going straight to Constance. Alan saw
by the light In the hall that II was
Spearman.
whats up?" Spearman asked.
"They tried to get your father at the
office and then me. but neither of us
was there They got me afterward.
at the club. They said you'd come
over here; but that must have been
more than two hours ago."
His gaze went on past her to the
drawn hanglngs Of the room to the
right; and he seemed to appreciate
their Significance; for his face whit
ened under its tan, and an odd hush
came suddenly upon him.
'Is 1t Ben, CONNER" he whispered
Ben come back7"
He drew the curtains partly open.
The light in the library had been ex-
tinguished, and the light that came
from the hall swayed about the room
with the movement of the curtains and
gave mementary semblance of life
to the face of the man upon the couch.
Spearman drew the curtains quickly
together again, still holding to them
and seeming for an instant to cling to
them then he shook himself together,
threw the curtains wide apart. and
strobe into the room. He switched on
the light and went directly to the
couch; Alan followed him.
"He's-dead"
"Who is he?" Alan demanded.
Spearman seemed to satisfy himself
first as to the answer to his question
"How should know who he is?' he
asked. "There used to be wheelsmar
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-06-22
CHAPTER xi
The Land Of the Drum.


Alan went with wassaquam into the
front library, after the. Indian had
shown Spearman out.
'"This was the man. Judah, who came
for Mr.. Corvet that night was hurt p
Eyes, Alan." Wassaquam said.
He was the man, then, who came
here twice a year, at least. to see Mr..
C0rvetT
"Yes."
Il was sure of It," Alan said. "Can
you tell me now why he came here,
Judah?"
II have told you I do not know"
Wassaquam replied. "Ben always saw
him; Ben gave him money. 1 do not
know why"
Alan had been holding his hand over
the papers which he had thrust into
his pocket; he went back into the
smaller library and spread them under
the reading lamp to examine them.
But, as he looked the pages over now,
he felt a chill Of disappointment and
chagrin. They did not contain any
narrative concerning Benjamin Cor
vets life; they did not even relate to
a single event. They were no narra-
tive at all. They were-in his first
examination Of them. he could not tell
what they were.
They consisted in all Of some dozen
sheets of irregular size, some of which
had been kept much longer than 9TH
ers, few of which even appeared
fresh and new. The three pages
which Alan thought, from their yell
lowed and worn look, must be the old
est, and which must have been kept
for many years, contained only a list
Of names and addresses. The remain
ing pages, which he counted as ten
in number. contained nearly a hum
dred brief clippings from newspapers;
the clippings had been very carefully
cut out, they had been pasted with
painful regularity on the sheets, and
each had been dated across Its face
dates made with many different pens
and with many different inks. but all
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in the same irregular handwriting as
the letter which Alan had received
from Benjamin Corvet
Alan. his fingers numb In his disap-
pointment. turned and examined all
ing else. He read one Of the clippings,
which was dated Feb 1912"
"The passing awav Of one of the
oldest residents of Emmet county oc-
CURED at the poorfarm on Thursday
of last week. Mr. Fred westhouse
was one of four brothers brought by
their parents into Emmet county in
1916. He established himself here as
a farmer and was well known among
our people for many years. He was
nearly the last of his family, which
was quite well off at one time. Mr..
Westhouse's three brothers and his
father having perished in various dis
asters upon the lake. His wife died
two years ago. He is survived by a
daughter. Mrs. Arthur Pearl, of Flint"
He read another:
"Hallford-Spens. On Tuesday last
Miss Audrey Hallford. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Hallford, of this
place. was united in the bonds of holy
matrimony to Mr.. Robert Spens, Of
Escanaba. All wish the young couple
we'll"
He read another:
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Hal French.
a daughter, Saturday afternoon last
Miss Vera Arabella French, at her ar
rival weighed seven and one-half
pounds"
This clipping was dated. in Benja-
min Corvet's hand. "Sturgeon Bay.
Wis, Aug 1914" Alan put it aside
In bewilderment and amaze and took
up again the sheets he first had looked
at. The names and addresses on these
Oldest, yeQowed pages had been first
written, 1t was plain, all at the same
time and with the same pen and ink,
and each sheet in the beginning had
contained seven or eight names. Some
Of these original names and even the
addresses had been left unchanged.
but most of them had been scratched
out and altered many times-other
and quite different names had been
substituted; the pages had become
finally almost illegible, crowded
scrawls, rewritten again and again in
Corvet's cramped hand. Alan strained
forward, holding the first sheet to the
light.
Alan seized the clippings he had
looked at before and compared them
swiftly with the page he had just read:
two of the names-Westhouse and
French-were the same as those upon
this list. Suddenly he grasped the
other pages of the list and looked
them through for his own name; but
1t was not there. He dropped the
sheets upon the table and got up and
began to stride about the room.
He felt that in this list and In these
clippings there must be, somehow,
some one general meaning-they must
relate in some way to one thing; they
must have deeply, intensely concerned
Benjamin Corvet's disappearance and
his present fate, whatever that might
be, and they must concern Alan's fate
as well. But In their disconnection,
their incoherence. he could discern no
common thread. What conceivable
bond could there have been uniting
Benjamin Corvet at once with an old
man dying upon poorfarm in Emmett
county, wherever that might be. and
with baby girl, now some two years
old. in Sturgeon Bay. Wisconsin?
He called Wassaquam into the H.
brary and brought the lists and clip
pings out again.
do you know at all what these are,
Judah?" he asked.
"No, Alan. I have seen Ben have
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~ w bNUoW ~ Rtt vvuAt sUSDC nv
Judah7" He Asked.
them, and take them out and put them
back. That IL all know"
"Do you know any Of these peo-
pleT
He gave the lists to Wassaquam,
who studied them through attentively,
holding them to the lamp.
mo, Alan"
Have you ever heard of any Of
their names beforef'
THAT may be. do not know. They
are common names"
do you know the placesT
"Yes-the places. They are lake
ports or little villages on the lakes. I
have been in most Of them, Alan. EN-
met county. Alan, came from there.
Henry comes from there. too"
Then that is where they hear the
DrumT'
Yes, Alan"
Ito be continued)
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-06-22

FOR SALE-Murray Cylinder Print
ing Press, folio, fitted for either
hand or power operation. Practically
new. Very cheap for cash only. Ad-
dress, Empire, Gunnison, Colorado.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-06-22
By EDWARD G. LOWRY

Copyright. Western Newspaper Union
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-16
SHAFROTH'S DEATH
M0URNED BY .FILIPINOS

A wave of sorrow swept over the
Philippine Islands with the announce
ment of the death of proven friend,
former United States Senator John F.
Shafroth of Colorado.
1t was Senator Shafroth who pilot
ed the now famous Jones law promis-
ing independence upon the establish
ment of stable government, through
the upper branch of the American
Congress.
dear to the hearts of Filipinos was
probably of no personal political ad-
vantage TO Senator Shafroth in his
home state; perhaps it did not win
of the lack of personal interest of his
constituents. Yet if the Senator had
been receiving fee of million dol
lars he could not have taken greater
pains or given more generously of his
time and talents than he did in look
ing after this legislation. He was
never too busy to receive Filipinos
who came to discuss the measure with
him. ut is my pleasure as well as
my duty to help you,' it was his Gus
tom to say.
1t can not be truthfully said, how
ever that Senator Shafroth's work
went without reward. No honest
effort to extend the empire of human
freedom has ever been in vain.
| Whatever their detractors may say
Filipinos are humans. They appre.
ciete their friends. Senator Shat.
roth's memory will survive forever ir
the hearts and histories of the far-ofi
Observation-Disclosures Press Bulle.
tin, issued by the Philippine Govern
| ment
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-16
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that pursu-
ant to law, the annual municipal
election of the Town of Crested Butte,
State of Colorado, will be held in the
said town on Tuesday, the 4th day of
April, 1922, for the purpose of elect
ing the following officers for said
town, to-wit:
One Mayor to hold Office for one
year.
Three Trustees to hold office for
two years each.
One clerk and Recorder to hold Of
fee for one year.
Cne Town Treasurer to hold office
for one year.
One Police Magistrate to hold office
for one year.
Precinct embraces all the incorpo-
rate town of Crested Butte.
Polling place in town hall.
Polls will be open at Z o'clock a. m,
and remain open until o'clock p. M,
of the said day of election.
The Judges of election for said
town ptecinct will meet at the poll
ing place sbo, e designated on Tues.
day, the 2sth day of March, 1922
from Q o'clock a. m. to o'clock p
m, for the purpose of revising. cor.
recting and completing the annual
registry list for said election, and
will also meet on the day preceding
the election. April Sd. 1922, from
O'Clock a. m, to 6 o'clock p. M, tc
complete said registry as required b,
law.
Witness my hand and the corporate
seal Of the Town of Crested Butte
Colorado, this 9th day of March, A
D., 1922
(SeaD JOE PASIC, JR.,
Town Clerk
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-03-16
Rex Mhiteiorn Married

Word has been received of the mar
rage in Detroit, Michigan, of Rex
Whitehorn to Miss Pearl Mae Pollock,
daughter of Rev. Samuel Pollock.
The groom was a former service
man, being in the marines. He Wis
tied relatives here about two years
ago. The young people will be at
home to friends after April 1st, in
Detroit, Michigan. Congratulations.
-Pitkin Miner.