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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05
WILL DISCUSS
HARDING
PROPOSALS
Insists That Ennplo loyes
Abide by Decisions
Of Labor Board
Up to Both Factions

Cincinnati, July 8 Five speci-
&c proposals for the settlement OF
the railroad strike are contained
in President Harding,s plan which
Will be submitted TO railroad
executives in New York and rail
union heads in Chicago tomorrow,
1t was asserted tonight by an Of
fetal OF the railroad shop crafts
!. union. The official, who refused
to permit use Of his name, stated
he had secured the Information
from rail union officials sin Wash
ington Saturday.
The Eve specific proposals, ac-
cording TO the Official. include:
i. That the employees viii abide
by the decisions Of the United
States Railroad Labor Board in
the future.
In the matter of seniority
the employees who remained on the
Job during the strike VII receive
preferential treatment. Men who
have been on strike will return
with their seniority rights subject
to those rights acquired during
! the strike by men who remained
on the job and that the seniority
OF. The new employees will date from
the time they entered the service.
The men will accept the recent
wage reductions Of the railroad la
Dor board pending a further re-
hearing on the matter by the
board. #
Farming ont of shop work
I by the railroads viii be discon-
tinued
Discussion Of the establish
uaent OF adjustment boards.
Regarding the matter Of ad just
mens boards the official stated that
the unions desire a national board
Of adjustment while the railroad
executives seek either regional or
system boards.
Three points Will be stressed by
the general chairmen tomorrow, it
was stated, as "a basis for settle
ment, restoration OF full senior
ity, national boards OF ad justment
and elimination of farming out
OF work. They win oppose, it was
stated, curtailnaan soraty,
agreement 10 accept. IN the future
decisions Of the board and other
sAan national board OF adjust
Eaent-
1t was stated that the matter OF
accepting the proposals OF Presi-
dent Harding is entirely up to the
policy committee of the railroad
department Of the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor since this body
was the one which sanctioned the
strike of the shopnen. The policy
committee is composed OF ninety
men. thirty from each Of three dis
tricts the dividing lines of which
are the Mississippi river and the
Mason and Dixon line.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05
Fuel Commit tee
Ready to 1toV6

Greenyille, Aug. Ben z GeRE,s:
chairman Of the South Carolina fpgI
committee recently appointed by
Governor Harvey. tonight made the.
following statement:: he stafas
fuel committee. composed OF, 3. e.
Geer, W. P. Conyers and e.
Furman. has not yet received fnHs
instructions from Washington As,
to procedure and additional ,nfor.
nation win be given to the press!
as received from DAY to day, .:s;-..
s.All applications for coal will
be handled according to priority
estab blished by the fuel admInis1ra-:
ton at Washington and in order!
OF the emergency sndcated: g 4
applications If sent by telegram
should be confirmed by letters
and with each application the foi-s
lowing specia1 information should
be given: ~ = r.
Nature of consumer, if PUBLIC
utility Or otherwise.
50 Character OF coal required
including source from which sup
ply has been previously Obtained
/ IS. Amount OF coal on hand
and weekly. consumption. ~
.The fuel administration at.
Washington has ruled that no reaui-
sitions will be honored unless as-.'
companied by evidence guarantees;
ing payment of sight draft with:
weight certified and car number az
tached.
The state fuel committee. REG
omnaends that each consumer ar
range with bankers TO guarantee
financing OF shipments.
Each application to the state;
commission should be accompan-:
led by 3 letter from the bank CAR;
rying such a guarantee. Pending:
the orga n.zation OF the state com
mission and final announcement pi.
definite procedure, effort Will be
made to handle individual orders
as promptly as possible where.
emergency arises" &: - s
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wholesale, from subforemen to
general managers, if their person
al pledges to protect pesent en-
ployees could not be made good.
they declared.
What we want the government
to do is to let US alone; to let us
settle this strike in our own way.
declared Mr.. Smith.
I'VE have organized new shop
forces and are getting the roads
back to normal Unless the gov
ernment ceases its interference, we
will have far worse strike on our
hands. You must stand by those
who stand by you to maintain. dis
cipline. II strikers are reinstated
with seniority rights il Will be I'M
possible to maintain discipline.
Acceptance Of President Had
ing's proposal would result in
complete decentralization OF Amer
ican transportation systeln and
the system of honorable coopera-
ton between employer md en-
ployee upon which it was founded.
The decision was wholly one
sided for not single offie:ai o. the
l4S arose at any time TO propose
unqualified acceptance Of the pres
ident's proposal in its entiret..
Those who framed the associa-
tons reply to the White House
made it plain that the new en-
ployees and those who declined to
join the strike had done much to
uphold the railroad labor board
the importance of whose authority
the president had emphasized
through Secretary Hoover. The
sage for Washington set forth
very distinctly that they felt bound
orally and legally to back up the
pledges they had given To the
workers now manning the shops.
The executives ccntended that
in standing by present employees.
they We're only upholding the rail
road labor board. which in a res
oluton adopted on July 8. after
the strike was called, set forth that
the new men who entered the ser
vice of the railroads We're not
strikehreak kerS but new employees
who had legal right to engage in
such service TO prevent Interrupt
ton Of railway transportation and
were entitled to the protection OF
the government.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05
Killing Near Tindals
Henry Smiling, of Nndals,
Found Dead in 0steen Old
.s-. Mill Race

Tindal, Aug. 2.-In, the after
noon OF Saturday, Ju.y 29th sever
al white boys, Johnnie Hodge,
Caesar Cockria, Friendly Gallo
way and some OF Johnnie Hodges
small brothers, went to osteen's
mill to go in swimming, and after
they reached the old mill race. a
place used for bathing. they met
three colored boys who were just
out of the swimming place and
we're putting on their clothes.
These three scolored boys were
Allen Holiday and the two broth
ers of the boy Henry: who later in
the evening was found 10 be dead
in the mill race The white boys
noticed some clothes and pair Of
slippers by the side OF a log that
had been 2cut across the mill
stream. and as the bathing, place
is near a road they thought, that
perhaps some one had been in and
probably stepped aside in the
bushes undressed and would re-
turn in a short while.
However, no one came up to get
the clothes that had been left on the
bank of the stream, and they then
suspected that probab bly, some one
had been drowned. Johnnie
, Hodge, the Older of the white boys.
then sent for help to Investigate.
Several of the nearby white neigh
bors went TO the old mill, Mr.. Geo.
D. Belts. being among them, and
ne, Mr. Belts, after feeling around
in the water with long pole, felt
something which when brought
out was found to be the dead body
of Henry Smiling. Coroner w. j.
Scale was then called over the
phone. Mr.. Scale brought DR.. W.
S. Burgess with him. DR.. Burgess
held an autopsy. and found that
death had not been caused by
drowning, but by wounds inflicted
upon the head of the deceased.
who was probably killed and
thrown in the water, after death.
Monday. July 31.Sthe eoroner's
jury composed Of A. e. Elliott.
Geo. D. Belts, Harry Hodge. Clar-
ence Hodge, II. B. Hodge and c.
3. Pack, brought out the follow
ing verdict: That Henry Smiling
came to his death by wounds in
hieted upon his head by a party or
parties unknown to the jurors.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05
LOW FREIGHT
RATE STANDS

Washington. Aug. 1.-The pro-
posals OF Southeastern railroads to
alter the rates on apples coming
from the Pacific Coast to Virginia,
Georgia and the Cafolinas, were. to
pc held unjustified today by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
which ordered that the proposed
increases in rates be set aside.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05
Coal Procedure
Being Worked Out

Washington. Aug. Cay the As
sociated Press a plan Of pro-
cedure under which the govern
nlent's emergency fuel control ma
chine will be operated was com
pleted today at a meeting of the
central coal committee with Henry
B. Spencer, fuel distributor, presid-
ing. 1t was, understood that the
plan would be submitted to Sec:e--
tary Hoover tomorrow and that
federal distribution would there
upon boone actually effective. At
the same time it was said the per-
sonnel of the regional committees
to be placed in the producing mine
fields as agents Of the central body
will be placed before Mr.. Hooysr
for approval. together with a draft
of the detailed instructions which
will govern the activities of those
organizations in combating prof.
teertng and insuring a ready dis
tribution of fuel.
Mr.. Spencer made public the fol-
lowing appointments Of Southern
state fuel agencies which have
been reported TO the central COM
mittee:
Florida: Florida railroad COM
mission, Tallahassee. Fla: North
Carolina. state corporation COM
mission. Raleigh, \. c.; South Car
oiina, 3. E. Geer. chairman, so"-
ernor's coal commission, Greenyille;
Virginia, Maj. Alexander Forward,
coal administrator, Richmond, Va.
Philadelphia, Aug. l tBy the AS
sociated Press). Governmental
and financial influences are being
exerted, it was learned here today,
TO have a representative number
Of bituminous coal operators enter
the interstate joint wage confer
ence called for Cleveland next
Monday by John L. Lewis. inter-
national president Of the miners
union. 10 make possible the adop-
ton of basic wage scale. In ad-
dition to calling the wage confer
ence President Lewis has summon
ed the organizations general pol
icy committee to meet at CieVe-
land at the same time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05
SW ANSON WINS
IN VIRGINIA

Richmond. Aug. 2.-Returns re-
eeived by the News-Leader early
today from yesteray's primary in
dicated that Senator Swanson had
been renominated over Former
Governor Westmoreland Davis by
forty thousand majority.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05
WILL ACCEPT
HARDING'S PLAN

Chicago. Aug. a.-Union chiefs
headed by b. II. Jewell, head OF the
striking shopmen. met again today
10 act on the presidents proposals
for a settlement OF the rail strike.
Following yesterdays session, i
is intimated that informal ac-.
ceptance Of the plan viii be voted;
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05

Raleigh, ". c., July 31.-Assign-
ing as reasons for delay his alb
sence from his Office and great
reluctance to assume any respon-
sibiIiry in the matter of coal dis
triSution," Governor Cameron
Morrison today notified Secretary
Hoover that he had designated the
members Of the North Carolina
corporation commission to direct
the distribution of North Carolina S
allotment of coal.
After full reflection" Governor
Morrison telegraphed, Il see moth
ing 10 do except TO assume without
any possible warrant Of law, the
power 70 comply with your request
and l hereby designate the mem,
hers of the state corporation COM
mission 10 represent North Carolina
iE so far as you require representa-
ton by the state TO direct the dis
triburion Of North Carolina's al
lotment OF COAL
Philadelphia, July 3l.-The 18TH
week of the coal strike found In
ternational President John L. Lew
is OF the United Mine Workers
hopeful that the long suspension
of mining will soon he at an end.
He said today that he had no reason
TO change his opinion expressed
last week that a conference of ope-
rators and miners in the Central
competitive field would soon be
held.
1t is understood that an inter-
state wage conference has been
practically assured and that certain
influences are being brought TO
bear TO have large tonnage rep
resented al the meeting when call
ed 1t has been repeatedly stated
that a joint wage conference would
be called as soon is sufficient ton
mage consented to such meeting
to make a basic wage schedule.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05
BRITISH VIEW
( ON THE ALLIED
| DEBT QUESTION
Important Note In
tended f o T t h e
United States Made
Public

London, Aug. l (By the Asso
ciated Press THE British foreign
! Office tonight issued the text of an
important note on the question of
interallied debts. Though not for
| mally addressed to the Washing
ton government. having been
ostensibiy meant only for some Of
the allied and associated powers,
| it evidently is intended primarily
for consumption in the United
States.
The note places on formal rec
| ord. on the eve Of the coming con-
ference between Premier Poincare
and Prime Minister Lloyd George
with representatives of Italy and
Belgium in London, the British
government views on the question
of interallied Indebtedness and rep
arations.
Briefly the policy advocated is
that it would be unjust to the
British taxpayer to ask him to for
give allied war debts while at the
same time he was required TO
shoulder the Indebtedness TO Amer
lea.
The note, which was addressed
by the Earl of Balfour. acting for
eign secretary, to France, Italy.
Jugo-Slavia, Portugal and Greece
[ constitutes a strong plea for in
ternational settlement of debts
and reparations on the basis Of a
general cancellation of interallied
Indebtedness and generous reduc-
ton in German reparations, and at
the same time is the government s
reply to those persons of the pub
lie and the newspapers which have
frankly advised cancellation of the
French, Italian and other allied
debts to England, irrespective OF
whether the United States was will
ing to cancel the British debts.
Washington. Aug. / (By the AS
sociated Press).-War loans to
Great Britain are regarded by
America as independent entities
without relation to interallied debts
or-the reparations situation, it was
said tonight at the treasury in COM
| nlent upon reports Of a note ad-
dressed TO six European nations bS
the Earl Of Ralfour.
In the absence Of fethe official tex
officials were disinclined to c0ua-
nlent upon the specific propositions
enunciated by Great Britain, but
the treasury took the view that il
] was not definite indication OF
England's coming negotiations with
the American debt commission.
| Paris. Aug. / iBy the Associated
Press Premier Poincare today in
a note to Herr Won Hoesch. the
! German charge de'affaires. sum-
marily ended the efforts of Germany
to postpone her payments OF debts
to French citizens contracted by
Germans before the war.
The note of<A1. Poincare, which
was in reply to- German COM
munication announcing inability to
meet the obligations in question
gives the Germans four days in
which to make up their minds.
Should they fail to give assurances
before noon OF August 5 that the
1000, 900 pounds sterling due will
be paid August Is, NJ. Poincare as
serts that the French government
will take such mea sures as it deems
necessary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05

Paris, Aug. 1.-The British note
on the Inter-Allied. debt aaestion
has removed all possibility OF
France consenting TO a moratorium
for Germany is the view Of official
circles, expressed here today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05
REED WINS IN
MISSOURI

ST. Louis, Aug. with Senator
Reed leading BreckinridgesLong by
about sixteen thousand votes for
the Democratic senatorial nonaina-
ton. on the face of returns from
twenty-four hundred and twelve
precincts out of thirty-eight hun
dred forty eight in the state.
Reeds campaign manager, Ed
Glenn. told the Associated Press
today that Reed would win by
twenty-five thousand votes.
St. Louis, Aug. 2.-Reed's lead
fell 10 fifteen thousand and eighty
nine at eleven o'clock today. as ad-
diuonal country precincts We're re-
ported.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05
LEADERS
IN THE Mine
MASSACRE
Five Hundred Mem
bers of Mob Can Be-
Arrested When the
Word is Given

Pittsburgh, July 3I.-Ihe Nat
ional Coal association in a state
ment issued here tonight announcs
ed completion of a sweeping ina:
partial investigation Of the HerrA
massacre" declared that the lead
ers of the mob. were known and
that at least 500 members of the
mob can be arrested ANYTIME that
Attorney General Brundage of IL
linois gives the word. -
The association in laying its evs.
idenee and finding before the
governor of Illinois statement said:
Particular emphasis should be-
laid on the point that survivors
of the massacre are able to point,
out the official Of the Unifsd,
Mines Workers of America who
gave the word to take the unaru1
led prisoners off the roads into the
woods and shoot them down in the
manner Of an army squad execut
ing spies or traitors says the an
nouncement.
The statement adds:
The National Coal ASSOCIATION
reports supports the contention Of
the Illinois attorney that the mass
sacre was not spentaneaus.@e p
The statement announces. that its
Investigation corroborated storis@
of ..barbarous treatment Of the
|wounded' as reported by press
associations and newspapers and
declared that some bodies were
found to have been branded
Springfield. Ill. July 81 by tass
Associated Press The iinoss
branch OF the United Mine Work
ers will finance and erect the de-
fense'' Of every union member
brought TO trial for the HerTin
massacre, Frank Farrihgton, Iff-
nois president, announced yoda5
.The very magnitude and stern
ness Of the agitation for the pun
ishment of those involved tlle
rioting creates danger for innocent
men, said al statement issued over
Mr.. Farrington,s signature this afs
ternoon. q
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05
VAR DEBTS A
zSa.as.st
most DELICATE
PROBLEM
All Debtor Nations
Have B e e n Stu
diously Dodging the
Issue For NJ a n y
Months

London. Aug. 2 CBy the Asso-
ciated Press) The British gov
ernment's note to Great Britain:
allies in the great war reminding
them that they owe Great Brit
ain money and that she has a
right TO ask for payment, has
thrown wide open the most deli
cate topic in international poll
ties. The discussion OF the cues
ton of debts owed to Great Britain
had been studiously avoided by all
concerned, apparently with a view
on the part Of the creditor nation
that the time for grasping that net.
tie might most conveniently be
indefinitely postponed.
The most cheerful view OF the
effect cf the Earl of Balfouf's
note dicoverable today was thai
il will afford an understanding al
around OF what are the policies
anc. intentions of the governments
considered. 1t is considered that
next to Reputation, or an equsva'
lent plea OF inability to pay, un-
certainty is probably the worst
damage which Europe and the
world of business could continue to
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-08-05

Washington, July 31.-Forty-
nine representatives Of Eastern
railroads here today to discuss
President Harding's expected pro-
posals for ending the shop craft
strike adjourned without formulat-
ing any plan for action and an
nounced they were still waiting for
the president to outline his pro-
posal The conference was con-
fined to discussions Of the general
strike situation.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-06-08

search and development of the mineral and oil resources of the Territory, will be particularly beneficial It is true perhaps that If the bill becomes a law some of the resources of the Territory may be developed to an extent, but what happens then? The government will not go into the mining or Oil business, and the properties will then go to private parties, as in the case of the government coal mines at Matanuska In any event the 'poor man" will benefit not at all by this development except to the extent of the employment he may se- cure, and as an offset, particularly in the mat ter of oil, the royalties in the district so de- veloped will be increased to an extent which prohibits him from handling a claim. Would it not be better to enact law which will encourage private capital to come in and de- velop in the first instance even to the extent of abolishing royalties altogether This would encourage prospecting for new fields, and would enable the ''poor man" to dispose of his claims, or secure capital to work them-a thing apparently difficult to do under the ex- istng conditions.-Valdez Miner.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-06-08
Things We Think
Green-eyed jealously produces the blues

Green-eyed jealously produces the blues.
 If you don't look forward buoyantly to the future you're dead in the present.
 1alf the world doesn't know that the other hall
 Few things anger woman more than the sight of a bachelor who appears to be contented and happy s the ladder of success.
 Who remembers when young wore standing col lars that up to the lower part of their ears?
 There nothing much harder than convincing your self that you have right to do something you can afford to do.
 Defeat is only fatal when the defeated considers it so Nearly all success is attained succession of defeats.
 The man who is the real "boss" of his home or his business seldom says anything about it.
 If you feel yourself slipping get off the down grade and get the level
 All the great truths probably been uttered but all of them been needed or there would not be so many fools in the world.
 One should Np his mind early in life, II he would be happy that all bills receives will be higher than he expected.
 Probably the the bolsheviks are represented as wearing whskers because lazy men hate to shave and Bolshevism is synonymous with laziness.
 No man can have pride in himself who has no pride in his workmanship.
 What do bathing beauties do in the winter time?