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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-09-15

see, our travelets reflected that it
would have been handy fighting dur
ing. the Civil War had Tennessee
Withdrawn and Virginia stayed in.
Some day quilldriver from our
Appalachian regions may take it in
to his head to gfi up to the land of
the Hub, and Civ 1t few turns for
good natured retaliation
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-09-15
PRINCIPLEs-Nor MEN.

The bromide statement is vent,,-
cd here again, we vote for. principles
not men not party but for principles.
sometimes an Objectionable, unfit
and unworthy man is put I'M. in
which case the fight is made, and
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-09-15

A correspondent of the New York
World insists that President Harding
resigns. We hope he hasn't sincerely
set his heart on this, for we have an
idea that in that case he is in for a
disappointment.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-09-15
FARMERS COMPLAINING OF
INSUFFICIENT HELP

Freezing, Va, Sept. 1.-THE farm
ers of this section are complaining
of insufficient help during the fod-
dering season. Most of the farmers
nave out larger acreages in corn than
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
cENTIPEDE is A FRIEND

Honolulu, T. H., Aug. 26.-The
centipede, Stunned, feared and abb
horred enemy of the residents of
Hawaii, who can cause a small panic
by merely appearing in sight. really
is a friend. according to University OF
Hawaii Investigations, because he
subsists mainly on other pestiferous
insects, mainly mosquitoes and cock
reaches. thus decreasing the hordes of
those bugs.
The result of the investigation.
made public on an extension letter.
showed that the centipede, whose bite
is feared because of many tales of it's
death-bringing qualities. is not vicious
and is retiring in disposition when he
is attacked or thinks he is. Then he
has fairly potent means of defense in
the feelers in his fore-feet with which
he inflicts his bite" But his bite
is no more serious usaully than that
of a bee or wasp, the university letter
said
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
HOMER FRENCH, CONFIDENCE
MAN, PLACED UNDER ARREST

. Denver, Colo, Aug. 26.-Homer
French, sal dby local authorities to
have served a sentence in the Federal
penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga, and to be
known in New York and Atlantic City,
was a rrested last night at Estees
Park, Colo, in connection with the
arrest here yesterday of "a alleged
members OF IA million dollar con-
fidence ring.
Phillip Vancise. district attorney
who brought the prisoner to Denver
today, charged that French yas in
volved in 100000 confidence game
at Miami, Fla. A tip that French was
in Estes Park was received yester'
day at the district attorneys office and
he was traced last night with the aid
of state rangers, Mrs. Vancise, stated.
Wanted In Miami
Miami, Fla, Aug 26.-French and
two others were indicted here last
May 70 rthe alleged swindling of one
hundred thousand dollars from Peter
Nicholson, a middle-western banker
and mine operator. The whereabouts
of the defendants was unknown until
the arrest of French.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
NOTHING TO DO BUT FIGHT IT OUT
Summary of The
Strike Situation

26(5y Associated PressThe ninth the
negotiations collapsed
anthracite
further tOube with train
notably Chicago and Alton
Roodhouse Slater
refusing to turn a
against
the strike
Bloomington through
Springfield and ST. Louis
Mobile railroad officials investigating last nights wreck Of
passenger which several injured
following investigation declared the switch thrown
and n a deliberate wreck the train
Mobile and Ohio
injured
The remained undetermined
Railway
jacksonville Fa attempt
after
slight explosion
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
FOREIGN TRADE
OF JAPANESE IS
NOW INCREASING

Toxic, August 26.-The empires
foreign trade for the first half OF the
current year resulted in an excess of
import over export to the gross
amount of 36S,37O 900 yen. the former
aggregating LOB, $3.50 900 yen as
against the latter totalling 5.l9G, 900
yen.
This adverse tendency OF the first
half years trade however. was ac-
complished by a reassuring feature
each month showing Il more advan-
tageous balance of trade.
In reviewing the tendency of the
Empires foreign trade during the
first half year of 1922, economic ex-
perts and critics are at once unan-
imOus in concluding that the situation
does not yet admit of any too opti-
mistic views with reference to the
future prospects of the country $
trade, because the ebbing of excessive
import itself The decline of import
is attributable largely to the prac-
tical exhaustion Of the specie re-
serves abroad Of the Japanese eX-
change banks This cause has, how
ever, been removed now as a cOnse-
quence OF the brisk export of raw
silk, thereby releasing the issue OF
sale drafts and letters of credit by
the exchange banks to the encourage
ment of import trade once again.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
TRAIN CREW NOT
AWARE ATTEMPT
TO WRECK NO. 50
Jacksonville Dispatch Gives Detail
of Dynamite Outrage -
Work of Amateurs

When Atlantic Coast Line train No.
SO from Jacksonville reached Lake
land this morning at 5:3S. nobody
aboard knew anything about the story
carried in the Associated Press dis
patches that an attempt had been
made to wreck the train by the plow-
ing up of a bridge just south of
Jacksonville. Nothing unusual oc-
Cured during last nights run south
ward and. according to the ccrew,
there was no evidence of any trouble
at the upper end of the line.
The following is the Associated
Press statement covering the attempt
to dynamite the bridge as carried in
the day report this morning, dated
Jacksonville:
Jacksonville. Fla. Aug. 2G.-An
investigation into the explosion of a
charge of dynamite on the Atlantic
Coast Line bridge over Fishweir
creek, just south of the city limits
here last night, few minutes before
train No. SO, the Palmetto limited.
New York to Tampa, crossed, devel-
oped today that, although the win
dows in the houses over a large area
had been shattered by the concussion,
the bridge was not damaged. The
dynamiters apparently were amateurs.
for the explosive was placed on a
piling cap, and when it let go it only
splintered the piling. The limited left
the union station at 10:0S; the explo-
sion occurred at 1910. Persons liv-
ing near the bridge could not locate
the explosion, but believing it was
the trestle that was wrecked, at
tempted to intercept the train. They
failed, and the flyer, with its crew
ignorant of the attempt to wreck it
and with five of its eight cars crowd
ed with passengers, struck the bridge
at full speed. The fact that the train
was not wrecked is considered little
short of miracle.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
KU KLUX KLAN is FREED
OF CALIFORNIA CHARGES

Los Angeles, CAL, Aug. 26.-(By
Associated Press)-Thirty-fi al
legged memebrs of the Ku Klux Klan
were free today, jury which tried
them on felony charges growing out
of the Englewood raid of April %
last, having acquitted them last night
after a little more than two hours
actual deliberation. They were ac-
cused of having raided the home and
bonded winery. of Field and Matias
Elduayen, in Englewood, a suburb,
seized the men as alleged bootleg
gers and turned them loose after Of
ficers had refused to lock them up.
After the raid NJ B. Mosher, Engle-
wood constable, was killed and his
son, Walter 2: Mosher, deputy con-
stable, and Leonard Ruegg, deputy
sheriff, was wounded. According to
evidence brought out at the Mosher
inquest and the trial, the raid was
planned at a meeting of the Ku Klux
Klan in Englewood.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26

Moscow, Aug. 2G-Russa already
has reduced her fighting force to
1000 men and is always ready to
enter any disarmament conference
which gives guarantees. She does
not anticipate any immediate inter
vention, but considers that an attack
is always possible, and it is doubtful
if she could remain passive in the
event that France invaded the Ruhr
district and involved Poland in a re-
newal of the conflict with Germany.
Leon Trot2ky, soviet minister of war,
made these assertions in an interview
in which he submitted to oss-iire
of questions from fifteen foreign cor
respondents regarding SOvietia's ex-
ternal and internal problems. He ex-
planned that Russia is so tranquil
that Premier Lenine can take his
much needed rest and at the same
time remain perfectly in touch with
the problems of state.
NJ. TrotZky declared the Soviet gov
crnment preferred the humane meth
Cd of eXiling his opponents of Rus
sia rather than crushing them. but
added in reply to a question that pc
litical freedom of party organization
will be restored in Russia only when
the power of capital is broken.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
NEWBERRY STILL
THE MAIN issue
MICHIGAN FIGHT

Lansing, Mich, Aug. 26.-(By the
Associated; Press)-Michigan voters
will go to the polls September II to
name party nominees for United
States senator, governor, lieutenant
governor, members of congress, state
Legislators and local officers. Over
shadowing all other contests in point
of statewide interests is that for the
Republican nomination for United
States senator.
There are four candidates in the
field-Senator Charles E. Townsend,
State Senator Herbert f. Bakers, Con.
gressman Patrick H. Kelley and John
G. Emery, formerly national com
mander of the American Legion. The
paramount issue in the vigorous cam
paign they are conducting is excessive
campaign expenditures. With Michi-
gan the home state of Senator Truman
H. Newberry, "Newberryism" has
come to be the slogan of the campaign
and all other issues have compara-
lively been lost sight OF.
Baker, Kelly and Emery are basing
their campaigns upon denunciation
of "Newberryism." Senator Town
send. in reply, has held steadfastlf to
the position that his actions in the
senate call for no apology. He has
declared that he ''is as much against
excessive expenditures as anyone" "
In the Newberry case he admits that
too much money was spent but not
that any money was illegally spent"
Former Governor Woodbright N.
Ferris is unopposed for the Demo-
cratic senatorial nomination.
Governor Alex J. Groesbeck is op-
posed for Republican denomination by
Former State Labor Commissioner
Richard H. Fletcher and Theodore Nj.
Joslin of Adrian. Both Joslin AMI
Fletcher are asking for votes as a
protest against alleged excessive ex-
penditures in the conduct of the
states business. They also assert
that Governor Groesbeck has created
an autocracy of which ne is the head.
The governor will go before the
voters on his record.
OF the nine congressman who are
running for denomination all but two
are opposed. The Republican nomina-
ton is usually considered equivalent
to election. Congressman Earl Mich.
ener is opposed by S. E. Crawford OF
Ypsilanti;- ]. NJ. c. S mith by Brewster
E. Kies, of Hillsdale; Carl E. Mapes
by. Alvah M. Brown of Grand Rapids
Louis c. Cramton by James McCaren.
OF Port Huron; Francis o. Lind0uist
by Bird ]. Vincent. Of Saginaw. Will
liam M. Smith of st. Johns, and VIM.
M. Lash OF Saginaw; James c. Nc.
I.aughNn by State Senator Albert
Fn~el: w. Frank James by Martin s
McDonough, of Iron River. John c.
Ketcbar, and Roy o. Woodruff are
NnOpposed for denomination.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
NEW TYPE LIFEsoAT

London, Aug. 26.-Lifeboats ar.
ranged on deck on rails, so that they
can be run to that part Of the ship
from which launching is possible. are
features Of the new steamship Neck
lenburg. claimed to be the Slast word
in safety ships. which has inst made
her maiden trip between Folkestone
and Flushing. In many cases OF dis
aster At sea 1t has been found i'm
nossihle to launch all of the boats on
a. ship because OF the list. BY this
new device this difficulty is said to
be overcome.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
HALF MILLION
FIRE LOSS AT
WINSTON-SALEM

Winston-Salem, N. c., Aug. 90
The Nissen building, occupied by the
w. w. Smoak Harness Company and
was totally destroyed and the Liberty
Cafe, the Newark Shoe Store, C. d.
Kennedy Company and general store
of Teichman Brothers, were badly
damaged by fire early today. The to-
tai loss is estimated at $4,000 The
portion of the Nissen building occu-
pied by the Smoak Harness Company
was blown up with gasoline, it is al
legged, by VIM. E. Chatham, 1S-year-
old boy, who was captured by the
police as he was leaving the building
few seconds after the explosion,
which shook the entire downtown
district of the city.
While handouts were being placed
on Chatham, the young lad confessed.
according to arresting officers, that
he had blown up the building. Ac-
cording to his statement. as given out
by the officers, Chatham did it on ac-
count of a grievance which he claim
ed he had suffered at the hands of
w. w. Smoak, owner of the harness
business.
The boy explained. the officers said.
that he saturated the entire upper
part of the building with gasoline and
had intended to place fuse in a five
gallon can filled with gasoline and
make his escape before the explosion
went off; that in lighting the fuse,
however, the gasoline on the can be-
came ignited and blew up the build
ing before he could get away. Ir his
confession the young man stated he
had M cnnfaherafps
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
DIVIDEND INCREASE
AUTHORIZED

Washington, Aug. 26.-The Vir-
gina Railway company was author
lied to day by the Interstate Com
merce Commission to increase the
dividend rate on its preferred stock
of which $27,9OOOOO is outstanding,
from five to six per cent. The pro-
posal was made Jointly by the railroad
and the holders of preferred stock to
obviate payment of $S,3SG,500 in ac-
ciued dividends to which preferred
stockholders were entitled by the ac-
cumulative right to the five per cent
rate. The stockholders under the ar
rangement approved today, will resign
their right to any of the accrued divi-
dends and will receive instead the
higher future rate of return on their
holdings.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
FORT LAUDERDALE MAYOR

Miami. Fla, Aug. 26.-Mayor viii
]. Reed, of Fort Lauderrale, spent the
night in Jail here and faced a justice
of the peace today on charges of re-
sisting arrest. assault and battery.
drunkenness and using profane and
obscene language. An automobile
party from Fort Lauderdale to Miami
was stopped last night north of here
for exceeding the speed limit. The
officers reported that the party in the
car struck them. Reeds two com1-
panions are charged similarly except
that there is no complaint of assault.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
Railroad Executives Say
They Feel Sure That
the Strike VIII Be Over
In Less Than a Week,
But Labor Unions Plan
For Waging a Vigorous
<And Forceful Battle

gJNew York, Aug. 26.-(By the Asso-
vhated Press with the peace effort
Launched by the Big Five brother
hoods definitely abandoned, rail execu-
tives and shopcraft leaders today
realigned their forces for finish
fight in which both sides predicted an
early victory.
I'VE are going home to start the
real fight, whether it lasts for three
weeks or three months" declared w.
F. Ryan, president of the Garments s
National Brotherhood, as he prepared
to leave for Kansas City to direct ac-
tivities of his branch of the shop
crafts.
"Our organizations nave plenty of
funds to conduct long fight and our
members are willing to make the sac
rifices needed for a decisive victory" I"
he concluded.
B. M. Jewell head of the strike or
ganization's officers, predicted a vic
tory as the outcome of the battle
which he asserted the railroads left as
the only course open to pursue.
Before starting for Chicago to pick
B up the reins of strike leaders where
he dropped them when recent peace
parleys began, he issued a statement
to his men in which he said:
'We have gone the limit in the in
terest of peace. If we must fight we
will Show that we know how. Now
that the issue is clearly defined and
false hopes of an early peace dissi-
pated the fight must be renewed with
increased vigor and every man must
do his full part to bring it to an early
and successful conclusion"
Gentlemen" he concluded, what
will be your answer to the challenger"
The attitude of the brotherhood
chiefs whose tireless efforts to pro-
mote a peaceful conclusion collapsed
yesterday was expressed by the pres
ident of the Switchmen's Union of
North America.
I'VE are not so sorry for the Strik-
ers," said he, "as we are for the Amer
lean public. They are going to be the
sufferers-more and more as the
strike is prolonged"
Others of the big five leaders ex-
pressed great disappointment over
their failure to end hostilities but re-
newed assurance that the running
trades would refrain from any sympa-
thetic strike, illegal walkout or con-
spiracy, "as long as the rights of the
brotherhoods are not threatened"
In rail employers circles news OF
: the failure of the negotiations was
given a varied reception. Officials of
roads which were not party to the ne
gotiations having Joined the majority
which declined to resume discussions
with the brotherhoods after last Wed
nesday's meetings of the Association
ck Railway Executives today were
hkly: 81 told you So"
he minority representing II roads
VI $4,000 miles of track and includ
iisuch powerful systems as the Chi
cago and Northwestern, Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul, Erie, New YorE
Central and Seaboard Airline today
expressed regret at the sudden ter
mination of efforts to compromise but
expressed no doubt as to the outcome
I'VE will break the strike within q
week." was their general prediction
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
BOTH SIDES STRIKE CONTROVERSY
SETTLE DOWN TO DETERMINED
CAMPAIGN AWAITING NEXT MOVE
RUSSIAN JEWELS RECOVERED

Moscow, Aug. 26.-Valuable jewels
stripped from the historic icon of the
Iberian Virgin by robbers who broke
into the famous Iberian chapel at the
gates of the Red Square on April =.
have been recovered by the Moscow
police.
Thirty members of a gang of rob
bers who looted many churches,
chapels and converts before and dur
ing the government requisition Of
church treasures have been arrested,
and loot valued at many millions OF
dollars has been recovered. Tho
jewels from the Iberian icon alone
were estimated to be worth nearl,
100000.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
TROPICAL STORM BREWING

Washington. Aug. 2G.-United Statss
weather bureau reports today tell of
storm gathering over the Caribbean
Sea some distance south of Jamaica
with indications of its moving north
west. Its intensity has not yet been
determined.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
COAL BILL BLOCKED

wnshinpton. Aug 26.-(By the AS
sociated Press)-Action on the ad-
ministration bill designed to prevent
nrofiteering in coal. through extension
Of the powers of the interstate com
merce commission and the creation of
Federal Fuel Distribution Agency.
was blocked TODAY in the Senate inter
ctata Cowmarcn Cornmittee and tho
whole subject went over until Mon
day.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
JACKSONVILLE PROTESTS

Jacksonville. Fla, Aug. ga mass
meeting OF the Duval County Law En-
forcement Committee has been called
for next Wednesday at p. m. and
protest against the publicity given in
connection with the shopmen's strike
here and to pledge the cooperation of
the public to the peace officers.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
JAPANESE LOANS DECREASE

Toxic, Aug. 26.-AecOrding to the
Finance Department, the Japanese
Government loans registered at the
end of June amounted to 3,544 1888 ,S36
yen. namely 2,1S5, ,923,425 yen do
mestic and 1.359,015.411 yen foreign.
Compared with the preceding month
the domestic loan indicates a decrease
Of 77,SO4, $50 yen while the foreign
debts remain unchanged.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
MIXED MARRIAGE BAN LIFTED

Yokohama, Aug 2G.-The foreign
school of Yokohama which. unlike
other similar schools of Japan, has
rigidly excluded children of mixed
marriages, has at last decided to lift
the ban. This is the result of a long
controversy in which veteran Western
merchants of Japan have been op-
posed by men with Eurasian families.
The lacg of money broke down the
opposition to these children. their
fathers, many of them wealthy men,
having refused to subscribe to the
funds of the school which is sup
ported by voluntary subscriptions, UNI
less the children We're admitted.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
EASTMAN THEATRE In ROCHESTER Is
ONE OF MOST UNUSUAL in The WORLD

TEN, the hazard of a gloomy audito-
rum will be eliminated. The theatre
will be sufficiently we'll illuminated so
that patrons may read without dis
comfort and at the same time view
the film without any visionary effort
The theatre will serve also as Il
medium of expression for the hun
dreds of pupils of the Eastman School
of Music
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
ANOTHER CROSSING TRAGEDY

Princeton. md. Aug 26-J. w. Bur-
ris, Of Henderson, Kentucky, and four
members OF his family, were killed to-
day when Chicago and Eastern Illi-
nois train struck their automobile at
Haubstadt, Indiana, ten miles south of
here.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
BIG PRICE FOR COLT

Sulph6r Springs. N. Y, Aug. 90.
Rear Admiral Carey 7. Grayson,
paid $1,000 for a colt by Superman-
Princess Ormande at the disposal of
the Blue Ridge Stock FARMS yearling
consignment this year.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26
OCEAN VESSELS WITHDRAWN

Toxic. Aug. 26.-The marine trans
port circles are so completely de-
pressed since the beginning of the hot
season, reports the Chugai. that Il
number of large type vessels on ocean
service are now being withdrawn one
after another. The consequence is n
marked depreciation of charterage.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1922-08-26


The French dreadnaught France
was completed in November, 1912, and
has normal displacement of 29,120
tons. She is 544 feet in length with a
beam of IS 1-2 feet and carries q crew
of los men.
How Accident Happened
Paris, Aug. 26-The French dread
naught France ran ashore on enter
ing Quiberon Bay after night prac-
tice, the navy department announced
today. She struck snag and was
borne by the current toward the Teig-
mouse rocks, where she anchored as
she was unable to maneuver owing to
the accident.
According to the latest news the
vessel capsized and is sinking.
1t is unofficially reported that the
French cruisers Paris and Strasbourg
took off the crew. A deep rupture was
made when the vessel struck. The
lights were extinguished by the crash
and her condition prevented pumping.
The dreadnaught filled with water by
o'clock this morning and is now
lying on her side in Quiberon bay.
Fifteen of Grew Missing
Paris, Aug. 26.-Latest report from
Brest tonight states that fifteen men,
bers of the crew of the dreadnaught
France are missing and it is now
feared, the vessel will be total loss
as the result of striking a rock and
capsizing today in the Bay of Qui-
beron.