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Eichmorii) ?in?5--0iSpati:t! TlitKt THE iJISFATCll 1??? i?at 1160 Knl*r?d January 17, 1906, a: the t'u?!-OfAo? *1 Richmond, v?, aa Utovud-Ciua Mattel. PUKl.lSilEl) eviry day !n the year at 10 South Tenth Street. Richmond. V?., t>y Tin Tlmes ? UJapatch Publishing Co, Inc. IF OCR KHIKNDS w io favor ua with inatiu sorlpla anil illu.?>tu tlona for publUattvn w;hU tu Bl.*? UllUVIill able aittula'S returned, they must In all cuaea a*nd atampa fur that purpoaa. AIW)HKSS AUIj COMMIT NICATIONS to Tl\a Tlmea ? LMnpatch and not to Individuals. TBLKl'HONK Randolph 1. Private Hrunch te.\ o h u n f e connecting with all UeoartnicntB. BRANCH OKK1CBS: PMerkburi. ?11 North Sycamore Street: Washington. 1416 New York Avenue; New York City. Klfth Ave nut HuIHHuk; Chtrago, P%ople's One RutliKni;; Philadelphia. Colonial Trust HulldiiiR BUBSCRIPTPON PRICKS 1?V MAI1. tl'uyable In Advance) 1 Mo. S Mea. ( Moa. 1 Tr. pally Only ( .96 1176 |3.?l> % fi &0 ?unJny Only <0 l_P" 2 00 4 CO Dally And Sunday. 1.06 1.76 6*60 10.60 BT LOCAl. CARRIER DEI.1VKRT RKRV1CK Mom'nK arid Sundny ... 18 centi a wef-U Morning without Sunday n oen'ji a week Sunday ()nl> 7 cent! n tvi'fk MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS? Tho Aasodated Pre** la eiclualvety entitled to the uee for republic*tlon of all ncwe dlapntches ?radlted to It or not oth'? riv: *e credited In this (apor. and nlao the local newa published here'n. A.U right* of republication of special dtapatchoa haraln are alao reeorved. Home of The Tlran-I MspMoh ? baolutv'.y Fireproof Tin1 I'tiMii I'll)* M(iVI.V(i in ill- background ?>f the pres ent stormy industrial situation rather shndowly through lack of a champion in iii*>-fray. is the pati*?nt. forbearing party >t what wo miiy call the fourtii part, the \nitrican public. Larm.lv forgotten be ' ;ii|vi' it carries ni> advantage of selllsli pi!rtisanship. that party awaits with a re markable degree ut calm and apparent iM?jpiiaiion the da> of accounting, when. a.s'hlNvays and inevitably, it will be required to ooilie forward and pay tlit' cost. Mighi n*r. potentially, than tin* employers or the employes, ur the government?itrt nominal defender wnywardly lighting the battles of political advantage.--the public lacUs arto H.ni?te means of expressing its might, ne glects largely to use such means as it lias and drifts on toward disaster The result of this exclusion of the--most Ciuip'ortant parly in anywise related to the :>flair is that the richest country oil earth faces the pror-peci of material distress of Hie most aggravated sort. While employer and worker, breathing defiance at every slop, strive in gain their respective objec tive*. and the administration at Washing ton look- to November, the public counts the days before winter, with increasingly sound reason to expect with winter Mil !i horsemen" as widespread un employment. cold. hunger. bitterness and di-ioiitent The world's llnest f raifspovi ;ii ion system and inexhausti ble natural stores of coal will iiviiil nothing. '>r li'.'le. ng;iin-t Mie forces of industrial s! raugulat ion Instead of the prosperity tliiit was routing. w?. may expect a return of depression and in a form vastly more acute than ha- yet been * \p< noticed unless stub bornness and hate \ i? ? K1 to a spirit of con ? ciliation *\ ? The prospect sinii grave injury If not .tabulated !?> in? re.isi tin public iradi tional i serve of patience and tolerancM <)n the I 'intiai y. t: ?? partisans who are waging tilis destructive warfare and the admlnls tiation '.bat views the matter a~ one to be handled with nice regard for political ef Ti-d may e\p? ? to iind thai "damning" the public brings, in the long run. an appro priate reward Drill < ancelhuion . '.in vi\ agi 'I he tile ? ;I ma\ be assumed, >' debtor iiiitifiii< of Ku i tile I.! rime | he ant I n of the interallied m iiritish more tiian two formal suggestion that in I !l > .w d wit i Kun 'I n -men, it ? tit ri!i'.it< .'-piUS ; I fui;;. lope to i tioi: fir dfebiedi: ? V MH t> nil p ? fcOine 1 1 rench tlvt i have a men: - propositi Vppiil'' : St at e of i'?.'i ? ion!/' I : < j;^t.t:ia: ' to the v. ii men- do. i- - < tliin com r> "over-'eii - ti. i buried in |"r l<an lives, a^ into the h i; ?inly belligerent <.n the allied - <M>pcd no reward hi reparations '.or pcoph - w Also th? fa I ? ,lV. Jjqtton ;>; tl. :'11<>n i, i ? -.veil from any other v. th wi.i# ? v. ?Jul war. The iiritisii can well .talj. carifeliation ness with Frann and Ilussia ;ii lis rally equivaien States The Kritish do nr.t h jo cent" oi, tin dollar, and ; war. seek llation. The proposal to w the Mrit i?!i rt a in gov? rn '' or i g i ii it 1 ?ins i'-rman militarism over: i, >! the fad in '?rI;. ::."oo.OOo - : t h- >n I'll nils of 'i I'.e.r II in , that Atn'Ticau money, i ll'.at Atnerl for inore t han that 111 vn them \ mer w-cnt is the w liich lands H t J f outst.Hiding indfditei]. and Italy and llelgiuni i dob: an extent pradi to it-, debt to the ('nited po to collect e t 111 : I fore wipe out )>ad debts owinj' to iii-t'1 ii good d'-bt which Kiiropo would adopt disar T.vt-ry willing t per in order to she owes us. Moreover, if Zmnnjent "ti land a- well as ?conrliiei. would retun, to a basis and bniig to an end expenditures fn armies and enns might feel Inclined to .-fturopenn relief by reducing the foreign debt or remitting all interest or even by ' s?a; if that raigiit peace its enormous Heels. Amerl contrlbute to wiping out the whole business. But tItts is not proposed for a moment. Instead the British and tlie Frcuch coutinuo to tax themselves almost to the point of financial exhaustion to maintain armaments, com plaining at I he smite time that they have no money with which to pay what they owe. : is idle to talk of debt cancellation to Vtiierica under existing circumstance* (?'. O. I*. in a Hole A D.\l INISTKATION leaders would like to r~\ sidetrack the ponding tariff hill until after the adjournment of the present ses sion of Congress, if they could find any plausible excuse for doing so. They have been hearing from the country, and the growing volume of Indignant protest Js very disquieting to them. They hoped that Democratic obstruction to an early vote would provide them with the excuse they sought. Hut having performed their duty of exposing its iniquitous sch^lules to pub lic condemnation, the Democrats declined to become a party to the scheme of Re puhlican duplicity of establishing a con venient alibi, and are Insisting that the measure be put on its passage. They want the two parties to go on record before the country on the outrageous proposal of pub lic exploitation for the benefit of the se lected interests favored by it. They may not defeat the bill on passage, but they feel assured the voters of the country wil^ de feat the party that passes it. Hut. while the Democratic Senators sought to effect a unanimous consent agreement for a vote on August I", this move was defeated by opposition from the ! Republican side. Senator I .en root. of Wis ' otisin. who has consistently voted with the Democrats against various rates written Into the bill, objected to a vote at the time mentioned, and gave notice that there would be no unanimous agreement for a final vote | until all Important committee amendments 1 to the measure had been discussed and I acted upon. In taking this attitude, Sen j ator Lenroot displays both party wisdom ar.d commendable consideration for the pub ' lie interest, lie realizes that if a vote on the passage of the bill as it now stands is taken, a majority will be recorded in its favor and the effect of that action will mean the certain defeat of the Republican party ; In the next presidential election. Whereas, j If a vote on It can be prevented until the next session, the chances are that It will i be entirely rewritten, or else so modified ! that it bo much less oppressive than it j now is. Since he has taken it upon him ! self io assume responsibility for continued exposure of the bill and to prevent a vote , on passage, the Democrats can afford to j let him have his way about it. j Slaughter Coming in N'oveinlx-r RKPI'HMCAN' party managers profess to be pleased with the result of party pri maries up to the present time in ttie re ; Sleeted indorsement of the present House I ot Representatives and. of course, approval of the Harding administration. They ei j plain that in the primaries In fourteen He J publican States in which Judgment was J passed on the House membership, the ver dict has been favorable to the administra tion. Of 131 Republican members who were candidates for renominatlon In the primaries, only eight have sustained defeat. They regard this as a vindication of unusual significance. Of course, in stressing the encouragement they get from theso figures, they are conveniently silent with reference i to the prominence in party leadership of several of the members upon whose rejec tion for renominatlon the verdict reflected most significantly of disapproval of admin istration policies with which they were so i actively identified However, these claims of encouragement with respect to House results aside, it will be noticed that graveyard silence is main I tained as to results in the senatorial pri maries in Republican strongholds. With enly one-third of the Senate to be re-elect I ed. the slaughter of the stanches! support ers of the ad ministration in the primaries j already held has been something fearful. | One by one they have gone down before j the wave of party progress! vlsm, determined upon expressing disapproval in a way too I emphatic to be mistaken as to its meaning. | And with many of the primaries still ahead, j administration leaders are in a panic of fear ! that the rebuke may go much further. Furthermore, the verdict of disapproval. ; us indicated, that comes from within the j party, is as nothing compared wilh that | which will be registered by the full elec I torate at the polls in November. The light vote cast in most of the primaries is omin | ous of the dissatisfaction throughout the country with the record made by the party ' iii power Hence, disdaining to ho bound 1<> primary party tests, whether implied or ! expressed, a very large proportion of the electorate is free to vote Its choice as be ! tv.een candidates without regard to previ I ous party a (filiations. From growing expressions of popular re ] sentnieiit against the pending outrageous l tarifT bill and some other measures to which | the 'Republicans in the House gave prncti cully unanimous support, it can readily he ' surmised that the more of these members who secure renomination ihe larger will be the opportunity for slaughtering them in i (!.?? November elections. For ovary oiif\ee j el encouragement that Republican man agers get out of the result of Republican primaries, the Democrats get a pound of confidence from tin; attitude of the elec torate as a whole. Defeat for the Library? PKHIIAI'S it ought not to ho accounted surprising that a city which has reached Richmond's age wi'hout a public library should find itself represented by a Common | Council whose conception of a library Is i 't is merely an extravagant luxury. I: Is most surprising, however, that Rich mond or any other dry should be repre sented by a Common Council whose procon cepMoiirs am quite unshaken by an adverse and perfectly clear expression of the peo ples will Hy rejecting the library proposal at i's meeting Thursday night, (i,0 Common Council of Richmond repudiated a move .i?ei, w lilch c.ii ried, and has been known for weeks to carry, the united support of t.- ommunltv, upwards of 40.000 Rich iiioiidethaving enrolled individually fn tho I.ibrarv Association. A majority of Com mon Council agreed that the enlightened people of 'his cliy have an entirely errone ous- ? anception of the importance of a pub lic library, and, for their own good, must bo made to wait. If anything was made* clear by the dis cussion and \ote in Thursday night s meet ing it was that more than half the mem rs or our Common Council nro with out enthusiasm for tho library project, re gardless of conditions, nnd will not. o.\ ? ' perhaps. under the spur of more vigor ous popular Insistence, vote for a library appropriation at any time, it is perfectly I I' le to drag into a discussion of this sort , e other needs" of the community, or, >> .tin means, seek to give the impression 'hat Richmond would bo driven Into !n ( solvency l,y an expenditure such as tho li brary advocates have asked. It is equally ( ( (<> pretend that the library proposal has been pressed so rapidly as to deny a rea sonable opportunity for study of its ppo a isions. Members of Common Council know anc| tho of Richmond know it. This setback is discouraging, but it should not bo permitted to doetrov tho great popular movement for n community os sein ial. if those Rlchmonders who have given their support in the form of signa ges will now add the intluence of con stant, personal advocacy. It should not bo impossible to swing over the requisite num ber of votes, even whore there is apparent ly no clour appreciation of a public library's plnce in the life of a city. "To the Woods" ttnpo the woods" is the cry of Representa Republicans in eight Virginia congressional districts. State Chairman nipper, by announcing that his purtv will nominate candidates for tho Culled States ; on,,t? and for the House of Represeuiu *es 11 i\ei> district, has caused a general movement to cover. In Norfolk, it was suggested to .Metialcus Lankford that he would again be ask.-rl to ;?'*? ''J\ no,,iiuation fr<"" the second Din . , H,s r?P'y was direct, "Nobodv can Ir ua,,<)n ?" "io " 1,1 ,ll(! election ?! , ' r h " nut'?nal trend in tho direr ion of his party, he was defeated bv Uep resentatlvo Deal by 9.000 votes. urn". d"UH.t some,)od>' w?ll 1?? found who will lead the forlorn hopo in each district ono ?N'n,h- Ul? 8cvcn,h ia the 0,11-v one that offers even the ghost of a chance, and Senator John Paul again i? trying con clusicns there with Representative Harri vnar >n V,'" aWly from ?"? P^ly this ? 11,0 Hfth now appears safely Demo cratic l,y a large majority. Positions with l ie rear guard will be popular in 1922 in Republican rr.nks in this State. State Forester Chapin Jones deserves public approval for his brochure. "The For ests of Russell County. Virginia." The work -?> evidence of great industry and intelligent comprehension, it fs a valuable addition to the literature on the subject or this State's resources and possibilities, u shows, too an earnestness of purpose that is much more common in the public service than many people suppose*. Up With the Times h>- n. o. n. A Tennessee candidate who spent the ,i?v "fore the primary |? pl;lycr ;ln(, fBll|ln hn, been defeated. If he had taken a look a: he world about him. he might have known tho I.ord had no time to waste on candidates. The country will come to its senses after a while, but only to realize that hindsight imi t anthracite l?v a Ions* sight. Kdua Kerbor reports war talk on every hand in t.ermany. if the Germans will only exer ? fe a little of that patience for which thev : are famous. Vrnn.v mny ?nvo a , f I ..n,,oceS,ary trouble h> bringing |.Ar? to Oreat Britain still enjoy* the distinction a "?nR Knropean nations of being the onlv one that even intends to pay. |,M ''|OWl ,M,rlKp is about (o field in f leveland. accord ini? t. matters'"';"', 1M,iIa'U!"h,a- Industrial IlluIiOrS, it Stf*Oll\?? *? r^. r t, i ,.f , . 4 kopr alive until ' "r ",,r ,arK" cities has taken lf< turn in the limelight. Vine*;. Tr'Zb?r "O, been con time " if i'I IU ?f library at this ! ' ,'f 1,0 ?"<???>* that we ll need it more imperatively in the future. ?ro?aJy vns 'tmv' v..1' 'S m?r" I,ow than it :;r;n- *: ?? -?? along, the ^ Tuesday1* l*rlmar|eN. ( From the Baltimore Sun ) On the whole. Tuesday s primaries showed fw surprises. Virginia the political ex l?n s had predicted Swanson's victory with Wi'nts i''t !l,'nlrAl'y' Wl,al '"""""CO Mr M 11*011 s Indorsement of ' J*watison evercfse.l it is i in possible (., o,,. i . , . *?-rciseil df al. because , s wort] ??!iii carries much weigh, |? .,1s native SMate ,)u " ulthou. It. Swanson had the inside track ?>!; Mrun* r^fi-ii i.M.c o. such thiriKs elsewlwr.. to |?. , ' Mlw#. ls reputed Tr r?Drr;t? Ilis.uid prides itself on Its inheritance I .';JT,Kimp i ?" out. in t he absen.'e l!',\IT"'*" consHc^u;1 excepuonJ.1, th^^ha^g^ ^ >"< ?.?? so superior in ability to the ,ht or TLtho ^ ":,Ia ,1'l'?'','^nl.sm--conu^e<V^L!1?hn^ corrupt. on>e day. however, ther. . i ve ops as in the o]d Iteadjustrr period''u wl.l take more than an p i.? v m-. i ? ' bold down the Virginia voters, ' If' there is an independent wet candidate for the Sen 1 may be some firTworks down that way. '-rcworus ? llnitiiaim fioem |"p Head. (Charlotte Observer > The retirement ?f Senior Culberson, of leaves to Senator Simmons the distinc tion which noes with ranking member on the Ocmocratlc side. ? ? distinction w? ch wl.l be generally acclaimed, and bv our re publican friends at that, from the reason that hey have been disposed to give recognition to Simmons as the most Influential force In present Senate on either side. A Definition. (The lioaton Herald ) A republic, is th? t form of government in which every one knows Jus! what should be done and nobody knows Just how. SEEN ON THE SIDE By IIKNItV 12DWAUD WARNER The Whirl. I.lfe is n funny sort of thing ? A oiiirmtsi'l. an aero-swlng. A hump-the-bumps, a whirling mass Of days gone nnil to come to pass. The more It whirls, the faster set. Kar faster whirls are coming yet; From cold-dead clays to newborn Spring. I.Ife Is u funny sort of thing. W? never can foresee the end: An enemy may turn a friend. A friend become a foe. and so The fortunes of existing go. Up bill and down together roll The proudest anil the humblest soul. Anil he who sits a throne today. Bess alms tomorrow, by the way l.lfe is a funny sort of mess? A puzzle, haimlng on a guess; A hit-andrmiss affair of men Who come and go, nor come airai;.. And we who iivr our years of life On plains of peace or Holds of strife. You. I and nil?we nui.t confess, Iilfe is a funny sort of mens. < linreoul Kpb'x Dully TlioonM. "I aln" i;\vine (in" no fault \vi<l providence." said Charcoal Kph. ruminative)y. "an" I a in" Kwlne rii "round plckln' a light wld a lop tar mewl. Kat a prune. M'stali Jackson." I.agiilapiir. Paint and putty, powder and paint, make ! things look like sump'n the;, ntn't I Come <>n. I.uck, kiss me while I'm lone some! A cry hit; baby is ?iiie renson r?>r spanking. There is no happiness for a grout h. 'I'lii* Color. "So you've decided not tt. bo abroad this year?'" "Yeah: what's the use? I've found a hotel right In New York where you have to tip everybody." Health Talks by Dr. Brady Skinny W Innlc. fear Mr. Brady: No one derives more pleasure from your ar ticles than I. nor does nny one *:et less at tention. Kor you see I atn n<>t trying to lose weight, but ruth?r to put it on. In one of your article* I read that we eat too much and that a tnoro cheerful outlook could be ob j tallied from lighter eating. 1 am a seere I tar.v-stenographer. This noon. r< niemberlnc I your good a'lvi ??. | forsook my usual boiled ! ham and spinach and apple pje and had. ln ! Mend, a glass of tnilk and a piece .,f bread ! mid a fruit salad. Nmv .it :: o'clock 1 have ! decided that the lack of hot ami solid food is I accountable f'<r my feeling of fatigue and lack of pep. Itut here's the po'v': will less solid food and more ? ?f the Itt.idy harmony put weight on me'.' 'Cause I'm sixty-six and one-half Inches tall and weigh 11! I pounds. Isn't that awful? But how to better It! I'd like ten pounds in the right places, please. Yours for health and liaplness. SKINNY WINN 1K I There's- more truth than poetry in Sklnnv Winnie's plaint. The question nearest every body's heart sents to be. "When do we eat?" Popular is the guy who ran give a short, snappy satisfactory answer to that question. A few people, after several years of 100 per I cent attendance at regular and extra meals | begin rathir late to ask, "What do we eat?" | Hut rare. Indeed, is the fellow who pauses | even for a moment to ask, "Why do we eat?" | It was Ilornce Klotcher who asked. "Mow do j we eni ?" and Invented n governor in the I form of "Kletcherism" to retard ??nr danger i ous speed In eating. Many children, who are poorly nourished (underweight and. perhaps, below par in vigor) suffer chiefly from excessive speed in eating. These children are liWo'.v to be "nerv ous." peevish, hypersensitive and troublesome t?- parents and teachers. It Is surprising how greatly such children are benefited by a reasonable application of l-'lctchcrlsm. Par ents do well to make an Indexible rule re quiring such children to remain at the table not less than twenty minutes, even though the children gulp down their meals In much Uss tlnu* They will learn to take food slow ly and to masticate it properly If they find the rule Is unbreakable, for it is hard to sit at table many minutes with nothing to do. Try this on the . hild with "indigestion" and see how it works. Possibly Skinny Winnie tries to beat bogey at luncheon. It is a popular custom, lunching against time. Thousand* of folk* in Ameri can cities, catching lunch or dinner on the fly, suffer nutritional and digestive disorders which persist until the eating speed is mod erated. Hasty eating?which means gulping down food unmnstlcated or Insufficiently, mas ticated?is like the speed mania <>f the streets, chiefly an indulgence of persons whose time is of snial; value or whose leisure is too ample and squandered In Inconsequential or unworthy pursuits. Hlg business and profes sional men somehow manage to find tlmo for considerable play and time for unhurried eat ing?they spend their valuable time this way because they know it pays. 1 have a set of plans and specifications drawn up for Skinny Winnie?there are a great many of her w ho should have, whether they would like or not. an additional ten pounds or so In the right places- and a copy of the plans is available to any Skinny Winnie who may comply with the requirements of this department a stamped, self-addressed envelope for the plans. News of Fifty Years Ago (l-'rom the Richmond Dispatch. Aug. 1872.) IClcction ' reports from North Carolina create disturbing doubts. l.nrge and unex pected Republican wains continue to come in and it now looks as if Merrimon may be defeated and Tod H. Caldwell olected Gov ernor. However, it is certain that the Demo crats have tho legislature, and have elected certainly five of the Congressmen. Kev. J. William .Tones lias been called to the pastorate of the Pulton Baptist Church, and tho probability is. that,he will accept. All the Methodist ministers of this city will leave tomorrow to attend the big Sun day school convention in ClouccsuV County. It will be an open-air meetitiK Monumental Episcopal Church is closed for repairs, and will not be opened for two or three weeks. In the meantime, the rector, ftov. George Woodbrldgo, II. I)., is in the mountains of Virginia. S. T. Deford agent of the Richmond, Fred ericksburg and Potomac Hallroad in'Washing ten, telegraphs: "Wo commence tonight run ning Pullman palace cars from Baltimore to Richmond, Petersburg and Weldon via tho Baltimore and Potomac Railroad?the all rail route." .(ohn I?. Brady has sold the Scotisville Reg ister newspaper establishment to Messrs. Killott and Pitts. The new owners have changed the name of the paper, and it will hereafter be known n.s tho Weekly Courier. W, E. Tanner Co.. of Richmond, are bid ders for a part of the iron work on the new State Department at AVashlngton. Governors Walker, of Virginia, and Whyte, of Maryland, will be speakers at tho great Greeley ratification meeting to bo held In Washington. D. C. OF INTEREST TO RADIO FANS Turn to Poilc for llomiinrr. I Hy United News. ] WASHINGTON, Auk. 4.?(though the radio craze Is at I r 11> n t princi pally to the radio telephone, and present sign:, ??|llt n H|in wr,.;it. fr expansion tills coining fait with particular growth In tlic us., of con tinuous wave of vacuum tube re jCcjvliiB sets. nevertheless tho interest in^the radio code is also growing. I his Rrowth in cotlo interest among amateurs is best measured, according to officials. by tho In creased number of licensed umateurs within the last year, and by Indica tions of a consistent* Increase for some time to come, Kvery receiving set represents a potential transmitting sot. olllclals io-Heve. especially where tho owner is a boy with a scientific mind, and ? very encouragement Is being Kivcti "> that boy in the way of helping him to get an operator's license. In cidentally. when the new radio law I enact.-d. most licenses to ama teurs will be granted for code trans i mission only, it Is understood. | Th<* following detailed tabulation of the number of licenses by cadi nrn:m<>RATioN of hail| KOlIIWlK.Yr IS GROWING i STKIKK CRISIS FACTOR (Continued From First Cage.) e.|ulpiitent Is not perfect and the es timated number of imperfect loco inotlv. today is greater than at any time In the history of the American' railways. Second, they fear that if the shopmen?who not only have borne the brunt of the strike, but, l.> striking, have prevented wage cut* in other railway unions?are forqed to break ranks, the railroads eventually will crush the brother hoods' organizations. Axtnit ('mil Conference ltenult. From high senatorial sources the word tame tonight that so far as ' the Whit" Utilise concerned there probably would not be any new con structive action taken until after the bituminous and anthracite mine con ferences, called by President John I'. I.ewls, of tli. miners for next Mon- ? day ai,d WVdnesday, r- spectIvely. President - Harding is watching! ami waiting After a three.hour ses- i sion with h !.>- ? ~.t b I ri ? t t"day. all of j Ilcluls were silent as to the next j step at.d tli. Prer'dent himself would' \ throw no ! it; lit ,>11 ; fi, f ut ur* 1' is known th.it lie r-els wlia* satisfaction i- to be Kb .tne-J from his dual strike troubles I. t , ]... ; j found in tli- ?|iiai|fi'-i| willingness of , both parties iM tj,. ,;i|. str.;ii(, t,, i recognise the Millnx of tip, Railway j Kabor Hoard, and >the efforts of I resident Lewis, of tht inlne work ers to effect an ngr. crn*m with coal ' operators In the central competitive field. Ju?t I.etlliiK Matter Drift. Ueyond titat. then is absoluteIy no i tangible evidence that the govern-i nient has any definite plan, aside1 from letting the two strikeH sim mer. i.?,. cabinet official made this j statement to the writer: '.tlx en time, the mines now re? opening w ill produce more and more | coal. Men are drifting back steadily, j and each day, as more men gr. Into ? the mines, more coal will be pro duced. The same with the rail sit uation. Kfforts are being made '.v the Individual railroads to get met back or send them to roads wnerc they are most needed As more men I are supplied, the situation will im prove. Th. seems to b<> nothing else to do. The roads are being given ; I a chance to see what they can do. ! as the mine operators are, and that is all in s;ghi now, except from what i ill" Railway J.abor Hoard may be | able to do to help' thyigs along." That bespeaks the attitude of some of the President's counselors I.nlior Iloarii'M >tj| Mnvl. .... There !.s increasing eviden e that the next official move In the rail strike will come through the Rail road l.abor Hoard. The railroads have yielded on the board's ruling against farming out shop work, and a reopening of wage hearings, it resulting favorably to the workers, might influence their return to work, as officials see It. Once back, there would be the opportunity of making n test ease before the board on the question of seniority rules. This may prove the course of ac tion that develops within the next few days. All this, however, would take time. Meantime, the brother hoods are going to inject their voice into the proceedings and that voice may prove tho big influence in ter minating the present Impasse. Would Drag In Semite. Senator Spencer, .Missouri, today threatened to drag the Senate into the industrial melee sooner or later, when he announced he would Intro duce a bill to create a Federal court of conciliation to adjudicate contro versies affecting operation of inter state commerce. This bill, not un like the "commerce coitrf" estab lished under the Taft administration and a failure then, would provide three judges, to lie appointed by the President. Tile court would be em powered to enforce its decisions through fines and penalties. In the same manner ns district courts. Senator Horah, who has a bill to provide a commission to Investigate tho mining Industry, conferred with President Harding today on the measure. Harding, he paid, generally approveil tho purposes of the meas ure. but asked more time in which to study it, so Ho rah is going back to the White House next week to talk It over some more. Meantime, legislative action in the strikes Is being held in abeyance. Spencer Kxplalnit Ills Hill. "The people of the United States, under existing laws, are aide to judicially determine every dispute af fecting life, liberty and property as between States and individuals, but they are absolutely powerless to set tle labor disputes that may. and often do. directly affect the health and lives of the people and the indus trial life, of the nation," Senator Spencer said, explaining his proposed, bill. "This impotency is intolerable. "Kvery effort should be made to settle by conciliation or conference or voluntary arbitration differences in the great field of labor. "Hut when Industrial disputes reach a point where every voluntary effort to settle the difficulty has proved unavailing, and tho extent and character of the controversy i? such as to endanger the general wel fare of the country, there should l;c, 1-cdoral radio Inspection district will given somu idea of the trend of radio. especially of tho growth of In. tercst In code transmission. The IlKuri-s are for the lineal year ended June 30. 1921. and for the ilsoal year ended June 30. 1S?22: 1021 1522 Mint district. Boston, 2.082 2, ll?0 Second district. New York, N. V. .7 2.063 2,336 Third dliitrlct. Haiti rnoro Md 931 j..sc3 Fourth district, Sa vanah, CSu 206 342 Fifth district. New Or leans. La 425 740 Sixth district, San Fran cliico, cal 1,253 1 .r,s5 Seventh district. Settle, ?1u'H!,h 513 ;r.2 fc-lRhth district. I>otro!t, ... A'',h 2,635 Mn111 district. Chicago. 111 1.761 3.030 , Tola!* .10.709 ir..S~ Th. s.. figures are based on unolll j cl.il estimated. No exact t.liuiat Ions y,,t prepared, hut In the and there must he. some Impartla? I government :i(!cn,.y to proin|ttly and j finally determine such disputes. The proposed Ii-KlslatIon Is in ||no with this purpose. It win dou titles* he much Improved as It receives uddi t axial consideration." DEFINITE PROPOSAL MADE TO PUT MEN . TO WORK AT ONCE (Continued Froin First Cage., America, to attend the' joint confer ence. A prominent operator today c? 11 - mated that nearly UO p.-r cent of the Ohio Held would he represented at the Monday conferenme, probably 30 per i-ent of the Western I'ontisyl. % 'II Held and 3f. per cent of the Indiana Held. Illinois. he said. w..jiM have a fair representation. IIAIIDIMt AWAITS ACTION OK ? l.liVlil.AM) t'O.M'KIIEM K j (ISy Assoclated Press.) W ASIIIN'd 1'ijN, Auk 4 ? President ! Harding probably will w ithhold ap-j i' intment <if a special ' ommlsslon ! to effect ? settlement of the coal I strike until after the ('<>nfvrenr*e in j < le\e and Monday. of miii'M atid op.i.itors fi ll, the central competl- | tn It was I ml |.at..,| tonight In j administration circle*. < 0:1-.d. table importance was tin d> rsti.od to I., attracted by the ad ministration to the out..,in. ,he I ?l-v. land 1'itifi r< nc? in relation >>f the 1..111.1;. 1 rii.-1 ?? 11 uat in;. ' ? ?nl'ressliitia 1 participation In th? coal di.ij.tit.? also will await tin, re ! suits >: the Cleveland me.'tin)., or?l ' :als believed. Senator Itorah. Ue publican. Idaho saw the President t "da y. and dl. ussed hit proposed t'lll to authorise the chief exo-utive to appoint a Federal commission to arbitrate the mine disagreement A dflslon wis reached not to Intro th' "leabure In the Senate un til next week. Take Step* f?r |-U1.| IJImrlliutlon. Meanwhile further steps toward In suring coal distribution during the emergency were taken hv the gov ernment. Supplemental ?rd. r- were | " ' ''-v Interstate Coinnierro Commission giving bituminous coal for household us. ? and for manufac turer* of food and medicine* pri ority status while the c<.IItral j 1 dilution committee ..xnpleUd the! formation o.' |? regional commit-j teeH whieh are i?.Klri ?? .M0nilav to distribute the flow of coal from! the various producing districts to consumers designated by the Wash Ington heu?iquartorH. Current car loadings 1,, ,iMv ! duclng coal fields, according tele graphic reports gathered by the rail, roads, showed some Improvement dur- ' Ing the past few days. CiriET IX SOWII I.M)|\V\ i'oi,i,o\vi.\(i siKtoTixt; iiriMUJi: [By United New s.J INDIANA POMS, Aug. 4 ?The sec tion of Southern Indiana coal mines occupied by State tr/,.ps !,, con nection with the State's attempt to mine coal, was ?jul<t tonight fol lowing exchange of shots between guardsmen and snipers earlier in the day near Staunton. While the Staunton outbreak was only a minor disturbance, in which there Were no casualies and the guardsmen failed to catch sight of the handful of ambushed attackers sentries were on the alert for fur ther trouble and the edicts of mar tial law were being sternly en forced. Troops have collected all the arms they could find In the martial law area. Including the private stock of one man possessed of eleven guns. All Troop* In Heartiness. W ith tho State extending its ef forts to mine coal to meet the enurr.' ency brought on by the strike, every unit of the militia has been prepared for an immediate movement .into any section productive of serious trouble. The first additional troops probably will come from fitmp Knox, where many are in training. There are now 800 soldiers on duty In Clayt| Green, Owen and Sullivan Counties, and re-enforcement by 400 more from Camp Knox, is cxpected within a few hours. Opening of strip mines additional to the Rowland Power Mines Is being l'?W d up by Governor McCray, pend ing the result of the scheduled con ference between mine owners and union heads at Cleveland Monday. If this fails, the State will open other mines at once, it is said. SOUTHERN CRAFTS FLATLY TURN DOWN HEAD'S PROPOSAL (Continued From First page.) alarmed. < m,. of the union* leaders said laet night that some of the most important lines in tho Kast are ad vertising for shopmen and thnt they have none to spare fo,r the lines In the South. Former employes of the Southern are particularly involved, but al! trlklng shopmen nre awaiting with interest the outebmo of the confer <nce in Washington today between ofliclnls of sne Southern Railway and ?epresentatlves of the shop workers, roads ip the country to acccpt Presl near future, It Is understood, an offi cial survey may bo forthcoming Th? difference liolirorn the two totals re veal* that Ii.llt now license* havo been crantcil during the fiscal year Just ended. I'whrl Met of I.I (tie Value. ThousunUg of unique pocket radio outfits are now flooding the msirKot with the advent of new publicity. The commercial Importance of this typ? of radio not Is practically nil, for they are nothing more Than mere playthings. Slnco they aro, as a rule. In no way protected by patents and can he used only for very short dis tances. any one con make one mid few sales by organised companies are ma do. Ntlmulnlrtt Iteerul ting fladlo Is greatly M.uiulallDK re cruiting In tho national guard lUruugliout tho country. It Im de e)ar?i) T7n69r new regulations attractive offers are open to young men Interested In wireless itnd a high grade of men are applying for the positions In this promising field. ?lent Hardlim's proposition to < nd the strike by taklitK the men back, without prejudice to their seniority rights, and that roud linmedta.tely In vited the striking shopmen to return on that basl?- A corifer-nco between tho ro;i?l officials and t hi- Mr liters was suggested. and It was arranged The Southern was one of the few f<r todaj. Pending the outcome of th<; parley, none- of the men have returned to wotk, and It Is sabl thai there will be no Lrcak in the ranks unless the order come* from head quarters. In addition to the m?chnntc* sent, here yesterday, many new men ?r? telug taken on by the Chesapeake and Ohio, and President llaralian An nounced that whl'u he preferred hav ing the old men back, ho would till the places ns rapidly as Is expedient. CollrRr Ilojs at Work. It was reported last night that n | number of the strikers had returned lo the shops of the llWirnond. Fred erleksburK and Potomac, and Uiai college boys wen being employed b7 that line "No strikers to amount to an? t!il: k have returned to our shops,* | said William I"?. Duke, general many aK'-r of tho it. F- A I*., when askeA fi-r a confirmation of the. rumor. **a5 to employing college boys. I kno-q| nothing about It. ?We are, though, taking on worker*, every duv. and are raplittg getting lo our usual compUnumU" That the faculty of tho VIrgUrK Polytechnic Institute Is oo-oxwraXii49 with the Norfolk and Woirtorn afOfc clals 111 their effort to aeouro oa&ejc^) students as Mrike breaker* Is cm* i phatlcally dented by Dr. Jullu A? Hurruss, president of tha ooUegrev There are no students at tho tn?tV? tute at this vacation eeuon, U tl pointed out, and Dr. Durruaa eai4 that no effort has been made to secure any of the students as Btrlln) breakers, and that such a thln? would not be tolerated even If atn tempted. As to tho statement that students were promised credit for the work done for the Norfolk and Western. I ?r Burru.'-s explained that students at tho Virginia Polytechnic Institute rannot he credited for any work unless that work Is ilonc under the supervision of one of the tcach ? r?. Announcement that the president of the Norfolk and Wertern Federation < "rafts had sent 'i'ivernor 10. Lee j 'J'rlnkle a telegram protesting against such "tactics" was made at the nm?* i meetlJig of the striking shopmen in' the I'i'.v Auditorium yesterday morn ng. The telegram was forwarded to Governor Trlnkle h' his home In Wytheville hut It i' r.ot known here whether lie replied. The telegram follows: "Hon. K. l.i'A Trlnkle. Governor, "Itlchntond. Va "The faculty of \' I'. 1 have al lowed N. fc \\". officials to Solicit students for the purpose of securing' strike breakers, and a number aro in the railway shops. We respect fully request an investigation of this affair and have sufficient evidence t.> prove the conduct of the faculty unbecoming the officers of a State Institution. "\V. I,. SCOTT "President N. & W. Federation Crafts." BISHOP KILGO GAINS AFTER HEART ATTACK [ Ity Associated Press 1 CM A III jOTT fcl. N- Aug. 4 ? Hlxhop John <Kilgo. of the Method ist Kpjscopal Church. South, who suffered a heirt attack last night and wa? unconscious for several hours, was reported tonight to havo Kained strength during the day, though members of his family ex pressed themselves as keenly ap prehensive on account of his con dition. The Poet's Corner Virginia, Bathed in noonday's radiant glor^i Or the moon's soft silv'ry beams. Those fair hills of Old Virginia, They are ever In my dreams'. t An?l the cadeno'd lilting ripple? Morning, noon, and all day long?? Of those rills of Old Virginia, They are ever in iny song! I.and of mountains, land of meadows. Land of balmy skies and blue, (Land whose Lord is God Jehovah. I,and where hearts nre ever true, Land of "Sic Tyrannis Semper," Land where freedom's born of truth. Land where right Is ruling passion ' With old nge and manly youth! I Wreathed In vlolots of springtime, Robed In winter's crystal snow, Gnrbed in summer's regal blossoms, Or in autumn's burnished glow? O those hills of Old Virginia, Thoy are ever in my dreams, Hathed in noonday's radiant glory. Or the moon's soft silv'ry beams! When my twilight hour has fallen And my shallow seeks Its rest, ?? When kind friends arc speaking soflw iy ; And my spirit has gone "WesC Let me sluep beneath tho green sod. Near the music of those, rills, Where the rhododendron's blooming* 'Mid my lov'd Virginia hllln! t ilKNRI FORT ESQUIRE. ;