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NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITE FOR ONE OF THE "TEN FAMOUS FANS" 72ND YEAR. XUS > MIl.tMK 1Z .miii.it unn Knterrfl January ZJ. 1#05. at tho I'ost-Ofllco at Klchuiond. Va., M Hccond-Cla?? Matter. ' RICHMOND, VA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 1922. ? FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. PRICE, SEVEN CENTS. COAL SHORTAGE I FORCES ALL FORD I PLANTS 10 CLOSE hi Making Announcement, Manufacturer Flavs Wall Street. HOLDS STRIKES DUE TO | MONEY BARONS^ CREED Shutdown Throws I ().">,OOO : < hi! of \\ ork Through oul Country. Moitr. i.vtiiriKCTi.v affi:c*ii:i? Output nf fi.Snn <"nm Ilnlly Will ||< llnltril on *rptem hrr JO. (By Associated Pre..* | DETROIT. Aug 2*!.?Industry the country ovr-r "must throw up Its hands Iti surrender'' within ;i few weeks. !f the r;i|l an") coal ptrlkes con 11 niie. siry Ford declared to- ' ? In v. 1 n .int]oun<-lng Hi" decision of' ' !<i Ford ,\!<>tor Company to close its plantH liftic at,<! In many other ? ' i"?? on September 10. because of fue] fituatIon. 'r. Knr l 1 ?? I<I financial Inl'rcMs i "sponsible f ? t th? industrial tin-up, | ,f'?, 1.1 r: n g the "nion? v bjirijni" were tna riipu.a t leg th e labor unions, and that mil.II.: oillclaIState ami Jia ' Wiiift impotent i tt the crisis. 1 li'* r-'rik'-H would etui. ho con tlnu'd, "win n t !i?? majority i f the I? ?:?? r>Sa!<? co!>l and hungry enough ? '? resort to drastic action.'? i ''nt* Itlnoir on Wall Sircet. ' ontfnuance of these disturbances I tho economic life of the nation is due simply to the greed and avar- 1 )<o rj( Wall Street," Ford asserted, adding 'hat these Interest* "domi nated the railroads, coal mines and j public utilities of the <'Ountry." The deadlock In strike negotla- I Hons indicated, he declared, the ex-J iitance of "a plot to unload th??. de- ' moralized jitx I run-down railroads onto The government at their own price and to mulct the people through ! ? vceat: 1 ve coal prices." UKiJHKi Kmplo?r? 'I'hroTrn Out. One hundred and Ave thousand ; employes of the l'ord Motor Company i throughout tho country will be with- j 'lit Jobs after September 16. In addition, soveral hundred thou- j ? and other workers employed in In dustrlca furnishing materials for the I V rd plants will he affected. Henry l'ord pave those figures to day in nnnouncltig that his three big ri.otor plantH located in Detroit sub urbs, and his assembling plants ' throughout the i-ountry would be j r closed on that date, because of the coal shortage. Tho s?nnounccment was the most! severe blow that Industrial Detroit has sustained since the Industrial de pression of two years ago. It means, i according to Mr. Ford, that Vo.OOO men employed in th'- Highland Park. River flouge and Dearborn plantH '?f th?. ii.t r. will be without (Continued on Page 8, Col. i.) BIG BUSINESS BLOCK IS FIRED BY YOUTH Wln*f nn-Snlem Suffers $r.m?,IM>n Fire j Dnmnge From 1 tire ti ll In rj Act. (By Associated Press. | WINSTON-SALEM, .V. C., Aug. 26. - The Nlssen Building. occupied by the \\ . \\ . Smoak Harness Company and tho Crawford Mill Supply Com pany, wa? totally destroyed, and the J.lberty Cafe, tho Newark Shoe Store, C. D. Kenney Co. and general store of Teichman Bros. were badly dam aged by ftre early today. The total loss Ih estimated at $500,000. Tho portion of the Nlssen Build ing occupied by the Smoak Harness Company was blown up with gaso-; line, it. Is alleged, by William R. Chatham, 18-year-old boy, who was captured by olllcers as he was leav ing tho building a few seconds after tho explosion, which flhook tho en tire downtown district of the city. While handcuffs were being placed on Chatham the young lad confessed, according to arresting ofllcers. that ho had blown up the building. Ac cording to bin statement, an given out by the ofllcers, Chatham did It' on account of a grievance which he claimed he had suffered at the hands of W. W. Smoak, owner of the har ness business. . AGREE TO PUSH BONUS BILL THROUGH QUICKLY j Senate Will Take t:p Measure Mon- j ??tij>, fitting It Full night of Way. (Ny Associated Press.J WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.?An unanimous consent agreement to j fake tip the soldiers' bonus bill Monday and push It to a final vote ?was cntared Into today by tho Scn n I*. With n vftr.v to getting n vote I late Tuesday it wa.s agreed that ? after i. P. M. Monday no Senator should speak morn than once, nor "'''longer than twenty minutes on any amendment. Summer tours from Richmond via vV ' ?? ?A,l*?tlc. City, *13.95; Niagara Falls, ?22.<o. Consult agento. i i GERMAN GUARANTEES REFUSED; INDEPENDENT I ! FRENCH ACTION LOOMS Reparations .Mis.-ion Fails to Obtain Basis of Coinpro I mise Acceptable to France;?Believe Moratorium \\ ill fie Granted. Despite Poincare s Opposition. I H> AhSO< iated ITOb" ] f'AIUS. Aug. 1:6.?I'remier *? i r? - care hiiii rcjc< ted Hip eleventh-hour guarantees offered by th<: German Kovoriiment. anil independent meas ures by l'ranco against Germany senmed assured tonight after fall 'im of i i;<-? re pa rations mission to obtain In Merlin the hauls of a com promise acceptable to Frame. In well-Informed Krcri<-h circles It is conshlfriid ri-asotijilily c-rtaiii that tli<j reparations commission will crant a moratorium for the rest of the year, with the final Gur inan proposals as an additional guarantee. Were to (;?"? Vnlurnl I'rodoctn. Tli?> German proposals. handed to the reparations mission Just be fore It lift for I'arls, provided for a contract Ictirm-n the- German gov ernment and tho biggest German In SENIORITY IS STILL STUMBLINGBLGCK Roads Unwilling to Sacrifice .Men \\ ho Rcmaincr] Loyal. W. J. IIARAHAN TALKS Asserts Fxccutivcs'' Proposal Met Principles Sought by Shopmen. Thai raslroad oflleluls are unwil ling to sacrifice old men who remain ed with the railroads, or now em ployes who tilled tli.j plaocs of tho strikers. wa.s the statement of \\r. J. ,IIaralian, presidi nt of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, following his re turn yesterday from New York, where he participated in tho conferences of railway executives In an effort, to bring about a settlement of the strike. All effort* to reach an agreement failed, and as far as can be learned, no further movement now la under consideration. The proposal of the executives met the principles sought by the shopmen, but they wero ^Lg&inst disponing of old or new em ployes who have remained at work during the strike. Stritrment by Jlarnlinn. Mr. Marshall's statement follows: ?The Yoads agreed to place all of the .striking shopmen In similar po sitions and in saino locality to those previously held by them and at tho wage authorized by the United States Labor Board. This was to be done In addition to retaining the men that remained at work and the new men H.at had been employed, there being sufllclent work to provide positions for all. "If, after the men returned to work! there remained any unsettled disputes growing out of the situation, which the company and the representatives of the employes were unable to settle, such matters were to be referred for final determination to a commission of ten members, to be made up of the chief executives of the five train and engine brotherhoods, and five railway executives." Kurilier action on the protest by striking shopmen of the Southern and Atlantic roast Line against the use of armed guards at the Southern and (Continued on Page 4, CoTT-f~j Se?rr.H Arteries In n Drenm. SAX FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.? Dream ing he was In an elevator shaft with tho lift slowly descending upon him, Harry Lawrence. 45, threshed about In his bed and thrust an arm through a window pane, severing all arteries in that member. "I'd rather lose tho arm than he in that ele vator shaft again," he told his at tendants. Railway Rate Pamphlet Ready lor Distribution Recently Tho Times-Dispatch presented In its columns a series of ton articles explaining the pro posed revolution in railway rate making in the South. They set forth trio "A It C's" of tho rale situation in the belief that a thor ough understanding of the menace lo Virginia's commerce was necos sary If tho State's commercial and Industrial interests were not to be disastrously impaired. These ten articles have been reprinted In pamphlet form In the hope that they may bo of further service In the battle for rate Justice. These pamphlets are ready for free distribution, and any one who is interested In tho subject of railway rates can obtain one by sending his request to The Timea Dlspatch. i . \) v dustrlallsts. Including Hugo Stlnnes. for delivery during tho period of ?? moratorium of products o? the Ruhr mines and wood from the state !' rests, German Industry would guarantee faithful delivery. and penalties would he enforced against the Industrialists in the event the hodule was not lived up to Details "f the >? li.-me were to )>?? submitted by (Jcrmany next week hut the French Premier rejected the today. Would ?%?, ||Hp |.-rnn,.r> The Premier's opposition is said to lie due to the fact that he t,r> lleves the scheme makes the Indus trialists more Important than the government, and slnco the business parly In Germany Is in a position lo dictate to tho government, re | to carry out the contract (Continued on Pairo 8, Col. C ) URGE BETTERMENT OF JAMES RIVER Chairman Nu n nail y An-' nounccs Personnel of Citi zens' Port Coinmisfc ion. SURVEY TO COST $ 15,000 Council Body Will Attend At lantic Deeper Waterways Convention. That no time will be lost in bring ing to the attention of the Federal government the necessity of develop ment and Improvement to James River was Indicated yesterday, when I Chairman Joseph c. Nunnally. of the! Council Committee on Dock. River i ?ihd Harbor, announced the personnel of the Citizens' Port Commission, which he was authorized to name at the last meeting of tho committee.) I his commission will form a unit of the general committee embracing the Dock, River and Harbor Committee j of Council, tho James River Improve-! tnent committee of ihe. Chamber of Commerce and the commission. This joint body will be called to meet and organize immediately after tho reorganization of City Council. Four members of the present com mittee retire on September 1. Tho remaining members are Aldermen! Joseph C. Nunnally, Orwny Puller and \\\ Stewart White; Council men j W ill lain L. Sullivan and llarvev K, I Atkinson. President Adams will j name a man to nil the vacancy oc casioned by the retirement of Alder man Wlnfree. and President Powell will name successors to Councilnten Peters, Batkine and Maun. Attend Annual Convention. This commlttoe will attend the an nual convention of tho Atlantic Deep- | ?r Waterways Association, In Port-1 land. Me., about the middle of Sep-I tember. It also will attend the an- ! nual meeting of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress In Washing ton in December. Lpon reorganization of Council next Friday, a resolution appropriat ing $16,000 to be used in a survey of tho commercial and manufacturing conditions here, with tho object of showing what benoflts may be deriv ed through development of the river will be introduced, it is believed by < hairman Nunnally and members of Ills committee that such a survey may prove invaluable when the city's case is presented to tho Federal en gineers, atid that t-'atlsfactorv results may be expected. The commission named by Chairman Nunnallv fol-! lows: Personnel of Commission. George W. Rogers, of tho Travel ers' Protective Association; lion W. Wilson, vice-president of the Rotary Club; W. Bernard Bates, of the Rich mond Kngineers* Club; William F Augustine, of tho Clearing House As sociation; Dr. R. "W. Miller, of the Citizens' Association of the North Side; Thomas B. Howell, president of (Continued on Pago 4, Col. lT) FIVE LOSE LIVES ON INDIANA CROSSING f'nsnriiKer Train OemolUliea <'nr. I.raving Death In |t? Wake. I By Associated Press J PRINCETON. IND., Aug. 2C.?Five persons were killed and one serious ly Injured today when a Chicago and Kastern Illinois passenger train de molished an automobile at a ?(reef crossing in Haubstndt. Ind., tetuuftTes south of here. The doad^afe: Wil llarn Burris. 2S. James, J?. Burrls. his *on. 7; Mr. i}urriss 2-year-old daughter; Mrs* (?. C. Hollars. .10. sis tor of MU fturris, and Kvangellnt^ senary 5-year-old daughter ojUMrs. I hollars. Mrs. Klnora IJyrrts. wife of William Burrls. sulTered internal Injuries, Larked Only Four \ cars of Reaching a Cenlury JOll.V CHILES EMWAltlJS. OLDEST MASON !S DEAD IN 96TH YEAR Dr. John Chiles E <1 w a r ?1 s Passes Away at 11ijzh land Springs. FUNERAL TOMORROW Burial in Missouri. Home Over Three-Quarters of a Century. Dr. .John Chiles Edward? former ly of St. Cl>arles County. Mo., died at tlio homo of his daughter, Mrs. Horace McC'ucr. Highland Springs, yesterday nfternoon at 4 o'alock. Dr. Edwards would have 'been 9C I years old October S had he lived ! to that date. Dr. Edwards was a native of Vir ginia. being born on Leatherwood Creek, In llenry County, where he i lived until he roached the age of : ( yearn, his father removing to Missouri at that time. It was there that he spent eighty-ono years, corning here about a year ago. (."!> to three weeks ago he was in very good health, hut he had a few chills and the.se so weakened him. and his age and Inability to rally to treatment wore him out. tii? end coming peacefully as lie passed may last night. Dr. Edwards enjoyed the dis tinction of being the oldest gradu ate of the University of Virginia, and probably tho oldest member of (Continued on Page 11, Col, 6.) MOSCOW GAMBLING CASINO IS THRONGED WITH RICH AND POOR Play Readies One Trillion Rubles. or Equivalent of $25,000. [By Associated Press.] | MOSCOW. Aug. 26.?A gambling casino rivaling tho famous Monf Carlo casino in magnitude of play has been opened in Moscow. Crowds are continually milling about tho : various tables during the hours of play, which are from S o'clock in j the evening until 10 in tho morning. ] There Is a scattering representa tion of foreigners, but those who spend tho night at baccarat, roulette I and other games, where tho minimum play ranges from ten million to one ' hundred million rubles, aro mostly ! Moscovites. Millions of rubles change hands on each deal at baccarat. Most of tho profit taken by the I house goes to the government in I taxes for famine benefits. Tho house draw of 5 per cent Is reported on on" night to have totaled more than fif ty billion rubles, indicating that the play reached ono trillion rubles, or the equivalent of $'-5,000. AVel!-dressed men and women rub elbows with the unshaven and partly gowned at tables whero the croupiers speak Kronch and money changers accept gold and foreign currency. Casinos also have been operated In Petrograd and other places under the recent government decree legalizing certain forms of gambling. LOOK "SISSIFIED"' Co-Edit Affect Mnnnlnh Style* al Ilerheley. ,/ [By Associated Press. 1 BEBKEI.EY, CAE.. Aug^-lf?Man nish styles affected Jiy'" fashionable co-eds ore making the men's clothes look "slsslfled,"'' ^ Plucked.,- eye-brows are on^tfTo wanCj. ^ ^Bobbed hair is Increasing in popu larity. / There are a few of the observa tions of feminine' editors of the Daily Cullfornlun?** student publication of the University of California, appear ing"*'tortay In a new department on 'titled, "wear anil where." WASHINGTON WEEK-END DA BO It DAY EXCLUSION. J 1.00 KUuM RICHMOND. /Jonnult li., F. & P Ticket Acantfc-nfdvv COL E. E. GOODWYN E Emporia Man Elected Chief by Convention at Charlottesville. BODY PUTS DRY LAW CHANGE ON TABLK Movement for Yolstcail I.aw* Modification Derisively Beaten. aiKET m;xt i.v FHKDKHICKSIIi n<; I.ynchhnrg Id Defeated hy Clovr Vote tin Cnnvrnlion CHy for 1023. (Special to The Times-Dispatch. J CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA., Auk 26.?The American Legion conven- j tlon today elected otllcers ns fol- | lows: Commander. Colonel K. E. Good- ( wyn. Kmporia. Vice-commander, T. M. Harrison, Fredericksburg-. Sergeant-at-arins, Richard F. Beirne. Covington. Chaplain. Rev. \V. J. Alfrlend, Pu laski. Historian. Miss Catherine MeWll liams, Norfolk. j National executive committeeman, j Colonel Junius F. Lynch, Norfolk. Third district committeemen. Crank Rennlo and C*Ja%ke Hoper, Richmond. Ilry Lnvr Change Tnlilrd. The convention voted this morning to table the resolution urging an amendment to the Volstead act no as to permit light wines and beers, the vote standing 111 to 61. Dclo Csites from the Southwest vo'ed al most, solidly tho resolution. The convention overrode tho unani mous recommendation o f the com mitter on place of nc*t year's con vention. and selected Fredericks burg. A roll call showed: Lynch burg. SI; Fredericksburg. SI. Treas urer J. T. Wyatt, of Petersburg, and Adjutant \\. L. Price, of Richmond, then voted for Fredericksburg. Says 1 .<-K Is In ( nrr'n Action \n Insult. Commander Junius F. Lynch, of Norfolk, speaking on the resolution on the war memorial, said ho was opposed to asking anything further of the Virginia Legislature. He was of the opinion that the action tuken by the last Legislature was an In sult to every service man In the State. "The politicians knew what the legion wanted, and killed it as (Continued on Page 2, Col. 1.) \FLAMING CROSS, SET HIGH ON HILL IN COAL FIELD, STIRS MILITIA I roops, Fully Armed, Investi gate, but Find i\o Trace of Any One. [ R.v Associated Press.1 COKHSBURQ. PA.. Aug. 26.?A flaming cross, set high on a hill over looking the National Guard camp ; here late last night, was being in vestigated today by the military ; under orders or Colonel E. J. Stack | pole, commanding the troops on duty in the Western Pennsylvania eoal strlke region. Taps had been sounded anil tho soldiers in camp bad retired when a detail of troops, patrolling the roads leading to the mines, reported a lire [ on Scenery Hill, just west of head quarters. Staff officers woro awak ened and observation showed the fire to be a flaming cross. A bugle call brought out ati emer I geney detail, and the troops, fully armed, went Into tho hills to investi gate. On a ledge at tho very brink [ of the rise they found tho blazing! cross. For some time they patrolled ' the immediate vicinity, hut failed to' locate the. person? who had erected and fired tho cross. As tho tireil soldiers cantered hack to camp, one said: "Looks as if the Ku-KIux Klan was on the job." Residents in the vicinity reported to Colonel Stackpole today that nam ing crosses had appeared on Scenery "ill many times during the Inst three months. . ' The coal_ strike situation w;>.< quiet. ^?f0TIIERII0QJ> $IEN QUIT AT R0 ODIIOU SE "I'liftnfjy Condition" of l'<|iifiimrnt t'rged ns Unison for <;on criil Wnlkoiit. I Hy Associated Press 1 ROODHOIJSK. ILL., Aug. 2 r>.? Paralysis of rail trafllc in Hood house division assumed greater se riousness this afternoon, when It became known that 100 members of the Brotherhood of Rniiroad Train men had taken formal action, call ing a strike because of "unsafe con ditions." Their walkout, together with that of eighty firemen, forced similar action i?v soventy-tlve switchmen. Shops and ofllccs here are completely ldl<*. MAIN STREET DELUGED FOR" THE THIRD TIME IN PERIOD OF 6 WEEKS RAIL LABOR BOARD HEAR MAINTENANCE! MEN TOMORROW: Four Hundred Thousand ay "Vt orkers Rcsuh mit Wage Case. MORI*! THAN 105 ROADS INVOLVED IN DEMAND Action Result of Agreement Which Halted Threat ened Strike. It |-*. PORT mauk to II \ It I?I .N { President I* I'^irnUhrtl With Drlnlln of Knllnro of Xrn York Can frrenrt. I By A ssoclated Press. 1 CHICAGO, Aug:. 26.?An Increase in tlie minimum wage for 400,000 main- j t<'iinnce-of-way employed from tho present rate of 3D cents an hour to 4S cents (in hour will bo asked Mon day before the United States Itallroad Labor Board. E. l-\ G table, president of the organization. announced to day. The present scale of nialnte nance-of-way men ranges from 23 cents to 3b cents an hour. More Thnn I or, I.tors Involved. More, than 105 railroads In the Pnited States will be Included In the case opening- Monday. T5y special agreement the Joint and exparte sub missions against the various rail roads have been combined Inio one case and will be heard and decided at the sumo time. The nialntenance-of-wny organiza Sion Is following a policy adopted when It announced Its decision not to strike with the shop crafts. It agreed nt thnt tlmo to a re submission of its grievances to the Labor Board rather than strike. MAKE IIRI'OHT ON* RAIL COM-'lNiiXCK TO IIARDIXG [By Associated Press. 1 WASHINGTON. Aug. 2C.?President Harding was furnished today with a report on the recent New York ne gotiations for settlement of tho rail strike. Senator Watson. Republican, Indl rtin, who has been one of the fore m st advisers of the executive in the railroad situation, called at the Whlto House after talking by long-distanco | :? 1 - phone with T. lie Witt Cuyler, ! chairman of tho Association of Hall way Executive?, and Charles Don nelly, president of tho Northern Pa cific Hallway. The Indiana Senator was accom panied by John T. Adatns. 'hairman of tho Republican National Commit tee. Neither Mr. Watson nor Chair man Adatns prior to their confer ence would comment on the proposal being considered by the President looking toward a request for con gressional authority to tako over sonio railroads and anthracite mines unless there is an Improvement in those two Industries within a rea sonable time. lie Indicated, however, that rail road executives had manifested con siderable Interest In what the admin istration purposed to do wltli tins troublesome question of seniority in event it was deemed necessary to as sume operation <>f certain railroad properties. LEAGUE OF NATIONS TO HELP FEEI) REFUGEES | j Accent* American Belief Offer to .1 ?>I?> In Snpport of Itiiatlnii , " . Iv\ pn I rial en. [By Associated Press.) GICXKVA, Aug. 2?V?Tho league <>f nations has formally, accepted tin American relief administration's of fer to feed Husjjlrl'n refugees In Con stantinople four month* and to contribute $2.">,000 toward their ' [? vacUftllori. upon the condition that ! thq "league raise :<C,000 pounds ster- ! t'ing for evacuation expenses. The league lias now raised Oils | amount of money, which will be j handled by a commission nt Con stantinople. i 1100.000 Fire In Charlotte. CHARLOTTE. N. C.. Aug. 27.?l-'ire 1 iscove.red In tho store of tho Caro- i lina Sporting Goods Company, at 11 ' j'eloek last night, gutted that place] ?ud spread to other quarters in the ; taniA block before it was finally | brought under control at iibout 1 j'ctock this morning, entailing a loss i estimated at nearly $100,000. The j >;tore is in a large building in which ire quartered the Chamber of Com merce, the Merchants' Association and > several ollle.es and other stores. >panlih AKltntur Victim of Aftiiln*. MAORI 1>. Aug. 2fi.?Angel Pestana, jieted syndicalist leader, is dying trom the effects of six bullet wounds JnMcted by unldentltlcd portions. Autoists Come to Grief on Petersburg Turnpike Scores of automohillsts cam* to grief during last n'ght's terrific storm on tho Rlchmond-to-Peters butg turnpike. Motorists who rc- | turned to Richmond about mid night said tlx y . ounted eight or ton cars in the ditch, whcr? they brought up, when their drivers. ' blinded by the driving- rain. and. ' unable to discern tho roadway, on account of water, which covered j it. plunged off the concrete high- | way. Trouble was experienced almost | every foot ot' tho way for a'dls- j tanoe of four or five miles out of ' Richmond. One returned travelor from Petersburg asserted that i portions of the turnpike resorn- | bled a rapidly flowing 6tream. j The water, he said, was not stand- i ing, but was a rushing torrent. Ho described the stream as ranging from six to eight Inches deep to j three feet In soma places. The large double-truck interur- ' ban trolley cars also experienced trouble In negotiating the storm- j swept areas, proceeding cautious ly. and. In some instances, with ! difficulty. The usual schedule, | tV.ose who returned to Richmond last night said, was up?et. Wrecking crews from Richmond ' were dispatched to rescue ditched [ and disabled automobiles from ditches and tow them to the city. OPTIMISTIC NOTE APPEARS IN HARD COAL SITUATION: President Believes Anthra cite Settlement Will Come Soon. (By Associated Press] WASHINGTON, Aug. 2fi.?So much opposition developed today In the Sen ate to some provisions of the Borah fact-finding coal commission bill that the measure was laid aside un der nn arrangement whereby Its consideration will not be resumed un til the soldiers' bonus bill has been passed, probably next Tuesday or Wednesday. Although Congress is to bo asked to nutliortze government operation of railroads ntid coal properties. Presi dent Harding has told his ndvisers that he will exercise the authority thus granted only In case tot an eventual industrial crisis which ho does not now foresee. licspile tho apparent deadlock In both the rail and anthracite strikes, the President is described as still confident :i way will be found to pro tect the interests of the general pub lic without resort to actual govern ment direction of the two Industries. Advocates I.eglnluttve Prepurednrn*. In tho meantime, however, Mr. Har ding Is said to consider it extremely advlsablo that if Congress Is to recess it fir"! clearly define bis powers to act, and legislation looking to that end is being prepared for sub mission Jit the Capitol early next week. This policy of preparedness, emerg ing from another day of Inquiry and consultation by administration olll cials, was received with manifesta tions of approval among many of tho majority leaders in Congress, but was followed by evidences of reluctance among others'to go further than Is provided in the industrial investiga tion and control legislation already pending in both houses. -'Word reached tbo Capitol during the day that President Harding win j optimistic about an early settlement of the anthracite strike, but. that should the mines not be reopened vContinued on Page :i, Col. 1,) Compers to Discuss Labor Unions in U. S. The Times-Dispatch next Sun day will begin a series of five exclusive articles by Samuel Oom pers. president of tho American Federation of I?abor. In these, articles Mr. Gompers deals exhaustively with the labor situation and his articles are par ticularly timely In view of the 1 two big strikes?coal and rail? I which are at present disturbing the country. He describes the trade-union movement and tells of the alms in the development of our In dustrial life. Tho titles of the Ave articles follow: "The Genesis of Today's Purest," "The Willi Street Incu bus on Industry." "Industrial Courts-- Their Futility and Fail ure," "Company Unions and Shop Committees; Substitute* for tho Genuine," and "Tho Political Cam paign and tltfo Outlook for Labor." ? A ? FLOODING STORES, DOES BIG DAMAGE Thousands of Dollars' Worth of Merchandise Is Destroyed. WATER AT STATION OVER FOUR FEET DEEP Many Declare Overflow to Re Worst Experienced This Summer. conns with terrific ronn: Wntrr, However. Recedes Rapidly. Wnll Cnvea In at Main ?nd Ilnrvle Streets. Shockoe Creek, for the third time slnco April 13. overflowed last night, as the result of a torrential rain which descended suddenly about t>:4& o'clock and continued, unabated, for several hours. The First Market, cellars of a dozen or more stores and other establisb monts on lower Main, Cary, Frank lin. Fifteenth and Seventeenth Streets, again were flooded, the high waters entailing damage mount I inn up Into tho thousands of dollars. I At the crest of the heavy rai.i. which fell In such volume thai tho culverts a'Jd serrera were unable to carry It off, throe and one-half feet of water was recorded in Main Street | opposite Main Street Station, be tween four and five feet were reg istered in the First Market stalls and five and one-half fcot in Scott's drug storo and several other establish ments In the vicinity of Seventeenth and Franklin 8trects. Water Four Feet Deep. Cellars soon filled to overflowing and the water mounted to the tlrst floors, reaching a depth of four feet, or more In several lower Main Street I stores. l,ast night's flood was pronounced by the members of several of th? Main Street firms as being the worst of the throe experienced this Hum mer. Called on the telephone. In an effort to ascertain the extent of the damage wrought, some firm members were so busy rescuing goods floating on the bosom of tho turbid waters, ??r menaced by them, that they did not hnve time to estimate their loss. In some Instances, goods that were in basements were completely ruined. Others were badly damaged and will have to b,> cleansed and sterilized before they can be offered for sale. A mcmbr of the firm of tho Scott Drug Company stated that practical ly all of the concern's stock iyaa washed away or destroyed. Whjje tit* water did not reach the high mark of the flood of July 13 by "almost h foot, the force of lastjtlght's fresliet. the druggist said..was greater than either of its predecessors this sum mer. I Mood Recedes Rapidly. The water, which reached a depth of four feet at 10:43 o'clock, had In creased a foot and a half a half-hour later, and. after remaining stationary for nnothor half-hour, began to re cede. Tho recession was probably moro rapid than the rise. Tho receding waters left several 12x12 beam*, a part of a wagon, sev eral barrels and boxes and other debris, which hail been picked up by the whirling waters as if they had been toothpicks, and deposited them against Scott's drug store and the 11 "ont inii'Ml i n Page Col. 4 > CLAIMS SELF-DEFENSE IN KILLING BERGEN Cllne Asserts lie Slew Actor on Way to ??Shoot It nut." [By Associated Press] KPGKWATKR, X. J . Aug. 2 County police today questioned Mrs. George Cllne in an effort to obtain more Information concerning the killing last night of John Bergen, a motion-picture actor, by George I'line. tho woman's husband, Juat, at n duel was to have taken place. t'line, a location manager for a motion-picture concern, admitted th? shooting, according to the. yollcft. who say ho claimed his wife Jiad told him that several week* ago Bergen had attacked her. Cllne said, tho police added, tha*. after his wife told of the attack, which happened while the trio wai at Saranao I.n!u. he telephoned Her gen and asked him to cotno to the house. Bergen admitted the attack, the police ?ay Cllne told them, and was then to d he would have ??> fight a due! Cline's story, was, the police as sert. that as h? was going upstairs ahead of llergen to a room where they wore going to "shc.ef it out," Bergen tried to shoot, apd Cllne fired Id self-defense.