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Vol. XXIV.
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BEREA, MADISON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, AUGUST 17, 1922
One Dollar and Fifty Centa Per Yer
No. 7
GOAL SITUATION
IS CLEARING UP
Washington Hopes Climax
Anthracite Strike Will Be
Reached Soon.
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WONT USE THE "BIG STICK"
Oovernment Administration Leaders
Mere Optlmlatle Than at Any
Time Since Parleys Started
Illinois Operators Split
Wanlilngton, Aug. 14 The mat
situation In going to be solved prompt
ly. The rltmst In the anthrarlte coal
atrlke will It reached within a week.
It was atnferi at the White House.
VeK cm In the bituminous fields ts
hitxx for hy the administration with
out the necessity of drastic artlon hy
the government.
Administration leaders were more
optimistic than at any time hereto
fore oyer auccessful results coming
out of the conference of bituminous
miners and operators at Cleveland.
The vote of the policy committee of
the United Mine Workers to proceed
with negotiation of a wage agreement
with the operators represented at
Cleveland, despite the fart that they
represent only about 20 per cent of
the tonnage of the central competitive
Held, removed the biggest obstacle on
the miners' side.
No Big Stick.
President Harding will not awing
the big s,tlck In the atrlke crisis. Tha
President let It be known that, no
matter what may develop In th coal
and railroad atrlke situation, he will
not make threats.
The President believes that the
coal strike mill sooti be settled. Juxt
whst Is going to develop In the rail
road strike, he does not know, nor Is
he certain what roure the govern
ment should pursue if the rail strike
Is msde more effective.
But. whatever happens, Mr. Hard
ing will not yield to appeals for force
ful measures.
Msn to Sign Scale.
President Lewis' prediction thst 7.1
per rent of all bituminous tonnage
sow on strike would sign the scale and
return to work -wtttira a week appar
ently cleared away fear In the minds
of some union lesders over the posi
tion In which a settlement would lesve
the miners from the Hi) per cent of
tonnage not represented.
The administration. It was msde
rlesr. looks for a quirk settlement of
the anthracite strike lrresiertlve of
the bituminous results. There Is not
the ohatlnsry on the part of the an
thrarlte operatnra thst has character
ised the majority lu the bituminous
fields, the White House pointed out.
A conference between suthraclte
miners and operators would have
been In session. It wss declared, but
for the fsrt thst some of the officers
of the miners' union who must partici
pate are engnged at Cleveland.
The i.dmlnlNtratloii, while disap
pointed that the anthracite conference
Is thus delayed, feels thst the delsy
Is Justified hy the progress now being
msde st Cleveland.
One government official declared
that 40,um,iki0 tonnage outside the
central competitive field waa ready to
sign. If the 40,tM represented at
Cleveland reached an agreement. This
outside tonnsge la largely west of the
Mississippi, with some In the union
ised districts of the (southwest.
Break In Ranks.
Chicago, Aug. 14. Prediction that
the Illinois coal mine strike will be
celled oli August 13, and that coal
will he hoisted at auhstantlally the
normal tonnage In tya atate before
the end of nut week, waa circulated
among Chicago coal men who have
been kept reliably posted on peace
conferences which have been In
progress behind the acenes for the
last three day a.
Whether thla prospective settlement
will he due to a spilt of an Important
group of Illinois oierators away from
the "arbitration or light to the
finish" attitude taken officially by the
three operators' associations of the
atate In session here, or will he sep
arate agreement with Frank Farrlng
ton, representing the Illinois miners'
union, could not he definitely ascer
tained. The drat Indication of a break
among operatnra allllluted with the II
lloola associations came when It was
announced at the sessions of the three
operators' associations at the tlreat
Northern hotel that the I'nlted Elec
tric Coiil company of Iianvllle bin)
thrown Its tonnage, rated at between
Nisi.ua) and l.uio.iM) tons a year. Into
the fourstute wage conference at
Cleveland.
TRUCE PARLEYS
BROUGHT TO END
RAIL HEADS ARK AGRCED, ON
LEAVING CAPITAL AFTER
CONFERENCE
Relief OH trad
Washington.- President Harding, In
a telegram to (ioternor Tliounis K
t'.iinplicll of Arixoiiii, offered the as
sKtliince of I lie federal lioveruiocnt to
relieve hardships among passengers on
S.inlu Fe trains marooned al Junction
points. 'I'lie President declared it wu
I lie obligation of t lu (ioveruim-ni l
relieve person 'who limit are ill
Jin led hIi;i lilt-fill I y to hardship."
Proposal To Re-Hire All Idle Shop
Employees Psnding Board Vardlct
On Ssniorlty Isaue Is' Rejected
Fight to Finish In Prospect.
Wlt-riiington. Itailnwd Executives
alio have represented nil their asso
ciates III negot luting with irisldetit
Harding and railroad labor orgatilr.il
t lull head for s coiirproiiilse settle
ment of the rallroad'strlke left Wnsh
Inuton, convinced that the present
strike would be fought to s finish.
The executives further Indicated,
tlirouuh an authorized spokesman. Ihat
they expected the government would
not stteinit further compromise In the
situation and made pulilfr the text of
their answer to President Harding's
final settlement proHisal.
I'lilon leaders, however, riot-lured
that mediation anil compromise efforts
would be continued, with .officials of
four brotherhoods of train-service men
rll UK as a committee to go between
the striking shopcraft representatives
imi the one hand and the government
or the railroads on (lie otfler.
Meanwhile, they withheld from piilill
ration the response of striking sho
men's chiefs to the President's settle
ment offers, and also a statement of
the policy which other unions Intended
to pursue, although both had been pre
pared for the public.
There was no statement from the
White House or from Administration
source as to any further course In
tended. All heads of railroad labor orgaui.a
tlons remained In Washington, agree
ing to meet again, officers of the four
brotherhoods, members of which are
not on atrike, declared themselves to
be s committee of mediation, en
deavoring to deal with the government
and railroad managements. In behalf
of the eight unions which have order
ed strikes.
T. Ivwltt Cuyler. Chairman of the
Association of Hallway Executives,
and a committee of Railroad Presi
dents, took the answer of the roads,
which showed a divided attitude to
the President. Then after both groups
had left the White House, maintaining
silence aa to their vurixme. the broth
erhood chiefs conferred with mil exe
cutives and In that dlsrusslou there
appeared a proposal to leave the whole
seniority ipicstlon to arbitration by an
Independent tribunal while the men
went hark to work. This proposition
wss refuseil. and Mr. Shcvparri de
clared It had not originated with broth
er hood mediators.
MANIAC KILLS TWO AND SELF
Motive For Murder Is Mystery To
Police Victims Were Slayer's
Friends
Frederick, Md. Mystifying officers
us to the possible motive, a triple
tragedy in which Andrew Frits, 'Jo
years old, killed two men and ended
his life, has thrown Frltxtown a ham
let IS miles .northeast of Frederick
Coiintv, into frenzied excitement.
Fritz, who Is a former service man,
killed Samuel llradforil, .'l.'i, a laborer,
on the county pike near Fritztown,
leuvlng the body lying In the road.
Then Frits went to the home of Oli
ver Shepherd, 117. also a former service
man, and. after conversing with the
family shot and killed Shepherd.
Hushing from the xirch of the Shep
herd home. Frits headed for a nearby
meadow, where he shot himself. Ilia
body was found bv Sheriff Jumita A.
Jones and his deputies. A revolver
lay beside the body.
The three men constantly were
thrown into contact with each other
and upparemly were on the most am
icable of terms, ucocrrilng to neighbors.
FIVE DIE AS YACHT SINKS
Three Missing After Explosion en Boat
Carrying Twenty-One Passengers
at Miami Beach.
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Miami, Fla.. Aug. 14. Explosion
and tire sent the motor yacht Shlrln,
Miami to Nassau, to the bottom of Mi
ami beach, with a knowu Ions of Ave
Uvea and three uegro passengers re
ported missing. The cause of the
ex idoslon is not knowu. The boat car
rled 21 passengers when It left Miami,
most of them negroes, and flumes en
veloped It so swiftly that there was
little opiHirtuiilty to get Its bouts down.
The. survivors were picked up after
t-liiiglng to the wreckage for an hour.
hospital Unite Raxed
lt.n kfoiil. Ills. Klre in ilie Camp
(Irani barracks was brought under
coiil ru after eight units In the hos
pital area had been destroyed and JO
Isolated hiilhliuns damaged. A L ..li
ber of soldiers were Injured slightly
when aiding lireiiun. Four soldiers who
fell through a burning roof, escaped
with minor liijurie. l amp author
illiw declared the lire were of In
cendiary origin. The barracks, erect
ed during the war, were built and
equipped at a cost of more than
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the first train ever started hy radio. 2 A draft of new men Just arrived on honrri U. S. S. Wyoming nt New
York. A Mabel Strickland, winner ofMiAlplne trophy as world's cluimploiicow girl, at Cheyenne' Frontier Davs.
The County Achievement Contest
The County Achievement Contest that has been worked out in
Berea Collene and with the council of a number of outside
agencies is now working in six counties with Jthree others ready
to start.
Many people were dubious about the idea taking in Eastern
Kentucky, but the astounding thing is that more counties asked
for entrance to the contest than could be accepted because of in
adequate supervision. No program of action in Eastern Kentucky
has ever been started that compares with this undertaking. The
State Superintendent of Public Instruction says that it is the
largeat undertaking in Kentucky.
A county-wide campaign aa an organized effort along numer
ous lines of social and economic progress ia new, but the spirit
of the endeavor ia not new. Practically all of the major activi
ties outlined in this contest are being promoted in one form or
another in many of the counties of Eastern Kentucky, but this
contest is an effort to organize and coordinate the entire work of
a county for greater progress and efficiency.
No novel or fanciful project ia being undertaken at the ex
pense of the people, but practical projects leading to improvel
conditions are in the program.
All of the nine counties that have entered the contest have
gone into a full investigation of it and understand the plana. In
the first place, the proposition had to be placed oerore the Fisca!
Court of each county and roceaTe lia-endorse merit before the county
would be admitted. The endorsement of the county agent, county
upjuntendent, health officer and committee of ministers waa
necessary before a county was admitted to the contest. Mass
meetings are being held in every county, and Jackson county is
in the midst of a week's campaign, touching every district in
the county, organizing committees to look after the local work
of contest.
The teachers of all the counties in the contest have pledged
their support.
The contest began August 1st and will close December 31,
1923, giving ample time for achievements to be made.
There must be a County Achievement Council composed of the
County Chairman, Secretary and heads of the Nine major depart
ments. The contest is conducted on the percentage of progress basis
and a total of 10,000 points may be earned by a county.
Below are the ten major departments of the contest:
1. School System, County Superintendent 2.000
2. Health and Sanitation Health Officer l'.OOtt
3. Agriculture and Livestock County Agent.... 1,000
4. Community Clubs County Agent 1,000
6. Junior Clubs County Agent 1,000
6. Home Improvements Committee of Ladies.. 500
7. Newspaper and Magazine Cir. Local Editor. . 500
8. Churches and S. S. Committee of Leaders.... 1,000
9. Roads and Public Blrigs County Judge & Court 1,000
10. Cooperation County Achievement Chairman . 1,00')
The committees of inspection and judging shall be composed
of disinterested people who are acquainted with their field and
know what to judge and how to judge it.
We begin to publish the details of the contest in thia issue of
The Citizen.
COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM
2.000 Points
I. ATTENDANCE. (300)
1. Percent based on census For each percent of the average
, attendance based on the census for the two school years,
. 1922-23 and 1923-24, three points will be given. To find
the score or points add the percent of average attend--
ance based on the census for the year 1922-23 and the
- percent of the average attendance for the year 1923-24:
divide the sum by two and multiply the quotient by 3.
Thia appliea to county districts only. 300
H. TEACHERS (550)
1. Qualification of Teachers 2!0
a. Graduates of 8th grade only ( 0)
b. Grad. 8 grade plus 1 yr. high school (100)
c. Grad. 8 grade plus 2 yrs high school (150)
d. Grad. 8 grade plus 3 yrs. high school (200)
e. Grad. 8 grade plus 4 yr. high school (225)
f. Grad. 8 grade plus 1 yr. normal school. .( 175 )
g. Grad. 8 grade plus 2 yr. normal school. . .(200)
h. Grad. 8 grade plus 3 yr. normal school. ..(225)
L Grad. 4 yr. std. H. S. plus 1 yr. N. S (250)
j. Grad. 4 yr. std. H. S. plus 2 yr. N. S (300)
k. Grad. 4 yr. std. II. S. plus I yr. college. . (225)
I. Grad. 4 yr. std. H. S. plus 2 yr. college (250)
m. Grad. 4 yr. std. H. S. plus 3 yr. college. .... (300)
n. Grad. 4 yr. std. H. S. plua 4 yr. college (350)
o. Six weeks or more attendance at an approved
summer school for years 1922-23 and 1923-24.. (50
Note. In determining the score of the county for teacher qual
ifications, the procedure shall be as follows: For the year 1922
23 each teacher shall be scored according to the above schedule.
The sum of all these scores for all teachers, divided by the num.
(Continued on page 8)
WorldNews
By J. R. Robertson, Professor ef
' History and Political Science
Berea College
France, In accordance with her
threat, has begun to expel the Ger
mans from Alsace. Thus far the
number ordered to leave is fifteen
hundred. Including women and chil
dren. They are allowed to carry
with them a certain amount of bag
gage, and to dispose of the remain
der. Those selected for xpulsion
are mostly those who have been
outspoken in their opposition to
France. This is in the nature of a
penalty for GermanyV failure to
fulfill her obligation in the matter
of the reparations. In the London
Conference the English prime min
ister has advocated a very substan
tia reduction in the amount of the
payments to be made at present, and
a substitution of payment in kind,
for payment in money. France has
not seen fit as yet to accept his
suggestions and so begins the penalty.
MCKEE ROAD TO BE BUILT
Richmond, Ky. The largest crowd
that has attended session of the
Madison Fiscal Court in many years
was present Monday morning when
the court voted to accept state aid on
the highway to McKee, Jackson
county, and at the same time voted
to recommend a road tax or bond
issue for improvement of the othc
main highways in the county and
for a citizens' committee to cooper
ate with the court in handling the
road problems of the county.
This action was taken only after
extended debate in- the county court
room Monday morning when the road
question for Madison county was
threshed out along every angle.
The Citizens' Committee, named by
the court, met at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon and voted for a 20c road
tax for a period of five years, to be
used for meeting state aid on every
inter-county projects that shall be
approved. A committee, composed of
Messrs. Harvey Chenault, County
Judge J. D. Goodloe and County Road
Engineer J. G. Baxter, was named
to draw up and formulate submission
of the road tax question to the
voters at the November election.
The members of the special Citi
zens' Committee, as named by the
Fiscal Court to cooperate with them
re, Messrs. M. C. Kellogg, R. E. Tur
ley, John Gay, Harvey Chenault, R.
M. Rowland, Arch Hamilton, Walter
F. Park and Rice Woods.
The motion for the acceptance of
the McKee road offer of the
State Department was made by
Magistrate Dave Smith of Be
rea. The motion was carried, but
a lively argument ensued before it
was put over, the main contention
China has been the victim of the
most destructive typhoon that she
has ever experienced. The storm
raged along the Eastern coast, going
a considerable distance .inland
Shipping waa destroyed to a large
extent, and as many of the people
live in house boats the loss of life
was great A tidal wave followed
the heavy wind and in places wh.ila
villages were washed away. In some
cases large vessels were thrown
onto the shore or irro rhallow wate
where they stj.: in the sand. The
loss of life has been estimated to
reach high into the thousands. The
storm so interfered with communi
cation that only meager details have
yet reached the world. Relief has
been hurried to the stricken section
as fast as possible, but a long time
will be required for recovery. Pre
sumably the greatest loss of life and
property was among the poorer people.
The Soviet government of Russia
has aroused the anger of the radical
Socialists of Europe by an order for
the execution of some forty or fifty
who have been implicated in at
tempts to assassinate officials of the
government. Protests against this
execution have gone from Socialists
in the U. S., also, and the inconsist
ency of the act has been pointed out.
The plea made to Lenine and Trot
sky to set- the world an example
seems to be unheeded, and the vic
tims ,will likely pay for their doeda
by their lives. It seems to be true
that no matter how radical a govern
ment may be there are always some
who are more radical still. Perhaps
such urtemnr.a will hnt-A tha effa nf
being that Madison county is at the making the S,viet government more
present t!me short of funds and the eonserVative, a tendency already no
available money from reular taxn- ticed.
nun snoutu oe used on repairing
roads that have long been built and
are in a bad state of preservation.
But after the vote of the citizens'
committee for a 20c road tax, the
general feeling twoard the McKee
proposition was much better and the
people were ready to endorse the
project.
It is estimated that $300,000 would
The United States is finding that
the enforcement of its prohibition
law is greatly hindered by bringing
in of liquor from other countries.
Secretary of State Hughes is seek
ing assistance from other countries
in lightening this burden. England
has been requested to cooperate, to
tlMVanl tllA oVfllBni,a r.. n. ITnnliuh
be sufficient to take cart of Madison Americ.n ht. n n,- h,i. ....
vuumv ymi vi mn aiaio-aiu projects
and that 20c road tax for five years
would amply meet the needs.
6TRIKE SITUATION
The strike situation does not an
pear to be any nearer settlement than
when it began. The Big Four brother
hoods have refused to accept any
terms of mediation, and the railroads
continue to refuse to make conces
sions. The engineers and firemen
claim they are not atriking out of
sympathy, but because the rolling
stock of the railroads is in too poor
condition to continue operation. They
also resent the employment of guards
to protect the non-union workmen.
The claim is that the government has
no right to interfere by armed force
with a labor and capital argument.
The situation is very tense at Corbin,
and the country wiU soon begin to
suffer if relief is not given the coal
fields.
of large supplies of liquor. Eng
land refuses on the ground that her
authority ends when the three mile
limit is passed. The U. S. may not,
by international law, atop a vessel
of English registry for cargoa of
liquor. Our only recourse ia to cap
ture it when it entera our ports, and
this is uncertain, as a great deal is
smuggled in. The matter is one of
importance, and it ia believed some
way will be found when European
countries come to see that the U. S.
is in earnest on the matter.
Ireland has lost one of her most
useful leaders in the death of Arthur
Griffith, President of the Dail Eire
am. In his earlier years he was in
terested in the Sinn Fein movement,
but came to tealize that there wa
more in the substance than in the
form and so was most active in
bringing about the agreement with
England for the Free State. It is
It MtlllTS CHEWING TOBACCO generally conceded that his contribu
Tobacco will be higher this year a ! tiim tu tl" of IreIlni ly '
the rabbits have gone to chewing. ' hi "-'' KTP t the problems
Thev have cut a two-acre niece dou,n "J methods of solution. His death
four times for Ollie Cohown on the
Roberts place. Owenton Democrat,
was sudden and unexpected, being
due to pneumonia which developet
from an attack of bronchitis. Mr.
Young men in love are adepts at ; tIriffiln w" prim of life and
concealing their state of mind " ct"01, " vmuaUie service to
when no one else is around. (Continued on Page ()