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*$.. 'J POWER TO DUN TRAINS |pff Teis Congress of Industrial Situ- L ation Now Confronting th« Country. RffiHT TO WORK **'£ -fit 'M 11^ " president Declares Labor Board Neerfs Power 'la 4:' Enforce Daeiaians an mm 8i<les<-Asfc» National , Agancy -- Severely Condamna Herrin Massacre. ^;4 %f -«v ,v Sgf*: X Washington, Aug. 19.--President Startling announced to congress and the country that his administration, jlavlnt; exhausted every means for a (ettiement of the rail and coal strikes, Ih>w was resolved "to use all the pow- Mr of the government to maintain transportation and sustain the right of pen to work." & Absent Membera Cal fed. I Telegrams to abseut members of the •ouse Interstate commerce committee tii return at once to Washington to befln work on bills recommended by the president for creation of a coal agency f nd a fact-finding commission for the lloal Industry, were sent out by Representative Mondell, the Republican leader, after the President's address. Leaders plan to have these measures taken :p early next week and made ready for y passage. Accounting for his course during the lecent trouble In an address to the sen- ; ate and house, the President Wild he Mid not propose to ask for any "hasty fctlon" by congress In the railroad ,|jtrike. but that authority should be Jlven to set up a commission to make 111 %weeplng Investigation into the coal Industry "to reveal every phase of coal production, sale and distribution." As another measure in the coal situation the President asked for the creation of a temporary national coal Agency to purchase, sell and distribute &'* foal in interstate shipment as an "instrumentality of guarding the public Interest where private conscience Is lniensible to a public need." S Sf Condemns Herrin Crime. X': Groups who take the law into their 4wn hands, the President said, and attempt to control for their own purposes . |he resources of the whole people can only be regarded as perils to public fafety. He said neither employers nor employees could entirely escape re- 'jlponsibility for the present industrial situation, but he condemned in particular the "shocking crime at Herrin, M" ' The President said the government Was helpless to intervene, but, on the |Allegation that two aliens were among ' X 1 fhe killed, and In view of the absence , 'f: !..;0f all provision in federal law under j^lvhlch the federal government can protect aliens in their treaty rights, he ...X now asks congress to pass a law un- > ' fler which the government can take fiold In cases such as that of Herrin. • Country at Union's Mercy. The President likewise committed *$&#•' i sfilmself to the assertion that the Unltfd Mine Workers' organization now las the whole country "at its mercy." with special reference to the Herrin -tuassacre, the President said: XX>V1| "My renewal of this oft-made recom- ' j^ jnendatlon is Impelled by a pitiable ?X'V jsense of federal Impotence to deal with * . ' < Jthe shocking crime at Herrin, III., * iwhich so recently sliamea and horrified X- jjthe country. In that butchery of hu- X'jX ^nan beings, wrought in madness, it Is .7* ^Ifnlleged that two aliens were murdered. ^ ""This act adds to the outraged sense *•' jof American justice the humiliation 0'-its-- lies in the federal government's " .^confessed lack of authority to punish ffthat unutterable crime. *1 "Had it happened In any other land • - ' than our own, and the wrath of rlght- :r X' ieous Justice were not effectively exi. ^ ^.-pressed, we should have pitied the civ- 15s" - illzatlon that would tolerate It and 1?.' .sorrow for the government unwilling X";4X:v;<M' unable to mete out Just punishment. • , * „ "It is deplorable that there are or X * " X .can be American communities where ;even there are citizens, not to speak ' of public officials, who believe mob ,>.* warfare is admissible to cure any situation." XX : In gumming np the situation, fee - President said: "It Is manifestly my duty to bring * to your attention the Industrial sltua f tlon which confronts the country. The situation growing out of the prevail- V , Ing railway and coal mining strikes is so serious, so menacing to the nation's > welfare, that I should be remiss If I failed frankly to lay the matter before you, and at the same time acquaint you and the whole people, with such efforts as the executive branch of the government has made by the voluntary exercise of Its good offices to effect a settlement. "It Is not my thought to ask con- ^ ' "-f |TNM to deal w! problems at this TOni'. ' Notion would contribute to the aohltlon of the present critical siniatlott, flpere is existing iftvv by t\'hich to settl* JIw prevailing disjuites. There are statutes forbidding conspiracy to hinder interstate commerce. Thete are laws to assure the highest possible safety In railway service. It Is my purpose to invoke these laws, civil and criminal, against all offenders alike." Though he pronounced as Inadequate the law creating the railway labor board, Mr. Harding said "no perfection of It by congress at this moment could be helpful In the present threatened paralysis of transportation." Raaaona for Laglatativa Action. "The almost totat exhaustion of stocks of coal, the crippled conditio^ of the railways, the distressed situation that has arisen, and might grow worse, In our great cities, due to the shortage of anthracite; the suffering which might arise In the Northwest through failure to meet winter needs by lake transportation--all these, added to the possibility of outrageous price demands. In spite of the most zealous voluntary efforts of the government to restrain them, make It necessary to ask yon to consider at once some form of temporary control of distribution and prices. If It may have your approval, I nieomtnend Immediate provision for a temporary national coal agency with needed capital, to purchase, sell and distribute coal which is carried In interstate shipment. I do not mean that all Interstate coal shall be handled by such a federal organization; perhaps none will be necessary; but It will Restore Its capital to the public treasury and will be the Instrumentality of guarding the public Interest where private conscience is Insensible to ;a public need." ' Announcing his decision to Invoke all pertinent laws In the interest of Industrial restoration, the President used carefully chosen language to apply his strictures to both employers and employees. "Surely," he said, "the threatening conditions must impress the congress and the country that no body of men. whether limited In numbers and responsible for railway management or powerful In numbers and the necessary forces in railroad operation, shall be permitted to choose a course which so imperils public welfare. Neither organizations of employers nor Working-' men's unions may escape responsibility. When related to a public service. the mere fact of organization magnifies that responsibility and public Interest transcends that of either grouped capital or organized labor." Refers to War on Unions. At the same time, however, Mr. Harding said he had "come to appraise another element" in the present industrial situation which he held in some degree responsible for strikes. "I refer," he said, "to the warfare on the unions of labor. The government has no sympathy or approval for this element of discord in the ranks of industry. Any legislation in the future must be as free from this element of trouble-ma kiqg as it is from labor extremists who strive for class domination." Supporting his request for a temporary national coal agency, President Harding warned congress that, although the "skies are clearing" in the coal situation, a recurrence of difficulty might be expected next April, when wage contracts now being made are to be renewed, unless a cure were provided for the fundamental ills affecting the industry. Stating that the Esch-Cummlns act In establishing the railroad labor board was Inadequate, being with little or no power to enforce its decisions, the President recommended action to make the"^>oard's decisions "enforceable and effective against carriers and employees alike." Stating that sympathetic railroad strikes bad develop*&d and impaired interstate commerce seilously, the President said that trains deserted in the western desert "had revealed the cruelty and contempt for law on the part of some railway employees, who have conspired to paralyse transportation." 8cores Lawlaaa Strikers, Asserting that the striking unions in some instances had not held their forces to law observances, Mr. Harding said "there is a state of lawlessness shocking to every conception of American law and order," and announced his intention to invoke laws, civil and criminal, forbidding conspiracles. In declaring positively for the right of men to work, the President said that in both the coal and railroad strikes this right had been "denied by asShult and violence," and, In some cases, winked at by local authorities. He added: "It is fair to say that the great mass of organized workmen do not approve, but they seem helpless to hinder. These conditions cannot remain in free America." Government "by law must and will be sustained," the President said. The President concluded his address after speaking 40 minutes. Measure Goes to Conference Four Months-el Fighting. IB BATTLE MOTHER MONTH Thar* la Hope for Enactmant Mom election--Wll Also Paaaed by ' 8anata la Designed to Yield $400,000,000 Revenue. Washington, Aug. 22.--After four months of debate the senate passed the McCumber tariff bill designed to yield an annual revenue of $400,000,- 000. This is $60,000,000 greater than customs duties ever produced. The vote on the paisagt of the bill was 48 to 25. Senator Borah (Idaho) waa the only Republican voting In the negative, although it was announced that Senators La Follette (Wis.) and Norris (Neb.) whe are out the city, would ha?e voted similarly If they had been present. Among Republicans who voted for the bill with some reluctance Senators Lenroot (Wis.) and Jones (Wash.) served notice that they might vote .against the conference report unless many reductions in duties are made. Three Democrats,, Senators Ransdell and Broussard (La.) and Kendrick (Wyo.), voted for the bill. Senators McCumber (N. D.), Smoot (Utah), and McLean (Conn.), Republicans, and Simmons (N. C.), and Jones (N. M.), Democrats, were appointed as conferees for the senate In adjusting the differences between the senate bill and the Fordney bill as passed by the house. In selecting the conferees the two ranking Republicans on the finance committee,' Senators McCumber and Smoot, were selected and Senator McLean, who is fifth In rank, chosen instead of Senator La Follette, who ranks third. Senator Dillingham (Vt.), fourth in rank, did not desire to serve. The bill was returned to the house for conference. A special rule will be used to expedite action if objections to unanimous consent are made. The course of procedure was decided upon at a conference of Republican members of the house ways and means committee Saturday. Representative Fordney (Mich.), chairman of the ways and means committee, who returned to Washington during the day, declared he had not changed his determination to continue his fight for the adoption of the American valuation plan as provided in the house bill. He said he would carry the Issue to the house If the conferees refused to accept American valuation, and he believes the house will uphold his position. He Indicated that the will of the house will govern his course, and If a majority of the house favors the acceptance of the foreign valuation basis, as provided In the senate bill, he will drop his battle. It is considered likely that the valuation issue will be settled before the conferees attempt to decide on rates of duty. Mr. Fordney predicted that the conferees would complete their work in a month and that the bill would be on the statute books before the election. There are many who doubt this and believe final enactment will be delayed until November or December. Debate on the bill was begun In the senate on April 20 and has continued with few Interruptions throughout the four months since that date. Hearings were commenced by the house ways and means committee on January 6, 1821, and the bill was passed by the house in July, 1921. The duties in the senate bill are higher in many instances than in the house bill. Particularly is this true in the case of duties on farm products, which were boosted by the senate considerably above the Payne- Aldrich law level, which was the standard followed by the house committee. While the senate committee in creased duties on many manufactured articles, the senate Itself reduced good many of them. As a general proposition, the manufacturing Industries are not so well pleased with the bill as are the agricultural interests. In some,, cases, notably in dyes, the senate rates are far in excess of the house rates. The general average of protection accorded is greater than in the Payne-Aldrich law. Oeorjte C. Ctfbeii at Norfolk, Va., who was *levafed to-tft* office* of* supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythias after an all-night fight in their convention at San fyanrtsc* ;-"^'- "-; '-:'-" Federal Fuel Committee Permit* Kentucky Mine%$1 a Inorease. JUSTlfiED BY m HURL BOMBS AT TRAINS Shop Strikers Peril Passengers ^ . . to eaHforni^^ pfcib~WU- rjr ~ foefced at El Reno, Okia^ Af> tsr Railway Bridge Is Burned- Troops Guard Many Foints. Chicago, Aug. 1&--8ho»wnga, bombings and bnrnlnjs were high lights in the nation's railway crisis during th? last 24 hours. * * s Blockades and tleups on the Atchison, Tppeka and Santa Fe, the Utt&igl Pacific, Western Pacific and Southsifi Pacific cleared up when striking train crews cuiled off their walkout and opened the wily to immediate restoration of traffic on lines which were paralyzed by the strike of the "big four" brotherhoods. Stranded Santa Fe trains were moved out of Albuquerque, N. M., and trainmen at Prescott, Ariz., notified Santa Fe officials that strikers would return to work. These movej followed earlier developments toward ending the tieup on the Santa Fe. The UnKm Pacific's traffic knot unraveled rapidly after trainmen on the Las Vegas division called off their strike. Other western roads restored transportation activities, which had been in effect, since the shopmen's strike began July 1. Bombs were thrown -at a Santa Fe train which left San Bernardino, Cal., for' the first time in six days. The first bomb exploded In the railroad yards and two more were hurled at the passenger as the engine wheels spun over oiled rails in pulling out of the city. " Troops remained on guard in virtually all places where soldiers were sent to quell riots earlier in the strike. These included five towns in Kansas- Parsons, Newton, Herrlngton, Hoislngton and Horton, and three In Illinois-- Bloomington, Clinton and Joilet. ^ Local authorities asked for troops at Spencer, N. C., -vhere shop workers were routed by strike sympathizers. Major Stiles, In command of troops at Clinton, III., recommended martial law following renewed disturbances In which several men were Injured. Traffic on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific *as blocked. at EIreno, Okla., where a railroad bridge was burned. Farmers reported that two men were seen to fire the bridge. Atfvano* In Moo Is Authorized on the Request and 8ugowrtlon of Governor Morrow--Hoover Replies to Senator Borah. Washington, Aug. 21.-Coi»l prices are going higher, even under federal control. The federal fuel committee Increased the Hoover fair-price scale for all mines In Kentucky to $4.60 per ton at the mine. The scale heretofore has beeu $3.50 for eastern and $8.15 for western Kentucky mines. The Increase was authorized on the request and suggestion of («ov. Edwin P. Morrow of KefituCfeyv who explained that it wau Justified by wage Increases of $1 per ton to tin Kentucky miners. After the 1020 scale expired March 81 the Kentucky operators, both union and nonunion, went back to the 1918 scale and continued to operate on that basis until the present month when new contracts for the remainder of this year restoring the 1920 scale were entered Into by both groups. The Kentucky union miners did not Join In the general strike of April L The fuel situation "has now reached point where even If production is resumed, there must be more authority for the effective control of distribution and possibly of prices pending readjustment of the situation." Secretary of Commerce Hoover declared In letter to Senator Borah. He added: "It is difficult to determlpe at what stage the initiation of wide legislative measures with all their legal and administrative difficulty and_ expense, would be justified, owing to the unknown contingency of resumption of production. "Even assuming production is now resumed, the almost total exhaustion of stocks, the limitations upon transportation, not only as a consequence of the strike, but also with the usual fall peak in commodity movement, the necessity to accumulate larga supplies at upper lake ports where transportation freezes, the necessity to make a forced drive on anthracite Into the hands of householders, have all accumulated until it seems we must have to stiffen the voluntary agencies at gaged In the situation. . Whether price control will be necessary, and how far necessary, can only be judged from day to day. I am advised that the federal government can set up legislation that would provide for the movement of coal at fair prices over the boundaries to consuming states. From that point forward the" responsibility must rest with the state- "Even the $6.25 average pries yon mention means an average of a lot of decent men selling fair-price coal with a minority of bootleggers selling It up to $12." The Hoover letter was In reply to one from Senator Borah calling attention to high coal prices and asking what legislation was needed to protect the public against extortion. The advance of $1 a ton to the Hoover scale Is expected to spread to practically all the districts now operating under the Hoover ptan, though the fuel committee has taksn action only In the case of Kentucky. CANT DRAFT MEN FOR STRIKE Judga Advocate General Hull Submits Ruling to Secretary of war Weeks. Washington, Aug. 10. -- Decisions were submitted to Secretary Weeks by Col. J. A. Hull, acting judge advocate general of the army, holding that the present strike situation does not constitute an emergency which would authorize the recruiting of the army to war strength aud that Vhere existed bo authority for drafting of men by the government In time of peace. DE VALERA SHOT IN THROAT Reported That Leader of Irish Rebels Is Staying in House In County Wicklow. London, Aug. 22.--It was reported In Dublin that Eamonn De Valera Is staying at a house in the Greystones district of County Wicklow, dangerously wounded In the throat. "Honeymoon Resorts Spoil Bride." "When I go on my honeymoon," remarked the cynical Mr. Schopenhauer, who in the next breath is just as likely as not to tell you that he'll never get married, 'Tm going to take my blushing bride to a third ra<.c !»«*• telry at a place that has no scenic attractions, where the climate is intolerable and the service and food poor. So many bridegrooms make tue mistake of taking their fair ones to favored resorts and putting up at the bfSt hotels. The result is that the brides have something they can throw in Friend Husband's face when they get down to earth and a six-room cottage for life. "I'll select a place so undesirable that the things I'll be able to provide for Mrs. S. subsequently will be magnlfteaat by comparison."--N$#t ,York Su* • TTrufo Happiness. He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace In his home.-- Goethe. - Willie's Arithmetic. "If a banana cost threepence,'* said the teacher, "what will a dozen cost?" WllUe hesitated, then gave it up. "Well, do you suppose you could do tfee sum if we were to play at keeping shop?"* Willie thought that he could, and consented to enter the make-believe market and address the shopkeeper. "Have you anj» good bananas today?" "Some floe ones at, threepence •nlftce." was the renlv. Til tafre a down. lf yo« please, said Willie, digging down Into his pockets for imaginary cash. "And how much will that be?" Bow That Will Stay Fastens*, When you are tying the final bow of your shoe lace pass the loop through the knot twice instead of once, and thfe trick is done. This fastening can be undone in a moment by simply pulling the two ends, though it never comes unfastened of Its own accord. Firs Kills Valuable Horsssg- ^ Sterling, 111., Aug. 22.--Fire itf"tinknown' origin destroyed the building on the Archie Maxwell farm near here, entailing loss of $1Q«000« including valuable horses and cows, all machinery and grain. Kaiser 8ong Not Popular. . Berlin, Aug. 22.--Communists started a riot in a Brandenburg restaurant at night when the orchestra played "Deutschland Ueber Alles." The workmen chased out the orchestra, smashed the furniture and installed themselves. Burns to Death In Auto. ^Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 19.--W. BL Farmer, twenty-three, was burned to death when his clothing caught fire from an explosion of gasoline in his fiutomoblle. The biasing liquid spread all over the victim. 40,000 Immigrants Stner July. Washington, Aug. It).--Nearly 40,- 000 immigrants have entered the Unl- GERMANS AID IRISH REBELS Technical Skill Shown In Wrecking Bridges and Buildings Arouses Suspicion in London. London, Aag. 21.--The technical skill shown hy Irish' republican Irregulars In wrecking bridges and blowing up buildings led to the accusation by the Daily Express that Krupp engineers from Germany were aiding the insurgents. Wisconsin Horseman Die*.. Waukegan. 111.. Aug. 21.--Geotge Spencer, sixty-four, of Appleton. Wis., one of the best-known horsemen the Middle West, dropped dead at the steering wheel of his automobile while returning from the fair. Attack Railroad 8nopmea. Kansas City. Mo., Aug. 21.--Threo Missouri Pacific shop foremen. John Iteid, Samuel Swain and Lon Hewitt, were attacked, badly beaten apd slashed with knives while on their way to work. United States Buys Fokker Planes. Washington, Aug. £1.--Secretary Weeks announced that the army air service has contracted for the delivery of three Fokker pursuit planes subject to specifications demanding speed of 140 miles an htue. Tries to Slay Trotzky. London, Aug. 21.--An unconfirmed dispatch from Stockholm reports that ted States since July 1, the majority |an attempt had been male during coming from Italy, Russia, the United [ recent inspection of the Russian Ked Kingdom, Germany, Greece and J army to assussinate Leou Trotzky, Cteeche«lovai4|, ) people's eommlssar f*r war. 4" , • ' • "• MASSACRE EVIDENCE READY - ^5 L. F. Lore?, president of the Delaware & Hudson railroad, *nd chairman of the Eastern Railway Presidents' conference, is one of the chief figures in the railway strike negotiations. U. £ MARKET REPORT ^ ^He ^ • 000 Instead of ^ s ^ .*3," v ^irTralnino. . y! .Illinois Attorney General Prepared to PiffSr Testimony Against Hsrriti Slayers to Grand Jttryt * - Chicngn," Aug. 21.--Attorney Oenoral Brundage says he will be ready to begin presentation of o mf\ps of evidence to the fSpeclal grand jury of Williamson county when it starts lnvestlga tlon of the Herrin mine massacre at Marion a week from next Monday. The attorney general was advised by State's Attorney Delos Duty of Williamson county that Judge nartwell had ordered the special jury to be selected from representative dtlsens of the county. A special deputy sheriff will serve the subpoenas. ATTACK RAILROAD SHOP MEN Three Foremen for the Missouri Pa. Cific Beaten and 8lashed While on Way to Work at Kanaas City. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 19.--Three Missouri Pa"flie shop foremen. John Reltf, Samuel Swalp and Lon Hewitt, were attacked, badly beaten and slashed with knives while on their way to work. One of the assailants was captured. He refusedMo give his name. Marketgram by Bureau jlf Markets and Crops. Washington, Aug. IS--Week ending August 17.--HAY--Qu oted Aucuet 16: No. 1 timothy. New York $11 JO, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh flfctt, Clnotaati 117.00. Chicago 124.01! Atlanta $»J0r Bt Louie $21.00; No. 2 timothy (UtQiW below No. 1 prices. No. 1 alfalfa, Kansas City $16.75, St. Louis $21.50, Memphis ISMS; No. 1 pmlrta, Kansas City tlOMK St. Louis ftt.gtk Chlca«o $11.00. FEBD--Quoted August 17: Bran, $14-31; middling" $18.60; flour middlings. $2$-M Minneapolis; No. 1 alfalfa meal, $18.7$ Kansas "City; 33 per cent linseed meal. $44.76 Minneapolis; $45.50 Chicago; $45.fi0 Philadelphia; white hominy feed, $24.30 St. Louis; gluten feed, $29.85 Chicago; W per cent cottonseed meal. $34.60 Atlanta; HMO Memphis. VEGETABLES--Potato markets weaker. Prices quoted August 17: New Jersey sacked Irish cobblers. No. 1 mostly, fL*®L76 per 100 lbs.; slow and •IS; North and South Jerfeey points at $1.0091.15 t. o. b; Giants, U«L« city markets, 7Sc to VBc f. o. b.; Kansas cobblers, $l.]6@l.30; Kansas City and St. Louie, $1.00(j>i.io f. o. b.; Minnesota, Kansas and Nebraska earlv Ohios, $1.00®1.14 In midwestern cities, 76c to 96c f. o. b. shipping points. Middlewestern yellow onions, $L2S@3.2S leading cities. New York Oldenburg apples, steady New York City, $2.2602.60 per barrel. GRAIN--Markot heavy most of week and grain prices turned lower until August 16, when slight upturn occurred. Depressing influences were: Restricted export demand; weakness In Liverpool market; collapse In German marks and lack of buying support. Closing prices in Chicago cash market; No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.06; No. 2 hard winter wheat, $1.06; No. 2 mixed corn. <Sc; No. 2 yellow corn, 66c; No. 3 white oats, 32c. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn In central Iowa, about 51c; No. S hard winter wheat in central Kansas. 88c; No. 1 dark northern wheat in central North Dakota, 92c. Closing future prices: Chicago September wheat. $1.0$; Chicago September corn, 62c; Minneapolis September wheat, $1.06; Kansas City September wheat, Mc; Winnipeg October wheat $1.03*. LIVE STOCK--Chicago hog prices were generally 6c to 30c net lower for the week, medium and light hogs declining most August 17 Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $9.86; bulk of sales, J7.7B®t.T5f5>medium and good beef steers, 8.10910.50; butcher cows a fid heifers, $3.90@9.2S; feeder steers, $M0@7.76; light and medium weight veal calves, $11.50@13.00; fat lambs, $11.W ©12.75; feeding lambs. $11.6091110; yearlings, $$.76011.00; fat ewes, $3.5097.*. Stacker and feeder shipments from 12 Important markets for the week ending August II were: Cattle and calves, 84,296; hogs, 8,273; sheep, 54.6S0. DAIRY PRODUCTS--Closing prices. 91 score butter. New York, 36Hc; Philadelphia, 86c; Boston, 36%c; Chicago, 84c. Cheese markets about steady.' Wisconsin prices declined slightly early In week and trading showed an increase since then. Prices at Wisconsin primary cheese markets August It: Twins, lSVic; Daisies, 18%e; Double Daisies; Ufte; Young Americas. l*c; Longhorna, It&c; Square Prints, &*c. SIX KILLED; MANY HOMELESS Forest Flrss Rage In Northern Minn* - fjjtln and Wisconsin--Th«M9~ * Towns Wiped Out. X'. _-v* Duluth, Minn., Aug. 18.--Six known dead, hundreds homeless, at least three towns wiped out and a dozen others In Imminent danger was the apparent toll of forest flres which swept northeastern Minnesota, causing the worst conflagration since 1013, when 400 persons lost their lives. Reports were that tho towns ol Fairbanks, Silver Creek and Pimlo, in Lake county, all small settlements, had hs>en 'lestroyed, the refugee* mainly fleeing to Two Harbors. Cotton and Central Lakes, In St. Louis couuty, also were reportei destroyed. Fires also were reported In Wisconsin, where. It was said, the city o£ Drummood, In_ BayfleW coonty; mt menaced. Big Four Strike Callsd Off. .. . Los Angeles, Cal.. Aug. 22.--^e strike of the Big Four brotherhoods on the coast lines of the Atchison Topeka & Santn Fe railway system has been called off and freight add passenger service has been resumed. Coal Production Uncertain. Washington, Aug. 22.--Statist!"* Snhmltted to Fuel Distributor Spen.-er by the United States gologlcal survey d,> not Indicate any largely increased coal, output for th« isupedlate future, statement said. - ' Canada Awaits U. S. Coal. Montreal, <jue„ Aug. 21.--According lo advices receive! ty representatives of American anthracite mines in Mon treal the first consignment of anthra cite coal from Pennsylvania will he received in Montreal on Teptemher L Plane to*Carry Delayed Mail. Qulncy, Cal., Aug. 21.--An army airplane which arrived here at night was requisitioned by the Quinsy |<oxtmaster to transport first Huss mail held for several iays because of tfc* Westsrn Partfir railroad strike. m PEACE, HOT FOR WU Rsminds Students That No 'ArmtfT' Campaign is Planned in Any Di-fv, •Sj rection, In Addressing Citizen Soldiers From Camp Msatfa. ?i ^ « Washington, Aug. 23. -- Presld«j^7 J Harding, in an address to citizen-sa£* . « < diers from Camp Meade, Md., declare^ * ^ he favored military training fur mor*. than 100,000 civilians annually, not f«Sf ~ any prospective aggressive wartstif;'^.^!? but to preserve peace. -- * After reviewing the civilian troopli • on the ellipse adjacent to the Whili House grounds, the President call^ ^ • c* attention to the fact that 28,000 civfll^ ions were given training this symm?|'V compared with 11,000 last year, ' .; In the Camp Meade contingent we^" C. 1,000 young men from the District || - Columbia, Maryland, Delaware aalf-'- Pennsylvania, who * have been training for three weeks. 4 T. Declaring tho boys had been bene- Jy.u' fited by learning discipline, the Pre# :f . dent asserted "all America might well >";$* benefit by learning a little more Inah pressively the obligations of the cltfc 4 sen to his country.'*-His address fd^ ^ lows: - *v.; I could not allow the opporfunlff- ^ to pass without a word of felicitation S and congratulation. You have afforded ' ^ us, those who were in review aitd- - A those who carried oh the review. |/ ; most impressive and reassuring spoe- . ^ tacle. You are citizens of a republit* . ^ wholly devoted to peace. There is nif 4; a thought in America of armed waiffare. There is not a design on the paj|k'; ^ of your country to carry on ai} annM ' campaign in any direction. ^ "We are concerned only with peaw' s| and the security of peace, and I llSi ,; ? t o t h i n k t h a t t h i s g r e a t r e p u b l i c , t i ducing its regular army in accordance lwith its ideals, can have the assuranett that comes to it with such a spectacle as you have given us. I contratulaJfcT'^^f; you with all my heart. v'f- "It Is a fine thing for the young ^ manhood of America to turn from the % ordinary engagements of the vacation . ;/£ season to a study of military service g and training for service. I am not sure, however, but you have profits# » quite as well as your country. If tOy eyes testify correctly, you are benefited from the physical training, which always means a higher staje of Ameri- 1 can manhood. You have benefited by .3 learning discipline. You have bene- . 4 fited, as all Americans might well benefit, by learning a little more i#»- _,0 pressively the obligations of the ci# sen to his country. ; . "It Is a rather Interesting thing modi- • ^ ern science has learned that the ills of the nervous and mental being may largely be cured by the flevelopmeirt I of the physical being, and I take It . il that you have not only had a whole- S. some time, but that you are all re-* turning to your normal pursuits betfiwr equipped for the tasks of life. • ^ "You will be Interested to know that the volunteer citizens' training moves ;•*" ment last year enlisted about 11,000 ^ recruits. This year there were 28,000 J of you in the various camps. If 1 -•) could have my wish this number would increase until more than 100,000 were ^ annually studying and preparing for armed service, not that we ever expect to be called upon for such serv- « Ice, but solely for national defense ^ .and the preservation of the govQHR* 3 ment under which we all live. "You know, modern soldiery is vary ^ different from that of nearly all the || history of the world. Our soldiering 3 of today Is solely for national defeQM : and the preservation of that govel*- > 11 ment under which we live. ' vy f 'There is new assurance, there to J new confidence, there is new belief in ,| the perpetuity of tills American repul* i lie when one can stand, as I have . | stood, and note such a company of J ready volunteer defenders as you have | shown us in this review. Again my | congratulations and my gratitude for ^ your country." jl John G. Woolley Is Dead. Granada. Spain, Aug. 16.--Jahn G. Woolley of Madison, Wis., prohibition candidate for President of the Unitel States in l:«0rt, died after an Illness of some Jays, due to a cerebral attack. Church Convention Opens Aug. 28. {ft. Louis, Aug. 22.--Announcement was made at headquarters here of the Christian church that the international convention of the Disciples of Christ at Winona Lake, lnd., will opeii on August 28. ~ 30,000 Strike in Budapest. .Jtadapest, Aug. 22.--A strife*'has been ieclarmi involving approximately 30,000 metal workers. About half the men at first refused to heed the strike call, but wore finally forced to join the movement. George E. Simpson Is Dead. Chicago, Aug. 19.--George E. Sliap- Son, general supervisor of transportation of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, died of heart disease at Henrotin hospital. Mr. Simpson wm seventy-five years old. mm iM Girl cf Eight Held as Slayer. Melstone, Mich., Aug. 19.--Adella Lampe, eight years old. is held here for shootiiig and killing Hnrry Gaylord, aged three. The children quarreled and the little girl shot ^tlie baty with a snail calibfr rl£*, • _ •, ? ' •' -".Si HARDING PAT ON SALES TAX Serves Notice He WiH Veto •eat*, X WM Not Providing SpetfSo * Finance Plan. Washington, Aug. 23.--The President has again served notice that he will veto any bonus bill that does not provide specifically for the raising^?! . revenue to finance the ex-service men's "adjusted compensation." - He reiterated that be would prefer to have a sales tax written into tike bill if one must be enacted. ' Raises $134,325,000 in India. ; ..S^ London, Aug. 23.--More than 000,000 ($134,325,000) has been subscribed in the new Indian government loan, constituting a record for state, borrowing in India for a single year, sajs a dispatch from Calcutta. ^ . Four Die In Tenement Fire. • Elizabeth N. J. Aug. 23.--Four sons were burned to death in a fire in a tenement house which the police believe was incendiary. The victims a man | woman and two boys wet* burned beyond recognition. 'tek Plot to Wreck Train? Chicago, Aug. 23.--EngineerTWwild Coy and Fireman Frank Lubbs,* killed in a wreck of a Michigan Central train near Gary, came to their death "as a result of a plot to wreck the traQ^V the corner's jury decided. S1. » Mines Must Have Care. W ashington, Aug 23.--Bltuiiiliigjip eoal production will reach six and it half to seven million tons per week hy September 1, the Department of Labor estimated, if tbe operators can cars to load.