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4 ha 31, CODLIDGE IS URGED | ANTI-BRENNAN MEN RAILROAD MERGER PLANS] WATHEUIS BOOED Being Sought by Army and ARTICLE 11 | #ccustomed (o transacting bu; | Other Factions. Hammond Calls Attention to Prominent Democrats of ; PP RS 7 e o] Virg Aroused Coal Commission’s Plan p 3 = > State Organize to Fight for | i b et sl Phedy feyZaockholders’ protective BY CLAUDE 0. PIK} pletely displayed to the citizenry a to Avert Tie-up. £t Reiorm of Party. | they have in this hearin on the appli- | (o s 6 vt THohm o SANTIAGO e . cation of the Van Swearingen boys 1o | chairman and Col. Andersor rief consolidate with their Nickel Plate | counsel, Scott ar P ttee ap e of Ambassador Mathieu, r system the Chesapeake & Ohio, thelpealed, according te credible author. | representir Washington BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG, By the Associated Press rie and the Pere Marqueite. itv, to Mr. Lamont of J. P. Morgan & | Staff Correspondent of The Star . 8 CHICAGO, August 31.—A zroup of Fhie heaving somme oo the Seremalco. for pamcs. Lamont anewered that | e ooy Political lea = oy " o 4475 g @ floor of the Interstate Commerce Com-| Morgan had no Interest in the C presidency olitical leaders SUMMER WHITE HOUSE, Swap < Illinois Democrats, who for several 3 mission Building, in Washington, has | solidation other than as the de king a man acceptable to the ma meott, Mass., Angust 3 —‘—H impend.- | years have opposed domination of the been filled with inquisitive lawvers|tory Ing ‘11\'*"" al sl i) ,""' g 3 George E. Brennan organization in and raflroad experts 'l"!w"‘warwa]k" JisRbgut this time rumors were pub fore at White Court today. and while Pey 4 . hio minority, which epposes the |lighed, and afterward denied, that the Prasiant Coolldze il nnderation to e the party councils of the State, to & natiidation. In ‘ropressnted by Cal|Van Sweringens intended o show no giving it con le thought. there day announced organization of the s Henry W. Anderson (most of the par- | mercy to the objectors. he Rich- | Promisin 4 field of a dozen ar is not the slightest intimation at this st 10 considered for the political parties seem fa probably looms as the mos Democracy of Tlinois,” with a view s - icipants . have military titles) of f mond minority then pared for a € £ to submit vl it e ; of “reorganization and a restatement | B siad Toaw n Faiivoad lawyer, dndilsrotracted war [ their candid i SRR hour that he v ke any" step look- of the fundamentals on which our| i | Thomas B. Ga The Governor of Virginia, 15 jistestian ing toward avert e strike ealled | 3 party was founded,” and the intention / E E. C. Bailly represents the minority [ Trinkle, issued a statement The Chiie for midnight t« St s to enlist support from the sympathetic ” R 7 of the Hocking Valley, a subsidiary of | ing then The Richmond preser 8 8€ Coal experts the | S0 party workers in other States. 5 o o the Chesapeake & Ohic Albert L | were appealed to. The entire State | bitter lines of den President’s John {_On the organization committee are - g Stiles, an eccentric ..nhn,ivl engin »n'r | was aroused. Just before the last|4r “‘]“ between cer Bhse Hismand % . | Edward F. Dunne, former Governor ; Sy g , and his attorney, H. 8. Bird, represents | adjournment was taken Col. Ar and larger partie S ey i ; ? | of Tiinots; Carter Harrison. former MA)- WALLACE W. KIRBY. fpimself, ron asked 1o see a list of the small | Of Securing approv S esaGior and Een ¢ mayor of Chicago, both anti-Brennan On the other side the Van Swearin- | sigckholders who had acquiesced in|d3cy extremely difficult unless some S gl B h e 5 candidates for delegate-at-large to the gen forces are led by Col. W. A. the Van Sweringen proposal. New-|8trong individual comes to the front AR pemen ant 1 C i 1924 national convention under the ston, general counsel of the Nic ton D. Baker protested and said that | 15very indication is thal the Chilean New Engla al and Fuel Co. McAdoo banner, and W. L. O'Connell, Plate, a_true fighting man, and New- | if this " information were given out,|3'MY Will not participate in ap . « 1Y l,:‘f’ 1‘ d ; : 5 3 - R McAdoo's manager in Illinois last ton D. Baker, former Mayor of Cleve-| tolling who were for the Scott com.|Proaching political decisions, but exlde p z ; : . i ? i yeur: land and Secretary of War under | mittee and who against, “neighbor|iS impossible to overlook the fact tha Presidern T 0 C e N 1 Vi 3 1 " SR : | = % O'Connell is chairman of the com President Wilson. wotld He sdt inet meighbor- wnd | the army holds the trump card when aress the nto To right: Recent picture of Samuel Warriner, spokcsman for operators, | mittee, which includes seven other L il e Mam L wnA 1 comes fo dutermivis S g recommendati ontair vis, head of miners, who has ordered the anthracite strike. | down State leaders 2 e of the | speak to church member icceed President Alessandri, whose 2 5 et = = ~| The new organization pledges to . i '1""”('*“'1' 'l““‘-:"‘h*\" el The legal s of the Van Swer. |erm expires in Decemher. The pre 7 \la B 5, ' A<l RS ! se ho! of e two! d rule usiness careers of the ens had meanwhile worked night | €1t position th s to b 1 st ITNT S - ~ eek abolition of the two-thir bus N e e 8 o posit y e 40 ADVENT OF STRIKE SEES MINERS i fuctis fonss Chvinionsr o D v e Dramers nger had, meanite ke e | 1 el e lo t t | |the national organization of ‘“‘the 2 Y . s D complete last i t vat on WEARING GRINS AND NEW SUITS (2%, sgme ipiecied into s veine| Leaves Reproduction Plant |[uii™ e Vi’ fuerngens” vt i harins, bef ax'ac onee. bogn, | s sucse irecty nuck press agent--and both sides complain tenito ¢ work for legislation under which the | to Continue Work in e oors Hive NEWILHGEY er dif not & s : A several States would define for the aliaa” themeelven ~dthe oltxian : oo | Workers. Tickled 1o Death at Holiday, Are Tumning |y (e frumes, o joe S L Private Life. N s SaWi T ; Up Cars for Trips to Florida, While it e oo - are $700 an hour, has drasged out o b kn = Consumers Sit and Wonde §Eiben Soniee; puoh dsfinition e e N Ik e ook L rlandliast. o (e Vanigwaringens By SER 0ete 0 fae ntimated he conside i r 1925 aily News Co backt state ¢ pends, awkwardly. Central, who on many former oc Testimony Nearly Ended BAR ASSOCIATION LISTS casions had been their adviser, died in March, 1924. At that time the Van Sweringens cont led the Nickel Plate and the Chesapeake & Ohio were directors of both roads and had sub: n interests in the P Mar = quette and the Erie. The conference | €rs themselve e the stand. Com 4 Warren on Annual Con- of railroad executives to divide up the | missioner \Me T v sugge ted independent roads of the East. which |additional testimony would be helpful has already been referred to, was ap 3 The Van Sweringens capitulated Coverdale & Colpitts, engineers spe. cializing in raflroads, were retained an end the hectic period of more than Ation of & oy i c BY ROBERT T. SMALI gauntry this resion loh nose as | T WEIGH LEGAL ASPECTS |iwo vears, boginning with the sum. celebrating nations ol e teiore den | NOTABLES AS SPEAKERS mary ousting of former Director James L. Wilmeth and 30 chiefs in | setings in London Expected to|March, 1 has resigned his com importance from the hard coal “strike" | the parties immediately concerned, | Meeting P iAo Srots the Arnrs: thid realens: gion for some time to come. The | They are anything but that to the Clear Way for Conference at (o haa! hesn accentsn by the Beces iners are leaping into their holiday | poor consumer. dent and takes effect tomorrow. in o joyous mood. Everybody seems| This vear's suspension was a fore Lausanne September 26 ] Rl A e e to be happy, except possibly the | gone conclusion down this v long | |the engineer reproduction plant a malntenance men.” who are con-| before the negotiations ever were | By the Associated Press | Washington Barracks, and resigned demned to remain at work, manning | begun. It must not be forgotten| LONDON, August 31.—Only pee-| ;o B0 = 0Fe o oo SU0 L fession Le pumps and otherwise keeping the | that these negotiations every two |liminary discussions were on the pro-{ Wid YREC mines “fit” for the men whenever|years are held at the height of the |gram for today’s meeting of the Ger- | “Uppee 0 GHIRE W00 he bureau they choose to return to work. Summer season down at Atlantic|man, French, Belgian and British legal| . 'o PEROC G LTOMBE B (A0 HITOEL he hard coal country is sccus-|City. There by the side of the sad |experts called together to investigate | g0 “GNS ¢ 0 CBE FUEE P suspensions.” That is the | waves, ensconced in the best hotels, |the technical aspect of the proposed | g v, (OOR, CEFEE JTMEORE S sweringens had decided upon the | eYaeutives were set preparing then & lay preparatory to tr hear in this 8 | the miners and the operators begin (security pact. The sessions are ex-|p oo 80 CROPCIIGIOR POTCRER Fr ol eral terms of their proposed e s = inseRen < ver "of the associati abus collect in tl NTON a gL 31 T i buses, collect Ahe TON, * F August stival. That is. In fact, what the | ners ere is not likely to be any news of { coal suspensions have come to be to | on the lawye P ere on thei at feet They eral licensing Mr. Hammond fident that the long durat o questions the ed ask; they | Hughes, Davis, Kellogg demanded the Van Sweringen broth vention Program ed coal l proaching. st 31.—Gre nas been a Sought Much Adrice. elilishg i Dloa0s Wor Geleined lrasei A e | By the middle of August the Van| ciqion Al ihe Van Buestage Association we { e - - SECURITY PACT EXPERTS |with Treamurs oificiais in brimsine oo il L | very caref {a parley which 9 times out of 10 |pected to occupy the remainder of the | peberGREnt I ey of Wil | Solidation and presented their appli- | ““pid {05 (1O WITRESS - ou there is no strike. Working | results in a stoppage. The negotia- |week meth’s summary, ousting, the long |cation to the Interstate Com iahan i e g . U ements have espired. No | tions are long-drawn-out, but nearly | The opinion is expressed in di disturbing period while a movement | Comumission. A few days Tedrle it betoes ths omiatiion. nts have been made. Th always follow the same course. It |matic circles that the meetings will| oo S0 el PR 0 o ed in vindica. | Anderson asked Oris Van Tho saioie Al Sevteabin rybody quits and everyhody [ ought not to be 'difficult to negotiate |clear the way satisfactorily for the | ion “of the ousted chiefs from any {on the stand with whom he had con- | (0 (FECTRRC (AT REREITIET ring a grin. by the sea in Summer, but it ap- conference of foreign ministers of the | 1,4 of suspicion nd finally the | suited in formulating his plans 123 46 atully ‘the 3,000 Daghs oF Gide en the mules of the mine are gel-| pears to be quite a problem to decide |interested powers to be held at Lau-| equested resignation of Louis A Van Sweringen named Jc tions Hehetdbeibeiton i L Jicns aitre Manue P g ting @ kick out of the situation. A |in just what particulur manner the [sanne, Switzerland, September 26. Hill, who had succeeded Wilmeth as[Oldham of Boston, expert advise Gons g de, battonier of the Paris bar. I i A 3 : 1e mule’s 1ot never is u happy one. | dear public shall be dealt with as the| A representative of the Ttalian 8oV-|director. Maj. Kirby. taking up the road properties for J. P. Morgan Se: - | master will Wednes e s - The mule lives for months and possl. | years go by ernment will arvive this afternoon 1o | reing whera Tiil left thetn. reorganized | & Co. He had falked, e said, with |, t refore. th Ll years in the stygian blackness of L < # participate in the jurists’ discussions.|he bureau in co-operation with | Thomas amont. Arthur M ' act hastily, but only aft the underground workings. Today he| Strike to Boost Trade ______|"Treasury officials, and took back into sthers of the house of | timent takes a stand W is Leing hoisted up for a breath of | Everybody around here knew o Cover e | ex Sheie 21l af fughos gelon bE < = pure air and a blinking look at the | there would be a suspension because | high Coal and Navigation Company |those ousted with Wilmeth who cared haps compel the unior perat Summer sunshine | great stocks had been accumulated | was adjusted vesterday | to come back to agree to a propos B e |at the mines. The pu was not The storage yard of the L Maj. Kirby's administration was nd strikes or make (t s Many Going to Florida buying coal. The campaign of mine|coal and Navigation Company at|split in twe parts by an order from While those close 'y There is one phase o this vear's |owners to get the public to buy in| Hauto is practically barren of the do-|Controller General McCarl, which t Pre 4o mot think that 1 t t-| suspension which differs from the | the Summer time was proving a fail- | mestic sizes of fuel, only steam sizes | held the Army officer could not stay I sought est likelihood at this tims he dramas or comedies of the past. Many | ure. They held the threat of a|remaining | on such temporary civilian duty m n Sweringen finally answ . dent calling a speclal session of Con- of the men whko today have laid |strike September 1, but still the pub-| | than one year. White & Case of New York “'A‘"’;j Rress to enact legislation 1o cope down their tools will never return to | lic rtnhnrllenl out of the market. If| MULES OUT TONIGHT For a few months Maj. Kirby went | tion 5-1“';'”{“\«»!‘ ! '\r‘» wo v~' | | = with this public crisis, it felt cer-|work in the mines. They are going | mining had been continued the = back to the reproduction piant in | N8 the formal leases. Meanwhile op-| o VSN (00 > oL | = ain, though, that in his next mes.|to join the rush to Flovida. The news | stocks would have been still larger dath B B ' Washington barracks. while an effort | Position_had developed to the terms | Ji0, FEIIE ¢ neens | WEIZMAN WOULD YIELD =age to Congress he will urge legis-|0f the land boom down that way has {and prices would have been reduced | WILKES-BARRE, Pa., August 81 which the Van Eaveinp e Do Ins I Compras o will urse legle | of Ihe landott drvy, Rt wif 3| S Erlae Rl Dl madiin)) oll ilincs paraich Vot o offer the Chesapsake & Ohis 1ok ZIONIST CONGRESS POST President of World Body at' Vienna pursue ourse he and capital ulties in out reso: dent Cox | was made to have Congress allow him to remain as director. Finally a spe 5 % Stite. ol 1 lly in the Wyoming V. today, holders o by the Coal Commissior hundreds of the anthracite workers|to be thought of. Therefore the |mal P 0da%, | cial act was passed extending his pe ders. T gy e It 13 understood tha! the New Eng- | are going South to seek their fortune. | “atrike” is on, and will continue |3CCOTding to anthracite company off-| G of girectorship, but placing upon | The Chesapeake and Ohio is an old | CHYRCH QUITS HOSPITAL.| and coal authorities came to dis.| They will go well fixed financially and | until stocks have been depleted, until ("‘lflr{“!m ‘;‘H(h'({l"'c‘om:reitm:xr.l:} ‘.'"‘,-,:&y” 5 Gefinlig Wtk cHeon Kbl tavmat e r'rrm“ ad. Some kuf ‘!'}}‘r: 1 cuss ai t vestors rather ths 2 the market has been boosted, until |Ported that a " orl ation of this limit, Alvin W. Hal, | MOneY represented by the stock which { ot § oD AmBifle R psen of g 1 e publ Reore fos relil #P¢| Some miners did ‘mot report, as they | 'N{ Prefent CRecton fook charse. solidati 7 anced 60 vears ago. |erick . ( onsc on, OF raihaeds cars to the Southland, Jublic clamors for rel Py e ek Satides Maj. Kirby's commission was i their vacation will permit them | Gov. Pinchot, who stepped into n.e'"‘{“,4!‘;1‘;(i‘f“m‘:“;,"‘vp,‘l e suturday. | Corps of Engineers. During the w to see Florida first and decide as to |breach two years ago and brought v ombany | he had charge of map-working work SENATOR’S DOOR JIMMIED | whether or not they will remain be- |about a settiement after a brief sus- | thelr places during the day. Company |, ine’ American expeditionary force. | Ean: The Virginia stockholders now fore ‘..~:.‘-.‘n‘p been established in the Dagalon. -;h:’u' nlulel‘:lu'{;f" '*i')'l;m"::‘;‘ taken out tonight. Production was | — . - an appendage to the system of two e o o1 oal industry 00k robl d st affected b; e failure of many | ankee real estate -ators, and upon | % b Home of T. H. Caraway Ransacked | Auto trips in other directions have | Coolldge’s hands in 1923, but he didn't [0t affceted by the raflure of many | Cooper Takes U. S. Post Eaniee red CHADNTIE RS M DpOR L oAl Acgainhaanik i SOnREmS N s Bes n planned by the “suspenders.” |get any great credit for his interven- | Iy ao (0 FEROT FNCE IRON (18E BN | mas P. Cooper of Kentucky, re. |temme, i 3 Ml Vanaeinat | zatid temiten Y. Poxelar This is the biannual vacation they |tlon, so this year he may let the na- | empioved during the day. When the |cetnly appointed chief of the Bureau ding to an apocryph v. | the Vanderbilt he e he imn fon problem z R Bork A e A ¥ ave been walting for and they in-|tional administration, for which he | (P00 (a0 Dires tonight it is ex|of Agricultural Economics of the De Sl ek vasio Thoatthe tiuol Chieh was e t. owing bl hat the home e Thadd tend to make the most of it. Cloth- hasn’t the love of a brother, handle | hected that every pound of coal that [partment of Agricult was sworn |+ gners” attempted to hold a mid- [ Square, Boston, e wll stances, he comudlie T it Caraway ing merchants and haberdashers | the situation. Mr. Pinchot ‘is busy |}iay been mined will have been brought |in today. He will hold the position as | night conference in Richmond with |in o dazed econdition. Membere of (he | Vienna prior to the election of street, ha ¢ ir | throughout the region reported today |at the moment campalgning for the |io the surface. la temporary appointee, by permission | the recaicitrant stock o il Smuadi s sttt Hiae ox ln\r‘w-v}nv“ pressed | as a patr futy, to repair the rav- | treatment a : Desire to Q ages of the armies of Grant and Sher- | chusetis G few days d .| the usual brisk trade which always |senatorial nomination next vear. Scores of miners and their families |of the Civil Service Commission, pend. | Van Sweringen attitud 5 SBakitie that he had beew & hiing. that was missi an order to quit the mines. | The miners have ihe constant ob- {teday were preparing to leave on short |ing an open competitive examination, | been take it « RnE ot & 1 the e (i The repo [ 10 the miners, expecting to spend so | jective of higher wages. The mine yacations. in which he will participate ginians stiffly ¥ by the Senat time above ground, are “doll- |owners have the constant objective Whiteside. It : t ip'" for their hollday. They also |of higher profits. The governor has Sl gl hoo - P “ing up the wives and kiddies|the constant objective of higher | with a jimm, ith new dresses and for what the | political honors That is about all public generally ards as a strike | there is to the situation eliberatio: f COAL STRIKE BEGINS Kept busy v Sunday and mlr:ip:ind operations when they quit work ke onight to finisl this afternoon AT MIDNIGHT EaSeatrs: ok atoro|the stsparl G WITH necessary work vefore the suspension e 500,000 AFFECTED| strikers to Tour. gt Suspension Pl D i When the mines close tomorrow e D - (Continued from Fi nthracite strippings will also Panther Creek Valley. i { down, the stripping workers| [ .\ on with the executive o affilirted with the miners’| LUANSFORD Pa., August 31 (P).— requent sallies : cupat ppings are operations| Union officials were active today in Tenryetta distric . | wheve coal is mined from the surface | completing their arrangements for ut. the gathering v : downward the suspension of hard coal mining at or speeches. Many of the vock workers engaged . e 4 Union mine; ¢ the construction of tunnels and midnight. Likewise, the Lehigh Coal work under the holes in the mines will go to d Navigation Company was prepar- ized for the first i iv | New York, where they will seek em-|ing for closing down at 4:30 p.m., vomrades who ha |ployment in subway and other | ger which mine mules and some ma. ; ';1 leton Motor Club today re ;‘:)‘mu) R e MINES HANDIC he ilazle Mptor Club . | face. ery mine in the Panther ed more demands for lwd_"m'!]’ Creek Valley from Mauch Chunk to b the last 10 days than during | gahia was in operation today and HAZLETON, Pa. A » entire season. due to intended |, yino at capacit The button Msmy of ihe ioith {oiia rture of mine workers bent on |} - Ll St departure of mine workers Ber" em: | Strike at the No. 6 mine of the Le. poaEn leht W ployment until the collieries resume = + labor shortage on tr f the | we xpiring wage contract, and a AR fon was the Jowest of any das i the INSPECTORS STAY ON. ast two weaks. Six mines were idle becanse Wil see That Mines Are Kept produced there must be sent o | s ars elsewhere to be cut into market Drained and Aired. able siges, and the capacity of these \RISBURG, Pa., A 31 . plants has reached the limit ESERISHORG ¥2- a1 The Lehigh Valley Railroad an. |—Mine inspectors will continue their nounced that 23 minerun crews will |'work durlng the suspension in the | he 1ald off after the coal mined today | C regions flicials in the i» hauled out. The 50 locomotipes used | LAthracite reglons, aficials | State Department of Mines said to- in the goal-transportation traftic will | Y/ be_stored. | day R OME ON 'N It was stated today tl | Their work. it was stated, will be | o ion Projocts in and about authracitc | o carneq largely with ventilationana |l fTh ’re thter th g / jefinition of new work and are being | dralnage so that the air in the mines an Yy ) handled by union carpenters will prob. | and water conditions are kept nor- é ably be allowed to g0 on during the | mal. It was pointed out this was suspension of mining necessary o protect the maintenance The final rush to send coal to|men as well as the property. market brought into use hundreds All [h(‘- miners in the two collieries Th N f P. o el cre” o i bes|of e Subies coper B SI] Advertiay Your e Newest of Pictures Are Here! 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