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The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
UNION MEN TO TESTIFY
AT OUTLAW STRIKE PROBE

Chicago. July 23.-Sixty railroad
union heads and railroad officials
were suhpoenaed today to testify be-
fore a Federal grand jury here to-
morrow regarding the outlaw" rail
strikes beginning last March. Short
ly after the strike opened John Cru
nau, head OF the Chicago>Yardmen's n s
Association, and a number of others
active in the disturbance were ar
rested and held for the grand jury.
Railroad workers of the country
started a referendum on whether
the se00, 100000 award is acceptable.
Conferences of the railroad labor
executives here broke up late last
night with a decision to submit the
question to the rank and file. The
decision followed an unsuccessful
attempt to reopen the wage matter
before the Labor Board.
Labor leaders in ordering a refer
cndum wr1l make recommendations.
seven unions, 1t is understood, will
be asked to act favorably. The
Brotherhood OF Maintenance of way
employees was understood to favor
such action.
Tabulctions of the referendum will
not be complete before September /.
rail leaders here anticipated. They
pointed out railroads would then be
without government protection, and
union labor would feel freer to take
indepe ndent action.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
There was a. hero ris-
ing out of the ruins.

cigarette. From somewhere In
the dense timber along the river
came a sudden, rageful. shiverins
wall. The pony danced at the end
OF his rope and blew a whistling
snort of comprehending fear. CIV
ems puffed at his cigarette, but he
reached leisurely for his pistol
belt, which lay on the grass, ana
twirled the cylinder of his weapon
tentatively. A great gar plunged
with a loud splash into the water
hole. A little brown rabbit SKIP
ped around a bunch of catclaw and
sat twitching his whiskers ana
looking humorously at Givens.
The pony went on eating grass.
1t is well to be reasonably
watchful when a Mexican lion
sings soprano along the ARROWS
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24

When Ben got to be king she
would sit on the gallery of Espi-
nosa ranch and weave rush mats.
When wealth became SO irresist-
tble and oppressive that uphol-
stored chairs and a center table
were brought down from San An
tone in the wagons she bowed her
smooth, dark head. and shared the
fate of the Danae.
To avoid lese. majestic you have
been presented first to the king
and queen. They do not enter the
story, which might be called The
Chronicle of the Princess, the
Happy Thought, and the Lion
That Bungled His Job"
Josefa o'Donnell was the sur
viving daughter. the princess.
From her mother she inherited
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24

leased land. Josefa, on her pony,
had prospected over every mile of
1t. Every COW puncher on the
range knew her by sight and was
a loyal vassal. Ripley Givens.
foreman Of one of the Espinosa
outfits. saw her one day. and made
sup his mind to form a royal mat
rimonial alliance. Presumptuous?
No. In those days in the Nueces
country man was a man. And.
after all. the title of cattle king
does not presuppose blood royal.
Often 1t only. signifies that its
owner wears the crown in token
of his magnificent qualities in the
art Of cattle stealing.
One day Ripley Givens rode over
to the Double Elm Ranch to in
auire about a BUNCH Of stray yeer-
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
HARDING GOES
TOGOLF LINKS
Senators Elkins, Hale and
Frelinghuysen Linger
After Marisn Speech.
CBy Universal service.D

Marion, Ohio, July 23.-Abandon-
ing office and work Senator Warren
G. Harding, the Republican nomi-
nee. motored today to Mansfield.
Ohio, and played a foursome on the
Mansfield golf links.
Accompanying the Senator were
Senators Frelinghuysen. New Jer-
sey; Elkins, West Virginia, and
Hale, Maine. who came to Marion
for the notification ceremonies and
remained as the house guests Of
Senator Harding.
Senator Frelinghuysen, in discuss
ing the political situation generally,
said:
1T has been interesting to note
the difficulties with which the
Democratic candidates, leaders and
National Committee have been faced
in selecting a chairman of the Ma
tional Committee and agreeing on
some at least, of their campaign
plans.
No wonder they are having trou-
bles- President Wilson having dc
tated the San Francisco platform
precisely as he wanted 1t, was still
unwilling to give his blessing to
the ticket until the nominees had
made a pilgrimage to Washington.
personally declared complete and
unqualified fealty to Wilson and
wisconsin, and adopted the whole
Wilson program for their own.
Only then did the President an
nounce his approval"
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
RUSSIAN WAR
PERIL YEXES
GREATBRITAIN
Bolshevik Reply to Poland's S
Request for Peace
Eagerly Awaited.
WOULD NOT INTERFERE
England's Power of Eco
nomic Pressure Bright
Feature Of Situation.
WOULD NOT INTERFERE
BY SIR GEORGE PAIsH.
(washinEton Herald-Publie Ledger
Service, Special Gable Dispatch.)

BY SIR GEORGE PAIsH.
(washiaston HeraId-Psblie Ledger
Service, Special Gable DisPatch)
London, July 23-The danger OF
war between England and Russia
is causing much anxiety. and the
reply of Russia to Poland's request
for peace Is awaited with the keen
est interest. war. were 1t to break
out. would not be popular in Eng
land.
The Bolshevist form of govern
ment is universally disliked by all
classes. but there is a very COM
mon feeling that the aggressor in
this instance was Poland and that
foreign nations have no right to
interfere with other nations IL they
do not select the kind of govern
ment which meets with the general
approval Consequently the hope is
usiversal 4at Poland will make
peace with Russia and SO render
actual Intervention by Great Brit
ain unnecessary.
Power With Britain.
Were ware to break out Great
Britain could. of course, blockade
the Russian Coast and thus exert
very powerful economic pressure,
While it is believed that Poland
with the help of British and French
munitions of war. could put up a
strong fight on land
1nasmuch, however, as Great
Britain has already shown a de-
sire for peace with Russia, 1t is
hoped that the Russian government
will reciprocate and that a fresh
war with all its horrors and eco
nomic and financial consequences,
be averted.
The results at Spa, apart from the
change of atmosphere and the man
ner in which the negotiations were
conducted, are not considered i'm
CONTINUED ON PAGE PINE
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24

warmth of nature and a dusky,
semi-tropic beauty. From Ben
o'Donnell the royal she acquired
a store of intrepidity. common
sense and the faculty of ruling.
The combination was one worth
going miles to see. Josefa while
riding her~pony at a gallop could
put five out of six bullets through
a tomato can swinging at the end
of a string. She could play for
hours with a w6ite kitten she
owned. dressing it in all manner
of absurd clothes. Scorning a PEN
Gil, she could tell you out of her
head what 1,545 2-year-olds would
bring on the hoof at $3.50 per
hoad. Roughly speaking. the Es-
pinosa ranch Is forty miles long
and thirty broad-but mostly
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
WHITE COMING
FOR C0NFAB
New Democratic Chairman
To Discuss Congressional
Part of Campaign.
tPubIic Ledger serviceD

George White. chairman of the
Democratic Presidential campaign
committee. will confer with Repre-
sentative Henry ID. Flood, of Nir-
ginia. chairman of the Democratic
Congressional committee. when he
comes to Washington next Thurs
day, it was announced here yester-
day. Flood said that the conference
will have to do with coordinating
the Presidential and Congressional
campaigns for the fall election.
The two men are expected to con-
fer with President Wilson during
Whites sojourn in Washington.
They cherish hopes of obtaining
control of the House as well as a
victory for Gov. James NJ. Cox. of
Ohio. the Democratic Presidential
nominee.
Other members of the Democratic
Presidential campaign committee
of fifteen and the Congressional
committee are expected to come TO
Washington next week for confer
ences in relation to the coming
campaign. Confident of solid
South" the Democrats will center
their campaign for an increase in
their Congressional strength in sew
eral States where the Republican
in the House now
predominates.
In the opinion of Mr.. Flood. the
Democrats will make inroads upon
the solid Republican delegation
from Indiana, and the Republican
ma ajority in New York, Ohio, Cali
fornia, and some of the smaller
State delegations. He said that the
Democratic platform and the party
record would be the basis of their
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The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
MAYRUSH
ACROSS GERM4NY
TO RESCUE POLES
ALLEGED SLAYERS GET
CHANGE OF VENUE

Lynchburg. Va. July %. - Upon
petition for removal from the Henry
County Circuit Court of am indict-
ment found against Revenue Agents
]. N. Wood, principal, and r. H.
Drummond. jr., J. II. Pugh and J. C..
Wilmath. accessories, charged with
the murder of Hosea Thomas. Judge
H. c. Mcdowell, in the District Court
here today, issued a writ of habeas
corpus directing the marshall to pro-
duce the four defendants before him
in Roanoke, August 3.
The men are charged with the
killing Of Hosea Thomas, an alleged
moonshiner. in Henry County recent
ly, while they were conducting a
raid. The effect of the action here
today is to remove the cases to the
Federal courts for trial.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
NAVY SHIPYARD
PAY SCALE UP
Committee of 3 to Recon-
mend Adjustment Here
And Elsewhere.

Adjustment of the wage scale of
all shipyard workers employed by
the Navy Department is to be un-
dertaken by a committee of three
which will report prior to or on
August 20, according to announce
ment made yesterday by Franklin
d. Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy.
The recommendation for such an
adjustment was by another commit
tee of three consisting of one men,
Der of the Shipping Board. one of
the Navy Department and one of
the american Federation of Labor.
which has had the advisability of
such action under consideration.
Due to the fact that the con-
struction program of the Shipping
Board is virtually complete and its
work in the future will be done
either in private yards or in the
navy yards of the country, Admiral
w. S. Benson asked that the board
be excused from future considera-
tion in the matter and the ques-
tion will be considered merely from
the standpoint of the Navy De-
partment.
Statutory regulations provide that
the scale of wages paid by the
government in its yards shall equal
the average wage paid by private
concerns. but an effort will be made
to confirm the previous policy of a
standard wage along the Atlantic
Coast
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24

lings. He was late in setting out
on his return trip, and it was sun
down when he struck the White
Horse Crossing of the Nueces.
Ffom there to his own camp It
was sixteen miles. To the Espino-
sa ranch house 1t was twelve.
Givens was tired. He decided to
pass the night at the Crossing. 1,
There was a fine water hole, in
thet river-bed. The banks were
thickly covered with great trees.
underground with brush. Back
from the water hole fifty yards
was a stretch of curly mesquite
grass - supper for his horse and
bed for himself. Givens staked his
horse. and spread out his saddle
blankets to dry. He sat down with
his back against . tree and rellad
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
RULING AGAINST
WILSON COUSIN
War Secretary Approves
Only $4,000 of $780,.
600 Asked for Stabilizer. .

Being a first cousin of President
Wilson proved of no avail to John
A. Wilson. of Oil City. Pa, in seek
ing full settlement of a claim
against the War Department for
$3.50. 900. Newton d. Baker, Sec
retary of War. announced yester-
day that the claim had been ap-
proved by him as 1t passed the
contract adjustment board, which
allowed Mr.. Wilson only a little
over $4,000 for the work he had
done for the government on a stab
ilizer for airplanes.
The action of the Secretary means
that there Is no further appeal
within the War Department for
Mr.. Wilson and that his chances
for settlement in full have gone
glimmering.
The contention of the. Pennsyl-
vania relative of the Chief Exec
utive was that he should be paid
for experimental and development
work that he did on his invention
prior to the time that he received
a contract from the United States
government for a limited number.
This position was overruled sue
cessively by the contract adjust
ment board, the appeals board. the
advisors on claims to the Secre-
tary of War and the Secretary of
War himself.
Public Ledger Service.)
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24

at sundown. The burden OF his
song may be that young calves
and lambs are scarce. and that he
has a carnivorous desire for your
acquaintance.
In the grass lay an empty fruit
can. cast there by some former
sojourner. Given caught sight of
it with a grunt of satisfaction
In his coat pocket tied behind his
saddle was a handful or two Of
ground coffee. Black coffee and
cigarettes! What ranchero could
desire more?
In two minutes he had a little
fire going clearly. He started.
with his can. for the water hole.
when within fifteen yards of its
edge he saw. between the bushes.
q side-saddled pony with down.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
WILSON MAKES
COAL PROMISE
Mediation Offered Illinois.
Palmer Calls New York
Conference.
(By United Press.D

Acting at the request of Presi-
dent. Wilson, Secretary Tumulty
yesterday telegraphed six New Eng
land and three Northwestern gov
ernors that the coal needs of their
States would be taken care of.
The President also asked Hugh
L. Kerwin, chief Of bureau of con-
ciIiation of the Labor Department
to offer mediation in the Illinois
coal fields.
The action followed a conference
with Secretary Tumulty and repre-
sentatives Of the Illinois coal opera
tors at the White House.
Kerwin said he would appoint a
mediation commission to proceed
Immediately to Springfield, Ill.
where hearings in the wage con-
troversy will be held.
Attorney General Palmer an
nounced he had called a conference
of dealers to discuss means of re-
lieving the coal shortage to meet
Tuesday in New York.
New England coal distributors
appeared before the Interstate Com
merce Commission yesterday and
urged the immediate necessity of
such priority orders to break the
famine in that section. They were
]. d. A. Morrow, Gordon Covell, lie
Baron Willard, w. G. Hawley, and
c. H. Sprague.
The commission took the COM
mittee's recommendations under ad-
visement. 1t is considered almost
certain that the necessary priority
regulations vii b-. handed dowr
within a few days in order to dear
with the New England emergency
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
PLEADS
ORSYMPATHY
Wilson Message as Morale
Stimulant Asked by
Prince.

Help for Poland against the Rus
sian Soviet forces was asked Of
the United States by the Polish Min
lister. Prince Casimir Lubomirski.
yesterday.
An immediate declaration of NOR
al support" was the first request
made to the State Department.
A like pronouncement from Pres
ident Wilson personally, 1t was fur
ther suggested, would greatly en-
courage the Polish people and serve
to bolster up the morale of the
Polish army.
Prince Lubomirski also discussed
informally forms of material as
sistance this government could rem
der in the interest of Poland in
the present crisis.
No assurances that any action
would be taken by the United
States were given to the Minister.
Extension of further credit to pur-
chase surplus war supplies in this
CoSTJNTTyD IN pACY TWO
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
RATE INCREASE
TO DOUBLE PAY,
LABOR CLAIMS
Bert M. Jewell of A. F. L.
To Give Statement Of
Analysis Today.
AWARD TO BE SIFTED
Officials of Unions Declare
Board Unwise Not to
Reconsider.
AWARD TO BE SIFTED
(By UniversaI servieeJ

The schedule OF increased rates
determined upon by the railway
executives to meet the 100000, 900
wage, increase granted by fhe Rail-
road Labor Board will yield more
than twice that amount.
This will be the outstanding as
sertion in a formal statement to be
issued today by Bert NJ. Jewell,
acting president of the Railway De-
partment of the American Fedora
ton of Labor.
Mr.. Jewell will analyze at length
the recent award sof the Federal
board, explaining why railway
workers generally are dissatisfied
with the decision. He will also
take up arms in defense of the
railroad telegraphers, who have re-
fused to accept the award and have
submitted 1t to a strike vote. The
railroad telegraphers, Mr.. Jewell
believes, were Disseminated against
in the scale of increases granted.
He will also assail the proposal of
the railroad executives to increase
the freight charges on milk.
OmcIaI. Here silent.
Federation officials refused yes
terday to comment on the possi-
bility of a strike of railroad teleg-
r h1af he Rai l.
road Labor Board had acted most
unwisely" in refusing to reconsider
some parts of the award.
In appealing to. the Interstate
Commerce Commission yesterday
for increased express rates. T. B.
Harrison, representing the express
companies, said that S73,0o0.00 in
increased wages must be added to
the s65. 200. 900 already asked by the
companies.
Declare Deficit Piled up.
The original demands of the COM
panies were based on the $4,000
600 deficit which they say piled up
during the period of Federal con-
troll Recent increased demands for
wages, it was declared, had neces-
STATED a much larger estimate of
the revenue needed to make the
companies operate on paying
basis.
The railroads, in a petition filed
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission Thursday. said they need
ed higher rates to meet the $500.
100000 wage award and opponents
will try to show that they are un-
necessary and that increased freight
rates asked several weeks ago are
sufficient for railroad needs.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
By O. HENRY

dropped reins cropping grass a
little distance to his left. Just
rising from her hands and knees
on the brink of the water hole
was Joseka ODonnell. She had
been drinking water. and she
brushed the sand from the palms
Of her hands. Ten yards away. to
her right. half concealed by
clump of sScuista. Givens saw the
crouching form of the Mexican
lion. His amber eyeballs glared
hungrily; six feet from them was
the tip of the tail stretched
like a pointers. His hind
quarters rocked with the motion
of the cat tribe preliminary to
leaping.
Givens did what he could. HIS
coaTINUED ON PAGE SIX
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
CONDEMNED NEGRO
ADMITS 6 MURDERS

Santa Ana, July 23.-Mose Glib
son. negro, under sentence to hang,
has confessed to six murders, ac-
cording to Sheriff c. E. Jackson.
OF Orange County. who returned to-
day after taking Gibson to San
Quentin. Cal, penitentiary.
Three murders in Louisiana. two
in Arizona and one in Florida are
admitted by Gibson, Jackson an
nounced.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
THE PRINCESS AND THE PUMA

r. HERE had to be a king and
II queen, of course. The king
was a terrible old man who
wore six-shooters and spurs, and
shouted in such a tremendous
voice that the rattlers on the
prairie would run into their holes
, under the prickly pear. Before
there was a royal family they
called the man whispering Ben"
When he came to own $4,000 acres
of land and more cattle than he
could count they called him
O'Donnell. The Cattle King"
The queen had been a Mexican
girl from Laredo. She made
good, mild. Colorado-claro wife.
and even succeeded in teaching
Ben to modify his voice sufficient
ly while in the house to prevent
the dishes from being broken
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
STRIKE OF I6 MEN
FORCES 1000 OUT

Bayonne. n. J.. July ga strike
of sixteen men today forced 1000
employees of the Standard Oil Com
pany here to quit work today.
The sixteen men struck for in
creased wages and an eight-hour
day. They were the pliers" in the
case and can. department. 1t was
expected that the rest of the plant
employees would join those now out
in sympathy unless the demands
were granted.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
NEGRO CONFESSES
ATTACKING GIRLS

Cincinnati, July. 23.-John Smith.
4s. negro chauffeur. formerly of At
lanta. is held in Jail here on charges
of having attacked two 11-year-old
girls in the home of one of the chill
dren whose father employed him.
Smith confessed the attacks and
told the police he had been convicted
of murder in Atlanta and had served
eight years before being pardoned.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
SECOND BARREL TRIP q
OVER FALLS PLANNED

Niagara Falls, N. Y, July %. -
Bobby Leach. who successfully shot
the Canadian falls in a steel barrel
in 1911. has expressed his intention
of trying 1t again in the near fu-
ture. The tentative date set by him
is August rs. s.-
He will make the trip this time
in a specially constructed, barrel. to
be made by "a Canadian steel COM
pany which has offered him a $500
prize and stock in the company.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
Turner to Hang September 10.
Especial to Warrington Herald.

Richmond, Va, July 23.-William
Turner. negro, convicted of the mur-
der of T. Morgan Moore on a gov
ernment reservation near Alex
andria. was today sentenced by Fed
eral Judge waddill to be hanged
in Henrico County Jail yard Septem-
ber 10.
The Washington herald., 1920-07-24
(By Universal Service stan Core
spondent - Special Cable Dispatch.)

(By Universal Service STAR Core
spondent Special Cable Dispatch.)
Paris. July 23.-Should the Rus
sian Soviet commander refuse to ac-
cept Polan6's plea for an armistice,
allied forces will Immediately be
rushed to the Russo-Polish front by
way of Germany. disregarding al
together the German governments
declaration Of strict neutrality.
j learn from the highest source
that a perfunctory demand for per-
mission to speed allied troops
through German territory is about
to be dispatched to Berlin, but plans
have already been made to cross the
former empire, whether the Berlin
government consents or not.
Marshal Foch's headquarters in
Paris today presented an aspect
similar to the critical days OF the
great war. The wires - outgoing
and incoming-are sizzling day and
night with red hot" messages. All
staff officers have been obliged to
cancel their leave.
Artillery First Need.
Heavy artillery will be sent first
to Poland to fill the dire need of
the Polish army. 1t will be closely
followed by an unending stream OF
troops of all branches of the serv-
ice, together with immense stores of
ammunition.
The German delegation here is
constantly reiterating its contention
that all these plans are futile unless
Germanys military help is enlisted.
be incapable of stemming the Soviet
tide because only a half million
rushed to the front within As hours
can save the desperate situation"
The allies, so the Germans de-
clare, are unable to raise that num-
her of troops even within a month.
Meantime the Berlin government
refuses to allow the allies to send
to Poland the German war mate
rial confiscated by the allies under
the Versailles treaty. The Ger
mans aver that to send this mate
rial to Poland for use in a new
war would be a violation of article
169 of the treaty, which stipulates
that the stores must be destroyed.
Avoid German Aid.
BY refusing to allow Germany to
mass troops on her eastern front
they gave encouragement to the
Bolsheviki to push the pursuit of
the Poles to a finish.
On the other hand, were they to
allow Germany to mass those
troops. they would automatically
raise the former enemy TO the rank
of an ally, for in protecting her
own eastern border, Germany would
also be protecting the Rhine line
which today is the allied barrier
against Sovietism.
The British King personally
views the immediate future with
the acutest alarm, it is said.
If things continue to slide" the
way they have been in the past few
months and weeks, then the upshot
of the present complication can be
nothing else but a spectacular COL
LAPSE of the Versailles treaty of
peace. For il is obvious that once
the allies have accepted military
help from Germany. the allies will
not be in position to enforce the
pact. A tnoroughgoing change n
the whole European policy seems ine
evitable, with a consequent reshap-
ing of the map of the old world.
thus rendering altogether useless
the combined work of the greatest
statesmen of Euope during the last
two years.