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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-23
LABOR BOARD
FACES BIG TASK
R. R. Body Has Many Demands
to Consider
s1,1oo,ooo,ooo is ASKED
After Considering The Present Strike,
The New Body viii Take Up
The Whole Railway Wage
Question.

Washington.-The Railroad Labor
Board, named by President Wilson
will be Immediately called upon to
consider wage demands of all but a
fraction of the 1000, 600 railroad work
ers of the country.
The demands now before the board
are from the recognized brotherhoods
four in number, and the various crafts
affiliated with the American Federation
of Labor. The board is expected to
meet on call of President Wilson. 1t
has power to subpoena witnesses, and
could investigate present troubles.
The, wage demands pending accumu-
lated during the last eight months OF
Government operation. With the roads
reverted to private control workers
and employers met to discuss in
creases. They failed to agree and
asked that the whole question be put
before the Labor Board. Previously
President Wilson counseled waiting
policy, arguing that wage increases
would only add to production costs
and bring higher prices. He obtained
a delay in threatened strikes for 80
days to give the Government an OPP
portunity to lower living costs, which
it failed to do.
Insurgent elements at that time
were insistent on immediate advances,
particularly in the shop crafts.
Sporadic strikes occurred against the
wishes of conservative leaders. Main
tenance of way employees, for their
opposition, were suspended from the
American Federation of Labor.
Members o: New Board.
The Railroad Labor Board contains
nine members, three representing the
public, three labor and three employ
ers. The groups are:
Labor-Albert Phillips, vice-presi-
dent Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen; A. o. Wharton,
of Missouri, Railway Employees De-
partment, American Federation of La
Dor, and now member of Board Of
Railroad Wages and Working Condl
lions, United States Railroad Admin
istration; James ]. Forester president
Brotherhood of Railway and Steam
ship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express
and Station Employees.
Management = Horace Baker, Of
Ohio; ]. H. Elliot, of Texas; William
L. Park, of Illinois.
Public Group-Judge R. M. Barton,
Of Tennessee; G. Wallace w. Hanger,
Of the District of Columbia; Henry
Hunt, of Ohio
Judge Barton was for many years a
justice of the Tennessee Court of APP
peals. He is probably the oldest ap-
pointee of the nine and has served on
the Tennessee bench for quarter of a
century.
Mr.. Hunt is Cincinnati lawyer. He
was Mayor Of that city for two years,
Later he was a member of the board
of trustees of the Cincinnati Southern
Railway.
Mr.. Hanger is a native of Virginia.
He is writer on economic and socio-
logical topics and was formerly chief
statistician of the Department Of La
Dor. Since 1913 he has been assistant
commissioner of the United States
Board of Cancellation and Mediation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-23
MOVE IN HOUSE
AGAINST POST
Accused Of Favoring Danger
Gus Aliens
REDS ESCAPE DEPORTATION
The Serious Disputes Between The
Department OF Justice And The
Labor Department Are
Brought To Focus.

Washington.-The first step in a
proposed Impeachment of Assistant
Secretary of Labor Louis F. Post was
taken when Representative Homer
Hoch, Of Kansas, introduced resolu-
tion in the House charging that off,
cial with an abuse of power in prevent
ing deportation of alien enemies who
by act and counsel would undermine
and overthrow the government of the
United States"
The resolution further charges that
offenses alleged to have been com,
mitted by Mr.. Post constitute, il
true, high crimes and misdemeanors."
Investigation of the charges is to be
made by the House Judiciary Com
mittee, which, if the resolution is
adopted by the House, is ordered to
'eport a resolution to impeach the &C.
cused official
This action brings to focus the
disputes between the Department of
Justice and the Labor Department,
and the investigation, it is alleged, will
show how hard 1t has been for the
government to effectively prosecute
Reds and those who are preaching
overthrow of the government. The
Department Of Justice has openly
charged that it was almost impossible
to get dangerous aliens deported be-
cause of the leniency shown these Of
tenders by the Labor Department,
which acted, under the law, as court
of last resort
According to officials of the Depart
ment of Justice and members of the
House immigration Committee, evil
dence of the leniency exercised by the
Department of Labor towards Reds
and alien enemies will be so startling
as to shock the American conscience,
and especially the soldier boys who
fought to maintain American institu-
tions. Most sensational charges and
insinuations have been made in official
life and upon the floor of the House
against the conduct of deportation
cases, which are said to be directly in
charge of Assistant Secretary Post.
The recent charge by Representa-
tive Albert Johnson, of Washington,
that Paul Bosco, who had denounced
the American flag, had been released
in New York, although convicted by a
United States court and ordered de-
ported, and stories that had come
through the Department of Justice
against this other branch of the gov
eminent, led Mr.. Hoch to bring the
matter squarely before Congress. At
torney General Palmer, who is report
ed to have severely criticised the De-
partment Of Labor, will be called to
| testify and tell how the Red activities
| of the Department of Justice were hin
dered by the Department of Labor re-
leasing many of those convicted.
The resolution appeared in the
House after consultation with the lead.
ers, who decided that they would not
act upon so important matter until
assured by the minority that it would
not be treated as a partisan matter.
Friends of the administration favor
prompt action in order to determine
whether the serious charges lodged
against Mr.. Post are true.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-23
TURNS FARM INTO CEMETERY
Prepares To "Plant" Those Who Gath
cred His Former Crops.

Washington.-In returning his agri-
cultural statistics schedule to the
Census Bureau, Pennsylvania farm
er eliminated facts about crops alto
gether. An inquiry. by the bureau
brought this explanation:
"The population near and about my
farm has tendency to relieve the
owner from the labor Of gathering his
own crops. This altruistic impulse is
so predominant that have refrained
from planting anything for the past 20
years. Am now just turning 40 acres
into a cemetery and hope to fill it
soon"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-23
PRESIDENT NoMlNArEs TWO.
Gillian on ship Board, Burton For
Tariff Commission.

Washington Martin j. Gillian, of
Wisconsin, was nominated by Presi-
eu1 10 Ieqmsm go OF uoslIM 9usp
Shipping Board, and former Senator
Theodore Burton, of Ohio, was nom.
mated to be member of the Tariff
Commission. 4aAe
Senator Burton, who now makes his
home in New York City, succeeds
Frank William Tcussig,. who retired
recently after serving asfchairman Of
the Tariff Commission. Mr.. Gillian,
who will succeed Henry NJ. Robinson,
who resigned some time ago, is the
author of the industrial mobilization
plan, basic principles of which formed
and controlled the War Industries
Board during the war.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-23
WEST VA. PAPERS cuRTAIL.
cIarksbure Telegram Appears In Four
Pages, Without Display Ads.

Clarksburg, w. Va.-The Clarks-
burg Daily Telegram issued four-page
editions without display advertise
ments. Curtailment to a sixth of its
usual size is due to news print short
age, it was announced The Clarks-
burg Exponent also has been forced
10 reduce the size Of its editions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-23
AN AMERICAN WOMAN
KIDNAPPED.

FL Paso, Tex-Mrs. r. L. San
ford, rs years old, wife of horse
sheer of the Sth Cavalry, U. S. A.,
Fort Bliss, was kidnapped by two
Mexicans near an Ell Paso park en-
trance and taken to Juarez, where,
according to her story told, she
was mistreated by Is Mexicans.
Mrs. Sanford said she was aban-
doned in the street late at night
and arrested. She was released
and crossed the Rio Grande. Her
story is being investigated
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-23
8 AMERICAN SAILORS DROWN.
Explosion Sets Fire To Launch In
Manzanillo Harbor.

Havana.-Eight American sailors
were drowned in Manzanillo Harbor
when an explosion set fire to the
launch in which they were riding, ac.
cording to a message to the Cuban
War Department from Lieutenant
Rosillo, stationed at Manzanillo. The
name of the ship to which the men be
longed and other details of the acct
dent are lacking.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-23
WILSON FIT AFTER MEETING.
No III Effects From Cabinet Session
May See ENJOYS Soon.

Washington President Wilson SUI
fered no i'll effects from his long ses-
sicl with the Cabinet. it was said at
the White House. 1t was the first
meeting of his official family he had
offended since he was taken i'll last
fall.
White House officials thought the
Presidents condition might permit
him to greatly enlarge his list of call
ers in the near future and that among
others he might soon receive a half
dozen or more diplomats who have
been awaiting formal presentation Of
their credentials.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-23
Henry sienkie.

Henry Sienkie-
wicz, so great a
name in Poland
that he has been
coupled with CO.
pernicus and Kos
ciuszko as the
t h + e e Poles to
whom Americans
are most indebted,
was born in Opre-
va in Russian Po-
land in 1916. He
studied philosophy
at Warsaw uni
versity and soon
a ( t e r W a rds, in
c o m p q n y with
H Q l e n Modjeska
and other radical
Poles, established
q socialistic COM
...-l%- L. Go1s
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-23
BANK GIVES BIG BONUS.

N. Y. Institution Makes 4o.75 Per Cent.
Grant For Three Months.
New York.-A bonus of 40.75 per
cent. of salaries for the first three
months of this year is being paid EN-.
ployes of the Irving National Bank
here to help them meet the increased
cost of living. This is the largest ex'
ira compensation payment in the
banks history and the second bonus
since January Is.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-23
KIT DO not know Of a GER
tainty her name even-Lygia
- or Callina0 Thnu coll hnr

Lygia in the house, for she comes of
own barbarian name-Callina. It is
wonderful house-that of those Plau-
fuses. There are many people in it :
but 1t is as quiet there as in the groves
of Subiacum. For a number of days ]
did not know that divinity dwelt in
the house. Once about daybreak /
saw her bathing in the garden foun-
tain; and swear to thee by that foam
from which Aphrodite rose, that the
rays of dawn passed right through her
body. I thought that when the sun
rose she would vanish before me in
the light, as the twilight Of morning
does. Since then have seen her
twice; and since then, too, know not
what rest is, I know NOT what .other
desires are, have no wish to know
what the city can give me. I want
not women, nor gold, nor Corinthian
bronze, nor amber, nor pearls, nor
wine, nor feasts !; want only
Lygia.'"
Thus did vinicius, young Roman
patrician of the time of Nero, an
nounce his love for Lygia, daughter
of a king, beautiful hostage from her
nation, forgotten in the turmoil of the
world empire and brought up as a
Roman girl.
Vinicius was speaking to his uncle
Petronius, known to his own time as
Arbiter Elegantiarum, trained in all
the art and beauty of Greece, wise,
witty, and learned, gayly stalking his
life in his daily battle Of wits with
Tigellinus, who provided for the gross
er desires of the tyrant Nero as Pc
t-onius did for his finer and more
artistic ones.
It was a time when the conflicting
tides of pagan age, sadly degenerate
from the sturdy days Of pristine Roman
virtues, mingled with those of new
era in the world, only recently herald
ed from Judea. In the complicated
threads of the picture of Rome, cap
ltal Of the world, appear the figures of
Peter and Paul on their mission of
spreading the new religion of Christ (;
Poppaea, wife of Nero, beautiful as a
dream, but wicked as a nightmare /;
Eunice, the charming slave of Petro-
MUS; Chic, willy Greek who can be
Christian or pagan as profit leads him !;
Ursus, prodigious in his strength, sim
pie as a child in his faith in Christ
and his devotion to Lygia (from whom
G. B. s. may have drawn a sugges-
ton in "Androcles and the Lion"), and
many minor folk who help to make the
story stand out as unusually human
among the numerous tales of Greco
Roman times.
When Vinicius told his uncle Petro-
MUS of his passion for Lygia, the lat
ter thought nothing was easier than
to provide his nephew with what he
regarded as new plaything; word
to Nero, who as emperor had all hos
tages in his care-summon the maiden
70 the palace, hand her over to the
young patrician as her guardian-what
more could be needed to satisfy any
ones desires, especially as the maiden
manifestly was pleased with Vinicius7
But Petronius and his nephew reck-
oned without new force that had en-
tered into this Roman world. They
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1920-04-23
WOULD FREE PRIVATE STOCKS.

House Bill Authorizes Release OF Per
. sonal Liquor Held In Bond.
Washington-A bill authorizing the
Treasury Department to release tG
bona fide owners for sheir personal use
liquors purchased before the advent of
national prohibition and stored in
bonded warehouse wag introduced by
Representative Kleczlra, Republican,
Wisconsin.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
NEWS BY ALL SORTS Sp0RTS-LNE LOCAL GOSSIP.
YALE GOLFERS BEAT BROOKLAWN
 IN MATCH PLAY
Gardner the Individual Star With Score of 76 For
 IS Holes.

Yale University golf team defeated the Brooklawn Country club team on the home links yesterday afternoon by a. score of 7 points to D. Four foursomes were played and the Mas sau system of scoring counted, one point going for the first nine holes, one point for the second nine and one for the match.
 The results by foursomes follow:
 Scott (CaptD and Gardner. Yale,
 MacElenan and Perry, Yale, de- feated Wheeler and Abbott, Brook lawn, points.
 Grout and Winter, Brooklawn, de- feated Wood and Winter, Yale, 5 points.
 See1ey and Hubbard, BrookIawn. defeated Burlington and Blanchard, Yale, points to 1.
 Gardner was the individual star oi the match with a score of 76 for the IS hoies-a remarkable figure for this early in the season when prac- tice is Scant and the course is far from it's best Coupled with Scott the team turned in a best ball of 73
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
O'NEH WRITES
 PLAYERS ASKING
 sTHE.MTO RETURN
Deserters Liable to Five Year Suspension Under
 Rules Recently Adopted.

Prestdent Dan O'9Seil of the Eastern league has written letters to all alleged runaway ball players of the league to return before Tuesday, June 1, or suf- fer the consequences. According to the national association agreement, any player who jumps his contract stands dispsITed. for filing an appdi- cAapn Tor fefnstatement for a period of five SearS A three-year penalty goes to those who, d disregard their re- bserve rule clauses. A club that does not report any such violation is docked i93S for each offenSe.
 Organized ball has not been very severe with erHng ball players of late, but an order has recently been issued 6taf1ng that players must report be- fore June 1. or suffer the penalties mentioned
 After June 1 no player will d,e taken back. nor can 8 club accept such a player. The matter will be up to ths national association
 All this concerns players who have gune to the Steel league and to other independent clubs
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
MATHEWSON FIZZLES
 AS GIANTS COACH

Signing Johnny Evers as coach for the Giants. Johnny McGraw has let the baseball world know for a cer- bainty that Christy Mathewson is nothing but the worst kind of a Gzzle. This was suspected when he gave way to Pat Moran in Cincinnati. It is now known. ALI doubt has vanished
 Having earned a reputation for pos sessing baseball brains through his long career as a winning pitcher, Mat ty was expected to prove himself a brainy leader when he took charge of the Cincinnati Reds. He showed no especial brain power, nor the slightest sign of having the qualities of leader ship. He allowed himself to be eased out of Cincinnati, knovrin~ that he had a lifetime job with the New York club. Now he has surrendered to the lively, peppeny Troy terror"
 It used to be considered high trea- son in New York to offer any adverse criticism against Big Six.'' In those days he was still the peerless per former on the mound, though admit tedly aging and losing much of his skill. But Y hark to what Davis J. Walsh pens in the Evening Post now regarding, this same Big Six:
 ''The supplanting of Matty by Fsvers, however, appears like a. good move The formers work on the coaching lines has been uniformly bad and many games have been lost by his poor handling of base runners. The tip off on the situation became forcibly apparent during the Giant-Dodger H. inning game last week, when Matty signalled AIcGraw to switch positions as soon as Kelly reached third---a tacit admission that he distrusted his ability to cope with what situatzpu
 might aTise.''
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
MURPHY IS
 STRONG ON SIGNALS

Frank Brown, the veteran Eas -ern League umpire, engaged in a flaming bee just prior to one of the New Haven-Bridgeport games in New Ha- ven, the other day.
 Say, pray tell me-" chirped scribe, "who in your opinion, is the most proficient in tipping off the bat ters as to what the pitcher is to throw, Danny Murphy or Chief Bender?"
 'eWhy Murphy, of course" came back Browne without deliberating. ''He is the greatest man in baseball when it comes to reading a pitcher and I've seen a lot of them. With all due respect to Bender I can't say that the Indian is Danny's equal. Denny seldom if ever crossed a batter and I think the players who have per formed under him will bear me out"
 The general run of fans have but a faint knowledge of the duties Of Murphy or Bender when they are on the third base line. But their presence there proves of invaluable aid to bat ters inasmuch as they can signal whether the pitch is to be a fast one or a curve. The Athletics have shown considerable. improvement in batting since Connie Mack brought Murphy back to the scenes of his former tri- urnphS.
 Umpire Brown recalled a game at Lighthouse Point last year in which the Chicago Cubs opposed the Weiss men.
 The game in question was won by the | locals, to 0, and every ball that Al | exander pitched was transmitted from i third base to the batsmen by Murphy. | >ttAny man that can read a pitcher l the type of Alexander is going some, commented Brown.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
JAPANESE IS STAR
 OF PARIS TENNIS

Paris, May 27.---Zeno Schmitzu, the Japanese tennis player, holder of the championship of Japan and India is proving the sensation of the world hard court titular tournament being played here. The Oriental racquet wielder reached the semin-fina1 round yesterday by eliminating Nicholas Mishu, the Runanian star, in a five set match which the latter defaulted due to exhaustion.
 Mishu won the first and third sets, while Schmitzu took the second and fourth. The fifth and deciding set was long drawn out and the Ruma- nian finally was forced to default owing to his inability to continue the gruelling game. All the English play CTS had been previously eliminated and there were no American entrants.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
BOB STONE SETS
 LEWIS BACK IN
 STATE TOURNEY
State Champion Unable To Get Spare Breaks and Falls
 Behind His Opponent.

Stone defeated Connie Lewis, state duck pin champion, last night eight games to three f1 state duckpin championship match on the Park City alleys. Lewis won the first three of the four games rolled, but was forced into the background by the splendid work of the Waterbury sheriff. By the victory last night the Waterbury man has a margin over Lewis of four games, IS to 9.
 Lewis rolled steady game last night, but he was unable 0 get the spare breaks and for that reason was forced behind. Out of the entire 1 games he went over the 100 mark only three times. Stone, on the other hand, started slow, but wound up with a rush of speed which gave him an average of one pin short of 107 for the night Lewis aver age was under 100. The score:
 Stone-93, 122, 90, 94, 99, 105, 1855 1oS, 116, 112-1176.
 Lewis-ss. ss, ss. ss, s4, 1o1, IF. 98, III. 95-1O9o
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
MAKES
 INSIGNIA AWARDS

When the University Committee on Athletics met at Columbia yesterday to award athletic letters, it voted to reward one athlete who will never know of the honor. He is Rex Shil- liday, a Blue and White oareman who was killed in France in the Spring of 1918 while serving with an American air squadron. Shilliday was a member of the 1916-1917 Var sity eight, which never rowed a race because of the declaration of war in the Spring of 1917. When the col legiate rowing season was thus in terrupted, Shi11iday joined the air service and was sent to France in the early part of 1918. His. death was the result of a fall while he was at a. training field in Central France. The committee awarded him the standard crew insis--ia, an "rCr." Robert Curry, at present rowing at No. on the Varsity and a, member of the 1917 crew, received the same insignia.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-27
RUTH ACTIVE IN
 DETROIT DEFEAT
 AT POLO GROUND.
Outside of Making His 8th Homer, Big Fellow Checks Several Rallies.

George H. Babe Ruth had rather an eventfuI afternoon at the Polo Grounds yesterday. The famous maker of home runs c1outed the ball into the upper tier of the right field grandstand on his first appearance at the plate, which happened to be in the second inning. It was Babes third home run of the week and his eighth of the season.
 In. the third inning, with Wa1y Pipp on second base, George Dauss. who was pitching for the Tigers, pur- posely passed Ruth rather than take another chance on a circuit drive.
 In the fourth, Ruth raced behind of a hit by, spectacular catch, while, in the sixth he threw out Hale at second when the Detroit youngster cracked a drive off the right field wall for what looked like a. sure two bagger. F In the seventh inning, after getting three straight balls, Ruth struck out with all the viciousness that he alone can strike out. In the eighth he smashed a wicked drive to right for single, while in the ninth he
 brought the game to a close by mak-
 ing a pretty catch of Bobby Veach's
 long fly to deep right.
 i Therefore, it can be said that Ruth i played a large and important part in the 4 to 1 victory that the Yankees i scored over the Detroit Tigers in the last game of the series.