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The New York herald., 1921-02-17
WOMEN SUN WORSI1LPPERS
BURY RELATIVE, 81, IN YARD
Secretly Lay Body in Geranium Bed in Rear of Chi
cago Studio as They Chant Medieval In
carnations at Midnight.

Special Despatch to THE New York HERALp.
CHICAGO. Feb. ia grewsome mys-
terry. made more impenetrable through
its seeming connection with number
of medieval cults, came to a melodra-
matte end at dawn to-day when spade
In the hands OF a police searcher un-
covered the secret grave of Mrs. Nancy
NJ. Chamberlin. 81 years old. missing
since last June.
Without shroud or coffin, the aged
woman's body had been laid to it's final
rest in geranium bed at the rear of
the studio In which she had lived with
her daughter and granddaughter at
Fifty-seventh street and Stony Island
avenue. Two women had dug her grave
and had murmured over her at mid
night the age old responses of the
Chaldean sun worshippers
Just before the recovery of the body
a full description of these mysterious
rites was given to the police by Miss
Marian Townsend. the granddaughter.
who yesterday had maintained through
several hours of questioning that she
did not know where her grandmother
could be found. Until this morning Miss
Townsend's answers to the examiners
merely had been the echo of those of her
mother, Mrs Ruth Townsend:
"She is happy and we'll cared for In
love-"
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
SAYS STEEL PRICES
CHECK READJUSTMENT
Representative Black Regrets
Gorys Announcement.
Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALp
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c.. Feb. 10. .


The United States Steel Corporation
by refusing to reduce its prices Is
hampering tho economic readjustment
now in progress and the return OF pros
perity, Representative Black (TeXas)
charged in a speech 10 the House to-
day.
Mr.. Black attacked organizations OF
both capital and labor which are at
tempting 10 maintain the wartime scale
OF dividends and wages. Agriculture Is
now bearing the brunt OF the readjust-
ment. farm products showing the great
est decrease IN price. he said.
with steel such a basic material, II
is regrettabie that Judge Ebert III. Gary.
chairman OF the United States Steel
Corporation. has announced that prices
OF steel will not be reduced. 1t means
further delay In the process OF read
justment. Business Will not be normal
until a bushel OF wheat or pound of
pork or a bale of cotton will buy as
much steel as It did in 1914.
The United States steel Corporation
made a profit OF 1851. 10000 in 1920. as
against 81 10000 in 1914. Surely 1t can
afford to reduce prices OF steel without
large reductions in wages. Unless the
large corporations set their houses In
order, Congress may have to act.
Highly organized capital and highly
organized labor must be willing TO ac-
Highly organized capital and highly or
ganized labor must be willing to accept
reductions or they will find themselves
engulfed in the economic adjustment
now sweeping the country. Steel prices
are so vital 20 the country: The con-
tinued high level is hampering building,
the normal resumption OF which would
aid the country as mucn as any other
evaptp
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
FORD Is WARNED
ON JEW BATTING
President Of Detroit Times
Hints That Demand for
Cars May Fall Off.
ASKS SHOW OF PROOF
James Schermerhorn Says
Challenge of Maligned Peo-
pie Is Undodgable.
ASKS SHOW OF PROOF

Special Despatch TO THE New YORK HERALD.
DETROIT Feb. IS. - James Schermer-
horn. president of the Detroit Times,
commenting to-day on the offer by Jew
ish organizations to finance an investiga-
ton on allegations made against them
by Henry Ford. through his paper. the
Dearborn Independent. said:
1T Is asking a good deal OF the In
defatigable Henry Ford to make out a
case of Semitic conspiracy against the
world and to prove IL, too. Besides.
when the Jew batting is booming the
circulation of the Dearborn Independent.
making ten copies circulate where one
circulated before. what other evidence
can the Jews of Detroit ask for that Mr..
Ford Is engaged In a just and world saw
ing enterprise?
Besides, establishing the authenticity
OF the alleged protocols and confirming
all the fulminations against the Jewish
race might impose too heavy a burden
upon that branch OF the Ford industries.
THE Jewish organizations that chal-
lenge Henry Ford's sensational revela-
tons and his sincerity must realize that
his literary output, like all other forms
of production IN his great plant. must be
entrusted to other hands. and II may be
expecting too much Of an overworked de-
partment to produce all these fierce be-
cudgelings of the Jews every week and
accept an order TO prove that there Is
anything in the product but prejudice,
persecution and poppycock.
But the challenge of a maligned peo-
pie is direct, undodgeable stuff for all
that. Henry Ford is not so useful and
successful in his day and generation that
he can afford to ignore IL.
"He should como out into the open and
justify his bitter and sweeping assailing
OF the rectitude of his Jewish fellow citi-
zens or close down forever this depart
ment of his activities when he resumes
maximum production in all the rest OF
hiseworks. or the time Is liable to come
when he will need something less than
maximum production to satisfy the de-
mand for his products. Stranger things
have happened in the history OF mixing
wholesale insulting with wholesale man.
ufacturing."
The New York herald., 1921-02-17

+ But after a sleepless night, separated
from the woman who appeared to DOM
mate all her actions, she cried out hys-
terically that she wished to tell about
grandmother and end all this frightful
mystery"
This is the story the girl told to the
police:
"Grandmofher closed her eyes. do
not remember when II was. It was some
time last June. She died a natural death
as the world looks upon death. We do
not believe that she is dead. Mother and
l buried her in the geranium bed behind
our studio"
Ihen she launched at once into a
weird narrative of the preparations for
the midnight burial and the fantastic
rites that accompanied 1t. The flower
bed had been planted In geraniums. at
that time In full flower.
Mrs. Townsend went out into the yard
at sunset and dug them up. replanting
them In neighbor's garden. Then she
returned TO the house. and she and her
daughter lighted candle in honor of
the sun god. and prostrated themselves
In supplication TO the "All Wise and all
Good"
They were silent as the mantle clock
chimed midnight Then, still singing
the sun gods chants. they carried the
body out into the yard and laid II in
the grave.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
FEAR Big TONG WAR;
EIGHT CHINESE SHOT
Police on Pacific Coast Renew
Precautions With Three
Victims Dead.
HOP SING VS.. BING KONG
Outbreaks Are Expected in All
Places Where Rivals Are
Living.
HOP SING VS.. BING KONG

Special Despatch 70 THE NEW York HERALD.
Los ANGELES, Feb. 16.--Hop Sing
gunmen on the Pacific coast are girding
themselves for battle with the Bing
Kong Tong. The shooting OF eight OF
their members, three Of whom we're
killed Tuesday night, when a Chinese
festival was at its height, has famed
to flame 1000 years Of Hop Sing hatred
for the Bing Kong.
In all the coast cities where Chinese
colonies exist the police are taking
every precaution TO prevent further
Tong reprisals. The local Chinatown,
though during the previous night
abustle with activities of celestial
merrymakers rcsembied a silent sep
ulchre tonight The murder of two
Chinese firrchants and the wounding of
a third, B.ng Kong. gunman, has In
jected a profound fear into the life OF
Chinatowns inhabitants. All shops were
closed and doors and windows were bar
ricaded against invasion from an enemy
tong. An unusually large number of
uniformed patroImen appeared in the
streets.
In San Francisco, where one Hop Sing
man was killed and three others were
wounded by rival highbinders. the de-
serted streets Of Chinatown were
strangely silent. while augmented police
squads kept careful watch on the bar
ricaded dens.
The police OF Stockton are investgat
ing the Staying Of Hop Sing man in
that city who was attacked by Bing
Kong gunnen at the same hour Tues
day night when the war was reopened
in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Fear
that the tong strife Will likewise oc-
cur in Fresno is expected.
Portlands Chinatown also showed
signs of extreme anxiety over the tong
murders In Los Angeles.
In this city the two enemies faced
each other In the city Jail. when eight
Hop Sing leaders endeavored 70 identify
the Bing Kong men who had done the
actual shooting here. The fourteen Bing
Kong suspects were backed against a
wall and the indignant Hop Sings carr
fully studied their features. Five Of the
fourteen prisoners We're pointed out as
some of the gunmen who fired the shots
that felled the three men.
Juck w. Jung Gee Wing and Gam
Lang were accused by the Hop Sing
men of being thes ones who slew 500 II :
. Long. Jung and Lang, the Hop Sings
said, entered the room and did the shoot
Ing, While Gee wing reHlalneu at TIC
door as '1ookie." Luck Suey was iden-
titled by the Hop Sing members as the
gunman who had shot Lew Hing In the
! legs. The others were also held on
charges of suspicion OF murder.
Those familiar with the customs Of
the Chinese predict that the Hop Sings,
known as the most daring and danger
Gus of all tongs, will declare a coast
wide warfare on the Bing Kongs. Out
breaks are expected in ALI the cities
where the Hop Sings and the Bins
Kongs rub elbows.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
PROBLEM OF ALIENS
DIVIDES AUDIENCE
1000 at Economic Club Dim
ner Hear Arguments For and
Against Restriction.

In discussion of the immigration
problem at dinner Of the Economic
Club attended by nearly 1000 persons
at the Hotel Astor last night the speak
ers who favored restriction and those
who did not found equal support among
the audience. The discussion warmed
into debate, with Prof. jeremiah W.
jerks OF New York University and Elon
Huntington Hooker speaking for further
restriction, and President La Guardia of
the Board of Aldermen and Louis Mar
shall pleading for a continuance of the
established policy.
Mr.. Marshall said the same clamor for
restriction arose in 1920 when the Irish
began to come, and again when the Ger
mans and then the Scandinavians first
enigrated in numbers. He could see no
reason why the laws as they stand, pro-
hibitng the admission OF all persons
mentally, morally or physically unfit,
are not sufficient, provided they are
properly enforced. He asked for better
inspection of arrivals and the correction
Of the exploitation of immigrants.
Prof. jerks insisted that the ten
dency OF recent immigration was toward
the lowering of American standards OF
living. and declared that our policy must
be changed IL we are to assimilate prop
erly and Americanize those who come
here. He favored the Dillingham; bill.
"The time has come" Mr. Hooker
said, ito shift the burden OF proof. The
immigrant must show cause why he
should come in rather than that the
United States should prove him to be un-
worthy. Those now coming in are large
ly race unframed by inheritance 20
appreciate the institutions, laws and
customs Of this country. They multiply
our problems unduly oven In comparison
with their number. From their ranks
come a large proportion Of the radicals.
terrorists and q number OF the criminal
classes The a. f. OF L. estimates that
100000 men are out Of work. Idle
ness needs constructive, not destructive,
leadership
Presid ent La Ciuardia took exception
10 Mr. Hooker's statement that 90 per
cent. of the drafted men examined In
army camps could not read or write a
letter home. THAT is accurately stated
he said, but Mr.. Hooker forgets to
mention that these men also fought and
died as Americans. And as for the per-
centage of the physically unfit, what is
that but O. reflection upon our industrial
conditions?
"Immigration laws will not stop the
spread OF Bolshevism. The only way to
stop that is by obtaining the confidence
OF the people in this country through
honest and efficient Government" Mr..
La Guardia also stressed the need for
improved conditions at Ellis Island.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
HATFIELD HAD WALLET
OF SLAIN DETECTIVE
Possession After Fight Not
Explained in Court.

WILLIAMSON. w. Va. Feb. 16.--Sid
Hatfield, Chief of the Matewan police
and one OF the nineteen defendants on
trial here for alleged participation in the
Matewan battle last May. had in his
possession shortly after the fight the
pocketbook OF Albert c. Felts. the slain
leader of the Baldwin Felts detectives at
Matewan. according TO Allen Johnson.
the first witness called to-day.
Johnson. who is a railroad man, was
asked. What did Hatfield say?'
He said, Much obliged, Mr.. Fels,' "
the witness replied.
On REORGANIZATION Johnson said nc
did not know how Hatfield obtained the
pocketbool..
The second witness called was Mrs.
Kenner Hatfield, resident Of Matewan.
who was at home the day Of the tragedy.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
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The New York herald., 1921-02-17
WINS $4,000 CLAIM ON n. r.. t,

A jury before Supreme Court Justice
Manning In Brooklyn returned verdict
yesterday of $4,000 in favor of Law
renee J. Laughlin. salesman OF 2a6
Sterling place, and against the p. r. T..
On October IL. 1919, Laughlin's left
leg was crushed In a collision between
Fifth and a Sixteenth avenue car at
F'latbush and Fourth avenues. Brooklyn
Laughlin was a passenger on the Six
teenth avenue car. He said he lost
$1,000 in wages and paid Doctors bills
aggregating almost $4,000. He sued for
100000.
The New York herald., 1921-02-17

NEWSPAPER DYNAMITED.

Rock ISLAND. H.. Feb 1s.--The plant
OF the Rock Island Netos. sensational
weekly. was dynamited early to-day.
The plant was wrecked. but no one was
injured. The Neirs' home was destroyed
by dynamite several years ago. The
editor is serving year sentence for
criminal libel
The New York herald., 1921-02-17
NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE.
Georgia Mob storms Jail TO Ge'
ALLEGED Murderer.

ATHENS, Ga. Feb. i6.--A mob OF 5000
persons tonight stormed the Clarke
county fall and after forcibly taking
John Lee Eberhardt, negro. charged
with the murder OF Mrs. Walter Lee OF
Oconee county. from the JAIL burned
him at the stake
Evening star., 1921-08-16
RAILWAY MEN WILL
VOTE ON WAGECUTS
Brotherhoods, by Referen-
dunn, to Determine Attitude
on Labor Board Action.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, August 16.-The call
for the referendum Of all the men,
bers of the Big Four" railroad
brotherhoods and the Switchmen's
Union of North America to deter
mine their attitude on wage reduc-
tions ordered by the United States
Railway Labor Board. under which
they have been working since July
l, may be issued before the end of
this week, according to officials of
the railroad .brotherhoods here last
night.
The ballots for the referendum
must be sent; out to the membership
before September /, James Murdoch,
vice president and acting head of
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men during the illness of President
w. G. Lee, said last night.
1t will take a month to complete
the balloting and know the verdict
of the train service employees OF the
nations railways. Mr.. Murdoch said.
Statement to he Issued.
A statement outlining the attitude
Of the chief executives of the five
organizations may be issued before
the end of the week. The situation
II per cent reduction already ordered
as on rumors that the railroads
would seek further wage reductions.
the elimination of time-and-one-half
pay for overtime and the revision of
schedules and working rules.
"If the railroads propose to go
ahead and upset all We have gained
through years of negotiations. and
eliminate time-and-one- half pay and
other working rules and conditions.
no power on earth can hold the ran.
road men of the country. President
Lee of the trainmen said in recent
interview. 49,
conference of general chairmen IN
Chicago. July 1. the brotherhood chieis
way executives in each of the four
regions established by the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Proportions Submitted.
They are putting up to them these
| four propositions:
That the wage reduction already
ordered be recalled and the old rates
of pay restored.
| sought.
That no effort shall be made to take
| time-and- -one-half pay away from
/ their members.
That for a fixed period no attefnp
De maQe 10 cancer OF chdusc pfeSeh
| schedules or working rules.
! Executives of the eastern railways
after a conference between their com
mittee and the brotherhood chiefs
| rejected all these propositions las
Thursday.
Heads of several of the railroad
brotherhoods. who held a conference
in Washington, are en- route to Chi
cago to meet other railway uniol
leaders in that city for further con
ference on the labor situation as
concerns their members.
Evening star., 1921-08-16
MAIL CLERK on SHIP
ADMITS THEFT OF $4,000
Wilson Surrenders and Confesses to
+ Robbing Safe Of Black
Hawk.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. Nd, August 16.-
Four months ago Harry Roy Wilson,
thirty-two years old. mail clerk on
the U. S. S. Black Hawk, mother ship
Of destroyer fiotilla at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, is alleged to have alb
seconded with $4,000. Last night he
walked into the central police sta
tfon and surrendered.
During these four months Wilson,
who is a former bandmaster Of Bos-
ton, said he had outwitted iutellf-
gence agents and police Of a score
Of cities. His troubled conscience. he
said, impelled him to give himself UP.
Not only did Wilson admit stealing
So, 900 in cash from the safe OF the
Black Hawk. but he signed a con-
fession.
Il served the flag for twelve years" I"
said Wilson, land the disgrace Of my
act made me an outcast. could
not sleep"
Wilson is alleged to have abscond-
ed from the ship April 16. 1921, just
prior to the maneuvers of the de-
stroyer fiotilla in Guantanamo Bay.
He said another confidential clerk.
George Sheldon, escaped from the
ship at the time time.
Evening star., 1921-08-16
MEAT PACKERS PROTEST
SHIP BILLS OF LADING
Charge That Some Companies Use
Form Phrased to Avoid
Shortage Claims.

CHICAGO. August 1s.-charging
that some steamship companies to-
day use bills of lading SO phrased
as to make possible the avoidance of
shortage claim. which SHOULD be
paid In full. Charles E. Herrick, chair
man of the traffic committee of the
Institute Of American Meat Packers,
today submitted a formal protest to
Secretary Of Commerce Hoover.
Mr.. Herrick complained that the
present lax provision for adjusting
claims encouraged the pilfering from
the cargo, while shippers of perish
able commodities suffer a loss be-
cause Of the permission granted wa
ter carriers to deviate from the
scheduled voyage to such a wide ex-
tent.
Mr.. Herrick's letter gave an in
stance in which he asserted that
$4,000 worth of merchandise had been
pilfered from $4,000 shipment. and
asserted that 'it seemed evident to
the shipper that the vessel must be
rationing It's crew from the cargo
He said the pilferage brought
I American exporters into disrepute
with foreign buyers, and suggested
that the abuses could hardly be
remedied without legislation.
Evening star., 1921-08-16
HAYWOOD GAINS A FORTUNE WHEN
DESERTED WIFE DIES INTERSTATE

obtained a divorce, and later be-
came leader of the ''wobblieS",
which resulted in his arrest and
conviction with other I. w. w. Of
fcials of conspiracy to obstruct the
In the meantime, Mr.. Ciyne said
that he had been informed, Hay
woods first wife's father anassed
q fortune in Nevada and Arizona,
which went to his daughter at his
death. Recently. it was said. the
daughter died In Nevada, leaving
no will. Under the laws Of Nevada
one-third Of her estate would go
to her husband.
Mr.. Clyne said that he was IN
Yestigating the case with the idea
Of collecting an unpaid $4,000 fine
assessed against Haywood.
Evening star., 1921-08-16
700 THEATRICAL MEN
TO FIGHT LABOR UNIONS
Will Seek to Eliminate Certain
Abuses in Strife for =.
Equality.

NEW YORK, August 16.-More than
700 managers, representing 1000 the
aters in the United States, ranging
from motion picture houses to grand
opera, met and organized the The
atrical Managers of America. Its an
nounced purpose is to strive for just
and equitable conditions in the in
dustry, for it's economic advancement
and for the elimination Of certain
abuses. Henry w. Savage, a New
York producer, acted as temporary
chairman.
High labor costs were mentioned by
the managers as one of the him
ORANGES to the success of road COM
panies. 1t was said that carpenters,
electricians and property men re-
ceive $62.50 a week, orchestra leaders
SIS and musicians $40, while on the
road.
The managers protested the ruling
Of the unions. which, they said. de-
manded a head for each department
OF theatrical labor, and virtually dou-
bled the number of stage employees
for road companies. Such a condi-
tion, it was said, caused the with
drawal of scores of companies and
the closing of many theaters in the
smaller cities.
| An appeal to the railroads for re-
duced fares for members Of the proi
fession is under consideration by the
convention, which will adjourn next
Saturday.
Evening star., 1921-08-16
ROB TICKET OFFICE.
Bandits Hold-Up "L" Station II
New York-Take $513.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 16.-Six auto
ton in the Bronx early today, locked
the ticket agent and chopper in the
formers booth and escaped with $513.
Two Of the band remained at the
foot of the station stairs and coolly
advised prospective passengers not to
go up. as no trains were running.
They further explained there was
"some sort of hold-up" on the line.
Detectives still are searching for
three automobile bandits who held
up Benjamin Siragusa. vice president
Of a condensed milk company, on the
street yesterday and escaped with
$500 after shooting him through the
shoulder
Evening star., 1921-08-16
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August ia hidden
romance in the life Of W. D. t"Big
Bnr) Haywood. who fed to Rus
sia several months ago to avoid
serving a sentence Of twenty years
in Leavenworth prison, as a result
of which the former leader of the
Industrial Workers Of the World
may inherit a large fortune. was
revealed by Charles F. Clyne, dis
trict attorney.
Haywood. according to Mr.. Clyne.
married Jane Minor, in California,
thirty years ago. Later. after two
children were born, he was said
to have deserted her. He never
Evening star., 1921-08-16
FIND MORE CHlNAMEN.
Fourteen Additional Stowawayf
Arrested on British Vessel.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. August 16.-Fourteen
more hidden Cinnamon were found by
immigration inspectors on the British
steamer Bowes Castle, making total
of forty arrested since the vessels ar
rival Saturday.
Investigations of the stowaways'
effects revealed business cards of
Hongkong agents. introducing the
bearers to boarding housekeepers in
New York and vicinity. Some of the
Cinnamon said $500 had been paid to
one man and 5000 to another to aid in
smuggling them into this country
Evening star., 1921-08-16
cR0ss-coUNTRY VOYAGE.
Initial Trip From Wilmington, N.
c.. to Detroit,

WILMINGTON. N. c.. August 1s.-
The first craft ever to make a voyage
from this port to Detroit, Mich, the
government tug, Lieutenant A. C. Tip
pin. left yesterday for Beaufort, whence
1t will pass the inland waterway to the
Chesapeake and Delaware bays, and
from New York will continue up the
Hudson to the Erie canal and over the
lakes to Detroit.
The craft is in command Of Capt. c. A.
Dixie and is manned by a crew OF Will
mington men. 1t has been In the service
we'll until recently, when the forts craft
were distributed to other points. The
United States engineer service has taken
over the Tippin for use as survey boat
in the lake district