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The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
CAPITAL SHIPS PROBLEM
COMPLICATED BY TOKYO,
DELAYS PLENARY SESSION
Hail Treaty
In Australia
Peace and Harmony AS
sured in Pacific, Says
Prime Minister.

MELBOURNE. Dec. l3. -
Prime Minister Hughes OF
Australia. commenting on the
Pacific agreement by the Wash
ington conference said:
The treaty is a magnificent
achievement and 1t does that
which by common consent she
parliament OF the common
wealth desired. As the first
great step toward an alliance,
the branches of the Anglo
Saxon race in Australia hail It
with great satisfaction. out
OF the Washington conference
comes a great thing for which
the whole world rejoices.
While the news is welcome TO
all countries. TO Australia the
message is especially significant
for IL assures our security and
guarantees peace and harmony
in the Pacific. Following hard
on the settlement OF the Irish
question, the Pacific treaty
makes the past week one of the
most rnomentous in the history
OF civilization.
Copyright, isH.)
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
Gun Fighter Sentenced.

Abraham Wallace, colored, al
LEGGED to be gun fighter and fu-
Gitive from the District Jail, wac
sentenced to serve one year yester-
day by Judge Hardison in Police
Court for carrying a loaded pistol.
Policeman John r. Leach testi-
fed that he arrested Wallace on
November 20 last in the rear of Bry-
ants court northwest following a crap
game. Wallace. cornered. reached for
his hip pocket, but Leach got his
weapon out first
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
Search for Dead
Goes on as Rain
Ends IL, Seattle
ELeUen LiUes NOJU KnOlUn
To Haze Been Lost
In Slides.

SEATTLE. Wash, Dec. 13.-With
eleven known dead, search through
the wreckage left by landslides and
washouts is being continued here
and in Western Washington.
The bodies of Mrs. Samuel c. An
drews and her two small sons,
buried under tons of mud by the
slide that wrecked their home in
West Seattle, are still unrecovered
The recovery OF the body of a r.
year-old girl at Yakima brings the
total dead to eleven. w. L. Lobelle,
rescue worker, is missing.
The record rain in this vicinity
has ceased. In forty-one hours. 5.27
inches of rain fell. The rain has
given way to gales.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
d. & L. w. SHOPS
THREATEN STRIKE

SCRANTON, Dec. 13.-A strike Of
all crafts affiliated with the Lack
awanna Federation, along the entire
system OF the Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western Railroad, is threatened
unless the company withholds its deci-
sion to reinstate the piecework sys-
TENS in the shops or to let work out
on contract.
Today the company officials in Buff
falo. where large terminal shops are
maintained, told representatives Of
the employees that either the piece
work system was to be re-established
or the company will let its shops on
contract
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
STARVATION QUELLS
so PRISON RIOTS

NEW YORK, Dec 13.-Eighty
smaII riots in the Essex County
peuitentiary at Caldwell, N j.,
wer- quieted today by the starvs-
tion method. when prisoners began
60 demolish the furnishings of
their cells as a protest against pun
&shment of one of their number.
The eighty prisoners remained in
thcE cells, but they shouted, yelled.
and swore all night long and into
the day. They smashed wash
Stands and destroyed the plumbing.
creating as much damage as they
could.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
BUILDING STRIKE
SEEMS CERTAIN

NEW YORK. Dec. ia general
strike January / in the building
trades of New York, affecting 100 =
200 laborers, cannot be averted, ac-
cording to c. G.. Norman, executive
chairman Of the Building Trades
Employers Association.
Testifying before the Lockwood
Commission, Norman stated .hc en-
ployers had mo intention Of con-
tinuing after the first of the year
the 81 a day extra pay the work
crs have been getting since May
1920"
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
PROMISE ACTION
ON VETERANS BILL

The adjusted compensation bill
for veterans of the world war will
be passed within the next ninety
days, Hanford MacNider, command
er of the American Legion. was in
formed Monday by Senator Nc
Cumber and Representative Joseph
Fordney.
The measure will become effec-
tive in July. 1922. as originally pro-
V ded for, Commander MacNider
was further assured.
Commander MacNider had a con-
ference with President Harding yes
terday and was entertained at
luncheon by the Iowa delegation in
Congress.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
GOMPERS SCORES
COURT RESTRAINT

samuel Gompers, president of the
american Federation OF Labor, in a
statement last night on the court
injunction restraining the Railroad
la bor Board from publishing its de-
cisiOn in the Pennsylvania Railroad
case. declared:
The Railroad Labor Board is in
itself an institution of more than
doubtful worth, but tae fact that
court can stop the publishing of
decision reached by any govern
ncnt agency is repugnant 20 every
ideal of democracy. No more out
rascous proceeding has been re-
|eordcd than this"
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
7 CHILDREN PERISH
IN FIRE ON FARM

DETROIT. Dec. 13.-Nine persons
including seven children, were burned
to death near here today in a fire
that destroyed the farmhouse OF Mrs
Margaret Wakeu. Three others are
seriously burned
The dead are the four Wakeu chill
dren and their father, and Mrs. Cos.
nick and her three children. Mrs.
Wakeu Is not expected to live. Two
boarders jumped from the second
floor
The FIRE resulted when Mrs. Wakeu
poured kerosene on a fire.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
XMAS GIFT OF 20
MILLIONS TO FEED
RUSSIANS PLANNED
House Members Favor
Uncle Sam as Santa for
Hungry Babies.

America will make a Christmas
gift of $4,000, 600 or 1000, 900 to
starving Russians. it is Indicated
Members of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee expressed SYM
pathy. after they heard American
Relief Administration officers tell
of personal Investigations just made
in the Volgs valley. They said they
would try to get action before
Christmas.
Conditions among 2O.OOo,OOO Rus
slams beggar description. Gov. Good
rich. of Indiana, and Vernon Kel-
togg told the committee. They are
just back.
Ragged Little skeletons.
Mr.. Goodrich told of conditions in
the communal kitchens, where an
effort is made to feed children.
The children. whose parents have
died are dirty. ragged little skeIe-
tons" he said. They are like
wounded animals crawling off to
die. When one puts his hsnd on
a child, no attention is paid to it.
They are clad in cotton garments,
in zero weather"
w llNlle SlIlS MT. IOOOrlCn SdlO.
were found in sheep shed by his
party. Starving and freezing, they
had net had food for FIVE days, ex-
cept few carrots and cabbage
leaves. Their parents had died of
cholera.
Children Freeze and Starve.
Kellogg described the conditions
as the worst he had seen in six
years work in famine regions.
The children are gathered in rooms
containing no furniture" he said
is inadequate. They sleep on the bare
floors"
Refugee camps along the Volga also
were described. Thousands fleeing the
country are collected together, he said,
making pitiful effort to keep alive
their children and themselves.
Where several are starving" he
said, local committees select for help
the ones that con be saved. The others
die"
Public Donations Fail.
Secretary Hoover, head of the relief
administration, said public contribu
tions have fallen off to almost moth
ing. He said 100000 is needed
from the government. Help would
not hurt America economically, he
pointed out, because there are large
surpluses here.
I'VE feed milk to hogs and burn
corn under our boilers while there are
millions Of children who will starye
unless we help. The American people
spend s1.OOO,OOO,OOO a year for to-
bacco. cosmetics and like unessentials.
Twenty millions would not be a great
drain on a nation that can afford to
do that"
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
Two Years for Theft.

Robert r. Clark, colored, was sem
fenced to serve two years in the
penitentiary yesterday by Chief Jus
tice Mccoy in Criminal Court No. 1
on a charge Of grand larceny. The
Indictment alleges he stole clothes and
coat valued at $74 from the Monroe
Clothing Company. Tenth and streets
northwest
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
SHOT BY ACCIDENT.
BOY DIES OF WOUND

Howard Walsh, 16 years old, Of
Cabin John. who wa9 accidentally shot
in the abdomen while hunting in the
woods near his home Monday after
noon. died early yesterday morning at
the Georgetown Hospital.
The boy was hunting in company
with his 14-year-old brother, John
Walsh, when the accident occurred
The body was removed to the boys
home
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
WEATHER FREAKS
SKATER RECORDS

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Freak
1ryeather is reported from various
parts Of the country.
In New England, where many
elections are being held. there is a
heavy snow fall
In the Mid-Western States a
warm wave. almost without prece-
dent at this time of the year, has
shattered all records.
Along the Pacific Coast torren-
|tiaI rains have been falling for
two dayN with heavy loss of life
and property damage.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
PERU and CHILE
AT SWORDS POINT
ON TACNA-ARICA
Antagonistic Policies Add
To War Peril Along
Frontier.

BUENOS AIRES. Dec. l3.-The
recent skirmish between Chilean
and Peruvian patrols across the
frontier. Peru's orders against the
landing of Chileans and the repeat
Cd declarations Of the Chilean for
eign office Of its intention to con-
duct a pIebiscite in Tscns-Arics,
with OF without Peru's part!cira-
tion. show that the relations be-
tRS0 'N- e1-
,.rC.Oe. I,,nnIcaIly a state
d exists. since President Le-
constitutional assembly de-
claN lie treaty Of Ancon void and
decrd reincorporation OF Tao
rs-Arc Tarapaca in Peruvian
territoryN'e the definite nature
} with which - -aca was ceded to
Chile in paymenI Of war indem-
nifty.
Presidents Allesandri and Legria
are following diametrically opposed
policies. Senor Allessandri carried
the presidency Of Chile under the
banner OF solve the Tacna africa
problem. which is threatening the
peace Of South America" Senior
Leguia was elected for the second
term by promising to recover Tao
na-Arica and Tarapacs. He gath
cred his support largely as a result
of his anti-Chilean policy in his
first term. during which he pur-
i chased munitions and rejected
Chile's proffered wreath at the uu-
yelling OF a tomb for Peruvian vet
Grams OF the nitrate war Senor
Leguia's policy has been strongly
| anti-Chllean for the past two years,
and II has been even hostile toward
Peru's old ally. Bolivia.
Prominent Peruvians have been
stating recently that Peru Will not
accept the plebiscite on any condi-
( tion. since there are no longer
enough Peruvians in Tacna-A AREA
to make any impression on the bal
loting.
CCopyrirht lsal)
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
Voice of India at CITY Club.

The voice of India at the arms con-
ference is not that Of a Brithh de-
pendency, and the day when India
will speak as a co-equal partner with
Canada and Australia In the British
Empire is not more than ten years
distant, packed meeting of the City
Clubs luncheon forum was told yes
terday by the speaker the Right Hon.
V. S. Srinwasa Sastri. representative
of India on the British delegation to
the conference.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
Murder Trial Judge
Sends Out S. o. S. Call

CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-Chicago has so
many murder cases on the criminal
kocket that Chief Justice Kickham
kcanIon today appealed for more
&udges.
SSen judges arc now working
Fudge ScanIon said it would take
hfteen jurists, working steady for four
months, to clear the docket
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
JAPAN and CHINA
STILL AT ODDS ON
RAIL LINE DISPUTE
Tokyo Insists on Joint
Control of Road in
Shantung.

Japan and China still arc far
apart on terms for disposition Of
the kiachowTsinan Railway in
ShantunG. it was learned yesterday
following the conference between
the two nations delegates. 1T was
admitted no progress was made.
China has offered to buy the rail-
road by paying a sum near 5000. =
900 marks. the figure at which it
was valued by the interaHied rcpa =
rations commission.
Japan Urges Partnership.
Japan. on the other hand. has re-
fused up ia now to rccede from her
proposal to admit China to so per
cent ownership and operating ar
rangement in the property. retain
ing for herself the remainiSG half
interest.
Backed by demands of their home
governments. neither side has shown
any disposition to go beyond the
proposals already submitted. China
demands the full restoration Of the
rail line. japan insists that she
cannot afford to take chances on
failure Of the line to function and
must therefore retain half controi.
Change Would Force Delay.
The japanese delegation says also
that II there is any departure from
the proposal already submitted il
will first be necessary 10 get the
consent of the home government
which will mean a delay OF some
days. Both sides to the contro-
versy also claim that the sugges-
ton Of the other is not under
standable and will require more
study.
The subject will be taken up
again this afternoon.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
Shrieking Amazon Army
Battles With Clubs,
Bricks, Tongues.
WINS VICTORY
OVER LEWIS MEN
Are Going "Over the Top"
Again Today to Force
Complete Shutdown.

Fil:AI;D. Kans-. Dee. l3.-woman
stood alone tonight in the Southern
Kansas coal fields-triumphant.
she had left her kitchen and her
babies for war. In one day she
closed six coal mines in this district.
Husbands. fathers. sweethearts and
brothers stood by and cheered
khsr on.
Dwarfed Other Riots.
More than 1000 women. shrieking.
singing, with hair floating behind
IThcm as they raced into battle. at
tackled coal miners in this district
who would not join the rump strike
In support OF Alexander Howat, de-
posed and jailed president of the
Kansas miners
In fury Of attack that dwarfed
q ny other riot ever experienced in
TINS vicinity, the women swooped
down upon miners going to work
They grabbed miners in the pits
and threw them out. Between 500
and 500 miners were driven from
six mines.
Some miners obeyed the shrieked
kSnJunctions TO get out of there. you
traitors" Others fought back. but
were no match for the whirling
with tongues. clubs, bricks, food
from dinner pals - anything they
could get their hands on.
The miners at work are SUPPORT
ers of President John L. Lewis, Of
3he United Mine Workers of Amer
- and against Alexander Howat
1he women are wives and members
{0f families Of Howat miners For
months the Hovat faction has been
3&xyfnE to defeat the Lewis faction
Do ueine up the mines
So Angry They Cried.
Where they failed, the women
nccseded in a few hours
Starting as the men were going
% work. the women descended in
|Esups Of 500 and 500. Some were
Gng ging the 'Tnternationale;" some
Irers 80 angry that they cried.
The majority of the women were
foreigners. shsvled, some of them
b wooden shoes. Others were Amer
Hans. and many a pair OF high heels
cwere dug into miner shins.
Miners who resisted were clawed
and pummeled-and fed.
Wen chase every Lewis traitor
on the job in Southern Kansas" +"
their leaders shouted, and three di-
visions. carrying American flags,
bounded over fields and bitches,
Secross country to other mines.
Sheriff Gould and his deputies
we're powerless before the warning
women. Gould said no extra depu-
ties would be sworn in TO stem the
feminine tide.
You can't get men to do that
sort of thing" he said.
Hundreds of men strikers spurred
1.-THE women on in their rioting, but
Hook no part.
Tonight the women were getting
ready TO go over the top again
tomorrow in an effort to close the
few mines not already idle.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
READING TO BUY
100 STEEL CARS

NORRISTOWN. Pa, Dec. 13.-One
hundred steel cars will be purchased
by the Philadelphia and. Reading Rail-
way Company to replace wooden
coaches on its lines, according to A.
T. Dice, president of the road.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
SIGHTLESS SING
AT PEARSON'S BIER

LONDON, De- 13.-With British
guardsmen acting as guides, 1000
sightless men-a majority OF them
former soldiers-caIne from all parts
Of Great Britain to attend the funeral
Of Sir Arthur Pearson, blind publici.t.
who was widely known for his phil
anthropy.
A chorus of blind singers sang
Lad kindly Light"
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
Hold Two for Robbery.

Harry Williams and John Leek, both
colored. were held for the grand jury
by Judge Hardison in Police Court on
a joint charge Of robbery. Bond was
fixed at $4,000 each. 1t is alleged that
the men robbed Mayer Shurkin, a
grocer. at 900 Barry place northwest.
of s35 at the point Of a pistol
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
Enlarge Membership Board.

George Miller, Herbert L. Davis
and Benjamin t. Webster were
elected to the membership COM
mittee of the Board of Trade yes
terday in the meeting at, the as
sembly hall of the Board of Trade.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-14
Must Answer Arson Charge,

Thomas Essex. colored, Of 44S P
street northwest was held for the
grand jury yesterday by Judge Har-
Olson In Police Court under $500
bond on a charge of arson in con-
nection with the fire on December
IL ON the premises Of Inez Harris
at 1911 Fifth street northwest.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-25
CONFERENCE VOTES v Ill, NIGH SOLID
FOR RATIFICATION LAKELAND'S OFFER

June 5, because until the drive is over
the trustees will not know how much
money is avaiiable There will be
another meeting of the trustees on
June IA, when definite plans will be
worked out. At this meeting action
will also be taken on the disposition
of the old buildings at Sutherland
Since the original site committee of
the trustees had such difficulty in
persuading the trustees to adopt the
recommendation of Lakeland there
were members of the board who be
lieved that some opposition would de-
velop among the conference members
But the overwhelming preference
shown Lakeland in the early ballots
counted has largely discounted this
prediction. The original site commit
tee recommended Lakeland by a vote
of to 3, but the trustees argued the
matter almost six consecutive hours
before accepting the recommendation
1t was in this discussion that Tampa
lost the college by close margin.
Lakeland Making Its Pledge Good
But Lakeland has gone on with its
campaign for the raising of funds for
the college on the assumption that
there would be no question of the
final decision by the conference. In
cluded in Lakeland's offer was a sub
scription list for 100000. which was
underwritten by lakeland banks. In
order to make its offer doubly sure
Lakeland has recently undertaken to
raise the 100000 in cash, although
the bankers declared that the notes
were exceptionally good.
Although building cannot begin un-
til the final word is given by the con-
ference members, and the result of
the church drive is known. Lakeland
has already a pretty clear vision of 4
stately group of buildings laid out on
a picturesque campus on the shore
of Hollingsworth lake. The plans call
for a college. not a university, as
Tampa enthusiasts hoped to develop.
Since Lakeland has not the clinical
facilities of larger city, snug lit
tie institution with regular academic
courses is all that the trustees expect
and want
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-25
SECRETARY DAVIS
PROPOSES A PLAN
TO END STRIKE
Is Now In Hands of Committee Of
Shipowners-Eliminates Wage
Cut Demand and Proposes
Compromises

New York, May 25.-Proposals If
Secretary of Labor Davis. for a setti2-
ment OF the strike of marine worker 5
were before the executive commit, .
of the American Steamship Owne;S
association today.
\ special committee received the
settlement plans in Washington this
morning. They are understood to ccl-
tain provisions for the Il per cent
wage reduction for the workers. i'll
sisted upon by Chairman Benson OF
tho United States shipping board. as
well as series of compromises in
working conditions
While the special committee was in
Washington yesterday, the operators
made public resolution passed by
the executive committee at its last
meeting here on Monday, which said
in part:
The encOura cement that the lead
ers of the unions feel that they are
receiving from the secretary of labor
tends to prolong the controversy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-25
PETITION SHOWS
HOW THE MONEY
MUST BE SPENT
Copy Of Document Upon Which
Election Was Called Showing
Its Specific Purposes

There seems to be some local mis-
understanding regarding the disposi-
tion of the funds to be raised by the
proposed school bond issue The Pc
tition upon which the election was
called by the school board shows ex-
actly how the money is to be spent,
and nobody has any authority to alter
that arrangement Following is a true
copy of the petition:
Board of Public instruction,
Polk County, Florida.
Gentlemen:
We the undersigned duly qualified
electors who are free holders residing
within Lakeland. Special Tax School
District No. One Q) of Polk County,
Florida, petition your honorable body
to make an immediate call for an elec-
tion within said District for the issu.
ance Of bonds in the sum of TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND ($20O. .OO0.OO)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-25
HARDING BACK
FROM EAST IN
SPECIAL BOAT
FEELING fine
Rough Voyage From
New York Does Not
Faze the Presidential
Party Full Naval
Honors Given t h e
Chief Executive as He
Leaves the MayAower.

Washington. May President
and Mrs. Warren c. Harding arrived
here today from New York in the
yacht Mayflower.
The Mayfower had rough voyage
virtually all the way from New York.
II was said. however. that the Pres
iG,nt and his guests returned in per-
feet health, although their rest had
been disturbed at night by the rolling
OF the ship.
The yacht docked two hours behind
her scheduled time, due to thick
weather encountered last night in the
run up the bay.
After leaving the Mayflower. the
President and Mrs. Harding motored
directly to the White House. The ex-
ecutiye was given full naval honors
as he left the yacht. A nearby bat
terry doomed out the u gun presiden-
lial salute, while a guard of blue
jackets and marines presented arms
rd thc Mayflower's $ crew manned the
r&il.
The Presiden' had no engagements
Tor the day. lut planned to spend
mcst ct his time az work on public
business ana correspondence which
had accumulated on his desk since
ne left Washington last Saturday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-25
TWO KILLED In FIGHTS
AMONG PORT WORKERS
AT BUENOS AIRES, ARG.

Buenos Aires, May 25.-Two per-
sons were killed and several wounded
in fighting here between the union
and non-union port workers. There
were two raids in which pistols were
used as we'll as many brawls in which
the unionists and non-unionists fought
with their fists.
The work of unloading ships pro-
ceeded, union labor being EMPLOYED
by the Centre de Navigation, which
announced it woud take no further ac-
tion regarding the employment of lsN
Dor until after meeting to be held
on Friday.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-05-25

was available.
The chief inquistor was Secretary
Robinson OF the West Palm Beach
Chamber of Commerce while Geo. F.
Bensel was the principal orator
Another interesting speaker was Pro-
fessor Rane, a noted horticulturist,
who dwelt on what could be so easily
and readily accomplished in South
Florida in the Identification of our
towns and cities by the cultivation of
flowers and trees peculiar to this
section of the country. He agreed
with other speakers that Florida is
d veritable untouched gold mine with
resources still undreamed of. Every
member Of the party had something
interesting to say. afterwards assert
ing that the trip had been of real
value both from business and educa-
tiCnal standpoints.
The night was spent in lakeland,
the party leaving for a tour of Bar
tow and the famous Florida Scenic
Highlands. stopping off at Lakeland
Highlands for the enchanting view
end 20 receive gracious hospitality at
the hands of Mrs. Hallam and her
son Millard. Messrs Howorthy and
Moore formed an escor' committee as
far as Haskell to give the delegation
God-speed. The plan was to see as
much as possible of the Ridge coun-
try this afternoon and reach Orlando
about 5 o'clock where the night stop
will be made. The return home is
scheduled for tomorrow.