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The New York herald., 1922-07-19
POLITICIANS BLAMED
BY RAIL PRESIDENT
Running Roads by Making
Capital Out of Inquiries.

Some properly authorized govern
mental tribunal to settle the problems
OF the railroads, in view Of the recent
repudiation of the United States Rail-
road Labor Board, was advocated by
Frank Hedley, president of the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company, at
dinner last night of the Railroad Club
at the Atlantic Yacht Club The con-
sensus of all the speakers, who in
cluded Loren f. Loree. president Of the
Delaware and Hudson, and Elisha Lee
president of the Pennsylvania System,
was that politics were running the coun-
try's transportation lines. The present
plight of the roads. frankly admitted
by the speakers was blamed upon the
politicians who were making capital out
of Investigations of public utility COM
panies for their private interests.
by various means" said Mr.. Loree,
"the corporate interests are being mon
keyed with by politicians to provide
planks UPON which they can conveniently
be elected. Within the next few years
they will tear theses corporations limb
from limb and deprive the public of the
necessary service 1t is now getting
Mr.. Loree declared that "railroading''
was no longer an attractive profession to
the young man. and that the roads are
rapidly going from bad to worse. They
are digging up more tracks each year
than they are laying, he said. and are
using UP more locomotives than are be-
ing built.
Mr.. Hedley prcfaced his remarks with
the statement that he had been asked to
present his Views from the point OF
view OF an official not directly con-
cerned with the present strike but as an
outsider reviewing conditions. He
pointed out that his company. the In
teerborough. had not come under the
governmental restrictions that the inter-
state lines had. At the same time. he
asserted. he realized the weight Of the
burden imposed on the roads during
the war, when the country was run by
Gompers. Wilson and McAdoo."
Railroad men probably will never
live down the burdens imposed by those
three men," he added
Among those present we're John A.
Droege. general manager OF the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road. the guest of honor p. r. Crow
ley. president OF the New York Central.
and X. s. Parsons general manager
Of the Erie Railroad.
The New York herald., 1922-07-19
GOMPERS RIDICULES
HARDINC'S COAL PLAN
Asks who Is Going to Do the
Digging?'

WASHINGTON, July 1S.-Prediction was
made to-day by Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent OF the American Federation oi
Labor. that President Hardings invita-
ton to the btuminous operators to re-
turn to their properties and resume op.
crations would result in no appreciable
Increase In the production of coal.
The country is drifting toward q
state of responsibility in dealing witt
10th the coal and railroad strikes" said
the labor chieftain. "Utterances fron-
employers and from Government official,
are sufficiently alike in thought and con
text to indicate the close bond of sym.
pathy between the two forces. The situ-
alton is one well calculated to cause the
gravest concern in every quarter.
'The President invites the mine own.
ers to return to their properties and re.
sumo operations. Surely the President
does not expect that these owners oil
mines are going to dig coal. There are
not enough of them in all to operate
more than a mine or two and most oi
them would not know how to dig Goa
even II they were in condition to dig
coal and wanted to do so. Who, then
is to do the mining when the mine own.
ers resume operations?
going to dig coal until the strike is ended
The non-union miners are and have been
at work and their number cannot be in
creased materially. The army may sc
to the mining districts. but the army Is
not composed of coal miners.
Brute force cannot override justice
In the United States. l do not know
what measures the President has 1t In
mind 90 take, but repeat the only
method in which coal mining can be
resumed is agreement between the
miners and owners upon terms deemed
fair and Just by both sides. 1t will no,
do to tramplc roughshod over the
aspirations and the requirements of any
portion OF our people. This ia neither
the hour nor the scene for the man or
horseback The great need OF this hour
Is for normal, natural conference be-
tween interested parties. When q halt
million men are aggrieved is poor time
indeed FOR the roll OF drums, the rattlinR
OF sabers and the pounding of the
mailed fist"
The New York herald., 1922-07-19
WAY MEN TO DICKER
DIRECT WITH ROADS
Cradle Issues Order to District
Chairmen-B0ard Still
Last Resort.

CHICAGO, July IS (Associated Press).-
With e. f. Cradle, president OF the
Maintenance Of Way Men, asserting that
he did not expect his men to leave their
work, conferences looking toward a
peaceful settlement of the shipments
strike continued to-day.
Announcement by the Pennsylvania
Railroad that a mutually satisfactory
wage agreement had been reached with
its shopmen was considered by some
railroad and union leaders to have had a
clarifying effect on the entire situation.
inasmpch as the Pennsylvania has in
sisted on dealing direct with its own
men.
Mr.. Cradle issued a statement tonight
asserting that "the path to an early ad-
justment Is OPEN so far as the, 400. 1000
members of his organization are con-
cerned.
Mr. Cradle said he advised the Rail-
road Labor Board Of orders sent to his
general chairmen to open negotiations
with their respective roads Immediately
regarding disputed rules working condi-
tions and wages and to submit the case
Ito the board II an agreement was not
reached.
| The first of these disputes came be-
fore the board to-day. that of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road.
| Mr.. Cradle requested that future de-
cisions on wage disputes, favorable to
| the men, be made retroactive to July J.
when the wage cut became effective.
Georgia National Guard "companie.
were sent to Waycross to-day becaus;
Of strike disorders and North Caroline
troops were held in readiness for al
emergency.
Fresh troops were mobilized in 1llinoi.
to replace those on duty at Bloomington
and Clinton.
The Chicago. Burlington and Quincy
Railroad and the Chicago and North
western to-day were granted permanent
injunctions here prohibiting picketint
and intimidation by the unions now OIL
strike. Temporary injunctions wer'
issued to the Pere Marquette at Detroit
the Baltimore and Ohio and the Louis
vile and Nashville at East st. Loui
and the Wabash at st. Louis.
Chemical analysis Of the milk serve,
at the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Pau
Railroad yards, which made abou
seventy workers i'll, disclosed that tn
. authorities said.
The Pere Marquette road annulled 81:
passenger trains in Michigan, due, it wa
announced, to the coal strike and tn
shopmen's strike. Labor board mem
, bers received kilograms to-day fror
shippers at Chattanooga. Tenn, assert
ing that the shipments strike wa
, threatening the waste of the Georgi
peach crop, and from the San Gabrie
/, | (Cal.) Valley Potato Growers Associa
, tion asserting that the potato grower
were also suffering as result of tn
. strike.
The New York herald., 1922-07-19
OFFICIAL LIST OF INSTANCES
OF MOLESTING THE Mali S

Special Dispatch to THn lew YoRKH HERALD.
New York; HerndB Bureau,l
ID. C.. ls.
TERE instances which the railroad strike
with the movements Of the mails reported
L to the Post Office Department:
third day Of strike seriously
trains. Post Office inspector there
ports immediate relief
long mails which being transported by
trucks
between Bedford and Swiss CITY, Ind,
locomotive available
supplemented with trucks
within six hours
its president reported to-day
continue its Hannibal No. gate
without protection Post office inspector
coal shortage rather than rail-
back after reaching Moberly Mo,
on has not been since
Lovila Ia. train left track Striking
train back track. tee
United States marshas the job
the deraled train and the work
rerailing progressing rapidly The mail removed to
another with practically delay
Strikers at Hamlet N G., cut air hose Of train July 49,
engineer forcing them leave the
The Mail another train
little delay.
The New York herald., 1922-07-19
SEARCH TWO STATES
FOR MOB OF MINERS
Roundup Continues While Big
Forces Are Guarding
Property.

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
WHEELING, w. Va. July 1S.-As re-
suit of the armed clash between striking
ficers at the Saledka mine Of the Rich
land Coal Company at Cliftonville yes
terday morning application will be made
tomorrow morning to Judge w. e..
Baker Of the United States District Court
for the Northern District of West vir-
ginia at Elkins for sweeping restrain
ing order against President John L..
Lewis and other national officers of the
United Mine Workers of America as well
as many State and local officers and in
dividuals Of the union and more than
half a hundred prisoners taken during
and after the fatal mine battle.
The application will ask that the de-
fendants be prohibited from interfering
in any way with the employees or the
operation of the Richland properties.
Notice was served on the defendants
to-day.
This was the most important devel-
opment of the day, Following the day
break battle of Monday in which Sheriff
H. H. Duval Of Brooke county and at
least three striking miners were killed
Deputy Sheriff Irwin Mozingo and two
strikers seriously wounded and more
than a dozen strikers less seriously in
jured.
Although participants in the battle in.
sist that at least six strikers were killed
and two others possibly cremated in the
| burning mine tipple the bodies of only
four including tha Sheriff, have beer
recovered. No further outbreaks have
occurred and the efforts of the author.
tiles to learn from the prisoners the
names Of those at the head Of the armed
march have been futile.
State troopers, regular and specia
| deputies under the direction of Capt. w
| w. White Of the State police and Sher
ifs Fl. w. Close Of Ohio county and T
H. Duval Of Brooke county continu,
patrolling the trouble zone and arrestins
all suspicious characters. The authori
ties believe the situation is well in hand
Thirty-six prisoners have been lodget
in the Ohio county jail here, and NOR
than O score are held in the Brook
county jail Prosecuting Attorney Car
G. Bachmann Of Ohio county questione,
the thirty-six prisoners here to-day, TAX
ing their statements throughout the day
Many of the prisoners assert the.
were forced to join the march. Other
admit voluntary participation, saying
they went to Cliftonville for the purpos
OF compelling suspension of the min
but did not contemplate violence.
The New York herald., 1922-07-19
GOV. SPROUL READY
TO BACK HARDING
viii Do All in His Pouer to
Maintain the Lou.

HARRISBURG, Pa. July IS. - Gov
sproul said tonight Pennsylvania was
ready to maintain law and order and
he was awaiting advices from Washing.
ton and the strike districts. During the
day the Governor issued statement
that the National Guard was prepared
for emergencies. and afterwards he held
conferences with various state officials
who would be concerned In event dis
order occurred.
Until he received word from the
President about mine operation the Gov
ernor said he would have no statement
TO make. AZ late hour he had not
received the Presidents telegram.
The New York herald., 1922-07-19
GEORGIA PUTS TROOPS
IN YARDS AT WAYCROSS
Will Keep Guard but Not I'm.
der Martial LouU.

wArcRoss,' Ga, July 1s.--Thrce COM
panies of Georgia National Guard troops
arrived here late to-day as result of
a request for protection because OF
strike disorders. Martial law will not
be declared, It was stated, unless the
situation becomes worse.
At the same time Il became known
that j. r. Ross. general inspector for
the second and third divisions OF the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. was seized
In the passenger station here last mid
night and carried away In an automo-
bile. He has not been heard from
since.
According TO the authorities. threats
have been made against all railroad
officials.
The New York herald., 1922-07-19
|RAD OF SPOLSMEN
ENDED, DOVER QUITS
President Shuts Door on
the Place Hunters Who ,
Swarmed Outside.
MELLON is THE VICTOR
Long Controversy in Treas
ury Department Ends
in His Favor.
GROUP WAR OVER NOW
Political Job Hunters Obliged
to Seek Elsewhere for a
Convenient Payroll.
GROUP WAR OVER NOW
by LOUIS sE1BoLD.
Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., July LIZ.


Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
Now York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., July 18.
Politics has been permanently ad-
journed in the conduct Of the financial
department of the Government and
place hunters will have to find some
other payroll to stack up against.
The President slammed the Treasury
door shut against politicians intent on
raiding it by announcing the resigl
nation Of Elmer c. Dover as Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.
The tender Of Mr.. Dover's resigna-
tion naturally was regarded as vic
tory for Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon over the combinend Congress
sional and political influences which
have waged war on him for many
months. The casus belli declared by
the politicians against Mr.. Mellon was
due to his insistence that business
efficiency rather than political activi-
ties be the test Of official merit
From the very outset of his admin
istration Mr.. Mellon, whose experience
in business has been both comprehen-
sive and successful, has resisted the
efforts of professional politicians to
compel him to set aside worthy and
competent subordinates to make room
for men whose sole claim to recogni-
ton was due to their political ener-
gies in the interest Of national and
Congressional candidates who sought
to reward them.
The New York herald., 1922-07-19

FOUND ANYTHTN07
%. sss II II fs advertised In the Lost and
vsund cellmns cf " fayR Nsx Xefk Hsrah.
The New York herald., 1922-07-19
CUT PRICES OR TROOPS
RECALLED, HIS THREAT
Governor of Colorado Issues a
Coal Ultimofurn.

DENVER, July Estate troops now
patrolling Colorado's northern coal fields
will be withdrawn unless coal operators
rescind recent Increases in prices, Gov.
Oliver II. Shoup announced to-day.
The New York herald., 1922-07-19
Position of Mr.. Mellon.


The relations between the Treasury
Secretary, who, perhaps, made greater
financial sacrifices in entering the
Harding Cabinet than any other man
in it, and political leaders seeking
places for favored henchmen have not
been characterized by that degree of
amity and appreciation for which the
latter hoped. Mr.. Mellon held the view
that business efficiency was the only
important element in the situation and
asserted his right to select the tools
with which satisfactorily to perform 1t.
This unusual theory naturally sur
prised and affronted Republican lead
ers, who operated on the theory that
ito the victor belongs the spoils."
Headed off at the Treasury Depart
ment, these leaders carried their griev-
ances to the White House. They as
serted that many deserving Demo-
Gratis" were permitted to draw down
fancy salaries, which under the rules
of the game should be transferred to
equally deserving Republicans.
Official Washington believes it has
justification for the impression that
the President, who is of sympathetic
nature, attempted to induce Secretary
Mellon to lift the ban against profess
sional politicians, but without success
Some of the fairly well Informed lead
ers in and out of Congress actually
assert that Mr.. Mellon met the situa-
ton by asserting to the designation
of Mr.. Dover as Assistant Secretary
with special supervision over the po-
litical features involved.
The Secretary, however. did not re-
linquish his right to review the con-
clusions and recommendations of Mr.
Dover. The appointment of the latter
three months ago was heralded as
victory for the political leaders pound
ing at the door of the Treasury for
recognition. Mr.. Dover was conceded
to be admirably fitted to act as po-
litical liaison officer between the Sec
retary and the party leaders.
Pupil of Mark Hanna.
He is man Of wide experience and
personal popularity in the field Of poll
tics. He was the pupil of the late
Mark Hanna, whom he served as sec
| Llc was Sh6dSco III puSilcSo
on the Pacific coast during the Wilson
Administration and was attracted to
Washington when Mr.. Harding was
elected.
He was a personal friend of the
! President and was intrusted with an
important confidential mission to Mex
leo last autumn. His appointment as
Assistant Treasury Secretary was
recommended by most of the import
ant political leaders in the party. The
announcement of it provoked the
prophecy that "Dover will turn the
Democratic rascals out"
Mr.. Dover appears to have had
rather clear sailing with commendable
success as long as he confined himself
to the reorganization of the personnel
of the customs service, as also In the
office of the Treasury, where his rec
concentrations found ready response.
But when Mr.. Dover undertook to
reconstruct the key" personnel of the
entire department on a political basis
he ran counter to the judgment and
wishes of Mr.. Mellon. The Treasury
Secretary, who is not an easy man
to bulldoze. absolutely refused to con-
sent to the removal of aids In his de-
partment whom he regarded as most
efficient cogs In the departmental ma
'chinery.
Mr. Dover who was constantly i'm
|
The New York herald., 1922-07-19
Governors Called Upon
to Back the President

w TASHINGTON. d. c.. July Is.
w The twenty-eight Gov
ernors asked by President
Harding to join him in asking coal
miners and operators to produce
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-01-18
The Rise of an Immigrant

The American Society of Mechani-
cal Engineers awarded at its annual
meeting a gold medal to Hjalmar
G. Carlosn, of Worcester, Mass. for
his services in inventing a device
that enabled our war work shops to
turn out high explosive shells with
greater rapidly. Mr.. Carlson came
to America as an immigrant boy
at the age of 10. His success in
solving technical problem of vita
Importance suggests the portuni-
ties given by this land of freedom
to the ordinary worker.
The rewards Of this country go to
the people who think. Not the folks
who think morbidly over some new
social order to be achieved by over.
turning governments and human ma.
ture. But they go to the people who
think about their work, who try to
bring it TO the highest point of per,
lection.
The man who can think out some
better mechanical process is bound
to attract attention and win his way
in the world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-01-18
Telling the Truth in a Newspaper

Only a short time ago the editor
of a paper in Indiana grew tired OF
being called a liar, and announced
that he would tell the truth in the
future.
The next issue of the paper con-
tanned the following items:
John Coyle, our groceryman, Is
doing poor business. His store is
dusty and dirty. How can ne DO
so much ?"
"John BONN, the LATEST mer-
chant in town, made trip to Bell
vile on Monday"
Rev. Mr.. Sly preached last Sun
day night on Charity the sermon
was punk and nearly an hour long"
Dave Canky died at his home here
on Tuesday. The doctor gave it out
as heart failure. Whiskey killed
him."
"Married-Miss Sylvia Robs and
]. Collins were married last Saturday
night at the Baptist parsonage by
Rev. ]. Gordon. The bride is very
ordinary town girl who doesn't know
any more about cooking than a jack
rabbit, and never helped her mother
three days in her life. She is not
beauty by any means, and has
gait like a duck. The groom Is
an up to date loafer. He has beer
living off the old folks at home ano
his life is not worth shucks. II
will be hard life.
"Died-Ezra Plub, age 90 years
6 months, and Is days. Deceased
was a mild natured pirate with a
mouth for whiskey. He came here
in the night with another mans
wife and joined the church at the
first chance. He owes ST for the
paper, a large meat bill and you
could hear him pray for six blocks.
He died singing Jesus paid it all
and we think he is right-he never
paid anything himself. He was
buried in an asbestos casket, and his
friends threw palm leaves in his
grave, as he may need them.-Os-
kaloosa Herald.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-01-18
DRILL FOR OIL
|. HERE VERY SOON
CONTINUED from first page),

-. -Io.l --- IL ?. Pagel IL
Vi the iTdce citizens that this could
not be done over night"
/. Getting bath here is quite an ex-
perience, if indeed not a task. The
old saying eff you want to do some
thing big--wash an elephant" GER
tainly has found parallel in M-xia.
This luxury may be found, outside
the woodland creeks, only in a down
town barber shop. The bath house
is a stall in a wooded floored,
planked in enclosure. Just plain pine
planks and slippery, but the pro-
prietors of the house have found
that it is not necessary to maintain
first aid kits because the board
floors are warped enough to allow
the bather a foothold. Cleanliness.
after all, is next to godliness," but a
bath in Mexia is next to impossible.
But as for oil. There are a solid
six miles of new derricks, drillers
outfits, tents, wooden buildings and
people where once there was the
open prairie. A survey of all local
lumbermen show that building COM
pleted or contracted for since Oct.
/, total between $3,5O0,OOO and $5,-
100000.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-01-18
Death of Mrs. Helmer Williams

Mrs. Thune Williams, beloved wife
Of Helmer Williams, of Glenwood
township, passed away Sunday even
ing at her home, after a long illness
The deceased was 81 years of age
and was one of the we'll known and
highly esteemed mothers of this
county, and her death brings sorrow
to many friends. She is survived by
the bereaved husband, four daugh-
tiers and one son. The funeral SER
vices will be held tomorrow, Thurs
day, at IL o'clock from the home
and two o'clock from the Glenwood
church. Rev. Brevik will officiate.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-01-18
MURDER HEARING STILL ON
Witnesses Still Being Examined in
The Van BrOcklin Murder Case.

, The preliminary hearing of Frank
Kneeskern ip the Van Brocklin MUIR
-. - =
der case is still in progress at the
court house. 1t has been rumored
that it will probably end some day
this week, but whether or not it will
is known only to the officials In
charge. A great many witnesses have
been examined, and no doubt the
hearing will be drawing to a close
soon. The case is being given
thorough investigation and nothing /;
being left undone to unearth the
guilty party. a
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-01-18
Well known Carpenter Dead

Ole Larsen, one of Deoorah's we'll
known carpenters passed away at
his home OH East Broadway yester-
day afternoon, death being due to
Meningitis. He had been feeling
poorly for about two weeks, and
Sunday his illness took a turn for
the worse. He was a man we'll liked
by everybody, and his death is a
severe shock to all. His wife passed
away about seven years ago, and he
is survived by two daughters. The
funeral services will be held tomor-
row Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock from the home and 2:30 from
the United Lutheran church. Rev
o. Glesne will officiate and interment
will be in the Norwegian cemetery.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-01-18
Atty. Cuttings Sister Dies

Atty. E. w. Cutting received the
sad news Monday of the death of his
sister, Mrs. Carl Lindstran, of Min
neapolis, who passed away that day
The funeral services take place to-
day, but Mr.. Cutting is unable to
attend, on account of the prelin-
airy murder hearing at the court
house, where he is one of the at
torneys representing the defendant.