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The New York herald., 1922-06-27
HYLAN URGES MEASURES
TO INSURE CITY'S FOOD
Reminds Harding of Danger
If Rail Men Strike.

Mayor Hyian wrote to President
Harding yesterday urging him to be
ready to bring every Federal agency into
action to maintain the food supply In the
event OF a railroad strike.
"I deem 1t my duty" the Mayor
wrote. Ito direct your attention to the
food situation in the City of New York
In view Of the effect upon 1t OF the sud-
den railroad tieup which threatens.
do this in advance OF such an event SO
that you may be enabled to bring into
action every Federal agency with power
to save the City of New York from tho
consequences Of a railroad policy that
imperils the food supply OF this city.
New York city concerns itself each day
with the food supply Of over 100000
resident and transient persons"
The Mayor pointed out that at this
time of the year the city gets most of its
supplies from distances not within the
motor truck range; It's potatoes from
Virginia, for instance. He concluded by
saying that the situation merited the
Presidents immediate attention.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
F. G. BOURNE HEIRS
LOSE ACCOUNT SUIT
Executors Upheld on Practi-
cally All Points and Work
Is Approved.

Objections of Miss Marjorie Bourne
and Mrs. Mary Bourne Strassburger to
the accounting Of the estate Or their
father, Frederick G. Bourne, who died In
1919 leaving an estate estimated at $44,-
600, 900, were denied yesterday on prac-
tically all points. The executors. Arthur
X. Bourne and George p. Vail. were up
held by Surrogate Pelletreau OK SUI
folk county in their accounting except
on commissions which they got on Slo,-
252.020. This sum, he held. was trust
fund and a specific bequest.
Vail has received $165,000 in COM
missions and Bourne $127.251.56. Sur
rogate Pelletreau approved the whole ac-
count, saying:
"I am satisfied that the executors
commissions already taken are less than
they are authorized to take by the agree
ment signed by all the heirs and dated
November 8. 1919. The executors are
entirely protected and within their rights
in collecting commissions thus far re-
ceiyed, even though the items making up
the S1S,252.020 be excluded"
Part of the controversy centered
about Dark Island, one OF the Thou-
sand Islands. Mrs. Strassburger ana
Miss Bourne acquired Dark Island for
sa71 900 from the executors and Miss
Bourne bought her sisters interest.
Miss Bourne insisted that the assessed
value was only S44.500 and that she
had been induced to pay more by the
false representations Of Mr.. VAIL The
Surrogate found, however, that Arthur
Bourne had valued the property AT
more than S371,000 on his books.
Another objection had to do with al
legged losses Of about 100000 through
the sale Of stocks and bonds which later
rose in value. Surrogate Peiletreau
held that the executors had acted in
good faith.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27

Ions. which. If sold at wholesale rates.
would bring s135,000.
Never in the twenty-year history of
the dam has there been such high water
In June. when the normal level of water
Is from five to ten feet below the spill
way. The water back of the dam is
now 152 feet deep and there are avail
able for city consumption 81 100000. 900
gallons The overflow will continue for
several days.
The wonder Of the phenomenal electri-
cal bombardment, which covered much
OF New Jersey. the five boroughs, Long
Island. Westchester and large part of
Connecticut, was that so few of the
thunderous barrages found marks on the
earth. In Staten Island five buildings
were hit by lightning. but none was seri-
ously damaged. and tree and telephone
and telegraph poles were split in various
parts of Long Island and Connecticut.
To-day may be fair and warmer, and
maybe a little more moisture may gush
out of those cumulo-nimbus clouds that
hold few billion gallons in suspension.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
WIFE FORCIVES MUSIC
MASTER AND GIRL OF IS
Ascribes Elopen,ent to His
Nervous Temperament.

Prof Albert Tondra. IS. Yonkers
music teacher. and Miss Rose Beszedes,
Is. his stenographer. with whom he
eloped Sunday. were back in Yonkers
yesterday after their flight to Canada
had been checked at Albany on infor-
nation furnished by the Yonkers police.
Mrs. Tondra has forgiven her husband,
but the parents Of the girl have not.
When the music teacher was arraigned
in court on a charge of abduction. John
Beszedes. the father of the girl. talked
with him spiritedly in Hungarian and
shook his fist in his face. Judge Rosen-
wassa- held the prisoner in 5000 bail
for a hearing to-day. Both Tond-a and
the girl declared that their relations
had been entirely proper. Tondra, in
an interview with Lieut.. Dennis A.
Cooper. admitted he was In love with
the girl.
Mrs. Tondra, who is the mother of
three children, forgave Miss Beszedes
as we'll as her husband. She said that
she attributed the actions of her hus-
band to the fact that he was over
worked and man Of high nervous
temperament.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
MAINTENANCE MEN
VOTING FOR STRIKE
Shop Laborers Also Said to Be
in Favor Of Walking Out
in Protest.

Special Dispatch to THE Nrw YolK HERALD.
DETROIT. June 2e.-with 25o.ooo out
of a possible $4,000 votes IN hand on
the question OF a general strike in pro-
test at the 13 per cent. wage cut ordered
late in May, tabulation Of the vote was
begun to-day at the headquarters OF
the United Brotherhood OF Maintenance
of Way Employees and Railway Shop
Laborers.
e. F. Gable. grand president. says he
believes the general trend is In favor
of strike. The final result OF the vote
will be known about July and Mr..
Gable Is planning to Issue a. strike
order Immediately II the vote SO directs.
Railroad men at jackson, one OF the
largest centers In the middle West,
generally believe the strike win come
and are saving their earnings in antici-
patton Of q tieup.
SAN Francisco. June ,6.--Approxi-
mately SO per cent. of the shopn,en on
the Southern Pacific Company system
on the coast ana IN the Gulf States have
voted for a strike against recent wage
decreases, while s5 per cent. of the
Union Pacific and Santa Fe shopmen
have voted to 80 out, It was announced
to-day by L. s. Gordon. secretary of the
Southern Pacific Federation OF Shop
Employees. The federation includes 20,-
600 shop workers.
CHICAGO. June 26 (Associated Press) -
A strike vote Is being taken by rail-
way signalmen on approximately one
third Of the railroads of the country,
according to an announcement to-day
by D. w. Helt, president Of the
Brotherhood of Railway Signalmen.
The vote us being taken under the
supervision of the system general COM
mittees. all Of which have rejected the
wage cut set for July /.
II will be forwarded to headquarters
here, Mr.. Helt said. A rs per cent.
majority will be necessary to author
ize general officers to call a strike.
While Mr.. Helt said he could not fix
any date for an announcement of the
result of the strike ballot, 1t was under
stood that any action taken probably
would be In line with the policy de-
cided upon by the shopmen.
The general committee and executive
council of the Shipments Union went
plans for future action, which, 1t was
understood. included plans to be fol-
lowed In the event of a strike call.
Jacob Aronson, general counsel for
the New York Central Railroad. appear
ing to-day before the United States Rail-
road Labor Board, moved to dismiss the
shop crafts case against his road on the
ground that the board was without
Jurisdiction.
The case grew out Of the contracting
Of car repair work In the East Buffalo
shops by the New York Central to Will
liam J. Connors. Buffalo business man.
Mr.. Aronson contended that there
was no relationship between the con-
tractors employees and the railroad. and
that under the Transportation act the
board held jurisdiction only over dis
putes between a road and its own en-
ployes.
Chairman Ben w. Hooper overruled
the motion, ordering the case to pro-
ceed, and in subsequent remarks indi-
Gated plainly that the board would fol-
low the principles laid down in seven
previous decisions on contracts. each
holding the carrier guilty Of violating
the law and the boards rulings.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
Massacre Debated in House.

WASHINGTON, June 26.-rwo sides to
the Herrin mine killings were presented
to-day In the House during the debate
in which Representative Goodykoontz
of West Virginia and Representative
Denison of Illinois, both Republicans,
participated.
Mr.. Goodykoontz called upon officers
OF the United Mine Workers Of America
to assist In prosecution Of those re-
sponsible for the disorders, even though
found among the union membership.
Otherwise, he said. the United Mine
Workers organization will never be
able to rise from the low level to
which its members have caused 1t to
fall" He added that the people "are
crying out against the enormity Of the
crime and the strong men in the union
should take note Of the injury crime is
doing their cause"
Mr.. Denison, in whose district the dis
orders occurred, replying to the West
Virginia member, set forth in detail the
conditions which led to the killings, de-
cIaring that the "most unfortunate at
fair" was due to the employment os
non-union men armed with rifles and
machine guns" to mine coal in violation
OF an agreement entered into with the
union miners.
The Illinois Representative contended
that newspaper reports Of the disorders
in many cases were very Inaccurate
and said that according to the local pa
pers Of Marion, his home, mot one-ffth
of the press reports to the metropolitan
papers were true" He said he regretted
the "repulsive and horrifying details
contained in some accounts, and added
II know that many of the revolving
gruesome details are not reliable ano
not true in many instances. II the peo-
pie of the country were better informed
about the circumstances which led UT
to the tragedy they would take a diff
ferent view Of It."
While not excusing resort to force
by the union miners. Representative
Denison said 1t was well known tina,
whenever non-union miners were takef
into southern Illinois to mine coal there
had been a tragedy.
Representative Goodykoontz asserted
that the "coroner's jury verdict indi.
Gated that they (the union miners) have
even control of the processes of the Law
there" He recited conditions In Logar
county, w. Va, and declared that prop
erty there would have been destroyed
and the law ignored as he insisted 4
had been in Illinois had not the authors
ties of the county and State taker
prompt action.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
OFFICIALS ALL COWED
BY MINERS, HE SAYS
Coal Vote Held Responsible
for Massacre Verdict.

CHICAGO, June 26.-The verdict OF the
coroner's jury In the Herrin slayings
brought little surprise to Arthur S.
Lytton of Bull. Lytton & Olson. counsel
for the Southern Illinois Coal Operators
"It Is a wonder how far the human
nerve can sway jury he said. mo
other sort of decision could be ex-
pected from Williamson county.
learned on my trip 10 Marion last week
that county officials we're fairly bluffed
and cowed and that politically the
miners vote held the county officials in
its grip
The verdict placed responsibility for
the Staying OF more than twenty nom
union men on activities of Mr.. Jytton's
clients and declared c. K Mcdowell,
mine superintendent employed by the
Southern illinois Coal Company, who
was killed. guilty OF murder.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
WOMAN SHOT, TALE DISPUTED

Special Dispatch to THE NEW YORK HERALD.
HAMMoNToN, N. j., June 26.--Police
are investigating the story of Mrs.
Catherine Barrett. 10. who was shot at
midnight at Clementon Heights. Mrs.
Barrett said she took a pistol from n
drawer she was cleaning and II went
off by accident. Nelghbors say they
heard four shots fired In the home of
Harry Johnson, In which Mrs. Barrett
was housekeeper.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
FAILS IN DUMBwAITEn SHAFT,

When Mrs. Clara Cohen, 35. who lives
on the fifth floor of 27 East 104th street,
was visiting a mex. door neighbo- yester-
day her door was blown shut by draft,
locking her out She attempted to crawl
through the dumbwaiter shaft. which is
between her apartment and that of her
neighbor, and fell to the basement. At
Harlem Hospital DR.. Gilmer found she
was stiffctlng from cuts, bruises and a
possible fracture Of the left leg.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
SHIP INSPECTOR HURT.

James Rigbey, 81, OF 300 West Sew
enty-fifth street, an inspector of the
United states Shipping Board, while
inspecting the freighter Black Arrow
tho hold and fractured his skull. His
condition is serious.
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
LEWIS REFUSES BID
TO END COAL STRIKE
Continued from First Page.

utter futility Of the district conferences.
The operators. despite what they say
will not make wage agreement in
their own district in the face CT the
competition Of the operators Of other
districts. There must be some group
basis"
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
IAsHED, TARRED, FEATHERED
Georgian Says Mob Voted on Mur
dering Him.

derfng Him.
THoMAsvrLLr. Ca. June go. Hasel-
grove. cigar manufacturer. was seized
by a group os men last night. taken into
the country near here. tied to tree,
lashed with q strap. tarred and feath-
cred. He said the mob took vote on
whether to murder him or apply the tar
and feathers. He was brought back to
the city and set free near the court
house with warning to leave town
within sixty hours
The New York herald., 1922-06-27

ST. LOUIS June 26 (Associated Press).
Vigorous denial that there was any
truth In the suggestion of State Senator
Sneed Of Herrin that the opening of the
Southern Illinois Coal Company strip
mine, which resulted In the Herrin mas
sacre. had the backing of the coal oper-
ators of Illinois was made tonight by
presidents of two Illinois coal operators
associations.
They were w. X. Kavanaugh, presi-
dent of the coal operators association
Of the Fifth and Ninth (Illinois) dis
tricts, and Rice Miller of Hillsboro, ILL.,,
president OF the Illinois Coal Operators
Association.
There Is not a portion Of trt9h ir
Senator Sneed's suggestion" declared
Mr.. Kavanaugh. "If Senator Sneed has
anything to prove his suggestion he
should turn his evidence over to the
prosecuting officials. This Is his duty
as a citizen and n Senator. The whole
suggestion Is merely-rot and is com
parable to the recent statement OF John
l.. Lewis that sinister Influences were
at work Mr.. Lester, owner OF the
strip mine. Is not member Of any
operators association In the State"
The New York herald., 1922-06-27
DECLARES STEEL TRUST
ASSISTED MINE OWNER
Senator Sneed Makes Charge
in Illinois Case.

HERRIN, ILL.,. Junt 26 (Associated
Press) Suggestion that the opening of
the Ill fated strip mine of the Southern
Illinois Coal Company was backed by
the coal operators of the State and that
the United States Steel Trust" was
also assisting" the owner of the mine
w. J. Lester. were contained in a state
ment tonight by Senator w. j. Sneed,
a sub-district' miners official.
Statements were made by many
Sneed said, that the steel trust was as
sisting in the opening of the Illinois
mines on q non-union basis"
The slaughter was termed a horrible
affair" by Senator Sneed. He again
declared the Southern Illinois Company
was TO blame for the tragedy.
"Mr. Lester and his company should
be made to pay dearly for this outrage,
even to the extent of taxing them for
the next ten years and making II impos-
sible for him ever again to fasten on
any community such stigma as has come
to Williamson county. through his eff
forts, and which every American citizen
should and does resent" the statement
added
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-06-02
a Rude EIephant-

Houdini had mystery show at the
Times Square theater in conjunction
with the presentation OF his first mo-
ton picture for his own producing
organization and in it was an Illusion
which apparently shows how easy it
is for some persons to make an ele-
plant disappear right before your
eyes. Two elephants were used and
Emil Ankermiller, who used to man
age some of the most noted stars of
the dramatic profession, designated
himself private secretary to the
pachyderms. Thus it happened that
one of the big animals hit Ankermil-
Ter in the face with it's tail and Emil
grew wrQth.
"Darn you!" he growled. 'I'll have
you know l once managed Richard
Mansfield"
The elephant merely smiled.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-06-02
BURN UP SHELLS
How Unexpended Ammunition
Was Done Away With.
Bonfires Every Day in Belgium for a
Considerable Period Following
End of the War.

At certain tewn in Belgium a
strange bonfire used to be lighted
every night.
During the day from 120 to 200
tons of ammunition left over from
the war-some 10000 projectiles of
every description, that is-were
stripped of their fuses. Then they
were laid with open mouths alongside
shallow trenches that had been filed
with brushwoOd and sprinkled with
picrate and cordite taken from the
shells and cartridges.
At $50 in the afternoon the great
fire was ready to be lighted, and M.
E. A. Talbot, an English writer, gives
the following thrilling description of
the way in which it was done:
SHARP to the minute shrieks a
whistle, and there is wild stampede
of workers from the clearing. A
mOtorcar has driven up unobserved,
bearing the safety inspector and his
assistants.
''Be makes a hurried examination
of the now silent and tenantlesS clear
ing, re-arranging the shells here, and
trimming the trails somewhere else.
Meanwhile an assistant has emerged
from his shack with four long steel
rods, an armful of rags, and a bucket
of paraffin.
'The rags are wrapped round the
ends of the rods and saturated with
the infammable liquid, and sharp at
5 40 a match is struck and four blaz-
ing torches distributed among the
safety officials.
"The mOtorcar commences to purr
as the frebugs bend to their task.
Each man is responsible for the fir
ing of so many trenches. 1t is an
inspiring race. The men fit from
trench to trench in succession, dipping
their brands into the attractive trail
in passing.
'The cordite and picrate catch fire
instantly to run along the ditch with
the speed of the prairie fire. :.
BY the time the last trench has been
fired the ground is completely envel-
oped in smoke and the men appear
as phantOms.
1.-THE brands are hurrledly discard.
ed and there is a spirited sprint
across the remaining few yards to
the road to catch the car, which is
already on the move. Tumbling into
the vehicle pell-mell, the throttle is
opened and the top speed slipped in,
there being no easing up until at least
a mile has been put between the es-
Gaping frebugs and the burning
ground.
GAS the evening advances the fire
grows fercer, throwing off dense
clouds of varicolored smoke, lit
with lurid tongues of flame. For
miles around the fire is a spectacle,
ana it occurs so punctually every aft
ernoon throughout the week that the
rural population accepts it as time
, piece"
By next morning the shells have
burned themselves out and are suffi-
GENTLY cooled to be handled They
are then sent away to have the driv-
ing band removed, and the ground is
prepared afresh for the next bon
fire.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-06-02
\ TTORNEY GENERAL DAUGH-

4 TTORNEY GENERAL DAUGH-
\ ERTY'S course in relation to
war contract frauds and his alleged
connection with the securing of
Charles w. Morse's release from the
Atlanta penitentiary continue to sup
ply the "warmest" of the news from
Washington. Senator Caraway of Ar
kansas is the most persistent of those
attacking Daugherty, and the latter
made the assertion that the senator
was actuated to throw a screen about
men guilty of war frauds. To this
Caraway responded with a challenge
to the attorney general daring him to
bring about a congressional investiga-
ton to determine the truth of his
charges. Said the ArkanSan:
81 defy Daugherty to ask the senate
to pass a resolution for an investiga-
ton. If he does not do it, he stands
convicted before the public as the
man who has entered into a corrupt
agreement to defraud the government,
although he is the attorney general +;
and if his party will not let him be
investigated his party must take the
responsibility for not doing it. He
said certain things were true. say
when he said it that ne uttered a will
full and malicious falsehood."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-06-02
Truly a Valuable Dou,

he was very keen on showing it to all
his friends-pointing out the various
fine points of the animal and proudly
reciting its imaginary pedigree.
His pal, Brown, looked at the mon
grel with an air reminiscent of vet.
81 can't say 1 like him." said Brown.
''He reminds me Of dog once had
but a better one than this. Why, I
used to wrap that dog up in flannel
and put him to bed, and if ever
heard a suspicious noise during the
night and came down to wake him up
he'd bark like the very deuce!"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-06-02

reduce her proportion of % per cent
of the PREPARATIONS, and for France to
cut down her expectations of cash
payments.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-06-02
pleasure With Pain.

Markwich-Does your sister like
reading?
Jones-Yes; she considers reading a
pleasure, but it usually takes her
longer than anybody else to read
book, because she always forgets
where she stopped reading the last
time and has to start at the beginning
again to be on the safe side.-London
Answers.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-06-02
Indirect Method.

"Don't the residents OF Crimson
Gulch complain about taxation?"
NO" answered Cactus Joe. "The
burden of taxes is easier to bear when
the method of collection is KEEP more
or less under cover When we need
any improvements, we simply invite
everybody to a poker game and take
out a kitty" 49,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-06-02

tom WATSON, the eccentric sena-
l. tor from Georgia, had one of his
spells" last week and tried his best
to get into a fist fight with Senator
Phipps of Colorado. Watson was angry
over Phipps' action in regard to GER
tain Georgia postoffice nominations
and during a session of the senate he
began a furious verbal attack on the
Coloradoan. They then went outside the
main doorway and Watson roundly
cursed Phipps, shouting: IF you will
come down off that step, I'll knock
your face in with my fist" Phipps, de-
clining the challenge to combat, called
a sergeant-at-arms, and the raging
Watson was led away by Senator Nc
Nary.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-06-02

THE house has not yet acted on the
l. resolution providing for congress
charges, which was introduced by
Representative Woodruff of Michigan.
Senator Norris of Nebraska was
quoted as saying that if the house did
not speedily pass this resolution,
similar one would be introduced in the
senate from the Republican side. Alto
gether, the situation of the attorney
general is decidedly uncomfortable.