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Evening star., 1922-06-23

Funeral services for NJ. r. Blumen
berg. dean OF the corps of committee
reporters of the House of Repre-
sentatives, who died Wednesday, will
be held tomorrow morning at IL
O'Clock at the Highlands Apartments
Interment will be in Congressional
cemetery.
Mr.. Blumenberg was born in this
city October %, 1873. He was edu-
Gated in the public schools and later
studied shorthand. For while he
was located with the Interstate Com
merce Commission. but Left that en-
ploy to become secretary TO senator
Wolcott of Colorado. About 1879 he
left Mr. Wolcott and became secre-
tary to Gen Charles II. GroSvenor
of Akron, Ohio. He served with Gen
Grosvenor during his term in the
House. remaining with him twenty
two years.
He was married in 1902 here to
Miss Minnie May Torhert of Iowa.
During his work with Gen. Grosvenor
he took up a residence also in Akron,
which he maintained up TO the time
of his death AT the time OF MS
death he was dean of the corps OF
committee reporters.
He was a member of B. b. French
Lodge, No. IL. T. a. A. NJ the cosmos
and Columbia Country Clubs of his
CITY and the Columbia Country Club
Of Akron. Surviving him are his
wife. a brother, Monkey Blumenbers
Of Boston. and sister, Mrs. Herbert
McNair of Northampton, Mass. A
brother. Milton w. Blumenberg. was
offcial reporter in the United states
senate. He died about five years ago
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a prominent manufacturer and for
many years a factor in Ohio politics.
His mother was Sarah Mckinley Bur-
well, first cousin of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley. After graduating
from the Canton public schools, Mr..
Miller attended Cornell University
for three years, when he then en-
tered the law office of his brother,
the late Maj. c. r. Miller, and Atlee
Pomerene, now senior senator from
Ohio. He was graduated from the
Cincinnati Law School in 1895. 1t
was while practicing law in Canton
that he made a speciality of insurance,
and before becoming directly identi-
fed in the insurance business he rep
resented a number of insurance COM
panies in a legal capacity When
the United States Fidelity and Guar
anty Company of Baltimore was or
tanized few years later he became
IT'S superintending agent in Canton
and adjacent territory. In the early
part of 1899 he became connected
with the Fidelity and Deposit Com
pany of Maryland and organized the
business for that company in Cuba
and Porto Rico. While in Cuba he
prepared the law under which for
eien insurance companies do busi-
ness in Cuba, also the deposit and
taxation laws, all of which were
prepared prior to the treaty Of peace
and therefore became part of the
organic law of Cuba and not subject
to change.
Evening star., 1922-06-23
BARON SHAW COMING.
British Lord Of Appeal to Address

LONDON, June 23.-Baron Shaw of
Dunfermline, one of the British lords of
appeal. who will address both the
American and Canadian bar associa-
tions this summer. will leave for New
York July 10. accompanied by his
daughteH the Honorable Vaughn Thomp;
son, to whom Lord Shaw's Letters to
Isabel were addressed. John w. Davis,
former American ambassador to Great
Britain, will accompany Lord Shaw
through the states.
At San Francisco Lord Shaw will ad-
dress the American bar on 1.-The Range
Of the Law" Representatives of the
Seattle and conduct him to Vancouver,
where he will address the Canadian bar
on Law as q Link In the Empire"
Baron Shaw at present Is in Ireland
as head Of the commission on compen-
sation for losses. Before sailing for
America he will sit in the privy council
at London as Judge, trying the Grand
Trunk arbitration question.
Evening star., 1922-06-23
EXPECT QUICK ACTION
ON SURPLUS PROBE
House Probably Will Approve
Conference Report on Ap-
preparation Bill.

The House probably will approve the
conference report on the District ap-
preparation bill, which carries provision
for a joint congressional investigation
of whether the federal government
owes the District s5,o0o,ooo, late to-
day.
Chairman Madden intends to call up
the conference report on the District
bill Immediately following the vote by
the House on the deficiency appropria-
tion bill, and said that he did not eN-
pect 1T would take more than fifteen
minutes to complete action on the Dis
trict bill when it is reached.
Representative r. Walton Moore of
Virginia today called attention that
the new fiscal plan as reported by the
conferees is not exactly hut substan-
TALLY the plan which was objected to
when first brought before the House
at the time his point of order was
overruled Therefore, it seems that
nothing would be accomplished by
reviewing the objections that We're
then argued said Representative
Moore.
what will result from the inquiry
that the proposed joint committee is
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CLAIMS D. c. HEADS
EXCEEDED POWER
Lieut.. Van Wrinkle of Wom-
ans Police Bureau Wants
Admonition Order Reviewed,

Arguments were in progress this
afternoon before Justice Hitz OF the
District Supreme Court on the appli-
cation of Lieut.. Nina C. Van Wrinkle,
head of the woman's bureau Of the
police department, for a review by the
court of the action of the District
Commissioners in approving the find
ing of the police trial board. which
tried the officer on a charge of failing
TO obey an order of Assistant Super
intendent Charles A. Evans TO release
two young girls who had run away
from New York.
The board acquitted Mrs. Van Win
kle Of insubordination, but added 10
their finding a statement that she is
lacking in a proper conception of
discipline" This addition the lieu
tenant objects to. and declares that
the board was without warrant Of law
to so besmirch her record as an off
cial of the police department.
Corporation Counsel Opposes.
In moving to dismiss the applica-
tion, Assistant Corporation Counsel
Williams for the Commissioners.
claimed the controversy Is a moot
question. He declared the trial board
had acquitted Mrs. Van Wrinkle Of the
charges against her and there remains
nothing for the court to pass upon.
The offending statement. he asserted.
is merely an admonition by the prop
erly constituted disciplinary body of
the police department, which has right
to say TO members of the force that
while the evidence does not susta ain
the charge a repetition of such action
pb call
Statement for Applicant.
Attorney Roger J. Whiteford. for
Mrs Van Wrinkle. claimed that nei-
ther the law nor the regulations gov
erning the trial board gives to that
body the right to reprimand or ad
monish. He pointed out that the
board may fine. suspend, assign extra
hours or dismiss member Of the
force. but can do nothing else. This
claim of the District Commissioners
the lawyer characterized as an ag
gravation of the situation. and II
amounts practically to verdict that
while not guilty as charged. Mrs. Van
Wrinkle had been found guilty o.
something else not set forth in tho
specifications. This is detrimental L.
her record and should he wiped out
by the court. he asserted.
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that the crime can be traced to the
republican murder gang" believes
that what Immediately called forth
the outrage was the defeat of the re-
publicans in the recent Irish elections.
1T was a gesture of mad defiance by
the beaten extremists. and an an
nouncement of their determination to
pursue the work of wrecking the
treaty settlement by intensifying the
attack on Ulster" says the newspaper.
Their hopes and aims are all of
Observation-Disclosures they would read
lily sacrifice their friends for a realiZa-
| tion of them" 1t expresses the view
that the whole of Ireland Is so Satu-
rated with lies and homicidal incite-
| ments that the present crime may fail
to stir the conscience of the people in
whose name it was perpetrated."
The Daily Mail remarks that Field
Marshal Wilson had been attacked in
the Dublin press by "a series of loath-
/ some cartoons of Infamous malevo-
lence." and reproduces one of these
from the Freeman's Journal. The
! Mail calls upon Wilson's countrymen
| to honor his memory by acts which
! will stamp out the assassins and bring
condign punishment to those who in
stigated Them
The Morning Post describes the
! murder as part of an attempt to
make Englishmen slaves of terror
| such as the Irishmen are slaves of
! today" The newspaper fiercely de-
, nopnces the English government and
the parliamentary opposition for sur
! rendering to murder and violence in
| compromising with aSsasSinS and
thereby sealing the fate of the brave
men who stood out against that sur
| render" I'VE do not fear to saw" it
! goes on, that in surrendering the
/ cause of law and order. Lloyd George,
Chamberlain and AsQuith all share in
the murder of Marshal Wilson and
are bedabbled with his blood"
The Westminster Gazette says:
! THE callouSness and futility of the
assassination are almost overshadow-
| ed in the first impression of it's wick
( edness and of the injury done to all
| the fair hopes of reconciliation based
! on the new situation in Ireland. Had
vengeance deliberately sought the
means that would most surely destroy
the sympathy of the Irish people,
| they could not have chosen a surer
| path. To Ulster and to
those who sympathize with Ulster a
feud that has already cost SO many
| lives" The newspaper urges sus-
| pension of judgment regarding re-
| sponsibility for the crime, and depre-
/ Gates indicting a nation for an act
which cannot be assumed, without
! evidence, to have been the work even
| Of a clique.
| The Daily News contends that the
disgusting outrage" has not even
the palliation that might be urged In
| behalf of the murder Of an oppressor.
1t continues: THE most distorted In
telligence could not represent Wilson
as Ireland's tyrant. The crime was
apparently political, the mere cold
biooded killing of a defenseless man
on account of his opinions" The
newspaper classes the crime with "the
orgy of murder which has been rag
ing for weeks past in Belfast" and
| adds: TT casts as black a stain on
! the Sim Feiners as the butchery of
| the MacMahons on the Orangeman.
! MoURNED BY FoCH.
Evening star., 1922-06-23
HOLDS UNION OFFICIALS
TO BLAME FOR RIOT
President of District FL Declares
Illinois Board Failed to Keep
in Proper Touch.
By the Associate Press.

By the Associa ted Press.
MCSKOGEE, Okla, June 23.-
Blame for the Herrin coal field kill
ings rests largely upon miners union
officials Of Illinois. John Wilkinson.
president of District No. 81, United
Mine Workers of America. declared
here today
Deploring the lawlessness and slay-
ing. Mr.. Wilkinson said:
Things like this don't happen over
night. They are the result of days
and weeks Of fermentation.
Had the officers and board MEM
bers of the Illinois district been in
proper touch with their men through
out the district they could have pre-
vented this. The blame viii rest
largely upon the officials and board
members of the Illinois miners
''In our district. even though we are
scattered over three states, we man
age to keep in constant touch with
every field. and riots of this kind will
never occur"
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DENIES sTRIKEBREAKING.
Steam-Shovel Men UNIFORMED
Declares Official.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 23.-An attempt Is
He asserted that the steam shovel
men the goat" in the Herrin mine
riots. ]. w. Tracy, representative of
District No l. International Brother
hood of StDim Shovel and Dredge
Men. asserted last night.
Mr. Tracy said that members of his
union had not been operating steam
sa4.eIs IN the Herrin district since
the miners suspended work April l.
He charged that the men employed at
the Herrin mines were either MEM
bers of the United Mine Workers OF
America or were non-union men.
Mr.. Tracy criticised the miners
union for failing to notify the steam
shovelers' union that trouble was an
ticjpated in the region and asserted
that everything is not open and
above board"
being made 10 make the steam shovel
men had not taken the places OF
strikers anywhere and that the only
reason for sending four men to the
region last week was that 1t was
presumed they were to be used for
work agreed 10 by the miners.
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and Craig from coming together in
this crisis and summoning the solid
public opinion OF the north and south
TO their aid.
ut is reported that the officers of
the British troops remaining in Dub
lin visited all the theaters and mo-
ton picture houses last night and
ordered the soldiers attending them
to return Immediately TO their bar
racks"
Prisoners Wear Bandnges.
The prisoners both wore thick.
bloodstained bandages about their
heads as they stood before the bar.
Prosecuting counsel said no time
would be lost in bringing the prison
ers to justice. He asked that the
names of the witnesses should not be
published nor photographs taken in
the courtroom. Such publication, he
declared. would be an interference
with justice, and, perhaps, a crime
against society.
A police inspector who testified
said that when the prisoners were
formally charged with the crime at
the police station neither would reply.
He said that Connolly later asked: rs
it in order to ask how the other chaps
are that were shot?'
When told that both men were pro-
crossing favorably, continued the IN
spector, both the prisoners said: wv
are glad to hear that"
]. H MacDonnell, who previously
had appeared in the defense of Sim
Fein prisoners, presented the accused
throughout the hearing O'Brien
leaned on the rail Of the dock, chin In
hand. He looked Ill and was heavily
marked under the right eye.
Connolly stood with his arms folded,
ooo, ola ncnP across at
O'Brien. He had scar on the chin,
The inquest into the death of the
field marshal will be held. Monday.
Eaton place, the scene of yesterday s
crime, which ordinarily is a quiet
spot, was crowded today. The throngs
razed at the bullet hole in the door
| of the house nearby.
Commons Defers Debate.
Questions put in the, house of COM
! mons to members of the government
with regard to the assassination OF
| Field Marshal Wilson constituted
one Of the most damaging demonstra-
tions against the government that 1t
has experienced. according to opin-
| ion in the lobby. The view was ex-
pressed there that had 1t been pos
sible to debate the subject the ex-
istence of the government would
have been seriously in question. II
| had been decided to defer debate until
Monday.
Government supporters expect by
that time opinion will be less in
famed and the cabinet ministers viii
then be in possession Of the whole
facts in the case.
Austen Chamberlain. the govern
ment leader. Is said by those who
were near him as he was questioned
to have grown pale under the fire OF
! Interrogation. and a bad impression
was created by his statement tina,
| nolice protection had been withdrawn
from the cabinet ministers and othel
prominent men in England when the
position with regard to ireland was
[ believed to have improved.
Secretary Shortt said no informa.
ton had been received that Field
Marshal Wilson's life was in danger
IJnon this Col. Martin Archer-Shee
| declared he had seen letter sent to
Scotland Yard regarding the f1eld
ma rshal. He Indignantly called on
Mr Shortt to resign. Mr.. Shortt re-
iterated that Scotland as Yard had nc nc
life was endangered. ...
80 S,xx~,, r,rrrcp,c
Evening star., 1922-06-23
GRIFFITH TO TAKE
CUSTER CASE INTO
COURT FOR AIRING
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nation, and 1 wrote the following
communication to Commissioner Ru-
dolph and delivered copy to each of
the other Commissioners:
II am in receipt of your communica-
tion OF the Goth instant, in which you
state.
81 am directed by the Commission
erS to inform you they deem il advisable
| to make change in the office of SUI
perintendent of insurance, and they re-
! quest that you aubmlt your resignation
effective on and after June 81. Your
| successor will be appointed effective on
and after June %. 1922
I'm view of the fact that Commits
| sioner Rudolph. who has direct super
vision of ny office, has very recently
stated to me that no complaint had
! been filed against my office; that my
work had been entirely satisfactory;
| that l had always been on the job, that
he had hoped that would remain there
as long as he did. and that he had no
desire to make any change, but he was
being worried to death by the fellows
| up on the hill, and in further view of
| the fact that this statement has been
| confirmed by Commissioner Rudolph to
at least one member of the United
States Senate who called upon him and
| to others who have called upon him. l
| request that | be permitted to appear
| before the Board OF commissioners Oh
| the District of Columbia to be advised
| by them why they are now discharging
me and appointing my successor.
; Il am not lawyer. but my COM
| mon knowledge of men and the af-
| fairs OF life prompts me to believe
| that no man should be discharged
, without some reason being given for
| such action.
Thus my request for permission to
appear before your board.
Dismissal Follows Quickly.
About half an hour after the de-
/ livery of the letter Mr. Garges, secre-
! tary to the Board OF Commissioners.
came to my office and advised me
that:
"'The Commissioners do not think
it is necessary for you to appear be-
fore them
II replied: I have stated in my let
ter all that l have to state if they
refuse to give me an interview
"At 1890 l received notice from
them signed by Mr.. Garges, as secre-
tary. dismissing me from the Office.
and in the same notice was the order
appointing Mr.. Burt T. Miller as my
successor. his appointment to become
| effective when he reported for duty.
and my dismissal to take effect on
| and after June %"
! Need for nm Expert.
! The administration of a recently en-
acted marine insurance law for the
District of Columbia. it was said at
/ the District building yesterday. de-
mands the occupancy of the office of
commissioner of insurance by an ex-
pert in these matters, since the law
and its administration makes the po-
| sition one for a man versed in the
| technical phases of the insurance
! business.
| 1t was with this idea in mind that
| the District Commissioners appointed
| Mr.. Miller commissioner of insurance
! it was stated.
Evening star., 1922-06-23

70 make into the financial relations
and accounts of the United States and
fhe District of Columbia since July /,
1874, no one can predict" Representa-
tive Moore continued. The lnVesu-
cation will certainly involve a COM
nlete restatement of all transactions
With a view to ascertaining on which
side the balance rests. There seems
to be no prejudgmtnt on any ques-
ton except that this fund, TO be due
one way or the other, during the
neriod in question shall bear interest
at the rate of per cent per annum."
Evening star., 1922-06-23
MoURNED BY FoCH.
French War Idol Revered Friend
ship of British Marshal.

PARIS, juno 23.-'I have lost a
friend whom 1 always held in esteem
and affection" said Marshal Foch to
the Echo de Paris when informed of
the assassination Of Field Marshal
Wilson in London.
"It is fourteen years." he said,
"since he first came to my ofice in
the War School, of which I was then
chief. I will come to see you,' he
said. but in exchange you must
promise to come and see me at
Camberley, Surrey (the British Staff
College).' kept my word, since not
a year passed without our nesting
and our friendship continued %
grow. He tcame especially to attend
the weddings OF. my two daughters
"Everybody knows the services
rendered by Marshal Wilson, both in
the preparation and conduct Of the
war. He was the soul Of co-opera.
ton between the two armies. ma
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during the battle Of Ypres at 10
O'Clock every night he came over
from Stoner to see me at my head
quarters at Cassel.
] "It Is not for me to express an
opinion of him as politician. but. I
lean, say as a 4oldier. he had a maes
hiffcent Intelligence, that he. was ah-
ssoluteiy sincerefAnd loyal and pos-
His disappearance affects England
and France alike. hope 1t will be
possible for me to attend the funeral
anduexpr ess tho grief OF the French
army to our British friandh
Evening star., 1922-06-23

making unprintable remarks about
the bodies.
The order of Gov. Small last night to
hold 1000 men of the militia in readi-
ness in Chicago was greeted on the
street here with sarcastic comment.
His request for an official report
brought more sarcasm, the gist of
which seemed to be that there was
nothing to report officially.
Early this morning several news
paper men were privately informed
that plans were afoot to burn a num-
ber of mines where in previous years
had been labor troubles. The corre-
spondents were told to go to certain
mine at l o'clock this morning and
they would see what was termed
party" Many automobiles carrying
men passed in the direction of the
mine mentioned, but there was no
fire and no trouble.
All that remains of the Lester mine
IS a heap of ashes, for II was set on
fire shortly after the attackers cap
tured 1t.
Bar Out-of-Town Papers.
Local newsstands were informed
late last night that if they sold any
oCt-of-town papers containing ac-
counts Of the fighting they would be
treated roughly" The newsstands
promptly closed UP. Local papers
published comparatively small ac-
couHlS, anu, III Idct, nowhere IN the
country is less news of the massacre
published than right here, five miles
from the scene of it.
This typical coal-mining town is
approximately 100 miles south east of
st. Louis. Its population approxi-
easily nine-tenths of these people are
miners or are directly or indirectly
connected with the coal-mining in
dustry. Foreigners comprise. it is
said. more than ene-third of the popu-
lation of the county.
Most of the 449 square-mile area of
Williamson county is dotted with
bttuminous coal mines. There are
about thirly-five of the largest mines
in the country within tie county's
borders. Strip or surface collieries
in the county number FOUR but are
considered small mines in comparison
with the deep shafts.
Bloody Williamson County.
The county, which Is in the part of
southern Illinois called Little Egypt"
has been noted for miner disorders in
the past. because of which it has been
called bloody Williamson county.
Although the men have been on
strike for nearly three months, few
disorders in connection with the
walkout were reported until reports
reached the members of the plan of
the Southern Illinois Coal Company to
open the mine where the killings took
place.
When the plans materialized and
the men, who are members of the
steam shovelmen's unions, were i'm
ported from Chicago. miners gathered
and discussed the plan. The mine
owners guards, with machine guns,
was the sole topic. Tons of coal were
taken from the surface pits and some
of 1t shipped away, local officials of
the Illinois miners union protesting
against the action.
But the mining went on uninter-
ruptedly until word came from John
J., Lewis. president of the United Mine
Workers of America, that the men
working the mine should be consider
ed as common strikebreakers," and
that the steam shoyelmen's union, to
which the men said they belonged.
had been outlawed by the American
Federation Of Labor.
Several hours after this message
was received, the entire county de-
veloped a nervous tension and the
massacre followed.
Evening star., 1922-06-23
WILL TAKE OATH MONDAY.
Burt A. Miller, New Insurance
Head, to Assume Duties.

Burt a. Miller. who has been Sc
lected by the board of Commissioners
TO be superintendent of insurance of
the District to succeed DIR. Lewis
A. Griffith. will assume his new
duties Monday morning. The oath
of office Will be performed by Daniel
E Garges, secretary to the board of
Commissioners. and will be witnessed
by the members of the board and a
number of personal friends of the
new superintendent
Mr.. Miller is at present one of the
insurance experts in the office of the
director of the Veterans Bureau. He
was born in Canton. Ohio. in 1871.
his father being William X. Miller,