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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-18
and by Miss Alice Daniels.

George Stanley, who has been spend.
'ng some time with his nephew, Guy
Stanley, went Saturday to Ludlow
where he will enter the Gill Odd Eel.
lows Home.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-09-18
Card Of Thanks

] hereby wish to thank the many
friends at the Holden, Leonard mill
for their aid and sympathy during
the three months mess Of my hus.
Band who is now rap d'y gaining.
Mrs. Earl L. Prentiss.
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Certainly tie Rln MaInrl.u

Mamma" said Charles. what does
this story mean about a grentgrand.
mother-aint NIL grandmothers sreat?'
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Schumann-Heink
Telephone 1G9-X.
sings President McKinley's
favorite hymn

1t in September that this martyrcd President
died and this great contratos September Victor
Record is Lead Kindly Light sung in a natural and
heartfelt style.
Victor Red Seal Record $3.50
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THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
CLOTH"

-
p ACK in the days when the
- original Teutonic race
roamed the forests Of northeast
ern Europe--centurles before II
migrated north west and south
to split up into the Scandina-
vians, the Anglo-Saxons and the
modern Germanic races-these
tribes had a word which they
pronounced as though II were
spelled klareeth, though they
spoke IL more rapidly and al
most as n single syllable.
II we lengthen the vowel
sound just a trife, making 1t
Jaw" we will have the word
cloth used by millions Of peo-
pie today with reference to their
garments and the materials
used for many other purposes,
Those who are expert In the
study of languages and the
changes which occur In the
transition Of centuries have not
been able to trace this word any
farther than the forests of
northeastern Europe. But they
incline TO the belief that 1t was
derived from a still more an
client word-rOot of the ancient
1eutonic language-kli, mean
ing to stick or cling. Cloth"
therefore, literally means some
thing which sticks or clings.
either together or to the wearer
and probably made its way into
the language in contradistinc-
tlon to the clothing of hides
which are hard and far from
cllnging.
20 by the Wheeler Syndicate. Incl
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Evening star., 1922-04-02
ROOSEVELT DEATH
LAID TO BUS DRIVER
Arrested on Homicide CHARGE.
Air of Mystery Not En-
tireIy Cleared.

NEW YORK, April david Zal-
kis, twenty-seven, driver of munich
pal bus, was tonight arrested on a
homicide charge in connection with
the death of Robert B. Roosevelt, jr.,
twenty-five, of Bayshore. N. Y, sec
ond cousin of former President Roose-
welt, who died early today of injuries
received in a mysterious accident last
night.
Passengers on the bus driven by
Zalkin told the police that the ma
chine struck IAN object" while going
north on Columbus avenue near 18th
street. These witnesses, whose names
the police withheld, said the machine
Jared, but continued on it's way.
Took Witnesses Names.
At S0th street, a woman who board
ed the bus turned to Zalkin, accord
ing to the passengers, and said: my
God, you've struck and killed man
back there"
Zalkin, although. he said he was
convinced his vehicle had not struck
any one, returned to the scene of the
accident, found Mr.. Roosevelt was
being carried into a nearby restaurant
and took the names of witnesses.
These names, he said. he turned over
to a policeman.
Zalkin, who was locked up after a
grilling by detectives, said he had
sought unsuccessfully to- report the
accident to municipal authorities, be-
cause the proper official was not on
hand to receive it.
Evening star., 1922-04-02
BRYAN CAN'T QUALIFY
AS FLORIDA CANDIDATE,
STATE CHAIRMAN SAYS
~ the Associated Press.

Ds tle AssocldIeu freSS.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. April L.
George p. Raney of Tampa, at
torney and chairman of the demo-
cratic state executive committee,
in a letter received today by the
editor of the Florida Metropolis
Of this city, declares that in his
opinion William Jennings Bryan
cannot legally qualify as a candi-
date for the democratic nomina-
tion for the United States Senate
from florida at this time because
of state constitutional provision
which holds that a candidate for
the national House or Senate must
have resided in the state at least
.five years. ~ '.-ss1s-.....s.
Mr.. Bryan. who has announced
that he will not enter the cam
paign unless there is an insistent
demand from Florida democrats
that he do so, is expected to re-
turn to Florida from the north
early next week. Petitions urging
him to run are being circulated
throughout the state and it is un-
derstood he would decide definitely
what he would do soon after his
return to Miami about April 5.
Should Mr.. Bryan enter the cam
paign he would be opposed in the
primary in June by Senator Park
Tramwell, who has announced that
he would seek denomination.
Evening star., 1922-04-02
Holiday Yesterday Raises
Doubt About Results in
Unorganized Fields.
SOME SECTIONS REPORT
WORK WILL CONTINUE
Loss in Production in Union Fields
Placed at 1,5O0, 900 Tons and
$3,000,000 in Wages.
by the Associate Press.

by the Associated Press.
quiet celebration of the anniver-
:sary of the introduction of the eight
hour-day in the mines marked the
first day of the countrywide strike
of union coal miners yesterday.
With some 100000 miners, including
100000 non-union men reported idle,
operators and union leaders were
predicting the first real test of
strength Monday because of the gen.
eral custom of observing the eight
hour anniversary.
in the meantime, however, an all
most complete suspension of work
was reported by. union headquarters
in Pennsylvania, Ohio. Illinois. In
diana, Kansas. Missouri. Iowa and
other unionized districts. In Penn
sylvania, both the bituminous and
anthracite diggings were shut down.
From Kentucky, it was reported
that work would continue under a
contract which had another year to
run. In West Virginia, the operators
said the mines would be reopened
Monday on an open shop basis. In
Kansas. union chiefs said that the
strike would continue despite an in
dustrial court order for a temporary
extension of the old contract.
No effort toward federal interven-
ton was reported, administration
leaders holding that any such action
must be based on the existence of
an emergency, which. they said, does
not yet appear to exist, as supplies
of coal for from three to eight weeks
are on hand.
Senator Borah of Idaho. chairman
of the Senate labor committee. how
ever, suggested that the necessity for
government operation of the mines
might arise. IF the coal industry
does not reorganize in the interest
of the public It VIII be up to the pub
lie to try the experiment Of govern
ment ownership" he declared in q
statement.
John L. Lewis. president of the
United Mine Workers of America, de-
parted from the union headquarters
at Indianapolis last night for Wash
ington, where he will appear before
the House labor committee tomorrow
to testify regarding the strike. Union
officials estimated that the strike
would result in lost production of
100000 tons of bituminous coal
daily and 100000 tons of anthracite.
rrAp Nh nrrrCrToHrS
Evening star., 1922-04-02
CONGRESS ACTIVE
OVER MINE STRIKE
House Committee Told Coal
Surplus Had No Bearing
on Shutdown.
BORAH ISSUES WARNING
Doubts Whether Public Will Much
Longer Stand for Present
Conduct of Industry.
B0RAH ISSUES WARNING

The nationwide coal strike went
into effect yesterday without causing
a ripple SO far as could be observed
in the administrative operations of
the government
Department of Labor offices, where
for weeks representatives of miners
and operators have been coming and
going and correspondence has been
flowing in from the various anthra-
cite and bituminous fields were al
most deserted. No statements were
forthcoming from the White House
and administrative officials generally
had nothing to say. Apparently
these officials were unanimous in the
view ascribed at the White House
to President Harding that federal
Intervention must necessarily be
based on the existence of public
emergency and that emergency does
not yet appear to exist.
Congress. however, unlike the
administrative branches of the gov
ernment, marked the opening of the
strike with a continuation Of hear
ings on the Bland resolution for
appointment by. the President Of a
commission to investigate the coal
industry and with a statement by
ucation and labor committee that
unless the coal industry was re-
organized in the interest of the
public it would be up to the public
to try the experiment in public
ownership.
commission resolution, which are be-
ing held by the House labor commit
tee, included yesterday the views Of
the operators as presented by Alfred
M. Ogle Of Terre Haute, Ind, vice
president of the National Coal AS
sociation. Mr.. Ogle told the commit
tee there was little possibility of get
ting the union leaders and repre-
sentatives of the operators in the
bituminous fields together in a joint
conference and declared that efforts
which he said were being made to
make it appear that the operators had
forced the strike in order to sell sur
plus coal stocks were absurd.
Declaring that he did not underes-
innate the task assumed in event of
government ownership, Senator
Borah in his statement said he doubt
ed "very much il the public will
much longer submit to the present
method of operating the coal mines"
The strike which began today was
described by the senator as the SYM
tom of the disease which is 'the
chaotic and the shamelessly wastefu1
method in which the industry is now
being carried on"
'Tf the coal industry is not reor-
ganized in the interest of the public"
Senator Borah's statement said.
then it will be up to the public to
try the experiment Of public owner
ship. do not underestimate the
task which the public will assume
when it undertakes this. But /
doubt very much il the public will
much longer submit to the present
method Of operating the coal mines.
The present strike Is the symptom.
The disease Is the chaos and the
Continued on Page 3, Column Z.
Evening star., 1922-04-02
MINERS SEEK NO RAISE
IN WAGES; SAYS LEWIS
I25 Days Work in 1921 Yielded But $3.50
Weeky-Could They Accept
Less? Asks Leader.

age Of approximately 500 per man
in 1921 This was less than $3.50
a week, and every man knows that
he cannot maintain family on
$3.50 a week these days. And vet
the operators say the miners must
accept reduction in their, wages
that will shrivel up their already
pitfully' small income. Such a cut
would reduce the miner to less
than a pauper level and they do not
propose to stand for it.
Declares Miners Not to Blame.
We want the public to know
that the miners are not to blame
for the high prices it has been
compelled to pay for it's coal.
Operators have attempted to in
duce the people to believe that
high prices for coal were due en-
tirely to outrageous and excessive
wages of the miners. This is un-
fair to the miners and to the pub
lie. The Federal Trade CommiS-
sion ascertained that the average
retail selling price Of bituminous
coal throughout the country in
October. 1921, was $10.41 a ton.
And statistics recently presented
to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission showed that the average
labor cost of producing that coal
was $1.97 a ton.
In other words, the mine worker
got $1.97 for getting out ton of
coal, for which the consumer was
compelled to pay $10.41. Who got
the other $S.44? And Ethelbert
Stewart Of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. testified before the
House committee on labor last
Friday that the total labor cost Of
producing a ton of coal in an Iili-
Evening star., 1922-04-02

ciates, he could enjoy the evening
thoroughly.
No one was there but whom Uncle
Joe addressed by the first name and
there were few who had not at some
time or other served in Congress
with him. Among them, besides the
President and the Chief Justice.
were Secretaries Weeks and Davis,
Speaker Gillett, Attorney General
Daugherty, Chairman Lasker and
Elmer Schlesinger, general counsel
of the Shipping Board; Assistant
Secretary Clifford Of the Treasury,
the entire Illinois delegation in the
House and Senate and many others
from the two branches Of Congress.
Evening star., 1922-04-02
164 ARMY OFFICERS
MUST LEAVE CITY
Sweeping Orders Send Many
High Officials to Field
Service.
WAR TASKS COMPLETED
Secretary Weeks Includes Every
Branch in Departmental
From General Staff.

: Nearly a dozen colonels, score of
sixty majors are included in a list
of 164 Army officers to be relieved
from duty in Washington before the
end of the present fiscal year and as
signed to field service issued yester-
day by the War Department. The
others are captains and lieutenants.
The list also carries the names of
twenty eight officers who will be de-
tached from their present duty in the
War Department as soon after the
end of the fiscal year as is possible
to permit them to attend the service
school classes opening in August and
September. The total number of Of
ficers to be thus transferred from
War Department service to the other
activities of the Army being 1872 with
six additional staff officers to COM
plete their four-year term of service
by early fall and return to duty with
troops.
Cut Follows Full Probe.
The reduction in officer personnel
in Washington was made possible as
a result of a study ordered some
weeks ago by Secretary Weeks to de-
termine the extent to which war ac-
tivities had been closed out sufficient
ly to permit additional officers to be
fn TO sfx1-ha
ices could be used to better advan-
tage."
By the Secretary's direction, the in
spector general went through every
branch of the department to make up
the list. In statement issued yes
terday with the list of those to be de-
tached it was said that among the
an immediate reduction of personnel
here, were found to be the settle
ment of claims and return of the last
bodies of American soldiers from
overseas
Other Work Nearly Done.
"In other instances" the statement
added, !" it was deemed justifable to
effect contraction of organization
in anticipation of completion in the
near future of other duties, which
have been incident to a contraction
of the military establishment to a
peace basis"
Every branch Of the War Depart
ment was included in the reduction
80 oa3oar porcoppaI E,roy,, tho Uopero1
staff, twenty-ope officers were listed
for immediate transfer, twelve for
transfer after June 80 and six for
release later in the year. on expira-
tion of their four-year term of duty.
The office of the assistant secretary
Evening star., 1922-04-02
FEAR NO OBJECTIONS.
Officials Believe Only Authorized
Men Will Return to Work.

Ry the Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS. April complete
suspension of coal mining by union
workers marked the beginning to-
day of the national walkout ordered
by the United Mine Workers of
America.
The exact effectiveness of the sus-
pension, especially in non-union and
partly organized fields, was difficult
TO gauge, however, because today also
marked the anniversary of the in
PRODUCTION of the eight-hour work day
in the coal industry. and is an annual
holiday in the coal fields. Neverthe-
less, union officials were confident
that no union men. except those au-
thorized to stay at work, would re-
turn to the mines on Monday.
Union headquarters here prepared
no tabulation showing the geogra-
phical distribution of the idle men,
but the reports from field leaders
showed the great bulk of the suspen-
sion centered in Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mis-
souri,. Iowa, J Kansas and nearby
southwestern states. Reports from
other fields were somewhat vague,
and union officials did not expect an
exact showing for the entire coun-
try would be available before the
middle of next week.
President John l.. Lewis estimated
that 5000 of the 1000 mines in the
country that have been operating re-
Gently had closed, and in addition it
was pointed out that $500 mines
have been idle for some time.
Changes in the suspension were ex-
pected to be relatively slow is be-
coming apparent. but Indications of
possible spread of its effect developed
at points where railroads laid of
many crews.
Expect No Defections.
Union leaders declared they were
not expecting any early detection
from the miners ranks on account
of any operators attempting to re-
sumo work on an open shop basis.
However, the union men declined to
express any opinion on the probable
action of organized workers in partly
unionized fields, where the situation
was regarded as hinging largely on
the attitude of non-union employees.
In various f1elds-particularly in
Pennsylvania and West virginia-the
field leaders of the union were plan
ming meetings during the next few
days, their purpose being to gain. as
much support as possible from the
non-union workers. In the strong
ly unionized fields, which were hit
the hardest today by the suspension.
the union leaders regarded any
break in their battle front as I'm
possible
The anthracite fields Of Pennsyl-
vania and the big soft coal area COM
prising this central competitive field
Continued on Page 3, Column 81 1
Evening star., 1922-04-02
BY JOHN L. LEWIS.
President United Mine Workers OF
America.

America.
(Written for The Starr
When the bituminous coal opera
tors refused point blank to meet
with the coal miners to negotiate
a new wage agreement they forced
the miners to quit work. That's
the reason why 100000 bituminous
miners went on strike. 1t was not
a matter of choice with the miners.
They did not want to strike. They
wanted to work and they still want
to work and earn a living for their
families. They will return to work
and again dig coal as soon as a
wage agreement Is signed that
will grant to them the measure Of
Justice to which they are entitled.
The miners are not asking any
increase in their wages, propa-
ganda and statements of the
operators to the contrary notwith-
standing. They are demanding a
continuation of the present wage
scale for another two-year period.
They did not make a living under
the present scale in 1921, and per-
haps they cannot make a living
In the next two years. But they
are Offering to take the chance,
hoping that there will be a revival
OF business and industry in these
two years that will afford them
reasonably steady employment and
living income.
Statistics show that the union
miners In bituminous fields were
employed an average of only 125
days in the year 1921. out of a total
OF 30S working days. They were
idle SO per cent of the time through
no fault of their own. And statis-
tics show that they earned an aver
Evening star., 1922-04-02
Treasury Can't Cash
I9-Ceut Check Issued
To DOILar-a.Year Man

The United States may be the
wealthiext nation in the world.
but its Treasury cannot cash a
check for nineteen cents issued
TO one Of the dOlIar-a-year men
that served 1T during the war.
Hugo ID. Newhouse. San Frnn-
cisco attorney, served as q
dOllnr-a-year man with the
War Department for two and q
half months prior to the armis-
tice. He wanted the check as a
souvenir and enlisted the efforts
of Senator ShortridEe) of Cali
fOrnin to get 1t. 1t cnme yes
terday, but across one corner
wns endorsed the notation that
NO funds were Immediately
available to pay 1T. The amount
was computed on the actual
basis of one dollar a year.
Senator Shortridge I'm sending
the check to his constituent
urged that he be lenfent in at
tempting to force collection of
the amount.
Evening star., 1922-04-02
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF JUSTICE
= AT UNCLE JOE,S SURPRISE PARTY

'Uncle Joe" Cannon, many times
the guest Of honor in his long and
distinguished public career. was an
honored guest again last night.
But the veteran Illinois legislator
was unaware Of the plans until he
walked in on nearly a hundred Of
his old friends and cronies. includ-
ing President Harding and Chief
Justice Taft, at the home Of Senator
Medill Mccormick and found regu-
lar old-fashioned surprise party"
Having announced that he would
Get out Of tho way and let younger
blood take his place in the House Of
Representatives, Uncle Joe doesn't
have to worry about political
fences. So. according to bis asso-
Evening star., 1922-04-02
AIRPLANE VICTIM MAY DIE.

MACON, Ga, April 1.-The condi-
tion of w. L. Fisher. aviator, one of
three men burned yesterday when an
airplane crashed here, took turn for
the worse tonight and doctors fear
that he cannot live.
The body Of John J. Costa. automo-
bile racer, who died from burns re-
ceived in the same accident, was
shipped to Anthony. Kans.. today.
Mrs. ]. C. Griffin of Fort Worth, Tex,
sister Of Ray SRoundtree (Jules De-
vereux). who died last night the
third victim Of the crash. wired today
that she is en- route to Macon to
carry the body to Portland. Ore
Evening star., 1922-04-02
FRANCE TO COMPEL
GERMAN PAYMENTS
Poincare Says Versailles
.Reparation Clauses Must Be
Held Sacred at Genoa.
'scoRNs WIRTH's VIEWS
Tells Deputies Nation Will Act for
Own Good on Pacific Pact-Briand
Defends u. S. Visit.
By the Associated Press.


PARIS. April 1.-Premier Poincare
told the chamber of deputies today
that il Germany remained recalcitrant
regarding the payment of reparations
France would reassert her entire lib
erty of action and that the allies were
in accord with France on that point
Three-fourths of the chamber ap-
plauded the statement.
Although replying nominally to in
terpretations on the governments S
foreign policy, NJ. Poincare was in
reality answering the recent speech
Of Chancellor Wirth in the German
reichstag, in which he announced Ger
tions laid down by the reparations
commission for a partial German
moratorium on reparations payments.
The premier warned Germany that
her hope Of asking the Genoa confer
ence to secure revision, Of the repara-
tions clauses of tho treaty Of ver-
sailles was a vain one.
Treaty Must Remain Sacred.
I'VE have treaty with Germany,
signed by her and by the allies" NJ.
Poincare declared. "That treaty must
remain sacred. 1t shall not be touch
ed at Genoa.
"Dr. Wirth referred to the economic
conference as a star of hope for
Germany in her differences with her
allies. but we are going to attach the
sign forbidden ground to the treaty
of. Versailles"
The maintenance of Frances entire
liberty of action, the premier con-
tinued was also Frances policy to-
ward Russia.
Russian Policy Outlined. '
'It is not for the interest of France
to stand by idly and see the Amer
fcans, the British and Italians and
others invade Russia" he said, but
the resumption of commercial rela-
tions by France must be conditional
upon the payment of the Russian
debt to the French people who loaned
their savings to that country"
Debate on the interpretations on
French foreign relations took on
largely the character of an attack
on the preceding government, with
the royalists and nationalists par
ticularly aggressive in their criticism
of NJ BRAND in his course at both
Washington and Cannes.
"You diminished the prestige of
France at Washington" shouted Leon
Daudet. royalist leader. to the former
premier. You have diminished the
just claim of France upon Germany"
BRAND Answers Charges.
M. BRAND, in replying. asked the
chamber If in the present situation
OF the world it desired to follow the
policy of building armed ships. He
thought it was more important for
France to have cruisers. torpedcboat
destroyers and submarines.
81 asked for $4,000 tons In capital
ships" continued the ex-premier, "be-
cause It was necessary for US to make
that demand. We, had understood that
figure would serve as q sort Of CO..
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