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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-24

It's nigh on time for the kids to
rake their peas together, cause we
smelled green onions on Lee Simmer
mans breath 'tother day. That's a
sure sign spring is Just around the
corner.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-24
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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-24
STRAY STREAKS
(By Fluke McFluKe.)

Again, we ask our readers to for
ever keep in mind that everything in
this column is original, new and
true If not otherwise.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-02-24

An old residenter told us the 9TH
err day that he saw Eek Rial shaved
up and apparently fresh from the
bath, and all dolled out in a new
suit, at least it 'peared new-like for
The New York herald., 1922-09-05

Special Dispatch TO THE NEW YORK HERMp.
GIRARD, Kan, Sept. 4.---They bet q
million on Shakespeare-and lost. As
q result a quarter million sets of
Shakespeare, 100000 volumes. have
about the immediate values of so much
waste paper; 10000 worth OF advertis-
ing is wasted and a staff of clerks is
busy returning money.
But the Halderman-Juiius Company,
which operates in this little Kansas
town one of the largest publishing con-
Germs i'm the country, refuses to admit
the loss is complete.
The September numbers of twenty
seven monthly magazines carry an adj
vcrtisement offering a complete set OF
Shakespeare for s2.35.
In the advertisements appeared this
paragraph. an afterthonght Mr.. Julius
says, which had little to do with the
pulling power of the advertisements:
Free trip to Europe. Twelve read
ers of Shakespeare wiz be given a trip
to England TO Shakespeare's birthplace
and other points of interest i'm England
and France, with all expenses paid.
Each set Of Shakespeare contains full
informa ton as to how. without selling
effort or solicitation, you will auto
matically become a contestant"
The little notice loomed large to John
Edwards, solicitor of the Post, Office
Department. An order Immediately was
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
PUBLISHERS BET A MILLION
ON SHAKESPEARE AND LOSE
Post Office Department Puts 100000 Volumes in
Storage, Declaring Plan for Their Sale Violated
Anti-Lottery Laws-Offered Free Trips to Europe.

issued to the magazines that the adj
vertisement constituted an infringement
against Federal laws covering the oper-
alton OF lotteries. and that the maga-
zines could not be circulated through
the mails.
An attorney for the Halderman-Jullus
Company hurried to Washington. lie
was informed that the law prohiDits
the publication of notice OF a contest
without simultaneous publication OF the
conditions of the contest. Twenty-seVen
magazines were held up twenty-four
hours while the company's attorney ex-
planned the conditions. The result was
a promise to return all money received
as a result of the advertisement.
In the meantime 10000 volumes OF
Shakespeare are in storage. Until all
chance OF returns from the advertise
ments which have appeared is gone
the books are so much waste paper
But somehow, sometime. they win be
sold for 5 cents a copy. as originally
planned. the publishers say.
"The offense against the law was
purely a technical one" the head or
the company says. .There was no in
tent to violate any law. The conditions
OF the contest, which merely provided
the trip TO the twelve who gave us ref
ssences through which the greatest
number OF books were sold. We're to
have been mailed as soon as the order
was received"
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
JUSTICE CLARKE WILL
WORK FOR THE LEAGUE
Also Expects to Make Voyage
Around World.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. Sept A.-Desire TO
further American participation In The
League of Nations ranks first among
the public causes" mentioned In Justice
Clarkes letter to President Harding as
one of the reasons for his resignation
according to close friends OF the Justice
here Mr.. Clarke is president or the
vindicator Printing Company. which
publishes a daily paper here.
4 Justice Clarke went TO Atlantic City
Friday evening. after spending a large
part OF the summer In Youngstown,
where he occupied the home Of his sister,
who recently died. Before leaving, he
said to a friend that his plans for the
future were as yet indefinite, but that
ne hoped to be able to make voyage
around the world, leaving New York IN
January or February next He also
said that he had accepted several invita-
tions 10 deliver addresses about Christ
mas time. the most important of which
will be on the League of Nations.
Ii is well known TO the friends of the
Justice who have seen most of him in
recent years that he is profoundly con-
WINGED that the future political and bus
mess welfare of our country is de-
pendent 10 very great degree upon
the American Government. Joining the
League or Nations on some terms at an
early day and II Is believed by many
OF them that one Of the chief reasons
for his resigninG his high office was the
desire to renocr i'm q non-political way
more service to what he called that great
cause. than he thought It possible for
him TO render while member OF the
Supreme Court. Justice Clarke intends
to return and spend a part OF the au-
tumn in Youngstown but win probably
reestablish his permanent home in
Cleveland or New York.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
FORMER RULER OF ELKS
IN JERSEY CITY SUICIDE
E. r. Vessels Found Dead by
Gas in His Office.

Edward v. Vessels, So, was found
dead of gas asphyxiation early this
morning In the office OF his trucking
and automobile service business al 420
Newark avenue. Jersey City. All win
dows In the Office were closed and the
police found gas escaping from an open
jet Two notes were on desk. one
requesting that his daughter, Mrs May
Russell. OF Marlborough, n. ", be noti-
fed that he had met with an accident,
and the other directing that friend be
toll Of his death
For fifteen years Mr. Vessels was
the proprietor Of a saloon at Newarl,
avenue and Grove street. He retired
from that business ten years ago and
engaged IN the wholesale liquor business
and later IN the trucking business. lie
once was the proprietor OF hat store
and had coal interests.
Mr. Vessels had been active in local
Republican politics. He was once Ex-
aited Ruler OF the Jersey City Lodge
of the Elks
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
LABOR CHIEFS MEETING
SHROUDED IN SECRECY
A. r. of L. Leaders to ConUene
Wednesday, Is Learned.

Special Dispatch 10 THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., sept. EVERY
precaution Is being taken here to keep
secretathe arrangements for the meeting
OF the Executcc Council of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor, which will
begin at the Hotel Ambassador this
week.
Although President Samuel Gompers
has stated in news dispatches that the
sessions Of the council are not to begin
until Saturday, II was learned to-day
that reservations for tire labor chiefs
have been made for Wednesday, and
they are expected here on that day. An
ocean front suite has been reserved for
President Gompers on the ninth floor
D. the hotel, and II Is understood that
the council will discuss the railroad and
coal strikes there
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
DAVIS WOULD HANG
TRAIN WRECKERS
Cabinet Member Says No Glib
bet Can Be Too High for
the Guilty Men.
WANTS REASON TO RULE
Pleads for Removal of Bitter
ness and for Arbitration in
Industrial Disputes.

MoosEHEARr. Ill, Spet. American
last year James ]. Davis. Secretary OF
Labor, declared to-day in an address
In spite Of Unemployment. he declared.
1t has fought off all attempts to de-
crease wage levels set UP during the war
and safely passed a war crisis. Work
ingmen grown accustomed to comforts
in life not tasted before, he added. will
now find them preserved throughout the
future.
Secretary Davis deplored instances o.
violence in strikes, declaring that nc
gibbet can be built too high for those
who execute such dastardly deeds. as
the deliberate wrecking of train e
Gently at Gary, Ind.
''All the power of law and order in
America must be extended to the ut
most to exterminate the class OF mer
who hark back to the Dark Ages IL
their disregard of property and human
life" the Secretary declared. 'srhey
can have no part in our America o,
to-day"
Those who plan or countenance such
horrors, he said. were equally guilty
with the actual perpetrators. Referring
specifically to the recent saughterrof
workingmen in the State of Illinois, Mr.
Davis described ii as a "revolting spec
tacle," which advanced not a jot the
cause in which the men fell"
After condemning instances OF vio-
lence in the rail and mine strikes, he
said:
I'VE must and will find a way to end
this fratricidal strike in industry We
must and will find means to settle
these industrial disputes without re-
course to the futile arbitrament OF
force. American industrys must find a
method that will avert these industrial
disturbances and VIII give to the Amer
lean workman an adequate wage. a
saving wage.
I'VE must see to 1t that the worker
is guarded against the loss of wages,
the employer against the loss of profits
and the public against the loss of SER
vice which comes through these sus-
pensions of work We must put an end
to the suffering and privation the Bit
terness and hatred which these con-
flicts engender and which tend to poison
our whole industrial system.
Il venture to say that not one in
dustrial dispute out OF q thousand has
ever been permanently settled except
in one way-by the negotiations of rca-
sonable men in reasonable frame of
mind. who sat down to discuss the
issues in spirit of fairness and CO.
operation. We must ultimately come TO
the state of negotiation for settlement.
Why cannot we put the peace confer
ence before the strugglc7 Why can
not we make the appeal to reason and
fairness before me make the drastic
and misconceived appeal To force?
II am a firm believer in the ultimate
fairness and justice of mankind | be-
lieve that no differences between en-
ployer and employee are so great that
they cannot be adjusted. no gulf So
wide that II cannot be bridged. IL both
sides viii gather around the council
Ia BILE In a spirit of earnest cooperation.
Experience backs this belief"
The New York herald., 1922-09-05

GOVERNMENT TO SPEED
ANTHRACITE DELIVERY
HooUer viii Attend Confer
ence of Coal Producers.
Special Dispatch 10 Tur NEW YoaK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. -. G.. sent. 4.

SpcCtui JlNpuffN 70 LIE NEW York HERALD.
New Norl. Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID G.. sept. 4.
Government officials to-day planned
to act impediately 70 facilitate equitable
distribution of available supplies Of an
tliracite. which will begin coming from
the mines of Pennsylvania next week
Secretary Of Commerce Hoovers Pres
ident Harding's chief adviser on coal
problems tentatively arranged to-day to
attend the conference IN Philadelphia
In the next few days "a get concerted
action among the Pennsylvania hard
coal producers TO speed up production.
The Cummins bill TO check profiteer-
ing, by extending the powers Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission to inn
pose embargo and priority orders prob
ably will be pressed to a vote I'm the
Senate tomorrow, Senator Cummins
said to-day he expected there would be
no difficulty IN getting n vote on the
measure
Passage of the anti -proflteerine pro-
posal IN predicted by large majority.
Administration spoisesmen IN the Sen !
ate as well a. many Senators on the
Democratic side arc lined IN solidly
behind the bill They assert that II Ia
necessary IN the present coal crisis 10
protect consumers from cxtortion.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
VOTE HERE TONIGHT
ON GENERAL STRIKE
Continued from First Page.

not make their appearance at strike
headquarters.
If the Attorney General attempts to
carry through his program Of legal re-
straint he win have to get injunctions
against go many labor officials. 1t was
said. that It win he a physical impossi-
blity. Strike leaders declared they were
not worrying about their personal
safety.
On Nthe other hand. they arc pleased
at the position the railroads are in.
Mr.. Daugherty's application to the Chi
cago court put them on the defense,
labor men said. Either they must adj
NIT that their equipment Is In poor shape
or "come out in the open and clash with
the Government" according to the labor
point Of view.
John Sullivan. president OF the Central
Trades and Labor Council. made brief
statement last night on returning from
holiday excursion.
II was greatly surprised at the in
junction move on the part of the Gov
eminent" Mr.. Sullivan said. II think
Ii will aid the strikers greatly by arous-
ing the sympathy of all liberty loving
people Aside from this the action OF
the Government will cement the /. w.
W. and ether outlaw elements so that
legitimate leaders will have greater
difficulty In maintaining their positions
as guardians Of the American principles
Involved in the present crisis~'
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler. chairman OF
the Association Of Railway Executive.
and his assistant. Robert s. Binkerd.
were out Of town. In their absence
other railroad officials would not talk
for quotation. Off the record they ex-
pressed their disapproval OF the Attor-
ney Generals interference.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
Miller May Appoint
Fuel Dictator To-day

~ ON. MILLER is expected 10
appoint a State Fuel Admin-'
istrator to-day. This official
will have power Of sale and seizure.
entry and inspection, suspension or
schools and electric signs, fixing OF
price or profit, licensing OF dealers
on zone basis, subpoena and adj
ministering of oaths and. finally. OF
buying and selling of coal on a
s10000,o00 scale for the public
benefit.
These powers We're conferred at a
special session OF the Legislature.
BY the same authority the Ad-
visory Coal Commission that has
been serving here temporarily may
be made permanent.
Violation of either the new fuel
law or of rules issued by the ad-
ministrator constitutes a mis-
demeanor and is punishable by a
500 to a 1000 fine, a years inn
prisonment, or both. A second Of
fense is felony.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
FOUR BODIES FOUND
in CAR REPAIR SHOP
With Seven Recovered, One
More Victim Remains to Be
Accounted For. !
SEARCH is CONTINUED
Investigation Into Origin Of
Disaster at Pittsburgh
Still in Progress.

Special Dispatch to THE New York Herald.
PITrsBuRGH, Sept 4.-With seven
bodies recovered, woflSmen are search
ing for others in the ruins OF the COM
missary, storage and car repair house
OF the Pennsylvania Railroad. Liberty
avenue and Thirtieth street, destroyed
by fire yesterday.
AT least ONE man remains to be ac-
counted for. and ten OF the more than
fifty men who had narrow escapes from
the burning building in which they were
trapped while sleeping in their hunks,
are seriously injured and burned.
Investigation into the origin of the
fire, which suddenly converted the build
ing into furnace. is in progress by
Federal. State. county and city authori-
ties. The Pennsylvania Railroad is
conducting it's own investigation. Dr.
rector McCandless had fifteen or twenty
of the men who slept in the building at
his office for examination. With the
director We're Superintendent OF Police
John G. Calhoun and Captain of Detec-
tives Louis Left
The men gave various opinions on the
origin Of the fire. Some declared they
heard an explosion, while others said
they heard none. Practically all were
sleeping at the time the fire started.
When the wrecking crews OF the rail-
road and city firemen and police began
the work Of tearing away the still burn
ing timbers of the building in the search
for victims Nof the disaster, the barking
Of a dog directed their efforts toward a
pile OF charred timbers at the eastern
end of the building, beneath which the
bunk room on the second floor had been
located.
nbers were cleared away There lay
The bodies of four men close together.
lasped in the arms OF one of the dead
rkmen was the body of fox terrier.
rom the position of the mans body
IS believed In his last moments he
ried to shield his pet with his body.
thereby permitting the dog to live long
enough TO sound the call for help after
the men had died.
Gerald Harper. "a, one of the victims,
was a 1922 graduate of the Carnegie
Institute of Tenchnology and an honor
pupil OF that institution. He had been
working as machinist for the railroad
company since August .. seeking to earn
extra money to complete his education.
Harper's home was in Macksville
w. Va. mountain town in Pendleton
county. about twenty miles from the
State line in the eastern part of West
Virginia.
According to DR.. T. S. Baker. acting
president of the institute, Harper was
one of the most brilliant students the
school ever had. He was Graduated as
a mechanical engineer.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
FREDERIK VII. BRINGS
RETURNING TOURISTS
Baby Born Aboard Liner Gets
Round Trip Pass.

After an eventful voyage which in
cIuded the arrival OF baby girl to one
OF the passengers. the steamship Fred
erik VIII. of the Scandinavian-Amer-
lean Line docked at HobolSen yesterday.
bringing a large contingent of return
the mother of the baby. named the
child Frederika, after the ship. Capt.
J. T.. Hoist made the baby present
of a round trip pass.
Capt. Hoist, chief OF the passenger
service OF the line. said there is con-
siderable likelihood that large motor
driven ocean. liners may be developed
in transatlantic travel The lines or
two motor freighters which have been
built proved very successful
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
VOLLEY OF STONES HITS
TRAIN NEAR PORT JERVIS
Every Big Engine on Erie Di-
Uision Gets Out of Order.

PORT JERvrs. n ", Sept. 4.--Stoning
OF train from Cleveland In the noun
tains near this Erie divisional point and
an epidemic Of disorders among locomo-
fives was reported to-day By road ON
cialS
Yardmaster Wallace said fthat since
midnight every big engine suddenly had
developed trouble and had to be taken
back into the yard fo- repairs before II
could start on les journey. In most
cases he said. II hal been f6und that
the airbrakes would not work. oil cups
lad been broken or fires would not draw
properly. About 5000 men normally are
employed in the shops where the strike
Is In progress.
The Cleveland train arrived with three
windows broken. The crew reported that
a volley of stones had pattered against
the cars early to-day.
A change Of engines always Is made
here. The Cleveland train was delayed
an hour because three locomotives had
70 be brought ont before one could be
found which would work
Last night = train for Chicago became
stalled near Middletown and help had
to be sent from here.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
STILL IDLE FROM STRIKE
Company Abandons Plans to
Start Service To-day

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. Sept 49,
Abandonment Of It's announces plan to
resume service tomorrow in the face
Of a strike Of its employees was an
nounced Tonight Nv the management OF
the Boston and Worcester trolley lines
40 reason for the change in plans was
given.
Not car has becn moved on the
lines of the system since the employees
went on strike at midnight Saturday in
protest against the announced wage re-
duction. At a meeting this afternoon
the strikers rcafflrmed their vote to
remain out until the wage cut was
rescin1ed.
A Conference Of officials Of the CON-
pany will be held in Boston tomorrow
20 decide on a policy to meet the situa-
tion.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
GOMPERS SILENT UPON
REPORT OF SECRET POLL
Refuses to Deny or Affirm
Washington AdUices.

PHlrADELPHtA, Sept An attempt
10 interview Samuel Gompers late to-
night concerning a report IN Washing
ton that organized labor leaders
throughout the country arc taking a
secret ballot on the advisability of CALI
ing II general strike ~ retaliatory
measure against the recent Federal IN
junction cniuining the striking railway
shopmen, resulted in the labor chiefs
refusal either 10 deny or affirm the re-
port or make any statement whatsoever
concerning IT. IL Is believed that Mr.
Gompers. who Is registered at y local
hotel. will leave for Atlantic city to-
morrow to be on hand 20 meet the heads
of organized labor. who, according to
adyices from the shore resort, VIII meet
there Wednesday instend of Saturday,
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
Operators Deny Shafts Are
in Bad Condition From
Disuse.
PRIORITY A PROBLEM NOW
Policy Said to Be to Make New
York Wait Until Northwest
Is Supplied.

Railroads WIN move hard coal as
fast as it is mined, leading rail ex-
ecutives announced yesterday in
answer to the declaration of anthra-
cite men that this fuel will be coming
into New York and other markets in
fun stream within a month if the
roads can haul it.
Spokesman for the seven major an
thracite carriers gave rnreserved as
surance of 100 per cent. transportation
support TO the coal companies in prob
ably the s-iffest race with Jack Frost
they have ever run to succor an i'm
peried public.
I'VE will have no difficulty in NOV
ing all the fuel offered promised l.. f.
x Loree, president Of the Delaware and
Hudson Company. one of the leading
arteries from the hard coal fields.
I'VE will have tho cars when the
mine operators have the coal" an
nounced Il. Nj. Rine, vice-rresident and
Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Company.
Both executives predicted maximum
mine production would be reached sooner
than month. and said they expected to
see 1t as early as ten days to two weeks.
Mines In Good Conditions.
"Anthracite mines are in good shape"
declared President Loree. Maintenance
men, who include carpenters and cable
men as welf as bumpers. have been at
work all summer. and have kept the
mines in shape to reopen on a days
notice. There is nothing to diis talk of
rotting timbers and general deteriora-
tion."
The Delaware & Hudson co. has 1000
Idle coal cars with a tonnage capacity
OF about 3S5,000 available for immediate
service, according to Mr.. Loree.
An anthracite roads have a substan-
tial surplus" he said
The Laclawanna has surplus OF
about 1000 ears. Mr.. Rine reported.
which were loaned to the Pennsylvania
system recently to help tide 1t over the
soft coal rush and which will be re-
turned within ten days. in time for the
hard coal movement,
Awrit New. York Fuel Chief.
Meanwhile New York state awaits
this morning Gov Miler's promised an
nouncement Of the new State Fuel Ad-
ministrator. post complicated by bur
dons that have developed within the last
forty-eight hours. Price goueing at
mines following breakdown or attempts
at Federal control will demand im-
mediate attention. A concert OF mid
Atlantic States united on a maximum
price beyond which coal cannot be sold.
or else pledged to refrain from competi-
tive bidding. has been suggested by local
fuel authorities as a relief measure.
Another pressing problem has been
described as existing in the hard coal
fields where the policy is said to be 10
fight off New Yorls demands for the
new coal as long as possible in behalf
of the Northwest. upon whose coal
transport ice places early embargo. The
fighting qualities Of the new coal head
will therefore largely determine whether
this state receives it's due in the present
deficiency of Federal regulation accord
ing to one source yesterday.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
SUTHERLA AND TO SUCCEED
CLARKE ON THE BENCH

Government at conference with the
officials of Norway over compare
lively unimportant diplomatic dispute.
Will classified as regular" in
politics with reactionary tendencies, :
Mr.. Sutherland as a senator advocated
and supported some measures that
were then viewed as progressive. He
not only assisted in preparing the
workman's compensation bill, passed
by Congress, but worked zealously In
the promotion of it. 1t failed 70 re-
ceive the approval of Preside Wiis0
Few men stand better III eir pro
fession than Mr.. Suthc na N7s
established by his select
dent of the American b.
a few years ago. Some e. MS
at one time charged him with De.u9
too susceptible to the influences OF the
Mormon Church. His course in the
Senate did not justify it.
The New York herald., 1922-09-05
THEODORE A. BELL KILLED.
Prominent California Democrat II
Motor Car Victim.

SAN RAFAEL, Cal. Sept 4.---Theodore a.
Bell. san Francisco attorney, former
Representative IN Congress from Cali
fornIa. twice candidate for Governor on
no Democratic ticket and widely known
rs d leader OF opposition 20 enactment Of
prohibition acts, was killed In an auto
mobile accident here tonight