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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-11-23
JUDGE HUMPHREYS
STRICKEN AT HOME.
Queens JurIst Forced 10 Cancel His
work Ou bench.

County Judge Burt J. Humphreys Of
Queens VAS taken violently 10 at his
home IN Grand Avenue, Jamaica, to-
day. Physicians who we're called said
they were not able to diagnose his con
dition Immediately, but that it would
be- impossible for him to 30 to court.
For the second time since the Judge
took ofnce in 1904 the calendar was put
over because OF his illness.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-11-23
DEMOCRAT APPOINTED
TO u. S. SUPREME COURT


WASHINGTON, Nov. o. Pierce
Butler OF 81. Paul. MINI. vts uomi-
mated to-day by Prcsiden, Harding as
Associate Justice OF tho Supreme Court,
tp lake the place made vacant by the
rr-ignation OF Associate Justice Day
Mr. Butler is Democrat. ~" has
u,cn practicing attorney u Mime
sofa since 1855 and has been counsel
.or the Government in "A number OF inn
portant cases. He Is nuttvo of pa
Sotl County, Mimi and .s 0f'N-siE
.Car sod.
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MRs. FELTON, ACCEPTS oFFICE u
WITH WOMAN'S PARTY.

WASHINGTON. Nov, % Tho Ma
uoual Woman's Party announced to-
doy that Mrs, w H. FELTON, N Georgia.
Nrst woman Senator, had accepted tho
post NJ honorary chairman NJ IA pol
ltlcnl council formed reornlly with tho
object NJ bringing about equal pnrticl-
patton nv women and men IN all political
offoSs
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-11-23
OLD NATIONAL LEAGUE
UMPIRE PASSES AWAY

MANSFIELD, O. Nnv. -
Charles ("Snndy'D MoDermo,' for
mer National League baseball um
pire. diod here to-day after mn lllnosS
Of ssvetnl months, Tlo waS about
sixty years old. lilo umpirad In the
National League during iSsg 10 ltH
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tConunued on Second Page)
Is FIREMEN NEAR DEATH
IN 100000 JERSEY FIRE
shout Warns Men oT Danger From
Falling walls.

ELIZABETH. y. j.. Nov. 23.-tlf'"en
nremen escaped death beneath b-'ck
wall which caved in while they we're
fighting a fire which destroyed the sontA
Front Street plant OF the Heidr't'er
Lumber Company late last night. \
shout from a Deputy Chief warned me
men in time.
Tha blaze was OF unknown origin II
z. Wolff. secretary OF tho concern
placed the loss at SloO. 900, all % wH.ch
IS fully covered by insurance
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-11-23
PACKERS MERGER To GO BE,
FORE HARnING

" ASHINGTON, Nov 23-Legal as
poets OF the proposed merger OF the
Armour and Morris packing interests
are under study by the Department OF
Justice, it was learned to-day. with a
view Of laying a comprehensive formal
report before the Cabinet at an early
meeting.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-11-23
HARDING SENDS "WAGS"
OF LADDIE BOYS TAIL
TO BOYS CLUB MASCOT
Lsds Not Natural without L"NNe OF
Faithful DoE, lie writes
Live wires"
lIARDw1CK. Mass

PRESIDENT Harding, In a letter of
good wishes Tor the success Of the
Live Wires club" an organization
OR boys here. sent the Every
friendly tailNnEs' Of Laddlc Roy.
his hrdale. to thc Lowly canine
that holds tho posts Of club mascot
Mr., Harding added: ANY good
dog l. devotsdlv fond of boys and
do not believe Ia hoy would he
quito natural N he did not love
. faithful dog
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GUNMEN HOLD Up
Tin RESTAURANT,
ONE SHOT BY COP
Four Robbers Line UP Wo-
men and Men-Get $4,000
Gems and Cash.
START OFF IN TAXI.
Policeman'S Fire Brings One
Down After Chase-ThugS
Quickly Rounded UP.
START OFF IN TAXI.

-Four young robbers. armed but un-
masked. held up the proprietor, a
clerk and nine patrons in Samuel
Seamon's delicatessen and restaurant,
No. 1874 Manhattan Avenue. corner
Of 1OSth Street. at A. NJ. to-day.
getting between $4,000 and s5, 900 in
cash and jewelry
Six shots we're fired at the taxfcab
in which they escaped by william
West OF No. - West losth Street, a
former policeman. who was eating in
the place, and one OF the robbers was
wounded.
The taxicab was found two hours
later at First Avenue and 1sth Street.
There was a bullet hols in the back
and in the door, the floor was covered
with blood, and the card OF one OF
the men robbed was found on a seat.
Scattered about was 81.
Two men in the taxicab were de
tanned and while the police were
searching for the robber gang the
wounded one appeared at ST. Vincent's
Hospital and within another hour all
four of the band were under arrest.
Seamon lives at No. 1+2 Vermilyea
Avenue, Washington Heights, lie
and his clerk, Morris Schaeffer OF No.
counter when a yellow taNcab drew
up in front OF the place. Three
women, including former Policeman
Vests wife, and six men. were eat
ing at the tables in the back Of the
place. n fun view OF which can be
had from the street.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-11-23

BIRMINGHAM Ala Nov Eighty lives sixty
explosion yesterday
Company according
statement issued to-day by Frank II.
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"a DEATHS, 50 INJURED
IN OFFICIAL REPORT OF
COAL MINE EXPLOSION

Thirty Eight Whites Killed, Twenty Injured
Sixty Rescued From Pocket in Which They
Had Barricaded Themselves = Runaway
Tram Caused Freebooter Rescues Many.
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A VAL VA BLE E
GUIDE FOR
HOME Sc E X E r S

The popularity of The Sunday
World Real Estate Section seems
10 increase with each succeed
ing issue. Homeseekers and in-
yestors find it contains all the
real estate information worth
while. Read the interesting hous-
ing announcements next Sunday.
no CAO World "Real Estate" and
LO,O4O "To Let" ads. last month
Ao9E more than corresponding
400 month last year.
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CONTINUED on Second Page
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CContinucd on second TagcD
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
Protection From Profiteers
In Coal Is Assured by D. c.
Sliding Scale of Prices Will be Adopted When
Local Dealers Gather Full Data for Fuel
Distributor on Costs.

Protection from possible prof.
teering in coal during the strike
period was assured District of Co.
lumbia consumers yesterday as the
result Of the second conference
between the District Commission
ers and the local coal dealers.
The dealers willingly accepted
the proposal to set prices above
which coal would not be sold. The
dealers have agreed to furnish the
Public Utilities Commission, which
is acting as the fuel administra-
tion, with full information on
prices charged in Washington as
we'll as data covering the cost of
operation.
The Public Utilities Commission
already has access to the prices at
the mines. the Information being
available through the national fuel
administration. 1t also knows eX-
actly the cost of transportation
from the mines to Washington. As
soon al II learns how much II costs
the local dealers to run their busi-
ness they will be in a position to
set a price.
Prices on sliding Scale.
Whatever price is set will not
be fixed. but will be adjusted to a
sliding scale. so that as the price
at the mines and the cost of trans
portation increases. the local price
of coal will increase.
Yesterdays conference was at
tended by the District Commits
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
FILMS SHOWING BEAUTY
CANDIDATES ARE REVISED
Pictures of Several Other Fair Aspirants Will
Be Screened Today.

When the candidates for Miss
Washington" were shown for the
first time at B. +: Keith's Theater
yesterday afternoon, through films
made by The National Pictorial
News, there were slight changes
from the production that made its
premier at the Palace Sunday.
Many feet of f1lm that had been
made under poor lighting conditions
had TO be removed. and with II
came several of the fair candidates.
They will be filmed again later.
Two new faces or the film as
1t will appear at Keith's and the
Palace today are: Miss Marie Bow
man. Albemarle Apartments, who ID
shown at her favorite hobby, auto
mobiling; and Mrs. Carolyn H-:war-
ner. 215 East Clifton Terrace. who
has been snapped while .trapshoot-
ing at the Washington Gun Club.
Mrs Warner. a member of the
District bar. is secretary to Rep
Iesentatiye Tinkham, of Boston, and
numbers among her avocations. be-
side trapshooting. golfing and writ
ing for rnagazinea
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
TROOPS END RIOT;
RAILROAD GUARD
And STRIKER SLAIN
Illinois Sheriff, Shot in
Head, Expected to
Die of Wounds.

JOLIET, ILL.,. Aug. 7.-order was
restored in the railroad shop dis
trict here tonight with the appear
ance of a battalion of the 132d In
fantry after a day of rioting. dur
which two men were killed and
Sheriff James A. Newkirk was SO
badly wounded that II is believed
he will die.
More than Eve hundred strike
sympathizers surrounded the home
of Fred Nelson. q painter foreman
in the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern
railroad shops. Nelson did not join
the strike. While they were taunt-
ing him and urging that he come
out. Sheriff Newkirk and a squad OF
deputies arrived in an automobile.
The sheriff called Nelson from
his house and then asked the crowd
IL they had anything to say to him
Nelson's wife called him back and
he was just entering the house
when the shooting started. Sheriff
Newkirk fell, with a bullet in his
head and other wounds in one leg.
Frank Levero. a striker. who is
alleged to have shot Philip Reitz. a
railroad guard. was also killed
Levero fell near Sheriff Newkirk.
instantly killed.
The mob then scattered. Chief
Deputy Sheriff ,Lingern appealed
to Gov. Small for troops and they
were sent from Bloomington.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
OBRECON SIGNS
PACTFOR FUNDING
DEBTS OF MEXICO
Approves Agreement of
Huerta Arranged in
New York. .

MEXICO CITY. Aug. 7.-Presi-
dent obregon has signed the
financial agreement arranged at
New York several months ago be-
tween Finance Minister de la
Huerta and a committee of inter-
national bankers.
The agreement provides for a
funding of Mexico's foreign bond
and railroad debts among other
things, and is hailed as clearing
the ground for resumption of finan-
cial dealings on a large scale with
American and other outside bank
ers.
The agreement must be submitted d
to Congress for final approval when
sittings are resumed in September.
Minister de la Huerta announced
that President Obregon had ap-
proved the agreement. He also
notified Thomas A. Lamont, of
New York, who was chairman of
the international bankers committee.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
TYPHOID RAVAGES
STRIKING MINERS

UNIONTOwN, Pa. Aug. IA Sc
rious situation has developed in the
numerous tent colonies of striking
coal miners in Fayette County,
where an epidemic of typhoid fever
has broken out. The spread of the
disease is reported so alarming that
State engineer is here to inves-
tigate.
The State board of health is in
charge, working day and night to
combat further> spread of the
malady. At the Palmer plant of
the H. c. Frick Coal Company near
Brownsville, twenty-five cases are
reported. Miners had been obtain
ing water from a spring, which
was closed by the authorities this
morning.
The total number of cases in the
county has reached fifty.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
LEWIS CONFIDENT
CONFERENCE WILL
END COAL STRIKE
Farley Adjourns With
Aim to Enlist More
Operators.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Aug. T.
Settlement Of the bituminous coal
Strike by the end OF the week and
the starting Of the $4,000 miners
back to the pits at the old wages and
working conditions by next Monday
seems to be confidently expected by
officials of the United Mine Work
ers following today's initial parley
with a group of producers. repre-
senting between 25 and 80 per cent
of the tonnage mined in the four
States of the central competitive
field.
Operators here. too. seemed to feel
the end is near.
John L. Lewis. national head of
the miners, said tonight, upon ad-
journment of the conference until
Wednesday:
81 am hopeful and thoroughly
confident that the suspension will
cessed until Wednesday IN the be-
lief that other substantial inter-
ests would announce their partict-
patton in the meeting"
The inference is that pressure is
being brought to bear upon I'LL
nois and Indiana operators to
come in. At the conference pro-
ducers Of between 100000 and
$4,000, 900 tons in the central field
sat in. Indiana and Illinois opera
tors were absent, So were Southern
Ohio and the main Pittsburgh field.
Indications were reported that the
Western Pennsylvania group. which
led In refusing to so Into a four
state conference last. winter. 10
dividing. Both sides here look for
accessions from Illinois and In
diana. Alfred N. Ogle. of the Van.
dalia Coal Company IL expected to-
morrow.
The proposal of the union Is:
Il. Continuation of the old rates
ana working conditions that pre-
vailed under the old contracts that
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08

sioners and a committee OF coal
dealers consisting Of J. Maury
Dove. jr.. chairman: Maynard c.
Burrell and W. w. Grifith.
Besides the decision to curb prof
iteering by setting a sliding scale
of coal prices. the Commissioners
have determined on a tax or 50 a
carload to cover the expenses Of the
local fuel administraticn. This tax
will be collected from the dealers.
who will add it to the price of coal.
The tax amounts to cents a ton
on the basis of a ffty-ton carload.
The fuel administration took fur
ther form yesterday when severai
Public Utilities Commission en-
ployes were assigned to put in their
time on distributing coal and pre-
venting profiteering instead Of their
regular employment 1t is expected
that a number of additional men
must be added to the force to care
for the work.
Two Weeks supply at Time.
In determining. finally. on prior
tiles il was dec ded at yesterdays
session to deliver onty a two weeks
supply at one time instead of at
tempting to fill full orders. 1t ap-
pears certain that consumers will
be forced to conserve their supply
to the utmost in order to be able to
bridge the period of shortage.
The investigation OF Walter c.
Allen, secretary to the Public Util-
tiles Commission. has disclosed that
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
Calls for Report
On Locomotives
Senate Will Probe Any Viola.
tions Of Rail Safety
Laws.

Motive power. recently held to be
the foremost factor toward ultimate
solution of the rail strike, is to be
probed by Congress.
With E. F. Cradle. head of the
maintenance of way men, en- route
to Washington from Chicago for a
conference here with shop crafts
leaders and. he hopes. with Presi-
dent Harding, the Senate yesterday
passed the resolution introduced by
Senator Harrison calling on the In
terstate Commerce Commission for
a report on the present condition
of locomotives and whether safety
laws are being violated.
Railway workers have charged
that a dangerous deterioration of
motive power has followed the
strike and the Senate wishes to
get government information on the
subject. Cradle is coming to give
such information as he has.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
Rail Strikers See Victory
In Shortage of Cars

NEW YORK, Aug. Car short
age figures were quoted by the CEN
trail strike committee tonight in an
attempt to show that the shopmen
would win their walkout before the
middle of August"
There rs just one thing now that
will bring the executives to terms
shortage Of freight cars due to
the strike" declared John J. O'Dowd.
chairman of the committee. THE
figures show that. the shortage is
coming even sooner than we ex-
pected. 1t will begin to be felt be-
fore the end of this week and will
become acute by the end of next
week. Even IL the strike were set
tied tomorrow 1t would take one
and half times the normal number
Of skilled men in the shops to stave
on an acute car famine in Sep
tember."
The figures, based on the Amer
ican Railway Association report for
the third week of the strike, ending
July %. are held by the strikers to
indicate that the present surplus OF
freight cars will be more than
wiped out by August IT."
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
SENIORITY ISSUE
AGAIN DISCUSSED
Question of Defective
Cars Held as Menace
To Public Safety.
Board Offers to Take Up
Seniority Rights Dispute

CHICAGO. Aug. I'm line
with President Harding's lat
est railway strike peace pro-
posal. the Railway Labor
Board. in special session to-
night. adopted a resolution
inviting the carriers and the
strikers to bring before the
board the seniority rights dis
pute-the chief bar to settle
ment.
A. o. wharton. one OF the
three labor members on the
board, offered an amendment
which would have reseinded
the boards resolution of July
;. in so far as that resolu-
ton has been Interpreted TO
AFFECT the question Of senior
ity." This resolution was re-
garded by the roads as out
lawing the strikers.
With two of the labor mem
bers absent from the city
w. L. McMenimen and Albert
Phillips-wharton voted alone
on the amendment, and il was
defeated
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
FRAUD CHARGES
INDICT 23N TWO
LOCAL CONCERNS
Glass Casket and Motors
Companies Officials
Involved.

Activities of the Crystal Glass
Casket Company and the Birming-
ham Motors Company have brought
Federal grand jury indictments
against five persons connected with
the first concern and eighteen with
the second concern on charges OF
using the mails to defraud. Both
operated in Washington and are
said to have cleaned up. together
about 100000.
Dividends of ESQ per cent were
promised by the Casket Company,
which operated a stock-selling cam
paign in the spring of 1920 from
Offices opposite the Treasury, &C.
cordins to Assistant District Attor-
ney Pearl Mccall Those indicted
are: James w. DeCamp, Edwin c.
Reed. A. B. Lacey, R. A. Howe and
S. N. Acker.
The Birmingham "no-axle" car, II
is charged. was expensively con-
structed and could not be manufac-
tured at the price they claimed
Demonstrations were conducted
from Automobile row" on Four
teenth street northwest.
Those indicted as officers and d.
rectors of the Birmingham Motors
Company. are: George b. Mecham
ST., George B. Mecham. jr., Ida M
Mecham, Vance w. Mecham, Samuel
A. Carlson. Thomas E. Dicken. Har-
Ian VanWyck. C. A. Rye, Martin
Lindquist, Alexander J. Guttman n
Leland F. Cannon, Caius E. Weaver
A. E. Mecham, Guy F. Allen, Elmer
E. Hayden, R. s. O'Neal, C. r. Mar
vim and William H. Clark.
Alfred d. Irby, vice president and
trustee of the Birmingham Sales
Co.. who is acting manager of the
company in the absence of Allen
e. Mechem declared last night that
neither he nor officials of the
company in Jamestown, N. Y. had
received official notification con-
cerning the indictments at 1880
O'Clock, last night.
Mr.. Irby declared that the Bfr-
mingham Sales Co.,. was organized
May and contracts were made
with Birmingham Motors merely
for the sale of those cars in the
territory which included the Dis
trfct of Columbia. Virginia, West
Virginia, Maryland and Delaware.
Former Senator Charles A.
Towne. of New York, has been re-
tanned to. look after the legal as
pect of the case. Although the
ONCE of the Birmingham Sales Co
was open to answer inquiries last
night. only ten were made.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08

D. M JcWch.
Chairman. railway en-
ployes, Chicago, Ill.
Il had your communication.
In which you and your asso-
ciates. speaking for the striking
railway shopmen. pledged your
agreement to the proposals
which / submitted to the rail-
way executives and yonr organ
izations for the settlement OF
the pending railroad strike. In
asmuch as l was acting as a
voluntary mediator. seeking the
earliest possible settlement. I
confess to YOU the same disa2-
pointment which ] have con-
veyed to the executives. that the
terms were not unanimously ac-
cepted. As you are already
aware. the executives of the car
riers declared their inability to
restore seniority rights uniIn-
paired.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08

Otherso n the flm are Miss Zola
Price. Miss Beulah Sullivan. Miss
Sarah Heller. Miss Irma Maybury
and Miss Catherine Elliott.
shooting Other Candidates.
Messrs. Crawford and Carter,
producers of The Washington Her.
aid films Of those who may become
Miss Washington will continue
to take moving pictures of the
candidates all week. and a new gal
lery of outdoor portrait will appear
at the same theaters next week.
Although these pictures will
have no effect on the selection of
Miss Washington" they will be
likely to include the chosen beauty,
and thus Washington people VIII
already know Miss washingtonr
before she goes to Atlantic City.
Three days instead of two, will be
TIE period Of the Atlantic City pa-
geapt this year. Mics Washington" /"
VIII will be q leading figure at the
celebration. will leave early Sep
<~-<x..~S -. ~. -.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08

TT Is exceedingly gratifying.
however. that In responding to
the terms which were proposed
that both the spokesmen for the
carriers and the sp0kesmen for
the employees have pledged that
they will recognize the validity
OF all decisions by the Railroad
Labor Board and to faithfully
carry out such decisions as con-
templated by the law. More
over. spokesmen for the carriers
and employees have approved the
second paragraph of the pro-
posal and in their approval have
agreed that Railroad Labor
Board decisions which have been
involved in the strike may be
taken. in the exercise of recog-
nized rights. by either party, to
the Railroad Labor Board for
rehearing
\'Tnasmuch as the employees
The Washington herald., 1922-08-08
UNION1ON BIG FOUR
TAKES STRIKE VOTE

INDIANAPOLIS. Aug. IA strike
vote among all telegrsphers and sta
tiouf agents Of the Big -Four railroad
started today.
Edward J. Whelan. general chair
man Of the union. sent out l.5oo bal
lots to determine whether that class
Of employees should walk out in pro-
test against wage reductions and con-
dit3ons proposed by the management