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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-03

Near Brownsville, Texas, ". 4. King
conducts. one Of the largest snake farms
in the world, with a hundred hatcheries
constantly employed The farm sup
plies specimens to museums and zoology
cal gardens and poisons to chemists and
medical men.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-03
History Of Road Building.

It is said that the Carthaginians
were the first people to use a system
Of road paving. but the Romans were
he most famous road-makers. The
name of John Macadam will always
be associated with the roads because
ne invented form of road now known
as 'tar-macadam" Wood-pavlng was
arst used in Russia and introduced to
Britain In 1886.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-03

New York city boasts of two lady
master plumbers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-04-03
DEATHS.

In Providence. L. l., April ,, John W
Horton, about 80, formerly of Hinsdale
\. II.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
EIGHT DIE IN FIRE
BLAMED ON Strikers
Continued from First Page.

windows whence they leaped TO the
ground. Many OF the injured. In addi-
tlonsto suffering burns, were injured az
q result of the leaps
One reason officials are of the opinion
that the fire was incendiary il the
amazing rapidity with which the flames
spread. From the corner where the
tiny blaze was first seen by the cook
the flames appeared to spreadlsin all
directions at once and within five min
utes the entire building. I75 by 800 feet.
was enveloped. There was nothing
combustible In the building
There were many thrilling rescues.
Many Of those who leaped from the
windows were hurt so badly that they
were unable to move and police and
fremen dashed forward and dragged
them back to safety. Others who had
been overcome in their quarters were
carried out by police and firemen.
While the rescue work was going on
q crowd of several hundred men, sup
posed to have been striking shopmen,
stood on az cliff overlooking the build
ing and hurled stones at the injured and
the rescuers until they were finally
driven away by squad Of police.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
ARRESTED FOR JEERING
RAILROAD MEN WORKING
Action Taken to Indicate
Wide Scope OF Injunction.

Speciol Dispatch 10 Tur NEw rosw HrpALD
CHICAGO. Sept. "a jeer. hurled mt
workers on the Illinois Central Railroad
caused the hrst arrest to-day under
the far-reaching provisions Of the Fed
eral injunction against striking shop
men.
ii was viewed as indication of the
intent or the army OF v. $. marshals
posted al terminals and shops TO Inter-
prct literally the drastic order listing the
contraction OF a facial muscle as !
direct obstruction Of railroad operations.
Hugh Noon. 60. seized by q deputy
marshal. will be arraigned before 4
United States commissioner.
At q turbulent meeting In which w.
u. Foster, alleged instigator Of the
steel strike, and recently arrested IN
connection with the secret convention
OF Communists in a Michigan woods. was
the chief speaker. the Chicago Fedora
tion Of Labor adopted resolutions appar-
emily In open defiance OF the writ, call
Ing for the immediate start Of cam
raign to raise funds TO aid the strikers.
1--WE don't give n damn about the
INJUNCTION" said Foster He was
thecred. Former u. $. Senator Petit
grew Of South Dakota, another speaker,
said the men would never better them
selves until the workers take over the
Government"
one murder. n train derailment and
other incidents OF lesser violence were
reported during the day. A laborer.
who was to report tomorrow TO the
shops Of the G.. NJ. and 81. Paul Railroad
was shot TO death from ambuscade as
he walked along the company's right
OF way. Seven freight cars we're thrown
from the tracks In city yards.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
DERAILED ERIE FREIGHT
CARS DELAY TRAFFIC
Lines Blocked When Equip
n7ent Buckles at Rutherford.

Hundreds OF week end outing seekers
returning to New York and North Jersey
points early last evening were delayed
for some time when two freight cars
jumped a switch on the Erie Railroad
near Rutherford
The accident occurred near the june
ture of the New Jersey and New York
branch with the main line and traffic
was diverted to the Newark branch and
brought into Jersey city through Pater-
son and Newark.
The freight train was backing into
the freight terminal near the Hacken-
sack bridge when the two cars buckled
and left the track. falling across the east
and westbound tracks Of the main line.
The accident occurred shortly after 3
o'clock. The accident was not due TO
any labor trouble. railroad officials de-
clared.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
LABOR TO TREAT DAY
AS ONE FOR RESTING
Central Trades Council Will
Have Neither ParaGc Nor
Picnic as in Past.

While there will be no Labor Day
parade or picnic of the Central Trades
ana Labor Council of Greater New York
and vicinity to-day individual unions
and others will have outings, games and
social functions us-the outlying sections
of the metropolitan district.
The holiday will be treated as one OF
rest by labor men.
Tie Admiral Schley Squadron of the
United War Veterans will present an
American flag to the Woodhaven Board
of Trade. At the conclusion of the dem
onstration Mgr. j. 0. Chadwick, chaplain
Of the U. S. S. Maine, will make an
address. Other speakers scheduled in
cude United States Senator William M.
Calder. State Senator John Il. Karle.
Alderman Edgar Il. Hazelton.
An cutting viii be held ut whitestone
Landing, l.. L.. under auspices of the
Loyal Labor Legion. OF which Paul Vac
carelli Is the leader. There viii be en-
tertanment and speeches hy labor lead
ers of this and other cities.
At ! o'clock this morning requiem
mass for the late Michael Collins will
he celebrated In st. Anthony's Catholic
Church. Mansion street and East Tre-
mont avenue The Bronx.
The Institute for Public Service is
sued a Labor Day appeal yesterday for
sthe mere general teaching of Tabor
civics" in educational institutions The
appeal defines labor civics as follows:
Information and straight thinking
about labor's dignity, labor's rights.
labor's duties and labor's needs"
Fewer coal strikes, rail strikes and
other labor troubles win occur after
American schools and colleges demand
and teach the facts about labor troubles
and their remedies. the appeal said. It
added that nothing had ilappened since
the coal and railway strikes started
which was not known would happen
when they started and that every rem
edy which would be- found for all this
suffering was in sight before the suffer-
ing began.
American Legion posts. Veterans of
Foreign Wars. neehborhood associa-
tions and hundreds OF other organiza-
tions viii have outings, athletic events.
water carnivals and picnIcs in many sec
tions of Long Island and Staten Island.
Veterans of the First Division. A. e. f.,
will have reunion on the farm of l..
Gordon Hammersley, near Barrytown on
the Hudson. Mr.. Hammersley is COM
mander of Manhattan Post, American
Legion.
The New York Caledonian Club will
have its sixty-ninth annual field day at
Ulmer Park Three hundred entries
have been received for the seven A. A..
U. events, and ten teams are entered for
the mile relay handiran
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
CALLS ON HARDING
TO SEIZE RAILROADS
Labor Body Also Says Daugh-
erty Is BroWbeating.

Boston. Sept. "a resolution calling
upon President Harding to seize the
railroads and put the shopmen back into
service. and denouncing Attorney Gem
eral Daugherty for his effort 70 "brow-
beat, bully and coerce with judicial
writ and tho soldiers bayonet In the
interest Of the open shop, free Ameri-
con labor In its efforts to maintain de-
cent conditions Of labor" was adopted
ut meeting OF the Boston Central
Labor Union to-day.
Tho resolution. presented by Frank
H. Mccarthy, New England organizer
of the American Federation Of Labor.
pledges full moral and financial sun
rort 10 the strikers. despite the Fed
eral injunction issued last week. which
restraints the giving OF such assistance.
and calls upon all unions TO redouble
efforts TO terminate the strike success
fully.
Copies OF the resolution will he
sent 70 President Harding. Attorney
General Daugherty. Samuel Gompers,
president Of the A. r. OF l.. and Bert NJ.
Jewell, head of the striking railway
shop crafts.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
Labor Day Originated
From Incident in 1882

HE origin of Labor Day is de-
scribed as follows in bulle-
tin issued yesterday by the
Institute for Public Services
"rhe idea OF the days celebration
began September 3. 1882, during a
parade OF New York labor unions
A national convention OF the
Knights of Labor, forerunner OF
the American Federation of Labor
was in the grandstand. As parad-
ers passed by Maryland delegate
said to the general worthy foreman
of the Knights of Labors This Is
Labor Day in earnest, Uncle Dick"
The repetition of this remark
started talk about regular Labor
Day. In 1884 labor unions started
anationwide effort TO SECURE a legal
holiday called Labor Day. In 1887
five legislatures made the first
Monday in September a legal holi-
day-Oregon, Colorado. New Jersey,
New York and Massachusetts. To-
day it is a legal holiday in every
State but Wyoming and in every
territory but the Philippines.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
FEDERAL DRAGNET Is
LAID FOR YIOLATORS
Continued from First Page.

named defendants Immediately upon
the receipt or acquisition of notice. or
knowledge thereof"
Agents of the Department OF Justice
operating under William J. Burns, chief
of the Bureau of Investigation. were to-
and have been shifted to localities in
large groups, ready to gather informa-
ton desired by the Attorney General.
and to procure evidence of violations of
the courts order. 1t was said tonight
that the department may further ex-
pand the force OF deputy marshals.
There are now on duty about 5000
extra deputies. detailed mainly in strike
areas To what extent this force will
be enlarged viii depend upon develop
ments of the next few days.
In the absence of the Attorney General
officials of the Department of Justice
threats OF a general strike made by
Samuel Gompers, as well as upon other
labor leaders criticisms leveling defiance
at the courts order. Department adj
visers have emphasized the point. how
ever. that the AttorneyGeneral had laid
much stress on the statement that the
Governments step is not q fight against
the unions but a fight against alleged
lawless acts of union members. Gen
orally the Administration is said to have
no fear that a general strike will be an
outgrowth of the Chicago Judges order.
The Government Is prepared for any
eventuality in backing up the Attorney
General and the Federal Court In its
decision. What plans the War Depart
ment may have made is not known, but
II is believed that the President and his
Cabinet have fully weighed the after
effects of the acknowledgements step in
the ranks Of labor. If disorder develops
upon a large scale officials are confident
that the President would not hesitate to
employ whatever military force is
deemed necessary to cope with the
situation.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
BOOTLECGER GOT PART
OF STOLEN BANK FUNDS
Deals With Rum Runners Be-
lieUed Behind Embezziemenf.

Bootlegging deals may be linked with
the embezzlement Of 1000 of the
funds OF the First National Bank OF
Rockville Centre, l.. l.. which has re-
suited in the indictment OF Charles J..
Dooley. fugitive cashier OF the bank
and village treasurer OF Rockville Gem
tire. and two others. James T. Stiles,
editor of the Daily Roricc of Freeport,
and Rudolph M. Wylk. Alexander q.
Blue, Assistant United States District
Attorney. has admitted that one person
who Benefited by Dooley's defalcations
IS n bootlegger. but he would not indi-
cate how any part Of the banks funds
were diverted for this beneficiary
Dooley Is fugitive. lie disappeared
the day after J. b. Funston. National
Bank Examiner, began an examination
of the books of the institution on April
~. Both stiles and Wylk are out on
si00 900 bail, each awaiting trial.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
YORKTOWN HEIGHTS
CHAUTAUQUA TRTUMPHS

The Community chautauqua. which has
met with roueh shedding at Yorktown
Heights. westchester county. duo 10 a
split in the guarantors' committee, man
aged 20 conduct performances yester-
day. despite the troubles faced by the
organization IN obtaining site FOR its
tent.
Mrs. Theodore Purdy, one Of those In
tercsted IN the Chautauqua. declares the
reason sites were refused and players
antors was the failure OF the company to
live up to the terms OF its agreement
The whole trouble. she thinks, is due TO
a demand made by the Chautauuua man
agemcnt that tho guarantors guarantee
the sale OF 500 tickets. There was no
such stipulation In the original agree
ment, according TO Mrs, purdy.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
CHAPEL L0oTERs CAPTURED.
Many millions In Gems Recovered
in Russia.

Moscow. Aug. So.--valuable Jewels
stripped from the historic icon Of ths
1berlan Virgin by robbers who broke
into tho famous Iberian Chapel III tho
rates Of the Red Square on April Z have
been recovered by the Moscow police.
Thirty members Of the gang OF rob-
trrs who looted many churches and con.
vents before ana during the Government
eduisition OF church treasures have
been arrested and loot valued at many
millions OF dollars has been recovered
rho jewels from the Ibcran icon alone
were estimated TO be worth nearly
sS,ooo.ooO.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04

The Labor Secretary declared that
two great things have been accom-
plished in American industrial life
I'VE have conquered the menace OF
unemployment which threatened us" he
said, and we have prevented wage
panic IA the ranks OF labor. We have
put between four and five million men
back to work and we have put them
back 10 work with wages which leave
the general wage level OF the nation
very little below the high point reached
following the war"
Despite the pressure OF unemployment.
Mr. Davis said I'VE have forestalled
those shortsighted employers who Jaw
in the situation only an opportunity 10
beat down the price OF labor" adding
that through these lines we have
brought America. TO the threshold of an
era Of mexampled prosperity"
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
HARD COAL IS PROMISED
TO CITY WITHIN MONTH
Assurance From Former Ad-
Uiscr of Fuel Board.

Hard coal should be coming into the
New York market in full stream within
thirty days after mines are reopened.
provided railroad service holds up. ac-
cording to Girvan n. Snyder. one OF
Washington's dollar year men, who
spent twenty-five months with the War
Fuel Administration az transportation
advisor and who Is now general man
ager OF Dickson & Eddy. hard coal dis
tributors, Whitehall Building.
From then on householders viii be
able TO get enough hard coal from week
TO week 70 suffice them, Mr. Snyder
forecast, although any procuring of n
full winters supply at once would be
out Of the question. Enough persons
had one. two or more tons OF anthracite
IN their cellars, Mr. Snyder said dealers
surveys had shown. 70 take OFF any panic
edge.
Mines are in shape 70 start operations
az once. the coal expert said No re-
snoring Is necessary. There has been no
flooding as reported, save IN the in-
mediate vicinity OF Carbondale. Pa
which has been the scene OF unusual
cloudbursts this summer. Throughout
tho suspension the United Mine Work.
crs have kept pumping crews al work in
All shafts. The fact that fifteen tons OF
water have to be pumped for every ton
~ coal mined gives some indication OF
the size OF this problem.
Thirty days would have 10 be allowed
after The lorg i've months iaypfT, Mr.
Snyder thought before y fWi days work
could be expected. because II would
take probably that long FOR mine mules
70 harden their hoofs and miners their
muscles.
Public utilities will probably fare best
on resumption of anthracite production.
because OF The greater facility in set
ting out the smaller huckwheat and
steam coal sizes, probably % per cent
~ the total output. OF the nine sizes
IN All 75 per cent goes for domestic
use according 70 Mr. Snyder.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
CONFESSES TO KILLING
RAILROAD SHOPMAN
Memphis Striker Tells OF
Ambushing Motor Party.

MEMpHis. sept 3.--Frnnk - Miller.
Seth w. Poston, Albert Johns and
Charles Moak. said to be striking rail-
road workers. were arrested to-day on
warrants charging murder In connection
with the ambuscade and killing OF
Charles H. Lancer. a Frisco system
shop employee. who. with two other
men were fred on while on their way
to the shops in South Memphis yester-
day.
Poston. according TO n police an
nouncement confessed to implication In
the attack on an automobile In which
Lancer, Audie S. Carol. also Frisco
employee. and Clarence Stevens. a shop
foreman. were riding when they were
frcd on.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
STATE POLICE GUARD
PORT JERVIS RAIL YARD
Disperse Crowds TWice---
Train Crews Stoned.

popT JERvis, y. ". Sept. State po-
lice we're called on two occasions to-day
TO dlsperse crowds OF strike sympathizers
which gathered AZ the gates of the Erie
Railroad yards here. one workman In
the yard was slightly injured by stones.
After dispensing the crowd for the second
time the state police Joined with the
railroad detectives In guarding yard
gates.
The crews Of two freight trains were
stoned as the trains passed through
Greycourt tonight George ELLIS. the
engineer Of the first train. was cut and
bruised, but was able to continue his
run to Paterson. n. j.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
Equipment Found Had.

OF 40s5 locomotives inspected at Ut
points. 2.t65 were found TO be in bad
shape by Government inspectors. OF
these 169 were unsafe 10 operate. while
many OF the others were positively get
ting into the same condition The nifty
inspectors Is too small 4 force to ex-
anime total of 10000 locomotives on
2G5. 900 miles Of road. Had Il been pos
sble 70 look into the condition OF them
All thcre n no doubt that many more
thousands, would be added to the toll
of deterioration The most conservative
estimates place the loss to the roads In
this item Of deterioration alone and
damage to railroad property at more
than Il cost the shopmen IN wages
officials Of the American Farm Blu
rcau Federation. while they have no def
mite ngurcs believe that the interfer-
cncc with transportation already has
cost the farmers large sums of money.
Before the Interstate Commcrce' Com
mission put its priority orders into ef-
feet urgent tclegrams poured into
washington to notify the Government
that farmers, particuiafly In the truck
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
RamificatiOns Reach Deep
Into the Fabric Of All
Industries.
MINERS LOSS, is GREAT
$450,000,00 in Wages Gone
as Result of 20 Weeks
Suspension.
Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., Sept. 3.

New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. C., sept. 3.
Definition in terms of dollars and
cents of the enormous cost of the
twenty week strike in the coal fields,
now happily about to end. and the nine
week strike of the railroad shopmen
still in progress, to American industry
and the American people, even il pos
sible of accurate presentation at the
moment, would be most inadequate
as an index of the ultimate cost
Government experts, statisticians,
heads of highly specialized bureaus,
members of the Cabinet and Congress
sional leaders are all agreed that the
cost eventually must be measured, not
in the loss to labor in wages, not in
the loss to the operators in profits or
even in the loss to the consumers in the
higher cost of coal and manufactured
articles, but rather in the enormous
setback which the warfare has given
business and industry its psychology
cal effect on general confidence and
the resultant Generalization.
Go to any department OF the Govern
ment and ask this or that expert what
the strike cost and the answer is in al
most all cases the same. He will tell
you that you cannot measure 1t in dol
lars, that It's ramifications go too deep
into the fabric of industry to permit of
a statistical presentation.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
SECRETARY OF LABOR HOPES
FORCE WILL BE DISCARDED
Mr.. Davis in Labor Day Message Reviews the Year
and Says Menace of Unemployment and Wage
Panic Have Been Overcome

WASHINGTON, Sept. g. Secretary
American people declared that 1--WE can
look with pride and gratitude upon
the achievements Of the last twelve
months" and that in his period America
has been brought to the threshold OF an
era OF unexampled prosperity"
But for the industrial strife which
has been evident for several months
throughout the country, the Secretary
added, the outlook OF the nation would
not have been darkened during the year.
I'VE must find a common ground of
fairness and cooperation for employers
and employees where they can adjust
their differences without RECOURSE 10 an
appeal to force he said. There can
be no justification for bloodshed and
destruction in America to-day"
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
CHARTER REVOKED FOR
AN OUTLAW STRIKE
Boston and Worcester Street
RailUGy Men Walk Out.

BosroN, Sept. 3--The charter issued
to employees OF the Boston and Worces-
ter Street Railway by the Amalgamated
Association OF Street and Electric Rail-
way Employees OF America was re-
voked to-day by order of President WILL
lam ID. Mahon as penalty for the
strike which occurred last night. The
walkout was termed an outlaw strike by
union officials.
BY the revocation the 200 members
of the union local viii fail TO receive
the benefits ordinarily granted to men
on strike and in event of failure to re-
turn to work within short period will
lose ali the financial benefits OF union
membership. to which nearly two-thirds
OF them are eligible.
F'RAMiNGHAM, Mass, Sept. 3.--Not a
car moved over the system of the Boston
and Worcester trolley line to-day in
consequence of the strike of the en-
ployees last night against reduction In
wages proposed by the management.
Considerable inconvenience was caused
to the travelling public. particularly on
the. Marlboro and Hudson and Saxon
vile branches OF the system, which were
left without transportation save for q
limited service on the steam railroads.
Company officials to-day reiterated
their decision to await move by the
employees and officers Of the striking
unions announced that the men would
not return 10 work except on the basis
Of 54 cents an hour which the company
proposed to reduce to SO cents. The
company has also offered to submit the
matter to arbitration, but the unions
have rejected this proposal.
The strikers number $50 and include
all branches Of the service except line
men and power men.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
COAL IMPORTS DECLINE.
Tonnage Last Week $4,000 Tons
Less Than Previous week.

During the week which ended Satur-
,lay, September 2. seventeen ships with
coal cargoes arrived nj New York,
bringing $1,000 tons Of. Welsh bltumi-
nous for tho needy industries OF the
city. This was q falling Off from tho
previous weeks record, when twenty
coal carriers arrived with 1881 tons.
and the week before that when there
we're 20 ships OF 10000 tons.
The New York herald., 1922-09-04
sHoPMEN ASK GENERAL STRIKE
Philadelphia Workers Send Reso-
Intions 20 Gompers.

PHfGADELpHfA. Sept. s,-Railroad
shopmen on strike from the Pennsyl-
vania and the Philadelphia and Reading
railroads here to-day passed a resolu-
tion copy Of which was sent TO sam
uel Gompera president OF the American
Federation of Labor, urging him to aid
IN calling general strike as result
of the Injunction recently issued against
the Abopmen Men from Camden shops
Joined the philadelphia strikers Nearly
a thousand men attended the meeting.