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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
Government Agents Keep
Eye on Headquarters
Of Walk-Out.
NONUNION MINES
SPEED PRODUCTION
More Than 5000 Plants
Tied Up as 100000
Drop Picks.

INDIANAPOLIS Ind. April l.
The nation began eating into its
$4,000, ,OOO-ton coal reserve today
while more than 100000 miners
quit. tieing up more than 5000
mines
ohicial estimates said the reserve
will carry industries and utilities
through more than two months ii
domestic consumption is reduced bv
warm weather.
Nearly 100000 tons are gone
already" declared John l.. Lewis
president of the United Mine Work
ers and field marshal of the strik
ers. at headquarters here tonight
Daily consumption during the win
ter exceeds 100000 tons. Union
miners dropped their picks in
twenty States. Lewis claimed and
thousands of unorganized workers
Joined them.
Troops Are MOvIns.
Government agents were watch
ing headquarters here, however
and government troops were be
ing moved into some Of the districts
to prevent violence.
Lewis said there would ne 40 yio-
lence.
Despite the April l holiday. $500
mines in the open shop regions
worked at full speed today. accord
ing to reports to union head
quarters They will produce be-
tween 100000 and 5.0O0.O 900 tons
a week during the strike and this
will make IL unnecessary to draw
upon the reserve to a great extent.
Lewis and Secretary Treasurer
William f. Greene were in a final
war council" They agreed on No
plan by which the strike could be
ended. however. and Lewis left at
E:i5 o'clock for Washington, where
he will tell the miners story Mon
day to the Congressional commit
tee investigating the suspension.
Absurd. says Greene.
Greene left for his home in Gosh
octon. Ohio.
need 2 leader in the fight. They
Fatb NiAS INSPIRED a
purpose to aspire to an American
standard of living"
Greene characterized as absurd
the testimony of Alfred Ogle, Terre
Haute. Ind, mine operator, who
told the committee, the operators
of the central competitive field
were not bound legally or morally
to meet the union men. He ex-
hibited the original copy of the
agreement between the operators
and miners, which provided for an
interstate meeting before April /.
1922.
Greene said the action OF leo min
ers in signing a contract at Dan
vile, ILL.,. was "alI right" because
il probably was taken to meet local
conditions not affecting the mine
war at large.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
JAPANESE FORCES
ANDCHITA'SREDS
NEAR HOSTILITIES-
Siberian Troops Advance
Into Jap Zone, Despite
Warning.

. TOKYO. April Although no
disposition exists on the part of
the japanese government or people
to engage in hostilities, wherein
Japan can expect nothing but a
heavy bill. all tho news from 81
IBERIA indicates the early approach
of hostilities between the Japanese
and the Chita Reds.
The latter are steadily advancing
in the japanese zone in spite Of
repeated warnings from the Jap
anese command that such violation
of the agreement will be resisted
Reds Alarm VIadivostok.
The japanese outposts have been
withdrawn and the, forces are be-
ing concentrated, taking up a line
before Nikolsk The Reds are fit
ering past and entering Vladivos-
tok, where the inhabitants are be-
coming alarmed.
Dispatched from Dairen state
that the Japanese delegates
are being instructed to hasten con-
clusion of an agreement and they
are even conceding some points
which heretofore they have stub
NpHlteltu. however.
reports stiffening of the Chita
attitude. which has almost reached
the point of defiance to Japan.
Chita for Open Door.
Foreign Minister Janson. Of the
Chita government is quoted as
saying that the Japanese are in
sisting on a special position in ST.
berian trade which Chita refuses
to accept, the latter taking a stand
for equal opportunities and the
open door despite any agreement
Japan may have concluded with
Gen. Semenoff.
No steps have been taken yet TO
increa&e the japanese forces on the
Vladivostok front, possibly because
of lack of desire on the part of the
Japanese public to embark on a
military adventure in Siberia. 1t
is felt that a troop movement
would participate an avalanche of
hostile criticism against the Siber-
ian policy of the militarist party
(CopyriRht 1897
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the public need have no fear of
inconvenience because of the great
industrial controversy.
Sees Great Waste.
IF the coal industry is not re-
organized In the interest of the
public said Senator Borah, then
1t Will be up to the public to try
the experiment of public ownership.
! do not underestimate the task
which the public will assume when
it undertakes this, but l doubt very
much il the public will much long
er submit to the present system
of operating the coal mines.
. Take one item in this chaotic
Industry and that is the problem
Of irregular employment. The av-
erage bituminous mine runs about
200 or possibly 215 days out Of 3Gs.
these unproductive hours are sheer
waste. There follow the fixed
charges. the depreciation of idle
mines. idle cars. idle railroads, etc.
This item of waste alone has been
estimated at 100000. 900 year.
- Says Public Pays.
Either labor or the consuming
public must pay for this, for a
glance at the profits disclose that
the operators take no part Of It.
The coal miner is in a sense IAN
expert workman. He cannot very
well mine coal one month and work
in the wheat fields the next. Even
If he could adjust himself. as a Ia
borer, to the situation. the propin-
guilty of the jobs is not at hand.
~ find that in the Pittsburgh dis
trict the AVERAGE days of work by
the mines for 1921 was 1913. and the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
Kite and 10 Cents
Lead Boy to Death
Lad, II, Killed by Live Wire
Climbing Pole After
Plaything.

Attempting to release a kite,
which had become entangled in high
voltage wires near his home, Wal
ter Thompson. IL years old. 217 Glib
bons street, Alexandria. was electro
cuted early yesterday. The boys
body hung Imply on a cross-arm OF
the pole for twenty-five minutes be-
fore 1t was taken down.
Accepting a 1O-cent bet that he
could scale the pole OF the Alex
andria County Light Company. the
youth climbed to the top of the pole
As he neared his entangled kite, he
grasped one OF the wires and fell
dead over a cross-arm of the pole.
Playmates rushed to the boys
home and notified his father Web
ster Thompson. The, nre depart
ment was brought to the scene. I'm
able to free the lads body until
the current was cut off. a policeman
notified the light company, the cur
rent was turned off and the boys
body was taken from the pole by
lincmen of the company. The body
was removed to his home.
The body was burned to a crisp
before 1t could be removed. Moth
ing was left on the lad save his
shoes and hat.
A jury summoned later by Cor
oner T. NJ. Jones returned a vcr-
dict of death by elect-ocution.
The kite was the property of
Lewis Petty, IL years old. who Of
fered the 10 cents reward for its
recovery to Thompson.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
Mine neLeader Looks
For Early Peace
Murray Points to Migration
Of Aliens as Favorable to
Anthracite Strike.

NEW YORK. April 1.-SettIement
of the anthracite wage dispute will
come quickly, Philip Murray, inter
national vice president of the United
Mine Workers of America, declared
tonight.
Migration abroad of alien miners,
reported from Pennsylvania, Is a
strong point in our favor" Murray
declared. TT will help bring the
operators to terms.
Anthracite mining requires
skilled laborers and the industry
Is not oversupplied." he said.
Union leaders of the anthracite
region meet operators here Monday
to resume negotiations on-the hard
coal wage scale.
Monday will be the first real
day of the strike" Murray said.
we expect many non-union miners
to join us and then the number
will steadily increase"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
Anthracite Region Quiet;
Walk-Out Seems Complete

WILKES BARRE. Pa. April l.
The initial day of suspension
throughout the anthracite section
in the nations mine war was re-
ported quiet.
Telegraphic reports received by
Thomas Kennedy, president Of dis
trict No. Z, and spokesman for the
miners in their conference with the
operators. show that the walkout
was complete in every detail
NOnunion miners joined union
men and assisted in closing 10
mines. Approximately I55,eOO men
answered the suspension.
Because of inclement weather.
many Of the idle miners remained
In their homes. Those who gath
cred on the streets to discuss the
situation did not seem depressed
by their idleness. 1t seemed moro
like a holiday vacation than the
preliminary skirmish Of what may
prove to be the greatest labor wal
in the history Of this country.
At NantiCoke. near here, a gen
eral meeting Of miners was held
Continued on Pd1e Ttro.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
YOLANDA WILL WE'D
WALES, RUMOR SAYS

ROME. April LIN high Roman
circles it is reported that an an
nouncement of the engagemert be-
tween Princess Yolanda and Prince
Leopold is forthcoming. other
sources state that a surprise is IN
store: that her engagement to the
Prince Of Wales will be announced.
1t Is impossible to obtain con-
hrmation OF either rumor. A court
Official declared that these are pri-
vate matters in whic hthe royal
family is concerned, and therefore
he could not discuss them.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
SEIZE q ALIENS SMUGGLED =
IN BY UNDERGROUND ROUTE

Collector Webster Little. who
made the capture, was tipped off
by a lighthouse Keeper near here.
Federal authorities stationed
throughout Florida are now concen-
trating thejf efforts on human
smuggling following several re-
cent captures of Chinese and other
foreignefs being brought into the
state.
Revenue officers, dispatched in
several ''flying squadrons' to Flor
ida to stop the great smuggling in
ldustry. are assisting local customs
officials in running down the '-hu-
man smugglers."
Prohibition agents captured ten
Chinese aboard the vessel Edna on
Miami several nights ago. and
eleven of the Orientals were taken
by Federal officers near here sew
eral months ago.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
POINCARE REFERS
TO RESERVATIONS

PARIS, April 1.-"Francc is en-
titled to reservations on the five
power naval limitations treaty as
much as is the American senate
Premier Poincare declared in the
Chamber this afternoon.
when the time for such discus
sion arrives" Poincare said. we
can have our reservations if we
desire them"
A warm tribute to the initiation
of President. Harding in calling the
Washington conference was heart
lily applauded by deputies.
Former Premier BRAND defended
the five-power treaty, declaring
Frances naval rights had not been
sacrificed and that she was free to
have what navy she wished
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
IRISH EXTREMISTS
AND POLICE CLASH

BELFAST. April IA desperate
midnight battle took place last
night in the hills above Cookstown.
County Tyrone, between police and
members of the De Valera faction
of the Irish republican army. The
leader Of the police force and one
republican were killed. and there
were many wounded. The republi-
cans were surprised by the police
while carrying on an extensive raid.
Francis Donnelly was reading the
peace terms to his wife last night
when a bomb wrecked his house,
killing his baby and woundinS him.
self, his son and his daughter.
Copyright. is22.)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
WEINBERG JUDGE
DELAYS SENTENCE

NEW YORK. April Judge Chat
field OF the Brooklyn Federal Court,
postponed sentence today on Ste
phen Weinberg. after his lawyer, Her.
man c. Pollock, moved for a new
trial on the ground of newly dis
covered evidence.
Weinberg was convicted last Tues
day of having paraded in a naval
officers uniform. Pollock said he
could now prove that the uniform
supposedly worn by Weinberg when
he was visiting President Harding
at the White House with the Prin-
cess Fatima had been returned 70
the seller Immediately following its
delivery to Weinberg.
The judge said he was convinced
was a "nimble -witted and
fellow" but allowed time
for the abduction OF new evidence.
Weinberg said he now occupies a DO
sition of trust.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02

TAMPA, Fla. April Twenty
two aliens, patrons of the gigantic
smuggling system operating along
the Atlantic seaboard. were cap
tured late today by Federal officers
off Tarpon Springs. near here.
The men-Spanish, Greek and
German-were attempting to enter
this country through the under
ground" route, authorities declared.
They were brought here and placed
in Jail pending investigation by
immigration authorities. Federal
revenue officers here believe they.
were placed aboard vessel at
some Cuban or West Indian port
The men claim they paid from $40
TO 500 each to be brought 10 the
United States They expected to
make their way into the interior
through Florida.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
KILLED
BY CAR, JURY SAYS

NEW YORK, April Following
an autopsy, physicians issued state
ment that Robert B. Roosevelt. jr..
met his death when he was struck
by an automobile and thrown agains-
pillar. Roosevelt, who was a sec
ond cousin OF the former President.
Gied after he was found wandering
about the streets IN a dazed condi-
ton. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert b. Roose-
welt, parents of the youth, arrived
here tonight from their Washington
home.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
100000 OUT,
U SAY UNIONS
Revised Estimates Show
$500 Mines Closed
By Walkout.

More than 100000 coal min
ers went out yesterday. and
G,20O mines We're closed, ac-
cordinE 10 the latest revised
union estimate:
nlinoiJ-95. 900.
Indiana-3O.0 900.
OhiO-40.00
Iuwa-13 600.
Pennsylvania bituminous-
$4,000.
Anthracite-15O,OO0
West Virginia-45, 900.
Alabama-2,000.
Arkansas-5.0 200.
Colorado-7.0 900.
Kansas-12.00O.
Kentucky-2l. 900.
Maryland-1,5 500.
Michisan-:.5OO.
500.
Montana-4,000.
New Mexico 600
900.
Tennessee-5,4 400.
Texas-2,400.
Utah-2,2O0.
Washington-4.0 900.
WyOming-6.500.
Canada-3.50O.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
REINFORCE LEVEES
AS RISING RIVER
MENACES VALLEY
Families Flee as Workers
Rush Up New Banks on
Lower Mississippi.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. April IA fight
against the swollen waters of the
Mississippi. almost as dramatic as
that being waged at Old Town.
Ark, where the stream is raging its
worst, is being fought here tonight
Two hundred workmen are labor
ing franticaJly TO complete a levee
at the foot of Winchester avenue to
worth Of cotton stored in a nearby
yard. \ line of guards is patrolling
streets near the levee. preventing
curious crowds from coming with
IN the danger zone.
Build second Levee as First Gives.
HELENA, Ark. April Five
hundred men worked feverishly to-
night to prevent a break in the
levee at Old Town, ten miles south
of here. where the flooded Missis-
slppi River threatens to inundate
thousands of acres of lowlands.
Waters were creeping over the top
of the old levec tonight and splash
ing against a portion of the second
embankment. Workers concen-
trated their efforts on strengthen
ing this defense and the third levee.
Water this afternoon for the sec
ond time in two days washed away
the crest of the levee. but the wash
was temporarily stopped by bar
rier of sandbaGs thrcwn up yester-
day.
Tonight there is fear and appre-
hension in every home for twenty
five miles hack Of the point where
the contest between the ingenuity
of engineers and the power OF a
raging river IS being fought.
Refugees Rush to Highlands.
Should the river win IL is impos-
sible to estimate the extent of the
damage which will result. II would
mean the loss OF hundreds OF homes
and barns. the destruction of farm
machinery and the death Of innu-
merable head of livestock. with the
probable loss of human life.
Hundreds OF families. pinning
their faith in the protection of the
levee. have refused to leave their
homes. Refugees from the lowlands
continued to pour into the sur
rounding towns as the backwaters
from the White, Cache, L'Engullie
and st. Francis rivers sweep over
thousands of acres Of farming
lands. reports here said.
A line of guards keeps back the
curious as engineers and workers
wage their fight against the rising
water.
Crest Not Reached.
At Old Town and many other
points the crest will not be reached
for another forty-eight hours, but
engineers feel confident the 17o-
mile stretch of levee will with
stand the battering. Every foot of
levee is being patrolled. men. sand
bags, tools and other supplies are
held at strategic points, while back
OF the levees an army Of volunteers
waits only for a call from the en-
gineers to rush to the aid of the
regular forces.
The main hope of the engineers
now lies on a levee being con-
structed In the rear of the sand
bags. This IL being built Of pilins
reinforced with sandbags and i'm
mense quantities of earth The
piles are being driven with rapidity
and every man OF the army OF food
fighters is working frantically to
complete the work before the river
ibasters down the barriers Of sand
baga
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
Accused of $4,000 Theft.

NEW YORK. N. Y. April IA
mother. ~ -years old, Mrs. Rose
Weller, and her daughter, Katie, 81,
were held today to answer a charge
of possessing $4,000 worth of
platinum stolen from a government
powder plant at Jacksonville, Tenn.
two years ago.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-02
'Doc" Wilson Dies.

NEW YORK, N. Y. April Lew
Wilson Noen, who gained national
notoriety thirty odd years ago as
Doc" Wilson. central figure in the
mystery of the barbed wire king
Is dead. He succumbed TO dido age
in the Newark City Hospital yes
terday.
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The New York herald., 1922-06-13
Newark to Be Scene of
National Title Contests

The Amateur Athletic Union national
track and field, relay and decathlon
championships will be held under the
auspices of the Newark A. c.. at Wee
quahic Park, Newark. on Friday. Satur-
day and Monday, September 8, 3, and IL.
This announcement was made yesterday
by Frederick w. Ruben, secretary
treasurer of the A. A. u. after a confer
ence with officials of the Newark A. c.
The nineteen junior events will be held
on Friday and the same number of
senior events will take place on Satur-
day. The five relay championships-4i0
$50 yards, one mile, two mile and four
mie-will be held on Monday afternoon.
The decathlon will also be held on Mon
day. five events in the morning and the
remaining five events in the afternoon.
The New York herald., 1922-06-13

Frank Hussey, who established the
record of 9-10 seconds for the 10c
yard dash, will have two more years
TO lower that mark before he leaves
Stuyvesant. He Is now fourth termer
and at the rate he is progressing. with
only year since he put on spiked shoes.
the record is destined to stand only a
short time.
Carlos Figueroa, who made the record
of 81 9-1O seconds for the 220 yard dash.
will also have another chance TO smash
that mark, although II seems to be low
enough to stand for a good many years.
The championship games of the upper
Manhattan and Bronx high schools
will be held this afternoon at Lewlsohn
Stadium, postponed on account of wet
grounds from last Tuesday.
The schools entered are George Wash
ington, yinner of the title last year :;
Evander Childs, Morris, Townsend Har-
ris Hall and Theodore Roosevelt.
or those who scored in the champion
ships on Saturday, Victor LAMBERT OF
Evander, A. Newman of Evander, Willie
Siegel of Norris and S. Friedlander Of
George Washington, are sure winners in
their even's.
The third of the Big Three" trophies.
the Yale cup, awarded by the Poly Prep
Club OF Yale to the most deserving attn
lete in the Junior class at Poly Prep,
was presented to Craig La Vim. captain
of the track team, at the exercises of
the junior class held recently. +. b. Cass
had received the Harvard cup for the
best senior class athlete. and Stuart
Mendes, the Princeton cup for the best
in the sophomore class. La Vim also
received the cup offered by the Alpha
Iota Epsilon fraternity to the athlete
scoring the most points during the
past season. He was credited with 1914.
Robert Bergen, sprinter, received the
Sigma Delta Psi cup for the boy scor-
ing the most points in track events.
26A, and to Tom Fogarty, quarter miller
and pole vaulte-'. went the Sigma Psi
trophy for the high scoring field ath-
lete. He had 81 tallies.
The Colgate cup, donated by the Poly
Prep Club of that college, was presented
to Harry Molitor. football and baseball
player. for the best scholar who had
earned two school letters.
Three boys were awarded medals for
breaking school records. They were La
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
Tilden Defeats Cole in
New England Title Tourney

HARTFORD, Conn.,. June 12.-First
round matches were played to-day in the
New England championship tennis tour
nament on the courts of the Hartford
Golf Club The match which attracted
the most attention was between William
T. Tilden I'd, worlds champion. and
Richard H. Cole Of this city. Tilden won
Go. ca.
Other matches included:
H. l.. Davenport. Springfield. defeated "a. l..
Wiener. Philadelphia. 60, 6-4
Nell Chaplin. Springfield. defeated A. G..
Norris, Hartford, 6-3. 6-3.
Phil Roberts. Hartford, defeated Paul Glib
bons. Philadelphia, Ga, -.
j. w. Hartzmark. Hartford, defeated +.
Brown. Springfield. 60. 6-1.
Raymond Snow, Springfield. defeated j. S.
Garvan. Hartford. 6-1. 6-3.
George spadel, Stamford, defeated T. E.
A II. Chaplin. Jr.. Springfield. defeated Z. l..
Dewing, Hartford. 6--i. 7-J.
L. w. Dawson. New York, defeated W. T.
Hooper, Hartford, 6-3, 6-l.
The New York herald., 1922-06-13
American League Supports
Baseball Tour of Japan

CHICAGO, June 1.-THE proposed tour
of Japan by a baseball team, composed
of major league players. which has been
invited to the Orient by Waseda and
Keio universities of Japan, has been
given the American Leagues official
o. X. The club is to be composed of
players from both the American and
National leagues. but selections of these
will not be made until the championship
race in the two leagues is over.
1t is proposed to have the players in
the Orient four months, playing about
twenty games. twelve In Japan against
Waseda and Keio universities. Herbert
Hunter. who has won prominence In
Japan as coach of the universities, will
be in charge of the tour and will select
the players. Fourteen men and two
umpires and a newspaperman will be
included in the personnel.