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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1922-04-01
STRIKE PROBE
WILL CONTINUE
House Labor Committee
May Urge President
Name Board of 3.
SENATE is WAITING
Sutherland Blocks Calder's
Resolution for Inquiry by
Trade Commission.

Although the last-minute attempt
OF Congress to halt the coal miners
strike failed when the two resolu-
tions urging President Harding to
cafi a conference to Washington
Immediately for the purpose CT
thirty days were shelved by the
House Labor Committee yesterday,
nevertheless the committee hear
ings will continue.
Leading members of the National
Coal Association. the operators or
ganization, are scheduled to testify
before the committee today. And
John L. Lewis expects to appear
Monday. This testimony, IT was
said. will form the basis of further
resolutions urging the appointment
of a commission of three by the
President to investigate the strike
issues further.
No Spirit of Cancellation.
Such a commission. IT was hinted
in labor circles. will not be warmly
received by the miners organIza-
ton. Objection is being raised, not
to the commission in itself, but to
its inability to arrive at any con-
clusions which would make for a
settlement. Spokesman for the op-
orators. however, would prefer such
a commission to a reinstatement Of
the Federal Trade Commission to it's
function of gathering information
under oath, it was said. Necerthe-
less, both sides of the controversy,
il is understood, look upon the
present Congressional investigation
merely as an opportunity to get
their views on record before an Of
fetal body.
The spirit Of concpiation, II was
intimated by both miners repre-
sentatives and spokesmen for the
operators. will be absent from the
testimony to be given before the
House Labor Committee.
Calder Resolution blocked.
In the Senate. which for the time
being is expected to play only a
secondary part in the Congressional
strike inquiry. a resolution of SEN
ator Calder. New York, asking the
Federal Trade Commission to make
a comprehensive report on the coal
situation. including charges of prof
iteering. was blocked on objection
by Senator Sutherland, West Vir-
ginia. The resolution calling for an
exhaustive study is similar to one
offered by him in 1917 respecting
anthracite coal. 1t resulted in a
complete report on the anthracite
situation.
II the Calder resolution passes
the Senate it will provide the ma
chinery whereby the Federal Trade
Commission can present conditions
in the production and distribution
OF bituminous coal: the factors in
the cost of production. Including
labor, investment. supplies and all
other items; transportation costs;
margins in wholesaling. jobbing and
retailing and the p-ice paid by the
public.
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THOUSANDS FLEE
AS WATERS RISE
IN MIDDLE WEST
Two Known Dead and
Many Rendered Home
less by Floods.

CHICAGO, March 3i.-with two
known dead and many rendered
homeless by the high waters which
inundated practically all the low
lands of Southern Indiana and I'LL
nois, rivers and small streams in
the district are continuing to rise.
threatening. the worst flood in a
number of years. ..
Relief measures at most of the
towns and cities are being carried
out, and a steady supply of food
Is being sent into the flooded area
from nearby districts in relief of
the homeless.
ported to be rising at the rate Of
four to six inches an hour.
Thousands of acres of farm land
were covered with water for the
second time in ten days, and crop
prospects are almost blighted.
Interurban traffic is hard hit. with
little hope OF restoring service for
several days.
Tents for Homeless.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, March 81
Fifty tents to house the homeless
driven out at Valley City by the
flood of the Illinois River arrived
here tonight.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, March 81.
Automobile roads are impossible
In this district due to heavy rains
Of the past few days. and reports
indicate a continued rising of
streams. Further rain is predicted.
Families Forced to Flee.
WASHINGTON, Ind. March 81. -
Many families have been driven out
Of the river bottoms and are being
cared for by residents as the flood
waters Of the White River reached
a critical stage. Farm lands are
under many feet Of water.
CRAwFoRDSVILLE, Ind, March
31.-Mildred Meagher, Z years old.
and her brother, Gordon. s, were
drowned here today when the bank
of small creek gave way under
their weight. =.
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Democratic Senators are aroused
at the use of the navy's radio
equipment for broadcasting politi-
cal speeches like that of Senator
New, of Indiana, Thursday. They
may ask for an investigation
New spoke to his constituents in
Indiana, and was heard there clear
ly by hundreds of persons. His
speech also was picked up in vari-
Gus other sections of the country.
Friends of Albert J. Beveridgs,
News opponent, were incensed.
senator King Protests-
Senator King, of Utah. Demo-
cratic member of the Naval Az
fairs Committee, called on Secre-
tary DENLY to protest against the
use of the naval radio for political
purposes.
Senator King was assured that
there was no intention to use the
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TDo Indicted in Theft
OF Bonds From Treasury

Charles A. Clevenger. of SIS Rhode
Island avenue northeast. and Urcel
o. wamsley. of Charlottesville, Va.
former Treasury Department en-
ployes, were indicted Sby the federal
grand jury yesterday in connection
with the theft o ms175. 900 In Liberty
bonds which disappeared from the
Treasury annex at 11szD d street north
east about three months. ago.
Clevenger Is charged with actual
larceny o -fthe bonds; wamsfey} with
POSSESSION. Secret Service Agent
Miles. McCahiil. 1t Is said. recovered
the bonds at Clevenger's home.
Clevenger. an overseas veteran. had
been employed in the Treasury De-
partment about two years.
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STRIKE IN MINES BEGINS;
LEWIS ASSERTS 100000
men WILL BE OUT TODAY
GIVE STRIKE
u FREE REIN
Government to Sit Tight
Unless Famine
Develops.

The government has decided
to give the coal strike a free
rein until a fuel emergency
arises.
Official activity, ii would
seem, will be confined for the
time being to Congressional
hearings.
That something which
Daugherty had said would
happen one minute after
midnight" March 81, as the
governments first act in pro-
tecting the public against the
walk -out, failed to develop.
Il will have no statement to
make" Daugherty declared
late last night.
As a result of yesterdays
Cabinet meeting. IL was said.
the administration has deciued
upon "a policy which Secretary
of Labor Davis described as
sitting tight"
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BITTER FIGHT SEEN
Workers Chief Expects
100000 Nonunionists
To Join WalkOut.
30, 200 IN ILLINOIS
QUIT IN ADVANCE
Wives of TOilers Guard
Small Savings for
Long Struggle.

INDIANAPOLIS. March 3L.-A
complete tie-up of bituminous and
anthracite coal mines wherever the
miners are organized in the United
states and Western Canada was
predicted tonight by officials of the
Q United iMne Workers of America
as early reports Of the walkout of
day shift came in. The order for
suspension OF work. officially in IT,
feet at midnight tonight, was in
fact in force in many States from
six to eight hours earlier. accord
ipg to the reports. in those states
where mines do not operate night
shifts.
The complete force Of the walk
out will be evidenced tomorrow
morning, President John L. Lewis
declared and he antimicpated that
100000 nonunion miners would join
the 100000 union workers expected
to waIkout.
Not tSGet strike Benents.
AT least 100000 men will be with
US when Saturday dawns," he said
the suspension order will be dis
that most of the men went out
when the day shift quit"
1t is understood that the -execu.
tive board discussed the advisable.
ity of issuing a formal strike order
today. although no official confirma.
ttOn of this was given. As the
walkOut is based on a suspension
order" no strike benefits will be
paid from the international head
quarters. Strike benefits cannot be
paid except fOlling a strike order.
Union officials said that district
unions Will use their own funds, il
necessary, before any appeal will be
made to the International union.
waIkout Proceeds Quietly.
No Iast-minute instructions were
sent out by headquarters. 1t was
stated that district officials had
OF heir instructions. and that the
walkcut was proceeding quietly
and without violence. as planned.
President Lewis will leave WILL
lam Green. cretary-treasurer, in
charge here when he leaves fOi
New York and Washington. Lewis
will appear before the House Labor
Committee Monday. where legisla-
tive proposals. touching on the
walkout are to be considered. Later
he will go to New York and confer
with the anthracite operators on
the wage scale, under consideration.
y Break In Indiana.
The utmost calm was evidenced
around headquarters. So thor
oughly has the walkout been pre-
pared that there was little sign of
anything unusual going on. Of
ficials came and went. there were
many conferences. but the air of
something big impending was
lacking.
President Lewis expressed con-
fdence that the Kansas miners
would remain on strike until the
policy committee acts. despite any
action by the Kansas State Indus
trial Court. He also said that the
reported break" of 5000 Southern
Indiana and Kentucky miners was
not a break. but action by Presi-
dent Lonnie jackson, of the dis
trict. which had been approved. The
miners in that district are under
contract until April /. 1928.
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URGES BILL TO Aid
NEEDY BORROWERS
Mrs. C. B. Stephen Believes
Increases in Rate Will
Work Favorably.

Passage Of the Commissioners
bill Oh. R. 5o15). asking per cent
monthly interest limit on loans, was
urged yesterday in a statement by
Mrs. Caroline B. Stephen, head OF
the Temple School.
"The present law was intended to
regulate the business Of loaning
money but loans were stopped en-
tirely by the rate of 1 per cent
per month. which Congress insisted
on. instead of the 2 per cent which
was urged by the Commissioners,
and which is lower than the rate
in most States" she said.
The situation would be fully met
by increasing the rate in the pres
ent law to per cert, as asked for
In the Commissioners bill, the pas
sage of which is being urged by
all the, leading civic organizations
of the District. This law, which
has been vigorously attacked by
unlawful money lenders. has been
sustained and interpreted at every
point by the courts. Under IL the
Commissioners have been able to
close up all the Offices OF the loan
sharks and the city has for sew
eral years been entirely free from
them.
"The situation will not be met
by the passage of the Focht bill. H.
r. e30s, because 1t applies TO loans
on pledges. only and leavesthe stu
alton as to other loans as bad as
IL Is now. Many people who need
loans have no watches. diamonds or
jewelry to put up. j.,
Because OF the low rate in the
District law, needy borrowers, who
get money ct all. have been COM
PEELED for years TO go 70 Virginia,
put up pledges and pay rate which
the Commissioners say is unneces-
sary in the District
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gloomy weather in most parts OF
the State. Heavy rains made the
little. coal mine towns dreary
splotches surrounded by black mud.
Children were observed already
going bare-footed in the southern
parts of the State to save shoes and
stockings.
To sstarve II Through"
with strike benefits doubtful be-
caues the walkout is Suspension
and not a strike. the economy lines
are already tightly drawn. and re-
ports to bankers are that miners
are not buying anything they can
avoid.
Thousands OF miners are depend
ing on truck gardens to see them
through the summer, and those iiv-
ing In little shacks with no garden
plot are seeking permission to make
gardens in vacant lots.
Many miners who are sons of
farmers. attracted by high wages,
are preparing to go back to the
farms. But the great majority of
Illinois miners are foreign-born,
and they are intending to "starve
II through" IL necessary.
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Doughertg Funeral Set
For Monday With Mass

Funeral services for Johr T.
Dougherty. who died at Providence
Hospital. Thursday, will be held from
the home Of his mother. 2i2t Flagier
street northwest. Monday morning.
High mass will be sung at ST. Mar
tins Catholic Church. Burial will be
made in Mount oIivet Cemetery.
He is survived by his mother. Mrs.
Bridget Dougherty; FIVE brothers.
Bernard p. Patrick J.. Edward R..
Frank and Hugh Dougher5y and
three sisters. Mrs. Catherine Hell
muth. Mrs. May Boiseau and Miss
Grace Dougherty.
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EX-EMPEROR KARL
,a. MUCH IMPROVED

LISBON. March 81. - Dispatches
from Funchal, where former EN-
peror Charles of Hungary has been
critically Ill. report that the Haps-
burg pretender has passed through
the crisis and Is sensibly improved.
The change is his condition was
wholly unexpected and 1t Is believed
he will recover.
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HONOR AT STAKE,
DECLARES WOLL
By MATTHEW WoLL.
Vice President Of the American
Federation of Labor.


Federation Of Labor.
On the eve OF what may prove to
be the suspension of work of the
greatest magnitude ever experienced
in our American industrial life, 1t is
well for the people Of our country to
realize that in this Industrial dis
turbance the workers are not at
fault, but the blame rests solely and
entirely upon the mine operators and
owners.
This cessation of work Is not to
enforce any specific wage settlement
but 1t is to demand OF the mine op-
orators and owners that they meet
the organized wage earners ip con-
ference, and through collective bar
gaining attempt to reach an under
standing mutually agreeable. Ex-
pressed in other words the mine
workers demand recognition of their
right to collective bargaining, a right
denied by the mine operators and
owners. This is the issue at stake.
The right OF labor to organize and
to bargain collectively is conceived
in every civilized nation Of the
world. And the present attitude OF
the mine operators and owners Is in
direct conflict with the enlightened
opinion of our present civilization.
Our national government time after
time has expressed itself in favor of
collective bargaining. And thus the
mine owners and operators are even
in conflict with the expressed atti-
tude Of our national government.
Surely in this issue there can be no
impartial attitude on the part Of any.
one and the enlightened and fair
Judgment Of all our people as well
as of our national government should
be on the side Of the mine workers.
And the influence of our government
as well as that of the public judg-,
ment should be directed in channels
so as to compel the mine, operators.
and mine owners to recognize and
respect the right Of the wage earners
to collective bargaining. -
Conference Was Premised.
There is still more involved in
this present unfortunate contro-
versy. The collective agreement on
the eve of expiration was entered
into at the solicitation and urgent
appeal of the national government.
And both operators and mine work.
ers respected the national govern
mental influence to adjust all diff
ferences between them through the
process of collective bargaining.
This was done. and this collective
costinsed On Page Three.
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Chief Numbering Division Mrs.
NJ. s. kerfoot.
Chief Wetting Division Thos.
F. Roche.
Assistant Chief Wetting Diyi-
sion Frank w. Larner.
Chief Printing Division Will
lam c. Mckinney.
Chef Engineer Division George
L. Rose.
Chief Stamp Packing Division
Eliz w. Scott.
Superintendent of Electrolytic
Section Thomas +. Slattery.
Assistant Chief Engraving and
Machine Division A. c. Stein
brenncr.
Mechanical Expert and De-
signer B. X. Stickney.
Assistant Chief Printing Divi-
sion Jessie L. Swigert.
Chief Stamp Perforating Divi-
sion Nellie Wilding.
Superintendent Photo Litho-
graph Section II. /. Wilson.
Superintendent OF Transferrers
BENJAMIN Goldsworthy.
Superintendent Picture En-
gravers G. F. c. Smillie.
Assistant Chief Engineering
Division Louis A. Hill.
AND NEW TITLE.
Superintendent of Binding Di-
vision George P. Jackson.
Assistant Superintendent OF
Binding Division John T. How
ard.
Superintendent of Wettng Di-
vision Eugene Fugitt.
Superintendent Plate Printing
Division John F. Hardie.
Superintendent Plate Printing
Division John T. Guilfoyle.
Assistant superintendent En-
craving and Machine Division A.
G. Steinbrenner.
ASSISTANT Superintendent Print
ing Division Jesse z. Swigert.
Assistant Superintendent En-
craving Division Howard S. Nut
ter.
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$500 Illinois Miners
Walk Out at A O'clock

SPRINGFIELD. Ill, March 81
Ninety-five thousand miners walked
out OF Illinois coal mines at D. m.
today.
Reports to Frank FarrinEton.
president of the Illinois miners. and
to operators with headquarters here
are that the walkout was 100 per
cent perfect throughout the State.
Illinois miners work eight con-
secutiye hours, from a. m, in most
mining districts, although some of
them go to work at 1880 a. m. The
day shift ends early in the after
noon and as early as p. m. Re
ports began to come by telephone
and wire here that the great exodus
from the mines was under way.
Pumpmen Protect Mines.
They are all out" was the re-
port from Benton. center of the
great Franklin County fields. where
moer bituminous coal is mined than
in any other area of equal size IN
the country,
Reports from Pana. Murphysboro.
Pekin. Harrisburg. BelIeville, Car
bondale, Carlinsville. CollinsvilIe.
EdwardsvilIe. Eldorado. Centervi1e
and Hillsboro declared that the
mines were CiOSeu there when the
day shift went of, and are now in
charge of guards and the engineers
and pumpmen who will protect
them from becoming flooded.
There was none OF the holiday
spirit in the hearts of the men As
they walked out of the mines in this
territory. Realizing that they are
in for the most bitter strike that
they have ever faced. they emerged
from the cars that shot them into
the daylight, tools on their backs.
faces blackened.
Guarding Their Money.
Payday yesterday did not cause
the usual celebrations. poolrooms
were deserted. bootlegKers who de-
pend on miners for their white
mule" trade had to look elsewhere.
| Hundreds OF women waited around
the pay ofices and took the money
as soon as the men were paid. It is
going to be the last they will see
for q long time. they believe, ano
every man who could work was on
the job for this. the last day.
The waikout was inSagurated In
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TWENTY SEVEN ENGRAVING BUREAU
EXECUTIVES LOSE THEIR JOBS
BY SUDDEN ORDER OF PRESIDENT
Full List of Men Affected
By Presidents Order

The following involved the reorganization of the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing made effective last night by
order issued by President Harding:
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IT'S UP TO PUBLIC,
ASSERTS CUSHING
By GEORGE H. CUSHING,
Managing Director American Whole.
sale Conl Association.

oy SSSNSI II. W oE11NS,
Managing Director American Whole
sale Coal Association.
That this coal strike is the su-
preme test of the contractual rela-
tionship between employer and en-
ploye may be the belief of some,
but 1 think it is absurd.
The operators did not meet the
miners simply because such a con-
ference would have been a waste
of time.
II there is any test at all, It is
the test Of the central competitive
field. .-t
A conferences with the miners
would have been a mere formality,
because the operators sincerely
want to go 1t alone, each for him
self. 1t would have been contrary
to the centrifugal tendency of the
operators. And when a settleme Mt
comes it will be by States first, then
by districts, and finally, 1t is fair to
suppose, by individual mines.
Housecleaning Is Needed.
But 1 would not have the strike
settled at this time. Each side
needs housecleaning. The public
must see the issues develop as the
strike develops. There might be a.
lot of worse things happen to the
public than the failure of the joint
bituminous conference to take
place. 49, - 80
The outcome is inevitably a re-
action on the part of the public
against the strikers. The miners
are striking against the public. 'rhe'
operators have no objection to pay,
ing for six hours a day. five days
a week, IL the public is willing to
pay for the increase in coal prices-
an increase that is Inevitable.
Up to the Public.
II the public will make known
through the press or through any
other public organ that it will pay
the bills for the operators, then the
operators are willing to accede to
the miners demands. But the oper-
,ators do not want to be kicked In
In the ribs while they are carrying
out the desires of the public.
However inasmuch as such a
state OF affairs isn't coming for a.
long time. let the public be reas-
sured. and the government, too, that
there will be no boosting of coal
prices for a long time to come. We
Couldn't boost prices with sur.
Z Constased On Page Three. ~
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MEN APPOINTED

Director Louis A. Hill.
Assistant Director John T.
Perry.
Superintendent of Plate Vaults
Joseph McCauley.
Chef Accountant F. Clark.
Superintendent Building Jacob
dc Hart.
Assistant Superintendent Of
Building Spencer Reid.
Technical Foreman of Plate
Cleaners Andrew Kennedy.
Custodian of Supplies Lionel
Willing.
Superintendent Engraving and
Machine Division Edward Cen
ger:
Superintendent Surface Print
ing Division John d. Myers.
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LIST OF MEN DISMISSED.

Director James L. Wilmeth.
Assistant Director James J,
Fisher.
Custodian of Dies, Rolls and
Plates L. H. Ashworth.
Chief Clerk Adam =. Ruth.
Foreman of Builders and
Cleaners P. ]. Farrell.
Foreman of Garage James A.
Chamberlain.
Foreman of Plate Cleaners
George Jacobs.
Storekecpcr Z. L. Beech.
Chief of Examining Division
L. II. Ashworth.
Chief of Stamp Book and Coil
Division Frank Campbell.
Chief Engraving and Machine
Division Ralph H. Campbell.
Chief Surface Division George
c. Cole.
Chief Stamp Gum Division F.
L. Crocker.
ASSISTANT Chief Surface Divi-
sion William c. Deane.
Superintendent Of Work John
J. Deviny. ...
Chief Binding Division George
P. Jackson.
Assistant Chief Binding Divi-
sion John 7 Howard.
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