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The Washington times., 1922-09-16
'D|E HARD RAIL
GROUP SCORNS
MEN0NSTR|KE
Plan to Carry on With En-
pIoyes Added Since July
I Walkout.

CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-Although
several rail systems have already
signed separate agreements with\
the railroad shop unions, it was
apparent today that a number of
the "die-hard" roads would remain
outside the peace fold.
They will carry on" with the
new unions formed in their shops
since the strike Of July I was called
and will not negotiate with the
striking shopmen.
First TO Agree.
The Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railroad is the first of these
railroads TO definitely announce its
attitude against all negotiations,
Hale Holden. president Of the road,
stated, that mutual agreement had
been reached with the Burlington
shop employees now at work and that
a new schedule of rates OF pay and
working rules had been adopted.
The agreement with our new en-
ployes has been signed" President
Holden announced. Amy considera-
ton by the Burlington Of the So
called Willard plan with the outside
unions Is thus finally disposed Of by
the recognition of and contract with
direct representatives Of the present
shopcraft employees Of the road"
The agreement was reached after
conference between duly elected
representatives Of the employees and
the management. Graduated rates
for differing skill and territorial diff
ferentials, involving some Increases,
over former rates of pay, were,
agreed to. Rules and working con-
ditions were also revised. The new
employees organization was entirely
satisfied with the agreement, 1t was
stated.
This action by the Burlington is
expected to be followed by similar
action on the part Of other die hard
roads, such as the Pennsylvania, the
Santa Fe, the Union Pacific and
other systems.
In the meantime the roads in
cluded in the separate agreement
plan continue today to confer with
their various unions. The Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Chi
cago and Northwestern. and the
Baltimore and Ohio already have
adjusted all differences with the
striking shopmen and today, with
thousands Of men back at work.
preparations were being made TO
open the shops Monday with full
shifts Of men.
On both the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul and the Northwestern
some trouble was reported in get
ting all of the striking shopmen 10
return. Various groups were utter
ing protests against the separate
agreement plan and were voting to
remain on strike until an agree
ment should be reached taking back
all the members Of the shopcrafts',
unions.
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than a labor appointment, and his
activity behind the scenes in the
Railroad Labor Board has been
criticised as being a pro-rallroad ac-
tivity rather than pro-labor ac-
tivity. Feeling against him In labor
quarters has arrived at a bitterness
which Is feebly expressed by the word
'truitor."
This situation creates an enor.
nous problem for the board, be.
cause recent events have shown
that the only force which can keep
the railroad unions obsdient to the
board is chiefly IN the members of
tho board as men. The Railroad
Labor Board law Is net impressive
to the railroad unions. What they
look at Is the people IN the board.
Today they claim not only that the
law is q bad law, but thAt the
board is q bad board; anu the, prin'
cipal reason they allege for this
second claim is not Mr.. Hooper at
all, but Mr.. McMenlmen.
They say that Mr.. McMenimen
went off on the private car Of a
railroad manager on his present va.
cation trip to the Pacific coast, and
to Honolulu. They say that he
failed to vote against the board &
resolution Of July 8 Of this Sear,
which-as they claim, though Mr.,
Hooper denies it-pronounced a
sentence of "outlawry" against the
shopcraft striking unions.
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my Duty SAYS
CHAPLAIN, As He
HANGS BUDDY
Nothing In France So Hard, "
Words Of Parsop-calIed
Murderer" by Vet.
by Universal service.

FORT MADISON. Iowa. Sept. 16.
-Springing the trap which sent
Eugene Weeks to his death at high
noon yesterday was the toughest
task" he ever had, Winifred E.
Robb, parson- sheriff, declared today.
His eyes still glistened and his
cheeks were pale from the ordeal
Of the execution when Sheriff Robb
met newspaper men.
I'm the eyes of God and man I
am doing my duty" he said. i
would have pulled that lever. even
II felt In my heart that this man
was innocent of the crime for
which he died.
"It was the toughest task I ever
had There was nothing In France
80 hard. but I carried It through
as best ! could"
At Sheriff Robb's suggestion.
there was no death march. The
scaffold was erected in a walled
off corner of the prison yard.
At 11:55 o'clock Sheriff Robb
called the witnesses and went to
the scaffold. He led Weeks out
and the prisoner addressed the
newspaper men.
81 am innocent" he said. They
are making me die for what an
other man did. The man who
kills me Is a murderer"
Here Weeks looked directly at
the parson-sheriff. but Robb re-
turned the stare unmoved.
IT'S noon; the time has come,
said Sheriff Robb, leading Weeks up
the scaffold runway. He adjusted
the moose without a word.
With tremendous jerk the
former minister pulled the lever and
Weeks body fell.
nocence, pleading clemency for
Orrie Cross, who has been sentenced
to die for implication In the murder
| Of George Fosdick, a Des Moines
grocer.
Sheriff Robb is thirty-five years
old and as chaplain of the l6Sth
Infantry Of the Rainbow division In
France won the distinguished
service medal for heroism.
Robb had received hundreds Of let
ters from allsparts Of the State and
country imploring him not to hang
Weeks. He carried with him to the
scaffold the historical pleadings n
Weeks wife that he resign as
sheriff rather than act a. execu'
toner.
1T is my duty to execute this
man, and all the tears in the world
and all the protests could not shake
me from doing what consider my
duty to my God and my fellow men, 81
Robb declared.
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HA|NESH0PES
Law WILL GIVE
BRYSON L|M|T I
Confident Prosecutors Will
Take Care Of Man Who
Stole Wife.
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killed my wife when she wanted
to leave him. They had had a
quarrel and she threw a lamp
shade at him, then running into
a room and locking the door. Bry.
son did not take her from the
house for some time after he had
shot her. In my opinion, he ex.
pected that she would die and that
her lips would be sealed as far as
revealing how she received the bul.
let wound which took her life.
"If Bryson 10 convicted OF the
murder Of my wife, he should get
the electric chair. He knew per.
fectly we'll what he was doing
when he took my wife from Wash.
ington. He deceived his aged
mother and his personal friends.
When he fired the fatal shot.
which took my wife's life he was
simply in q rage oyer her threats
of leaving him. feel that he will yet
his just dues and that the lawyers
who represent the State Of Penn.
sylvania will see that the Staying
OF my wife will be avenged"
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ON
YOUNG VIRGINIA
GIRL |SFATAL
Coroner Alleges IIIegality and
Will Conduct Probe at
Norfolk.

NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 16.-Se-
crecy that has surrounded the death
OF Miss Nettie Z. Fisher. twenty, of
Cape Charles. Va, was partially dis
PEELED here by Coroner r. Lloyd
Williams when he said a criminal
operation was the cause.
Who performed the operation and
when 1t was performed authorities
have not learned
The girl died at midnight Wednes.
day at Protestant Hospital after lie.
ing found at 3l4 Boush street in u Sc.
rious condition.
Detective Leon Nowitsky was
working on the case today.
The coroner's investigation to date
has revealed that the girl was Sc
riously Ill when DR.. B. c. kellam
was called into the case TUESDAY aft
ernoon. Kellam ordered her taken
Wednesday to Protestant Hospital,
where she died at midnight.
News of the death was not commu'
nicated to the coroner until II a. m,
Thursday. An autopsy Thursday
Oltei liOOll lnulCAteu uedlH was uuc tC
a criminal operation performed sew
oral days before. Police were not
notified that II was a criminnl case
until Thursday night, nineteen hours
after the girls death.
Miss Fisher came to Norfolk from
Cape Charles last Monday. For the
last four years she has been n tele
phone operator there. She applied
to q colored maid named Elsie nj
the Boush street address and OBJ
tained a room, Groans from this
room were heart by Mrs. 3. J.. Ham
mock. proprietor of the place, Tues
day. The girl asked for a glass OF
water at that time.
Although Miss Fisher begged her
not to call a doctor, Mrs. Hammock
summoned DR.. Kellam.
DIR. Williams said today he had
instructed hospitals not to notify him
Of coroner cases at night.
II don't wish to be disturbed then.
he said.
"oh, God, send for my mother, y
were the last words spoken by Miss
Fisher just before she lapsed into
unconsciousness.
Mrs. NJ. c. Fisher, sixty.three, the
girls mother, has Just been taken tC
Cape Charles from the hospital after
two paralytic strokes. She believe,
the daughter has just been operated
on for appendicitis
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
HONOR GARRY McGARRY

Officials Of the District Of Co.
lumbia Department Of the Knights
Of Columbus. at a meeting held In
State headquarters last night, voted
to attend the performance OF
Clarence" at the Garrick 'Theater
Sunday night, September "a, as a
compliment to Garry McGaTy and
his players who will end their en-
gagemerit here on that date. 1t IL
expected that many knights from
all councils OF the order will be In
attendance.
Those present at last nights
meeting were Charles ]. Griffith,
state deputy; James ]. Sullivan
grand knight Of Washington Coun
Gil; John e. Burns. grand knight OF
Keane Council; Francis II. McCann
grand knight Of Carroll Council
Thomas Gallagher, grand knight of
Spaulding Council. and r. M
o'Lone. grand knight Of Potomac
Council.
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S6,000,000F|RE'
GUTSU.S.S SHEDS
IN NEW ORLEANS
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long and from 100 to 200 feet high
drew thousands Of spectators det
spite a heavy rain. II
Two vessels tied up to the landI
ing were dragged away by thS
boats. The steamer Florence Luck
enbach. moored at the place wherS
the fire started, was badly
scorched.
Based on reproduction of cost o
the wharf, the loss to the Govern
ment through the destruction oI
the wharf and two-story shed u
estimated at $3,0O0,000.
Thirty-eight loaded box cars an1
one empty car were burned.
Four thousand bales Of burlaT
belonging to the Bemis Bag Conn
many, valued at 100000, were IN
the first three sections of the she'd
This loss is covered by insurance.
In the same shed were 4'6OQ
bales OF cotton bagging. valued az
$400.0 900, which was also destroyed
The War Department ordnance
and supplies, including guns. rifles
helmets, and other equipment
valued at $500. 900 were lost.
A large cargo OF lumber await
ing export was burned.
Large quantities of sisal melas
ses and other commodities were
destroyed.
II is reported all telephones were
removed from the supply bnse last
week and there was much contu
sion on the wharf. 1t was forty
minutes after the fire started be
fore the alarm was turned in.
An off.shore wind, which blew
the flames out over the water, pre-
vented the fire spreading into on
of the most congested Residential
sections Of the city.
After three hours the flames
were under control, but great quan
titles of commodities continue I.
shoulder and send up heavy col
umns of smoke.
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
18,O000F
FORD D'SMEN GET.
ORDERS ST0QU|T
Shutdown Rule Will Affect
100000 In Several Shops
BY Monday.
nv I.tcrpat,o.al New. Service.

DETROIT, Mich, Sept. 16.-One
hundred thousand men in Detroit
and vicinity will be out Of work
today and many factories through
out the country making Ford
parts will be forced to shut down
following the closing OF Henry
Ford's plants here. announced for
Monday.
Already the men in Ford's' De
troit plants have been notified that
they were laid off indefinitely. The
first army Of men to be laid Off
was the river Rouge force. which
ordinarily numbers $4,000 men
They were ordered at IL O'Clock
last night to turn In their tools
and informed their services were
not required.
The Highland Park force. nor
mally 5000 men. got word late
yesterday they would be suspended
Indefinitely.
No word has yet been given out
by either Henry or Edsel Ford. The
last statement from the elder Ford
was his threat few weeks ago TO
close IL the coal and steel interests
continued their policy Of "gouging.'
Other officials at the Ford plant
said today that they believed Mr.
Ford would make good his threat
to shut down.
Seventy thousand Ford workers
In the vicinity OF Detroit are af
fected and $4,000 others In auxiliary
plants here will be out Of jobs. 1t IL
impossible to estimate exactly how
many other men in other cities will
be laid off. but II IL believed the
Ford shutdown will affect hundreds
Of thousands throughout the coun
try.
The municipal owned street car
lines arranged to curtail service tc
the Ford plans today following a
conference between the Fords and
street railway officials.
The coal situation at the various
plants has improved during the past
two weeks, according to officials. but
Ford workers are going to suffer
because Of inability to buy coal and
coke OF the company as they have
done in the past.
Shop foremen say the average Ford
worker cannot afford to be idle more
than two weeks.
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
Failure of Allies to
Enforce Sevres Pact
Blamed for War in East

The threat of world war due to
the Near East crisis which has
followed the new bid of the young
Turks for power Is due to the fail.
ure of the allied powers to enforce
the treaty of Sevres, Senator Will
lam II. King of Utah today de.
clarcd to International News Serv-
ice.
Military supplies were also fur.
nished Kemal Pasha by two Of the
allied states, King said.
THE allies knew the Kemalists
were arming," said King, "and two
allied states even furnished them
with military supplies and mum.
tions of war. They must have
know these supplies would be used
against the Greeks and inevitably
result In the resuscitation OF
Turkey as military power, with
consequent influence upon Moslems
all over the world.
This action tends not only 10
produce another Balkan war, but a
new European conflict and possibly
even another world war. Some ac,
ton must be taken or 1000, ,OOn
Christians will be slain in Asia
Minor. 1t Is time for the United
States to act In the name Of hu
manity."
Senator King declared he would
call the attention of the Senate tc
the massacre of Christians in Asia
Minor and would renew his request
that this Government use it's good
offices to have the Sevres pact en-
forced.
Senator Sheppard Dem.) OF Texas
today declared that II this country
had entered the League Of Nations
the present troubles in the Neai
East would haYe heen avnided
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attempted by the Germans toward
Bagdad.
Another question Of immediate
Importance Is that Of present avail
able military strength. Great Brit
ain has no great land force imme.
diately available against the Turks
who are known to have some 10000
men in the field. with approximate.
ly 800, 900 world war veterans scat.
tered through Asia Minor who need
only equipment to make them first.
class fighting men. Apparently re-
liable information here indicates
that to date the Turks have had
no great difficulty In securing
French supplies and equipment.
Also. there is Soviet Russia
which already has sent a note OF
protest against Allied attempts to
thwart the Turks in their 'legiti'
mate aims"
Meanwhile, officials here are
speculating upon the problem OF
who fired Smyrna. They find It
difficult to believe so sagacious a
leader as Mustapha Kemal is re,
sponsible for the burning Of a
Turkish City. the loss of which
was a national calamity and the
recovery Of which was the object
Of many a weary campaign. As
one official expressed II, Would
a man burn his own house?" At
the same time II is pointed out
that the destruction Of Smyrna. ap
parently by Turkish hands fur,
nishes invaluable material for a
worldwide campaign against 1.-THE
Bloody Turk"
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
RA|NPOSTP0NES
SPEED Demons
-3OO-M|LE DASH
Thousands Disappointed as
Track Head Changes Start
To Tomorrow Afternoon.
BY i.ternationaI New. ssrvIe..

SPEEDWAY. KANSAS CITY.
Mo-, Sept. 16.-Rain today forced
the postponement of Kansas City's
300-mile automobile dash, scheduled
for 2 o'clock this afternoon.
With rain falling at 10 o'clock, K.
e. Peake, president of the Speedway
association, announced that the race
would be put Off until 2 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon.
Rain began falling at 8 o'clock this
morning, but stopped an hour later.
Shortly afterward thousands Of per-
sons began making their way to the
new haIf-miilion- dollar speedway.
Every mud soaked road leading to
the stadium was choked with carf.
The city was crowded with out-of
town visitors, hundreds from fsr
distant States.
Speedway officials prepared to
handle more than $4,000 persons. AZ
0 o'clock when the gates were thrown
open, several thousand fans swarm
ed into the grounds. Many cars had
been parked outside the stadium al
night.
Jimmy Murphy, speed king of 1922
appeared to be the favorite. The race
promises tn be a clash between youth
and vets OF the track. OF the drivers
who will start, Pete de Poals. nephew
of Ralph de Palma; Harry Hartz anC
Leon Ruray are completing theii
first season as professional drivers
They will oppose such seasoned vet
erans as Jimmy Murphy. Cliff Dur
ant, Eddie Hearne, Howdy Wilcox
and Tommy Milton,
Prior to the race, the speedway
was to be officially dedicated
Speeches were to be made by Gov
Arthur N. Hyde OF Missouri. and Gov
Henry ]. Allen Of Kansas.
The probable starters and the
make Of their cars. follow:
Jimmy Murphy. Murphy Special
Tommy Milton. Leach Special; Clift
Durant. Durant Special: Joe Thomas
Duesenberg Straight 8; Eddie Hearne
Dist eel -Duesenberg; Frank Elliott
Leach Special: Jerry Wonderlich
Duesenberg Straight s; Harry lIartz
Hartz Special; Leon Duray. From
tenac: Pete de Paola, Junior Special
Ora Haibe, Frontenac; Ralph Mul
ford, Duesenberg: Allen Mulford
Duesenberg Straight s; w. w. Brown
Junior Special: Bennett Hill. Miller
Special: Howdy Wilcox, teugot
X. J. Britt, Frontenac.
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
PUBLIC MUST PAY COAL
STRIKES COST, HE SAYS

CHICAGO, Sept. I'D. C. Shoe.
maker, president Of a coal company
operating mines in Indiana, told a
meeting of purchasing agents here
that the public must bear the cost
of the recent coal strike because
there is no one else to get that cost
from. and we will go broke II we do
not get our costs"
Most coal men try to be fair, he
said, although some may charge all
they can get.
Wages comprise the highly impor.
tant factor in production costs, Mr.
Shoemaker said.
THE miners in 1914 received 81
cents a ton. while today they receive
81. .0S," he said.
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
Has Flown 100000
Miles Since
ArInistice

Rail strikes and deranged
train schedules have meant
nothing in the life Of Brig. Gen.
William Mitchell, assistant chief
of the Army Air Service.
Although he has travelled more
than 200, 900 miles in the United
States since the Armistice, he
has used the railroads only
twice. The general flies his
own plane.
The fact that General Mitch
ell has flown a mileage equal
to more than seven times the
circumference Of the earth was
made known at Air Service
headquarters today. He uses
his plane for all inspection trips
between the various flying
fields scattered about the coun-
try.
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
HALF-HoLIDAYS ENDED FOR
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

Halliday holidays on Saturdays In
the Federal Government department.
ended today. All except the STATE
Department, continued open to 4:sO
o'clock. The State Department. by
order Of the Acting Secretary, ex
cused "ail clerks who could be
spared" at / o'clock.
Hope that an order would be forth
coming granting half holiday was
banished late this morning. Several
departments were expectant Of some
orders for half day. but none came !
The District government continued
its halliday holiday today. These
will end October 1.
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ks BOMBARD SMYRNA AS GREATEST FIRE I'm HISTORY RACES
Flying Congressman
To Furnish Thrills
At Fair

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept 16.
Once again Lonely Manuel"
Herriek, famed throughout the
land as q beauty contest con-
ductor, breaks into the lime
light. The Oklahoma Congress-
man promises frills and thrills
galore TO the good people of
Tennessee who attend the tri-
State fair at Memphis.
Manuals Flying Circus"-a
three-ring airplane event di-
rected by Congressman Her
rick-is announced as one Of
the chief attractions at the tri-
State fair.
Herrick himself is booked for
stunt flying.
The twenty-eight airplanes
Herrick purchased from the
Government viii be fown here
from Americus, Ga, and the
entire show will be staged un-
der his direction.
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
WOMAN ASKS $4,000
IN SUIT FOR ISLANDER

Alleging slander, Alice Chambers
today filed suit in the District
supreme Court against Elizabeth
stone for $4,000 damages.
The plaintiff who conducts board
ing and rooming houses at 4l5-l7
q street, northwest, alleges that
August 81 last, the defendant, who
runs rooming houses at 4ls.21 q
streets northwest, made slanderous
remarks concerning the manner In
which plaintiff conducted her bus
mess.
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
British Fleet Gathers.

MALTA. Sept. 16.-The Rritish
Mediterranean fleet is concentrat.
ing in the Dardanelles off Tchanak.
Kalesseh, It was learned today.
Re-enforcements of air forces are
being sent to the Turkish straits
to assist the British fleet.
The fleet is under orders to pre-.
vent the Turks from crossing into
Europe.
Special orders have been sent to
the British naval commander at the
Turkish straits to use every precali-
ton to prevent the Turks from cross.
mora, or Bosphorus from Asia into
Europe"
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
u. S. Has No Available
Funds for Refugees
: in Near East Struggle
BY HARRY l.. ROGERS.
International News Service.

The American Government will
be unable TO render relief to the
war and famine stricken refugees
of the Near East on any large
scale unless Congress takes some
action to provide the funds, Il
appeared today.
State Department officials, while
waiting for dispatches from Rear
Admiral Bristol at Constantinople,
said they had no funds Immediately
available to undertake relief. The
Department requested the Red
Cross and the Near East Relief or.
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
BAPTIST WOMEN AMONG
INDIANS AID THE NEEDY

Thirteen Baptist women among the
Choctaw Indians Of Leake county
Mississippi, who constitute a Wom-
ans Missionary Society, have recent.
Iy completed the making Of a fancy
quilt and will send the proceeds from
the sale of It to the starving people
Of Russia
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
c>2 READY TO HOP OFF
IN ILLINOIS TO-DAY

BELLEvILLE, ILL.,. Sept. 16.--
Preparations were being made at
Scott Field here today for the next
"hop" of the ca in it's trans
continental flight.
The big blimp landed here late
last night.
Lights were placed about the
field and the landing was made
with ease.
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
Russia Aids Turks.
Servia Prepares.

BELGRADE. Sept. 16.-Serbia
Gugoslavia) is massing troops along
the frontiers to protect them in tho
event hostilities break out in the
Balkans. 1t was learned today.
The report that the government
was mobilizing was officia,y denied
The Greek ministers to Rumania
and Jugoslavia have been ordered
TO Athens for a conference.
The Washington times., 1922-09-16
NJ 'MEM|MENA A
|. B|GDRAWbACK
To RAIL BOARD
Hooper Tells Hard Of labor's
Bitterness Toward Man
They Call Traitor.
Nv WILLIAM HARD.

(Copyright. 1929. by Cosmopolitan news
Service)
CHICAGO, Sept. l6.-Chairman
Hooper, OF the Railroad Labor Board,
has given me an interview on the
most controversial personal subject
Which has affected the board. This