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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05

me so plainly. I agreed. This evening
read the Life of Julius Cesar and played
dominoes."
Loosely inserted in the diary at this place
is letter from the Empress, written to
Nicholas II. Immediately after the abdica-
ton. She wrote Indignantly about it and
added that for her part she could only
look upon it as a temporary retirement
and that "the Russian people will soon
insist on calling back its beloved sover-
eign." After abdicating, Nicholas II. re-
turned to Army Headquarters, where for
the first time he was received without the
usual ceremonial. He mentions this with
pain.
"Sentries and whole regiments passed
were silent and did not even salute. My
spirit is heavy"
Then he went to Tsarkoe-Selo and ex-
presses great Joy at finding himself once
more with his family. The entries at this
time are devoted almost entirely to per-
sonal and family matters; the only anxi-
ETY. he manifests is on account of his wife
and children. This period of internment
in one of his own palaces seems to have
been one of almost welcome repose He
mentions the number of trees he felled
in the park, which of his children he went
walking with on that particular day, what
books he read. He seems to have read
good deal at this time, for the entry Read
for a while" recurs constantly. The books
were mainly Russian standard authors;
the whole of Lesskovv's works are specif-
cally mentioned, ten volumes of them
Later on, while a prisoner in Ekaterino-
grad, he read Merechonsky's Paul L."
work which, Judging from the diary, made
a deep impression on him. In Tobosk he
read for the first time Leo Tolstois "War
and Peace" Newspapers were also read
assiduously in Tsarkoe and sometimes he
comments on the days news; generally in
a casual detached way. He still kept his
firm loyalty to the Allied cause and a note
of sadness creeps in on days when the war
news was unfavorable. Only once does he
break out into anger, when he learned
that Grand Duke Michael had retired.
Il wonder what scoundrel advised
Mischa to do this shameful thing"
The Russian reverses in the autumn of
1917 are chronicled with obvious sorrow
and pain.
There are indications in the diary that
the period of internment in Tsarkoe, ac-
ceptable though it may have been at first,
began to pail in the late summer and au-
tumn, and there is a ring of gladness in
the entry of an intimation that the impe-
rial family was to be removed to some
other and as yet unknown place of deten-
ton.
II hope 1t may be somewhere in the
South. l have been busy packing up.
am taking my Japanese snapshots with
me, as I want to put them in order in
book
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05

Photographic souvenirs in a book was not
for him, and, instead of the radiant sun
of Yalta, the dull, snow laden skies of
Tobolsk were to be his portion. A night
Of weary waiting ensued:
I'VE had been told we should leave yes
terday in the evening, so we were all
ready. But no one came and we sat up all
night, fully dressed. The poor boy would
not lie down and was very tired. A ire
mendous strain"
Under strong military escort, the i'm
perial family was driven to the station on
the morning of the 18th of August, 1917,
and locked in in sleeping coach of the
Compagnie Internationale des Wagons
Lifts.
IL was utterly exhausted and fell asleep
straight away"
The long journey to Tobolsk is described
as uneventful. The last lap, from Tjumen,
was by water, on the steamship Rissija,
and as the house destined to receive the
party was under repairs when they ar
rived they spent the first few days in
Tobolsk on board the steamer. The ex-
Gear, with a few faithful retainers, went
to inspect his future abode:
ut is the Governors house, l find It
seems quite satisfactory and think we
will manage all right"
The reality, as mostly happens did not
come up to expectations and the diary
chronicles a succession of complaints: The
sanitary arrangements were defective,
several of the rooms on the ground floor
were subject to repeated flooding, evil
smells hung about the place and there was
a total lack of comforts. At first the little
band of august prisoners was allowed to
go to church regularly and short special
service was held for them just before pub
lie worship. But as this became known in
the town, the entire population took to
lining the streets on the way to and from
church, and the authorities, fearing dem
onstrations, forbade any further outings
to church. The following is character
istic passage from the diary at this time
Some good friend in Petrograd sue
ceeded In getting few cases of wine
struggled through to US recently. II has
been very acceptable But some one must
have carried the tale to the local Soviet.
This morning l had the modification of
seeing from my bedroom window the pre-
cious wine being carted away by the COM
mssaries have no doubt they will feast
admirably in Tobolsk tonight"
This last Is one of the very few touches
of sardonic humor in the diary. II was
about this time that NJ Pierre Gillard, a
French professor who had elected to fol
low the imperial family into Siberian
exile, organized some private theatricals
in French. Quite long paragraph is de-
voted to this The ex-Czar speaks very
we'll of the performance, and from the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05

some degree of scientific
accuracy and daily en-
tered in their diaries
their own readings of
temperature and humid
ity, Nicholas II. is con-
tent with less pedantic
but sometimes quite
elaborate disquisitions.
There is one entry at
haphazard, from the 1905
volume.
Weather fair to-day.
Quite bright in t h e
morning early, but a
gray sky, becoming
heavier after midday.
ward evening it
started showing. 1t is
now showing quite hard.
The English Ambassador
came this afternoon"
This intentness on the
weather is peculiarly
disquieting in a Russian
diary, for as a rule Rus
slams seldom comment on
the weather, even in cas-
ual conversation. Idle
small talk about the
weather, so common in
most countries, always
astonishes and irritates
Russians on their first
visit abroad.
To non-Russian readers
the volumes dealing with
the period of the war
are of greatest interest.
There are several en-
tries in July, 1914, about
the visit of M. Poincare
to Petrograd, but they
are many innocuous ref
ences to the various fes-
tivities attendant on the
French Presidents re-
ception, and, though the
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05

TN the archives of the Russian Foreign
Office, in Moscow, several note books,
bound in black leather with the i'm
perial cipher, are being preserved by the
Soviet authorities They contain the tragic
story Of the last fifteen years of Nicholas
IFS reign, written from day to day by the
late Gar himself There is also one small
book Of humber aspect bound in plain
black oilcloth, containing the personal diary
Of the illfated Czarina, written by her dur
ing the last few months of Imprisonment,
with the shadow of the final tragedy al
ready upon her. 1t is written in English,
but the Cars diaries are in Russian, in
clear, legible handwriting, mostly in short,
snappy sentences. A queer pathetic tumble
undercurrent of WEAKNESS that at times
becomes almost peevish, and is hardly ever
lightened by touch of humor.
1t was only after considerable effort,
attended by many circumstances that
threatened several times to be disastrous
to me- that gained access to these black
books. | knew they were there. From
various sources 1 had gathered not only
description of them but of their hiding
place. Also by certain transferrings of
good money l had gained friendships
within the circle Of guardians-secret Off
Gals.
At last held these tragic BLACK books"
in my hand. They represented all that was
left of the Romanoffs-the imperial, auto
cratic Romanoffs. Their contents would
never be made public by the Bolsheviks, I
knew. Even to know about them was dan
gerous but here held them in my hands.
I read the writings of the mind tortured
Car with absorbing interest copying as
read II. 1t was unfortunate that stayed
too long. was discovered and many of
my notes we're taken from me. 1t was only
y miracle that permitted me to escape alive
with the salvaged sheets of my notes con-
cealed in my clothing.
The main impression the diaries convey
to the reader is a curious lack of all sense
of proportion. There is a man in whose
hands lies the nominal power over mighty
empire. in whose study events are being
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-02-05

One of the
Grand Duchesses
helping a soldier
carry sod at
Tsarkoe-Selo, a
mental task
imposed by the
imperial family's
captors to inculcate
democracy.
The lower picture
shows the
Grand Duchess az
honorary colonel of
a Hussar regiment.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-26
Mine OFFICIALS
Are BLAMED
FOR MASSACRE
Coroner's Jury Urges In
quiry to Fix Individual
Responsibility
/ MURDER CHARGED
Only Specific Charge-BOdies of l6
Unknown Victims Buried by Union
Men.

Herrin, ILL.,, June 26.-"We, the
jury, find from the evidence that the
deaths of decedents were due to acts,
direct or indirect, of officials of the
Southern Illinois Coal Company.
eve recommend that an investiga-
ton be conducted for the purpose OF
fixing the blame personally on indi-
viduals responsible"
This was the verdict of the coro-
ner's jury held here yesterday.
At the same time the jury charged
C. K. Mcdowell, the one-legged super
intendent Of the wrecked mine, with
the murder of "Geordie" Henderson,
one of the slain union miners.
The non-union men, the coroner's
Jury decided, came to their death "by
gunshot wounds at the hands of par
ties to this jury unknown" as the re-
suit of activities on the part of Off
cials of the wrecked Lester mine.
The remaining verdicts, 20 in all,
stated that each individual came to
his death of gunshot wounds at the
hands of persons unknown"
NO dOOlJlOIldI lIllOTUldIlbl SOliSCi IL
ing the identity of the 16 unknown.
dead was unearthed during the in
quiry, which took the jury to the local
hospital and into the rooms of wound
ed non-union men.
Allen Findley, wounded timekeeper
for the Southern Illinois Coal Com
pany, now in the Herrin Hospital,
gave the jury the information on
which it based the verdict of murder
returned a gainst Mcdowell, the dead
superintendent.
"McDowell and were standing on
the edge of the pit when he asked me,
as he pointed to a dark object in the
nearby woods, "is that a man."
quoted Findley.
"No, I replied" he continued. but
he fired and the man threw his hands
in the air and fell. Mcdowell was n
good shot"
The first witness heard was William
A. Thornton, a Marion Ill0, police
man.
you don't know who did the shoot
ing, do you?" asked Coroner William
NJ. MCGOWAN.
"No. sir" replied the witness. 81
don't know anything about it"
That was the substance of his tes-
timony and of those who followed him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-26
HARDING
FOR HIS STAND
upon CONTROL
Labor Vigorously Attacks
President in Policy
Committees Report
LINCOLN is QUOTED
Declare That Industrial Feudalism
Has Made Its Way Into The White
House.

Cincinnati, June 26.-Industrial
feudalism, supported by political bu-
reaucracy, seems to have made its way
into the White House, declared the re-
port yesterday of the special policy
committee of the American Federation
of Labor in setting forth organized
labor's stand against the Kansas M
dustrial Court and other proposals for
compulsory submission of labor dis
putes to State tribunals. President
Harding's declaration to Congress last
December, suggesting regulation of
labor unions, prompted the commit
tees criticism.
at would SEEM, declared the COM
mittee, chat propaganda for indus
trial feudalism, supported by political
bureaucracy has found its way into
the White House. 1t is most regret
table to note the utterances of the
President of the United States where
in he disapproves of labor's reluctant
but necessary resort to the right to
strike against industrial oppression.
1t NAV be we'll to recall in this con-
nection a most appropriate utterance
upon the same subject by another
President, Abraham Lincoln, who
said:
"T am glad that a system of labor
prevails under which laborers can
strike when they want to- "
The report was made public yester-
day as an aftermath of the Fedora
tion's forty-second convention, which
in adiourning Saturday ordered that
unfinished committee reports should
be included in the convention proceed
ings, inasmuch as they were not sub
ject to dispute. This action. it was
ANNOUNCED. was tantamount TO adop-
tion, for the convention directed the
reports should be referred to the
Federation's executive council for
action. if any were necessary.
For the purpose of cleaning up
these odds and ends the council met
here Yesterday, received the reports
and adjourned with the announcement
that further discussion of them would
be had at the councils meeting in
Washington in September. Politics,
International relations and shorter
work dav were among the subjects
touched bv the reports presented to
the council yesterday in addition to
that of the special policy committee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-26
TO MAKEA
REPORT SOON
Chamber of Commerce to
Remind Arlington Co.
Authorities
In Reference TO Conditions Existing
Along Washington Highway, Local
Body Will Soon Act

To call the existing conditions along
Mt. Vernon Boulevard to the atten-
ton of the proper authorities is all
that lies in the power of the AleXan-
dria Chamber of Commerce, accord
ing to a statement in reference to an
editorial appearing in the Gazette of
last Fridays issue made today by R.
f. Knight, president of that body.
The editorial headed "Plain Words"
told the entire story and suggested
that the matter be taken up by the
Chamber of Commerce. "Our organi-
zatiOn," said Mr.. Knight, 'has no
power of jurisdiction along the route
mapped out in the article. But 1t is
within our power to present the mat
ter to the proper authorities and this
is what we intend to do"
Mr.. Knight admitted that the con-
ditions were bad and said that in his
opinion something should be done in
reference to the matter of the park
ing of 50 many cars along this road
and in the roads adjacent. The Ar
lington County authorities have iuris-
dictiOn over certain portions Of the
highway and the United States Gov
ernment over other sections.
1t is said that the people of this
citv are anxious to have the entire
thing probed and to have proper steps
taken to clean up conditions along
his road as soon as possible.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-26
CITY COUNCIL
TO make EXIT
TUESDAY NIGHT
Expect Body Will Adjourn
For Summer and Meet
ing Will be Final One
NEW FORM SEPT. /.
Council Manager Plan Under Opera,
ton of Five Men to Take Contr0
of City's Affairs.

CITY council will hold a meeting
Tuesday night. This meeting prob
ably win be the last meeting of the
old city Council as 1t is
that council following the transac-
ton of it's regular order of business
will adjourn for the summer. The
new city council, composed of five
members, will assume office Septem-
ber. 1t is customary each year for
city council to adjourn for the sum-
mer about this time of the year until
September.
The present city council is COM
posed of twenty-four members, SIN
teen being members of the common
council and eight being members OF
the board of aldermen.
Unless council is called for some
special purpose it is regarded as more
than likely that this will be the hnal
meeting. =
The new city council composed of 3
members will operate under what Is
known as the council manager plan
form of city government. The new
council is composed of five members
and they were elected June 9th. Ihey
are as follows: William Albert
Smoot, Thomas j. Fannon, Arthur n.
BRYANT. Robert S. Jones and Edmund
+. Ticer.
One of the most important things
that the new council will have to do
at the beginning is the selection OF a
business manager. The business man
ager will have general supervision
over. the affairs of the city and make
his recommendations to the city coun-
Gil
Already there are large number
of applicants for the position of city
manager. The salary for the man
ager will be determined upon by the
city council.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-26
MINERS CHIEF
TO DISCUSS
PEACE TERMS
John l.. Lewis Will Discuss
Settlement of Strike
With Officials
WILLING TO MEET
Conference With Operators Probable
Impending Railroad Strike Set
For Saturday Worries Officials.

Washington, June 26.-President
John L. Lewis. of the United Mine
Workers of America, arrived i'll Wash
ington yesterday to meet with ofhclals
of the Administration today regarding
the possibility of settlement Of the coal
strike.
He had been in communication
with James J. f@vis, Secretary of La
bor. while Herbert Hoover, Secretary
of Commerce, has been in touch with
operators-the Administration work
ing, first of all, to bring the two sides
together into a conference.
His appearance here marks an at
tempt by the Administration TO cry
stalize his initial effort, it is generally
believed. to adjust the strike, which IS
costing the industry millions and re-
suited in the massacre IN Illinois.
Coming here in the attitude the min
ers have maintained since last De-
cember, when they first announced
that they were willing to meet the OPP
orators in joint conference at any
time, but not in State or district con-
ference, Mr.. Lewis said this evening
at his hotel:
There is every moral and economic
reason why adjustment Of this strike
should be effected at an early date.
"The interests Of the country and
its citizenship dictate such course.
The public is being penallzed by ire
strike and the Immediate future IA
fraueht with even greater hazard for
the public interest if the strike con-
rinues."
No representatives of the overators
were in Washington yesterday, but
the Government is fully advised OF
their viewpoint.
The first problem that has confront
ed the Government in considering eff
forts to compose the differences be-
tween miners and operators has been
the insistence Of the union upon
ioiRt basic wage conference for the
Central Competitive Field, in accord
with the former contracts which eX-
pircd April l. while the operators
have insisted upon departure from the
old Joint conference plan and confer
ences by States or districts instead.
II is understood that recently the
Government and mirsrs' leaders have
had reason to believe that large
number of the operators stand ready
to enter a basic joint conference. The
union men will agree to meet either
in national wage conference or Cen
trail Competitive Field conference.
But whether enough operators of
the Central Competitive Field will
Weld, even under Government per-
suasion. to the point of going into
basic joint conference after having
stood out against it. remains to be
shown.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-26
GET READY FOR
O.D. BUILDING
Plans to be in Before
Clubs Next Meeting,
July Fifth
Club is Busilv Engaged in Getting
Things Strengthened Out in Tempo
rary Quarters.

Detail plans for the Old Dominion
Boat Clubs new club house should be
in hand this week or if not this week
certainly by the time of the July
meeting of the club which is to be
held July ). ]. 7. Preston, secretary
of the club, says as soon as the de-
tail plans are in hand, bids will be
advertised for. The general plans have
been adopted by the club and the
architect is now preparing the build
er's details. 1t will only be a matter
of short time after these plans are
received before the contract will be
placed and actual work begun.
The club is now in a most flourish
ing condition despite the setbacks it
has experienced in the past few
months. The building which was burn
ed March 20 has been partially sal
vaged and the end left open after
the fire has been closed up and the
members are fast replacing the canoes
which were burned with new ones.
Club room facilities are lacking how
ever, but sufficient room has been ar
ranged for the storing Of canoes.
The club now has on its roster some
IT'S active and enthusiastic members
who are working for all their worth
toward the completion of the new
building which is to be erected on
the site of the old ferry slip at the
foot of King street. The new building
will be much larger than the old one
and will be an up-to-date structure
in every way. 1t will be 50 feet
broad by IS feet long and will be
built in three stories; the lower floor
for the storage of canoes racing boats
and equipment in general, the sec
ond for the general club room, baths,
lockers and gymnasium equipment
and the third half story will be fitted
up into a modern all-year-round club
room with big stone fireplace and
everything that goes to make up such
q retreat.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-06-26
MISS GORMAN is
AN ALEXANDRIAN
Most Beautiful Girl in
America Admitted to
Citizenship
Also a Boy Pioneer, A Girl Scout.
Member of Citizens Band "An'
EVERYTHING"

Miss Margaret German. Americas
most beautiful young lady, came,
and saw, and conquered" SATURDAY.
afternoon at the benefit baseball
game staged for Camp Rust by the
Dreandaughts. And the Dreadnaugts
did little Seeing and cOnquering"
themselves when they trounced their
opponents numerically at the ma
tional pastime.
Miss German reached the park
promptly and the festivities began at
once. She was presented a "Pioneer"
button by Robert Cochran and made
a member of st. Paul's Troop Pioneers
No. l. Miss Audrey Allen then pinned
an official Girl Scout pin on her and
declared her member Of the Alex
andria Girl Scouts. Both OF these
honors Miss German accepted very
praciouslv and declared that she was
clad to be associated with such a
splendid bunch OF Youngsters.
Mayor Duncan then declared Miss
German a citizen of Alexandria and
gave her an official welcome to the
most historic city in the country.
"Miss Washington" then autographed
2 baseball donated for the occasion by
John NJ. Reed and the Mayor auction
ed it off to the highest bidder. The
ball was "knocked down" to the sec
retary of the "Y" at two or three
times its former cost. A base running
contest for a fielder's mitt donated
hv r. T. Knight and Son was won by
Norris. the first baseman of the
Dreadnaurhts. Miss German present
ed the mitt and with it a rose sell
ected from a beautiful bouGuet pre-
sented to her by Miss Mary Catherine
Wallace" on behalf of her many Alex
andria admirers"
The Citizens Band. which played
enthusiastically throughout the game
wa. so charmed with the delightful
manner of Miss German that they
elected her an honorary member Of
the band and upon their invitation she
picked up a baton and led the band
through one of its most spirited sell
ections. She promised them photo