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Evening star., 1922-07-27
LEWIS SEES Joint
CONFERENCE SOON
Head of Miners Union Ex-
poets Action in Central
Competitive Field.
WORD FROM OPERATORS
John M. Hessler Informed by
Gov. McCray of Indiana
View.
WORD FROM OPERATORS

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 81
John L. Lewis, head of the miners
union, said here this afternoon that
he had every reason to believe that
an interstate joint conference of the
central competitive fields will be ar
ranged within a few days"
Indiana operators would meet with
miners representatives in four state
conference if operators of the other
states in the central competitive field
would enter the conference, Gov. Nc
today to John Hessler, president of
District No. II, United Mine Workers
of America.
Mr.. Hessler said he felt confident
such a conference would be called at
an early date. and that the strike
would be settled on terms satisfac-
tory to the miners within thirty days
thereafter.
Says Strike Is Won.
Standing in the lobby of the
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, where he
has been comforting with district
presidents of the union from Penn
sylvania, Ohio and Indiana. Mr.. Lewis
dictated the following statement to
newspaper men:
1T is undoubtedly true that to all
purposes and effects the mine workers
have won their present strike, and it
is almost universally recognized in
industrial and financial circles
throughout the country that no wage
reductions can be applied in the
mining industry.
Joint Conference Needed.
ut only remains for an interstate
joint conference to be convened in
order to permit of the immediate
negotiation of a new wage agreement.
This is the only way by which a
settlement can be made There will
be no district or separate settlements.
Il have every reason to believe that
an interstate joint conference of the
central competitive fields will be ar
ranged within a few days. Such an
arrangement will permit a resumption
of mining and relief to embarrassed
industries and suffering public"
STATE PLANS OPERATION.
Evening star., 1922-07-27
|. C. C. PRIORITY CONTROL
CALLED AID TO LABOR
Gompers Declares Mine Owners
Robbed Of Any Chance to Reap
Huge Profits.

Control by the government, through
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
of movement by rail of food and fuel
will strengthen the hands of both
the miners and railroad workers who
are on strike" Samuel Gompers,
president OF the American Federation
of La Dor. declared yesterday. Action
of the government. he said, will take
away whatever chance the mine
owners expected to have for making
huge profits out of a continuance Of
of the miners"
Mr. Gompers called attention to
what ne termed the truly marvellous
discipline and conduct Of the men on
strike" Estimating that more than
a million workers were now idle, he
said the instances Of disorder ''have
been almost negligible"
Evening star., 1922-07-27
MANIAC GIVES UP,
FORCED BY THIRST
Quits Barricaded Home After
13-Day Battle, With One
Slain, Many Hurt.
By the Associated Press.

by Inc ASSOCIATED Pfesa.
HINTON, w. Va, July 27.-John
Fredeking, the insane man who barri-
caded himself in his house and for
thirteen days resisted the efforts of
deputy sheriffs and state police to
arrest him after he had killed one man
and wounded four others, this morn
ing appeared at the front door. threw
up his hands and asked for a drink
of water
Two troopers. who with other Of
f1cers had resorted to every known
means short of firing the house to dis
lodge Fredeking. stepped up to the
door. got him the water he craved. and
then led him to the county Jail.
Appears to Be Dazed.
He refused to answer their ques-
tions and appeared to be dazed. Ply
sicians were summoned from the Hin
ton Hospital, where they had been
treating the men wounded in the fir
ing of the past days. and dressed a
bullet wound in Fredeking's right arm
and another injury to his eight shoul-
der
Amazed at the t;reless energy of
Fredeking. who. in addition to kill
ing one, shot four others, the men
who laid siege to the home aban-
doned Immediate hope of starving
the man into submission. His sup
ply Of ammunition also seemed end
less.
Deranged Fifteen Years.
Long periods of quiet led police to
believe that their quarry was ex-
hausted, but each fresh attempt to
batter down a door or climb through
a window was met by a volley from
within.
Fredeking. according to his father,
has been mentally deranged for fif-
teen years His cofdition suddenly
became worse thirteen days ago.
when he forced his family from the
house. When Lou Matty. a prohibi-
tion officer. attempted to enter he
was shot and died soon after. Sew
eral days later, with the house sur
rounded. Earl Hope gained entrance,
and he too was shot. His condition
is critical. Three others sustained
bullet wounds.
Last night a tear gas bomb was
hurled into the house, but Frede-
king appeared in another room and
escaped any i'll effects.
Lived Mainly on Nuts.
Fredeking said he had been living
mainly on a supply of nuts. The
house was ideal for a fort. a two
story brick house situated on a steep
terrace in the center of the city. In
upper rooms he kept watch from all
sides on his besiegers and was Sc
cure from attack because he made
his headquarters in room at the
head of the stairs.
City and county officials who
sought to capture the young man
we're hampered by a ruling of the
county Judge that to kill him would
bring a charge of murder. and state
police held themselves in reserve, but
were in charge when the surrender
was made.
At the time he killed the deputy who
sought to take him to the hospital
Fredeking also wounded his father.
Charles Hoke of White Sulphur
Springs is in a serious condition, hav-
ing been shot through the lungs after
he succeeded in getting into the
house by advancing behind a metal
shield
Evening star., 1922-07-27

new arbitratlonal
court of the Inter
national Chamber
Of Commerce.
Mr.. Baker, who
is president of the
Cleveland Cham
ber of Commerce.
yesterday sent his
acceptance to A.
c. Bedford. chair
man of the Amer
ican section of
the international
chamber. who had
asked Mr.. Baker
to serve on the
proposed world
Evening star., 1922-07-27
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 27.-A. ro-
mantle story Of liQGor smugglers
soading their cargo in Bermuda
under direction OF a girl and max
ing runs 10 the shores Of Long
Island sound, gun fights and seiz-
ures by federal agents has been
revealed in the arraignment Of
Mrs. Edith Stevens. nineteen years
old, in Brooklyn. on an Indictment
charging conspiracy to smuggle
liquor into New York from Ber-
muda.
She was indicted n IN ac-
complice OF Antonio Cassese.
wealthy tobacco merchant. who
fed when a second Indictment
charging a plot to smuggle huge
quantities Of liquor into the coun-
try followed seizure Of two Of his
vessels.
Cassese was charged with, being
Evening star., 1922-07-27
FLAMES PERIL 3 TOWNS,

OAKLAND, Calf, July 27.-The
towns of Concord. Clayton and Dan
willie were threatened by forest fires
famed by shifting winds today. Resi-
dents remained awake all night ready
to move their belongings. Water was
hauled through the fields in sleds
and wagons, and back firing resorted
to. The Are had covered more than
fifteen miles this morning and killed
thousands of cattle. The glow was
visible twenty miles.
Evening star., 1922-07-27
BLAST IN MILK BOTTLE.

CHICAGO. July 27.-Charles D. Sig
ner, assistant general manager Of
the Delaware, Lackawana and West
ern railroad. reported 20 police to-
day that explosives placed in a bot
tie of milk on his front porch blew
off his right thumb when he started
to carry the bottle into the house.
Signer, who Is sixty-one years old,
said the incident occurred yesterday
morning. 1t was not reported to the
police until today.
Evening star., 1922-07-27
rs MORE COAL SHIPS.

NEW YORK. July 27.-Twenty-nve
additional vessels yesterday were Or
dered withdrawn from the idle fleet Of
the United States Shipping Board to
be used as coal carriers and I'LL sched-
uled sailinEs OF vessels previously
from British ports to the United States.
The Shipping Board recently with
drew forty-two ships for. use In the
coai-carrytng traffic.
Evening star., 1922-07-27
STRIKERS TO HELP
KEEP FOOD MOVING
Cooperation Pledged Dis
trict Program by Terminal
Employees.
WOULD HANDLE TRUCKS
Resolution Congratulates Mer-
chants and Manufacturers
for Activity.
WOULD HANDLE TRUCKS

Cooperation with the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association in
maintaining the food supply Of the
District was pledged today by the
striking employees Of the Washington
terminal in a resolution adopted at
the daily meeting of the federation.
Crafts.
AS the result Of the plan of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation to operate fleets of automobile
trucks to transport food supplies in
the event of complete breakdown
of rail transportation, the strikers an
nounced their readiness and willing
ness to operate the trucks and to keep
them in flrst-class working condition.
Charles Frazier. business repre-
sentative Of the striking shopmen.
pointed out that the fight which the
strikers are making is against the
railroads and not against the public
or government. The strikers, he said.
regret that it may involve some in
convenience to the people, and they
are anxious to keep it to minimum.
Merchants Congratulated.
The resolution congratulated the
Merchants and Manufacturers Associ-
alton for it's public spiritedness in
planning to keep food supplies COM
ing into the city, and pointed out
that the striking terminal employees
offer their assistance in mobilizing
auto trucks. running and keeping
same in repair that the citizens Of
Washington may not suffer owing
to the autocratic stand of the rail-
roads"
Copies Of the resolution were or
dered sent to the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, the Dis
trict Commissioners and the press Of
the city
The resolution pointed out that
considerable misunderstanding ex-
lists among the general public that
owing to the impossibility of the rail-
road shop crafts now on strike to
have their grievances given to the
public in an unbiased manner"
Several hundred OF the Washington
striking shopmen have found
work in private machine shops in the
District and will not return to their
former positions when the railroad
strike Is settled, union leaders report
ed today These men. the majority Of
titOAi az Se-SiooS NkcCndnlCS, IL was Eal0,
are not only receiving a higher wage
scale than that at the terminal. but
are working under much better condi-
tions in the private shops.
Terminal officials will have great
dificuity in replacing these machin-
lists. the strike leaders claim, because
1t will take the average mechanics who
replace them considerable time to learn
how to do the various kinds Of work
that develop In a railroad roundhouse
Work Boom Predicted.
Settlement of the strike, which
local union officials believe will re-
suit from the conference today be-
tween President Harding, De witt
Cuyler, president Of the American As-
ISOLATION of Railroad Executives, and
B. M. Jewell. leader of the striking
shop craftsmen. will bring with It .
work boom in the railroad repair
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column 7.)
Evening star., 1922-07-27
ARMY BALLOON BREAKS
DISTANCE FLIGHT RECORD
Blimp Makes 1,1OO Miles From
Langley Field to Belleville,
ILL.,, in About 40 Hours.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BELLEVILLE. ILL.,. July 27-The
longest flight ever attempted by the
Army lighter-than-air service was COM
pleted today when the dirigible bal
Icon A-4 arrived at Scott Field. near
here.
The blimp arrived from Langley
Field. Va, distance of approximately
minutes of actual flying time. Two
stops were made. The balloon will be
stationed here permanently. it was
said
Evening star., 1922-07-27
BLOW UP PRISON WALL;
1O5 PRISONERS ESCAPE
Irishmen Confined at Dundalk
Crawl Out Through Hole.
Much Damage Done.

By the Associated Press.
BELFAST. July 27.-Through a
hole blown in the wall by a mine, los
prisoners escaped from the Dundalk
Jail, County Louth, today. The shock
of the explosion shook the town,
shattering the windows of the
county hospital and the dwellings of
the towns best residential district.
Evening star., 1922-07-27
UNEMpLoYED TO MEET.

pioyed will be held at Typographical
Temple, 423 6 street this evening at
7:30 O'Clock, under the auspices of
the International Brotherhood Wei
fare Association. Striking employ es
OF the Washington terminal have
been invited to attend. ,
Evening star., 1922-07-27
SPEAKING or PICKETING.
ONCOURI
OF FARBITRATTON
IN WORLD TRADE
By the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 27.-NeW-
ton D. Baker. former Secretary of
War. has accepted a place upon the
Evening star., 1922-07-27

court for the arbitration OF commercial
differences.
plans to form such an international
court were decided upon in June, but,
like The Hague peace conference, as,
yet has no legal sanction.
Evening star., 1922-07-27
WEATHER.

Unsettled tonight and tomorrow;
probably showers: slightly warmer
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ended at pm. today: Highest. 81. at
2 p.m. today; lowest, 81, at l am.
today. Full report on page =
Evening star., 1922-07-27
Member of the Associated Press

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication OF all news dispatches
credited to II or not otherwise credited In this
,sper and also the local news published herein.
All rights OF publication OF special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-03
BURCH FAVORS
BASKETBALL IN
ST. JOHNSUBRY
Should Have Permanent
Organization to Run
Team

Sentiment for another fast
basketball team such as represent
ed st. Johnsbury last winter ought
to begin at once to crystalline into
scme definite action. With this in
mind basketball players and en-
thusiasts are already planning to
start the ball rolling
Albert Goslant, star guard on
the American Legion-Company d.
basketball team that thrilled hun
dreds Of people at the Armory last
winter, has Just received a reply
to letter that he wrote to Charles
"Chick" Buch who coached the
quintet. From the tenor of the
letter it is very e evident that
Coach Burch would look with sat
isfaction upon a position here in
s. JohnsbUIy
To add to the good news,
"Chick" also writes that he is Ger
tain that the services of "I'itz"
Marshall, the wonder pivotal play
er, can be securd. With Goslant,
Connor, Fisk, Dumas and Foye
here in town and Kenneth Ian
pher, a Middlebury college athlete
to call upon, there is every reason
Continued on Page p
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-03
0.E. S. ATTENDS
DISTRICT
MEETING
Fifty Members of Local
Lodge Journey to
Wells River

Fifty members of Mystic Star
Chapter No. %, O. +. S. motored
tc Wells River Friday night to lt-
tend the annual meeting of Dis
trict No. > held with Cornthian
chapter No. -. The chapters COM
prising the district are IN addition
to St Johnsbury, and Wells River,
are Diamond Of DJnville, Esther
of Lyndonville, Evening Star Of
West Burke, Adah Of Concord,
Minerva Of Cornth and Iona Of
Bradford. Large delegations were
present from all the organizations
and the guests Of honor included
pactically all the grand officers
headed by Mrs. L. n. Smythe Of
St. JohnsbuIy, grand matron.
An interesting feature of the
afternoon program was furnished
by the degree team Of the st.
Johnsbury lodge whose officers as
sisted in the school Of instruction
conducted by Mrs. Jessie J. Mil
lar, grand lecturer. Her assistants
were Mrs. Cecil Palmer, Mrs. b.
A. Palmer, Mrs c. f.. Merrill, Mrs.
B. A. johnson, Mrs G. +. Doty,
Mrs. Mac Heath, Mrs. Gertrude
Bartlett, Mrs. Lillian Gaskcll,
Mrs. Lottie kiddcr, Mrs. J. c.
Amey, Mrs. +. c. Smith, Mrs 4.
S. Waterman. Mrs. Rex W. Tur-
ncr and Mrs. II. y. Marchcssault,
with the officer Of the order, Mrs.
Julia II. Stanton, worthy matron
and f. c. Beck, worthy patron, Of
fciating. The evening meeting
opened at six o'clock with a ban
quet followed by reception to the
grand officers. Mrs Sarah Hutch
ms, worthy matron OF the Wells
River chapter welcomed the visit
ors and the response was made
by Mrs. Carolyn \. Blalsdell,
worthy matron Of the LyndonvllIc
lodge. Degrees were conferred by
Iona chapter OF Bradford, the
work was reviewed by Mr. Mil
lar and the closing ceremony was
in the hands Of officers Of Esther
chapter Of I.salouville. M. Blai-
dell. worthy ma'ron md Leon Cur
tlcc, worthy patron.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-03
.PEACHAM PUPILS
HOLD SUCCESSFUL
SCHOOL FAIR
Farm Bureau Officials
Judge Exhibits and
Award Prizes

The first of he quartet of
school fairs in the territory in
which Harvey Burbank of Dan
vile is the district superintendent
was held in Peacham Wednesday
and proved a drawing card for old
and young. All the exhibits were
made by the school children, and
the various teachers assisted in the
arrangements. The fair was held
in town hall.
The Judges were County Agent
NJ. V. Barnes and Secretary +. H.
Hallett of St. Johnsbury, Mrs. w.
p Thorn and Mrs. J. H Nalnum
of Peacham. The St. Johnsbury
officials made brief addresses in
which many practical suggestions
were offered, especially for the
successful raising and preparation
of crops with which to win prizes
not only at the fairs but also to
win the highest market prices. The
fair was voted by ali to be of great
interest and benefit for all who
took part.
The awards were aS follows;
Potatoes. Kenneth Cowan Glenn
F. McPhee Apples, Emerson
Peak, Sibley NJ Darling. BeetS,
Kenneth CoWan. Carrots. Elwyn
Pumpkins, Robert r. Esden, New
erlie SomerS. Squash, Alma Church
i'll, Wilson W. Thrcsher. Turnips,
Kenneth Cowan. Carrots, Elvyn
Continued OH Last Fagc
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-03
TURKISH PEACE PARLEY OPENS;
GREAT<RECEPTI FOR PROCTOR
Danger of Clash With British
Lessened AS Troops Withdraw
BELIEVE FINANCIER
SEEKING SOLITUDE

BOSTON, Oct. 3-Thomas w.
Lawson, nnancier, whose fortune
has suffered the latest fall in a
fuctuating career, was missing
today. Those associated with him
suggested that the decision to sell
his Dreamwold estate to satisfy
his debts had hit him rather hard
and that he had probably decided
to seek solitude for short time
Morris T. Fogg, one of Law
sons trustees, said he did not
think Lawson was i'll. He said he
may have decided to go to Oregon
where his daughter, Mrs. Henry
Mccall, is living. Mr.. Lawson
yesterday left Southwest Harbor,
Me-, where he had been staying
with his sister, Mrs. Mary Law
son. He said he would not say
for certain where he would go.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-03
CONDUCTOR ON
B. AND M. DIES
AT BRICHTLOOK
George Davis Tute Had
Same Run Many
Years

George Davis Tute, d Boston
and Maine conductor in this sec
tion for more than 30 years, died
Monday at Brightlook hospital fol-
lowing a long illness of 8right's
disease. The funeral will be held
Wednesday afternoon at two
o'clock at the Calderwood parlors,
Rev. George w. Hylton officiating
and interment will be made at
Lyndon Center Mr.. Tute's i'll
ness was a protracted one. He
had been unable to attend to his
railroad duties for more than
year and had been a patient at
Brightlook the past four months.
Born in Derby December q,
1865, the son of David and Eliza
Tute practically his whole life was
spent in Lyndonville. His parents
moved there when he was an in.
FAINT, he was educated in the
schools of Lyndonville and in early
manhood choose a railroad career.
L vi ~ NCdiS Ilt " a. ii NOlluuCLOl
of the Boston and Maine running
from Lyndonville to White River
and from Lyndonville to Newport.
Al lof these years with the excep-
ton of a short period in Wels
River were spent in Lyndonville.
He was d member of the Order of
Railway Conductors, an obliging,
painstaking official whose score
and a half of years as conductor
was marked by conscientious ser
vice.
Thirty-Seven years ago Mr.
Tute married Miss Anice Kit
tredge of Lyndon and She surviv-
e. him with one son, Roland c.
Tute of Wolf Point, Montana. He
leaves also his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. David Tute of Lyndonvillc,
and three sisters, Mrs. Byron Carr
o. Marlboro, Mass, Mrs. Hiram
| fbby and Mrs. Herbert Leach of
Lyndonville.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-03
ST. JOHNSBURY
FANS TO WATCH
WHITLEY WITT
Old ScaletOWn Player
Fastest Runner On
Yankees

With the World Series Just in
the offing, hundreds of baseball
fans in St. JohnsbuIy have fixed
their gaze upo'. a former Scale
town player, "Whitey" Witt. For
Whitley" the colorful New Yorker
Yankee center fielder, the pal of
the mighty Babe Ruth and Bob
MeuSel, took his beginning in St
Johnsbury where a battalion of
friends have been watching with
keen interest his major league ca
reer.
Lawton, "Dutcn' or "Whitey"
Witt is absolutely the fastest man
wearing Yankee spangles today
He speeds down to first base like
a second Charley Paddock. Way
back in his school days in Win
chendon, Mass, and again at Cod
dard seminary, Witt took prize
Continued on Las. Page
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-03
SHERBROOKE |
IS CHAMPION
OF PROVINCE
Takes Double Header and
Series From Three
Rivers

SHERBROOKE, oct. With
the Provincial championship for
1922 safely tucked away the Sher-
brooke team is disbandng today
and is unable to remain for anoth-
er week to play George Sislcr'5
transforming big league stars.
Sherbrooke was in receipt of an Of
fer to play the SisIer nine here
next Sunday but the heavy guar
antec and the expense of holding
the team over is practically pro-
hibitivc.
The Sherbrooke baseball nino
cinchcd the Provincial honor- Sun
day afternoon when they delight
ed some two thousand three hun
dred frenzicd baseball fans by
taking both games Of a double
header from the Three Rivers az
grcgation.
Weather conditions were ideal
and "A huge crowd, including hun
drcds from owsidc points, made an
early entrance 70 the grounds. Tho
Of baseball was excel
lent. and it was strongly accen-
tuated by the carncstness OF the
local players 10 brine the cham
Continued on last page
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-03
ONE KILLED IN
NEGRO RIOT

MONTGOMERY, Ala, oct. 3
One negro was killed, and others
we're attacked on street cars and
one white man was shot in dis
orders here last night and early
today after the arrest of Joe Ter
rcll, negro, charged with the mur-
der Of George Wilson, a game
warden. Wilson was shot Satur-
day night while searching for a
negro who was alleged to have
killed Albert Samson, a city po-
liccman. The police said Terrell
had confessed Three companies
Of national guardsmen were order
ed TO the jail last night. The jail
was pcppered with bullet, but the
militia did not reply to the fire of
the mob. The mob was dispersed
shortly after midnight.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-10-03
WOMAN HAD
BOOZE IN GLASS
COAT OF Mail
Made Regular Trips Past
Newport; Released In
$500 Bail

There's nothing that d man can
do but some woman can do it
little bit better She has even
beaten him at the boot-legging
game. Grace jackson Of Somer-
Vile cane to grief on her last trip
across the Canadian border and
larguished in Orleans County Jail
at Newport over Sunday for viola
ton of the Volstead Act in an un-
successful attempt to transport
liquors from the land of plenty to
this side.
Miss Jackson was a passenger
on the night mail from Sherbrooke
Friday evening on her way to
Somerville, Mass, for some reason
Officer Pratt of Derby Line was a
tritie suspicious and immigration
officials remembered that she had
made frequent trips up and down
the line different times. Accord
ingly a search was made and the
woman was found to be incased in
a regular glass coat of mail. But
the glass was hollow, and each
flask filled with the choicest whis-
key. The lady must be strong, for
she carried a load of fourteen
quarts. She wore an entirely new
style of corset, ticking sack or
smock fitted with pockets and in
these We're placed the flat bottles.
At the hearing before Commits
sioner w. H. Cleary, on Saturday,
the Jackson woman did not ap-
pear unduly embarrassed, and ap-
pearances would indicate that she
had turned the trick MANY times
before. She was held under $500
bonds for her appearance at the
next term of federal court. She
was released Monday night having
nrOcnred bail