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The Washington times., 1922-08-20
Two Bandits Assault
And Rob Westley Bean
Of S21 i'm Northeast

Two negro hold-up men, one armed
with razor yesterday afternoon at
tackled Westley Bean, Of 1881 Dun
can street northeast. and after as
saulting him. robbed him Of $21.
Bean was crossing q vacant lot at
the rear OF Sibley Hospital when ap-
preached by the two men.
Give me your money, or I'll cut
your head Off" one Of them growled.
When Bean resisted. the two men
set. upon him. While one assaulted
him. tho other relieved him OF his
money.
A description of the men was
furnished the police. The descrip-
ton does not tally with the descrip-
ton furnished Of the two bandits
who killed one man and injured an.
other at a grocery store In Capitol
Heights. ,-,..
Another hold.up was reported to
the police later in" the evening by
John Brown, a negro residing at
625 Gordon avenue northeast. Brown
told the police that he was going
through an alley at the rear OF his
home when accosted by the hold.up
man who put a revolver in his face
and relieved him Of his envelope con-
tanning $7.55. The stick-up man,
the police say is known to them and
Is employed by a local transfer COM
pany. 3.
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Strike Peace is .Dimmed
BY Binkerd's Denial OF
Seniority Agreement
Nv international News Service.


NEW YORK. Aug. 1s.-optimism
over a possible settlement OF the ma
tionai strike Of railway shopmen
next Wednesday. when the commit
tee Of railroad executives will meet
the chiefs Of the rive brotherhooos'
was suddenly dinfmed tonight oy ue-
nial of the report that an undsi'
standing had been reached by wnicn
the strike would be ended upon
"gentlemen's agreement" by which
the seniority rights Of the strikers
would be guaranteed. This denial
came from Robert g. Binkerd, as
sistant to T. Dewitt Cuyler, chair
man Of the Association OF Railway
Executives!
Al the same time Bert NJ. Jewell.
leader Of the striking shopmen, and
chief of the railway division OF me
American Federation of Labor, EN-
phaticslly announced that the strike
would not end until the strikers
were assured Of their seniority
rights. .
There was an obvious feeling OF
resentment on the part OF the exc
cutives over the widespread -eports
indicating that they had given IN
upon the question Of seniority rights.
They declared that these reports
came from the ranks of the brother
hoods and that they only served TO
arouse false hopes on the part or
the strikers. Certain executives
CHARGED that the strike leaders
might be working their own defeat
by giving out misinformation.
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.PRES|DENTFOR
. STRIKE SPEECH
Declares Address to Congress
Blocked Peace In New
York Meeting.
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acterized as invasion OF the rights
OF individual States. ..
Gompers said he saw in the whole
MESSAGE the threat OF govern.
ment by injunction" instead OF
"rovernment by law" II there Is
to be truly - government BY law"
he declared, then the courts will
have 10 cease issuance, of injunc-
tions against the right Of labor to
strike and against peaceful picket
ing.
.Tbe Presidents position Ia moth
ing new for him, SO far as he deals
WITH essentlals," Gompers said.
"As n member Of the Senate he saw
20 n that he was always paired In
favor AZ the anti-strike proposal.
"He SAYS that the. Railway Labor
Roa rd's decisions shall be made en-.
forceable, i.e., that IL 1t renders de.
cisions further reducing wages and
innposina working conditions the
workers do not like. they. will have
10 accept them or be subjected TO
fine and imprisonment. Men Will
be forced to labor under guns. l
am not willing TO believe the Presi'
dent fully realized the consequences
OF the legislation he proposed.
.'If there Ia to be compulsory
labor. then the question may wen
he raised whether compulsory labor
should not be for all, instead OF
for merely the wage. Garner
Gompers was interrupted At tn'S
point by q sharp peal OF thunder
and flash OF lightning in the storm
which swept Washington late yes
terday. f.,
"A forerunner OF what 10 10
come" he remarked.
There is no evidence, ne con.
tinued. that the President ever
inyoked the full powers Of the
Governnent' to compel the com
pIiance by the railroads with the
decisions of, the Labor Board.
Neither did he recall the fact
that when employers and employees
agreed upon terms, they were In,
dicted by q Federal grand jury Tor
conspiring, and those indictments
are still pending In Indianapolis
Those indictments formed the prin-
cipal excuse of the operators for
not meeting the miners In CONFER
ence prior to April l..
One Of the few points In tn
| Presidents message that Conner.
did agree with was that condemnihs
the Herrin massacres.
"No one GAN regard these with
out a feeling OF indignation. ne
said. II was q nasty piece OF
business which nothing could JUS
The whole message. Gompsrs as
serted, was '.misapplieds psychoiosy,
| and might we'll have been deferred
until conditions are riehted.
Particular criticism was directeo
against Senator James r. watson
Rep) Of Indiana, one Of the Admin
istration's spokesmen in the strlks
negotiations, whom Gompers referred
to as "a lobbyist for big business.
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Bertillon Sent the Press
His Own "Obit" Notice

PARIS, Aug. 1s.-Correctness was
a life passion<with DIR. Jacques Ber.
tillon. for thirty years director of the
statistical bureau Of the city of Paris
and tho uncle of the founder Of the
Bertillon system, who died four years
ago.
Especially was he insistent thut
facts about him or quotations from
him published in newspapers should
be absolutely precise. He was the
more severe on this subject In that
he was a former Partisan newspaper
man.. .,
Editorial desks of local dailies wen =
astonished to receive from Bertillon
recently his own obituary" together
with a note in his Handwriting
when you receive this shall nc
longer exist"
wonderingly several editors teie'
phoned his home. .
Monsieur Bertillon Just died" a
hushed voice told them. 49,.
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COURTS WILL TEST.
MEDIUMS SANITY
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what her sentiments or sympathies
are in this connection.
whether Mrs. Jacob will come to
the assistance of a mother with
jwhom she is understood to have had
several disagreements on the score
OF the latter's spiritualistic proclivi'
ties, the next twenty-four hours
should disclose.
Mrs. Murray Is an exceedingly
strange case, according to the
medical men who observed her prior
20 her transfer to Washington
Asylum. II she Is shown to be
mentally irresponsible, II is held, II
viii be merely another demonstra.
ton Of the power of a monomaniacal
impression to spread until 1t In
wolves all of the reasoning faculties.
In anything save matters pertaining
70 mysticism and her gifts In rela'
tion thereto, Mrs. Murray seems
possessed Of a really brilliant sanity.
She does not look her forty-eight
years. She is q woman Of true
"presence," far above the average
in height, OF graceful carriage and
evident refinement. Her eyes are
the clear, blue. steady eyes Of the
perfectly. balanced; her speech beau
tifully modulated and holding the
trace of an intonation acquired by
those long on the speaking stage.
Altogether, Mrs. Murray would
impress any beholder. Weeks age
she visited the offices of The Wash
inston Times. talking for more than
an hour upon her spiritualistic de
velopment. Only her unfalterine
belief that to her had been given
the power Of writing down mes
sages from the world leaders Of al
ages and climes would have seemed
20 indicate any intellectual bias
any lack Of logic or ratiocination.
She never pretended to be able Il
niaterialize spirits, in other words
she was not a control medium, she
said, but q trance medium, through
whose fingers the mighty and Illus
tfious of the spirit world indited
their messages to mankind.
81 first heard voice in the air, .
she fecited. That was months ago
knew II was the voice Of a spiri,
with a message at once. There was
there has been no resisting these
voices. When they wish me to sci
down their messages, become pow
eriess. in a state OF trance.
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Temporary Air Mail
Lines to Be Given Test

Temporary air mail service viii se
established from Cleveland to De
troit. New York to Hartford. and
Omaha to Norfolk, Neb., during the
next two months. the Postoffice De
partment announced yesterday.
The service between Omaha and
Norfolk will be established for the
period from August ~ to 90; no
tween Detroit and Cleveland from,
September l to 10. and from New
York to Hartford. October 9 TO Q,
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HIGH TARIFF BILL
PASSED IN SENATE
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provision giving the President tar;
iff revision powers, were not alarmed
by minority attacks. They predict
ed unusual prosperity. painted In
glowing terms the benefits to be de,
rived by farmers and workmen, and
declared they were anxious to place
their bill before the country.
Called Benefit TO Labor.
This bill will ensure employment, n,
for American labor and the payment
of a living wage" McCumber said
1T will permit the establishment
and continuance Of industries vital
to the welfare Of this nation, protect
alike the producer Of raw materials
and the manufacturers, and permit
readjustment Of rates without gen
eral tariff revisions, to meet chang
ing economic conditions.
Assailed by Democrats.
"The bill 10 one Of the most abomi
nsble Legislative acts ever enacted
by an American Congress" Senator,
Simmons and Walsh DemJ Of Massa,
chusetts said on behalf of the
minority. ..g
Tine whoto measure, aus pfepard
ton and It's passage step by ster
sniscks>of selfishness and sordidness
The indiscriminate manner in which
subsidies and bounties have been dis
tributed to organized groups and
classes at the expense of the many
is scandalous, This bill takes billion,
OF dollars from the pockets Of tn,
public and distributes this vast sun
to those who enjoy sufficient In
fluence to receive an invitation Il
thrust their hands into the~plundel
pile. ...-...-.. ...r
I'm view. Of the indefensible, scan
dalous, selfish, pork-barref characteI
Of this legislation, how much longel
can our law-making body retain tn,
confidence and respect Of the Ameri
can public7 II is time for politica
revolution against such methods anc
practices"
The Washington times., 1922-08-20
Big Four Men Return
to Work on Santa Fe

Los ANGELES, Aug. 1s.--Com
plete settlement of Southern Call.
fornia's railroad tie-up was effected
today with the return to work nj
noon or striking Big -Four" brother
hood men at all trouble centers or
the Santa Fe system.
Embargoes against fruits, livestock
were lifted Immediately, marking the
reopening Of ali rail arteries OF the
State and providing maximum
facilities for the transportation OF the
t5o, ,ooo, 900 fruit crop menaced 1y the
strike.
The Washington times., 1922-08-20
Negro Shot in Neck
After Alteration With
Colored "MajOr" Burke

Roy Davis, a negro, residing at
1121 Twenty-second street north.
west, was shot through the neck
last night at Broad Branch road
and Morrison street during-an alter
cation with Major Burke, another
negro, who made his escape.
At the Georgetown Hospital,
where Davis was taken, II was
stated that his condition Is not
serious.
All police precincts were flashed
q description Of Burke and he will
probably be picked up. He Is
twenty-eight years old, Is feet
and 10 inches in height and weighs
l60 pounds. When last seen he
was wearing a brown shirt, a light
cap, low tan shoes and blue trou'
SerS.
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Kanawha Sessions End;
Operators and Miners
Break on Open ShoI
BY InternA tienaI News Service.

BY InteFhhuonhf NoWs bfFviCe.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Aug. 10
kanawha district coal operators and
United Mine Workers broke up their
toint conference here at noon today
without reaching an agreement for
the re-opening Of the mines, and ad.
journed sine die.
Negotia tons begun yesterday were
continued today until II was seen
agreement was impossible.
Operators stood out for the open
shop. and abolition Of the check-off
system.
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Illinois Postal Clerks
Preparing For Bandits

Under the supervision Of an ex.
army sergeant, postal employees at
Mattoon, ILL.,, are practicing marks.
manship In order TO cope with postal
bandits, Postmaster Mark Sparks
yesterday informed the Postoftice
Department. He made q request for
an additional supply Of ammunition.
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GEORGES CREEK
MINE To. Open
ON1920 WAGES
Owners Decline to Recognize
Union, Blaming Men for
Breach Of Contract.
CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug.

CUMBERLAND, Md, Aug. 10.
The operators Of tho Georges
Greek region today posted notices
at the mines Of the decision TO
return to the 1920 wage scale.
What response there will be to
this call 10 work by the miners
remains TO be seen.
The operators do not recognize
the union and at q meeting Of
all the companies and individuals
operating coal mines here last
night, It was unanimously decided
to decline to enter into q confer
ence with the miners looking to
an agreement a. per their rquest
signd by union officials.
Miners Action I'm Doubt.
The operators declare the miners
violated the last Maryland basic
agreement. dated December II,
Whether the miners win return
to work without another agreement
remains to be seen. While they
would be paid the 1890. or war
scale, which was in force when
they went on strike and which calls
for $1.31h for pick mining. s742
q day for motormen and like work.
and $7.26 for general inside labor,
the union is not recognised and
there would be no pact securing
working conditions.
The union was not recognized,
however. in the Maryland basic
agreement. The operators say they
are fully determined not to recog.
|nize the union.
In the upper Potomac field. forty.
five out OF fifty mines have been
working with an almost normal
Iproduction--ninety-three cars q day.
Operate On 0pcn-Shop Basis.
The directors of the Upper Po
tomac Coal Association at q msstins
recommended AN immediate an
nouncement Of return 10 the 1921
wage basis, effective August l6.
The 1870 basis In, the Upper Potomac
II is said. was S1.22 a ton for picl
mining.
John r. Palmer. secretary Of ia,
Upper Potomac Coal Association
said today that. as In the George,
creek. the operators OF the Upper Po
tomac will positively refuse 70 recog
nize the union.
All mines in both fields will oper
ate on an open-shop basis, In which
both union and .nonunion men may
work. In several Of the mines OF
the Georges creek territory which
bave been working at full capacity
the present force will be retained
and the former employees who re
fused to work will not be taken ick
a. the working complement has been
filled largely with new men.
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CAN'T RlDlcULE BOBBY"

LONDON. Aug. fs.--Impudentiy
asrid,ns ne ,,rnnr. u,sm'y ., s, .nr noss Jaw os
'pust,ns ,.n n's was ans nv .n.rss 20 M noss s,r
boy at, the Manchester police court.
The Law decided to uphold It's dignity
and the ma agistrate fined the boy.
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JOHNSTOWN GOES
ON MONSTER SPREE
Whole City staggers Under
Load of Beer Ordered
Loosed by Mayor.
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about impeaching me. that is, hav.
ing the governor do it,, The official
who is said TO have made the re-
marks better keep himself and his
agents within the law. have no
fear of the consequences OF my
action. I got results. and that was
what I was after"
Chuckling the way he led the
saloon forces into the trap. the
mayor said:
They were all 30 nice when they
came to see me. When they had
heard my statement. one Of them
nudged another and whispered:
There, what did tell you? He isn't
such a bad skate, at that Isn't that
rich, and I had told them they must
keep within the law.
One, Born Every Minute.
"weli, as I said before. there's
one born every minute. The wiser
they are the easier they bite"
The downtown streets Of the city
are crowded tonight as they have
not been in a long while. Farmers,
miners and others who live out In
the country are coming into the
city, many of them just TO see what
happens, others to get some OF the
old.time beer while it's going-for
1t won't last long.
ness. Sporadic fighting broke out,
but there were no serious out.
breaks. A boy, a mere tot, was
found on the streets dead drunk.
He was removed TO a hospital,
where physicians said he would
die.
Dry Officer Loses Job.
State Prohibition Director John
T. Davis, upon his arrival here,
forthwith relieved Federal Group
Agent o. c. stiffler and put T. c.
Sprague. of Philadelphia, in charge.
One of Commissioner Haynes best
men win be here early next week
to see that no more real beer Ii
sold.
while Johnstown is witnessing the
liveliest night In years the church
| element Is UP In arms ana the
Johnstown ministerial association 10
expected to press charges against
the mayor and the saloon men. The
Rev. DR.. ]. Lane Miller, head OF
the Cambria county branch OF the
Antl-DAIOOH LSdkuct ichuotu w VI
vulge what the next step would be
The mayor, an ardent foe Of the
lfuuor interests in this county, was
highly -elated with the success he
seemed TO think the open saloon beer
had met and the rather dramatic pos
sibility to follow.
Cleanup Is Ordered.
An order by Mayor Cauffiel, oi
Johnstown. Pa. allowing brewers
and saloons to sell real beer to re
lieve water famine, was regarded al
d Joke" by Prohibition Commits con
er Haynes until he learned thai
Johnstown was on a genuine spree
Haynes kept the wires hot las'
night with orders to his agents tC
concentrate at Johnstown for
cleanup Of the wet dispensaries.
| Haynes reports Indicated thai
enough beer had been turned loose
to give the town a good bath before
the dry agents got on the ground.
| Government agents still are look
| ing for violators, or evidence OF vio
iations, Haynes said.
| HAYNES was stunned by Mayor
| Cauffiels unique order, but express
| cd confidence that the Federal au
] thorities will be able to deal will
the situation. .. 49,.
Prohibition agents reports indicated
that large quantities OF beer reached
the public In containers without
labels or other marks TO Identify The
manufacturers,
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selves, that made their own
downfall certain.


A man goes crazy in the
head, not in the feet. Trouble
comes from the top. 1t need
not come in this country II It
will use even one per cent OF
It's intelligence, but II must use
at least that one per cent and
remember that what a hundred
million people are thinking,
even little, common, everyday,
unimportant workmen, in their
cottages, has an ultimate i'm
portance greater than the plan
ming and ,scheming Of q small
group Of corporation owners and
monopoly exploiters consulting
their lawyers in their offices.
The rule should he first Of
all of the people, and then their
interests, next those thar do the
hard work, third those that
take the profits.
The Republican Administra-
tion puts first those that own
the monopolies; second, and far
behind, the mass of the people;
third, and Just about nowhere
come those that do the work.
That plan won't work indefi-
nitely.
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Some Murder Theories

The Washington Times request for theories rsoardn
the Mcbride myy OF letters have been yscsve
aadr following feU Of The most paNsibLs theories:
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Today

to live comfortably On the re-
dueed wages that corporations
say they must accept, the ma
tion might run along smoothly,
for a while at least, on a basis
of benevolent Federal control
All that the average man
really wants is food, shelter,
clothing, and . little money left
over. -.
The difficulty is that all those
standing between the producing
farmer and the consumer de-
mand constantly increasing
profits. Ts.And so will middle
men GENERALLY.
The man that pushes q ma
chine off . freight car and de-
livers tito the farmer or to the
man in the city wants rs much
for his trouble in pushing the
machine as the cost Of labor In
the machine, and he often gets
it.
Industry and business are on
a system that gives the least
possible pay to the producer,
the Least possible value to the
consumer.
The fat Is taken off by mid
dlemen, between the two.
The President suggests q
check on coal profiteering by
having the Government buy
enormous amounts of coal "to
be distributed among the States
through q Federal coal agency"
Remembering what happened
in the war, when tho Govern
ment was buying "immense
amounts" Of various things, you
realize that this is a good
scheme for making the price Of
coal higher than it ever was.
II it Is really intended to
check coal profiteering, why not
establish prices of coal, and put
in jail any man that retails or
WHOLESALERS it for more than the
fixed prices.
Our system of Government,
supposed to be based on dcmoc-
.racy, feels at liberty to Inter-
fere where individuals, by COM
'binatioH or otherwise, seek to
obtain full value for the labor
Of their bodies and brains. d.
But the Government never
interferes efficiently where
middlemen seek excessive profit
from that which they have not
created, that which they merely
handle.
Mr.. Van Slyke, of New York
city, writes that IL is important
to head off the rapidly growing
tendency toward discomfort,
criticism Of court decisions, etc.
He says: at will be q sorry
day for everybody If our social
fabric comes tumbling on our
heads as IL did In Russia"
Yes, an extremely sorry day.
But it should be rememb bered
that the Russian social fabric
came tumbling down because
Of what the car and his grand
dukes did at the top Of the
heap. s.....
II was the car, managed by
a woman, she manared by an
ignorant, fanatic mountebank,
that gave Trotsky and Lenin
their opportunity. II was the
grand dukes, supplying soldiers
with guns that would not shoot,
sending men into the war with
no weapons 10 defend them
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auds's weddins D,eosatseus
fSnatisa. hss ss 'Ai i,ia'iEAsvtsA sA' n''' lorna
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II looks Hike q case Of robbery,
then murder, when the man re-
sisted. Have parties, living IN
the neighborhood where murder
ed man last lived, been question.
edf Were there any other
roomers living at Same addressf
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In view Of the fact that several
relatives Of Barney A. Mcbride,
wealthy Oklahoma oil prospector,
have In previous years been mys-
teriously murdered, II seems to
be q quite plausible suppositi0n
that barney himself met his
death at the hands OF those with
whom he had kindled animosity.
/ cannot force myself to the con-
clusion that Mcbride was the
victim of crafty highwaymen. IL
Ii easier TO believe his death was
the termination Of an unexpended
spirit Of revenge. 80 .t'
IL Is my candid opinion that
Mcbride had enemies In Okla
or elsewhere, with whom he had
dealt In previous years, who were
holding malice against their In
tended victim. While 1t Is entire
ly possible that q woman Is con-
nected with the crime u Is, In my
estimation, highly improbable.
/ would suggest that the proper
authorities Investigate McBride's
earlier business activities and &C
quire such information rs may be
available relative to his former
associate prospectors and others;
Resort to such q method Will, l
think, furnish those facts that
win lift the mystery and lead
ultimately to the arrest and con-
yiction OF the perpetrators Of the
Infamous crime. .. ..-r.
FLOYD II. HARPER,
CoIlege Park, Md.
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By all means get taxi driver
who has disappeared; he VIII
likely be q good witness. II q
person living in another state
wanted 20 kill any one they
would not walt until said person
had gone to some other state,
then follow. Mcbride, could have
beon drugged here In the city,
and taken out In auto and mur.
dered. M. l.. A.