Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1922, Page 5

TR RN TR T O NN TN S A (KRR R Z our - enormous half-price sale.- s DEATHS OF 14 LAID TO HERRIN MINERS Witness Says Captives Were Lined Up and Shot After Battle. Washingtow's Christmas WHITE ~ FLAG IGNORED ‘Firing on Mine Continued After Surrender, Eyewitness 9 Declares. pdees X By the Associated Press. MARION, 1il. December 20.—Robert Officer, University , of Pennsylvania graduate and survivor of the Herrin riots in which twenty non-union miners were killed, today faced an- | other period on the witness stand, subject to additional cross-examina- tion by attorneys defending five men on trial for murder in connection with , employed as a bookkeeper at { the strip mine e the principal riot occurred, was on the stand most ibing the mob's at- the nine. He told of of the mine defender h of fourte men when they w a barbed wire fen! surrend; suh forty-eight ed up before {ana fired upon. © " i i 4 H Alling on his face an The Avenue at Ninth | running @ mile through the wher® he hid until nightfall, said he escaped. Throughout the day, he asscrted, men went throuich th ther s, | Ever- sharp Penc s Safety B | @oka & Gompany Penna. Avenue, Seventh Street Just a few suggestions for your guidance in making “last- minute” purchases. = Sports Goods \hup are doubly appreciated. | Gifts from Sak ["Boys’ Sheep-Lined Vests . . $10.00 { | Boy Foot Balls Soccer Balls Volley Balls Slog Balls Basket Balls Base Balls Punching Bags Official— —Scout Knives I___Buy Him a Bicycle —Canteens —Axes Flashlights Golf Clubs Golf Bags Golf Hose Golf Gloves Golf Shoes Golf Balls Knitted Jackets Putting Discs Ball Markers Club Isolators Jerseys Shot Guns Hunting Clothes Boxing Gloves Base Ball Gloves Air Rifles .22 Rifles | Base Ball Suits Base Ball Bats Croquet Sets Cameras Kodaks Sweaters Skates Every real boy wants a Bicycle. Al are eduipped with the latest model coaster brakes. Every item of their construction reflects qual- ity. A size to suit every hoy. “Saks Guarantees Quality” Sports Goods Shop, Fourth Floor. N Join the Happy Crowds Everybody in Washington is talking about our wonderful bargains. Thousands of Xmas z shoppers have saved many dollars by attending Here are a few of the many attractive bargains: Men's O’Coats| Ladies’ Coats 295 0 $16-98/$9.98 10 $22.50 /: SilkandCloth /. Men’s Suits Dresses 14210 *19269c to *122: We Have What We Advertise | LEVY-JESTER CO. 311.7th St. NW ‘“\WfiN\M‘S‘S\\X\‘\S\\‘\Q\SX\\ THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1922. Razors | | ~ Christmas Specials lu;o woods searching for those who | survived. Tells of Mine Battle. On cross-examination Officer testl- fled he was at present employed in Kentucky as a mine official by W. J. Lester, who owned the Herrin strip mine at the time of the riots. The witness said there were about twenty armed guards at the pit and arms and ammunition had been dealt out and | fire of the mob returned when the| mine was attacked. Three sther survivors were in court, d the state b nounced they will testify upon completion of the cross- examlnation of Officer. They are eph O'Rourke, William Carns and Beruard Jones, all of whom were { Buards at the time, The trial will be recessed over the holidays, from December January’2, the court announce terda Col. Saj { Hunter of the adjutant generals I 2 fice at Springfield, another witness, vesterday testified tlicre were no azreements betw workers at the mine and local officials jof the United Mine Workers for a truce and conduct for the ’ Col. Hunter said that he had tried | to arrange such a truce while acting in a purely personal capacity, having | come down from Springtield, when he | 1 of the trouble. 1 Officer said that Col. talked to him ov. testimony Hunter had | r the telephone’and said that W, J. Lester, the owner, had author the surrender of propert Just before nightfall, the witnes testified, those in the mine white flag, but the sniping from sur- rounding hills continued night, nd the flag w lowered when the non-union me in Some freight cars. Then the fleree ness of th increased and the besieed decided to surrender, raising “ white fla d. % assured of their s ng to the w non-union men wer . K. McDowell, the limping painfully along on leg. The crowd nstant- and Offics quoted one . whom he could not “They're noth- nd we ought 1ecor ight mg but strike to kill them a wling Like Wolves.” 1 mile from the e Ir -r, where the i | Other_witnes i the | slain at th § Then the crowd marched about two miles further, wheee the rematning even prisoners were lined be- fence near a clump r said. to give you a chanc " he quot(d one of the goin aid he dropped at the first ind rolicd under the fene while the hunt those who we the witne: of the mob leade t the wirc fence that other | witnesses have testified fourteen odics were found. Four others, ording to the testimony, f woods a § been enter the heard on It w rt distance hot down as they captured, wit- riven through the wd shot down at ¢ just outside the town. The frem the mine through tne »ds to the v has been gi approxin x and one-h The Time of the start frc s been placed at 6:40 am. he shooting at the cemetery at § am. Alrplane Flew Over Mine. Officer =aid that the only man he cognized was Hugh Willis, state {hoard member of the United Mine | Workers. He said Willis drove up {10 the crowd hefore the shooting at I the woods, asked for the leader and then disappeared from view { Under a = Te Cros: min i {Officer said there were forty-fiv workers i the pit and about twenty suards, all of whom had been skt from Chieus the time of his iiv, i the cmployed which W Officer s out arms and amn in tle men_used he first attack, had @ gun. also tol »f an a he mine and { explosions beneath ing Lombs, on the stand most of cross-examination tak- all of the afternoon session admitted he rplane fiying id he neard as though. it it ling uy {of court, which adjourned at 4:40 {p.m.. with the witness still on the jstand. His xamination will I be resumed tomorrow morning. 1] | District of Columbia—Cloudy. fol- lowed by snow late tonight or tomor- {row: warmer tonight, lowest tem- ature about degrees; moderate shifting wind Maryland — Cloudy, with snow or rain on the coast and snow in the in- |terior Jate tonight or ~tomerrow: warmer tonight; increasing easterly | Virginia—Snow or rain on the coast and snow in the interior late tonight and LOomOTrow; warmer in the in- terior ton: > increasing northeast nds, possibly becoming Istrong, West Virginia—Cloudy tonight and { tomorrow; probably local smows in north portion; tomorrow warmer tonight; afternoon. Records for Twenty-Four Hours. colder Thermometer—i pm 24; 12 midnight, 23; a.m. 18: noon, 40, ! Barometer—{ p.m., 8§ pm, 30.57; 12 midnight, 4a.m, 30,59; 18 am, Y0mee : noon, 30.47. Highest temperature, 30, occurred at noon tod 3 lowest temperature, IITA occurred at 7 a.m. today. ! Temperature same date last year— Hivn owest, 31. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at 8 am.: Great Falls—Tem- perature,-32; condition, clear. Weather in Various Cities. = £ Temperature, Statlns. 8 wm Ig State of 5 ;§ ‘weather. : = Abilene, Tex. 86 Clear 0 Cloudy 18 Pt.cloudy Pt.cloudy = Clear Clear Pt.cloudy Jacksonville. Kansas City 30.1 Los Angeles. 50 \ w York., 30.60 City. . 30.18 Pt.cloudy ok P Philadelphia. 30.60 cloudy Cloudy Pt.clondy Cloudy Cloudy Clondy Clear Clear Clear Pt.cloudy Clear Elouty ™ kane . loudy WASE D0 3056 . Qlear FOREIGN. (8 a.m., Greenwieh t(mu. (Ml!. Stations. ‘Weather. London, 43 Rllnlng Paris, France fi rlr: e}ong! hager Part clondy [as :“ % fig ;ll’( C}O’lg] Horta art cloudy Hlm“fl‘fll"flémbfll (% i ! Porto Rien . Cub H raised a i { billio; {SENATORS START PROBE 19; LANONTEXPLANS ALURE OF LOA Banker Declares Americans Would Not Buy Bonds Now to Aid Germany. NEW YORK, December 20.—An ad- dress by Thomas W. Lamont of J. P. Morgan & Co. before the council of foreign relations last night, in which e discussed pros- pects of a loan to Germany, was re- garded today as one of the most significant state- ments yet made| on_the question The American people have no in- | tention of making' a loan to Ger- many, he said, be- cause it ix not in any position at the present time “to inspire our : § people with con- | fidence to buy its T. W. LAMONT. bonds.” At the same time, Mr. Lamont stated conditions under which he believed a German loan might be floated in this country some future time—not a large loan, but enough to e to Bet over the hill” Muxst Start Defiation. These conditions were ment of the ble Germany the settle- parations problem and E so that ware of her obli- the fixation of | continued, crmany | ust set ‘out on a period of de There m: fon. | - possibly come with that a | lies for the super-| ion, including the | Germany's u.~.‘, vision of s admini toms." H Even if a loan is 1:1\:mr‘ul he said, { “I doubt that v will he lrn(l | a4 sum suffic to aischarge e wrations d Mr. Lamont also took occasion to deny that the State Dy sent the German amba: fer with Mr. Morgan Ho further expre the people utm partment had jor to con- recently. here former I'resident avilson took Lloyd Georigh cxpressed disapproval at the omigsion of an for 3 Howance pensions in the r s, Puts Blan “It is the situg ar: o iy reparations who main- til Lioyd that Mr. ion. storical th episode ¢ strok; 3 it was de- reparations tots increased from ten to thirty-three a sum Germany never can up hope wong the peopies of the ies that never can be ied the Germa the fonrteenpoints of Pre | on were merely @ clever trap into | which they were led to lay down their | D. Hines <aid. en made b d leaders n‘ ?rm.(mr:- uld be brought en in the United ‘nt troudled tim; of IN U. S. MARSHAL CASE Tolbert Appears in Own Behalf to Answer Dial's | Objections. { Hearings in fhe contest over the nomination of Joseph W. Tolbert, re- | publican national committeeman for ! South Carolina, to be ited States | marshal for the western South Caro- lina distnct, begun today b enate Judic subcommittee con- sisting of Senators Brandegee, re- publican, _ Connecticut; Colt, 1 publican, Rhode Island, and Overman, | democrat. North Carolina. Whether for enator Dial, democrat, South Caro- | f your own baby s Worth lina, who is fighting Mr. Tolbert's|for for a pre O S $1.00 confirmation, opened the hearings.§ ent, this is held behind closed doors, with a state- f great buy. i ment detailing his opposition. Mr. | § Sweater, leggins, cap and Gitls and| Boys Dolls: Tolbert appeared in his own behalf |} somethave mittens e o O 3 d by a few friends fro : 2 ! B St "Caro i Wwith reinforced, jointed bodies an South Carolina. That a majority of South Carolinans were greatly qpposed to Mr. Tolbert | acting as marshal was said to have, been asserted by Senator Dial, who ! contended that Mr. Tolbert's experi- | ence did not fit him for the oflic. | Mr. Tolbert also was sald to be re-| | over Desk Sergt. William 3. Wag SERGT. WAGNER WINS. | 2: 52 treemet by a mugen '}1',.‘{“’-3""'1“ Tt S e P —— of three votes The recount, w. h | trustee, Recount of Policemen’s Association | Icluded the missing votes of mem. 3 s of the detective force, reversed Vote Gives Him Presidency. i”"' result and gave Wagner a vie- Hoarding House Land tory. he world are you doing Because of allegéd frregularities In | Yesterday's vole showed 249 for b WOl are wou doing the election of officers of the Police- | Wagner and 196 for Malone Others ' PY L ing hat glas: ube men’s Assoclation for the Ln\uhu.:, Baker, fourth fee? year, a new election was held yester- | president; day. The first count of votes at the | sixth precinet, ond Koontz, election held several days ago showed | president; W. 3. Ke rns Sergt. J. C. Maloney of the llur(h[nu:rd'm: sec precinct had n elected president | sixth procine first preci fon Weekly Each Succeeding Day Brings Forth “Bigger Than Ever” Values in D’S CHRISTMAS SALES Every woman owes it to hersel® to buy her Xmas gifts or fill her pcrsonal wants during this sale. $3.5 onEl:leE?bis §8a};?rh Where ‘]our Dollotrr Count Mort Robes 720—22'~?.4 “Jth St.N.W. Another Offering of $4.95 to $7.95 T hose Wonderful, SKIRTS h Women'’s $3.95 | Coats | >+ all- S wool \tn!m[ Plaid Pru- " Go on Sale Tomorrow at nellas, in Brown, Blue and Black combinations. Sizes 26 to 32 waistband. $14.95 to $25 DRESSES Q.75 Choice of 110 Dresses of all- lValues Up to $35.00 Handsome Fuall-lined Coats for Misse 16 to 20; for Women 35 to 46, and for sizes outs : c 2 = A wool Tricotine, Poiret Twills, to sizes 30. In Normandy l.l.h\! ! Jl(;(llnc. Canton Crepe. Crepe Satin, etc. Kersqy. Velour and Plushes. In Navy, Black, 1, variety of styles and col- own. Be here early for these hargains. Other Ccats, $25 to $49.50 ~——Xmas Hdkfs —— | 3 Hdkfs. in $1.49 7 Children’s Xmas Box, Women’s Hdkfs., Boxed i Boxed Hdkfs. 50¢ ors 16 to 4 and d6§ to 7 —-Xmas Gloves—— Children’s Fur $1.98 Boy Top Mittens Women’s Scout i r49c i Ki‘;filz"sv“ Gloves Black, Brown, urown afd g girls 1o trimmed tope. Tau, years u wiite or colors - Lace Curtains, Linens, Bed Wear Sensible Gifts ‘ 2 2 Thursday Onl, ss,sri‘“fifl?i O et | | Sale of Fine Lace Curtains | | 53.46"Foe”contons Worth £3.00 :'!v w Colored Fancy Turkish Towels © 29¢ '1 owe 49¢ 29c New Cretonne m.x Llue Fi]et Lace Scarfs rose Mercerized Marquisette @ 13F 59¢ Table Damask 56 Inches Wide Rich sat 29 fi n' 1 s corw; unu ‘ P "‘1' quality. 85¢ Window Shades reaus and chiffoniers. full bolt Size 3x6 Feet. 2 . Heavy 40-Inch All-Silk Crepe de Chine jopaau strictly jperfect apiete all fixtures; 59¢ all colors “Heavy crepe in all wanted regular $1.69 quality, cut fron Baby Wearables $5 Sweater Sets the n.x.u-/.d da n $1.211 DOLLS—DOLLS The Best in Town for the Price 1 o i § Specially Priced Girls’ Clothing $10 to $1250 Girls’ Winter Coats s that will both $2250 to §2750 Girls’ Finest Coats neat_boxes. 5 Dolls N 1 in $1.39 Jersey Leggins Walst leg- 98C So 51 4 Worth $2.75 zins of elas- tic jersey for garded as the republican “boss” and |fjhabies in Big Imported Un- T firts 10 10 18 sears Was charged with having sold patron- | § black only . £ e Big o Doties s ot age, distributed while national com- dres&d Doli ‘\\nl i nr'l T most dis- mitteeman. $1.69 Bonnets stifuily dressed dolls with —_— SOOI ® autiful smiling faces. slecping eyes A ‘motor car traveling at the rate | nce ana ribbon and evelashes and real parted hair wig in (;,,ls Rain c,pes of thirty miles an hour will cover fl trimmed and cm- C blonde or brunette. forty-five feet of ground in a second. | § broidered Ton oete: ot H:»mm poplin_and Worth C hi: Styles for litte boys 5 Dolls ol N LIBRA DON’T— wander aimlessly from shop to shop, looking for a gift for a friend with a mind,when THE MODERN Wells, Dunsany, George Moore, etc. hand bound in limp croft leather, 95¢ per vol postage Sc extra. BONI &LIVERIGHT v NEW YORK -P West 40th Stroot LIBRARY, f le wher- ever books :::z:l:,’ cea:x r\Vumen's $5 Bakelite] $1.00 Women’s Women's Buster w?men s'Wonl solve any Christmas prob- Handle Silk Leather Part Humming Brown Mixed Ribbed lem. Umbrellas Sl Bird Silk Hose for Sport Hose and girls. $4.50 2 Reautiful character Real habylike bisque jointed dolls znvl $5.00 Babies’ Coats Clrls Dresses »00““moo»»oooonoonooo Fine white Dolls. Is’] warm crepella $7) 98 @ cerviceable kid body dolls. “already dressed Wai Dr SoTEtuy aik 222 @ S undressed. Choice of gold or brown hair, C Smalhroraaen babies with slecping eyes and eyclashes. 00000“00000000“000000”00000 shoulder capes; long and Last year prices were to $7. short lengths and warmly i Special 1 ‘and belted strles, for to 6 vears. -Xmas HOse==\ "You can stand before a shelf Heavy Tat- o s o vty et [lesse7sik $3.39] Boxes Hose, $1.45 | Children, 20¢ | 59¢ and pxck the right one for' “women, in Wlack.] Reéal Leather 69 Packed i g wepa| A b for g | ) A time.” (Chicago News) havy, sarnet, purple and |Party Boxes and C f,,.,. o3 for Cuniat. green: fancy ring bake-|Bags, in black, end Silk Hose, There are over one hun- fre handles; tips_ and |brown and gray: strong- . i Lenmea ) dred titles to choose from, ferrule to mateh. stight |1y mado, tull eize micror Bluck. Mg “avte.” dou’ the best of Oscar Wilde, Ay ' Anatole France, De Mau. . . passant, goltaire, V\I{LI(-;L Something Out of the Ordinary Hudson, Van Loon, Boys’ 2-Pants Cloth Suits $ Only 125 suits in lot—not enough for an a all- day’s selling—so get in early. ~ "Made of good wearing quality cloth in pin stripe, and blue and gray novelty mixtures. Stylishly modeled belted effects, nicely lined throughout and in sizes Tor boys G to 16 years. With two pairs of pants i]’)(‘(‘l’\“\' priced. mm_—"_ =