Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1923, Page 4

“MOB TRAIN RUSHE AGAINST STRIKERS Brotherhood Official Asks i Arkansas Governor to In- iy vestigate Lynching. $10,000 VOTED FOR RELIEF 1 Widow of Machinist Hanged by *‘Citizens” Committee” Given $500 by Union. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, January 27.—Charges that a “mob special,” carrying armed men, was run over the Missouri and ‘North Arkansas rallroad for the pur- pose of Inflicting punishment upon <he striking employes of the ratlway, were made In a statement made pub- Jic today by I. B. Robertson, presi- dent of the Brotherhood of Locomo- ‘tive Firemen and Enginemen 1 Mr. Robertson has communicated ‘with the Governor of Arkansas, ask- Ing an investigation of the recent trouble at Harrison and Heber Springs ‘involving the lynching of @ striker by unidentified men and the expul- sion of a number of other strikers by a ‘“citizens' committee.” He has promised the governor his organiza- Tion would co-operate with the state in bringing to justice all gullty parties, regardicss of who they may e ‘The brotherhood directors have vot- ed $10,000 for the relief of stri sfiremen on the Missour! and X Arkansas line and $500 has been Soted to the widow of E. Gregor. the union machinist, who hanged at Harrison “An armed mob was carried on a mpecial train over the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad for the pur- pose of inflicting punishment upon employes and their families, wno, about two years ago, left the service of the railroad and engaged in a le- xal strike in protest against an ar- bitrary and excessive reduction in their wages made effective by the; management in violation of the trans- portation act,” said the statement. “Entitled to Persw » While in ald of a lawful strike. ! Thursday labor unions, their officers and miem- bers are entitled to use peaceful per- on and argument to procure others to quit working for. o accept employment from, the party against whom the combination is de- signed to operate, the use of force, violence or intimidation to obtain these ends is not permissible, and it 1s not material that the workmen who are subjected to these acts are not bound by contract to enter into or continue In the employment of such party ‘e appreciate. however, that the employer &nd the public also have! gertain rights which should and will GIVEN MEDAL OF MERIT. Red Cross Speaking Service Direc- tor Honored by Polish ‘Body. Announcement has just been made that the Red Cross of Poland has conferred upon Dr. Thomas Edward Green, director of speaking service of the American Red Cross, its medal of merit, in recognition of assistance rendered by him in c-nnection with DR. THOMAS E. GREEN. the first membership enrollment the Polish organization in 1920. The medal, which was sccompanied by a diploma, was p ented to Dr. Green by M. Kuwapiszswski, coun- selor of the Polish 1 n TEN OF TANK SHIP CREW MISSING; 19 INJURED Fire Damages Steamer and De- stroys Wharf on Lower Panuco River in Mexico. By the Associated Press. TAMPICO, Mex: members of the Mexican Eagle Oil Company’s tank steamer S Leonardo are missing and nineteen oth- ers are suffering from burns as a con- sequence of a fire which partly de- stroved the tanker a pany’s wharf on the lower Panuco riv ¥ n Tt vessel, changed from the British to the M fag last September, is of 4, | have 3 Shell companies » the wharf, and for a time it appeared as if the The San Leonardo carried a crew of forty-six. all Mexicans. _ SHIP ESCAPES IN STORM. be recognized'so far as the brother- hood s concerned. As cltizens of | Arkansas our members are entitled o certain protection from the state authorities, to the end that the safety of their homes and their lives shall | not be placed in jeopardy.” { Mr. Robertson said it seemed un- | believable the railroad management | knew nothing of the running of what { he termed the “mob special.” Says Mob Spirit Ruled. “The 'spirit of the mob' seems to{ have ruled the entire situation from | the time the train was started on its | mission until it reached Harrison, A and the striking members un- mercifully beaten, one of their | sociates hanged ~from a railroad | trestle, and the fainilies of all the; strikers separated and driven Into the woods of Arkansas without food | or_shelter. “Our records show that the wives| and children of some of our striking | members _were forced to travel| through the woods day and night. | carrying the smaller children In their | arms until_they were completely ex- hausted. They are now being shel- tered and provided for temporarily in the homes of friends in various mections of the state, while a number | of them were unable to find shelter | within the state, and are now being { cared for by friends in bordering states.” Mr. Robertson said that the rail-| road brotherhoods had ‘“endeavored to enlist the co-operation of the| President of the United States, and { the Governor of Arkansas to the end | that our members may be accorded: that protection that their rights as® citizens command,” but that “very little had been accomplished along this line " The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen,” he declar- ed, is determined “to carry, this mat- ter to a final conclusion. WILL QUESTION CITIZEN. ! LITTLE ROCK, Ark., January 27. Mhe Arkansas legislature's commit- tee, conducting an inquiry into recent @isorders on the Miesouri and North Arkansas railroad, which resulted in &n exodus of striking employes from the region, will soon shift its in- quiry Into the disturbances from “Little Rock to Harrison, center of the industrial conflict, members of the legielative committee have an- nounced. ‘While the date for removal to Har- ison h not been announced, the Jegislators indicated early today that they would question in that town not but members mmittee of | the exacutive council of the “citizens’ committee” which, strikers mllege, drove them from the Mis. mouri and North Arkansas railroa werritory when they refused to re mounce their union afliations. Mem of the legislative inquiry have been adjourned until Monday might. Both Factions Questioned. In the Little Rock inquiry both factions have been heard. The strik- ing employes almost unanimously have testified that they were given hours. R i minutes, 1701 Adams & ‘the choice of “tearing up thelir union cards” or leaving the reglon. The members of the “citizens’ committee” who have been heard have claimed that only the fear that the strikers mould completely demoralize the yailroad caused take actio Bome of the faction claimed that no prejudice was 1t against the union men, but that Jrepeated bridge burnings convinced them that ‘“something should be done.” This divergence of wviews is be- lieved responsible for the executive committee’'s decision to shift its in- quiry to the scene of the disorders. Bey Tells of Beating. One of the high lights of last night's hearing here was the testi- mony of Dewey Webb, aged eighteen, He declared he was not & union man and never worked for & railroad, but that he was examined by the “citi- mens’ committee” at Heber Springs. a int on the Missouri and North Ar- sas rallroad. After he was ques- tioned by the committ he declared that he prepared to leave town and was followed by nine men. They led him to the edge of town, he declared, and flogged ‘him bec he would mot give information on the depre- dations on railroad, concerning which, he said, he knew nothing. < Albert Rash, a witness questioned Jast night, was asked particularly a: to whether he carried a “red card of the Industrial Workers of the i@ru ‘This he dllu:fl. He revealed e Schooner Helvetia Expected Reach Charleston Today. CHARLESTO) C.. Janua The schooner Helvetia, long overdue and disabled at sea, is expected to port some time today. The reported slightly damaged in the recent coast storms. is said to have heen succored by a steamship, the identity of which has not been learned The gone suffer d to have under- from shortage of food and water. The vessel last night was reported anchored eighty miles off the Charleston harbor entranci The Helvetia sailed from New York December Births Reported. wing births have heen reported to department In the last twenty-four The f he health . and Mars A. Denpe. girl. a Rar boy Rohert and Lean James A. and Bl ¥rederickiD. and Etta A Alfred E. and Charles S. and Erlena Chisolmn, girl. Deaths Reported. The following deaths have been reported to the health depactment in the last twenty-four onrs Hinda Silbetman, tal John T. Clift, 69, 4115 ¥rances De Fontes. Roscoe P. Ham, 38, bureau. Edward C. West, 72, 610 Maine ave, s.w. Ellen Rebert Sherfy, 74. 49 T st n.w. rah Barbara Emerson, 63, 1630 Irving st. 0 years, Emergency Hos h st nw. 3323 10th st. n.w. nited States census mes C. Bayliss. 50, Union station. orge L. Kosack, 11, 231 C st. n.e. Barbara E. Handy, 65, 3451 Mount Pleasant Willlam Barrett, 81, Providence Hospital Hampton M. Roach, 86, Walter Reed Hos- pita Thomas ¥, Higgias, 30, St. Ellzabeth's Hos- pital. Harriet America Burrows,. 92, River road nw. Willlam Newton Adams, 74, Hotel Potomac. ;Benjamin JKsasklig Dement, 4, ‘8ibley Hos- al. . Infant of Wilbert V. and Zuh Repner, 5 n.e. Mamie Wright, 42, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Edward Butler, 80, 334 E st. s.ov. at. nw. et. . Bride, 1, 830 Lament Francls J. Dade, 16 moniths, JOIT, T et. ilisg, 5 days, Infant isha and Dora B 5368 Haye e Georgeana McBri s Australia is the only country in the world where cane sugar is raised wholly by white labor. ADVERTISEMENT. n | Will tour the United State & | oour vi might be set on fire, | to| GPAEANSOF 0 ASTHEY REACHPORT Members of -Berlin Opera Company Elated Over First View of America. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, January 27.—As the President Roosevelt, bripging the 108 members of the Berlin Grand Opera Company, plowed her way through ice-choked water to her pler, song- birds of the company stood barehead- ed on deck, singing lusty paeans of joy as they thought of the malarles of millions of marks which soon were to replace the starvation wages of their homeland. The company's full chorus of sixty mep and women intoned the chorus from Wagner's opera, “The Master Singer,” while the principals of the company crowded, radiant-faced, at {the rails feasting their eyes on America, “More Than Happy” Prima Donna. Happy?" exclaimed one of the prima donnas. “No, I am more than ihappy. Only a few months ago I ;sang in a provincial German opera house and received 18,000 marks & month for my work. That was 80 cents in your money, and I was the best-paid singer in the house. Now 1 will receive the equivalent of mil- lions of marks a month, and the ter- rible struggle with want and worry will be at an end.” Gther members of the cothpany pointed out that the best operatic stars in Germany are paid a maxi- mum of about 100,000 marks, or $¢ & month, while minor singers received 50 cents a month. In America, it was declared, lead- ing members of the company would {be paid the equivalent of 25,000,000 | marks a month, while even the lesser singers and musicians would get sev- eral millions. First of Class to Visit U. 8. The opera company, which was sald by Georg Hartmann, its gener: - rector, to be the first German com- pany to be brought to this country, opening gement in Baltimore on Janu- then filling engagements here Philadelphia. Blech, director of the chorus, said the visit had been made possible by the depreciation of the mark. ‘At any other time he declared, t would have been impos- , but with the dollar quoted at than 20,000 marks many things become possible for those for- ! tunate enough to possess dollars.” Foreign Patrons Pay Big Price. | Herr Blech said that despite the conomic suffering prevalent in Ger- many the opera houses and theaters | were always crowded to capacity. A large portion of the audiences, he id, was made up of foreigners, who y from five to ten times the ordi- nary prices for tickets. | its enga ary 81 Im former German tenor at the Metro- {politan Opera House: Elsa_Alsen, jdramatic soprano; Jess land Ottilie Metzger-Lattermann and | twenty-seven other princip: T! | repertoire includes all the | operas, the “Flying Dutchman, | Fledermaus,” “Salome” and Hofkonzert.” WAR MOTHERS OBJECT. | Baltimore Chapter Protests Pro- ! posed Reception to Germans. BALTIMORE, Md. Jenuary 27.—A {formal letter of protest by local war | mothers "of the Service Star Legion. isigned by Mrs. K, Golden Kennelly, {against the proposed reception here 1 Tuesday by the Baltimore Press the German Grand Opera . was sent to Judge T. J. c. Willlams, the club's president. | More than 100 members of the German jopera company arrived in New York {today. They will open their Ameri- jcan tour in this city next Wednesday {night. ! The letter stated: ““We cannot pre- |vent their coming, but it seems an unnecessary Indignity heaped upon us | to have our press club sponsor them. “In the name of our beloved soldier dead and their families,” the letter ontinued, g ] sincerely protest {against this reception to’ this visit- ing money-seeking band of German singer: Mrs. T. Parkin Scott, state pre dent of the Service Star Legion, also disapproved the reception. “W ed a state resolution recentl stated, “disapproving of affairs of any kind, and I favor ladherence to that plan_ until the ermans learn how to behave them- selves.’ 1°“The state commander, 'Arthur B Renouf, of the American egion in. | dicated no opposition to the appear- ance of the opera company here Would be made by that body. [t Shmy TRAMP FAR TO SERVE. Canadian Councilors. Travel on Snowshoes to Meeting. GAGETOWN, N. B, January 27.— Councilors W. A. Kierstead and Otty | Compa C. W i council roll of honor for faithfulness to their public duties. To attend the semi-annual session of. the council they tramped twenty-two miles on snowshoes in arctic weather Petitcodi to_this shire town. Before this performance Warden A F. Barton of Waterborough hi record. He never missed a meeting for forty years, and onos attended on crutches with a dislocated hip. 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Mr. Woolworth, who was the Lon- don director of the chain store orga ization subsidiary to the Woolwerth store organization in the United States, s taken ill last October when he suffered stroke. He was the victim of a second stroke on Wednesday after a period of recu- peration during which it was be- lieved he would probably be able to leave for the .United States about February 1, and spend the remainder of the winter in Florida. Mr. Woolworth's _mother, Mrs. C. 8. Batley lives in Portland, Me. PRINTER: DROPS DEAD. Arthur Symonds Was Employe of Government Printing Office. Arthur J. Symonds, member of the night force in the proofroom at the government printing office, dropped {dead early today just as he was about The deceased, who re- | to quit work. sided at Arlington, Va., was born there July 9, 1868. He was appointed compositor in the government printing office in June, 1883. Several years later he resigned. He accepted a second ap- pointment later, and was given a position in the proofroom. His death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage. NEW YORK. January S. Pendleton, descendant of a long line of New England ship owners, ship builders and masters of sailing ships, is dead at his home in Brook. lyn. Ships that he and his brother, Edwin S. Pendleton. controlled, as the firm of Pendleton Brothers, are known in almost every port along the col in Central and South Ame ica and in the West Indies. He wi president of the Atlantic Carriers’ Assoclation. DRAINAGE EXPERT DEAD. LONDON, January 27.—The death fs announced of the Honorable 0. Black of Brunswick have been (Richard C. Parsons, long noted as a given places. on the Queen's county |water work and dralnage expert. The Honorable Richard Glere Par- sons superintended the design and construction of the water and draine works of the city of Buenos to Where' they tookea train |A/res and prepered compiste designs. go mystem for the city of Pet in 1908. He also de- signed and carried out plans for eld the nu‘:umu- ‘works of this character. ' ‘Look AT TRAT wite) " YA CHARLIE vue BEEN DRAWM' TO FLUSHES ALL MIGHT AN HAVEM'T FILLED ONE of 'EM-YET! THIS BAME MAKES, ME.SIC !z ) R ; WHAT ? ACES FuLe ONTEMS ? 1'vE GoT KINGS FuLL OM FOURS M pe—1_x_ 0 1'M OFF FDKER For LIFE! ITS NOT. MY GAME . I'M Goi~' To STICKk To BRIOGE WHERE A MA~ CAnN. DE PEMD O BRAIMS AMD NMOT o LUK !~ o R 2 —_— ~ 3 . ASKS FOR DISBARMENT OFT. L. CHADBOURNE, R |New York Bar Association Prose cutes Charge of Connivance With George J. Gould. | I 1 | THOMAS L. CHADBOURNE. | By the Associated Press. 9 NEW YORK, January 27.—Charges |that Thomas L. Chadbourne, jr. prominent corporation .iawyer, had connived with George J. Gould to make large commissions out of the administration of the $78,000,000 es- tate of the late Jay Gould were laid Lefore the appelate division of the supreme court here by the_greivance committe of the New York Bar As- soctation. e Disburment was asked. The court, after hearing counsel for both sides, reserved decision, requesting briefs from the bar association and Mr. Chadbourne's lawyer. The principal allegations against Mr. Chadbourne were that he was guilty of unprofessional conduct in conniving with his client, George J. Gould. William D. Guthrie, representing MO | CAN'T OFEN!, 1F ) SAW A PAIR OF ' JACKS 'O Go STARK RAVING CRAZY! THIS AINT MY MIGHT. 1 WisH 1'0 GoneE To), T MoviES. 'O A GOT SOME THING FOR MY_MOMNEY THERE ? SAY, DOC , | HEAR YouRe GOIM" To HAVE A Lit GAMe AT YOUR PLACE TO-MIGHT, GoT Room For Me 7 'M HOMIMG FOfR SoMmE ACTION . NEAH, Fing ! I'LL BE THERE AT EIGHT SHARP. G'8YE '~ | COLORED PLAY TOPIC. {Howard Students Addressed by i Author and Actor. | . Eddie Hunter, who wrote the play “How Come,' 'and Ben Harris, its | producer, lectured before Prof. Mont- | gomery Gregory's“class in dramatic arts at the Howard University yes- terday afternoon to give the stu- dents the practical side of playwriting and producing. Mr. Hunter told them that he was not an educated man, but that he had achieved his ability as a playwright and actor through practical experi- ence and hard knocks, and said a suc- cesaful dramatist was one who could pick a character from life and vividly depict him on the stage. Mr. Harris told how Mr. Hunter had co-operated with him in an attempt to make the different zcenes as true 2 pieturization of 1ife as possible, and said that the play “How Come." now. being shown at the Howard Theater, probably marks the real beginning of colored theatrical productions. He concluded by saying that this play enables the colored people to see @ play written and produced en- tirely by their own race. OTHER CHURCHES JOIN. Eight Congregations Now in Wash- , ington Federation. During the past ten days two addl- tional churches have voted to join the Washington Federation, Mount Pleasant Congregational, at 14th street and Columbia road, and Beth- any Baptist, at 2d street and Rhode Island avenue. Both will be valuable additions to the membership of the organization. This makes a total of eight congre- gations added within the last three months. A number of others are con- templating early action. All evangel- ical Protestant churches in or near the city are eligible to membership! e —_———— Mr. Chadbourne, declared his client Gould's transactions had been con- summated with the knowledge and approval of the other beneficiaries of the estate. The principal allegation in the bar association’'s complaint concerned Chadbourne's part in the sale of of Western Unfon to the es- tate, in which ‘Mr. Gould, as trustee, was alleged to have received a com mission of $801.000. Mr. Chadbourne’ part in the sale of Missouri Pacific stock by the trustee also was at- tacked. The disbarment proceedings have long been in abeyance, the bar oclation having announced its con- templated action last March. umerous worke of this character | WITAT 2 20 o T e [olc——=[olc—olc———lele———]olc——lolc——lal—=]o] District National Bank 1406 G Street. Preparedness Pays A few months or a few years from now it'll be a very comfort- ing thing to know you can sit down nr!d write your check for any ob- ligation you have. ; Saving is the only‘ way this con- dition ¢an be insured. It's impossible to spend every- thing—and have anything left. The proper thing to do is to open a Saving Account—and make it a preferred creditor for a stipulated amount each pay day. A dollar will start it—and we pay interest at the rate of 3%. was guiltless in that he believed Mr. | Miss Summers: Dis- pleased at Penalty Over Mere Date. Event First of Kind at Northwestern University. - Bpecial Correspendence of The St EVANSTON, Ill, January 24—DMiss Hope Summers, daughter of Repre- sentative Summers of Washington, and a former student at Central High School, Washington, D. C., {s the first co-ed at Northwestern University here to be convicted of breaking the “dateless night” edict of the univer- sity campus. She was so mad about | it today that she resigned as vice! president of the Women's Self-Gov- | ernment Association, the body that| inaugurated and enforced the “man- less” regulation on certain nights. The students last fall decided an athletic renaissance was needed in! the Evanston institution. A widely heralded “he man” movement was | started, and it was indicated to the | male students they could do more for their college by going into games and showing interest in teams instead of escorting young women to the games and showing Interest in them. League Support Promised. Northwestern women fell in line and the self-government league de- clded the girls should support the men in their position by refusing to attend the intercollegiate matches with them and to make appointments | or “dates” on certain nights. | Several nights ago Purdue played | 2 basket ball game with Northwest« ern in Purdue'’s gymnasium. The evening was set aside as a “dateless night.” i ut’ that evening it was reported to | the self-government _assoctation that | Miss Summers, vice president of the as- | soclation and a senior of the school of speechy; was seen coming down the steps from Lunt Library with a young male. Horrible ! 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