Evening Star Newspaper, April 5, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. TRain codler tonight; «colder. Temperature ended at 2 p.m. today this afternoon a p.m. yesterday: lowest toda tomorrow for Highest nd tonight fatr and 24 hours 38, | Fuil report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 @ h No. 28,829. Entered as second-class matter post_office Washington, D, . WASHINGTON ¢ Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “Froni Press to Home The Star every city ¢ tion is deli as fast as t Within the Hour” 's carrier system covers lock and the regular edi ered to Washington homes he papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 96,325 , D. C, THURSDAY, . APRIL H]RNA[][] I_[AVES |Earl of Carnarvon Succumbs; Iiecalls Curse of Pharaohs 20 DEA, 60 HON: SO0 DANACES Zigzag Twister Spreads | Havoc in Two Small Towns | in Louisiana. FIFTY HOMES WRECKED BY NORTH CAROLINA WIND Wind Sweeps Ten-Mile Swath Through Wake County, With Many Injured. Tt the Assciated Pross ALEXANDRIA, L death toll as a result of the tornado which vesterday swept Alex- &ndria and Pineville was placed this forenoon at twenty. A check by the authorities developed that undertak- ng establishments hers had the bodies of fourtsen white victims and siX negroes The total April The | injured was placed at Bixty, more than thirty of whom are the United States Veterans' Hos- al near Pineviile The properiy damage was placed at 300,000, SEARCH RUINS AT NIGHT. Swarth of Storm Crooked and Strewn With Wreckage. NEW ORLEANS. La. April Al doctors in Alexandria assisted by citizens of the two ghout the night searched the fifty or more houses erday’s storm for the dead | Alexandria_and Pineville are eclectric lights as a result of to the power plant at Alexan e tornado came from the and crossed over the north- Alexandria. damaging f dozen houses. Then swerving to eastward course, it swept up the strect of Pineville, tearing awiy fronts of a of houses in two demolishing several stores. moved to the southeast. ripp way through another section of the town st out damage nevitle emetery cived early to- od Pine, near have been in Wire com- still 5 aast tured 1ts s Torce over ) news had been r 4y from Bovee and Alexandria. reported to o path of the tornado. munication with the two towns errupted ins. hailstorms. swollen | eamy, interrupted train seryce aud foods were reported from a number of points in Mississippi and Louisiana. the . and Car Serviee Tesumed. in | was resumed sandria vesterday after having been bandoned Tuesday night. as a result of the heaviest precipitation on record ' Several strects were flooded and o ods were damaged ater entered several stores in some ons of the city Backwater from Rocky Bayou flooded part of the farm of tie state asylum for the insane at Pineville. Hatticsburg reported a severe ha storm, which did considerable damage operte and crops. Vicksburg also visited by a hailstorm to the damaged Yazoo and Valley tracks at Knoxville, . near Gloster. were completed last =t and it wew expected that the Tli- s damage caused by over- flow of the Bogue Chitto river and sev- eral washouts south of Brookhaven would be sufficiently repaired today to permit passage of trains. servien socks & the W when Train Is Detoured. the Tllinois yesterday through New Orleans over the arriving here last The Panama limited on Central, due here at noon from Chicago, was detoured Meridian and into Southern railw: midnight. ther roads entering Natchez. and several other places in reported curtailment of due to washout: The Ouachita river and its tributaries of Monroe were overflow- causing damage in the lowlands of t section 12 OTHERS INJURED. Laurel Mississippi train service '3 North Carolina Town Suffers D | the Knights | an organization | when Evans brought | . |Discoverer of Tut’s Tomb May Be Poison Victim. Mystics Believe 3,000 Years Has Not Re- moved Spell. B the Associated Press, CAIRO, April 5.—The narvon of the tomb Pharaoh Tutenkhamun, died early day a hotel here after battle against blood pneumonia foliowing nsect Lady ried trip to Cs and by was daughter, and a were also present The first word of the earl's iliness March 19, when it was said that he was suffering from an infec- tion due to the insect bite which he had received at Assouan. He was then brought to this city, where phy- siclans found that the throat and ton- sils were affected The patient rallied stages of the ilines Earl of Car- of to- stubborn poisoning and the bite of an discoverer von who. made a hur- sea at the d beside A Portchester, came on from the but on U LUK OFFGALS ACCUSED OFTHEF Cashier and Chief Investi- gator Charged With Em- bezzling Klan Funds. first March B the Assoriated Prees ATLANTA, April 53.—T. J chief of the investigation department and X. W. of the Ku Kiux them selves early to war- rn McKinnon Furney, cashier Kian, surrendered today out by ¥ associate of LKmperor § newer J. Jones mmons, char, ter trust. McKin with embezzl ing o charged ment of 5 00 and Furney of $80.000 of funds belonging to the Klan. T were released on bonds of $1.000 each. Both Impe Wizard officials under ial Evans Trial for 9 Saturda fore Judge T. O. Hathcock Sheriff J. T Lowery of Fulto ty today was in charge the perial Palace, official headquarte of the Ku Klux Klan, while counsel for Willlam J. Simmons, emperor. and Dr. H. W. Tvans, im- perial wizard. prepared for furthe bearing of their dispute for official control of the order before Judg E. D. Thomas superio this afternoon. Both Are Barred. The between Simmons arose when Evans issued a pro:lamation to Klan members tk any support of the Order of Kamelia for women ann ed by Simmons. would result in ban- ishment from Klan membership. immons got control of the imperial alace for a day on a temporary court order. but lost it yesterday counter action and attempted to show that he had custody of the palace when Simmons asked for the order. Simmons de- clared the palace was in his posses- sion when he asked for the order. of the two officials was set o'clock morning be coun Im dispute Evans and Delegates Come From Far. Delegations from all sections of the nation were here to watch results. Among them was a committee from | Moorehouse Parish. La. headed by Capt. Skipwith, exalted cyclops. who | announced he and his fellows were here in behalf of Simmons i Dr. Fvans issued a statement in| which he declared the action was to | settle for all time whether the Kilan ! was an order for private financial ro from London by air | EARL OF CARNARVON. 28 there came a serious relapse with a recurrence of high temperature and the extension of the infection to the lung. Although the illness was then diagnosed as pneumonia, the earl's physician’s expressed the opinfon that he would recover both lungs affectea srew | —(Continued on Page However, were and he Movie Is in Panic ‘When Man Shoots Wife and Escort‘ By PITTSBURGH of women and children thrilling western \ verted An ed psorbed in a ar au- men. April dience several hu! screen ma at north side plavhouse s con a4 pani stampeding mob last night waving n ned w ien Gustave Liesor olver, stalhed into sle o1 flashed in A the balcony of flame as seven and - stream from revolver hots were fired be. Almost f gn reigned and when t switched on # man were found stumpe The woman was 1. wite and. the man, Edward M, Weigner, her “eséort. Mrs. Tieson was shof in the temple, back of the head, right shoulder'and neck. Weigner had three wounds in his head, Physicians said Weigner would recover. but held little hope for Mrs. Lieson lieson, whose military ervice record showed him to be an expert macksman. fled after the shooting. ut was arrested an hour later He told police | ad been “wait- ing for this chance for months PRESIDENT SEEKS WESTERN OPINIONS Plans Many Speeches and Conferences to Gain Viewpoints. i e lights were and a woman in their Dy the Associated AUGUSTA. April 5 —President Harding is understood to contemplate his proposed summer trip to the Pa- cific not only as a means of presenting to the western half of the country his policies and plans, but also as a means of ascertaining clear- | ress Ga., coast Iy the western viewpoint on national problems Such an understanding of the ex- ccutive's attitude toward the project- ed trip has been obtained by several { terms | allied confere la struct Br the Asso | gain or a | order. tands of it ion of Many Houses. ated Press. the affairs of which great American fraternal are in the s members, WENDELL . April 5.— Struc 12 jured destroyed approximately twelve fifty buildings, badly damaged little town in today person others and Wen Walke emergency rkers were given attention made to learn the storm surrounding territory. DAMAGE IN ARKANSAS. crops. 1 rn W as those hurt toll in the Twenty Homes and Many Barns| Wrecked by Wind. TENARKANA, Ark.. April A tornado passed through Cass county in the northeast corner of Texas late yes- terday, leaving along its six-mile trail about twenty wrecked houses and a number of barns. No death or Injuries had been reported up to early today The storm swept eastward from Law Chapel, four miles west of Atlant Tex., and turned southwest at the Almsmance community, where it 1ift- ed. BALLOON DROPS IN LAKE. WHITE HALL. Mich.. April 5.—A large Army balloon dropped into Iake Michigan two miles from shore here last night Coast guards from the White Lake station reached the balloon after it fell and found the basket had been cut away. The bag wae towed to shore. The balloon is believed here to he the one that for hours had been cruising through Tilinols skies, fol- owing its escape at Plano, TIl., Tues- The runaway broke from Army Plano. The basket below an bag had been torn away off lekan. T, vesterday rip trom Believille, 11 ¢ Mujs. Ttush B cardon. but was + Plang for broks loose, 5. tria 1 charge ineoln and J. D. brought to earth While there repairs vesterday by a cyclone which in- | Wrecked | wus the scene ot | attempts | soon | — 1 SET OFF BLAST IN JAIL. | WARREN. Ohio. April 5.—Thrce pris- oners were injured. cell windows shat- tered and iron bars jolted from the fastenings in &n attempt by prisoners to dynamite their way out of the Trum- bull county jail here early today. The explosive was placed in the jail corridor about ten feet from the cell block in which the injured prisoners were sleep- ng. The three were struck by pleces of the stone wall and were removed to the jail hospital, all suffering from cuts | about the face and leg=. | | By the Associated Press. | PAWHUSKA, Okla. April 5.—The Constantine Theater, in Pawhuska, a little movie house, is today a gather- |ing place for muli-millionaire cap- | tains of industry. | The oil kings of America and their { representatives formed the audience. | The play was for leases to probably {the richest undeveloped oil lands in | the country. The event was the twen- ty-first lease sale of the Osage Indian | nation. i Thirty-two thousand acres of land were being offered for lease, tract by tract, to heap more into the over- flowing strong boxes and swell the bank accounts of the Osages, the {richest aborigines in the world. | May Exceed $10,000,000. As morning Indian the sales mounted lief during expressed Dy als and oil men | that th 000 record auction' of | June last ycar might be bettered. To. day's sale attracted the largest num ber of oil millionaires in the history the was 0il Kings Pour More Millions Into Osage Indians’ Coffers {been {of those who have discussed the mat- |ter of the tour with him during his |vacation. As briefiy put.by these con- ferees today, the President desires to 20 into the section west of the Mis DPI to “fecl its pulse.” Plans Twenty Addresses. As tentatively mapped out the swing of the President through the nrovides for fifteen or twenty dresses in representative cities. these addresses Mr. Harding. said, plans to outline the more im- portant policies of his administration and announce his plans for the re- mainder of his present term of office. The addresses, however, will not be ntinued on Page 2, Column 1.) west ad- In is it s | | | of the auctions, tracts to be fered. The sale got under way with the arrival of the oil men from Tulsa by special train. They came from ail parts of the country, many accom- panied by bankers, Secretary Work There. An official touch was given the auction by the presence of Hubert Work, new Secretary of the Interlor, and Mrs. Work, Charles H. Burke, commissioner of Indian affairs; Sena- tors Robert L. Owen and J. W. Har- reld and other government officials. Not the least picturesque part of the affair was the presence of a delega- tion of copper-hued Osages, on hand to watch the money roll in. Some one has suggested that the Brewster of fiction nced not have driven toward nervous prostra- in spending a million a yea and a number of the | placed on the block were said | among the most valuable of- tion | with one nod of his head at an Osage le he could have spent it all and morc. And in return he might have' obtained the right to drill on a tract (Conunued on Kag % | RUHR TERMS INSIST ON FULL PAYMENT France to Claim 26,000,000,- | 000 Gold Marks Despite What Other Allies Ask. RESISTANCE MUST END Invaders, Then, Will Agree tof Progressive Evacuation—De- mand Neutral Rhineland. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.' By Cable to The Sta: and Chicago Daily News Copyright, 1923 Aprhh The the French and Belgian governments hold at Ggrman disposition correspondent is reliably informed as follows 1. So long as the German resistance continues the continental allies continue in full occupation, will block- ade the Rubr and the Rhineland and will accept no mediation and open no negotlations except openly and officially with the German government itself. 2. If the resistance is interrupted the blockade will be relaxed, but the occupation will be continued. PARIS, 5. terms which Engincers Only to Remain. Swhen rmany ready to co- operate with the allied specialists for the resumption and development of reparations payments the allies will progressively evacuate the Ruhr until | finally only a of enginecrs remains in Essen as originally plan- | ned last January the tion began 1. France's mission when oceupa min r tion m are siill those of the Januar or Franed ce—namely. f. regardless now claim marks A B. th terest-bearing bonds that is 000,01 allies ).000 1 plus eno g gh 1o say mnpn-interest-bear bonds. to cor Hritain These pensate the French o nd Un the es. 00,060 arks correspond. according either to the war dam: as onc prefers to reckon round total of French exc of d to- Zone Must Be Neutral. Finally before France and Bel- thineland permanent neu this region, guaranteed. international supervision hineland railways to pr mobilization, and ite the entire t on t first, alization of by i of | event sec- | small international force | along the Rhine | canized aml IMAY REQUIRE ALL BREAD BE WRAPPED Health Department Finds Insani | tary Handling of Loaves Not Properly Covered. The District health department is considering recommending a regula- tion to the Commissioners rrq:nrmx! the wrapping of all bread it leaves the bakeries, according to the weekly report Health Officer Fowler. | The health department states about two-thirds of the bread p by the large bakeries is now being wrapped. The, aim of the health au- thorities is to make the rule general Discussing the question, Dr. bulletin reads “The before that | out Fowler’s food inspection lately made an investigation relative to the method of handling of wrapped bread which has been found to be far from sanitary delivered by drivers motor vehicles who either use hands or gloves in handling Such a _practice is a constant of contamination, and as no method by which bread may cleaned after handling, it is opinion of this department that bread should be protected before leaves the baking establishment present about two-thirds output of the largest bakeries” daily bread sold « wrapped before delivery is made. he health officer has held a con- ference with a number of the pro- prietors of bakeries for the purpose of considering the drawing of a regu- lation _requiring that bread be wrapped. EXAMINE MENTALITY service has t bread. there is be the the it OF CURRAN SLAYER| Joseph M. Tighe Declared to Show Systematic Delusions of Persecution. An inguiry 18 in progress this afternoon before Justice Balley and a jury in Criminal Division 2 as to the mental condition of Joseph M. Tighe, who murder in the first degree in connec- tion with the killing of James A. Curran, an emplove of the District government, September 30 last, near his home on Rock Creek Church road. Three alienists, Dr. R. H. Rockwell of Johns Hopkins, Baltimore; Dr, D, Percy Hickling and Dr. Kenneth W, Kenner, testified that the accused has systematic delusions of persecution, and is mentally irresponsible. A num. ber of friends also have been sum- moned to give lay testimony, Tighe formerly was a secretary to an official of the Japanese embasay and-lived alone with his mother in ' an oddly-constructed house called the Tower, He was nattily attired today in a tan palm beach suit with a white silk shirt and tan tie. He lis- tened attentively to the statements of the alienists. Attorney Daniel Thew Wright rep- resented the accused. while Assistant United States Attorney Presmont Reared S0 ABE KOYMDIERN 2 source | arl is under indictment for | ap- ENGINEER OFFICE THE , 1923 —FORTY-SIX PAGES. TWO CENTS. VOLSTEAD BUSTLI |May Go to Fort Leavenworth Post MAY LOSE BESSON Assistant Commissioner Is Likely to Receive Fort Leavenworth Position. Wi Maj. F stant e of S Besso been ass sineer commissio pproximately 1o rep sained ay. R that it scheduled Naj ent te summer n July Maj. Besson has been designated to as Engineer Commissioner of the sccessor to Col, Ke appointed. officer in charge of the highway afvision. he has directed the expendi- ture of thousands of dollars in the paving and repairing of street Hended Refuse Division. also has supervised division and He refuse which “tion disposal the National he has had cha of the engineer colle ash cleaning of Capita and ashes and the streets of the From time to time er branches 3 partmer Engineer Con began putting Distric missioner Keller today his a order lding preparatory Where he airs in A to lons period of serv- striet_building May. son is am qualified to take over the s of gineer department soon as the colonel leaves. Successorship Unwettled. There were developments today as_to who be named to succeed Col. Keller. It 1s practically certain, according to Wa ment officiale, that no action will taken until President Harding. who appoints the Engineer Commissioner. returns to Washington. Col expects to be at the District build- ngz until the latter part of next week. no new will 2, Ma his place for the present LOUIS H. MEYERS GRAND JURY HEAD | Court Urges Special Care in In- dictments on Charge of Non-Support. § 1 ) real estate agent, Wisconsin avenue selected today by Justice Stafford as foreman of the new grand jury, which will inquire to crimes committed in the Dis- trict for the ensuing three months. | For the first time the history of i the local courts this new April grand {jury will serve only three months, | heretofore the April grand jurors have been required to serve until the { first Monday in Oectober. | Justice tSafford supplemented the usual charges to the grand jury by cautioning them to be careful not to report indictments unless the evi- | dence appeared strong enough to | convict. Special care should be ex- | ercised in relations to complaints for i non-support, of which the court inj | recent vears has been flooded, the court stated. Indictments in this Class of cases should only be pre- sented when the children are likely fo become public charges and not in mere marital differences, which should properly be adjudicated in the civil the court told the grand Meyers, 3214 was Louis H ! residing at northwest, in | courts, rs. o ers who will_serve with fore- man Meyers are: Edwin T. Elkins, Copeland R. Jones, Victor E. Desio, | Emmart Meany, Robert E. Lee, Wil- jiam H. Scott, Samuel J. Sherman, Samuel C. Shuey., John A. Hefner, Moses Harris, Hubert I Goddard, Willlam Simpson, Thomas F. Scott, John D. MacKnight, Philip Hunge ford, J. Karl Seybeth, Francis X. Regan, G. Allan McRae, Philip M. Mec- Kim. Raymond E. Rosseau, William 1. Simmons and Leroy W. Fox. —_— | 1,000 ADRIFT ON BOAT. NEW YORK, April 5.—The ferr Loot Montelair, from Hoboken to Man- | | TaTian, WITh 1,000 passengers, drifted | | helples in the upper harbor in the i dense fog today when the steering gear | became disabled. Her calls for assis- tance were answered by a tug. which icked her u; fiu_ ‘abee n) f | | | | J. F. 8. BESSON. EADYTOCHOOSE CURDIAN BOARD Commissioners May Name New Group Tomorrow. Woman Members Resign. 'H The Commissioners may appoint the | new board of children’s guardians to- morrow, it was learned at the District Depart- | puilding tods intimation missioner Rudolph after he had an- tions of Women The Commissioner today letter women Thomas H. joint four Mrs said “Replying to letter of March 31, be received Grosvenor. and Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, Keller | nounced that he now of the 11 When he leaves, on or about April | cept former Judge Michael M. Doyle. | Besson will be ready to take It is expected that a definite answer { will {tomorrow all Send of on resi Mre. fr the Carter. your very came from Con has the resigna- incumbents ex- om him today or Tesignation. received a from the namely Gilbert Ufford They gnation board, Mre, Waiter s courteous we wish to tell vou that we are deeply gratifled to know that the board | sioners approves of the general poli- of Commis- cies that have been followed by the board of children's guardians in and work. that it its is the intention of tne Commissioners to lend all pos- sible aid in the future to support the policy guardians carefully the of selected board of placing children’s children in family homes in- stead of in institutions. “The assurance of our recent conference with ers at e Commission- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) President Buys Birthplace; Will Be Gentleman Farmer By the Associated Press MARION, the leaves Ohio, White April & —When he House, President Harding plans to return to the scenes of his carly childhood to become a the P sident. gentleman farmer and spend much of his time writing. This was an- nounced here today by the President's close ‘home - town friends, _following his purchase yes- terday of the farm in North Bloom- fleld tow nship, Morrow county, where he was born. The purchase con- sists of 265% acre and was made by French Crow, Mar- ion postmaster and intimate friend of The original Harding farm where the President was_born consists of 185% at the Battery and towed acres, and is far away from any rail- A A BT N | WELL, 1 MAY LOOK LIKE. A CAMEL BUT ME FOR THE OASIS EVERY ADOPTS NEW TEST TOEND DPHTHER ;Health Department Uses Shick Test to See if Chil- dren Are Susceptible. The District health de adopted the famous Shick venting dintheria dently pred would city's Th death fr 5 th test a has been ores of bovs and institutions throughout the it iz Dr. Fowler's intention to est lish a free clinic for administering the treatment as 1t aimed by the health | thorities that the Shick test enables ithe physician to determine definitely whether chitd applied n privat s00n as possible is au 3 is susceptible to dintheria 17 he is £ department ssceptible the health administer toxin the child undeter anti-tox health officers e from ned period n. which. according to th will render m diptheria for an Immune for Years. Some medical men placa this period iof immunity as high as seven vears. | while others believe the period to he shorter. Dr. Fowler declared lief, however. that. regardless of the period of immunity, bound to cut down the annual death ich diptheria takes from the juve- nile population The health office has not yet con- | sidered the application of the test to the 60.000 public school children, but the course may be discussed with school officials later on. Should Dr. Fowler establish the proposed c any child could be treated i ! Dr. 2 T. Sprague, chief of con- tagious disease service of the health department, who has supervised the application of the Shick test thus far described the treatment todaw follows his it is nic as Like Vaceination. The arm of the child is scra in vaccination. If the reaction negative the child is regarded as I being not susceptible to the disease. 1t a positive reaction occurs the child is susceptible. The health department assures parents that the tests are ab- solutely harmless. An injection of antitoxin is administered to the ones. Dr. Fowler explained that tha Shick test may not prevent a child from becoming a carrier of diphtheria but_will effectively prevent the girl lor boy from becoming a victim of the disease. According to officials of the health office, the test has been applied with success in the public schools of New York and Chicago. It is the discov- ery, they say, of a German medical man, after whom it is named Shick's ldea was taken up several vears ago by Dr. William H. Park, bacteriologlst of the New York health department. d as then susceptible | from Marion. The land is described as rolling, with corn the principal crop. The house in which the executive was born is still standing. although in a bad state of decay. At present it is being used as a storage space for farm machinery. Whether President Hard- ing plans to restore it is not known to his_friengs. President Harding has told close friends that he expects to visit the farm in July, and possibly sooner, to plan improvements. Friends say that contemplated improvements in- clude a modern bungalow and a golf course. The farm was purchased from Harry E. Erickson, who has owned it for severai years and whose wife is a second cousin of the President. Tt immediately adjoins the quict lit- tle village of Blooming Grove, a town of about 200 persons, where the Pres- ident obtained his first schooling. The village of Blooming Grove was laid out and founded by Simon E. Hard- ing, a great-great uncle of Warren G._Harding. President Harding lived on the farm until he was seven years old, when his family moved to Celedonia, the | Dr. | 'SOFT COAL FAMINE CREATED BY UNION, OPERATORS CHARGE ;Brief to Coal Commission As- | serts Railway Workers Helped Boost Prices. |ARSON AND MASSACRE IS LAID TO LABORERS United Mine Workers Accused of Systematic Plot to Obtain Monopoly of Labor 5 tors of the natic commt informed the Un tes Coal Co mission in a brief filed today tk their opinion, policies fc {United Mine Workers constituted | satistactory industry. Recent the chie diti perinds of coal shortag high prices, the brief declared, o be “directl traced” to the miners and t ons as ciated wi It s ntimi ation and violenc nited Mine Wor to such me Open Hearinge for Aske W H wi | the comm rged Tale of Massacre. surrection statement of ortant of attac ised by the United Mine Workers of America its efforts to monopoliza mine labo “To effect that a system has been created wh b under peril of death any ma {from working in a mine unless he of organization from assessments the aspect of weapons monopolistic purpos 1. = pa which 1t to destroy an laborera othe which seeks to drive ot ustry by violence and d struction any operator who is unwi ing to limit his emploves to membe of this organization: which seeks obstruct overawe any e civil enforce the deductions Charge Aects ko of Intimidation. lation and vi o d Mine Wo systems of the sporad {not accidental outbursts of {lence, but calculated lawlessness | spired false lovaity ized vs a central- They flama determin at no o o coal in an under nd its tenets, |up from the fundamental {tion of this organizatior |ghall be permiticd to n organized « ct or oue tack without its leave.” Out of this alleged monepoly | 1%B65 by thelunion; intercupiediont ! in a degree by existence of non-union | fields in West Virginia and states, the report added. have grown |all the conditions which in recent vears have caused public complaint {1t was ged t . | “twice as high as that dustries” had been put into effect i mining: t by repeated nationa | strikes’ shortages fn coal had bee | brought about. with consequent hig I prices, and that by these methods | 200.000 miners more than are actua needed to do the work have been ir {in the industry Meeting Artificlal The transportation machinery « the nation deranged. 1 | statement continued, by the necessity ot constanty moving coal to meet ificial ages. Although 1 { industrs declared to be highly | competitive character, the law of ! supply and demand had not been al Jowed to work itself out toward the {'maintenance ‘of low pricqs. which would normally force high-cost mines out of existence and release thei labor forces. “The effo Shortages. has been n to extort an artific and economically unjustifiable w scale by nation-wide monopoly wit nation-wide strikes as the weapon ected solelv against the publ the brief said. “It is not organizs tion against an emplover; it is ‘direct action’ against the nation. It is the t force for political ends. The of such a monopoly to calcu olence in the carrying out of its ultimate purpose is not accidental; it is inevitable.” SEEN AS SIDESTEPPING. | Editor of Mine Workers’' Sournal | Comments on Statement. | filed with the coxn by the bituminou a studied effort issues that ae The statement commission today operators is “clearly to sidestep the real now before the commission” Ei Searles. editor of the United Mins Workers' Journal, declared this after noon “Not to sidesten the real only does the stalement seek | issues, but in these non-union operators from Wes [ Virginia and Somerset county. Pa | try to shift the case from Logan and Mingo counties. West Virginia, to some other section of the country. Stlence on “Terrors.” “Their statement is woefully silent about the terrors of gunman rule in those sections of West Virginia, where hired and armed thugs have devoted recent vears to the pastime shooting. assaulting, beating up = wounding union miners for no re: son whatever except that they i union miners; where these same gin men_and hired thugs in_the employ "~ 4Coutinued pu Page 3y Columa 3.3 1 4 ~(Continued vn Faga 2,