Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 23, 1922, Page 1

VOL. LXIV—NO. 151 . POPULATION 29,685 DETAILS OF THE ASSASSINATION OF FILD * MARSHAL SR HENRY H. WHLSON I LONDON lllustrious British Soldier Was Shot Down on the Doorstep of His Residence—The Two Gunmen Had Been Lurk- ing in the Vicinity For an Hour—Both Were Captured After Desperate Resistance—One Had a Letter Indicat- ing Membership in the eral Owen Duffy of the Organization Had Any Craig of Ulster Regards Irish Republican Army—Gen- Irish Army Denies That That Part in the Crime—Premier the Murder as a Confirmation of the Existence of a Wide Conspiracy Against Those Who Are Fighting the Battle of Ulster. dom, June 22—(By The A. P)— Henry H. Whson, one Slfustrious soldiers, mperial staft dur- of the world war, 2 the doorstep of his place this afternosn the names ames Connolly ered about return from men of the in the m his mo- son walked up fired several 2 0 se range, three of the chest. one st. The before the could be His horrifted wife and rushed out to body. dressed in full 00l of blood, with drawn to me-t Marshal § was assassinate James assass nx Eastern r al tc ay who fell With Former Assassinations. and i mnd_with on of Lord Fred- secres for H. Burke, the un- nix park, Dublin, Scotland Yard mes of the murderers had a letter he was a hlican party of of staff of Dublin to- ehe in tenied that_that or. vart in’the crime T 1 sevefal hundred N capturé. with police . *uinz afoot and in mo- Aw . Colonel George rre ore ¥ Betit Talt wia & T £ justice of United nd assador heard ‘he nught the shots - - They rushed fow in time in see the.twn ne crowd in pureu’t, o fire & shot from which later proved to be Three Whunded in Romning Fight ~ nning fight two and a chauffeur were . The men nally over- o - strugzle, the po- who were armed anly with trunch- same. shawing srear bravery in tackling . * e armv guns. The - hem and would have tn nearby police er removed to Scotland Datalls Given By Eyewitne eye-w the following de- T t outside the - rehal's levelled hted from the 4 that he was be- about to plungs when a fus- second ~ man them penetrat- a mortal wound. and wrist Wite Ran to Wounded Hushand gunmen ot had The dashed followed by wver ns who witnessed the To Have Hand In New War LR SN WEeTeN virw ca. wEw Yok, Sir Rennell Rodd who will be the chief English reyresentative on the Commission that will revise War Laws All nations who took part in the Disarmament Confer- ence will send representatives to this mew meeting at Washington where important War measures will be @iscussed and adopted. Sir Rennell has had a long cacen: s diplomat in many of the European courts, and as a statesman, he is unsurpassed. tragedy. Lady Wilson, hearing the shots and cries of alarm, emerged from her sitting room and ran o her wound- ed husband. His sword lay by his side. his gloved hand still resting on| (he ilt. She grasped his hand and raised his head. “He is dying, He is dying! She cried frantically to a group of la- he the sidewalk in front of the house. “Isn't there someone who can help? Cannot someone bring a doc- tor?" The field marshal lay blood. with no slgn of Servants carried him into the house. His but- ler, a former soldier, felt the pulse and announced he was dead. Lady Wilson knelt beside him kissing him. exclaimed: “Well, they have done their cruel work at last. But you have died like a soldler. God will be mer- ciful to you!" Felled Assassin With Milk Bottle. Meanwlile, outside the house, the as- sassins were trying desperately to es- cape. One of the workmen who had wit- nessed the shootisg grasped a milk bot- tie and struck onme of the gunmen )ver the head, but he struggled to his feet nd made off with his companion. ~An- other workman seized a pick axe and started in pursuit, but the gunmen elud- ed him. The crowd gathered quickly, and. the assassins attempted to board a wmotor- car, but were frustrated. They then ran down the street. A dozen police- men joined in the chase and they were reinforced by not less than two kun- dred civilians. One of the pursuers. n describing the hunt Jater said: “As they ran down South Eaton place and Bbury street, firing as they ran. we, who were chas- ing them took cover, but were never far away. The police commandeered tax!- cabs and rounded un the two men half way down Ebury street and immedi- ately attacked them with their trunch- eons. One of the murderers, abéut six- feet tall, aimed his revolver at a po- lioeman. who struck him ‘in ‘the wrist with his club. making him drop the weapon ; whereupon an Infuriated crowd of men, women and children tried to tear the aseassin to pieces. He was hit on the head with a shovel and was struck with a bottle and he fell with blood streamine from his forehead. The in a pool of police had difficuity in preventing him from being kicked and trampled to death.” One Surrendered Quietly. The other murdered medium helght. and was surrounded by a slim youth of apparently -Jame, the police and sur- rendered quietly. Both were taken to the Gerald Road police station. Arriv- ing there, the taller of the two, who ap- parently was the leader. lay on the floor owing to his injuries. A civilian asked him:4“Who are you?" And he renlied: “T am an Irishman, T could have got more of vou chaps if I hadn't heen afrald of hitting the kids.” civilian _said: v blackguard” The man answered: was only firinz blank shots at the last.” But the revolver when examined was found to contaln lead bullets. Discription of the Assassins. Scotland Yard issued a minute de- scription of the assassins. The age of the two men is given as 24 years. Con- nolly Is deseribed as six feet in height and well built. O'Brien five \feet seven and a half inches. The latter has a wooden leg. Both refused to give ad- dressee or occupations. They will be charged with the murder of Field Mar- shal Wilson and the attempted murder of Constables March and Sayer and a civilian, Alexander Clarke. Constable March was shot In the ab- domen during the pursuit and was taken to a hospital, where his conditionis con- siiered grave. Both Constable Sayer and Chauffeur Clarke were struck by the Bhots of \ithe fleeing munierers. . Po- liceman Bush led the pursuit after two of his comrades had been wounded. He closed in on O'Brien and knocked him down with his fists. The revolver which fell from O'Brien's hand contained four Jive and two emptv cartridges. Connol- ly's revolver contained two empty car- tridges and he had a live cartridge in his hand when captured. ANl London Worrified. All London was horrified by the trasz- edy. The house of cémmons adjourned after sympathetic speeches by H. H. As- quith and Auston Chamberlain. The king cancelled tomorrow. evening’s birthday dinner for the Prince of Wales, to which slxty persons have been bidden, and would have postponed tonight's court, but it was too late. England for more than a centurv has been particularly free from political as- sassinations. Apart from the shock of the untimely death of a popuwlar sol- dier, and a member of the commons in the ‘prime of life, all discussion turned to_the political aspects of the »ffair. The sinister methods of the I-'sh fac- tional strife had not been impo- ~d to England before, despite threats which ne- cessitade spectal police protection for tha premier and other prominent officials taking part in Irish affairs. The news- papers demand measures to keep England free of Irish gunmen a™ their terrorism, Field Marshal Wilson having been a shining mark for the hatred of the re- publicans because scon after his election as a meber of the houss of commons for County Down he accepted an invitation from Sir James Craig to visit Ulster and advise the northern government on the best measures for military defense against the south. Born in N thern Ireland. By birth a northern Irishman, Field Marshal Wiison had been a lifelong sup- porter of the Orange faction, and what- ever definite effect his death may have, there seems no possibllity that it will have no other than to intensify the biiter- ness pervading the Irish situation, which seemed on the eve of quieting down after the recent elections. The field marshal created a political eensation early in the year by his atlacks 9 CABLED PARAGRAPHS Work For Council of L. of N. Geneva, June 22.—The council of the league of nations has been called upon by the ambassadors’ council to consider rectifications of the frontiers ~between Hungary and Rumania and Hungary and Jugo-Slavia as fixed by the trianon treaty. This procedure. is in accord with stipulations of the treaty which provide for eventual rectifications by common agreement under the auspices of the league, ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS BY A. F. OF L. TODAY Cincinnati, June 22 (By the A. P.).— With the avowed purpose of meeting all cigal attacks aimed at labor unions, the American Federation of Labor today add- ed to its program for curbing the power exerc'sed by the courts by directing the establishment at Washington of a labor | defense, council, composed of lawyers se- iected by the federation's officers. The council primacily will defend the unions against any suits that may be filed under recent supreme court decisions adverse to labor. The program of four oonstitutional amendments, repeal of tkhe Sherman anti- trust law and enactment of two new measures, which was adonted by thodon- vention by almost a unanimous vote. wil require years of campaigning_before adoption, speakers sald in ucging the creation of the defense council. The amendments include a congressional veto of supreme court decisions, the guarantee | to 1abor of the right to organize, to ba gain collectively and to strike, the prohi bition of child labor and adoption of an easier method than - the present for amending the constitution. Enactment of a new federal child labor law, and aiso a law interpeeting the labor sections of the Ciayton act, were included as a part of the program. The delegates set aside tomorrow morn- ing for the annual election of the federa- tion's .officers. = With this action, elec- tioneering was pushed among the dele- gates, but tonight only one contest was certain. No avowed opponent had been brought out to contest the re-election of President Gompers. and William Clarke, president of the Glass Workers' union. was not expected to carry his contest against Secretary Frank Morrison to the convention floor. RENEWAL OF BUYING IN THE BOND MAREET New York, June 22.—Cheaper money rates, as indicated by vesterday's reduc- tion of rediscount rates by the local federal reserve.bank stimulated renew- in-the bond market toda igsued: as the principni beneficiaries. Four of that group estab- lished new - high pecords for a'year or more and practically every issue sold at par or considerably = over. ~Ths new maximums were the firet 4's at 100.20, the third 4 1-4's at 100.18, the fourth 4 1-4's at 101.20 and the first-second 4 1-4's at 101,50, Railroad bonds. especlaily those of the underlying or junior mortgage classes, also were active and strong. in some in- stances rising one to two points. For- eign bonde were irregular. the British loans easing on the further - unsettle- ment of exchange rates between this cen- ter and London. OBLIGATORY MILITARY SERVICE IN FRANCE REDUCED Paris, June 2 (By the A. P.)—The chamber of deputies adopted the clause of the new military law reducing obli- gatory service to 18 months, by @ vote of 340 to 253, this afternoon, The action was taken after Andre Lefgvre. former minister of war, made a long plea. for the maintenance of two years' service until the recruiting laws brought the en- listed portion of the army to 400,000 men. All through the debate the tendency of the chamber had been toward further re- duction in the period of service and lib- eral exemptions. Though the former war minister’s portrayal of a “prosperous Germany with the frame-work of a big army ready for call at any time” com- manded close attention, his amendment providing for two vears' service recelved only nine votes against 551. HOUSE-TO-HOUSE RADIO COMMUNICATION PREDICTED the " ether. en’the wave ‘length. ters. The line of investigation should be the field of dshortening it, down to one meter. With a wave length {amateurs but the world to talk from without listening in." SCHOOL BOYS CHARGED WITH THEFT OF MORE THAN 40 AUTOS East Orange, N. J. June 22.—Five stealing more than 40 automobiles with= in the last eight months. They were alleged by the police to have admitted taking the cars “just for a lark.” Orange, Orange, Glen Ridge, Montclair and Newark. In most cases the cars were discovered abandoned In lonely rodds two days after the thefts. Two never were fund The boys are sons of well-to-do par- ents. Their fathers own cars and they know how to drive, on_ Premier . Lioyd George, with whom dueing the war he was on terms of cor- dial intimacy. In a letter to Sir James Craig he declared it was due to the ac- on of .Premier Lloyd George and his government that south and west Ireland j Were reduced to a_ welter of chaos and | murder, diflicult to believe and impossible to describe. He gave it as his beliet that the dangerous condition would in- crease unless a man arose in those coun- tries who could ceush murder and an- archy and re-establish order. pressed the opinion that Great Britain herself would have re-established. order in Ireland. On Monday the commons will discuss the murder, and Ireland generally. Mr. | Chamberlain will epeak fcr the govern- ment and Winston Churchill’s oft-post- poned statement goes by the board. Atlantic City, N. J., June 22—Gugllel- mo Marconi, wireless wizard, today pre- dicted house-to-house radio communica- tion, without anyone being able to tap “If 1 have any suggestion to make,” he said, “I would point to experimenta- tion by amateurs in endeavors to short- Today the average length used by the amateur is 250 me- perhaps of that brevity it would enable not only house to house within a restricted area school boys, between 15 and 17 years of age, today were arrested on a charge of The authorities have been mystified by the disappearance of machines in East He ex- o o Had Represented “South sembly—Was Delegate to 1902 Constitutional = Con- § vention. - - Hartford, June 22—Lewis Sperry, a fifi;u member of congress from' 'the it Connecticut district, died late to- day at his home in South Windsor, 74 years. . Sperry had served on. the state board of pardons for many years and was general counsel for the Aetna Life Insurance company. -~ He' was graduated frongx Amherst college 'in 1873 and was admffted to the bar in 1875. . He had af sembly and was ‘a delegate to the con: stitutipnal convntion in 1902. ‘He was i congrgss from 1891- Lo 1895. * He' served for. aitime as coroner of Hartford coun- ty. o8 = il He fleaves his- wfe aml two dren by a first marriage. “PUSSYFOOT” JOHNSON SAILS = . ON' PROHIBITION MISSION New York, June 22.—Repeating his as- sertion that he would rather sail on a ! steamer dpenly - selling - liquor ~than a “bootleggifi ~ American ship,” “Pussy- foot” Johnson left today on the‘Cunard- er Seythiaito combat the-sale of liquor in England and New Zealand. - -, Mr. Johfizon explained that New Zea- land “thrée®years ago had ,takentd vote on continuance of the present liqr eys- tem, goverfiment control or promibition, and although' prohibition receivad . the most- votes, ¢ did not obtain 2 murality. Therefore, 1§ said, it was expeeted an- other refendum- would be taken next No- vember or ember. Mr. Johnson said that in visiting the eastern part ‘of the United Statfs during the ‘last few ‘nonths, he had ween only three men drugk—two -in Mounit Vernon, N. Y., and one in Washingtons Referning to'ithe action , oft'Secretary of War Weeks.in coming out- for light wines” and ‘beer;, Mr. Johnsofi said the secretary.was a-wet and he expected him to rémain a wet. as he came from- Bos- ton, like Rome, things.never changed. Caiend Lt GOLD MEDAL COMMEMORATIVE OF HERO ALLEN KEITH June 22.—A gold -medal commemorative of the death of Allen Keith, 'a ‘Yale student_who . died from burns received . whife -helping_others 1o escape from the firé. in the Rialto the- ater here last Novemiber. was presented today to his mother, Mrs. Robert = H. Gilmore of Southporf, Conn. The.pres- entation was made by. Mayor David E. Fitzgerald of this city at eity hall. in a briel ' ceremony beforel a. small gather- ing “which - included Mrs. 'Gil her husband and their two chlidren; The presentstion was made on behalf-of “the Aec High Medal Foundation of ‘New York; 7 e A letter to Mre. Gilmore from Pras- ident . Harding was. read. “Your ,son's name_deserves a’ place . ameng’. . those Which renrésent our heritafe of pride in the heroes of peace ‘and war,”.the pres ident wrote. i Keith was a son of the late Elbridge B. Keith (Yale ‘96) of Chicago, (he first’ husband "of Mrs. Gilmore. " New Havel i PROGRAM FOR IMPROVEMENT OF AMERICAN “MOVIES” New York, June :22.—A committee of three, chogen from 50 of the Ilargest philanthropic, welfare, educational and labor organizatichs of the country, was named today at=a conference ‘with Will H. Hays, head.Sof the Motion Picture Producers: and Distributors of America, to mominate a nation-wide board: to pre- sent ‘a progrant.for the -improv€ment of American - movies. b The committee comprises Lde. Han- mer, represe the RussellX Sage foundation, M. Oliver Harrimai pres. ident of. the @ampfire Girls; an B, West, ary of the Boy of Awmeriea: 3 - Mr.: ‘Hays’ iged the integrity sourcegof “fhe men who. have of dollars to the fulfilffient of any workabletro- gram _which#will benefit"those who Hhave millions o @hildren Invested in mdving Dlctures.” 5 repra#ented his town in the general s-f 12 PAGES—96 COLUMNS es the League Sup- d With Money the d Campaign for Re- gton, June 22.—Declaring that B. Wheeler, general counsel of and the interests iti-Saloon league, trols” bad expended from $100, 000 to $150,000,000 resentative Tinkham, republican, Massa chysetts, attacked the department of jus- to _against the league under the corrupt today in the house for failing ices act. Mr.. Tinkham's attack brought from esentatove Gallivan, democrat, Mas- Prohibition latter's stand regarding sale of liquor on Amer- In refusing to act against such ships, Mr. Gallivan declar- ed, Commissioner Haynes made himself sachusetts, criticism Commissioner Haynes of for the ican - ships at- sea. “particips _criminis.” The ‘two Massachusetts members were classed among. “friends of wine and beer, in_direct violation of the constitution of Representative the United States” by Cramton, republican, Michigan, who gai; ed the flcor after the attac Saloon league. ed in the future, he said, “as was the loon—by its fruits.” “Representative Gallivan does not un- derstand why Admiral Lasker and Chief Wheeler are giving their attention t6 the enforce- ment of the liquor laws upon land rather Mr. Cramton sald. “For the first time since prohibition be- cameé a part of the constitution of the i Representative Gallivan now insisting upon the enforcement of 1f he will take care of the Bureau of Navigation than upon the seas, United States, he prohiblion laws. to secure adop- of the prohibition amendment, Rep- on the Anti- The league will be judg- of the ‘seas the real frends of prohibi. tlon will try to take care of the land.” Mr. Cramton said that one of the or- fight National As- soclation Against Prohibition, which he declared engaged in an effort to defeat Representative Volstead and other con- The a branch in Michigan which is now raising a cam- propa- on to various candidates on the question of beer and ganizations conspicuous against prohibition was th; in the gressmen _ friends of prohibition. assoclation, he said, had Paign fund to be expended for ganda. which involved the submis: the voters of the" attitude of wine. Referring to published reports that rep- resentatives from eleven states attending Mil- waukee had promised their aid to Rep- resentative Volstead of the seventh Min- nesota district and characterizing it as Mr. Tinkham said, “Here again'we have the outrageous situation -about which I have protested. Here we have the Anti-Saloon league, de- pendent’ upon - the representative of *the its in- tended further restrictions of the person- a1 lberties of our people, proposing to it supporting with money, a campaign for re-election of an Anti-Saloon league meeting in “legislative bribery,’ seventh . Minnesota district for purchase that preferential {reatment has received" heretofore - by Mr., Volstead. Desctibing “Uncle Sam as the biggest Dboot-legger of them all,” Representative Gallivan asserted that under the Volstead act prohibltion officers were required to selze .all_ships. on which liquor is trans- in ported or sold and charge. arrest those ““American - trans-Atlantic ships selling liquor: become common nulsances “under the Volstead law passed overwhelmingly Gallivan declared, “and they will remain common nuisances congress by this house,” Mr. no matter how much money votes them in the way of a subsid Mr. Volstead, who had no opportunity speaking time to reply to what he described as becaust of the allotment of an “attack on him by Mr. Tinkham tained permission from the h cord. EVICTION SUITS AGAINST STRIKING MINERS DISMISSED Morgantown, W. Va. June 2. ing union miners, - were Magistrate W. dismissed properiy drawn. against 200 miners strikers. lies soon becomes color blind. ob- 6 to- night to answer in the congressional re- ine ! eviction suits brought by the Randall and . Jarvis Coal company against strik- b3 L.. Boughner today, be- causp, he said, the notices had been im- Since the strike began, coal companies have won eviction cases in this region. To- day's verdict was the first won by the The. man who is addicted to white " BRIEF TELEGRAMS - The New Orlean future v market, the second to be established in the Unit- or States, will be formally opened July 6. The Philippine commission which came o Washington to urge independence for its country, was received by the house '0ld Chick” Cushing, 75, once nation- ally known as a jockey, was found dead at the fair grounds in Valdoosta; Ga. where he was in charge of a string of race horses. . Proposal to elimanate military training from Minneapolis high schools was car- rled by a vote of 26,672 to 23,124 at the primaries. Ten thousand persons have been made homeless by devastating floods which in- undated the suburban districts of Sofila following rains Monday and Tuesday. Joseph Avery Manning, for many years a shoe manufacturers, in Beston and vi- cinity, died at his home in Brookline, Mass. Frank Silva, a strike picket, was sen- tenced to 30 days in jail for threatening and intimidating Mary Carmo, a mill worker in Pawtucket, R. I. A rat entangled with the seccelerator rod of an automobile in Malden Square, Malden, Mass., caused a collision which damaged two cars. Reduction of the Japanese naval es- tablishment under the Washington trea- ties will result in the discharge of fifty thousand officers and men. The liquor and wine export commission of the Province oi Quebec has decided to prepay all ocean and railway freight charges on exports of these products from Frarice to points in Quebec. The International Kiwanas clubs, at their sixth annual convention at Toronto, put up the membership bars against medical men who are not graduates of approved schools. Announcement was made that Trinity college has raised a fund of $375,000 in the past year, which will entitle the col- lege to a gift of $125,000 from the Rocke- feller foundation. A Coos county court Jury has awarded {Oswald West, former governor of Oregon, | a verdict for $19,681, claimed com- mission for lobbying before congress in 1919, Hearst hall and Hearst hall annex at Berkeley, Cal, were destroyed and Mhe pahtology building of the Unives California was damaged in a camp with estimated loss of $100,000. ity of gl i An amendment fo the federal consti- | tution for a uniform marriage and di- voree law will be considered at the bienni- j l convention of the general federation of | Women's clubs in Chautauqua, N. Y. Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes, Brit- ish ambassador to the United States was awdrded the honorary degree of doctor of laws at the 154th commenc ment of Brown University Plans for a new dormitory for married students and their families at Northwest- ern university were - announced. The structure, to house sixty -families, is to cost §200,000. The W. L. Douglas Shoe company of Brockton, Mass., announced that begin- ning June 27 its men’s shoe factories would run on a full time schedule of 48 hours weekly. Bids were opened Boston for the purchase of theatres in Newport, R. I, Lowell, Waltham, Newburyport, Ame bury, Portland, Me., and Fall River, known as the Empire circuit. The senate late yesterday ndopted the conference report on the army appro- pription bill fixing the size of the army for the coming fiscal year at 12,000 offi- cers and 123,000 enlisted men. William Ostrout, conductor on the Cen- [tral New England Railroad. was killed near the freight station at Winsted. when he slipped from a box car and fell under the wheels. An increase of onme, in the typhoid fever cases in New Haven, was reported making thirteen persons now il with the disease. All cases are reported doing well. still within a little hut fin the top of a huge oak tree is the dis covery of two Connecticut prohibition agents near Waterbury. A moonshine Frank Von Hagen, sted, died in the Middlesex hospi’ ~ at Middletown of injuries received \..en his automobile was wrecked on Walkley Hill in Haddam, aged 44, of Win- Frank M. McDermit of Newark, for- United States Chamber Of Commerce Julius H. Barnes, of Duluth, Minn., grain operator and formerly president of the U. 8. Grain Cor- poration, who has just been elected president of the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States. . Mr. Barnes is president of several mjd- western grain and wheat com- vanies: 5 : New. . fmsident Of The | American Born Peer Mzy Be First Viceroy Of Irish Free State = UKEVSTONE ViEW 60x NEW YORK The namé-of Lord Shaughnessy, ' chairman ofithe Board of Directors of the Canadlan Pacific Railways, is said to have been presented to the British Cabinet for the post of Viceroy of the Irish Free State. Tord_Shaughnessy, the son of an “Irish policem@n,” was born in Miltwaukee, Wigy and his selection for-this 1mportiiit post would be a \vety unusual mga, AT = mer member of the New Jersey bar, has announced his candidacy for the demo- cratic momination for governor. The actlon of the state transit mission in authorizing the New York, Westchester and Boston railway to in- crease its fares from five to seven cents was attacked In a meeting of the whole of the board of estimate in New York. Bob Collins, negro, .charged with hav- ing attempted an attack on a white wo- man near Summit, Miss., several months ago, was hanged by a mob. The young woman is said to have identified him as her assailant. Despite the fact that a strike vote is being taken by railgay emploves affected by the recent decisions of the United States railroad labor board, rail execu- tives expressed the opinion that there would be no strike. Silver articles bearing the imprint “sterling” must contain at least .925 pure silver, the court of special sessions, New York, ruled, in suspending sentences up- on a jeweler and his clerk for violating section 422 of the penal code. Secretary of War Wecks and United States Senator George Wharton Pepper and Manuel Chamorro, minister from Nicaragua to the United States, were giv- en honorary degrees of doctor of laws of a Pennsylvania military college. The first dellverles of live stock on eparations account was made by Hung- ry Wednesday when G500 horses were turned over to Greeee at Szegedin, and 1,000 horses and 1,000 head of cattle and sheep dellvered to-Jugoslavia at Szekes- Feher. Charges that New Jersey is far be- hind the times In the matters of health Narrate Harrowing Tales Herrin, Ille, une 22.—(By The A P.) —The death toll in the disaster last night and today when 5,000 striking union miners attacked the Lester Strip mine being operated under guard of im- ported workers, may run past the fort mirk, it was said tonight by those in touch with the situation, although thus far only 27 poshtively are known to be dead. In the Herrin huspital are eight wounded men, only one a miner, and slx of them are believed to be fatally injured. but one died. A miner told The Associated Press correspondent that he had seen fifteen bodies thrown into a pond with rocks around their necks today. About twen- ty imported workers are missiug. DETAILS OF HOSTILITIES GIVEN BY WOUNDED MEN Herrin, 11, June 22 (By the A. P.).— Half a dozen wounded men, some of them Iying on death beds, tonight gave an As- first sociated Press correspondent the actual eve-witness accounts of the fight last night and this morning which brought dozens of casualties when five thousand armed striking miners attacked the Lester strip mine near here which was being operated by imported workers and guare The substance of the statements by the wound wa s that not a mine worker was injured during the fighting but that the numerous killed were shot down in cold biood after they had sucrendered themselves and their arms. There was nothing from the union miners to contradict these claims. veral of the men imported to werk the mine absolved the strikers from biame. saying that the ones responsible weer those “who sent us here under false promises that there wouid be no trouble” and that “the minees would not ohject.” Some of the wounded interviewed were in the hospital here. Others were located in their homes through secret channels. Joseph O'Routke, Chicago, commissar: clerk at the mine, gave the most vi account of the fight. His story was re- lated as he tossed in nain from half a dozen bullet holes through his body. “I was sent down. here by the Bertrand Commissary. company of Chicago.” he ®td. “I had no idei what I was eunning into. 1 don’t much hian® the miners for attacking us, for we were unknowingly being used as dupes to Keep them from their jobs. We were given arms when we arrived and a machine gun was set up at one corner of the mine. Guards were with us all of the time and most of the guards were tough fellows sent by a Chicago detective agency. I understand the miners sent us warnings to,leave the town or we would be run out. We never Eot them—perhaps the bosses did. “When we saw the miners approaching vesterday afternoon, we did mot know what to do. The guards prepared for fight : most of us workers wanted to sur- render. Tirough the night the bullets rained in on us. We sought sheiter as we could, the miners climbed upon the coal pies and earth embankments. and we were un- ablo to see them. The guards kept fi but most of us hid. Then the miners blew up our pumping station. We had no freight car in' the hands of the miners. About sunrise we put upsthe white flag. The miners poured in and we surrendered our arms. ~ Up to this time not one of us had been injured that I know of, although I under- stand that several of the miners had been shot. The miners soread out quickly and tied us together in groups of three and The tied men were then rushed off y different directions. Some of them tried to run, but they were shot down as fast as they moved. “One miner asked who ‘was the machine gun operator. Someone pointed him out and he was shot in his tracks and his body laid over the machine gun. They tied five men with me, took us out on the coad and told us to run. We ran and hundreds of bullets followed us. We staggered on. but finally three of our group fell, puiling the others with them. “I laid there while men came up and fired more shots into us from three or four feet. Then everything went black. T woke up later and begged for water, but there was not any. I remembec being dragged along the road, but I don’t know what by. Then they brought us to the hospital O'Rourke's story was confirmed by S. P. Williams and BEd Green of Chicago, two of the men tied with him who are still aliv The other three were killed. These were the six found by The Asso- ciated Press correspondent this morning and whom he tried to take water to, only to be refused permission to help them. James E. Morris of Johnston City, Il a young miner in the attacking forces, told the correspondent the attack had been spontaneous and that when the men went to the mine they did not really stop to think of the bloodshed that might fol- low. He was wounded early in the fight. “I was on my way to Herrin” he said, “when I met a gang of fellows. They said they were on their way to run out those scabs at the mine. I joined them and others kept joining us unt!l there must have been 5,000. Most of us were armed, and those who were not soon got their guns. When we got to the mine we spread out-around it. We had no real leaders, everyone was working for him- self. It was just one big mob out to get the men who were running the mine. I am not sure who fired the first shot, but after that it was real war.. The fire kept up for hours. I guess, and several of our men were hit. “Late in the evening T was shot in the arm. The Wound was not serious and I walked back to where a group of our men were standing and they sent me here in a car. 1 was not there but I under- stand most of the killing was done after administration were made at the session of the convention of fhe New Jersey Medical association by Dr. R. B. F. Ran- dolph, of Trenton, Of course it's a disgrace to get rich by makirg others poord, but the chap who is gathering in the coin looks at the matter through the oth- er end of the telescope. the mine surrendered. I'm sure some of those scabs really were innocent men. It's just the old story of a mob getting started.” Other miners confirmrd ments, O'Rourke is one of nine men in the hos- pital. Morris is the only winer and seven of the imported miners are expected to die. physicians said. The hospital was carefully guarded, all Morris' state- , who were among the besieged. | water and our food sunplies were in asl N HINEBATTLE INILUNOSS About Twenty of the Non-Union Men Are Missing—A Miner Tells of Having Seen Fifteen Bodies Thrown Into a Pond With Rocks Around Their Necks—Report Says 5,000 Striking Miners Attacked the Imported Workers Who Were Operating Under Guard—Wounded Men of Cold Blooded Murders. doors being locked to prevent any possh bie attack on the wounded men. - Only persons who couid prove they had bush ness in the hospital were admitted. BAYS 44 PEREONS WERE KILLED; TWO WERE UNION MINERS Cincinoatl. June —Forty-four pe: union coal miners, were mine disorders at Herrin, ing to the statemen! Farrir esident the ‘1\:-»‘- disirier the -~ ’nked Mine Workers of America. Mr. Farrington declared that he hal received his information from an of- 5. { the union at Herrin. but he fe- { fused to discloze the identity of his in- jformant. He also said that he had not agreed to permit the mine. where the trouble occurred to operate, which it {was sald were possible under the | union’s general strike policy to permit | mining of coal to fuel public utilities. frapetonciro s ’ DEPARTMENT STORES AGAIN ATTACKED I NTARIF FDEBATE Washington, June 22.—Another ad- |dress in the series plannied by republi- |cans in charge of the tariff bill designed to show that importers and big depart- | ment stores are fighting that measure because they do not want their profits cut down was delivered today in the senat by Senator Watson, republican, Indiana. Tt drew a sharp reply from Senator Simmons of North Carolina, the democratic leader in the tariif fight Exhibiting a score of foreign made ar- ticles_which were piled on and around his desk, Senator Watson explained that they had been purchased by govern= ment agent in New ing from 65 per « above the cost lanacd i shown by official recorcs. He argued that this explained why the importers and department stores were behind a propaganda to defeat the pending bitl. Senator Simmons in his reply declar- ed that as a tarff argument Semator Watson's speech and that of a_ similar nature made last week by Senator Me- Cumber, republican, North Dakota, were “preposterous and ridiculous” berauss the cost and selling: priees of Amérjean g00ds comparable to the impertsd articles exhibited had not been given. He sx- hibited some articles made in this cou try and abroad and produced letters stat- ing that the importers’ sale prices and the American manufacturérs’ sale prices were about the same. Senator Watson devoted .considerable time to a discussion, of the New York firm ‘of James McCutcheon and compans, reading from an advertisement, of that store, urging the public to protest 1o thetr senators and representatives against the senate rates on Tinen. The advertisement said the proposed tariff would causa them {o increase their prices on towsls from $6 a dozen to $7.50 & dozen. Sen< ator Watson declared such an increass would not be justified by the tariff rates proposed as the inerease would be only 71 cents In the case of the towels refer< red to and adde: “McCutcheon and Company are doing the Tobbing: not the tariff,” he said. In his discussion of this firm Senator Watson asked if the New York Timed would print “the truth” about the mit- uation as he was presenting it and an- swered his question by declaring it would not do so “because McC: .cheon and company won't let them. The North Carolina senator exhibited a gold handled knife made in Connectictit, which he sald he was informed was gold at a profit in quantity lots at a price of 9.4 cents. He declared this knlfe was superior to the imported one [Tast week” by Senaiar - MRty and which cost 9 cents abroad. _He stated.al~ 50 he was informed that some Am - made knives of similar chars wers sold by the manufacturers for 2 1o as five cents each. - — HELD AS WITNESSES IN BOMB PLACING CASH Perth Amboy, N. J., June 22.—John Stanko and John . Kershner, employes off the Perth Amboy Milk and Cream Come pany. were arrested today and held in $5.000 bail each as material witnesses in the investigation of the placing of & bomb last March on a ‘milk wagon owne €d by John Longwebber, a retail millc dealer of Perth Amboy. 1 Y at_prices range » 1.743 per eent. this country ag Germun Envoy To America ! LN