The evening world. Newspaper, September 4, 1922, Page 1

PTE ES Se BEGINS TO-DAY . IN ( THE EVENING WORLD Slee Aon 9 lt org <A. To-Night’s Weather—CLOUDY. Copyright (New Publishing € York World) by Press ye EVEN STRIKEBREAKERS DIE IN RAILWAY SHOP FIRE TRAP. HUNT BEGUN F > Pittsburgh and United States Investigators Silent to Cause as MOB STONES RESCUERS. Despite Heavy Guard, Men Are Caught While Asleep in Rush of Flame. PITTSBURGH, Apart from the statements of survivors that "Ht was not ning," nothin come out of the to the supposed incendiary Sept. 4 a fire has five but grea been permitted to inv rations in fire which destroyed the repair shop and commis gary building of the Railroad yesterday with of seven dead hospitals. Government nothing to say “official or otherwise’? and intimated that any Federal an- mnouncement concerning this first rail road disaster of importance since the granting of the sweeping injunction enjoining the strikers from must be made Pennsylvania a casualty list and twelve injured in agents.said they had violence from Washington. George W. McCandless, Director of Public Safety, who is co-operating with the agents of the Department of ustice, authorizes this announcement: “We have only begun our investiga- tion. Two shopmen were questioned in my office in the presence of Govern- ment agents and officials of the Penn- sylvania road. I cannot make any an- mouncement now regarding the cause of the fire but I think I can promise a statement later in the day."’ District Attorney Harry H. would only say: “If the facts (mrrant a Grand Jury Rowand will make an investigation of the fire."” Pennsylvania Railroad officials re- iterated the statements of employees that the fire started within the build- ing. This they said, caused them to ignore a possible theory that a spark from a locomotive might have been responsible. The same officials de- clared the bunkhouse cook corrob- orated the watchman's statement that the fire, when discovered, was roar- ing through a mass of greasy waste and rubbish George Figgus, a young man ar rested near the scene of the fire early this morning, was questioned at length at Police Headquarters. It was an- nounced by the police that taken in custody because give a good a gus was the failed to ount of himself,’’ and he was booked on an open cha The two shopmen who were que tloned are held incomunicado and the heavy guird that was main- tained befo: the fire has been strengthened uround the ruins. A score of shopmen who escaped from the blazing bunkhouse told es sentially th me story to newspap: men, Awakened by the shouts of the cook and the watchman, or by the clamor which resulted in an 1 the men leaped from their cot who grasped the situation jumped or (Continued on Second Page.) > NTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FIRST GAME Toronto— ooo000 210 Buffalo— o1rdo1r03820 7 Batteries—Townsend and Vincent; Liewellyn and Urban. FIRST GAME. Rochester— os000000 Syracuse— ooo000000 Batteries—Keenan and Lake and MeCurdy 1-4 0-0 OR INCENDIARY ROBINS GET THREE SCORES EARLY IN GAME WITH PHILS Tally in Second, Fourth and Fifth Innings—One for Quaker City Team. il t PHILADE Shriver, The Evening World.) ,PHIA, Sept. 4.—Harry long legged right han¢ the Phillies out started for the Dodgers this the who has shut once this year, ternoon in the first game of the Labor Day double header, lee Mead jally a tough nut for th Dodge on the hill for the Phillies: . The line-up BROOKLYN, PHILLIES. Olsen, 2 b. Wrightstone, Johnson, s. s T. GriMith, r. f. Wheat, 1. f. Myers, c. f. Mitchell, 1b. High, 3b Deberry, ¢ Shriver, p. Umpires—t Rapp. Williams, Walker, r. f Henline, © Lee, |. f Leslie, 1b, Parkinson, Meadows, b. { Dp rt and McCormick Attendance 8,000 FIRST INNING. Olsen fliedto Williams. Wright- stone threwout “Johnston. Griffith grounded to Leslie. NO RUNS, NO n threw out Wrightstone. out the same way. Rapp went Williams (Continued on Ninth Page.) SIGNALS RENEU HOPE OF SAVING 47 ENTOMBED MINERS Blasts Fired _ Adjoining Mine Thought to Have Been Answered. RESCUE WORK HURRIED Tunnelling Squad Reports Five Explosions Heard After Their Shot JACKSON, Cal., Sept. 4—The nigh crew of rescuers working in the Ken. nedy mine in an attempt to reach forty-seven men entombed eight day in the Argohaut gold mine, declared on coming to the surfave to-day that when two signal blasts were fired on the 8.700 foot level, they were p tive they were answered by five ex- plosions coming from the Argonaut The miners declared that the sounds could not have been caused by falling rocks. It would haye been impossible to hear such sounds through the thick walls of stone that separate the two they said « i" All Jackson is rejoicing ov mines, r the re- port, for a feeling of certainty that ihe men imprisoned for a week still live now exists, . Mine officials refused to comment on the statements of the miners or to ve out anything official on the re There was no Labor Day demon. stration in Jackson to-day. Every available miner of the Kennedy and Argonaut Companies reported at his post to work on th rescue crews still fighti ssly in the almost vain hope of out miners. isging Three days more must pass before either the men attempting to force their way down the main Shaft or those tunnelling in from the adjacent Kennedy mine can hope to reach the victims. FIRST AT PHILADELPHIA— Brooklyn— 010 1 0 Philadelphia— 00001 Ratteries—Shriver and Deberry; 1 Meadows and GAME Henline. FIRST AT CINCI Chicago. . INA’ Cincinnati. Batteries—Cheeves and Wirts; .000111000 100000102 GAMB ouch and Wingo FIRST AT PIT#SBURGH— St. Louis. . Batteries—Pfeffer and Ainsmith; 010010021 Pittsburgh.O 1 OOOOO002 GAMB E 5 3 Adams and Gooch New York at Boston, both games postponed; rain. FIRST AT ST. LOUIS Cleveland— 020000 St. Louis— 400040 GAME Batterles—Lindsey and O'niell; Shocker and Severeid , FIRST GAMB AT CHICAGO— R H a Detroit....0010001000 —- 2 Chicago. . Batteries—Pillette and Woodall; .1001000001 Faber and Schalk Boston at New York, both games postponed; rain, OTHER SPORTS O N PAGES 8 AND. 9. By HAROLD MacGRATH CLARKE RESIGNS TO BRING U.S. INTO LEAGUE OF NATIONS Junior Supreme Court Jus- tice Will Quit Sept. 18 to Work tor “Great-Cause.” THINKS IT IMPERA‘ TIV President Will Accept and Name Sutherland, Utah, for Vacancy. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 nation of Associate —The resig Justice Clar! President Harding, at the White e has been received by it Was announced to-day House. The President, it was stated, will cept the resignation and intends to ¢ former United $ tor George H, Sutherland take Mr. Cli preme Court bench nomi: tes Sena- f U! the uh to su- rke's place on The letter of resignation Justice Clarke read: sent by “T shall be sixty-five ycurs old on the 18th day of this month. For a long time I have promised what 7 think is my better self that at that age I would free myself as much a possible from imperative duties to the end’ that I may have time to reach many books which I have not had time to reach in a busy life, to travel and to serve my neighbors and some public causes in ways in which T can not serve them while holding im portant public office “As a beginning of what, 1 hope may at least be a partial realization of this philosophy of my later life, 1 hereby resign as of Sept. 18, 1922, the office of Associated Justice of the Su preme Court of the United States which I have held during the past six years, With grateful appreciation, my dear Mr. President, of the many cour tesies you have shown me through many years Tam; Sincerely yours, JOHN H, CLARKE. Justice Clarke mailed his resigna tion to the White House from his home in Youngstown, Ohio. He was nominated to the Supreme Court bench in 1916 by former President Wilson and, in point of service, is the Junior ate Justice YOUN O,, Sept, 4.01) sire to further American participa in the Li of Nations ranks first among the “public cau mention in Justice Clarke's letter to tent Harding as one of the rea hi resignation, according to close freind: of the Justice President of t here, Mr. ¢ Vindicator Company, which publishes a daily per here Justice Clarke went to Atlantic City Friday evening. Before leaving he told a friend his plans were as yet in definite, but that he hoped to be at to make a voyage around the wor leaving New York in January or | ruary next, He also said he had cepted seve invitations to di addresses about Christmas time, th Gee Iniportant oF aeHiont Will be the League of Nations It is well known to the friend the Justice who have seen mos him in recent years that he ts 1 foundly convinced the future po and business welfare of our coun! are dependent to a very great de upon the ing the American Government } League of Nations on s at an early day, and tt 4 by many them that on the chief reasons for his resigning high office was the desire to rence a non-political way more service what he called ‘that great caus than he thought it possible for to render while a member of the preme Court Justice Clarke will probably ext lish his permanent home in Clevel or New York He does not inten resume the practice of law _ THF WORLD TRAVEL BURFAD. Arcade, Pulltzer (World) Bullding, 63-43 +N ¥. City Telephone Beekman room for baggage and parce 0 night. Money crore aod cheers for sule—Aavt. ital YORK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, JUSTICE WHO QUITS SUPREME COURT TO HELP ‘GREAT CAUSE’ U.S. dustice JOHN H.CLARKE Oby Clinedinst, Wash. D.C. ENGLISH GOLFER QUITS IN MEET FOR BIG TITLE Bernard Darwin Out Brookline—Course Rain- Soaked Te o-Day. at THE cou cu ‘ 1.—The golf links final 18 holes of ying medal play for 1ere, over which the the national umateur aMpionship were started were slowed up by heavy In the seramble for the thirty-two places ble to-morrow in match play were 140 odd golfers, thirty-three of them with scores of 7% or better in the first round, played Saturday. The race for qualification was led by Rob ert A, Gardner of Chicago, twiee nu onal champion, with a 71 that set a new amateur competitive record for the course Because of the conditions, the Tour nament Committee instructed contest nts that they might clean the mud rom balls on the puttin eons They were allowed > to Litt from embedded lies on the greens, but the (Continued on Second Page.) RAIN POSTPONES DAVIS CUP MATCHES FOREST HILLS, N. Y (Associated Press).—Th matches scheduled for Sept. 4 two sing ifternoon this in the Davis Cup competition have ren postponed on acdount of rain, tt “a8 ANnoUNced shortly before noon by Julian $. Myrick of the United State: Lawn ennis Association rhe watehes will be played to-morrow (For Details of Earlier Play See Sporting Page.) _— BELMONT RESULTS. PIRST RACK Six and a half tur ngs.—Hereafter, first; Knight of Heather, second; Valor, third Non-Starters Arnold 1B, Cum Bobbed Hair, Trevelyan, Arrow Gold, Royal Charlie und Amanda Hoey. BRAZIL FLYERS OFF FOR KEY WEST RSBURG, Fla., Sept. 4 eut. Walter Hinton and 8 America-bound flyers hopped of Key West at 8.35 this morn n t vond leg of their trip in the mpelo Correia I. to Brazil under # auspices of The New York World The SC-2, released to The World and drew A. Smith jr. by the Navy De partment after the wreck of the SC-1, as turned over to the flyers at Pensa la and they took off from there eary erday. This was their fi t wed at dinner by the Kiwanis Club. Me Circulation Books Open to All.” | 1922. . Entered ws Second-Class Post Office, New York, ee ee ee a ee ee oe a ae ae ee eee oe . ta pint iin oi, a eee FT” cee 1 THE MILLIONAIRE BURGLAR | MYSTERY, ADVENTURE, SURPRISES J} By HAROLO MaccraTH od SURPRISES J To-Morrow's Weather—FAIR. Matter NOY PRICE THREE he ION HARD COAL TO PROTECT HOMES FALS TO UNEARTH RATIONING OF HARD COAL MURDER PLOT IN JOHNSON SHOOTING Distric GUES No PLATTSNI Attorney State the shi son at the *hatent Disclosure as t@ Notables Who Made Up Party at otis t Attorney 10 BE STARTED AT ONCE 10 cow sw) INSURE-FUEL FOR HOMES Evidence Points to Accident. BIG AN [ LIST SEGR Jack Clifford's. RG Harold A has been inv of A.M camp of ke, Sept. 4.—Distriet Jerry, who, with st rating John Jack Clifford, Thursday Northwes' “Buddie on ty Ta last THRAGITE SURPLUS VANISHES;| rstosin ine OUTLOOK DUBIOUS t to Come Ahead of New York in Getting Coal Supply night, sald to-day, after consideration of 2 0 nding nd the v . . nm a a sia, vy ee By Lindsay Denison. renor , bi (Staff Correspondent of The Evening Was concerned the case was 1 f this finding, AED) n view of this finding, hel cormanay ma, Se = lined to disclose the num of the SCRANTON, Va., Sept. 4.—Even If pes in notables wid to have there ts no hitch in the prompt start- heen at the Clifford camp. It was|ing of mining of anthracite coal fol- vorted this afternoon that Johnson's llowing the strike settlement, It will for recovery remain doubtful: [he pear eee ane District: Attorney 1 in Pearly ciLwo/ weeks) peters (any ior tion showed no motive for an]thé new coal reaches New York. Ittempt to murder Johnson, that there] The demands of New York for the was no evidence af any attempt tof newly dug fuel will be fought off av commit suicide, since the location’ ofl tong ax possible In the interest’ of the the wound would contract this the-T Northern and Western communities, ie a wae that the] Whose freight transportation will be shooting was accidental while be was| cut off in the early winter by the engaed in cleaning a revolver freezing of lakes and rivers. One of the discrenancies in te) When the Ice-breakin= steamers on ee eee that Clifford. who Ix|t® lakes can run no longer, New a former husband and dancing part-| York and the rest of the Middle- ner of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, has told] Northern States, which depend on the State police that it was not bis} ntiracite for winter comfort, may ex revolver with which Mr Johnson Was) yy iy normal flow of hard coal from shot, Mr. Clifford also has said, a¢ cording to Sergt. Boyce, who visited] the mines. It must be remembered the camp yesterday, that none of the} that the normal flow from the mines guests heard a shot, but were at-J wit not fll the normal winter needs, tracted to the Johnson apartment BY | anne summer surplus, which has here a scream and In the belief there was a fight tofore supplied normal winter ne At the hospital, where Mr. John-|ecannot be drawn upon for the excel- on underwent an operation after he] jent reason that there ts no surplus— had heen moved with dineulty (0 Tnone here, none in the anthracite ean tine Mooi ion was| felds, none anywhe cept in the lughtly Improved, it git he was cellars and dumps of the persons and not out of danger Hits ¥ . iS} corporations who were forehanded mother, Mrs ©. f Baynes and MS) oyough in bank account and wisdom brother, Tom L, Johnson, who have NERRCACS. pata Ware reported {to lay in a stock for this winter be to have left the out making fore last hansted, hotel last night with w known thelr destination inte: was ex- ‘3 supply Every one was in led at the time STRIKE SETTLEMENT DOESN'T of the shootin, Me. Cléford told’ the REMOVE FAMINE MENACE. CE A eu Ghat "1 Nobody who is on the Inside of the sere ty lat the camp. It ala. wa | anthracite coal situation wishes to ex- learned. Mr. Cl yal declared Taggerate the intensity of the emer- to have indicated that the only ones) conoy 1 And, Here in Scranton, an eae ee eee) anthracite elty, and in Shamokin and they we the only ones present when] Wilkes-Barre, other cities in which it happened, Mrs. Johnson ts auld public thinks und talks and fin be Rave gash heen emer Day ON its pocketbooks in terins of coal, vand's apartment when the revolve exploded sentiment the inquiring visitor WILLARD MACK'S Thank God, tt ts over But Gd (Continued on Fourth Page.) FOURTH WIFE QUITS? SAN FRANCISCO, Sopt. 4 Willard tar wWist and pro Place Your ited nore toot os imine hor Problem Before 600,000 hed ete im ian Sunday World Readers Mack here 1.0: Angel where she ow The te e merchant had to wait Muck married lis fourth wife about f TROLS TEE RERE inert . year ago, after } heen divorced 1 ho MBvERROE aKe by Pauline 1 screen pa rtising to create a demand tee for wares, and the orde me t Leon Rambeau Thuily taler ti Th PRESIDENT CANCELS { venice str ri TRIP ON MAYFLOWER] {itt !!° stage coach peed of WASHINGTON tt bor Day ert Wee mapaperiad eans SE Ee ee cia at gales vertising in The Sunday World Rresidentsand Me EAisne Ag Separate World Ad planned w tr ana {959,102 denuary co July sist assimaeere on tt trial situ, More Than Nest ation, 311,697 Highest Newspaper > ——— Hoover to Take Control of ga’ aay Prices, pe With Length of Strike and Absence of Reserve Stocks Makes It Imperative, Washington Asserts. WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 ency control of distribution and prices of anthracite coal will be taken soon by Secretary —Emerg- Hoover at a conference in Philadelphia with operators and miners engaged in the industry, it was. said to-day at the Commerce Depart- ment. An emergency organization . along the same lines as was used for hand- ling bituminous coal is expected, with householders being given as much pri- ority as possible in order to them a supply of winter fuel ‘The Philadelphia confe convened as soon as arrangeménts ready started ficials here insure ce will be al- of- can be completed, holding that the long e sation of hard coal production neces sitates immediate steps to accelerate distribution if the eitizen-consumers supply is to be assured Decision distribution however, indicated, await the ratification of the cite agreement by the mine tri-district’ convention, to Wilkes-Barre Wednes The possibility was foreseen fuel legislation, now pending bi Cong might become 4 law in time to enable anthracite distribution on a 6 as to officials plans, might anthra- workers’ meet in shat large seule to come under the control of the Fede Programme, as the output of hard coal was not expected like y days. officials declared, plans anthracite distribution would fol- low the lines adopted by Federal Fuel Distributer Spencer and the Interstate Commerce Commission, through the distribution coal under priorities to consumers, classified according to their importance. In the distribution of anthracite, officials asserted, household consumers probably would te reach anythin in less than thi Meanwhile, te normal figure be given the right of way as much as possible, in order that homes might be supplied with fuel next winter Sas HARD COAL MINERS’ SCALE COMMITTEE RATIFIES PEACE Many Men Will Go Back to Work This Week —Full Force Monday. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4.—After @ ssion which lasted seven compromise strike settle plan of Pepper and J, accepted by anthractte operators was ratified by the min- committee shortly after three o'clock this morning. Katitication of the pact nounced by John L. Lewis, of the United Mine Work the plan would be district convention in Wilkes-Barre on similar action Ho said that {t was Hkely thas many of the men would go into the mines within @ Week, and that min- stormy hours, the ment Re und miners, Senators scale was an- President rs. He said presented at a tri- of union officials Wednesday for {ng operations would be in full swing throughout the hard coal region by, the end of next week, ‘The first men to return will do the work necessary, to prepare the mines for operation ufter the five months of idleness. Miners and operators having set- tled thelr wage differences after more than five months of controversy every effort will be made to sr production of coal as soon as Leaders expressed the opin” the hard coal mines wou” operation by the fret of J aes - —_