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VOL xxxv.
GOMPERS IS
RE-ELECTED
LABOR CHIEF
Opposition Vanishes,
Causing Great
Surprise.
FORTY-FIRST TIME
Fischer Has Contest,
but Slate Is Re
named.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 23.— 1
Samuel Gompers was today re-elect
ed president of the American Federa
tion of Labor in convention here. •
Gompers' re-election without op
position was the biggest surprise of |
. the convention, following as it did i
| vigorous attempts during the past
Ifew days to crystallize opposition
Ragainst him.
r "From the very bottom of my
heart I thank you for this unani
mous re-election as president of the
American Federation of Labor.” Gom
perg declared in accepting his continued
honors.
"At some t‘me before the convention
adjourns I may have something to say
regarding your election of me, but at
this time, consistent with the purpose I
had in mind of brevity, l must refrain
from any further remarks."
Gompers' election was the forty-first
time he has been chosen to head the
federation, he having held the office dur
ing the entire life of the federation,
with the exception of one year.
James Duncan, head of the Granite
Workers, was re-elected first vice presi
dent.
Without opposition, Joseph F. Valen
tine of the molders, Frank Duffy of the
street car men. William Green of the
miners. W. D. Mahon of the street car
men and T. A. Rickert of the garment J
workers were re-elected as vice pres:- j
dents.
The first opposition to the present of
ficers of the federation came with the
election of seventh vice president. Thomas
F. Flaherty, secretary of the poetofflee
clerks, was nominated as opposing
Jacob Fischer of the International Union
of Journeymen Barbers. Fischer was re
elected.
Matthew Well of the engravers was
elected eighth vice president.
Daniel Tobin of the teamsters was re- j
elected treasurer of the federation.
Frank Morrison was unanimously re- !
elected secretary.
The forty-third annual convention will
be held in Portland, Ore. In October, 1923.
The delegates so voted this afternoon i
after considering an invitation also from
Houston. Texas.
William G. Hulsbeck of Kentucky j
State federation was named fraternal
delegate to attend the Dominion Trade
and Labor Congress in Canada, and
Benjamin Schlessinger, New York, of the
Ladies' Garment Workers’ Union, and
Edward J. McGivern of the Plasterers’
Union, fraternal delegates to the British
Trades Unions.
CITIZENS SEEK
INJUNCTION TO
STOP PAVING
Charge Contract Was Let Il
legally for King Street
Job.
Charging illegal awarding of a con
tract for the paring of King street be
tween St. Clair street and the first alley
south of Sixteenth street, sixty-two of
the ninety-fire property owners residing
oil that street filed suit in Superior Court
Room 1 today against city of Indian
apolis and the Marion County Construc
tion Company, seeking an injunction to
prerent the defendants carrying out a
contract for paring the street.
The complaint states the city adopted
a resolution for the improvement April
19. The resolution made optional use of
wooden blocks, asphalt, bituminous con
crete, concrete or brick laid in six inches
of gravel for a thirty-foot-wide street,
with 337 feet of marginaf limestone. This
resolution was confirmed May 10.
Bids were submWted May 24 after the
city declared In favor of asphalt and an
order was adopted to that effect. Six
construction firms submitted prices
ranging from $3 39 a lineal foot for rein
forced. two-course concrete to $5.43 for
sheet asphalt.
Twelve days later, the majority of the
freeholders concerned presented a peti
tion asking two-course concrete be used.
The city engineer made no record of this
petition and absolutely disregarded It, it
is alleged.
The contract was awarded to the de
fendant company at a price of $5.43 per
lineal foot of asphalt. The complaint
states the city refused to recognize the
petition of the plaintiffs and refused to
accept the lowest hid. that of A. D.
Bowen, who bid $3 39 per lineal foot for
construction of a two-course concrete
roadway, which was as requested in the
petition.
The contract is illegal and irivalid, the
complaint sets forth, because the petition
of the majority of the property owners
was disregarded and the lowest bid was
not accepted, as the law provides it must
be.
Complete Recess
of House Proposed
WASHINGTON, June 23.—A complete
recess of the House for one month or fire
weeks from Jane 30 was proposed today
by Republican Leader Mondell.
The recess would be effected by an ad
journment for that period under a con
current resolution to be passed by the
House and Senate.
WEATHER
Forecast for Indianapolis and vicinity
for the twenty-four hours ending at 7
p. m., Saturday. June 24:
Fair and warmer tonight and Saturdar.
HOURLY TEMPERATURE. j
8 a. m 08
7 a. m 70
8 a. m 76 •
9 a. m 75
10 a. m 80
11 a. m S2
12 (noon) 84
1 p. m 1 88
2 P- m SS
‘Wha’ D’y See ’
May Help to
Locate Man
The “Wha’ D'y See” column In the
Times—a frivolous feature that was
started merely to brighten the day for
our redaers—may be the means of locat
ing a man of impaired mentality, who
has wandered away and become lost to
hla wife and children.
A few days ago this item appeared in
“Wha' D'y See?”:
F. M. T. reports a tramp who
knocked at the door and asked for a
bite. When he was asked into the
kitchen and seated before a platter
of food, he bowed his head and al
tered a prayer before starting to
eat.
Today Mrs. Margaret Reid, 419 North
Delaware street, expressed belief that
the “tramp'' was her husband, Norman
O. Reid, who disappeared from his home
on June 19- Reid was on furlough from
the Central Indiana Hospital for Insane.
When he left home he wore a dark gray
suit, brown hat. black shoes and blue
shirt. He has brown eyes and curly
hair.
The Times docs not know the identity
of F. M TANARUS., but if the contributor to
the abhve item to “Wha’ D'y See.” will
get in touch with Mrs. Reid or with the
editor of the Times, a service may be
porformed for the wife and children of
the missing man.
MINEOWNERS
MAY ASK AN
INJUNCTION
Complaint Is Being
Prepared for
Filing.
IN FEDERAL COURT;
Interest in the coal mine strike cen- j
tered in Indianapolis again today, with j
the prospect that a suit to enjoin the
United Mine Workers of America from
interfering through violence with the
mining of coal will be filed in Federal
Court here within a very short time.
The complaint, it is understood, is being
prepared by Miller, Dailey & Thomp
son, attorneys, in behalf of operators in
Indiana fields, and possibly for those in
other parts of the central competitive
field.
No official statement was forthcoming
9 to the exact nature of the suit, but
it was expected to follow the lines of j
the suit filed by the Borderland Coal j
Company for the purpose of putting a j
stop to the West Virginia mine war some >
time ago.
Such an injunction, if granted, could b !
used by the Federal Government to take j
a hand in such disturbances as the Illinois J
mine war, and to punish persons respon- !
sible.
While no announcement has been made, 1
it was expected the defendants will be j
the international officers of the miners j
and the State officers in Indiana. If the I
action covers the entire central com- !
petltive field, the officers of districts
comprising this section probably would
be defendants.
The proposed suit is regarded as a
possible first step of operators to put an
end to the nation-wide coal strike.
Cops Resent
Rehearsing on
Their Day Oft
A murmur of discontent that threatens
to become a howl of rebellion was heard
around police headquarters today when
the order was given that policemen
should use their day off for target prac
tice.
A policeman has a day off once in
every two weeka. He works on Sunday
end all holidays. When it was announced
;that police officers must go to the In
dianapolis Gun Club on their day off and
fire the required number of rounds at
a target, there was a general hurried
canceling of fishing tripe and other en
gagements.
I “We pay our own car fare to the In
dianapolis Gun Club and back," said one
| policeman, “but that is not so bad. Then
the cartridges we use cost about $1 for
each target practice, and we pay for
them out of our own money. That is not
so bad, but when we are forced to go
out to that target range on our day off,
the one day in two weeks we have
(with our families, *tbat is almost the
; limit.”
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LLOYD GEORGE
INCLUDED IN
MURDER PLOT
Irish Rebel Ring Is
Disclosed, Police
Assert.
FIND DOCUMENTS
Death of Sir Henry
Wilson First of
Conspiracy.
LONDON, June 23.—Other promi
nent British officials, including Lloyd
George, have been marked for assas
sination by an Irish rebel murder ring,
the police believe today from disclos
ures following the murder of Sir
Henry Wjlson, Ulster defense chief.
The London police have captured
sensational documents disclosing a
conspiracy to kill several prominent
personages, as well as plans for a
campaign of outrages throughout
England.
The Inquest into Sir Henry Wil
son's murder will be held Monday.
The slayers of the famed field marshal
were given a preliminary hearing in
Westminster police court today, and
were remanded for a week.
Three factors led the police and mili
tary authorities to suspect that Wilson's
death may have been only the first blow
of a widespread murder plot agatust op
ponents of republican Ireland.
1. A quantity of arms and munitions.
Including hand grenades and gellnite,
within a house a stone's throw of where
Sir Henry Wilson was shot down, was
discovered.
2. Evidence of sixteen men and a
woman arrested for questioning last ]
night.
3. Stories of witnesses to the shooting ;
of Wilson, who agree that apparent, nc- I
complices of the assassins were in the
neighborhood and attempted to divert the :
chase following the murder.
It wrs authoritatively stated today that
the assassins. James O'Brien au-1 James
O’Connelly, operated in conjunction with
a large organixstion. Both were con- j
nected with the Irish republican army, I
in wtft capacity was not made clear. !
O'Connelly had been employed as a
night watchman at Richmond House ter- j
race, the government buildings Just op
posite the entrance to Downing street, j
on which Lloyd George's residence is
located.
Both murderers, it was said, resided at
Croydon, near the airdome, for aome time.
Predictions that the government's ex
istence would be jeopardized by the
death of Wilson, owing to a revulsion
of feeling against tbs present Irish pol
icy proved apparently unfounded when
the House of Commons, by 107 to 43,
defeated a motion to adjourn.
Chamberlain and Edward Shortt, home
secretary, were subjected to a fire of
criticism and questioning. The former
declared that, owing to the improved
Irish situation, special police guards
guarding prominent personages here
were withdrawn a month ago. He added
these guards had been resumed today.
CITY MARKET
CONTROL NOW
IS MUNICIPAL
County Commissioners Re
linquish Jurisdiction When
Question Is Brought Up.
Jurisdiction over the market stands on
the inside of the sidewalk surrounding
the courthouse ha* been handed over to
the city authorities by county commis
sioners Harry D. Tntewller and Albert
Hoffman, it was announced today.
The change was brought about when a
delegation from the city hall, headed by
Ed G. Sourbier of the board of safety,
called on Tutewiler and Hoffman to dis
cuss the question of who had authority
over the inside stands. The result of the
conference was that the city police will
have power to close the stands at 1
o’clock on all market days except Satur
day, and that the owners of the sfards
ore now amenable to the city inspector
of weights and measures.
It was also agreed that a stand owner
could have only one stand. Heretofore
Is seems that stand owners could rent
one from the county and one from the
city.
The county officials favored giving pref
erence to farmers who bring in their own
produce and market it direct to the peo
ple, while the city delegation was favor
able to the local element. Falling that,
they expressed the wish that the farmers
allowed be from Marion County exclusive
ly. When U was brought out that the
farmers of Marion County might not be
able to supply the demand for produce
the point was dropped. The proposition
that farmers be allowed to drive into
the Courthouse yard was (liscussed and
dropped.
FLANK ATTACK
ON BONUS BILL
Senator Williams, Democrat,
Would Restrict Bene
ficiaries.
WASHINGTON, June 23.—A Dank at
tack was made on the soldiers' bonne
today by Senator Williams, Democrat of
Mississippi, an avowed bonus opponent,
when he offered an amendment to the
McOumber bonus bill in the Senate to
day which would restrict payment of
the tonus to those ex-service men who
earn annual incomes of $2,000 or less.
SUMMER HOURS
The retail stores of Indianapolis
belonging to the Merhcants Associ
ation will commence observing the
5 o'clock closing hour on July 5.
The stores will close on this hour
on the first five days of the week
from July 5 to and Including Sept. 1.
This hour does not apply to Satur
days, as many of the stores will
close >on Saturdays at noon.
INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1922.
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REGISTRATION
LAW UPHELD
IN HIGHCOURT
Suit Filed Against Act
Fails to Win
Out.
VALIDITY SETTLED
1921 Amendment Is
Basis for Legal
Attack.
The Indiana registration law in con
stitutional, the Supreme Court of Indiana
held today in sustaining the Weils Cir
cuit Court in finding against Abraai
Simmons, prominent attorney of Bhifftou
on a suit attacking the law.
Simmons filed the suit several months
ago, asking injunction to prevent Wells [
County officials from carrying out pro- i
vtstons of the registration law. He al- I
leged the law unconstitutional because
when Article 2, Section 2 of the State
Constitution was amended at the special
election of 1921 the words “If he shall i
have been duly registered according to
law,” which were contained in. the old
section were left out. The section Is
that which gives equal suffrage to women.
Simmons held the Constitution defines
qualifications for a voter and the Legis
lature has no power to go further and
prescribe registration as a requirement.
BROAD RIPPLE
IS STIRRED UP
BY ANNEXATION
Residents of Suburban Village
Divided on Matter of
Adoption.
Both “Pro” and “Anti” annexationists
were busy in Broad Ripple today circu
lating' petitions and remonstrances on
the question of annexation to Indian
apolis in an endeavor to prove without a
doubt that the majority of Broad Kippl*
residents are either for becoming a part
of Indianapolis or for staying out. Those
who favor annexation* were .circulating a
petition asking Mayor Shank promptly
to sign the ordinance passed by the city
council annexing the northern suburb
while those oposed were getting ready
to carry a remonstrance to court
Two meetings were held last night, one
at Shadd's Hall, Sixty-First and College
avenue, by those who favor annexation,
and the other at the home of Fred
Rauscber, 3420 College avenue, by those
opposed. The “anti's" claim that they
have already obtained the signatures of
between 400 and 500 persons to the re
monstrance.
Among the speakers at the meeting at
the Rauscher home were William J.
Clark, Dr. 8. F. Hesler, Mr. Rauseher,
Edward Hitchcock and Robert Glanbke,
a member of the Broad Ripple town
board.
Thos who are opposed to annexation
said that the town of' Broad Ripple
would be asked to provide means of
garbage collection in the near future
and that a meeting of the Broad Ripple
Chamber of Commerce would be held
soon to discuss means of solving that
problem. Garbage disposal by the city
has been one of the arguments used
by the proponents of annexation with
considerable effect.
William J. Clark, one of the speakers, !
asserted that the building of a Sewer sys- !
tern extending through Broad Ripple was j
not dependent upon annexation, as ha
been stated by members of the board of j
works. He cited the situation with re- |
gard to Woodruff which he said was not
a part of Indianapolis and yet bad ' a
sewer system. He referred also to a
similar situation at Beech Grove. Other
speakers asserted that street car rates
would not be lowered: that freight rates
would not decrease: that Broad Ripple's
individual school system would be de
moralised, teachers discharged and re
placed by Incompetent substitutes. The ■
Indianapolis school board was also tho
subject of attack by the speakers.
J. B. Hessong. chairman of the annex
ation forces, pointed out the cost of the
remonstrance If defeat in court would
have to be met by those signing it and
that fewer signatures would be obtained
by those circulating the remonstrance if
that fact was generally known. The pe
tition asking Mayor Shank to sign the
annexation ordinance will be presented
Monday, it was anounced, and a num
ber of Broad Ripple women will be ap
pointed, it was said, lo present the pe
tition to Mayor Shank.
Heavy Truck Goes
Through Bridge
A five-ton truck driven by Calvin
Schoob, 41 South Meridian street,
crashed through the Linden street bridge
over Pleasant run today, when Scboob
attempted to cross it. Schoob escaped
with a bruised and cut elbow and a
slightly injured knee.
Parent-Teacher Association to
Ask Shank for More Playgrounds
Convinced the city needs more, In
stead of fewer, playgrounds the civic
committee of the Federation of Parent-
Teacher Associations of the Indianapolis
public schools will go before Mayor
Shank as goon as he returns to the city
and ask that he alter the plans of the
city recreation department to discontinue
eleven or more grounds this summer.
The hoard of directors of the federa
tion met on Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. J. W. Vestal, 431 North
Gray street, and expressed practically
unanimous disapproval of curtailment of
recreation facilities.
| Thirty three olaygrounds will be
opetled Saturday, Edward Mcßride, dl
FIND TRAIL
IN MURDER
OF SHEFFER
Nie Sheffer, Brother,
Released After
Questions.
SECOND ARREST
Three Shots Fired Into
Body of Dead
Man.
AUBURN, Ind.. June 23.—Bloodhounds
struck a trail here today to clear the
mysterious murder of James VV. Sheffer,
prominent resident of Auburn, and the
probably fatal shooting of his wife.
Three shots were fired into Sheffer's
body and he fell dead. Two bullets
entered Mrs. Shelter's body and she is
in a critical condition.
They were entering their garage late
last night, returning home from a band
concert.
"There were shots and shots and
shots," said Mr*. Sheffer. "I thought
they never would get through shooting
The shots seemed to be coming up from
below."
A son and a daughter, the only chil
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Sheffer. were killed
In January, 1921. when their home was
dynamited and destroyed. The parents
were Injured at that time, too. Follow
ing the explosion. Nie Sheffer, a brother,
was arrested, but was released later.
The only clew police have are three
discharged cartridges from an auto
matic pistol. One was on the floor of
the garage door and two more were in
the automobile, indicating the Shelters
were shot at close range.
Baput'rs and guards were stationed on
all roadu leaving Auburn.
Nie Steffers, was taken into custody
again ecrly today and questioned by
police. Later he was released.
Judge Takes
Rap at Jails
and Paroles
High taxes, pampering of prisoners at
penal institutions and the parole .-system,
were discussed at considerable length
by Judge Albert B. Anderson in Fed
eral Court today when forty-seven defen
dants who had previously entered pleas
of guilty or bad been found guilty of a
wide variety of Federal offenses, appeared
for sentence.
“As I understand it we have a parole
board in this State to determine if pris
oners at State institutions have been
thoroughly reformed, and if so, they are
let out of prison,” Judge Anderson
said. “Why, we have had more paroled
prisoners up here than ods could count,
prisoners who have been thoroughly ’re
formed,’ and then get right back into
trouble again.
“We pay high taxes, property is as
sessed at more than it is worth, and at
penal institutions they have s,lower
baths, movies, baseball games, and
marble bathrooms. Why I haven't any
*hower bath in my house. Have you got
a shower bath?” Judge Anderson asked
Martin Hugg. lawyer, who was sitting
a short discancft from the bench.
“Well why don't yon commit a crime |
and get one?" he added when Mr. Hugg I
answered In the negative.
“.And yet this man Thompson," re
ferring to Lester Thompson of Mnncie
. (Continued on Page Nineteen.)
Safety Board
Prohibit Al
Indiscrlmlnate pre-Fourth of July uae
of fireworks caused the board of public
safety today to threaten to prohibit use
of firecrackers and other explosireg
whfeli a city ordinance gives the board
power to suppress if it so desires.
Instructions have been issued to Chief
of Police Eikhoff to haTe any person
caught shooting fireworks before the
Fourth of July arrested.
A fine of from $5 to S2OO Is provided
for violation of the fireworks ordinance.
Several days ago Oscar O. Wise, ex
ecutive secretary of ‘he board, announced
the same rules in force last year would
he continued this year. These provide
no one can shoot, possess, buy or sell
any firecracker longer than three inches,
any pistol, toy gun. toy cannon, blank
cartridge containing black gunpowder or
other more powerful explosive, any fire
cracker containing an explosive more
powerful than gunpowder or nay device
which throws a spark or itself higher
than ten feet. This absolutely prohibts
Roman candles and sky-rockets under
any consideration. Merchants can be ar
rested for even having them in stock, it
was pointed out.
The ordinance provides the board of
rector of recreation, has announced.
There were more than forty-five operated
last summer.
The question has been referrred to the
parks and recreation committee of tip?
Indianapolis Federation of Community
Civic Clubs by Edward O. Snethen,
president, for action Saturday morning.
He said be thought the committee would
adopt a resolution declaring against
closing any grounds. This would be
submitted to the general meeting of the
federation next Friday evening.
narks and recreation committee is
to confer with the board of park com
missioners Saturday Corning upon the
iproponal to establish A municipal lake
WEEKS IS ON
WRONG TRACK,
SAYS BISHOP
Prohibition Views Do
Not Express Popular
Sentiment.
PRIMARIES PROVE
Forces of Dry Inter
ests Little Con
cerned.
i
Secretary of War Weeks, in de
claring for the modification of the
prohibition laws, misjudged the sen
| tlment of the people, Bishop Thomas
B. Nicholson of Chicago, president of
the Anti-Saloon
1 i ca - declared in a
ml statement to the
Bl Mi Times today.
jjmM here attending
the meeting of
the let -hodlst
V . J bishops.
\ N J Bishop Nlchol
■ f 'ii Ron Kald the P ro-
ii htbitlon forces are
not much perturbed
over the attitude of
NICHOLSON. the Sect otary of
War. As proof that the Secretary of
War is wrong, Bishop Nicholson pointer
to the recent primaries, especially the
one in Pennsylvania, where Gifford
Plnchot, a member of the Anti-Saloon
League, was nominated for Governor.
The statement follows:
“The prohibition forces are not ao j
much perturbed over the statement of j
Secretary of War Weeks. He has al- I
ways held substantially the position of
opposition he now takes. He has been
In the column of the lrreeonciliables on :
the prohibition question and has voted :
against the prohibition legislation.
DEPENDS ON
WHO’S TALKING.
“As to his statement that he has found j
a general sentiment in favor of an
amendment to the Volstead act. that de
pends upon the persons to whom he
listens.
"The facts are fairly ascertainable
The results of the primaries held thus far
do not bear him out. It has not been
so In Illinois, where there is a gain of at
least one congressional nominee favoring :
no repeal In the sum total of the list.
“It was not so In Pennsylvania, where!
the Republicans nominated a member of j
the Anti Saloon League board for Gov- j
ernor. It has not been so in Oregon.!
Wherever the test on a wine and beer j
clause has been made thua far, the re- j
sells have not Jnstlfled the statement that j
there is a general sentiment of a modlfl- ,
cation of the Volstead act
“It la-’a question of standing by the !
Constitution and of whether, when this!
Nation passes laws consonant with the
Constitution, it has the wisdom, the j
steadiness and the loyalty to enforce
those laws and to keep them from being j
nullified by indirection.
QUESTION OF STANDING
BY CONSTITUTION.
“Did the saloon men ever obey the
laws under the old’system?
"Did they generally obey the lawa for
bidding sale of liquor to minors or to
habitual drunkards?
"Will this nation consent to see men j
force a repeal of an act, opposed when
passed only by a rather small minority,
on the mala ground that this nation la j
too Impotent to make effective the en
forcement of the laws which register the
will of the reople? I think not.
“The liquor men are forcing it. All j
good people should understand that it j
is a real fight with a wily foe but if
sentiment and conviction are honestly j
and widely registered, 1 confidently pre- j
diet that there will be no legalized wine
and beer In the United States."
ESCAPE BLOOMINGTON JAIL.
To men, Delbert Dobson, 18, nnd Fred
Thomas, 23, escaped from the Blooming- i
ton Jail last night, according to a tele
gram from Fred Campbell. Bloomington ,
police chief, to the local police.
Threatens to
' Firecrackers
safety may prohibit all fireworks or pre
scribe regulations.
"It was out of consideration for the
kids who want to celebrate the Fourth
like their fathers did that we permit
the use of the milder forms of fire
works,” said Mr. Wise. “Our regula
tions provide no one can shoot fire
works unless they secure a permit from
our office. To get a permit a written
application stating the place the fire
works are to be used and the hours in
which they will ba fired must be pre
sented. Children under IS years of age
must have their permits signed by one
of their parents. Under no circumstances
is permission granted for using fire
works on any other day than the Fourth
of July.
“In spite of the fact that permission is
not granted to use fireworks until July
4, we are getting reports constantly and
have personally observed that children
and adults are shooting firecrackers every
day. We have Instructed the chief of
police to rigorously enforce, the ordi
nance and he has promised the arrest
of any one found shooting firecrackers
before the" Fourth.”
Only fifty permits have been taken out.
and It Is possible the playground matter
may be brought up then, Mr. Snethen
said.
Mrs. George C. Finfrock. president of
the Federation of Parent-Teacher Clubs)
said the civic committee, of which Mrs.
M. E. Robbins, 2037 Ashland avenue, is
chairman was instructed to confer with
the mayor on playground closing after
practically all directors had declared
themselves to be opposed to cutting
municipal expenditures upor. piny facili
ties for children.
"We are not going to the mayor with
the idea of demanding anything,” said
Mrs. B'infrock. "We have observed the
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TOWNS QUIET
WHERE COAL
MINERS DIED
Massacre of Twenty-Five Workers Is Closed
Incident So Far as Residents of District
Are Concerned—Likely Guilty Will Not
Be Brought to Justice.
‘SUICIDES,’ SYMPATHIZERS DECLARE
MARION, 111., June 23. —Streets of
southern Illinois raining towns were
quiet today. The massacre of at
least twenty-five strike-breaking min
ers was a closed subject.
A few small groups which formed
on the streets of Marion, Herrin and
other mining communities, from
which the mob of two thousand was
recruited .talked In hushed tones and
usually in foreign tongues.
The strike sympathizers believe
that the guilty will not be punished.
“They committed suicide,” or “they at
tempted to escape and were shot,” were
the two explanations of the killings
mo6t given when any one was found who
would talk.
For the most part, however, the strik
ing miners remained in their homes.
LOCAL PAPERS GIVE
LITTLE HEED TO KILLING.
Even the local papers failed to ~tve the
killings much display.
The total number of bodies recovered
was brought up to twenty-five today.
Seventeen were in the morgue at Hrrln,
while the others were taken to their
homes.
Although some reports reaching CoL
Samuel Hunter, reporting in the Nation
al Guard here, placed the total death
list as high as forty, the military offi
cials believed all bodies had been recov
ered.
"One or two more bodies may be
found In the woods, but I believe most
of those reported missing have escaped,”
Hunter said.
Bodies In the morgues here were bad
ly mutilated. Most of the dead still un
claimed were from Chicago. They were
sent here by a labor agency and no
step bad been made to return them to
day.
No formal procedure for probe and
prosecution has been gotten under way
today.
The Inquest was postponed until next
week.
DELOS DUTY
PROSECUTOR.
Delos Duty, prosecuting attorney,
stated he was quietly conducting an In
vestlgatton and that he expected to hare
results within a few days.
Members of the mob of attackers were
gathered from all the little mining
communities In the southern section of
the State, and Duty believed it would
be practically an impossibility to bring
them all Into court.
Sheriff Thaxton and other county of
ficials believed that the trouble was
over; that there would be no need for
troops.
“As Jong as they do not operate the
mines the men will remain peaceable,"
Thaxton said.
AU mines were closed down tight to
day. About five had been operating in
this district. Even the legitimate strip
mines, which are allowed to operate un
der the union regulations, were closed.
Peace Once More Reigns
in Scene of Mine Battle
HERRIN, HI., June 23.—Seventeen
bodies, lying on crude stretchers In an
Improvised morgue here, were the only
evidence left today of the bitter mine
battle fought on the outskirts of this
peaceful country village.
This sleepy, quiet country town, with
pretty bungalows and homes and few
signs of being a mining community, was
quiet and peaceful.
There were no miners with guns on
their hips or carrying sticks of dyna
mite.
The day was hot and about seventy
five men sat around the city hall In
overalls, peaceably smoking pipes.
Lewis Denies Union Ever
Encouraged Lawlessness
CINCINNATI, Ohio. June 23.—" The
United Mine Workers are not to any de
gree responsible for the unfortunate oc
: currenee at Herrin. 111.,” John L. Lewis,
president of the United Mine Workers,
declared today in a formal statement Is
sued here.
"The organization has never encour
aged and does not condone lawlessness
of any character. The officers of the
organization are shocked and greatly
deplore this tragedy.”
| Lewis blamed . "agents provacatnres”
I for the trouble.
"We are not unmindful of the fact,” he
said. "That sinister influence have for
some time been at work among our
membership to incite and inflame the
spirit of violence. The ranks of the
| strikers are infested with thousands of
j detectives and secret service operatives,
whose employment by coal companies
depends upon their ability to provoke
violence and disturb public tranquility.
We have frequently called attention to
this fact before Investigating committees
of Congress and have cited innumerable
Instances where outrages and murders
have been committed by these irrespon
sible and lawless agents of the coal op
erators.
"It Is not true, as alleged that the
telegram from me addressed to State
‘PRAYER’
HERRIN, 111., June 23.—'"Twenty
five scabs arc dead, nine are in the
hospital and the mine is closed The
striking njiners’ prayer Is answered.”
These words. crudely lettered on a
sign, aro conspicuously posted today
In a barber shop on the main street,
a short distance from the morgue
that houses most of the victims of the
mine war that prevailed late Wednes
day and throughout moat of Thurs
day. It apparently typifies the feel
ing prevalent in this district.l
HOME EDITION
TWO CENTB PER COPY
The wounded were being cared for In
the little hospital at Herrin-
Sixteen were suffering from serious
gunshot and bullet wound injuries. They
also had been bruised with clubs and
TROOPS
CHICAGO, June 23. —:One thousand
troops were mobtiizied here today on
orders of Governor Len Small and
held in readiness to move Into the
WllHaiuson County coal mine district
In case of further rioting.
revolvers. Deaths of several were mo
mentarily expected. A total of fifty
one surrendered when the attackers
swarmed into the mine.
With twenty-five known dead and six
teen Injured and two known uninjured
survivors, all but eight of the men who
surrendered are accounted for.
Authorities believed they escaped, as
thorough search of the district surround
ing the mine failed to reveal any ad
ditional bodies.
Reports that several had been drowned
were believed untrue when a smal lake
was dragged, without result.
Feeling was still running high here to
day and mine operators were ordered by
officials not to make any further at
tempts to operate with non-union labor.
REMOVE BODY OF
MINE SUPERINTENDENT.
Feeling against C. A- McDowell, guper
inteedent of the mine, who was the flrxt
slain, was still so bitter in Herrin that
his body was moved to a morgue in a
neighboring city in secrecy. Official*
feared that the strike sympathizers might
make an effort to obtain bi body
precipitate anew ontbreaw.
It was believed that all except three or
four of the fifty-one strikebreakers who
fell into the hands of the mob when they
stormed the stockade, were either killed
or Injured.
No members of the attackers were
found who would tell their story of the
events of the massacre.
The word was passed around that the
strikebreakers and guard were killed
while marching to Herrin when they
made an attempt to escape.
This was denied by the survivor* of
the strikebreakers.
Colonel Samuel N. Hunter, who Is rep
resenting the National Guard on the
ground, said today as far as he knew no
investigation into the killing were under
way and that no arrests had been made.
Colonel Hunter pointed out that the
military authorities could do nothing to
punish the men who are guilty unless
the district was under martial law.
The following telegram was today re
(Oontlnned on Page Ten.)
The morgue, located on a little side
street, was locked.
A few curious had faces pressed
against the windows looking at the sheet
covered bodies within.
At mine union headquarters the door
was locked. An old gray-headed guard
said all of the boys were out “picking
berries.”
W. E. Sneed, State Senator and chief
union official in this district, had gone
to Springfield to consult with State au
thorities.
Hugh Willis, a member of the execn
tive board, was the next ranking official
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Senator William J. Snead, had any ref
erence or connection with the disturb
ance at Herrin. A reading of the tele
gram, which has already been promised,
will conclusively show that It merely re
ferred to the trade union status of the
members of the Steam Shovelmen’s
Union, who were working In strip pit
operations throughout the country. The
activities of the memebrs of the Steam
Shovelmen's Union had caused them to
be definitely placed in the category of
strikbreakers and so I stated In my tele
gram of the 19th instant In reply to the
inquiry wire by Senator Snead.”
Wha’ D’y See?
“Stenographer” saw a sign In a
restuarant—lt has been there for at least
a "Lean Quick Lunch.”
J. O. saw a woman auto driver "atonn”
because she thought a traffic cop, sig
nalling her, was trying to flirt with her.
F. A. G. saw a motorman run his
West Indianapolis car all the way down
town and not once look back into the
car.
Miss E. S. saw a girl about 18 years
old, enter a drug store. She opened her
pocketbook, and dropped a pair of dice.
In fumbling deeper into her purse she
disclosed a package of cigarettes and a
box of matches. A $5 bill showed through
her stocking.
| N. T. T. saw a bulletin In The Times
'window that said: “Preacher Held on
Charge of Marrying Five Wives and Bad
Check.”
WHAT DIIDYOU SEE?
Tell the Whs’ D’y see Editor of the
T l —” -!>out It on a postcard la a
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