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RESERVOIR OF
POWER UNDER
FALL’S CONTROL
Object of Swing Boulder Can
yon Bill Now Pending in
Congress.
BOND ISSUE PROPOSED
Editor’s Soto—Secretary of the In
terior Fall is one of the country’s
hardest officials to interview. Here
Is the first of two articles—interviews
with this hard-to-get-at Cabinet
member—dealing with the greatest
hydro-electric power project In the
world.
BY W. H. PORTER FIFED.
WASHINGTON", June 23.—Passage of
the Swing Boulder Canyon bill, hearings
of which are now being held before the
House Agricultural Committee, will give
to Secretary of the Interior Fall, prac
tically absolute power, in the allocation
of the greatest reservoir of hydro-electric
power ever developed by any undertak
ing in all history.
Secretary Fall, in an exclusive inter
view with your correspondent, frankly
admits this feature of his proposed
a mend men s to the bill, but declares he
sees no other feasible way to develop
this great project.
Boulder Canyon, the super dam which
Secretary Fall and Secretary of Com
merce Hoover are now recommending to
be built on the Colorado River near the
point where Nevada, California and
Arizona Join, will cost about $3l),OOO.OoO.
“It can be entirely paid for, and easily,
by the sale or lease of the 700.000 hydro
electric horse power, which will be de
veloped,” said Secretary Fall.
"NOT A DOLLAR
FROM TKLvSI BY.”
"Not a dollar need be drawn from the
treasury or appropriated for the pur
pose. We can authorize the Issuance of
thirty-year bonds at modest interest
and sell these bonds st a premium suf
ficient to pay all interest on the in
vestment while it is under construction
up to the time the Government is ready
to distribute the power.
“I would allocate these bonds to the
cities, towns and private corporations
who wish to buy or lease power. And
to secure priority of right, I feel certain
they would be willing to pay handsome
premiums. No, I would not give the
power to the highest bidders—not at all—
but would make the allocation on the
basis of the needs of the various ap
plicants.”
But cities can sell power mnch cheaper
than private corporations, was suggested.
“Os course.” replied Secretary Fall,
‘‘and the allocation will have that In
mind.
“You can not Imagine," continued the
secretary, “the terrific pressure which
has been and is being exerted to secure
•priority rights for power at Diamond
Ceek 'and elsewhere on the Colorado, be
fore tfia government gets started on
Boulder Os'nyon.
“That is the one big reason I want
Congress to get busy and pass this bill
at once before it is everlastingly too iate.
If we do not get busy now. control of
electric power in the West will pass Into
the hands of private corporttlons perma
nently.”
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Parent-Teachers
to Ask Shank for
More Playgrounds
(Continued From Page One.)
mayor to be a man who wants to do
what the majority of the people desire.
In directing the cut in the number of
playgrounds we believe he merely has
not been fully informed of the wishes
of the great majority o fthe parents in
the city. Wo have no doubt he will be
very glad to listen to the facts w’e de
sire to present to him and we believe
these facts will be such as to give him
sound basis for revising his views.”
Ciitzeus interested in progress of mu
nicipal recreation work recalled a sur
vey of the city made by the park and
recreation departments early in 1921. As
a result of this work tentative sites for
additional playgrounds were picked to
bring the total number to seventy and
provide one within a half mile of everp
child In the city.
Since the recreation department was
given its separate tax levy of from 1
to 2 cents three years ago there has
been steady Increases in the number of
playgrounds until now. Last year the
recreation department was graded by
experts in the Bureau of Educat'on at
Washington as the third best in t*e
country. When the development first
started three years ago there were eigh
teen playgrounds.
In 1020, thirty-eight, and during 1021
at oue time more than fifty were In op
eration. These were culled to eliminate
grounds where attendance did not war
rant the expense. Pny roll records at
the city hall show forty-four in opera
tion on Aug. 10 last year. Since this
list was made public it has been learned
grounds also were operated late In the
season at Indinnola Park and at Mount
and Washington streets. Neither of
these is on the list for opening this year,
bringing the total known number to be
discontinued to thirteen.
SI RTET MADE BY
EXPERTS IN 1921.
The 1921 survey was made on a thor
oughly scientific basis by men highly
trained In recreation and pßrk work.
They took into account the density of
population and probable trend of resi
dential development, present parks and
municipally owned grounds available,
present schoolgrounds and schoolgronnds
where, in cooperation with the school
j board, additional land could be pur
chased adjacent to school buildings.
The scheme called for acquisition of
ground adjacent to school buildings in
at least ten places. These have never
been made public because the officials
feared property owners would boost
prices if they knew there was a demand
for the land. It was thought wise to de
velop playgrounds and schoolgrounds to
gether because there would be twelve
1 mouths use of the property instead of
only during the summer months, as Is
true of playgrounds not next to schools.
Joint school and city grounds also re
; liere the city of the expense of building
1 shelter houses and toilet facilities, since
\ the school buildings provide these.
| Besides the sites next to schools, the
survey calls for acquisition of new ground
or development of land now owned by
the park board in approximately ten other
places. The present park board is ad
vancing resolutions for the purchase of
!at least two of these sites now. one in
Brightwood and the other at Spann and
Fletcher avenues.
RHODIUS PARK
WILL NOT OPEN.
One of the proposed developments on
ground now owned by the city was In
Rfcodius Park. The present plans of the
recreation departm. nt do not provide
i so- opening a ground here Saturday, de
spite the fact the ground operated last
year at School No. 49 is to be dosed
i this year. Mr. Mcßride said No. 49 will
not be opened because It Is within a block
of Rhodius Park. The park board has
operated baseball diamonds and had some
playground apparatus In Rhodius Park
in the past, but there has been no or
ganized playground work with instructors
and full equipment.
The park board, which resigned at
Mayor Shank's suggestion Jan. 2,
planned to develop a playground this
glimmer at Margaret J. Christian Park,
and on the twelve acres south of Twen
ty-Fourth street on the west side of
Northwestern avenue, purchased a year
ago. The present board has not carried
out the plan.
Several sites in the extreme north side
were included in the survey. One of
these was at Thirtieth street and Col
lege avenue. Another was to be of such
nature it could be developed into an
athletic field for use by high schools.
One is in the neighborhood of the re
cently developed residential section at
Fortieth 6treet and Guilford avenue.
A major feature of the acquisition
scheme was purchase of 160 acres near
Thirty-Fourth and Dearborn streets for
development of a northeastern park,
serving Brightwood and another swiftiy
growing residential section.
PEACE AGAIN
REIGNS WHERE
BATTLE RAGED
(Continued From Page One.)
left In ITerrln. He told the union side
of the story.
“Last week I went out to the mine of
the Southern Illinois Coal Company and
called on Superintendent J. B. M< Dowell
to ask him to cease operating vyith
strikebreakers. McDowell told me to
‘get to hell off this property.’ ”
WILLIS TELLS OF
SENDING telegrams.
Wilils then related how telegrams were
sent to John L. Lewis and Frank Far
rington, international union chiefs, ask
ing them the status of the men em
ployed in the mine and the reply that
they were “all common strikebreakers.”
A meeting of the local union heads
was called, Willis said, and ”we decided
that we did not have authority to act.”
A mass meeting was called. George
O'Neill, a union miner, was appointed the
Paul Revere to summon miners for the
defense. O’Neill, riding in a small au
tomobile, toured the country for miles
around, traveling at a high rate of speed,
sounding the call for the meeting. He
had joined those who had “gone terry
picking” to day.
The meeting, Willis said, was held two
miles cast of Herrin in a grovo.
As the miners were discussing the
situation, a commissary truck carry
ing provisions to the strike breakers
passed the group of men. Despite de
mands of leaders that the crowd make
no demonstration, the commissary truck
was fired on and the battle which ended
twenty-four hours inter was on.
INDIFFERENCE OF
NATIVES AMAZING.
The indifference of the Herrin people
to the battle was astounding.
No newspapers carrying accounts of
the battle are allowed to be sold at
news stands.
A jury vas impaneled by William Mc-
Gowan, coroner. After the Jurors had
been sworn in today one member said :
’ Well, boys, let's adjourn until Sun
day.”
And adjournment was taken.
The only bitter remarks heard from
v*r r on hiaera today was against
the dead McDowell, first to fall in the
battle.
McDowell was the only mine superin
tendent, leaders claimed, to attempt to
operate his mine with strikebreakers.
The seventeen injured are being well
cared for in the hospital here.
r. D. Miller, a former policeman in
INDIANA DAILY TIMES
Chicago, was suffering from four bullet
wounds and was neiir death.
“I was shot when the miners came
over the top after we had waved the
white flag,” Miller said.,
“Three others fell at the game time I
did.
“For two or three hours I lay In the
mine, thinking that eternity was at
i hand. I was almost dead for water.
“Finally I managed to roll down a
hill to n swamp, where I lay half sub
merged until help came.”
There are no State authorities In Her
rin. None are wanted.
MINE MASSACRE
GUILTY MAY NOT
GET PUNISHMENT
(Continued From Page One.)
ceived by Sheriff Thaxton, from Gov
j ernor Small at Waukegan:
! “1 Insist on an immediate reply to my
telegram in relation to the riots and dis
orders, giving detailed and accurate in
formation of what stops have been and
are now being taken by you for the
apprehension of the parties who com
mitted these crimes and to prevent
further difficulties or violations of the
law.
“I insist on prompt action and im
partial enforcement of the law for the
preservation of peace and good order.
Troops are being held in readiness.”
The sheriff had not replied early to
day.
Colonel Hunter explained that the
troops were not in the Williamson Comi
ty mining district yesterday to prevent
the rioting, because local authorities had
made no request that military aid bo
, sent.
LOCAL OFFICIALS
MI'ST REQUEST TROOrS.
Unless local officials make nn appeal
for assistance, troops cannot be sent into
| n riot district. A wire was also received
at the office of the State’s attorney iroin
i the Governor. It read :
“I have had no rep’y to my telegram
! Os the 2nd requesting Information from
you as to steps taken by you for tho
prosecution of persons committing the
murders and outrages reported to me
at Herrin, in your county upon, the 20th
and 21st instant. An immediate reply
is necessary that the guilty persons may
be brought to justice.
i “Further advise me whether the Circuit
Court in your county is now in session
and if not, what steps have been taken,
if any, for the convening of a grand Jury
I trial to investigate the crimes and return
| indictments against thoso committing
I these outrages. 1 must insist on nn im
mediate reply to this communication.”
j The Circuit Court is not In session at
present, and ns far as could be learned,
no steps toward getting a grand Jury have
been taken.
The massacre of workers in the south
i ern Illinois Coal Company’s mine war
eight miles northwest of here, climaxed
a bitter fight of forty years between
union and non-union forces in William
son County.
j Rioting quieted down after the 2.000
striking miners and sympathizers. In a
wild frenzy, shot down the imported
i strikebreakers and guards as they “made
! a run for it” across a field near Herrin,
i Sixteen Injured from buckshot, rifle arid
■ revolver bullet wounds and from best
| ings and bruises, were under care here
j and in Herrin Some bodies were horrl
t bly mutilated.
I Col. Samuel N. Hunter of the National
'Guard staff, after a thorough survey of
conditions In the county, stated tie did
not believe troops would bo needed now
j unless some further attempts to operate
mines was made. All mines in this vl
jciulty were shut down today.
The slaughter came nt the end of n
twenty-four-hour battle for the forti
fied mine.
(luurdi, who had saconeafutly held
off tho mob, raised a white flag short
ly before noon Thursday. Water pipes
had been cut, and the food supply de
stroyed when a carload of supplies
was blown up.
The men inside of the stockade made
an unconditional surrender, with little
thought of what was In store for them.
After having given up their arms, the
strikebreakers and guards were tied to
gether with ropes in squads of six and
u march toward Herrin began.
Few could be found who would tell the
details of the bloody slaughter.
Most of the strikebreakers and guards
were dead, too injured to talk or were
missing and had escaped.
MOUTHS ARE CLOSED
THROUGH EEAR.
Mouths of the men who were in the
mob were closed through fear of proae
cution or because they were sickened by
the awful spectacle.
Fred Bernard, one of the workers in
the mine, who escaped injury from the
hands of the mob through the pass word
of a fraternal ’order, described events. He
was unconscious for some time from the
beating which he received, however, and
could not tell all of the facts.
Bernard said he wrs hired by a Chl
| cago labor agency to work as cook for
a Steam Shovelers’ Union gang. _He said:
“I now understand we were warned
to quit the mine by union leaders, but
none of the warnings ever reached the
men. I do not know whether: the bosses
received these warnings or not.
MINERS MARCH
AGAINST WORKS.
“The first crowd of miners started to
march on the works late Wednesday
afternoon.
“The guards—l think there were about
thirty—were heavily armed and equipped
with a machine gun. They wanted the
kitchen crew to take up arms but we
j refused. We hid In gondolas on the
tracks inside the barricade of slack.
“Bullets struck all around us during
the afternoon and night.
“We crouched down. I don’t think any
one inside the barricade was hurt In
Wednesday’s firing, although several
> miners were reported killed and injured.
“The first heavy attack Thursday morn
ing came at sun rise.
“As the attackers came howling toward
the barricade, the guards fought them
off.
WHITE FLAG
IS RAISED.
I “After the strikebreakers bad been
i driven back once, they apparently ob
tained relnforcemer.ts and about 10 a. in.
another attack started.
“Someone raised a white dag and the
crowd of men and women came yelling
over the barricade.
“We were frisked for arms, then lined
up and tied together in groups of six.
“W’e didn’t know what we were
! in for.
“Most of the boy’s didn’t realise It,
| I guess, until they were shot, bnt
I when I took a look nt the red, ldood
! shot eyes of some of onr raptors,
1 1 felt the end was near. Many of the
attackers wero reeling drunk.
“They forced us to start marching to
ward Herrin. As we walked, they struck
ns with their fists, and then started to
hammer us with revolvers.
“McDowell, the superintendent of the
mine, headed the line. He walked with
a slight limp and they apparently took
delight in torturing him.
“After we marched several mile*
I we were railed up In groups und
j ordered to ‘make a run for It* into
a field.
“McDowell’s group was the first
I one to be called out. and I believe
j McDowell was the first man killed.
“As the men ran Into the field,
rifles and revolvers cracked from ail
I psrts of the mob.
j “1 was in the second group called np.
. When 1 was told to run. 1 felt the rifles
i and revolvers leveled at my back and
1 pitched forward on 'he ground. My
I companion, Joe Williams, fell with me.
“They soon found I was playing 'pos-
sum and I "was Jerked to my feet. Asa
last,resort I asked if ‘there was a brother
In the crowd.’ A man then stepped for
ward and pleaded with the crowd to save
my life. I was escorted to safety out
of the firing zone before any more were
killed.”
MOB MEMBERS
DENY MASSACRE.
“We didn't shoot them —they com
mitted suicide,” was the way one mob
member explained it, saying the captives
were shot trying to escape.
Women and children lined the streets of
Herrin, Marlon, Harrisburg and West
Frankfort waiting for news of the drive
on the “scabs.”
As flivvers rolled into the village,
riders were greeted as heroes as they
spread the word:
“They are not coming in—they broke
away.”
It Is believee practically every one of
| the fifty-one strike breakers In the mine
was killed or wounded.
The mine presented a picture of ruin.
Twisted steel, shattered timber and
machinery littered the pit as the search
for additional bodies got under way. The
property loss was estimated at $250,000.
MACHINE GUN
COMPANIES READY
SPRINGFIELD, 111., June 23.—Three
machine gun companies and two In
fantry of the 130th Infantry and parts
of the 131st and 132nd Infantry are in
cluded In the 1.000 men who were or
dered by Governor Len Small to be held
in readiness for Instant movement into
the Willlasmson County trouble zone.
FARRINGTON GOES
TO TROUBLE SCENE
CINCINNATI. Ohio, June 23.—Frank
Farrington, president of the Illinois
miners’ district, left here early today for
the Williamson County (111.) trouble
zone.
Farrington indirectly blamed John L.
Lewis, president of the United Mine
Workers, for the trouble. He said it
“apparently" was a telegram sent by
Lewis that started the war. Farrington
added, however, that he did not know
ns a fact that Lewis bad sent a telegram
to the strikers.
LACK OF FUNDS,
SAYS BRUNDAGE
WAUKEGAN. 111, June 23.—Lack of
funds will prevent any State aid In an
I Investigation of the “bloody Williamson
war massacre,” Attorney General Ed
ward J. Brundage said today.
“The attorney general’s office is the only
one empowered to conduct an investiga
tion and prosecution if local authorities
are unable to do their duty,” the attor
ney general said.
A thorough Investigation should be
made immediately and the guilty pun
ished Brundage declared.
, The Governor, who has already sent
! telegrams to local county authorities
' asking what stops have been taken to
prevent furl her trouble and prosecute the
guilty, said he would wait a "few hours
j longer” before taking any further steps,
i “Those guilty of the outbreak must be
! punished," the Governor said,
j “A comprehensive and full investlga
j tlon should be under way now."
| The Governor said he could not state
i what steps would next be taken by State
j officials In rase local authorities did not
I respond to his demands for investigation
and prosecution.
31 MILES IN HIGH HEELS.
BRIGHTON, England, June 23.—Three
girl athletes walked from Brighton to
London. 52 miles. In twelve hours and
twenty minutes. All wore high-heeled
shoes.
Blind Tiger Cases
Before City Court
Joe Baker, 649 E-ildy street, was fined
S2OO und costs and sentenced to sixty
days on the State Farm for operating
a blind tiger by Judge Delbert O.
Wilmeth in city court today. When
police raided the place they found three
pints of white mule, according to the
testimony.
Further Investigation disclosed a
second cellar that was entered through
a trap door In a closet, the trap door
being hidden by a pile of clothes. In
this cellar, the police testified, were
mash and all the necessary materials
for making whisky.
John T. Gare, 631 Eddy street, was
also found guilty of operating a blind
tiger and he was fined SIOO and costs.
He had one quart of white mule and
one pint of red whisky.
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