Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 211, 5 September 1922 — Page 1
THE
RICHMOND
PAIXADJ
AJTD SUX-TELEGRAM VOL. XCIL, No. 211 "alladfum. Est. 1S31. Consolidated With Sun-Telegram, 1907. RICHMOND, IND., TUESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 5, 1922. SINGLE COPY, 3 CENTS INJUNCTION IS NO DANGER TO LEGAL RIGHTS Suddenly Recovers Sight DISASTER TO GREEK ARMY Seeks Movie Career UNION LABOR Movie Star Burned START PROBE Sags IF? -Mil if M&atnmmv' TO CONSIDER BIG WALKOUT OF 7 DEATHS IN BUNKHOUSE - I IS COMPLETE J .&
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President Says Constitutional
Rights of Strikers, Liberty
of Law Abiding Citizens
Not Abridged.
CABINET IN SESSION
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. While the
Chicago injunction proceedings will
be followed up with the determination of guaranteeing the country against
Interference with transportation, high
officials of the administration declared today that the constitutional liberty of
law abiding men will not be abridged. President Harding is said to feel that the injunction sought will not in
any way hamper or endanger constitutional rights of the men on strike or
other citizens and to consider the gov
ernment's cause entirely clear of com
plication which might justify any such
a charge.
Just how far the government will be obliged to go with the prosecutions against Individuals the administration
spokesman said can only be deter
mined by events. No Other Activities.
It was said that no activities in connection with the strike outside, the
court matters were now in progress.
Any officer of the government who
Issues or causes to be issued "any illegal injunction not in good faith and with the willful intent" of depriving a person of his rights or intimidating him would be held to have committed malfeasance in office, under a bill Introduced today by Representative Huddleston, Democrat, Alabama.
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS READY TO TAKE UP DISARMING PROGRAM
Miss Margaret Wisler of Norristown. Pa., 19 years of age, while driv
ing an automobile became frightened by another machine approaching and
went blind. Her sight has now re
turned as suddenly as it left her and
is as good as ever.
New Center School, Built For $128,000,
Opened by Township
(By United Press) GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 5 Tho League of Nations today planned to launch a practical world-wide disarmament program. So strong is the disarmament sentiment among the nations attending the meeting that the session will be considered a second arms parley which probably will enlarge in scope the work of the Washington conferences The disarmament program win be presented to the League of Nations by Lord Robert Cecil, and will include a world-wide defensive alliance and non-aggression pact. This, it is insisted by the delegates will give each
country the consciousness of security
necessary to permit the reduction of armament. Fixes Military Units. The plan fixes the military unit at
30,000, and then assigns to each nation the number of units it may maintain. When units are assigned, the needs of defense and geographical position will be taken into consideration. For example, unde r the proposed plan, Portugal would be allowed an army of one unit or 30,000 men, and France six units, or 180,000 men. One of the first acts of the league was to ask England, Australia . and New Zealand for additional information concerning the island of Maurau, a former German possession which had been mandated to England. Island Has Phosphate Bed. The league. In doing this, wants to find out whether or not the spirit of the mandate has been violated. It wsa discovered that the island is a solid bed of phosphate, enough to supply the needs of the world for 200 years. This was not generally known at the time England was granted the mandate.
Secretary of State Hughes after re
ceiving notice of the phosphate de
posit, put in a formal claim for the
protection of American interests.
(Special to The Palladium)
CENTERVILLE, Ind., Sept. 5. Dedication ceremonies of the new Center township high school building, costing $12S,000 were attended by citizens and school patrons from all parts of the township Monday. Addresses were made by Rev. Charles W. Whitman of Seymour, County Superintendent C. O. Williams, O. K. Dunbar of Centerville and Superintendent Frank Cory of the Centerville school. A special musical program was given by the Centerville high school orchestra, of which Miss Ivy Nicholson of Green's Fork is the leader. Appreciation of the benefits of the high school to the community, and pledges of the support of the community -in advancement of the-Interests of the school, were voiced by O. K. Dunbar of Centerville. The influence of the school on the community and the benefits that may be derived from the fullest use of the facilities of the building were mentioned. Gives Credit For Work
Credit for the crystallization of pub
lic sentiment that finally made the
new building possible, was given by
Mr. Dunbar, to the Parent Teachers
organization, members of which circu-
Athens Government Appeals
to European Powers To Obtain Armistice with Turkish
Nationalists' Army.
GREEKS ARE WORN OUT
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Sept. 5 General opinion
in well-informed quarters in JondoTi today was that the disaster o the Greek army in Asia Minor was complete. There seemed little prospect that anything could now save it from a total debacle. , The Greek government has appealed to the powers to obtain an armistice with the Turkish Nationalists who have virtually driven the Greeks from the battlefield and as a result of interchanges among the chancellories at London, Paris and Rome instructions have been sent to the allied high commissioners of the three powers in Constantinople to discuss joint measures for bringing about a suspension of hostilities. It is hoped here that a meeticg between representatives of the belligerents can be arranged to be held within the next two or three days in a neutral zone of Asia Minor, south
west of Ismid and that this-meeting
will be productive of a speedy cessation of fighting. Evacuate Entire Area
News of the successive reverses suffered by the Greeks is believed here
to forecast early evacuation of the entire area by the Greek army. Indeed the evacuation has already
begun according to the Daily Mail, which quotes Greek official circles iu
London as declaring the army will be,
out of the country within three weeks
The newspaper attributes to its Greek
official information the statement that
the army is worn out with fighting
"Many of the soldiers have been in
one battlefield or another for th.': last twelve years," he said, "and they are
thoroughly disheartened by th con (Please Turn to Page Twelve)
said, to balance the prosecuti-M and
lated petitions and worked indefatiga-1 defense in the Hiatt case
DEATH OF FORMER
KAISER'S SON DENIED
(By Associated Press)
DOORN. Holland, Sept. 5. Rumors circulated in Berlin yesterday of the
death of former Crown Prince Freder ick William of Germany who is stay
Jng here with his father were denied
today by the latter s physician. The absence of any important occur
rence at the former Kaiser's residence was emphasized by the departure of
the burgomaster of Doom this morning for a fishing trip.
The Associated Press correspondent saw Frederick driving his automobile
at 7 o'clock last night.
LONDON, Sept. 5. The former German Kaiser's intended bride is the
Princess Harmine of Rauss, 34 years
old, widow according to a report quot
ed by the Daily Mail s Berlin correspondent. The engagement he adds, will not be announced until after the anniversary of the late Kaiserine's birthday, Oct. "9
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Miss Muriel McCormick, grand
daughter of John D. Rockefeller, has decided to go into- the movies. "I
want to show the world I have some thing more than money." Miss McCor
mick said. "It has brought me nothing
but heartache and sleepless nights
Her stage name will be Navanna Mic
Cor.
First Registration Day Next Saturday;
Last Chance Oct. 9
Gompers Asked To Call
American Federation of La
bor to Discuss General
Strike of Members.
COUNTY COUNCIL VOTES
$1,500 TO PROSECUTE
CASE AGAINST HIATT
A $1,500 appropriatioh for thjhir ing of assistant counsel for tho pros'cution of criminal cases was granted by the county council Tuesday, among other items in the additional appropriations for the year 1922. The money is to be used in hiring assistant counsel for the Hiatt and Dillon cases.
Actio, t of the council was taken after Judge Bond of the circuit court had made a special plea tint 'the money be appropriated in order as he
The first registration day for the
permanent registration of voters will be conducted Saturday, Sept. 9. One other period. Oct. 9, will be offered. Registration places will be open in all the precincts of the county next Saturday. The hours are between 8 a. ra. and 9 p. m. Every person who intends to vote must register in his precinct. Political leaders are emphasizing the fact that registration is absolutely necessary to qualify for voting this fall. They say that voters should take advantage of the first day, next Saturday, in order that, the full voting strength may be put on the list. After this year's registration, voters will not
have to register again unless they move out of their precincts. . . The public, political observers say.
has been apathetic to the necessity of reaisterin'. owir.e to the hot weater
and the.fcnpression tfc&t "voters did not,
have to register. They emphatically
say that the law provides that every
person who wants to vote this year
must register eitner on Kept. 9 or Oct. 9. preferably on the first registra
tion day. .
TO RAISE WAR CHEST
(By United Press)
NEW YORK,- Sept. 5. Movement
for a general strike of the American Federation of Labor in protest against
the Daugherty injunction was started
here today.
Samuel Gompers, presideat of the
federation will be asked in a resolution to be presented at a special meeting, of the Trades and. Labor Council tonight, to call a convention in New York to consider a general walkout, it became known. The resolution was drawn up at a secret meeting of labor leaders held here yesterday. The New York council is the largest and most powerful in the United States, having a membership of 800,000 workers. Will Raise War Chest Pledges of various locals of union here to aid the striking shopworkers and to fight the injunction granted in Chicago to Daugherty, which prohibits leaders from conducting the strike, total thousands of dollars. It was predicted that a $100,000 war chest will be raised this week. It was under
stood that process servers were here seeking strike leaders to serve notices of injunction on them. So far as could
be ascertained, none of the leaders could be located.
Evasion Discussed.
Evasion of the injunction, by turn
ing over to union leaders, not connected with the shopmen's union, conduct of the strike, was suggested at
me secret councils held.
It was pointed out by leaders that
in this case Daugherty would have to get out injunction against so many
mat ne would be presented with an al most hopeless task.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Offi
cials Asked to Produce Inspectors of Building Inquest cn Friday.
VIOLENCE DIES DOWN
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
WILLIAM R. DAY, 75,
MAY RESIGN OFFICE
bly for the new building.
Mr. Dunbar also expressed the grat
itude of the community to the local
American Legion post for its contribution of play ground equipment for
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MRS. F. W. SPANGLER
ASKS IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION IN TALK
"We must stop Immigration to this
country for five years at the very
least," declared Mrs. F. W. Spangler, a
Red Cross worker and a member of
the Belgian Relief during th late
war, in a speech before the Rotarv
club at the Arlington hotel Tuesday. "The type of people who are coming in at the present time will never make desirable citizens and there is no reason why v.e should have to bear with them here." Mrs. Spangler pointed out that the first immigrants to our country were of the more intelligent and cultured races whose immigration to America
was more for personal liberty than for any other motive, but those who have come to our shores during the last 15 or 20 years, especially since the World war, are the worst kind of human offal. "The present-day would be Immigrant to the United States as I have seen him in his endeavors to secure passage to our country at embarkation points in Europe, is literally the scum of Europe," continued Mrs. Spangler. "These people are not only without money, but have not the capacity to (Please Turn to Page Fourteen)
Although two members of the board
of commissioners had decided in faor of the appropriation, Monday, Andrew Simpson, the remaining member, was against it, so the board compromised on recommending $500 to the council. The council raised the amount to $1,500. Bond's Statement. "Don't shoot a pop- gun at an elephant," said Judge Bond to the council when informed of the action of the commissioners. "Either do this right or not at all. No man should be so high, no man should be so rich, that he is exempt from adequate prosecu
tion by the state when accused of a crime of magnitude. As your judge I (Please Turn to Page Twelve)
TWO KILLED, 22 HURT,
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept 5.-Twi killed and 22 injured was the traffic
toll for northern Ohio Tuesday follow
ing a Labor day that was marred by
numerous auto cra?hes. The dead:
Dorothy Krall, two years old, was
hurled from her mother's arms by speeding automobile and killed.
Leo Evarts was held on a charge of
manslaughter.
Henry Kline, 25 years old, of Colum
bus, was killed near Canal Winches
ter when his car tipped over. His
brother, Fred, was badly hurt.
James baddier, of Pittsburgh, was
killed at Beach City, near Canton
when a Wheeling and Lake Erie pas
senger train struck his auto.
Death of Kendalville Man Investigated By Police (By United Press) KENDALVILLE, Ind., Sept. 5. Officials are still investigating the case of Jacob Wisler, 48 years old, whose body was fo id in an advanced stage of decomposition at the John'Hensinger farm southwest of here, where Wisler had been a tenant this summer. Two Kendalville men drove to the farm to get some gladioli and seeing no signs of life, they broke a window. 'The body was found inside. Authorities belive the man had been dead a week. His death marks the third
death of an unusual nature in the
family. The father died suddenly and a brother was killed in a railroad accident.
Senator Pomerene Begins
Senate Contest In Ohio CADIZ. O.. Sept. 5. Senator Atlee
Pomerene arrived in Ohio today to be
gin his campaign for re-election. The
senator's first address in his home
state will be delivered to a group of bankers of district Number 8 nere today. An announcement said ihe address would be of a non-political character. On Sept. 11, Senator Pomerene will address the state convention of the American Legion at Dayton.
ENTOMBED MINERS SIGNAL RESCUERS
(By Associated Press) JACKSON, Calif.. Sept. 5. Miners entombed in the Argonaut coal mines & week ago last Sunday night, signalled twice last night to the rescue crew who are tunnelling from the Kennedy
mines, toward the Argonaut shaft, Robert Lightner, one of the miners, working with the rescue crew said to
day. Listing of the materials carried into
the Argonaut by the 46 miners, reveal
ed today that it would be entirely possible for them to have caused the five explosions which workers in the Kennedy mine reported hearing, when the roar of their own blasts had died away. It was the conviction of many of the rescue workers that at least some of the entoried men were alive and would be saved. Miners on the job believe that the muck in the "old shaft" can be cleared out today and that the remaining 75
feet of quartz can be cut through by Wednesday, a day earlier than it was expected the buried 46 men could be
reached.
Youngest Civil War Vet
To Celebrate Birthday
KENDALL VILLE, .Ind., . Sept., S.Jacob Rinebolt will , celebrate hi
seventyvsecond birthday anniversary
tomorrow as the youngest living Civil
war veteran in the G. A. R.
Rinebolt claims to have swung tho
distinction from Warren D. Second
of New Rochelle, N. Y., who was born June 8, 1S50-. and claimed to be. the
youngest. Rinebolt served 18 months
in company I, 19th Ohio infanty. .
Three Members Camping Party Drown in River (By United Press) NEW ALBANY. Ind., Sept. 5. Three members of a camping party were drowned late yesterday in an undercurrent of the Ohio river. John Knoob went down first, Edwin Crouy and Charles Kavanaueh sank trying to rescue him. Edwin Frie would have drowned in his attempts to save the trio if a man in a canoe had not rescued him.
Veterans Of All Wars
Will Attend Campfire
AH former service men, veterans of
all the wars in which this country
has taken part have been Invited to
attend the campfire to be held cy the
124th Indiana Infantry at the G. A. F. post rooms in the courthouse, cccord
ing to the statement of a member of the order, Tuesday. The campfire is
to be held Wednesday evening, Sept. 6
Weather Forecast
(By Associated PTess) PITTSBURGH, Sept, 5. The oounty
investigation into the fire which destroyed a Pennsylvania railroad bunkhouse and storage building here Sunday with a loss of seven lives got un
der way today when Coroner J. J. McGregor accompanied by county and city
Miss Anna Q. Nillson, motion pic- officials and representatives of the
ture star, was seriously burned about Pennsylvania department of labor and the neck and shoulders while running mdastry. visited the scene. The ina locomotive through a forest fire at
San Fernando, where her company r""1' "-ulu"CI
lJL
was completing a picture.
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Retire
ment from the supreme court bench
is under consideration by Associate Justice William R. Day, it was officially stated today at the White House, but Mr. Day is not expected
to announce his decision until he ha3 determined to what extent his duties os umpire of the German-American claims commission would interfere
with his work as a member of the court.
Justice Day, who Is 75 years old,
was appointed to tho supreme court
in 1903 by President Roosevelt. Previously he had held judicial offices in Ohio, and had served as secretary of fctate in the McKinley administration.
He was chairman of the commission
which negotiated the treaty with Spain at the end of the war with that
country. Mr. Day was a son of Luther
Day, who served on the supreme court bench of Ohio, and was born at Co
lumbus, Ohio.
Friday. Coroner McGregor today call
ed upon the railroad company to pro-
1 f n I I UUCO LlltS lllflll wuwse UULjr il us iu in-
Oenn tO ASK txeDeai spect buildings in which workers are
i j
or Daylight bavins
m f yr, . . I Lmwwiu, oept. o. vvitn me gov
llan OV LlfV lOunCII ernmenfs rail strike injunction
versauy condemn ea Dy union leaders
Councilman Frank Benn of the Sev- in Labor day messages yesterday, im-
enth ward is prepared to introduce pending federal court action In case3
a resolution in iue cnjf wuuwu I growing out nf nrrt for aliped v!?v
day night asking for the repeal of . . -
the daylight saving ordinance and me """ " ui" restoration of standard time on Sept. ground of the picture of the nation's
10. 1 industrial situation, today.
Me sam me resolution, u passea Th annnai hnii. t-v . in
IU111KUI. Will CUU U1C UHJ liftUl tOTlu . ., . . , neriod on Sent. 10. and that it reauires I railroad strike developments.
r r I T-T1- 11 w a
only a majority vote to carrry it. wmie some i-aoor aay orators were
Councilman, who were polled Tues- cautious- in their references to the in-
day lined up as iouows. junction other union leaders annear-
White, Frank Benn, A. J. Ford, and
Louis Salzarulo, with George Stein- pers, president 01 me American reakamp saying he had not given the eratlon of Labor, In attacking the re-
matter much thought, but would vote straining order. Speaking at' Phila-
IUI 11 11 LIIO lllJJUill laruicn IU lnhi!. rLnmnort: roltctvA ,,
WWh'Vii&iiM wa itv(-wai I ....
Against Repeal Harry Stillinger, cnarge mat uie injunction was a vio-
who said, "let it stick,'" and Louis latlon of the constitution and the laws
Fahlsing, who believes the ordinance of the land.
should stand. Council Meets
The following could not be reached; Members of the executive council of
Oscar v Imams, Irank brown ana the American Federation of Labor
Harry M. Strate. fwere gathering at Atlantic City today.
Joseph W alterman .of the ordinance At this conference, Mr. Gompers
committee said ne intended to see. city said he would place before the corn-
Attorney win Keuey during tne day. mittee requests from various labor
He would not express himself. organizations for a general strike call.
Since the schools are operating on While union leaders were berating
standard time, endless contusion has the Daugherty Injunction, other sneak-
arisen in- many homes, where some ers dealt with the industrial situation
adult members go to work on stand- in another light. Notable examples of ard time, others on daylight saving these were the speeches of Secretary time, and the Children leave on stand- of Labor Davis at Mooseheart, 111., and ard time. Edward J. Brundage. attorney ireneral
Sentiment favoring the repeal , was of Illinois, at a gathering of Chicago
pronounced in many parts of the city. Republicans.
Some factories. It was learned, intend Secretary Davis declared "no gibbet
to revert to standard time, next week, can be built too high for those who ex
ecute such dastardly deeds as the deliberate wrecking of a train at Gary," adding that "the slaughter of working men at Herrin was a revolting spec
tacle which advanced not the cause in
which the men fell.
Arraigns Union Leaders Attorney General Brundage, who is
directing the grand Jury inquiry of the
Herrin mine massacre, bitterly ar-
WASHINGTON, Sept 5.-By a vote ffil1
FOR RICHMOND AND" VICINITY
Ey W. E. Moore
Fair ton'rjht; Wednesday fair and
continued warm. . ' -"
The barometric pressure continues
above normal excepting over the far northwest where it is low. This will
result in continued warm weather un
til Thursday or Friday. - It is probable that there will be general thunderstorms before the end of the week. . Temperature Yesterday. Maximum 85 Minimum - - 65 Today. Noon .....83 Weather conditions The great heat wave continues unbroken except over the far northwest. . Temperatures range from 90 to 98 over the plain states as far north as Montana. It is 98 to 106 over the southern plain states. General rains have fallen during the past 24 hours on the Atlantic
coast and scattered local " thunder
storms have occurred in the Missis
sippi valley states although fair
weather has predominated.
FIVE ARRAIGNED ON CRIMINAL CHARGES
Five were arraigned in circuit court
ct the opening of th September ses
sion, Tuesday morning. One, forgery
case, one non-support, one wife de
sertion, and two of grand larceny were brought before the court. All pleaded not guilty and their trial dates Were set for the coming week. The cases were:
. Earl Wood, non-support, pleaded not
guilty, trial, Sept. 11. Charles Randall, wife and child desertion, trial Sept. 12. Randall is a carpenter, he told the court. Charles J. Mills, of Columbus, O., charged with stealing a car, Sept. 15. Simon Atwell, charged with stealing hogs valued at $175; trial Sept. 13. . Earl Hartzell, charged with forgery, trial Sept. 19.
CONGRESS CONFEREES
REFUSE TO SIDETRACK CONSIDERING TARIFF
Of .veto '.berate 7.1.4 tho 'iS.? l" to liamson county.
track the administration tariff bill for eR ne!?li,0"e the soldier bonus measure. n.am,es: but in mentioning one man he r," t,,.mi,. a 1L singled out statements attributed to
voted to take np the bonus immedl- 1 r'vI 9 ately, but opposing them were four Hlinois Mine Workers. TtomihiiPiin n rpmrorat Th Despite the general quiet of Labor
nther. t,n ronfDM n- ,hnt day, the holiday period was not with
Trui-,'. i ih out its contributions to the growing
which the Democratic conferees had 1Ist of outbreaks incident to tn-j rait...I voir en rtrTvn en'a efHl-A
been invited in since work on me tar- A"'--iff -Keo-iiTi tun weoiri oM , THaul Probe Alleged Wreck
were excluded after the vote and the , At Ardmore, Okla.. inspectors were Republicans went ahead with the re- Investigating what Santa Fe officials writing of the tariff bill. said was an attempt to wreck a passGood progress in that direction was enger train bound from Kansas City rennrted and Chairman McCnmher nf to Galveston. The engineer reported
the senate managers believed the task that he found an open switch with the
would be finished bv the end of this signal ngnts Dronen on
week or early in the next week.
Russ Archbishop Reported
Killed By Firing Squad (By Associated Press) RIGA, Sept. 5. It is reported from
Moscow that Archbishop Benjamin, Metropolitan of Petrograd and the oth
ers condemned for interfering with the seizure of church treasures were executed by a firing squad in Petrograd on Aug. 10. Another report is that M. Kimofieff, one of the 'leaders of the Social-Revolution who was tried recently in Moscow, has hanged him
self in prison. .
New York-Rio De Janeiro
Flight Is Resumed Today
(By Associated Press) KEY WEST, Fla.. Sept. 5. Lieut Walter Hinton and his companions resumed their New York-Rio de Janeiro seaplane flight from here today at noon, after two attempts to liip off during the forenoon were unsuccessful beacusj of the dead calm.
For Indiana,. by the United States weather bureau Generally fair and
continued warm tonight and Wednes day.
Paid Circulation Yesterday, was 11,621
LA FOLLETTE'S RECORD
UP BEFORE VOTERS
(By United Press) MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sep. 5. Wis
consin Republicans passed judgment
today on the war record of Senator Robert LaFolIette. .
In a state primary voters gave their
decision on the bitter battle waged chifly on the question of the veteran Badger senator's opposition of the war
by William A. Canfield.
Two complete Republican tickets
were in the contest, LaFolIette and
Governor John J. Blaine, who is a candidate for renomination headed the
progressive slate. Canfield, a college president, had William , J. Morgan, present state attorney general, as a running mate for the gubernatorial nomination.
Herrin Mine War Probe
Enters Second Week (By Associated Press) '
MARION, 111.. Sept 5. The grand Jury investigating the Herrin mine
war entered upon the second week of its work today with Attorney General Edward J. Brundage and Assistant United States Attorney General C. W.
Middlekauff back here again to resume questioning the hundred or
more witnesses who have been sum moned.
Otie Clark, the first man arrested on an indictment resulting from the investigation, ' still is in jail here and it wa3 said A. W. Kerr, chief counsel of the miners' state organization, would not make any further attemp to effect his release on bond until the investigation had been concluded.
Former Senator Sutherland
Made Associate Justice
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Former
Senator George Sutherland, of Utah
was nominated today by President
Harding to be associate justice of the
supreme court of the United States,
and the senate withm 10 minutes after
the name was received confirmed the nomination in open executive session
and without the usual reference to a
committee.
Forty Miners Entombed
In Coal Pit Explosion
NEW CASTLE, England, Sept
Forty men were entombed through an
explosion in a coal pit at Whitehaven
this morning, the Evening Chronicle
states. The bodies of ten workers are
reported to have been recovered.
Nineteen freight cars were burned
in the yards of the Great Northern system at Great Falls, Mont Eight hundred cars were endangered tv tho blaze which broke out simultaneously in five different places. Farmers extinguished a blaze which damaged a St. Louis-San Francisco railway bridge at Bengal, Okla. Two men were arrested at Cynthia. Ky..
cnargea wim attempting to wreck 1
Louisville and Nashville psasfenger
train last Saturday.
Arrest Strike Leader Other arrests included that of John
A. Stecklin, acting chairman of the shop crafts federation at Needles, Cal ,
and of Jacob Cohen, editor and publisher of the Labor Review at Mem
phis, Tenn.. charged with violating
federal injunctions. .
Memphis police made public an al
leged confession by Seth W. Posten,
one or rour men held In connection with the killing of a shop foreman
from ambush, in which Posten Js said to have admitted that he was one of several who pulled spikes and loosened rails in an attempt to wreck a Frisco train near Caperville, Tenn., on the" night of Aug. 26. In the reported confession Posten named two of the men held with him in the ambuscade investigation as participants In the wreck plot. - Hold Railroad Guard Thomas Mrachek, a Great Northern railroad guard, was held without bail pending the outcome of injuries to a striking shopman who was shot by the guard at Grand Forks, N. D. Declaring the shopmen's strike has been lost so far as . the Central of Georgia railroad is concerned, W. A. Winburn, president of the road, advised the strikers to find some kind of work to protect their families. Miss Jeanette Rankin, of Montana, the first woman to sit in congress, declared in a speech at Peoria, El., that the wives of union men should participate with their husbands la tfce, conduct of union affairs.