THE WEATHER
Forecast for North Carolina and
South Carolina: Generally fair Friday
and Saturday; little change in tem
perature; gentle variable winds.
Navigation, Energy
To Both Be Developed
o By Water Power Men
PRATT BECOMES
Organization Expanded
to Include States East
Of Mississippi.
GROUPS MAY MEET
FOR CONSULTATION
All Participants in First
fleeting Charter Mem-,
bers of New Body.
Aecomp liehtng ever more In the
brief space of time allotted than
the most sanguine Imagined would
he possible and with a degree of
harmony that augurs well for fu
ture sessions, the first Water Pow
er Confeience of the Southern Ap
i.alachian States, .held for the m,sH
three dnvs In Asheville. ram n
successful close shortly after noon
Thursday when permanent organi
zation had been perfected, and
conference officers elected with Col.
.Insenh HvnV Prntt rtlrertnr nf tVia
r North Carolina Geological Rnd
Kconomio Survey, as president.
The object of the permanent or
ganlration, to be known as the
Southern Appalachian Water Pow
er Conference, that has been ex
panded to embrace all Southern
States east of the Mississippi, will
be to study the water power re
source of this vnjit reclnn In ra-
ifcfyon to the Industrial growth.
Vether with developments In
'ligation.
The first vice-president of the
Pouthern Railroad, Lincoln Greene
was elected conference vice-president;
J. A. Switzer. secretary, and
Thorndyke Saville, hydraulic en
sineer of the North Carolina Geo
logical Survey, treasurer and as
sistant secretary.
That there grew out of the con
ference a permanent organization
looking to water power develop
ment interests throughout the
rnutneast. ana tnat the Utmost
HEAD WHEN BQDY
MADE PERMANENT
degree of co-operation was aimed made public the names of the mur
nt by Federal, State and public rep derers j)d declared that Connolly
resentatives participating, in the i had a letter in his possession indt-
cnnference, Is regarded by Colonel
Pratt,, newly elected conference
head, as significant of the success
ful future such an organization
should have. .
there' will likely tie formed with
in the conference sectional groups
that will be called together for
consultation at more frequent in
tervals, than the whole organiza
tion, according to Colonel Pratt,
who considers auch a step wise and
logical development of the move
ment given birth in Asheville. The
time and nlace of . the next meet
Ine. which will nrnhnblv he held 1
about one' year from now. are toThe Chief Justice of the United
be ehosen by a special committee , Slates and the Ambassador heard
the president will name in the near the firing and at first thought the
future. i shots were aimed at the house.
With fnitir ft rteioirnioa frnm . They rushed t o the window In time
than r dozen states present up , to se the two men fleeing with the
1 he final session Thursday morn- 1 crowd in pursuit, occasionally turn
, th conference was concluded I ." tp fire a shot from their weap-
,hv Interesting reports of commit-1
.;i m ,.it(
aniong which "is one calling upon
the ma e legislature to make .p-,
t.rnp.iations enabling comprehen-,
mi' mw ci Buiwyni i iie iuji im
port of the conference, to be pub
lished In ' pamphlet form, will be
distributed to those members de
siring them and others Interested
in this study of power possibilities
in the -southeast, at a nominal cost.
All members who took part In
Ihn rn.tin,ln.- HAnma f lit Ofllfl t i Oft 11 V
(barter members of the permanent
ciganization, as well as others who
were interested 1ut found them
selves prevented from accepting
THIRTY M ILL! ONIBRITT ASSUMES
unnim -inn rnoi
JULLHil LUnlM Tult
TOBJVCCOGROWERS
Biggest Co-operative As
' sociation in America Is
7 Provided Funds;'
OITIIK Dmo ,
f ARBOItODQH HOTSI
r BROCK BARM.BY)
RALEIGH, June -22. Raleigh
r-adquaivcrs of the Tobacco
'Lowers-- Co-operative Association
ii'inounced this evening the ap
proval bv the War Finance Cor
poratlon " of the association's ap
latloiT for a thirty million dol
lar l-iati. ' '
Kecuilty for the loan is In more
Ulan 35i'. 000,000 pounds of tobacco
now unite:' five years contract with
he association, representing a
purported value of seventy million
r1..ll .... I. .Ua fm mmar'fl nnerA-
In adJitlon to the big loan which
fill enehln the oo-ODeratlve asso-
ri.ilion to give Its members cash
a ivances upon delivery of their
toiracci, the War Finance Corpor
i.'lnt. further agrees to rediscount
'.nn secu.-ed by the green or soft
"ider tobacco' for local banks
thioughout the Virginia Carolina
tnl.iicco Hit.
JOAN APPLICATION IS
FORMALLY APPROVED
RICHMOND, ' Va., June 2l-
Aoplicut'on for a loan of thirty
inillion dollars to the Tobacco
'"uwer.i v-o-operative Association
V approved yesterday by official
i . r v. 11'.. .. 1 ft ....n
!n Washington. D. C, at a meeting
in a committee ot aireciois irom
aRoelfit:on in America, according
o anncunrement made here to-
iriMM w Hi Tmi
ESTABLISHED 1868.
BRITISH -FIELD
S
IS
Murder Is Linked With
Other Political Assassina
tions Over Ireland.
DREW SWORD TO
FIGHT ASSAILANTS
Wife Findsllim at Door,
Dead Taft and Harvey
See Pursuit.
LONDON", June 22. (By the Aa
sociated'Fress.) Field Marshal Sir
Henry H. Wilson, one of England
most Illustrious soldiers, who was
chief of the Imperial staff during
the tinal stages of the World War,
i'as assassinated on the doorstep of
" 'uence in -aion i'lace this
I alt"rnon by two young men who
gave the names of James O'Brien
and James Connolly.
The assassins loitered about, wait
ing an hour for his return from un
veiling a monument to men of the
Great Eastern Railway who fell In
the war. When he alighted from
his motor car. Field Marshal Wil
son walked up the steps, and the
men fired several shots at him from
close range, three of which took
effect, one in the chest, one In the
leg and the third in the wrisa. The
field marshal died before he could
be taken Into the house Uls hor
rified wife heard the shooting and
rushed out to find her husband's
body, dressed fn full uniform, ly
ing in a pool of blood with the
swoid which he had drawn to meet
his assailants by his side,
One Assassin Has Irish
Army Credentials
The crime was Immediately and
Inevitably linked in the public mind
with the political assassination of
Lord Frederick Cavendish, chief
secretary for Ireland, and Thomas
H. Burke, the under-secretary, in
Phoenix Park, Dublin, in 1882. The
first impression was 1n a measure
ennfirmefi when Scotland Yard
eating ha was a member of the
Irish Republican Army.
General Owen Duey, chlef-of-staff
of the Irish Republican Army,
in Dublin tonight immediately de
nied that that organization had any
part In the crime.
Hanej and Taft See
Running Fight
Thfi assassins fled several hun
dred yards before their capture,
with police and civilians pursuing
afoot and, in motors. They passed
the residence of the American Am
bassador, Col George Harvey,
where ex-President Taft is a guest
wnlc" l:ll(r " l" UB
vice revolvers. .-,.-...
the course of the running
utleur was wounded. The men
finally overpowered after a
hard struggle, the police, who
were armed only with truncheon,
showing great bravery in tackling
men with formidable army guns.
The crowd closed in on them and
would have beaten them severely
or killed them, but for the protec
tion afforded by the police. They
were then taken to a nearby police
station .and later removed to Scot
land Yard.
From an eye-witness the fol
lowing details were obtained. The
ICmllnmd wi Ttf Tl,
ipa mimilu
LLuilL U U 1 1 Lu
WITH DRY UNIT
Prohibition Commissioner
Haynes Outlines Duties
" Of "Asheville Man.
.. .. . ,
WUHIKOTtm S1HSAO
TBS HIT.I.I OIT1IM
(BY H. H. C. BRYANT )
WASHINGTON. June 22. J. J.
Britt, fcrmer member of the House
from North Carolina, assumed to
day the duties of Counsellor for the
Prohibition Unit.
Mr. Britt was appointed by Com
missioner Blair, upon recommen
dation of Prohibition Commis
sioner Xiaves, to act as a solicitor
for the prohibition unit to relieve
the office of the Internal Revenue
S-ilb'itor of the press of liquor law
cases.
"All of the matters pertaining to
the law division and the chief
counsel's division of the prohibi
tion unit," Mr. Havnes said, "will
come dtectly under the supe'
klon of Judge Britt.
"While 1' Is not anticipated that
there will be any radical depar
present methods of
nrnctdure. It was desired' to obtain
t.A .i.t-irs nf' such a man a?
Jdge Lrltt. under whose Intensive
supervision of the law work of the
prohibition .unit, which Is already
latnrtncr hlehlv satisfactory re
sults, wtl; reach the maximum of
efficiency.
Th nrnhlhltlan unit, with the
very large Increase of Its activities,
is constantly cauea upon no bivc
t e c h n I cnl aid, particularly to
ITnlted Plates attorneys In hand
ling government liquor violation
..J U anl.HJIJ I . -
ASA
SSNATED
l'S from 1 Csw, Cliiu eui.fi Bjiciiuiu iniuiti
,r kMltAV ieea recured .through this, pp-l
r,.rHu, ir operation that It Is anticipated that!
durlrr this year the feature of th
worn -will be largely expanded." :
THE ASHEVILLE
"DEDICATED
4
LABOR DEFENSE
COUNSEL Will
BE E
Will Defend Unions
Against Suits Under New
Supreme Court Rule.
GOMPERSWITHOUT
AVOWED OPPONENT
Constitutional A m e n d
ment Program Will Re
quire Years to Achieve.
CINCINNATI, June 22 (By The
Associated Press.) With the
avowed purpose of meeting all the
legal attacks aimed at labor unions,
the American Federation of Labor
today added to Its program for the
curbing of power exercised by the
courts by directing the establish
ment at Washington of a Labor De-1
tense tjouncji, composea 01 law
yers selected by the Federation's
officers. The Council primarily 111
defend Uie unions' against any
suits that m4 y be filed under re
cent Supreme court decisions ad
verse to labor.
The program of four Constitu
tional amendments, repeal of the
Sherman Anti-Trust law and enact
ment A two new measures, which
was adopted by the convention by
almost unanimous vote, will re
quire years of campaigning before
adoption, speakers said. In urging
the creation of the Defense Coun
cil. The amendments include a
Congressional veto of Supreme
court decisions, the guarantee to
labor of the right to organize, to
bargain collectively and to strike,
the prohibition of child labor and
adoption, of an easier method than
the present for amending the Con
stitution. Enactment of a new Fed
eral child labor law and also a
law Interpreting the labor sections
ot the Clayton act were included
as a part of the program.
Approaching the end of the '.on
ventlon, the delegates set aside to
morrow morning for the annual
election of the Federation's offi
cers. With this action, electioneer
ing was pushed among the delega
tions, but tonight only one coniest
was certain. No avowed opponent
has been brought out to contest the
re-election of President Samuel
Gompers, and William Clarke,
president of the Glass Workers'
Union was not expected to carry
his contest against Secretary Frank
Morrison to the convention floor.
TUV TO FORCE WOMEN
TO DRINK POISON
ATLANTA, Ga., June 22. Mm.
W. B. Wood Is in a critical condi
tion as a result of injuries abs
tained early today when two men
seized her as she stepped from the
door of her home at BuYkhead. a
suburb, fastened a rope about her
neck and attempted to force her
to drink from a bottle of poison.
In the struggle the poison was
spilled on Mrs. Wood and she is
suffering severe burns on the neck,
aims an I shoulders and from the
rope that was tied about her neck,
and by which she was dragged In
front of ah adjoining church. She
was bound and gagged and' left
near the church where she was
later found by a son. No clue has
been found as to the Identity of
the assailants. Mrs.-Wood was to
have appeared .In court today In a
damage ault.
LElflffsTlS GRANTED
LEAVE VfJTIL AtTUMTf
COPENHAGEN, June 22. (By
The Associated Press) A message
from Moscow to The Central News
say the Russian Council of Com
missars has granted Premier Le
nlne 'a leave of abeancfe until au
tumn on account of his Illness. It
Is expected, adds the message, that
Commissar Tsuruya, the Second
Vice-President of the Council, will
act In his atead. , ,
MVIVITY STUDENTS V.:--- ,
DEAD BODY FOUND I
HOUGHTON, Mich., June 2J.
The body of George W. Dickinson,
of Detroit, a young divinity student
temporarily assigned to the Epis
copal church at Ontonagon, Mich.,
wbo disappeared April 1 3, was
found ' floating lifLake Superior
a mile and a half from Weweenaw
Point today. i ,
!j L tiA '
CAN BE Gnom ' -STATES A sWMvrs
HUD
TO THE JUP-BUILI31NG
ASHEVILLE, N. C.7FRIDAY
TIME FOR REPAIRS
By BILLY BORNE
Climb On "Booster Day " Wagon
And Begin The Winning Race
Hay
s Asks Three
Name Committee
To Benefit Movies
Launches Movement For Im
provement of Big Nation
al Industry
NEW YORK, June 22. A com
mittee of three, chosen from BO of
the largest philanthropic, welfare,
educational and labor organizations
was called today at a conference;
Motion Picture Producers and Dis
tributors of America, 10 nominate a
nation-wide board to present a
program for the improvement of
American movies. . .
The ; committee comprises Lee
Hammer, representing Russell
Safe-Foundation; Mrs, Oliver Har
rlnvan, president of the Camp Fire
Girls and James E. West, secre
tary of Uie Boy Scouts of America.
Mr. Hayes pledged the Integrity j
and resources, "of the men who
have millions of dollars Invested In
moilon pictures," to the fiillflllment
of- any workable program , which
will benefit those who have "mil
lions of children Invested In
pictures."
the
F
PATRONS SEEK TO
AIRVIEW
SO
MERGE
mm
Would Consolidate Whole
. Township and Float
$55,1
,000 in Bonds.
Fairvlew citizens, meeting at 11 I
o'clock yesterday morning In their
school house, went on record as
favoring consolidation of the six
school districts at present main
tained In Fairview township, the
borrowing of flS.,000 from stnto .
, . - , , .1. . ,
funds, and floating of a' township
bond issue for 140.000. for the con
structlon of one central high school
for the entire township.
Frank Wells superintendent of
county schools and the board of'
education, headed "by Chairman J.
D. Murphy, were present at the
meeting and intimated that with
favorable action "by a majorlly of
the residents of the township there
would be little difficulty in carrying
thrniifirn the nlnn.
M
To this end a second meeting will
be held on Thursday, June 29,
when all districts of the township
will be fully represented... In the
meantime school patrons of the
Fairvlew school district, It Isun
dttstood, will prepare petitions and
secure as many signatures of the
qualified voters as possible, favor
ing the consolidation and the bond
Issue. ,
At present the township Is di
vided Into six school districts; Knir
viewj eight teacher; Pleasart Grove
one teacher; Black Knob, two
teachers; Brush Creek, one teacher;
Tweed,, tw'o teachers and Gap
Creek, two teacher. ,
It has been one of the main ob
jects ct Mr. Wells' administration
to consolidate and build new and
larger schools wherever posible
eliminating the one and two teach-'
er schools, and affording th com
Ing generation greater facilities for
proper education and favorable
action by the Fairvlew citizens will
mean another step forward In the
centralization plan.
INDEPENDENCE CAN
NOT YET BE I RG ED
WASHINGTON. June 22. Pres
mem nm uui iuiu iiicmirero ui uio
Philippine Parliamentary commls-
. . .... . ... i
i An trw av tntr nt rn m nnr vpl i
urge upon Congress theedesirabil
Uy of Philippine Independence.
, Members of the mission who
called on the President today at
h's reauest to receive a reply to
the independence petition present-'
od last Friday said the executive
Indicated that he was not' unslter-1 each and everv Drive member to
ahl"nnliir4Tntnit1tnnlna' tiifrtfitTt J"W..feawWrtnlTIBW,r '
ably opposed ToThlllpplne auton
omy but regarded the matter a a
QueMlon of time.
OF WESTERN NORTH
MORNlNGrJUNE23ri922
Many Already Make All
Important Start With
Subscription.
DON'T FAIL TO GET
IN "BOOSTER" CLASS
185,000 Votes on Each $36
in Old and New Sub
scriptions Popular.
If this old adage is true: "Laugh
and the world laughs with you;
equully true that If you give en
couragement to others you will re
ceive encouragement in return.
The truth of this assertion la borne
out by the enthusiastic response
accorded the call sent out to the
members of the Circulation Drive,
that they send one subscription on
"BOOSTER'S DAY" today, June
23. Today is a day set apart as a
"get-togeiher day.' - ,
In yesterday's issue, the object
of "BOOSTER'S DAY" was set
forth, and telephone call after tele
phone call has been received. Sev
eral who have not, as yet, began
their campaign activity, have wrlt-
ten the Campaign headquarters
that they may be depended upon to
get their "one" at least. Well, Ulk
about encouragement! You should
have heard some of the conversa
tions. It looks as though today will
be a "BOOSTER'S DAY" sure
enough and It Is expected that
nearly every active member, who
ihas enlisted his or her name thus
I far, will respond to the call and
endeavor to send at least one sub-
:;rlber so that It will be received
pon "BOOSTER'S DAY."
n a wav there Is no unerlnl rs-
Ison why subscriptions should be
?owdm- 'thdVy 1 but'Then
are man good reasons why It Is
better to turn in st least one sub
scriber today than to turn it In
the day after. The Drive Managers
have an object in view In setllng
SiY"n-U7Mu.h
Lnrt everv member to turn in at
least one subscription at this par
ticular time.
Shows In Groat Measure
--"." "
In the first place It will, In
t measure, show how man
a
great measure, show how many
members are actively competing
for the prizes. In the second place,
each member will be benefited by
h.vlnv nnm n- mnftt iiKmi! nt I Ann
.aa. , y,,. ,,. r.n, irah
rtrtitinnal subscriber added to the
list will become interested in his
favorite and clip coupons and lend
his support. Let everyone do his
level best now and turn In at least
L - ,. .k...ih.. .,.,,
;No ,,)mlt To xamber You
! ,, . w .
tan inm in idaar
Of course, there Is no limit
placed-, upon the number of sub
scriptions a member may turn in
upon "BOOSTER' - DAY;" - the
more the merrier. Some may be
more fortunate than others and se
cure two subscriptions. "Lot 'em
come! So much the better."
Now la Very Best Time - ;
To Get In (lame
Now is the very best time to
enter the Drive and compete for
the big prizes. Town-after town is
as yet unrepresented and the
chances of winning one of the big,
automobiles for persons residing
In smaller communities are splen
did Indeed. In fact, where there are
a great number of workers there
is a greater possibility of winning
a bigger prize with a smaller num-
ha- tt vnlH !W i-llnnlnsr n'tlt the
nomlnaton coupon and sending it
in o the Drive headquarters NOW
you will get In on the ground floor
and will derive the benefits of an
earlv start.
"BOOSTER'S DAT" will give
those who have not as yet sent in
their names a good opportunity to
get into the gam good and strong,
as one subscription upon "BOOST
ER'S DAY" will give them the op
portunity to have their name, pub-
i )h- lloi!n,r Hat with a
Ushe1 'u.l . " " i'tZ
irfimmpunnhli nrftre marked on
commendable
v.......- -'
poslte.
By all means, get your ''one"
subscription sure today -"BOOST
ER'S DAT!" Be sura to send It In
so that It will reich the Campaign
Headquarters today. The campaign
Department Is depending upon
help maHe"
real success, W are extending s
-CiMsa4 i JVJ
CITIZEN
CAROLINA
"
VETERANS MM
I li I feillllllU W b W W ha
BIG REUNION IN
BLAZE OF GLORY
Impressive Scenes as Last!
Farewells Are Bid at j
Former Capital.
CORNERSTONE FOR j
MONUMENT LAID;
Hinton of Denver Made
Adjutant Chief of Sons
Of Veterans.
RICHMOND, June 22. With a
spectacular and colorful street pa
rade this morning, the laying of
the cornerstone of the Matthew
Fontaine Maury movement this
afternoon and a grand ball tonight
as a fitting climax, the 32nd an
nual reunion of the t'nited Con
federate Veterans was brought to
a successful conclusion In a blaze
of glory. t
Their annual gathering over, the
I'nited Confederate Veterans to
night reluctantly turning their
backs on the capital of the. South
ern Confederacy benan leaving for
their homes after having had the
freedom of Virginia's metropolis
for three days. Many of the
gray coated warriors who have
been the city's guests this week,
will never return to the city for
which they fought in the struggle
of 1861-65. as the ranks rapidly
are thinning.
Pretty sponsors and chaperones
mingled In hotel lobbies with the
"Boys In Gray" for a last fond
farewell. A riot of color nreseit-
' ed Itself in the hotels where these
! farewell gatherings were held.
Beneath the blood-red field offset
by a blue cross and white stars, the
flag of Dixie, the last embrace was
given.
The outpouring of the veterans
and visitors began early this af
ternoon, many specials for the far
South lerfving early. Severn! of
the trains did 'not ave until
shortly, before midnight, however,
and the visitors and veterans re
mained until the last minute.
Atlendance figures, according to
those in charge of realstralln
headquarters, exceeded nil expec
tations, credentials being Usued to
more than 6.000 veterans. This
number ot veteran! was lugmsnt
ed by upwards of 25,000 Sons of
Confederate (Veterans, members of
the several Confederated Memor
ial Association, the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy and other
visitors.
The reunion, the old veterans
themselves declare-those who
have' attended every one of tiia 32
annual gatherings was the rrost
successful and, considering , the
thinning; of , the Gray coate.1 ranks,
the most numerously attended.
Several hundred of the veter
ans and other reunion visitors de
parted from Richmond tonight at
10 o'clock for New Orleans,
Shreveport and way points, but
the bulk of the out going is ex
pected to begin at :30 tomorrow
morning when a special train will
leave, carrying sleepers to Chat
tanooga, Birmingham and Fort
Worth, Texas. This special and
others to follow are expected to
carry a large percentage of the
visitors to their homes In the fur
thermost stretches In Dixie.
Reunion visitors are privileged
to return on any regular train un
til July t and for this reason
many are expected to remain here
, until that time, making side trip.s
to ine nations capnai ana to ine
several battlefields and other his
toric places around Richmond.
Soul-stirring and heart-palpitating
scenes were enacted In the
lobbies of the hotels tonight which
with 'the Confederate ball nt the
Coliseum closed the festivities In
cident to reunion week. Th Ok
lahoma military band gave the
last of the band concerts on the
messanlne of one of the leading
hotels tonight while several thou
sands who packed every nook and
corner of the hostelry "swung
their partners" and did the Vir
ginia reel, the minuet and other
typically Southern dances.
Similar scenes and musical fea
tures were enloved at the other
'hotels and a general Mardl Gras
spirit was In the sir. Everybody
was in general good humor, al
though many of the age-bent de
fenders of Dixie were making
their last audleus to Richmond
and other re-unlted friends.
I One of the last official acts of
the 8ons of Confederate Veterans
before the Sons, as an organltloT
began taking leave of the cnvei,
tion city was to re-elect --CarVyjiie-ton.
of Denver, Colo., ss Adiuiant
Chief of the Executive Council of
' that body, composed of W. Mc
Donald Lee of Richmond i'id I'
vlngton, the new Commnnd.jr-'n-Chlef,
the three department com
manders and three qpembers at
large.
S VY SI ATEMENT WOrtJ)
BE ' DISLOYAL. TREASON"
SYRACUSE. N. Y... June 22
RouBed to Indignation over action
of the United Confederate Vet
urans, v-ho at the closing session
of their convention at Richmond
Vs., adopted a resolution charg
lr. tha; Abraham Lincoln "per
sonally and deliberately conceived"
the war between the states, Civil
War Veterans of this cliy. mem
bers of Root Pnsf Number 151. de
partment of New York, G, A. R..
braved n storm here tonight to
attend h meeting of the post to
protest against "slandering the
name ,cf the great emancipator."
DEPUTY SHERIFF KILLS
MAN IN OWN DEFENSE
LAWRENCE VILLE, Ga., June
22. Ernest McDanlel. 20, was
shot and killed late yesterday by
Deputy Sheriff Howard Garner.
The officer acted In self defense,
according to officers who were with
him when the shooting took place.
AGED NASHVILLE EDITOR
SUCCUMBS TO DISEASE
NASHVILLE. Tenn.. June 22.
Richard H. Yancey. 89, editor of
the Nashville Banner died at his
trouble following an attack of in
fluenza four months ago.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
27 Are Known Dead In
Mine War; Troops Are
Ordered Ready To A ct
FIFTEEN BODIES
SAID TO BE AT
BOTTOM OF LAKE
Some Lynched, Some Are
Burned When Mine Fired,
Bodies Scattered.
SCENES GRUESOME
AS IN REAL WAR
Feeling Quiets Down,Some of Workers Blame
Some of Victims Remov-
ed'to Hospitals. 1
HKURIN. Ills.. June 22 (By
the Assoi 'i.teil V'"!0 The death
toll in the disaster Inst night anl
ti d,iy when 5.000 striking mlneis
attacked the Lesier strip mine be
Inx operated under guard of Im
ported wolkers, niuy run past th
10 mark It ws salt) tonight by
those in touch with the situation,
sl.hougii thus far only 27 positive
lv are Known to be dead.
In th- llerrln hospital are elgh'.
woundea men, only one a miner,
and six of them are believed to be
fatally injured. There were njne,
but one died.
A miner told The Associated
Press oviespondent that he had
seen 15 bodies thrown into a pond
w.lh rocks around their necks to
day. About 20 Imported workers
aie misting.
Chocking the death list has
pioved almost Impossible. The vla
iltim, all but three of them im
ported workers, so far ns known,
wet found scattered over an area
within reveral miles of the mine.
Some wlre lynched, some wet-!
burned when the mine wns fired,
others were beaten to death anl
t!,e major. ty fell before the stores
of hullctj poured into them.
"Moody Williamson" County, so
called because of several riots, to
night was outwardly cslm, but
ih'iro was a noticeable under-current
which kept everybody on
dfce and wondering If furthci
(rouble might be expected.
No Furl Iter Disorder
I'nlttFN .Mines Worked
The correspondent talked with
scores of miners today, and about
nait of them were certain that
there would be no further disorder
If there was no attempt to reope-t
the mines, while the other half
said thev were afraid some of the
men might not be held Injck. Offi
cially, the situation was reported
tonight by county officials to be
quiet. ,
The scenes ot death today were
very gruesome, as In a real war.
Bodies, many with limbs shot away,
lay along the roadside or were
strung from trees; men wounded
and dying were stretched oirt on
roads and in fields, with none of
the hundreds of passers-by able to
lend a helping hand. Attempts to
assist the wounded In the earlpart
of the day brought rebuffs from
the spectators, hacked In some
cases by drawn guns.
Irfiter tho feeling quieted down
and some of the wounded were
takpn to hospitals.
It is understood that there will
be no attempt To reopen any of
the mines until the strike is set
tled, TROOPS ARE READY
IN CASE Of ( ALL
WAtTKEGAN, III. June 22.
Governor Small tonight ordered
1,000 state troops mobilized at once
and held under arniB to be sent to
Ilerrin If needed.
At midnight the Governor tele
graphed Brigadier General Black,
adjutant general, to assemble the
132nd infantry and the machine
gun companies of the 130th and
131st Infantries 'with such other
- Continvrd on ifltf Twit
Would Not Approve "In
competent, Leaderless
- Do-Nothing" . Congress.,
WATKKVIU.H, Maine, Junn 22.
By e citing another Republican
CVngress the American people
would ra'.lfy the record of the last
.,o "ii 1 1 rnpeteiit, . leaderless and
di -nothiiig" Re pun He an Con
gresses and take the risk of con
tinuing Ih-t period of "business cle
piesMon, demoralization and eco
nomic prostration given to the
country by tho first 15 months of
the llard.ng administration," Cor -
dell Hull, chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee ile
clued at a meeting of Maine
Demoercts here today.
"W'hj should even the most Ig
norant vt-ters," Mr. Hull said,
' favor the election of another Re
publican Congress composed larg'V
'y of tiin membership of the pres
ent Congress which Republican
lender and Republican newspapers
throughout the country have char
a ieiized tn language more damn-
Ing than1 any that has been spoken
of bv Its political opponents? Who.i
Secretary of War Weeks declared
In a recent speech that the higli
et public estimate of the present
Cont-ress was that it had reached
'the lowest ebb,' his statement ini-'
plied many important things not
cxpresslv mentioned."
"This (stlmate of Congress bv
the nccri'ary and the general pub
lic necessarily means that this Re
pubilcar Congress has reached the
lowest ebh' of anv previous Con
press, ot whatsoever political com
il-xion. 'n the nation's history:
mi ll'l'" lirPsrnt' nmittttal aftfflln'M'
istratfon, ht. least to the extent that
It'onlinueA on Pug Twp
iLLFu R G I S GlTli EQESTO
G.O. P -HEGORD WASHINGTON
IT BE RATIFIED
Western North Caro
lina "The Garden
Spot of the Garden
Spot State."
MEN SR0T D0I
IN COLD BLOOD
SAY WITNESSES
None Are Killed in Attack
but Are Slain After
Surrendering.
BULLETS RAIN ON
WORKERS IN NIGHT
-Owners for Brinsrintr
Them Into Mess.
H ERIN. Ills.. June 22. Ey
Witness Account, (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Half a dozen
wounded men, some of them lying
on death beds, tonight gave an As
sociated Press correspondent the
first actual eye-witness accounts of
the mine flht last night and this
morning which brought dozens of
casualties, when five thousand
armed striking miners attacked the
Lesner strip mine near here, the
mine being operated by Imported
workers and guards.
The substance of the statements
by the wounded, who are among
the besieged, was that not a mine
worker wns Injured during the
fighting,' but that the numerous
killed were shot down in cold
blood after they had surrendered
themselves and their arms. There
was nothing from tlA union min
ers to contradict these claims.
Several of the men Imported to
work the mine absolved the strik
ers from blame, saying that the
ones responsible were those "who
sent ns here under false-promise)
that there would be no trouble,"
nnd that "the miners would not
object."
Some of the wounded Inter
viewed were In the hospital here.
Others were located In their homea
through secret channels,
Joseph O'Rourke, Chicago, com
missary clerk, at the mine, gave
the most vivid account of the fight..
His story whs related as he tossed
In pain from a dozen bullet holes
through his body,
"1 was sent down here by the
Bertrand Commissary Company, of
Chicago," ha suld. "I had no Idea
what I was running Into, I don't
much blame the miners for at
tacking us, for we were unknow
ingly being used as dupes to keep
them from their- Jobs. We vera
given arnls whan we arrived and a
machine gun was set up at oim
corner of the mine. Guards wore
with us all the time and most of
the guards were tough fellows sent
by a Chicago detective agency. I
understand the miners sent ua a
'warning to leave the town or we
'would be run out. We nevor got
them, perhaps the bosses Old.
When wc saw the miners approach?
lug yesterday afternoon, we did not
know what to do, The guards 'pre
pared for fight, most ot us work
era wanted to surrender.
Defenseless Workers
Keek Shelter '
"Through the night the bullets
rained In on us. We sought shelter
as we could. The miners climbed
upon the coal piles and earth em
bankments and we were unable to
see them. The guards kept fl.-lng
but most of us hid. Then the min
ers' blew up the pumping station.
vv hail no water and our food
supplies were In a frclghtVar In the
bands of the miners, aiicui sunrisH
we put up the white flag. The
miners poured In and we surrend
ered our arms.
Tp to this time not one of us
had been Injured that I know of, al-
-CmMiMir (hi Paf Tm
FOR
PARTY WELFARE
Will Seek to Oust Demo
cratic Office Holders,
and Strengthen Party.
WSHtNOTrtS srssAO
tsa 'Himi.i.s cmztx
tBY II V. Bin AST)
WASHINGTON, June 22. W,
(, Bramham. Chairman of the
Republican Stn'e Executive Com
mittee ot North Carolina, arrived
in Washington today for confer
ences with President Harding ind
other party leaders and officiuls.
He Is trying to expedite the ousl-
, of Democratic office holders In
, llB g(Ue nl, the appointment ot
republicans but declared that no
particular faction will receive l.ls
assistance.
It is asserted that Mr. Bramham
has been given a free hand In pat
ronage matters and that the Post
office Department will look to hlni
for recommendations. Bramham
set about his work by meeting Re
publican National Chairman John
T. Adams, a number of Senators,
Solicitor James J. Britt and Mar-
I ton Butler, former Senator from
North Carolina who will receive
consideration along with all oth
ers In the Chairman's announced
policy of Ignoring factions and rf
giving every Republican an equal
chance. '
Mr. Bramham will call upon ths
President tomorrow morning. Un
less so requested he probably will
make no recommendation fir t!ie
Federal Judgeship for Eastern
- 1 North Carolina should Judge Con-
- ' nor take advantage of his privilege
of retiring or follow the lead of
.Times' ffnyrrnr WrennlmrM ami aH
I that an additional Judge be np-
i CanMnnfd m taw Tifol