The Tacoma Daily Ledger from Tacoma, Washington • 1

Weather rt Ejn-: A Tv fair: moderate Wfnds mostly southerly YOU ARC A THRIFTY MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS Price Ten Cents fUJST SECTION (A) VOL XL No 123 TACOMA SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 3 1922 rm uu PJl Kl Tacoma Kiddies Stage Speed Classic in North End By REYNOLDS AGREE TO CELEBRATE LABOR DAY 7e FRS7-iMABESSOf Of'JELSIAlAAS OF HARIOHV At0 CDy Aficf CEtrS ft A otfER GRAYS HAQOoa COUNTY FAIR epH15 best coaster wagon speeders and racing king of the North End partlci-X patod in the first annual speed classic on the North 30th street speedway yesterday afternoon before a rBcord crowd Six of tlie beat speedsters in that section of the city entered iheir cars for the big event which was staged at 3 The above picture shows some of the drivers and their cars surrounded by a group of fnna just before the racer The lower picture was snapped by The Ledger staff photographer midway on the course when Bernard Nordcrum driving No 35 took the lead over Charles Green driving No 7 which position he maintained to the end of the race WASBS- LADS PROVE STARS AS SPEED DEMONS Drive Thrilling Race in Their Coasters Down North 30th Street Hill MY OAD BOUGHT AfAf IWOOllAHS CAAAf AY0 4 EL lL TAft JSOJZ AfST SYOUS Caledonian Games in Stadium Will Draw Scots of Northwest for Competition PICNIC AT SPANAWAY Scotch Bagpipers Will Parade Through City Monday Morning Workers in Tacoma as well as throughout the country will celebrate tomorrow the one day in the year devoted to their cause Locally many will attend the first annual Caledonian games in the Stadium beginning at noon others will go to the big annual labor picnic at Spana-way and another at on American Lake while still others began their two-day vacation from toil Saturday afternoon with motor trips and yacht parties which will end Monday evening For the small boy Labor Hay is a harbinger of a return to school the next day for the office man it is a two and a half day release from his duties and for organized labor it is the occasion for an observance of an annual program of sports and merrymaking Tacoma is to be invaded tonight by 300 Canadians from Vancouver and Victoria Their mission however Is peaceful and a discerning listener will be able to catch a Scottish burr in their talk The visitors are coming by boat to attend the Caledonian games tomorrow afternoon which will embrace not only athletic events popular with the Scots and many found in the track and field days of high schools and colleges of this country but dancing and piping contests In addition a contest which it is expected will excite no little interest is that for the best dressed Highlander and a similar event for boys and girls under 14 years of age In Vancouver the Caledonian games ore an institution the 39th annual program being given there last month The games are attended there by huge crowds the annual program being regarded as an institution by the Scots and their friends in the British Columbia metropolis It is hoped to make the games here an annual event and should there be the interest in them which it is hoped there will be the St Andrews and Caledonian societies will sponsor them every year From a spectacular standpoint the uniformed pipe bands from Victoria Vancouver and Seattle will he of interest They will be seen and heard massed In the parade which will be held on the downtown streets tomorrow morning and again separately In the piping contests in the Stadium At he end of the program the massed bands again will play A tug of war between the Seattle and Tacoma police departments for a handsome gold decorated baton given by Vaeth Jk Son has inspired a desire on the part of the Tacoma policemen to win the event They have been practicing diligently for the past few days to get the uniformity of action necessary to win Races for fleet runners all amateurs for girls for Highlanders in uniform for married women and for single women and for members of the con- (Continued on Page 10 Column 4) TAX COLLECTOR HELD FOR $200000 FRAUD MONTREAL Sept Frank Dunn of Outremont a revenue collector was arrested today charged with steading $200000 from the province of Quebec The money alleged to have been stolen comprised government receipts and taxes from race tracks this race A1 Ferguson driving No 13 nosed out Charles Green The following are the entrants in order in which they finished in the main event of the afternoon: No 35 Bernard Norderum driver Frederick Henry mechanic No 7 Charles Green driver Har-land Cowan mechanic No 10 Alfred Leckcnby driver Faul Kirk mechanic No 17 Stanley Clarke driver John Mason mechanic Fred Gordon driving Now 24 with Mechanic Ed Dahlgren snd A1 Ferguson driving No 13 with Mechanic Norton Wilson were eliminated in the elimination tests Joseph Gordon Melvin and Bob Mahaffay were judges and Warren Mahatfay assisted by Horace Sutcliffe did the starting Prize money in the main event con- ELMA streets well kept of good schools and nice homes of contented people Its business men are progressive and energetic They have a live wire development association that looks after civic matters A fire swept the main street one day Profiting by the fire experience Elma is rebuilding with a concrete business district Nine new concrete business buildings have gone up along the main street the Alinard block among them The Imperial hotel is the principal frame building The Lark ia the movie house Elma has its own up-to-date weekly newspaper the Chronicle which is an important factor in community upbuilding The last federal census gave Elma 1253 Leaving Hon test no you pass through the little communities of Satsop and Brady where The Ledger bo has many friends and come to the larger town of Elma This is due to be the biggest week of the year in Elma the Grays HaTbor County Fair opened jeaterday It is promised to be the greatest fair the county has ever had One of The features of the fair they told us is going to be the biggest baby chow ever held in the Southwest There is a good tourist eamp for autoists there is the Imperial hotel and plenty of accommodations for visitors Elma is another little city of paved business Tie-Up of Hard Coal Produc tion Will Cease After Five Shut-Down WILL BENEFIT BUSINESS Government Officials View Settlement as Stimulus to Prosperity (Br Awneiatrd ITeas) PHILADELPHIA Sept 2 An agreement to end the protracted anthracite suspension in the immediate future waa reached by the operators and miners in late session tonight The men will return to work on the basis of the old wage agreement to extend until August 31 1923 The announcement of the agreement was made by Senatora Pepper anil Reed of Pennsylvania The agreement was reached after a communication from President Harding was received by tho parties to the controversy The announcement came after an allday session of the operators and a joint conference of operators and miners in Senator Pepper's offices tonight The announcement was made at midnight when It was simultaneously communicated to the AVhiie House and the newspapers The fixing of August 31 1923 for the period of the new contract was a compromise The operator wanted the agreement to expire March 31 1923 while the miners desired It extended to March 31 1924 Under the laws of the United Min workers of America the agreement is subject to ratification by the scale committee It will meet in Philadelphia tomorrow end the convention will he held at Wilkesharre Pa on Wednesday Welcome News Flashed to Washington WASHINGTON Sept Warm gratification waa expressed by administration officials tonight when informed that the policies commission of the anthracite operators at a meeting in Philadelphia had agreed to accept the Pepper-Reed compromise plan for settling the strike in that industry It was predicted that this development which was accepted aa marking the end of the hard coal tie-up after five months duration would not only have a marked effect on the general industrial situation but would go far' toward prompt return of a prosperous condition in the nation's business Word of the acceptance of the committee was relayed at once to tho White House for the information of President Harding AVhiie no statement was forthcoming from the executive he was understood to hold the view that restoration of production in the anthracite fields would have an immediate beneficial reaction While the compromise so far lias been accepted only in principle by the miners' representatives some cabinet members were said to have been authoritatively informed tht as adopted by the operators it was entirely acceptable to the men who have been in charge of the strike for the unions Secretary of Labor Davis who ha maintained close personal touch wllh the negotiations tonight expressed hi congratulations to all parties concerned am happy over the settlement of the anthracite tlie secretary said In a statement people need the coal for winter use Since there has been no increase in wages I suppose we will obtain coal at the same price" Souls For Sale! Iiiipert Hughes remarkable story of the movie world intensely picturesque curious and unusual in theme replete with romance and action Avill begin in The Ledger next Sunday September 10 jf miss it! IS ID Tacoma Will Be Host for the First Sectional Meeting of Entire Northwest Ever Held PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED Public Invited to Attend Session Friday Night at Scottish Rite Cathedral Tacoma next Friday and Saturday will be host to the leading surgeons of Washington Oregon Idaho and British Columbia the occasion being the Northwest sectional meeting of the American College of Surgeons Wednesday and Thursday of next week tho Washington State Medical Association will hold Its 33d annual meeting in Tacoma also The sessions of both organizations will bo held in the Scottish Rite cathedral The sectional meeting of the College of Surgeons Friday and Saturday will be the first time that a meeting including the entire Northwest has ever been held and surgeons of Tacoma say they feel this city haa been signally honored in being chosen for the assembly The two days conference will be devoted to a program of scientific papers clinics and hospital standardization It is expected that 200 to 300 surgeons of the Northwest will be in attendance The total membership of the section is about 400 Among the eminent surgeons of national reputation participating in the two-day program will he Dr Franklin Martin of Chicago director-general of tho American College of Surges ns Dr Frederick A Besley of Chicago professor of surgery Northwestern University Medical scvhooi Dr A Craig of Halifax Nova Scotia provisional commissioner of the Canadian Red Cross Society Nova Scotia division Rev Father Moulinier of Milwaukee president of the Catholic Hospital Association Dr Michael of Ottawa Ontario associate director for Canada of the American College of Surgeons and others Dr John II McNerthney of Tacoma is chairman of the executive committee for Washington and will preside at the conferences and sessions Dr Whitacre of Taroma is secretary Operative and bedside clinics will be held at the Tacoma General Hospital and at St Joseph's Hospital during the two days Friday afternoon a hospital conference will be held in the Scottish Rite cathedral Public Masting Trlday Night F'rlday evening at 8 there will be a public meeting in the cathedral where the address of welcome will bo by Bishop Frederic Keator of Tacoma and addresses will be made by prominent speakers Saturday there 'will be hospital clinics again and 4n the afternoon a scientific session at the cathc- Continued on rage 5 Column 3) Muliins Electric Company station in The Ledger Building The home radio parties the dances and the radio entertainments at socials and other like affairs sre scheduled to get plenty of good amusement from KGB too New instructive educational features are also to be incorporated in the fall programs including co-operation with public school work The Hopper-Kelly Company of 945 Broadway which supplies all the records and Victor Edison and Columbia machines for KGB is also to assist in some unique Ampico reproducing Continued on rage 2 Column 3j Breaking all records for speed Bernard Norderum driving a Shingleshake coaster won the first annual North End coaster classic ysterday afternoon on North 30th street speedway after a nip and tuck struggle with Charles Green driving a Tinshuffle The event was untnarred by any accident and all entrants which numbered six finished without difficulty To avoid any interference from motorists Commissioner of Public Safety John Murray ordered the street closed from Proctor to Warner and sent two motorcycle policemen to patrol the course Not only did Nordcrum take first honors In the main event of the afternoon but he made a clean sweep of first place In both other events of the afternoon In the short race be won first and in the coasting races bis car easily outdistanced the other machines In IRISH MPTO SPEAK HERE ON CRISIS IN ULSTER Crisis in Ulster" and first-hand Information concerning the whole Irish situation will be brought before the council meeting of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce at the next Wednesday noon luncheon Right Honorable William Coots who represents Ulster In the House of Commons will be the speaker and Garret Fisher of the council expects a crowded room to hear the distinguished man Mr Coots is as well informed on the Irish situation as any man in public life in England and has a reputation as a platform speaker it is declared HOOVER ACCUSED BY WAR CONTRACTOR IN ANTI-TRUST LAWSUIT BOSTON Sept 2 Conspiracy in restraint of trade is alleged in a suit for $1000000 damages filed in the federal district court today by Roger I Sherman dealer in foodstuffs against numerous Individuals banks associations and large corporations Under the Sherman anti-trust act he seeks triple damages Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Secretary Of War Weeks are among the individual defendants named in the bill which charges conspiracy to boycott Sherman and to prevent bis fulfilling large war contracts HOLDS CHICKENS AND REINS AS TEAM RUNS (Spee'al to Tacoma Ledger) ELLENSBURG Sept Holding the reins in his right hand a pair of While Leghorn roosters in his left and with tears streaming down his face Benny the 8-ycar-old son of Mace Deaton an Kllensburg farmer stayed wllh a runaway team here this afternoon until it was brought to a halt by several bystanders Mr Deaton had left the team for but a moment wh-n the horses became frightened and sped down a main thoroughfare and across a curb narrowly evading an automobile The team was hitched to a heavy hay rack HEAT KILLS CHICAGOAN CHICAGO Sept 2 One dead and a score overcome was the toll from heat prostration today as the mercury soared to 97 degrees a record for the summer At the same lime street thermometers were registering well oer 100 degrees in the shade i Organization Selects Seattle Man to Guide Organization Olympia Will Be Scene of State Convention for 1923 IftKATCHEU Sept 2 Lewis Wvellenbtch Seattle attorney was unlmously elected state commander the American Lesion at ses-bu of the annual state convention fern Hf Schwellenbach was one of the lu PPar in the field A number others prominent in American ktfon circles had previously been "Wabd for commander but no other urinations were made Vise department adjutant unanimously re-elected DWltt Evans commander of the post was unanimously elected soal executive committee man Chadwick Seattle post No 'ho was in the running withdrew a request that Evans' election be unanimous L- Neumann of Spokane was bnously cloned vice-commander Joseph Cam merman of Tton chaplain Olympia was award'd the 1923 state in a teo-sided fight Port withdrawing shortly after the all began convention dirr ed that a sent to President Harding by Continued on Page Column 1) fam WRECKS HOMES Cal Sept 2 Several were torn from their roofs of houses were blown a be two blocks scarcely a left in the western section kth by a storm which struck night and was still raging the town early today (Continued on Page 10 Column FOUR WOMEN MAY SIT IN NEXT LEGISLATURE SAN FRANCISCO Sept At least four and perhaps six women will he in the next session of the Legislature as members of tho assembly a survey today of last primary election result showed Four were elected by virtue of having captured both Republican snd Democratic nominations at the primary but will have to run In November because the Socialist party had a primary candidate and a fifth at first appeared to have won both nominations in her district but later discoveries of errors in the count have necessitated a court recount Two women candidates for the assembly and one woman who ran a congressional nomination were defeated SANTA CLAUS JOINS HOLIDAY PROFITEERS WASHINGTON Sept Santa Claus is joining the profiteers according to a report to the commerce department today from Berlin which advised of mounting prices for German toys Christmas prices cannot be forecast the report declared but an increase of 150 per cent in the price of German toys to take effect in the fall has been decided upon with further increases expected Militarism the report added has disappeared from the German toy industry snd the army corps of red formerly turned out by the Nuremberg factories have been superseded by tribes of American Indians MOB HANGS NEGRO FOR STRIKING GIRL ATLANTA Ga Sept 2 Jim Reed Long negro who was arrested today charged with having struck Miss Violet Wood 19 years old with an iron bar when she discovered him in a home at Winder Gaf where she was visiting was lynched by a mob at that place today Long was taken from the sheriff who had him In custody and was hanged to a tree SHOWERS ARE FORECAST WASHINGTON Sept Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday for Pacific states Generally fair and normal temperatures but with a probability of occasional showers on the north coast GENERAL STRIKE THRENTREVIVED Demands Pour in On Head of Federation of Labor Rail Situation Shows Change in Wake of Injunction No (By Associated Freaa) WASHINGTON Sept Though the Apierican Federation of Labor has no power to call strikes according to its president Samuel Gompers its executive council next Saturday will be asked to review appeals and demands from of local for the institution of a general strike to support the fight of railroad unions now on strike appeals have come to me from all over the country from those who imagine that I have power or that the Federation has power to call a general Mr Gompers said have been in the form of resolutions passed by trade union councils or by local unions or editorials In labor pe riodicals The executive council will be asked to consider them although it cannot take action to call a strike" A renewed pledge of and support to the fullest extent within our was given the striking railway shopmen tonight by- President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor Without making direct mention of the Chicago injunction proceedings or discussing in detail their possible consequences the labor leader telegraphed (Continued on rage 10 Column 6) P0MERENE BILL PASSES WASHINGTON Sept The romerene bill regulating campaign expenditures of candidates for election to the Senate and House was passed today by the Senate The measure takes the place of the law held unconstitutional in the Newberry case It now goes to the House SC (S IB i uDanonum CO KASXO BmOASCASTZHO STATION Today No Afternoon Schedule Today EVENING- PBOGBAX Bogiaaiag at Shakespearean Program: Today KGB will present ualqae Shakespearean record program composed of 25 records all songs and dance from plays together with readings from them by such famous delineator of 8hakepeareaa roles Ellen TVrry Julia Marlowe and Sothern KGB is Indebted to KGY the St Martin's College broadcasting station at Lacey for the arrangement and to the Hop-per-KeUy Company of MS Broadway for the record The complete program will bo found on another page IJreaae and engine aumbern and desert pt Iona of cara stolen In Tacoma and other cities of Northwest broadcasted each night by pedal arrangement wltli Tacoma rolicn Be part meat Bureau of Records Record used by KGB are by tea of tbo Hopper-Kelly Company of MS Broadway The Ledger radio hroadrasllng station ia operated by tbs William a MuUlna Electric Co of 1130 Brradway The station la located In The Ledger Building at 707 St Helena arenue GERMAN MAGNATES OFFER TO FINANCE FRENCH REBUILDING (By Associated Freaa) BERLIN Sept 2 Industrial lenders of Berlin who are credited with being well Informed regarding the plans of Hugo Stinnes leading industrialist predict the early conclusion of a pact between Herr Stfnnea and a group of French interests represented by the Marquis de Lubersac which will comprehend the scientific working out of a plan for the restoration of the war-devastated area The negotiations which have been going on virtually over the heads of German and French governments will make it possible for local co-opera-tionisis amt larger units in the former french zone to contract direct with the Franco-German syndicate for building and other materials which will bo delivered chiefly by Germany AUSTRALIAN POET DIES SYDNEY AW Sept Henry Hertzbcrg Lawson widely known novelist and poet i dead here He was bom near Grenfeld New South Wales RADIO EVENINGS POPULAR PASTIME KGB Programs to Furnish Increasingly Large Number of Homes With Entertainment This Fall Tonight Will Be Shakespeare Night Home radio parLies radio dances and radio entertainments promise to be the popular pastime this fail and winter judging by the number of inquiries coming to The Ledger radio department and the number of inquiries reported being made about the better type of loud receiving sets It is estimated by some radiophans that there are now 20U0 to 2500 receiving sets of one type or another in Tacoma irrespective of the large number of sets outside of Tacoma reaching all over the state and into Oregon and California whose owners and friend listen in on the evening broadcasted programs of KGB The Ledger-.