Morning Oregonian., April 13, 1922, Page 2, Image 2

TJTE MORNING OREGONIAX, THURSDAY. APRIL 13, 1922
25.000
MORE
MEN
JAM COAL STRIKE
Idle Non-Union Workers Are
Increased to 75,000.
GRAND TOTAL IS 665,000
Outward Calm Prevails at Union
Headquarters, Where Reports
of Progress Are Received.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. April 12.
Seventy-five thousand non-union coal
miners, an increase of 25,000 this
week, have joined the union workers
in the soft coal fields of the country
in their suspension of work,' which
veeks to force operators into an in
terstate wage bargaining conference,
according to the estimate tonight by
John L. Lewi3. president of the
L'nited Mine Workers of America.
This increase was said by the union
leader to bring the total number of
idle mine workers to 665.000, by far
J he largest number ever engaged In a
Tieup of the coal fields. This total
number includes 155,000 anthracite
workers, half of whom approximate
ly are not members of the union.
Mr. Levin Declines Comment.
While the union's figures did not
include any announcement as to the
distribution by states of the men
participating in the suspension of
work, it was clear that the strength
of the non-union movement was in
central Pennsylvania and West Vir
ginia.
Mr. Lewis and other officials de
clined to comment on Attorney-Gen
ral Daugherty's announcement that
he would not permit operators and
miners to repeat acts which had led
to indictments for violating the Sher
man anti-trust act. However, the
union view here coincided with the
A.mpnt In New Yrk of Vice-President
Knrphy of the miners organiza
tion, who declared that government
intervention to force the bituminous
operators into a conference was the
only means for ending the strike.
Outward Calm Prevails.
An outward calm prevailed at the
union headquarters, and only few re
ports bearing on developments in the
coal fields were said to have been re
reived today from the union's field
agents. These reports were said to
deal with the progress of the work
toward enlisting non-union workers
!n Pennsylvania. Elsewhere the sit
uation was regarded as unchanged,
with the miners idle awaiting devel
opments.
ARBUCKLE IS ACQUITTED
(ContinaPd From First Page.)
He distinguished It from unavoidable
homicide, which he said was not sub
ject to legal action.
He also defined medical expert
testimony, around which both prose
cution and oefense built their re
spective cases to a great extent.
"The fact that an Indictment has
been returned against the defendant
is no evidence of his guilt," the court
said.
The third trial began March 6 and
was marked by the appearance of ap
proximately 70 witnesses and the
calling of two of the defense wit
nesses before the county grand jury
in connection with their testimony.
The trial was longer than either of
the previous hearings of the case,
consuming nearly five weeks. .
As in the previous hearings much
emphasis was placed on expert med
ical testimony by both Bides regard
ing the exact condition of Miss
P.appe'e bladder before and after
. de ath. This testimony was based on
an autopsy finding that Miss Rappe
came to ber death through a rupture
of the organ. The prosecution pre
sented a report by a commission of
three pathologists, appointed at the
first trial, tending to show that, while
the organ appeared to have been
slightly inflamed, this irregularity
did not predispose it to rupture. The
defense evidence along this line tend
ed to show that Miss Rappe came to
her death as the result of a sudden
crisis in a chronic illness, which led
to the rupture.
Statement Held Altered.
The witnesses subpenaed to appear
before the grand jury were Mrs. Vir
ginia Warren, a nurse, and Mrs. Helen
Madeline Whitehurst,
lessons that have been given them by
experience and misfortune for the
benefit of all, to make themselves
more useful to humanity. This I shall
do.
"I can only repay the trust, confi
dence and loyalty bestowed upon me
during my trouble by millions of men
and women throughout the world by
rendering service In justification of
their faith."
Arbuckle Gains in Weight.
Roscoe Arbuckle, film comedian
whose avoirdupois has been one of his
major assets, told reporters tonight
that he had taken on weight during
the series of manslaughter trials in
which he has been a principal figure
and that before he could do any more
work in motion pictures it would be
necessary for him to reduce.
"I am going to take a good rest and
get rid of some of this surplus flesh,"
Arbuckle said. "I must get back into
physical shape before I even think of
pictures.
Then I will be able to go on with
my work if the public wants me.- If
the public doesn't want me I'll tak
my medicine. But after the quick
vindication I received today I am sure
the American people willfbe fair and
just, x Deiieve l am aue lor a come
back."
Jurors Give Views.
Edward Brown, foreman of the jury
which today acquitted Roscoe Ar
buckle of manslaughter, said of the
case afterward:
"Certainly we were not long In
reaching a verdict. Why should wa
have needed longer? We were unani
mous from the minute we entered the
Jury room. We took only one ballot
and that a standing vote. We were
out of the courtroom five minutes and
needed only half that time to agree.
"One ballot, no talk," was the way
Juror W. S. Vancott summed It up.
"We felt that there was absolutely
no case against Arbuckle," said Mrs.
Irene Wild, a juror.
"We believed Arbuckle, that was all
there was to it," said Juror Milton
Bailey. "He impressed us as a man
who was telling the truth, and that
was all needed."
Miss May Sharon, another juror,
said: "From the time the state's case
was completed I, for one, felt it was
not enough.
"Everything we heard pointed to
Arbuckle's innocence," said Arthur
Calhoun, another juror.
chs of no
VIGOROUSLY DENIED
Southern Pacific Official Be
fore Senate Committee.
EX-DIRECTOR IS CENSURED
PICTURE ISSUE NOT SETTLED
Question of Distribution Will Be
Determined by Directors, r
LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 12. The
question of whether motion pictures
showing Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle
will be shown again is one to be de
termined by the board of directors of
the Famous Players-Lasky corpora
tion, whose headquarters are in New
York. This was stated late today by
Cecille B. De Mille. director-general of
the corporation, upon being informed
that Arbuckle had been acquitted of
manslaughter at San Francisco.
The pictures were withdrawn by the
Lanky corporation soon after Ar
buckle's arrest last September in con
nection with the death of Miss Vir
rinia Rappe, motion picture actress.
Mr. D3 Mille said no arrangements
had been made for the release of the
picture in the event of an acquittal.
Mr. De Mille said he was "very glad'
to hear of the acquittal, but had no
other comment to make.
ARBUCKLE FILM DUE SOOX
Public. Opinion to Be Tested With
Comedy Drama.
NEW YORK, April 12. One of
Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle's comedy
drama pictures will be released within
30 days, in a test of public opinion,
it was announced tonight by Adolph
Zukor, president of the Famous
Players-Lasky corporation, when in
formed of the comedian's acquittal.
"As to Mr. Arbuckle s future ac
tivity in motion pictures, it may be
said to depend on the attitude of the
public," Mr. Zukor said. "We will
release one of his pictures within the
next 30 days for the purpose of
gauging public sentiment. If the
picture meets with a favorable re
ception we will release others. We
will not force the pictures, but will
supply them if the public demand
exists.
"Mr. Arbuckle will not act for the
present."
cago. Mrs. Warren, a new witness,
testified Xhat she attended Miss Rappe
in Chicago on one occasion when the
6'irl gave birth to a baby. Mrs
Whitehurst repudiated a deposition
which she admitted signing in Chi
cago to the effect that she had reen
Miss Rappe ill on a number of occa
s ens at the girls home. She ex
pressed the belief that the deposition
was altered after she had signed it,
and it was introduced into evidence
as an altered document.
As in the second trial 14 jurors
heard the case, two of the number
bt'ng alternates. Four of the regu
lar jurors and one alternate were
women.
The statement issued by the jury
was eigned by all the Jurors, includ
ing the two alternates. It follows:
"Acquittal is not enough for Ros
coe Arbuckle.
"We feel that a great Injustice has
been done him. We feel also that It
was only our plain duty to give him
this exoneration, under the evidence,
for there was not the slightest proof
adduced to connect him in any way
with the commission of a crime.
"He was manly throughout the
case and told a straightforward
story on the witness stand, which we
all believed.
"The happening at the hotel was
an unfortunate affair for which Ar
buckle, so the evidence shows, was In
no way responsible.
"We wish him success and hope that
the American people will take the
judgment of H men and women who
have sat listening for 31 days to the
evidence, that Roscoe Arbuckle is
entirely innocent and free from all
blame."
' The statement was signed by Ed
ward W. Brown, foreman; A. Cal
houn, Irene Wild, William A. Hupp
Jr., Veronica M. Smith, W. S. Van
Cott, Cora Ahpel, M. D. Bailey, May
C. Sharon. George E. Gilcrest, John
Brandt. ; Mrs. Maren Madsen, II. S.
Boone and C. L. Wold.
Arbuckle Feels Solemn.
Arbuckle issued the following
statement tonight:
'This is the most solemn moment
of my life.
"My innocence of the hideous
charges preferred against me has
been proved by a jury of the best
men and women of San Francisco
14 in all rendering a verdict imme
diately after the trial.
"For this vindication I am truly
grateful to God and my fellow men
and women.
"My life has been devoted to the
production of clean pictures for the
happiness of children. I shall try to
enlarge my field of usefulness so that
my art shall have a wider service.
"It is the duty of all men to" use the
P0LACC0 DEFENDS JAZZ
Opera Conductor Prefers Rhythm
to Badly Treated Classics.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., April 1
Jazz is preferable to a badly treated
classical composition, according to
Georgio Polacco, chief conductor of
the Chicago Opera association.
'Jazz is a rhythmic form of art,"
said Polacco. "It has a certain
both of Chi- f amount of strength, because of its
rhythm. But it is not a high form
of art. I suspect it will pass its life
In restaurants. Personally, I prefer
jazz at mealtime to a badly treated
piece of classical music. '
CHORUS CONCERT WINNER
(Continued From First Pajre.)
concert, but on a smaller scale, wal
sent broadcast from The Oregonian
tower when the Washington high
school Celeste chorus of girl voices
sang four selections from the music
memory course lecture list in con
junction with the series being given
by Miss Mary Elizabeth Godwin un
der the auspices of the Seiberling
Lucas Music company. This, while
not attended by as large a radio
audience, was pronounced a signal
success.
The afternoon programme consisted
of "The Lost Chord." "O Sole Mio,"
"Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes"
and "Barcarolle." These were sup
plemented by five of Miss Godwin's
lecture phonograph records. The
Washington high school "Celeste"
chorus is composed of a limited num
ber of specially selected voices di
rected by George D. Ingram, super
visor of the high school department
of music, and chosen from the girls
glee club. This chorus will also be
featured by the city of Portland at
the annual Easter concert to be held
in the municipal auditorium next Sun
day. The next nigrht concert to be sent
broadcast by The Oregonian will be
on Friday night at 8 o'clock, when
George Olsen's Portland hotel orches
tra will give another programme. This
same orchestra gave its first concert
last Friday night, when it was re
ceived with strong applause by radio
fans all over the northwest.
Tonight between the hours of 9 and
10 Mrs. Mary Adele Case Vann, con
tralto, accompanied, by her husband,
Silas Vann, will present a radio con
cert, which will be sent broadcast
from the radio station owned by Wil
lard P. Hawiey Jr.. in Irvington.
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Railroads Declared in Good Order
When Taken Over, but Upset
by Federal Control.
WASHINGTON. D. C. April 12.
Another prominent railroad official
Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of the
Southern Pacific board, appeared to
day before the senate interstate com
merce committee and vigorously de
nied statements by William G. Mc
Adoo, ex-director-general, that the
railroads had "broken down" under
private operation and were returned
to their owners by the government in
as good condition as when taken
over.
Mr. Kruttschnitt quoted statements
by Mr. McAdoo, President Wilson and
other officials that federal control
was adopted, not because of private
breakdowns, but to obtain co-ordination
of transportation during the war.
Name I'sed Widely.
"Two bad features that stood out
prominently In the government opera
tion of railroads, which were respon
sible for most of its shortcomings and
subjected it to most criticism," said
Mr. Kruttschnitt, "were extreme cen
tralization of authority, established
by the first director (Mr. McAdoo),
and attributable to his temperament
and unwillingness to delegate ade
quate and necessary power to his
local officers, and excessive and unin
telligent standardization."
Mr. Kruttschnitt declared that Mr.
McAdoo during federal control placed
his name on everything and every
where such as service blanks, menus.
commutation and railroad tickets, and
even on circulars and notices posted
in the toilets of pass.enger vehicles.
With respect to conditions of the
carriers as turned back, the witness
asserted that "renewal of rails, ties
and ballast were skimped to the dan
ger point" and the "equipment, scat
tered all over the United States, had
been given scant attention and was in
the worst condition ever known."
Operating Organization Upset.
"Worse, however, than anything-
else, the operating organization and
personnel which the president had
promised to disturb as little as pos
sible were completely disorganized by
depriving officers of all control ovei
wages, d'scipline, rules and working
conditions," he added. "This was the
germ of poor service and of inexcusa
ble abuse and waste."
Mr. Kruttschnitt presented numer
ous charts witn statistics 10 snow
that railroad service was at a high
peak during the year of private op
eration preceding federal control.
LAST RAILROAD CASE HEARD
Supreme Court Listens to Reargu-
ment in Southern Pacific Suit,
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 12. Re
argument of the Southern Pacific
case, the last of the railroad dlssolu
tion suits, was concluded today in the
supreme court. The proceeding in
volves an- attack by the government
upon the ownership and control of the
Central Pacific by the Southern Pa
cific. The case was decided adversely
to the government in the lower court
and has been pending In the supreme
court since 1817, where It was orally
argued last April.
Counsel for the government con
tended that by lease in 1886 and by
stock ownership in 1889 the Southern
Pacific obtained control over the Cen
tral Pacific, which it alleged to be
competing transcontinental line. It
further asserted that it had been
charged in the Union Pacific merger
case that the Incentive for the con
trol of that system over the Southern
Pacific was to obtain an outlet from
the Ogden gateway to San Francisco
over the Central Pacific.
RAILROAD LABOR'S CASE PRE
SENTED TO BOARD.
Contention Made That Wages Al
ready Have Been Cut More
Than Cost of Living.
CHICAGO. April 12. The man with
out a job due to industrial depression
should hot be allowed to represent a
standard to which other workers
would be deflated, railway employes
told the railroad labor board Tuesday
in declaring that labor should not be
treated as a commodity, subject to
the law of supply and demand, but
deserved an "adequate living wage.
Statisticians representing the main
tenance of way men, or common la
borers, fighting against a wage cut
proposed by the railroads, argued for
"wage sufficient to support a
standard of living based on health,
decency and a reasonable and modest
degree of comfort." Common labor on
the railroads, according to Arthur
Sturgis, economist of Washington, D.
C, had already been reduced more
than the fall in the cost of living.
"The wage tribunals, however, must
keep at least one foot on the ground,"
Mr. Sturgis said, and added that he
did not ask higher wages now, pre
ferring to let the Increase come in the
form of decreased living costs.
"Since December, 1919, the cost of
living has declined 12 4 per cent.
said Sturgis, "whereas the board has
reduced the wage rates of section
foremen 1514 per cent and of section
laborers ISV2 per cent."
Dental Examiners Appointed.
OLYMPIA, Wash., April 12. (Spe
cial.) Dr. J. W. Trosper of Seattle
and Dr. J. Floyd Tifft of Colfax were
appointed to the state dental examin
ing committee today' by Governor
Hart, succeeding Dr. I. E. Hoska of
Tacoma and Dr. H. E. Keenan of
Spokane, for terms ending at the gov
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