axis throwing exceptions on way up re init tag

[Heitzso]

On win2k and winnt:
        compiling my code with jikes 1.15 
        running with sun jvm 1.4.0_01
        tomcat 4.0.4 servlet container
        axis beta3
axis generates numerous stack exceptions ...
   org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: 
        The element type "init" must be terminated 
        by the matching end-tag "</init>".

The same code, but compiled and run on Linux
        compiling my code with jikes 1.15 (identical to above)
        running with sun jvm 1.4.0_01 (identical to above)
        tomcat 4.0.4 servlet container 
        axis beta3

works like a champ without the exceptions.  

Has anyone else seen the sax parse "init" exception trace
and sorted out what it comes from?  

Thanks,
Heitzso