The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 24, 1922, Page 1

Hh p i aq on Wn) : He Qs'that Rates it Past Have 06 “ind Re- * fers (o Reductions ciate! = Ly the ed ‘i a. TF < Bureau e paid by employes... sudge J. A. Coffey decided in an opinion ren- dered in the suit of the bureau against the Beulah Coal Mining vom- pany to compel payment of premiums, At the same time Judge Coffey held the 24 per cent charge for initial rat- ing made by the bureau to employ- ers not paying their premiums_the first year of the law's operation, from which refunds were madeion the basis of the employer’s experience, was held unjust. This charge; bureau of- ficials say, was discontinued this year. Issues in the case were joined with those in suits of the bureau against the Hughes Electric company and| the Bismarck Gas company to com- pel payment of premiums, the same decision being applied to each case. Judge*Coffey, in his memorandum opinion, states thv.¢ the constitution- alty of the compensation law was not questioned in the proceeding but that defendants held the gaves to be so unreasonably high as to be confis- catory. He held that the schedule rates of the bureaa were not con- fiscatory, but complained of the rates charged. “ ment. The North Dakota Workmen's SA . e ~ Been’ Yoo" Hi, _must “pose a rate expert, an-actuary, from WEATHER FORECAST — Gen- erally fair tonight and Friday; cooler tonight. ‘ ESTABLISHED 1873 CORFEY HOLDS LN '@ ELLOS, DAM , BR ES T0 ‘SORY nies Who ene ij: BUREAU | Review Act. Reviewing the workmens compen- sation law Judge Coffey states that “chapter 162 in question is almost identical with the lew of Ohio, a stat with a very complex industrial life. It is a matter of common knowledge, that in Ohio, manufacturing and par. | ticularly mining are important indus- tries. Mining there is under very) much different conditions and much } more complicated than it is in North Dakota. Industrial advancement here is in its_A. B. C.’s while there 1¢ has reached a complex state of develop- Compensation , Bureau in. pytting chapter 162 into operation was re- quired first to fix ‘rates and classify risks in this state. For that .pur- Ohio was brought in who knew not ing of conditions in North *Dakota and made little inquiry before the} rates in question as brought from Ohio were proposed and adopted for this state. Judge Coffey said that “to put this! new program into operation all at once was ‘a prodigious undertaking.” Surplus Exceeded. He pointed out that the statutory | surplus provided by the law, which requires the bureau to keep the fund in a solvent condition at all times, was $50,000 plus 5 per cent of the! amounts paid in. He said there was an excess of $240,000. Judge Coffey held that the 24-per cent initial rating was untenable in that the legislature cannot delegate legislative authority and sald that it was an unfair rating, saying it did not appear that the statute contem- plated any except schedule ratings. Judge Coffey said in conclusion. that he did not hold the schedule rate itself “unreasonable and confisca- tory,” adding that they appeared hig: | and close to the border line. Judge Coffey said it had come to/ his notice that rates were being re- duced and the 24 per cent initial rat- ing was eliminated, and added, “i is for this reason that I am disposed | at this time to allow the schedule rates to stand, as fixed by the voord, though in my judgment a very high rate and almost, if not quite, confis- catory.” Commisioner Elliot, who repre- sented the bureau in the case, said: “The Bureau believes that the de- cision of Judge Coffey will be of as- sistance in the strenuous campaign, that it is pushing to get all employ-| ers in the state to comply with the) law. The Bureau’s experience in) the ccal industry up to’ the present} time has been,that the awards made | for injuries in that industry have; exceeded the premiums received. | This was the undisputed evidence | which .was before Judge Coffey at! the trial. The Bureau in its rules; adopted prior to July 1st, of this} year abolished the 24 per cent con-| ditional charge ‘for initial rating | which Judge Coffey in his decision | condemns. This charge was abolish- | ed because the members of the Bu-| reau were of the opinion that that! rule was making it more difficult to} get emplo‘yers who had not been) complying with the law to come in-| to the fund, The Bureau was then and is now of the opinion that the; 24 per cent conditional charge Wwas| legally sound. It has been the en-| deavor of the Bureau H rates to the lowest possible figure consistent with safety, and the rates | for nearly all the industries of the| Devils Lake . ‘ave been reduced since the} Dickinson . first rates were. adopted, and divi-| e end| state hi dends have been declared at thi 4 of each of the past two years which | have returned much o! perience on the Bureau thing that could be done; employed an actuary who hi perience in fixing rates kind of insurance. In doing this the Bureau adopted the same method as (Continued on Page 2) tained from sale of these, together to reduce the | f the surplus) Grand Forks back to employers. t “When the rates were first adopt-| Langdon . ed there was no North Dakota ex- | which to fix rates, and| Lisbon.. did the most sensible| Minot .. ad had broad ex-| Pembina for this| Williston THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE == ON THE RIGHT IS MAYOR SCO BELOW A POLLING PACE, BOTH BUILT WITH “WHISKEY MONEY.” Mayor Fines Violators and Uses Cash for Dry “Monuments” By NEA Service Milford, O., Aug.24: — It’s an ill wind that blows no good, in the opinion of Mayor M. B. Scott, on this thriving village. Mayor Scott has beaten copper stills into wash boilers, gasoline con- tainers and similar articles of “le- gitimate” use. With the money ob- with’ the fines he, has collected from their owners, he has built play- grounds and recreation centers for the youngsters, and improvements, 3s," 5 Since January, Mayor. Scott has, assessed $126.000° in liquor ‘fines, ‘of which the share going to Milfotd was $30,000,. Hundreds ‘of illicit stills have been confiscated and their owners sent to prison. Milford’s monuments to prohibi- tion are being paid for by fines into! Milford’s treasury from the rum ped- | dlers, moonshiners, and still manu- facturerg, of Cincinnati, which is 20 miles away. The mayor of Milford is their terror: His jurisdiction a3 prohibition enforcer ranges all over | Hamilton County, but Cincinnati is his happy ‘hunting ground. His three officers haul Cincinnati dry law violators before the mayor. at the rate of five a day. i “We are the prohibition capital of the state,” he says. “And here you see the first good that whiskey has done,” he adds, pointing to the rap- idly growing number of civic im- provements. ‘Whiskey money built most of our pooling booths, from _ public. play- grounds and parks. I'm going to! keep on until Milford hasn’t anyi more stills, and bootleg poison is stamped out in our vicinity.” Mayor Scott’s idea to convert liquor fines into public playground facilities and municipal improve- ments is perhaps the first of its kind in the, United States. Visions of a new ctiy hall as the climax of Mayor Scott’s efforts are in the minds of Milford citizenzs. WEATHER REPORT For twenty-four hours ending at noon today: Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at noon 64 % Highest yesterday 93 Lowest yesterday . 59 Lowest last night. 58 Precipitation .... ee 120) Highest wind velocity. Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and; Friday; cooler tonight. For North Dakota: Generally fair tonight and Friday; cooler to-j night. y General Weather Conditions Light ‘scattered showers occurred | in parts of the Dakotas, Montana,| Kansas, Colorado and Utah. Show- ers are also reported in the lower Great Lakes region. Temperatures; are considerably above the seasonal normal in the Plains. States and Mississippi Valley. Thursday, August 24, 1922. H In, W Amenia. +100 54.00 el’r Bismarck .. .. 93 58 .00 cldy Bottineau .- .. 86 50.00 p. c| 92 58 00 cldy ». 89 56’ 00 cldy Dunn Center . 90 55 00 cl'r Ellendale .. ..100 59 00 cldy Fessenden . .. 93 53.00 cldy 95 «5514 cldy Jamestown . . 93 56 00 eldy .94 «BL 00 cl'r Larimore : 55. 00 cldy 56 09 cldy 53.00 eldy Napoleon 5315 cldy 52.00 el’r 60 .00 cldy Moorhead .. .. 96 58 00 cldy Orris W. Roberts, ISYNDICALISM other municipal 4Syndicalism law was the first. wea. BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1922 geet _ “WHISKEY MONEY” BUILDS CITY PARKS TT HEARING A BOOTLEG CASE. A) LAW AGAINST | 17 RADICALS Michigan State Authorities Take~ Stev to Probe Alleged Conspiracy | (By. the Associated. Press) Chicago, Aug. 24.—Michigan states pon“state’ and vfederal guthorities planned to‘use today in breaking up, what they termed one of the greatest | radical and revolutionary conspira-, cies of recent years. i As seventeen men captured in the! woods of Berrien county, Mich., fac-| ed syndicalist charges at St. Joseph: today, William Z. Foster, head of the’ Trade Union Educational League, ' leader of the steels strike in 1919,’ who was arrested here, awaited ex- tradition to’ Michigan. Among those for’ whom the au-' thorities were seeking was Rose Pastor Stokes of New York, weal-‘ thy communist leader. Foster denied he had been atthe meeting in Ber-; rien county..” He said fhe had not! been away from Chicagb during the last few days. He was arrested at his offices which were raided by; ‘States Attorney Gtowe Sunday , night. “hy heal For, several days before the ga-| thering in the woods strangers dropped off trains at St. Joseph and ‘Benton Harbor singly and in twos and threes, They turned up ‘later,| according to federal agents, at a forest resort near the village of Bridgeman. ! Burning pine knots, furnished the light for the assemblage. | In the meantime Word; that they; were watched apparently reached the delegates to the radicalconven- ; tion, for many of them disappeared. When the word came to make arrests i after communications between fed- | eral and local authorities sheriff's | deputies and governments operatives drew in their dragnet. Chief among those who were ar- rested was C. E, Ruthenberg, once a candidate for mayor of Cleveland. SUCCEEDS ‘CURTIS | (By the Associated Press) Bulletin, Washington, Aug. 24.—, Appointment of Edward R. Finch, Justice of the Supreme Court of; New York to take the place of Cyrus” H. K. Curtis, Philadelphia publisher on the official American mission to the Brazilian ceritennial expositon was announced tdday at the White House. Mr. Curtis was compelled to forego the trip to Rio because of the illness of Mrs. Curtis. Toll tates through the Panama Canal average’ $1000 an hour, 1 Old Man Weather Grouch’ took his farewell from Bismarck today, but not without leaving a deep impres sion upon the memory of divers citi- zens and a record of the most pro- tracted heat wave in’ the history of the city. All was lovely today with a breeze blowing, the thermometer rising and a little rain falling. The period from August 11 to 23, inclusive, marks the longest protract- ed period in the history of the Bis- marck weather bureau, according to its climatological records. During this period the average maximum temperature was 92 degrees, and dur- Meteorologist. ing the period there were but three iBRADDOCK HAS ‘WILBUR VOLIVA ‘WEATHER GROUCH DISAPPEARS AFTER BREAKING RECORDS FOR AUGUST BOVE IS A PLAYGROUND, AND ‘ CELEBRATION A big round-up is being held at) Braddock today, which was expected to attract visitors from Burleigh, ‘Emmons and Kidder counties. Many ‘prizes were awarded in the broncho busting contests, bull-dogging _ of | steers and other contests. A baseball game and dance also were on the program. ZION BEACHES — CENSORED BY Men and Women Must Keep 500; Feet Apart.—Suits met Be Conservative (By the Associated Press) Zion, Ill, Aug. 24.—Wilbur Glenn Volva, overseer of Zion, who terms bathing beaches “Hell holes,” has, issued orders that male and female} bathers at the Zion beach be segre-) gated, it was learned today. A dis-| tance of 500 feet must separate the! men and women, Patrolmen are keeping close watch | to see that the bathing beach ordi- nance specifications for bathing| suits is not violated. “On the bath-/ ing beach, while in bathing or pre- paring to bathe or after leaving the water and until properly clothed, every female shall wear a suit which,! with black stockings, shall be a com- plete cover, excepting’ that the arms | may be bare to the elbows,” reads one paragraph of the ordinance. The women’s suits also must have a skirt | extending at least. six inches below the knees. ‘ Men’s swimming suits are required to extend at least below the knee, with a skirt extending , downward from the waist line toa point not higher than midway between hip and knee. PHILANTHROPIST VISITS IN CITY Edwin Ayer, retired lumberman, philanthropist, and former member of the United States Indian Com-/ mission, was in Bismarck this week,! ‘returning to Chicago by automobile | from California, Although 81 years old Mr. Ayer said he enjoyed the trip immensely. Mr. Ayer’s nephew was the first | conductor on a pasesnger train into ®ismarck over the Northern Pacific! —a tri-weekly, mixed train, and Mr.! Ayer expressed special interest in| this section of the country because of this. The United States Indian Commission, on which Mr. Ayer ser- ved for many years, was a commis- sion which devoted its efforts to the welfare of Indians, serving with- out pay. days with a maximum of less than 90 degrees. The highest temperature during th eperiod was 100 degrees on the 13th, which is within one de-| gree of the record for the period. Being accompanied by high winds| many of these temperatures resulted in some damage, especially to late corn, late flax, to potatoes and to ranges, pastures and meadows. Tho winds, however, came 30 days too late to be disastrous, Just as a parting thrust Old Man Weather Grouch left a record yester- day of a maximum temperature (of FOUR CONVICTS. jed by bloodhounds and |fect that rates now in force are so GET NEW CAR, EVADE POSSE Bloodhounds and Airplanes Aid Others on Horseback and Automobiles PLUNGE INTO WILDS Fugitives Expected to Put Up, Stiff Battle When They Are Cornered (By the Associated Press) Sioux: Falls, S. D., Aug. 24.—The four escaped convicts, now at large! in the wilds of northeastern Nebras-/ ka, about midnight last night stole another Ford car from a farm near} Nonowi, Nebraska, and headed west, | according to reports to the state; | prison“here this morning. The car! had yellow wheels and bore Nebras- ka. license ‘63-664, Both the state sheriffs of South Dakota and of Ne- braska have joined the posse in pwf* suit of the men. The men once more succeeded in eluding the large bodies of men, aid- two air- planes, who have been engaged in the search for them since their sen- sational breakaway a week ago to- day. An exhaustive combing of the ter- ritory near Springfield, S. D., near which place they were seen to, cross the Missouri River yesterday, result- ed in only a few scattered traces of the men being found. The intense heat of ‘yesterday seriously inter-| fered with :the work of the blood-| hounds and’ this ‘coupled with the fact that two.of the men are very familiar.,with the wild region in: which: they are hiding enabled them| to avoid the officials even when it was thought that escape was im- possible. The men early Tuesday abandoned the small car in which the greater part of their dodging of the authori- ties im their escape had been‘ done and after robbing a hardware store at Lake Andes, S. D., and obtaining arms and ammunition, crossed the Missouri River about 8 o'clock Wed- nesday morning and plunged into the wilds of the Ponca Indian Reser-| vation. They were seen to cross the river and one report has it that they were) fired on by’ a posse, which wounded one-of the men.’ Men were rushed’ to the region and early yes- erday it was thought, practically mpouatble for: the fugttivesto es- ‘cape.’ The jconvicts are expected ‘to put up a fierce battle if cornered as they are well armed and known to be desperate. i NO CONNECTION - WITH WAR LOANS! (By the Associated Press) . i Washington, Aug. 24.—Funding of | the $4,135,000,000. war debt owed by | Great Britain to the United States was. declared today by Secretary Mellon to. have no relation to the| war loans made by the United States | to Great. Britain to other govern- ments or to questions arising in con- nection with reparations payments of the former central powers. WATER CASE IS HEARD TODAY Attorneys Go from Here Ex- pecting Hearing in St. Paul The state railroad commission was represented in St. Paul today in fed- eral court at the hearing on the peti- tion of the Bismarck Water Supply company’ for an interlocutory injunc- tion to prevent the railroad commis- sion from interfering with a tem- porary increase in rates by Attorney General Johnson, Railroad Commis- sioner Stutsman and Traffic Expert Smart. The railroad commission was prepared, it was said by members, tu deny the charge of undue delay in reaching a decision on permanent re- Mef for the water company, and to set out the various steps taken in support of this position. It did not expect to touch the merits of the case, since the commission sits in a judicial capacity, except to maintain the order denying the temporary in- crease was justified. The City of Bismarck, through H, F. O'Hare, city attorney, was ex- pected to intervene, and to resist the contention of the company to the ef- low as to cause confiscation. Numer- ous affidavits were prepated by both! sides for submission to three federal judges. SOO AGENTS AID FARMERS, Agents of the Soo lines in North Dakota will lend'their services to far- mers in securing farm help, aceord- ing to announcement of Frank Col- lins, immigration agent of the road. “We are receiving reports of in- sufficient help to harvest the North Dakota crops, and receiving inquiries from farmers’ sons in the central states, who want to go to North Da- kota and work in the harvest fields. Consequently, anyone in need of help, | should write or phone to the nearest Soo agent, giving their name and and wage they will pay, and we will use our best efforts to get the men 100 in Amenia, 100 in Ellendale, 100 at Napoleon and 102 at Lisbon. RAIL LEADERS attributed to heads of the stationary | to suggest any separate settlement out,” (Leased Wire of Associated Press) STILL DEBATE PLAN OF PEACE Sill Mediating, Declares W.S. Stone for Brotherhood Men HEADS HAD REJECTED Despite Their Action on Seni-| ority, Conferences Are Continued (By the Associated Press) New York, Aug. 24.—Kepresenta- tives of a score of railroads and the big five brotherhood chiefs conferred at the Yale club for about three hours today on the possibility of ef- fecting agreements between individ- ual lines and their working shopmen. “We are still mediating,” said War- sen S. Stone, spokesman for tha brotherhood men when the meeting adjourned at 1:25 p. m., without an- nouncing whether another session would be held today. He hastened to the Hotel Wood- stock to confer at labor headquarters with leaders of stationary crafts, “It’s now up to the shopmen,” said a spokesman for the big five brother- hood chiefs this afternoon after they, had conferred with a cédmmittee rep- resenting a group of about 20 roads on a proposition for effecting separ- ate settlements between individu. roads and striking shopmen. ~ This was taken in some quarters as indicating that representatives of the running trades and representa- tives of the roads totaling about 26 per cent of the milage of the United States and reached some sort of a defiinite proposal for settlement which has been reported to the shop- crafts at a meeting with the medi- ating brotherhood chiefs which fol- lowed the session with executives. A member of the shopmen’s eastern committee made this comment to newspapermen “I'll tell you that there’s going to be no settlement witn any 19 railroads, You can put that in your pipe and smoke it.” While an official statement was lacking from the shopcraft leaders, this comment was regarded as signifi- cant in connection with the statement trades last night that the brother- hood men had not been authorized plan which would involve abandon- ment of the policy of the “all for on» and one forall” policy. HEADS" REJECT’ PLAN New York, Aug. "24+~The Associ- ation of Railway Executives yester- day, by a-vote of 264 to 4, rejected the proposal of the Big Five train service brotherhoods, that the car- riers end the nation-wide shopmen’s strike by reinstating the men with seniority unimpaired and Bert M. Jewell, official spokesman for the strikers, declared the association had closed the door to peace and voted for a lockout to smash union- ism. At the same time, splitting away from the majority, was a group of 25 railroads, principally ‘western lines, which debated a new sugges- tion of the brotherhoods that indi- vidu: tlements be effected. This minority indicated that it desired to hear, further regarding the individ- ual settlement ‘suggestion. Stand Pat on Seniority Hale Holden, president of the Chi- cago, Burlington and Quincy, joined with members of the majority group in denying that there was any split. “There is no question of a split,” he asserted. “The railroads are all standing pat on seniority and any| individual settlement wil have to be made in the light of that under- standing.” BLAIR FIRST GROWER TO SHIP Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 24.—M. S. Blair of Grand Forks was the first member of the North Dakota Wheat Growers association to take| advantage of the marketing machin- ery of the organization. Mr. Blair billed two car loads of wheat direct to the sales agency in Minneapolis, loading the cars at Ojata. He de- clined to accept the 70 per. cent ad- vance to growers of money made available by the U. S. War Finance, corporation through Grand Forks banks, as he preferred to finance his own grain and thereby save interest charges. Mr. Blair is one of the directors of the N. D, Wheat Growers associa- tion, and also one of the two trus- tees representing North Dakota on the central board of the Northwest Wheat Growers associated. GOPHER LEGION | SELECTS HEAD Virginia, Minn, Aug. 24.—Gerald | V. Barron of Cloquet was elected | state commander of the American Legion at the forenoon session of the closing day of its annual con- vention here, Barron was chosen by acclamation and had no opposition. SHOOTS COURSE LESS THAN PAR Birmingham, Mich., Aug. 24.—Mike Brady of Detroit shot the Oakland | ‘Hills course in 69 today, three under / par, in his second qualifying round | in the western open golf tournament, | and at one p. m. was well in the lead | of the field with a two-day total of | t ‘a 71 today and 74 yesterday ranked | second with 145, Several stars were yet to be heard from, VOLSTEAD IS ASKED TO QUIT (By the Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 24.—Resig- nation of Representative Vol- stead, ‘republican, Minnesota, because of help alleged to have been given him in the last elec- tion by the anti-saloon league was requested in a resolution presented and read in the House today by Representative Tink- ham, republican, Massachusetts. Immediately after reading the resolution had been concluded, Representative Mann, republican, Illinois, moved that it be laid on the table, and the motion was adopted with a loud chorus of ayes. After the, resolution had been laid on the table, which move amounted to killing it, there was a demand, led by Representative Dyer, republican, Missouri, to strike it from record and this' was ordered 141 to 3, CONFERENCE ON DISTRIBUTION: OF FUEL FIXED Governor Nestos Issues Call for Conference to Be Held in Bismarck Aug. 30 OPERATORS TO MEET Call for a fuel distribution con- gress to be held in Bismarck on the afternoon of August 30, “for the purpose of considering the fuel problem in its various phases” has been issued by Governor Nestos. In a formal statement he said: “The Lignite Coal Operators have called for a Conference at the City of Bismarck for the forenoon of August 30, to consider various prob- lems in connection with the produc- tion, sale and use of lignite coal. “The National Fuel Administration has taken the initial steps to secure some bituminous coal for the northwest, and the Railroad Com- mission, acting as Coal Distributors for our state, has already compiled @ great deal of the preliminary in- formation needed for a proper dis- tribution of the coal, “It seems, however, that for the purpose of discouraging any proti- teering and insuring the greatest fairness in price ~ and. distribution both of bituminous and lignite, it is,.of the-utmost. importance that a. meeting* of \ represéntative citizens from the various organizations and communitigs of our’ state ’be held to consider ‘these various problems with the Fuel Distributors and with the Lignite Operators, in order that an adequate supply of coal at a rea- sonable price may be furnished to all our communities for the coming winter. “1 do therefore, hereby issue the call for a fuel distribution congress to be held at Bismarck on the after- noon of August 30 for the purpose of considering the fuel problem in its various phases, and I do hereby request that delegates and repre- sentatives be present as far as pos- sible from the various cities and communities of our state.” GUY BLAKE 10 GIVE READINGS Burleigh County Boy Will Appear at Legion Hall Under the auspices of the Ameri- can Legion, Guy E. Blake, who about two years ago lost the sight of both his eyes, his right hand and three fingers of his left hand in an explo- sion near Wing, N. D.,'will give a program of readings, ranging from light comedy to more serious selec- tions, at the American Legion hall. at 8 p. m, Friday, August 25. Mr. Blake has been a student at the McPhail School of Expression in Min- neapolis and has given many read- ings in the churches of the Twin Dakota will len dtheir services to fa:- Dynamite caps transferred from one position to. another by Mr. Blake and his co-workers exploded causing the injury ot Mr. Blake who was at that time doing road work for Bur- leigh county. Although totally dis- abled he has progressed rapidly at the McPhail school, his training being given under the supervision of the State Department of Vocational Edu cation in conjunction with the Fed- eral Rehabilitation Act. The program to be given Friday night will be free, FOREST FIRES HELD SERIOUS (By the Associated Press) Duluth, Minn., Aug. 24—“I don’t think there has been a more critical forest fire situation in Minnesota than there is today.” This was the statement of H. G. Weber, in charge of operations for the state forestry department in northeastern Minnesota this morn-) ing. Two new fires reported this morn- ing, the Markham fire again burn- ing briskly and the suspicion of the aviators flying over the threatened area that certain fires are of incen- diary origin mark the developments in the forest fire situation during stating the number of men wanted.| 141, Jock Hutchison of Chicago with | the morning. In 1831 the United States pro- duced 1600 tons of steel, PRICE FIVE CENTS DUBLIN PAYS DEEP TRIBUTE TO SLAIN HERO Draped in Tri-color of Ireland, Coffin Is Carried Through City’s Streets PLANNED COMPROMISES Michael Collins Had in Mind Many Constitutional Changes to Placate Enemy Dublin, Aug. 24.—Draped in the be- loved tri-color of Ireland, the coffin containing the body of Michael Col- lins, slain chief of Ireland’s new Free State government, was landed here today from the Steamer Classic and borne through the streets amid an impressive tribune fro e ° bled multitude, ate General Collins’ body was met at the dock by large throngs of mourn- ers, including Richard Mulcahy, chief of staff and other prominent repre- sentatives of the army. The body was taken on a gun carriage, preceded by a band of pipers to St.. Vincent's hospital. _Prayers were said as the proces- sion passed in silence, broken only by the distant crack of snipers rifles in various parts of the grief stricken city. The cortege was flanked by a line of Dublin guards marching in slow time with the muzzles of theis revolvers protruding from their hol- sters. Impressive Scene, A detachment of civic guards fol- lowed. They were the only armed uniformed men in the procession. Ini- mediately behind eame an armored car bristling with rifles held at all angles, comprising an incongruous ending to the mournful procession.’ Several men who were wounded in the fighting near Pandon, county Cork, Tuesday night, when Collins lost his life, accompanied their be- loved leader's body on the sea voy- age to Dublin. From midnight last night crowds had been gathering at the north quay to witness the arrival of the Classic, which docked at 2 o'clock this morn- ing. Scenes typical of the nation’s sorrow marked the progress of the coffin from the steamer through thu long avenue of troops with reversed arms to the waiting gun carriage. Free State Colors Regular officers draped the plain oak casket in the Free State colors and placed it on the wouden piat- form built on the 18 pounder gun cartiage, The’ déad general's’ charg- er was led riderless alongside. The members of the provisional government and deputies of the Dail together with the members of the headquarters staff, immediately fol- lowed. Then came the throngs of bare headed men and women, many of them making no effort to restrain their tears. Among the little band of fighting men who made the last stand with Collins and who followed the body of the slain hero through the Dub- lin streets with lowered heads and tear blinded eyes, was a boyish fig- ure wearing a ragged civilian coat and a tweed cap. Across hig should- ers he carried a machine gun, the same gun with which he said er- wards he poured a hail of lead into Collins attackers. ‘After the procession was dismiss- ed he told an interviewer, in a shy and diffident manner and in -avoice often choked by emotion, a vivid story of the fatal ambush. First to Meet Fire “The car in which Collins was rid- ing,” he said “was the first to meet the ambusher’s fire. There were at least 260 of them against 12 of us. It was about 9 o'clock when we passed through the village. We had not gone over 400 yards along the road when from both sides we were caught by a deadly cross fire of ma- chine guns.” Directed Fire “The driver of Collins’ car wanted to drive at full speed but the gen- eral ordered him to halt and told us to take cover. He took command of the whole situation and directed the fire against the attackers for nearly an hour. Two machine guns kept up an incessant firing at Mike’s open car but up to then no one had been hurt and it began to look as though | the Irregulars were going to scatter in order to risk no more casualties. Saw Sniper “It was during a lull in the tackers fire that Mike ngticed a sniper creeping on hands and knees some distance down the road behind him. Mike immediately went about a dozen yards in his direction with the object of stopping further move- ment in the rear of the party. At that moment heavy firing swept across the road from both sides. The gun in the whippet armored car which followed, had jammed, lessen- ing the effect on our fire. “The sudden burst of shooting caused Mike to turn around for @ few seconds and the next moment I sa whim fall to the ground shot through the head. As he lay dying he shouted words of encouragement to his men to go on firing and not mind him. “Immediately there were cries of | ‘My God, Mick is shot’ men rushed | to his assistance. Although bleeding freely from a terrible wound he lived fifteen minutes during which | he continued to fire his révolver.” MANY CHANGED PLANNED. (By the Associated Press). | London, Aug. 25.—At the time of his death, Michael Collins had under consideration plans to re-draft sev- eral sections of the constituiton of the Irish Free State so as to piacate the more radical republican element, (Continued on Page 2) |