Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1921, Page 1

A\Y CATHER on page oudy. with showers tonight or to- MWOrTowW ; Tisl temperature. emperature for twenty-four hours pam. today-—Highest, 8§, at 1o t. .at T am. Closing New York Stocks, Page 23. = og Entered »s seco No. 28149. [IEohée Wae nd-class hington, matter B SEVEN-CENT FARES ON CARS POSSIBLE | BY TAXING CHANGE Levy on Net Earnings, Not 4 | Per Cent Gross, Would Aid in Merger, Says Kutz. | GPERATING COST CUT | NEEDED TO GO LOWER| 1 | Scveral Members of House D. C. Committee Strongly Urge Five- Cent Rate for Local Lines. \ et car fares in Washington can be re A to 7 cents by changing the method of taxation of the street car companies from a gross tax of 4 per cent 10 a tax on net earnings. Engineer Commissioner Kutz. chairman of the} Yublie Utilities Commission, today told | wembers of the House District com-) mittee. A further decrease helow < will result only from reduction tinz cost. he said Several members of the committee exvressed their desire that the street car fares should be reduced to 5 cents. R > Kunz of 1llinois in. «d that shlic Utilities Co &ion now has authority to rezulate and should place them at ssentative Hammer of North Carolina <o insisted that five-cent fares should n the National Capital. Although the meeting today that of a special subcommittee he: Iy Represe ve Zihlman of Mai tand to hea trict Com i tat the report from the Di oners on the failure to bring about a voluntary merger be- tween the street car companies at the recent conferences. members of the committee generaily were present. | Those who attended the meeting in- cluded Representatives Zihiman. Maryland: Focht, Pennsylvania; Lam ert, Wisconsin: Kunz, lllinois; Kel- er. Minnesota: Fitzgerald, Ohio Millspaugh. Missouri: Sproul. Illino Woods. Virginia; Hammer. Nort Carolina; Brown. Tennessee: Blanton, Texas, and Gilbert, Kentucl Merger Report Submitted. H The District Commissioners, who act | as the Public Utilities Commission, were. present today with their records and laid before the committee a re- port_published Friday in The Even- ing Star on the proposed terms which the street railway companies declined to accept as a basis for voluntary merger. At the opening of the hearing Rep- resentative Kunz emphasized that at the last meeting the District commit- tee was given to understand that the street railway companies were about 10 merge. It was at this time, he in- sisted, that the Public Utilities Com- | missfon should fix the fare at 5 cents snd thus force a merger. | Commissioner Kutz said that this could not be done because it was in | conflict with the public utilities law which dirccted that the rate of fare #hould be at a reasonable return on a fair valuation of the street railway ! property. Commissioner Kutz said that. in principle. the Commissioners azree with the bill before the commit- tce. fathered by Representative Wood: of Virginia. The Commissioners, how- cver, proposed to abolish the 4 per cent gross tax, but in the event of a merger, restore it. In lieu of this they propose an excess profits tax of 50 per cent on the net earnings above € per cent. Mr. Woods' bill would reduce the gross tax from 4 to 2 per cent. Representative Hammer argued that the Washington Railway and Electric Company is a bankrupt corporation and ought not to be carried at public expense. Representative Hammer. in his argument. analyzed the history of the street railways in the District, and =howed that he is intensely interested to have the fares reduced. Representative Lampert put th committee on record that its purpose i3 to evolve some plan to improve the quality of service and decrease the! fares. Representative Focht injected the remark that the three companies i the Capital Traction Com- Washington Railway and Clectric Company and the Pottoma Electric Power Company united in a! merger would be a paying business at| reduced rates H Representative Blanton of Texas, ar-| gued with Commissioner Kutz regard-| ing a zoning svstem. The Engince #Commissioner said that theoretical the proposition of zoning is an ideal system for relief. but that there | unanimous opposition to it in Wash- inzton Questions ‘brought a sioner Kutz clause in the shjngton ompany by Representative Kunz; atement from Comm that the anti-merger; organic act of the nd_ Electr ion by street; low the car companie Tepresentative Hammer questioned | Commissioner Kut ding | the rights of the Wa ington Railwav Electric Company acquired at Great 1'alls and subsequentiy sold at! about double the price to the Potomac | Electr Power Compan according to the testimony which Commissioner ! Kutz put into the record. i Chief Obstacle to Merger. Representative King asked if there s anything in the public util- ities act which would provide for an expert making a thorough investiga- tion of the present situation. Commissioner Kutz said that no such investigation is needed. because boil- ed down, the chief obstacle in the Way of 4 merger is the difference of cpinion as to the value of the common #tock of the Washington Railway and cctric Company. the funds now mour to $1.500.000, impounded \e 10-cent rate charged on current which is awaiting a decision, and the wi diffcrence neial structure of the two com- particulariy tax f 4 ings is “most He said that charged the same 1ax for use of strects when the right of wa is not comparable in the presen zross and unju Fie insisted that not one of the Sng lines can be abandoned without £y to large groups of citizens. He hat the tax must be on the Ki % said that ‘ommission ha the Iy r only by 7 argued Waoods in oppos the cleetric more equitable method ving il Washington Railway ctric Company. which is sole of the Fote Elecirie Power v Commissioner Kutz quoted wuit decisions to show that cach «ass of serviee should stand by it- e 1. He said that the change in t b wounld reduce the fares withont tuting one injustice, for another. § M ! made moderately {its_cards. I be performed by i first to the rehabilitation, of its own If Milady's Lashes Aren’t Up to Snuff, he Can Use Others e As<ociated Tress. W YORK, May Zt.—Ladles’ eyelashes have become salable articles. The dressing table in milady’s houdoir may mnow be adorned, in addition to numer- oux other things. that admirers assame 1o he natural, with arti- ficial laxhes that paste on right over the regular ones. This innovation in feminine attractiveness was on display kere today at the American Ladies” Hair Dressing Ansocia- tion exhibition. Other mature savers included A half bobbed wig to cover ol fushioned long hair, thus re- lieving the necessity of enfting . A parable in moving pictare am xhown, demonstratin a wife. who had lost her husband's affection. regained it by rejuvenating her rosc petal checks. | RESIDENT ON WAY HOME AFTER BUSY DAY INNEW YORK | | i i i work. Party Retires Early on the Mayflower on Moon- lit Sea. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK. May 24.—President Harding was today on his way to Wash- ington on board the presidential yacht avflower, which left here late last night. Early this morning a message | was received saying the craft had passed | Sandy Hook on a moonlit sea that was | rough by a fresh; northeast wind. . The yacht was accompanied by the destrover Truitt, while the New York police boat John F. Hylan escorted her as far as the narrows. The President and members of his party retired soon | after going on board. The departure followed a day filled | with activity. From early in the morn- | ing when he attended a ceremony in. Hoboken to honor more than 5,600 fallen war heroes, whose bodies were therc until he had concluded an address at the 126th anniversary of the New York Commercial last night, the President | was busy. Following this address he ' was whisked to the Mayflower, which immediately put to sea to carry the! chief executive back to his official duties in Washington. Z Fire Causes Hitch. But ene hitch occurred in the pro- gram for the day. This was caused by a fire which practically destroyed | the third ofdest fighting craft in the | Navy. The Granite State, now used | a naval militia training ship, which | as 1ying near the presidential yacht, ' caught fire when oil on the water| about her was fired by a spark from a | passing motor boat.” Flames swept about her and fire-fighting apparatus had to be placed on_ the pier at which | the Mayflower was lying. The yacht was removed to the foot | of 86th street, the pier of the Colum- | bia Yacht Club, where the presidential| party boarded her. [ Adwministration’s Aims. i Speaking extemporaneously at the | conclusion” of his prepared address, conclusion of his prepared address at the dinner last night, the President said: “I would like for you captains of industry to know an aspiration of the present administration—it is to in- augurate an era of understanding. standing between nations. “I want eur America to have noths' jing to do with any nation that is not willing to sit at the table and show | | The President declared that he! wanted those who came to our shores | to understand that their coming to | this country imposed on them an ob. | ligation. in ‘addition to according ! them the privilege of becoming | American citizens. He wanted it un- as well as receive from the government. | ASKES FAIR DEAL FOR ALL. President Bespeaks Co-Operation of Business and Industry at Dinner. | NEW YORK, May 24.—The co-| operation of every factor of Amer- n business and industry to put the nation's house in order after the dis- locations of war was bespoken by President Harding last night at a dinner here celebrating the 125th an- cial. Agriculture, labor and business management. the President declared, all must stand together in the con- fident purpose of sound reconstruc- tion. He asserted that, although the United States did not want to live in isolation or selfishne o the rest of the wor its duties v could best ing its attention | resources. i Text of President's Address. The text of the President's address follows in part: “The New York Commercial was founded in the time when the young republic was distracted by division of opinion concerning our relations wita the noble Washington be- ooned and traduced becar his administration was cozimitted to the Jay treaty with Great Britain, e on’s commercial cov- It represented an effort to c: embroi'ment with the old world system: and in the period when we were too weak to sustain a for- ign conflict. it served Ppostpone the disaster. it; for with every wish to preserve the peace, it was impossible, We fought wars with France and Eng- land. as incidents to the French revolutionary und Napoleonic up- heaval. New Responsibilities Imposed. to “It has been too often assumed that recent involvement in the our 3 {4 of Europe marked a new de troub! velopment in our affairs. In fact, it was an old sto We never were| and never will be able to maintain isolation. Bt our part and our place in international affairs are strikin, Iy changed. Our rise in power amd influcnce has imposed new respons: bilit our strength in Toda and to, to extend credits wh and which brav. proples these make it necessary that we shall commercial adopt new commercial methods whereby to insure the fullest no ble service to ecivilization. I be- speak the help of every orzan of in- ! telligent. .understanding business, to enable the nation to meet these de- mands. “It has been said many times, but it cannot be tno often repeated and em- phasized, that in_doing this we will be = (Coutinued on Page 3Column ¢J Che {COMMITTEE WARNED | the amount they would receive under j duc i i ployes who would be placed in clas {fied grades where the standard rates {of pay would be less. | permitted to retain their present | the pay excceded the reg- derstood, he added, that the must give | Wer. | rather than with the individual. | not have to join outside labor unions | i the strike. ! niversary of the New York Commer- | |get a hearing other | outside unions. | ficatio But only to postpone : g living WASHINGTON. Fhening SUNDAY MORNING EDITION — The Associated | i paper and miso Member of the Associated Press the use for republication of all mews dispazches credited to it or mot -.then All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are aiso reserved. A | Tre is exclusively entitied te ise credited in this the local news published herein. Star. Yesterday's D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1921 —TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. Net Circulation, 93,110 TWO CENTS. PAY CUTS N SOME RECLASSIFIED U. . | | | 1 | | | | | | 1 Proposed Figures Make Task for Congress. OF STORM OF PROTEST ! i Expert at Hearing Predicts That Any Attempt to Reduce Would Endanger Bill. Whether government employes whose present compensation exceeds a classified system shall be reduced | in pay today promised to become one of the most difficult problems Con- gress will have to solve in enacting legislation to standardize government ? JOBS BIG PROBLEM Cases of Salaries Exceeding | 1 | | . The Sterling-Lehlbach bill provides! specifically that there shall be no re-} ons in the salaries now paid em Testifying today before the enate and House committees on ¢ ervice considering classifying legis- lation. Fred Telford, a civil service engineer, said this provision Sterling-Lehlbach bill is a w inasmuch as any effort to reduce the pay of employes would bring aboyt a storm of protest that might jeopardize the enactment of a classified law A similar opinion was expressed to the joint committee yesterday by Preident Steward of the Nutional Federation of Federal Emploxes. Representative Black of Texas. both vesterday and today, questioned the advisability of the provisions referred to. He said he believed it would de- stroy the morale of the service if employes were placed the grades they would belong to. but ries wher r pay designatcd for the grades. Mr. Telford said that the Sterling nd Lehlbach bills contained prov sion looking to the reduction in grade of employes who do not come up to| the standard set and for their re- moval from the service if they are not efficient. On the other hand, he said, the Woods bill does not make any such provision. In whose hands the rate-making ! shall be Jodged is an important ques- | tion in reclassification and fixing of alaries, Mr. Telford said. In the, English-speaking countries the les- | islative body has invariably held on to | the puise: b s3id.. Howaver. legisiative are larze and some- times slow to act. 3 When detailed matters come before them. relating (o salaries of many employes, they must accept what is presenied to them or slash at random, | for, as a.rule, they are unable to make ! detailed investigation. in some cascs. he said, legislative bodies are found delegating authority to fix rates of pay to some outside agency. It is a most dicult problem tp decide how | much of this work shall be done by Congress and how much by an outside agency, he said. Called Happy Medium. Mr. Telford said, however, that the Sterling and Lehlbach bills ‘appear to have struck a happy medium. Under | them Congress keeps the legislative authority and determines what the ! appropriations shall be. but does not | 1 : |want an understanding between. the | B® into too great details and leaves | {government and the people, an under. | the allocation of the employes to an | ouiside agency. Discussing the classification of the skilled trades, Mr. Telford said_thit the -same reason exists for classifying that kind of employe as exists for classifying_the clerical force. Senator Nicholson of Colorado ask- | ed the witness if he believed fhat! federal employes should be affiliated | with labor unions outside the govern- | ment. “That is a difficult question to an- replied Mr. Telford. “Where the employer is inanimate and far away. it is an advantage to both the | employer and the employve to deal with classes and groups of employes In Canada the government tried to deal with the individual until the minis- | ters found they were giving all their ! time to such work.” Mr. Telford said that the best solu- tion of the matter was to 8o treat the government cmployes that they would to get that to which they are entitled. | He said that he did not like the | idca of federal employes afiiliating with outside_labor unions which use However, he said, if the | the government cannot | ise, rightly or wrongly they will affiliate with these cmployes of Work of Allocation. Senator Sterling asked Mr. Telford what ageney should handle the allo- cation of the employes in a reclassi The witness replied that in his opinion the allocation of the em- ployes was a real test of the success of reclassification. The classification ! must be made, he said, by a central | ‘agency. In regard to the allocation, |2 number of opinions have been ad- vanced, he said. Some hold that a central agency should make the allo- cations; others hold that the alloca l {morning and will continue until ¢} Chick” Evans of Chicago and “Bob- | others will 16 o FASTS 60 DAYS; DIES. Son of Wealthy Farmer Was Con- scientious Objector. SELMA, Towa. May 24—Walter | Oliver, son of a wealthy farmer, died yesterday on Iscif-imposed fast. « s a conscientious objector S |and was sent to federal pe |when he refused to don { Conp Dodge. Upon his - here he becam; {later entered into a f not take food es me | ISH FIRE SHOTS * INELEETON RUSH iStones and Bricks Also Fly a Polling Places Are Opened. . declaring until the Lord { !By the Associated Prose. T BELFAST, May 21.—Elcetions for' the new parliuments in ireland under the Irish home rule bill were carried ; out throughout Ircland today, but; only in the north of Ireland were ballots cast. as the nominations for the southern Irixh parliament were made without contest. which w tamount to election. Ulster was astir early this morning | to vote for the members of its new | pasiiament under the system of pro-! portlonal representation, which few | heérs will confess they understand.: The streets of Belfast were awake a | full hour before the accustomed time. i cans to Lose in Second Motor cars, horse and jaunting cars | Round of Tourney. and the humblc donkev-dra cart moving from one side of the city to|!s the Associnted Press. the other with voters, both men and, HOYLAKL, May 24.—R. T. (Bobby) women. Jones, Atiamta, thix afternoon de- Polling Places Crowded. ifeated Robert Harris, Harcwood The people had been appealed to by | powns, 6 and in the third round their leaders to vote early to “Dre-lq¢ tne Dritish amateur molf tqurmey. vent personation,” and at most of the| . 1. Armour. Lothianburn, defented poiling booths crowds were Waiting at| . 1, Hammay, Harewood Downs, 3 8.a.m. the opening hour. For either | side to bring i % tan- ' He and Guilford Only Ameri- i i | in personators would | ®"4 not be difficult, as in such districts: C. C. Aylmer, Ranclugh, defeated H. as Ballymacarret the naticnalists Wil ¢, Eilin, Rye, 1 up. not even have watchers, as they say i 23 2 it would be suicide for any of theirj HOYLAKE. England. May 24—Both number to enter the polling booths' £ood and ill fortune were experienced there. The unionists, on ihe (Stheriin the second round this forenoon by . would not feel comforiuble ini na American team wl Falle road, although there ere l’h"""”" American team \\h.os{e membvers ty of police and military (here (o pro. | are competing for the British amateur tect them. | z01f championship. Tounting of the votes will not > ! commence until 9 o'clock Wednesday | TWO Of the American team stars, Atlanta, scored victories, star, Francis Ouimet of o'clo;-ll: {,n m;J c\'enir!lg, at which time | by Jones of it will be adjourned until Thursday. ! P It is possible the Belfast results wiljj Put anothef be known Wednesday night, but the | Boston, was unexpectedly put out of 2 o not bfipnlnmfor several | the running by C. Hodgson of oavs, ere are fifty-three polling {4, and Jesse P. Guilford of Bo: divisions, with 358 polling stations, in |>"iT® 2SS o5 Polling stations, In| . eliminated by Cyril Tolley., the Belfast alone. was el s 29 tritish amateur champion. S sicksandStonealE] All of the other Americans won in Even Belfast, accustomed to hot po- | the second round, giving seven vic- litical fights, has.never seen such an | tories to two defeats. lecti e 2l ! The defcat of Ouimet constituted clection morning as this. Thus far| ¢ veieran observers regarded as it has beey more of a fight 10 get 10 1one of the biggest surpriscs in the the polls ahead of opponents than a|history of the championship. Hodme. stand-up battle. Dbut this rush led|son won jargely through his superiog. to some incidents. cspecially in the ! ity in putling Cork strect and Old Lodge area, ncar . % the docks. As soon as the military Win 7 of 9 Matches. were withdrawn from the streets at lock this morning., when the cur- | which Americans iy d f e few ended, the rival factions appeared | © e e llon, at the doors of their homes with their | Charles (Chick) Evans of Chicago de- womenfolk to procecd to the polis. | feated H. Matthews of Worthing, 6 and Bricks and stoncs commenced to fly |5 Evans hac A Bcrosstthal atrebia andia irew shoty | Cransibadan time, being 3 up were fired before the police arriveq |2t the seventh hole. to disperse the disputants. One con-| Francis Ouimet of Boston was defeat- stable was serlo nit with b onega -u[:mn.sgror unionists in West Belfast, | ¢rs. He outputted Ouime: i was orowded hours before the time . (ory., his short game being brilliani. | for voting by nationalists. Another | Both played nervy golf all the way. !long line of nationalists waited out- | Cyril H. Tolley, British amateur cham- { side, thus blocking the way to their | Pion, defeated Jesse P. Guilford of Bos- jopponents. This occurred in many [ton, 2 and 1. Tolley had a 70 for the | places, and it was evident much per-|Scventeen holes, and Guilford required sonation was going on. 74. They were all square at the end One woman who arrived at a poll- | of the fourteenth hole, Tolley winning ing station half an hour after it|the fifteenth and sixteenth. Guilford opened found her vote had already |outdistanced the champion repeatedly in been cast. their driving duel, but he often hooked Many Child Voters. his_shots, getting off the line and en- “one of the polling | Hodgson is one of Yorkshirc's best goif- tions should be made by the depart- ment heads, and still others hold that the allocations should be made by the department heads subject to the re- view of a central agency. Mr. ford said tnat where allocations had been made by department heads with- | out review by a central agency. reclassification has been a failure. {When the work was concluded. the isame old inequalities were found to exist, he sald. N. B. Alifa: ternational Association of Machinists, appearing before the joint committes { vesterday afternoon, strongly urged {the adoption of a plan for wage :boards in any reclassification legis- | lation enacted, upon which the em- | ployes should have representation. He criticised the amendment to the Army_appropriation Bill adopted by the House which provides that the men shall not be paid in excess of the prevailing wage for similar work in the localitv in which they are employed. Heads of the department; he said. would be sure to keep weli in this limitation. which might csuit_in injustice to the men. Wage 1 said, should be deiermined by waye board. which should take into consideration, among other thinzs, a wage. the cost of living, the #kill required on the job and the broductivity of the nation, - Representative Black asked witness arrive at an efficiency rating for the men if the present law prohibiting all time study of jobs was continued in effect. Mr. Alifas replied that he believed it would be entirely proper | to retain the provisions now carried in the Army and Navy appropriation bijls prohibiting such time studies as provided in the Taylor shop system. He said that the Taylor system was principle. the Tel- | representing the In- | how the zovernment was fto | countering bad lies. Tolley holed many There also were a large number 9f | long putts, a six-footer giving him a. haif n;h;l\,‘:o‘:k!r!h:; 'mm‘m in age from a |2t the s(-\'!;;xleen(h to end the match. child.of two and & half years. who | 4 Robert T. i defeated E. A. was Just able to lisp, “I vote for! a Moles> an ‘candidute in’ South Belfas: | UP. Jones completed the round in 84 {0 boys and girls of sixteen and!and Hamlet in Jones squared the seventeen years of age r iniiheiacven centiiandivasiaided All licensed public houses were 'i‘ ht mDD poor drive at the closed, and all fairs and markets ar- | ¢/ghtcenth. i ranged for today were postponed. The Hunter Scores by 3 and 2, polls will L‘loshe inh"‘mfi_h dixll{'ic\! ‘.'il 8 Dr. Paul Hunter of Los Angeles { o'clock tonight, but in £ €Y | defeated E. P. Tipping of Woodcote k _tonight, B few they, . Will remain open an hour longer. St b Pleads for Union Jack. Electioneering, which had been en- thusiastic from the very beginning of the campaign, reached a culminat- ing point yesterday, when James Craig, premier-designate for Ulster, issued an appeal to members of the | unionist party to “fly the union jack. | As a result of his appeal \'lrluz!l) | every unionist house in Belfast dis- ed the British flag last night, even the sidewalks 1 lampposts . being brilliant with the British colors. | The natio! ist who adopted a: T ¢heir slogan the ery of “No partition. | have fought a hard battle. and Jo- F. J. Wright of Boston beat D. F. }xansom of Croborough Beacon, 2 and W. C. Fownes, jr., of Pittsburgh defeated T. R. | West Norfolk, 4 and 3. J. H. Douglas, jr. of the United States defeated . W. H. Weaver of the Royal Liverpool, 2 and 1. P. Hunt of Texas beat J. L. Holmes of Handsworth, 6 and &. The match ‘between Maj. Gordon Burnham of loyal North Devon and M. Payton. an American golfer who ihad enterod the tournament inde- seph Devlin has led his party in ad- | P !"rl"t;'“ was canceled. Ncither ap- dressing meetinzs througnout the | Peared. : countics where votinis took place to- | British Stars Winners. day. Women took an active part in| [n contests amonz themselves, in | the campaign, holdinik demonsirations | the second round, the leading British i and canvassing volers. | players fared as follows: T. D. Armour of Lothianburn beat {C. Clayton Hutton, 6 and 4. | NEW PORTUGUESE CABINET. | cnkins of Troon beat Capt. | 3 DR e Wadham o ‘Weston-Super- NDON, May 24.-—Barros Queiros, pe: ‘to:fior Portuguess minister of finance, | Mare, 5 and 3. has formed a cabiret to succeed that Harold H. Hilton, former British headed by Bernardino Machado, who|amateur champion, beat T. A. Tor- resigned on Saturday, says a Lisbon | rance of Sandy Lodge. 2 and 1. dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph| Robert Harris of Harewood Downs, Company. Senhor Queiraz is a lcader | the Scottish internationalist, beat F. of the liberal 8rty in Portugal, Caldwell-Kerr of Whitecraige, 5 and 3. the sixteenth day of a| BY BRION AT GOLF Results of second round matches in| 1y injured by beingleq by C. Hodgson of Baildon, 1 up. | for the vic-} (Bobby) Jones of Atlanta ! Hamlet of Wrexham, 1| Wykes of the Royal; [MOB APPLIES 25 LASHES TO TEXAS MAN'S BACK | Victim, Accused in Connection With Attack on Girl, Ordered to Leave Dallas, DALLAS. Tex., May 24.—J. T. Moore. thirty. arrested Saturday in connec- tion with an attack upon a Young girl. was taken by a party of masked men late last night to a secluded spot near the city and twenty-five lashes applied to his bare back with a whip according to a report to the police today. After his punishment Moore was returned to the city and ejected from an automobile into'a crowd of persons in the heart of the business section. He was warned to leave Dallas. A party of masked men called at the home of a local mewspaper re porter siortly before 11 o'clock and requested him to accompany them ihough giving no intimation of what ,passed out of the city of the West iDallas pike. where it was joined by a second car. The two then pro- ceeded to a lonely spot. where Moore was forced out., and after being stripped to the waist and tied to a Moore's whereabouts known today. SHIPOWNERS WILL NOT END STRIKE Time to Agree Passed, Says Official—Mr. Davis Has Another Conference. American shipowners might have igned an agreement with the marine workers before May 1. but they can- not see their way clear to enter into any agreement now, W. L. Marvin, secretary of the Skipowners' Associa- tion, declared today before going into conference with Secretaries Davis and Hoover and officials of the Ship- TROOPK ARRVES INFREDEREKSBURG ‘ the association had come to Washing- ton 'merely at the request of the Sec- retary of Labor. statement of the association’s posi- tion had been made to Mr. Davis. Mr. Marvin was accompanied here by H. H. Raymond, president of the asso- ciation. Before conferring with the owners, Secretary Davis had another confer- ence with W. S. Brown, president of the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial As- sociation. CHARGE AGAINST Y. M. C. A. were mnot i versary Tomorrow. Special from a f Correspondent. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., May 24 Some idea of the snap and speed with which the cavalry of the United ! States Army acts was obtained by the |residents here early today when iTroop K, 3d United States Cavalry,! stationed at Fort Myer, Va. trotted into town. It was commanded by ! Capt. M. W. Davis. The arrival of the ' { Army's official representatives in the ! | 250th anniversary celebration of the { establishment of this town marked the { beginning of a busy duy of receptions | of official guests. | 7Troop K went first to the plaza, i where the horsemen were put through a snappy exhibition drill, which they ! \will also repeat tomorrow during the {official ceremonies, and then pro-| iceeded to the camp ground. near| { Marye Heights, where they establish- led their corral on the historic {ground on wh men fought for and | igainst the Union during the civil Harboring of Strike Pickets Al- leged at Newport News.' By the Associated Press. NEWPORT NEW Va.. May 24, the Y. M. C. A. is harboring strike pickets, to the detriment of the port and the American public, will be aired today at a conference of city offi- cials, civic institution heads and offi- ials of the “Y.” called by Capt. F. J. Walcott, in charge of the Shipping Board's wooden fleet division here. Capt. Walcott savs that he himself peEal has seen seamen leave the “Y" build- | “Within five minutes after the ar-|1n& anil slop men going to and re- trival of the troops their wagon train | The Y. M. C. A. &Vl Walcott says. moved into the camp and in a feW | iCine sieeping quarters to appear minutes the noon meal was well under | ;o & 03 (*P AR QURTICRS (o approx- {way for both men and animals. - |aveoraix. Spierniigd ! The troop left Fort Myer Sunda: RS [morning “and established ovemight | "fr 2 ReT UL A SUEITR ‘vavé‘p‘flvep ‘:outre at “‘.',.T’,H“'fl"'.’""fl jority of the strikers are foreigners jan ayside farm. ey S oach | and that the foreigners are taking the {the post on the return trip Sunday [l ot active part in the striker dec morning. Jeaving here the day fol- | gpite the fact that they are receiving oxinsiithefoficialiicelebrations twice as much here as they would re- Not Worried by Rain. { ceive in their own country. Threatening skies today. following| “American shipping.” he declared, a heavy rain last night which broke “is being seriously hampered by the the torrid spell here, took none of the | strike.” enthusiasm out of those making prep- { James river which would be charter- arations for the celebration. Finish- ed and placed in commission were it {ing touches are being placed today on not for the strike. - ithe decorations and bandstands are!ing up and the British are getting the ibeing erected in the public squares bulk of the new business. Most of iand parks for the series of band con- | the coal exported from Hampton roads certs today and tomorrow. ,is going to England, and it could be Mayor King today appointed a spe- | carried in American ships were it not cial committee to meet official parties | for the strike. and guests at the station. It is posed of Dr. J. C. B ATTEMPT TO SINK SHIP. rick and State O'Connor | New Orleans Excited by Marine Goolrick. i Gov. Davis and his staff of about | Strike—116 Arrests. Br the Associated Press. twenty-five colonels are due to arrive about 6 o'clock this evening by auto- | NEW ORLEANS, May 24.—Follow- fog two alleged attempts to sink th m- | ol- | mobile from Richmond. They will be | met by a special committee and pilot- | ed to the Princess Anne Hotel, where | they will make their headquarters while here. | Police arrangements for protecting the 50,000 guests cxpected to come from many parts of the country to, take part in the celebration were : completed - today by Mavor King. Many of the towns and counties of the state have sent their sheriffs here {to help handle the crowds. Tn addi- tion, a number of private detectives ' who are familiar with the criminals who usually follow such celcbrations ' have been imported for the occasion. | They have been given instructions to | take into custody any one about whom they may have any suspicion. Col. Rivers Here Tomorrew. Col. W. C. Rivers, commandant of the post at Fort Myer. Va. informed | the mayor today that he would ar- rive tomorrow to participate in the celebration. Among others who will . | represent cities and organizations, it was announced by the committee to- {day, are: Herbert L. Briugman, re- | zent of New York State University: jCharles "Beatty Alexander. repre. senting the Society of the Cinginnati; hn Halsey. New York; Mayor Wheeler of Charlottesville, Va.: R. M. Bainbridge, representing Kansas, PORTLAND BARS AGITATORS. 1 City, Mo.; Col. R. N. Harper, Wash- ington, D. C. and Mayor George An- ' sley of Richmond. i Messrs. Bridgman. Alexander and Halsey were the guests today of the Ordered to Leave City. celebration committee on a tour of| PORTLAND, Me.. May 24.—All strik- the battleficld surrounding Fredericks- | ing seamen in this city who are not burg. They were accompanied by a!residents of Portland were ordered to special committee, composed of Judge |leave Within forty-eight hours by the J. T. Goolrick. Maj. J. N. Barney and |chief of police, on_ instructions from V. M. Fleming. At Spottswood Inn,|Mayor Charles B. Clarke in a letter Spottsylvania Court House, where |in which he said that the seamen luncheon was served, the guests were |strike had led to so much violence at officially received by a committee rep- | this port, including a murder. which resenting Spottsylvania county, com-|he connected with it, that shipping Superintgndent of Police Moiony to- dpy issfed orders to {he police on strike duty to arrest every man found loitering about the water front. here is going to be peace on the river front and in this harbor,” de clared Supt. Molony. been taken to insure it” On the other hand, Dan Lyons, business agent for the Marine Firemen, Oilers and Watertenders' Union, deciared: “Too many of our men have been shanghaied. If this does not stop, and if the police don’t stop persccuting {us, I am going to take action per- { sonally.” Two attempts were made to sink the West Totan by opening the .sea- cocks. One attempt nearly succeeded, and when discovered there was sev- enteen inches of water in the engine room. the police say. 5 » ®Sal of 116 alleged union marine strikers_are being held incommunica. do for federal authorities by order of United States Marshal Loisel, follow- ing their arrest by local police in {connection with the removal and beating of members of the crew of the Shipping Board tanker Hadnot. Non-Resident Striking Seamen | posed of A. H. Crismond, Maj.' W. I.|strike agitators should be run out of Harris and S. P. Powell. ltown or arrestea. A number of private dinners are; —_— citizens to the official guests. In ad- | dition to the band concerts tonight | — and the reception to the governor .nd;mcnnh“k" Will Leave San H. A. Whitbeck, there will be a spe- 330th anniversary ohurch servics Francisco Tomorrow for This City. ieorge’s Lpiscopal Church un-| 10§ ANGELES Calif, May 24— formerly of Washington, D. C. who 2 will deliver tho address. It will be plans to fiy actoss the United States a inational 5 ecause of n an interdenominational service. making & landing here. Capt. Eddie History will be visualized here to-|today decided to continue his flight. morrow by forty-two fioats, each de-| “He found it possible to repair his picting some stage in the 250 yearn|plane with parts of another plane, to the present day with its wonderful{this afternoen. He will leave that growth, which has commanded it 2 a|city st dawn Wednesday for Wash- regular stopping peint of every train, | ingtom, ..Z:, Neb. being given this evening by prominent ! WILL FLY ACROSS U. S. his staff to be given at Kenmore by der the direction of Rev. H. L. Hout, After announcing he would abandon Floats to Depict History. Rickenbacker, former American ace, through which this town has passed {and planned to fly to San Francisco « ued on e 2, Column 6.) was to take place. The automobile | tree the whipping was administered. | He added that a| Charges that the seamen's branch of He says that of this num- | There are many shps idle in | Shipping is pick- | Shipping Board steamer West Totan. | “Steps have ! one stop—at Omaha, | State burned to waler RUHR OCCUPATION ON SILESIA PRETEXT STRUCK BY BRIAND French Action Without Allies’ . Aid Means Forsaking Ver- sailles Pact, He Says. DEPUTIES ARE READY TO DEMAND INVASION | ;Gemmy Takes Vigorous Measures to End Crisis After Warning From Paris. | By the Assoclated Pr TARIS, May —Premier Briand, questioned by a group of deputies be- fore the meeting of the chamber to- day. said there was no reason for the | occupation of the Ruhr region, be- ause the aspect of the Silesian situa- + tlen had been changed, and if the, Ruhr were occupied without the sup- port of the allies it wuld be equivalent to abandonment of the treaty of Ver- sailles. It appeared to be the avowed pur- pose of the opposition to force M Briand to state the positiom of the’ government, and many deputies were prepared to demand immediate occu paiion of the Ruhr district of Gers. many should the Berlin government refuse to take steps to withdraw Ger- man troops from the plebiscite zone | without delay. | New Crisis Arises. | Fighting between Germans and ) Poles in Silesia has created a new. crisis over the policy to be followes | By the allied nations regarding that { former province of Germany, and it | had a distinct influence on debate in { the French chamber of deputies when | it convened today. The Silesian sit- | uation developed rapidly last night, {and demands for the occupation of | the Ruhr region of Germany were again heard. Germany replied today to the French communication of yesterday on the Silesian situation, the reply i declaring in effect that Germany had | taken the most rigorous measures towards closing its frontier with Upper Silesia. The French commynication was made by Premier Briand last night to the German ambassador. Dr. Mayer, who was requested to ask his govern- | ment, it was understood. to end defi- { nitely all attempts at aggression in | Silesia if. Germany did not wish to | expose herself to reprisals by the {allies, ! The German answer was brought | to the French foreign office by Am- bassador Majyer at ‘11 o'ciock this morning. . | _Dr. Mayer informed Premlier Briand i that the German government had de- icided to -close the Silesian fronmtier { and oblige the volunteer corps to dis- | band. After his call Fre official circles were optimistic regarding the { Upper Silesia situation. . Mayer's communication. while inot officially so stated, was assumed to be a reply to the note Premier Briand handed him last evening, and the promptness of the reply was con- sidered a good augury of the dispo- sition of the Berlin goverrment to avoid trouble. The appointment of Dr. Friedrich Rosen, the German minister to Hol- land. as foreign minister in the Ger- | men cabinet, on the contrary, produced {a most unfavorable impression. The | French foreign office regards Dr. Ro- /Sen as an eterate enemy of France. iowing to his attitude both before and under the Tangier incident. GERMAN REPLY PLEASES. H i | British Officials Look Kindly on Answer as to Silesian Embargo. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 24.—Germany’s reply to the representations of Great Brit- in and France for an embargo against the entry of troops or ammu- nition into Upper Silesia is generally | regarded in official circles here as i satistactory. A dispositicn also Is noted on the ipart of Poland to attempt to_control { the insurgents occupying the disputed area. These considerations, together with he dispatch of between 3,000 and {4.000 British troops from the Rhine, hich are preparing to move, are in. !spiring a more hopeful attitude to- ward the Silesian problem. A final cttlement, however, awaits a meet- ng of the supreme council. which vill probably be heid in Bouiogne at he end of this week. KILLED IN TRAIN LEAP. i NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., May 24.— i The Rev. Nicholas J. Schwarz of Si. { Mary’s Church, Galena, IlL, was killed near Monmouth Junction today when he leaped from the observation plai- form of a train. The priest, who was suffering from a nervous breakdown. was being taken from a hospital at Rockford, IIl., to the home of his parents in Brook- 1yn, N. Y. i | Today’s News in Paragraphs President Harding on way home on Mayflower after visit to New York. Page 1 Big classification problem seen in pres- 'Snt salaries which exceed proposed figures. Page 1 Ship Owners say time has passed to sign agreement in marine strike. . Page 1 Much_election day excitement in Ire- -land. Page 1 Bakers are in favor of legislation for uniform weight. Page 2 Cbina and Germany sign trade agree- ment. Page 2 Witness at Senate committee hearing explains reduction in railway earn- ings. Page 2 Treasury Department seen as in great- est need of reorganization. Page 3 West End Citizens' Association favors forced street car merger. Page 4 Commencement exercises concluded b; Fairmont School. Page 7 roduce raisers complain over rules P‘n:emin‘ bringing of produce to Cen- ter market. Page 13 Rioting in Egypt is well in hand. Page 13 of nations takes steps to bring e ia out of financial chaos. Page 13 men act to save quick mail “‘L’Jfi;‘am in downtown district. Page 13 Allied nations to honor American sol- ~ dier dead. 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