Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1921, Page 2

JERS ONDON Lloyd George Sits Down at { Council Table With Heads .3 of Dominions. “By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 20—Prime Minister Lioyd George sat down at the council table here today with the premiers of the British overseas dominions, and began consideration of policies which will be carried out by the British em- pire. Those present at this historic meeting, which was held at the resi- dence of the prime minister in Down- BRITISH PRE | GATHER N | \ ing street, were Premiers Hughes of Australia, Massey of New Zealand, Smuts of South Africa and Meighen of Canada. The first work to be done, according to the announced program, was to decide upon the procedure to be followed during the meetings and the extent to which the deliberations of the conference would be made pub- lic. Later meetings of the premiers wiil be held probably in St. James palace. Forecasts of the conference have in- dicated that the Anzlo-Japanese alli ance, imnerial defense. licy in foreign aff ters of farreaching discussed. IDLE MEN IN CANADA. Reported 16.27 Per Cent of Trade Unionists Unemployed. OTTAWA, June 19.—Unemployment among Canadian trades unions was 16.27 per cent of total membership at the beginning of May, according to the June issue of the Labor Gazette. ‘The cost of the weekly family bmliget imperial PO i nd other mat- importance will be The average cost as compared with $12.68 Reports from 5,000 firms indicate a slow but steady improvement in un- b employment condition: There were twenty-six strikes on record at the end of the month, in- volving about 6,700 people. _— WOULD BOOST BUSINESS. Senator Edge Advocates Repeal of Excess Profits Tax Before Bankers. HOT SPRINGS, Va., June 20. Prompt repeal of the excess profits 3 reduction of surtaxes for the encourage- ment and reassurance of business enter- prises and activities and equalization of taxes were advocated by United States Senator Walter E. Edge of New Jersey in addressing the closing session of the convention of the Virginia Bankers' As- soiation here yesterday. EXTRA WORK AGREEABLE. No Objection to Overtime in De- partmrent of Commerce. A recent poll of the emploves of the Department of Commerce has in- dicated that the clerks are entirely willing to work overtime if neces- and that no extra help is need- 0 make up the time taken off the summer Saturday half holi- days. Secretary Hoover announced today. At the same time, the Com- merce Secretary said, there are 403 fewer employes of the department now in Washington than there were on March 4. Reduction in the force has taken place in large measure at the census bureau. where the work of the fourteenth decennial census is rapidly nearing completion. Mr. Hoover said the employes agreed that it was not necessary to take on any extra employes to off- set the Saturday half holidays, and expressed their willingness to as- sume overtime work 3t it was found necessary. —_— ' TROTSKY LESS CONFIDENT Declares Chances for World Revo- lution Have Decreased. T.ONDON. June 20.—A_dispatch to the Daily Herald from Moscow says Leon Trotsky. the bolshevik war minister. addressing the congress of communist women at Moscow, de- clared world revolution !s less prob- able than it seemed to be two vears ago. Trotsky said that only in Rus sia had the proletariat gained and held power as a result of the war- Elsewhere the fall of dynasti Iy _made room for bourgeo: tatorships. It was a sorry fact. Trotsky is quoted as sayving. that the least ad- vanced section of the proletariat were pronounced revolutionary, while those more developed showed caref: almost conservative temper. Tt w: the task of the third internationale. he declared. to stiffen the revolu- tionary morale. Sume illusions regarding the im- nce of.world revolution, Trotsky had had to be buried. The rev- olutionists were moving more slowly, but, nevertheless. they were gaining in strength all the time. _ HEARING POSTPONED. Many Ready to Oppose Fitzgerald Insurance Bill ‘The hearing today on the Fitzgerald Il to_establish industrial insurance in the District of Columbia, including domestic employes. wkich was sched- ulea dor today, was postponed indefi- nitely on account of the absence from the city of Representative O'Brien of New Jersey. a member of the special subcommittee which has been holding hearings on this legislation. Representatives of the leading trade, civic. social welfare, labor and pro- fessional associations «n the District were present to testify in oppesition to this bill. MRS. HUGHES LAYS STONE Starts Chapel Dedicated to Daugh- ter, Who Died During War. SILVER BAY, N. Y., June 20.—Mrs. Charles E. Hughes, wife of the Sec- retary of State, laid the corner stone of a chapel here dedicated to their daughter Helen, who died as the re- sult of overwork during the war in connection with activities of the Jouns Women's Christian Associa- ion. The chapel is being erected by “classmates of Miss Hughes. Making Sure of Meals, Maryland Prisoners Reject Parole Offer Special Dispateh to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., June 18. —Albert Pelligan, who was sen- tenced from Allegany county for a term of ten years to the Maryland _ penitentiary and Whose sentence does Rot ex- | pire until September 31, refused aceept role yesterday, 'which would have given his freedom. An e ag parole board offered to in the parole. Several other pris- oners also refused paroles. “We'll stay unmtil the end,” tin, t a ree a day was preferable to the chance of liberty yment on the out- Pellizan works on the e farm at Jessop's NEW PER DIEM SCALE WILL BE SUBMITTED Revision for District Workers Be- fore July 1 Made Necessary by . Bonus Withdrawal. A new wage scale for the 2,000 per diem employes of the District government will be submitted to the Commissioners within a week for their approval. Revision of the scale before July 1 is made necessary by the action of Congress withdrawing the bonus of 76 cents a day from all employes whose pay is fixed by wage boards The wage board went into session today to determine how much should be added to the basic pay of these 1o offset the loss of the bonus. It will be difficult for the wage jboard to aud much to the basic pay without curtailing the operations of the water. sewer and other divisions of the engineer department, because any increase made in the basic pay will have to come out of the lump rom w i 30 their work, | the%e departments Heretofore the 76-cent bones has |come out of a special appropria- tion. And Congress, in abolishing the bonus for “these workers, did not, it is stated, increase the lump sums in the District bill for the depart- ments in which these men work. ‘While it is likely that some ganount will be added to the basic salaries, it is extremely doubtful whether the men will get the full 76 cents. {PICKING JURY FOR TRIAL OF YOUTH IN GIRL’S DEATH Accused of Giving Her Poisoned Candy—Body Found in Ditch Along Railroad Track. CORUNNA. Mich., June 20.—Selec- tion of a jury to try Forest Higgins, t 1 i twenty-two. on a charge of killing Lucy Wittum, nineteen, was begun in circuit court here today. Higgins is accused of having given ‘the girl poison upon learnin; Vi delicate condition. Ty Miss Wittum's body was found by » train crew along the railroad tracks near the adjoining farms of the Higgins and Wittum families i\a]:;;lldl,“ Thedbolly lay in a ditch, ownward. with mud an clutched in both hands. e Higgins admitted having met her at the place the night before and as- serted she took the poison after learning their marriage would have to be postponed. He saw her fall into the ditch, he added, but fled from the scene and made no report to the authorities for fear he would be blamed for the girl's death. He disclaimed knowledge of how shel obtained the poison. A special guard has been kept over Higgins during the trial, although there have been no threats of violence. PUBLISHERS MEET TODAY. Southern Association Opens Nine- teenth Annual Convention. ASHEVILLE, N. C., June 20.—With a program made up of subjects of vital interest to the publishers, no set Speeches being arranged, the nine- teenth annual convention of the Southern Publishers' Association con- vened here this morning at 10 o'clock at the Battery Park Hotel, with Presi- dent Marcellus T. Foster of the Hous- ton Chronicle presiding. More than 150 delegates have reg- iistered and others are expected dur- ing the day. The convention is to continue through Wednesday, and {matters to be: taken up include the cost of whité paper, the labor prob- lem and the postal zone law. The publishers will devote more time to businéss'this year than ever before, many of the social and recrea- tional features -which they had ar- ranged for other years being elimi- nited. W. A. Elliott of the Jackson- ville Times-Union, first vice president, is slated for the presidency, it being the custom to promote the officers each year. STATE’S ‘TOP’ DEDICATED. Highest Point in Pennsylvania Marked on Negro Mountain. Speciai Dispatch to The Star. GRANTSVILLE, Md., June 20— ! Hundreds of people from this section lof Maryland participated in the { Pennsylvania “roof warden” cele- ! bration, about two miles north ot {Grantsville, when the crest of Negro mountain was scaled and the “top™ of the Keystone state _dedicated. ~The highest point in Pennsylvania is within a stone’s throw of the Mason {and Dixon line and of the old National pike. The exercises were under the aus- pices of the Alpine Club. The altitude of Negro ‘mountain, which ‘runs {through into Maryland, is 3,213 feet. The ceremony included the raising of the Stars and Stripes on a pole at the summit; followed by the singing of “America’ and other patriotic songs. —_— 62 FACE GRAFT CHARGE. Three Atlanta Officials Suspended Pending “Bunco Ring” Trials. ATLANTA, Ga., June 20.—Thtee city detectives, who were indicted by the Fulton county grand jury that i vestigated the “bunco ring.” were s pended froln duty here Saturday by Chief of Detectives Poole, who de- clared that while he believed them in- nocent he would follow the cus- tom of relieving from duty men in- dicted. The detectives were among sixty- two men, including City Councilman OBJECTS TO FORM OF UNION. |37 °H" Wartin "and. Ernest C. Foole, MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 19.—Po- | brother of Chief Poole, indicted in litical clubs under control of the |March and May of this year. The in- conservative party have been or-[dictments were not opened until to- .dered net to participate in demon-|{day by request.of the grand jur stration® in favor of the Central |which desired not to exert any American Union in the form that or- |sible influence on the city council in- ganization has been accepted by the |vestigation of charges of connivance :other Central American states. between officers and alleged gamblers and swindlers. The committee report, naming several of the officers and recommending removal of Chief of Police Beavers and Chief Poole and others, now awaits action by council. 130 DROWN IN JAPAN. TOKIO. June 19.—Japan's rainy s son has been unusually persistent, the resulting floods in various sec- tions are the worst in thirty years. One hundred persons have - been drowned at Fukuoks, in the northern part of the Island of Kiushiu, while at Aita, on the same island, thirty persons lost their lives. Several thousand houses have been inundated or destroyed in Fukuoka, Saga and Nagasaki _prefectures. Bridges have been carried off and col- lieries flooded.in the cities of Kokura, Aguinaldo’s Daughter - Weds in Alexandria To Press Bureau Head Miss Carmen Aguinaldo, only daughter of the celebrated Fil- rgent general Emilio rried Philippine press The marriage been announced by Gen. Agui- malde in Manila. Mrs. Melencio New Plan Offered if Road Cannot Pass Through Hospital Grounds. Fourteenth street may be carried to the District line on or alongside & portion of 16th street, it was sug- gested today, if Congress bars the ex- tension of the thoroughfare thfough | Walter Reed Hospital reservation. The District Commissioners consider that the section north of the hospital grounds, between Georgia avenue and Rock Creek Park, will require an ad- ditional transportation line in the near fyture, and if 14th street is stop- ped at the hospital reservation, as proposed by the Wadsworth bill now pending In the Senate, apparently but two methods of reaching the section north of the reservation by street car extension line will remain. Two Lateat Suggestions. One of these will be the diverting of 14th street westward to traverse a part of 16th street or the parking adjacent thereto. The other plan con- templates carrying 14th street under 16th street toward Rock Creek Park lto an intersection with a southward extension of Alaska avenue and thence to the District line. Any proposal for construction ot a; car line on or alongside 16th street, it was Indicated today, will meet With determined opposition from a con- siderable number of citizens. It is expected the 14th street exten- sion hearing to be held by the high- way commission In the District build- ing. Thursday. will be attended not only by those who favor and those who oppose the proposition, but also by those whose interests would be aftected if a car line were built along 16th street. The hearing is expected to attract a large attendance. Plan Widely Favored. Advocates of the extension of 14th street through the hospital reserva- tion, in accordance with the highway plans, are led by the District Com- missioners and members of the Mary- land delegation in Congress. Specially interested are not only District citi- zens, but residents of Maryland living just over the District line, hundreds of whom hold government positions in Washington. The problem of transportation is one of vital im- portance to them and also of great importance, it is pointed out. to the igovernment which employs them. So far as is known, the only active objectors to the extension of 14th] Street in- accordance with the highway | plans are the hospital authorities. istrict officials have expressed a will- ingness to carry the street through the reservation at a grade below the normal level, which would permit the throwing of small bridges over it for use by hospital officials and patients. It is believed such a plan would meet satisfactorily the principal objections | made to the proposed extension of the | street. —_— MANY INDUSTRIES TURN FOR BETTER| (Continued from First Page.) portion of last year's losses. Thus slowly the banker will be repaid and the farmer will get back on his feet.| The main trouble in almost every instance has been psychological. The moment orders have been canceled or prices have dropped certain producers have grown panicky. The bankers of the nation alone seem to have realized that the readjustment was both in- evitable and conquerable. They have financed their customers in ways that were not possible except under the federal reserve system. The praises of the federal reserve act are sung again and again where the truth about the last six months of American business has been fully understood., The im- mense regources of the federal reserve banks resisted the tide in splendid fashion and made it easy for one sec- tion of the country which was in a prosperous condition to loan money to the ‘other without precipitating a | general panic in which all mright have | suffered. Sure of Improvement. The term “confidence” has been so much used that it doesn’t always con- vey a strong impression. But the truth is government officials are as sure about the turn for the better in business conditions as they are that the autumn follows summer. This con- fidence grows out of the fact that al- ready the views expressed by tne government _experts last December have been absolutely confirmed. The readjustment has followed the ex- pected lines. One business after the other had had its struggle with high labor costs, war extravagances and inefficient methods, which _always come with sudden expansion. The spring revival in some businesses was more than was anticipated. In others it proved that the readjust- ment had not gone far enough. Con- servative judgment is being expressed about the autumn, but the wise heads in American industry are making ex- cellent use of the summer months to readjust and plan for the march be- yond the September milestone. (Copyrignt, 1921.) ONTARIO WILL BE DRY. Duke of Devonshire Signs Order to [} Be Effective July 18. OTTAWA, Ont.. June_20.—The Duke of Devoushire, retiring gover=or gen- eral of Canada, signed the order in council which resulted in a dry On- | tario on July 18. The order was signed late Saturday prior to his de- parture for Quebec. Sir George Foster, acting prime min- ister, announces that importations of liquor into Ontario will be illegal after midnight July 17. PLACER MINING DISPUTE. 1 OKLAHOMA CITY, Okia., June 28. —Claimants of placer mining rights in disputed areas along the north bank of the Red river and land own- lers in southern counties of Okla- {homa were here today to testify this week before Frederick S. Tyler, Unit- ed States commissioner, in connec- tion with the boundary dispute be- tween Texas and Oklahoma The hearing was expected to be an im- portant step in straightening out the tangle In titles arising from the dif- ferences as to the boundary. Commissioner Tyler was appointed by the United States Supreme Court to recelve and compile the testimony. Decisions _concerning hundreds of 11and owners will be based on the re- port which he makes to the court. Testimony _concerning disputed school lands along the river also will bo taken during the week. Govern- ment_representatives will appear in behalf of Indians owning land ad- jacent to the river. MOVIE FANS WATCH FIRE. A moving picture reel being oper- ated in the Virginia Theater, 608: 9th street, caught fire ebout 11:30 o'clock this mornmg and was ruined. About two dozen persons were in the au- dience, it is stated, and only one of them left the building while firemen ‘were there) Paul De Vault, assistant oper;tnr. ‘was slightly affected by the smoke. —_— SALVADOR PLANS FETE. SAN SALVADOR, Republio of Sii- vador, June 18.—The Municipal com- mission which is making preparations for celebrating the centenary of cen- tral American independence, has esk- ed King Alfonso of Spain to name re- presentatives to attend the festivities. ‘The request was for today the foreign minister. {size, flocks of Army and Navy airships | by j Towa from 1 NAT. PHOTD Postmaster General Hayx in trying isation with a young Greek, whom he when the Iatter went to the court of St. Jamen. a valet to Col. Harve: ‘e use for a valet, he put Louchion to work on a 11, Hays in confident of m: fireek, Italinn and French as well . Andrew Louchiou wi the government pi out of his ward, who wpea! kn a first-hand experiment in Amerje “inherited” from Col. George Harvey nd as Mr, Hays did not He is not on AIR HOSTS TO SCATTER BOMBS IN TEST WITH NAVY THIS WEEK Flocks of Army and Navy Air Craft, Armed With Explosives of Every De- scription, to Launch Attacks on Ships. By the Associated Press. OLD POINT COMFORT, Va., June 20.—The claim of alrcraft advocates that battleships no longer form the nation’s chief weapon will be brought to & test this week off the Virginia Capes. Armed with bombs of every will seek in a series of tests to de-| stroy more than half a dozen former German warships and to find and bomb the radio-controlled battleship lowa. There will be no attempt to sim- ulate real battle conditions. ‘The joint Army and Navy operations were arranged by the government to get at the facts as to the accuracy with which airmen can drop bombs upon naval craft. The warships of neces- sity cannot employ their guns tol defend themselves, but will be merely, except in the case of the Jowa, anchored targets for the aviators. 3 The maneuvers also will determine the effectiveness of bombs that strike and expiode upon the decks of armored ships. -Previous tests with placed bombs have not satisfied naval authorities th#g capital craft would be in grave danger of destruction by air bombs even if struck. Originated in Controversy. The unique and one-sided contests; had their origin in the controversy which followed the declaration before, a ocongressional committee by Brig. Gen. Mitchell of the air service that| the development of military aircraft was fast making the battieship ob- solete. Navy officials, led by former Secretary Daniels. took prompt ex- ception to this claim and the verbal conflict of opinion raged so vigor- ously that the government found it advisable to attempt the actual demonstration of the power of air- craft, employing its most modern planes and bombs against obsolete or former German naval craft. In preparation for the tests thej Army has concentrated at Langley Field, near here, tbe lar;est motdliza- | tion of military aircraft in the history: of aviation in this country. More than 150 planes of all types. including giant Martin bombers capable of carrying the new 2,000-pound aerial bombs, smaller bombing planes and fast single-seat pursuit machines with a speed of 120 miles an hour, to be used for scouting and observation work, are included in the mobilization, as well as a number of dirigibles. Scores of Pilots Practice. Scores of pilots, gathered from fly=; ing fields throughout the country.j have been practicing daily for weeks n bombing and observation flights out to sea and up Chesapeake bay. dropping dummy and live ‘bombs against targets over water and land. Gen. Mitchell will have personal charge of the Army’s end of the tests and will lead the various flights of itary aircraft. e Hampton roads station the naval aircraft are mobdilized, including & number of seaplanes of the NC-2 Type. the class that negotiated tie flrst transatlantio flight. At Langley Field a number of Marine Corps, Martin rs and DH-4s are gathered to operate with the naval planes during s. th’:‘h‘:';k!t test, scheduled for tomor- be directed against the U-117, a modern submarine used by the Ger- man navy during the war. The sub- mersible will be anchored fifty miles east of Cape Charles, Va. in an awash condition with concentric red, white and blue circles painted on its deck to distinguish it as the target and avoid the possibility of a mistake. 'sne frst expedition against the U-117 will take off in time #o that the first division will arrive at the target by 9 o'clock. The flight will consist entirely of naval planes, including nine F-5-L type machines, - each of which will drop four bombs, a torpedo plane division of five Martin bombers, each of which will drop six bombs, four NC type seaplanes, each of which will drop four bombs and a Marine Corps division of six DH planes to let go_two bombs each. All of the bombs will be of the 163-pound type. Will Take Off From m‘leyl. : er the attack by the naval air a e nent. if the submarine has not been sunk, the Army fiyers will take oft from - Langley Field. flight will consist of twelve big Mar- tin bombers,-each to launch six bombs, and eleven De ‘Haviland fours, which will drop two ‘bombs each, all of the 163-pound type. The aircraft will de- liver the attack as the flight com- ‘manders choose without any restric- tions as to altitude or speed. It is expected that by the time the forty-seven aircraft engaged in the test have dropped their 188 bombs the U-117 will have disappeared beneath the surface of the water, but should the, vessel still be afloat it will be made the target of the guns of a divi- sion of destroyers on the' following day, along with the former German submarines, U-140, U-111 and UB-48. The second phase of ‘the tests will take place on Tut A icers of both services consider this the most 3 1 | i 1 The Army it will involve the double problem of the ability of alrcraft to find any enesny fleet somewhere in a wide zrea off the coast and to bomb the enemy ships after locating them. On that date the radio-controlled battleship Iowa will be somewhere between: the Virginia capes and Cape Henlopen, from 50 to 100 miles offshore. The will be maneuvered by radio ip Ohio, five.or six experiment, important of all the experiments, as |3 miles distant. The flyers will have only an approximate idea of the loca- tion of the Towa, and will be required to take off at a given signal, search the wide area involved., and, if they find the vessel, bomb it with dummy bombs and get back to land safely. The control officer on the Ohio will be allowed_to mancuver the lowa as he pleases during the bombing, simu- lating as far as possible the moves a battleship might be expected to make in war to escape aerial attack. The conditions involved are that t lowa shall continue to steam in the general direction of the shore and the attacking planes stay at an alti- tude of at least 4,000 feet. Eight o'clock. in the morning wiil be “zero hour.” Dirigibles to Be Used. In the test against the ITowa all available naval aircraft will be used, including at least four dirigibles. Under present plans the Army will not use any land planes in this test, but the naval detachment will in- clude four Martin bombers assigned to the Marine Corps. It is expected that more than 100 aircraft will take part in the search for and bombing of the ITowa. Dummy bombs, ranging from be used. The Army personnel involved 230 to 1,000 pounds each, will will fly seaplanes. As soon as contact is made by any of the scouting aircraft a radio signal wi held at the Hampton roads here and at Langley Field will form in division jand rush to the attack. Destroyers will be stationed in long lines aiong the coast in the general vicinity of sent out and reserve planes the test to go to the rescue of planes forced down into the water. 4 Live bombs will not be’ used in the as the Navy wishes to preserve the Iowa, the only radio- controlled battleship in existence, for target practice with the Atlantic fleet next fall. The problem in the air tests is designed to furnish reliable data ! on the probable number of hits to be expected from air craft operating against a battleship at sea. Data on the damage to be expected from such {an attack will be obtained in a later attack on the former battleship Ost- friesland. o modern vessel. The third of the series of bombing tests will take place on July 13, with the former German destroyer G-102 as the target. The Army will make the first attack, using twelve Martin bombers and eieven DH-4 machines and 250 pound bombs, 94 of which will be dropped. The conditions of the attack are left at the discretion of flight commanders. If the destroyer is not sunk by the Army's attack the naval air detachment will attempt to sink the vessel. If the G-102 remains afloat then it will be sunk on the following day by gunfire by Atlantfc fleet destrovers. along with the for- mer German destrovers S-132 and V-43. Should the destroyers fail to sink_ the vessels battleships will be assigned to the task. Attack on German Cruiser. An attack on the former German cruiser Frankfurt will be the fourth Phase of the tests and is set for July 18. The vessel, completed in 1915, took a prominent part in the battle of Jutland and represents a good type of modern crulser. She will be at anchor during the attack, and the attacking aircraft, consisting of Army and Navy planes flying in mixed formation, will use first 250 and 300 pound bombs and then 520 and 600 pound missiles. All types of aircraft will be used, the first attack to take place at 9 o'clock in the morning. If the vessel remains afloat after the fina) attack it will be sunk by destroyers at4 range of 5,000 yards. The final test in the series thus far arranged will be the bombing of the former German battleship Ostfriesland on July 20. The Ostfriesland is a dread- naught of 22,800 tons, mounting twelve- inch guns, and was surrendered to the allies at Scapa Flow. During the battle of Jutland she formed part of the Ger- man first battle squadron and was badly damaged by a mine. ‘The- principal value of the Ostfries- land experiment is expected to be the resulting daia regarding the amount of damage aerial bombs may be expected to inflict on a battleship. The vessel will be at anchor fifty miles off shore and will be attacked by Army and Navy aircraft. The conditions of the test re- quire three hits each with 250 and 300 pound bombs, two hits with the 550 and 600 pound types, and at least two hits with 1,000 or 2,000 pound projectiles. There will be provided for use in the attack _thirty-two of the 1,000-pound :)omhu and three of the 2,000-pound yDe. May Be Ship Guns’ Target. 1f the Ostfriesland remains afloat after all the required hits have been made the vessel will be used as a targe! for the main battery of the battleship Pennsylvania, flagship of the Atlantic fleet, as all the German ships were turn- ed over to the United States on condi- tion that they be destroyed within a yeal Extensive arrangements have been completed for recording the data obtained during the bombing t. . Motion picture cameras will {e used to permlnenflt" record the results, and boards of officers. stationed on tugs and other craft near the vessel attacked in each case will make notes. Capt. Luke McNamee of the dread- L3 ¢ [naught Nevada has been detailed .as the senior member of the observin, Among thé duties with whlufi the board of observers is charged are the following: Observe and report the number and type of bombs drop- ped, the number of hits, the actual damage to the vessels, ng in mind the age and state of preserva- tion of each ship attacked, the prob- able damage to personnel, anti-air. Soi aituciure, xposed. on the ‘peat and ‘structure e: on -the u; damage to the main fight- decks and ing -equipment in the protected area,¥the past. | workers, 1M, of Clark University, Worcester, ALLROADS TOGET | WAGE REDUCTIONS Further Decrees Expected. This Week Extending Scope of Decision. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 20.—Announcement of a wage-reduction roder affecting prac- tically all railroads involved in the $600.- 000,000 wage award of July, 1920, not named in the reduction order of Junc 1 is expected this week, it was learned today at the United States Railroad Labor Board. Briet Hearing Today. A brief hearing, covering about thirty roads, asking wago cut was held today. The board's decision on this case and the hearing of June 6, when more than 150 roads presented petitions, will be rendered simultaneously. The decision, it was learncd officially today, will be drawn as an addendum to the wage-re- duction order of June 1, and the reduc- tions virtually will be identical with the average 12 per cent cut granted by that order. “The addendum probably will be completed by the end of this week,” a member of the board sald today. “It is the board's intention to publish it as far in advance of July 1 as possi- ble. The addendum order will be ef- fective on that date, when the original Teduction decision’ also goes into effect.” Evidence Submitted. Representatives of the roads at to- day's hearing occupied less than half an hour in telling the board that evidence presented at former hearings was adopted in behalf of the new sub- missions. Many of today's submis- sions covered vardmasters, train dis- patchers and other supervisory forces and train and engine service emplcyes, members of the four big brotherhoods. The Southern railway, with its sub- sidiaries, was the only trunk line to appear today which had not already sought reductions for some classes of Naval Station Head, In Revenue Tax Row, Appeal. s to Mr. by Secretary Denby. When internal revenue collec- tors visited the base recently 1o investigate sale of jee cream sodn water in the canteens d o enforce payment of taxes on them, the commundant re- fused to permjt them to make the investigation. The collector for Comnecticut has ordered the commandant re- ported for violation of the reve- nue laws and the latter has re- quented directions from the Sec- retary ax to what course to fol- low in the future. Mr. Denby is considering the question. U. S. ATTORNEY QUASHES INDICMENT FOR MURDER Doubt Expressed in Case of Girl Accused of Slaying D. C. Detective in 1919. TUnited States Attorney Laskey to- day quashed an indictment for mur- der in the first degree against Car- rie Johnson, colored, nineteen years old, in connection with the killing of Detective Sergeant Harry Wilson during the race riots of 1919. After serving eightcen months in jail the girl was convicted of manslaughter by a jury January 3 last, before the late Justice A motion Gouhl. for a new trial was pending at the time of Justice Gould's death. and two weeks ago Justice Siddons granted the new trial, explaining that Justice Gould had expressed to him his doubt of his action in failing to allow an instruction as to self- defense. Justice Siddons then spoke of the likelihood that the girl was in terror at the noise made by the mob in front of the house and when she heard the tramp of the officers up the stairway might have hgen misled into thinking she was about to become the victim of the mob and fired in self defense. Assistant United States Attorney| Cromelin in asking for the nolle pros explained .to the court tne serious employes at previous hearings. The Southern asked that the board's 12 per cent reduction order be applied to all employes on that road. —_— RADICAL LEADERS KILLED. Two Prominent Men Shot Dead in Barcelona Outrages. BARCELONA, June 18.—Three out- rages occurred here today, and in all of them the victims were killed. The first victim was Felio Boal, formerly i secretary of the National Federation of Labor, who was shot dead at 2 o'clock this morning. He was well known in labor circles and possessed a great influence over the radicals. The second assassination occurred a short distance away a few minutes later. Jose Dimincuez Rodriquez, a prominent syndicalist in the building | trades, being shot dead. Both had re- cently been released from jail. A young unidentified man was the third victim. { STATE NORMAL TO OPEN. Maryland Normal’s Summer Term to Begin Monday. Special Dispateh to The Star. FROSTBURG, Md., June 18.—James ‘Widdowson, principal of the Maryland State Normal School of Frostburg, an- nounces the State Normal Summer School session will open Monday and extend over a period of six weeks, closing July 29. The school will be open to all teach- ers and candidates for teachers’ cer- tificates and is held annually under the direction of the state board of education. Prof. Widdowson has se- cured several noted _educational including D. Burnham. A. Mass.. instructor in educational tests and ‘measurements. Prof. Burnham has had a wide and varied experience d gave intelligence tests to re- its in the army during the re- cent world war. OPPOSITION FOR MONDELL ouse Leader Has Republican Competition for Senate Nomination Special Dispatch to The Star. CHEYENNE. Wyo., June 15.—That Republican Fioor " Leader Frank W. Mondell of the House of Representa- tives will not be a ‘candidate for sen- ator next year without at least some opposition” from his own party in Wyoming became apparent here to- day, when it was learned that Frank C. Curtis of Casper will enter the race for the republican nomination for senator at the primaries in Au- gust, 1922, Curtis came to the state a few years ago from Jamestown, N. Y. He enter- ed the ol e, and became presi- dent of the New York Oil Company. OLDEST GRADUATE DIES. Dr. W. F. Eyster, Who Began Career at Frederick, Held Record. CRETE, Neb, June 20—Dr. Wil- liam Franklin Eyster, said to be the oldest college graduate in the United States, died here at the age of ninety- nine years. & Dr. Eyster was born in Gettysburg, Pa, and was graduated from Penn State College in 1839. He was or- dained a Lutheran minister at Fred- erick, Md., in 1842, and. after serving various pastorates in Maryland and Pennsylvania, became professor of English at Augustana.College, Rock Island. IIL,.in 1875. He came to Nebraska in 1883 and continued in the ministry until - failing vision forced his retirement recently. e particularly the lighting, fire and ship- control systems. ' Congressio: Scene. The board will be charged also with making déductions as to the probable to ships of various classes of new desi, and in a good state of preservation and recommendnig suit- able changes in the equipment, design and construction of future vessels in the P‘ht of the results of the bomb- ing tests. Orders issued by the commander-in- chief of the Atlantic fleet, Admiral H. B. Wilson, requi: the board, in addition to all other duties, to check the time of zero hour, the movements of planes in the air, the number and types of bombs carried by each plane, the time at which the first and last bomb is dropped during each attack, the total number of bombs dropped, the probability of destruction of air- craft by surface vessels, the prob- ability of lessening the number of hits by maneuvering the ship at- tacked and the ability of the aircarft to_carry out a successful search and deliver an attack at a conaiderable distance off shore. A congressional party will witnes: the tests from the transport Hender- son, which will also be the press boat. The general supervision of the ex- periments is under the direction of Admiral Wilson, with Gen. Mitchell in charge of the Army air detachment and Capt. William Moffett,- director of naval aviation, in charge of the eaval air. force. K Party. Goes on Transport. The naval transport Henderson left ‘Washington this morning with a large party of Army and Navy officers, cab- inet ‘members, congressmen and news- paper men. Secretary Denby has an- nounced that press representatives will be given the widest latitude in observing the results of the attack on t:n U-177 and in giving the facts to the ynblln. The results of such tests, involving data of .the utmost im- rtance: to the nation’s defense sys- em, have usually and it is regarded as doubtful whether they were fircd before or lafter the girl shot Wilson. Attorneys | Will Attend London Conference of beenAkept secret in|driver, and Ti =g tion. doubt of a conviction and called at- tention to the fact that he girl was in jail for eighteen months before her release on $5,000 bail, following the manslaughter vezdict, The door of the rvom where the shooting oc- curred showed eighteen bullet holes, B. L. Gaskins and Thomas M. son appeared for the girl. U. S. DELEGATES ARRIVE. Wat- Chamber of Commerce. PLYMOUTH, England, June 20— American delegates to the confer- ence of the International Chamber of Commerce, to be held in London the week beginning June 27, arrived here today, and at once proceeded to London. Charles F. Coffin of In- dianapolis, one of the American party, stated the chief business of the conference would be considera- tion of means for the restoration.of world trade. He suggested as remedies the lev- eling of exchange. the extension of long-time credi nd a treaty be- IRADICAL TEACHING digested ideas and ories of business and government,” said former Gov. Cornwell. “There are real menaces all around us. beginning with the railroads, the c mines and what they term the basic upon that step there back. plunge will be taken speedily for the abolition rights, the socialization of all indus- try and all property. munism, with the destruction of individual leap into the vortex of anarchy and questions that are before us? are several and women ma | keep ever dn mind that w’ entitled rcasonable you do, your employer is ilikewise en- {titled 1o an honest day's work: that he is entitied to your loyalty, and States of Ame« al tween the United States and Ger- many. ASK MINGO INQUIRY. Constitutional Rights. CHARLESTON. W. Va., June 20.— Officers of District 17, United Mine Workers of America, at a conference here vesterday, adopted resolutions, in which formal request for a congres- sional_investigation of the industrial situaticn in Mingo county was made. i stand Mine Workers Say They Fight for' “red Mooney, secretary of the dis- trict, who attended the conference. !said later that copies of the resolu- {tion had been forwarded to President Harding and Senators William E. Borah, Arthur Capper, Davis Elkins, Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, Hiram Johnson, William S. Kenyon, Robert M. La Follette, George W. Norris, Robert L. Owen, Howard Sutherland and David I Walsn. : The resolutions descritad conditions in the Mingo coal fields as a “struggle for constitutional rights,” and urged the Senate to “take action without delay, since fresh outrages are being per- petrated daily, and the entire region again Is verging on civil warfare.” —_— OXFORD TO DEBATE INU. S. Will Meet Bates College Team at Lewiston, Me. LEWISTON, Me., June 20.—Presi- dent Gray of Bates College has re- ceived from Prof. A. C. Baird, who accompanied the Bates Colicge de- bating team to Oxford University, a cable message saying that tentative plans have been arranged for Oxford {o debate in Lewiston next January. This will be the first visit of an English university debating team to America. —_— ROTARIANS IN LONDON. Americans Place Wreaths in Visits to Historic Points. LONDON, June 19.—Delegates from the United States who attended the international convention of Rotary clubs in Edinburg and now are Vis- iting London, placed a beautiful me- morial wreath on the cenotaph in ‘Whitehall this morning and also laid a wreath_on the grave of “The Un- known Warrior” in Westminster Abbey. The Rotarians afterward attended morning service in the abbey. —_—— WILL HEAD ENGINEERS. NEW YORK, June 20.—Dexter S. Kimball, dean he College of Engineer- ing of Cornell University and associated with Herbert Hoover in organization of the Federated American Engineering Societies, has been nominated for next president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. ‘The nomination, equivalent to election, will be formally ratified by mail vote Other nominations announced today by the society were these for vice presi- dents: E. Deeds, Dayto: Robert Sibley, San Francisco, and L. E. Stroth- man, Milwaukee. —_ CANADA SEEKS BERGDOLL. OTTAWA, June 19.—The extradition from Germany of Grover C: Bergdoll, United States draft evader, is under consideration by the Canadian gov- ernmeat, C. J. Doherty, minister of justice, announced. | Bergdoll is re- ported to have reached Germany on a forged Canadian passport. This is the first official announce- ment that the Canadian government has taken action in the Bergdoll case. Some time ago American Legion of- ficials petitioned Canadian war vet- erans’ organizations to bring the de- serter’s_case to the official attention of the Dominion government. —_— 12 HURT IN CRASH. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 20.—Nine junior members of the Selma (Ala.) Young Men's Christian Association and three other persons were injured, two seriously, here early today when a truck in which the party was re- turning frwn a camping trip was caught betWeen two street cars. The seriously . injured are R. E. Jones, ‘homas member. S SEEN AS MENACE / West Virginia Ex-Governor Tells University Class How to Counteract Propaganda, | By the Associated Press. BURLINGTON, Vt., June 20.—Five ways in which college graduates can help to counteract radicalism were out- lined by former Gov. John J. Corn- well of West Virginia, in an address at the commencement exercises of the University of Vermont today. ; The degree of doctor of laws was conferred on Mr. Cornwell and Gov. James Hartness of Vermont. Degrees in young men and women. course were conferred on 193 “We are literally befogged with un- impractical the- The ef- 4 forts of teachers and the radical propagandists are directed more par- ticularly toward the millions of men who belong to the various labor unions. Their hope, their aim, their confident purpose, is to ng about the nationalization of all industry, al industries. Will Be No Turning Back. “When this government once enters is no turning It means that once begun the ¢ of all private property 1t means com- initiative and a cadlong bedlam, such as has settled over Russia. “What is the solution of the great There Zs you young men ¥ be able to do: See that you put your pa- t! “First. ' triotism before your political party. “Second. If you become an emplover, do not forget that the men in your employ are human beings, men with hearts and souls and with ambitions and aspirations, just like yourself. njoined. n employe, ile you are to fair and Mutaal Rights “Third. 1f you becom ¢ to honest pa: compensation your interest your support return for the money he pays vou. “Fourth. Keep ever in mind that the in way to prescrve ihis government, which your forcfathers fought for and some of the 1 to establish, is to make it wor Prving. “Fifth. As citize of the United ca be ever alert to de- ent, its institutions and ideals; def them not only in time of war, but in time of peace. e S WILL TELL OF SHOOTING. Mrs. Orthwein to Take Stand in Defense at Chicago. CHICAGO, June 20.—Mrs. Cera Isa- fend your gov [ belle Orthwein, on trial charged ‘ith slayinz Herbert P. Zeigles. when he was allezed to have smashed in the aoor of her apariment early one mprn- ing several weeks ago, wil take the in her own defense, probably Wednesday, her attornevs said toJay. The case was expected to £0 to the jury the latter, part of the week, the defense opening tod The state contends that jealoasy prompted the shooting, while Mre. Orthwein's attorneys claim she shot in self-defense. 'WOULD VOTE ON BOUNDARY Narciso Caray's \ Suggestion cu Panama-Costa Rica Dispute. Plebiscites to settie the boundary dispute betwecn Panama and Costa Rica have been suggested to the State Department by Narciso Curay, minister of foreign afairs for Pan- ama and head of a special misaicn sent to the United States o adlust the cong-oversy over the arbitration award 0. certain ¢ to Costa Rica by Chief Justice White. The idea, advanced Yresident Porras of Panama, is to conduct two plebiscites, one in the Pacific and the other 4n the Atlantic zone The proceedings would be carricd out by commissioners of the two governments, with the mediation of the United State: “Panama sceks a peaceful @ettic- ment of the dispute with a brother nation,” Mr. € said. “and any other form of ttiement, or on which was secured through force. would probably entail permanent warfare between the two countries. Such a settlement can only be ob- tained through this country giving Panama a hearing. GUN PROBE CONTINUES. Justice Agents Develop Case of At- tempted Smuggling. Department Justice agents are developing the ¢ts concerning th machine guns n last Wednesday from the steamer lust Side at Hobo- ke, N A No oruefs, howeve gone from Attorney General Daugh- erty for any arrests in connection with the case, but prompt action will be taken by the department if evidence of a conspiracy against the federal laws {s uncovered. Meanwhile, officials said, the department is keeping in close touch with its agents in the field running down different angles of the case. MOTORISTS ARE WARNED. ' Operating automobiles with one or more lights out is, a dangerous prac- tice. about which complaints have been * made, Maj. Gessford, superifitendent of police, told members of his com- mand. In 2 message to the polica captains, Maj. Gessford said: “A great number of ischines are equipped with an apparatus on the dashboard which will permit the burn- ing of only one light at a time, and it has been observed that there is a grow- ing tendency on the part of motorists to make free use of the device by turn- ing a headlight either on or off at will “Phis practice must be stopped. The regulationis expressly —provide that there shall be two lights on the front Which shall throw a continuous ray of In conclusion, Maj. Gessford directed strict enforcement of the regulation, in an effort to prevent the lives of motor- ists and pedestrians from being jeopar- dized. have as vet ] ’ light.” “Sat the Fly” Slogan | of Throng of Children at Local Playground This s I‘W :;tl!-lly "-ly ;: rk boys and wiris on the play- . are being anked by their lenderw: to pledge thirty minutes or an hour a day to fiy- killing.