Evening Star Newspaper, July 16, 1921, Page 2

STORM BRINGS DEATH AND LOSS BEFORE FURY IS SPENT IN D. C. J;Boy Struck Undc;;Tree—Lighting Systcmv i Demoralized—Cars Halted in Streets: i Bolt in White House Grounds. ! pamnt e ey ol § One person was killed, street car traffic ‘nctl(‘xil,\' brought to a standstill for two hours in the late. afternoon rush dericd (from 3:15 to shortly after & dclock), downtown electric lighting and fower circuits demoralized and many Gellars flooded when a severe electrical stopm spent its fury on Washington yes- terday afterncon. The rainfall in a little Thore than two hours set a record for recnt vears at 1.82 inches, according to he United States weather bureau. ! An unidentified colored boy, aged about seventern, was struck and kiiled by light- wing at 7th and K streets northwest. Where Jhe had sought shelter under a gee. YPersons in nearby busin: Houses saw the boy hurled to the groun as w blinding flash of lightning startled ;:m The body was quickly picked up d rushed. to Emergency Hospital, here life was declared extinct. i Bolt in White House Grounds. Apother bolt struck the top of a atch box near the west entrance to e White House grounds and knock- 40 Policeman John D. Hauze of the Holice detail to the floor. Dazed, he ¥ushed to the executive offices 'be- Jeving that his revolvver had been decldently discharged. He was un- ihjured except for a slight grazing af his leg. Lightning struck the Steeple of Kellar Memorial Church, aryland avenue and 9th street north- AT Ana Nore ot small section of the alate roof. ? Power and telephone conduits were fooded by the rush of water and Wires short clrcuited, rendering scores af phones uscless and tieing up eleva- tors and electric lights in the do wn business section. TBlocks of Capital Traction cars on Pannsylvania avenue stood motion-: Ibss two hours, while efforts were efng ma . supted when cables in conduits at th and New York avenue northwest, ere short circuited by the flood. ores of Washington Railway and tric cars also were tied up, but e was soon restored on the out- Iying lines of the company, helping eve the congestion in the main sec- of the clty. Transformer Blows Out. ith the first sharp bolt of light- g _a cable at the Benning plant of the Potomac Electric Power Company Was _short circuited, and _current transformers blew out, throwing the elitire system out of service. Work- jen restored service In the outlying tion immediatcly, but the down- wn section, Where the load w. nxendous, remained without from 3:12 until 5 o'clock. Service was obly restored, according to L. £. Sin- glair., general manager of the com- piiny, by telephone appeals to a num- Byr of the largest users of current. fmcluding several government depar! ment, to case up in the use of ele tricity. According to Mr. Sinclair, the dark- ness which preceded the storm, nece: sitated the turning on of lights, creat- ipg the heaviest Joad the system has er carried. vo big machines, one in the sub- station on I street between 1ith and h streets northwest, and the other 14th and B streets, were put out dF service by the electrical disturb- ahoe. ‘At the I street station a 1,500-Kilo- watt rotary was put out of service and at 14th and B streets a 1,000-Kilowatt motor generator set was rendered useless. Both pleces of equipment can be repaired. The Star Delayed. “The tie-up caught The S\n& the middle of its press run and yed distribution of the paper--foer-about two hours. As soon as current was shut oft work of putting The Star's auxillary power plant in commission was started and steam was up and the power plant ready to be operated when the power service was restored. The most serious telephone trouble ; ocourred at 14th and U streets, where ! a repair man was working in an open ' manhole. ‘Water backed up from & flooded the manhole and put sewer, telephones in the several hundred DENIES UNION FUNDS BOUGHT MINGO ARMS President Keeney Insists. Money Went to Tent Colonies. e hat_any of the $2.500,000 apent by the Natlonal Miners' Unfon in connection with the Mingo, W. Va. coal strike troubles went for arm . was made before the Senate investi- ing committee today by C. F. :tenfy. union president, who was under cross-examination by . _B. Avis, counsel for the operators. The money was spent, Keeney insisted, to support tent colonies, in which 11,000 miners and thelr familles were housed. One Hundred Casuaities. C! F. Keeney, president of District 17 of the United Mine Workers of America, told the committee yesterday that 100 castalties had resulted during the past year from labor troubles in Mingo coun- ty. Mr. Keeney agreed with the repre- sentatives of the operators—who placed t casualties in the same period at - ::e.my-uven—ll\n the dead were most “men of the other side.” the same time, speaking to S. B. Avis, counsel for the operators, he de- clared the strikers “have been forced into every battle there by you and your d. ‘eency and Attorney, Avls wrangled shrough the course of an hour, as Witness denied charges that the United Iy ! Mine Workers win their battles at the point of a gun, and operators brought in tectives. The Baldwin-! gunmen and de- Felts_detective * agency frequently was referred to as the ne-guarding and watching agency. e Albert Felts, Its chief, is dsad, isn't he, at the hands of your organiza- tion?* Mr. Avis demanded. The answer brought another recital of the fight at Matewan, W. Va., where ten men died, but Feeney retorted that “it wasn't proven” that a United Mine ‘Worker had killed Felts. Feeney sald “all the destruction of rty, the murders and the loss of \ m"“wm due to the policy of the opera- tora. “Our men have fought back,” he sald. Mine owners had consistently refused, he asserted, to arbitrate questions at i sue with the union member: MAY FOOL ST. SWITHIN. Although It Rained Yesterda: Slear Weather Seen Tomorrow. st. Swithin is due for a jolt this time, if it follows the fate meted out ts the groundhog, who failed last spring as a weather prophet in these arts. DAl!hon‘h yesterday nearly two tnches of rain fell, the weather bureau could see today only clear weather for . tomorrow, with the temperature agre ably in the 80s and the atmosphere dry. : OFFERED NEW POST. Rev. Christopher Sparling May Take Rectorship Near Baltimore. Rev. Christopher P. Sparling, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Georgetown, has been called to the réc- torship of the Protestant Episcopal Charch of the Prince of Peace, Wal- brook, a suburb of Baltimore. - Mr. Sparling is considering the call. Gdccompanied by his wife and daugh- "nnau to look over the parish. de to restore power inter-. asserted that the |8a North and Columbia exchaages out of service. After four hours a Tepair gang restored service. Members of the Merchants and Man- ufacturers’ Association, annoyed by the occasional interruptions in elec- tric service, are of the opinion that the power company should be giveni rates that will enable them to develop their system so thot it ean meet the ever-increasing _demand for service. The question of the company's need for capital to enlarge its system is ex- pected to come up before the Public Utilitles Commission Monday, when it considers rates for electricity after September 1. Reports to Police. Reports made to police headqu ters this morning showed that but few trees were blown down, while many instances of broken limbs were re- ported. The police also reported numerous instances of washouts on the country roads and stre Trees blown partly over obstructed the roadway at 7th and A streets south- t and 11th and N streets south- A partly uprooted tree in front 825 Georgia avenue obstructed vehicular traffiic, and a similar con- dition was reported In front of 913 1 street /northeast. Broken trees were reported at 236 6th street, 50 Rhode Island avenue, 3520 1ith street and Quincy street, between Georgia and New Hampshire avenues, all in the northwest section. Trees in the southeast section af- fected by the storm were in front of 1111 B street, 1019 South Carolina avenue, 331 11th street, 549 4th street, 1338 G street, 7th and C streets, Po- tamac_avenue and 12th’street, 12th iand G streets, 218 12th Street, 221 ! 12th_street, 1113 C street and D be- {tween 10th’ and 1Ith streets. i Reports from the northeast sec- tion told of broken trees on Patter- street between North Capitol and 1st streets, 18th and Newton streets, 20th and Channing streets, 2904 20th street, 20th and Lawrence streets, 2711 26th street, Brentwood road and 28th street, and Lawrence between 22d and 23d streets. Only three trees in South Washing- ton were broken, so far as police re- ports show. They were in front of 416 12th street, 11th street and Vir- ginia avenue and 9th street between H and I streets. Signals at Washout. o A washout near the bridge over Piney branch, at 16th street, neces- sitated the placing of danger signals, there last night, and a similar condi-. tion existed near Military road and 16th street. There was a bad wash- out near Newark street and 23d plac Cleveland Park; one at 39th and Keo= Kuk streets and one near Klingle street and Tunlaw road. Three wash- outs on the Anacostia roads also were reported_ A large bay window at the resi- dence of Isaac Kushner, 101 14th street southeast, was broken by the wind. Much water was driven through the opening and the contents of the house damaged. 14 INJURED BY LIGHTNING. i i | Bolts Strike Camp Meade and Camp Ritchie. | BALTIMORE, Md., July 16—Four- | teen persons were injured or stunned | by lightning at Camp Meade and Camp, Ritchie during a_terrific storm and cloudburst which demolished some of the tents and flooded the cantonment yesterday afternoon. Gov. Ritchie, members of his staff and: Mayor Broening et Baltimore were on a porch at Saun e, Camp Ritchie, when a bolt struck a All wera pearly blinded by the flasl but none was injured. The S§th Maryland regiment, tional Guard, is camped at the range. Eight persons were stunned When the mess hall at Camp Meade was struck. One soldier was badly burned on the breast and five who were preparing thé evenin were injured. Na- PHILIPPINE STATUS MAY BE DECIDED AT DISARMING PARLEY (Continued from First Page.) liberations on limitation, but it was not necessary that all should delib- erate on the Pacific problems. He re- peated his previous declaration that It a satisfactory agreement should be reached Japan would not adhere to her eight-battleship-and-eight-cruiser program. .PREMIERS ACHIEVE MUCH. Dominion Leaders Paved W-y to Disarming and Irish Peace. LONDON, July 16 (Canadian Press; —With the congress of prime minis ters of the British empire nearing its ‘c'l‘: s ):: now l: Ppossible to sum u chlevements, whiel et h include the It paved the way for and' made sible the great disarmament eoln!gr- fl;c. ‘ollthha world powers. 8 deliberations resulted in t e- clsion that the Anxlo'JaunaE: ‘Ll‘ liance must be brought into harmony with the covenant of the league of nations, which means that the mili- ry clause of the treaty must be eliminated, and it prompted the idea of a conference on Pacific problems, whieh, if it be successful, will make the Anglo-Japanese alliance unneces- ry. It created the atmosphere favorable for the step toward the settlement of the Irish question, and produced a Gen. Smuts to rescue the negotiations from failure at an extremely critical Juncture. It enabled the statesmen of the do- minions to arrive at full knowledge .and comprehension of the ‘principles underiving the Rritish foreign policy and of the effect which the applica- tion of such principles produced upon the intermational situation. The_ naval question was not dis- cu . The matter came up in a general way in connection with the ?!lder.thn of the Anglo-Japanese alllance, and it is believed that an innocuous non-committal resolution will’be passed in connection with it, but there has been no attempt to for- mulate a policy and no suggestion whatsoever, from any quarter, that the principle laid down in the res Jution of 1918, namely dominion con- trol, should be departed from. The contention of Premier Meighen that the whole problem should be shelved pending the attempt to secure co! ferences, such as have been made pos- sible by President Harding’s invita- tion to Washington, has been accept- ed from the first. —_— GERMAN MINERS STRIKE. All Workers in Rubr Region Re- ported Out. LONDON, July 16.—All the miners of the Ruhr region of Germany have struck, says an Exchange telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam today, quot- ing a telephone message from Due: Negotiations - with the e ployers have failed, the latter refu: ing to grant the demands of the miners, the dispatch add: PR AL BOSTON, July I$-Chasles F. Bar- dorf of Montreal has been elected dent of the Esperanto Assoclation North Amerfea. <= T T | | | ! BLAST ALARMS SENATORS. Manhole Gover Near Office Build- 3 ing Sent Aloft. A loud explosion about'10:30 o'clack today startled senators and employes in the southeast corridors.of the Sen- ate offich " building’. and' s-nt them scurrying to. doors and windows to learn the cause.of all the noise. A manhbia had blown. out at_lst ‘and B streets northeast, afid a ¢olumn of :moke was arising through the aper- The explosion occurred not many feet outside the office of Viee. Presi- dent Coolldge, but it happened -that the Vice Presidenc was not in his office at the time. b W of Three men, who were sitting on the | 1o wall of the Capitol grounds . at that point, rolled over b‘clerd.FO the ground and immed{ately- started running toward the Capitol. A repair wagon ‘soon arrived on the scene, put things to right, and ré- stored the cover of the manhol —_—— TELLS HOW GRANT VETOED BONUS L President Hears Soldier Aid After Civil War Was Killed for Economy. President Harding’s attention has been called to the fact that President Grant In the spring of 1875 vetoed a soldiers’ bonus bill; and that in doing so he pre- sented reasons substantially the same as those urged by Presiderit Hardirig Tues- day when he appeared before the Senate. Gen. Grant's bonus veto was called to the attention of President Harding by Brig. Gen. C. C. Sniffen, U. S. A., retired, who was pay clerk at the White House during the Grant administration and was pAvmaster general of the Army when he retired a number of vears ago. Gen. Sniffen's Letter. In his letter to President Harding, Gen. Sniffen said:, - 3 The purncse of this note is to call to your attention a pocket veto of Presl- dent Grant's of House resotution No. 3341, "An act to equalize the bountiew o? soldiers who served in the late war for the Union.” The veto was based on the grounds of the Insufficiency at that' thme of funds in the Treasury to meet the ex- traordinary outlay bill, etc., and as Grant gays: ‘The pas- sage of this bill at this time is Incon= sistent with the measures of economy now demanded.by the necessities of the country.’ The bonus bill,of 1875 provided for the payment to every “non-commis- sioned officer. musician. artificer, wag. omer and private svldier, sallor an marine, including those borne upon the rolls as slaves and Indians ® ¢ $81-3 a month for all the time served” dvring the war. The bountieés previously paid by the United States or any state were to be deducted.’ No bounty was to be pald to a soldier who served as a sub- stitute or was a captured prisoner at the time of his enlistment. Reasons Given In Letter. The . measure passed the House of Representatives, where it originated, and was sent to the Senate shortly before the end of the short term ia 187 President Grant literally put in his pocket, and when he went to the Capitol the’ forencon of March 3 to deal with the last legislative work of the session he sat down in the President’'s room there and wrote his veto message. Its text follows: ‘Washington, March 3, 1876. “To ‘the House of Representatives: House bill 3341 (s herewith returne without my.approval for the reasons, first, that it appropriates from the y at 8 time when'the revenueig insuffcient for: clivpent swahth and tiis qproposed fapther dratt on the Tredsiry. THE issue of bonds, authorized by the bill to & very large and indefinite amount, would seriously embarrass the re- funding ‘operations now progressing. whereby the interest of the bonded debt of the United States Is being largely reduced. Second, I do not be- lieve that any considerable portioh of the ex-soldiers it 18 supposed, will be beneficiaries of this appro- priation are applicanta for {t, but, rather. it would result more in measure for the relief of claim agents and middlemen who would intervene to collect or discount the bounties granted by it. The passage of this bill at this time is inconslistent with the ‘measures of economy mnow d manded by the necessities of the country. 5 “(Signed) U. 8. GRANT." $100 for Each Yean Some effort to bring to light the committee report, {f thera were such, on this bill of 1875 has failed to dis- cover it. The measure would have given to each soldier $100 per year of his service, with, however, " the deductfon of whatever bounties he received from elther the federal gov- erhment or his state. Estimates of expense ranged from $20,000,000 to $150,000,000. At the.time he douverndpr attention Treasury a large sum of mone, his re- cent message to Congre: ent Harding had not had called to this veto by President Grant and, apparently, none of the legisla- tors had called attention to it in the discussion of the bonus legislation. MR. WALES NAMED HEAD " OF CIVIL SERVICE BOARD Following the custom gaverning vice Commission since its ginning, George R. Wales, -senior mem- ber &2 ths commission, has been desig- nated dy President Harding as president of the commission, to succeed Maztin A Morrison, resigned, GOES TO FACE CHARGE. gery of Roosevelt Name. NEWPORT, Ind, July 16. — Mrs. Emma_ R. Burkett of Hillsdale, Ind. started to New York yesterday in the custody of Detective Sergt. John Cun- nift and ‘Mary re; a police- woman, to answer to the charge of forgery in connection with the filing of a note for $69,000 against the estate of the late Theodore Roosevelt. Mrs. Burkett was arrested at Hills- dale last Wednesday on the request of.the New York police department. An indictment charging Mrs. Burkett with forgery was presented ta-Sheriff Lewis Sweet by the detective ser- geant . Mrs. Burkett waved good-bye to a crowd: that had gathered to witness heér departuré and called out: “I will write just as soon as I reach New ———— NORTHCLIFFE BEGINS TRIP Will Visit U. S., Canads, Pacific and Par East Points. LONDON, July 15.—Viscount North- cliffe’s tour, on which he wil start tomorrow, going first to the United it by the nded to Homolulu, the Fiji la; ustralia, the Islénds, Jipan,:Ching, Xo- traits Settlements, Burms is_to be ex include Canada, Islands; New PhiHp e, rea, the and India. | t! esid D Civil Ser t 4en: ree Miss Burkett Will Answer to For- E. ‘Magul q T b t York a ealand, A Ji His time 'will be" devoted | fro: mainly to studying Pacific problems. ' | Servi - INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July 16.—The fitfth division council of the Railway Malil Association will meet here Tues- day to receive ballots now being held by a local bank as the depository of the vote for the biennial election of, officers of the association, acco: to an amnoumcemant . K. - divisjon P ateh Simon mfi:.g PR membership of more than-2,030., ont. ap®, required under the| Honeysuckle Lodge the Newpert, R. I, home of Mr. and Mrs. T. Suffern Taler., The lodge command HAM BACKS OYSTER PLAN TO CLEAR UP TRACTION PROBLEM (38w 15314 woss Panupu0D) several times by the directors, but no resolution had ever been adopted to corning it. He sald he was sure the directors stood back of him in_the views he had expressed to the eom- mission_concerning the necessity of | establishing_a zoning system under certain _conditions. Mrn. Ham gave the commission con- siderable data concerning operating costs. His statement developed the fact, that the company owns and operates sixty-four miles of under. ground track .and sixty-seven and one-half miles of overhead construc- tion. He sald the company owned sixteen milés more of underground track than dees the Capital Traction Company. 3 Cempany Figures on Record. When the hearing was resumed this morning James E. Herberie, assistant secretary of the Capital Traction Company, took the stand to put into the-record- figures on the company’s depreclation fund for the last calen- dar year and also for the six months | of the present year. | hen Vice President 'Hanna of the Capital Traction was on the stand Thursday he testified that the operat- ing Income of the company for the twalve months ended April 30 was $1,668,271.56, equal to a return of /10,69 per cent on the value of the | property. In answer to a query from J. 8. Barbour, attorney for the W. R. and E. Mr. Herberle testified today that figures now avallable show that I while the value of the property has incrensed during May and June, ‘op. erating-ineome for thoss months hak gone, fgwf, . which would -reduce the rate _pf refurn which the company was earning as of April 80. »+ - Cltes Drop m Income. . fHeberle testified, that ‘for the twelve nibnths ended June 30 operat- tog income’ was 367,161 less than for the twelve months ended April 30. The purpose of Mr. Barbour's ques- tion was to show that there is ard trend. lo.tho oper g SOt e s A Sliway Companies this year. Prgpl m of the W. R, & E. themr ia‘m g‘r Heverle to estimate yhat the reduction would be in 'apital Traction ‘income for twelve months blue: on the falling off dur- It fay and June. 1 T point, Col. Kutz asked the witneds how uch ‘passenger rev- enue fell off last mouth as: compared with June of 1920, Passeanger Revenue Gains. Mr. _Heberle replied that there was no falling off in passenger revenue, but, bn the other hand, a gain over June of last year. “How do you account for a loss in net operating income if you had a gain in passengers for that month?* agked. the colonel. ‘Mr. Heberle replied that a difference in taxes or other operating expenses would: acoount for the reduction In operating income this June aside from the galn in passenger revenue. Cel. Kutg sald he asked the question to show that the company cannot take orfe-mpnth, multiply. it by twelve and show What the loss would be for a year. . MLEVNDRW, ALEXANDRIA, Va,, July. 16.—About 600 employes of the Alexandria naval torpedo, station today were laid_ off temporarlly and will be off every Sat- urday hereafter, betause of the short- age of the appropgiations for this de- partment. Notice was received by the employes yesterdAy nefore closing time. It is stated that until further notice this plant will be closed down every Saturday. The plant is in charge of Capt. A. B. Larimer and he re. celved notice to_close down Saturday from the Nayy Department at Wash- ington. Flhis will be a big loss to the many employes of this plant. Up tothe present time the employes of this plant were laid off half a day every Saturday, this being in operation since ilast September. Three persons recelved injuries at 9 o'clock last night when an autonto- bile. driven by Joseph Lyles of Poto- mac, Arlington county, was overturn- ed at Washington and Wythe streets. The injured persons at the hospital are Mrs. Dora E..Lyles, wife of Jo- seph. Lyles; Miss Janie Lyles. daugh- r of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lyles, and iss. Mary Stonestroet, niece of Mrs. Lyles, the last named thirteen years old, All were treated for bruises and cuts and are rapidly recovering, it was stated today at the hospital. They are being treated.by Dr. M. D. Di laney. Mr. Lyles was turning +he c ner at the time, when, it is stated, t tire blew out, causing the accident. Lyles was but slightly injured. injured were placed in automo- and taken ‘to the Alexandria ital. Miss Stonestreet was given 1d treatment at the residence of and Mrs. Joseph Schwarzmann, nearby. < Dale Devis, formerly. a soldier, who was arrested several days ago for an alleged attempt to defraud the home service section of the Red Cross, today was -turned over to a sergeant from the proving grounds at Aberdeen, Md. d will be arraigned before a court martial at thtmfiu e Hatry. olds, colored, te: who 18 m-hy ‘his mother to-be in. corrigible, was al ed in court yi terday and held till* today, when ¢ poral punishment was meted out by the police, after which he was turned loose. The lad promised to stay at home in the 1 b'h&wu“:fvenlpodwunfl m'n-e ) ot ‘?ouph ‘Woodfleld took .o'clock yesterday afternoon m late residence at Fairfax. ices were conducted by Rev. Dr. E. B. Jackson, pastor of the First Bapti: Church, and burial was in the Methodist Protestant cemetery. During the month ‘of June, according to.a report just submitted by Dr. L. E. Foulks,. health officer, there were forty-; hs and efghteen deaths in the citi:, : M. 1 - - e My h firs Mr. o i '”’3 o July 16.-—Pope: edidt Y o e BTen s Tt | e heir appapen 3 solemn -audienco; | Fri ay, it is annoul message to the Cent: » ral News todav. a|into effect July 25, according to an: nced In-a. Rame, DURI NG VIS HERE THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. HARDING HAVE ! BEEN INVITED TO STAY IT TO NEWPORT MR. AND MRS. T. SUFFERN TAILER OF NEW YORK AND NEWPORT, R. L. 10-CENT CHARGE TO BE PUT ON BASIN LOCKERS Bathing Suit Rental Reduced to 30 Cents, Towels to 5 Cents, Check- ing Valuables Free. A new price list for bathing suits, checking of various articles, etc, at the tidal basin bathing beach goe! nouncement of Col. C. C. Sherrill, en. gireer officer in charge of public buildings and grounds. The change is made in order to equalize the charges, so as to dis- tribute the cost more equitably among all the persons using the beach, Col. Sherrill announced toda Bathing_suits will be rented for 20 dents each, which heretofore were from 25 to 75 cents each; towels will be 5. cents each; checking of raincoats. 5 cents; valuables will be checked free. A charge of 10 cents each will be made for lockers for men and women, while boys and girls under sixteen years will be given lockers free. Surf boards will be rented at 15 cents each; boats will be hired for 25 cents per hour or 50 cents for the evening; swimming lessons will remain the same. The charges are: For adults, ingle lesson, $1, or ten lessons for $7.50; children, single lesson, 50 cents, or ten lessons for $4. Up to July 7 approximately 107.000 percons had used the bathing beach this year, whereas the total expenses have been borne by approximately 21,000 persons renting suits, checking coats and other incidental services, Col. Sherrill states. CHARGED WITH BIG FRAUD. Former General Motors Official Ac- cused of Taking $590,353. NEW YORK, July 16.—Charges that he appropriated to his own use $590.- 353.53 of money belonging to the Olds Motor works, a subsidiary of the Gen- eral Motors Corporation, ' was made in an action begun In the supreme court here " against Edward Ver Linden of Lensing, Mich. Ver Linden, until last May, was general manager of the Olds plant at Lansing. He was also a vice president of General Motors, which "corporation is bringing the suit to compel him to return the sum stipulated. His salary as manager of the Olds plant, the complaint recites, was $100,000 a year. There is a oontrac- tual agreement attached under which Mr. Ver Linden was to receive $2,000 monthly and to draw the remaining $76,000 a year at intervals, taking a designated portion in General Motors stock. Ver Linden, it is charged, caused the money -sued for to be paid to him by an employe of the Olds concern under his control between January 1, 1920, and April 1, 1921. —_— FAVORS SILESIAN PLAN. ! France Agrees to Send Mission tol Divide Territory. PARIS, July 15.—Premier Briand is understood to have informed the British government today that he is in agree- ment with the plan to send a mission of experts to Upper Silesla. This mission would be charged with investigating on the spot the question of dividing up the plebiscite zone, on which subject the ingerallled commission in Upper Silesia has failed to agree. As time would have to be allowed for the new commission to stdy the effect which any scheme for division of the tefritory it might formulate would be 1ikgly to have, it is considered improb- able that the chiefs of ‘the allied gov: ernments will be in a position to discus: the Sllesian question properly before September. S MRS. F. E. BLISS DIES. Widow Was for Thirty-Five Years & Resident of District. rs. Frances Elizabeth Bliss, widow oluA. L. Bliss, died yesterday at her home, the Buckingham, 920 16th street, following an 1line of several ntha, mo"u Bliss, with her husband, came to !hl; city from fltrtéorldl,n mc«;:: irty-five years ago,’ an aerny- i-ul)"ient ot‘%huh!nnon. M Bliss, who 'died three years ago, con- ducted the Buckingham. as a family hotel. She is survived only by her daughter, Mra. 8. K. Wetmore. Funeral services will be held at her A of “Ephiphany Church o g, of y Chu: nt. will 'be in Roek interme: Creek cemeterv, Of the gainful workers, 143,443, or 1 69.8 per éent, were males and 92,601, * contents. 236,043 PEOPLE IN D. C. IN GAINFUL OCCUPATIONS Figures Show 60.8 Per Cent of Em- ployed Are Males and 39.2 Per Cent Females. There were 236,043 persons ten years of age and over in Washington in 1920 engaged in gainful occupa- : tions, constituting 53.9 per cent of the total population of the city, the census bureau announced today. ' or 39.2 per cent, were females In 1920, The male galnfyl. workers constituted 82.6 per cent of all males ten years of age and over.in 1920, as against 79.6 per cent in 1910, while the female gainful workers constituted 45.5 per cent of all females ten years of age and over In 1920, as against 36 per cent, in_1910. Nearly 19 per cent, or 44,557 per- sons, were efgaged in manufacturing and mechanical industries in 1920, 16,755, or 1 per cent, in transporta ition; 22,793, or 9.7 per cent, in trade; 16,087 in public service, 19,330, or 8.3 per cent, in professional service; 42, 490, or 18 per cent, in domestic an: personal service; 72,988, or 30.8 per cent, In clerical occupations, and 1,043, or 0.4 per cent, in all other oc- cupations. The bureau did not tabu- late government workers except by the specific work they did, The number of persons emgaged in each particular occupation will be an- nounced later. REPARATIONS FOR CANADA Dominion’s Share of War Indemni- ‘ties Will Be $300,000,000. LONDON, July 15 (by the Capadian Press).—Canada’s share of the Ger- man reparations, as fixed today by the imperial conference, is $300,000,000. This amount was determined on the basis of the total for reparations de- cided upon by the supreme council— about $30,000,000,000. The British em. pire is allotted 22 per cent of this sum, and under today's decision Can- ada is to receive 4.5 per cent of the British share, or $300,000,000. The division of reparations among the dominfons was made in propor- tion to the casualties, pensions, ‘ex- penditures and loss of shipping shown by the various divisions of the em- pire. Canada's share represents about one-eighth of the Canadian national ebt. Germany's ability to pay the amount of reparations demanded is, of course, the determining factor, and opinion is divided as to whether the full amount can be collected. PEPPER THROWERS HELD. Rioting Follows Strike of Munici- pal Employes in Montana. GREAT PALLS, Mont., July 16.—The arrest of elght women charged with throwing red pepper in the faces of men who took the places of striking city street and garbage collection employes precipitated a small riot here last night. A thousand strike sympathizers storm- ed the police station where the women were being' given a hearing, and two of the women broke away from police offi- cers and leaped through: windows into the arms of persons below. Policemen were atationed on top of all downtown buildings to stop throwing of bricks at men who replaced the strikers, and the mob at the police station was dispersed with the aid of a fire hose. In the meantime Sam Stephenson, presi- dent of the First National Bank, was surrounded on a downtown cerner by trike sympathizers and roughly han- dled before police rescued him. Ste- phenson and other leading business men ad been traisporting the strikebreak- ers to work in their own automobiles to avold clashes with the strikers. Gov. Dixon was asked to use his influence to secure protection by federal troops. e LIGHTNING AGAIN STRIKES Owner Dead and Barn Razed in One Storm; Second Does Damage. Special Dispateh to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., July 16.—A stable and cornhouse on the farm owned by the late Silas Lohr, who lost his lif. when his barn was® destroyed in recent wind and electrical storm, was burned by lightning in another severe storm Tuesday evening. : The buildings contained forty bar- rels of corn and a yuantity of hay, in addition to & number-of ing im plements. There ‘was partisl insu ance on the bufldings, but none on the BOYS BITTEN BY DOGS. Youth Attacked While Delivering Papers on Massachusetts Avenue. ‘While serving papers at 448 Massa- chusetts avenue yesterday afternoon. Clarence Hughes, colored, fourteen years old, 205 G street, was attacked by a dog and bitten on his right leg. His wound was dressed by a phy- sician. John Cashell, ten years old. 1158 Neal street northeast, was bitten on his left leg by a stray dog in front of 1214 Orren street northeast yes- terday. He was taken to Casualty Hospital. SECRETARY PLANS 10 SAVE §2,000,00 Agriculture Department to Aid Economy by Cutting Down Research. Secretary Wallace plans to save ap- proximately $2,000,000 from the $45,000,- 000 appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1922, ac- cording to information secured from the department today. This large saving, in line with the re- quests of Director Dawes of the budget, is to be effected by cutting down some- what on research work on the boil weevil, the citrus canker and other endeavors The reduction wil] necessitate a cut of between twenty-five and thirty employes from the staff of the De- partment of Agriculture here, it is understood. The estimated reduction will, in the main, be spread over the entire de- partment, small savings being made here and there, with the emphasis on cuts in research work, as stated. The work of the department is pri- marily research, and every employe that the department has whom it does not need takes just that employ's sal- ary away from research. ROCKVLE ROCKVILLE, Md., July 16 (Special). —As a reward for proficiency in club work, including canning, sewing, etc. during the past school year. fifty pub- lic school girls of Montgomery and Prince Georges counties, twenty-five from each county, will be given an outing on the farm of Joseph H. Brad- ley, near Rockville, for four days be- slnnln‘ July 26. Misses Catherine ‘owsell and Ellen T. Davis, home economic agents for Montgomery and Prince Georges counties respectively, will be in charge. Mr. Bradley wili provide tents and other conveniences a swimming pool nearby, it understood, will be placed the disposal of the pert Misses Cow- 11 and Divis have arranged a varied and-interesting program and have as- sured the girls of a busy, profitable and pleasant four 'da; Licenses have been issued here for the marriage of Miss Helen E. Cully and Clarence H. Taylor, both of Ta- koma Park, and Miss Grace McAtee and August W. Waters, both of this county. . The county commissioners have given formal notice that dog taxes are now due and have designated the following to collect the same: Laytonsvilie district 8. Merle Haines; Clarksburg, James H. Watkins: Poolesville, Thomas R. Hall; Rock- Clarence E. Anders: Colesville, E. Lechlider; Dardestown, Hall; Bethesda, Olney, Charles E. Gaithersburg, William M. Mobley rnesville, Thomas R. Hall; Damas- cus, James Haller Watkina: Wheaton, Hugh F. O'Donnell and L. A. Cutshaw. ‘While at work Thursday afternoon on the addition now being built to the Georgetown College preparatory school, near Garrett Park, Joshua ‘Whaley, forty-two years old, a bricke layer of 738 3rd street, northwest Washington, was either overcome by the heat or stricken with heart disease and died twenty minutes later. The funeral took place at 11 o'clock this morning from Pumphrey’s Chapel, Rockville, buria] to be in Wilmin, le(‘)’ll. Del., former home of the disce: YOUTHS HURT BY BLAST. Dynamite Cap Found on Dump Is Placed in Fire. Special Dispateh to The Sta FREDERICKSBURG, , July 16— ‘Three youths were painfully injured when a dynamite cap which they un- suspectingly placed in a fire ex- ploded. The cap and a piece of fuse had been found on the dump and the boys were experimenting to see what would hap- pen, when a sudden blast threw grav- el and rocks against them with great force, causing a large number of &mall flesh wound: ‘The injured youths are David Au- brey Perry, son of Mrs. Charles Per- ry; Leonard Perry, son of Willie S. Perry, and Tom Stiars, son of Thoma: Stiars. Antitoxin w: administered by physicians. ‘Aubrey Perry received twenty flesh wounds between his ankles and head. —_— FOX HUNTERS ORGANIZE. Virginia Association Will Conduct Membership Campaign. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va.. July 16.— The Virginia Fox Hunters' Associa- tion has been organized, with officers as follows: Luclen F. Cary, presiden Col. E. P. Bulford, Thomas §. Win ton, G. Stuart Hamm, Edmund Strud- wick, B. F. Bywaters, C. P. Lathrop, Frank Michaux, vice presidents; R. T. Corbell, secretary; Dr. J. Prasia Jone: treasurer; board of directors, Rev. George - W. McDaniel, H. R. Taylor, M. D. Hart, N. M. Page. Edward Burke, William Garth, R. M. Beatty and 8. P. Goodloe. The headquarters will be in Rich- mond. ‘The object is to bring together in closer union lovers of the chase in Virginia; to maintain a high standard of morality and honor among fox hunters; to minimize forest fires as far as possible, and to hold annual trials to test the field qualities of hounds and to encourage judicious breeding of hounds. ‘The association will condugt a state-wide campaign for members. NAVY SHIPS IN LISBON. American Squadron Receives Greet- ing—Bull Fight Arranged. LISBON, July 1 -A squadron of the American Atlantic fleet, com- manded by Rear Admiral Charles F. Hughes and consisting of the battl ships Connecticut, Minnesota, Kan Michigan and South Carolina, has a rived at Lisbon. A reception has been prepared in hopor of the Amer- icans. A bull fight will be held Sunday, to which four thousand American shilors with bands will parade through the principal street For next week athletic programs and boxing match- es between American sailors and Portuguese boxers have been ar- ranged. BOY MISSING A MONTH. Special Dispatch to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., July 36.—Charles ~old son ing from home month. The - left on June 19, and despite a diligent lal;c‘b. has t d. - The parent ;:“nun --"‘ o search for their’son. A !\ BATTLESHIP GUNS SINK DESTROYERS Former Enemy War Craft Sent Down by Accurate Fire. By the Amociated Press. NORFOLK, Va., July 16.—Six former enemy war craft now have found & last resting place on the floor of the Atlantic seventy-five miles off the Vir- ginia capes. They will be joined next week by the light cruiser Frankfurt and dreadnaught Ostfresland, the last of the German ships turned over to the United States for experimental purpose: Destroyers and battleships of the c fleet sent down yesterday two destroyers, the , in_ operations which nsumed much of the entire day val and Army aircraft will unde take to destroy the Frankfurt Mon- day and the Ostfresland Wednesday. Should they fail, destroyers will shell the Frankfurt and the Ostfresland will fall a target to the l4-inch guns of the superdreadnaught Pennsyl- vania, flagship of the Atlantic fleet e lacking much of the spectac- ular which marked the destruction of the old destroyer G-102 Monday by Army aircraft, yesterday's operations were impressive and w nducted under weather conditions which naval officers said were far from favorable, the heavy seas kicked up by a twenty five-knot wind pitching and tossing the turgets as well as the attac destroyers. Bpeed of 32 Knots. Under orders to fire at a speed of thirty-two knots, the thirty-sixth de- stroyer division bore down on the tar- et from the distant horizon just be- ore noon, only to find as they dashed past that at that speed they were making the maximum of roll in a choppy sea. They withheld their fire and set out over a wide arc for an- other run by at fifteen knots. with the Dickerson leading, followed by the Sicard, Leary, Scheneck and Herbert. When the ships were 6,000 yards off the marks, which were anchored in au approximate column 400 yards apar!, the Leary let go with three of her four four-inch rifles. Each gun was discharged ten times. One of thirty shells went through the bridge of the V-43. and another pussed through the starboard bow and out of the stern. val officers said that had the V-43 been in actfon. with ammunition aboard and steam up. that shot prob- ebly would have done for her, causing either a maga: or boiler explo- sion. fire Schooner Crosmes Range. With the Sicard dropping out to act later as a dispatch boat, the destroyer column, still running single file, cir- cled the target und steamed away to come up again for the attack on the 8-132, by the Herbert. As the vessels stood down to the firing line, a three- masted schooner sailed leisurely across the range despite warnings from the Pennsylvania, and she was within a few hundred yards of the Herbert, when that ship opensd fire. Thirty shots were discharged by Herbert, six taking effect and plac ing the target in a sinking condition. Now came the more spectacular part of the attack. Led by the Florid flagship of Vice Admiral Scales, th orth Dakota and Ivania. which had been observing the de- stroyer's fire, bore away for a run- ning start past the targets. After steaming seven miles in single e, they circled and came down io a 7.500-yard range, where the Florida opened up on the V-43, firing 140 shells In salvos from her starboarl six-inch battery. The first shots were over, but the pointers soon hal the range and shell after shell crashed into the rusty hulk as it pitched and esed at its anchorage. Vessel Sinks. ‘Within a few minutes after the fir- Ing ceased the V-43 was settiing b the head. She filled gradually until her forward deck was awash. Her end then was only a matter of minute The sterrt hoisted higher and highier out of the water until it was at right angles, and as it slipped down there was an explosion, caused by the pres- re of running water against the air in the after compartments. i Meantime the big battleships, aug- mented by the Delaware, which fell into line behind the Florida, started away on a wide circular course which would bring them back on a 7.500- yard range, from which the Delaware opened fire on the S-132. Three shells in the first salvo of seven found the mark, and before the full 140 shots allotted the ship had been fired the old German destroyer had been swept from stem to stern explosion following explosion as eac shell found the mark. An early shot carried away the mainmast and an- other set fire to the afterhouse, Oth- ers exploded below decks, causing columns of smoke to come from the ship's funnels. Despite this punishment, the S-132 remained afloat until after the naval officers, foreign naval attaches and other observers, who came down from Washington on the naval transport Henderson, had started away on the homeward trip. A radio message from the Pennsylvania announced the sink- ing at 7:07 p.m. to those on the Hen- derson and to the newspaper corre- spondents who had been transferred 1o the destroyer Sicard, which made a forced draft run to Norfolk. FLIES 34,768 FEET HIGH. French Aviator Makes Attempt to Break Altitude Record. PARIS, July 16—Lieut. Kirsch, the French aviator who last year was a contestant in the James Gordon Ben- nett cup races at Etampes, is declared to have reached an altitude of 10,600 meters (about 34,768 feet) today in an unofficial attempt to break the world altitude record. Although the official world altitude record, made by Capt. R. W. Schroeder of the United States Army, at Dayton, Ohio. on Februa 7, 1920, is only 33,000 feet, it is thought probable that the Aero Club of France will not certify Lieut. Kirsch's record. Lieut. Kirsch started his flight at the Le Bourget aviation fleld, near Paris, and landed at Champauberi, department cf the Marne, more than 100 miles northeast of Paris, when engine trouble compelled him to de- scend. During his flight the aviator noted a temperature of 69 degrees below zero, while thermometers in Paris registered 97 degrees above. CHURCH SESSIONS ENDED. Washingtch Clergyman an Officer of Disciples of Christ. ial Dispatch to The Star. 8"«LYNCE'IBURG, Va., July 16.—The £ the Disciples of Christ of oo E Chesapeaks area, according to d cision reached just before adjourn- ment yesterday afternoon, will meet at Lynchburg College July '3, 1933, the congress next year preceding the school of methods for Sunday school WOk ongress and_tralning school were in session fourteen days. Rev. W. M. Norment, pastor of First Christian Church of Hagerstown, M Wag elected to preside over the se: Sions of the congress next year. The Vice presidents are: Miller, Washingto! son, Dll:’vlllfiav Z ]},‘i.;:’h‘r::n_ ‘Rev. F, W. Long, Clifton Forge, and Rev. W. L. Dudie®, Win- °h§'.13." . H. Steed, Richmond, and Rev. J. T. Watson, Lynchburg, were elected secretary and treasurer, re- spectively. Paul M. Trout, regional religious ed- ucation director, was chosen to head the training school again as des.