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|- " T0 REJECT OFFER WEATHER. Tnsettled tonight and tomorrow, probably showers; somewhat warmer tomorrow. . Temperature for twenty- four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 75, at 3 p.m. yesterday; low- est, 65, at Full report on page 11. 40 a.m. today. ‘Closing New_York Stocks, Page 19.. No. 28234 PEACE HOPES DIN AS IRISH PREPARE _De Valera Declares Dail . Eireann Will Not Accept Terms of British. STATUS OF A DOMINION NOT PROPOSED, HE SAYS Leader Asserts Right. to Secede, Admitted to Dominions, Was De- nied by Lloyd George. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, August 17.—Eamonn De Valera, Irish republican leader, .de- clared today that the dail eireann would not accept the terms offered by the British government, extending an ( ofter of dominion status. "y the British and foreign pres: Mr. De Valera made this declara- tion at the seefnd session of the dail eireann, held in the Mansion House, to take up the question of the nego- tiations “with Premier Lloyd George ‘with regard to a possible Irish set- tlement. “From the reports this morning in " said Mr. De Valera, “there seems to be doubt as to what our attitude is toward the British proposals. There seems to be doubt as to whether what 1 have said or whether our letter means acceptance or rejection. “There ought te be no doubt in any- body’'s mind. We cannot and will not, on behalf of this nation, accept these terms. Quotes Indian Proverb. “There is an Indian proverb read- ing: *‘Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice. shame on me. The Irish people will not be fooled this time. It is said we are offered the status of dominion home rule for Ireland— the status of the British dominions. Ireland is offered no such thing. The statement that Ireland was offered a dominion status contained two false- hoods. Where is Ireland? There is no Ireland in the terms, but two broken pieces of Ireland. ““Wha as Offered was not even + dominion’ status. It was admitted the dominions had the right to se- cede “and could get out if they de- sired. ‘We are told*we must stay in, whether we like it or not. “We are not claiming the right to 8secede. There cannot be a question :t Eecession, because there has never n union. ‘Northern-Ireland has regarded it- eelf from its own viewpoint, and in entering nesgotiations they need not give up that point of view. I would be willing to suggest {o the Irish peo- pie that they give deal in order to have Jre able to look into the . future without -anticipating distracting internal problems.” Ne Eamity Teward North. “All the time thése negottations have meant an attempt to get into touch with the people of the north and tell them we have no enmity and would make sacrifices for them which we would never think of making for Britain. We will be ready to give them every safeguard any reasonable person could say they were entitled 1o, and we are ready to leave the question of the north to external ag- Ditration, or leave the whole question 1o external arbitration. England's claim js unreasonable. ‘he claims of the minority in Ireland #re unreasonable. But even unreason- able claims we would be ready to con- sider, and I for one would be ready to %0 a long way to give way to them. yarticularly to their sentiment, if we “culd get them to come with us and «insider the interests of their own <country and not be allying themselves with foreigners.” » Mr. de Valera said the Irish nation «id not stand between England and tne world ‘and was not shutting up the seas between the two islands. “We hi “At least, if this qu tlion were settled I believe there would be none. The -only enmity is 10 that rule which Irish people hate to the marrow of their bones.” . Says Irish Won't Flineh. It was said, remarked the republican leader, that the Irish question was a problem. It was a problem, he de- clared—a problem of a powerful selfish wishing to encroach upon 1he rights, the property and the free- dom of his neighbors. That was the fundamental problem to be settled. Human nature had to be taken into consideration, he pointed out, and they who were working for a com- plete and final settlement were to see 10 it that relations must be adjusted on the basis of right. Therefore, in ring the problem they who had right on their side, he said, must count. count. “The lr'inlll people won’t flinch now, ore arms are bel for." he declared i e n entirely fresh audience was in the Mansion House today for the ses- sion, it having been decided to issue new tickets each day so as to satisfy the demands of the thousands who want to attend the sittings. Ax soon as the applause given the members as they entertd had died down, the dail proceeded to business, Mr. de Valera taking up the ques- tion of the negotiations. Wide Difference on Ulster. It was understood before the ses- 4 sion the members of the dail were discussing privately the possibility of inducing Ulster to join southern Ire- d, Or, as an alternative, accepting tatus of a separate dominion. A wide difference of opinion appears to prevail. As to the pressure. the moderate organs among the newspapers re- * frain from passing opinion upon the terms, but quoté freely from the American and English press. It was announced this forenoon that spplause would be prohibited at to- day’s session except when the mem- bers were entering. The public meeting of the dail eirgann was adjourned this“afternoon to_an indefinite date. Private ses- (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) Entered as second-class matter post_ office_Washington, D. C. B e A ! 5 i Dog Parachute Jumper Added to Exhibits Lost | . In Progress Pageant CHICAGO, August 17—To the long list of other exhf ‘which dizappeared during the pageant of progress police today added an airplane iInto Lake l ‘higan during the pageant, da; \ L. stationed at Washington. CHOCE OF LODGE RASES OLDISSUE |Question Whether Senator, Under Law, May Sit in Arms Parley. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Is Henry Cabot Lodge or any other member of the Senate eligible to rep- resent the executive branch of the government in the forthcoming ne- sotiations with other governments for disarmament and the settlement of far eastern questions? Constitutional lawyers point out that there is a clause in the federal constitution which makes any mem- ber of the Senate or House ineligible to hold ‘office under the orders of the President without resignation of his seat in the legislative body. Here is what the federal Constitution says under Article I *No senator or representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States which shall have been created “or the emcluments whereof shall have been increased during such time; and no person holding any | office under the United States shall be a member of either house during his continuation in office.” Purpose of Article Explained. The purpose of the foregoing article, as explained by the constitutional lawyers, was to effect a complete i separation between the executive and legislative branches of the govern- ment. When President McKinley ap- pointed Senators Frye of Maine, and Cushman Davis of Minnesota, both rupublicans, to be members of the Amdrican peace commission which inegotiated a treaty at Paris whereby | the Spanish-American war was com cluded the point was not raised until after the treaty had been signed. ‘Then a debate arose in the Senate as to whether members of the Senate who had temporarily served with the execitive branch of the government I | | had a right to vote as members_of the enate to ratify that same treaty. So mugh weight was attached to ;’V‘fl controversy that when President son was urged to. appoiRL. members of the United States Senate to serve on the American peace com- miissiont at the conclusion of the Eu- ropean war he called for an opinion from the lawyers of the State De- partment. and they brought out the fact that the Constitution would seem to make such a choice inad- visable. President Wilson, therefore did not appoint anybody from the Senate. Question Without Precedent. ‘The question will probably arise in an entirely unprecedented way when the disarmament conference is in progress, for Senator Lodge or any other senator appointed to serve on the President's commission, will be temporarily appointed minister pleni- vpotentiary on behalf of the United States government, subject to the ‘n- structions of the President and the Secretary of State, while at the same time there will be debates in the Senate in which Mr. Lodge, as chair- man of the foreign relations com- mittee, might be obliged to partici- pate. There are those who claim that no member of the present Senate would’ be eligible to serve, even if he resigned from office temporarily, as thie Constitution says no member of the House or Senate can be ap- pointed to a civil office “during the time for which he was elected.” Some have construed this to mean that resignation would be ineffective and that & member of the Senate or House would have to wait till his jterm actually expired before accept- ing office under the executive branch of the government. When Senator Knox resigned his seat to become Secretary of State the Taft cab- inet his salary was automatically increased, but it was found that he could not accept the increase be- cause it was granted during the term for which he was elected. Administration’s Part Dellcate. There has always been a good deal of controversy over the subject of |usurpation by one branch of the gov- ernment of the powers of the other, and in the handling of foreign af- fairs a particularly ticklish situation ras been confronting the Harding ad- ministration. Congress insisted on the right to make peace by resolution, and even to indicate in that resol tion the basis under which the egec- utive branch of the government should negotiate peace with Germany. The movement for a disarmament conference started in the Senate with Mr. Borah of Idaho. Tre sentiment on Capitol Hill is in favor of Senate par- ticipation alongside the executive in all important understandings with foreign governments. whether or not they require ratification by the Sen- ate. It is not unlikely, however, that a fight will be made in the Senate on the cuestion of the right of the chair- man of the Senate foreign relations committee or any other member of the upper house to sit in a commis- sion under instruction from the exec- utive branch of the government. (Copyright, 1921.) BLUE LAW TRAPS BOYS. LINCOLN, Neb., August 17.—Eight boys caught pitching horseshoes on a vacant lot at University Place, a Lincoln suburb, last Sunday, were found guilty of violating the law and fined $5 and costs each in jus- tice court of the town last night. v‘;' v:rsl!y Place is the seat of Ne- raska ! Wesleyan University. “MAY MAN BE WORTHY THE NAME, KEEP ‘WASHINGTON,’” SAYS JUDGE The seeming unpatriotic petition of George Hascomb Washington of 10 Manhattan avenue, New York city, to drop the last part of his name because of its similarity with that of the Father of His Country was denied the petitioner yester- day by City Court Justice Calla- han, who said, in giving his deci- sion: “That any man.could wish.to drop a family’name of such great distinction - is . incomprehensible. Many gopd American parents have felt that the name George Wash- ington added distinction and Fonor to their own in bestowing it, as a given name to their oftspring. Can all these be wrong? Have they be- stowed upon a son a name that- means embarrassment to him in future life? “No good reason for thinking so can exist. The petitioner is mis- taken. The name is worthy of the man; may the man be worthy of the name.”” In his petition Washington stated that he has been caused great no- toriety and much embarrassment on account of the name. ., WASHINGTON, D. APPROVE OPENNG 4TH §T. THROUGH HOSPITAL GROUNDS Commis'sioners Report Fa- vorably on Proposed Ex- tension at Walter Reed. MAIN TRAFFIC ARTERY War Department Concurs, Reserv- ing Right to Specify Grade. The Commissioners today forward- ed to Congress a favorable report on the House bill providing for the open- ing of 14th street through the Walter Reed Hospital grounds. The bill which the Commissioners bave approved is a new ome, intro- duced on August 4. It contains the wish of the War Department for the closing, at the hospital grounds, of all streets except 14th street in the area bounded by 16th street on the west, Alaska avenue on the north- west, Fern street on the north, Geor- gla avenue on the east and Aspen street on the south. ‘This bill, if enacted, will be a vic- tory for the citizens of the District, who fought for the opening of 14th street through the hospital reserva-: tion. The people of the District con- tended that the city needed another main artery to connect it with Mary- land between Wisconsin avenue and Georgia avenue. 3 If 14th street should be closed as a public highway at the south end of the hospital, it was pointed out, the city would be left without a main highway between Georgia avenue and Wisconsin avenue. Highway Commission Approves. The Commissioners state in their re- port that the new bill has the ap- proval of the highway commission and the District Commissioners and .is understood to be satisfactory to the War Department. The report of the Commissioners reads in part as fol- ows: “The bill referred to is a combination of H. R. 5579 and H. R. 5824, with an amendment to the latter bill eliminat- ing that part relative to the closing of 14th street through the hospital grounds. “Because of the conflicting views ex- pressed by the War Department and by the Commissioners as to the ad- visability of closing 14th _ street through™ the Walter Reed Hospital grounds. the matter was reported to the highway cummissig ‘com- mission held a public hearing on June 123, - 1921, ;n: ::“eently. in -& Trepo; recommendet ersely 5 3 3 of 14th' sireet M’ 1‘5 reservation: the Secretary o ‘War, member of the commission, concurring in this view.’ : 4 War Department Favera. “H. R. 8084 embodies legislation which is essential both to the devel. {opment of the Walter Reed Hospital |and of the Fighway plan in thit part | of the District of Columbia. This bill imeets the views of the highway com- mission and of the Commissioners of i the District of Columbla, and, it {s un- i derstood, is favored by the War De. partment. “Under the circumstances the Com- missioners hope that the bill submit- ted may be reported favorably by | iyour committee and” early action taken thereon by tke House during the present session of Congress. “The chairman of the Senate com- mittee on the District of Columbia has | been requested to introduce in the Senate a bill similar to H. R. 8084. Section 3 of the bill provides that when 14th street shall have been opened for traffic to the south boun- dary of Walter Reed that part of the street lying within the hospital reser- vation shall immediately pass to tae jurisdiction of the Commissioners, the same as all other streets and ave- nues. cloeing { bosp! g i 1 Will Speeify Grade. The only reservation provided for ir the bill is that the War Department {shall have the right to specify the grade at which 14th street shall pass through the hospital grounds. In addition to insuring the opening of 14th street through the reservation the bill empowers the Commissioners to institute condemnation proceedings for the extension and widening of the following streets: Fourteenth street from Montague street north to the hespital grounds; Nicholson street from 13th to 16th street; Colorado avenue from Montague to 13th street; Concord avenue from 16th street to its terminus_west of Sth street; 13th street from Nicholson street to Piney Branch road, and Piney Branch road from 13th street to Blair road. AMBASSADOR WOOD SAILS FOR NEW POST IN SPAIN Chats Gayly With Friends, But “Would Not Discuss Ten Com- mandments” With Reporters. NEW YORK, August 17.—Cyrus E. ‘Wood of Greensburg, Pa., new am- bassador to Spain, was a passenger on the steamship Parlis, sailing today for France. Accompanied by his wife ‘and mother-in-law, Mrs. J. A. Marchand, he was accorded a cheerful send-off {by a delegation of Pennsylvania home folk and state officials, who came to New York with him in two special cars. He formerly was secre- tary of state in_Pennsylvania. Ambassador Wood, who succeeds Joseph E. Willard at the embassy in Madrid, will go to Paris for a short stay before taking up his official duties. He chatted gayly with friends, who filled his cabin with flowers, but de- clined to talk about world problems with reporters. “I would not even discuss the Ten Commandments to- day,” he told them. MAIL STEAMER n‘ecslvens, E. J. McCormick and ' Herbert No- | ble to Act in Steamship Case. joint receivers for the United States Mail Steamship Compfny in place of TO MARYLAND SUBURBS} NEW YORK, August 17.—Federal |this county. Judge Manton today appointed Emmett |up the J. McCormick and Herbert Noble as|jicryers appointed C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 | Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press ‘s exclusively eathled to the use for republication of all Bews dispatches credited to it or mot otherwise credited ia this paper and also the local news published herein, Al rights dispatches | of publication of speciel berein are also reserved. Yesterday's Net Circulation, 85,820 TWO CENTS. | GENERAL DECREASE INARMS, LODGE AIM Senator, Named Delegate, Says Disarmament Must Be Broad in Scope. Senator Lodge of named by the American delegates to the dis- armament conference, declared in the Senate today that he would exert his best efforts for a reduction of arma- ments, but that “there must be a gen- eral reduction” by all nation . Senatar’Lodge éxpressed views after Senator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, had. offered -an-.amend- mert to the 3200,008 appropriation St - for- jmes “of %&' enee, whieh - would " direct - the' “Ameérican flelegates to demand open sessions. Massachusetts, said. adding that he hoped Mr. Lodge would work to the utmest to-bring about disarmament. ‘ Doés Not Chamge Views. “I will not change my views,” Sen- glor Lodge declared. “hut there must ‘be_general disarmament—a general reduction. all do everything in my power to fulfill those views in the office to which the President has done me the honor to name me. Nobody will labor harder than I for reduction but I shall insist upon general dil armament. “In saying this, T am simply reiter- ating what I have said over and over again. One great reason for reduc- tion is that it means economy. I hope also that it promises peace. Reduc- tion of armament means the greatest possible reduction in expenditures and money saving for the people.” While diplomatic negotiations pre- liminary to the conference were at 2 standstill today awaiting formal responses to the American govern- ment’s invitation, the administration advanced its physical plans for the meeting in several directions. Favor Pan-American Building. By State Department officials a vir- tual decision was reached as to the place of meeting here, and although announcement was withheld, it was indicated that the Pan-American building, situated near the State De- partment and White House, had been chosen. It is understood that nego- tiations with representatives of .thel erican Union for use of the will be concluded within a PamvAs ‘bulldin! few days. Meanwhile it* was definitely and finally disclosed that the American government had no intention of pay- ing. the “f;';;:gt“(fn‘-“:m‘g"“;{;“elg’,};;;ram\ Afrom ke sercice during July i 7.119: Beeff much speculation abroad ‘since | sver, aggregated 1,582, leaving a net | the official invitations went forward.| eqyction of 5,537 gaftions, a In the highest administration quar- ters it was said that this government saw no reason why it should be ex- pected to pay the entire cost of a conference in which all the partici- pating nations are us vitally interest- |with Husband She s the United States, and that there :gv‘er had been any intention of doing s0. . NOMINATION REPORTED. Senate’ Committee Favors Appoint- ment of F. I. Cox. The nomination of Frederick I°Cox of 'New- Jersey to succeed Chairman Edgar E. Clark on the Interstate Commerce Commission was orde favorably reported -today ‘by the Sen- ate interstate commerces committee. The nomination has.been hefore: the | procted by the Army of committee since July, 22,;and it was explained tte delay was due ‘to the hope that Mr. Clark could be prevail- ed upon to withdraw: the resignation. Members of the committee today paid high compliment to ‘the public service of Chairman Clark and ex- pressed regret at his decision to re- tire from the commission. It devel- oped that several senators had di cussed - the subject - with President Harding, wFo said to have been willing,_¢hat the resignation be with- drawn. . .. ) MILITIA GUARD TRIAL. By the Associated Press, .. 5 ::Es'r;?wu.w. Ala.,’ August 1 h @ heéavy detail of militia 'o’n{ itz d about the : coUrthouse; |\ jiaged assailant of ty” it g Sas. nearo. was placed o u(-l‘w‘ on a charge of murdering in connection with the death of the fourtéen-year-old daumhter ' of" farmer -of the Randolph ¢ommunity, The defendant will set plea of insanity, it is under- Thomas isirepresented by two y- the court. The farmer's daughter. was attack- ed and choked to death,while passs & through a piece:of woods a mile Arthur J. Baldwin, who declined o act I o her Rome on August 9.~ Thomas as recelver. - Mr. M Cis.a m L . as_, arrested last ‘Friday and. KRS e et e | oSS 0 st u ¢ ing. eling. inst” the "D :m"loflho mnq'th:z" least wfl such -that Gov. Kilby -ordered the nine chart s ¢ two companies of guardsmen 2nd two froi 3 machine gun detachments to. escort ] Thomas to Centérville and to'remain’ on duty d?xrln L k » th® trial. * WHEN 1 R! l | ¢signation of the Massachu- 1" L %r by thé President was | ¢ & great - huc’u’. ‘geiu.mr-' 'Bhg'rhan i § | i | Favorable . report. ordered i | 1Elks AT THE MD % SEEKS MERGER ACTION. Representative Woods Hopes for Report if Quorum Be Present. The House District committee will meet tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock in another attempt to get action on the Woods street raflway merger bill. The committee met today, but, on account of the democratic caucus, it was impossible to keep a quorum in the committee to work on the street railway bill. The committes has completed consideration of the Woods bill, with the exception of the last section, and Mr. Woods said today that if a quorum is present | the President as onme of | tomorrow he hoped for a report om the bill. The committee reported favorably a bill authorizing the District Com- missioners to close upper Water street between 21st and 22d streets northwest. A similar biil has ready passed the Senate. It is pro- posed to erect a half-a-million-dolla building at that location for the N tional Academy of Sciences. . ———————— Service Commission Announces Big Drop Since Armistice Was Signed. Uncle Sam has reduced his Army of employes in Washington -by 41,246 since the signing of the armistice, it Civil was revealed by the civil service commission today. When fighting stopped, on Novem- ber 11, 1918, there were 117,760 fed- eral workers in the National Capital. On August 1. of this year, the person- nel nad been reduced to 76,514. De- spite this heavy cut, the present em- ployment roll of the government is more than double what it was in pre- war days. Figures made public today show that during July a net reduction of 537 was made in the various de- partments, the largest cut that has been made in a single month for more than 3~ year. The Treasury Department reported a reduction’ of 2,520 during July, the War- Department, 2,188; the Navy De- partment, the Department of Commerce, 1325 the Shipping Board, 36, and tle flice of the supcrintendent of the State, War and Navy building. o The actual number who were sepa- New appointments, how- SARA ROHL-SMITH-DIES. Sculptured Sherman Monument Here. CHICAGO, August 17.—Friends. here received word today of the death in Copenhagen, Denmark, on June 18, of Mrs. Sara Rohl-Smith, widow of the Danish-American sculptor, ' Carl 'Rohl- Smith. The sculptor, who lived in Chi, cago vears age, -always claimed his | l wife was ‘the real artist and he was: 1 only th¢ workman. g The couple were responsible’for the massive figure of Benjamin Franklin at the world’s. fair here in 1833, the Sher- man monument in Washington,, D, Terinessce, a numerous other works in this country. - Today’s News: in Paragraphs House committee decides to give Hear- Dill passed b ings on Ball rent bill y Sen;. ate. 4 Page. ‘1 Attack’on navy yard.inefficiency is con- tinned -at wage .héaring. Bage 1 Commisioners favor -extending lith “strect through Walter Reed grounds. Rt o T Page . "bill /by’ Senate’ commit Mob._burns -body .of slgyer af. girl hunted by Vir- ginia posse. 3 v Page 3 $700,000! fire at Smithfield; Va., destroys five ‘peanut. factories. ' Page 4| “pick officers af today’s sesslon at erstown. i - Page two “In Page 3 Xing" Peter_of Serbia dies. Reuven Mazer says wife disappeared with: his savings of . twenty Yg;:- s crew ‘of huge dirigible ZR-2 g ‘at ‘delay. E " Page 13 amendment to- anti-beer, bill in- ‘home _brew | U. 8., * chafiny House terpreted as_authorisi ‘mide for -sgle, 7 1921_TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. 0\ 0B BURNS BODY OF SLAYER OF TWO Masked Men Force wdy Into Hospital and Carry Off Corpse of Dead Negro. By the Associated Press. AUGUSTA, Ga.. August 17.—A large body of men, said to have been mask- ed, forced their way into the Univer- sity Hospital here shortly after 4 o'clock this morning, secured the body of Walter Smalley, the negro who ran amuck and killed two white men and injured four others yesterday after- noon, and carrying the body beyond the city limits, burged it to a crisp. Bedy en teturped to the SN TR The body was found about 7:30 this morning;s short distance from the old Quartersaasters 14 building p ‘Hancock. at the aite of old Scantlings had been pried from the building, heaped ovér the body. gaso- line poured over and the torch ap- pliea. All during Tuesday night automo- biles containing mén bent on a mys- terious mission hovered about the hospital, and shortly after midnight a crowd of men visited the morgue, looked at the body of a negro com- tained in-a Vault, saying “That’s the man,” gnd departed. Twa and a_half hours later they returned, gained en- trance to the morgue, and carried the body away. Coroner R. E. Elliott. after visiting the scene of the cremation, had the body returned to the morgue. The coroner states there is doubt asg to whether”the body is that of Smalley, pointing out that Smalley was said to be shot through the head, and that no wounds of this nature were dis- cernible on the charred corpse found by the road. An ‘inquest was to be held at the morgue at 11 am. to determine the negro's identity. Killed Shop Feo: n. The trouble began in the shop of a loval wagon works, when Smalley. a chauffeur, killed B. T. Hightower, foreman of the shop. The negro, earlier in the day, it is alleged, call2d ‘Hightower a liar and the white man | whipped him. i Fleeing from the scene the.negro | fired as he ran. Mrs. H. D. Hill, who | conducts a small grocery store just | across the .street from the wagon works. peered from the door of her place and was wounded in the chin | by shot from Smalley’s gun. { The negro had then been injured in| the leg and was seated in the street in full view of Mrs. Hill's store. He fired point_blank at her. and when she | rushed inside he continued fo sheot | until he had splintered. the door. i Telephone poles and trunks.of trees| throughout that block of 13th street bear evidence this morning of the battle. Mrs. Bessie Bugg. who also conducts a grocery store mear the wagon works, stood in the door of her. place with gun in hand as the negro fled_down the street, and she states toddy that she could have shot him had Dot her children been standing in the way. She ‘later surrendered her gun to a taxi driver, who joined in the shooting. The only deaths were B. T. High- tower and Patrolman' W. W. Moore. The hospital.reports nine persons in- jured, but all will recover. Fleen to Bottoms, Aftér-wounding two detectives who had been called, the negro fled to Berry’s. Bottom, 'a negro settlement, and_after being shot down he re- toaded his gun gnd killed Officer W. ‘W. Moore. A féw minutes.later the igro was riddled with bulléts fromr! the guns 0f other police officers. City. policemen and county officers Were kept. busy dispefsing crowds, | and severa] times - demonstration Were made aginst negroes, but inter- | vention -of officers prevented further! serious trouble. % Five na{rnet are held by the police for investigation. _FIRE-IN_FOREST HALL. Flanies of Unknown qflgin Gause L+ : - $1,000 Damage. ‘Damage to thée éxfent of $1,000 was caused by a fire that started from un. known. sources, in Forest. Hall, 1256 Wisconsin avenue. The hall is an old landmark, and has been used in xag; times , for dancipg and small n¢ertalments. ° The fire . was, dis- covardd about 11:30 fhis morning.and ‘Kained’ considerable’ hegdway on the 41top floor. béfare: the:arrival’ of ~the fire :department. f The bullding is said to be owned by Irene gleebgn;y of 3339 N, street. “PARIS, August 16.—George Harvey, Aipioan gmbabsador o - Groat ‘Britain, left Paris for London today. He ) yaccom| gfin'el by J. Butler ‘W3 counselor of the .‘American London,-and-Arthur Bliss . itary. of. the embassy, iwho With him the _sessions of the o to Paris to attend s wllted qirunu council, WILSON VISITS OFFICES OF HIS NEW LAW FIRM FOR SEVERAL HOURS Former President Woodrow Wil- son, senior member of the law firm of Wilson & Colby, spent sev- eral hours yesterday afternoon in the firm's offices, on the sixth floor of the building at 1315 F street, which formerly housed_the United States SRipping Board. Mr. Wilson was accompanied to the offices only by his secretary and went into the building trough a rear entrance. He walked through the corridors without as- sistance and appeared very en- thusiastic over his professional debut. The greater part of h time in the office was spent in co! sultation with his partner, Bain- bridge Colby, former Secretary of State. He, however, had time to see a few callers, two of whom were clients whose identity was not disclosed. The offices of the former execu- tive are exceptionally large and sunny and handsomely finished, although they have not been com- pletely furnished. It was stated at the office today that it is expected Mr. Wilson will visit the offices almost every day from now on. BALL RENT BILL REACHESTEHOLSE Committee Decides to ,Givel Hearings on Measure, Be- ginning Tomorrow Night. The House District committee will begin consideration of the Ball bill to extend for seven months the opera- tion of the District rent act ata meet- ing at 8 o’clock tomorrow night. The committee today determined to hold hearings on the bill, which passed the Senate yesterday. Repre- sentatives of the Washington Real Estate Board have requested a hear- ing, and will be among the witnesses at the meeting tomorrow night. Chairman Focht of the committee said that other persons desiring to be! heard would be given an opportunity | also. | | | May Recommend Measure. H While Chairman Focht and other members of the committee are op-. posed to the principle of the legisla-| tion, nevertheless, if it is shown that an’ emergency still exists in the housing situation nere, they will rec- ommend favorable action on the bill, it is believed. Representative Woods of Virginia, ranking democratic member of the committee, said today that while he: diszapproves of that character of leglu" the House”who believe it may be necessary. to continue the regulation of rents for a time. The District rentyi, unlabs amend- od, will expire October 23. It hardly likely, it ‘was said today, that it will be possidble for the House to act on the rent bill before the pro- posed recess.. which will begin August 24. However, if the House returns to Washington September 21, there still will remain 2 month in which to act before' the District law goes out of business. Opponents of the measure zre seeking to delay action by the House committee as long as possible, it was said. Senate Vote, 38 to 8. The vote in the Senate vesterday in favor of the bill was 38 to 8, with 2 number of senators present and paired, making up a quorum. The Dbill as it passed the Senate.and now goes to the House committee, extends the rent act until May 22, 1922, After October 22, however, business prop- erties will not be covered by the re t under the pending bill. On! those properties which are leased for housing purposes will be subject to regulations by the rent commissign. DEVELOPS PLATE IN AIR. Army Flyers Conduct Experiment in Aeroplane Photography. A successful experiment in photo- graphy from the air, which is regard- | ed by aviation officials as possessing possibilities of high military value. has just been corfiducted by the Army air service. A photographer flew from Bolling Field to Camp Meade and re- turned & few minutes later with a plate already _developed showing clearly the parade of students #ttend- ing the citizens’ training course there. The plate was developed in the air and ready for printing when the plane returned to the fleld. Further experiments will be con- ducted, with a view of printing the photographs in the air. so that they will be ready for distribution when the plane lands. —_— «pOTATO FLOUR” POISON. Inquiry Discloses Origin of Three . Deaths in Texas City. LAREDO, Tex., August 17.—Inves- tigation into the origin of a sub- stance thought to have been potato flour. which was made into bread here Saturday and resulted in the death ot three persons, disclosed. accord- ing to authorities, that the 'supposed flour was part of a barrel of poison which arrived here by freight re- cently without a label and bearing . address. - 2 ml! :'u found, officers said, that the barrel remained unclaimed for sev- eral days and that after’ examining its contents, a railroad station em- ploye, believing it to be flour, took a sample to & baker here, whe made twelve loaves of bread with it ‘All bread in_the bakery has been seized and authorities are endeavor- ing . to trace the shipper of -the barrel. “DESTITUT. % 1 ~o9 v i sent {went further. CONTINUE ATTACK AGAINST OVERHEAD AT WAGE HEARING Many Inefficiencies Pointed Out—Charge Erroneous Figures Given Board. SUGGESTS ABOLITION OF PLANNING DIVISION Would Have Master Mechanics Do Estimating—Protests Number of Officers on Duty. Highly skilled machinists at the Washington navy vard and gun factory, men highly skilled in gun manufac- ture, get less money than ordinary automobile mechanics who do no ma- chine work, but just assemble cars. This was shown by figures given to the general wage board of the Navy De- partment yesterday by Herbert P. Lee- man, chairman of the local yard work- men’s committee. The wage board is holding public hearings on the recom- mendations of the local wage boards of the Washington and other yards for a lowering of wages. That local firms, from which the local wage board obtained figures on which it based its recommendations to the general wage board, deliberately in_erroneous figures in order to influence a reduction in wages, was charged by Mr. Leeman, who gave to the board numerous instances Where the board’s figures must have been wrong. He pointed out that in some instances local firms included in the figures for machinists every one in the machine shops, instead of just the pay of ma- chinists. Would Abolish Classes. Mr. Leeman urged abolition of the classes into which machinists were divided at the Washington na: yard. which suggestion Capt. James K Robison, chairman of the board, characterized as absurd. pointing out that all machinists could not be of equal talent. and that the better ones should get the better pay. That the machinists in the local navy yard were the most highly skilled” in the country was gsserted by Mr. Leeman, to which Capt. Rob- ison replied that there was no finer workmanship than that found in the Washington yard. adding, “amd the | most expensive.” “We made torpedoes cheaper when . I was at Newpor “But were they made at the Washington > asked a member of the loca] yard's Tommittee. “Well.” replied Capt. Robison. “they faster and straighter. I've fired both kinds." " Mr., Leeman argued that it was in the publie “for—the Fov- ernment to make .the positions in the Washington navy-yard attractive. 80 that the government always would have at hand a corps of trained and expert gun builders, It is just as important to maintain a force of this kind as it is to maintain Army and Navy, he argued. These men know the mecessity of accuracy in gun building and its importance in protecting the i of those at sea who must use these guns. These men. in time of war, can, and in the last war were, sent out to su- pervise the work.being done in pri- vate yards. 5 He pointed out thiat & large amount of the gun work done by outside firms during the past war had to bedone over and mistakes corrected ai the Washington navy yard by the skill ed gun machinists there. He cited the instance of aeroplane muanufacture during the war, saying that the gov- ernment was not prepared to build them and most of the money appro- ¢ | priated for this work was wasted, due to this fact. Unless the government remained prepared for gun building the same would apply in another war to the manufacture of big guns for the ships. he said Protests Opening Question. Mr. Leeman also entered a protest against opening up the wage ques- tion at this time, pointing out that assurance had been given the men at the time of the last wage adjustment that it would not be reopened until October of this year. Much constructive work can be done in cutting out the overhead in the Washington yard, he said. He attack- ed the planning division of the yard. Where the estimating of work is done. saying that this work could be done by the “leading men” or master me- chanics in the yard. He protested the large number of naval officers on duty there as a heavy overhead charge. but, Capt. Robison pointed out that omly a comparatively small percentage of these officers had a portion of their salaries charged to operation of the yard. The remainder. he continued. were charged up to purely military work. They are there to learn, he said. for in fifteen years they will be the officers who Will be operating the yards. Citing figures to the board, Mr. Lee- man said that in most instances sec- ond-class men on the outside were getting more money than the best men in the Washington yard. A skilled gunmaker at the Washington yard, he said, gets $6.40 a day, while men on the outside doing an inferior class of work get $7, $8 and in some cases as high as $10 a day. . Attack Overhead Charges. Practically all of those who testified yesterday complained of the large overhead charges at the yard, and asked that something be “one to cut it down. They thought "that if constructive work was done along these lines there would be no necessity of reducing the mechanics’ wages to keep within the appropriations. Capt. Robison asked N. P. Alifas of the Machinists’ International Union to use his influence to cut down the num- Der of helpers in the yards. This, he pointed out to them, was a large over- head charge. He said that every me- chanic must have a helper to carry around his tools, and that this was in- efficient. The question of getting new work at the machines and ready for opera- tion before the piege of weork in the (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) LEFT JEWELS, GOLD AND $55,000 .NEW YORK, August 7.—Thomas F. Smith, public administrator, holds bonds and cash’ worth more than $55,000, a gold nugget, sev- eral diamonds and other jewelry found on Peter Vidovich, a former gold miner in- Alaska, who, ap- parently destitute, was taken from a’ transcontinental train, a year ago and died here soon afterward. ki when apE b S s San Francisco notified ‘Mr. Smith that John M. Vidovich of Fresno, Calif., had instituted proceedings in the San ncisco probate court to break his uncle's will. The trust company asks that all the property be turned over to it ~ When the man was taken from the overland limited last August his clothes were threadbare and he was suffering from lack -of nourishment. his death there were found in his tlothing. in addition.to the bonds, cash and jewelry, recéipts from . various California’' banks ‘showing he had on t, more $26,000. in Alaska also AND RAGGED EX-MINER =