Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1921, Page 2

LF.OFLTODNP " RAL WAGE AT Not to Act on Reductions, : Says Executive Council in " Important Degision. Dy the Associated Press, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. August 29. —The executive council of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor has decided to take no action regarding railroad wage reductions. Members said today, however, th:v. the council stood ready to agsemble in apecial conference and give any aid possible should it be requested to do so by any of mi organizations o ilroad workera. instructions of the Denver conven- tion, is working on a plan to bring about “public_ownership and demo- cratic control” of the nation's rail- road system. But nothing definite in ihis can be expected for some months, labor leaders say, as it is impossible to arrange conferences with the leaders of the railroad unions at this time, when they are occupied with the wage reduction situation. Studying Pay of Railroad Officials. id Inveatigation of salaries being pal railroad executives is being made by the council with a view to bringing pressure to bear to have these sal- Aries reduced “until other wage earn- ai ds are paid a wage suf- ficlent r“l{i.;:p them in decency and ils of the proposed investiga- (iul:l"ll.\lv‘: % e of workers' savings by banks and insurance companie were announced today. The counc proposes to inguire into the “present eredit system of the country” and to study the Kenyon rural credit bill Consideration also is to be given to a proposal to organize the Rroxy voting power of workers who hold policies in mutual insurance companies. Will Take Protective Actl Tpon the conclusion of its investi- gation the council is empowered to take “whatveer action it deems best and prudent to the end that the in- terests. rights and opportunities of the workers and farmers shall be amply protected and fully promoted. A report before the council says that it is believed that funds and savings of the workers accumulated by the banks and insurance com- panies and the present credit system of the country to a large extent have been used “to crush and destroy the trade union movement and impover- ish the workers well as the farmers. Pleads for Labor at Arms Parley. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, last night made public his appeal to the labor movement of the nations that are to participate in the forthcoming disarmament conference in Washing- ton to prevail upon their respective Rovernments to have labor represent- ed upon their delegations. “The proposal to discuss means of lightening the tremendous burden of armament.” said President Gompers in a statement accompanying the correspondence, “is one which inter- ests the working people above others. From them came the first protests against enormous armament. “The hope is repeated that the forthcoming conference in Washing- ton may be attended by the highest possible degree of success. The labor movement in the United States will, in whatsoever way it may be pos- sible, make every endeavor to be helpful to the cause of disarmament, but only through the opportunity to exercise a voice within the confer- ence itself can it make available its full volume of counsel and co-oper- ation.” The labor chief also made public correspondence with the White House, in which he urged President Harding to appoint one or more representa- tives of labor on the American com- mission. Support of the federation also was pledged to the President in his move to bring about disarmament. President Likes Suggestion. Pregident Harding. in replying to Mr. Gompers, thanked him for the fed- eration’s support, and said that he would give consideration to the recom- mendation that a labor representative be appointed to the American delega- tion, which he characterized as a “very practical suggestion.” In his appeal to the labor move- ments of Italy. Great Britain, France 2nd Japan. President Gompers said 1hat they should be represented in the Washington conference. as the “rights =pd interests of the toilers will be no less intimately affected in the Wash- ington conference than they were in the peace conference at Versailles, where their right to representation and participation was fully recognized and exercised. “If labor be represented upon the delegations to the conference, it is my purpose to suggest that a confer- ence of the labor delegates from each of the delegations be held for the pur- Pose of discussing not only the sub- ject for which they come to Washing- ton primarily. but also the various questions of international importan: in the field of labor of the count: represented. Labor Vitally Interested. “From the first,”” he added. “the American Federation of Labor' has taken a leading part in bringing to the consciousness of the world the need for disarmament and the release of the workers from the terrible bur- dens and dangers created by great naval and military establishments. “The American Federation of Labor believes that this movement will be welcomed by the toilers everywhere, ‘but it should not be the province of the wage earners merely to observe. Tehy have the right to be partici- pants.” The #pirit and organization of Amer- ican workers are unbroken by the present business depression, and they will continue to push forward and on- ward, Bamuel Gompers declared in an address before a conference of labor leaders. Urges Resinting Waxe Cuts. Calling upon the workers to resist wage reductions Mr. Gompers said: “Wherever a reduction in wages has been accented by employes it has been followed by another and then another. ‘We have called unon the men of labor of America to resist wage reductions. “Let me #ay in all candor to you that we cannot in the present state of organization. or even at the high peak of organization, successfully re- sist every offer of reduction of wages, but it is better to resist and lose or compromise than not to re t at all, because if you don't resist you en- courage the employer to the idea that you can't and won't resist.” The executive council at a brief meeting yesterday forwarded a cable message io Premier Lloyd George urg- ing him to continue the truce with tke Irish republic until after the forth- eace nego republican leaders. The message sald that should Great Britain resume hos- tilities with the Irish people at this time it would .again be & menace to the peace of the world. Slump in Paid-Up Memberships. Mr. Gompers s&aid the paid-up mem- bership of the Federation of Labor had fallen off thi quarters of a million from jts highest point. This, he add- ed, was due to the large number of men out of nmrlo 'ment, their unions not being require: tax to the federation on men who are unemployed. This does not mean, Mr. Gompers explained, that these men have been Jost to organized labor, as they remain members of their own union~. He ex- pressed the belief that the business depression was nearing an end and predicted the federation would soon regain its old strength. —_— A river of ink is formed in Algeria by the union of two streams, t| ‘water of one being imprexnated with iron and the other, which drains a © - great swamp, with gallic acidy to pay per capita | u MEXICANS KILL AMERICAN. David Y. Richards, Celifornis, Meets Death at Chivela. David L Richards, an American, was killed by Mexicans at Cilvela last Friday, according to consular advices from Sallna Crusz recelved today at the State Department. Richards’ home was at Niles, Callf, The consul gave no 118 of the kill- S!:l' except that it was done “by na- ves."” MINERS IN BATTLE WITH STATE POLICE Details of Clash in Mingo District Lacking Be- cause of Wires. By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va., August 29.— All telephone lines into KEthel, Sharples and Blair, mining communi- ties in the eastern part of Logan county, where state policemen and armed men came together early yes- terday. were reported out of order all of this morning. Neither was it pos- sible to reach Logan. Gov. Morgan's office declared it was without information, and that no re- port had been received from Adjt. Gen. John H. Chamock. who was sent there yvesterdsy with a committee United Mine Workers officials to make a thorough investigation. Reported Assembling Again. Reports widely circulated over the state today tha{ the miners who set out from rmet to march to Mingo were again assembling at Marmet were discred by state authorities, and Sheriff Henry Walker of Kana- wha county said there was absolutely no foundation for them. Sheriff Walker and a party of deputies spent most of the night and’ part of the morning scouting in the Marmet and Cabin Creek district. State authorities early today anx- fously awaited advices from the east- ern part of Logan count Some- where in that district Adjt. Ge John H. Charnock, together with A. C. Por- ter, a member of the West Virginia United Mine Workers executive board and a personal representative of C. F. Keeney, president of district No. 17, were doing missionary work, fol- lowing yesterday's reports to Gov. E. F. Morgan that state police and deputy sheriffs on one side and un- identifled armed men on the other had fought an engagement in Beach creek, near the Logan-Boon county line. Hurry to Seeme. Immediately after recelpt yester- day of a report from Capt. J. R. Brookus, commanding state troopers in that district, stating that the en Eagement had not been without cas- ualties. Gov. Morgan hurriedly called Mr. Keeney into conference. The gov- ernor and miner's executive soon agreed on a plan of action and within & few hours the adjutant general and Mr. Porter were speeding to Logan on a special train. The Chesapeake and Ohlo tion agent at Sharples reported its arrival there early last evening. After he had made his re- port to the Huntington office of the railroad wire communication was in- terrupted and no word hzs since come out of the town. Sharples is in the center of the district in which Sun- day morning’s reported fight is said to have taken place. Ordered te Disperse. Mr. Porter carried with him an :a:a;lh leil‘:r from President Keeney e Logan count: re-g.-l! foran Yy miners which ~Being advised that there is con- siderable disturbance in the neigh- borhood of Sharples and surround- ings, I hereby delegate and appoint Mr. A. C. Porter. an executive board member of district No. i Mine Workers of America, sonal representative, to vi the scene of the reported trouble and to act for me and in my behalf. T wish to request that you and each of you remain at your homes; ist in the preservation of law and ler and refrain from any conduct other than what may be necessary to protect yourselves and families. 1 also urge that at the earliest ossible moment you put all mines in_your section in operation. _“Gov. Morgan, in the presence of Willlam Petry, vice president of dis- trict No. 17. United Mine Workers of America; Harold W. Houston, at- torney for the district; William Wiley. manager of the Boone County Coal Corporation, two assoclates and an_attorney, gave me positive as- surance that there will be no inva- gion of your section by deputies or other persons from Logan county.” Confirmation Difieult. Interrupted telephone communica- tions and the peculiar location of the district wherein the trouble is re- ported to have occurred make con- firmation of disquieting reports ex- tremely difficult. Those recelved late last night and early today place the number of wounded during the re- ported shooting yesterday morning 8t from four to fourteen. None of the reports state definitely that any one was killed, although several hint- ed at probable fatalities. It is ex- plained that the shooting took place fore daybreak, and that in the darkness it was Impossible to de termine the extent of the wounds suffered by those sald to have fallen. Capt. Brockus in his report to Gov. Morgan stated that members of his detachment saw five of the opposing force fall to the ground. They were quickly picked up by their compan- lons, however, and carried from the vicinity, while the state troopers re- tired, the captain’s report continued, on account of the darkness, which made it difficult to distinguish their own men from their adversaries. Sherifis Reported Prisoners, Another report reaching the gov- ernor's office and made public was that three deputy sheriffs and a jus- tice of the peace named Fulton Mitchell had been taken prisoners by unidentified men and were being de- tal at Clothier, Boone county, across the line from Sharples. Following the return to Washing- ton yesterday of Brig. Gen. H. H. Bandholtg, who came here last week to investigate conditions for the War Department, Col. I. W. Leonard of the 5th Army Corps, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., was_expected to con- fer with Gov. Morgan today. Col. Leonard is understood to have been detailed for indefinite duty in West Virginia. — VIOLET LODGE BURNED. Resort on Canal Popular With D.C. Fishermen Destroyed. Violet Lodge, & resort on th bank_ of the 'Chesapeake. ang “‘65.‘-’3 canal, near Seneca, Md., well known to practically every bass angler in this_ city, was destroyed fire yes- nrd;: lfot'er%vm l;l::ut 1 o'ellm:k.y A number. on peo) &t the iodge when the fire oecurred and were able to move automobiles 'ked the yard to a place of brigade was el re Was plenty water in the canal, only & short distance from the house, but there was no means ol gettll & stream of it to the house to assist in preventing spreading of the flames. Members of the family of A. L. Violette, occupants of the house, and persons there from the city for s day's ouun‘; managed to save furniture and other effects in the rooms on the lower floor. —— It is stated that strong perfumes have the power to intoxicate and be- numb, and workers in perfume laboratories are sometimes so0 much ected aa to meed medioal aids A B e L e N e N N e D e e L e e LSS IR 2 sl i e R Rl Bl S L bt e il fe e kel THE_EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C. MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 192f. ° DISTRCT SWINDLED BY FORGED CHECKS Residents Here Declared Vic- tims of Fake B. & 0. Pay Slips.~~ By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., August 29— Robert Lewls, L. B. Lewis and James Walter Perdue of Pittsburgh are un- der arrest in Cleveland in connection with the forgery of Baltimore and Ohio railroad pay checks, according to a statement by Clyde Edeburn, chlef of Pittsburgh detoctives, today. An effort will be made to have the men brought here for trial. g Fasses Faked. According to Chlet Edeburn a plate was made from which were printed scores of pay checks similar to those xlven by the rallroad to its empléye nother plate from which were print- duplicates of Baltimore and Oh employes' passes also was prep. these passes being used am & m of identification when the pay checks were cashed. ne of the men. Chief Edeburn said, was arrested in Cleveland last Satur- day and the other two were taken at Warren, Ohio, last night. The Lewises, he added, were father and son, and had formerly been In the saloon business here. According to the chief, many thousands of dollars worth of forged pay checks have been cashed in Washington, D. C.; Wheeling, W, Va.; Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and _other points along the Baltimore and Ohlo system. io Cireulated Here. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 29.— One of three men who are alleged to have been implicated In forgeries totaling more than §30,000 was ar. rested here today. According to the police, the scheme was originated in Pittsburgh and was in operation for more than & month in Baltimore, Washington and Cleveland. A Pittsburgh saloon keeper is said to be the chief figure in the swindle. PRESIDENT TO CALL CONFERENCE HERE ON UNEMPLOYMENT (Continyed from First Page ) T Areh ment has been one of the most im- | ChIeE Kmery of thy Americas Lesion portant problems considered by this conference of manufacturers. Departments Co-Operating. It was made clear, both by Secretary Hoover and Secretary Davis, that these two departments are working heartily together to, solve the unem- ployment problem. Secretary Hoover emphasized that it is the province of the Department of Labor to determine what real unemployment there is and for the Department of Commerce, through fita close working relations with the business men of the countr: to get the manufaoturing industri to make room for those who are u: employed. Manufacturers’ Committee. The committee representing the manufacturers is compnsed of Chair- man A. C. Bedford of New York, chalrman of the board of directors of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey; George Ed Smith of New York, president of the Royal Type- writer Company; John H. Fahey, Bos- ton, publisher: Homer L. Ferguson, Newport News, Va. president of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Philip H. Gadsden of Philadelphia, president of the Amer- can Electric Rallway Association, and the following alternates: Lewis B. Stillwell, New _York, electrical and consulting enkinee: Howard Elliott, New York, chairman of the Northern Pacific Railway Company; Goodwyn Rhett, Charleston, 8. C., president of the People’s National Bank: Henry M, Victor, Charlotte, N, C., cotton manu- faoturer and-president of the Union National Bank of that place, and A. L. Humphrey, Pittsburgh, Pa.,’ of the Westinghouse Airbrake pany. Becretary Hoover, when questioned regarding his thought on public works to be undertaken to relieve unemployment, explained that his idea was not that such works should be undertaken merely for the rake of affording employment, but that any work of a public echaracter, whetlier federal, state or -municipal, which had to be done and which could be done at this time, ought to be undertaken now to afford work for those who have to support families. Senator Walsh Pleased. Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, who introduced in the Senate just be- fore that body adjourned last week & resolution calling upon the commit- tee on education and labor to investi- gate the causes of ynemployment and recommend measures of relief, today expressed his hearty a val of the call by President Harding for a con- ference here on unemployment. Senator Walsh stated that in his opinion the principal remedy or relief measure at this time would be for the government to go ahead with many public works, thus giving the unemployed work to do. “I am very much pleased to learn,” sald Senator Walsh, “of the possi- bility of the unemployment problem being taken up by the President and the probablility of a conference under his leadership. - President’s Plan Great Help. “The resolution that I offered in the Senate in the natural course of events cannot receive attention for several weeks. It is therefore very helpful to have the executive prompt- 1y undertake a full inquiry into the unemployment situation. Indeed, there is some advantage which the' Presi- dent will have in handling the prob- lem which & committee of Congress would not have. He can command the best minds and experts on this subject in the country—men who will gladly give time and consideration to the solution of the problem. ““The unemployment situation in this country 'Is very serious. of the “unknown soldier.” RAIL UNION BREAK THREAT MINIMIZED Officials Attach Little Impor- tance to Separate Ballot by Trainmen. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 29.—The appar- ent break In the harmony that has existed among the Big Four brother- hoods and the Switchmen's Union of North America in connection with the mailing out of strike ballots to the membership was today minimig- ed by union officials here. Strike ballots were mailed out to 650,000 railroad workers yesterday and today; but the ballot of the Broth- erhood of Railway Trainmen, com- prising about 150,000 workers, went on a separate sheet. The trainmen withdrew because, their officers explained, the ballot afted by the other four organisa- dra e %id not. in our opinion, contain an impartial and unbiased recital of all that is involved, nor did it convey the assurance that the wishes of the men. if against working for reduced wages, would determine the question, leave the service.” Rules May Be Issue. The joint ballot declared that if the members voted to reject the wage reduction it was understood they would be permitted to withdraw from the service of their companies “unless satisfactory settlement can be reached under the laws of the or- ganization.” The wage reductions authorised by the United States Railroad Labor Board in July averaged about 13 per cent, and estimated annual saving to the railroads of about $400,000,000. Some union leaders rted today that, in their opinion, as not the wage reduction but working rules and agreements that would be the final hone of contention, and partic. ularly the time and & half for over. time clause, recently restricted by the railroad labor board. SUSPECTED JOKER IN TREATY PERMITS U. S..TO JOIN LEAGUE (Continued from First Page.) - situation in the United Btates Senate today as between pro-leaguers and anti-leaguers, President Harding and Becretary Hughes will studiously avoid the league of nations and its council or essembly. But when the fever of the controversy dies down and perhaps a future democratic or republican _administration finds it valuable for an Amerkoan representa- tive to sit in the council or assembly and speak the viewpoint of the United Bafore the|giates, there 18 nothing in the winter has passed, I fear, it will b . reached the pathetic stags. We should | Lughes-Knox treaty which prohibits such a course being taken or which requires Ts! I’nf Congress about it. ither the “irreconciliables” missed a point or Secretary Hughes, with a long look ahead, outwitted the anti- leaguers. It is too late for the foes of the league to ask for amendments to the Hughes-Knox treaty, for this do something to avert the possibility of such a condition which the present unemployment foreshadows. The Presi- dent will have my hearty co-operation and that of all members of Congress in his undertaking to find out the condi- tions and remedy them. Methods of Rellef. “I personally belleve the remedy lies in part in the government undertaking to do some future development work at this time, such lu(;ond butlding, irri- gation projects in the west, refore task tion and reclamation work. ' Also, there | & dificult enoust is a great need of new public buildings | 46, Without opening the new tresty ndments. throughout the country, bulldings that { *°}0% I eh0s of the league are satis- intends to insist that the document be accepted as signed by the execu- tive branch of the government with. out the crossing of a “t” or the dot- ting_of an Ratification will be in the reichs- should have been erected before, but |—the door not been closed which very properly were held up dur. | Sed-the The Cthe “war. The. movermnt Epours | on uitimate membership of the United 'States in the league of nations. ) - (Copyright, 1031.) CHARLES WHITE DEAD. Was in Structural Iron Business ‘Here for Half Century. Charles White dled at his residence, 227 C street northeast, yes y, in the sixty-ninth year of his age. He was a life-long resident of ‘Washington and was engaged ‘in the structural iron business here for more than fifty years. Many of the larger public buildings and office structur bear witness to his ability in this line of work. £ REs He leaves & widow, brothers and; sisters and a mother now uuutfitm now go shead with these buildings, in view of the need of employment and the reduction in the cost of bullding.” COURT “RUBBERNECKS” LOCKED UP BY JUDGE CHICAGO, August 20.~—~Thirty-two spectators in Judge Joseph Schulman’s morals court were locked in the “bull- pen” today two hours by arder of the judge and then dismissed with warn- ing that in the future spectators would be given twenty days in the workhouse. i “This is no place to spend your va- cation or your spare minutes at the expense of the unfortunates brought hers,” :n&’:' Schulman sald, o of Burial will be the ““‘.!4‘:: time any ‘rubberneck’ is m age. Illm ) ': twenty days ‘cemetery, this court he will in the workhouse:” administration, like its predecessor, |4 FRANCE In the Lower—Commander-in-Chief E-;ry of the American Legion lowering the American fiag in salute over the to! AUTO THIEF RING BARED. Thirteen Arrested, Charged With Taking Many Machines. CHICAGO, August 29.—Thirteen men, including Willlam Otto, presi- dent of the Otto Sales Company, were arrested yesterday _in _connection with the operation of & ring of au- tomobile thieves. Five of those undar arrest were employes of the Ford as- nmblln“ lant here. Patrick Frain, an eighteen-year-old boy, according to police, was head of the ring. He was quoted as saying after his arrest that he would soon have been the head of a $500.000 con- cern of auto thieves. The Ford em- ployes, police said, aided in the thefts by supplying the numbers of new cars and Juggling the numbers of the cars as they left the plant. Among those arrested were Wil- liam Schneider, head of the S. and L. Ford agency a former Ford em- ploye, and Leland Jackman, son of the head of a novelty spocialty com- pany. The Ootto Sales Company also handled Ford cars. NATIONAL THRIFT BOND CORPORATION INSOLVENT Has $700,000 in Securities Out- standing With Workers Who Bought on Weekly Pay Plan. NEW YORK, August 29. — George V. McLaughlin, state superintend- ent of banks. today confirmed reports that the National Thrift Bond and that they would be permitted to | Corporation, which has $700,000 worch Tot thrift bonds outstanding with workers who purchased them by weekly pay envelope deductions, had placed its affairs in his hands Au- gust 1. ‘The corporation is insolvent, he said, but it deposited a group of gov- ernment, state and municipal securi- ties in a trust fund the Equitable Trust Company to secure the thrift bonds, and if the holders of these wait until thelr maturity, betwe: 1948 and 1954, they should recelve the full face value. At this time, Mr. Mo- Laughlin asserted, the market price of the securities averages 30 per cent be- low par. The thrift bondholders, said to num- ber 11,000 workers, are scattered through the Industriai regions extend- ing from Pennsylvania to Massachu- setts, with others at Detroit, Cleve- land and Chicago. Several Wall street men are direc- tors of the National Thrift Bond Cor- poration, which began business in 1917. Among them are officials’ of meveral of the 119 industrial estab- 1ishments whose employes bought the bonds. Mr. McLaughlin sald be had been Informed by Ingalls Kimball, who conceived the corporation as a squrce of capital and an instrument for inculcating the saving habit among working men and women, that many of these industrial leaders had agreed to relleye their employes of their bonds so that they would not suffer any losses. There are general creditors not con- cerned with the thrift bond, he said. In this connection it was understood that the few rich men who backed the corporation lost several hundred thousand dollars through its collapss. ———— VAN DUZER STILL HELD. Ex-Congressman Refuses Transfer from D. C. Without Requisition. Clarence Dunn Van Duser, former member of Congress, arrested Satur- day afternoon by Detectives Kelly and Scrivenei, and held for the police of Baltimore, where he is sald to be under indictment for an alleged swin- le, was still in custody in this city this morning. He was transferred from the first to the tenth precinoct, where he was made comfortable in & ‘witness room. Inspector Clifford L. Grant, chief of detectives, notified the Baltimore au- thorities to present their requisition for the former member of Congress as soon as possible. The chief of de- tectives anticipated the institution of habeas corpus proceedings, Van Duser having refused to raturn to Baltimore ‘without & requisition. Chester B. Wallace, 1333- G street southeast, this morning turned over to Detectives Kelly and Scrivener bonds representing $15,000 worth of mining stock, which, he stated, were urchased by his father, John Wi e, an engineer employed in the navy yard, in 1906 from Van Dusen, who was then serving as a member of Congress. He declared the bonds were valueless. statement regarding the military sit- uation in Asia Minor dissemanated by the Greek official agency. From the region of Gordium the line runs south along the right bank DI Melals of the American Legion with representatives of the Fremch government, groupea dencath the of Triumph, Paris, about the tomb of the “snknown soldier.” d i center bacl Commander-in- ADVANGE OF TURKS IPERILING GREEKS y Communications Endangered by Capture of Bilejik—Mus- selmans Form Defense. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 29.—The occupa- tion By Turkish troops of Bilejik, forty-five miles east of Brussa, Asia Minor, whose capture was announced last Friday, has resulted in serious danger to the Greek army communi- cations, according to reports received here today from Turkish sources. ATHENS, August 27.—The Turks have organized a defensive line which parts at the confluence of the Bursak with the Sakaria river near ancient Gordium, says an official of the Sakaria to the village of Etre- keuy. From Inflechit it runs east un- til it reaches a point a little to the north of the rivers Gheuk and Kath. randl. The line forms an eighty-kilo- meter front and there also is a second line of defense which the Turks have fortified. The Turks are equally fortified to the north of Gordium, along the right bank of the Sakaria river and on the heights of Atbouchen, Inkirma and Yos- lehikgithes. The rest of the Turkish forces are divided over the sector east of the Sakaria, where they occupy fortified positions. The Turkish main force is held in the sector north of the rivers Kheuk and Kathrandi, with robably fortified positions at the ex- reme right. FIND OF $859.75 IN COIN LEADS TO MORE WEALTH Discovery Followed by Further Search . Revealing Over $1,000 in Silver at Colored Women’s Home. When $859.75 in silver coin was found on the premises occupled by | Mrs. Addle May Murphy, colored, and her invalid daughter at Lamond sta- tion, near Terra Cotta, last week, the idea came to the minds of the police that there was more coin where the first came from and a search of the remises today revealed a three-gal- lon annm%lt!dh bucket 233.20 in the house. J This latest discovery goads the police on to further search. Belief was expressed that the entire amount of the hidden money had not yet been d arrangements are be- containing ing ers while the search for more hidden treasure. Policemen Hefferman and Shipley made the latest find. Treasury Department officlals re- ported the result of the counting of the money this morning, and the police plan still another examination of the premis It is possible that the next investigation will include digging in the yard for a box which m“t contain additional money. The money §8 in custody of Chief Clerk Hesse of the police department. It is held to await the return of the colored woman and her daughter and, it is stated, court proceedings may have to be resorted to in an effort for the owner to recover it. Mrs. Mur- phy and her .daughter were in lchuter. Pa., when last heard of. Efforts are being made by the police to locate them. GUARD ACCUSED MEN. BARNSTABLE, Mass., August 20.— A small crowd surrounded the court- house and jail here today and extra guards 'and state motorcycle police- men were on duty when thres Cape Verde Island anrou were transfer- red from the jail to the courthouse for hearings on charges of assault on a young white woman two weeks ago. The men ‘Were threatened with lynch- ing at the time of their arrest, but today's crowd was composed mainly of curlous persons who showed no indications of intent at mob violence. The negroes, John Dies, Benjamin Gomez and Joseph Andrews, are charged with assaulting Miss Ger- trude Butler of Buxzards Bay and robbing her escort, William Eldredge, while the two were returning from a ce. All three have been identified th" guu ‘woman. AMERICAN LEGION CHIEF AND' OFFICIALS HONOR UNKNOWN/|HUNGARY-U. S. TREATY SOLDIER OF TO BE SIGNED TODAY Grant Smith to Represent This Country at Ceremony in Budapest. By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, August 29.—The treaty of peace between Hungary and the United States, on which negotiations have been proceeding for some time, will be signed here this afternoon at 5 o'clock by Foreign Minister Banffy for Hungary and by Grant Smith, United States commissioner, for America. The ceremony will take place at the residence of Mr, Smith, who is residing at the home of Countess Lasslo Szechenyl, who was formerly Miss Gladys M. Vanderbilt, youngest daughter of Mrs. Cornelius Vander- bilt of New York. Slgnature of & treaty between the United States and Hungary, set for late today, according to Budapest dispatches, brings to an end the peace negotiations entered into by the United States under President Hard- ing with the central powers, against whom the United States declared war in 1917. The treaty with Austria was signed last Wednesday at Vienna, and that with Germany the following day at Berlin, Officials here had not been ap- prised of the expected signing of the Hungarian treaty today, although it had been scveral weeks since U. Grant Smith, the United States com- missioner at Budapest, began nego- tiations with the Hungarian govern- ment. Neither the text of the Austrian treaty nor details as to the Hun- garlan convention have been given out, but it is generally believed in Washington that both follow closely the lines of the German treaty, the text of which was made publi¢c co- incident with its signature. The Knox peace resoiution, which formed the basis for a portion of the German treaty, likewise applied to Austria and Hungary, and where the German pact referred to the treaty of Versailles the Austrian and Hun- gdrian treaties are expected to re- fer to the treaty of St. Germain and treaty of Grand Trianon, respec- tively. _ DENIES FLIES IN JAIL ARE NUMEROUS AS CHARGED Capt. Peak Admits Building Should Be Screened—Few Insects Seen Between Meals. While admitting that the District Jail should be screened throughout, Capt. W. .L. Peak. superintendent. denied today that flies are as numerous in the inetitution as indi- cated by the letter of Mrs. 8. K. Ray- mond published in The Sunday Star. Both Capt. Peak and George . Wilsoii, secretary to the board of charitiea, said th believe all open- ings and windows in the institution should ‘be provided with a barrier against flies. They both were of the opinion. however,” that this year's appropriation for operating the jail would be insufficient to permit the work to be done. Capt. Peak estimated roughly that it would require 40.000 square feet of screen completely to protect the jaii from flies. Secretary Wilson express- ed the hope that it would be possible at some time to screen the jail. ‘The kitchen of the institution is screened. One of the corridors lead- ing to the rotunda is used for a mess hall. Capt. Peak eaid flies are at- tracted to this corridor while meals are being served, but between meals, e sald, comparatively few of the in- sects can be found in jail. ATHLETICS TAKE PLACE OF DRILLS AT MEADE Four Washington Boys Survivors in Qualifying Events Held at Camp This Morning. Special Dispateh to The Star. CAMP MEADE, Md., August Military drills and formations gave way to athletics today at camp here, where troops of the civilian training regiment are competing in track and field sports. Only four Washington boys survived the qualifying events this mornin Alonzo C. Harrell will represent Company M, when the finals for the twelve-pound shotput are held this afternoon; Eugene B. Abadie, son of Col. Abadie, former controller of the United States Shipping Board, in the pole vault; Howard B. Smith, 220 yard dash. ‘and John W. Zimmerman, jr., the high jump. Additional honors were conferred upon Company M yesterday when Edward A. Proctor was chosen by Capt. William Goe as the best all- around soldier in the Washington contingent. Proctor, who is only seventeen years old, and lives at 3129 19th street, was graduated from Central High School last June. While at Cen- tral Re was a lieutenant in the cadet corps. He will be awarded a hand. some M. T. C. A. bronze medal, a cer- tificate sigued by Col. R. W. Helms, camp commander, and a set of mili- tary books ree other Washington boys—T. A. Babbington, Robert S, French, ir., and Benjamin F. Postman—have been named as & committee to represent the 3L T. C. A. in matters of propa- ganda and recruiting. In this way the War Department hopes to be able to stimulate interest in the traiming camps held from year to year. Company M will give a farewell supper tonight in the company mess Ball in honor of Capt. William P. Goe, Lieuts. Loucks and Kelly and non- commissioned officers. RELIEF WORKERS REACH MOSCOW AND ORGANIZE American Administration to Begin at Once Dispensing Food to Famine Sufferers. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, Russla, August 27.— American ~ Relief Administration workers, numbering seven and headed by Phillip Carroll of Portland, Ore., arrived here this afternoon and wili open an office tomorrow to organize the work of feeding the Russian famine sufferers. Dr. Fridjof Nansen and F. A, Frick, representing the International Red Cross, signed an agreement this afternoon with Lee Kameneft, head of the Russian Famine Relief Commission, in which the In- terngtional Red Cross arranges to do relief work on virtually the same terms as'the American Reliem Admin- istration. Immediately after signing the agreement, Dr. Nansen left for Riga. He said the only funds actually avail- able were those of the British “Save the children fund,” but that he hoped to secure government credits and private funds. PUSHCART MEN ORGANIZE. Will Fight Regulation Prohibit- ing Stopping on Streets. More than a hundred dealers who gperate pushcarts on the streets of the District met yesterday and organized an association to fight the police regulation which prohibits them from standing along the curb oxcept to make a sale. vatore Scalco, prominent local fruit dealer, chosen president and designated chairman of a com- mittee to lay the case of the fruit venders before the Commissioners. Scaloco called on Commissioner Oyster, who supervises the police department. thig morning, but was to '‘gain & hearing because the ity were in session on their 5 ¥ 29.— SECRETARY DAVIS URGES CONFIDENCE Says Economic Conditions Demand Business Men Trust Each Other. By the Associated Press. WELLESLEY, Mai August 29— Present economic conditions in the United States demand that busines: men above all elge trust and aid eact other, Secretary of Labor Davis de. clared today in an address to a groug of business leaders gathered here a Roger Babson Institute. The Labo Secretary also appealed for a resto on of confidence. some of them beyond endurance,” Davis asserted. “Esch of us is it straits of some sort. At such a time it is human instinct to save self a the expense of others. “The policy is short-sighted. 1 prolongs suspense, because suspense is born of distrust. This is & time above all others when we need 1< trust each other. KEven that is nol enough. We mugt not only trust, we must help each other. “In times of stress, each § fear for what he has. Each picious that the other is scheming tc take his possessions away. It is the time for conscience and by that | mean trust and confidence. ~Nothing else will help us get going again. Mr. Davis also advised that “here- after when prosperity has given ua each his proper share,” American business men “remember that the unbroken and solid advancement of a country like ours rests on the epread of fair dealing, on the avoid- ance of taking advantage.” TRIPLE STORE HOLIDAY FOR COMING WEEK END Merchants Here Expect Good Trads Preliminary to Wind-Up of Saturday Closing. Washington department stores and specialty, jewelry, furniture and re. lated lines in general will be closed both Saturday and Labor day, accord- ing to a formal announcement made to- day by Secretary Charles J. Columbus of the Merchants and Manufacturers Association. The three-day holiday will mark the close of the week end summer holidays for department and retail store clerks. Men's wear stores, together with some of the shoe and other stores, will re- main open next Saturday, but will close on Labor day. “The heads of the de) ent and other stores felt that this three-dax holiday for employes would be a fitting climax to the summer season, and would round out the full two months of all-day Saturday holidays,” Mr. Cos lumbus said. Labor day being one of the biggest s of the year, the beforehand is always marked by unusual ty in retail trade. The shopping public will find the greatest convenience in ‘early in the week' buying this week.” MIDSHIPMEN RESIGN AFTER LONG CRUISE Eight Students Hasten to Leave Navy When Battleships Reach Annapolis. Special Dispatch to The Btar. ANNAPOLIS, Md., August 29.—With the return to Annapolis of battleshin squadron No. 2, which conveyed the regiment of midshipmen on their an- nual summer practide oruise, An- nouncement was made of the resig- nation of eight of the students, six of the second and two of the third classes, and all have been mocepted by the Department. It is stased that they tendered their resignations because they tired of the naval serv- ice. Those who resigned are: Edgar Lewls and Willlam A. Schaef- fer, jr., of Tllinoi John P. Allee. Indiana: Wills W. L Virginia; Alfred W. Schneider, Wis- consin; William A. L. Sibley, Georgia, of the second class: George K. Bar- nett, Tennessee, and Harold G. Daniels. West Virginia, third class. The 1,700 midshipmen aboard the squadron will disembark at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning and start on their month’s Jeave. This would have been practicable today owing to the fact that the squadron returned home a day ahead of schedule, but transpor- tation bookings had been made with the railroad for tomorrow and these could not very well be upuset. Rear Admiral Hughes also an- nounced today that the fourteen-man crew of midshipmen of the battleship Connecticut was declared winner of the Lysistrata cup in its annual com- petition for working in boats of the whaleboat type. This race is a fea- ture of the annual summer crulse. Capt. Enrique G. Flies, naval attache at the Argentine emhuz. will visit the Naval Academy on September 6 TOM HARRISON ON TRIAL FOR MURDER OF WIFE GREENVILLE, 8. C, August 29.— Tom Harrison, former club owner of Greenville, who shot and killed his wife in their home on fashionable East Washingtton street on _the night of December 11, was placed on trial on_a charge of murder in the court of general sessions here this morning, M Fnat Harrison's defense will be that he shot his wife accidentally while struggling In his own defense with Arthur Young, 30th Division war veteran, was indicated in his ap- plication for bail. He alleged that he found Young struggling with his wife, and that Young turned upon him. Young, who was shot four times, recovered, and is to be an important witness. Mrs. Harrison left an estate valued at about $200,000 and relatives of the deceased have instituted actions in the civil courts to wrest this proper- ty from her husband. The trial of Harrison is expected to attract wide- spread attention. Keen interest was manifested in all the Jegal clashes in the case's development since the killing, and time has not dulled th edge of public interest in the trial. The courtroom was crowded to overflowing this morning while the Jury wes being drawn. EXTRADITION IS GRANTED. requisition of the governor of vl’f:l’nllmfar the extradition to that state of John F. Deltufo, alias Johnny Black, and Joseph F. Nally, who, it is alleged, assaulted a police officer at Colonial Beach, August 3 last, re- sisted arrest and escaped, was grant- ed by Justice Hitz in the District Supreme Court today. Attorney John I Sacks, for the ac- cused, opposed the signing of the papers on the ground that the ac- cused committed merely a simple as- sault and that there was no intention to kill. He filed & petition for a writ of habeas corups to require the United ‘States marshal, in whose custody the accused are, to release them. 1,400 RETURN TO MILLS. CHARLOTTE, N. C.. August 20.— Approximately 1,400 employes of the PJohnson string of cotton mills in Charlotte and Rock Hill returned to work_this morning. The employes went back to their tasks on the ssme basis as to pay and hours of labor'as prevailed when they quit their wm—ut Jume 1. t time the plants ef this have been idle. K