Evening Star Newspaper, August 30, 1921, Page 1

WEATHER. tonight Gemerally 2ale Tow; little change in temperature. for twenty-fout hours or. emded at 2 pm, today: Highest, 91, at 2 E‘m today; lowest, 71, at 6:30 e.m. ¢ Full report on Page 7. Closing New York Stocks, Page 19. and tomor’ Che beni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION q Star. Meabernflh.A'-oehthnu The Associated Press is exclusively eatited to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or Dot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein. All rigits of publication of special Qispatches berein are also roserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 85,189 No. 28,247, Entered as second-class mat post office Washington, D. 'S C. ON MINGO MINE DISTRICT;| (B FIRED. LIGHT SENDING TROOPS IMPENDS prirpcT STREETS! Advance In Squads Along Roads to Logan Ci)_unty President Calls Army Officers to Confer. Night -of Rioting Followed by Violent Outbreak This-Noon. Five ‘Dead, Many Hurt. AUTOS DASH OUT [SOLDIERS READY |PATTER OF BULLETS ALONG THE LINE TO MOVE AT ONC \ RESEMBLES HAILSTORM Search Homes for|Two Regiments Await|Irish Reply to Be Rushed to Lloyd Guns—1,000 Ready_ to Aid Sheriff. _By the Associated Press. WELCH, W. Va, August 30— Five hundred members of McDowell County Post, No. 8, American Le- gion, under command of Maj. W. E. Eubank, answering a call from Gov. Morgan, left Welch today at noon in automobiles for Logan county. Reports from there _mdlczt_ed that a battle with invading miners 1is imminent. d A message received here from Sheriff Hatfield of McDowell, who is in Logan county, states that ten- sion is high and trouble is expected momentarily. CHARLESTON, W. Va.. August 30— Between 2.000 and 3,000 armed men have assembled @t Jeffery, in Boone county, close to the Legan county line, according to official advices received here today. They are within easy striking distance of the disturbed section of Logan county where four men were killed in a fight with state troopers and deputy sheriffs Sunday ‘morning. The authorities also have been in- formed that some seventy-five auto- mobiles carrying armed men dashed out of the Cabin Creek valley near here this morning and passing through Marmet, continued up the Lens Creek valley along the line taken by the men who set out to march to Mingo county last week. From Marmet there are two good roads across Boone county to the Lo- gan county line, and along these, it was said today, men are moving, but not in a great body. Rather are they in squads of five or six, but in the aggregate they number hundreds, the authorities say. The mines at Whitesville, to which point several hundred of the march- ing miners_went when they turned back from Racine at the instance of F. Keeney, president of the West irginia miners, weére closed today, many of the workers having gone to the scene of activities in and around Jeffery, it was asserted. _ . Armed Men Search House. informed at noon that an automobile, carrying armed men, stopped at the house of Lou ‘man, creek, early today, and searching the house for arms, departed with his rifie and pistol. They told Huffman they were not robbers and would re- turn to -pay him later. Other reports to the'general were that_the house of Ira Clark and a number of other residences in the Davis creek section also were search- ed for weapons. Davis creek is only three miles from her From other parts of Kanawha county came reports that men were srming and_leaving their homes for the Logan-Boone border, many of them traveling in atitomobiles, while others were going by train. Mines which yesterday were in operation are closed today, operators reporting 1tat many of their men are leaving for the troubled zone Moving in Small Groups. Sheriff Walker, who has had men at Marmet since the “army” began to disband last week, received reports that no considerable force of miners was congrgeated there, but that small groups are passing that way, all mov- ing in the direction of Boone-Logan country. Other reports reaching the sheriff were that numbers of men were passing through St. Albans, on the main Hne of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, up the Coal river branch to Clothier. From Clothier they would experience little difficulty in reaching Jeffrey, which seems to ‘be the point of mol ization. Last night was one of uncertainty as to what was happeming along the Lo- gan-Boone county line. Early today it was much the same. Latest reports were a repetition of yesterday's, no more assuring, no less alarming. Adjt. ~~=Gen. Charnock was back in the capital after a hurried trip through the district Sunday night and yesterday. The word picture he painted of ‘the situatior in a statement last night was likenéd to a canvas depicting a storm-tossed . sea. So alarming was it that Gov. E. F. Morgan sent a midnight appeal to P{:flldem Harding requesting immediate aid. In his request, addressed to the chief executive and Secretary of War Weeks, the governor quoted the adjutant gen- eral as reporting that during the trip he commanded armed bands to disperse, but they refused to’do so atd continued to maintain patrols on the roads along the boundary line of the two counties. Chesapeake and Ohio railroad trains have been commandeered to transport contingents to armed camps, and tele- phone wires have been cut and steps, taken to prevent re-establishment of communication, the governor said his emissary had informed him. Males, 14 to 60, Under Arms. Adjt. Gen. Charnock’s companion on the mission, A. C. Porter, United Mine ‘Workers' executive board member, re- turned to Charleston with the state of- ficial. He, too, gave a gloomy account of conditions, prefacing his formal statement with foreboding metaphors. His startling report to C. F. Keeney, resident of District 17, United Mine Vorkers of America, follows: ” “With all males from the ages of fourteen to sixty under arms, women and children fleeing in panic over the line into Boone county, armed patrols arriving and departing, and every available conveyance carrying supplies to the picket posts in the hills, the Sharples-Blair sector may wéll be compared with Belgium in the early days of the world war. “On the northern side of the moun- tain which serves as a watershed to both Coal and Guyandotte rivers lies the camp and main force of the thiners. Similarly situated on the southern side are the Logan county deputies and the state police. The miners have advanced picket lines in the hills. “Should these men clash it would draw into battle a total of 2,500 men. Along the tops of the ridge are trenches and breastworks of rocks and felled trees.” Armed Men Again Forming: A summary of other disturbing un- confirmed reports reaching the gov- ernor’s office and made public there :ata last night and early today fol- jow That armed men aré again forming in_the vicinity of Marmet. coming « ‘(Continued on Seventeenth Page.) - Adjt. Gen. John H. Charnock was |} on Davis!yy Orders—One at Camp Sherman, Ohio. The sending of federal troops into West Virginia's coal region to restore order entered the realm of probability today when military officers of the Army were called into conference by President Harding to consider that question. Decision as to whether federal troops would be sent to West Virginia, how- ever, will await a conference to be held at the White House this afternoon. Gen. Bandholtz and Secretary Weeks were asked to return to the White House, and it was expected that certain information which would have a direct bearing on the question of proclaiming martial law or dispatching troops weuld be available in time for consideration at the conference. Decision Aw: Cenference. The announcement that the final de- cision as to dispatch of troops would await an afternoon conference was made by Secretary Weeks after he had spent two- hours with the President. It is understood that the delay in reach- ing a decision was due to a desire to obtain additional information from the scene of the disturbances. The President and Secretary Weeks after hearing a delegation from West | Virginia, headed by Senator Sutherland, who urged that Gov. Morgan's request } for federal troops be granted, called into conference Maj. Gen. Harbord, acting chief of staff, and Brig. Gen. Bandholtz. Need Only Word to Start. War Department officials said only the word from President Harding was neces- sary for them to begin movement of troops_into the West Virginia fields. Plans have been made for the movement by the general staff, and it was said that in the event it was ordered it would probably involve two regiments, already prepared and awaiting orders to move. One of the regiments was said to be the 19th Infantry, located at Camp Sherman, Ohio, and Columbus bar- racks. The other is at Camp Dix, The White House conference was on Gov. Morgan’s second request for troops. 3 Delegation Follows Appeal. Receipt of the appeal was followed ithin an hour by a delegation, sent y the governor to support his res quest. The delegation was headed by Senator _ Sutherland, former Gov. . A. McCorkle and Secretary of State H. S. Young, and included F. N. Staunton, Charles W. Swisher and John ' L. Dickinson of Charleston, bankers and business men of Charle ton. They were received by Secretary Weeks. Assistant Secretary Wain- wright and Maj. Gen. Harbord, deputy chief of staff, who were in conference on the West Virginia situation when the visitors arrived. The West Virginia delegation, ac- companied by Secretary Weeks, later called at the White House and went into conference with President Hard- ing. Eenator Sutherland said on leaving the White House the question the President _ was _considering was whether the state had exhausted every effort to restore order. The senator contended, however, that the paramount issue was the preserva- tion of law and order, regardless of what the state might have done in that direction. Declines Lewlis’ Request. President Harding has declined to accede to the request of John Lewls, president of the United Mine Workers of America, for a conference between miners and operators to thrash out the West Virginia coal troubles. ‘While the text of the President's reply to Mr. Lewis was not made pub- lic at the White House it was said the President had informed Mr. Lewis that he saw no_ necessity for a con- ference inasmuch as a special Senate committee would meet at Williamson, W. Va., on September. 19 to hear further testimony. The White House said the text of the President’s letter might be given out by Mr. Lewis. S — FEARS BEING KIDNAPED; ASKS COURT PROTECTION Mrs. Gussman, Who Testified Against Father at Murder Hear- ing, Receives Threats. By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, August 30.— Alleging that she is in danger of being kidnaped or placed in an asylum for the insane, to prevent her from appearing as a witness for the state against her father, Mrs. Ruth Stephenson Gussman today asked Judge Hugh A. Locke in the chan- cery division of circuit court to “re- strain apd prevent” city, county and state authorities and all other per- sons. from interfering with her rights in “any manner whatsoever. At the preliminary hearing of the case of Rev. Edwin R. Stephenson, charged in a coroner’s warrant with murder in connection with the slay- ing of Father James E. Coyle, a Catholic priest, Mrs. Gussman, daugh- ter of the defendant, was the chief witness for the state. Since she ap- peared against her father she al- leges that threats have been made against her. ‘She asks in her peti- tion for an injunction for “such lief as the court deems expedient. FOOD NEED UPPERMOST. F. A. Vanderlip Says Austria’s Condition Is Not Hopeless. By the Associated Press. VIENNA, August 27.—The condition of Austria is” not hopeless, although her position fs undoubtedly critical if not perilous. Frank A. Vanderlip, the American capitalist, said today after a week of conferences with gov- ernment officials, bankers an ads of industries. 2 e ustria’ ndamental difficulty i not solely one of finance, Mr. Vlnzer: ll}) said, but rather is the necessity of obtaining immediate and contin- uous food supply, which raises the obtaini lits. necessity of ing cred: - sured of sufficient food, he said, there is a fair probability that with her strategic commercial position * she :fll be able economically to maintain erself.. & Mr, Vanderlip Jeft ta’y for Gen: ! the premier, who is now in Scotland, George in Scotland When It Reaches London. By the Associated Press. 7 BELFAST, August 30.—Street fight- ing, which has been in progress since yesterday, became particularly violent after 1 o'clock today, the dinner hour at ninety factories in the side streets radiating from Duncairn Gardens and North Queens street. One laborer was shot dead and sev- eral other persons were wounded, in- cluding one army sergeant. Civilians placed sandbags in the middle of the Streets and maintained heavy firing against the police and military, who aere forced to abandon the streets. Armored cars were summoned. At one time the patter of bullets resem- bled a hailstorm. The rioting continued throughout the afternoon and resulted in the death of two more persons. William Kennedy was shot dead on Earl street and Annie Watson, a five-year-old &iM, got into the line of fire on North Queen street and was shot dea Forty-eight persons wounded in t rioting were taken to hospitals. Burning Houses Light Street Last night's rioting, when two per- sons were killed and several injured, was the most serious the city has ex- perienced for some time. The police and military were engaged through- out the night in subduing gunmen and snipers who were operating from win- dows and roofs, and who continued their fusillade until after midnight. Street lamps were extinguished and the only light came from burning houses to which the mob had set fire. The rioters, who were particulgrly active in North Queens street and along the. New Lodge road, Ignored the curfew law, wrich provides that all persons not having business on the streets must ba in their houses after 10:30 at night. COURIER IN WAITING. Will Rush Irish Answer to Lloyd LONDON, August 30cmd. courler ia being held in readingss Premier Lioyd George's official re dence in Downing street to.take to the Irish reply to his last Eamonn De Valera. RAILROAD STRIKE ENDS. —_ Belfast Reports Trainmen Have Returned to Work. BELFAST, August 30.—The engi- neers and firemen of the Great North- ern Irish railway, who struck last midnight as a result of a dispute with the management, returned to their posts this afternoon on the advice of J. H. Thomas, general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen. Mr. Thomas advised the men to go back to work after the company had agreed to participate in the Irish railway arbitration, now in progress, for a settlement of disputes between the railways and their employes. The Great Northern had previously refused to participate in the arbitra- tion proceedings. THREATEN HUNGER STRIKE. letter to 450 Republican Prisoners Seek Re- lease at Once. CORK, August 30.—Four hundred and fifty republfcans held in the Spike Island internment camp have served notice on the governor that unless they are released at once they will start a hunger strike. They base their demand on the ground that the Eng- lish government has no legal or moral right to detain them. A score of those interned started a hunger strike on the refusal of a pre- vious demand for release. The ques- tion has been put to a vote, and 450 agreed to refuse food in order “to bring our inhuman treatment before the world.” FIVE FIREMEN PROMOTED FOR EFFICIENT SERVICE Lieut. Barker Made Captain—Two Made Lieutenants—Records of Men Commended. Five promotions in the fire depart- ment were made by the Commission- ers in board session today. Lieut. H. B. Barker was madg a captain; Sergt. C. G. Harper, lieu- tenant; Sergt. F. M. Edwards, lieu- tenant; Acting Sergt. P. H. Buehler, full sergeant, and Acting Sergt. John C. Stein, full sergeant. = Capt. Barker was appointed to the department July 1, 1903. A few years ago he was awarded a prize by the North Capitol and Eckington Citizens’ Association for having the best kept lawn in the neighborhood. He was promoted to lieutenant in August, 1908. Lieut. Harper was appointed a fire- man in August, 1908. iIn November, 1915, he was given the grade of ser- geant. Last January, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Marshall addressed a let- ter to the Commissioners commending Harper for efficient service performed at_a fire in their residence. . Lieut. Edwards was appointed July 1, 1904, and promoted to sergeant in November, 1915. He was commended by the fire chief for service rendered on war registration day, June 5, 1917. Sergt. Buehler was appointed in June, 1901, and made an acting ser- geant last February. Sergt. Stein was appointed in February, 1906, and made an acting sergeant last January. Last April he was burned when a fire ex- tinguisher exploded. DANCE TO MUSIC 2 MILES OFF. RICHMOND, Va., August 30.—Danc- ing by music played two miles away was the experiment tried by the Tri- Country Radio Club of Richmond last night, when members of th ' rezi, comi nited e WASHINGTON, D. 0., TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1921—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. ARMED THOUSANDS MOVE BRNING HOUSES, TWO CENTS. VITUAL MARTIAL LAW IN BERIN Ebert Takes Extreme Steps to Check Sedition—Arrests in Erzberger Murder. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, August 30.—Germany was today under restrictions closely ap- proaching martigl law,'as a result of a decree issued late yesterday by President Ebert. Meetings, proces- sions, demonstrations and the issu- ance of publications “likely to en- courage seditious movements” were forbidden in the decree, and warning was given that “any and every insur- rection” would be Buppressed with re- lentless severity. Majority and independent socfalists have made formal demand upon Chancellor Wirth that”elements re bls. for_anticsapublican activi- ‘Eovernmenty informed the became ecffective upon publication. and its execution has been placed in ths hands of the ministry of the in- terior. Two Assassination Arrests. Two persons suspected of complic- ity in the assassination last week of Mathias Erzberger. former vice chan- cellor, were arrested yesterday. The police also are loking for Oltwig von Hirschfeld, who some tinte ago tried to murder Herr Erzberger and was sent to prison. Hirschfeld was released recently for reasons of health, and_since then there has been no trace of him. His parents disclaim all knowledge of his whereabouts. They have been brought to Berlin for further interrogation by the police. German organized labor. ing 11,000,000 members belonging to general and independent federations, informed Chancellor Wirth yesterday afternoon that it was ready “to go to ll‘he front” in defense of the repub- c. Socialists Demand Action. The majority and independent so- cialists glso sent a deputation to the chancellor, informing him that both parties demand that the government proceed without fear or favor against the elements responsible for the anti- republican demonstrations and machi- nations, “to which the assassination of Herr Erzberger is attributable. This deputation demanded, in behalf of the radical parties, fundamental re- form in the civil service and judiclary “on account of public suspicion, espe- cially of the latter’s conduct of cases involving the defense of democratic principles.” —_— 500,000 IDLE IN-N. Y. Number of Unemployed Declared Steadily Growing. NEW YORK, August 30.—Esti- mates of unemployment in New York city from two sources familiar with the problem, placed the figure yes- terday at half a million. John Sulli- van, president of the Central Trades Assembly and a member of Mayor Hylan's committee that is studying conditions, sald the number of idle was steadily growing. Maj. Edward Underwood of the Salvation Army. in charge of social work in this city, who also has-been making observa- tions, sald that Mr. Sullivan’s figures checked up with his. Charitable and relief organiza- tions for several weeks have been preparing, it was sald, for what they believed would develop into a criti- cal situation next winter. Lodging houses, piers and parks were report- ed to be overflowing with men wh were unable to find occupaticn.. ADOPT GOMPERS PLAN. Men Divide Jobs So ‘Idle Can Get Part-Time Work. BALTIMORE, Md., August 30.—In accordance with the plan advocated by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, to di- vide jobs so that more men may find employment, employes in a nuber of departments of the Bethlehem Ship. building Corporation at Sparrow: Point are_co-operating among them- selves. these departments the men work one week and lay off the next week that other men may earn something to support their families. The arrangement has been worked out between the men and foremen of departments, although the company officials have not given_their sanction. The officials, however, are informed as to what is being done and have offered no objections. AGREE ON ALBANIAN LINES. Final' agreement has been reached by Great Britain, France and Italy upon all &\lluuon- affecting the boun. darles-of Albania, according to information received b ke of o compris- | AIR SERVICE PLANS MORE BOMB TESTS OFF CAPES 01d Battleship Alabama to Be Tar- get for Ektensive - /ARMS DELEGATIONS nesmirm| - SIZE DISCUSSED NORFOLK, Va. August 30.—army ' Notes Being Exchanged to airmen at Langldy Field today bennl 5 preparations for extemsive bombing| Dgtermine Number of Rep- resentatives for Parley. tésts which will be held off the Vir- ginia Capes. the latter part of @ep- | tember, with the 0ld battleship Alm- bama as the target. Informal notes regarding the num- Instructions were received from the | Per of delegates that shall repre- {War Department to make prepara-|sent the various nations attending the disarmament conference here in November are at present being ex- Thanged between this government tions for the maneuvers, which are and those of the other nations, it was designed to go even further in dem- onstrating the value of aerial bomb- learned at the White House today. It is not the intention of the United ing than the attacks on the former States to appear to dictate in any way German ships off the capes in July. The Alabama, which is now at the how many delegates shall represent the- nations at the conference. It is Hampton roads operating base, is being prepared for her last service to supposed, however, that the nations i would desire to have the same num- the country—that of forming a target for bombs ranging from 200 to 2,000 he{‘ot principal delegates each. ‘D ‘was that there 0] t‘lm 2 pounds. each’ nation Fx eipresshtacion ot Until it {s finally’ determined how tes are to be sent by the conference, President Harding will make no further appoint- ments of American delegates. He has already appointed Secretary Hughes and Senator Lodge. The suggestion is made ‘in ‘some quarters that the na- tions will agree upon five as the number of principal delégates to rep- resent each.country, but this is mere- 1y a suggestion. - Savings Effected by Co-Ordi- nators Must Go to Re- Arms Delegates Offered Houses. serve Fund. d The British embassy, it was learned Government officials have been fur-|today, is considering accepting the ther restricted in their funds under!offer of a large house in which to the retrenchment policy, by an order |care for the British delegates to the ijust issued by the bureau of the|disarmament conferénce. If certain budget. They must credit to the re-|conditions are met, the offer will be serve fund established by Gen. Dawes, | accepted. It is planned to care for chief of the budget bureau, any|the principal delegates in this house. money which {hey saved by obtaining |and to place others in hotels, it iy, needed materials through the co-ordi-|said. Unofficially, 1t has been sug- nating branch of the government. gestetl, that the British party will There has been an opinion among{number half a hundred. - But this is some government officials that they;believed to be a very conservative might “increase their appropriations|figure, with the probability that thy | £or the purchase of materials to some | number coming here ultimately extent by getting some of the supplies | Great Britain will be nearer 100. through transfers through the co-or- dinators and then using their appro- priations for other supplies. : Must Credit Savings. However, the new order blasts this |hope. It is an order that is to be et ieme Ofered. strictly carried out, and officlals will| Perry Belmont has offered his half- be assigned to ascertain tha® each de~ [ million-dollar home on New Hampshire partment or bureau which obtains|avenue as a house for some of the materials through the co-ordinating |delegates to the conference, it is re- machinery credit to the reserve fund |ported. every dollar which it would-have cost{ The embassies, the State Department them to go on the outside and obtain|and the committee of the real estate the materials. board in charge are all co-operating to This order is expected to increase|find suitable places to house the dele- the reserve fund materially during|gates and experts who will attend the the course of the year, and hundreds | conference. Many houses already have of thousands of dollars are expected to be saved the government. Will Transfer Material. ‘When one department needs sup- H ‘The Japanese, it is learned, are sti negotiating for a_house on Dupoi Circle. The old Westinghouse home, now being remodeled, it is rumored, is being considered. .| committee, it is said. The purpose of the board is to see that the rents charged shall be reasonable. However, the government has no war plies and it is ascertained through!commandeer houses, ana quup?;:r:n:; the = co-ordinating machinery that | some ‘other department has them on | bogaminmeg ©7IY ' through business hand and does not need them, they will be transferred to the department in need. This not only saves the gov- ernwient from going into the oven) market and buying materials at mar- ket prices, but it saves the amount of money which it would have been necessary to expend. as this must go into the reserve fund of moneys saved during the year. ' - dl ‘or instance, e Afmy needs a| Finding parts of a human body on Iship and the Shipping Board has one 2.‘ suited to the purpose for which the | the locomotive:of an Aflantic Coast Atmy intends to use it and for which | Line limited train when it arrived the Army has an appropriation with | here, ha: used ratiroad officials to which to purchase one, it will_be conduct a search along its track near merely transferred on the books. But | this city during the day. The train this will not enable the Army au-'Yesterday morning struck an automo- thoritles to go out and increase their | bile_in which Albert Cheek, colorod, fleet by purchasing a ship on the | of Whitaker, N. C. was riding and outside. On the other hand, the chief{ Killed the negro, but his body was fot co-ordinator will require the b t offi- | Mutilated and it is therefore the cer of the Army to #ink in the reserve [ OPinion of railroad officials that he fund an amount equal to the purchase {UuSt have had a passenger in his car, price of the ship at the government !and that the other occupant also was valuation. '{.:";? 2nd his bedy probably ground —_— Plec MISSING DESPITE REWARD | - yi | A STILL ON RANCH. $65,000 Offered for Finding Am- ‘Reports He Had Been Driven .Out brose Small Lapsges Soon. and Shot Are Denfed. TORONTO, Ont., August 30.—The of- EL: PASO, Tex., August 30.—Fran- fer of a 350,000 reward for information | cisco ‘Villa has not been forced -to leading to the finding of Ambrose Small, | flee from his rebellious followers and missing’ Toronto theatrical magnate, h“"l;flb::e‘n lholt. ",,{“'““"‘,’, in expires on Thursday, it was announced A s onihistzanchist ; Canutillo, Durango, according to Col. today. The $15,000 offer for recovery |Francis J. Reynolds, subchief of Pres- of his body, if dead, expires at the same |ident Obregon's staff, who has ar- time. rived in Juarez. Mr. Small disappeared on December.2, | -Reports that Villa had fled to Par- 1919." He recently was reported to have {ral for protection are said to have been, found in Des Moines, -Iowa, but | resulted from rumors of dissatisfac- tion among his men over delay in the report.-was on a case of mis- taken idefitity. payments guaranteed tMem by the government.’ TRYING TO R LISBON, Portugal, August 20—An-| ' 1919 PAY SCALE ACCEPTED. tonio Granjo, Who was head of the|, ST..JOHNS, N. F., August 29.—Fif- Portuguese cabinet for a time in 1920, :Mn hundred longshoremen and wharf has .undertaken the formation of -aiilaborers hére today accepted a wage cabinet to succeel the ministry of|scale based on their wages for 1919, Barros Quteirog, which hl‘nded_ its| for the balance of fll!l‘yelr. ‘The men i 3 ed to Senor Granjo has 2 posts; ca of attempted wage re- of minister of ‘interior, justice, and 'oday’s Tepr s agreement agriculture. . compromise. .. - . —_ PARTS OF BODY ON ENGINE Believed to Have Ground Up Per- son Somewhere En Routem been offered to the real estate board’s | PETERSBURG, Va. August 30— i | | {grounds, announced today HARDING PROCLAMATION ON GERMAN PEACE WILL WAIT SENATE APPROVAL President Harding will not is- Sue a proclamation of peace with Germany until treaty negotiations recently signed have been formally ratified by the Senate. The treaty Wil be sent to the Senate, Septem- br 21, the day after Congress con- venes. This was made known pos tively "at the White House today, and at the same time it was inti- mated that agencles of the govern- ment are busy preparing the neces- sary legislation to bring about the restoration of trade and commer- clal relationship between the two countries, which will follow ratifi- cation of the treaty. It also was stated at the White House today that much progress is being made in the forming of tentative plans for the un.mploy- ment_conference, to be held in this city in the near future. President Harding, who personally suggested this method of dealing with the problem of unemploymdnt, was represented as being highly pleas- ed and gratified with the responses received to the call for this con- ference. The detailed arrangements for the gathering and the program to be followed by its sessions are to be worked out at a series of pre- liminary conferences to be held be- tween officers of the government and representatives of employers and employes. CALL ON CITIZENS T0°SHINE UP" CITY Commissioners Want Wash- ington Spick and Span for Disarmament Conference. ‘The District Commissioners issued a proclamation today calling upon all ‘Washingtonians to co-operate in mak- ing the Capital city as clean and at- tractive as possible for the disarma- ment conference to be held here in November. Owners of vacant lots are urged to clear their property not only of weeds, but of any accumulated refuse that| woultl give the hundreds of foreigners who will come here an unfavorable impression of the seat of government. The proclamation follows: “The Commissioners of the District of Columbia desire to bring to the at- tention of the citizens of Washington the fact that in the near future the city will be visited by delegations from abroad in connection with mat- ters of international concern. In or- der that the city may present a most attractive appearance to these visitors the Commissioners have called upon all city. efficials to make a survey of lands; - buildings, storeyards, dum and other such places and to take the steps necesvary-- to correct all un- sightly conditions. There are many other unattractive places on private! property where structures have been torn down and the premises not thor- oughly cleared and put in order. Ask for Co-Operation. “The Commissioners urgently re- quest all citizens of Washington to Co-operate with them in making this city attractive to our visitors, and to this end they ask that all vacant lots, unsightly buildings, unclean yards, etc., be given attention and steps taken to correct all unattractive con- ditions. Then our visitors from abroad can realize why Washington is and NEW SALARY SCALE 'FORD. . ENPLOYES READY NEXT WEEK, Including Charwomen and Per Diem Workers, Reclass- ification Covers 1,500. {SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WILL BE PROVIDED FOR Schedules for 56,000 Departmental ‘Workers Also Completed—Will Be Thorough Job. The classification of District em- ployes being made by the U. S. bu« Teau of efficiency will be completed and in the hands of the District Com- missioners within a week. The plan is to have the new salary schedules psed by the Commissioners in making their, annual estimates for Congress. This - reclassification covers about} 1,500 employes, including charwomevs and per diem employes, but excluds ing school teachers, police and fire~ tedly very low in the District gov- ernment, the reclassification sched- {wles carry substantial increases, ave: aging from 12 to 15 per cent, abo the present salaries, plus the bonu! In a few individual cases there will be no salary increases, and in spme in- dividual cases the increases recom- mended by the bureau of efliciency, will run up to 30 per cent. The reclassification of employes throughout the other federal depart- ments has been completed by the bu- reau of efficiency, and will be sub- mitted to Congress just as soon as ‘ongress Is ready to discuss the salary question. This departmental survey covers about 56,000 persons. The re- classification schedules will call for | an increase in salaries above the basic | salaries of something over $20.000,000, {and more than $7.000,000 more than present salaries plus the bonus. These schedules are the first effort {at reclassification which show Con- | Bress, the departmental heads or the | employes in dollars what the reclassi- | fication means. ,When these schedules tare iaid before Congress any member can tell to a dollar what the proposed scheme of reclassification will cost. jand every individual government em- {ploye will be able to tell to a cent what it means to him or her. These new schedules tell the name of each { employe, just what kind of work each is doing, where employed, the amount of present salary and the amount of salary proposed under reclassification. { Dificnlt Task. The_reclassifiGation kurvey for the 11.500 ‘emploves of the District was { the most difficult ever tackled by the lexperts in the bureau of efficiency |and much more complicated and ex- {acting than for any of the depart- mental services. The reason is that while the departmental schedules cover 56,000 persons, many of them are found doing the same kind of work, while with only 1,500 in the District service it is very rare that any two are found doing exactly the same kind of work. The District service has been found by far the most specialized and diversified, and most needing revision. _Herbert D. Brown, chief of the should be the ‘City Beautiful.’ " The Commissioners feel that the citizens’ associations and such organi- zations as the Board of Trade, Cham- ber of Commerce and Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association can play an important part in carrying out the purpose of the proclamation by ap- pealing to their members to co- operate. Sherrill - Renews Appeal. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and that h force of men would go as far as aval ted States bureau of efliciency, emphasized today that this work of { reclassifying the District employes {is not a superficial job, but has been {done thoroughly, with the utmost pains and intelligence, by our best experts. It is not a makeshift sehed- ule, but is intended to be perma- nent and workable, doing justice 1o the capable and faithful * workers practically all of whom are now sreatly underpaid. ! Cost of Reclassified. ! Mr. Brown exi 5 plained that the co: {of the reclassified service is g nreq ie men. Because the salaries are admit-" able funds will permit to have the |three ways: (1) Where 2 parks and federal reservations in the | Delow the salary range 7:::'1';':;:4‘: city in good condition before the vis- | 0f work, bringing him up to the min. itors arrive. |imum of the grade: (2) whegg an em- Col. Sherrill renewed his appeal of}DlO. is within the range of salary several months ago to the-citizens of | in the grade, letting him stand where | waste paper, the District to refrain from throwing fruit skins and other litter in the parks. He expressed the hope that the peo. nle would heed this appeal religiou: ly while the city has as its gues statesmen from alil parts of the world. It is known that President Harding is keenly interested in having the Na- tional Capital appear at its best, so that the foreigners will take home with them the impression that Wash- ington is a City Beautiful. e e ATTACKED IN AUTO. Brother and Sister Seriously In- jured—Negro Arrested. NORFOLK, Va., August 30.—After her brother was knocked unconscious and’ dragged from their automobile, Miss Fannie Smith, daughter of Dr. J. L. Smith, a prominent physician of ‘Warwick county, was attacked by a negro and seriously injured. - Both Miss Smith and her brother, Booker Smith, are in Riverside Hos- pital, Newport News, and West Jones, negro, is under arrest in that city charged with felonious assault on Booker Smith and attempted criminal assault. The attack occurred on the outskirts of Newport News late yesterday. e PROLONGS CHARLES’ STAY BERN, Switzerland. August 30.—The allotted time for the residence in Swit- zerland of former Emperor Charles of [Austria expires September 1 and nego- tiations for the purpose of acquiring a new residence are unfinished, it was learned today. The - Swiss government, on certain conditions, has decided to prolong its permission for Charles’ stay in Switzer- 1and, it is understood, one of these being the curtailment of his suite now num- bering nearly eighty persons. Today’s News in Paragraphs Commissioners call on citizens to “shine up” city for disarmament conference. New salary schedules for District em- ployes ready next, week. Page 1 Berlin virtually /under martial low, fol- ‘lowing Ebert’s decree to'check sedi- tion. 1 orthington characterizes French, held W s Swinler, as & “nut. Page 3 Borah urges public support for disarma- ment conference. Pagi Labor Union plans for ox roast aa'i")}‘.nml Hall Labor day. Page 13 Page 1! he is, and (3) where an employe f above the range of salary in his prade. {bringing him to the maximum of the grade. He produced several schedule sheets to show that the amount to be saved in thus reducing a few salaries now above the range for their re. ispective grades would mean such a small saving that it would hardly be {worth while to make the reduction. DIVER TRAPPED IN RIVER. Dies on Bottom of Harlem When Air Line Is Fouled. NEW YORK, August 30.—Vincent de Geatano, a diver, met death yesterday on the bottom of the Harlem river, { when he became entangled in both his aid and guide lines and was slow- v asphyxiated as he str {free himself. e With two other divers he was en- gaged in laying a submarine electric { cable in a concrete bed. When he fail- {ed to “answer the accustomed signal |from the attending barge his fellow divers went down and found him 1y- ng enmeshed in his lines, wit ) supply cut off. S she s —_— CHILE SENDING ENVOY. Ruiz on Way Here With Confiden- tial Message. SANTIAGO, Chile, August 29.—Car- los Castro Ruiz, former Chilean con- sul general at New York, left here jtoday for Washington carrying a iconfidential mesgage to the Chilean embassy at the American capital. Al- though the nature of his mission was not disclosed, it was understood that it concerns Chile's attitude toward the international court of justice and matters relative to the decision of the postal congress at Barcelona. —_— SHIP IN SERIOUS PLIGHT. Scant Rations on Pocahontas. Fails to Pay Repair Bills. By the Assoclated Press. NAPLES, August 30.—The situation arising from the retention of the steamship Pocahontas in port here | since June 8 because of failure to pay for repairs has become serious, be- cause she has aboard only five days’ rations for the twenty-eight passen- gers and the 253 members of the crew. / ~_ Owing to spontaneous combustion, bunker fires are becoming frequent and serious, and many tons of the 1,400 tons of coal aboard have been burped. It will be necessary to re- move the coal if the ship remains much longer in port. Trouble with the crew is expected, e- | Grant memorial dedication delayed untll | since they have been without money - 1 pext epring. Page 3§ and tobacco for forty-five days.