Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1921, Page 1

i Partly cloudy and cooler tonight and tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. toda: at 4 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 71, at 7 a.m.,today. #ull report on Page 22. "= "' Clesing New Tork Stocks, Page 25. . _No. 28,248, WEATHER. Highest, 93, Entered as second-class DEPUTIES BATTLE MINERS 'AFTER BAND OPENS FIRE ONLOGAN BORDER PATROL Attackers Driven Back After Killing One Officer . on Blair Mountain—Mingo Turned Into Armed Camp to Repel Invasion. PRESIDENT’S PROCLAMATION URGING MEN TO RETURN HOME DROPPED FROM PLANES Reinforcements for Volunteers Guarding Line Continue to Pour Into Logan — Women Preparing Meals for Reserve \ Forces Held Ready at County Seat. By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va. August 3L—Reports reaching the ofiicé of Gov. Morgan this afternoon indicated that firing along -the Boone-Logan line, held by killing of Deputy John Gore on state police apd deputies against bands of armed men, had become quite general. Following the Blair mountain this morning, the govetnor was informed at 1:30 p.m. that a miner had been killed and a deputy sheriff captured in a brush at Crooked creek. t LOGAN, W. VA, August 31.—The border patrol on Blair mountain was fired upon this morning by a party of men from the east slope. ‘The fire was returned and the attacking party driven back by the Logan county deputies holding this sector. John Gore, a Logan county dept uty sheriff, was killed. This is the first casualty since state police, deputy sheriffs and volunteers from southern West Virginia gathered her have been assembling on the east s to be bent upon an invasion of Loga . Reinforcements Pouring In. Reinforcements for the thousand or more volunteefs wio are-also on the Logan-Boane county line continued 1o pour into Logan throughout th mornin| from in southe: ‘West Virginia. Many of them were, rugged mountaineers who said they had heard they were needed in Logan and lost no time in getting here. Immediately upon their arrival they were given a warm meal and as quickly possible sent into the mountains to join units already or- &anized An event was-the -arrival of Capt. L. E. Lawson of Willlamson, who led a company of Mingo men across the mountains. © They had been dis- charged from the emergency militia | service of that county last Sunday and immediately volunteered for duty in Logan. ‘The'“‘second line of defense” has been organized by the women,-who, under competent ders, are. Dpreparing meals for the arriving volunteers and the reserve forces held at the county | e to resist the forces which for days ide of Spruce Fork Ridge, believed n county. has advised the War Department that| he immediately would take steps to bring about establishment of National Guard units in his state, in accordance with an act passed by the last legis- ature, authorizing one regiment of infantry and one machine gun com- pany. The governor added that one company of infantry already had been nustered into service. The War De- partment, on receipt of the informa- tion. ordered Col. F. B. Shaw, U. S. A., to report to the governor for duty as inspeétion instructor for the West Virginia Guard. Officers in the legal Gepartment of the Army recalled today that martial law as such had not been declared by the federal government in any state since reconstruction days. Should troops be ordered to ‘West Vir- ginia, their use, it was said, would be, as “federal aid in time of domestic “Jsturbance” rather than a declara-| tion of martial law. Expect Favorable Report. Administration ‘officials looked fér reports from the West Virginia coal ereeveans > Foeni SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WITH /<. s Sitar! WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1921-THIRTY-SIX PAGES. RIOTING CONTINUES BELFAST HOSPITALS ARENOW CROWDED Englishman on Honeymoon One of Victims-Shot Down in Today’s Fighting. MILITARY IN CONTROL OF BATTLE DISTRICT Deaths Now Total 14—Armed Cars Check Sinn Feiners—Snipers Cause Havoc. By the Assoclated Press. BELFAST, August 31.—Fierce re- volver fighting between Ulster loyal- ists and Sinn Feiners continued here this morning, causing scenes of the wildest excitement in some of the city's main thoroughfares. Another man was killed at 8 o'clock, making the total dead. up to the present nine. The staffs in the hospitals have been strained to the utmest caring for those wounded in last night's rioting. The military, it was announced at midday, will assume control of Bel- { fast at once, as a result of represen- tations by the lord mayor as to the urgent necessity of affording the city protection, in view of the flerce { rioting and fighting in progress. Fighting Continues All Day. By midafternoon, with the fighting still proceeding in some areas be- tween the Ulster loyalists and Sinn Feiners, the ‘total death roll since Monday night had reached fourteen. Scores have been wounded, but the | exact number ix not known. Early today Sir William Coates, the lord mayor, made strong representa- itlons to Gen. Carter Campbell, com- manding the British troops in Ulster, and Chief of Police Gelston concern- ing the need for protection of the city’s citizens. Last night Ulster special constab- ulary, nearly all former soldiers, were in action in the Stanhope street area. Sriping is carried out on the most approved lines, fleld glasses being used by the snipers. o 1’ Euglishmaw-Shot on Honeymoon. ‘ Tram ° cars this morning raced ]throush the riot district of North Queen street and Old Lodge Tosd, the passengers lying on the floor to es cape the bullets of the rioters, but an Englishman on his honeymoon trip was shot in. the abdomen and is in a critical condition. Last night's scenes centered in Royal avenue. They be- gan with ‘a determined attack by snipers on Crook street. At ‘| convention, but praisea the / i PRESIDENT SEES ERA OF INQUIRY Liberal Attitude Toward . Those Questioning Institu- tions Urged on Lawyers. By the Ausociated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, August 31.—A Iberal attitude toward those Who Guestion-the law will lead to better safeguarding “the good we possess and rightly shaping the measures of progress that we must have," Presi- TROLLEY TRAIN CRASHES | INTO FIVE-STORY HOTEL {Head Car Buries Itself, Sleeping Rooms Exposed to View—One Trainman Injured. B | SPRINGFIELD, Mass., August 31L—A train of three loaded trolley express cars bound from Worcester to this city early today got beyond control of the incline of State street, jumped the track at a switch and crashed into the corner [nf 8 five-story building occupied prin- cipally by. the Victoria Hotel. The head car buried itself in the interior and a ilarge section of wall avalanched down iupon all three cars. | James J. Irwin, motorman, was car- jried into the building - with the head jcar, but was uohurt. Abraham J. Boisero, express messenger, was buried in wreckage an dnot extricated for an dent Harding declared in a letter of &reeting to the American Bar Asso- ciation, which formaily opened’ its forty-fourth annual convention teday. President ~Harding expressed re- gret that ho,coyld not attsnd the ssocia- tion for uphoiding “the ‘highest ethics our. His injuries are serious. The fall of the wall left sleeping rooms exposed on the upper floors, but not all of these awere occupied. None of the guests .was hurt. The property damage ik estimated at $100;000. WILL MOVE POLES 10 GUARD TRAFFIC Bladensburg Road Changes to Cost Street Car Com- pany About $15,000.~ garded as a source of danger motor traffic, will be moved to the {952 sides of the road within a few, days, it was learned at the District build- ing today. At the same time the District day labor gangs will repair the roadway between the tracks of the Washing- ton interurban Rairoad Company to 'correspond- to . the. improvemsent re- cently made to the roadway. Work to Cost $15.000. The cost of the paving'and shift- paper and also the ldeal mews pullished herein. Al rights of publication of wpecisl Yutfli’l” s Net Circulation, 85,685 USE OF ALIEN PROPERTY FUNDS TO SATISFY U.S. CLAIMS IS SUGGESTED Recommendation that funds now in possession of the prop- ety custodian be used the set- tlement of American claims against Germany was made to President Harding today by Cus- todian Miller. Most of the American claims, Mr. Miller explained, resulted from the sinking of the Lusitania and other ships prior to America’s entry into the war. Boiled down those now on file with the State Department amounted to more than $40,000.- 000, Mr. Miller said. The pro erty held by the custodian wi estimated in value at $415,000.000. There was no intimation as to whether the President had given his approval. ' COMMITTEE URGED TOPLAN RECEPTION FOR ARMS ENVOYS Citizens Ask Charge of Hous- ing, Street Decorations and Other Details. A central civic committee, to aid in the arrangements for the entertain. facilities—of the delegates to the dis- rmament conference, and the hun- dreds of visitors who will come to ‘Washington at that time is a sug- % gestion put forward today by Wash: iingtonians who desire that the tional Capital shall acccrd every courtesy and accommodation to the visitors. The suggestion that such a commit- tee be organized will be taken up with few days, it is said. Like Innugural Committee. ,chuirm‘n of such a central committee by the President himself. and The trolley poles in the center of | haps other members of the committee. Bladensburg road from Mount Olivet cemetery to the District line, long<re- t the time of presidential inaugu rations it has been the custom to have a central inaugural committee, with to min?'l subcommittees to work out the s. he disarmament conference will |bring to Washington many distin- guished foreign guests. and hundreds, probably thousands, of visitors from all parts of the United States. The problem of handling the arrange ments for the comfort of these visi- tors is large. Unlike the inaugural festivities, which have in the past lasted only a day or two, the disarm- ament conference may last for sgveral months. | ment—including housing. street ‘dec- orations, transportation and working President Harding within the next ‘The vlan is for the appointment of a TWO CENTS. DISTRICT WILL NEED $7000000 NEXT - YEARISESTIMATE Commissioners Are Ready to Submit Itemized Account - to Gen. Dawes. CITY’S REVENUE MAY RUN TO $14,000,000 Police Force Increase Is Asked. School Fund Large—Playground Request Trimmed. The estimates of the District Com- missioners for the running of the city during the fiscal year beginning next y will amount to approximately $27,000,009, it was 1:arned today from reliable sources. (After more than a week of inten- sive work, the Commissioners arc Teady this afterroor: to submit a te tative outline of their_ estimates to Direcor of the Budget Dawes. _ The Commissioners could make no Statement regarding the items that make up’ the budget or what they gmount fo in cost but it became -©OWr that they aggregate slightl tiore than $27,000,000. = ik City Revenue $14,000,000. Since the estimates cannot by law exceed twice the amount of revenue which the city expects to collect next ear, it is apparent that the revenue will amount to about $14,000.000. { 1t also became known today that {in the process of reducing the esti- mates to the limit allowed by law the Commissioners dropped all proj- ects that were not urgently needed for the coming fiscal vear. Jt is understood 'that they have jasked for the purchase of the tract bordered by 1st and 2d, N and O streets n_nnhenn on which to erect a municipal refuse disposal plant. The cost of buying land and erect: ing the plant has been roughly estiv mated at $750,000. he city heads also have dropped | the idea of asking in this year's bad get for an appropriation for a cen tral police building to house the de- tective bureau and executive offices of the department. Large Police Foree Needed. Request has been made, however. { for an increase of more than fifty men iin the size of the police force to cope with the traffic situation and also to properly patrol the growing residen- | tial sections of the ci While many more men could be used to advantage in the police department, the Comm! sioners found it necessary in this case ‘Would Relleve State Department. {as In ail others to cut the estimates of department heads in order to keep within the law. party of th ing of the poles will amount to ap- proximately $15,000, which will be as- sessed against the street car com- With e central civic committee, headed by a capable executive, it is believed that much may be done to| lighten the burdens of the State D partmént, which, of course, will have charge of all the official arrangements seat. Many of them worked through- |fields that persons engaged in “un out the night and were relieved atilawful and insurrectionary proceed- dagwn by a corps who promised to stick to_the sandwiches and coffee pots during the day. e Planes: d of that thoroughfare crowda of a mnoble. profession.’ The pres! dent’s Jetter was read by Hampton L. Carson. acting preaident of the as. along Schools, it _is expected, represent a large part of the budget, more funds being needed next year to carry on the building program now under way. The playgrounds department, it is CUTINCARFARES y | sultegd, - 5o “While sofe Of the crewa tan distributed coples of President -Hirding's proclamation throughout thia district.. TRousands were printed here last night. Friend and foe alike regeived the pamphlets containing the esident’s command that all persons engaged in “Insurrec- tionary proceedin disperse and re- turn to their homes at or before noon | “Thursday, September 1! _Ajirplanes t not be done by tomorrow noon mili- tl? action, it was said, will be taken. 'he proclamsation was issued by President Hasding yesterday after he had been in conference with Secretary Weeks, Ger. Bandholtz and Ma}. Gen Harbord, assistant chief of staff. A West Virginia delegation headed by Senator Sutherland also ‘conferred with the Presigdent and urged the im- Royal avenue toward Castle;junction the remainder attempted escape along Donegsl street toward the icathedral TLtsy. had gone only a few yards, when two youths, with <caps pulled down over their faces, dashed over Academy street to the footpath and commenced firing. The terrified crowd raced back toward foyu_;vanue, many of its members Ing ‘session. ) Have Lighted Wa; The miembers of the American Bar Association have “lighted the way to legislative achievement, administra- tive' advance and a constant, servative measure of social progress,” Fresident Harding wrcte. - “Mot only in this country, but in all otaers, the n con - | Public Buying Few Tokens 1 Today in Anticipation of Half-Cent Drop in Rate. Commission § ‘BE%?MH‘F a-fidfi"w“&:gfltgmm: Toad they mnotified the interurban company, which ts controiled by the Washington Railway and Electric Company, to raise its tracks to the new level of the | pave between the tracks and move the poles from the center of the street. The company last April informed the Commissioners that it was not in finan- ciak condition to meet the cost of the for the conference. It is pointed out that the central committee would designate already existing organizations various activities. The Real Estate Board already is co-operating with the State Department and the foreign Smbassies in the matter of obt2ining housing facilities for the visitors. But such matters as transportation, the to care for| | reported, asked for the purchase of new recreation centers and for the | operation of school playgrounds dur- | ing the summer months. While a sub- amount will be asked for playgrounds, it is undersiood the | amount asked for had to be trimmed | by a considerable amount. | The Commissioners are by no means |finished wigh the details of the | stantial Flying east-{3) giate dispat all y American Bar Association, hus earn- 2 i = 7 ! = ch of troops to the ing and being-trampled upon. Tncea . work. Op June 21 of this year the Com- | providing of working facilities for mates. The report they will submit to ward, the planes crossed Boone and|{roubiea arca. B & % Pled BPOR. o3 exalted repute for unswerving| Street car riders are not investing |missioners adopted an order directing |the hundreds of visiting newspaper | Gen. Dawes tomorrow is only an out- parts of Kanawha counties, dropping | oo Balea |1 will be accompanied| ' -Fleree Fighting During Night, |idealism coupled witk sound dis-| oiv'lovighly in street car tokens to- |the engipeer department to do tho work |men, the decoration of the streets of |line. The city heads expect to be busy the circulars. At dawn the Spruce Fork ridge guard reported “all well.” -There was a equipped with rifles fired int letter said, “it we did not recognize | will go down one-half a cent in value Grading Not Necessary: s shingtontat b st D ates Thas hnve smill Sopteine Do fighting during the night; no at- al.‘gt:nlve‘;e!rl.tgb‘r':f. e aer "% BY| SiFect and Old Lodge road. mA?—n{B’x’:; that there is a tendency to examina-lat one minute after 12 o'clock to-| mpe engineer d,,":m,, ffio,,,e, armament. confershee m:ifll 1'1:: dt‘l:e!i‘er 15 v ~ tempt was to scale the eastern| gacretary’ Weeks announced he had | CATS temporarily quelled the activities | tion.and inquisition even of traditions gl : 5 i ks el e slope of the hills. How the other fel- Jows spent the time between darkness and daybreak was a matter for con- Jecture. Whether their forces had ‘been added to by other armed bands WI‘B not determined by the Logan pa- trols. . Sharples, Blair, Jeffery and Clothier, ‘where men were reported gathering for an “invasion” of Logan county, ‘were still cut off from telephone and by Col. Waiter A. Bethel of the adju- tant genera)'s department, who will act written a letter to Gov. Morgan asking that the state furnish Gen. Bandholtz with every facility necessary to his work In West Virginia. In_event of failure of the armed bands to disperse, it was agreed upon by President Harding and Secretary Weeks, it was revealed today, to pro- vide first for the sending of troops to West Virginia, and second for is- suance of a proclamation, declaring Later operations were opened in Stanhope street, where Sing Feiners of the riflemen, but at 9 p.m. they ‘were reseumed and police reinforce- ments were hurried to the locality. On the arrival of the curfew hour matters quieted, but throughout the night occasional shots were heard. During the firing of this morning crowds gathered in Royal avenue at the corner of York street and gazed { toward the battleground. Yesterday, the anniversary of the imposition of i cretion.’ { " “We would be blind, indeed,” the d institutions that once were held elemental, almost sacred. No greater influences than our own could be a rayed in favor of open-minded, di interested inquiry into the justifica- tion for these criticisms, and if you adopt a liberal attitude toward such | inquiries. you will be the more potent lin safeguarding the good that we | possess and rightly shaping the mea. ures of progress that we must have. day, in view of the fact that they !nl{hl. ‘'okens bought today are at.the rate of four for 30 cents, or 7% cents each. After midnight they will be five for 35 cents, or 7 cents -each. Way to Save Momey. If you find an oversupply of the ! metal discs in your pocket this after- {noon you can get your mone out of them in two ways. By {a trolley joy ride this evening or by y of the com- and pany. cost of the project. ‘When the city heads directed t! company to do the work originally, ft ‘was estimated by the company that it g ! would cost between $70,000 and $39 if the tracks were to be re- graded.’ rge the cost against the com- has concluded that it will not be nec- essary to disturb the grade of the tracks, which will reduce greatly the An official of the company said to- the capital, etc., must 3iso be cared or. world, and the administration, as wel as the citizens of Washington, best foot forward. Housing Arranged For. the Washington Real is anxious that the city shall put its) Announcement was made today by John A. Petty, executive secretary of Estate Board, that the board had completed arrange- ments to handle the housing of the for another week before submitting to the Treasury the complete book of BIG DIRIGIBLE BURNS ATNAVAL STATION presenting them at an: pany's barns before m! they will be redeemed at the pur- chase price. The = citizen. who watches every penny and half-penny will delight in remaining, out beyond the conven- tional hour of midnight in order to return to his abode for less than he left it. Persons who live in Maryland town along the lines of the W. R. & will continue to pay 30 cents for four rides, since the Interstate Commerce Commission did not change that com- pany’s rate in Maryland. Will Sell Paper Tickets. The company, regarding it as im- practical to have two different de- signs of token, will sell paper tickets for use in Maryland. This means that the suburbanite coming -to_work tomorrow morning will buy four tickets for 30 cents when he boards the car in Maryland delegates to the disarmament confer- & ence. John P. Story, jr.. who had been se. largest item of cost in the work. lected to act as chairman of the spe. cial committee in charge of the ar- rangements, resigned on account of CANNON DENIES RUMOR. | 302cris"asuence From sho ety which would prevent his giving the neces- “Uncle Joe” Says Beport He Will [sary time to the work. President H. L. Rust appointed Percy H. Russell Not Run Again Is Unauthorized. hnlrx;ln. ‘m]lld the full committee w named as follows: Robert C. Howard, “Uncle Joe” Cannon said today he|Ropert L. McKeever, J. Leo Kolb and had not authorized any one to an- : Se i F. E. Middleton. nounce he would not be a candidate| In speaking of the method that th next year for re-election as a mem- | oot WCH PUISUS. (8 assisting thei untries S ber of the House ot Representatives|be represented at the conference, M. | Sroyed DY a fire which 2150 Fuzel fin from the eighteenth Illinois district. | Petty sald that T EruiN] el AIE Station. An explosion of | e Real ; known cause, ‘ Commenting on a report that Rep. | Sytate “Board all available housing | Saoqes the biaze. Althoueh a mum: T d the formbr. Bpesker had & xdiiag‘l}"‘lfl;xhge,fl?,“'d jould classify | per of men were in the hangar. only ‘ select properties an was slightly burned: ‘ At r e o e ranaide.s | that meet the requirements of the|°'Great tanks containing thousands -~ the curfew, was one of the worst days in the city’'s history. Flays Disgraceful Conditions. “The disgraceful conditions in our city tonight would not be endured by the American government and the James M. Beck, solicitor general of the United States, made the opening address, taking the place of the late Willlam A. Blount, president of the association. He spoke on “The Spirit of Lawlessnes: which he declared was_more rampant today,than at any time within the memory of any living man. 2 telegraph communication, and none of | martial law. Both depend, however. the Logan county forces hazarded a|on the report,of Gen. Bandholtz, and trip down the hiliside to find out what | it was said will be initiated oniy in was going on. case the general reports that the law- Thousand Ready” ess elements were “In contact.w b inten R [ guthority of the Unlied States.” sreat.activity. Conferences between | wons “Gen. Bandholtz will deter. | trouble would be ended forthwith,” Btate officials and county authorities | o wheinsr the eontact with fed. |521d Rev. John Pollock, at a meeting were held; rifies were icleaned and|era) authority exists. If troops are|here 1ast night He has just returned gtacked in the courthouse corridors|cemt ha will command them.” from the World Christian Endeavor and “defenders” held them- 3 convention in New York. Sl ceadiness to march. _Many| GUNS AWE MARCHERS. | o city were. loft I Inky datinens Gerved coftce and food. In the mean- - — last night. because the lamplighters time dozens of motor cars surrounded refused 1o “enter the bullet-awept the cqurthouse, drivers at the wheels, o oroughfares, and in the obscurity awaiting a call from the watch across | \0E Miners of tie W. J-Rainey Coal the opposing snipers were v X County. - But the cull dig not come. _|and Coke Company marching into ery-480 tive. 'hhue(reporlu‘ from the southwestern | Allison, Pa., to bring out the miners FA g“«esx‘“mé:l:apr;!fin&n‘ the Irish r of counties were that citizens - | Presbyterian Church left here todas 2nd Jegionaries. were being Tormend | s oS, Loperior C“]d'"d Coke ‘é"m for Pittsburgh, Pa.. to attend the irto companies and would rusn to the | PanY there, were today dispersed by|meeting of the Presbyterian Council @seistance of Logan If it was thought | Sheriff I I Shaw of Fayette county|which opens there September 16. they were needed, Arms and ammu- |3"d one devfls!y by O‘diwlw of ma: The party includes Moderator Wil- nition came in from Huntington and | Shine guns. State police under Sergt'|liam J. Lowe, former Moderators Charleston and reinforcements arrived | FLGemaP [ater took over the situation. | william Park, president of the coun- from McDowell. With them‘came two |, The Rainey company last week an-|cil, and H. P. Glenn. & native of In- doctors_and thres nurses. ~ Sheriff | ounced o reduction in wages, and its| gianapolis, and other leaders of the “Bill" Hatfleld of that Sourty has MeD wentout This morning they set|clergy and laity. They will first visit Been here for several days assisting | Ut for the Superior mines, with the| Quebec, Montreal and Toronto, where Bheriff Don Chafin. viwed Mtention of having the miners| there are large Ulster colonies, and idnight h day he was glad to learn that the E he par. | District had decided to eliminate the D-6, Lai-gest of Type, De- stroyed With Kite Balloon and Blimp in Hangar Fire. NEW YORK, August 31.—Dirigible balloon D-6, the largest American aval aircraft of its type, the blimp 4-1 and the kite balloon AP were de- Revolt Against Tradition. Revolt against tradition and au- thority has sprung up, not only against the political state, but in music, art, poetry and commerce, until the age has become “pre-eminently one of sham and counterfeit.” Mr. declared. “The statistics of our criminal courts in recent years show un- precedented growth in crime” Mr. Beck said. “But this revolt against authority is not confined to the po- litical state. In music, its funda- mental canons have been thrown aside and discord has replaced har- mony. Its culmination—jazz—is a musical crime. “In the plastic arts, the criteria of beauty have been swept aside by the futurists, cubists, vorticists and other esthetic bolshevikl. TUNIONTOWN, Pa., August 31.—Strik- | different embassies and place them at f hydrogen were locked . Cannon said: { of cubic feet of hydros: . and five tokens for 35 cents whi again, Mr. their disposal. In doing this the S hangar and the firemen gt ke Dl en he“m;L San't recollect of telling any one | committen - wiil_ only” sibmit” such neat the nang aitt w5 Chase, M., Iine of the Gapiat SerY | “Its i Sl antll the pri- ee':::ub;e' rents. In order to deter. | Pravent Dose e et *long, carried tion Company, where the 5-cent’ mary—i mine what housing facilities are f four and had a speed of 17 BtITL 10 eFest, with comeantylare | would-be successor to make a long a crew of o available a listing coupon will be in- | 5.t iles an hour. She was used to books for regular riders. campaign,” said “Uncle Joe” “Any = serted in the daily papers. and in this | patrol the coasf - Legal obligations held .in abey- . & of the M “It's & gamble, of course,” he sa! , Will Form State Units. In business and legal circles this | ance “for the duration & war /000" for preliminary hearing mest Nordstrom, éhist officer o Mer- | .yt we believe the stake is turn over & majority of the steck ‘ ‘g Gov. Morgan, it was stated todsy, official conclusion of the strugsgle .|{ beco: AT B -}1: ¥,°.' W N s = gambhling- for."-- =‘~ n.ll- cirrrg i l Trying to Arrange Release. Col. W. E. Eubanks, West Virginia National Guard, commissioned yester- lay by Gov. Morgan is now the rank- ing officer here. Sheriff Chafin this morning an- mounced that overtures to effect the yelease of prisoners now held in Mingo county in return for the free-! dom of four Logan county officers Reld by the armed bands on the Boone #1de of the border, had been made to| tm. He said he was at first informed the Logan men would be released if| | essurances were given that the bands would not be fired on. He agreed to; the truce, he said, and waited un!l]l smidnight, the hour agreed on for their yelease. They did not appear, how- gre d_he later learned that the| were insisting that the Mingo junty prisoners first must be re- — the terms being ten prisoners gor one deputy. It was not thought ch an agreement would be entered gnto by the Logan authorities. BANDHOLTZ GETS ORDERS. Final instructions were given by Sec- tary Weeks today to Brig. Gen. H. . Bandholts, who has been ordered y the War Department to the West irginia coal flelds to observe the re- sponse to President Harding’s procla- smation calling on all persons engaged 4n “unlawful and insurrectionary pro- ‘ceedings” fo return to their homes by “tomorro¥ noon. Gens Bandholtz had been expected |- %0 leave early today, but his depar- ture was postponed until late in the day. Maj. Gen. Harbor: t vowed intention of having the miners Word of the march was sent to Sheriff Shaw in Uniontown, and he immediately set out with Deputy Ed-' ward Brady for Allison. Arriving there, they faced the crowd of miners and the sherift ordered them to go home. There was no disposition on the part of the men to comply, and the sheriff sald he took his light machine gun out of the automobile. The men immediately retired, but did not-leave the village. Sheriff Shaw sent in a call for the state police, and Sergt. Freeman re- sponded with his detachment. They searched a dozen or more of the miners, and finding them without fire- arms-"allowed them to go. They then continued tReir march through the district. At Brier Hill, another mining village, they were: reported to have taken the operator from the cage in the shaft, thus preventing men from entering the workings. Sheriff Shaw soon reached the place, and-operations were resumed. The Rainey and other miners in the marching column are organized and, according to union officials, have no connection with the United Mine ‘Workers. By the Associated Press. . LONDON, August 31—At mid- night tonight England will be ofi- | then will go to Pittsburgh via Buf- falo, N. Y. D Temporary Lull Reported. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the city was comparatively quiet. The mili- tary had taken to street duty. al- though they had not gone into Royal avenue. Traffic had been restored in i York street. - The critical time ahead was at the return home of shipyard workers, and if this period of the day should pass without trouble it was expected that the rioting would bg considered ended. RIOTS STIR ENGLISH PRESS. Effect on Peace Move Subject of Much Speculation. LONDON, August .31.—The grave .disturbances in Belfast, which have come in the midst of the most deli- cate possible peace negotiations with Ireland, were occupying the attention ©Y the entire English press tod Some correspondents of London newspapers in Belfast designate the (Continued on Pige 2, Columna 2.) OFFICIAL CONCLUSION OF WAR FOR ENGLAND 'COMES TONIGHT which actually ended two yeats ago is-of much significance, but the ordinary citizen will probably regard as its most practical “In poetry, beauty of rhythm and nobility of thought have béen replac- ed by exaltation of the greteaque and brutal. “In commerce, the revolt is onme against purity of standards and ‘the integrity of business morals. - Who can question that this is pre-eminently the age of sham and counterfeit?” A spirit of Jawlessness has always existed, Mr. Beck sald, but he cited the (Continued on Twelfth Page.) Today’s News in Paragraphs Cut Of half cent in street car fares goes into effect tonight. Pago 1 .on nsburg road to be i pre Mk o6 e Flerce fighting continuéd today in Bel- tast. Page 1 ted to arrange Civic committee ing conference Page = for reception of delegates. = Expect rernment soon will designate mmffi‘én Hall site. . Page 2 Governors unite to urge reduction ‘c railroad rates. Page 5 to be held in Westminster Ab- sc::;e;w ZR-2 dead. pt Page 7 Seventy-ninth Division members and other war veterans open rmlx;l.w‘l-n° 3 Baltimere. ustrians face new outbreaks & insurgents. ‘Hun- 13 1| with_trouble. BAND IN NORTH DAKOTA WARNED AGAINST FIGHT Men Said to Be I. W. ‘'W. Members Are Threatening to Demand Release of Prisoners. By the Associated Prest, GRAND FORKS; D., August 31. Mayor .Willlam Stranger and State's Attcrney Grimson of Langdon, N. D., arrived in Larimore today to confer with a band of séveral hundred men ald to be members of the Industrial ‘Workers of-the World; who gathered with the avowed purpose of proceed- ing to Langdon to demand the release of seyeral members of .th - .tl_R‘ lXe[l: indj;u mal:e. sl . The Langdon official men that if they .mn:pcl'a“&“’.o‘?: Langdon in a body they would meet The officials ‘ infermed the men, however, that if they wanted to send a delegation to Langdon to confer with city officials everything possible. would be done to discuss matters -fairly: © The . trouble started at Langdon, when John Johnson, said to be an I ‘W. W, organizer, was arrested for in- terfering with harvest hands- who refused to join his organization, Sev- eral .others were ‘arrested late: announcement come from me.’ With -the - exception of two terms, Mr. Cannon has been a member of the House since 1873." For eight years was Speaker. By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, Hungary, announced by the police today. Fifty-six arrests have been made and papers confiscated which, the police say, the connection of the organiza. rlr:n':rllh foreign bolshevists and the I dustrial Workers of the World, who, ac- cording to the police, provided the funds IN QUEST OF MILLION IN TREASURE IN WRECK LYING AT BOTTOM OF SEA N By the Associated Press. dollars in sunken ‘treasure, south today, to my plans will NIP HUNGARIAN REVOLT. August 31— The discovery of a secret organization plotting a revolution in Hungary was NEW YORK, August 31.—Bound on & quest for more than a mul:;: steam trawlér Ripple was plowing' headed for Cape Charles, Va., and the submerged wreck of the Ward Line steamer way owners and agents can file with the board’s offices a complete descrip- tion of thelr properties. Fair Rentals Asked. _ It was stated further that this pub- lic service which the real estate boar.l has undértaken was requested by the officials of the Department of State for the purpose of having the guests of the nation properly housed during the conference and at rentals that were fair and reasonable. In undertaking this work, the board is asking the full co-cperation of all brokers and the citizens of Washing- ton In providing the necessary quar- ters for forcign guests and at such rentals as will be deemed fair and reasonable, he of Washington, owning handsome (Continued on Twellth Page.) \board to aid in locating the ‘wreck. " The Merida was sunk in about thirty-five fathoms of water on May 12, 1911, in a collision with the steamship Admiral Farragut. Her cargo included gold and silver, bul- lion valued at $1,000,000 to $2,000,- - 000, which she was transporting from Havana to New York. The Ripple’s salvaging expedition indertake; ‘Th During the war wealthy residents t. cretary Denby recently ordered Allsev:flvitiel at the station to cease tomofrow. It wi understood the D-6 was being prepared for trans: portation to the new hangar at Lake hurst, N. J., built to receive the ill- fated ZR-2, recently destroyed in England. Th; 1oss of the naval dirigible D-6, which was burned after an explo- sion in her hangar at the Rockaway Point air stu.ll)t:n, wa r:poned today avy Department. w’n'{:e r’lw}: received at the depart- ment said there were no casualties. . The D-6 was of the non-rigid type and of 190,000 cubic feet capacity. A later report said three or four men were burned slightly and that considerable material stored in the hangar was destroyed. SAVED BY TREATY. NEW YORK, August 31.—A treaty between the United States and Serbia providing that consular offices shall at all times be jinviolable, cited in general sessions court today, resulted in.the discharge of Stanislaws Vuko- vich, & messenger in the Jugoslav con- sulate here, who was arrested in the consulate recently charged with ex- u’l‘“fl‘:“ln‘oll-v government, it de- ped. lained to Secref of Eo oS ushes that the treaty ad beon” nicated with Gov. Milier and N ot District ‘commu the lat- = - chief bf staff, also attended the con-| o)), el ect garian wére reported on a jhunger So e imeccnal e iy b istans Attorney Gen. Ban was y at peace with all her e the extension of the hours f - A - Merida. . 'gfiee'xlucfu:ll:’-lmu“t e mies during the world war, with g:::}:‘ lllgllor under_the n:';vmfl- Spanish nu::e l;eanm in fight -with z The liitle trawler's decks were first reel‘!.gn w:; fl:&e'::nlau ::: m:.‘“u:’ l?-nwl ’gz:nvéhl:t r.o':» 23 Gen. Bandholtz, it was said, plans| the exception of Turkey. ' This . SOBecasHing: thalde- | MOEIE D 2 13- 'HELD IN GIRL’S DEATH. | 1ttored with equipment for the sal- { PR%IER0T2% Soiinas, "banker, and | case be dropped. “¢0 go direct to Charleston and from there will make trips into the dis- tricts in which armed ds have been operating. An airplane probably will De used by the general in cove 3 Bome of the territory not easily ac- Jeessable by automobile. date, formally terminating the technical istate of war which has prevailed since the cessation of actual hostilities, was fixed by an order in council on August 10. f ] fense of the realm regulation: which lapse with the end of tht hostilities. Some restrictions i posed by those regulations havi however, been embodied in othe enactments, some of which are ex- -pected to be repealed soon. e binding tomorrows iates will identify trees in Washington Eeres: Page parl 13 hting between Hindus and Dravidians imed at Madras. -~ Page13 <l ‘WATER, . August 31 —aA verdict to the effect that Miss Vir- T as the result of & eriminal ¢ n_performed by Dr. 1. J. Belclier ‘was returned by a cor- 13} oner’s_jury. . here. P Dr. Belcher was released in bond of ~ vaging operations when she safled from here late yesterday, and her ‘crew included Frank Crilley, one _ of the best known of deep sea div- ers, and two assistants. - George W. Percy Rockefeller. ' Converse D. West, broker, who is one of the backers of the present expedition, declared he believed the Ripple-had a good chance of recov the treasure. Vukovich was indicted in July with, V. R. Savich, the consul feneul, and Asa Petrovich, attorney for the con- sulate, after Frank Zotti, publisher of a Croatian newspaper, charged them. . with threatening to secure the with- drawal of advertisements if he did.