Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1922, Page 1

= WEATHER. 25 o . = Member of the Assoclated Press ' ';‘:np:n.tun for_twenty-four hours 3 - ;:‘:f‘ru:u:, .:'.fu?;m -e': published berein. —(—Juiu New York Stocks, Page 28. STHE WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ; Yesterduy's Net Circulation, 94,043 —_—— No. 28460, iShds Widhioass matter WABHINGT D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1922—FORTY-SIX PAGE * TWO CENTS. IRISH FREE STATE 74 svace For ruscic oy REN CROWDED! TIE-UP IN 20 STATES Survey of Ground, Washington to . ; | BILLBECOMES LAW. | s v :,th SMALL CORNER - WHEN 600,000 MINERS a reat public playgroun on the A | : e e = DROP PICKS TONIGHT KING GIVING ASSENT e izsizeze) OF BIGPLAYGROUND | - e R LR House of Lords Decides Not to Insist Upon Amendments kIt Had Adopfed. g NEW PEACE AGREEMENT .~ ~HAILED WITH DELIGHT Terms Signed Yesterday Expected - to End Present Terrors on F Ulster Border. 85 the Associated Press. . LONDON, March 31.—The Irish free state bill became law today when Xing George gave his assent to the fneasure. The house of lords decided »ot to insist upon amendments it had Bdopted, and an adjustment was Feached between the two houses of Parliament. Churehill Lauds Ulstermen. The free state party in Ireland is ®normously strengthened by the &greement for the pacification of the island, signed here last night, the Jwuse of commons was told today by Winston Spencer Churchill, secretary for the celonies. ‘Paying tribute to what he termed atesmanlike courage of [he UI- #ter leaders, Mr. Churchill said the 3 ement gave hope for co-operation Between the obened ‘a prospect for a future such @s Ireland had never before contem-/ Plated. Ulster, he said, had lent a helping and to'the free state and the cause ©f peace in Ireland the value of which could not be overestimated. “or. by taking all the measures Jumanly possible to bring cessation ©f religious partisan warfare in Bel- itself and remove the cause of Sriction,” he said, Ister has given the treaty and the provisiodal gov- ernment a far greater chance of suc- = than otherwise would have been is no doubt whatever that the conflicts in the slums of Belfast Tave armed the foes of the Free State it de forces which otherwise vld have had nothing to lo with 1hcir wrecking, destructive campaign. Biz Help to Free State. “As far as the measures now taken iy have an efiect in tranquilizing 1he situation in Belfast, the cause o twse fizhiing for the treaty will be enormously stremgthened. “AdditionaHy there is in this agree- fment hope of cosoperation- Detwren the north and the south—a co-opara- tion only forthcoming on the basis of the treaty—a co-operation which would be finally destroyed were & re- Public set up. “Thig hope of unity and co-operation pens to Irishmegy the prospect of a peaceful, protectdd future such as was never held out before. In these 1wo s Ulster has rendercd a su- preme: service, ut to the British empire. Mast Not Nourish Delusions. Mr. rehill said it was the gov ernment's obligation to gecure to Ul- ster “her right to defend her soil and serure 1 che is entitled legislation and under the treaty.” He d he could not consent to any al- terations in the treaty which in- Fringed it in the slightest degree, as this would be playing into the hands pf the opponents of the provisional government. “We must not nourish delusions,” he tontinued. “The infant Irish Frase State, while still in its cradle, is ex- sed to deadly foes who will not esitate to use any means, however «ruel ang treacherous, to destroy it. We have keen in the last few days at- s, in Ssome cases successful, to from loyaity to the provisional iment its newly formed troops seen attempts. in one case the freedom of fhe A at Irish news- s defending the treaty = at this moment that the pow- id of Ulster in the cause of Irish peace is doubly precious.” tire Empire Sees New Hope. The cheers with which the house ©f commons greeted the announce- jment by Secretary for Colonies Churchill gave an indication of the enthusiasm with which the majority §n England is expected to greet the news. Owing-to the lateness of the an- frouncement only two of the morning newspapers found it possible to make editorial comment, but the minner in which the text of the document was displaved is indicative of the im- portance they attached to it. In commenting on the ‘“grateful news,” the Times says: “The whole empire will look to Ireland with re- zewed confidence to honor the bond into which its chosen ltaders have entered. The Westminster Gazette heartily welcomes the agreement and hopes it j* @ step toward unity of the whole country, “for no permanent division into two parts is compatible with gatistactory life for either.” Dublin Fears City-Wide Plot. Tt 1s widely believed in Dublin that 2he armed raid on the plant of the Freeman’s Journal yeste: morn- fng was part of a project for the Ppeizure of the whole: city, which failed through lack of forces, says #he Daily Mall correspondent. The raid created a sensation, and there was considerable uneasiness Jast night, the people expecting some fresh coup by the republicans. The Jatter's claim’ of big secessions from the Free State section of the Irish republican army, including half the forces guarding the Bank of Ire- Jand, has been given wide publicity, and seems to have added to the nerv- ousness throughout the city. The Daily Mail. in printing the dis- patch, appends a note, to the effect that the telephone operators in Dub- Jin suddenly cut the coninection dur- ing the transmission of the message, ahich s complete. Latest reports agree that, although three rotary presses and fourteen Jinotype machines were ruined in the rald, préventing.the Freeman’s Jour- inal from issuing a complete news- Yaper, there was only slight loss Arom fire, and pearly all the damage 3s covered by Insurance. Even- (Continued on Page 18, Column 3.) north and south and| sort of argument to rally ! not only to Ireland,! to under | from the city of Washington to and beyond Great Falls. The resolution proposes an appr priation of -$5,000 out of the federal Treasury to defray all expenses of this survey, which would be made under the direction of the chief of en- gineers of the Army. The resolution aiso calls on the chief of engineers to submit an es- timate of the cost and a recommen- datlon as to the advisability of the creation of an extension of the park system of the District of Columbia in this area and the protection of the watersheds of the Potomac river. WOULD HALT ACTION ON BALL RENT LAW Vice President of Housekeep- ers’ Alliance Wants Exten- sion to Await Investigation. A letter urging that legislation ex- tending the life of the Ball rent act be postponed until further investi- gation of conditions existing in the District has been made was sent to- day to Senator -Ball, chairman of the Senate District committee, by Mrs. Flora McDonald Thompson, vice pres- ident of the Housekeepers® Alliance. Mrs. Thompson insisted that the rent act is preventing home ownership In the National Capital. She said, in part: n behalf of the home makers of Washington and of the Housekeepers' Alliance, of which organization I am vice president, also chairman of a housing committee, composed of Miss Ellen A. Vinton, Mrs. Henry B. F. Macfarland and myself. I wish to join with Mr. Henry Brigham, ex- pert of the Commissioners' housing committee, to ask the postponement of the extension of the Ball rent act. Speaks for Home Ownership. “We, the home makers of Washing- ton, stand for home ownership, we are opposed to legislation which in theory and in effect makes permanent a tenant class. “As home makers we sympathize deeply with those tenants who have been subject to rent gouging, we sug- gest that their relief is to be sought in home ownership, and in this con- nection we aeplore the Ball rent act as a measure which in reality (and in realty) intensifies the ills of tenants. by practically placing a ban on home ownership. “The Ball rent act has brought into disrepute the whole matter of home ownership in Washington. It has made ultimately ruinous the indivi- dual's investment in home ownership —particularly in the case of the in- dividual of moderate or small means. It places the income producing qual- ity of the investment In the home on terms of ineq@ality with all other investments, since the Ball rent act |deslrays the contract rights of the { owner of the home. When the owner {of'a honte is in need of realizing on his investment his income subject to the hazards of the Rent Commis. | slom may_uot be figured a (Continued ‘on Page 2, D. C. GETS SNOWPLOWS. Six New Machines Will ~Help Clear Streets Next Year. The District street cleaning de- partment will be much better equipped to meet snowstorms next winter by the purchase of six new plows for attachment to auto trucks. Bids from three concerns were opened at the District building yes- terday afternoon by M. C. Hargrove, purchasing agent. The Baker Manu- facturing Company of Springfield, 111, submitted the lowest bid. They of- i fered to =ell v six plows for 1 $168_each. s ran as high jas $214 and $309. | The need for bet: snow removal wax ¢ |ing January vear, when unusually heavy snow- storms visited the District and found the street cleaning department in- adequately equipped to deal with the situation. 5 < EX-EMPEROR VERY ILL. equipment for monstrated dur- By the Associated Press. FUNCHAL, Madeira, March 31.— Although his fever diminished during the night former Emperor Charles of Austria-Hungary, who is ill of pneu- monia, remained today in a serious condition. The ex-ruler is in a weak- ened state from the ravages of the disease and is delirfous from time to time. i Special Dispatch to The Star. HALIFAX, N. §, March 30.—“It's a lie! It's all lies! 1 was never sub- conscidus in my life. I never set any fires or did any of the things printéd- in_the papers.” ‘There is a still, small voice cry- ing out™in the wilderness. It is the_ voice of Mary Ellen MacDonald.” It is crying out against the edict of *“gcience” that there was no other “ghost of Antigonish” than Mary Ellen herself. R Sclence has had its‘fling, which “has been: far and wide. Now, for the first time, is Mary Ellen’s side :of the case presented. She and her foster parents have been se- cluded in the rough winter-bound | country ever since Dr. Walter F. Prince gave to the world his re- port on the strange happenings in the MacDonald home. In was no easy task to induce Mary Ellen or any of the Mac- Donald’s to talk. They are sul lenly resentful of the imputations ‘against Mary Ellen, and so are all hbors and friends. They say they never would have consented to et Dr. Prince have possession of the “haunted” house, ‘with his ‘Jingle bells” and jour- nalists, if they had known he har- bored any -u-pfiloug nst the - L. Most of .all do regret g‘-’vflu-m--xn:m & house and Fabruary of this | Hundreds Would Benefit if " Rough Dirt Lot Were Only Developed. !APPEAL BRINGS PROMISE OF RELIEF ACTION SOON i : rk View Citizens Deplore Wast- ed Space and Officials Plan Improvement. Hundreds of little children are cramped into onegnd of a generous piece of groung hased last year by the District for a playground in the Park View section of the city. Just one-third of the ground is given over to play. The other two-thirds is just an expanse of red clay, rough and unfit for pldy purposes in its present' condition, a Star reporter found today after a personal inspection of the property. The unused part would provide a small base ball diamond, tennis courts, schlag ball grounds and other games which the children of the schools now play. But it cannot be used in its present condition, as its rough state makes it dangerous for the children, ! both young and old. But there is hope in sight. As soon as The Star wag apprised of the conditions there & reporter immedi- ately started inquirfes at the Distriot building and in other sources regard- ing the possibility of getting the play ground fixed up immediately. Th ground was turned over to-the DI trict last July. It had been used playground before that period loan from the owner. Last month a corps of laborers worked a short time and plowed up the clay, preparatory to grading the plot. But they never returned. Even the plows are lying imbedded in the mud on the site of the unused part of the grounds. However, The Star man was informed today at the office of the municipal architect that, weather permitting, the work would be completed next week. Equipment Planned. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, director of municipal playgrounds,,sald that as soon as the grounds are graded by. the engineer department, she would im- mediately have started the work of equipping the grounds and laying out the areas for the various games. She said that this could be dong as poon, as the ground. was S ondition. ; The east third of the groundsnow is equipped with alides, swingp, gea- saws, swinging rings, etec. nm little children, but it was deqlared to be too small for the large number of | IPn children which it is expected tg. ac- commodate. It does have a ot ball court for the larger children, and it is widely used by children for squares around, children even coming from other sections. The completion of the other part of the grounds would do much to re}ieve a situation which will become more serious as the summer approaches. The natter was brought to the at- tention of The Star today in a letter from John S. Beach, chairman of the committee on education of the Park View Citizens' Association. “I suggest,” the letter read, “that the person writing up the articles in The Star on playgrounds in this city pay a visit to the one located at Otia, Princeton and Warder streets north- to the Park View I west, adjacent vadl able funds it is at present little bet- ter than a dirt pile. Citisens Hope in Vain. “The Park View Citizens’ Associa- tion had hoped that the acquisition of this land last July would be fol- lowed by rapid \Improvement, but it scems that we are doomed to disap- |s&round at all uscful .will be forth- | coming for a long time yet. It avails |little to acquire the grounds unless the acquisition be followed up by in- stalling necessary equipgment. There- fore, it is hoped that your agitation for more playgrounds will result in larger appropriations for equip- m!‘k':L'F S. Fi iss Faances S. Fairley, principal of the Park View School, uldvlbdl,n that the unavailable part of the 'play- grounds should be fixed up immed{a ly. There iz a.great need for it, she said, and - at present there is mot enough room for all of the children in the school, to say nothing of the rge number who do not attend schools The citizens’ assoclation, Miss (Corunued on Page 2, Column 1.) SCIENTIST'S “GHOST” OF ANTIGONISH | SWEARS THAT SHE NEVER HAUNTED with Dr. Prince. P _ T never set any fires. I never.un- tied the cattle in the barns. I never plaited the tails of the horsem I would have been afraid to. First they S ey say it Hes, tell you. X don't u‘.‘n wéo Dr. ‘Prince is, He. ought to be ashamed of him- y “Mary "Ellen always has been a good girl, and never. has done any- pointment, for we recelve no encour | agement that the necessary adjuncts| voters of the party. which make up an up-to-date play-| | two United States senatorship vacancies | thing of this kind,” put in Mrs. Mac- | Donald withi'-a motherly arm sbout the child. 5, “That is true,” said the foster father, a reverent man of seventy. the MacDonalda are certzin that neither Mary Ellea.‘ nor any 40 blame for Prin their old home, and as well a8 themselves i world ¢ 1irgl idybul . 2 back to Heigabors they never March Came in like a Hot Lion—Out like a Cold Lamb. HOT G. 0. P. FIGHT INKEYSTONE STATE Contes for Nomination for Governor Involves Issue of Party Control. RY N. 0. MESSENGER. Pennsylvanians in Washington, and a lot of republicans who are not from the Keystone state, are watching with Interest, not to say anxiety, the prog- ress of a red-hot contest now going on over the gubernatorial nomination. The fight is considered as having im- portant bearing because of the poten- tialities of factional trouble in the G.O. P. * Up to within the past few days the \senatorial neminstions were also in- éluded in the perplexities of the case, ‘but these skem now to be clearing awsy.® It appears practically assured that the only candidates at the pri- maries for the republican nemination for United States senator will be George Wharton Pepper, to succeed himself, from the éastern end of the state, and Maj. David A. Reed, to suc- ceed Senator Crow, from the western part. It is not apprehended that their candidacies will accentuate existing factional differences. The primaries will be held May 16. Leadership Struggle On. Tn regard to the governorship nom- Ination, it is°quite another story, and a long story, which in its details are well understood by Pennsylvanians, and of lesser interest outside the state, except in its broader features. The death of Senator Penrose precipi- tated a strugsle for leadership and control ‘of the republican machinery which threatens to embitter the fac- tions in the party to a deplorable de- sree. Gifford Pinchot, one of the pic- turesque characters among independ- ent republican‘politicians in the state, is in the foreground of the battle- picture as a candidate for the guber- natorial nomination. He is backed by Mrs. Barclay H. Warburton, vice ehairman of the republican state com- mitteeand a power among the woman He is not ac- ceptable, however. to some of the old- line leaders among the men. Banker Also in Race. John S. Fisher, banking commis- Bloner of the state, is a candidate for the gubernatorial nomination and is indorsed by J. Hampton Moore, mayor of Philadelphia. ““Harry A. Mackey 1s supported by the powerful faction headed by the Vare brothers, and Lieut. Beldelman also talks of running. The immediate problem of the poli- ticians is said to be an effort to com: ose the differencea between the fa fons of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia in.an agreement upon a candidate for governor acteptable to both groups. In that undertaking they have to deal with Gifford Pinchot, who- is quoted as saying that he is the fight to a finish and will be “either a corpse or the candidate.” . Gov, Sproul, who, under the consti- tution of the state, cannot succeed him- self as governor, has béen keeping Lands off in the-contest. He is the only state executive who has ever been PENNSY TRAIN DERAILED. Dozen Persons Slightly Injured When Cars Leave Tracks. HARRISBURG, Pa., March 31.—The Pennsylvania railroad’s Dominion ex- press, which left Buffalo at 7:45 o'clock last night and due in W ington at 9:10 am., was derailed near Halifax, eighteen miles north of here, early today, and about a dozen persons were slightly injured. They were looked after by Dr. B. A. Thom- as, Philadelphia, who was on the train, and proceeded to their destina- tions. Among those slightly kurt were T. Spencer, Atlantic City; Mrs. W. C. Roosevelt, Yorktqwn, Va., and T. Herring, Baltimore. ‘A coach and five following sleepers were derailed and went over an em- bankment, but remained upright. Three other coaches, a sleeper and the locomotive remained on the tracks. FRENCH RECORNIZE MANDOF THELS, Only-Question Is to Whom Re- payment Demand Should Be Directed. By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 31.—France replied today to the note from the United States concerning payment of the costs of the American military occu- pation of the Rhineland. The French note repeats the recent declaration of the minister of finance before the senate that France recognizes the rights of the United States in the matter. The only question is to whom the request for reimbursement should be made—to the allies or to Ger- many—the note says. The French foreign office character- izes the note as a mere acknowledg- ment of the American communication. The American embassy, however, con- siders the note a full acceptance of the claim as set forth in the Ameri- can note. REPLY IS PRELIMINARY. Other Nations Will Follow Lead Taken by France. By tle Associated Press. State Department officials, after considering the reply of France to the American note on payment of costs of American Rhineland occupa- tion, said today that further com- munication on the subject might be expected. The French reply was said to be of % preliminary nature, and. details of the position taken by France were not Qisclosed, officials _explaining they could not do 8o until the French gov- ernment. had authorized publication of the note. This authorization the State Department was seeking today. Officials indicated that the French note would be followed by !lmlll{ of notes from th governments Great Britain, Italy, Belgium and J; pan replying to the identic notes a dressed them last week when the com- ! munication to the French government was delivered. — e DR. RADCLIFEE RESIGNS. I.C.C. FINDS WASTE BY BIG RAILROADS |Hew,York Central and Pennsy Lose Millions in Repairs Outside Own Shops. Contracts with outside locomotive construction companies during 1920 for the repair of engines cost the railroads each approximately §3,000,- !New York Central and Pennsylvania, ] 000 more than the same work would | terstate Commerce Commission in- vestigation found today after an in- vestigation. The Atlantic Coast Line raiiread, however, which also contracted re- | pair work out to locomotive construc- tion shops during 1920, was justified in s0 doing, the commission held, even though it also Incurred exces- Ihlve cost in thelr own shops, the In- Only Few Guards to ‘Remain to Prevent Damage to Mines. 'HUGE STOCKS MAKE . LONG STRIKE SURE! Lewis Declares 100,000 Non-Union Men Will Quit. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 31— ‘The _last day of work under present wage contracts was completed today by the country’'s half million union coal miners. Officlally their suspen- sion of work was set to begin tonight at midnight, but virtually it was to start six hours ahead of schedule for most miners and their shift in the mines at that hour. The extent of the suspension, however, will not be an exact certainty until tomorrow, the first day of the shutdown. A complete tie-up of union fields in twenty states was predicted today by officials of the United Mine Work- ers of America at the union head- quarters here, and they also asserted that 100,000 non-unicn workers would lay down their picks. President John L. Lewis said at least 600,000 men would join the walkout, his estimate including the non-union participants. No final instructions to district leaders were planned to be issued to- day from union headquarters, and of- ficials declared any move averting the suspension was now Impossible. “We are ready for a fight, forced on us by the operators,” declared Mr. Lewis. “We have fought in every honorable way to get new contracts, but the operators have persistenly re- fused to deal with us. Then, too, the powerful - non-union interests have tried in every possible way to per- suade the union operators to fight the United Mine Workers*in order that the non-union Interests may reap financial harvest by operating during the strike.” H Twenty States Affected. Twenty states will be affécted by the shutdown, and e only unfon men expected to continue coal pro- ducing, are 5000 workers in south- western Kentucky, whose contract with the operators does not expire until April 1, 1923. In addition forces of the union men will be left in the mines to protect the property from damage. Pennsylvania will turn out the larg- Fight to Finish Is Government View of Situation. POWERLESS TO ACT AT PRESENT TIME Futile to Seek Mediation Until One Side Facesy, Exhaustion. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ¥ The coal strike is to be a fight to the finish. Government officials fee) that they are powerless to do any- thing effective at this time, and be- lleve 1t will be a month or two befcl either side will be willing to lister to counsel. Both Prestdent Harding and Secre- tary Davis have been trying for some time to get both sides together, but when each is convinced it has some- tEing to gain by a strike the efforts of 2 mediator are bound to be futile. Secretary of Lavor Davis pointed out to this correspondent today that twenty-three weeks elapsed in 1902 before President Roosevelt was able to bring the last big coal strike to an end. The strike in 1919 was of six weeks' duration, and was really terminated by the use of a war-time |1aw involving the application of in- junctions. The government is in no ' mood to resort to such a process now. Exhaustion by one side or the oth- er Is inevitable, in the opinion of gov- ernment officlals. There's a surplus of 65,000,000 tons of bituminous and 10.000,000 tons of anthracite coal just now. When that's used up by the | consumers the crists in the strike will have been reached. Issues Are Fundamental. &) The issues involved in the present strike situation are fundamental They are typical of other labor trou- bles of the after-the-war period, per- haps more closely analogous to the diMculties on the railroads than any- thing else. To the layman who doesn't follow the inside controversies of the coal miners, except when sn acute situa- tion presents itself, certain facts ssential to an uni tanding of what is about to happen. There is what is known in coal parjance as the centra! competitive fleld, which comprises I1- {linois, Indiana, ORhio and Pennsyl- sive costs. Five members of the{est number of men, and other states| vania. For years it has been the cus- commipsion dissented from findings of [to be affected are: West Virginia,.tom in the coal world to have wages the majority censuring the Pennsyl- vania and New York Central. Probe Follows Labor Complaints. Ohio, Indiana, Ilinois, Towa, Missouri, Kaneas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mary- land, Michigan, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and Washington. Western The commission’s investigation was|Canada is also expected to join the instityted upon complaints originally filed by the American Federation of Labor and raflroad unions, which al- leged that the rallroads named, by sending locomotives in need of re- suspension, but not the Nova Scotia district. Not only is Pennsylvania expected to send out the greatest force of the union men, but also the union officials anticipate an exodus of the non-union miners in that state. The anthracite fixed in the central competitive field used as 2 basis for wage scales fixed by mine operators and miners in dis- tricts outside of that field. The op- erators want to break up that system. They insist that every district should be free to make its own wage scales The miners' union opposes that and wants: the central field system re- tained. | “The only new factor in the situa- tion is that the Illinois miners are ready to break away from the central pairs to the Baldwin Locomotivelgistricts, which are half unionized, | COMPEtitive field and make their own Works, the American Locométive|are expected to be shut down com. | 2KTeements with the operators. This Company and other construction con- | Pletels. and, in addition, many bitu- | $itustion has a relationship inci- DR minous miners from the central part : dentally to coal union politics. The cerns were evading railroad labor regulations and at the same time in- curring extraordinary and unneces- sary costs. The charges, so far as they con- carned the New York Central and the Pennsylvania were sustained in part by the commiesion. The cost of repair work done for the Pennsylvania, the e commission concluded as to the New York Central that the “evidence does mot indicate that any sinister disregard of respondent’s interests or otherwise _dit motives entered into the award or execution of the contracts.”” A _similar finding was made as to the Pennsylvania, with re- gard to which the commission con- cluded that the “imputation of an ul- terior or dishonest motive has no sup- port in the record Unwise Financial Step. On the general aspects, the majority of the commiasion held in the Penn- sylvania case that “the record indi- cates that at best the respondent was precipitate in resorting to outside shops, at an added expense of more than $3,000,000, almost immediately upon {ts resumption of its propertles,” at the end of government control. Commissioner _ Potter, _dissenting from the majority, asserted that the commission’ was not charged with “any duty or responsibility to review the- judgment” of the managing of- cers of the Pennsylvania, and that the commission ‘held “no roving com- mission to investigate and criticize.” Commissioner Lewis, in anotherdis- senting opinifon, asserted that ‘*re- sponsibility of management should not be impaired by intimidation and menace of public censure except in | instances of extreme provocation.” The railroads In defending their ac- called upon within a.few, weeks to fill| Pastor of New York Avenue Pres-|tion in letting out the work to out- by appointment. On the occasion of each’ of these vacancies he was urged his friends to resign the governo: Klp and take the menatorship by. ap- intment -of the lieutenant. governor, t declined. 5 1t is the general bellef of. Pennsylvania byterian Church Quits Post. Rev. Dr. Wallace Radcliffe, many years pastor of New. York nue Presbyterian Church, 13th l‘ and New York avenue, and one of the leading clergymen of this city, bas e o nation take ef 3 - Dr. leliffe - te his M.!:nrgfll- Av politiclans that Gov: Sfirodl will content | tion at .a_meeting. of: Biraself for the ‘immediate. fgture. with succeeding to the post'of:republiban na- tional committeeman * from ' Peringyl- 2 the, of trustees of the church Jast night, at ‘which:timeé resolutions of regret were adopted by the trustées. . ~ panie, made wmcant by the death of| L GTEL IN BAHAMAS BURNS tive in Congress W..'W. Representa y : Greist is belng put forward as a com- | By the Associated Press. ’ ise candidate for the gubernatorial nomination. .He has’been 3 long time in the House and since the days of Quay has been the recogni: Lancaster ‘county, which gives the third largest republican rity in the state. The trouble of the hour, it is said by Pennsylvania politicians, is.to get the other candidates to withdraw. BISHOP'S DAUGHTER TO WED. Spectal Dispateh to The Star. ¥ LYN%;.B!YRG. Va., March 31.—-David Btewart Walker of this city and Miss Mary Stewart Peterkinh, dsughter of the_late Episcopal “Blshop George ‘William Peterkin of Parkersburg, W. Va., will be married. in thst eity April ¢ | message from Nassau, zed leader in| before noon today “reported that fire MIAMI, Fla. March 31—A radio N. P., shortly whi¢h wrecked the.300-roorn Colohial i Hotel this forencon and for ‘a time threatened to -destroy the city .was under controls S ‘The hotel, one of the Flagier chain owned and operated by the. Elorida East Coast Hotel Company, and a num- ber of cottages nearby were burned 'to {- ‘the ground, There were no casualties. TThe number of guests in' the hotel at traffic side shops argued that hel.\'{ nuation and anticipation of its cont for | Justified the management in makin unusual-efforts to put locomotives l: o- oot | candition. of that state have been called on to join with the union men there. West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama and ‘Washington also are expected by the union officials to experience idleness at the non-union mines of those states, the most important of these strikes being from the New River and Winding Gulf felds of West Virginia. The duration of the suspension in the union flelds, as also the strike at the non-union mines, is a matter of conjecture. The- shutdown begins with warm weather approaching and with stocks on hand the largest at any time for the last several years. Government reports placed the stock at 63,000,000 tons, a quantity as large as that which had been mccumulated at the end of the war—Armistice day, November 11. 1918.. This supply. gov- ernment officials estimate, will meet every demand for forty-three davs, and the depletion of this reserve, is regarded by union officlals as nec sary before they expect the bitumi- nous operators to indicate any willing- ness to confer with the union on new wage contracts. Shorter Anthracite Strike. Anthracite operators, however, are already conducting wage negotiations with the union and an earller settle- ment in those fields is promised than for the principal soft coal districts. Not-all of the latter fields, however, are thought to be able to withstand a long strike, and In & drawn-out strug- gle the fight may Center in the strongly ‘organised central competi- tive field, comprising western Penn- eylvania, Ohio, Indiana .and Ilinofs, and the southwest interstatc district, including Jowa, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. For the non-ufion miners joining the shut-down, the union does not plan to finance their idleness, officials declaring their program for winning the co-operation of these workers calls only for a “peaceful appeal.”|are, therefore. that the coal strike Organizers, however, have been quiet- | run on indefinjtely president of the Illinols miners is Frank Farrington, a bitter foe of John L. Lewis, president of the Inter- national Mine Workers' Union. It is Farrington who is credited with hav- | ing _forced Lewls to declare a strike in 1919, ‘and on this occasion Far- rington is ready to break away from the central competitive field, where the st single block of votes for president of the miners’ union is to be found. Seck to Break Block. As for the amount of coal mined in the central competitive fleld, it used to be 80 per cent of the nation’s total, but now it is only 40 per cent. The districts outside of the central com- ! petitive field are producing the great- ér amount. The operators, therefore, lwgm the right to make their own wage scales, irrespective of what happens in the central field. The ef- fort to break up that block has been at the bottom of America’s coal thou- bles for a generation. Naturally it is to the interest of the miners’ union officials to keep the cen- tral competitive field a unit. It means cohesion. Similarly it was to the ad- vantage of tho railroud brotherhoods to keep the matter of wage agreements jon a national basis so that one scale could be negotiated for all, while the railroad companies wanted each rail- road system to have the right to deal with its own employes and fix its own rates of labor. The issue is still tied up in the United States Railroad Board. but the raliroad eystems are gradually no similar governmen: board to handle coal affairs. Commit- tees of Congress are active trying to 1find a solutfon and there always have ) been proposals to establish a fuel com- mission to supervise the coal industrs. but no sign of enthusiasm in favor of such a scheme is forthcoming from either miners or operators. The chances il exhaustion until Iy at work for some time, and their | forces the operators and miners into has Iellecli\'eneuu cannot be forecast, but|a conference, (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) AMERICAN TOURISTS IN GERMANY MAY GET TAXED UNMERCIFULLY |3 &iss s = =% 4 “BY GEORGE WITTE. BERLIN, March 31.—“Gentlemen must pay” is the slogan of a newly * organized movement to tax for- eigners, and particularly. Ameri- l cans, coming to Germany this sum- mer $100 or more for vising their zssports. In an editorial the Deutsghe Zeitung of Berlin de- mands that a heavy tax be imposed gpon every American who visits ‘Germany. “Americans,” it says, “who want to come to Germany and use, per- haps, the money made by manu- the time of the fire.is not-known here, |~ facturing .arms ammunition but it is-belleved there were not many, | and selling them to the enemies of as'the: totirist season is near its close. | Germany in the war must be made The Colonisl.was a frame structure| to pay:heavily for the privilege of and was built t twenty years ago. | | coming, ing. here ar be told.to stay at me. According to the newapa: . pers, 300,000 Americans are al- ‘ready booked for Germany, and {f is high time that Germany does something to spare the fatherland - from the same fate that befell the Austrian Tyrol, which was eaten bare by the American swarms. President Harding real ought to ‘have no objections to- \ wurd helping Germany financially in this fashion. When the Ameri- cans do come¢ then the individual Germans should receive them with dignity and show them what they think “of their dollar parasitism, which preys upon Germany's mis- ery.” . The Lokal Anzeiger also prints an ‘article suggesting that Ameri- cans coming to Oberammergau for the Passion- Play and to other popular placet be charged 400 per cent more than ‘the native Ger- mans, in order to make up for the difference in the .value of Ameri- can and German money. The gov- ernment now requires of each traveler : complete list of his bag- | | | ‘m MISSING DAUGHTERS. something wich been consistently dodged durinx recent weeks on the theory that it viuld be inconclusive. A test of streng*h has ‘been inevitable and the official Pnpres- sion for the moment is something like ‘Let them fight it out for awhile what 1922 —_— AGAINST 6 PER CENT RATE. Commissioners Will Not Favor Pro- _posed Drop in Legal Interest. The Commissioners today decided not to approve the bill pending in Congress to change the legal rate of interest in the District from 8 to 6 per cent. ’ The report of the city heads has not been prepared. but will be sent to the District committees probably tomorrow. flndll" i, ‘miseing davanters, Wt ml Burk, wealthy Aurora. turer, planned rmir’fl. »'nu“ heard from since they I anbanl ast Wednesday afte 7 : TNOOTs 4