Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1922, Page 2

o 3560250 IS VALUE - OF CENTER MARKET Commission Report Lacks DEMANDS QF MINERS THREATENING STRIKE INVOLVE WAGES FIRST By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 31.— What are the coal miners asking for in new wage contracts with the operators? Eriefly, the anthracite miners want increated wages, the bitu- minous miners want to retain present basic scales, and the op- BY STREET CAR. 75, Has Ribs Fractured. Other Accidents. Suffering from fractures of the 11bs and shock. W. L. Wilkerson, seventy- five years old, 633 F street, is a pa- tient in Emergency Hospitel. He re- ceived the injuries Wednesday after- neen, when struck by & street car at Pennsylvania avenue ard 3d street. -|Polies of the sixth precinet did mot learn of the accident until last night. SHOALS WORK HALT - HELD ECONOMIC SIN Senator Norris Would Appro- M., mi _A erators in both flelds want wage . A Unanimity—Appeal to proposals. . While both _sides " i- i ",'{.,?Y.‘.”"f:."m‘..’t“i:’»??-"mmi. priate at Once to Complete Be Mad: it e e Jomandy in 1705 Tth atreet, Wednesday morning. J e Maae. their wage proposals, the main was knocked down by an sutomobile Waterpower Pro'ect i sengnlicte Sham b In' brief. “they driven by Thomas Moeore, 2511 G - The Washington Market Commission, | Gipste femancs are as folows: Street. Ho received a broken leg and | By the Assoeisted Press. appointed by President Harding 10t tials within and between dis. 2',('.;‘{,:3";’,‘:.’.fl"fl;,"‘,?fi"'.‘.‘.es':fi:fé Commencement of work to comple the Wilson No. 3, at dam and Muscie Shoals, construct dam Ala tricts so as to result in increased value the Center market property at 7th wages for some workers and re- street and Pennsylvania avenue north- taken to Emergency Hospital. A _collision between the sutomobile Sk duction f o west, which is to be taken over by the | o¢'tne six-;:u;“:l"aa. a?«"fl?'\'-}'lii" of Howard G. Reynolds, 1219 C street | government appropriation and sup Department of Agriculture. today filed | pay and one-half for qvertime southeast and the motor oy e crth|Vision #ill be proposed to the Senais \ts award. The majerity of the com-| Work an@ double pay for Sunday _;’;“",‘c‘cu,‘nd""." 135h end atveots| by Chairman Norris of the agriulturs and holiday work; weekly pay- days; a wage contract for two years. ending March 31, 1924. Anthracite—Twenty per cent in- crease of wages for tonhage work- ers and §1 a day advance for day lahorers; abolition of subcont: Ing through individual agree- ments; . establishment of the ‘check-off” mystem of .collecting unton dieem by operators withhold- ing sums from miners’ wages; uniformity of wages for similar occupatians; extension of the eight- hour day to include all workers; a uniform “consideration” day wage for miners whose wage is reduced by abnormal working con- ditions: increased pay for over- time work; contract for two years, ending March 31, 1924. southeast yesterday afternoon. Woods recelved injuries to his right foot and k‘nif, and was taken to Casualty Hos- pital The sutomobile of James P. Moriar- ity, 8603 G street, this morning about 3:15 o'elock, skidded and broke two rails of the bridge over Rock creek at M street. |WOULD HALT ACTION ON BALL RENT LAW committee, he announced today ur his return from an inspection of the Alabama properties in company with other senators and members of the House military committee “It would be an economic sin,” Ser.- ator Norris said, “to let these vast projects stand in idleness. We should appropriate at once for their comple- tion. The senator declared he would ac- vocate the quickest possible action oy the Senate in making the approp tion available for thg Army enginee s to begin work, and estimat i $7.500,000 would be necessary 1o ca the work on the first year mission—Frank A. Horne, chairmah, and John M. Walker—value the property at $960,250. E Louis A. Dent, former auditor of the District Supreme Court, and the only ‘Washington man on the commuission, filed a minority report. Mr. Dent places the value of the property at $1,.306.201.60. Attorneys Charles A. Douglas and Alexander Welf, representing the | market company, noted an appeal to the Court of Appeals from the award of the commission. - The lawyers say even Mr. Dent's figures are too lo They claim the evidence as present- | ed to the commission showed the property to be worth $2,000,000. H A resume of the figures of the mu- | jority award shows the two members (Continued from First lof 18 vestments elihood, as is possible with in- in any other property. May Delay Aeceptance. of the commission placed. the total ! e reproduct: cost at $1.674.0: TlE_UP IN 20 STATES | That automatically excludes from the | While the construction from which they deducted a deprecia- | i 5 hope of home ownership a large class | project goes forward.” he continu Planta _in blossom in Potomae of citizens in Washington, thereby | we can study the questions prese tion and obsolescense of leaving a balance of 3% which they add $27.968.5: est during construction. tending to perpetuate & large clags of tenants, who, but for the Ball rent act, would in the light of the past | histery of home ownership in Wash- | ington eventually own homes. i | Park, WHEN 600,000 MINERS | [iciia Tor DROP PICKS TONIGHT |¢\ oo0pT OF SEAMEN | FOR STRIKING MINERS | CALLED A FAIRY TALE | Andrew Furuseth, président of the International Seamen’s Union, | today characterized &s a falry tale | reports that seamen were prepar- ing for a strike in sympathy with union coal miners. He denied that the seamen's union had 50 per cent | of the crews cu some vessels and | 100 per cent of the cre of Ship- | ping Board vessels | “The seamen’s union has no such making am attractive fore- [ e : ? : he Lineoln Memorial. - | gl i : 2 ; - | In the offers of Mr. Ford and others for the lease and purchase the properties. It is possible ths decision with respect to the ac or i making a total of $960,254.70. from which, strik- | ing the odd dollars, they reach a val- | uation of $960.250. Classed Favorite Investment. "Home ownership in Washington in the past has been the favorite invest- ment of a large elass of persons of small or moderate means, employed in the government or in kindred ac- tivities. The investment has been made commenly through the medium of building and loan associations by virtye of often heroic economies, in which the home maker, the woman, has had an important role. Home ance by Congress of one of the thi«« ' 1 from Eir private proposais before us at time could be determined upon at session of Congress.” The Nebraska senator explained | the legislative calendar was conges' with impertant bills, ineluding Army, Navy, ship subsidy, tariff u bonus measures, and their consider : tion would require much of the S ate's time at this session. He dou! ed if sufficient time would be ! before adjournment for discu of the private proposals respec Muscle Shoals. Majority Figures Explained. The majority state the: their figures on present value by de- ducting depreciation, including ob- solescence from total reproduction cost. “While this factor undoubtedly is the prime element,” says the major- ity award, “in arriving at the valua- tion, the commission gave consider- able weight as collateral evidence to the valuation of the property by the corporation as shownu in its income lax returns; an analysis of earnings of company: valuation of part of as no long interruption seems imminent | in the non-union flelds. For six months, the threat of the suspension has been becoming more apparent. Last September the miners made it clear that thelr pol was oppesed to any wage reductions, which operators generally were ask- 1g. but the exact stand of the union was made known a little more than a month ago. Briefly. the miners' demands are for sets as shown by quoted market prices | . 4 2 I H o s oty as by quot ot | at present basic wages be retained! percentage of membership on ownership, in fact, is the elect “gain-| By appropriation one ves of capital stock as representative of {in the soft coal fields and that the| ships at this time,” said Mr. Furu- ful pursuit ef the home maker, one | work on the Shoals properties, he s ; ngress wouid be able to reach . which tw logically provides a plan hereby women may profitably be . 3 A diverted from the less natural occu- | . 3 § 5 2 i 45k 2 pation of wage earning in competi- z ” - X 2 tion with men in industry and in business, one which, moreover, by reason of the understanding cf operation of man and wife and chil- dren, thus made active gnd possible, tends to cement the family tie, stabilize the family, eliminate divorce. Home ownership effective in Wash- ington before the application of the valuation by ockholders and invest- ing public ané the amount of fire in- surance carried on the proporty. The commission disregarded his- terical cost as not covering apprec ation. depreciution and obsolescence, It also disregarded the cube method valuation of improvements and d to value the business as a sing concern. In his minority repo Mr. Dent places his idea of reproduction cost &t $2,001.596.20. and figures depre ation at $4 9 0. leaving a present value of $1.506.201.60. i Mr. Dent points out that in several ftems of reproduction the witnesses for the government were manifestly in error on their marked!y ures. for which reason these low valuation: average of estimates on each particu- anthracite tonnage workers receive it the I W. W. a 20 per cent increase, with §1 a da. advance being given to the anthr: cite day workers. The basic rates for the soft coal workers range from §1.08 to 3111 a ton for pick mining. and the day men receive 37.50 a day. Exact tonnage rates in the anthra- cite flelds are said by the union to be lower than in the soft coal di triet, and the anthracite day men r ceive from $4.20 to §5.00 a day Would Preserve Syatem. seth. *“It may be have. Of that 1 cannot speak, be- cause the representatives of the seamen are not permitted to come near the vessels and the I. W. W. officlals are, to the best of my in- : 8 : formation.” x ] y s x ; i quicker decision than if it attemp: to take up for acceptance any of | private offers “In_this manner,” Senater No said. “there would be no delay money would permit developmens the projects to begin. and that be done, in any event, before 1 could be operated by Mr. Ford. Awbama Power Company or Fre errck Engstrum of Wilmington. N. « Meanwhile Congress could deve a thorough investigation and studs «f the best means of ultimately dispos- ing of or retaining for the gover ment the grest power and nitr plants at Muscle Shoals.” The senator =aid he would prese his plan to the agriculture commit members at the meeting he would « for next Tuesday. 1 | I —_— e northwest's fuel needs for from 100 10 110 days, according to figures s % \ B A . d 3 7 ; given out today by R. H. Salter, su-{ ; " . 5 3 . 3 | Aside from the wage question, the | berintendent of the Western railway e 3 i g W A RIS s [ Ball rent act, served also as a kind fght of the miners in the soft’coal weighing inspection bureau. |of insurance’ for the wife in case elds is directed toward preserving jof the death or disability of the hus- STRIKE PROMISES FROFIT. |Band, when it was possible the union's system of bargaining that § has grown up during the last forty | ifor ifhewiterio com) ineome o8 the home the same as on any other jYears In the past wages have been fixed by an interstate contract ap-|Alabama District, investment, and by renting her home junder contract she was able to live PIViRg to western I'ennsylvania. Ohio, |on a reduced scale, supperted by the Overwhelmingly indiana and_ Illinois. with contracts for other soft coal fields being based on the interstate coatract. ‘the con- tract question. howeve issue in the authracite distr In addition to reduction in wages the soft coal operators have refused to continue the interstate method of similar difference in valuation of {¢Ontract making. Reductions pre ands and stalls as to which therejPosed Dby the operators geae; was a wide divergence and some dif- [amount to 40 per cent of the pre ferences in what is known as gen.|ing scales. or a return to the wa “ral conditions of building opera.esiablished by vontracts made in 1915, tions—that is, construction expense— jSome operators also i LR Rs to which he accepted the period |abolition of the union's “check-off. of construction shown by witnesses jthe plan by which operators deduct for the market company as twenty | UDIOR dues from the miners wages. months instead of twelve menths| While the union’s affairs will be fixed by government experts. divected generally by the inter $ {tional executive officers and the sub- Work Toek Six Weaths. ordinate district officials, all questions A large part of the minority report of policy have been vested in a Spe Az the e cial committee of 116 men. completing ation aad obsolescence. . Mr. Hent | e various district unions. The com- Poinis out that by the method adopt- | Juiié® Will meet on the call of Presic ed by the majority of the commission | Jeit Lewls. wiho 'sald that futuve obsolescence is piled on dtpl’ecilfiol\.““eguugs qeres Draesalopments of e s BEcd O depreciation. fihe strike." A3 outlined by the com- of muterials and zives as examples | Mittee. the union's palicy on entering il ol Wi g "Pies the suspension is 1o permit no wage where which have El\oud ¥or: mare) Aresments belng mads for any seft e i have Moo ore coal flelds until after a contract. sub- a. centur: hile the market{qiantially the sume as that exiSting property has all been erected since |yoday. has been made for the central 1370. * His examples include the De- Detitive field. Fov th hracite LIS XS enaninias o e- | competitive field. For the anthracite tur bhouse. the Octagun house, St.ifgld the policy nds_for wage in- Paul's Church. at Rock Creek. the |creases. While the poficy is subject dount Vernon property. and others. o committee change, it now calis for The work of the commission hasiending the suspension in any fleld o u_meéi ;ljc hemgr{ S n};"lhs Au- { ouly after the miners have approved orized by the law. of which three:, pew comtract by a referendum vote. months was occupied in public hear- } BIG PRODUCTION TO STOP. Jar unit of value is the proper method of reaching a fair valuatien rather than to accept the lowest figure of ! each unit indiscriminat from the various witnesse. He explains his higher reproduction cost flgures by the errors of the government wit- nesses in quantities and other items. ings. Miss Kathleen Lawler has acted | as secretary of the commission. More j than 4,000 pages of testimony was} taken. {88.000 Miners in Pittsburgh Dis- Under the provision of the law thei e . Department ‘of Agricuiture may take | trict Mine Million Tons Daily. possession of the Droperty tOMOTTOW. | oo\ 0ciated Press PITTSBURGH, P despite the appeal of the market com- pany. The government is required . March 31.—Be- 1o pay over i3 per ceut of the award{fore nightfall some 45,000 miners LA ‘{‘:;“";;;’l’“‘:m“‘“;,‘fc‘:';:j“':: 908 fand other workers in and around the the balance of that award if finally Imlne of the western Pennsylvania upheld in the courts or of an amount | bituminous distriet and approximate- 1o be set by a jury of review sheuld |1y 43.000 in the central Pennsylvania ihe eourts not agree with the ma-|field will have cleaned up their Jority finding. | Frank A. MHorne. chairman of the;pleted every preparation for the commission, is president of the Mer- |strike which will become effective at ants Refrigerating Company of | midnight. New York and John M. Walker is a The Coulvvrodut‘l n of the Pitts- mining expert from Delaware. burgh district affected by the strike CHILDREN CROWDED O b e INTO SMALL CORNER OF BIG PLAYGROUND those operators who form the Pitts- _(Continued from First Page.) burgh Coal Producers’ Association. Adjacent to these mines are numbers of non-union mines which never have been operated on a union basis. These, it was stated, would noi be shut down tomorrow, although the union leaders have announced their determination to organize them with all_possible speed. Fairley continued. has been working || While plans of prace, oficers have incessantly to have the larger space jn° - b Creae tod ‘Tnada ‘svailable for the |® matter of course by ail interested Ehidren, but 5o far without success. |Parties that disorder. should it de- However. she expressed her_happi- | Y°/00; W por e st dn= ness when informed that The Star re. | dication came from Brownaville, on porter had been told at the District | the Mononganela, river. with the an, huilding that the grading would be | JONACRINAC, oY “(hat a miners dem- e mes ‘baen made by the citi- |onatration scheduled = for " Saturday zens of the section to have a awim- [afternoon Fouid he Gngor the ev ming pool put on this plot of ground, | of ten TTICRETE, OF but Mrs. Rhodes said that there was GREAT SUPPLY ON HAND. not enough room for a awimming pool after areas had been mapped out for ames which the greater number of —_— the children play. 3 Urgent need for more playgrounds Stocks Will Meet Northwest De. for the District was emphasized by nd for 100 Days or 2 Jirs. Susie Root Rhodes, supervisor,| ™% t Hore addressing the secretaries of citizens' | By the Associated Pre associations at a meeting in the Dis-| DULUTH. Minn., March 31.—There trict building last night. are approximately 3,250,000 tons of Mrs. Rhodes called attention to the jcoal piled on the docks at Duluth fact that the department has only two and Superlo flicient to_suppl full sized base ball diamonds, one at Xosedale and the other on the Ter- minal playground southeast of Union station. On most of the other grounds the boys must play with a soft ball on smaller diamonds. In the course of her address Mra. Rhodes announced that Col. Sherrill. in charge of public buildings and grounds, has invited her to make a playground in Montrose Park, George- town. The supervisor of playgrounds told of the necessity for obtaining larger appropriations if her department is to meet the demands for play space in many sections of the city where the boys and girls now have no place | but the setreets ‘in which to seek recreation. Philip Walker displayed at the meet- ing a series of maps showing the density of population of children in every neighborhood of the city, and how far hundreds of children are from existing play centers. ———————s BANKER ENDS LIRE. CHICAGO, March 31.—W. T. Fen. ton, vice president of the National Bank of the Republic, left his desk 10 go to lunch at the usual hour to- day and a few minutes later com- mitted suicide by jumping into the Chicago river. Officials of the bank sald they could give no motive for F. KEITH'S THEATER 12:30 to 1 o’clock Speaker Monday Charles F. Kinchelo Conducted by Rev. J, R. Edwards Every One Invited—No Collection ot an | as | Non-Union, Ready for Orders. ‘I%,r Associated Press. MINGHAM, Ala., Mareh 21.-—The {Alabama district will profit by a Istrike of unien coal miners if the expected walkout takes place, accord- ing to operators and non-union men. i Approximately 2,000 union miners | out of a total of 10.000 in this field are employed, union officials today stated. More than 20,000 non-union men were at work last week, accord- 1ing to operators' figures, and pro- iduced 200,000 tons of coal, an amount { within 23,000 tons of normal produc- ! o . | It was stated that a large surplus! of ceal is on hand. Coupled with ruli| productiun in non-uman mines, ship- ments were expected to move north- ward into unien fields. Non-union miners, it is understood, have been invited tu participate in | the strike, but no information was {available as to whether they would ailiate wit hthe union miner: | AWAIT OUTCOME OF ORDER. i ,Industrinl Court Demands Kansas Contract Be Extended. { { By tie Associated Pres { TOPEKA, Kans, March 31.—Fur- ther developments were awaited to- dav in this section following action taken vesterday by the Kansas In- dustrial Court in its issuance of an antisstrike order. The court ordered the present wage contract in the Kan sas fiéld to continue in effect thirty days following April 1, at the same time instructing representatives of both the miners and operators to speed up their efforts to reach an agreement before that time. Although the order was signed yes- terday by only twa of the three court {dudges. 1t was declared 1o be noie i lhe less effective. The order was sign- | jed by Judges McDermott and Craw- | tord, while Presiding Judge Huggins | did not concur. The order came after an all-day Ira Clemens, president of the South- western Operators' Assoclation; George Peck, provisional president of District 14, United Mine Workers; Thomas Harvey, provisional secre- tary-treasurer tor the Miners' Union, and W. L. A. Johnson, general counsel for the operators, testified. Both Clemens and Peck declared their willingness to meet in an effort to negotiate a contraet. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 31.— The Kansas industrial court order e tending the present wage agreement between operators and miners in Kan- sas for thirty days will not stop the uspension of work by union miners at miduight tonight, according to President Lewis. The strike in Kansas will become operative at miduight, and will be thoroughly effective,” declared Mr. Lewis. WEST VIRGINIA DIVIDED. Union Men to Quit, But Great Un- organized Field Exists, By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W, Va.,, March 31.— The stage was set today in th southern West Virginia coal fields for the strike of miners, effective at midnight, The day found operators and mine union officials standing stanchly by their decisions—the employers seeking a wage reduction and the union representatives re. fusing to negotiate a new agreement until a 8Scale had been adopted for the central competitive field. In the New River district the op. erators have asked the miners to cept a scale based upon the agree-! ment in effect in November, 1917. T. L. Lewls, secretary of the New River Operators’ Aussocjation, &sld today that “there will be no men imported; thare will be dI'm lrmeld f:!'l"l:.! em. loyed to guard property; the opera- Ter ve‘cnnfidgm:e in their em- ploye In this field there are 119 mines lying in Fayette, Raleigh and Greenbrier counties, represented fin the assoclation. In the Kanawha fleld the operators’ socfation has posted a scale which follows closely the agreement of No- vember, 1917, and incorpaorates g de cision to abandon the check-off &y tem and declares for the open shop. Answering the ociation, officials of District 17, United Mine Work said that they found it impossible to negotiate 2 new agreement unti]’the central competitive fleld scale was adopted. Union officials say that the strike in Mingo county, in effect for two years, js being maintained, while operators n that reglon declare they have suf- cient miners to continue operations. In a ngmber of other southern West Virginia flelds, including Logan, there has never been lll' conti with the unien, and while Unitad Mine Workera' eficials hava appealed to the non-union miners te cesse work, the operators have ed eon- the act. ~The benk is one of the larg- est in Chicago. an trzots for delivery of cogl aftér Appll 1, "RG” 1og7n fleld is one of the most 1 S0 jincome from the home that in old {ase and misfortune proved to be the treasure stere of her labor and sell idenial, permitting her not to be a D. C. POLICE COMMENDED. <2 NATY i = o P P ¢ LS A 4 BLOOMS WHICH HERALD THE important unorganized coal produc- ng districts in the United States. TROUBLE 18 UNEXPECTED. Hard-Coal Miners in Pennsylvania Consider Strike a Vacation. i B thie Aseoc WILK Pa, March 31— Approximately 135,000 mine workers in the anthracite fields will lay down tasks. removed their tools and com-|hearing before the court, at whica ! their tools at the end of today's shift. The anthracite suspension will be 100 per cent effective, according to miners and operators. and means that fifty-eight operating companies with 260 collieries will be thrown into idleness. The daily loss in preduction will be about 303.000 tons of hard coal and the daily loss in wages at present rates will be about $800.000, directly affecting about 20,000 familie: in the territory between Forest Cit on the north and the Schuylkill re glons on the south ‘With the suspension order comes into effect a plan of the hard coal operators for the dismantling of their mines. Starting at once, mine mules. many of which have not seen daylight for years, are being brought to the surface and turned laose in large fields alroady inclosed. There Is a desire on the part of some companies, it is said, to make needed repairs. The suspension or- der, however, makes no provision for work of this sort, and it is not likely that it will there is an point. The plans of the union are that no pickets will be placed. Assur- ances that the operators will not at- tempt to work their mines have prompted this course. As the suspension goes into effect there s good feeling among the miners. They regard the period of idleness morg in/ the nature of a va- cation. They anticipate an idle period of from four to six weeks, at the end of which time the common belief is a new sgreement will be negotlated and the anthracite indus- try again set humming. Miners stopped their free spending weeka ago and there has been a radual falling off in business. astertide, however, has been of help to the merchants, but soon as this {s over the businesa interests laok for a dull period until the operators and miners have come to termsa. WILL PLAN REOPENING. understanding on this Kansas Operators to Act When 40, 5 000 Miners Quit. BY the Awsociated Press. KANSAS CITY, Mo. Between thirty-seven and forty-thou. msand coal minera in the transmi; siasippi_district which eomprises M sourf, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Towa, will stop work at mid- night tonight, according to Harry N. Taylor, ssippl District Assoclation. Dia- trict operators will meet Monday to immediate ra. formulate plans for Mr. opening of the mine: ssid. ARRANGE TO PROTECT MINES. renge for Emergency Men. By the Apsocisted Press. NEW YORK, March 81.—Presidents ot theAupes-apthraciie MHiariet univns be attempted uniess March 31— Arkansas chairman of the Transmis- Taylor Hard-Coal Union Officials Will Ar- OF SPRING TO IONAL LIBRARY. A left New York today to administer the suspension of work in the mines in the Scranton, Hazleton and Shamekin regions of Pennsylvania in conjunc tion with the nation-wide strike of the coal industry. . In district No. 1, at Scranton, Presi- dent W. J. Brennan expects 10 &ssign 1.000 men’ to remain at work as en- gineers, pumpmen, firemen and stock- men. President Thomas Kennedy of dis- triot No. 7. at Hazleton, estimates he will reauire 600 men for similar duty. President C. §. Golden of district No. 9, at Shamokin, will order 1,600 to remain at their posts Under an agreement with the min» operators, made during conferences of the subcommitiee on wage con- tracts, the emergency men will be paid according to the scale agreed upon when the strike is sbttled. Officials of the larger eastern rail- roads with terminals at New York city assert they are well prepared for the strike. Stocks on hand are esti- mated by {he various roads to be suf- ficlent for from two to four months. “Most of the railroads laid in an ample supply of bituminous coal be- cause, during the past several months, it_has been & drug on the market, said W. B. Besler. president of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The New York Central. whose nor- mal requirements were put at 25000 | tons per day. has 1.700,000 tons of bituminous on hand, officials - said. | This is double the usual reserve sup- ply maintained, it was said. The Erie railroad reported a supply sufficient for ninety days, and the Lehigh Valley: for more than four months. Officials of the Baltimore and Ohio said their stock on hand was “exceptionally lavge.” |CABINET AND SENATE DISCUSS MINE STRIKE Official Attitude Still Unchanged; Calder Asks Information On Bituminous Industry. The coal strike was understood te have heen one of the sybjects dis- cussed at today's cabinet meeting, but no chanpges in the sjtuation were announced. Government officials were said to pe adhering to their an- nounced intention to sit on the side lines at ledst during the beginning of the strike, except in readiness to preserve order and to prevent profit- eering in coal. The strike came in for brief Senate attention today when Senator Calder, republican, New York, introduced a resolution calling upon the Federal Trade Commisaion for complete in- formation regarding the bituminous ind y. He asked for immediate consideration of the resolution, but it went ever under objection by Sen ater Sutherland, republican, West Virginia. The Calder resolution weuld direct the commission to “make inquiry” and report to the' Genate regarding the production and distribution of bi- tuminous coal, sybmitting informa tion regardipg transportation, labor PERSONS IN THE OF THE for an investigation of the strike by the commission. Appeal to President Harding to call representatives of the coal miners and mine operators into an eleventh- hour conference here in an effort te avert the threatened strike called for midnight tenight was proposed at a hearing before the House labor eom- mittee vesterday, but was not acted upon favorabl Believing there still was hope of preventing the shut-down in all fields, the members of the committee pro posed that the Président be requested to take a hand, and for a time it ap- poared as if a resolution looking to this end might be adopted. Word had come from the Senate meanwhile that Chairman Borah of the Senate labor committee had such a proposition in mind, and the House committee went at once o suggest joint action. Chairman Borah explained. however, that_members of the conimittee had not bheen advised as to such a move, that he did not feel at liberty to tak up the question alone, and it prob- ably would be best to let.the question go over. He intimated that he might call his committee to consider it later. Returning to its own meeting plaee, the House committee discussed resolutions presented by Remsesenta- tives London, socialist, New York, and Upshas, democral, Geergia. Both similarly drawn, were laid en th table. Thé ald of the President task of trving to bring miners and’ operators together was suggest- ed after Dr. Worth M. Tippy of New York, representing the Federal Coun- cil of Churches 6f Christ in America. had urged some effort by Congress toward lasting peace in the coal regions, . While. John Meore of . Columbus, Ohio, legislative agent of the United Mine Workers of America, was giving the union’s side of the trouble, Chair- man Nolan asked if the organization would object if the President should step to the front and invite the war- ring factions here. “If the President were to send a wire tonight asking the miners to come here, or €0 anywhere else, and meet the operatars,” Moore said, “the first train out would find them aboard. n{e have always been anxious te meet hem.” in th Iburden on her children or upon the | community. ‘ Commission to Decide. { At present the Rent Commission is privileged to decide whether a man's ldeman to enter under his own roof is bona fide under the terms of the Ball rent act, which proposes as ite object |a single class of citizens, tenants, jand on their behalf eliminates the owner's contract rights and limits his occupancy of his home. Further to discourage home own- ership, the Ball rent act has devel- oped a tenant psychology that in fact establishes that the tenant can do mo wrong. Much evidence could be produced on this point." ARGUES AGAINST BALL LAW. Explaining his position in regard to the extension of the Ball rent law, First Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett today issued the following statement: “Since 1 have been reported as be- ing opposed 1o the extension of the Ball rent act, perhaps I should make my position perfectly clear. I am taking ne active part in the matter whatsoever. “Some time after I came to Wash- ington, 1n assoclation with certain friends. none of us being wealthy, 1 purchased the Internatlonal build. ing, on F street. It is needless to say that the big tenants of this building are prosperous business men and making far more money than I am. Most of them had made contracts for rent before we purchased the prop- erty and, so far as | know, were sat- isfled. Of course, they, \in common with all other tenants, want lower rent, but they occupy an honest and contractusl relation, entered into, in good faith, in a country whers the obligations of the contract are con- stitutionally inviolable. law which limits stere rentals will do the public, the purchasing public, no good. It will be of no bene- fit to them unless the law alse limits the prices which merchants may place upon their goods. If prices are to be limited on all goods sold in stores 1 will cheerfully walve any objection I may have to the limjtation on the rent of a store. But I believe | that rentals should be subject to com- jpetition. the same way that goods gold in stores are subject te competi- tion. “The protection of the public here against unjust rentals on homes or dwellings during the war period, when building was at a standstill, was eminently just, but to extend a rent 1aw 80 as to interfere with con- tracts between business men in times of peace is not in accordance wjth American dectrine, and if the princi- ple is adopted at the eapital of the nation it will spread over the coun- try. “ could not help being opposed to that if T owned no preperty here.” LEWIS TO APPEAR HERE. John L. Lewis, president of the Tnited Mine Workers, will be in ‘Washington Monday, to appear before the House committee investigating the coal strike, union headquarters an- nounced today. At the same time he may confer with Secretary of Labor i Davis. D“J‘l’\i n ofMcials today denied that the strike would be directed from Wash- ington. The unien dquarters, it was said, will be in w -York and Indianapolis. | A Selected Flower Free Tomorrow. 9 DELIGHTFUL Surprise A affords at all times, Another Bonbon Tores.” ' THE “WEEK-END” FEATURE INROSEMARY CANDIES FOR TWO-POUND ‘GIFT BOX “remembrance” for all who deserve the best the world Rosemery 50c Ib. *1.50 for sweethearts and wives. A A message of commendation or activity they have shown recentiy enforeing the laws and clearing . crimes was sent to the police to by Commissioner Oyster. The Commissioner extended his co gratulations through the preei captains, who gathered for their Weekly conference with Ma). Suli van. pt. Oyster intended (o speah to the men, but had to attend a boa meeting. In his memorandum. read by Maj Sullivan, the Commissioner directed the men to co-operaie in every way possible in making a. success of clean-up week, which starts Monday The Cemmissioner again cautioned the police net to be overzealous in making arrests but to act prompt whenever they are sure of violat of laws. —_— WANTS ORDER SET ASIDE. Mrs. Gertrude Duvall, widow of W liam €. Duvall. who gied in Chicago June, 1920, leaving an estate valued $15,000, has asked the Probate Cou revoke letters of administration graiied on her husband's estate to Carl H. and Clara F. Claudy. Justice Siddons has cited the administrators to show c: April 7, why the petition of the widc should not be granted. 3 The widow claims certain irregul ties in the issuance of the letters. S is represented by Attorneys Frank = Bright and H. §. Hinrichs. If you snffer from headaches sed by cyestrain you should ‘once either remove the cause of the strain or be Atted with the proper glasses. Wiether it is your werk, or & desire tn resd, that causes your treuble you should have your eyes ei amined at once. LEESE'S GLASSES s N0 MORE THAN THE ORJ| DINARY KIND. 1M A Legst QpricaL ]| 1" OPTOMETRISTS QT LT W 15 Comedy Song”—The Post The American Idol of London DAPHNE POLLARD The Latest Song Hits and Satirical “Doc” Baker, in“Flashes” With Polly Walker and Bud and Jack Pearson and Girls VAUGHN COMFORT The American Tenor Star and other costs. margins and prices mers. Bt republcan, JIdaho, ol;':i‘;::: n‘fo r&h.. Senato labor com: 1 Elsa Rysn ané Rodney Ranous in “Pex for Short.” Hegedus Sisters. The Runaway four. Edwardas. mittee, and Senator Cslder said 1 the ipformation on hand, . Mr. understoéd the eommission now orah #aid he desired it understood hat the 4 aller nhu}uuon A not vell: