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p row. Temperature for tw ded at 2 m. toda pan today; lowest, today. Full report on page 19. WEATHER. tonight and tomorrow; warmer nty-four hours Highest, 79, at 61, at 5 am. i | l i Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 28,544, Entered as second- post office ~Vashington, ass matter D €: MINE WAR PROBE. NOW UNDER WAY; {China’s “Grand OIld 2110 4 DEAD Offic;als Act on Insistent De- mands of Governor—Re- | sults Are Scouted. QUIET NOW RESTORED; TROOPS HELD UNNEEDED Miners Openly “Boast of Part in Massacre—Fifteen Bodies Re- ported Sunk in Lake. By the Associated Press. The coal strike situation, and particularly the mine disorders in | southern Illinots, was understood to have largely occupled the at- tention of the cabinet at today’s meeting. Secretary of Labor Davis conferred with President Hard- ing for some time after the meet- ing and it was indlcated that the Department of Labor would have a statement to make soon with regard to the mine disorders. Declaration that those responsible for the southern Iilinois mine dis- orders should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law was made today by Secretary of Labor Davis in a statement issued after con- sultation with President Harding. HERRIN, TIL, June 23.—Official in- vestigation of the mine war which re- sulted In the death of from twenty- seven to forty-five persons near here, began today In response to insistent| demands from Gov. Len Small for ac- tion by local authorities. Coroner | McGown announced an inquest- would | be held immediately, and State's At- torney Delous L. Duty said that a spe- | cial grand jury would be convened| following the inquest to investigate | the massacre. | The state's attorney expressed doubt | that any definite resuits would be | obtained through the investigation, saying that it was virtually impossible | to obtain evidence. He insisted, how ever, that every possible step would | be taken and telegraphed Gov. Small to that effect. Simultaneously Sheriff Melvin Thax- ton at Marlon, the county seat, sent| telegrams to Gov. Small in response 10 the governor's demand for informa- tion. saying that the situation was el in hand and there was no danger | future outbreaks. | | {ure WU TING FANG, FORMER MINISTER TO U. S., DEAD Man” Passes Away At Fallen City Loyai to Last as Lead- er in Southern Republic. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAL Jun former minister to Washington, more recently foreign minister for Sun Yat Sen, in the disrupted southern re- publican government at Canton, died at Canton this morning, according to a Reuter dispatch. Wu, an outstanding leader in the politics and jurisprudence of China for many year ports, loyul to Sen, and was believed to have fleq Canton with the deposed South China president. The S no details. Figure. picturesque fig- in diplomatic circles at Wash- ington during his two terms as min- ister from China to the United States —Wu Ting Fang, Picturesque Known as the mos: | government, Wu Ting Fang possibly did more to cement the cordial rela- tions between that country and this than any other envoy from the orient, with the possible exception ef Li Hung Chang. Dr. Wu had a sharp tongue, was breezy, frank and unconventional, and his keen epigrams, even at the ex- pense of important personages in offi- WU TING FANG. minister, Mr. Conger, who, colleagues. was in the legation com- pound, Peking, and whose fate was a matter of grave concern to the ate Department. The empress dowager and her ad- visers were activities, and his recall. which was in the nature of a rebuke, quickly followed. He was given an inferior post and later altogether retired, to be subsequently reappointed. which was considered in the nature of a personal triumph. Active in Reforms. Wu was active in bringing re- Dr. cial life, were constantly finding thelr i forms to China and he favored the way into print, sometimes to the em- | %open door” policy is spirit of barrassment of the administration. |progress wus symbolized in_a me- He was an ardent base ball enthusiast |morial he presented to the iriperial and bicycle rider, when bicycling was 8o popular. He was a vegetarian, and had predicted he would live 100 years. Sympnthies With United States. ; Il‘“‘ih“w' quEues C.‘x‘;‘r\;;".: l*;: James O'Brien and James Connolly, His sympathies wi h “nited Ked S OLS4Ca, > vho W . rectly States during AR ‘ur’)’;‘m}n’:l:,: laws of China and instituted a num- ; Who were arrested directly after the 1900 led to his recall. The intima.|ber of legal reforms, one of whichshooting, were arraigned in the West- tion by the State Department that |WAs jury trials { minister police court, charged with is beheading would e offensive to v"";‘;l:“"}"‘d“" ,“f’,:‘”"r‘(““)'”"\‘;‘::H‘,'f;,“z‘fi‘, murder. They were remanded for one this country only prevented his sum-|in 12 N hes o | w ; a cil Chapma mary execution. n:mnu lhedlr(luhluv)’:g in Dr. Wu. who adv the prince | week by Magistrate Cecil Chapman. times of the rebellion Dr. Wu mot |regent to abdicate. ars Long before the court opened a e len | great crowd assembled in front of through a me: age to the American WEST VRGN OB SLAYS THO MINERS i Several Injured in Attaqk on Trolley Load of Non- throne favoring the abolition of the| queue. A number of prominent Chi- nese gathered at Wu's home and pub- MR. COOLIDGE CARRIES WIFE’S KNITTING BAG TO CABINET MEETING Vice President Coolidge came out of the cabinet meeting this morning carrying a much-bat- tered handbag, found at the door he had forgotten something, re- turned to the cabinet room and came out again, still carrying the reticule. Newspapermen's curi- osity could not be abated after the Mr. Duty. in a statement made to p x % aaiAT aak ‘Associated Press, said that Gov. | Union Men. R e Smalil “seemed to have jumped @ little | them the third time and the Vice too quickly” in his demands for im-| By the Associated Press. President’ was stopped for de- inedlate action. < CLARKSBURG, W. Va., June 23—} mands to know what he was Must Await Inquest. { Two men were killed. a deputy sheriff | carrying. N “T have received insistent demands | suffered a broken arm and a dozen from the governor asking why no ar- | other persons received minor injuries, -sts have been made and what steps | been taken to apprehend the| v persons,” said Mr. Duty. “Gov. 1 does not seem to realize that the first step must be the coroner’s nguest. that is over “As soon as the coroner finishes his work. I will recommend to Judge D. °T. Hartwell that he call a special A jury to investigate the affalr. 1) ence, however, will be very hard 0 obtain. The wounded strikebreak- crs tell me they cannot identify any of thelr assallants and that they d not know their nam No one knows it so far as I can| anything about learn.” “Did _you question the wounded | miners,” the reporter asked Mr. Duty. | “On, ves.” he replied. | Miners in Herrin streets openly | asted that they participated in the ction of deaths by gunfire, hang- and dragging through the streets veritable Roman holiday That the death list would be in- d seemed to be the consensus opinion. Fifteen bodies were ‘hted about the necks and cast a pond. a miner told a corre- for the Associated Pres into spondent and the area over which killings o curred was estimated at fifteen | square miles of hilly, timbered land. | The statement of Frank Farring- ton, president of the Illinois branch | of the United Mine Workers of Amer- jca, issued at Cincinnati, that his in- formation indicated that forty-four men had been killed, was interpreted | as meaning that the entire number of besieged strikebreakers had per. ished, although of his own knowl- edge the Associated Press corre spondent could account for but seven | more than score of bodies. Mr. | Tarrington expected to reach Herrin tonight. In the wounded list there were six- | teen in the Herrin Hospital, three re- ported in the Carbondale Hospital and @ number of others. union striking ainers, believed to be lying in their homes i There was little question that the ex- act number of dead never will be known. | No one seemed inclined to drag the pond | where bodies were orted thrown, and 30 searching parties have been organ- | 3zed to seek bodies in the woods. Called Rightfal Act. ! Many persons in the county upheld | the slaughter as a rightful act of judg gnent. Cltizens gathering on street co: ners last night and today laughed and | Joked over the affair and proudly boast- | ed that “some of these days people will Fealize that it 'doesn't pay to try to break a strike in Williamson county.” Tn the morgue women and children, ®s they passed through, commented on the accuracy of the shooters who brought down these victims. Men who openly boast that they were 3n the attacking force relatyd with ap- garent pride the stories of what in war gimes would be called brutality. The mine safe was looted and one guan, with some $1,500 in bills, stood | ~ith @ semicircle of men around him wnd dealt out the bills like cards, ac- cording to wounded men who were there. The correspondent saw men wounded ‘st to death kicked around in the gcorching sun in dusty roads. He saw yuen chased through fields like rabbits B shouting persons, who opened fire. Surrounded by armed men, he saw a Jnife piunged into the throat of a wounded man. No Word of Sympathy. ! He watched a man walk to the bed- side of a dying man and curse him &nd jeer at him as he breathed his} Jast. Through it all, although the fight area was traversed a dozen Yimes, there was not a word of sym- pathy heard for a victim. The senti- Juent seemed to be that strikebreak- #rs deserved slaughter and that these $ad received it. ! of the dead could be positively sdcntified. Most of them had been yifled of all effec After lying piled . the morgues yesterd: they wera | € ~balmed night. processes all through fhe night, |, many more oilicers now in the|were destroyed and thousands.of .per- il o Page R ol Ly | pervien A s cneete momin the LeRe e e e sousends by | 4 / T cannot move pficially until| 2% o #7000 watehed tjie poard when a mob attacked an interurban this city to the Lewis | mine near Reynoldsville this morn- | |ing. The mob stopped the car, pulled |off the trclley and swarmed aboard. Two of the attacking party were shot as they crawled through windows. The mine was opened on an open- shop basis Monday. MOB FORMS AT FAIRMONT. 400 March Through City Headed for Working Mines. By the Associated Pre: . AIRMONT, W. Va, June 23.—A crowd of men which the authorities estimated at 400 marched through the principal streets of Fairmont this morning across the Monongahela river to the east side of the city. County_officials watched the situa- tion on reports that they were head- ed for working coal mines near North Fairmont. Later in the day it was reported that the marchers had passed work- ing mines at Norwood without mak- ing any effort to disturb the miners. It was said the men were Eoing to Montana, W. Va., to attend a upion meeting. - ARMY PROMOTIONS HELD UP G MONTHS Senate Committee Keeps 24 Lieutenant Colonels and 28 Majors in Suspense. The Senate military affairs commit- tee today decided to postpone action on the nominations of Army officers for promotions now before it for at least six months. The Army appro- priation bill, as agreed to in confer- | ence, provides that there shall be no promotion of officers under the rank | i He denied that there was any- thing valuable in it. “Really it's Mrs. Coolidge's bag {traction car carrying non-union! to carry Kknitting in” the Vice Iminers and officers of the Hudson! President explained with some Coal Company, guarded by deputy| embarrassment and a volubility almost never encountered from him. “People insist on writing letters to me at the hotel where I live and sometimes I carry the bag full down to tne office. To- day I forgot I wae going to cabi- met meeting and filled up the bag and then had to bring it along.” SIX SHOT DOWN IN BELFAST RIOTS Mr. Ireland and Miss English Wounded—Ulster Officials Carefully Guarded. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, June 23—The situation here was one of great anxiety today, owing to the high state of feeling over the assassination of Fleld Mar- shall Wilson in London. Special precautions were taken in the disturbed areas, but the military and police were fordéd to fire on mobs several times. The casualtles by mid-forenoon were six -wounded. The area mainly affected is situated between Grosvenor street and Falls road. Virtually every member of the Ul- ster government is under police pro- tection. A man a girl named English were wounded in a clash between civilians and mili- tary patrols in the York street area. Heavy Rifie Fire. Heavy rifie fire broke out in the Cullingtree road district today while the curfew was still in effect. A wide area was soon affected, and, de- spite the efforts of a large force of military and police to dislodge the gunmen, the firing continued. The outbreak followed an attack on a police car in the district between ¢ Grosvenor street and Falls road, of brigadier general for six months|which is traversed by Cullingtree after the passage of the act. road. Incendiaries ‘this morning de- The committee has befote it many nominations for promotion, including twenty-four lieutenant colonels to be colonels and twenty-eight majors to be lieutenant colonels. On the list of lieutenant colonels to be promoted is Lieut. Col. Duncan K. Major, at pres. ent an aide to Gen. Pershing. nomination for promotion has been bitterly opposed by former officers of the 26th (Yankee) Division, with which he served for a time as chief of staff In France. His nomination goes over with the others. Senator Wadsworth, chairman of the military affairs committee; ex- plained that under the provisions of the law the number of officers in va- rious ranks will have to bz reduced. There now exist twenty-four vacan- cles among the colonels and twenty- eighy vacancies among the lieutenant colonels. If these were filled now by pending nominations, tion on | | Fterday stroyed a store in Grosvenor street, occupied by Mrs. Margaret McCol- lough, mother of Dennis McCollough, former Sinn Fein envoy to the United States, {MAN NAMED LAWLESS SLAIN. Armed Men Kill ex-Soldier Dublin Tenement House. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, June 23.—A former soldier in named Lawless was killed at mid-! night by two armed men, who rushed into the tenement house where he lived and asked for a man name: Wilson. . The motive for the shoot- ing is unknown. 20 KILLED IN CLOUDBURST. BUCHAREST,. June ' 23.—Twenty persons lost their lives as the result of a cloudburst and windstorm yes- in the Bistritz district of ASHINGTO with his | ssatisfied with Dr. Wu's | named Ireland and | uld have to retire justlTransylvania. Hundreds of houses D. C, TERRORSTS PLT REVEALED BEHND LONDON NURDER Number, of Prominent Per- sons Marked for Death as Marshal Wilson. ASSASSINS REMANDED AS SEARCH CONTINUES Fifteen Men and Woman Rounded Up, While Newspapers Vent Bitter Feeling. | By the Assoclated Pres: LONDON, June 23.—The police inv tigating the assassination of Field Mar- shal Wilson have come into possession {of documents, says the Central News { today, disclosing a conspiracy to take | the lives of a number of prominent per— i sons and conduct a campaign of out- | rages. Fifteen men and one woman were arrested in the raids throughout Lon- | don last night in connection with the | assassination, it was announced in the | house of commons by Austen Cham- berlain, the government leader. He stated that every step possible | was being taken for the protection of {life in Ireland and England, and in- | timated that a discussion of Irish af- | fairs would be held on Monday. Prime | Minister Lloyd George, he stated, was {now holding a conference on all the { matters connected with the assassina- tion of Marshal Wilson. i Two Prixoners Remanded. the courthouse, but owing to the lim- ited accommodations the police rig- orously excluded the general public, allowing only those connected with ase and the newspaper men to| | | | | accused men were taken to the | courtroom in a taxicab and under |strong guard from the Gerald road po- | | lice station. Two officers rode inside | | and one with the driver. All were fully armed and alert. In the court- | ! room were a number of plainclothes | otficers who have been engaged in the | iast year in dealing with the Sinn Fein outrages in London. As the cab ab- { ruptly pulled up at the courthouse, the door was thrown open and the ac- | cused were hustled into the bullding. | The assassination has stirred Eng- 1 land to the depths. Mingled with feel- ings of sorrow and dismay are appre- hensions of further outrages, as it is understood other members of parlia- ment have been threatened. Hunt for Instigators. While the actual murderers were taken red-handed, a strenuous hunt for possible instigators is being con- ducted, and detectives last night raid- ! ed all the known haunts of Sinn Fein- | ers in London. | In connection with the reports of a { Sinn Fein plot, the statement is made that certain | Wilson residence, have been mysteri- { ously marked recently, and the home | of Lord Carson. in Eaton place, was guarded by armed police last night. | “Field Marshal Wilson, it is learned, had received threatening letters for some time from anonymous and other sources, but he paid no heed to them. The question of again arming the | pol with automatic pistols is being considered by the government and | Scotland Yard, in view of the tragedy. | At the time of the outbreak of in- | cendiarism in iondon and elsewhere | throughout ~ England, only a few | months ago, the police were so armed, {but with the dawning of prospects I for peace in Ireland and the cessa- {tion of the outrage campaign here { the pistols were withdrawn. 1 Great Funeral Likely. | Tt is taken for granted that Sir | Henry will be given a great public! | funeral, with the military honors due his rank and services. The likeli- | hood is suggested of burial in St | Paul's, the resting place of many of | Britain's most noted warriors, includ- ing the Duke of Wellington and Ad- miral Nelson. Condolences continued today to pour in on Lady Wilson, who as soon as the sad news reached Buckingham Palace was waited upon by an equerry sent by the king and queen, bearing an expression of their sorrow. The Prince | of Wales also-sent a personal mes- senger, and the dinner which was to have been given today in celebration of his birthday, has been abandoned. Prime Minister Lloyd George sent this telegram: “I am deeply shocked at the ghastly crime. 1 can find no words to ex- press my consternation and grief. | Please accept all my sympathy in | your terrible trouble.” Efforts to trace the crime to the in- | stigation of any - special persons or parties in Ireland has not succeeded. In Ulster it seems to be widely taken for granted that the Irish re-| publican army was responsible, but no proof is offered and Gen. Owen O'Duffy’s denial stands unchallenged. The Irish chief of staff also told {inquirers that the fact one of the murderers carried a copy of the 1. R. A's official paper was without significance, as the paper has been on sale in public book stalls for some time. Crisis in Prospect. All reports from Ireland indicate Ithat the murder has produced an uneasy feeling among law-abiding people, apart from the natural in- dignation at the coldbloodedness of thé crime. The Belfast correspondent of the Times telegraphs his paper that if the assumption there that the Sinn Fein was responsible shall prove correct’ the situation will immediate- Iy become. one of extreme gravity. Popular opinion is already inflamed, he cays, the feeling along the border being, if anything, more excited than in- Belfast. The Times' Dublin correspondent Isays the news of the murder was Teceived there with feelings of sor- Tow and aimost with despair, as coming at a time when there were growin| lations He adds: “The murder will be regarded |agt of war upon Ulster, and will tir passieps which may lead to terrible tweep the north and south. ship -of both governments does noi avert the calamity. “Nothing ought to prevent Collins ~T1Continued -on Page 3; Columa-4.) © é - ey WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION i sional golf star, won the British open | GOMPERS CHOSEN gh prospects of improved re-|Sou el events-on both sides if the statesman- [ genate agrees to Army FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1922 —FORTY PAGES. BRITISH TITLE WON BY YANKEE GOLFER Hagen Tops With 300 Score for 72 Holes—Barnes Ties for Second Place. By the Associated Press. SANDWICH, England, June .- Walter Hagen. the American profes- | | championship today. He had a score of 300 for the sev- enty-two holes of medal competition Jim Barnes, American open champion, | and Jock Hutchison, the Yankee who ! won the British title last year, had | cards of 301 and 302, respectively. Barnes was tied for second place by George Duncan, the veteran British | player. Hutchison was fourth. J. H. Taylor, the British star, was Afth with 303, doing his last Tound in 6. Hagen Finishes With a 72, Hagen finished with a magnificent on the final round to gain the title. Hutchison, who led by one stroke at the end of the third round, took 76 for | his final trip. Barnes finished with a | 3. | Deadly approach -shdts and parti- | larly few pitch-and-runs shots fea- | tured-Hagan's fourth round. His put- | ting. too, was exceptionally good. His} fourth round card was: Out—544 543 334—35. Tn—435 544 345—37—72. Hutchison had a disastrous ex- 2 houses, including the | perience at the fourth hole in the i ast for Mr. Gompers a demonstration final round. taking a seven. He had a fine four at the sixth, however, where | he pitched the ball to within three | feet of the pin after pulling his sec- ond shot badly. i Huteh Ahead in Morning. At the end of the third round| Hutchison led with 226, with Taylor | in secord place, with 227, and Hagen | and Barnes tled for third at 225 Hutchison had a brilliant 73 this morning, Hagen took 79 after going out in 36, while Barnes turned in a; 77. Hutchison went out in 34 and | came back in 39. Barnes had a 38 and a 39. Hutchison’s round included fourteen holes, made in fours. Hagen spoiled | an otherwise good round by finishing with two sixes. { ain began falling at 1 o'clock and a heavy wind was blowing. Hutchison's outward card in the! morning was: out.. 44344443434 Hagen's morning card: out .. .4535 4354 338 In. 444550546 64379 Barnes' morning card: Out. 55865343 438 In. 4544643 4 6377 Hutch Makes Fine Start. | Hutchison started splendidly in the morning, being two under fours for the first thirteen holes, and would have done even better had some of his long putts gone in, as they very | nearly 8id, particularly at the eleventh and thirteenth holes He had a temporary breakdown at the fourteenth, where he had to play in the teeth of the wind, and where he was short of the canal. With the next ball he hit the handrail of the (Continued on Page 31, Column 7.) Today’s News in Brief. Two_non-union miners slain by mob in West Virginia. Page .1 Gompers_chosen for forty-first term by A. F. of L. Page 1 London police investigating the as- sassination of Marshal Wilson have obtained documents disclosing a con- spiracy to take other lives. Page 1 Six shot dowr during new riots in Belfast streets. Page 1 Congressional committee to _ask prominent educators to submit plans for model school. Page 3 Representative Madden urges neces- sity of increasing number of D. C. building inspectors. Page 3 Marines advancing on Ridgeville. Page Representative Woodruff proposes in- vestigation of alien property cus- todian’s office. Page 5 Mount Rainier begins war on carnival gambling. Page 5 Bonuses for second mortgage funds cause ultimate high prices for homes, is report to committee. Page 9 Requisition filed for return of Lyles to Prince Georges county. Page 9 War veteran alleged to have faked wounds to get free hospital treat- ment. Page Bay state attorney general alleges plot against three supreme court Justices. Page 10 President’s stand - on tariff revives hopes of soldier bonus foes. Page 14 th Dakota stone dedicated at exer- cises 300 feet up In Washington Monument, Page 18 an | Brightwood citizens .ask speedy ac- Page40 7.00Q %3 z Page 40 Senator -Walsh_tells _Wilson Normal School graduates teachers’. salaries here aretoo low;~ ' ¢+ - Page 40 ion of 14th gtreet extension of 18 Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to ]| the use for republication of all news dispatches | | i for seventh vice president on a vote vaper and als All rights of publication of special dispatches herein are. also reserved. credited to it or mot ofhierwise credited in this | the local mews published herein | Yesterday's Net Circulation, 87,35{ MONDELL FORECASTS HOUSE ADJOURNMENT FRIDAY NEXT WEEK | Adjurnment of the House by concurrent resolution will be tak- en not later than next Friday, if the members of the House main- tain a quorum to rush through the appropriation bills, House Leader er Mondell announced on the floor D. C. BILLS PUSHED BEFORE LAST DAY §Members of House Commit- today. tee See Action on Calendar TI’_‘nfi zdjuqurnmcn? wr.\uld be for ’ e Next Monday. but would have to pass the concur- rent resolution allowing the House to adjourn. | Members of the House District com- mittee endeavored today to reach an lagreement by which the Fitzgerald men’'s compensaiton bill, which two lin the House, and the bill creating a ynew salary schedule for teachers, House calendar, could be acted upon next Monday Ovation Greets Unanimous Election—Russian Recog- |15, ™50 Wuih there acitt romning nition to Come Up. | fifty minutes of general debate, un- By the Assocfated Press. less Representative Fitzgerald him- CINCINNATI Ohio, June 23.—gPres seif finds it impossible to get that measure passed. GE5e Satancl Eoni s oF e Mo The committee authorized a favor- can Federation of Labor was re-elect- | 4ble report the Sproul bill as ed without opposition today at the|amended by substituting the Phipps federation's annual convention. It | Pill- Providing for location of $150,000 was his forty-first election to the| office. | tubercular school on land owned bs After the unanimous vote had been wh As that probably will be the last District day for this session, the members felt that if possible the teachers' pay bill should be passed. on the District, at 14th and Upshur I streets. The committee left it in the discretion of the irman to call an executive meetiug to consider the ad- |5 et visability of taking up legislation for L s & the delegates| i.plishment of bus lines throush- which continued a few minutes. Then|out the city. Representative Ham- Mr. Gompers thanked the delegates|mer, who brought up this question as e to whether now was the proper time g g : _ | to consider auto bus lines as a new T shall endeavor to give the best|method of transportation in the Dis- that is in me.” jtrict, and the Commiss'oners should draft a law covering the entire sub- Flaherty Is Defeated. jec He made it clear that if such : Sy A |lcgisiation was decided upon by the The convention also re-eiected | committee public hearings would be James Duncan of Quincy, Mass. |held. representing the granite cutters' Dr. Ballou Heard. i st vi 3 : unlon Sds e st ivice Piwresiden Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent Joseph F. Valentine, Cincinnati, moul- N ot schools, appeared - ders’ union, second vice president: iy before the com mittee, wging th Frank Duffy, Indianapolis, carpen- | e’ iEINE that there are three nk D polang : major bills for the schools which ters' union, third vice president;| gy 0ot S0 e William Green, Indianapolis,-miners’ e e e union;: Tourthi vice! presidents Wi D.| Loos, (Xt books, compulsory, enucation g : % iand to incre: teachers’ salaries. He Mahon, Detroit, street carmen’s union, . 3 Afth vice president, and T. A. Rick- | 2omted out that the increases for the ert, Chicago, garment workers' union, | 1OSt part are $15, $45 and $60 a year. sixth vice president He told the committee that this city The first contest developed when |15 forty-seventh on a list of forty- Thomas P. Flaherty of Washington, | $/BBL 1mb: d““- cities regarding representing the post office clerks | Saldries paid elementary teachers. oo was nominated to oppose the | . Dr. Ballou reminded the committee of In-| the e that no attempt had been made to get 4 > -} increases for the teachers in the Dis dianapolis, president of the barbers’ | o o % s o5 2l trict_ appropriation bill, but that they union, as seventh vice president of {haq come o the legislative committes Mr. Fischer defeated Mr. Flaherty ‘“.‘:‘\“:‘flzglf:“‘fu“ e‘?;ggfcgo:“; sideration by Congress this ses- he said, of 17,725 to 13 and then Matthew Woll of Chicago, representing the | : ! 5 = B any school legislauion auring the two photoengravers' union, was re-elect-} ot Sl 1 BILe been CSuperintanders ed eighth vice president without a | JE4S UL 1 have been contest. .’ Report to Be Made. Kepresentative Woodruff of Mich gan, a member of the joint congres- sional committee which held exten- sive hearings looking to a general and comprehensive program of school legislation, notified the committee has been secretary for twenty-five | that this joint committee expects soon vears. The delegates arose and ap- |to file its report. plauded the re-election of Mr. Mor-|said that while the three school bills Morrison Is Re-Elected. The election of officers was com- | pleted, except election of fraternal delegates, by the re-election without opposition of Frank Morrison of Washington, as secretary. He is a member of the printers’ union and |is unfinished business on District day | Senate and | It was decided that no attempt will | * | whol 1 Chairman Focht | TWO CE TS. GRIFFITH TO TAKE OUSTER CASE INTO COURT FOR AIRING Charges Politics Alone Is Re- sponsible for Dismissal as Insurance Head. WHITE HOUSE LETTER ENTERS CONTROVERSY Resignation Sought Three Times Despite Commissioner’s 0. K. on Conduct of Office. Another political controversy over the appointment of District officlals and plans for the institution of legal pro- ceedings to determine whether em- vloyes of the District government are under the clvil service statutes came as a sequel today to the dismissal from office vesterday of Dr. Lewis A. Grif- fith, superintendent of insurance. Dr. Griffith was relieved from duty by the Commissioners yesterday “for the good of the service” At the same time Burt A. Miller was appointed his successor. Politics, Says Grifith. Following the issuance of a statement by Dr. Griffith, in which he attributed politics for his removal from office, W. Gwynn Gardiner, former District Com- {missioner, who has been retained as counsel for the former insurance super- intendent, announced that he would im- file 2 suit in the District Su- urt against the Commissioners | i | DR. LEWIS A. GRIFFITH. position at the head of the insurance department. The legal proceedings, 31 Gardiner said, are designed 10 te | whether the District government en ployes are under the civil service. | "It the District government em- ployes are under the civil service. Mr. Gardner said, “the Commission- | ers had no power or authority to dis- {miss Dr. Grifith wighout filing_written |charges against him, which they de- clined to do.” Under Civil Service. In his opinion, Mr. Gardiner pointed out, the District government employes come under the civil service statut | because @ certain percentage of their | salary is deducted for the civil service | retirement fund. Dr. Griffith, he main- tained, was under the civil service, be cause 21 per cent of his salary since | August, 1920, has been deducted for | the retirement fund. | Dr. Grifith charged in his statement |that not only did the Commissioner re- !fuse to file any charges against him, but declined to let him appear before | them. | “No charges of any | been preferred against me, so far as 1 {have been able to understand” said Dr. Griffith. “Upon the contrary, during March of the present year Commission- er Rudolph. who has direct charge and character have upervision of my office under the pres- lent Commissioner's assignment of de- partments, sent for me, and while in ! his office, he stated to me thus: The work of your office is en- tirely satisfactory.” There has never been to my knowledge & complaint | filed against you or the office during { your administration. You give you e time to the job. . I had hoped vou could be retained during my ntire term of office, but those {damned fellows on the hill have been after me.' Letter From White House. “I asked if the President was tak ing any part in the matter and he | saia ‘Not exactly, but Secretary Chris- tian has written me from the White ison. 3 . : Tleon. contest Daniel J. Tobin of In- |Ur&€d by Dr. Ballou ought to be put|House for the appointment dianapolls, ‘prestéent Of the team. |throush, there certainly must be| “He indicated to me that he could sters' union, won ré-election as treas- | legislation increasing the sal . et urer over Joseph A. Franklin of | =n b ol 0 EiticieslaticalaL i ithounll e e Bifl, Kansps City, Kan., president of the : . but he could not from the ite bollefmakers' union. The vote was It was the sense of the committee | H Tobin, 18,519; Franklin, 12,542. Aside from the election, the con- vention faced a big program of work, but officials were confident that a sine die adjournment would be reach- ed tomorrow. Among the questions pressing for action was the federa- tion's stand on the industrial court. inaugurated in Kansas, which was certain to draw the fire of the conven- tion, and the question of the recogni- tion of Russia. Radical elements among the delegates were ready to make a fight on the committee report, { trict-owned land at 14th and Upshur declaring a reafirmation of the fed-|streets. He reminded the committee eration’s stand against the Russian!that $150,000 had been appropriated government as at present constituted, | for this school and that while the and their efforts in behalf of the so- | residents of that vicinity have op- viet were expected to provide one of | posed the location, the District Com- the spectacular fights of the conven- | migsioners favor it. tion. fied that it.was he best site avail- —_——— able for the tubercular school build- ing. Representative Sproul said that if this measure is passed the school RAEA(_:HES LANGLEY FIE_LD' will be ready All-American Blimp to Be Given|Y**™ ‘Helium Gas Test Soon. NEWPORT NEWS, Va., June 23. The all-American blimp, recently con- structéd at Dayton, Ohio, has reached Langley Field, government flying sta- tion mear’Hampton, and will be offi- cially ‘tested ‘with helium gas in the 'near future. “The muchine will re- that by letting the members of the House knaw the desire to put through the teachers’ pay bill that a qurorum might be held in the House on Mon- day until this measure was passed. Representative Sproul of Illinois asked'the committee to substitute the Phipps bill for the measure he had introduced, authorizing the location of the tubercular school on the Dis- —_— TWO DIE IN NITRO BLAST. Blown to Atoms When .Autoload Explodes in Ohio. Dr. Ballou testi- | for occupancy next EAST LIVERPQOL, Ohio, June 23.— Two men were blown to atoms and se. fe furthet stated: ‘I might have to ask for your resignation' on or about the 15th of { May “The interview was pleasant and the Commissioner indicated by words and action his desire not to interfere With my office or to disturb me in my | position as superintendent of insur- {ance of the District af Columbia. Political Pressure Strong. { “The 15tn of May came. No request ! for my resignation was received, but in the meantime I was advised that at least one United States senator and other men of prominence were told by Commissioner Rudolph that the af- fairs of my office were entirely satis- factory and that he did not want to | remove me. but that political pressure was so strong that he feared that he would not be able to resist it. 1 was advised of the above statement made by \ Commissioner Rudolph to the Uni! States senator by the United States senator himself. “There was nothing more concern- ing the matter until Monday last about noon, when Commissioner Ru- dolph again. sent for me and stated to me that he desired my resignation that afterndon, to take effect July 1. I left the oflice without expressing place’ the Romu in American experi-|three houses in the outskirts of |myself as lo my intention. 3 mentation with lighter-than-air craft, {Wellsville were wrecked early today | . The Commissioner sent to my of- ind mow is ehg assembled by, some | when nitroglyccrin, being ,transported j fice three, timce requesting my resiss of the men who helped build hér. By autemobiie, iainied. SR sind it o e T ~