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3 ) . WEATHER. Fair ard continued warm tonight The Associnted aiso Member of the Associated Press the use for republication of all news di credited to it or mot oftherwise credited In tis Tress Is csclusively ent the local news published bereln rights of publication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Star. L ! and tomorrow. ~ * v | Temperature for twenty-two hours, | ended at nuon today: Highest, 84, al | oontoday; lowest, Go. at-4 aim.to- | Yull report on page 7. ll < ! . Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 19 b WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION No. 98,345, Lniered ss seoond-cluss matter WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1922_TWENTY-SIX PAGES. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 8%,3;4 TWO CENT RATHENAL S SHOT TODEATHINAUTD ASSASSIN ESCAPE German Foreign Minister | Victim of Unknown Men, Who Flee in Car. FURORE IN REICHSTAG FOLLOWING TRAGEDY Socialist Shouts, “You Are Mur- derer,” to Nationalist Deputy ‘When Wirth Announces Slaying. Rr the Associated Prees. BERLIN, June 24—Dr. Walter Rathenau, German minister of for- elgn affairs, was assassinated today. The minister was shot and instant- 1v killed as he was leaving his resi- dence in Grunewald, a suburb of Ber- lin, for the foreign office ir an auto- mobile. The murderer, who was driving in a motor car, slowed up as he was near- ing Dr. Rathenau and shot twice at the foreign minister, the shots tak- ing immediate fatal effect. Putting on high speed, the assassin escaped. No clue to the’identity of the murderer had been discovered up to noon today. Visited Houghton Last Night. Dr. Rathenau was a guest at din- ner last night of Alanson B. Hough- ton, the American ambassador. On receiving news of the assassination of the foreign minister this morning t American embassy hoisted its flag to half-mast. Official announcement of Dr. Rathe- nau's death was made in the reich- siag. The. assassination of Dr. Rathenau followed hard upon a vitriolic attack on the foreign minister by Dr. Kl:rl Helfferich in the reichstag yesterday, when the nationalist leader grilled the government generally and Dr. Rathenau in particular concerning the cabinet’s reparations policy and its attitude toward ‘the spopulation of the Rhinceland and the Saar Valley. The news of the assassination reached the relchstag at 11 o'clock, just when the commission on taxation had con- vened. Chancellor Wirth announced the assassination, upon which pande- monium broke out among the .various party groups. Relchatag in Tuvmedl, . .. Two soclalists jumped up, shouting 70 Dr. Helfferich; *‘You are the assas- sin!” They threatened to pounce upon him. and Dr. Helfferich hastily left the committee room. Tn one of the reichstag lounges a heated outbreak of recrimination oc- curred between deputies belonging to the left and a party of representatives of the other extreme in the chamber. When the news was communicated to ths reichstag itself at 11:25 o'clock 1t was received with deep emotion. Then amidst a turmoil the reichstag ad- fourned. There were two persons in the auto- mobile from which the shots that killed Dr. Rathenau were fired. His car was nearing his home and had reduced its speed when the machine containing the wssassins was encountered. Both the occupants are said to have opened fire upon the foreign minister, who fell to the floor of his car fatally wounded, ex- piring shortly afterward. alrge forces of police were quickly on the scene and a firing squad was dispatched in the direction the mutderers were believed to have taken. Drastic Action Planned. Following the assassination of For- eign Minister Rathenau it was an- nounced this afternoon that the gov- ernment _would the establishment of extraordinary courts for the trial of nationalist plot- ters and would proclaim a state of emergency for Prussia. All regl- mental reunions or militaristic dem- onstrations will be prohibited. Up to 1:30 o'clock this afternoon assassins, of whom nothing had been heard since they succeeded in speed- ing off after the shots were fired, the motor-cycle patrols which took up the pursuit losing the trail shortly after-its beginning. Dr. Rathenau was only a short dis- tance from his private residence in the fashionable Grunewald suburb when he was murdered, and his body was . immediately removed to his bome. Ablest Mam in Cabinet. . Dr. Rathenau, regarded as prob- abiy the ablest man in the Wirth cabtnet, with a decisive influence in shaping the government’s policy with respect to reparations and questions, also was the minister most disliked among the nationalists, who objected to his policies and also held hig Jewish extraction against him. This latter circumstance especiaily has made him the target of humiliat- ing attacks in anti-semitic quarters and ‘he recently was referred to in scurrilous terms in a ribald - song regiment. "Phe assassination. which occurred jast before 11 o'clock this morning, comes close on the heels of recent rumors . circulated among the so- cialists that nationalist plotters had syelected June 24, which is Mid-Sum- mer day, or the feast of St. John the Baptist, for a “St. Bartolomew feast,” *n which persons whose names were entered on a special black list were to be given short shrift. Wisard of Empire. . Dr. ‘Walter Rathenau was styled ‘the wizard of the German empire,” pecause, by his high powers of or- ganization and business efficiency. he devised expedients which kept “the people eating and the army shoot- ing” ‘when the blockade had shut off the importation of raw materials during the war. After the. war, as minister of reconstruction, his meet- ings with the French minister, Louis Loucheur, brought about ‘with busi- nessiike directness adjustments and accommodations which had beeg, the despair of diplomats. dcscribed as @ man of great force and energy, business acumen, vision and initiative. His father founded the Allegemeine Elaktrizitaets Ge- scllschatt (German General Electric Com] y of Berlin), commonly known as the A. E. G. After studying at bourg. Dr. Rathenau began his pro- fession of engineer with establish- ments in Switzerland and Savoy. Then hé went to the A. E. G. and rose rapidly to the head of the or- zunisation. Later he retired after (Continued on Page 3, Columa 4.) promptly ; immediately decree ! the police were without a clue to the| other | sung at the reunion of a nationalist | He was of Jewish birth and wl.l the Universities of Berlin and Stras- I WM. ROCKEFELLER DIES; By the Associated Press. TARRYTOWN, N. Y., June 24—Wil- | | llam Rockefeller, oil magnate and | brother of John D. Rockefeller, died | here today from preumonia, shortly | | before 7 o'clock. | Mr. Rockefeller had been 11l at his! home, Rockwood Hall, in North Tar-| rytown, since Sunday, but word of his condition was not made public. Five doctors, under the charge of Mr. Rockefeller's personal physician, Dr. W. J. Robertson, were in attend- | ance when the end came. Practically | the entire Rockefeller family were assembled at the deathbed. Built $250,000 Mausolenm. Mr. Rockefeller, who contracted a| heavy cold during the rains of the |1ast week end., had just completed { building a $250,000 mausoleum in the Sleepy Hollow cemetery. The mau- soleum was constructed according to his own plans and under his personal direction. Mr> Rockefeller began to sink rapid- ly yesterday morning, but rallied about 6 p.m. In the evening came an- other sinking spell. Physicians and | surgeons, fortified with all the re- | sources of science, kept a nightwatch, ! but it was obviously a losing fight. John D. Rockefeller remained at his home in Pocantico Hills, but was kept constantly informed of his brother's condition. He reached Rockwood | {Hall a few minutes after the end came. At the deathbed were Mr. Rockefeller's two daughters and two sons, Mrs. Rockefeller died about two vears ago. Eighty-One Years of Age. Mr. Rockefeller. who was eighty- one years old. had not recently been active in business, although he was active head of the Standard Oil Com- pany of New York from its estab- lishment in 1865 until 1911. Although | somewhat overshadowed by his elder | brother, John D. Rockefeller, William was one of the richest men in, America. Almost the only time ‘when his ac- | !tivities claimed much newspaper TRYTOFXBLANE. INWILSON HURDER Bitterness Marks Hunt for Scapegoat, Leading To- ward Head of Police. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 24.—The probable effect of the assassination of Field Marshal Wilson on the political situ- ation attracts attention this morning and all the newspapers speculate as to the position of the British govern- | ment in view of the recent burst of anger in parliament at the with- drawal of protection from prominent men. The intense indignation over the | murder is mingled with widespread feeling that it should have been pre- vented. and consequently a scapegoat is being sought. Home Secretary Shortt, as responsible head of the po- lice, has been singled out particularly as a necessary victim, and his removal is demanded. That he will prevent the political pressure on the govern- ment by voluntarily resigning is| predicated in some quarters. Monday's secssion of the house of: commons may see the defection of a large number of the coalition union- ists who have hitherto supported the government's Irish policy, but who are now more than inclined to attach | themselves to the “die-hards.” Exeuse for Attitude. These conservative waverers are represented as taking the attitude that they supported the Anglo-Irish treaty because the government as- sured them it would settle the Irish question and peace would follow. | Peace has not followed, they say, and the government must take the consequences. Nothing has occurred since the last | general election to weaken the party jallegiance so dangerously. | Whether this resentment will crys- tallize during the week end into a solid opposition menacing- the exist- ence of the government or whether a calmer view will prevaii by Monday will only be seen when the commons reconvenes. Many political writers declared the cabinet is seriously per- turbed at the outlook and that the government whips are anxiously reckoning the strength of the support they may expect should the issue come to a head. Widespread Plot Report. The report of a widely organized plot of viplence and outrage against English public men persists, but nothing tangible has been unearthed (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) | | i { By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 24.—Oxford Uni- versity has no academic gown large ‘enough to fit the ample pro- portions of William Howard Taft, so the former President had a tai- lor ‘take measurements for a new robe In which next Wednesday he will receive the degree of doctor of laws. . When it was announced that he was to appear at court there was much speculation as to whether he would wear the customary cos- tume, including knee breeches, as worn by Ambassador Harvey and other diplomats, or ordinary even- ing dress. Mr. Taft solved the problem by appearing in his judi- cial rebes. Mrs. William Howard Taft has had a busler social week in London than she ever faced as mistress of the White House What with three audiences with the king and “queen, an eudless round of com- plimentary luncheons. teas and dinners, visits to charity<fairs and ILL ONLY SINCE SUNDAY Pneumonia Claims John D.’s Brother al Age of 81—Fortune Estimaled at $100,000,000 to $250,000,000. space in 1912 and 1913, when the congressional committee investi- the cengressional committee investi- gating the “money trust” combed the country for him as a witness. He was finally lecated at Nassau, Bahama 1s landr, but when an effort was made to question him in his cottage there, he was seized with such ms of coughing that the ¢ WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER. warned by his physicians that it might cause his death if the exami- nation was continued. Tt then was admitted that he was suffering from cancer of the throat. Fortune 100 to 250 Millionx. Although he retained many of his directorships, Mr. Rockefeller of late years shifted much of his busin responsibility to the shoulders of h son Perey. \ None of his Wall street associates | have ventured an estimate of his for- | tune, but it was generally believed “(Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) A.F.L.VOTES DOWN RUSS RECOGNITION Action . Taken After Hard Fight by Soviet Friends. Convention to End. iated Press. NATI, June the the third successive ycar the Ameri- can Federation of Labor was placed on record by the action of its con- vention here today against recogni- tion of the soviet Russian govern- ment. With adjournment tonight in sight, the convention began its last day's work with the question of recogn tion of soviet Russia holding the right of way. However, only two speeches—one for, the other against —were possible under the parlia- mentary situation. President Samuel Gompers and other foes of the soviet, having scored a preliminary victory in fore- stalling protracted debate. were ready to press forward with their program calling for the federation to go on record as opposed to the soviet. The radical forces, however, pressed their fight the night trying to line up delegates for a declaration putting the federa- | tion as favoring recognition of Rus- sia by the United States. Disposition of the Russian question cleared the way for other business, which had accumulated in such pro portions that a night session was a possibility. ever. hoped to escape long arguments so that a clean-up might permit sine die adfournment at the end of the afternoon session. The approach of the end of the con- vention cast its shadow ahead of it. Empty seats here and there indicated that many of the 470 delegates who came here from all parts of the coun- | try almost three weeks ago had al- ready departed for home. Theirglesire to leave manifested itself by thé elec- tion being moved up to vesterday. Under the federation's constitution, the election must be held the last day of the convention, and to run around this requirement, the convention took a recess last night rather than an ad- Journment. | HARD-COAL TAX UPHELD. PHILADELPHIA, June 24—The Pennsylvania supreme court today de- clared constitutional the act of 1921 taxing anthracite coal 113 per cent of its value at the mines. OXFORD GOWNS TOO SMALL FOR TAFT, SPECIAL ONE MADE TO GIVE DEGREE occasional shopping tours, every minute has been occupied The king and queen bave shown the Tafts unusual attention and hospitality. At each of the court functions™ they have taken the Amerlcan chief justice and his wife aside and chatted with them in- timately. “They have been just lovely to us.” Mrs. Taft told the correspen- dent. “The queen talked to me . quite sisterly and familiarly and the king exchanged funny stories with Mr. Taft. They gave us a little court all to ourselves. They have. a very .high regard for America and Americans, and asked us many questions that showed the interedt with which they are fol- lowing cvents in the United States.” 4 Mra. Faft is thoroughly enjoy- ing her stay in London, but finds prices much higher than at home, and she is limiting her purchases accordingly. To her friends ‘she has remarked particularly . the high prices demanded by the hair- dressers, mentioning as Instances a charge, of $3 for a shampoo and a like amount to have the feathers adjusted in her hair, so she could be presented at courty in oratory after having spent | Convention leaders, how- | legislative PRESDENT HOLDS NDEAGON CABINET i Members Free to Express ; Views, It Is Announced After ! Weeks Controversy. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding feels that everyy member of his cabinet has a right to | express himself on any subject with- jout necessarily committing the ad- | ministration to his view. This atti- | tude, made known at the White House, |is regarded as the administration's | answer to the recent utterances of | | Senator Capper of Kansas. who sug- | gested that Secretary of War Weeks ' | ought to resign because of his speech | suggesting modification of the Vol- | stead laws and eriticising the direct primary. | The President has noted the speeches {in Congress and elsewhere comment- {ing on Secretary Weeks addresses, | but has not felt that Mr. Weeks was { expressing any officlal administration opinion. but was giving simply his {ewn comments. Mr. weeks, as a for- | mer member of the United States Sen- jate from Massachusetts and before | that as a prominent member of the { House of Representatives, has had the | opportunity to make his own obsery tions of modern tendencies in gov-| ernment, and although his speeches : | have aroused a storm of protest. there is every evidence now that Mr. Hard- {ing will not take him to task for | them even though he may disagree with Mr. Weeks. Views in Acce: It so happens that on the question of the ill effects of the direct primary system President Harding is in ac- cord with his Secretary of War. Mr. Harding has openly advocated a re- turn to the convention system of nominations. After modification of the dry laws the President hasn't discussed that pkase of prohibition at all except to insist that he favored rigld enforcement of present statutes. Senator Capper of Kangas, has, however, accomplished something by his attack _on Mr. Weeks. » He has forced the White House to differenti- ate between a cabinet minister's view and that of the administration. Some- times, members of a presidential cabi- net take offense if it is pointed out that they are not spokesmen of the administration to which they belong. In one case at least—that of Secre- tary of War Garrison—a resignation foliowed the inference that a member of the cabinet might hold one view and the administration approve the adoption of another policy in Con- gress. Former President Wilson always sought to have his cabinet ministers confine their utterances to things that would not embarrass the adminis- {tration. Under the present regime, Will Hays, who until recently was Postmaster General, used to take his speeches to the White House and read {them to Mr. Harding so as to make sure that he was reflecting accurate- ly the administration viewpoint. Not Willing to Be Cennor. The President doesn’t feel that he {should act as censor over the utter- ances of his cabinet ofticers. 1f they wish to bring their speeches to him ! beforehand he will give them the benefit of his counsel, but the Hard- ing idea is that a democratic system of government is best developed by permitting freedom of speech inside jas well as outside the official circle. The presumption is that Mr. Har- ding does not mean to be taken lit- erally, but that his ides embraces only the discussion of subjects which are not under consideration officially. It is not deemed probable that the President would sanction, for in- stance, speeches favoring the bonus by hla Secretary of the Treasury, while he opposed the grant of a bo- nus. Nor world it be approved if | Mr. Hoover were to make speeches | favoring the league of nations as he did before entering the cabinet. But most cabinet members will be dis- { creet enough to draw the line be- { tween matters pending in cabinet council and thosc which are general in character, and which may be sald to be academic questions 80 far as immediate action by the government is concerned. Freedom of speech for cabinet officers really means discre- tion, after all, with a little more tol- erance on Mr, Harding’s part thai has been presidential custom. ) (Copyright, 1922.) JOBS FOR VETERANS. Only disabled veterans of the world war who have completed vocational training under the rehabilitation divi- sion of the Veterans' Bureau will be given the advantages of the new em- ployment_service organized throughout the country, it was announced today by the bureau. Numerous inquiries had been recelved, it was stated, from per- sons _bellevin the bureau would find positions ex-service mens | ! 1 i t | { ONLY ROCK ON RIVER BED; FINDER IS IN DISGRACE By the Associated Press. TANGUISHE JESUIT TREASURE CHEST "M".I_ER ASSUMES Ontario, .. treasure chest at the bottom of the Wye river has turned out to be a nice, big, flat rock about six feet long, and the inventor of the gold-finding needle is in disgrace. Capt. Bob Carson, whose dredge moved tons of sand to reach the spot where he had been assured the long-lost golden treasure lay put on his diving suit and de scended to locate the chest and hook chains around it. When he had been under water about three minutes the bubbles from his air tube increased with such rapidity that onlookers above thought he was under excitement because his sedrch was over. Excitedly he was hoisted to the dredge and when his heimet w unscrewcd the crowd waited w bated breath. “Up anchor, and pyt for home.” barked the captain. *There's your blasted treasure,” and he held up a_pleca of black rock. SEEK T0 PUT CORB ON TARFF DEBATE Senate Petition Invoking Cloture Drawn by Curtis. Lodge Signs. Senate republican leaders today put into operation their plan to curb de- bate on the long-pending tariff bill. A petition to invoke the existing clo- ture rule, operative under a two- thirds vote, was drafted by Senator Curtis of Kansas, republican, chairman and party whip, and its cir-, culation begun. The first name to the petition was said to have been that of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican leader. Sixteen signatures only are required under the rule to authorize its presentation to the Senate, but it was planned to secure more before taking further action. That the motion for cloture would not be made before next week was probable. Republican senators behind the movement said they thought it possible that within a few days the necessary two-thirds vote might be pledged. Cloture Demand Renewed. So slowly did the consideration of the tarifl bill proceed yesterday that | new impetus was given to the de- mand made by many of the repub- licans that & new majority cloture rule for appropriation and revenue measures be adopted. Senator Watson, republican,. In- diana, was said to have made the suggestion for an attempt to apply the two-thirds rule now in the rule book. within a day or two to begin cir- culating a petition. It was hoped, how- ever, to obtain in advance pledges of the necessary two-thirds support. Re- publican leaders said it was possible that the necessary pledges might be ob- tained, or within'a few votes of the re- quired two-thirds. .. Lodge -Makes Threa: Senator Lodge said he believed the cloture move would 'be made. If this effort to get an early vote on the bill should fail, Senator Lodge added, the republican leadership was con- sidering seriously the plan to lay ustde the tariff bill and make a fight for the new rul: to invoke cloture by majority vote and “fight it out ail summer, if necessary. Committee amendments. in only two paragraphs of the bill were disposed of vesterday apd the votes on these were the first the Senate had had since the consideration of the measure was resumed last Tuesday, following pas- sage of the naval appropriation bill. Rates approved were on chains and spades, - scythes, etc. -The rates on chains ranged from % cent a pound to 35 per cent ad valorem and repre- sented a material reduction from the duties originally proposed by the committee majority. EVEREST CLIMB MAY END. Weather Bad as Expedition Reaches Altitude of 27,300 Feet. LONDON. June 24—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Cal- cutta reports that it is feared fur- ther efforts on theé part of Gen. Bruce's exploration party to reach the summit of Mount Everest will be unsuccessful,- owing to. unfavorable weather and the danger of frostbite. The report says members of the party have reached an altitude of 27,300 ee No further progress is expected, adds the dispatch, as all the ex- plorers are more or less incapaci- tated, owing to hardships, and it is believed the whole party is return ing to Darj vice | He said he was planning| 16 MISSING AT SEA AS RACING SCHOONER IS WRECKED ON ISLE By the Associuted 'res HALIFAX, a Scotia, June 24. ~—The schooner Puritan, out of Gloucester, prospective contender in the international fishermen's ces next fall, has been wrecked able Island Afvices received here stated that eight men had reached shore, but that sixteen were Inissing. T HOTELHERE T0.OST S0 Structure to Be Erected at 15th and K Streets to Have 500 Rooms. Announcement of plans for con- jstruction of an imposing ten-story {hotel, to be known as the Ritz-Carl- !ton, at the northwest corner Jf 15th and K streets, estimated to cost be- i tween eight and nine million dollars, j was made today by the Ritz-Carlton Holding Corporation. The hotel will ibe operated as a unit of the Ritz- {Carlton system, headquarters of which are in New York city and Lon- don. It is the announced intentfon of the | hotei Interests 10 make their Washing- jton project “the finest hotel world.” The hotel will comprise 500 { rooms, and will be of the most modern | fireproof construction throughout. Washington Men Stockholders. Tie holding corporation has been | chartered under the laws of Dela- H { | i I { Junction with Ritz-Carlton represen- | tutives. Bryan Pitts is president {of the corporation, Samuel J. Henry GRIFITH'S PLACE | 0ath Administered Despite‘ Controversy, and Keys | Asked by Monday. | Whether there was any intent or part of the District Com- | o “steal mareh” on Gwynn Gardiner. counsel for Dr. Lewis A. Griffith. dismissed sup- erintendent of insurance, the oath of office was administered to his suc- dale is secretary-treasurer. ing th board of directors, tion to Mr. Pitts and Mr. Henry, are William H. West, William Harris of London, head of the Ritz-Cariton sys- tem, and Albert Kellar of New York city, director general of the system's merican hotels. With the excep- { tion of the two men last named, all of those tion a i i are Washington men. te comprising 36,000 square feet of cessor. Burt A. Miller. today, although -‘d ncil\_uding lhr.-,l;;‘ld f\\arlder P Sl erty on K street e frontage on it had been originally planned toy il ™ 500 faet and the depth on swear him in office Monday murmng.{hm street is 180 feet. In additio to this land the company has ac quired the property to the rear, on L street, where facilities for service to the hotel will be provided. Stone and Steel Work. | Pians for the structure have been | grawn by J. H. de Sibour, local archi- tect, and Warren & Wetmore of New York city. The latter firm designed other of the Ritz-Carlton hotels. The exterior of the proposed build- ing will be of Indiana limestone. . Attorney Gardiner had made plans |t5 fite in the District Supreme Court onday morning, shortly before Mr. | MilTer was to be inducted into office. |an injunction to restrain the Com- missioners from ousting Dr. Grifith. The Commissioners. however, hustled Mr. Miller into Commissioner Ru- dolph’s office this morning, he faced Daniel Garges, secretary to the board of Commissioners, swore his oath and became District commissioner of in- Escorted to Office. After taking the oath of office. Mr. | completion. . A number of unique features have iriffith that they expect the k rounded on four sides by a balcony. desk Monday afternoon before 3:30 o'clock There’s a bright future for the District of Columbia in the insurance line. ac- cording to Mr. Miller. In a short in- formal chat, after being sworn in, he stated that the marine insurance act. which is a_model law in force in the District of Columbia. opens possibilities for the District of Columbia becoming an A large crystal dining room. mod- eled after that in the of New York city, will open on the south and cast into a colonnade, forming in summer a screened. open- air dining room and in winter a glass-inclosed £un parlor and dining room, overlooking McPhrerson square. There also will be a large palm garden and conservator: an insurance center for national possibly international operations of n- A Presidential Suite. surance companies. The marine act gives the privilege | There will be provided a special to companies chartered in the Dis- | esidential suite, heralded as the et under its provisions, to writin = e inie line insurance. covering | most sumptuous suite of hotel rooms marine, fire and other types, but ex- |in this country, and a number of clusive of life and surety bonds. diplomatic suites, equipped exclu- A big change noted under the new lact, also, Mr. Miller pointed out, the fact that companies of the I ely for use by foreign delegations on long-term leases. It is said that already have trict chartered under the new act|several reservations d will be taxed upon their net under- | heen made for these diplomatic writing profits instead of upon their | rcoms. The public rooms on the main floor gross premium receipts. This is ex- and all the guest rcoms above will pected to prove an immense stimu- Tant 1o the establishment of insur-iye furnished and decorated to corre- ance companies in the District of {spond with interior appearance of Columbia. = {other noted hotels in the chain. = ‘ Al negotiations in connection with nformation pyeoece: L i eq Tare being handied through Regarding the details of admin- ) ihe offices of the F. H. Smith Company istration of the office of commissioner | of tlis city. of insurance. Mr. Miller intimated that it was his firm belief that the | e T {insurance commissioner should have | ED FESS. A hin fger 1pa evers avallable do- {W0O0D TO SUCCEED tail of data relative to the type class- g = ification, operation and financial de-!Qhioan Quitting Congressional {ails of every insurance company do- ing, business under (hn_hwlrlcl la: EHer e inat e valuation | The resignation of Chairman Simeon Sha statistics on this subject, so that ! D. Fess of the republican congres- inquiries along thix line could be | gjonal committee will be presented to L‘,’;"?:::vw“h the maximum speed and |, o oting of the committee at Wash- . 24 = o g : The Commissioners today empha- | ington next Wednesday night. In is- sized that Mr. Miller's appointment ! suing a call for the meeting toda was in no way due to presidential in- X % % Sttt fuence. He was selected practically | Mr: Fless "“g‘{‘;‘:d?; ired fitoren upon merit. it was stated. Jt is true, | cause of his Lan@ e however, fhat ~Senator Pomerene, | nomiation E democrat. of Ohio, is ascribed to hav y. A v i Members_sald Representative Wil- ing been active in bringing the merits’ | Members said [eprrrchratis <00 chairman, probably would be eclected Committee for Senate Race. | in the Ohio of Mr. Miller to the attention of the Assurance that the removal of Dr. Griffith was entirely regular was | given by the District officials today. SHERRILL ORDERS POLICE TO ARREST THOSE WHO DROP PAPERS IN PARKS Newspapers. peanut hulls and other litter must not be thrown about Washington's parks, and left there. _Persons persisting in the prac- tice will be arrested. After trying “various means of moral suasion” to get the public to co-operate in keeping the parks in “a cleanly, sightly and attrac- tive condition” Lieut. Col. C. O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, has found that the public has become so lax in obeying orders for disposal of trash in the parks that he has finally issued an order to the park police. “Arrests will be avolded, if pos- sible,” says the order. “but if per- sons are glven explicit inetructions to pick up newspapers and then deliberately fail to do So before leaving the site, they will be ar- "7 v o€ the faot” says’ the “ 3 " SaYs s committee system of promotion. ually’ being strewn w pers used by the publ nicking, or reclining on the grass, and of the continual failure of thq public to remove this paper when leaving the parks, it will be neces- sary to rigidly enforce the regu- lation forbidding the throwing of paper. fruit skins or any such rabbish anywhere except in the receptacles provided for that pur- pose. All members of the park po- lice are hereby instructed to see that when any one does place newspapers on the grass or on benches to provide a dry. clean place to ‘rest upon. that they are advised of the neceesity of re- moving all paper upon leaving. and that they may be arrested for failure to do so.” Col. Sherrill said that on last Sunday the entire western portion of West Potomac Park and the lower half of East Potomac Park were literally covered with scat- tered newspapers, fragments of newspapers, wrapping paper and other debris from picnickers and siglhitseern in the | "Ware by Washington men in con- | vice president and C. Elbert Ana- | Compos- in addi- | connected with the corpora- | The corporation has purchased a | A e At a Steel frame construction will be used. > next move of Attorney Gardiner |\’ i g H 15 'mot knowt, . He is reported to be| Work on the operation will begin out of the city today !in the near future, it is stated. De- {tafled plans are now in course of i | Miller was escorted to his office b e o {retary Garges. The keys to th been planned for the hotel with the Ihis prede :)r.Tllvrkj',:w|: e e idea of mak it unsurpassed in had not been turned in. howev hostelry circies. A baliroom,, to be the Commissioners have the largest in the eity, will be sur- The ballroom will be on the first floor. | Ritz-Carlton | ¢ for republican | to succeed Mr. Fess. in line with the! MILITARY BOARD 10 PROBE. LAXITY - DURING MINE RioT | Sheriff, Prosecutor and Cor- oner at Herrin Must Ex- plain Inaction. CARETAKERS RETURN UNDER UNION GUARD { Threatened, Men Had Abandoned ‘Workings—Trouble Averted by Prompt Measures. | Myers Says Mine ¥ Warfare Proves America Not Free ‘The wouthern Illinois mine disorders were held up by Sen- ator Myers, democrat, Montana, in the Senate today as “proof” 't there is no free America und a justification for the as- wertion that there cam be “no free Americn »o long as Amer- | team citizens cammot work | where, when, for whom and at whatever price they choose without seeking the comsent of an invisible government—an organized minority.” The Montana senator read to the Senate news dixpatches re- counting “atrocities” in details of the disorders in the Herrin dintrict, declaring “more horrible thi mitted by the Germans during the war—atrocities which men this floor and vigor- most of the victims of the mas- ancre were men “gullty only of the crime of exercining 1t right of earning ay’s wage.” | By the Associated Press. HERRIN, Ill, June 24—A state | military investigation of the Lester mine massacre, which took betweex twenty-five and forty lives, was begur { today by a board headed by Maj. Gen ! Milton Fereman of the state militia lacting under orders trom Gov. Les Small which were issued when the chief executive became aroused oves | failure of local officials to take any ! steps against the miners who cap- | tured and killed the majority of strik¢ breakers working in the strip mine. Gen. Foreman and his committey | reached here this morning, motoring | from Carbondale after reaching thery | by train. They were met by Col. Sam- | uel Hunter of the adjutant general’y | office, who has been here several days | His orders to return to Springfield to. day were canceled and he immediatel} became a guide for the military board | Gen. Foreman and the officers accom. panving him proceeded to Marion. thy county seat, where conferences witl | State’s Attorney Delous L. Duty ant heriff Melvin Thaxton were planued A tour of the area of the fight wai i made and it was expected that numer- ous persons believed to kuuw some thing of the disorders would be call ed before the board. Will Investigate OMcials. i 1 1 | | Gen. Foreman has been instructet | particularly to learn Why the state’s | attorney had not taken steps toward | convening a special grand jury, and | why the coroner’s inquest had no' | been held and why these officials re: | peatedly refused to authorize Col | Hunter to call for troops, even aft ler an indignation meeting of miner { was held the day before the fighting started, and even after the mineri had marched on the mine. He also hal | been instructed, it was understood | to learn why Sheriff Thaxton repeat | edly told Col. Hunter that he coull handle the situation and yet ignorel ! Col. Hunter's request that some spe: ial preparations for an emergency I e. m;"“:il\fro of the local officials to send i out an adequate force of deputiel the night the firhting began and dur. ing the following day, when almosi unheard-of decds of cruelty and bru- tality were committed, also was 3 point to be investigated. Requests Were Ignored. Another matter to be looked was why numerous requests from governor for information after the trouble started were ignored by county authorities and why, when he \as receiving scores of " telegrami from private citizens lillm._u! the outrages, he was continually inform- | cd by the authorities that the situa | tion “was well in hand” and that the { troops were not needed. There waj little doubt that Gen. Foreman an | his board would not receive a wel come of any particular cordiality from the county as a whele. Willlamson county has snown a de cided disinclination to welcome any outside interference in the massderg Which is lcoked on s a local affail which =houid be ignored by the re: of the werld. Persons on the stred have been heard repeatedly to re. mark that ! their guns would away from them. inte | | the { i | | | if troops had been seni have been takes Comment on the strects expressed resentment over the sending of the military board, although officials said they would gladly co-operate with it Col. Hunter, who, the governor gaid might have been influenced wrongly by local officials because he is & na tive of Marion, said that he was cer. | tain the board would not aim any | investigation at him. “I did my duty and even exceedey {1t at times,” he said, “I have giver {almost continuovus reports to my su !periors at Springfield. I have re | peatedly stated that the local officiali | were lax in their preparations for th { trouble expected ‘and in the investl { gations of it. Iam glad the governo! !has taken this step, for it will beai | out my own official reports.” | Sheriff Thaxton and Mr. Duty botd | promised co-operation. The situation in the county wa made considerably more tense for { short time last night when scores of caretakers guarding the mines durin the strike through agreement bei tween owners and unions, quit wory under threats from groups of miners Shortly afterward Hugh Willis, dis trict board member of the umion, and- other officials persuaded them to r turn after miner guards had beex stationed to protect them. Had thy men remained away, millions of dol- ¥ Contlnued oa Page 2, Columa 1)