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] ' LOVE LETTERS MAY SOLVE GIRL'S DEATH Fragments Pieced Together When Police Reject Suit- l or’s Story of Suicide. By the Associated Press. FREEPORT, N. Y., June 24.—While detectives were trying to plece to- gether bits of love letters found in the yard of Miss Edith Lavoy's home here, officials today began to forge a Chain of murder evidence against her Swectheart, William Creasy of Cov- imgton, Ky. Miss Lavoy W shot through the head’ last night while Creasy was in the house and it was Creasy who reported the tragedy to the police. The letter fragments were found by investigators from Assistant District Attorney Edwards' office. He imme- diately ordered every small bit gath- ered up and assigned his detectives to put them together as soon as pos sible in the hope of finding clues. All of them, Mr. Edwards sald, were writ- ten by Creasy to Miss Lavoy, who Wwas a school teacher here. S=ys Woman Shot Self. According to friends of the girl, she! had determined yesterday to mive| Creasy up. But Creasy, who is now | in the county jail on a murder charge, tells a different story. He said, in a sworn statement, that he was reclining with Miss Lavoy on a couch in her sitting room and that when he fell aslecp she shot herself, using his gun. The county officials, as soon as morning came to aid their earch, re- Tused to accept Creasy's story. They also discounted a story they received that the two had made a suicide pact, but that Creasy had refused to Kill hirhself. Evidence Contradictive. According to Edwards, the position in which Miss Lavoy's body was found was not natural. He said that there were three streams of blood running from the woungd in her fore- head and that all of' thém seemed to prove she had been sitting when she was shot. When the body was found it was reclining on ‘thecouch, with the left hand hanging over. In the hand was clutched Creasy's gun. Creasy said that he had been mar- ried, but was divorced. His wife now is living with her father, Ed Cottle, in Huntington, W. Va. he said. Creasy was arraigned almost be- fore davbreak. Police Judge South- ard held court in a room adjoining that in which the girl died, while the | body was still there, and refused o accept the Kentuckian's plea of “not! guilty Creasy was sent at once without bail jo Mineola jail. ALLEGED SLAYER CAUGHT; CHASED AROUND WORLD Wanted for Murder of Maryland Soldier—Four-Year Search Is Ended. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, Mass, June 24—Vincent Paul Purey, alias Victor Paul Purey, alias Paul Perry, was arrested here last night for the murder of Private Orlin 8. Carey of Salisbury, Md., at! Camp McClellan, Ala., April 25, 1919. The arrest was the result of an accldental meeting of Perry and a policeman and ended a four-year| search which carried federal agents| into practidally every country of the| world. | Carey was murdered while on duty as a guard over four prisoners who were doing work in an isolated part| of the camp. Perry, who was one of the detail of four men, is alleged to have struck Carey over the head | with ~ piece of scantling, orushing his skull. The four were indicted for the murder. One is now serving a ten- vear term in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, the other two still being at large. At the time of the indict- ment Perry was in South America, and it was on that continent that the federal agents began the chase| which led them to all corners of the| world. —_— HONOR GREEK DIPLOMAT. Joannes Gennadius Gets Doctor of Letters Degree at Princeton. Joannes Gennadius, dean of the dip- lomatic corps of Greece, who is in the Tnited States on a &pecial diplomatic | mission, was honored yesterday by | Princeton University with the degree of docgor of letters. In tfe presentation of the degree tributé was paid to M. Gennadius “as a scholar, benefactor, diplomat, pa- triot. now honored by the supreme permanent diplomatic rank his coun- try can bestow.” Beginning his ca- reer in Washington a half century! 220, he long served as Greek minister to Great Britain, fulfiled a special mission here and was Greek delegate in the trying negotiations after the Balkan war. His many writings have | been published here and abread. SPECIAL NOTICES. Reaches Peak of P. O. Civil Service Salaries KIDGTUN, e Malcolm Kerlin, resigned, an of the postal xavings wystem, highest salaricd civil werviee post the Post Office Department, carrying a snlary of $4,500. Mr. Buffington ix now superintendent of the division of finance. He firat cams to Washington in 1898 ax clerk in the War Depart- ment. He resides at 1317 Harvard treet. WIRTH DONS ARMOR " T0 BATTLE JUNKERS AND SAVE REPUBLIC (Continued from First Page.) gun. They were not without viciou: interruptions from the left side of the chamber, however. Wirth's Voice Drowned Out. “This seat,” said the president, pointing to Dr. Rathenau's place on the government bench, “would not be vacant today had it not been for the boundless inflammatory agitation di- rected against the heads of the go ernment.” This remark was ad- dressed to the right side of the House. He paid Dr. Rathenau a moving tribute for his unselfish devotion to the cause of the republic. and his speech ev loud cries of “Long live the republic!” in which the galleries Jjoined. Chancellor Wirth, who followed, could hardly make his volce carry bevond the first few rows of seats. He was_visibly moved, for the loss of Dr. Rathenau is a distinctly personal matter with him. The foreign minis- ter was known to have been more than a mere cabinet was the driving force in policies for which the chancellor was given cred- it, and the foreign minister was gen- erally viewed as the chancellor's “coach. Dr. Wirth recalled Rathenau's work at Genoa, expressing the conviction that the dead minister's sentiments as expounded in the presence of the allied leaders sounded a new note in behalf of international reconciliation. He praised him for having pointed out # path which would lead to the world's economic restoration. PRESS DISCUSSES TRAGEDY. One Paper Sees “No Prospect of Suitable Successor.” By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 24—The assassina- tion of Dr. Rathenau has evoked press comment varying according to party lines. The liberal organs ex- press vehement condemnation, while the nationalist papers emphasize that their factions were not responsible. Some of the papers remark on the irony of fate for a man who unselfish- 1y quit a lucrative industrial environ- ment in order to serve his country. The Tageblatt deplores that a man so brilliant, patriotic and influential nationally should be s2crificed. The Boersen Zeitung says that financial and industrial clrcles feel that the murder has robbed Germany of an in- telligence urgently needed by the country “in these days of deepest po- litical depression, and for whom there is no prospect of a suitable succes- sor.” The Boersen Courier is of the opin- ion that the horror of the tragedy is more than the people can bear and that there is no word in the German language to describe it. “Whoever today attains govern- mental heights in Germany,” it adds, “must be prepared to make his reck- oning with heaven.” The assassination of Dr. Rathenau affected the bourse immediately, the dollar leaping to the high-water mark of 853. 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Frank. 817. colleague—he | BELIEVES N POWER OF SUPRENE COURT Senator Pepper at Sam Tirpg Warns Lawyers of Changed Conditions. Special Dispateh to The Star. PORTSMOUTH, N. H. ator George W. Pepper of Pennsylva- nia, before the New Hampshire Bar Assoclation here today, upheld the system in this country by which the Supreme Court has been made the de- ciding factor in determining the con- stitutionality of the laws énacted by | Congress. At the same time, he point- ed out to the members of the bar | that the worid has changed much in the last seventy years; that dogma- jtism.is today in partial eclipse, and that “there are multitudes today | whose unhappy experiences with things as they. aré make them hos- pitable to all sorts of schemes for changing exerything for the better.” He urged the members of the bar to remember this and to “act like statesmen with convictions rather than_like old-fashioned orthodoxy in the presence of heretical utterances.” Renent Conrt Attacks. “You and 1 said Senator Pepper to' the members of the bar, “have what we regard as a just apprecia- tion of the place ot the judiciary in our national life. We think we know what the Supreme Court of the United States has meant to us from the be- ginning. Knowledge in our case has brought reverence. When somebody attacks American_courts in general, or the Supreme Court in particulay, iwe are moved to resent it almost a. 1 we would blasphemy. ‘Every organized government must place its ultimate trust either in the executive, or in the legislative or in the judiciary. Germany defled the executive, with consequences that are familiar to us. England has placed her supreme trust in parliament and parliament has proved to be the pal- ladium of English liberty. Safe to Trust High Court. “It i clecr to me that nine selected men, with life tenure of office and a written Constitution to guide them, can safely be trusted to determine the conformity or nonconformity of leg- islative enactment to the prescrip- tions of the Constitution, and may be allowed the authority to Invglidate legislation found to_be in conflict therewith. “We ought not to become emotional ! as we read the proceedings of the last few days in the convention of the | Ameri Federation of Labor at Cincinnati. The facts stare these carnest men in the face. One is that the Supreme Court recently declared the federal child-labor law unconsti- tutional; the other is that the Su- preme Court recently declared that the consequence of civil liability for torts attaches to unincorporated labor unions in the same way In which such liability would attach to groups of people associated for business pur- pose: These judicial decisions, which seem to us so normal and in- evitable, seem to them like symptoms of a judicial tyranny. WESTERN MARYLAND ROAD IN MERGER PLAN Head of B., R. & P. Railway Con- i firms Report of Negotiations for Four-Line Union. ROCHESTER, liam T. Noon, president of the Ruffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh railway, t night confirmed the report that ne- gotiations were under way for a mer- ger of the B, R & P. railway with the Western Maryland, the Wheeling and Lake Erie and the Toledo, St Louis and Western railroads. He said he was unable to discuss details of the plan, however. —_— POLITICAL CONTROL OF U. S., LABOR’S AIM (Continued from First Page.) A promise of financlal aid to strik- was held out by the executive council being directed to make a general ap- peal for voluntary contributions. The council also was directed to investi- gate the patent laws of foreign coun- tries and take such action as it might deem necessary to stimulate American productfon under all patents. Two representatives were praised by the adoption of a committee re- port which said they had “thwarted a scheme of reactionaries In the House of Representatives to appro- priate money for the Department of Justice to prosecute, or rather perse- cute, labor and farmers under the anti-trust act” These were Repre- sentative Nolan, republican, Cali- fornia, and Representative Johnson, democratic, Kentucky, and the con- vention voted an expression of thanks for their work. Would Join With Farmers. Efforts by organized labor to join hands with farmers for mutual ben- efit were approved by the convention in adopting a committee report di- recting the council to continue to do “what it can in futherance of edu- cational work as will acquaint the | farmers with the issues that not only affect wage earners, but the farmers as well.” A resolution also was adopted putting the federation on record in opposition to “blinket legislation” for the repeal of laws that discrim- inate against women. In urging that specific repeals be proposed wherever any state laws discriminate against women the resolution said that a general repeal would jeopardize laws of benefit to women. In adjourning the convention President Gompers praised its work, referring especially to the action against the Russian soviet as “fun- dzmentally righteous.” He also de- clared that the convention had dem- onstrated that organized labor “stood 100 per cent” 4in support of the Amer- ican government and institutions. Supplementing this speech with a formal statement tonight, Mr. Gom- pers declared the convention closed “with a constructive, American rec- ord of which we are proud,” and add- ed, “we have sought to do those things which would be of service to all of our people and which would expand the opportunities and libe ties of all men, women and children. RULE ON. POLICE JUDGES. Trials Under Prohibition Act Con- tested by Petitioners. Justice Hitz of the District Supreme Court yesterday issued a rule on the judges of the Police Court to show cause July 31 why they should not be prohibited from proceeding with the trials of Robert Willlams and Joseph S. Graves, charged with violations of the national prohibition act. Through Attorney T. Morris Wamp- ler the petitioners say the national prohibition act does not give authority to the Police Court to try violators of its provisions, but Ymposes only the duty of a committing magistrate to hold the alleged offender for th actipn of the grand jury. e ter mine massacre, presents a solid -| front—golldly republican, soMdly Len ‘| Small, solidly miners-in-office. , June 24.—Sen.- | ‘Herrin Sheriff, Former Miner, . | Seeks Office as Treasurer !| By the Associated Press, ’| *BERLIN, IIl, June 24.—In politic Willlamson county, scene of the Le: The colnty is 90 per cent tniners, a large peércentage of them belng for- elgn born. West Frgnkfort, Johnston City, Herrin, Carterville—all of these towns are, made up largely of. for- eigners, most .of whom. are miners. Marlon, the county seat, is, the. one, possible exception. Its population has a smaller percentage of foreign- ers than the other towns, but an equal percentage of miners. - Politics in the county s controlled by the mige vote, and a gounty official who is not with the miners has little chance. of election. Sheriff Melvin Thaxton is a former coal digger and is highly thought of by the miners. “Mel,” they call him In affectionate tones, and he knows every miner in the county. Thaxton now s a candi- date for county treasurer, and the miners say he will be elected. The sheriff is an extremely popular official among the miners. All his deputies are miners. 2 State's Attorney Duty is not & mwiner, but came from a mining fam- ily. He is about thirty-five years old. Duty is also highly thought of by the mining population, - Mayor Pace of Herrin, also is a for- mer minen In fact, about 95 per cenc of the county officials and the author- itles in every town are miners, for- mer miners or from mining families. The people of the county refer to the governor as “Len” and seem to approve of much in his administra- tion. ‘They talk “fréquently of his promises of good roads. But during the past week officials of the county have ignored the gov- ernor. They for some time did not reply to his many telegrams for in- formation of the mine massacre. The county {s for Small; the officials ig- nored his orders. Why, remains a mystery. All state senators and rep- resentat{ves are republicans. The striking miners seem to have no lack of necessities of Hfe. County officials help them, storekKeepers give them credit, All'are or were miners. They stick together, controi thé'coun- ty politically and in virtually every othor way. and boast of. their power to run “Bioody Willlamson," regard- less of the ideas of any one outside. U. S. AGENT ENDS SECRET PROBE OF HERRIN MURDERS (Continued from First Page.)” mines cannot be tolerated. Fear was expressed by these federal officlals, . Y., June 24.—Wil- ing textile workers and quarrymen (outraged l who have followed the strike from its inception, that unless the adminis- tration or state officials of Illinols take drastic action to check such violence, a recurrence of such an outbreak possibly might occur in other strike areas. To prevent such a contingency, however, it was ex- plained that steps possibly would be contemplated as to how best to meet the issue. / Borah Raises Question. Senator Myers' statement regard- ing the reasons for the men who were killed being in the district brought from Senator Borah, repub- lican, Idaho, ap inquiry as to whether they were there in “good faith or as strikebreakers” The Montana sen- ator replied that it made no differenc “We call this free America,” hel continued, “and as free American citi- zens those men were attempting lo: sell what they had to dispose of—j their labor. They found men Who; wanted to buy that labor. The price was arranged. The men Wwent to| work. They have a constitutional| right to be protected in that work. | Their employers have the right to be protected in hiring them. 4 “No one doubts the right of men to | quit work. But no one should inter-| fere with the rights of gthers to seek | to do that work, and no one should; interfere with the right of the em- ployers to hire other workers.” Had Right of Protection. i Senator Borah declared that general | condit should be taken into ac- count. Mine owners, he said, should kave known by experience what the Tesults of other attempts to use strikebreakers have been, but added that even as strikebreakers the work- | ers had the right of protection. Senator Myers returned that the law presumed the men went there to eawn a living. He said they were not all of the type of strikebreakers, citing re- ports that one of them Was a Mayor's son and former university student. | “fInd besides all of t he said, “coal is a national necessity. It was not only the right but the duty of the | mine owners to keep those mines open and running, to keep producing ) coal.” Conditions leading up to the ma: sacre were not known. the Montana senator sald, but he recounted how, kuoting news dispatches, the em- ployees of the mines were attacked— forty or fifty by 5000, he said—and asked where there was in that sit- uation any justificatiton for the as- sumption that American citizens are all free. He sald that none of the men had committed murder or arson | or larceny, none had betrayed or the women of the land nor were they gullty of riotfng or dyna-! miting, and he therefore could reach no conclusiori _concerning _their “crimes” except that they were at- tempting to.earn a living. Blames “Organized Minority.” | The Herrin outrage, Senator Myers declared, was the result of the domi- nance of an organized minority, of which, he added, there: were many in the_country. “It is the greatest menace that co fronts the American people today,” he said. “these organized minorities can come to Congress and get nearly anything they want by shaking the mailed fist. It is sald that 70 per cent of American legislation in state legislatures and Congress is made at the behest of an organized minority." Senator Walsh, demscrat, Massa- | chusetts, asked for suggestions of a remedy, and Senator Myers replied: “Backboned public men." Senator Myers agreed with Senator Bursum, republican, New Mexico, that the Illinois authorities were lax in maintaining protection for the work- ers and 'order in Herrin. “The fault was the failure of the government of the state of Illinois to do its duty,” said Senator Bursum. Derelection Is Seen. “Undoubtedly there was dereliction on the part of the state authorities,” said Senator Myers, adding: “They will be derelict further. I predict that there will be no punish- ment for these outrages. There will be a grand jury, but on it will be business men who fear a bovcott of their business and men who seek election. It will be passed over only to serve to incite others to like crimes.” Senator Myers declared vigorously against federal intervention to settle the coal strike, which he said, he had seen was under consideration. “That is the worst thing that could * he said. “The states ought to do their duty and protect men who desire honest work and let the strike run its course. If the government in- tervenes it is sure to result in a patched up peace and further out- breaks later.” Recalling past strikes and settle- ments, Senator Myers said that if the states would protect men who desired to work and furnish coal to the pub- llc, the strike would be settled ‘in a “natural course,” and With “beneficial results to the country.” REPORT RELIEVES HERRIN. Mayor Pledges Safety for Wounded Men in Hospital. By the Associated Press. HERRIN, June 24—With the de- parture of Gov. Small's special mili- tary commission, headed by Maj. Gen. Milton J. Foreman, and the announce- |ment of its recommendation that no troops be sent into Willlamson county at the present time and that those National Guard units which already had been mobilized and held in readi- ness be ordered home, the situation in the coal fields was easier tonight. Gen. Foreman said his mission was to determine whether it was neces- sary or expedient to order state troops into the mine fields at this time, and after a day of investigation declared he was satisficd that no good pucpose would be served by calling out troops. He said he believed that the disturbed condition in the county had been per- manently relieved and that it would not recur. The only reason, he as- serted, which would cause a recur- rence would be a renewled attempt to mine coal, and this he did not believe would be done. None of the old and established coal companies favored attempting to open the mines at this time, the general said. Gen. Foreman declared he did not believe that the inquest over the | bodies of the Lester mine *tragedy victims, scheduled to be held some time tomorrow, was likely to pro- voke further disturbance and that he had received the urances of the mayor of Herrin that he would per- sonally be responsible for the safety of wounded non-union men now in the hospital here. Howard Hoffmann, non-union man, wounded in the massacre, died at the Herrin State Hospital this afternoon. Tomorrow's inquest was expected to end—for the time being at least—the official investigation of local authori- ties Into the death of the non-union shovel miners and mine guards. Persons unknown.” the indications are, will be officially accountable for the deaths and it appears highly im- probable that the identity of those responsible will ever be made known. Southern Tilinois is inclined to con- clude grimly and with finality another chapter in the long hostility of strife and violence which has been recur- rent here during the last thirty years. ONCE FAMOUS ‘RECTOR’S’ DRIVEN OUT OF BUSINESS Hotel Claridge President Says Un- equal Dry Enforcement Has Killed Noted Resort. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 24.—The semi- secret little restaurants where drinks and gayety are still on tap for the itiated have driven, Hotel Claridge. long a Broadway institution, out of business, L. M. Boomer, its president, announced today The (laridge—once the famous “Recto¥s"—will put up its shutters August 1. Morris Glaser of Cleveland has leased the property, and will con- vert the lower floor into stores, the upper floors _into bachelor apart- ments. Mr. Glaser's rental for twen- ty-one years will be $5,000,000. Mr. Boomer's announcement at- tributed the downfall of the Claridge to “the unequal enforcement of the Volstead act by prohibition officers. “While the Claridge has obeyed the act implicitly, the non-enforcement of the eighteenth amendment in other places has led people away from the Claridge restaurant to places where liquor was procurable, and has there- fore made the Claridge unprofitable as a hotel property,” he said. The Claridge, overlooking Longacre Square, in the heart of the white light district, has been the haunt of famous theatrical and moving picture stars for years. It was built in 1912 by Charles E. Rector, and as “Rec- tor's” became known all over the country through the songs and plays of Broadway. MAIL STOLEN 60 YEARS AGO FOUND | WITH SKELETON OF BANDIT'S PONY Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., June 24— Letters written sixty years ago from her home in Connecticut, be- fore her marriage, by Mra Jacob E. Yoder, now of this city, to her brother, Lieut. George H. Whit- aker, then of the 1st California Volunteers, have ' recently been found in the cellar of a deserted hut near Oatman, Ariz, where, presumably, they were lost when & pony express rider was robbed, and the mail thrown away. Mra Yoder, whose husband was en- gaged here in public schools for many years before his death, was formerly g(ap Anna Whitaker of Ashford, Conn., and she has learned from Connecticut relatives of the finding of the letters, for which she is to make an effort to secure their return. A According 'to these advices, rat- tlesnakes led to the discovery of the letters and probably uncovered a murder which occurred in the 7 eafy 60's.. Two veteran desert prospectors were traveling across 2 desert near Oatman in search of silver ore. At dark, the advices here -are, they had arrived in a little valley in the foothills, where they found water from a spring. Across a level plain stood a stone hut, to’ whioh the two Mmen proached: Guided by candle light the prospectors - entered . the hut and made their beds on the floor. A few hours later the men were rudely aroused by the hideous noise of rattlesnakes, which drove them in darkness from the stone hut. They remained outside till morning and then decided to blow the hut up with dynamite to end the den for the snakes. It was this charge which revealed the cellar to the hut. Cautiously they entered-the cel- lar and here found the whitened bones of a horse lying in a heap. Harnessed across the bones was a bridle and the curled saddle with its saddlebags, similar to those used in the early days in the west- ern states. Strapped in the de- caying leather sgaddlebag to the skeleton of the horse were letters written from Connecticut to fali- fornla settlers, which are belfeved to have been 8tolen by bandits from a rider of the famous pony express of pioneer days, after the rider and horse had been killed to obliterate any trace of the crime, the two being thrown into the cellar to prevent discovery by other riders who traveled the same lonely trails. The letters are said to be on exhibition in Oatman and are in a remarkable stage of preserv: tion. Mrs. Yoder will make :flort to have them returned to or. ~ ! 1 | | | | LABOR BOARD FINDS FOUR ROADS GUILTY Rules Transportation Act Broken in Farming Out " “Shop Work. By the Associated Press. 5 CHICAGO, June 24.—Four railroads were found gulity today of violations of the transportation act and the or- ders of the United States Rallroad Labor Board in_ six decisions cover- ing the contracting of work to out- side firms, an issue over which the railway shopmen of the country are now taking a strike ballat Three of the four roads were de- clared to have violated the law in farming out shop Work, while other decisions embraced the malintenance of way department and clerks and treight handlers. The Indiana Har- bor Belt, recently declared to be in violation of the transportation acv| because it had farmed out shop work, led the list of guilty, because the road had leased track repair work to Col- lianni & Byer on a 5 per cent plus cost basis. Other roads named in today's de- cisions were the Chicago Great West- ern, St. Louis, Moundsville and Mex- ico and the Missouri, Texas. Board Refterates St Reiteration of the board's stand that work contracted to outside firms which pay a lower rate or whose working conditions are less favor- able than those of the labor board constitutes a violation of the law came on the eve of the shop unions’ canvass of their strike vote on the contract question and two others. In connection with this, Ben Hoop- er, chairman of the board, issued a statement in which he indicated that the board might take some active step to bring about compliance with its decision and thus,relieve the griev- ances of the shopmen 8o far as their protests against contracting are con- cerned. It was also pginted out that under today’s decisiofk, which follow the same lines as the Indiana Harbor Belt decision on the leasing of shop worlc_recently, the employes of the contractors are brought under the jurisdiction of the board and its or- ders. It was said at the board's offics that such employes would be entitled to recover back pay where they had not received the board's rate of wages. Strike Vote Not Affected. Shop union officials declared the decisions could have no effect on the strike vote. “The new decisions do not improve the situation any,” said John Scott, retary of the union. “The fact that the board after months got busy and put out these decisions doesn’t give us any assurance that contract- ing_will cease. or that there will_be no further violations of the law. We had one decision ruling the same thing, and it did no good. These further orders merely aggravate the situation. Today's flood of strike ballots, union leaders said. prevented an meeting of the general committee, members of which gave their aid in counting the pink, blue and white sligs. It was said that the commit- ta# might not be able to announce i’ action on the vote for several Jays. —_— Flowers for Every Occasion. Specimen home-grown flower: finest grown. tisement, THE WEATHER District of Columbia and Marvland —Fair today; cooler tonight; tomor- row fair and cooler, fresh southwest and west winds. For Virginia—Fair today; tomorrow fair. cooler in the interior; moderate southerly winds. West Virginia—Fair today, in north portion; tomorrow fair. Records for Twenty-Two Hours. Pemperature—Midnight, 67; 61; 4 am ;6 am. 63; 8§ am, 10 am. the Gude, 1214 F.—Adver- cooler 12 noon, §4: 2 p.m., §8; 4 6 p.m., 84; lowest, 59.; 8 p.m., 81; 10 ‘Highest. Relative humidity, 8 a.m., 53; 2 p.m., 31; .m., 52. Rainfall (8 p.m. to 8 p.m.)—None. Hours of sunshine—14.9. Per cent of possible sunshine—100. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 94; lowest, 74. Tide Tables. (Farnished by Tnited States coast and geodetic survey.) Today—Low tide, 2:02 a.m. and 2:51 p.m.: high tide, 7:58 a.m. and 8:30 p.m, Tomorrow—Low tide. 2:30 a.m. and 3:37 p.m.; high tide, $:45 a.m. and 9:19 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 4;43 a.m.; sun sets 7:38 p.m. 2 Tomorrow—Sun rises 4:43 a.m.: sun sets 7:38 pm. Moon rises—5:21 a.m.; sets 7:55 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- half hour ofter sunset. Weather in Various Citles. Precip- Max. Min. itation. Sat- Pri’ Sat,8pm.to nrday. night. '8 p.m. 8 pm. Adlantic City, N, Bultimore, 3id. Rirmingh: Bismarck, 72 M 81 k] 94 8 9 88 74 T4 Cleveland, Ohio. 2 86 Davenport, lowa.... 8% 74 82 Denver, Colo. 82 & 8 Des Moines, lowa.. 86 74 84 Detroit, Mich....... 94 68 86 Duluth, Minn. e 58 e El Paso, Tex. 92 T4 88 Galveston, Tex.... 88 80 B4 Helena, Mont. 88 48 88 Ind.l92 6 88 Jackeonville, Fla... 88 68 78 Kansas City, Mo.".. 88 76 82 Little Rock, Ark... 96 74 80 Los Angeles, Calif.. 88 64 76 Touisville, Ky 92 6 B8 Marquette, Mi 6 70 48 Memphis, ' Tenn. 2 C 68 88 Miami, Fla. & 12 76 Mobile, 90 T 82 9. T 8 g0 65 12 8 60 82 Omaha, 8 70 84 Philadélphia, 8 66 80 Phoentx, Art 06 78 ' 108 Pittsburgh, CR Portland, 74 4 68 Portland, Ore. 88 62 88 8. Lake City, Utah. 86 60 81 St. Louis, Mo. 96 0 92 St. Paul, Minn..00 80 84 74 San Antonio, Tex..! 94 72 92 San_Diego, Call 8 03 70 S. Franciseq Calif. 84 52 72 ttle, W 578 Springfield, 11L.. 0 88 Tampa, Fi 2 T4 [ 86 88 Health Talk for Women Wednesday, June 28 at 2:30 P.M. + 916 Colorado Bldg. Subject: “The Nervous Woman.” Admission Free. DANCING. SISLER-LAYTON _STUDIO 1313 H ST. N.W. Hours: 10 A.M. to 10 P.M. * We teach you the proper way to fox trot. -n; Cne-step. and é';'ium walk in_a few private lessons. rates. No_ap- pointment required. 28 | All States. to Share in | ¥ NATL pHom THOMAS H. MACDONALD, hief of the bureau of public ronds, rtment of Agriculture. Mr. Mac- Donald han been assigned the job of giving away $200,000,000 worth of property, and he only hasx two years 10 do it in. The property ix surplux war material turned over o him by Kansas and | the War Department, and ix to be "V distributed among the forty-eight states for rond-bullding purposes. HELP CALLED TO BREAK RECORD FILIBUSTER i * (Continued from First Page ) Surplus Material “Pie"| FREE-SPEECH SUIT HELD 00 VARIOUS Pennsylvania Supreme Court Refuses Action Restraining Vinton Collieries. By the Assoctated Fress, PHILADELPHIA, June 24 —Charges | upen which the United Mine Workers of America and the American Civil Liberties Union of New York eity ob- tained an injunction rest ining the Vinten Collieries Comp trom in- | terfering with the rights of free speech and free assembla t Vin- “mmhm Pa., were held “muitifarious” by the state supreme court Recently writ of supe granted by Supreme Court Justie | W, Kepp: nullifying the inju {tien, was alle d to continue lute until th 3 heard be- ifore the court at Pitisburgh next Oc- tober As cl8 of the case outlined in briefs filed by the United Mine Work- pers and the York organization P Were discussed Ly the court in cham- | bers for an hoyy It declined to {4n opinion, however, on the that too many’ persons with |interests were o plair 1o fae tion. It i <up. tice Kepp Junction w crimin ymiti i Pt { The eral { prought ag. ierics {Company an nd iron po- Tic ; arfield H : | attorney. ripresenting the i srties Union; mine union offi- jClals, newspapermen’ and others are jalleged to have been arr d while ftrying to hold a labor on junion-owned property at Vintondale. Senate here to continue on the {ariff This program depends, however, on the réturn of members, or, at least, upon the constant attendance of those in town. Had the members answering the various roll calls re- mained in the chamber the business, Mr. Mondell said, could have been handled in minutes. not hours. Talk early in the day of a session that might extend through ¥y met with little favor. I am not going to.stop,” said Mr. Voigt last night. f my resolution is brought before the House, ali well and good. But if the leaders. per- ~Ist in suppressing it I am going to t on a roll call every time it hvious @ quorum is not present, en if there is no summer adjourn- ment.” { Starts Battle Early. Right after the House met yester- day Representative Voigt started his filibuster. On_ his feet the moment the reading of the journal con- cluded, he took the House prise by asking unanimous con ic extend his remarks in the Con- zressional Record on the ship sub- sidy bill. object.” Mendell, 17“I make the point order ther: no quorum present,” shouted. There was not more than 160 mem- bers on the floor, S0 the roll was called. The check showed an- ering, not more than half of whom were present, however, when the roll was completed. The my bill befors the was Senate appropriation of $7.500,000 for the Wiison dam at Muscle Shoals. and southern democrats wanted a lot of time to discuss it. Mr. Voigt made no cbjection when unanimous con- sent was sought to fix two hours for debate on the item. Then during the hubbub the voice of the Wisconsin member was heard. “I make the point of order there is no quorum present.” And members flocked in from the corridors. Roll Call Ordered. Speaker Gillett counted 201, fiftcen less than a quorum, so another roll call was ordered. Members ap- parently paid little attention to the insistence of Mr. Mondell that the: remain in the chamber. Mr. Voigt made no objection when Representative Kelley, Michigan, asked uranimous consent to file the conference report on the naval bill up to midnight tonight. Mr. Speaker,” shouted the Wiscon- sin member, “1 k unanimous con- sent to extend remarks on the ship subsidy bill. Mr. Mondell was ahsent, and there was none. . “Mr. Speaker, 1 make the point o only order there is mo quorum present. Mr. Voigt shouted, and the House roared. He wasn't good very long, Joe <aid Representative Stafford. repu lican, Wisconsin. to Representat Walsh of Massachusetts, who was in the chair. While Mr. Walsh was counting leaders tried to circumvent the roll call with a motion to adjourn, on [which tellers were demanded. 'and members marched down the aisle for a man count. They counted 216, two more than a quorum. although sev eral members marched through twice. The House refused to adjourn, but i showed a quorum. the thinz it set out to do. IT took twelve minutes— {half of the roll-call ti Health Candies 10, 60 & 80c Ib. SUCCESSORS_TO PRESTON A. ROBERTS THE MUNSEY BLDG. MAIN 1776. Builders of the “IDEAL" Garage—consider- ing quality, the cheapest in the city. Bemember the name— $10 DOWN, $10 MONT! NOW QPEN Rathmor Inn 7th street pike, two miles by auto from District line, or take Forest Glen car and get off at Triangle. Come Enjoy a Deliclous Real Chicken Wafle Dinner Luncheon, Afternoon Tea Music, Dancing Good Service Cool Shady Ample Parking Space Private Diuner Parties a Specialty LES THE SHINGLE THAT NEVER OURLA BRAUTIV UL~ DUEABLE. ECONOMICAL. Send for Folder. 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