Evening Star Newspaper, June 29, 1922, Page 1

N WEATHER, ‘Thundershowers this afterngon, partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow; no change In temperature. ‘Temperature for twenty-four hours ended 2 p.m. today: Hi 3:15 p.m. yesterday: lo 3'am. today. Full report ghest, 87, at west,. 69, at on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 28,550, O. ~ Entered as second-class matter post office “Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. €, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1922—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. n ‘y WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - . " i Al (1) Member of the Assoctated Press The Amociated Press is exclusively entitied t4 the nee for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this saper and also the local news published herela AN rights of pubiication of speetal dispatches berein are also reserved. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 86,965. * TWO CENTS. LABOR BOARD CITES RAIL LEADERS ON EVE OF BIG STRIKE Union Men and Carriers’ Executives Summoned for Inquiry. WALKOUT IS ORDERED ‘T0 TAKE EFFECT JULY 1 Six Shop Crafts Get Sanction. Maintenance Men Quit in West Chicago in Advance. Rr the Associnted Press. CHICAGO, June 20.—The United States Railroad, Labor Board today cited the national officers of the six <hopcraft unions, the railway execu- tives now meeting here and the officers of four other railroad unions to appear tomorrow afternoon in an inquiry into “the threatened interruption of traffic In addition to the shopmen, whose sirike order alread the four other unions cited. now taking | & strike vote, are the clerks, main- tenance of way men, stationary firemen &nd oilers and signal men. B. M. Jewell, leader of the shopmen, | today served formal notice on the Railroad Labor Board that a strike call had been issued “on all railroad and Pullman operating department local lodges of the six shoperafts.” The meeting of the railway execu- tives and heads of the ten unions was wet for 2 o'clock tomorrow by the l.abor Board, when the formal notice of the strike call was received from the shopmen, announcing the time for the walkout as Jext Saturday at 10 a.m. The strike orders signed by the six craft presidents of the railroad shop- men’s organization were sent out today to general chairmen representing 400,000 men. Railroad maintenance of way men were reported to have quit in West Chicago today witbout awaiting re- ceipt of strike orders. It was said the men “deserted in droves,” leav- tng many crossings unguarded. Mayor tdward J. McCable of West Chicago has sworn in a number of special pc licemen to guard railroad property The inpending walkout makes Sat- urday a momentous day in the rail- road world. On that date the $400.- 400.000 cut in freight rates ordered by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion becomes effective, simultaneously with a slash of $135,000,000 from the wages of railway workers ordered by the United States Railroad Labor Board. The pay of the shopmen was cut $60,000,000. Expect Further Orders. Railroad officials anticipated news:ers destroys a vested interest and his| which is beli. i €rs % eved of further strike orders to majnte- |rights as an employe of the District| 150, Swever nance of way emploves upon comple- tion of the strike vote count at De- troit. Letters of instruction regarding the progress and conduct of the strike were being prepared at general head- quarters here today and were to be mailed out tonight. “The issue is' clean-cut, with no strings attached,” sald B. M. Jewell, president of the rallroad unions gec- lion of the American Federation' of Labor. “It is up to thegrailway execu- tives, at their meeting today. The: can row, it is all union head last word." SLeave for Homes. The general committee of mninety general chairmen today were on the way to their home districts to take active charge of the strike. committee remained at headquarters to direct operations. ut after Saturday at 10 o'clock off. The telegrams of the Members of the Association of Rail-| way executives, under the chairman- ship of T. DeWitt Cuyler, to whom the shopmen’s ultimatum was ad- dressed, were to meet here today in response to a call issued several weeks, but the program of their conference was not annguneced. While union heads refused to dis- cuss the strike call, it was said a; etatement would be issued later in| the day. No provisions have been | made for calling oft the strike in event of an acceptable settlement, it was understood, but instructions be- ing prepared for district leaders will § include such arrangements later on}i telegraphic instructions. Text of Order. The text of the strike order lol-; lows: “In compliance with the strike vote, all shop craft employes below the rank of general foremen are hereby granted sanction w suspend work 10 a.m., July T, on all railroad and Pull- man shops in the United States. Noti- 1y all outside points. Wire number re- sponding and number remaining at work. (Signed) William H. Johnston, Internatienal Association of Maehin- ists: J. W. Kline, International Broth- erhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers afd Helpers of America; J. A. Frank- lin, International Brotherhood of Bofl- ermakers, Iron Shipbutlders and Help- ers of America; J. J. Haynes, Amal- gamated Sheet Metal Workers' Inter- national Alliance; James F. Noonan, International Brotherhood of Electri- cal Workers; Martin F. Ryan, Broth- erhood of Rallway Carmen of Amer- jca.” ¢ In spite of the impending walkout from the shops and tracks, rail offi- cials declared transportation would continue to move, because train serv- jce employes who constitute the “big four” brotherhoods, switchmen and telegraphers are not parties to con- troversies over wages and working rules. The shopmen's strike is in protest against the wage reductions, the abolishmegt of rules by the Railroad Labor Board and the farming out of shop work to contractors. -Mainte- nance of way men balloted solely on the wage reduction. 1t was a coincidence that the Asso- ciation of Rallway Executives called a meeting here today, according to rail officials. 'The meeting, it was said, was called two weeks in_ad- vance of the ultimatum by B. M. Jew- 1 ¢ll, head of the shop unions, for 2|ppode Island avenus citize (Continued on Page 20, Column 4.) i has been issued, | A sub-{ {ing to do with that bill during its | Capitol and presented to the appro- | Ithe things needed and necessary to D. C. BILL SIGNED. Appropriation Measure, Carrying New Fiscal Provision/ Now Law. The annual appropriation bill for the District, changing the method and rate of taxation in the District and carrying funds for maintaining the city’ government for the next fiscal year, was signed by the Presi- dent, today. It now becomes law. MANDANUS ASKED BY GRFFITH 10 PREVENT REMOVAL iCalls Act of Commissioners lllegal, Political and Civil | - Service Violation. | Declaring that his removal from the | position of supertintendent of insur- lance was without warrant of law. in { contravention of his civil service status jand for political reasons only, Dr. Lewis | A. Grifith today applied to the District | i Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus !to compel the District Commissioners to rescind their order ousting him and | naming Burt A. Miller as his successor. On the presentation of the petition by { Attorney W. Gwynn Gardiner, Justice [ Hitz cited the Commissioners to show ! | cause July 29 why they should notj i vacate the order of remova:. | 1In his petition, Dr. Griffith sets forth | his appointment. June 4, 1919, as super- | Intendent of insurance at an auual sal- | ary of $3,500, which he received until the | passage of the retirement act of Ma 22, 1920, since when a deduction of 23 i per cent has been made and credited to the retirement fund. He declares his ap- pointment was legal and that he has faithfully and diligently performed the duties of the office and “stands ready | to continue to perform such duties.” Alleges Provition Violated. After citing the provision of the | retirement act making it applicable ito “all regular annual employes of | | the municipal government of the Dis- | | trict of Columbia,” Dr. Griffith de- clares it was the intention of Con- | gress and by 'the act quoted the Con- { gress did in law place and establish | him in the same position and among | | the corps of employes known as ¢ |il service employes” and as a mem- ber thereof he became and is entitled | to the protection of the civil service | requirement that charges must be | furnished before removal and an op- | portunity afforded to answer such !charges. This provision of law, he asserts, the Commissioners violated | | by not only preferring no charge, but | refusing his request for the reason: { of their action, and therefore the or- der which undertook to remove him | was unlawful and void, and that he is| still _entitled to all the privileges, benefits and emolyments of the office. i Dr. Grifith points out that he has in {no wise acquiesced in or acknowl- { edged the right of the Commissioners | to_so dismiss him from the service. i The deductions from his salary for {the bemefit of the retirement fund,| i Dr. Grifith claims, gave him a vest-| i ed interest in that fund, and’his at- { tempted removal by the Commission- | { of Columbia, in violation of law and : contrary to the statute of Congress. | Being without ordinary remedy at | law, he seeks relief from the court by imeans of the extraordinary writ of| | mandamus. f Suit to Determine Rights. i 1 In a statement of his reasons for | filing the suit, Dr. Griffith says: “I! { have filed this suit for the purpose of | | determining what rights, if any, the | employes of the District of Columbia have under the clvil service act Bnfll { under the retirement act. If there s op this strike today or tomor-|to be deducted from each employe's: the salary 2% per cent, as small as that | to Cuyler i the unions | salary is, and if each employe is sub- | ularly in the form of ambushes, {Ject to be dismissed at the political; i whim of the Commissioners, then I, ! want that question settled, in order ! ‘hfls rights may be protected. If' the | employes have no rights and the court so finds in this case, then Congress may make such amendments as will | i For myself | | guarantee such rights. I care little. | “Had the .Commissoners taken aj { courageous stand and expressed them- | | selves frankly to the effect that they | were getting rid of me because of | | politjcal pressure, I should not have | 1objected, but to place upon the per- { manent records of the District of Co- {lumbia the statement, “Discharged for the good of the service,” is, I submit, in the face of the facts, cowardly and unfair. They offer as a lame excuse that they need a more ex- perienced man to administer the marine insurance bill, when the fact is. and they know it, that they re- ferred all inquiries and matters hav- preparation and submission to Con- gress to gne, and they, in every in- stance, approved my recommendations and the changes made by me therein. “And, furthermore, the Commission- ers calied upon me and I went to the : he day before ! priations committee 1 came to me, the order of disml: administer that law, and upon. my presentation of the matter the com- mittee apprpriated the money and made it available for the execution of that law. “I invite the public’s attention to the fact that at the time I was ap- peinted superintendent of insurance of this district the vearly income to the office was $125.000, which was col- lected at the cost to the District of ! Columbia of 10 per cent thereof. Last year, after two years' service, &he office collected $206,000 at a total cost of 6 per cen Today’s News in Brief. Rall strike order, effective July 1, calls out 400,900. Page 1 Lorimer braving jungle to repay. Page 1 McCumber leads, 2 to 1, in North Da- kota primaries. Page 1 Mexicans free forty Amerieans and seize six more. Page 1 Federal employes ask President for | referendwn vote on daylight-saving. | Coal operat t t S ‘0al operators to White House. e mmfl;e.{ Irish war spr mew atiacks in Dublin o " praacs emocrats i ) BRI e e o Charges unfair tactics in Ohio cam- paign. Page 3 “Dean of diamond thieves,” wanted here, caught in St. Louis, police say. ' Page 22 Optimist Club told how to help boys. Page 32 ! turther street pavin Fage 14 |to surrender, and.after two hours' delay | noos ollege Green and the irregulars | Were fortitying various outposts. A varty of Free State forces, on the leratic country gentlemen’s club nea: | the Nelson pillar.” In addition to the | vested by the Free State troops in | | rades i the Washington arms conference and REBELS HOLD FORT; IRISH WAR SPREADS TONEW LOCATIONS Insurgent Snipers in Other Parts of Dublin Cause Terror. FOUR COURTS BUILDING LOSES LIGHT AND WATER Guerrilla' Warfare Now Hardest Problem for Free Staters. City Entirely Isolated. By the Associated Press. LONDON, June 20 (5:20 p.m.,).— Fighting in the streets of Dublin ix increasing in Intensity, xays a Cen; News dispatch from the Irixh eapital at thix hour. Irregu- lars on the outskirts of the be- sleged Four Courts district are recelving reinforcements, the mes- nage nayn. - Three civilians were killed in to- day's fighting, bringing the total number of dead to nineteen. Bu: ness houncx asn well as bnnks are closing, and the mewspapers have supended publication. LONDON, June 29.—Fresh terms were offered the insurgents in the Four Courts in Dublin today, says a Dublin dispatch to the Evening News, but they refused firing was resumed. The early evacua- tion of the stronghold is expected, how- ever, as the water and light have been cut off. Casualties Mount Hourly. DUBLIN, June 29.—Rory O'Connor’s band of insurgent Irish republican army men was still holding out in its Four Courts stronghold at noon teday against the continuing attempts of the iree state troops to dislodge it. Firlng was in progress all the fore- and there was an especiaily heavy of fire at 11 oclock. Sniping operations were almost incessant, with the casualties, estimated this forenoon at_more than fifty, hoursly increasing. The insurgents have extended their operations in other parts of the city. Shortly before noon an.ambush of Free State troops was reported from watch for insurgent activities, pour- ed a volley into a public house in the vicinity of yesterday's ambush. Rebels Make New Attacks. One of the outlying places seized by the irregulars was the Sackville Street Club, an old-fashioned, aristo- various organized operations of the insurgents, their sympathisers in several parts of the city, acting as snipers, made many attacks on Free State soldiers. Meanwhile the replies from O'Con- nor's men to the firing on the Four Courts were feeble. The garrison, umber about 50, is sald, however, to have un- limited supplies of ammunition and plenty of provisions. The prospect was that the opera- tions at the Four Courts would i creaseingly assume the character of an investment. The bullding lends itself peculiarly to defensive pur- poses, and it is considered unlikely that the Free State troops will, at or the present, atte it by assault. Sl Guerrilla Warfare Loo; The most menacing feature of the tuation from the provisional gov- ernment standpoint is the fact that insurgents are developing ac- es along guerrilla lines, partic- sil tiviti In ‘other parts of the country the provsional government also has mili- tary affairs on its hands. In Drog- heda the insurgents who are occupy- Ing the rournd tower fort on the hill commanding the town have been in- the same way as at the Four Courts in Dublin. The Droghegda position of the irregulars is regarded as un- usually strong. From other parts of Ireland there are many rumors of insurgent action, but the reports are difficult of con. mation, as ubli 8 flematior n is completely The irregular Irish fo tured seventeen soldlers of the pro- Visional government, Dominic: street area, according to a report late this afternoon, which could not be officially confirmed. Rush Out Manifestos. Both sides have been active In the issuance of manifestos, three state- ments having been given out by the government within twenty-four hours. while both Rory 0'Connor and Eamonn De Valera have made appeals to the people for support. Mr. De Valera's paper, the Republic of Ireland, which issued O’Connor’'s communique as a stop press supplement, was posted on walls in various part of the city. The communique wés accompanied by an editorial statement, saying: “In Rory O’'Connor and his com- lives the unbought and in- domitable soul of Ireland.” Erskine Childers, who was defeated for re- election to parliament, is still editing this journal. Richard Mulcahy, dail minister of (Centinued on Page 2, Column 7.) JAPANESE COUNCIL PASSES NAVY PACT By the Associated Press. TOKIO, June 29.—The privy coun- cil passed the naval treaty adopted at rees have cap- submitted ft today to the prince re- gent for ratification. The council's approval included the provision against poison gas and the clause restricting submarines. Viscount Ito, reporting for the council’s investigating = committee, said the committee found the ratio of ships apportioned to Japan disadvan- 'anouu to the empire, and requested e government to use care ln.ls'llla future. Sraniar e committee of the pri us however, found that the'yhe:l:::l delegates at Washington were not fault in failing to make better terms. From a spirit of respect for the ‘Washington confersnce in its desire to maintain the world’s peace, committes recommended ratification without amendment, S SENATORS CHOSEN OND. C. SURPLUS Phipps, Ball and Harris to Act on Joint Committee of Investigation. The Vice President today appointed Senators Phipps of Colorado, Ball of Delaware and Harris of Georgia mem- | bers of the joint congressional commit- | tee which, under the provisions of the District appropriation bill, is to make an investigation and report upon the sur- plus revenues of the District which have accumulated in the past. The appointment of the senators to- day completes the membership of the Joint _comynittee, Speaker Gillett having already © appoimted Representatives | Evans of Nebraska, Hardy of Colorado | and Wright of Georgia on the part of | the House. 2 1t is expected that Senator Phipps will become chalrman of the joint committee, and that the investigation will be begun aimost immediately. 5 Under the provisions of the District bill, the committee is empowered to employ-expert accountants, who shall not. ents of the District or former employes of the District gov errment, to examine records and ac counts running back to 1874. The preliminary work, it is expected, will be handled by these expert account- ants, Hearings probably will be held by the joint committee later on. The District bill provides that the Attorney General shall designate an attorney from the Department of Justice to look after the interests “i the federal government in the inves- tigation. It also provides that mem- bers of Congress may go before the joint committee and argue the case. The joint committee must submit its report and recommendation to both houses of Congress by next February. The investigation, it Is hoped, will settle once for all the controversy which has existed for several years. over the claim by the District that nearly $5,000,000 of surplus revenues from the District have been turned Into_the Federal Treasury, to which the District is entitled. CUNBERLEAS FAAZIER, 210 By the Associated Press. FARGO, N. D, June 29—Senator Porter J. McCumber led former Gov. Lynn J. Frazier slightly less than two to one when the vote for the repub- lican nomination for United States senator in 181 precincts out of 2,064 in North Dakota in the primgries. yes- terday, had been tabulated today. The vote then stood: McCumber, 15,254; Frazier, 8,412. Ormsby McHarg, the third candidate, had 491. For the republican nomination for governor 146 precincts gave: R. A Nestos, incumbent, 14,910; B. F. Baker, Non-Partisan, 6114; H. L. Stegner, 120. | I | | Ticket “Seems Assured” With Senator McCumber leading nearly two to one on the face of these early returns, the Fargo Courler- News, official organ of the Non-Par-; tisan League, declared the nomination of Mr. Frazier and the success of the entire league state ticket “seemed as- sured.” The claim was based, on an ap- the vote cast in the larger cities of the state, where the independent! strongholds were, and- early indica- tions that the rural vote would come; ard_ set TRore I3 ohection fast fall It is in the rural districts that the league is strongest. Independents Withhold ‘cl‘lnl‘ Independent leaders were withhold- ! ing definite claims early today until they’ could see the trend the vote would take in the rural districts. The Pargo Forum, an independent re- publican 'néwspaper, declared in a number of ‘city preciicts where the league had won out in the recall election they had been defeated yes- terday, and that no corresponding ovnl’txm for the independents had been noticed in available returns. The Courler-News claims today that “the comparatively small lead no the independents will vanish” ‘when rural districts start coming in more fully, and be converted into a majority of from ten to fiftéen thou- sand for the Non-Partisan League. the | “Every indication pojuts to a com- te ticket indorseé by the farmer- labor forces,” the paper-says.. - .- - jall his' i \ A\ COME. ON, SN LETS TALK - 1T OVER WITH } WARREN. ARMED RUSSIAN BANDS BURN POLISH VILLAGES IN RAIDS OVER BORDER By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922, THE HAGUE, June 29.—Polish government dispatches describe con- tinual provocative raids by armed Russian bands across the Polish bor- der, with villages burned and lives lost. These raids have been very frequent since the signing of the treaty of Rapallo. The Polish gov- ernment, while protesting against them. desires to demonstrate a spirit of moderation. As soon as a new ministry is formed in Warsaw representatives of the Baltic states and possibly Ru- mania will meet to consider a soviet proposal for a conference on limita- tions of armament in eastern Eu- roue. Poland is favorably disposed. Despite this proposal, complete uncertainty exists among the east- ern European states as to whether the soviets really want war or peace. This is the fundamental problem of the conference at zhe Hagu LORIMER BRAVING JUNGLE TO REPAY Seeks, in Colombia, Chance to Reimburse Those Who Lost Through Him. BY ANTHONY CZARNECKIL Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, June 29.—Deep in countries of the world that still holds forth to the adventuresome white man a promise of untold fortune, is former Senator William Lorimer, whose history is stranger than the strangest fiction could be. As the representative of one of the richest syndicates in the world composed of American capitalists, Lorimer is blaz- ing the way to a great fortune for others and a small fortune for him- self that he may return to Chicago and pay back, penny for penny, every cent that he owes. At sixty-one years of age he is undergonig a ppr- gatory of loneliness, privation, dan- ger and back-breaking labor, and Is slowly going blind from cataracts. B When not invading virgin forests, canoeing on streams which abound in man-eating alligators, Lorimer is searching for mine locations, often scaling perpetually snow-capped mountains. The expelled senator is alone in this South American prime- val country except for a few engi- neers and a train of Indian guides. It was in the interior of Colombi: that the writer met Lorimer. = The s Many Dangers. ywork he is doing and the hardships he is undergoing hdve changed his appearance. His girth is reducsd by half, and his face has become thin- ner ‘and harder. He would not dis- cuss the results which he and his en- ginee¥s have accomplished, but eaid that Nis task would keep kim in South America for several years more unless his eyes compelled him to re- turn to the United States for an operation. G The meeting occurred along th the Samana and Bstrella tivers - T ner's party had chopped its way with machetes through dense forests. Lorimer explained that a survey made by the syndicate he represents disclosed that Colombla’s greatest need ! parent falling off of 25 per cent in|is railroad transportation. and one of the duties of Lorimer and his engineers is to determine the cost of such an un- dertaking. Among the members of the 1 syndicate are Samuel Insull and William | H. Finley of Chicago, Willlam Conners of Buffalo, Charles H. F. Smith of § Paul, John Cardiner, Joseph C. Trainer, Tgnatius J. Horstman and John Sinnot of Philadelphia and Robert P. Stewart and Levl Cook of Washington. Lorimer did not mention his past an te was of the future. Since his wife died three years ago, his com- panions #aid, life has meant littie to him except that he might make money enough to pay back all those who lost through their faith in him. - (Copyright, 1922.) ————— FLETCHER LEASES HOME. By the Associated Press. BRUSSPELS, June ' 29.—Henty P. Fletcher, the American ambassador, has leased 2 new home for the em- bassy in a fashionable neighborhood, the Leopold quarter, at the Rue Bel- liard_and Avenue Auderghem. The property consists of a sumptu- ous mansion in the center of a large park. It is owned by M. Potter -D'Indove. L il the | interior of Colombia, one of the few | | TEISASKED ON DAYLGHTSHVING Federal Employes Present Letter to President Urg- ing Referendum. Taking of a referendum vote on the daylight-saving among the em- ployes of the government depart- ments and independent establish- | ments was urged upon the President | today by a committee representing the Federal Employes' Union, No. 2. | The committee, which was composed | | ot George A. Warren, Interior D partment; Frank N. Barnes, Treasury | Department; Miss Inez Cook, War | Department; Mrs. Mary C. Danks, | internal revenue, and Dr. George A. | Hill, Navy Department, presented a | resolution adopted by the union and |2 letter. signed by the members of the committee, to Secreiary Chris- tian, with whom they conferred. They also submitted a form for a ballot, which had been used in the Interior Department. Teéxt of Resolution. The resolution says: “No class of persons in Washing- ton, ndr all other classes combined, have =0 great an interest, or are af- fected in such numbers, in the work- ing hours of the government depart- ments and services as the workers themselves—the officers and employes. “Federal Employes’ Union No. 2 of | Washington, D. C.. representing fed- | eral officers and employes in every government department and office, asks that sald officers and employes | | may be afforded an opportunity (as; | has already been done, we are inform- | | ed. in al least one department) to ex- | press their needs and desires in the | matter of the davlight-saving plan as| applied to Washington. “Resolved, That a committee of five members of the board of representa- tives, to be named by the presiding | officer, be directed to call upon the | | President and make this request on | behalf of the federal employes and of- | ficers in Washington. Letter to Pre: The letter follows: “The undersigned have been ap- pointed a committee to call upon you for the purpose of requesting that the officers and employes of the fed- eral civil service in Washington may be afforded an opportunity, by peti-' tion circulated throughout the various | departments and offices, to express | themselves (and thus indicate their | needs and desires) regarding the con- ent. tinuation of the present daylight- saving plan, now tnat it hus ..en tested. This would afford a sure; method of ascertaining the wishes ot the class most directly affected, and, incidentally, much the largest class cted in the community. uch a plan has been ‘tried out' in the bureaus and offices of the Inte- rior Department, and appears to have worked admirably. The great major- ity indicated, on the sheets passed around, their preference as between the old working hours and the new, ‘and this was done Wwith practically no interruption of public business. A | sample of the sheet employed is at- tached to this letter and attention is invited to its simplicity and effective- ness. There is also attached a copy of certain resplutions adopted by Fed- eral Employes’ Union, No. 2, of this city, urging this referendum. The membership. of this-ynion embraces officers and employes from every de- partment and independent govern- ment establishment -in Washington and is consequently representative, in a high degree, of the federal em- ployes. “The fact is mot overlooked that others besides the officers and em- ployes of the federal government are affettod by ‘daylight-saving’ in Wash- ington, but it is our understanding that at the time of the adoption' of' the plan.jt was believed to be favored by the majority of the people of Washington, not excepting the fed- eral employes, and adopted in the fur- ther belief that the business life of ithe, city, public utilities, amusement Aplaces, etc., would conform to the change. ‘In the hopk that the press of other businesa will not preclude your con- sideration of this request, and that the heads of the executive depart- ments may be directed to take ap- propriate gction, we leave this”com- munication with you.” Secretary Christian assured the committee the matter would be placed before the President. INVITATION TO PRESIDERT. { -Gen. George H. Harrles, Gen. John T. Hines and Gen. S. H. Wolle, repre- senting the Military Order of the ‘World War, yesterday called on President Harding, Secretary Weeks and Acting Secretary Roosévelt and invited them to attend the reunion of the-order to be held at Atlantic Cit; September: 19, and 20 next.- * 4 ° ' , I { » | also extended a like invi TWO RAILWAY BRIDGES, TWO MINE TIPPLES IN COLORADO SET AFIRE By the Ansociated Press. “DENVER, Col, June 29.—Two mine tipples were burned, one coal mine .flooded and two rallway bridges burned in Colorado coal fields in Boulder and Huerfano countles ‘during the night, accord- Ing to reports of Colorado state rangers to headquarters here to- day, it was announced by Col. Pat- rick J./ Hamrock, state adjutant general. Gov. Oliver H. Shoup announced from Colorado Springs that he was returning to Denver for a confer- ence with the adjutant general to determine what measures are to be taken. Col. Hamrock said 1,500 men could be thrown into the two counties by tomorrow night, if necessary, to enforce order. COAL OPERATORS 10 MEET MINERS AT WHITE HOUSE Follow Union Heads in Ac- cepting Bid to Satur- day Parley. Bituminous and anthracite coal | operators today accepted the invita- tion extended last night by President | Harding to meet at the White House Saturday with officials of the United | Mine Workers to devise methods upon | which negotiations for settlement of | the coal strike can be initiated, Secre- | tary of Labor Davis announced., The ! invitation was accepted yesterday by | John L. Lewis, president of the! United Mine Workers. { Mr. Davis indicated that the cbn- ference would be opened by the | President, and added that while the | program would be announced later, the government would probably be | represented by himself, Secretary of Commerce Hoover and Secretary of | the Interior Fall While no decision | has been reached as to whether At- torney General Daugherty will at- tend the conference, a recent nouncement that “pointed and drastic measures” would be taken to insure the public welfare was taken to in- dicate that the legal branch of the | government would be represented at the conference. It is not likely that | | | | an- | the public will be admitted to the |zaudty gathering and the total number of | Xie 80 conferees is likely to be under forty. Ogle to Name Delegates. Acceptances from a number of the|€5ts. and also property of the M. miners’ union district presidents have | been received at the White House. | but, while it was known that ope: ators intended to accept. some doubt existed as to the personnel of the oup of employers to speak for the ftuminous flelds. At the Labor De- partment it was said that A. M. Ogle, president of the National Coal As- sociation, would be charged with the responsibility of naming the indfvid- ual bituminous operators who are to attend. Union participants, their number being easily determined by the Invi- tation to all the district presidents of | the United Mine Workers, pointed out | that the question of the identity of | the bituminous operators would be | most important, since a large number of individual operators are considered | to be in & mood to make concessions to end the strike, while others are | sald to be willing to face continued | tle-up or a strikebreaking enterprise | rather than to yield. It was made evident, however, that the governmen | intended to place responsibility for | selection of a representative group of | operators upon the National Coal As- | sociation, the chief trade organization | in the bituminous industry. ! Hoover is said to take the view that | ! President Ogle should name two oper- | ators from each of the eight geo-| graphical producing districts, or about | sixteen in all. | Union Offictals Elated. ! United Mine Workers' officials ex- pressed elation over the government's | | demonstrated intention to intervene for a settlement of the strike. Union | spokesmen are emphatic in declar: tions in advance of the meeting that | they intended to insist first on re- sumption of coal mining under the war-time wage scale, and, second, to | demand the usual semi-national wage | agreement In the soft c fleld. An-! thracite discussions hinge on the| wage matter, but the bituminous con- | troversy has the question of district versus national settiement as a chief issue. Although operators have refrained | from general comment in Washing- | ton, concillators for the Labor Depart- | ment who have been in the fleld for ! several months watching the strike have | brought the idea that large numbers of miners wish a settlemegt. President | Lewis Is said to have reCelved word from operatois in various localities, | notably in lllinois, where the Herrin | events attracted attention last week, ' indicating a willingness to treat with the union on a basis of war-time wage | scales and working conditions, if this | will permit reopening of the mine At headquarters of the National| Coal Association, officials declared to- day that Mr. Ogle is in direct charge | of inviting representatives of oper-; ators’ assoclations to attend the con- | ference. Mr. Ogle is in Indianapolis| today and was said to be sending out invitations by wire from that city. There are about,twenty operators’ as- sociations convened in the present strike ‘within the membership of the National Cdal Association, and a few not members of the association, to| whom invitations may also be sent. President Lewis, who has been in conference With the President and Secretary of Labor Davis this week, | immediately accepted the Invitation on the part cf the miners. The Presi- dent’s letter to Mr. Lewis read: “In accordance with our informal discussion of a few days ago I am now extending to you, officially, an invitation to miget with me at the White House executive offices on Sat- | urday morning, July 1, at 10 o'clock, | for a conférence to devise methods upon which negotiations for the set- tiement of the coal strike can be in- ttiated. Mine Heads Invited. “I am sending like inyitations to the district presidents of’the United Mine Workers of America, and I have tion to the Bjtuminous and Anthracite Opera. tors’ associations which are con- cerned. Letters similar in tone were dis- patched to 8. D. Warriner, president of the general committee of anthra- cite operators, and to A. M. Ogle, president of the National Coal Asso- ciation, asking that -all representa- tives of the operators' associations who should be included, attend the conference. - Secretary of Labor Davis, who has conducted the negotiatjons with the ustion -for the governnfent, gave the first news of the action contemplated, after a prolonged conference with the President, and officid! copies ot the invitations were given out later. . (Continued on Page 2. Column 2.)* i day from Tam Secretary | of MEXICANS FREE 40 AMERIGANS, SEIZE bIN BRITISH CAMP Eighty-Five Captured in Raid on Dutch-English Work- ings Near Tampico. U. S. RENEWS DEMANDS FOR FULL PROTECTION Federal Troops Dispatched to Scene, But Obregon Denies Americans Were Captured. Mexican rebels who seized the Aguada camp of the Cortez 0Oil Com- pany, in the Tampico region, Sunday, holding the property and forty Amer- ican employes for 15.000 pesos ran- som, withdrew on Monday without damage or injury to the employes, but with threats to return, Consul Shaw, at Tampico, today advised the State Department. The department received a later message, however, which said the same rebels yvesterday seized a camp vl the La Corona Oil Company. a Dutch-British concern, in the same -scinity, and were holding eighty-five employes, including about six Ameri- cans. Ranzom in Doubt. The dispatch did not indicate whetner ransom had been paid in the case of the Aguada camp, which is an American owned concern. On the strength of the second message, sent last night, the State Department di- rected the embassy in Mexico City 1o make new demands on the Mexican Bovernment for protection of the Americans employed by the Dutch- British company. Consul Shaw, telegraphing veste leader, Gorozave.” and. his. men ont the Aguada camp of the Cortez com- pany at 10 o'clock Monday morning. | This was twenty-four hours before the time limit set by Gorozave for payment of the ransom demanded had expired, and the message did > t say | Whether payment had been made |consul reported, further, that Gorn. ad “threatened on leaving the : camp to come back and eize the property of La Corons. whinh s among the Dutch Shell oil inter- 2 exica Guif Ofl Company in the vieinity. Tre rebel leader said he would demand payment of ransom - ertles by July 2. " °7 these prop Federal Troops Dispatened. Consul Shaw also reported that two detachments of Mexican federal troops had been dispatched to the Tampico region by boat from Vera Cruz. The ‘second message from C. Shaw was aent 1anz‘nlgnnmr-i:l'x'=’n"gl the State Department early today. It said that Gorozave had taken the Pecero camp of La Corona Company during the day and was holding the eighty-five men employed fthere among whom the consul estimated there were about 8ix Americans, Coro- zave had demanded, the message sald, the ‘ment Julypz, of 9000 pesos before Thl-[ second messa; was immediately transmitted by the State Department to C arge Sullzmeh lin in Mexico City, with directions that Mexican authorities be informed of the situation and asked to take appropriate steps for the protection mericans involv, 4 A e olved in the new ge from Tampico Bielaskl In Releancd. A message from Mr. Summerlin last night reported that A. Bruce Ble- laski, former American government (Continied on Page 11, Column 4.) BELASK REACHES B0 CY SHF American Has Rough Moun- tain Trip. After Escaping Bandit Captors. Mrx. Alexander Bielaski, mother of A. Bruce Blelaakl, who was kidnaped by Mexican bandits amd held for ramsom,.received the fol- lowing telegram from her son to- in the firat word the fam- ly here hasn received from Mr. Biclaski, since he was reported kidnaped in dispatches from Mex- ico City Sunday. By the Associated Press, MEXICO CITY, June 29.—Escaping from his bandit kidnapers after four days of captivity, A. Bruce Bielaski, former head of the American Depart- ment of Justice’s investigation bu- reau, has returned to Mexico City. Covered with dust, unshaven and showing plaingy the marks of his imprisonment in the mountains of Morales, Bielaski was taken to hig apartment, where his wife and half a2 dozen friends greeted him. His friends declared the former American official had escaped from his captors at Tetecal, walking the thirty miles to Cuernavaca, near which he was captured last’ Sunday while motoring. Money, Not Delivered. Jules Lackud, head of the City bankfng firm which Is stood to have furnished the for the ransom on the order of Mr. Bielaski's New York company, said he had been authorized to state that Blelaski eluded hig captors before the money was, paid. ki suffered no more il ef- n might be expected from of roughing it in the Mexico under- $10.000 'y mountains. Dosens of automoblles carrylng Americans who since Sunday have tried to get In contact with th bandits returned to the capital las night, each person telling a- differ~ ent version of the affair and ascribe fe return credit for Bielaski's saf lmo‘mcnl- sources. + - -