Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy tonight; tomorrow fair and somewhat warmer. Temperature for twenty-two hours .m. terday; 0 a.m. today. ull report on page 7. 5:3 i I ended at 10 a.m. today—Highest, 92, 3 lowest, 67, at New York Stock Market Closed Today No. 28,555. Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. BRITAIN PROPOSES - FOUR- ALLIANCES | T0 DISARM WORLD Plangefore League Provides Defensive Treaties for Big Continents. REGION OF “AMERICA” ENTIRELY SEPARATED | Ratio for Reduction Similar to That Stipulated Here Advocated by Lord Esher. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 4—The plan for gen- eral world disarmament, which was 1aid before the temporary mixed com- missior on disarmament _of the leaghe of nations yesterday afternoon by Lord Robert Cecil of Great Britain, was presented in full detail at this morning’s session of the commission. This plan is said to have been favor- ably received by most of the dele- gates. All nations, according to Lord Robert's plan, would sign a general disarmament agreement and would agree to go to the defense of nations in their respective regions or con- tinents in case of aggression. May Meet U. §. Objection. The principal American objection to article X of the league of nations, it is held, would be met by this re- xional defensive plan, inasmuch as the United States already is commit- ted to a similar bolicy on the Amer- jcan continent under the Monroe doc- trine, and Lord Robert's plan is de- signed to limit each nation’s obliga- | tions in defensive alliances to such regions. Lord Robert's plan provides for a permanent military commission to be the active controlling authority sub- ject to approval by the council of the league of nitions. The commission would determine whether the con- tfracting powers were complying with t agreement for reduction of| armaments and whether any stat rreparations constituted a menace an 0 what measures the other na- tions should take to aid the state so menaced. Divides World Into Four Reglon: These measures would be binding | upon the aiding powers when ape proved a three-fourths majority _the council. The plan divides the warld into four | :ons—America, Europe, Asia and ica. Only the powers in each re- would be obligated to aid al tienaced nation upon the commis- .;ows recommendation, approved by the league council. The re rmaments would be determined in dvance and constantly checked up, wnd if any nation exceeded the amount of armaments allowed under the agreement it would be subject to suspension from protection and to penalties provided for under article XVI of the covenant of the league of nations. The reduction would applx to naval, military and air forces. All members of the league of na- tions and the United States, Germany and Russia are eligible to enter into the supposed agreement, and any of these might adhere to it only pa tially if the council should approve such action and if specified reduc- tions in armaments are made. Court to Decide Disputes. All disputes as to the meaning and | effect of the treaty, except in decid- | ing whether armaments exceed the amount allowed, shall be submitted to | the permanent court of international | justice for final decision. | The plan submitted by Lord Esher is only in outlined form. It provides ! imilar to that stipulated | gton agreement. 4 her's plan gives the tentd- | tive ratios as follows, each unit-rep- resenting 30,000 men 3 6 units; Italy, 4; Poland, kia, Great Britain, Greece, Holland, Rumaria and 3 _each; Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland, 3 Portugal. 1 unit, and Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Hungary to retain their forces as fixed by the peace treaties. These ratios would apply only to the home forces. Each nation would be free to determine the number nec- essary for colonial and overseas pur- oses. This ratio agreement would e effective two months after being | cigned by all the participants ang would continue for ten years. Halled by French. Lord Robert Cecil's disarmament plan was recelved with considerable enthusiasm in French official circles, where it was asserted that it was just and fair to all nations involved. L_Drd Robert’s basic argument that no disarmament could be effected unless it is universal is strongly indorsed by French officlals, who said today that such had been the French posi- tion since the armistice. While indorsing the idea of re- glonal alliances for mutual protec- tion French officlals pointed out that there was little or no disposition on the part of nations at this time to enter into such agreements. It was “further indicated that Lord Robert's plan, if it comes definitely before the Kuropean nations, would receive | French support. The first of the three projects, which was carefully prepared by the | British admiralty, calls for exten- tion of the obligations of the Wash- ington naval limitation treaty to fifteen other powers who were nat signatories of the Washington pact, | thereby making the Washington | Aagreement universal. The plan has! been approved in detail by the British | naval experts. It Is in the form of a treaty. Calls for Army Cuts. ‘The second plan, proposed by Lord Esher, calis for land disarmament or a ratio basis similar to the ratio system worked out for naval reductions. Lord Robert informed the Assocl- ated Press that he did not expect prog- ress on any of the three projects at the present session,'but he hoped they would be carried far enough for definite action by the third assembly of the league next September, The results of one year's effort by the mixed commission were reviewed by the. members and it was emphasized that the uncertain political situation existing in the world had been responsibié very largely for the small progress made toward general disarmament. The po- litical situation, it was further pointed out, must play an important part in all gonsideration of disarmament by the opean nations .for several years to come. i i The replies of ten countries to the assembly of the league's reiterated re- a ot | SE5h, ROLLING COURTS TO ROLL UNWARY OF THEIR ROLLS IN ROADWAY ROARERS By the Associated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jul; Florlda's first “rolling courts” got into action today on Atlantic boulevard between Jacksonville and the beaches. County authorities expected that a minimum of 10,000 automobiles would use the eighteen miles of boulevard to Atlantic Beach, and the three miles of beach between Atlantic and Pablo Beach, and the unusual preparations to curb speeding and reckless driving in- cluded justices’ courts ready for business anywhere and at any time, Justices of the peace and their bailiffe in the districts travetsed by the boulevard were in touring cars constantly patrolling roads. Dozens of deputies on motor cycles and in automobiles were ready to pounce upcn any driver who en- dangered traffic. Upon making an arrest the deputy and his prisoner were to proceed until they met one of the “rolling courts.” The “court” was to stop, stage a pre- liminary hearing and fix bond for the appearance of the defendant in criminal court. Failure to make cash bond on the spot was to result in the tak- ing of the prisoner to Pablo, where he was to be held in the city -jail until late tonight. All the prisoners were to be brought to Jacksonville tonight in a body ;\m’]l be placed in the Duval county jail. . " 4— WOMAN ARRESTED “FOR RIDING RoDS Washington Resident Held for Beating Way on Freight Train. By the Astoctated Press. JACKSONVILLE, Fla, -July 4. — With her hair shingled and attired in a sult of overalls, Mrs. Mary McGrew, forty, of Washington, D. C, who claims to be the widow of a once wealthy Seattle rehl estate operator and landowner, is in the Duval coun- ty jail here, charged with having beaten her why on a freight train. Mrs. McGrew was arrested late yes- terday by railroad special agents, who found her in the company of tWo male hoboes in a gondola car loaded with rock on a train arriving from Atlanta. Mrs. McGrew sald that after the death of her husband in Augusta, Ga., four years ago last Christmas day, she went to Washington and obtained employment in the dovernment print- ing office. s She later went in training in a hos- pital, she @aid, but becoming dissat- isfied, .decMed to come to Florlda. Accompanied by a girl named Cath- %Ifie Austin, she started afoot from Vashington two months ago. Miss Austin abandoned her a few later, but Mrs. McGrew man- to make her way to Atlanta, ng and obtalning lifts here and there in automobiles and wagons. She spent one night in the Salvation Army home in Atlanta and it was at that time that the idea of -“hobo. ng” her way to Jacksonville orig- inated. She had met a man in At. lanta, she sald, who intended to beat his way to Florida and who volun- teered to accompany her. She cut her hair, obtained a suit, of overalls and_they boarded the freight train in the outskirts of the city. The sec- ond man arrested here they met on the train. Persons arrested here for beating their way on trains usually are turn- ed over to the county-court and given a sentence of sixty days at the county prison farm. FRENCH CABINET ACTS ON USE OF GERMAN LABOR Problem Presented by Public Works Minister Will Go to Reparations Commission. By the Assoctated Press. PARIS, July 4—The French cab- inet today decided to place immedi- ately before the reparations commis- sion the project recently presented to Premier Poincage by Minister of Public Works Le Thocquer providing for_the extensive use of Germanlabor and material thfoughout France for the rebuildifig of railways, water- ways and other public works at a cost of 1%,000,000,000 francs. Hounding From By Inspectors, By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 4—An attack on the “insane and pernicious saturnalia of socialistic legislation” passed by and being urged upon Congress was made today by Senator Stanley, demo- crat, Kentucky, in an address here at a Tammany Hall celebration. Tradi- tional principles of the American gov- ernment are being abandoned, he de- clared. in the so-called “‘progressive” movement, and the people are being harassed by innumerablc government boards and bureaus. Criticising the “progressive wing” of the republican party, he sald it was “the most ingenious inventor of new ways and means of invading the | vested rights of the states and the libties of the citlzen.” Move in Wrong Direction. “The great troubls with these vo- ciferous ‘progressives,’ " saidSenator Stanley, “is that they -are forever moving In the wrong-direction. Their energy and ingenuity is, in the main, confined to the discovery of some new method by which a centralized om- nipotent power may extend its in- quisitorial and ubiquitous authority. -Weddings are to be supervised by a hygienic expert and marital rights determiried by some eugenic fool. “Babies are to be born by federal ald and suckled under federal super- viston. “You cannot milk a cow without a federal inspector at your heels. The factory, the mill, the counfing house, the office and the home _literally swarm with a horde of petty and, Dpestiferous representatives of this IHOTEL IN FLAMES 'S FREE STATERS SURROUND REBELS Smoke" Borfihs Also- Used in Fierce Onslaught on In- surgent Posts. ! . {DE VALERA’S QUARTERS REPORTED REACHED | Many Deserting Republican Ranks in Dublin—Complete Defeat Held Near. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, July 4.—Hammam's Hotel on Sackville street, ene of the main positions of the insur- Zents, was captured by the ma- tional army forces this afternoon. The hostelry with its garrison of thirty men was surrendered to the Free State troops after the build- ing had taken fire. DUBLIN, July 4—The Hotel Ham- man, one of the positions held by re- publican insurgent forces, caught fire about 1 o'clock this afternoon. The firemen were unable to reach the building owing to heavy gun fire. At 12 p'clock this afternoon the national army troops werd attacking the posi- ltions of the irregulars from both front and rear and surrender was| expected any time. The attack of Irish national army | forces in Sackville street, now the | stronghold of the republican irreg- ulars, continued with intermittent heavy firing throughout this morn- ing. The diminution of the republican "forces through desertions is indicated by the fact that they are no longer defending the whole position which they seized following the surrender of the Four Courts building, but are concentrating their defense on a few points closely connected, necessity demanding that they pass from building to building through holes in the walls. The national troops today were employing smoke bombs as protec- tion for bomb throwers. Enter De Valera's Headquarters. that national troops had actually en- tered the Gresham Hotel, understood | to be the headquarters of the irregu- | lars. Shielded by smoke bombs the| nationals were able to get close to al number of buildings held by the re- | pubiicans, hurling into them large numbers of hand grenades. So dense was the smoke barrage at one time that the Gresham Hotel was thought to be on fire. Armored cars again were in action today at many points, pouring a devastating fire into the positions of the irregulars. Defeat of Rebels Nears. The enveloping movement by the Free State forces in the Sackville defeat of the rebels is in sight, says a communique issued from genernll headquarters in the Beggars Bush! barracks today. The insurgents have been driven; out of the positions in Earl street, so that their comrades in the Gresham Hotel and adjoining buildings in Sackville street are entirely sur-| rounded. - Thirty-two rebels were captured when the national troops rushed the Earl street positions and the Catholic Club, opposite the Gresham Hotel. The Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation building in Sackville street, which has been occupied by insur- gents, was burned during the night, arter an attack by the Free Staters. Three Killed, Twenty-Seven Wounded Yesterday's casualties were three killed and twenty-seven wounded. The lull since the termination of the flerce attack on the insurgents’ position early this morning had been broken up to 9 o'clock only by the ac- tivities of snipers. The government forces now hold all the positions dominating the buildings in Sackville street occupied by the rebels. Barricades at the Liffey bridges and across the princi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Cradle to Grave Senator’s Fear “And the worst Is yet to come, for * + 'bills_are now pending to regulate, supervise, censor or con- trol the public press, public utilities, the sale of securities, the mining of coal and minerals, the weaving of cloth, horse racing. foot ball, base ball, moving pictures, Sunday amuse- ments—everything, in fact, from the birth of the baby to the burial of the corpse, and from the operation of a railroad to the setting of a hen. “Under the terms of the bill to regulate horse racing by censoring the mails and the press, a lad in col- lege in writing to his mother and stating the 0dda on a foot ball game is liable to a fine of $5,000, or im- prisonment in the -penitentiary for five years. - Parting-of the Ways. “In short and in fine, we have come to the parting of the ways. The old guard, impotent and discredited, is lett to the mercy of the Non-Partisan League, .and a triumphant socialistic organization masquerades undej the emblem of the bull moose.” Senator Stanley appealed for con- setitutional government ana a de- centralization of federal powers, ask- ing it constitutional limitations were “to be removed at the whim' of om- nipotent numbers, maddened by the blatant eppeals of blind fanatics and flannel-mouth demagogues.” He urged followers of the demacratic’ party’s founders not “to sit idly by or-tamely and silently submit to the clamorous and turbulent determination by an or- ganized mob of the right to review the decisions of courts and to supe: ‘Vvise and to determine the most int mate relations of our social and do-. mestic life.” 2 “Then have we passed from -de- mocracy to mobacracy,” said -Senator Stanley in conclusion, “from- govern- ment by .laws and courts and con- Bresses 1o o government by hystaria and emotion, from order 0 4 | 1 ¥ican nomination. - OH, FOR THE SPIRIT OF v )\) Y o 3 L~ 76! END OF GOAL CRISIS DEPENDS UPONU. 5. Deadlocked Parley Looks for Definite Official Pro- posal. The conference of bituminous coal mine operators and officials of the miners’ union called by President Harding to consider methods for set- tling the coal strike stood at adjourn- ment today until next Monday with the deadlock between the two groups It wds reported shortly after noon {still unbroken after three days of jor two though, reached a velocity of joint and separate sessions. \What plans the Kovernment might have for carrying further its inter- vention when the conference recon- venes, which participants appeared to consider offered the only possibility of bringing about an early strike set- ent, had not been indicated today. It was _expected, however, that President Harding, who will have re- turned Monday from his Ohio trip, will ‘again get in direct touch with the megotiators, and it was believed in Some quarters that he might have & definite proposal to lay before them. Secretaries Hoover and Davis, who street area is complete and the final| have attended the meetings as reD-iwa< broken out in another part of the | resentatives of the administration, so ! {far as known have offered no pro-| posals outside of a tentative sugges- tion that a committee of miners and operators might be appointed to con- | sider the possibility of outlining dis- tricts as a basis for wage confer- ences. When the conference adjourned yesterday it was stated on official authority that no compromise scheme nad reached any definite form to take the place of proposals for wage ne- gotiations on the basis of the cen- tral _competitive field, as advanced by the union officials, or by confer- ences in each district as favored by the operators. No committees were appointed on adjourning to carry over possible negotiations, but John . Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, is remaining in Wash- ington, and it was considered prob- able that Alfred M. Ogle, president of the National Coal Association and head of the operators’ delegations, would do Ilkewise. PRIMARIES NEAR IN MANY STATES Candidates Increase Activ- ity With But Few Weeks Before Elections. Approaching primaries for nomina- tions will make the next six weeks, stir- ring times for representatives in Con- gress from-a number of states. The next primaries will be in Nebras- ka, Tuesday, July 18. A senatorial con- test is also under way there, Senator Hitchcock, democrat, being up for re- nomination, which Is expected by his friends. Several of the representatives have contests on hand. Texas Primaries. Following these will be the first Tex- as primaries, July 22. Under the Texas law subsequent primaries will be held to “run off” the issue among the top- linere in the first race. The second Texas primaries will be held August 26. Tuesday, August 1, will be a fleld day, primaries being held in_five states, with all members of the House up and three senatorial fights on. These states are Kansas, Missouri, Oklaloma, -Virginia and W&st Vir- ginia. The senatorship fights will occur in Missourl,' Virginia and West Virginia. - The following Saturday, August 5, Kentucky voters will go to _the primaries. g Tuesday of the succeeding week, August 8, 'Alabama, Arkansas and ©Ohio will vote on canddiates for’ the nomination, ,with a senatorship con- test. Senator Pomerene is up for re- nbmination in Ohio. Tuesday, August 22, Wyoming will loom into view, with Senator Kendrick up and House Leader Mondell seeking the repub- August~15, Mississippi; August 22, Idaho (convention in 0), and August 29, California and Montang, will close the busy month. Senator Johnson of California is having a vigorous contest on his hands, the main feature of which is the defec- tion of some prominent progressives who have hitherto supported him, but are now going over to the con- servative candidate, Charles C. Moore of San Francisco. 3 Primaries in_twelve state e, orien Sepyamba Quite a few trees around Washington bowed before the wind and rain storm of vesterday afternoon and quite a few bowed 0 low they mever got up again. The “ill wind” didn’t blow any good to | the trees, but it blew the thermometer | down 24’ degrees, satistying the pub- lic—all that can be desired. About 300 trees were either blown i down or twisted and torn by the wind, { which at one time, only for a_moment i i | six miles per hour. The average { blow, however, was thirty-six miles. | Roofs of houses and sheds remained in- | tact this time, but two residences were | damaged when stately maples lost their balance and fell. Windows Smashed. The four-story building at 11 24 street northeast had six windows i punctured by a tree that broke off about four feet from the ground. This morn- ling two large limbs were in the living ‘quarters of Mrs. Bessie' S. Cheatham, | who spent last night and this morning | picking up pieces of glass, splinters and | leaves. Five windows of her apartment were broken out as the huge branches |crashed agaipst the house, and a sixth building. CANNONS' BOOM WAKES PRESIDENT i Thousands of Visitors Join Marion in Centenary Celebration. By the Associated Press. MARION, Ohio, July 4—Thousands of out-of-town visitors joined resi- dents of Marion today in their Fourth of July celebration of the home- coming of President and Mrs. Hard- ing and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the city. Prepara- tions had been made for a variety of activities throughout the day, with the President, Gen. Pershing and Charles G. Dawes, former budget bureau director, scheduled to deliver addresses in the afternoon to a pub- lic gathering at the fair grounds. The President slipped into Marion last night after traveling 250 miles by automobile since morning. There was no demonstration on his ar- rival here, as Mr. Harding was driven to his father's home by a | roundabout route, which avoided; crowded streets in the business sec- tion. ¥ A delegation of Marion citizens met the presidential party in Colufnbus, where a stop was made for dinner, !and escorted it during the last forty miles of its journey from Washing- | ton. Other friends of the President were on hand to greet him when he: arrived here. The executive expects to remain in 3 ing he wiu spend Thursday |?:rlcg:::b?l§. leaving there Friday- morning by automobile for Washing- ton. At least two days will be re- l-quired to complete the trip from Co- lumbus to the White House. Today’s celebration here go way. with a_hundred-gun salute at . The day's pros! ahother anhgte of twenty-one “guns as the President arrived at the fair grounds in the afternoon. He had agreed to deliver & “friendly greet- lngen' Pershing and Mr. Dawes, who also were on the program for ad- dresses,> motored from Washington With the President. Since Jeaving Washington Saturday the President has delivered no addreSses whatever, although urged at a number of points along the route to {pformally address crowds which had Bathered to gréet Mre, Harding and him. HURRIES TO TREAT LENIN. BERLIN, July 4—According to the Golos Rossi, the noted Gerfhan neurol- ogist, Prof. Foerster, has again gone to Moscaw,.in response to a hurried summons, to attend Nikolal Lenin. It ‘soviet gove: ram called for |nor Hundreds of Trees Uprooted As 56-Mile Gale Sweeps City Buildings Damaged by Crashes—Wagon Is Pinned Under Falling Timber—Storm Dispels Hot Wave, Bringing Comfortable Temperature for Holiday. Another building was damaged as the result of the inability of a “shader” in front of it to stand on its feet. The cornice and part of a roof at 2637 I street, mnorthwest, was disfigured, but no one was injured. Wagon Pinned by Tree. The third accident of concern re- ported- was that to a wagon, which was demolished when an unrooted tree fell across it. A horse was hitched to the conveyance, which was standing in front of 529 21st street northwest, but escaped injury. The driver, Robert King, was in the house during the storm. The weather man will not predict it. but from observation and experi- ence the past month it appears that the long-dawn-out Washington heat spells are going to be interrupted quite frequematly during the summer. Sunday’s heat was cut, short by a refreshing thunder shower. The re- sult of vesterday's storm is gratify- ing to all holiday seekers and pic- nickers, for the wedther mi states that the température will not go over today. It was 67 this morning. The little rain that fell today was a left-pver from vesterday's fracas, and the forecaster predicted a cool and comfy day for the Fourth and fifth. PLAN DEATH BLOW T0 MONARCHISTS German Socialist Factions Move to Unite for Solid Front. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, July 4—Hermann Mueller, on behalf of the majority socialists, has written a letter to the leader of the independent socialists in the reichstag, it was announced today, stating that it will be possible to permanently suppress the German monarchists only if a solid repub- lican government is formed, and ask- ing the independents if they are pre- pared to join Chancellor Wirth's cab- inet with that object in view. Herr Crispien, on behalf of the in- dependents, replied agreeing to dis- cuss the question. The Wachrichtenblatt, the only newspaper appearing in Berlin today, says negotiations have commenced between the leaders of the trades union and the majority and independ- ent socialists on the question of join- ing the government, and the proceed- | ings are going forward harmoniously. DEAD WOMAN IN FiLM. Start}ing Disclosure in Negative Taken in Canyon Undergrowth. LOS ANGELS, Calif.,, July 4.—Upon developing & film negative taken two months ago in Topanga Canyon, 25 Marion until Thursday morning. WIth |, oy northwest of here, B. W. Ander- son found that the body of a woman ly- ing under a tree among the under- growth was clearly outlined in a photi- graph, according to his story to the police here late last night. The body t under|appeared to have been badly mutilated. When on the trip neither Anderson his friends saw the body, they told the police. JULY 4TH FELICITATIONS SENT BY MILLERAND TO PRESIDENT HARDING By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 4.—President Mille. rand today sent the following cable message to President Harding: “The French people wish to asso- ciate themselves heartily with the American people in the celebration of Independence day. The common trials which our two nations have endured to insure liberty of the world make dearer and dearer to us the anniversaries in which one of them commemorates the triumph of this noble cause. In the name of France, bound to the United States by last- ing friendship, I send to you and to the great republic which you repre- sent my warmest wishes for your happiness and prosperity.” 4 THRONGS HERE PAY HOMAGE TO NATION Speeches, Parades and Ath- letic Events on Program Capitol Exercises Tonight. “I pledge sllegiance to my flag, and to the republic for which it stands; one nation, indivisible, with liberty and *justice for all” From countless lips today came these words at patriotic exercises held throughout the National Cap- ital, on the occasion of the 146th an- niversary of Independence day, With all eyes rased to Old Glory, the center of every celebratiop, the pledge of allegiance was given in childish tremulo, the bass tones of men and the clear soprano of women. It swelled in the aisles of theaters and halls and lost itself in the trees| at outdoor celebrations. For this is July 4. Exercises in Theater. While Citizenship day were in progress In the morning at | Keith's Theater, where Theodure G.| ) Risley, solicitor general of the De- partment of Labor, spoke, under au- spices of the Federation of Women's Clubs and the U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post. No. 2, of the American Legion, community celebrations were under way In varfous parts of the District. At Petworth, Piney Branch and | Takoma Park parades and exercises began early, while at Walter Reed | Hospital a historical parade was held. The Association of the Oldest Inhabi- | tants held a_business meeting at 11| o'clock, which was followed by pa- | triotic _exercises at noon, at the home | of J. Edson Briggs, 630 South Caro- lina avenue southeast. Carnival at Georgetown. An athletic carnival was staged at Georgetown University campus under{ auspices of the Costello Post of the American Legion, and _ various| churches of, the city held special July | Fourth obsetvances. Holy Rosary| Church is holding a celebration at! 64th street and Central avenue. The| Barry Farm Citizens' Association is celebrating at Green Willow Grove! on_Sumner road. | This afternoon the community cele- ! brations are taking on the aspect of | field meets, with base ball games scheduled as part of the athletic en deavors. Tonight the main celebration will| be that at the east front of the Capi- tol, with Commissioner Cuno H. Ru- dolph presiding, the observance being under the general charge of Thomas J. Donovan. Following a concert by the Marine Band at 8 o'clock, the regular program will commence. This will include singing by A children's chorus, an address by Rev. Earle Wilfley on_ *“American ldeal: tation of “The Star Spangled Banne: by Charles B. Hanford: addresses by Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt and A. E Seymour, recitation of “The Ameri- can’s Creed,” by Willlam Tyler Page, and reading of a poem, “Our Country’s Flag,” by Mrs. Sarah E. Deeds. Community Celebrations. | All four driveways entering into the | Capitol grounds from the east will be closed to traffic at 7 o'clock tonight, | one hour before the exercises begin. The north and south driveways will be kept open. The. space in front of the speakers’ stand has been roped off | for a distance of thirty feet for the school children who are to sing and | the other participants in the exercises. This evening all the community cei ebrations will be resolved into pub- | lic meetings, outdoor if the weather permits. The Columbia Heights Cit- | izens' Association will hold a patri- otic_program at 8:30 o'clock at St.! Stephen’s parish hall, 3017 14th street, | at which Senator Thomas Sterling of | South Dakota will speak. The Daugh- ters of the American Revolution will hold a supper for new citizens at the old Centfal High School, 7th and O streets, at 6 p.m. at which Repre- | sentative Clyde Kelly of Pennsyl-| vania_will speak, as will Chief Jus tice Walter 1. McCoy of the Suprem: Court of the District. Rain Dampens Ardor. The city awoke today fo a cloudy | July 4, followed by rain at 9 o'clock. | The streets were practically d®erted | this morning, indicating that lafge! numbers of residents had left the| city for nearby resorts and places! farther away. * “There was a noticeable lack of fire- cracker detonations today, although in the resident sections would come a bang-ity-bang every once _in awhile as some adventurogys boy | exercises | ! the, TWO CENTS. TRACK MEN READY TOQUITIF PAY CUT 1S NOT CANCELED Grable Presents Ultimatum as Conference §tarts on Eve of Strike. MANY ABANDON WORK IN ADVANCE OF ORDER Only Issue Is Decrease in Wages. 80 Per Cent in Favor of Walkout. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 4—After more than two hours’ discussion tedsy with Chairman Bea W .Hooper and ‘W. L. McMenimen of the Rallroad Labor Board, E. F. Grable, presi- dent of the Maintenance of Way Union, had mot decided to cancel the threatened strike eall to Ms 400,000 rajl workers. The comfer- ence adjourned mear 1 o'clock for lunch with no settlement reached. CHICAGO, Iil, July 4—Officials of the maintenance of way union went into conference with members of the Railroad Labor Board today in an eleventh-hour effort to stifle the threatening strike of common labor. The outcome was rather dubious, as E. F. Grable, president of the union, said he would tear up the strike or- ders, already prepared, only if the board rescinded the cut-wage scale which went imnto effect Sunday. Although President Grable has held up the strike order, reports from various points said maintenance of way men already were quitting work Freight handlers, clerks, oilers and stationary firemen were reported as joining the shop strikers, although figures were still meager and indefl- nite, and there was no way of getting an accuratc estimate of the total de- fections. Strike orders, prepared for trani mission to the 2,700 local unions o the organization, were left in De- troit headquarters when Grable and other union officials left for Chi- cago for today's conference. Arrangements for the meeting were made yesterday by telephone as union officials completed the canvass of the strike vote and prepared to dispatch the strike order to the locals. Want Delay fer Appeal. Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the board, in arranging the conference, asserted that government reports on fluctuations of the cost of living could be made the basis of an im- mediate appeal to the board by rail employes . for wage usympents. Tnion leaders said their d#aly demand that recent wage cuts be with- held pending an appeal. The maintenance men cast their ballots solely on the :uulkmlo!'::; cepting_or rejecting the recen! Slash of $60.000,000, wheregs the strik- ing shopmen, now “outluwed” by the Labor Board, had additignal griev nces over decisions affecting over- time pay and working conditions and the practice by some roads of farm- ing out shop work to contractors. 90 Per Cent for Strike. The vote of the maintenance men, according to announcements follow- ing vyesterday's meeting of the ex- ecutive council of the United Brother- hood of Maintenance of Way Em- ployes and Railway Shop Laborers at Detroit,”was 90 per cent favorable to a strike. Today's meeting, it was agreed, was opeful gesture toward averting the threatened walkout, but it au- gered more signs of peace than any conYerence since rail unions began taking their strike votes. Number on Strike Still in Doubt. Striking shopmen, called “outlaw: by the United States Railroad Labor Board, whose summons to a media- tory conference was defied last Fri- day, today entered upon the fourth day of their walkout in protest against wage reductions and decisions by the board with the actual number of men who responded to the strike call still in doubt and no reports of serious effect on transportation. As a result of their walkout the shopmen are beyond the pale of the Labor Board, Whose members an- nounced that the strikers would re- ceive no further official recognition by the government agency set up as arbiter of railroad controversies. Meanwhile, in various rail centers, the carriers displayed a formidabl ttitude toward the “outlawed” sho men. Statements to strikers an- nounced that unless the men return- ed to work immediately they would forfeit all seniority and protection rights and pensions, and in some in- stances they were threatened with the refusal of future employment. Claim 200 Strikers Returned. In its announcement the Labor Continued on rage 2, Column 3. Today’s News in Brief. would set off crackers probably pur- chased from one of the merchants who plied his trade just over the Maryland line. GERMAN BUILDING BOMBED. BERLIN, July 4—A bomb thrown in the -courtyard of the Trade Union | building in Mannheim last evening, | injured a number of persons and con- | siderably damaged the bullding. 1 e polion See ot s S it o Teldermbly dam e GOVERNOR TO FREE EVERY PRISONER | TRACING PLIGHT TO ‘WAR SERVICE SUPERIOR, ‘Wis.,, July 4—Gov. J. J. Blaine of Wisconsin an- nounced in an address here today that he would extend executive clemency to every man in Wiscon- sin prisons “who can trace his plight, directly or indirectly 'to _causes arising out of the service to his country.” ,’ “No partisan pnmumtlon-. no attempts at intimidation by politi- nference will drive me m{n :fic‘”p rpose,” Gov. Blaine esaid, announcing that he already bad ted clemency to twenty-| o ged tha ment, the stupidity of public of- ficials who should have anticipat- ed the present condition, and the selfishness of those who seek priv- fleges from the government, are responsible for the imprisonment the large number of former rvice men, who he says are in Jail. 3 3 “There was plenty of money in the ‘public treasury to pay war contracts,” he ul‘d.‘-‘:plelnt{ g ‘money to ure , plenty pay ,lwlv,e?’ chl.l' r patriots and profiteers, and nothing for the soldier boy. | . “When I can take these boys out ©° aviron.and put them-into col- - Jeges 1 will be aatisged.” Britain proposes four great alliances to disarm world. age 1 Cannons’ boom awakens President as Marion begins celebration. Page 1 ay homage to nation here. Throngs pay Page i nd of coal crisis hinges on U. S. Eplln. Page 1 Trackmen ready to quit fi pay cut is not cancelled. % Page: 1 . marines to use hirplanes, tanks ul:d mtl’:nch mortars in realistic charge at Gettysburg. Page 3 ourists in England celebrate Fourth of July, omitting only fireworks and Teading Declaration of Independ- ence. Page 3 . C. Commissioners makihg thorough D G ectigation_ of " Industrial Hoime School situation. ‘:ue 3 Seeking to place blame for Winslow Junction wreck. Page 3 Able accountants ::‘d legal advisers epresent ct taxpayers in ;z.o;o.vo';n surplus inquiry, Page 3 Jewel “outlaws” Rail Labor Bog:.. A aa rogram_ for Independence “alny :l ‘akoma Park. Page ¢ L. C. Williamson, noted Mason, dlu.’ Frank 8. Bri dress before "t Taft homor guest at st e o Oldest Il. s