Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair and warmer tonight; tomorrow < showers and thunderstorms; cooler late tomorrow afternoon and night. Temperature for 24 hours ended at 2 t today: m. Full report on page 7. hest, 86, at y;lo'_'.“fnl‘ltxul.m.( ay. p.m. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 16 Che WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION- No. 28,558. TARIFF GLOTURE MOVE DEFEATED -BY VOTE OF 4535 Nine Less Than Two-Thirds Majority Obtained by Sen- ate Republicans. FIVE INSURGENTS VOTE WITH THE DEMOCRATS Minority Party Presents Solid Front in Opposition to Limit- ing Debate. The republican move to enforce cioture on the administration tariff bill failed today in the Senate. The vote on the motion to enforce the existing rule was 45 to 35, or nine less than the required two-thirds ma- jority. Demeoerats Vote Solidly. The democrats voted solidly against the motion and were joined by five republicans. The roll call follows: For the motion: Republicans—Ball, Bursum, Calder, Capper, Curtis, du Pont, Edge, Elkins, Ernst, Fernald, France, Frelinghuysen, Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Johnson, Jones of Washington, Kellogg, Keves, Ladd, Lenroot, Lodge, McCormick, McCum- ber. McKinley, McLean, McNary, Nel- son. Newberry, Nicholson, Norbeck, Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Poindexte: Rawson, Shortridge, Smoot, Spence Sterling, Sutherland, ~Townsen Wadsworth, Warren and Willls—45. Against the motion: Republicans— Borah, Brandegee, La Follette, Moses and Norris—s5. Democrats — Ashurst, Broussard, Caraway, Culberson, Dial, Fletcher, Gerry, Harris, Harrison, Heflin, Jones of New Mexice, Kendrick, King, Myers, Overman, Owen, Pittman, Pomerene, Ransdell, Robinson, Shep- ard, Shields, Simmons, Smith, Stan- | ey, Swanson, Trammell, Underwood. Walsh of Massachusetts and Walsh of Montana—30. Total against, 3. Defeat Not Surprise. The defeat of the motion for clo- ture on the tariff bill was expected. The debate on the measure will now proceed under the usual conditions. However, democratic senators are predicting that unless the debate is prolonged by the republicans them- selves a vote on the passage of the tariff bill may be had by August 10 There are a number of important schedules still remaining to be dis- cussed, which will lead to consider- able debate, among_them, wool, cot- ton, sugar, hides and dyes. There aleo remains to be censidered the provi- sion; relating to Valuation, the House having adopted the American valua- tion and the Senate committee recom- mending the foreign valuation plan. The provision of the bill authorizing the President to take cognizance of conditions abroad and to readjust the administration of the tariff also bas still to be considered. Even had the cloture as proposed been adopted by the Senate today and ! ff bill passed in the next cou- ple of weeks under that rule the bill could not have been sent to conference until the House reassembled August 15, as the House is now in recess. ‘{mnator Caraway of Arkansas. demo- gat, pointed out this difficulty of speeding up the tariff bill. He criti- cized republican senators, now de- manding cloture, when they knew that they had voted to allow the House to go away until August 15. BLOOD REVEALS MURDER AND SUICIDE IN HOME Drops Through Floor Bare Trage- dies in Pittsburgh—Police Blame Husband. PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 7.—Blood seeping through a floor today led the police to an apartment in McKee place here. They broke down the door and found the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Frank 8. Smith, who, it is said, formerly resided in Steubenville, Ohio. After Investigating, they belleved Smith killed his wife after a struggle and then shot him- self. KANSAS TOWN SWEPT. Tornado ‘at Lake City Unverified, All Wires Being Down. \ PRATT, Kan, July 7.—Reports of a tornado which almost swept away the town of Lake City, in Barber county, twenty-five miles south of Pra_lt, ‘were received here today. Wires were down and efforts to communicate with the town have been unsuccessful. MLLE. LENGLEN SURE TO MEET MRS. MALLORY By the Associated Press. WIMBLEDON, July 7.—Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory and Mile. Suzanne Lenglen both won their matches in the semi-finals of the women's singles in the championship tennis tournament here today and will meet for the final honors. Mrs. Mallory defested Mrs. Beamish, England, 6—2, 6—2, while Mille. Lenglen bested Mrs. Peacock, England, 6—4, 6—1. Today’s News in Brief. Strike disorders grow as officials | plead for troops. Page 1 Miners may make wage agreement. Rebels claim b e ebels claim bi i Southern Treland o "% b 1 Poincare rides high on vote of 533 to 65. Page 3 Bielagki declares his arrest is un- Iikely. 3 ~ Page ¢ President shows clemency ‘to ma- rulnel sentenced for “shooti up” L Chief Justice Taft learns new m of speeding up legal pro«du::.h S 10 Moonshiners tak | nesse oonthin e toll in T"l"ml: Jupiter Pluvius scores knockout. Held on charge of alding assa: w €] on Rosenbaum girl. o 3 P-“;'c ‘:’: Senator Borah declares: tax' burden bas caused political ti Dnited Statesr o Page 16 | tional committee has taken a fling at the police said | Entered a3 second-class matt, post office Washington, D. G, SHOP CRAFT OFFICIALS ORDERED ARRESTED FOR STRIKE CALL IN KANSAS By the Associnted Press. TOPEKA, Kan, July 7.—A state Wwarrant was issued today against Lo untipgton, president, and Thomas Hilleyer, secretary, of the Federal Shop Crafts Union, No. 11, of Topeka, charging violation of the Kansas industrial court act in issuing the strike order which resulted in the walkout of shop- :Y!::In lln the Santa Fe shops here y 1. PRESIDENT BENT ON ELASTIC TARIFF Will Insist That Congress En- large Powers of Proposed Commission. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Harding wants the powers {of the Tariff Commission enlarged, and | he will insist upon a provision to that effect in the pending tariff bill. Senator McCumber, chairman of the | finance committee of the Senate, has| just announced on the floor of the' Senate that many of the changcs| made in the bill since its introduction | have been occasioned by changing | conditions from day to day. Mr. Hard. | {ing is among those who believe that | if conditions change while the bill is | under consideration they will change | when it is a law and some permanent { machinery for alteration must be provided, because the Senate finance committee cannot stay in continu- ous session to do the job when once | the measure is law. | The President is prepared to make | an earnest appeal for the transfer u(| i 1 this problem to the hands of the Tariff Commission. This body at pres- | ent has only powers of inquiry and! study. For generations it has been | argued that the tariff could be taken | out of politics if the subject could bel handled by a tariff commission. Opportunity Rare One. i The President has the greatest op- | jportunity an American President has| ever had to overcome the traditional ' objections in Congress to the giving | up by Congress of the task of making | tariff bills. Heretofore the power has | been jealously guarded because of a| fear that the protectionists or tariff-| for-revenue principles would be aban- doned according as the tariff commis- slon was composed of those who lean- | ed toward the democratic or republi- can view of tariff making. Within the last few days the republican na- the movement. for a “non-partisan tar- iff commission” by insisting that there could be no such thing, as one or the other of the two principles must pre- vail. Mr. Harding is a protectionist. He quiets the fears of those who avould hesitate to Eive the full power to a tarifft commission by urging that the | commission should merely recommend | that the chief executive should have the power to proclaim the tariff duties as_conditions change. This correspondent has been assur- | ed that Mr. Harding stands today on the recommendation he made in his December address tq Congress, in which he said: Need of Elastieity. “I hope a way will be found to make for flexibility and elasticity, so that rates may be adjusted to meet unusual and changing conditions which cannot be accurately antici- pated. These are problems incident to unfair practices and to exchanges, | which madness in momey have made { almost Insolvable. I know of no- manner in which to effect this flexi-: bility other than the extension of the powers of the tariff commission, so that it can adaptgitself to a scien- tific and wholly jut administration of the law. - “I am not unmindful of the con- stitutional dificulties. These can be met by giving authority to the chief ! executive, who could proclaim addi- tional duties to meet conditions which the Congress may designate. The grant of authority to proclaim would necessarily bring the tariff commission into new and enlarged activities, because no executive could | discharge such a duty except upon the information acquired and recom- mendations made by this commission. But the plan is-feasible and the proper functioning of the board! would give us a better administra- tion of a defined policy than ever can be made possible by tariff duties prescribed without flexibility.” - Protectionist Policy Meant. By the phrase “administration of a | defined policy.” the President means in his own case a protectionist policy. The evils of a tariff law are not usual- ly of principle, but the application of a principle. It is more often a ques- tion of whether the protection is for the manufaaturer or the consumer and whether the protection, If it is for the ‘manufacturer, is sufficient to keep out foreign competition without raising the price too high for the American consumer. As costs of production and | labor conditions fluctuate, the statistics on which Congress levies' its duties also change. Mr. Harding wants the protectionist policy applied honestly. He believe 2 tariff commission could constantly furnish the data, and the chief executive conld thus change the duties from time to time to conform to the fluctuation in economic condi- tions throughout the country. Many of the republicans who are to vote for the pending tariff bill will do % with a lukewarm feeling. They know the bill will cause dissatisfac- tion later on. They would welcome, therefore, some corrective machinery which would In itself constitute an assurance against the bad working of the pending measure. Congress would always be able to revoke the power given the executive if it were abused. (Copyright, 1922.) Commissioner Oyster today re- vived his campaign of last sum- mer to make Wishington a weed- less city, The Commissioner announced that the healthsand police depart- ments will work together in carry- ing out this summer the act of Congreas which makes it unlawful for the owners of vacant land in the densely populated sections of the District to permit weeds ‘to grow on 'their land to a greater height than four inches. 4 Already the health department, with- its inadequate cog iSpectors,’has served 1251 | OYSTER flRENE WS WAR ON -WEEDS; NOTICES SERVED ON 125 OWNERS WASHINGTON; D. 'C., FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1922 —-TWENTY- RN oD D RE e R D STRIKE DISORDERS GROW AS OFFICIALS ‘PLEAD FOR TROOPS Reports From Rail Centers| Show Increasing Number of Qutbreaks. CHICAGO RIOTERS SEEK TO BURN TWO HOMES/ Held at Bay by Wife of Loyal Worker Till Police Arrive. Several Arrests Made. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, July 7—With B. M. Jewell, head of the striking railway shop crafts, still maintaining the con- ciliatory attitude he assumed after the strike was under way, but declin- | ing to make the first move toward ne- gotiations for peace, an increasing | number of outbreaks and disorders marked the closing hours of the firat week since shopmen throughout the country walked off their jobs last Saturday. Federal injunctions restraining strikers from interfering with rail- road operations, molesting workers and unlawfully picketing shops were issued at East St. Louis, 11, and Shreveport, La. Mobilization of state troops was| ordered by Adjt. Gen. Black of Illi- | nois, following disturbances in the Wabash yards, at Decatur. 'The gov- ernors of Alabama, Kansas, Missourl and lowa were asked to send troops : to scenes of disorders and where peace was threatened in their states. Chicago. in the past twenty-four hours, experienced its first outbreaks of violence in connection with the strike. A mob of strikers and sympa- thizers, which included many women, attacked and attempted to burn the homes of two lllinois Central em- ployes at Burnside, who refused to join the walk-out. Police dispersed the mob after Mrs. Julia Gabel, fifty- nine, wife of one of the Illinois Cen- tral ‘men, held the attackers at bay with a revolver when they attempted to storm her home. Severnl Arrests Made. Picketing of railroad shops contin- ued in numerous parts of the‘country, and several arrests were made in con- nection with picketing and disorders. Despite numerous outbreaks by strikers there was a general impres- sion in ralil circles that the trend of the strike was toward peace, and hap was expressed that Mr. Jewell waquld] be brought together with the United States Labor Board's two diplomats in conference—Chairman Ben W. Hooper and W. L. McMenimen, one of the three labor members. Railroads, meanwhile, continued to employ new men to take the jobs left by strikers, and the ultimatums to return to work next week or forfeit all seniority and pension rights stood effective in shops throughout the country. _Although some short-run trains. par- ticularly on the Chicago and North- western and the Salt Lake line of the Union Pacific, were annulled, the rail- roads generally reported slight inter- ruption of transportation as a result of the shopmen's strike. Strikers were reported at various points to be straggling back to the old jobs in uncertain numbers, but these reports reflected no weakness in statements from union headquarters, where Mr. Jewell reiterated his an- nouncment that the strike was vir- tually 100 per cent effective. Women Back Strike. Mr. Jewell exhibited telegrams from women's auxiliaries of shop crafts or- ganizations expressing support of the strike. He announced also the first sympathetic walk-out by exhibiting messages informing him that 2,500 molders employed on railroads had joined the ranks of the strikers. The temporary injunction order issued by Federal Judge English at East St. Louis was directed toward strikers on the Illinois Central at Mounds, Centralia, Mattoon, East St. Louis and other points in the southern Illinois district. Judge Jack, at Shreveport. La., granted a similar injunction to the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico rail- way. Mayor Coad of Parsons, Kan., under threat of ouster by Gov. Allen, dis- charged sixty-one strikers who had been appointed as special police. At -Wichita, Kan, fifty stationary firemen and oflers jained the strike. Would Aid in Disaster. A small number of shopmen em- ployed by the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis railroad at Alton, IlL, returned to work. Striking shopmen of the Dakota division of the Great Northern offered to volunteer their services without pay in any case where loss of life by wrecks or property. by fire is threat- ened. Announcements by the Union Pacific, Burlington and Northwestern systems that pensions and ssniority rights would be forfeited unless the men re- turned to work immediately were greeted by jeers from strikers at| their meetings. In Illinofs, state troops at Spring- field, Urbana, Decatur, Champaign, Danville and Delavan were ordered to hold themselves in readiness for strike duty. 3 Additional wage adjustment cases not included in those covered by re- (Continued on Page 2, Column 1 owners that they must remove Weeds from their property. In this connection, Commissioner Oyster also appealed to house- holders to co-operate in beautify- ing the city by keeping front lawns trim and tidy. z = This is the time of year, he point- ed out, when visitors come to Washington in large ‘numbers. Be- cause this is the Natlonal Capital, he said, tourists, naturally, expect to see a cleaner and better kept city than the average. With the ald of the health ds- |court has signed an order requesting. :(l;::tn w:g.fln Doll::.a C'u?r;fls- | Digtrict Attorney Weeks to show su ssful last A e A R °} - Of vacant |degree murder for z{@ slaying of < nce Peters, should, not. be- dis-| 21;. The ox made returpable SIX PAGES. TRUCK KILLS CHIL PLAYING IN STREET Driver of Delivery Auto, Held by Police, Says Two-Year- 0ld Ran Before Machine. Joseph Rinaldl, two years old, 608 Irving street, was run down by a de- livery truck on Irving street, near his home, shortly before 11 o'clock this morning, and almost instantly killed. He died while being conveyed to Gar- field Hospital in the machine that in- Jjured him. Samuel D. Minor, colored, twenty years old, 1011 New Jersey avenue northwest, driver of the truck, was arrested and held to await the action of a coroner’s inquest. The Rinaldi child and five or six other children were playing in the street in front of 610 Irving street, the police were told. Minor said the child ran directly in front of his car so quickly that he could not prevent the accident. Raymond Padgett, 815 Oronoco street, Alexandria, Va., riding in the truck, picked up the child and started to the hospital. They met Policeman Browning of the tenth precinct, who accompanied them to the hospital, where surgeons found the child dead.: Death had been caused by a cerebral hemorrhage following a fracture of the skull. Michael Rinaldi, father of the dead child, is manager of a shoe-shining establishment at 719% 14th street. The Rinald’s have several other chil- dren. LIKELY T0 COMBINE INCARE OF WARDS Commissioners May Arrange Conference to Reach Agree- ment Over Children. The District Commissianers may arrange for a conference between the officials of the board of children's guardians and the Industrial Home School in an endeavor to reach an agreement as to how the two agencies may work together in caring for the wards of the board of guardians. The city heads have been so ab- sorbed in taxation questions and utility matters this week they have not been able to devote further at- tention to the Industrial Home School situation, but it is understood they are considering the advisability of another meeting between the inter- ested groups. C: ot Appoint. Discussing the petition of the Con- gress of Mothers, Parent and Teacher Association committee for represen- tation on the board of guardians and on the board of education, Commis- sioner Rudolph stated today that the Commissioners have Aothing to do with the appointment of either body. The board of guardians, Mr. Rudoiph explained, is appointed by the two judges of the Police Court and one jus- tice of the Criminal Court, and.the board of education is named by the jus- tices of the District Supreme Court. Mr. Rudolph said that if the appoint- ing powers should ask the Commission- ers for suggestions in filling vacancies they probably would make them, but otherwise the city heads could not take part in the’appointing of these bourds. Consider Report. The Commissioners now have before them for consideration the report in which the board of guardians nxrrensel a willingness to use the Industrial Home School only as a temporary receiving home and for children who.may not be accommodated elsewhere. Mrs. Edmund J. Brennan of the Congress of Mothers, Parent Teacher Association, conferred with Mr. Rudolph briefly this morning regarding the situation. WARD GAINS MOTION. Court Orders District Attorney to Show Cause for Indictment. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, July 8— Justice Morschauser of the supreme arfd | region: PASSAGE OF BONUS BfEL PROMISED THIS SESSION “There will be no'adjournment of Congress until the soldiers’ compen- sation bill has been made a law. It will be taken up and disposed of un- der a special agreement as soon as the tariff bill is passed.” This promise was made today by Senator McCumber of North Dakota, chairman _of the finance committee, to Mrs. H. R. Smith of Whitma Mass., who delivered a third petition, bearing a million signatures, for en- actment by Congress of the soldiers’ bonus bill. Mrs. Smith, dressed in the uniform of the Salvation Army, was accompanied by a score of wounded veterans from the Walter Reed Gen- eral Hospital when she presented the memorial. “It's heavy and certainly has some weight,” sald Senator McCumber as he grasped the bundle. “We hope it will have some weight in the Senate,” Mrs. Smith responded. “It will,” the senator replied. HOPE STILL SEEN IN GOAL PARLEYS Anthracite Operators and| Union Men Continue Con- ferences Here. Continuation today of the confer- ences between the anthracite coal mine operators and union representatives, was taken as an indication of hope | of reaching an agreement through the conference called by President Harding to consider methods of se- curing a resumption of work in the coal industry. Neither side, however, would give out a statement as to the trend of developments on adjourn- ment of yesterday's meeting, which was said to have been without definite results. In the meantime, the bituminous strike _situation, negotiations in which have been deferred until Mon- day, is pressing itself more and more upon the attention of officials as to} the matter of the public's coal supply. Concern is felt over the present cur- tailment of shipments for the north- west, failure to receive the usual coal supply transported by the great lakes in summer, it is said, raising the pos- sibility of congested railroads next winter. Another area in which a pinch is said to have developed is in northern New York, which usually at this ‘season is being supplied with a winter store of hard coal by coast- wise shipping. Anthracite Men Recess. _ A lengthy session between anthra- cite coal mine operators and union rep- resentatives at the Interior Department broke up yesterday afternoon without definite results being accomplished, but | 1 with an agreement on the part of the | particlpants to meet again at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Only the notification that sessions would be continued today ! was given to indicate the trend of opin- fon among anthracite negotiators. Sec- retary Fall took part in the conference, but left before its conclusion. At all prior meetings employers have stood firmly for a reduction in wage scales, tendering arbitration through President Harding to determine the; ‘amount, while the union representatives, offering to negotiate on the basis of wage scales existing March 31, have re- fused to consent to reductions, and have made demands for modification of prior ts. efi‘!?“““':mle all the considerations affecting the bituminous strike situation have been deferred until Monday, after Presi- ent Harding’s return, government views of the matter were made aval able in part through semi-official dis cussion. In the matter of the public coal supply, two “pinches” have de- veloped, it was said, one in the north- west, to which a large portion of coal is usually transported by the great lakes in summer and the other in north- arn New England, whence anthracite is borne by coastwise shipping. Eight Regions ‘h.!en‘;ud t It was authoritatively inth tha! the government had suggested to = incas miners and operators in the con- farences now adjourned & scheme of volding the seeming impasse raised by {he employers' insistence fipon district wage, scale negotiations. and the miners’ demand for a national wage scale. The ‘'plan involves the setting up of eight s, each anlfi"l’ of several of the existing coal ulstrict organisations of operators and union miners, with negotiations in each. Little hos béen evidenced in the in- dustry, it was declared, for the propo- .“"g.c :‘h;.n' en, it was also ll‘: ‘spokesm dicated, were inclined to ‘be resentful yrning the present semi- the méeting conceCE | olled by Seare- ai . report on the prog- n-‘n' t0: m in attempts to get the unionised rt:n‘;:! fhe mising (odus o, ‘Mo light was fur- B —— PROPOSES 18-MILE DRY ZONE N SHPS Senator Amendment to Tariff Bill, Providing for Search. Prohibition enforcement officers could board and search vessels within six marine leagues (eighteen geo- graphical miles) of the coast of the United States, under an amendment to the tariff bill proposed today by Senator Sterling, republican, North Dakota, a member of the judiciary committee. The amendment was ordered to lie on the table and cannot be consider- ed until after the committee amend- ments to the measure hafe been dis- posed of. i The text of the amendment follows: “Officers of the customs, the coast guard, the Treasury Department or other officers whose duty would be to enforce the national prohibition act, may go on board any vessel at any place in the United States “or within six marine leagues of the coast of the United States and hail, | stop and board such vessel in the en- forcement .of .the laws prohibiting, regulating, taxing or relating to the liquor traffic. ““The provisions of the national prohibition act and other laws re- lating to intoxicating liquors shall be in full force and effect within six marine leagues of the coast of the United States and shall be enforced by such officers.” > The amendment is designed to aid the federal government in preventing the smuggling of liquor into this country and also to prevent ships from anchoring Jjust outside the three-mile limit and there disposing of “wet” cargoes. ———, 4,000 PATENTS LISTED IN RECOVERY DEMAND Custodian Miller Withholds Con- tents of Message Until Given %> Chemical Foundation. Approximately 4,000 patents and other property will comprise the mat- ter to be demanded from the Chemi- cal Foundation by the alien property custodian, in compliance with the, or-; der‘of the President, Col. Thomas W. Miller, custodian, revealed today. The demand, which is being pre- pared with all possible speed, is prac- tically complete, it was learned, but, ! owing to the amount of detail work involved- In describing the 4,000 or more pieces of property involved, it imay be a day or 50 before the papers are forwarded to the foundation. Nothing will be revealed concerning the detalls of tfte demand, Col. Miller said, until it has reached the founda- tion. It will then be made public by the allen property custodian. DENY NEW ASSASSINATIONS. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 7.—A semi-official de- nial was issued yepterday of persistent rimors that Field Marshal von Hin- denburg and Prince Eitel Friedrich, son of former Emperor William, had been assassinated. | Proud Brooklyn Sterling Offers : TWO NEEDY PRINCESSES WANT NICE, RICH HUBBY FROM U. S., AD CLAIMS' By the Associated Press. GENEVA, Switzerland, July 7.— “Two royal princesses, sisters, aged twenty-three and twenty-six, desire friendship and eventually marriage, after mutual tests, with English or American gentlemen, who must be young, wealthy and hand- some—especially not upstarts or newly rich,” reads an advertisement in an Innesbruck newspaper. “The princesses, who belong to the old royalty, are accomplished, but very poor. The gentlemen must give full details and refer- ences. A meeting could be ar- ranged for August.” & It may be recalled that an Au- strian archduchess advertised in a similar manner about a year ago and, it is believed, found a suitable husband. 'WOULD DISARM ALL OF SOUTH AMERICA Chile Will Demand Subject on Santiago Agenda, League Body Is Told. By the Associated Pre: PARIS, July: 7.—The outstanding feature of the closing session ofthe league of nations disarmament commis- sion here today was the announcement by Dr. Rivas Vicuna, Chilean ambassa- dor at Pariss that Chile would demand the inclusion in the agenda of the fifth pan-American conference, to be held next March in Santiago, of the whole question of world disarmament, both | naval and. military. Dr. Rivas Vicuna said Chile would {use the Washington conference as the {basis for her program. He explained ithat Chile was making an effort to ;bring about disarmament in South America. The_commission occupied itself largely {with final discussion of the three out- standing plans for disarmament which have been before it, two of them presented by Lord Robert Cecil, and the third by Lord Esher. The commission also decided upon an appeal to the thirking people of the world to assist !in bringing about disarmament. {" Rene Viviani, for France, made an address pointing out the tremendous dif- ficulties of disarmament under present conditions, but said fair progress was ibeing made. ; Lord Robert Cecil declared he feit the i present meeting had done more to put {a concrete plan before the world than iany previous meeting of the commission {and that the commission had approved lin principle plans, which made possible world-wide disarmament. He added that ithe three projects adopted would be brought before the assembly of the league of nations in September. POISON GAS OUTLAWED. | Prof. George Hile Among Scien- | tists Asked to Bare Secrets. By Cable to Th!‘_flt-r and Chicago Daily News. opy ! ight, 1922, | PARIS, July 7.—Poisonous gases, | which horrified the world when used by the Germans at the battle of Ypres, have been outlawed from civilized warfare by the league of na- tions committee on diasarmament {now meeting in Paris. Scientists all {over the world were asked to lay be- fore the league the secrets of these gases. Mme. Curie, Henrl Bergzon, Dr. Einstein and Prof. George Hale, Cchief astronomer at the Mount Wil- son Observatory, near Pasadena, [ Calif., have consented to serve on & { committee which shall occupy itself | exclusively with this matter. They {intend to_prepare for publication in ! Geneva, Switzerland, on August 1 a report dealing with the poisonous | gases used in warfare. = Half & dozen other famous savants in addition to those already named | nave put their services at the dis- i posal of the league by enrolling | themselves in the committee for in- { tellectual co-operation. MARTIAL LAW DECLARED IN VERA CRUZ CASH j Police, Soldiers and Members of | Red Union in Fight—Heron i Proal Confined in Jail. 1 By the Associated Press. . VERA CRUZ, July 7.—Martial law has been declared here after renewal of the clashes between the police, soldiers and members of the Red Union or revolutionary tenets. Heron Proal, founder and director of the syndicate, is confined in the military prison, having been arrested on the charges of homicide and sedi- tion. The charges grew out of the killing of several soldiers and police- men who intervened in a dispute be- i tween rival factions in the union, one party accusing Proal of misusing funds. ‘The rioters were led by radicals, who are said to have insulted the sol- dier guards and attempted to incite the syndicalists to storm the prison and free Proal. The newspapers are | demanding that the authorities (lkei heart! of ldrastic steps to prevent further blood- Bridge Turns Back to Horses’ Pace of Youth Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, Jaly 7.—The wheels of progress that rumbled over Brooklyn bridge today were horse-drawn wheels. The wondertul old structure, long one of the engineering marvels s of the world, has been deposed from the proud position it held for years as | escol the maln. artery of traffic between Manhattan and Long Island by the present-day demand for speed. At 4 o'clock this morning all motor-driven vehicles were barred from the road- ‘ways of the bridge by order of Grover A. Whalen, commissioner of plant and structures of the city of New York. Autes Go to Newer Bridge. Motor traffic has been diverted by the order to the newer and more com- modious roadways of the Manhattan and Willlamsburg bridges. The vol- trafiic the East river of both commercial and 5 lessure ve-’ es has Erown un threatened all the connecting surface links between Brooklyn and New. York.. The mixture of slow horse- drawn wagons and fast motor-driven vehicles, far separated in range of added to that congestion,'and decided to relegate the slower to QM‘QIC"’IUUW.. speed, trame . b oia bridge maintaided " Ou the.dar. the bridge was opened im May, 1883, a jon of warships from the Brook- lyn navy yard, passing under the mighty spans, thundered a salute to the en- gineering marvel. The city declared holiday in celebration of the release of tg‘ shackles of the fer- A. Arthur, with For twenty years the bridge was with- out a rival. Then came the Wiiliams- burg bridge, the and REBELS CLAIM BIG GAINS IN FIGHTING INSOUTH IRELAND Report Capture of Many Vital Free State Posts Out- side of Dublin. NATIONALS ASK FOR MEN; ENGLISH SHIPS AT CORK De Valera Still Missing—Brugha Dies of Wounds—Battle Looms in Ulster. By the Associated Press. CORK, July 7.—The regular state- ment issued from the republican headquarters at Mallow claims the irregulars are making rapid progress in southern Ireland. The capture of several more Free State posts is re- ported. These include Mount Bellew. County Galw Collooney, Sligo: Ballinamore, Leitrim; Enniscorthy, Wexford, and Urlingford, on the Kil- kenny-Tipperary border. The republicans also profess to hold Skibbereen, County Cork; Listwell, Kerry and Foynes, New Castle, West Abbeyfeale, Broadford and Ballin- garry, all in County Limerick. FREE STATERS NEED MEN. Face Big Task in Checking Re- bellion Outside of Dublin. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 7.—The provisional Irish Free State government, by its substantial victory over the jnsurgent republican forces in Dublin, is be- lieved to have taken a long step toward establishing itself firmly and bringing peace to Ireland. Indications are not lacking, how- ever, that Michael Collins and his colieagues will need all the support they can get to put down the remain- ing resistance, which, according to Teports from some cc.respondents in Dublin, is of an important character. These writers say the strength of the dissentients in the south and south- wes(_is greater than has been sup- posed. More Men Needed. It is predicted that the provisional government will need to enroll soi- diers to the full strength allowed un~ der the Anglo-Irish treaty, and will then have none too many fer the job of rounding, up the guerrilla bands acting under orders of the republican headquarters, The arrival in Cork harbor last night of a small squadron of British warships lends additional color to these reports, as it Is believed the vessels were sent in anticipation of | serious trouble in that district and possible attacks on the British naval station there. Republcian headquarters at Mallow is issuing daily bulletins, claiming that the irregulars are holding large areas and making rapid progress in several directions, but there are no means_of sifting these or other re- ports from the south and southwest, owing to the difficulties of communi- cation. De Valera Still at Large. The public is still kept guessing as to the whereabouts of Eamonn De Valera. The latest report, published in today's Daily Mall, says he spent last night at Brittas, a hamlet eleven miles south of Dublin, with Austin Stack, who is commanding a flying column of irregulars in that district. The report cannot be confirmed. Eleven of a band of sixty repub- licans, who attacked the Free State barracks at Lifford, County Donegal, today were wounded in the course of the fight, which lasted an hour and a half, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch received by way of Dublin. The garrison which held off the re- publicans consisted of only twelve Men. Every window in the barracks was smashed ‘during the attack. The irregulars withdrew in prepa- ration for a further assault. The inhabitants of Lifford, panic-stricken, were preparing to leave town as the dispatch was sent. BRUGHA DIES OF WOUNDS. Rebels Lose Very Active Leader. Dublin Is Quiet. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, July 7.—Approximately 700 irregulars were taken prisoner by the national army during the struggle in Dublin, which was brought to a virtual close by the surrender of the remnant of the republicans in the Sackville street area Wednesday. Dublin today showed signs of set- tling down again after the prolonged period of destructive hostilities in the the city. In the weeks stilities Dublin lost no less than Do 'of her hotels and now has wenty less hostelries than in 1914. More than 200 hotel workers already have been thrown out of employment because of the burnings. One of the signs of the return to- ward normal conditions was the re- moval today of the embargo which had been put upon the telephone serv- jce for military uses and urgent calls. Telegrams were sent from Dublin across the channel to theatrical art- fata that they could safely come to Ireland. The Aonach Thaillteann games committee will meet tonight | to continue preparations for the great Sihletic festival to be held here in August. . Brugha Dies of Wounds. Cathal Brugha, one of Eamonn De Valera’s Ehief licutenants, died today, from thé wounds he received om Wednesdsy whilé trying ts fight his way clear at the surrender of the republican garrisons in the Sackville’ e nounced at headquarters at hea that the Fepublicans had burned the’ Masonic hall at Ballinasloe, Galway. dvices from Mullingar sald & party o(A tv'u: ;:on and three swomen, travel- ing in = ivery wagon, the prop: torekeeper who had erty of a Dublin s e o letter from- De Valers Loses Active Leader. Cathal Brugha '(Charles Burgess)