Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1922, Page 2

CALL TROP IN RAILROAD STRIKE ”Ad]utants General Probing L Need in Several il Sections. ated Press. x’.lg;‘x‘-“g!lsux CITY, Mo., July 7- National Guard companies at War- rensburg and Boonkille have been or- dered to gather at their armories as a “precaution,” Gov. Hyde announced today. The governor stated that the order should not be construed as a e ant merely {0 take all pos- sible precautions,” he sald, refusing to amplify the announcement. Await Troop Decision. SLATER, Mo, July 7.—Develop- ments in the railroad shopmen's strike situation here today awaitéd the result of a conference between Gov. a. M. Hyde and Adjt. Gen. Wil- liam A. Raupp, who completed a spe- clal survey of conditions here yester- day. Upon this conference depended the decision whether troops would be sent here to guard the Chicago and Alton railroad shops, which today stlll were held by the strikers. The adjutant general arrived in town late yesterday on a freight train and got off opposite the station in order to inspect the shops before his presence in town became known. He talked later with the strikers’ chiefs and local officials. The adjutant general told a corre- spondent of the Associated Press that he believed the situation here was one which an energetic peace officer should be able to handle. He added that he was convinced Sherifi Logs- don had made no effort to handle it and would not do so. Likened to Herrin, I Seven:y-five per cent of the popula- tion of Slater is composed of railroad employes and their families, Gen. Raupp said, and the remaining resi- dents of the town are dependent on these families for their support. He belleved the situation here, So far as enforcement of law and order is con- cerned, is parallel to that to Herrin, Il He said the county and the town are thoroughly union in their sympa- thies and are not inclined to take any action in protecting strikebreakers against the union men. Sheriff Asks Troops. LOGANSPORT, Ind, July 7— Whether state troops are mnecessary to protect workmen at the Pennsyl- vania railroad shops here will prob- ably be determined today by Adjt. Gen. Harry B. Smith of the Indiana National Guard. Gen. Smith was sent by Gov. McCray to investigate the request made late last night by Sheriff John Miller for troops to assist in maintaining order. Minor disturbances have followed the strike of the shopmen, which be- came effective last Saturday. Stones were thrown last night at an auto- mobile carrying workers to the shops and two shots were also fired, but no one was injured. Iilinois Géard Ready. SPRINGFIELD, I, July 7.—Fol- lowing reports from Decatur that out- break threatens s the result of the Wabash_shopmen's strike, Adjt. Gen. Carlos E. Black ordered two troops of cavalry and five companles of in- fantry to assemble at their armories prepared to move at a moment's no- tice. STRIKE DISORDERS GROW AS OFFICIALS i “PLEAD FOR TROOPS (Continued from First Page.) cent decisions were set for hearing by the Railroad Labor Board today. A threatened extension of the strike o include 12,000 signalmen was pre- vented yesterday by members of the United States Railroad Labor Board when D. W. Helt, head of the Brother- ‘hood of Rallroad Signalmen, which has been taking a.strike vote, prom- ised to maintain the status uo pending ‘further conferences. D. C. TRAINS REGULAR. Union Officials, However, Declare Roads Cutting Schedules. Trains are running out of Washington on schedule, and none has been taken off since the strike began, it was de- clared today at the Washington ter- minall Union officials, however, claim that the roads are cutting oft trains, and those running are behind schedule, and say it will become worse from day to day. They say that their men are standing firm, and that the roads are having difficuity in obtaining men. Those applying for Jjobs, they inted out, are asking for special po- fice appoiniments. Southern_trains are sald to be run- ning behind time by union officials only. They said that on one division of the Norfolk and Western railroad move: ment of trains had been entirely stopped, and added that this was the division which handled cars supplying coal to the Pennsylvania railroad. GRANT STRIKE BENEFITS. Molders Quitting Railroads to Get $9 Per Week. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohlo, July 7.—Joseph ¥F. Valentine, president of the Inter- nutional Molders' Tinion, whose head- quarters are in this city. stated to- day that the executive committee of the molders’ arganization had decideq to grent strike benefits of $9 a week to molders In raflroad shops who go on strike In protest against a reduc- tion in their wages. Mr. Valentine sald there are approximately 2,500 molders in railroad shops and that about 1,000 have already gone on strike. Their wages had been rediced from 77 €0 70 cents an hour; he said. - - STRIKERS PAID OFF. :}m;n Valley Workers Abandon Rights and Privileges. SAYRE, Pa, July 7—Lehigh Valley raliroad workers who did not respond to the notice of N. F. Hibbits, superfn- téndent of motive power, to return to work by yesterday morning were paid ©off today. The men marched in a body to the local office, where they received their checks after turning in their trans- portation passes and property belonging %o the company. Many sacrificed rights that covered from twenty to forty years in the company’s service. All members of the striking shop in a mass mee ‘were %0 avold congregation police no occasion to mols TRACKMEN DEMAND RAISE . New England Group Votes UMi- matum Threatening Strike. BOSTON, July 7.—Members of the |9 " JUnited Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes of the New York, .fl_ yw Haven and Hartford, Boston and e have voted to send an ultima- “fum to the general officers of the or- SWORDFISH BATTLES WHALE TO DEFEAT IN FURIOUS DUEL AT SEA By the Associated Pres 4 SAN FRANCISCO, July 7—An unusual demonstration in the ocean off Pomt Sur, below Mon- terey, Calif.—a battle between 2 wkale and a swordfish—was re- ported today by Frank McDonald, custodian of the customs house here. “The first T saw of the battle,” said McDonald, “was when the Leyiathan of the deep churned up a fleld of foam that looked like a white island in the seas. Then the blg fellow spouted and leaped. I knew he was fighting a foe un- seen, Suddenly, as though he had been coming ‘straight up for a solar plexus blow, a swordfish pleroed the air.” After a battle lasting more than 2 half hour the swordfish was vic- torious, McDonald said. JAMES A. BELL HEADS Y. M. C. A. SCHOOLS HERE Harvard Man Served as Educa- tional Director With American Army in France. JAMES A. BELL. James A. Bell, who has had wide experience in Y. M. C. A. educational work, yesterdany assumed the office of educnlh;znl director of the Washing- TREASURY BACKS ™" D. C. FISGAL GLAIM Figures Coincide With Dis- trict’s as to Surplus Revenue. The legal side of the investigation into the surplus revenues of the Dis- trict by a Jjoint ‘congressional com- mittee appointed for that purpose was gone into at a meeting of the joint committee in the Senate District com- mittee room today. H.J. Gallaway of the Department of Justice, who has been assigned to look after the inter- ests of the federal government in ac- jcordance with the provisions of the District appropriation act recently passed providing for the inquiry, met with the committee. He advised the committee in regard to the procedure and also discussed the laws relating to the fiscal relations between the District and the federal governments. At the conclusion of the meeting Senator Phipps, chairman of the joint committee, said that the inquiry would be proceeded with as speedily as pos- sible after the committee had ob- tained the necessary information and advice. The committee adjourned subject to the call of the chairman. Only the three Senate members of the committee attended the meeting to- day. Representative Hardy of Colo- rado, the only member of the com- mittee from the House now in the city, was unable to be present. Treasury Backs D. C. Claims. The contention of the District of Columbia that surplus revenues of the District, amounting to approximately $5,000,000, are In the Treasury of the United States was” substantiated by officials of the Treasury at a meeting of the joint congressional’ committee |* yesterday afternoon in the Senate Dis- trict committee room. No difference exists between the figures of the District officials and those of the Treasury, the joint com- mittee was told by C. Grayson, rep- resenting Secretary Mellen, and E. Taggard, representing the controller of the Treasury, when discussing the sur- plus Tevenues which accumulatad in re- cent years under the fixed tax rate and the half-and-half plan. The contention that the federal gov- ernment has a valld claim to some of these surplus revenues has been ad- vanced in some quarters and the joint committee will be called upon to de- cide the justice of such claims. Meeting Is Executive. At the meeting yesterday, which was held behind closed doors, in addition ton Y C. A. schools. * While a student at Harvard, Mr. Bell became interested In the “Y" edu- cational work and, after leaving that institution, he remained in the asso- clation’s educational work for six years. Then he went overseas and for three years was one of the “Y¥" educational directors with the A. E. F. Returning to this country, Mr. Bell took charge of the educational work at the Newport News Shipbullding and Drydock Company, where he re- mained for three years, recently re- signing to accept the educational directorship of the Washington Y. M. C. A, the dutles of which he entered upon’ yesterday. Mr. Bell was born at Pittsburgh, Pa. and after passing through the gram mar and high schools of that city, graduated from the Pennsylvania State Normal School and the Grove City College. He taught in the public and private schools of Pennsylvania for five years and then entered Har- vard College, also completing the two- year course in the Graduates School. to members of the joint committee and the treasury officlal already named were the District Commissioners, Ma, Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor, and Corporation Counsel Stephens. Following the ~meeting Senator Phlpps of Colorado, chairman of the joint committee, sald that the figures presented by the District auditor, Maj. Donovan, and the Treasury of- ficials in regard to the surplus co- incided. He pointed out, however, that the investigation by the joint committee has just been begun; that an audit is to be made by auditors selected by the committee, and that there is to be careful consideration of all the laws relating to appro- priations and the fiscal relations of the District with the federal govern- ment from the year 1874 until the present day. It was too early, he sald, to express an opinion In regard to_the District's stirplus revenues. However, the results of the meet- ing yesterday apparently were pleas- Ing to the District officials attendlag, though they, too, withheld comment. stin | B Mrs. Bell and daughter will remain | If the committee holds In its report In Newport News for the summer |to Congress that the District is en September. plus there will be an almost im- mediate effect upon the taxes levied MAY 0. K. CAR TRACKS mated that $3,000,000 surplus must be 3 2 rolled up In the next five years to basis, ‘as provided for in the recent appropriaticn law. To bring about Ttilitles _ | a tax rate which will bring in $600,000 % % ;“mm’”‘"“ to Take Ac-| G enue over and above the sum on at Meetin, . £ This Afternoon. [B2e05d IaDrict ‘ench year. wali the $3,000,000 has accumulated. The Public Ttilitles Commission, at a |ready on hand, it will not be neces- meeting this afternoon, probably will |sary to accumulate the $3,000,000 Traction Company to extend its tracks | could g0 on a cash-paying basis im- across the new Georgetown bridge and |mediately and have $2000,000 to cent from passengers going to the Vir-| Maj. Donovan told the committes ginia side. yesterday how the surplus revénues it would put the people to a great in-| The joint committee ruled yester- convenience to deprive them of trans- |day against permitting Alonzo Twee- z of the fact that the Washington and Old | mittee on fiscal relations, to observe Dominion is not planning to exercise its |the audit made by the committee's ridge. among the committee members was As to the half-cent bridge fare, this|that the interests of the people of the law requires that the corporati the Commissioners, Maj. Donovan and pay to the federal government tam st | Corporation Counsel Stevens, all Dis- over the bridge. municipal government and the fed- The question of whether the Capital | €ral Bovernment will be permitted, it construct underground electric conduits | 2udit being made by the committee’s for its tracks on_Connecticut a'@i‘r‘.fi: accountants. Notneed 6 hope: months, joining Mr. Bell here in | titled to the use of the $5,000,000 sur- here. The Commissioners have esti- oN GEORGETOWN BRIDGE put the District on a cash-paying this surplus they have recommended needed to pay the current expenses Other Proposals. But with a surplus of $5,000,000 al- approve the application’ of the Capital |surplus proposed, and the District to collect an additional fare of half a |8Dare. Members of the commission feel that |of the District had been accumulated. portation facilities to Virginia, in view | dale, auditor of the citizens’ joint com- privilege of putting tracks on the new | auditors as it progresses. The feeling will not benefit the company, since the | District would be amply protected by half a cent on each passenger carried | trict officials. Representatives of the Tractlon Company should be directod to | W28 8aid, to observe the course of the from Calvert to Newark streets also |, Chairman Phipps said tha will be considered this to get the audit under way In & short Geciston on this case e Eileofl DUt @ |\ ise. The Department of Justice is 1t the underground svatom v ommeor_ | to furnish to the committee, under the dered, it 18 beleved likery tha® coorrar- | act providing for the Investigation, an I sion will authorize the comparny tomie- | attorney to look to the Interests of its trolley poles from the center of the |the federal government. He will sit ting and to keep off company property, in order to give state jest them. and the Boston and Maine ! @Anisstion in Detroit dpmanding an | tracks to th with the committee, as will the legal Sater for venicuar trame ' *eRUS | davisers of the District. The members of the joint committee sent yesterday Wwere Senator TOO EXCITED; COLLAPSES pre Phipps, chairman, and Senators Ball Witness Before Grand Jury Falls of Delaware, Harrls of Georgia and Representative Hardy of Colorado. to Floor—Rushed to Hospital. The excitement of being called to re- MEXICAN COURT SETTLES cito ‘hiaexparionce befora the grand| RETROACTIVITY DISPUTE Jury proved too much today for James O. Reed, colored, and he fell to.the floor Final Ruling Made to Clear Con- of the corridor outside the grang Toom. The ambulance from amergoncy stitutional Article of Con- fiscatory Effect. cy Hospital with Dr. Welch responded - al&i‘.‘ and removed the man t:”mem:m:: b Reed’s body is covered with burns Wwhich it is claimed resulted from gaso- [ The Mexican embasay line thrown upon him May 14 last in |today an information bulletin received front of 2102 L street northwest by | from the foreign office in Mexico Dora Vincent and Lena Fortune, both | City, stating that the action of the colored. One of the women is said to | Mexican supreme court on May 12 troactiv 27 of the u-&h have told her small son to apply & match | on cases involving the re to the saturated clothing of the man. |phase of article exitan Both women were held in Police Court | constitution had “established the some days ago to await action of the |clear and final jurisprudence on the grand jury. They are charged with an | non-retroactivity” of the article in assault with intent to kill. question. The bulletin added that it S R m& tlwa;v.‘f- ?‘?uon h.u‘l: “cllsn)led to that article (of e nstitutio: any con- RATL SITUATION BETTER. |fiscatory effect. £ Press reports from Mexico City some weeks ago sald that two addi- tional opinions as to the retroactivity ot article 27 has been handed down by the supreme court, completing the Pittsburgh District Reports Condi- tions Improving. By the Associated Press, PITTSBI = ) Mexican practice to establish a ques. URGH, July 7—Tne Penn- |4{00iCh" P natitutionality. The. retro- sylvania rallroad today - reported |gc tivity of 'article 27 involves the numbers of striking shopmen return- { ownership of oil and other properties ing to work at eight points in the t‘g;lahl;l :exleo by Ama.r‘lc:nl. and uas ‘ashington government has contend- ;l:;:b:t'fl;o:nmu and the employ-|e4 that it could not recognize nation- new men to take the|alization of mineral or other resources places of strikers. The lgrgest gain | by Mexico where it was proposed to was at Pitcairn, where, road officials | SXPFoPriate property held by Ameri- said, thirty-six strikers returned to | in%Pr" *© the adoption of arti- cle 27. the shops. It was reported additional | The State Department instructed Mr. workmen had been taken on at 28th | Forwara. the texis ‘ot the twe addle Wi 6 tex! ! o o fl‘h‘élnfi?}n‘:"e.mmmfl: tional supreme court opinions as soon Youngwood and lou!n‘bue, Passen. | 38 available. They have hot reached ger and freight nd declared. ‘Washington as yet, and it has been (ame 18 normal, the | 4sumed here that the original opin- Baltimore and Ohfo résentatives ass ~lo:‘-“2-lnfl; “d:‘wn Vo:hl.ll‘r, the announced that a cam; aho; | W n document ive not yet been 8 had been estabiishied TimCir: ] prej made public five similar opinions necessary under 5 4 of Joint Congressional Committee Who Met With District cials to Consider District of Columbia-Federal Fiscal Relations LEFT TO RIGHT: SENATORS PHIPPS, HARRIS AND BALL, AND REPRESENTATIVE HARDY. GREET COOLIDGE AT KENMORE |TRAINED FIELD GLASSES AS FUND DRIVE IS STARTED -~ Virginia Gathering Inaugurates Campaign to Preserve Home of Betty Washington Lewsis, Fredericksburg. From a Staff Correspondent. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., July 7— To the martial stralns of “Dixie,” the musicians being led by A. B. Bowring, the only surviving bandmaster of the Confederate army, Calvin Coolidge, Vice President of the United States, was glven a rousing reception here last night by more than 4,000 Vir- ginlans assembled to inaugurate a Lewis, the only sister of the first President. Introduced by Representative R. Walton Moore of Fairfax county, whe in his addrese frequently re- ferred to the close ties that bound the patriots of the great Bay state and the Old Dominion, in the early days of the republic, the Massachusetts statesman was forced to wait fully five minutes before proceeding with his speech, so great was the applause. He, too, often referred to the try« ing days of the birth of the nation, and at each mention of the names of Washington, John Adams, Mason, Henry, Jefferson, Monroe, Madison, Marshall, La Fayette and Rocham- beau, all of whom had been frequent Visitors to Kenmore, enthusiasm was so intense that he was unable to continue. Lauds Keamore A jociation. ; Mr. Coolidge lauded the efforts o lher Kenmore Association and the Daughters of the ‘American Revolu- tion to preserve for future genera- tions the home of Col. Fielding Lewls, brother-in-law of George Washing- ton “a man who not only did his full share with the fighting forces of the Continental army, but practically gave his entire private fortune to Soply ammunition for his fellow- patriots. i, ¢ ithe A~ people who worship a shrine of true greatness, sald the Vics Presids truly great ward who do mnot The e past, Unless that which has 1l stand with an as- Deer B Hty. the motive for further building is destroyed and all our structures will go down to ruina “It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.” he continued, “A_wholesome regard for the memnr{n:{ the great men of long :r’mmcg;l‘flnult{on of great men to Gome, who_still shall be able to in- struct, to lead and to inspire. Refers to Country of Today. Referring to the conditions in the country today, Mr. Coolidge said: “It is not a change that 'l’u needed in our and laws so much a: Constitution and laws & ich as Paying tribute to Df°d|¥:: lb’ Vl:; ntinued: * eloguen: (flnl;‘lll)'l(zkwflanry. the confidence in the people of Thomas Jefferson, hfil‘ inspired judgment of John Mars! L and the incomparable patriotism of ashington will all be of no avall unless we shall make the sacrifices to live up to the which they acclalmed. groat impatlonce. . St are, and credu e o mmvlv;:rrtl Lhouauwho u-elr; change of institutions wou g?n‘cl::w brl:“ an area of perfection. “The great principles of life do not change; they are permanent and well known. Men are not ignorant of what justice requires. No power can ever be brought into existence which will relleve us of obligations. The lol:hop- portunity for progress les In their faithful discharge. No Reason for Lack of Confidence. whhere 18 no reason for Americans to.ll.:ak confidence in themsel! or {n their {nstitutions. * Imper- fections there are, violations of the law there sre, but public regquire- ments were never 8o high in thodh; tercourss of soclety, in the condu - of commerge, in_ the nlnernflehe of the law and in the faithful disc! lll'g. of publie office as at the present tim “There -are criticisms which &r have been and merited—there lways VS, o life of mhflflon is dependent not on oriti- cism, but on comstruotion; mot on tearing down, but on building up; not in destroying, but in preserving. If the American revolution meant anything. it meant the flcumim; tion to live under a reign of law. T means the assert! g eople to adopt their own consti- gf,:“"‘,,,‘ when opted, the duty of ail the peopl them. The colonists Foree. " orce. e who now, under sny form or gr“:nr purpose, seek to substitute Teign of public law their own om'll or any specles of foroe, or intimidation are not in with the aims of the srut ns. The jndustrial life of the stand except on the ance by every- funda- B i over Do Mttied “‘?‘mfl-fl in accordance Any look backward. the great men neceseary standard “The worl campalgn to preserve Kenmore, the | colonial home of Betty Washington ent, “will themselves be {more Association: her daughter-in- o people can look for- (law, Mrs. Annie Fiemming Smith, £nd st guaranteeof the future: assurance to & peopie | jon of the right of nfl:‘:::hhf but :fiz.“ city park, was opened with prayer by Rev. John Fields of the Trinity Epis- | copal Church of Fredericksburg. | State Senator C. Goolrick presided, | and after he had outlined the purpose for the gathering Representative, Moore was presented, and in a stir- ring address appealed for the undi- vided support of all Fredericksburg in_the project. Dr. Kate Waller Barrett. state re- gent of the Daughters of the Ameri- can Revolution, concluded the cere- monies with a brilllant appeal for funds, the result of which netted those 'in charge of the campalgn more han $4,000, which, together with the $3.500 already In hand, makes the to- tal of $10,000 to be subscribed by the people of Fredericksburg practically assured. The D. A. R. will assume the balance of the $30,000 needed for the purchase of the property when the full amount is raised here. From the moment the large party of distinguished guests arrived here at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon a continuous round of soclal events was held in their honor. Visitors See Historlc Places. The visitors, Including. besides the Vice President and Mrs. Coolldge, Representative and Mrs. 8. Otis Bland | of Virginia, Mrs. Elanor Howard and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wallls of Washington; Mrs. Benjamin Purcell, Richmond, chairman of historic| spots of the D. A. R. in Virginia;| Postmaster General and Mrs. Hubert ‘Work, Dr. Charles Moore, chairman of the fine arts commission, and Dr. and Mrs. Charles W. Richardson of ‘Washington, were immediately driven to Belmont, the historic home of Gar{ Meichers, the artist, and after inspection were taken to Kenmore, where they were shown over the place, % A lawn supper was served at the home of J. W. Masters, the oldest residence in Fredericksburg, when the guests were received by Mrs. V. M. Flemming, president of the Ken- Mrs. E. F. Birckhead, chairman of the activitles committee. This was followed by a general reception to the public, after which the entire assemblage adjourned to the mass meeting. Senators Unable to Attend. Owing to the fllness of Senator Carter Glass, and pressing business of Senator Claude Swanson, neither of Virginia's representativi in the upper house were able to attend the meeting. Both sent regrets through| Vice President Coolidge. f Two interesting characters at the exercises were Mrs. J. B. Smith, one of the four direct descendents of Col. Lewis, and Judge John T. Goolrick, father of the presiding officer, who is the only man living in Fredericks- burg who heard both Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis deliver public addresses in the city. Dréssed in the quaint attire of civil war days, Mrs. Smith related to The Star representative many thrill- ing events of that period, and while she roguishly declared she had been rdered” to refrain from singing ‘Dear Mother, I've Come Home to Die,” a famous souther, melody, she hummed a few lines “Just to show you I have not forgotten it. POLICEMAN, FROGGING, FINDS STOLEN SAFE Sees Big Touring Car Roll Away After Dumping It Out Near Baltimore. A Baltimore policeman on a: ging expedition at a pond ne:r‘v;g- letville, on the outskirts of Baltimore, last night about 11:30 o'clock re- covered a safe answering the descrip- tion of the one stolen from the gas- ?l:{lo tl:l:lon ;fNThoml.l J. Crowell, stréet and New Tn]asatny nlrll;t York avenu ust as the policeman w: to capture a big frog his ::u:b:?:n‘ was sttracted to a clump of bushes near th altimore-Washington bou- levard, a short distance away. Then he saw a big touring car drive away. Making a hasty examination, po- of liceman found the safe, th which had been blown or ;rnfig".';p.g d its contents, $148.07 and papers stolen. Mr. Crowell will go to Balti. more this alternoon to identify the Arthur Dorsey, colored, an ploye of St. Elizabeth's Auy the Insane for tw. o cause for the divorc, fl‘n left her Iu-‘ ‘When of sconduct and home and t ret “hl”flfllldlo jon-su] s e a m e says she st ASKS ABSOLUTE DIVORCE. 3 ‘Blpomer in 1910. Be [in'the ON SWIMMING HUSBAND Clergyman Says Wife Watched Him When Bathing With Women and Girl Mission Workers. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.,, July 7. That his wife used a pair of binocu- lars to watch him while he was swimming with women_ and girls, workers at the Grand Rapids City Rescue Mission, of which he is su- perintendent, was_ the testimony in court here today of Melvin E. Trotter in the separation suit brought by Mrs. Trotter. Rev. Mr. Trotter said his sister in- formed him his wife watched him from the porch of his summer home at Macatawa Park. “Our Sunday quarrels invariably were brought about because women in the mission audience came forward after the service to shake hands with me,” Trotter testified. “My wife ac- cused these women of ‘coming to worship me, not Go REBELS CLAIM BIG GAINS IN FIGHTING IN SOUTH IRELAND (Continued from First Page.) the start, and fought against it to the finish. He was De Valera's minister of de- fense in the first dail eireann cabi- net, directing the campaign against the British in south Ireland up to the time the truce was signed in July of last year. When the terms of the treaty negotiated by Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins and their fellow dele- gates who met the British representa- tives in London late last year became known he declared his opposition to the pact, and fought against it in the dail debates and in public speeches. against the ratification of the pact was one of the principal features of the debate in January last. ULSTER CLASH NEAR. Free Staters Launch Move to Sur- round Rivals. By the Assoctated Press, BELFAST, July 7.—An enveloping movement by Free State troops has begun in north Donegal, and a clash between the rival forces seemed im- minent today. Reports from the republican strong- hold at Glenveigh Castle and Inch fort indicate that the occupants are preparing for desperate stands. Large parties of republicans are operating in the bridge-end district of Donegal with the object of harassing the ad- vance of the national army toward Inch fort. The defenders of Inch have motor boats in service, in which some of them have appard off Pathoullan, on the shores of Lough Swilly, flr&‘ e on the nationals, but the reply’ of latter caused the republicans to with- draw. Rebels Capture Provisions. A force of 100 republicans raided the Swilley rallroad yesterday at Church- ill and seized provisions, which they removed to Grenveagh. Detachments of national army troops have reached Newtowncunningham, in east Donegal, from Letterkenny, and arrested a number of republicans. All of the Irish midland: ernment forces The fighting Rosmead House, Conlon of the Free State forc prisoners were removed to.the Mullin. gar barrack Brig. Gen. Dockery Killed. revolvers and 100 rifle: of barracks and bridge Boyle, County Roscommon, eral da: trom pillar to stand in a hote! It is learned that in the fighting at Boyle Brig. Gen. Michael Dockery of the government forces was shot dead. MRS. K. C. BLOOMER DIES. Other Civic Organizations. Mrs. Katharine Clabaugh f Clabaugh and the Sustice Harry M. Claba: mesday at her residenc iplace, following & serious illness o some weeks. Moomerul;nl l‘; n)};.l" of Taneytown, Carroll county, ., com- ing to this city with her father and sister {n about 1900. She married Mr. She was prominent Junjor League and was treas- for thé Young Women's Chris- Home of this city. \ 8he is survived by her husband, a|HIll mer; her are now under control of the provisional gov- County Westmeath, ended with the surrender of the republican garrisons to Capt. The A lorry load of ammunition was taken from both buildings, including sacks of bombs, boxes of gelignite, 40 Plans also were discovered for the destruction was taken by national troops under Maj. Gen. McKeon after an attack lasting The republicans, driven ‘pon‘ made their last. e ’ Prominent in Junior League and M y & laughter fe of Beale Bloomer, an L Caughter h, died Wed- 2008 Hillyer ! | Survivors of One Command Wil Be POLICE HUNT MAN WHO TOLD LAD TO EAT EXPLOSIVE AS CANDY George Dant, Jr., Expected to Recover From His Painful Hurts. Dealers Handling “Safety -Torpedoes” May Have Vio- lated Police Rules. A rigid investigation is being con- ducted by Capt. Stoll and Detective Kuehling of the ninth police precinct with a view to accomplishing the ar- rest of the unidentified occupant of an automobile who gave George Dant, Jr., six years old, 2712 Bladensburg -road, a “safety torpedo,” wrapped in red, white and blue paper, Monday after- noon for candy. Explosion of the tor- pedo, when bitten for candy, caused injury to the child’s mouth. Little George has about recovered and 1s able to be out again. Capt. Stoll and Detective Kuehling learned that the so-called “safety tor- pedo” was on sale on numerous stands along Washington-Baltimore boule- vard beyond the District line, as well as In many Maryland stores, and the several dealers questioned by. the cap- tain said they sold all their Fourth of July supplies. Persons who handled the torpedoes sald they were about one inch long and looked very much like pepper- mint candy. They contain an explo- sive and numerous small pebbles, and are {fade to be exploded by throwing them to the pavement. George Dant and Joseph Werres, an eight-year-old companion, told ,the police about the affair. It was about 4:30 o'clock Monday afterncon, they said, when arn automobile in which three men were seated stopped near the Dant home. One of the men in the car called the Dant boy and hand- ed him the torpedo, telling him it was Peppermint candy. “It's go6d,” the man {s said to have told him. “Eat it and I'll give you another one.” GEORGE DANT, J&. “I knew it was a torpedo,” Joseph Werres told Capt. Stoll, “but didn’t g‘zv: ime to warn George before he t it As soon as George bit the edo, the boys stated, there was a loud re- port. George said the men in the car drove a short distance away, laughed, and asked if he wanted another piece, and he said he told them “No.” The car came from the direction of Maryland and continued in the direc- tion of this city. Joseph Werres said he felt positive he could identify the young man who gave his companion the torpedo. Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superintendent of police, and George §, Watson, chief of the fire department, expressed the belief that the sale of torpedoes in this city constitutes a violation of the police "regulations. _Both officials agreed that every effort should be made to capture the man who s al- leged to have told the Dant boy th@ explosive was peppermint candy, and said they thought punishment for such an offense should be severe. BRESNAHAN IS ELECTED CITY EMPLOYES’ HEAD Era of Co-operation With Commis- sioners Foreseen—Har- mony His Aim. An era of co-operation and friendly relations between the per diem work- ers of the District government and the Commissioners is foreseen from the election last night of Frank J. Bresnahan as president of the City Employes’ Association. After he had been given the office by a vote that was nearly unanimous, Mr. Bresnahan told his fellow-work. ers that his aim at all times would be to retain a spirit of harmony be- tween the men and their employers— the Commissioners. Mr. Bresnahan's selection as presi- dent to succeed Joseph H. Hurley, re- signed, is believed to have resulted from the successful manner in which he has represented the employes in the past as their representative on the wage board at the District build- ing. The organization elected John Prinkert vice president. The elec- tion was held at a joint meeting of the white and colored branches of the associateon in Cadet's armory, O street between 7th and Sth streets. PICKERING DODGE DIES; FUNERAL TOMORROW Former U. S, Engineers’ Chief Clerk Active in Obtaining Harvard Scholarships for D. C. PICKERING DODGE, Pickering Dodge, until recently chief clerk of the United States engi- neer’'s office, War Department, died yesterday at his apartment, in the Toronto, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. Death was caused by a com- plication of diseas odge was born. at Naples, KIWANIANS T0LD OF GONVENTION Reports Made by Delegates Show Active Plans for Year. Detailed reports of the program adopted at the recent convention of International Kiwanis at Toronto, Can- ada, consumed the major part of the business meeting of the Kiwanis Club at the Hotel Washington yes- terday. Charles F. Roberts presided, and after making several announcements pertinent to the local organtzation, turned the meeting over to Secre- tary George Winslow, who was one of the delegates to the Toromto con- vention. Mr. Winslow explained that the policy of the clubs in the future would be “not extension, but stabili- zation.” He reported that the con- ference decided to institute a budget system, a plan for systematized at- tendance and & new ratio of dues to be paid by local clubs to the interna- tional. Eight hundred clubs, with a membership of more than 67,000, were represented at the conventionm, he said. To Ald Childrem. Co-operation between the business men, the farmers and club work for the benefit of the underprivileged child were recommended to the club as major lines of endeavor for the com- ing year, according to Mr. Winslow’s report. The secretary read a resolu- tion adopted by the convention in which these two lines of work were indorsed. A budget committee for the local club has been appointed, composed :‘l' Mr. Roberts, Mr. Winslow, C. H. Woodward, F. L. Wagner and Harry G. Kimball. Boxes of flowers were awarded to J. B. Sophe and R. H. Rebele in honor of being the handsomest and homeliest guests present. Wiliiam A. Lewis and E. atson were admitted to mem- bership. _ The officers of the international elect- ed at Toronto were George H. Ross, president; Fred W. Walker and Rus: E. Ward, vice presidents; Leslle B. and Herbert W. Henry, secretary, Riges, treasurer. Civitan Club Activities. The importance of education and its value to the country as a ‘whole were stressed in an address by Dr. A. B. Ridell, before the members of the Civitan C‘Ill‘_!‘\)‘x at the New York City Club yesterday. r. Ridell has been doing child welfare work in Canada and Sweden, and gave many interesting illustra- tions of the progress being made in those countries. He urged that “we get the coming generation started right.” lj?.udl.)lnh Jose presided and an- nounced that the official opening of the Civitan camp on the Patuxent river will be made tomorrow, when a large group of members is expected to attend the exercises. ASK COURT TO CONSTRUE r. Ttaly, his parents touring Europe at the time. His father, Pickering Dodge, sr., was author of a history of Europe, an accomplished scholar, and his grandfather was the Rev. Sam- uel Gilman, pastor for forty years of the Unitarian Church of Charleston, . and author of the well known song “Fair Harvard. Pickering Dodge, a member of the class of '79 at Harvard, took a great interest in everything pertaining to his alma mater, and was active in forming the Washington - Harvard Club about forty vyears ago, with George croft as its president. He soon bel e its treasurer, and filled the position until his death. u his efforts a endowment fund ‘was obtained, the income from which has been malinly applied td scholar- ships st Harvard for graduates of ‘Washington schools. Mr. Dodge had a wide circle of friends here and was highly esteemed in the engineer's office, from which he was retired on acoount of failing health last April. Burviving him are his wife, Mra. riet E. ge; a daughter, Mre. Elizabeth Pickering Mullaney, of St. Louis, and a sister, Mrs. Charles Whiteside Rae. Funeral services will be held tomorrow aft- ernoon at Gawler's chapel at 2 o'clock., In the absence of Mr. Dodge's pastor, Dr. Plerce, Canon Austin of Che Chase will officiate. Interment wil be in Salem, Mass. = , MOSBY MEN TO MEET. at Culpeper September 7. Battalion of Cavalry, one of the out- fits under command of Gen. will meet in Culpeper, Vi 7, it was announced toda M. Angelo, commander of the A. P. i oD, s Gy ihe Dartet Baveh exten: y the £ tors Confederacy and by A. P. PART OF MORTON WILL Executors Want Aid in Interpret- ing Late Vice President’s Wishes in Certain Matters. The Supreme Court of the District of Columbia was asked today to construe portions of the will of Levi P. Morton, one-time Vice President of the United States and Governor of New York. The application is filed by Charles H. Allen, Morton Minot and Bronson Winthrop, executors of the estate, who say that & total of $8,497,156.61 came into their They ask the court's aid as to how ths remainder shall be distributed, and for the court’s interpretation as to the in- tention of the testator in this regard. Named as defendants are the Ameri- can Becurity and Trust Ce other t d rustees an under the will. Attorneys Howe, Swayse & Bradley rt's decision is IT.S Meg:um-‘ om f\:;d ‘?l 124, senting the le ive stock, fl:fip};eflt. an automoblle and othar iscellaneous property 'lnumn home st hinecliff, on the More than one provision will relates to the disposition of per- sonal property, and the executors are at a loss which applies to the fund in ques- The survivors of the 43 Virginla o Beptspba: ember by Frank |15t