Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1922, Page 1

T Genarally fair tonight row, wArmer tomorrow. Temperature for twenty -two h cuded at noon toduy: High noon today; lowes| today. Fuil report on page WEATHER. 65, at and. tomor- 28,566. post Entered as secord-class matter cifice Washington, D. [>% ¢ Fhenit WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION g Star. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JULY 15 1922—_TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. RAIL STRIKE PARLEY ON ROCKS; DEFIANT ROADS TO OPEN SHOPS; . AUTO TRUCKS HAUL MAIL IN WEST Hop_é of Peace Gone; Roads to Open Shops. NON-UNION MEN TO BE SOUGHT, Disorders Continue. | Volunteers Offer to Move Mails. Br the Associnted Press, "CHICAGO, July 15.—Virtually aban- doning hope of an early settlement of the railroad strike, following the failure of last night's conferences, rallroad utives today prepared to make & determined effort to reopen shops with non-union employes. ac- cording to a’high official of the Untted States Railroad Labor Board. This official. who declined to be! quoted directly, said peace moves would be suspended for the present,} as the carriers and strikers were unable to find any common ground for etarting negotiations when Chalrman Ben Hooper sought to get them to- gether yesterday. The stumbling block in the path of mettlement. it was said at the railroad board, will be the union’s demand for restoration of seniority and other privileges to the stgikers. The roads | indicated to Chairman Hooper that the men who have Stuck by their em- ployers and the new emploves enlist- ed will be protected in the seniority they have thereby attained. Grable Firm Against Strike. E. F. Grable, president of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Labor- ers, who faced rebellion in tfie ranks of his organization, left Chicago for Washington with the avowed inten- tion of fighting every move of the “red flag” element in the ranks. He declared that no strike action by maintenance men would be sanctioned by him unless the men are “coerced” into it by railroads attempting to force maintenance men to perform duties usually done by shop men now on strike. The encouragement in Mr. Grable's attitude was partly offset, however, by the syrike call for stationary fire- men, engineers and, oilers, who were authorized by their international president, Timothy Healy, to walk off their jobs next Monday. Disorders in Southwest. Disorders in connection with the strike were largely confined to the south and southwest. Col. C. S. Lin- coln, asistant chief of staff of the $th Corps Area, received orders from Washington to investigate the situation at Denison, Tex., where conditions were unsettled at thel same time Gov. Neff ordered Adj.! Gen. Barton of the Texas National Guard To go to Denison, and Tom Hickman, captain of the Texas Range! was dispatched to the| scene. Officials of the Missouri, Kan- sas and Texas railroad said no strike- | breakers would be taken into Den- ison and that no attempt would be made to operate the shops there until adequate protectioen was afforded. Troops at Poplar Bluff, Mo., were relieved by other detachments of Mis- souri National Guard and the town remained quiet. Gov. Davis of Ohio ordered mobi- 1ization of state troops in preparation for any trouble which might arise in connection with the strike. Iilinoix Now Quiet. Bloomington and Clinton, IIL, scenes of early disturbances, remained quiet, with civil authorities augmenting peace forces by extra deputies in prepa- ration for taking over the situation fol- lowing the departure of state troops. Postal authorities at New York were flooded with offers of emergency transportation for the first-class mails in event of a tie-up. Airplanes, motor boats and motor trucks were placed at the disposal of the govern- ment by private individuals and n tlonal orgapizations. All offers were tentatively ' accepted, and surveys of equipment and travel lanes for land, water and air were undertaken im- mediately. Sees Congrensio Congressman Riddick, at Living- ston, Mont., declared to newspaper smen that Congress ultimately will in- gervene in the rail strike. “When the strike starts to tie up traffic Congress will be forced to in- tervene,” he asserted. Members of the American Federa- tlon of Rallroad Workers at Cleve- land voted to Jjoin the shopmen's strike next Monday, according to offi- olals of the union. The organization, it was said, has no connection with the American Federation of Labor, but has a membership of 90,000. Ap- proximately 1,200 pipe fitters, coach and car repairers, painters and in- spectors will be affected, it was said. ‘At Tulsa, Okla., J. C. Whitfleld, a guard of the jand Valley, was wounded in a sharp clash between | guards and strike sympathizers at Action. Lefeber. At Chattanooga, Tenn. Bernard Malion, jr., attache of the office of the general manager of the South- ern railroad, was held up by masked men, beaten and stabbed. ! Taken From Train and Beatem. Two strikebreakers were taker grom a train at Memphis and beaten @and a deputy sheriff was wounded tn a riot at the Burnside shops of the Tilinois Central in Chicago. Four mysterious fires broke out'in the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul shops at Tacoma, Wash., but little damage resulted. Kansas rail centers generally were reported quie Gov. Allen nounced that should any more strikes develop or addi- tional strike notices be posted arrests ‘would follow. United States mails in New Jersey ‘were transported under protection of federal marshals. Form New, Unlon. Strikebreakers employed in the Missouri Pabific shops at Wichita, an., notifi President Harding and E mfifiofl Page 3, Coluran 7 | MINERS STANDING FIRM N FACE OF U.S. THREAT | Leaders Do Not Reced e From Determination To Reject Arbitration as Government Goes Ahead to Protect Public. By the Associated Press. Members of the general policy committee of the miners’ union, the body having full power to declde for all of the coal workers now on strike in the bituminous fields and on work suspension in the anthracite fields, held a two- hour session today, during which John L. Lewiw, president of the organization, recommended that President Harding's arbitration proposal for strike settlement be unqualifiedly rejected. Notwithstanding a clearly defined intimation from the White House y terdy that the government is deter- mined to resume mining of coal and to secure. this end may seize some “key"” mines and operate them, mem- bers of the policy committee of the { United Mine Workers as they went into conference today at the Red Cross bullding were understood to be as firm as ever in their determination to reject the arbitration plan proposed by the President unless two counter- proposals of the miners were favor- ably acted upon by the administra- tion. Indication of the further course of the government when union rejection of the arbitration plan becomes a certainty was eonfined to a White House declaration that President | Harding felt no doubt that he had to operate the mines in an emergency. The President might run the risk of impeachment Ly this course, it was indicated, but he was said not to fear such a possibility if the emergency warranted. Legislation Likely. There were other indications, from a source close to headquarters of the mine operators, that the President may insist upon his arbitration plan and may seek legisiation enforcing the proposal in order to protect the public interest. The name of man, Dr. Henry Mace Payne of New York, has alfeady been suggested to the President as a member of the public group of the proposed arbitra- tion board, it was learned today. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, opened the conference at the Red Cross building today, with nearly two hundred representatives of powen district locals attending. There was ! kind as| no demonstration of any Lewls took the chair, and the atti- tyde of the district representatives ifidicated a reflection of the serious- ness of the meeting. Position of Miners. ‘While there was no deflnite Indi- cation of a basis for rejection of the arbitration proposal by the unions, it was understood rejection will be made because the miners are satis- fied the government cannot or will not force operators now producing coal in the non-uniolnized fields of ‘West Virginia and Pennsylvania to Strike Issue Held to Be Power Of Labor Boa BY DAVID LAWRENCE. There are two sides to every ques- tion—and organized labor through its spokesman, Samuel Gompers, today discloses its case against the rail- roads, its case against the United States Railway Labor Board, its argument against the use of federal troops as stoikebreakers and its sug- gestions as to how the present strike can be brought to an end. Sitting at the head of a long oak table in the board room of the American Federation of Labor build- ing, Mr. Gompers, in his character- istically dramatic fashion explained labor's viewpoint to a group of as- sembled correspondents and then submitted to cross-examination. In brief, Mr. Gampers thinks the United States Railroad Labor Board a meddlesome institution. He was against its creation when the trans- portation act was under discussion in Congress and he hasn't abated his opposition one bit since. Here are the main points in Mr. Gompers dis- cussion of the present strike: Declares President Wrong. First, the President was wrong in saying that the railroad employes are. striking against their governmert or are disobeying a law when they ig- nore the decisions of the United States Raflroad Board. 'Ninety-two rail- roads, said Mr. Gompers, have vio- lated 104 decisions of the Ralilroad Labor Board and nobedy at the White House has seen fit to issue a procla- mation calling the railroad executives lawbreakers, and the United States Railroad Labor Board hasn't passed any resolution refusing to recognize the present management of the rail- roads and calling on the stockholdors to choose new executives who could be recognized by-the United States Labor Board. It will be recalled that the board recent]y passed a resolution declaring that the unions which had refused to obey the boar: declslons would not be recognized and suggest- ing that the workmen form new or- ganizations. nd, in response to a question as to whether the ratiroads were-violai ing the transportation act, Mr. Gom- pers insisted that they were disre- garding the intent and purpose of the law by the method of contracting for outside labor, He declared that work- men, however, did not have the same opportunity. = Asked point-blank whether the railway employes would, in his judgment, obey the declsions of the Rallroad Labor Board if the railroad executives did llkewise the yeteran chief of America's mvr forces said pointedly that such a state of affairs would contri! to the con- Gdencg which one | come under the edict of the proposed federal wage-fixing body. While the miners were discussing the plan for arbitration, operators were gathering in Washington for a meeting here tomorrow evening, at which they will decide finally on their answer to the President’s pro- posal. The meeting. it is understood. will be only a perfunctory one to | ratify action taken earlier In the weelk. Demands of Unio: The union officials who have re- mained in_ Washington since the break-up of the general coal confer- ence have made their position plain to officials, in demanding first of all that arbitration as offered be made to apply to the semi-unionized flelds of West Virginia and Pennsylvania where production has been only partly crippled since the strike. They have further asked for Iits application in | Washington state, and in- Mingo county, West Virginia. They were satisfied last night that the government either cannot or will not force mine owners now producing coal in these territories to come under jthe edict of the proposed federal wage-fixing body, and ars conse- | quently disposed to let the strike go forward until the situation is changed. There is also union objection to sub- mitting certain union policies, espe- cially that of the “check-off” by which its dues are collected mining Company pay rolls, to such arbitration. The main point, however, arises in fixing the area to be covered. ! Bituminous employers, although | their answer is not expected to be jfiled until Monday, are expected to jaccept the arbitration offer at least conditionally. Production Decreases. Meanwhile, the geological survey re- ported vesterday a sharp drop in coal {production in * non-union _bituminous flelds, fixing the total output for the week of July 4, at 3,680,000 tons, while for the present week the figures are not lexpected to be above 4,000,000 tons, [This compares with a high point of 500,000 ‘tons reached by non-unfon | production wince the strike. The rail- road labor troubles, which have shut off {almost completely one or two of the {non-union areas and crippled car sup- ply in others, i8 held responsible. The survey estimates that imption is about 8,000,000 tons of bituminous per week. Union spokesmen declare that the present situation is bringing about a shortage period in the coal supply, that prices will continue to rise and remain {high, and that the mine owners can pay ithe old wage rate, or even an increase. | . Gov. Preus of Minnesota, represent- ing the northwestern states, ordinarily supplied with coal over the Great Lakes route, only open in summer and fall | months, urged upon the President and other cabinet members during confer- ences here yesterday and the day be- fore that mines be taken over and op- erated by the government. Supplies availabie in the lakes' docks, according to official estimates, are far below quantities necessary to carry house- holders through the winter. The meeting of representatives of non-union coal operators with Secretary Hoover, scheduled for yesterday, to dis- cuss means of curbing mounting coal |prices in some sections, was postponed until the early part of next week. rd to Command would then have in the good faith of the railroads and the Labor Board it- self. He did not promise to put labor unreservedly, however, in the hands of the United States Labor Board or any other governmental agency. “This is not a legal question,” he said, “nor is it political. It is solely economic.” - All Have Right to Quit. Carrging out this viewpoint further, Mr. Gompers insisted that every man has a right in free America to quit work 1f he is dissatisfled and uo law could ever compel him to work against his will. Involuntary servi- tude, he said, would otherwise be the resuit. With eloquent remarks to the effect that if men were forced to work against their will the emancipation proclamation of Abraham Lincoln and the thirteenth amendment would be annulled, Mr. Gompers gave it as his deliberdte judgment that all efforts to regulate industrial relations by law would fail because of fthis same in- alllenable right. Somewhat different were the com- ments issulng from the White House, however, in answer to hypothetical inquiries as to whether the govern- ment would have the power to draft citizens to work on the rallroads in an extreme emergency. The President holds that his powers are limitless in an emergency, especially if his action is intended to preserve the health and safety of the American people, though' officiale at the White House were careful, to point out that they expected no such contingency to arise. Mr. Gompers and his associates, of course, do not like to see federal troops used. They say it makes the government a_strikebreaker. They argue that the several states can maintain order and uphold the law and that union labor will not bring about disturbances. Mr, = Gompers cleared Mr. Jewell of any intent will- fully to interrupt interstate com- | morce. He pointed out, nevertheless, that the railroads would be sending out poor equipment and Incompetent employes to run trains and that acci- dents under such circumstances were inevitable, The issue In this strike, it becom: apparent from Mr, Gompers' &rg! ments as well as the attitude of yhe White House, is whether the United States Rallway Labor Board can en- force Its decislons. Mr, s wants to see the board stripped of {any authority to regulate a man’s wages. He says wages are an indi- vidual matter, an economic questien which cannat be settled by a board consisting of three representatives of the railroads, three representatives of labor and three esentatives of th public, who, Mr. ors insists, ar simply representatives of the ra roads’ interests, so that the line-up is 8ix to three against labor. -If the rail- roads- their employes were to ne- R A i, o strike could be settled at'onde and fu- through the | D e e e e e S LE, First Auto Mail Route Opened in Indiana. GRABLE CONFERS WITH PRESIDENT Additional Deputies Appointed by Daughert Motor truck transportation of mail was installed today by the Post Office Department between -Bedford - and | Switz City, Ind.,, between which points mail on account of the shopmen's strike. This decided step presages the gen- | eral utilization of motor trucks to | haul mail, in case the need develops, the postal service having plans for | their use completely worked out, and offers from automobile. and aviation clubs throughout the country for every assistance. At the same time the department Teceived word that troops have ar- rived at Popular Bluff, Mo., Inspector ! Cisler of the St. Louis division of the railway mall today telegraphing Post master General Work. The troops came “not as the result of rioting, but In anticipation of trouble caused by moving shops from Hoxle, Ark., to that point,” Mr. Cisler reported. The Whbash railroad serv- ice between St. Louls and Omaha is interrupted by high water, he sald. Grable at White House. : Other outstanding local develop- ments in the rail strike situation were: President Harding conferred with E. F. Grable, head of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railwuy Shop Laborers, who reached here today from Chicago, Possibility of the 400,000 men repre- sented by his union joining the strike was understood to be the topic of conversation. Mr. Grable refused to make any statement before going into con- ference with the President. Secretary Weeks of the War De- partment announced today that there were no further seriouk developments reported to him in the milroad strike, and there seemed a general feeling throughout the administration that the situation is no worse, More Deputies Named. Attorney General Daugherty was sald to be appointing additional deputy United States marshals to help in varlous parts of the country. Threatening a railroad employe con- necting the air line on a train run- ning between Denison and Sherman Junction, Tex., a strikers’ committee today succeeded in delaying a closed pouch malil train. according to a tele- gram from Inspector Gaines, at Fort Worth, to the Post Office Department. The rallroad employe, a brother of the postmaster at Denison, was at work, when the strikers approached him and said he, “would get what others have gotten” unless he de- sisted. He ceased work, and the train ‘was annulled, and the mail delayed. Would Volanteer to Work. “I believe I would volunteer as a baggage smasher, in case of need,” First Assistant Postmaster General John H. Bartlett said today. Gov. Bartlett handled baggage on a sum- mer steamer while going through Dartmouth College, and believes he could do it again. His remark indicated the temper of the postal officials, who hourly are recelving word from postmasters throughout the country as to the number of motor trucks available If the strike makes necessary a gen- eral resort to trucks. Two offers of assistance in trans- porting mails were recelved by the Post Office Department today, one from C. G. Messer of Spokane, Wash., proffering the use of two airplanes of the United States Alrcraft Cor- poration, and the other from the Californla Motor Transport Assocla- tion, offering its services in a survey of available trucks In the state. The association owns no trucks itself, but comprises a state-wide organization of owners and operators, “and, if we can in any manner be of service to our government or its people, com- mand us,” said a telegram from Sec- retary Fred Mott. . Traias to Be Dropped. The department was infoarmed to- day that beginning Monday ‘trains 15 and 16 of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, between Pittsburgh and Chi- cago, and trains 7 and 10, Baltimore and Ohia, between this cify and Chi- cago, are to be discontinued. At Toledo, Ohlo, all depot employes, including porters in the mailroom at the transfer clerk's office, are on strike, it is reported to the depart- ment, ‘and a request is made for more mall clerks to handle mail. Postal Inspector Harris wired from Atlanta that trains 16 and 16, between Savannah and Montgomery, and trains 17 and 18, between Columbus and Al- bany, will be discontinued today to conserve power, but that trains throughout the division are operating without interference. Conditions Grow Better. A later dispatch from Supt. Clsler declared that the strike situation around St. Louls is improving, that no more trains have been annulled, and that mixed frains today resumed oper- atlon between Hannibal Franklin, Mo, ey Administration officlals teday were hopeful that a solution to the rail problem would be found before any situation developed which might force drastic action by the government, de- spite the apparent lack of progress of efforts of members of the Rallroad Labor Board to effect a settlement of the shopmen’s strikes. - HERRIN VICTIM DIES, Wounds Prove Fatal, Bringing Total of Massacred to 22. By the Associated Press. HERRIN, IIL, July -16.—The death toll. in the Herrin mine war was brought, to twenty-two late last night when Guy Hudgens, a striki 3 died from ‘wounds nnh‘gtl:fln&r. fighting on the ll%t‘vne-qln. the massacre June 23. was the third nn'(:a’ man to dl&.d gn. qu ‘WaS remove home in all mail trains have been annulled, | the rallroads being unable to move | 1said Senator Cummins. PLAN T0 REVISE RAIL LEGISLATION Cummins Says Change Not to Affect Present Strike on Roads. HEARINGS TO OPEN SOON Penalty for Future Tie-Up Pro- posed, But Would Keep Clear of Present Walkout. Hearings will be held soon by the Senate interstate commerce com- mittee to Initiate revision of the transportation act and deal with problems developed by the present strike, Chairman Cummins stated to- day. The first eftort of Congress, Sen- ator Cummins said, probably would be to amend the law 8o as to guaran- tee a fair living wage to railroad workers. Later, but probably not during the present strike, he said, an effort would be made to provide penalties for violation of orders of the Railroad Labor Board. Changes Held Necesnary. Senator Cummins, who had a long conference last evening with Presi- dent Harding, sald he was convinced that amendment of the transportation act in these respects was neces: He said the committee hoaring: which_will be designed to secure ali possible aid in drafting a new formula on railroad wages. would be- &in_soon, but not as so to intertere with the present strike negotiations. The committee chairman did not he- lieve it possible that tha amendatory legislation could be disposed of soon enough to be a factor in the presen:t strike, his thought being that cor- rective legislation would prevent future trouble. e “The men undoubtedly are entitied to a guarantee of a llving wage, in- asmuch as the transportation act at- tempts to deflne wage standards, “I do not mean a nation-wide, standardized e, but the law should be so amended to guarantee a living wage under a better formula of law than in the present transportation act, which will be capable of better administration by the Railway Labor Board.” Plan Penalties Later. Later, according to Senator Cum- mins, who is & co-author of the pres- ent law, must come legislation to make the board's decisions enforce- able. ~ B “They are binding now on- both sides, but not enforceable,” sald Sen- ator Cummins. “I think we mus have an amendment which . will make them enforceable, by providing pen-. alties against conspiracy among rafl- way workers and also fines and im- prisonment penalties against rallway officials for violating the board's or- ders.” The latter legislation, Senator Cum- mins said, should-not be injected now into the present strike. —_— FORDNEY SAYS TARIFF WILL PASS AFTER RECESS Bonus Bill Will Follow and Presi- dent Will Settle Rail Strike Soon, He Declares. By the Associated Press. 'ABERDEEN, Wash., July 15.—The tariff bill pending In the Senate Wil pass when Congress resumes work after the rece! and Its pa: ge will be followed by the adoption of the soldlers’ bonus bill, according to Rep- resentative J. W. Fordney of the House ways end means committee, who is here on business and to Visit relatives. The tarift bill will not be greatly medified by the Benate, Mr, .predicted. Fglr:n:xypr'emd confidence that Presl dent Harding woud end the railro: strike in quick fashion. He reaffirmed his intention to retire from Congres at the close of the present session, but added that he would have no op- ition in his district should'de be a candidate. e e MISSING YOUTH FOUND. RICHMOND, Va., July 15.4#Wade Evans of Franklinton, N. C, who disappeared from his home July 4 and whose father, Jos Allen Evans, enlisted the aid .of lecal ,;oun; ;.. for his was found by A rities today & Nose Print of Dog May Come Next as Aid in Court Cases There i an old snying that every dog has his day. Detective Sergeant Fred Sandberg, finger- print expert of the police de- rtment, wants to find out if | 1t 1n mot equally true that every | dog hax his nose. | | Having satisfied himself that | cows may be identified by their | noseprints, Sundberg will en- | deavor to learn whether the same rule would apply in the | canine kingdom. | the custodian of the police | rogues’ gallery succeeds in showing that the moxtrils of a dox h: intics it may put an end fo co battles over the owmership of these animals. Sandberg’s research into the possibility of keeping mowe- prints of herds of cattle was | conducted at the Soldiers’ Home | recently. IAPAN WARSHS RUSHED TO CANTON Two Destreyers Reported to Have Arrived for Protection of Nationals. HONOLULU, July 15.—Two Japa- nese destroyers have been ordered to "l canton to protect Japanese lives and property there, according to a cable from Tokio to Nippu Jiji, a Japanese language newspaper here. Advices from Canton last night said in the harbor of Canton. It is not known whether the destrovers re- ferred to in the foregoing cable are those already in Canton, or others, LI SCORES GOVERNORS. '* Military Aetivjfles Meant to Serve Selfish Ends, Says President. nors of the mrovinces who oppose the jprecent movément in China toward democracy and reform are plunging the country into civil war to serve their selfish ends, according to a }decm-mon made to the provisional cabinet today by President Li Yuan Hung. The president made his charge against the military “governors, or Tuchuns, at an extraordinary meet- ing of the cabilet which he had call- jed to consider means to halt the ris- ing tide of disorder, anarchy, and in- ternal war. Sovernment circles do not conceal their anxiety over the situation and it is freely predicted that unless prompt measures are. taken Preai- dent Li's plans to disband the wX- vinctall armies and clip-the talons of the Tuchuns may be 8o blocked that he will quit office. Conditions in the -interior of the country are growing worse, accord- ing to recent advices. Gen Wu Pei- Fu is reported to be hurrying to Kiangs! in an effort to restore order between his forces and those of Sun Yat-Sen who are fighting indlscrimi- nately over the countryside, while the native population flees in terror. Chang Tso-Lin, who was driven from the gates of Peking in June y Wu Pei-Fu, and® who now is es tablished in his Manchurlan capital, Mukden, is sald to have assumed agein a threatening attitude. The Chekiang administration has declar- ed boldly for a confederation of the southern provinces opposed to the Peking regime, and is increasing its army with a view of asserting com- plete independence of President Li. 32,000,000 GOLD MARKS DUE FROM BERLIN TODAY July Reparations 1’_A;mnllt, ‘Which Alles Refused to Cancel, to Be Deposited. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 15—Germany's July payment of 32,000,000 gold marks for reparations, which the reparations comumission recently refused to cancel, was to be deposited some time tollay, ‘principally in British and Belgian bauks, according to unofficial infor- mation reaching the reparations com- Formal of the'receipt oney, howev. % the. commi T, i8 not expect-. H‘fii Monday. 3 oy two Japanese destrovers had arrived | PEKING, July 15.—Military gover-| S — Member of The Associated eredited 1 paper and siso All rights dispatehes the use for republication of It or wot otberwise credited o th Press 1 exciusively eatitiod 1o vews dispatenes || the local vews published bereln. | | of publication of speetal herein are also reserved. | J— NELHORN IS AHEAD N PEN GOLF LAY Has a 72 on Third Round to Score a Total of 216 for 54 Holes. IGIVES BLACK A TASK Leader Must Register a 73 to Re- main in Front at Three- Quarter Pole. By the Associated Press, GLENCO., I, July 15—John Black of Oakland, Calif., who led the fleld in the open golf tourney yesterday with 142, scored 36 on his first nine today for a total of 178 for 45 holes. Jim Barmes, the champion, 149 yesterday, had a bad 35 for a total of 1857, GLENCOE, IIL, July 15—William enlhorn of Shreveport, with 39-33— for his third round, in the open £01f tournament today, gained a total of 216 for fifty-four holes and_took the lead at that point. John Black, the leader, who had just started would have to shoot # 73 to maintain his lead at the three-quarter pole Mehlrorn missed several putts on the | first nine, but broke par by strokes on { the second haif. | Bobby Jones, Atlanta, amateur, [whose 146 total yesterday was only four_strokes from being low, made | his first nine in 35, one over par, and was shooting the most spectacuiar {game of his play {hus far in the tour- nament. On the first six holes par lcame easily for Bobby and with a |little better breaks on three twelve foot putts that rimmed the cups his | score would have been phenomenal, On the last three he had considera- ble troube, but wonderful recoveries saved him. George Duncan of England played a splendid tee and fairway game on his first round today, taking 25, but spoiled | nis_chances taking three putts each on four greens. His putting on all of them was weak. Scores at nine holes today were: Jock Hutchison, 34. H. R. Johnston, St. Paul, 41. William Mehlhorn, Shreveport, 39. George Martin, Santa Barbara, calit., 41. J. J. Farfell, Quaker Ridge. N. Y., 36. Jesse Guilford, Boston, 3. Tom Kerrigan, New York, 35. Lloyd Gullickson, Dekalb, 41. Leo Diegel, New Orleans, 36. Gene Sarazen, Pittsburgh, 40 Tom Harmon, Hudson RKiver, N. Y., 40, John Cowan, Oakley, Mass. 41. Joe Kirkwood, Australla, 38. Laurfe Ayton, Chicago, 37. John Golden, Tuxedo, N. Y., 87 Larry Nabholtz,"Lima, Ohio, 42. George McLean, New York, 36. Alex Campbell, Cincinnati, 39. Willie Hunter, England, 35. Bob MacDonaid, Chicago, 34. Frank Kennett, Chicago, 39. Abe Mitchell, England, 39. Otton Hackbarth, Cincinnati, 39. Emmett French, Youngstown, Ohlo, 31, Bobby Jones, Atlunta, 35. George Duncan, England, 35. Some 18-hole scores were: Frank Sprogell, Memphis, 79. George Martin, Santa Barbara, Calif., 81 Frank Kennett, Chicago, 80. Tom Boyd, New York, 80. Hutchison, who yesterday spoiled two under par, nines with 42 and 40 on the others, today began a des- perate fight to recover the lost strokes and catch the leaders by mak- ing the first nine in 34, and with any kind of luck would have been several strokes less. Three times twelve- foot putts for birdies rimmed the cup on Jock, keeping his score at exactly ar. 5 Nearly every one of Jock' hots today was perfect, a 190-yard spoon to ten feet from the cup on, the elghth drawing unusual applause. His only trouble cameé on the short second, where he drove into & trap. dubbed the first attempt at an out, but put the next dead to the pin for a four, one over par. He offset thi: with & nice birdie three on the nex hole. FATALITIES END EFFORT T0 CLIMB MT. EVEREST By fhe Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, July 15—The Pub. lic Ledger, in a copyright dispalch from Rongbuk Glacier Camp, Indla, via London, annouynced that the ex- pedition to climb Mount Everest has been abandoned as a result of an avalanche, in which seven porters were_ killed. Three mem of the expedition, C. L. Mallory, T. H. Somer- vell and C. A. Crawford, had narrow .‘lmh:“ tch sald the fingl attempt :‘%nt Everest had been made ’ Yesterday's Net Circalation, 85,312 TWO CENTS. 77, | VOTE DOWN FORD OFFER ON SHOALS 37, NCOMMITEE Senators Also Reject Other Pians, Including That for U. S. Operation. TWO MINORITY REPORTS WILL BE SUBMITTED Bills by Ladd and Norris to Be Urged in Lieu of Other Projects. Henry Ford's offer for purchase and lease of the government's proj- ecls at Muscle Shoals, Ala., was rejected by the Senate agriculture committee today by a vote of 9 to 7. Those voting for rejection were Senators Norris, Iuge (by proxy), McNary, Keyes, Gooding, Norbeck, Harreld, McKinley, all republicans, and Senator Kendrick, democrat, Wyoming. Those voting for a favor- able report were Senators Capper and Ladd, republicans, and Smith, Rans- dell, Hurrison, Heflin and Caraway, democrats. Norris Bill Rejected. The bill introduced by Chairman Norris calling for operation of the projects by a government owned and controlled corporation also was re- jected, the vote being 9 to 5. Voting for rejection were Senators Capper, Keyes, Ladd, Smith, Ransdell, Ken- drick, Harrison, Heflin and Camway, and for acceptance were Norris, Me- Nary, Gooding, Norbeck and Mc- Kiniey. The other offers, including those of the Alabama Power Cempany. Fred- erick E. Engstrum and Charles L. Parson, also were rejected, without a record vote. The committee voted down the bill introduced by Senator Norris at request of former Represen- tative Lloyd of Missouri, proposing a_semi-governmental corporation. Despite the adverse votes, the pro posals of Henry Ford and Senator Norris will be presented to the Senate’ for final decision through minority reports, it was explained by Chair- man Norris. Minority Report Authorized. Senator Ladd, republican, North Dakota, who introduced the Wright bill calling for unconditional acecept- ance of the Ford offer, was author- ized by the committee to submit one minority report, urging the Senate's acceptance of the Ford proposal. The second minority report will be drafted for the Senate by Senator Norris proposing his bill for develop- ment of the Shoals properties by the proposed government owned and con- trolled corporation. Secnator Ladd said he wonld begin preparation of his report at once and he believed it would be indorsed by Senator Capper and all democratic members with the exception of Sena- tor Kendrick. Senator Norris' report already is in tentative form anl will be completed for presentation and publication early next week, probably on Wednesday the scnator said. The Nebraska mem- ber expects his report to be signed by Senators McNary. Gooding, Nor- beck and McKinley, with a possibility that Senator Harreld, republican, of Oklahoma also might sign. 300 U. S. WOODEN SHIPS ARE TO BE SCRAPPED Cost Government Fortunes Apiece and Are Now Worth But $1,500 Each. NEWPORT NEWS, Va, July 15— Three hundred wooden steamers, all but sixty-five of the huge fleet an- chored in James river, at Claremont, are to be scrapped for junk in tne near future, according to unofficial advices here. One hundred of the ships are to be sent to New York and junked; cne hundred are going to Baltimore to be scrapped and sold, and another hundred are to be torn to pieces by a New Jersey firm, it is said. The wooden ships cost the United State government hundreds of thou- sans of dollars each, and it is rald they will not net more thaan $1,500 each when scrapped for junk. JACK PICKFORD CEDES OLIVE THOMAS ESTATE Film Star Gives His Share of His Late Wife’s Property to Her Mother. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 15.—Jack Pick- ford, who was the husband of Olive Thomas, motion picture actress, who died of poisoning in Paris, relinquish- ed all his share in her estate in favor of his wife's mother, the appraisal {of the estate, just flled, shows. Miss Thomas left taxable estate in this state of $37,094, consisting almost wholly of jeweis and other personal roperty. The mother is Mrs. Lorena an Kirk of St. Louis, Mo. MOBBED-AND ROBBED BY MOUNTED RAIDERS, JEWS LEFT IN TERROR By the Ausocheted Press, VILNA, July 15 (Jewish Tele- graphic Agency),—Terror-stricken Jews are fleeing Radin, a nearby town, following a rald .by 100 armed horsemen, presumably Lith- uanians. With the aid of machine guns, the raiders drove the Jews into the synagogue court and there Infilcted severe floggings, strip- plng them of clothing and pos- sessions. Eighty-year-old men were not spared, while students of the re- nowned Tl.llrfildlcl institute were dled mercilessly. h'I;‘l"lle 'hume of the Radin rab- “i, a scholastic dignitary known throughout Jewry as ‘“Chefets Chayim,” was entered, and he was dragg from bis sick bed, the raiders removing all objects of . Bl pieptaa _of the shops