Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1922, Page 1

Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispasiies eredited to it or mot otherwise credited in W &VEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; change in temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours little ‘ Fuil report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 11 Entered as secord-class matte: post office Washington, D. C’: WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1922—TWENTY-TWO PAGES. Y HOOPER SUMMONED HERE BY PRESIDENT " FOR STRIKE ADVIGE Executive Wants to Obtain Direct Information on Sev- eral Points Raised. ROADS STILL INSIST UPON KEEPING PLEDGES May Restore Pension Eigh\ts to Strikers, But Firm on Giving New Men Seniority. od Pr Harding, undeterred by ure of bers of the Senate commerce committee to leading eastern railroad s conference By the A« President the ra erstate ain fry \ last nigh scttlement of the rail strike, today invited Chairman $iooper of the Railroad Labor Board 10 on for a discussion of the tuation. The President, it was indicated at the White House after today’'s cabinet meeti the rail strike was disc t h, desired to ob- tain fre Ch: n Hooper throu direct conference information un sev- eral point aised th railroad executive the iscussion of the Situation " Yengtors Cummins, Towa; Wa i na, and Kellogg, Minnesota, o the Interstate Com- merce committee. n e fter the cabi- t ent and his ded ¢! trial situa- although not without hope. It was stated. however, that the situation in neither the coal fields nor deemed suf- t moment in the railroad c ficiently serious at t 1o require use of federal 1 Three Points ut Issue. The information furnished the gov- ernment through the conference, a cording to additional d sures to- a national board of ad- ing Justment. as a new factor by the President, who was said to have been unadvised that this was a strong point at issue. Chairman Hooper, it was said, had not informed the President that the national board question was promi- nently involved, although labor lead- ers have informed senators that it s being pressed as a condition pre- lent to return of the.strikers to work. up of on the question of the strikers' rights, the big point at is- ident was said to have informed, upon stalements of rail heads to the senators, that 400,000 men who went on strike, places of 240,000 have been filled. The railroads, it was said, in hiring the actual return to work, but in its effect on their seniority status. The pension question, the rail executives Wers said to have indicated, might be yielded. 7 Filled Half of Jobs. Vice President Atterbury of the Pennsylvania system was said to have stated in last night's confer- ence that his road had suffered loss of 15,000 men by the strike, but had filled 9,000 of the places. The statement he freight serv- jee of the castern was being maintained for the present at 100 per cent in spite of the strike was 5aid to have been made th cutives and LE that the three principal points at issue in the strike contreversy are restoration of the seniority and of n rights of the strikers and| The latter was received | these men guaranteed that they| would bLe retained permanently, if competent. The emplovers, it was said, regarded this promise .as a pledge and one interfering with re- turn of the strikers,.not only as to [PLAN TO ALLOT COAL | IN EMERGENCY READY TO ANNOUNCE TODAY By the Associated Press. The government's plan to direct coal distribution during the pres- ent strike emergency will be ready for announcement before night, Secretary Hoover indicated on leaving today’'s cabinet meeting. Railroad supplies of fuel will be taken care of before any attempt is made to direct movement of coal preferentially to any geo- graphical scction of the country, it was added. Senator Lodge of Massachu- setts, republican leader, today d upon President Harding and Secretary Hoover the especial needs of New England's coal sup- ply. Mr. Lodge said he received assurances from both officials that their plans contemplated, the earliest possible shipments of coal to New England and other north- ern states. The President Hoover were said to ba completely cognizant of the peculiar situation of the northern states and were prepared to advance coal ship- ments to such territory as far as practicable. CONFERENCE NEAR and Secretary clared More Inclined To- ward Early Meeting. sary Shipments—Priority Order Likely to Be Issued. greatly lessened rail fi by the shopmen's strike, the central bituminous field was draw ing nearer. have beginnin< of the strike that they are | willing to confer on wages with oper- ators representing a major part of the coal tonnage. There were indications today that an increasing number of operators were willing to enter a con- ference. Mine union officials reiterated to- day that operators must bring to the suggested conference representatives of somewhere near 200,000,000 tons competitive field capacity. Failing this, they added, they will not consider a settlement. In the meantime the ranks of the striking miners are being augmented as new unions are being formed in isolated sections of the country. tween 600 and 800 miners in Okla- homa and the southwest have gone out on strike within the past few days. Coal Priority Order Likely. It was regarded in circles close to | the admin is a possibility that the Interstate Commerce Commission may issue a (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) Flock to White House ON COAL STRE Operators and Miners De- PRODUCTION DAILY FALLS D Raiiroads Unable to Make Neces- While ceal production gn the fields of the nation is decreasing daily, due to ities caused there ap- peared to be hope today that a confer- ence between operators and miners of Officials of the mine union repeated continually since the annually, the tonnage of the central | when working at| Be- 1 tration today that there SENATORS GROW UNEASY OVER STRIKE SITUATION TWO STATES SEND TROPS TO GUARD MINES REOPENING Pennsylvania and Ohio Guard Go to Strategic Positions in Coal Fields. "FEDERAL SOLDIERS ASKED IN PLEA TO PRESIDENT Ohio Operator Wires Governor ‘“‘Has Refused to Furnish Pro- tection,” Asking U. S. Aid. By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., July 21.—Penn- sylvania cavalrymen and machine gunners are moving into Cambria, | Indiana, Somerset, Washington and ‘Westmoreland counties in the south- I western part of the state today to prevent disorder when bituminous mines are reopened. The whole pow- er of the state government is being massed behind them. State police- men in the affected districts will act with the soldiers. While the cavalrymen and gunners are going to the strike districts more than 4,000 men will be moving to- ward Mount Gretna, in the center of the state, to begin the first of the two periods of active service of the summer encampment, and 5,000 more ; | men are at home stations ready to be | called out. Mensure Only Preventative. Movement of the soldiers to the soft coal districts is the first to be made as a preventhtive measure. Heretofore guardsmen have been |ordered out when disorder occurred. Many of the men on active duty were ove: s veterans and they are equip- ped like regulars. | Col. . J. Stackpole, jr., of Harris- i burg, who will command the cavalry and muchine gunners, went ahead of | his men to the districts where sta- tions will be located. Loading of |stores was accomplished in guick itime last night and entrainment be- gan this morning. " This is the first time units of the National Guard have been placed on | coal strike duty since 1902, when the entire guard was ordered into the |unthracite fields. It is also the first time that guardsmen have been or- dered on coal strike duty since the state police force was organized. Three Trains Move Out. Two trains filled with the officers: {and men, horses, .trucks and stores of the Harrisburg, Carlisle and Cham- bersburg units of the 104th Cavalry {and Motor Transport Company No. {110 left here for the coal fields. The | first train of thirty cars contalned the cavalrymen, followed by another of thirty-eight, with stores, horses and details. A third train took the 52d Machine Gun Squadron from Lewistown and Center county towns, and the Punxsutawney and Tyrone troops of the cavalfy joined the movement near Altoona. The entrainment was conducted without hurry and the men were in (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) to Find Out if Legisla- 2= LAz THUS ' ENDETH IRISH NATIONALS CAPTURE LIMERICK Take Many Rebel Prisoners, Together With Arms and Ammunition. WATERFORD ALSO TAKEN Free Staters Surprise Sleeping Garrison ~After Crossing River in Night. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 21.—The city of Limerick has been captured by the Irish national army, says a Central News dispatch from Dublin this after- noon. The nationals took many prisoners, together with agms and ammunition. Surprise Sleeping Garrl The capture of Waterford was ef- fected by the nationalists crossing the river two miles southeast of the city and entering the rear of the| Country Club premises, where they surprised and captured the sleeping garrison. The national army men then pro- ceeded to take the Adelphia and Tm- perial hotels, making prisoners of the insurgents there, and captured the post office soon afterward, clearing all the streets nearby. Meanwhile the irregulars who were holding the stronghold at Reginald's Tower, fled without firing a shot on learning of the success of the na- tionals in other directions. Shells Ruin Barracks. During the bombardment, adds the headquarters statement, thirty-six shells fell on the jail and the mili- tary barracks, reducing the latter to ruins. The Free State forces discov- ered several mines in various build- ings and discqnnected them. Four motor lorries loaded with ir- regulars leaving the city were sur- prised by the nationalists. The in- surgents abandoned the lorries and School. sioners. @ ) D - THE ONE HUNDRED A T LN Kl D TWELTH DAY Biggest Log Cabin in World to Be Built for Convention Hall By the Associated Press. AURORA. day, where they will bulld the biggest log cabin in the United Statex ax a permanent conven- tion hall of the National Lum- bermen’s Association of Amer- ifea. .The cabin will be 150 feet long and 90 feet wide, and ax high ax n four-story building. Seventeen carloads of logs will be used in its construction. L SURPLUS PROBERS 10 MEET JULY 28 Senator Phipps Hopes ’ Quorum of Joint Committee Will Be Here Then. SIODDOMFORD,C s e v 1 SCHODL IN 124 One-Third of Estimates Pre- - dioted for-New-Build- ings. Virtualiy one-third of the District estimates for 1924 will be for the Dis- it wi predicted today. With the total esti-| mates for 1924 expected to hit a mark | between $28,000,000 and $29,000,000, trict public school system, the school estimates are predicted be between $9,000,000 and $10,000,000, when they leave the District building | en route to the budget bureau. There is need for much new build- ing in the school system, it is report- ed. Western High School is congest- ed and overcrowded, and it is practi- cally assured that an appropriation for a 24-room addition will be sought in the new estimates. Then _there is upon authorities until it training school will be sent up the budget bureau by the Commis- Armstrong Manual Training hool also has $400,000 outstanding | McKinley Highl g, eed for more suitable quar- | ters has been continually impressed | regarded | as a safe prediction to state that pro- vision for a new site for this manual Audit of 1911 Copies Obtained by Star Reporter—Details of Findings. The joint congressional committee investigating the surplus revenues of the District has been called to meet Friday, Juiy 28, by Senator Phipps of Colorado, chairman. It is hoped that by that date a quorum of the joint committee will be in the city, and that it wHl be possible to proceed with the selectign of an expert ac- countant to make themnecessary audit of the Distriét's recelpts and expend- itures, and also to proceed with the investigation. The joint committee probably wiil| determine at that meeting how far it will go in the use of, the former audit | of District expenditures made a dec- | wde ago. The representative of the| Department of Justice, H. J. Gallo- way, has told the committee that it can make use of the former audit,| though it should be checked over. Audit of 1911. A Star reporter today stumbled| across the reports on District fiscal | relations made by T. Scott Maves and | R. Mayes to the subcommittee of | the House. These reports were print- | ed in 1913 and 1915. The first takes!| into account the standing between the | United States government and the| | District government for the fiscal vears from 1879 to 1911, both inclu- sive. The first report found that the as: to to ended at % p.m. today: Highest, 84, at 2 pm. today; lowest, 62 at & am. T i e ¢ s e today. AN rights of publication of spectsl dispatches herein are also reserved. Yesterday’'s Net Circulation, 85,685 * EACH AMERICAN PURSE ABOUT $5 THINNER AS PER CAPITA CASH DROPS Everybody's pocketbook was lightened by nearly $5 during the past fiscal year, according to the statement of money in circulation on July 1, issued today by the Treasury. Per capita circulation of money on July 1 was $39.87, as compared with $44.78 on July 1, 1821 The Treasury’s per capita figures were based on total circulation of $4,375,555,653 on July 1 and a total population of 109,343,000 persons, as compared with a_total circula- tion of $4,839.611,851 on July 1, 1931, and a total population of 105,- 087,000. The form of the circulation state- ment was received as of July 1, 1922, the Treasury announced, so as to exclude from money in circu- lation all forms of money held by the federal reserve banks and fed- eral reserve agents, whether as a reserve against federal reserve notes or otherwise. This change, the Treasury stated, resulted in showing a per capita circulation on July 1, 1922, of $39.87, whereas under the form of statement for- merly used it would have been . _For the sake of compara- the July 1, 1921, figures were computed in_ thé same manner as those for July 1 of this year, the Treasury added. WOMAN SLAIN, BABY AT BREAST, IN RIVER SHACK Three Arrests Follow Find Near Aqueduct Bridge on - Virginia Side. With her twelve-month-old l]ahy still clutching at her breast and her almost nude body bearing the scars of a brutal beating, Mrs. James Cop- perthite, wife of the keeper of a general store at New Cut and Canal roads, was found in the rear room of | a shack on the west side of the Little river, a few hundred feet east of the Aqueduct bridge, early today Thomas Brennan, L. J. Vaughn of Washington and Mrs. Rhodes were arrested shortly after the body was discovered by Sheriff A. C. Clements and Deputy Sherilf Kines of Arlington county and lodg- ed in Arlington county jail for in vestigation in connection With the crime. Joseph Reynolds, a fourth man, said to have been seen with those mentioned, is being sought by the police. An later this afternoon. Scene of Alleged Orgies. On a narrow cot in the rear room of a three-roomed hut, said by those living in the neighborhood to have| been frequently used for clandestine meetings and drinking orkies, the body of the dead woman was found by Virginia police officers, notified by Vaughn. The body was devoid of any clothing except shoes and stockings, and when the offi s reached the Scene ut 4:45 o'ciock this morning Joseph Copperthite, the little curly- haired child of the woman, was clagp- ing its mother’s breast. 4 Hurried investigation by the offi- cers disclosed that Brennan, Vaughn and the Rhodes wo had been seen at the shack earlier in the day yes- ferday, and after careful search th three were found in another hut a few hundred feet away. They were all arrested. Reynolds, who, the police | think, was also of the party, is the proprietor of a tinning shop on P Pomac street, Georgetown. A reque: for his arrest has been sent by Sheriff Clements to the local police depart- inquest will be heldl TWO CENTS. 'THREE BALTIMORE WOMEN ORDERED HELD IN ACID CASE Wife, Sister and Sister-in- Law of Bradiey Cavey in Tangle of Evidence. MRS. BEROOKE’S BAIL IS FIXED AT $2,500 Mount Rainier Victim of Alleged Attemyed Murder Alters Story ¢ of Attacks. Entangled in a complicated web of circumstantial evidence, three Balti- more women whom the authorities believe may be able to throw light on the alleged plot to murder Mrs. Louise Brooke of Mount Rainier, will be arrested today on warrants sworn out last night by Magistrate Robert E. Joyce, following a preliminary hearing in Mount Rainier. The women are Mrs, Carrie Cavey, wife of Bradley Cavey, who swore to the attempted murder charges against Archie Walter, Baltimore and Ohio machinist; Mrs. Rosie Bradio, sister of Mrs. Cavey, and Miss Addle Smith, sister of Cavey. Each will be held 2,500 bond for appearance Wednes- ay night at a hearing berore Judge Joyce. Walter wa ville until thi held in jail at Hyatts- morning, when he “ob- tained his reiease on $1,000 bond Cavey was unable to provide bond and after spending the night in the Hyattsville jail, ken to Marlboro by C bie s E All Tower a from ted by 000, re .re “important witn bail required for W favorable { | pres- Jozce, cerned in the mysterious ed out that the at s life were and that he is determ ned to_ s Constabl | b tha {named for arrest. i Mrs, Bradio Badly Wanted. | The authorities are particularly |anxious to tuke into custody XNrs | Bradio. She is said to answer closely the description of the “tall, black- haired brunette woman” who blinded Mrs, Brooke on July 1 with a cup of acid or lye thrown in her face, e | claiming, "I’ ou now for goo {Cavey, When questioned on this point {1asp night, admitted that Mr {fitted the description, but expressed | his « ty that she did not commit { the crime. | “With the implication of Mrs. Bradio {there arose in the minds of those { vestigating the remarkable | possibility of Mrs. Brooke objrctive of a vendetta,"as a result of | which not only her own life. but those | of. perhzps, her = B others dear to h ened. This wouid for the peculi the woman in the fac ling by officers. It | sible that her alleged pe | holding a club over her threatening to do away W |1oved ones if she dis ! tity of her assailants. At the ing last night Cavey under repeated his testimony given at the time of the pl shar: agai Iter, expla that all of his informa {ing the plotting | Mrs. Drooke. le was one nt Rainier maintained hy of exhaustive thought pos- cutors are head th these es the iden- ment. Neighbors Tell of Row. From fragmentary evidence secured N s Brooke. il | tim - from pre ne dragged be p { automobile, heard her ¥ {of whom were men, call frequently | the name fled into the country. outside firms. of letting shop work t Oy two roads, the Erie and Wesfern Maryland, wers said to he continuing his practice, in violation of the or- ders of the Railroad Labor Board, and it was said to have b indicated that these roads were prepared to abandon the outside working con- tracts e Roads Adamant. On the question of national adjust- ment board the executives were re- ported to be adamant. The executives pointed out. it was stated, that the Pennsylvania and other railroads al- Teady have their own adjustment boards, which were said to be work- satistactorily The executives were said to have expressed the opinion that the strike Would not spread bevond the unions now involved. They were reported to have firm assurance on this point, one ehid to be causing much concern to the President and administration leaders. The President was said to have peen further informed that Chairman Hooper had not, because of the lack of direct discussion, given him com- plete and detailed information re- garding the points in dispute, espe- elally relating to the reported union demand for th onal adjustment board. For this and other reasons it was said to be the President's desire to confer personally with Chairman Hooper. Legislation Inipracticable. Senators of the interstate com- merce committee reiterated today that immediate legislation to affect the present strike was impracticable, and also again expressed the view that ‘there was nothing Congress might do in the immediate situation. Numerous senators, however, were at work on bills designed for future relief, both in the railway and coal flelds. Chairman Cummins of the Senate committee was visited today by local legislation agents of the four rall- road brotherhoods, but the object of the conference was not disclosed. The conference, said to have been called on the initiative of Senator Cummins, chairman of the Senate committee, was attended by T. De Witt Cuyler of the Association of Railway executives, L. F. Loree of the Delaware and Hudson, E. J. Pear- son of the New York, New Haven and Hartford; W. W. Atterbury of the Pennsylvania, Frank H. Alfred of the Pere Marquette and Senators Watson of Indiana and Kellogg of Minnesota, ‘poth members of the BSenate inter- Btate commerce committee. find out if legislation could cure the troubls and bring peace. Others told Mr. Harding that if there was going to be any allocating of coal they wanted to know about it. Senator Lodge, republican leader, said for in- stance, that he hoped to see that New England would get its share. The situation has reached a point where the effect of continued in- | dustrial warfare may be felt in the political campaign. of Commerce statement saying that the rising tide arrested by the rail and coal\strikes. lose this fall if conditions approach- realized by the rank and file. Will Prevail on Rallroa Many of the republican know how close the connection is be- tween industrial peace and political success next autumn. Senator James Watson of Indiana went to the White House with Senator Cummins and the net effect of their visit was a de- termination to reason with the rail waive a simgle obstacle that stands in the way of agreement, namely, a res- toraticn of seniority rights to the men wWho return from the strike. The word has gone out that the northwestern roads are ready to set- tle and that many of the Southern roads would do likewise. The eastern executives are unyfelding. Will they put_the republican party in a hole by prolonging the strike beyond the point of political safety? There al- ‘ways has been an affinity between the railroads and the republicans here and the latter now are trying to see for whether their influence counts anything. i Fear Secarcity of Coal Scarcity of coal for next winter is making senators apprehensive. If the House of Representatives were in session there would be incessant pil- grimages from the Capitol to the ‘White House of House members. As it is the Senate reflects the general uneasiness which is feit throughout the country over the industrial situ- ation, The President is listen: the senators tell hiim. b '"u'?u:' pat ‘The Department issued a significant of business recuperation was being The republican party has much to; ing_their campaign pledges are not | leaders | executives and see if they wouldn't on the amount of coal mined. Several days may elapse before another move is made. Some senators, like Mr. Pomerene of Ohlo, are inclined to think the federal government could seize the coal mines and operate them until the emergency is past. Other constitutional lawyers doubt it. There | is no question, however, that the states can seizé the mines and, with the aid of the federal government, ar- range for regulation of interstate shipments. These moves are largely |academic as yet, for until definite fig- ures are available on coal production in the next ten days no drastio course will be adopted. Rail Situation Hopeful. The rail situation gives better promise of a settlement. Pressure by individual ‘senators on eastern rail executives undoubtedly will be followed by persuasive arguments from other quarters influential with i the railroads just as soon as the dan- ger of a continued tle-up is fully realized. While the executives pro- test that conditions are fairly goed, officials here do not share that opti- mism and , rather fear a general breakdown ‘of the transportation of { the country unless peace is speedily obtained. The decision of the circuit court of appeals in Chicago upholding the rights of the Rallroad Labor Board was welcomed hero as a step for- ward and one which would probably make roads like the Pennsylvania see the necessity of obeying the Railroad Labor Board lest the con- fidence o:. the railway employes in e board’s power be ad: = b o versely af- More Legislation Unlikély. More legislation at this time is un- likely. The settlement, when it does come, will be along the line of mak- ing the present legislation respectfd. The transportation act provided that adjustment boards be set in various reglons. The railroads have by one move or another delayed the estab- lishment of these boards. Dilatory moves have caused a loss of falth. On top of this the rail have flouted the Dow-t'o‘!, n Board to adjust wages when the main purpose of the transportation act wes to have an. impartiai tritunal fo fix wages. The solution lies in makin; the decisions of the Lahor . spected, and officlals here ready, to belteve this im Tl | have already taken fifty prisoners, says an official report issued by the nationalist general headquarters early today. The irregulars have retreated from the infantry and cavalry barracks and from the post office, all of which now are in the hands of national troops, the statement savs. The irreg- wlars now are retreating south- ward. The proposed meeting of members of the new parliament called by the Jabor party to'assemble in the Man- sion House yesterday proved to be a fiasco. Only one member of the par- llament appeared, the. only others present being labor leaders. The railway line between Nenagh and Roscrea was again torn up ves- ferday. On the outskirts of Nenagh ihe irregulars are commandeering Tien to fell trees across the roads. The national troops are in possession of all the Nenagh banks. ELEVEN. REBELS CAUGHT. Nationals Surprise Troops Prepar- ing Ambush in Tipperary. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, July 21.—A party of ir- regular troops preparing for an am- Dush near Roscrea, Tipperary, were surprised early today by national Srmy troops, who captured eleven' of the irregulars, with rifles and bombs, says a dispatch received here. One Free State soldier was wounded. For the schools, estimates for sala- ries of teachers and for maintenance of school ing will amount to approximacc $7,500,000 or $8,000,000, it pected, this figure including also number of miscellaneous connection w buildings items amount expected for the estimate for buildings and grounds ¥ possibly amount to more than $4,000,000 when the school officials This figure, it is expected, will be chopped in half new school ma complile their statistics. by the Commissioners. MYSTERY STEAMER RAMS PASSENGER SHIP AT SEA By the Associated Press. PLYMOUTH, England, July 21 nal, with 544 passengers, Willlam E. collided last Lizard. An S. O. S. call was sent out, but later the Remuera announced.she was Her lifeboats i had been out all night vainly search- returning to Portland. ing for traces of the other vessel. ugs ‘mud-! her own steam. The liner. a 11,000-ton vessel, could pier at Portland, how- and she was beached on the not make ever, ats at Portland. The passengers were all landed. JUDGE SLAIN, WIFE HELD. West Virginian Dies in Hospital Prom Three Gun Wounds. already exist- din e VIRGINIA MURDERER The British steamer Remuera, bound | were put on the trail of Robert Har- for New, Zealand, via the Panama ca- including. (“Pussyfoot”) Johnson, evening during a fog with an unidentified vessel near the Svhich picked up the Remuera twenty miles from Portland found her damaged in three of her holds. Her pumps controlled the water, however, and the liner reached Portland under BECKLEY, W. Va., July 21—Judge John M. Anderson of criminal court was shot to death by his wife here late last night, following a family quarrel, according to Raleigh county authorities, who_ held Mrs. Anderson Dogs From Occoguan Hunt| Negro Who Killed Gaines- ville Official. MANASSAS, Va., July 21.—Blood- hounds which arrived here last night Ifrom ‘the District of Columbia —| workhouse, at Occoquan, early today ris, negro, who late Wednesday shot and killed Thomas Meredith of Gainesville, Va., justice of the peace. Mr. Meredith was a brother of for- mer Representative Meredith of Vir- ginla. A posse of several hundred men, headed by Sheriff John Curland of Prince William County, searched for the' negro all night, and early today resumed the man hunt. According to the authokities,” Har- ris Wednesday went to the Meredith home to his wife, who was in the employ of the Meredith family and attempted to beat and abuse her. Mr. Meredith was appealed to and went to the house to preserve order. As he was leaving the house, accord- ing to the authorities, Harris ex- Slelmed have been bulldozing other negroes around here and I am going to kill.you,” and at the same time opened ‘ire on Meredith. Shot Four Times. The first shot took effect in the back, Meredith turned around and the next. Bhot wounded him in the head. He fell and Harris, according to the authorities, came up close to him. and shot him twice—once in the d once in the neck. f S A ife. the authorities say, shot at her Rusband five times as b raE T SRR o at a L. by ?h is to be prostrated 3 St eyilte. . The description of the man given by them, the sheriff says, fits that of Brennan. “1 saw him hit her when she sat on the bench outside the house,” said ycung Jones, “Then another man came up and hit him. and then the first man hit him back and knocked him flat on his back. They carried the woman | in the house then. Mrs. Jones virtually corrohorated her son's story, and added that the fighting inside the hut continued for several hours, “Yes,” she said, ey had all been drinking, and sometimes the noise and fighting would stop, and \lhen it would start up again.” When C. J. Ives of Clarendon ar- rived to take the body, a closer vestigation of the premises made. Dinner Dishes Unattended. That the party had just finished dinner was shown by the condition of the dining room, where soup, watermelon rinds aml other edibles were strewn over the trble. In the room where the body lay many bloodstained articles of woman's ap- parel were scattered arowmd. A doilar Dbill lay on a phonograph, while a man’s yellow shirt was rolled up with other stained articles. A bioody petticoat, wrapped in a vesterdey's newspaper, lay on & table in a thizd room. Closer examination of the man's shirt revealed a folled slip of paper in the pocket, on whicth was scribbled | a telephone number. > Two bruises on th: dead woman's body, one across tha left eye, and one in the middle of the spine, were such that might have been made with a fist or some blunt instrament. Her mouth and cheeks were s ollen. Bloodstains dotted the plllow >n which her head rested, and a few werc found on the covering. - Several Letters Found. Several letters addressed to Mrs. Adelaide Rhoder were also picked up in the hut. These were of a personal nature. and haA no bearing on the crime. Questioned in the presence of Sheriff Clements, Mrs. Jones said that the meetings betwwen the same parties seen in the hut last night had been ‘quite frequeni. and on' all such occa- (T s u cge 2, Commn 3¥ Cgvey. giving his of his wife, sister-in-law and v {as 1420 Hanover {Md., recounted T | Mrs. Brooke and | relations. { " He said that about Seprember, 1920, he “got cqnaint with her, that {some one told his wife about it and Ilhxl ghe went to the hume o tor and asked him for railroad { telling him about Cave:'s corr | dence with Mrs. Brooke and abo | ters found invher husband's p | supposedly from Mr. oke. Walter, | Cavey said, then went to the home of { Mrs. Brooke, on the B. & O. tracks near Brentwood Shortly after this the witness as- merted, Mrs. Brooke began to receive threatening letters, which w | thrown in her front vard from pass- ling trains. She is said to have told | that the man throwing the i appeared to be Walter. This fook place about a year ago. Mrs Brook t to Baltimore and walked past th porch of the Wal | ho kson street, and rec | ognized Walter as the man who had | been throwing letters from the train, | Cavey swore. Walter turned to Cave: | and asked if gthe girl recognized him | (Walter) and Cavey replied: “Yes, she | recognized you, all right. Letter Mentions Ci | About a week later, Cavey testified, {a letter was thrown from the train {in front of the Brooke home, the con- | tents being to the effect that “Cavey thinks he has me scared, but I'm going { to beat him.” The first acid-throwing incident, Cavey said, occurred in April or May of this year. Mrs. Brooke, he ex- pléined, telephoned to him that acid had been thrown on her and gave & description of the lone woman who did it. The acid, Mrs. Brooke tele- Pphoned, was mearit for her eyes, but nstead it burned her arms as she shielded her face with them. Cavey urged her to have her burns treated, but the injured woman refused Short- Iy after this a note was throwliifrom a train, saying, “You got acid ur face this time, but you will gel next time.” Constable Garrig us all these notes. 2 About July 1, the witness went on, Mrs. Brooke told him she was on her Wway over the tiicks to the Brentwood post office, walking head downward, HCounting the ties’” when she became snddenly aware jthat some one Wio ’ (Coatinucd on Page 7. Column 2.2, transmitted to Mr. Harding. The ex- : e . s were reported to have con- — in future appropriations for addition | District was indebted to_the United | = e cetives werw vorted 1o huve conc| fion Can Cure 1ll—Bringing Pressure e mars v FLIGHT, | imsratren st for SR | ey e S oF sibrlindal b | rom those iving mear the wene uf| . penien Knoming Woman. not be continu indefinite but the " (s)ne hundred thousand dollars of the | cause of erxr:rn in stnluns :h(uhu the crime, a row, which ended in the| SRR R S jeved it would not a mu 7 500,000 allotted was carried in ap-:known as the general account be-| the woman, started carly alter, no er oath, ie B uduction. TEat the wew man On Railroad Heads. Free Staters Enter Waterford |Propriation items for the currentjtween the United States and the Dis- | death or s ted early | eing Mra. Brooke or ever having hired in place of the strikers were not year. How much additional will beltrict of Columbia. {iyestexdayiatic 7 5 been in Mount Rainier, but accused as competent, as a rule, but sufficient- After Strong Resistance. taken care of in the budget for 1924 | The report was submitted to a sub- | at intervals throughout the evening. e SR : Ts 0 0/ matiiain sppraxhritels N DANIDIL A AmaNCE oan e e Tt ¥150.00 Wil Prob. | committee of the House District com- | yombers of the party were suid to|Mrs: Cavey of coming 1o his hom 1y ol service up to this time, also 2 NOR. oning of coal. that is somewhat pre- | By the Associated Press. ably be requested along this line. milttee, consisting of five representa- ees drinKinG | several times to complain a st Tohs &aid to have been stated by the | United States senators are getting 'S)a'f'n'}?.'k ;flfl‘.flrckglloulgl?t seem | DUBLIN, July 21.—The town of n additional $200,000 under school | tives who had been appointed torcon- | have be! AR e husband's r with th roman ATlother puint in tho sirike on which | qustrial crisis. Several of them|The White House is waiting to e | Ireland. which was stoutly defended | 233 the “[,‘,’,i"::,“;; ‘,‘;"‘fi‘-"(‘_g:‘;ez_‘l‘gd".i _—— e resenta tivel of Tuis| L0k 10108 ons. Walter declared, Mrs. e e ton 1o ~ie1d wa that | flocked to the White House today to What effect the invitation to the oper- |by republican insurgents. has been|3TIPHe Jdded 'to each Junior high ¥ {Star inat they had seen @ man hit|fjon of Caves hiex ARsncin. ca i s that | ators to resume operations will have | entered by national army"forces, who [ (hoof in 1 | Mrs, Copperthite two or three times | Broc Ztdd i A i | yesterday afternoon. | butcher knife and cut Baltimore, ing with bsequent slree their s i