Evening Star Newspaper, July 22, 1922, Page 2

2 BATTLE ONWOUL TARFF OPENED Sharp Attacks From Both Sides of Senate Are In- dicated. LENROOT PLANS ASSAULT Democrats Marshal Forces for Major Fight on Administra- tion Measure. The Senate came today to the ma- jor battleground in the administration tariff bill—the wool schedule. While this schedule, officially designed No. 11, was not expected to bring the storm of opposition in the Senate that centered around the famous schedule K, of the Payne-Aldrich . it was to be the subject of sharp attack from both sides of the chamber. Senator Lenroot, republican, Wiscon- sin, who led a successtul onslaught upon the cotton schedule, was prepar- ed for an even more vigorous fight on the wool rates. The democrats had marshaled their forces and were pre- red for a finish encounter P hey expected to show that the duties proposed on manufactured products were as high, if not higher than those in schedule K, and to lay particular emphlisis on what they claimed would be a necessarily large increase in the nation’s clothing bill Senator Smoot of Utah, who had charge of the schedule for the com- mittee majority. has contended that the level of the duties was below that of the Puyne-Aldrich law, and also has stated that some of those pro- posed originally by the committee would be cut 5 per cent. The com- mittee majority in its defense of the rates will have the active support of Senator Gooding of Idaho. chair- man of the republican agricultural, tariff bloc,- who senerally hus been credited with writing the rates on raw wool as they appear in the bill. | More Speed Shown. The Senate proceeded with com- parative speed in its consideration of the tariff bill yesterday. Material re- Quctions were made in most of the duties originally proposed by the ma. jority members of the finance com- mittee on the products of hemp, flax and jute. A ‘charge was made by Senator Smith, democrat, South Carolina, that the rate of 2 cents a pound on White arsenic was written into the bill for the sole benefit of “the great Gug- genheim smelting interests. Senator G ng of ldaho, repub- lican, introduced a resolution propos- ing a public investigation of the LOADED €OAL TRAINS DERAILED AT SWITCHES Bailroad Police Investigate ‘Wrecks Blocking Traffic in Fayette Coke District. By the Associated Press, UNIONTOWN, Pa., July 22—Two railroad wrecks involving the derail- ment of loaded coal cars on the Monongabela and the Baltimore and Ohio in the Fayétte coke region to- gay had the attention of railroad po- ce. Flve cars and a locomotive were derailed on the Dunlap Creek branch of the Monongahela rajlroad between Simpson and Alllscn near Browns- ville. The_ derallment occurred at a switch and it was sald trafic would be tied up all ‘day. On the Smithfleid branch of the Bal- timore and Ohlo, seven loaded coal cars left the tracks at a switch, block- ing: traffic for several hours. A brakeman was Injured. HOOPER CONFERS AT WHITE HOUSE; SENATORS CALLED (Continucd from: First Page.) employers and employes owed it to the public to make an effort to settle their difficulties between themselves, if possible, in friendly conference. Many “Ifs” Involved. Several of the questions involved in the Baltimore and Ohlo conference were whether the man would agree to a separate settlement, whether the union leaders would approve such a settlement and whether the men would accept a settlement which might be made by their union lead- ers. Uncertainty as to the exact status of the situation as regards the points at issue has developed, especlally since Chairman Cummins and Sena- tors Kellogg and Watson of the Sen- ate interstate commerce committee reported to the President yesterday on their conference Thursday night with castern railroad executives. The whole question later was discussed at lensth ‘at yesterday's cabinet meet- ng. While the question of restoring the seniority rights to the striking shop- men in event of their return to work was found at the conference of sen- ators with rail executives here to be still the chief obstacle to a strike setlement, the railroad heads also were said to be unprepared to accede to the union demand for the creation of a national board of adjustment. Daugherty Meets Borah. Outstanding among rail strike de- velopments here yesterday were con- ferences held by Attorney General Daugherty with Senator Borah, chair- man of the Senate labor committee, and Senator Cummins, at which the discussions were said to involve the possibility of legal action in both the raliroad and the coal strikes. Mr. Daugherty stated afterward, however, that no immediate legal proceedings claim of clothing producers that the proposed rate of 33 cents a pound on scoured wool would result in an in- | crease of about $4 in the price of a suit of clothes and $7 in the price of an_overcoat. . Duties approved by the Senate in- cluded: Pile fabrics, manufactured In any form. 46 per cent ad valorem. Table damask, 40 per cent ad va- lorem Towels and napkins of flax or hemp from 40 to 55 per cent ad va- lorem. Handkerchiefs from 35 per cent to 45 per cent ad valorem. Clothing and articles of wearing apparel not spectally provided for, 35 per cent ad valorem; shirt col- lars and cuffs, 40 cents per dozen, and 10 _per cent ad valorem. Woven fabrics weighing not less than four and one-half and not more than twelve ounces to the square yard, 55 per cent ad valorem. Plain-woven fabrics weighing less than four and one-half ounces fo the square vard. 35 per cent ad valorem. Woven fabrics, commonly used for addings or Interlinings, of flax or Remp. 55 per cent ad valorem; of jute, 50_per .cent ad valorem. Woven fabrics not specially pro- vided for, 40 per cent ad valorem Tubings, garters, suspenders, braces, cords, tassels, 35 per cent ad valorem. Linoleum, 35 per cent ad valorem; floor oilcloth, 20 per cent ad valorem. Single yarns, in the gray, made of flax, hemp or ramie, not less than 30 nor more than 40 per cent ad valorem. Threads, twines and cords, com- posed of two or more varns of flax, hemp or ramle, from 18% cents to 64 cents a pound, with a minimum rate of 40 per cent ad valorem. Cordage, Including cables, tarred or untarred, made of sunn, 2 cents & were under contemplation, although, he said, he found Senator Cummins in full agreement with him as to the government's power to act in both cases. SEEK SEPARATE PEACE. Six Leading ~ Roads Negotiate. Other Walkouts May Come. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 22.—As the railroad strike today éntered its fourth week. negotiations took a new turn, and expectancy turned to Washirgton, where Chairman Hooper of the Ralil- road Labor Board was called for a conference with President Harding, and to the efforts of six leading rail- roads to make separate peace Wwith their striking shopmen. A conference between W. L. enimen of the Railroad Labor Bfhrd and Secretary of Labor Davis at Mooszheurs, JIL, also was regarded as a poss:ble pro- ducer of a peaceful gesture. Reports from half a dozen citles that approximately 18,000 clerks and other railway employes had voted Lo walk out and new indications that Canada was facing a shopmen's strike added to the war talk, howe as did President Grable's statement that any railroad that refused to meet with committees of maintenance of way men to adjust wage differences would face a strike of these workers. A new note in the demand of the strikers was made evident by the statement of Samuel Gompers, presi- dent of the American Fuderatioa of Labor, inviting the governmen: to urge striking coal miners and shop- men and their respective employers to poand; made of hemp, 3 cents a pound. Hose, suitable for _conducting liquids or gases, 17 cents a pound and 10 _per cent. Jute fabrics, bleached. printed, etc., 1 cent a pound and 10 per cent ad valorem. SEVEN MEN SLAIN BY ESKIMO AMUCK Mounted Officer and Hudson Bay Factor Among Heischell Island Victims. By the Associated Press, EDMONTON, Alberta, July 22.—Out of the frozen north a member of the Royal Canadian mounted police has just arrived with news of the murder of seven men by an Eskimo who ran amuck on Herschell Island, Hudson bay, four months ago. His victims were Constable Boak of the mounted forces; G. Binder, Hudson bay fac- begin direct negotiations, coupled with the action of representatives of the “big four” raiiroad brotherhouds, in urging Congress to facilitate,a re- turn to the direct parley system of settling disputes. Branch Trains Cut. Meanwhile elght railroads issued cancellation orders for branch line trains, swelling the number of an- nulments to well over three hundred. State troops continued on guard in eight states, while additional guards were placed on duty in various cities. The most notable instance was in Fremont, Neb., where more than a hundred of the city's business and professional men were deputized as peace officers and as their first of- ficial act escorted back into town eleven non-union employes of the Chicago and .Jorthwestern railway, who Wwere said to have been driven out of town by strike sympathizers. Court action was limited to issu- ance of injunctions to the Missourl Pacific and St. Louls-San Francisco railroads at Kansas City, filing of petitions for injunction at Atlanta by the Seaboard Air Line' and Western and Atlantic rallroads, and filing of o sult by six labor leaders at Kan- sas City, Kan., questioning the right of the Kansas court of industrial re- lations to assume jurisdiction over the shopmen's strike. The plaintifts in the suit claimed that the strike is_interstate in character and not tor, and five of his tribesmen. The Eskimo. a young seal hunter employed by Binder, killed his five comrades as they lay sleeping one night last March. The mounted po- lice trailed him, captured him and brought him back to Herschell Is- land, where he was jailed to await trial for the murders. Constable Boak was detailed to| guard the Eskimo. One night, as| the officer slept. his prisoner seized his rifle and kilied him. When Bin- der threatened to cut off escape the Eskimo killed him _too. Making his way back to the tribe the murderer told his fellows he hed killed seven men and declared he intended to “wipe out the rest of the island.” Twenty-four hours later the mounted police recaptured m. The prisoner may’ be brought to Edmonton for trial because of the high feeling running among bis tribesmen at the Hudson bay post. o e MAN-HUNTERS SURROUND FUGITIVE NEGRO SLAYER Posse of 200 Expects to Make Capture Soon—Lynching Is Feared. MANASSAS, Va. .July 22.—A posse of 200 men early today surrou: the horss show grounds here in hoes of capturing Alvin Harris, negro, who, on July 19, shot and instantly killed Magistrate' Thomas P. Meredith of Gainesville, Va. The show grounds embrace woods, thickets and a number of buildin, and the man-hunters expressed the bellef the negro is in hiding some- ‘where in the area. A iynching is feared in the event caught subject to state law. Roundhouse Deserted. At _Oklahoma City one hundred roundhouse workers walked out yes- terday. Strike ballots were sent to 250 clerks, freight handlers, express and station employes of the Chicago, Mil- waukee and St. Paul railroad, on the Tacoma, Wash., branch, Strike ballots at Chattanooga had not been finished by representatives of the clerks. A close vote of 12,000 clerks and other employes of the Baltimore and Ohio was indicated at Baltimore. Approximately 750 employes of the Chicago, North Shore, Milwaukee, at Chicago, awaited the strike order of the surface and elevated line workers before arbitrating wage difference: The employes of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie favored taking a strike vote. €y ‘While officials of the inaintenance of way men at Detrolt discussed the question of -punishing members of their union who had struck without sanction, maintenance men of the Pensylvinia between Portage-and Al- toona, Pa., walked out in protest against a wage cut. . More Trains Dropped. Further curtailment of train se; was announced by the Grea: Norin: ern railway at Sloux Falls, S. D. where all short-run trains were can. celed; at Grand" Forks, N. D., where four locgl trains were annulled, and at Spokane,Wash., where a number of branch-line "trains were discon- tinued, and an embargo placed. on perishable freight and live stock. All_Wabash trains into Hannibal, n{a..t wars .flumi:l;d, 1?1“! four of the six trains affec will rua Eas At tro! e Grand Trunk - was apnounced annulment of nxl;lcln trains and curtaliment of the runs of ten others. Four trains of the Chi Northwestern running _into Wis., were discontinued. St._Louia, and ison, CONGRESS NOMINATION Definite Statement Issued at Colo- rado Springs, Refusing to Seek Re-election. By the Associated Press, Thursday. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July nel the sixty-day date. 23, interval LORADO SPRINGS, Colo, —Represenative C. Bascom Slemp of the ninth Virginia district, only republican congressman from that state, today issued a definite state- ment declining the nomination given him by the assembly at Norton, Va., intention of seeing Mrs. Smith Cochran (Mme. Ganna Walska), } the American | hwloseflenssEome s e {in_the morning she thought she was harvester magnate has been persist- | ently reported and denied. Cormick said he had received no news | of Mme. Walska and that he did not know whether he would go to Swit- zerland while in_Europe or mot. ports were pubiished recently that Mr. McCormick and the singer ex- pected to meet at Carlsbad in August. Mme. Walska's preliminary decree of divorce from Mr. Cochran is ex- pected to become final August 19, provided the provisional decree granted by a French court will expire — e July McCORMICK, AT PARIS, DENIES WALSKA R Harvester Magnate Insists Visit to Europe Is for Business Purpose. Harold F. Me-| Cormick on his arrival here today | from New York told the Assoclated | Press he was in Europe for busi-g and a rest and that he had no Alexander Mr. M Re- as in on that Gov. Stephens more Sheridan, Wy and Texas reported continued im- provement of service, however. Farmers Unduly Fearful. of California said that farmers and fruit growers were unduly fearful of the ability of rail- roads to move fruit and other crops, and declared that the roads had re- ported to him that they could handle freight than was offered. reported that its first attempted violence was when a group of woman strike sympathizers broke through the guards upon ar- rival of a passenger train. They were dispersed with water from a hose. A shopworker in Claremore, Okla., was seized and beaten by eleven men, then taken in an automobile to Tulsa and thrown out on a street. d demonstration were strikers_and sympathizers in Hunt- ington, W. Va. A parade taged by! Air Hoses Are Cut. The air hoses of fifteen freight cars on the Boston and Maine at Everett, Mass., were reported to have been cut. A station agent of the Missourl, Kansas and Texas, at De Leon, Tex., was told he must quit doing the work of strikers or leave town. A volley of shots was heard in_the railroad yards at Poplar Bluff, Mo., where atate troops are on duty. one was wounded. Louis. East St. Louls, IIl. PENNSY NEARS NORMAL. An unidentified man fired on an employe of the Missourl Pacific at PHILADELPHIA, nouncement w. Gain in Workers Brings Total on Job to 42,080. July made by the Penn- No ‘Three men attacked and beat a fore- man of the Terminal raliroad at St. 22.—An- sylvania Railroad Company today that reports from all regions of the a gain for the day of 346, ‘week, of 1,645. em show 42,630 shopmen at work, and, for th The average normal force, the com- pany stated, was 55,000 DISORDERS BEFORE CABINET. Daugherty Receives Reports of Se- rious Rail Disturbances. Atgorney General’ Daughierty yester- day received reports ol serious dis- turbances in connection ' with the railroad strike of Coeur d’Alene, the . nel plam' rhoed “reports |- ‘are understood to have been dix- cussed at It was 3 where digorders . tions were sguin. i esterday’s cabine! that in other B 4LPRIOGEON { Rhodes acknowledged having the task of 121l will ‘mot be taken ' retwrin i Upper: Shack on the Little river, where the crime was committed. Lower, left to right: Sheriff A. C. Clements of Arlington county, Thomas Brannan, who was held for the grand jury without bail in connection with the murder, and Deputy Welsh. SLEMP AGAIN DECLINES SHACK MURDER LAID TO BRANNAN (Continued from First Page.) the bench, and Brannan had his arm around her,” said the witness. Knocked Man Dow; “Did you hit Brannan at all7’ asked the commonwealth attorney “Just slapped him once,” replied Vaughn. But when pinned down to why he “slapped” Brannan, Vaughn acknowledged that he did not think Brannan was treating Mrs. Copper- thite right. He later admitted knocking Brannan down. The witness' memory was vague regarding his actions after 4 o'clock. He said he had gone in to see Mrs. Copperthite, who was lying on the cot. “I thought she was only drunk.” said the witness. When pressed, he acknowledged she was cut and bleed- UMOR | ine. It was Vaughn who called Sherift Clements on the phone early yester- day morning to notify him of the murder. He met the officer and di- rected him to the scene of the crime.) Mrs. Rhodes, a thin, bob-haired blonde, thirty-five vears old and the mother of three children, aged twelve, eight and three years, followe: Vaughn on the stand and her memory as to what transpired in the shack on the night of the murder was even more hazy than Vaughn's. She said she vas ““too drunk to remember much of nything,” but admitted she could ‘walk perfectly straight She said she had paid no attention to Mrs. Copperthite, could not tell what kind of a dress she wore and said when she went through her room aslzep. When questioned Mrs. laced the twelve-month-old child, Joseph Copperthite, on its mother’'s breast. Own Dress Bloodstained. When confronted with a _blood- stained dress of her own, she said the stains had been on It for more than two months. Mrs. Mary Scherrer, who lives on a houseboat within a stone's throw of the Rhodes shack, told of having further ! been there early Thursday afternoon and of having seen Brannan strike Mrs. Copperthite. “It was then I left for my own home,” said the wit- ness. She said she remonstrated with him for his treatment of the woman. James Copperthite, husband of the slain woman, testified briefly to his wife's actions on_the Wednesday preceding the crime. He said she had left his house, with her child, to go shopping in the city, and the next he heard of her was when he was noti- fled she was dead. George W. Swink and Sherift Cle- ments wege called to identify blood- stained articles picked up in the shack after the murder. Sheriff Clements that said he had been called to the phone at 445 o'clock yesterday morning, when Vaughn, whom he had known for years, told him that a woman was dead down on the river. “He sald,” declared the officer, “that 1 might bring a doctor, but he was atraid it was too late. He then told me to meet him at the freight yards, and he would direct me to the shack. He met me, and, in company with Deputy Sheriff Kines, we rounded up Mrs. Rhodes and Brannan and placed under arrest. t 1m asked Vaughn,” continued the officer, “how it happened, and he told me that Brannan had been beating Mrs. Copperthite’ and that he went away. He added that when he return- od about § o'clock the woman was lving on the ground near the house ter Mrs. Rhodes told me practically {:ae:lme thing, snd then caught her- self and said she believed that Mrs. Copperthite bruised herself in some way and just died. The autopsy conducted by Coroner Swain revealed that the woman had dled from = blood olot on the brain, caysed by a fracture of the left tem- P14 bone, In his official report Coroner Swain enumerated bruises all over the vic- tim’s body, which would go to show that she was literally beaten to death. The jury was composed of J. B. Hly:n’. %. O. Pickett, W. P. Ames, J. A. Thomas, G. A. Rucker and Zeb Kines. 8 - —_— RUDOLPH ON VACATION. ‘Commissioner to Spend Two Weeks at Deer Park, Md. Commissioner Cuno H. Rudolph left Washington todsy for & two-week vacation at Deer Park, Md, before eagues, the Mlmn:ou. 'I:r the Tr ry Depart- ment Before Mr. Rudolph returns & pre- oy Towal setimate Will be com. ‘Treasu! the but ‘up limina; muni found asped to its mother's breast. Low: Mrs. Adalaide Rhodes L. J. jail to the courthouse, where the inqu RALROADS PUSHNG NDIVIDUAL PAET |Company Unions Being Formed Also by East- ern Companies. {MANY WOULD NEGOTIATE Maintenance Men Threaten if Executives Refuse to Meet Work- ers to Discuss Pay. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, July 22.—Efforts by eastern roads to bring about indi- vidual agreements with their shop- . men were forecast today on the basis of a statement by L. F. Loree, presi- dent of the Delaware and Hudson rallroad and chairman of the eastern presidents’ conference, that the car- riers in this part of thé country were planning to form company unions. These, he said, would consist of the new employes and those who remain- ed at work when the strike was called. Under this plan whenever future labor difficulties arise each railroad would negotiate separately with its men. Lehigh Valley officials sald that line already had begun organizingits em- ployes into a company union, with “gratifying results.” It was under- stood similar action had been under- taken by the Delaware and Hudson and the Lackawanna. The new policy, Mr. Loree declared, was suggested by the labor board in a statement is#ied July 3, which said the railways should proceed to organize their men into new unions without affiliation with the striking organizations. The Baltimore and Ohio had previously announced its decision to seek individual settiement with its striking shopmen. But labor l aders d?gllnd these peace over- ures would not result i strike on that road. e Grable Warns Roads. DETROIT, Mich., July 22.—A railroad in the United States that :ey- fuses to meet with committees of maintenance Wen to adjust wage dif- ferences between the men and their employers will face a strike of these workers on their lines, it was an-) nounced here last night by F. Grable, president of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance-of-Way Workers and Rallway Shop Laborers, at the conclusion of an all-day con- ‘erence amon, and offi feranct A £x officers of the The “grand dfficers, before finally Ildjonrn!n‘ their conference, discuss- ed the question of punishing mem- bers of the union who have engaged in unsuthorized strikes, but no ac- tion was staken in the matter, ac- cording to a statement issued by Mr. Grable at the close of the meeting. Meeting With Men, OMAHA, Neb., July 22.—The Unlon Pacific railroad is carrying on nego- tiations with. maintenance-of-way men regarding wages, although no agreement has béen reached, it be- came known here yesterday. - Wil- liam Jefteries, feneru manager, sal “We are negotiating with the main- tenance-of-way men at their reque: but nothing has been determined.” Ready to Negotiate. RICHMOND, Va., July 22.—A state- ment made blic here by President w. J. an of ‘the Chesapeake and Ohio raflway that “we are al- ways willing to meet with represent- atives of our shopmen, but up to ’a.u hxv‘- not. nrw-‘;ln:' e mn;'l; for & conference.” w! conside: 7 -PRICGEDN right to left: Sheriff Clement; ughn (on left) from Arlinston county « Upper left: James Copperthite, husband of the vietim. Tpper right: Little Joseph Copperthite, one-year-old baby, who was and Deputy Welsh accompanying est was held. 15 BRITISH SHIPS LISTED AS U. S. RUM-RUNNERS NEW YORK, July 22—Fifteen British ships, alleged to have been supplying American rum-runners’ craft, have been made the subject of an international brief, it was admit- ted by John D. Appleby, general chiet enforcement agent of the New York prohibition offices. The brief has been forwarded to Secretary of State Hughes, Mr. Ap- pleby said, and if it is considered of sufficient importance, it will be taken up with members of the British lega- on. The brief is drawn, it was said. under an existing treaty between the two governmenis regarding smug- gling. _ PLAN SINGLE HEAD _FOR U. S. BUILDINGS - (Continued trom Firs: Paze.) and allled buildings have been at- tached, and it is over this office that the superintendent operates under a commission established by law, con- sting of the Secretary of State, the ecretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy. This office cgntrols the State, War and N grouf, the Mall zroup and the Potomac Park group, inclading temporary buildings. All “S; W. and N.” guards are uni- formed. _The activity of the State, War and Navy administration in stiffening up their guard, shortly after July 1 through the discharge of a number of elderly men, unable to perform prop- er fire protection tasks, and other guard duties, has created a sentiment toward similar action in certain other departments. The Treasury, for in- stance, wthin a week, has issued spe- cial orders to members of its guard, to be more on the alert, to stand up as much as possible and 'to spend less time sitting down. Comfortable re- clining chairs with a spring tilt and leather upholstery have all hgen taken away from the Treasury guard, and small straight-back_chairs, with cane bottoms, substituted. Some Objection Seen. Judging from certain reactions al- ready. visible, the Droposal te take over the maintenance guard and fire- protection of all the executive build- ings would result in some objection on the part of the departments de- prived of that part of their authority. The extent to which the govergment as a whole would benefit from' such a change and centralization of au- thority is one of the problems under- stood to be under consideration by budget officials. In the press of the beginning of a new fiscal year, and taking over of his office, from Gen. Dawes, his prede- cessor, it is believed Gen. Lord hag not had time to give much considera- tion to the proposal. ‘What connection the Capitol police might have in the new plan, or how the White House police, whose sep- aration from the metropolitan force has been much rumored, would be af- fected are other points not brought to light as yet. Not only the budget, but numerous officials of the government, are be. lieved-to be giving serious thought to the complicated problem. —eeeeee Cottrell, president of the federation has announced. Form New Unfon. ST. PAUL, Minn., July 22.—Forma. tion of a new shop-workers’ organisza. tion, composed of new employes and old men who refused to go on strike, has been started by the Great North- ern railroad, the first road reported to have taken sych action, it has been announced. No Authority to Meet. RICHMOND, Va., July 22—S. L Cottrell, chairman of the Richmond City Federation of Shop Crafts, to- day reiterated & statement made last night that shopmen on the Chesa- peake and Ohio raillway have no au- thority to enter into a separate con, ference with of ls of the C. & O. looking to & se of the craft. men's walkout, 40 SHIPPING BOARD 7VESSELS WILL BRING FUEL FROM ENGLAND The Shipping Bourd today joined in the endeavors to furalsh the country with coal. Vice President Smull of the board’s Emergemcy Fleet Corporation ammounced that forty ships, with = coal-earrying capacity of 300,000 toms monthly, had been chartered to import coal from Wales and the east coast of England. These vessels, in prac- tically every instance, now are in European waters and soom will begin arriving at Atlantic ports with their cargoes, Mr. Smull said. Thirty-one. British. vessels. also bave been chartered in the coml- belonging to the Shipping and mow tied up because of the surplus of ocean tonnage could be placed in operation thus if the coal were available bring 1,800,000 tons monthly to American ports in addition to the supplies to ®e brought by the vessels service. MANY COAL SHIPS LOADED IN BRITA American Demand for Bot- toms Causes Scarcity of Tonnage in Some Places. TRYING TO FORCE RATE U. S. Shipping Board Steamers Block Increases—Cargoes Are Expected in Philadelphia. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 22.—The demand for ships to convey coal to America is increasing daily. Many steamers have been loaded in the United King- dom this week for sailings to vari- ous American ports, the freight Tate | being from § to 10 shillings a ton. | Lloyds shipping list today says some ship owners are endeavoring to force a fixed rate of 9 shillings) 6 pence a ton, but as American Ship- ping Board steamers are willlng to, come over and load at 7 shillings 6 pence there is little prospect of the higher rate being paid. The American demand for coal has caused a scarcity of tonnage in some sections. In Cardiff, New Castle and | Middlesborough the heavy bookings for all kinds of coal for July ship- ment to the United States have caused an advance of from 6 pence to a shilling a ton. Cardiff export firms alone are said to have booked 300.- 000 tons and New Castle firms 150,000 tons. The coal supply on the east coast was somewhat scarce for July ship- ment and American orders are being executed for August shipment at the dealers’ rates. Expected in Philadelp! PHILADELPHIA, July 2 cargoes of coal purchased by local public utllity - corporations in Great Eritain will arrive here within a fortnight, it became known toda: Approximately 25,000 tons was pur- chased a week ago in Wales and southern England by the Philadel- phia Electric Company, while other public utilities placed large orders | at the same time. In addition, it was stated, about 50,000 tons of Steam coal 18 consigned to ship brokers and local chartering agents. More Ships Chartered. NEW YORK, July 22.—Thirteen more ships with an aggregate carry- ing capacity of 90,000 tons were char- tered yesterday to import coal from Furope because of the coal strike, A. D. Lasker, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, here for a conference, said. This is a total of twenty ships entered in the coal trade within two deys and Mr. Lasker said that in ad- Qition to the 167 vessels now plying between American and European ports there are 400 bottoms idle in AMmerican docks that could be com- ‘mirsioned within thirty days. A canvass of importers today re- vealed that orders have been placed for the shipping of 500,000 tons from England and Wales. CABINET PLANS BOARD FOR COAL DISTRIBUTION Special Commission Relieved Nec- essary to Insure Fuel for Rail Operation. The administration was understood yesterday to have a plan for distri- bution of coal through a special com- mission in order to insure the fuel necessary to continued railroad oper- ation. The plan was understood to have been discussed at vesterday's cabinet meeting. and it was indicated that Secretary Hoover, acting for the President, had undertaken formation of the commission. At the Depart- ment of £ommerce preparations were being made to provide office space which would accommodate a commis- Slon of about six members. The com- mission, it was thoupht, working in co-operation with the Interstate Commerce Commission, could effect proper distribution. Secretary Hoover has been in close touch with the coal situation for sev vs, and is understood to have ed priority of coal shipments With members of the Interstate Com- Mmerce Commission. Senator Kellogg of. Minnesota and Senator Lodge of e husetts also have been keep- ing in close touch with the situation as regards their localities. < EFFORTS TO HALT HARD COAL STRIKE SHIFT TO SCRANTON (Continued from First Page.) e tion and coal mining, the govern- ent would proceed through the De- partment of Justice to prosecute the strike leaders for a conspiracy to restrain interstate commerce. Mayers Call on President. ‘Mayors of five cities in the anthra- cite region.of Pennsylvania paid & brief visit late yesterday to the White House, accompaniéd by Senator Pep- per of Pennsylvania. They were un- derstood to have assured the exXec- utive they strongly supported him In his pro for the maintenance of law and order in mining districts. . The Pennsylvinis mayors, previous to coming to the White House, had conferred in New York with John L. Tewis, head of the United M Workers, and are said to plan & simi- lar conference with representative anthracite operators. "Those in the delegation who called on the Presidont wer. rs John ¥. Durkan, Scranton; Danfel L. Hart, Wilkes-Barre; John. Loftus, Carbon- dale: James G. Harvey, Hazleton, and P. R. Brown, Pittsburgh. A new moVe for restoration of peage in the coal Selds was seen in & resolution introduced in the Senate xesterday by Semator King, repub- | TERMINAL PLANT 4 ENGINEERS T0 QUIT Five of Remaining Six Union Men at Power ‘House Out Monday. CHARGE D. C. PARTIALITY leping Station Men Canvassed on Terminal Situation, Says Lawson. Five of the six remaining union en< Bineers employed at the powerhousa of the Washington terminal are rx< pected to walk out by Monday, ac- cording to an announcement today by A. M. Lawson, business representative of the local Brotherhood of Station- ary Englneers. These men did not join the striking enginecrs, firemen and oilers Wednesday, Lawson said, cause of a desire to protect the prop- erty of the railroads utilizing the termin: and to prevent an It was pointed out no longer will union tinue to work with strikebreakers violation of the principles of orgar ized labor. “I am confident.” he sa) “that the engineers remaining on the job will walk out between now an Monday Lawson charged today t oftic of the District government are n canvassing employes of the water de partment to ascertai union men among them ing to accept work This charge came o complaint filed with the missioners yester Gompers ard ot officlals that atte made to coerce PUmPINg station to fill places loft va, cant by the strikers at the terminad power plant Investigntion Made. Immediately after the made J. B. Gordon, sani and Capt. John E. Wood. assistan gineer commissioner, went to th- pumping station and initiated an ing vestigation. Subsequently Engigeer Gordon announ personal inquiry showed strike leaders “had formed.” Labor leaders who attended the ference with the District O ers sald that the city h that a canvass was being among the municipal employ purpose of determining bow 1 them would be available for we the terminal power plant in the that the government compel! take over and operate how many none ould be w term arges were ary engineer. that th been misi it Reports of a “near riot” at the Union station last night between terminal officials and a crowd of strikebreakers en o from the south to N York were emphati- cally denied to by the terminal authorities. Reports of trouble at the station, officials said, probably originated when the strikebreakers assembled en masse in the concourse awaiting the departure of the New York train. “No fizht or disorder of any kind marked movement of the men,” said an official Strike Call Probabie. Whether a strike of the employed in Washingt by the Southern railway will be called prob- ably will be known sometime today The strike ballot of the clerks in the Southern system who with the Brotherhood Clerks was turned in Thursday at Chattanooga. Tenn.. and Claude Pul liam, head of the local organization, said he expected to be notified of the result momentarily. Chairman Ben W. Hooper of the United States Railroad Labor Board, who came to Washington today to discuss the national rail strike with President Harding. is expected to ad- the 0 clerks are afiliated of Railway |dress 2 public mass meeting of the {1ocal strikers at Theater, goutheast the Avenue Grand on Pennsylvania avenue between fth and 7th streets, tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. President Gompers of tha American Federation of Labgr and other labor leaders also will® speak and outline conditions which had thelr sequel in the national strike of the railroad workers. Engineer Commissioner Keller to- day reiterated a statement that there was no truth in reports that em- ployes at the District sewage pump- ing station had been urged to aid in breaking the strike at the Washing- ton terminal. “As I stated yester- day,” snid the cglonel. “it is a_plain, unvarnished lie# The colonel said he now regards the affair as a closed incident. —_————— A new invention has yme to the aid of divers who salve sunken ships in the shape of an instrument for cutting through metal plates undee water. The instrument cuts by means of a small but intensely ho® electric flame that travels slowly along the submerged plate, meltingd the metal that comes in contact with it Although working in the water the electric arc flames slices a_way through the iron as easily as a knife passes through butter. —ee e lican, Utah, who proposed creation of & commission of five to investigats both sides of the controversy and re- port its findings. No provision was mude in the resolution for enforcing the findings made by the commission, but Mr. King expressed the opinion that such a body, set up by posi- tive legislative action. would ha more authority than did the confer- ence appointed by the President. PROBE LIKELY IN OHIO. Request for Troops Calls for In- quiry, Say U. S. Officials. The federal government probably will conduct an investigation befors acting on the request of the Con- solidated Coal and Coke Company of Butler, Pa., for federal troops to guard its mining operations in Perry county, Ohio, it was said today at the War Department. The company yes- terday telegraphed President Hard- ing for federal protection, declaring that local officials were unable to cope with the situation and that Gov. Davis of Ohio had refused protec fon. Hofhe request had not come to the attention of the War Department t day, but department officials in com- menting on press dispatches said the Policy in such a case, and in the case of similar appeals, would follow the fines adopted in the matter of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rall- road. When the federal receiver of fhat rallroad asked protection the Army corps area commander was di- Footed to send an inspector to make = survey of the situation. INDIANA CALLS PARLEY. Gobernor McCray Invites Miners and Operators. ANAPOLIS, July 22.—Repre- .e:fg‘fvel of Indlana miners and operators were invited today by Gov. iray to meet in a joint wage con- fevence next Tuesday in an attempt %o settle the coal strike as it affects the Indiana bituminous fleld. The governor addressed letters to Phil H, Penna, secretary of the Indi- ana Bituminous Coal Operators’ As- sociation. and John Hessler, president o¢ the District No. 11, United Mine . ‘Workers of America, asking them to meet him here Tuesday, July 2§, for meonference to consider bringing the strike in this state to an end. Ar®i- tration of the differences between the miners and operators would b the governor indicated, [} ‘ [ . 1