Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1922, Page 1

" AFTER CONFERENCE | WEATHER. Fair today and tomorrow; slowly rising temperature. Temperature for twenty-two hours ended at 10 p.m. last night: £3; lowest, 65. Z " Full report on page 8. Highest, No. 906.— No. - 28,588. RAIL STRIKE CHIEFS IN CHEERFUL MOOD Expect to Be Recalled by President _Tomorrow. Call on Gompers. ‘BROTHERHOOD ENVOYS SAY CREWS MAY BALK Condition of Equipment Blamed. Peacé on Southern Up to Men, Declares Jewell. By the Associated Press. Negotiations to end the strike of Fallroad shop crafts men were resum- #4 yesterday by President Harding Bnd B. M. Jewell, president of the ¥allroad empioyes’ department of the American Federation of Labor. W. . Johnston, president of the mi <hinists, and J. P. Noonan, head of the electrical workers’ brotherhood, left the White House after an hour of conferefice with the chief execu- tlve, expecting to be recalled tomor- Tow. It was not disclosed whether the President had communicated again with railroad heads, whose refusal tast week to grant his proposal to &ive returning strikers back seniority status terminated the first settle- ment attempt, but the strike leaders, in cheerful mood, sald after the con- ference that the proposals, as orig- 1nally outlined by the President, con- stituted their “irreducible minimum in seeking honorable settlement.” Tell of Dangers. Likewise, H. E. Wills, J. Paul Btephens and Arthur J. Lovell, rep- resenting, respectively, the engineers, trainmen and enginemen and fire- men, three of the four brotherhood organizations, saw the President at the instance of national chiefs of these orders and of the switchmen's union and presented the possibility that grave prospects of further rail ‘unsettlement were in sight unless the &hop situation was straightened out. 1t was understood that, while they @id not set up a possibility of sym- pathetic strikes by their membership, they declared that the condition. of rallroad equipment, locomotives par- ticularly, on many roads was grow- ing to be such that tfin crews might refuse service. No public statement of their report was made, other than that contained in the message from the brotherhood heads under which they acted in going to the White House, and nothing was given out officially. They made it plain, how- ever, that they made no request of the President for a conference with the brotherhood chiefs. Peace Up to Men. ‘The meeting between general chair- smen of shop workers on the Southern rallway and operating officials, set for yesterday, was postponed until tomorrow for the reason, according %o union leaders, that all the repre- sentatives of the men had not ar- rived in Washington. The Southern has acted separately from the other large roads of the country, and has offered a scparate settlement on the basis of President Harding’s pro- posals, _without reservation. Mr. . Jewell sald last night that the ques- tlon of whether the Southern shop- men would go back was “entirely up to the men,” and that the general policy committes of the shopcrafts federation had {instructed general chairmen to meet officials of single Y lroads wherever such a meeting “was desired. Officials of the shop unions, though Snformed to a degree concerning the yepresentations made by the brother- hood representatives at the White House, #leclared they had no connection with the move. The claim that locomotives and rolling stock were deteriorating ‘badly because of the shops strike was Tepeated by the union chiefs and held up %y them as the influence which would determine the strike. All participants feld the belief that President Harding, #f he intended to exercise further sua- @lon on the rallroad executives, would #ok no further concession from the men than that involved in his original posal of accepting the Railroad Labor E wage awards and returning to Wwork pending rehearings. Call on Gompers. Mr. Jewell and Mr. Johnston called fipon Samuel Gompers at the Ameri- Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. IN MISSOURI Water—Boy Scou Steam Cooks Many. he Sundi .WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1922.—SEVENTY-FOUR PAGES. NATIONAL. CAPITAL IDEAS WITH -A HOOSIER LOCATION. 135 TO 40 DEAD, 60 HURT TRAIN CRASH lyer Telescopes Another Su;pping for ts Die—!'fscaping By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, August 5.—Missourl, Pacific passenger-express No. 4 crashed into the rear of train 32, &n accommodation, en route to this city at Sulphur Springs, twenty miles south of here, about 10 o'clock to- night, killing upwards of thirty-five to forty persons and Injuring about sixty, some seriously. Striking union shopmen manned a wrecking and relief train when they learned of the accident and rushed to the scene, which was described as resembling a “battle field.” Steel coaches of the express splintered the wooden coaches of the accommoda- tion as it ploughed its way through them from the rear, dumping passen- gers and debris over a quarter of a mile area, and tearing up the road- bed, twisting rails into a tangled mass resembling & bunch of huge ropes. Coaches rolled down an embankment into a creek which flooded the coaches, and, according to reports, drowned pas- sengers who were pinned beneath broken seats. - Boy Scouts en route here from a summer camp, who were passengers on the accommodation, aided in rescue work, while a few were reported either killed or missing. Their coach was scattered and dumped partly into the creek, but most of the boys escaped. Engineer Matt Glenn of the express was instantly killed. The cause of the wreck is undetermined, but an inves- tigation will be started immediately. Stopped for Water. ‘The accommodation was en route from Hoxie, Ark., to this city. It had stopped at Sulphur Springs to take water. Traln No. 4, the passenger- express, en route from Fort Worth to this city, roared along into Sulphur Springs and splintered its way through the accommodation. Engineer Glenn had grabbed an “order stick,” with instructions re- garding the accommodation, as he passed a station en route to Sulphur Springs. The local was composed of seven coaches, the express of twelve steel cars. D.C. COML SUPPLY WILL BE HANDLED BY UTILITIES BODY Tentative Priority List‘Also Announced After Conference .at District Building. CONSUMERS MUST BUY FUEL AS IT IS NEEDED Scalding steam from the engine of | None Will Be Allowed to Fill the express which was ditched, escaped into the wooden coaches it had splinter- ed and cooking victims in the wrecked coaches. Axes and picks from emer- gency kits carrled in the steel cars were put to heroic use by passengers who Were not too greatly excited or Bins for Winter, Says Keller. The Public Utlilities Commission shocked to ald In rescue work. The|Da® Deen definitely selected as the entire town of Sulphur Springs and all | fuel ency for the District to ob- physicians and surgeons are alding in|tain the winter supply of coal, En- caring for the Injured. Station Temporary Morgue. 'The railroad station and express room gineer Commissioner nounced last night. A tentative priority list to guide Keller an- is arranged as a temporary morgue.:the commission in distributing fuel Private automobiles serve as am- bulances. Numerous ex- this region are alding in 2id to the injured. Many o8 the Boy Sdouts were in- according to the importance of the z:llce men In | consumer was drafted at the District dering first ( building yesterday. That 1fst may be revised, however, following another conference be- Jured, the crash arousing many of the|tween the Commissioners and the lads, who had fallen asleep after their|coal dealers in Col. Keller's office to- outdoor encampment. morrow morning. This conference The names of the dead are not yet|yas scheduled for 4 o'clock yester- known and many are sald to have been | gay afternoon, 50 badly mangled that identification |yte the coal m: would be almost impossible. Relief trains from St. Louls, Poplar Bluff and De Soto were asent to the wreck, carrying all physicians avail- able from the towns and cities along the route. Among the few dead to be identifled were Rev. V. O. Penley of Ds Soto, Mo., and Miss Irene Moon of Festus, Mo. Coal Production Up 317,000 Tons, l . Report for Week Coal production for the week will be about 317,000 tons greater than in the previous week and will total atout 4,250,000 tons, the geological survey estimated yes- terday. o The increase was due to improv- ed raflroad conditions in the non- union flelds, the survey said, rather than to reopening of mines. The total weekly output is still about 1,100,000 tons short of levels reached by the non-union output before the shopmen’s sirike. There has been practically no increase in output in any of the strongly organized districts, the survey said, and the increase in shipments from Pennsylvania and from the Fairmont and Kanawha districts of West Virginia has not been large. The output of anthracite coal will be barely 30.000 tons for the current week, the survey added. Taking anthracite and bituminous coal together the output during the corresponding week of 1921 amounted to a total of 9,070,000 tone, the survey said, while in 1920 the total of anthracite and bituminous for the corresponding week was 11,283,000 tons. The present rate of output, the survey concluded, “is, therefore, from 5,000,000 to 6,000,000 tons below normal.” OPERATORS EXPECT 10 SELL COAL SOON Cleveland Parley Raises Hope of Speedy End to Long Strike. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 5.—Rep- resentatives of bituminous coal op- erators of the central competitive district and members of the United Mine Workers of America are ex- pected to hold meetings here tomor- row preliminary to the interstate conference of operators and miners on Monday called by John L. Lewlis, presideat of the miners’ union. ‘While Ohio coal operators and min- RAIL CLERKS' CHIEF SEEKS CONFERENCE Asks President for Parley to End Fatalities Due to Armed Guards. 4 OTHER UNIONS INVITED Telegraphers, '.l'nckmen/, Signal- men and Dispatchers Asked to Join in Protest. By the Assoclated Press. CINCINNATI, August 5.—A confer- ence to ‘“prevent further fatalities to our membership on account of de- fective equipment and armed guards in shops and yards” is asked in a telegram sent to President Harding tonight by E. H. Flitzgerald, president of the Brotherhood of Rallway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Station and Express Employes. Mr. Fitzgerald in making the tele- gram public through the Assoclated Press stated he had instructed J: J. Forrester, natiorfal legislative counsel of the brotherhood, in Washington, to arrange a conference with the President Monday to lay before him all the details of the situation. Text of Telegram. The text of the telegram sent to President Harding is as follows: “We seek a conference to lay before you the necessity of taking some action, if that be possible, to prevent further fatalities to our membership on account of defective equipment and armed guards in shops and yards. ‘We have several concrets instances where our members not on strike have lost their lives while in per- formance of their usual and regular duties.” Heads of four rallroad unions not on strike were invited to participate in a conference to be arranged with President Harding, in a telegram sent out tonight by Mr. Fitzgerald. The five organizations represent approximately 800,000 men, he said. The invitations were sent to E. J. Manion of the telegraphers, BE. F. Gra- ble of the maintenance of way men, D. W. Helt of the Signalmen of North America and J. G. Luhrsen of the American Train Dispatchers’ Associ- ation. Mr. Fitzgerald stated that he had already received acoceptances from Mr. Luhrsen and Mr. Grable to attend the meeting. but at the last min- en notified the colonel that they would not be ready to dls- cuss the situation until Monday. The tentative priority list is as fol- lows: 1, public utilities; 2, hospitals and asylums; 3, bakeries, ice plants and dalrles; 4, residences and apart- ment hou 5, ofice buildings; 6 laundries; 7, hotels; 8, private schools and colleges; 9, all business places not mentioned above; 10, unassigned; 11, churches; 12, theaters; 13, depart- ment stores and 14, newspapers. Coal May Be Taxed. Col. Keller stated that the utilities commission may need more employes to handle coal distribution. The Com- missions have an emergency fund of $3,000. It this appropriation proves inadequate to finance the han- dling of the coal situation, Col. Kel- ler said a small tax may be placed on the coal obtained by the commis- sion on priority orders to defrgy the ‘expenses of the commission. ‘The colonel did not disclose the de- tails of the proposed tax scheme, which apparpntly s being considered only as a possibility if the fuel short- age continues throughout the winter, necessitating much clerical work in connectien with distribution. Yesterday's conference with the coal men dealt principally with the priority list and the question of price regulation was discussed only in a general way, the Engineer Commis- sioner stated. The colonel explained that the most important problem is to set up a method for obtaining and distributing the coal. He intimated that when this 1s settled a fajr margin of profit will be fixed for the dealers. The records of the Federal Trade Com- ‘mission and other government agencies in Washington will be used, Col. Keller sald, in determining what the fair profit should be on coal here this winter. To Prevent Resales. “We know the prices at the mines and we know what the freight rates are,” said the colonel. “With these facts it should not be difficult for us to arrive at the margin the dealer should be given.” Not only will the commission seek to control the price of coal, but it will endeavor to prevent the re-sale of fuel obtained on a priority order. For example, if & commercial concern or an individual obtains a stated amount of coal and attempts to sell it to some other consumer, that con- cern or individual will be cut off from further priority rights. Col. Keller stated last night that the best plan for each householder to follow is to place his order with his regular dealer. Each dealer wlll com- municate the needs of his consumers to the commission, which will in turn file the orders with the federal fuel administrator. Col. Keller stated that the commis- sion will, as far. as it is able, check up on the requests for fuel to see that no consumer gets more than he should, It was plainly indicated that no consumer may éxpect to get his full ‘winter gqupply of fuel at one time, as he has been accustomed to do under normal conditions. L May Use G & O. Canal. £an Federation of Labor after the|ers were confidently looking to the White House visit, and some of the | meeting on Monday to settle the coal ¥epresentatives of shopmen on strike ! girike, fhe effects of thedcoal short- “Unless armed guards are with- drawn from railroad shops end yards,” Mr. Fitzgerald sald'in a st Apparently, the aim of the utilitles board will be te see that everyone has .,dn eastern territory were called into; age upon industry throughout Ohio “Washington for the week end to dis- «uss the strike with the national of- ficers. Mr. Gompers gave out a state- Juent last night which charged that *“organized employing and . financial @nterests were rallying to the support pf labor managements in order to fmake of the raiiway strike a unified pnion-smashing campaign.” Mr, Gompers to support his charge presented a telegram which he de- iclared the National Industrial Coun- pil of New York had just sent out, urging its membership to send “a wolume of expressions of associations, but particularly individuals, to the President, sustaining position of rallroads on seniority,” to aseist rallway officlals to man shops amd to “bring pressure on presidents of roads in your territory to stand firm §n their position to date.” Secretary of Labor Dgvis attended #he President's conference with the |union officials called for Monday in Protherhood representatives, and also | Cleveland by John L. Lewis, presi- fiiscussed the situation with them at|dent of the United Mine Workers, g _Separate moeting after the White | Was expressed in s formal statement Waa-gonalugdos, _aFleuse semion, - were increasing. At the same time so convinced are Cleveland operators that coal will soon be mined on a large scale in Ohio that a number of them are notitying old customers that théy expect to be supplying them in a few days. The sales manager of one Cleveland coal producer said yester- day that many companies#were tell- ing their friends the coal strike will soon be over in this territory. President John L. Lewis will be here tomorrow for conferences with national and state leaders of the union preliminary to Monday’s scale conference, - HOPE IN ILLINOIS STAND. Hope that all of the bituminous coal flelds will be “well represented’ dt the joint meeting of operators and l 1 ment issued with the telegram, “w. will be compelled to advise our mem- bers not on strike to remain away from their usual places of employ- ment until their safety can be as- sured.” The telegram sald that “In view of the attitude of the railway execu- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) Mother Rabbit Kills 4-Foot Snake Which Swallowed Its Young Speeial Dispatch to The Star. COLONIAL BEACH, Vs, Au- gust 5.—A rabbit killed a four- foot blacksnake yesterday near the home of W. R. Ward of Lyells, Va. The reptile had just swallowed one of the rabbit’s oftspring. = Atter kicking the snake into unconsciousness, . the, -rabbit finally killed - it by gnawing two large places in its hetd, /| neated verbal jpschange during de- enough coal for current needs rather than ‘allow some more fortunate ones to get a season’s supply in advance. ‘The desirability of putting the Chesa- peake and Ohio canal into service as soon as mining iz resumed in the Cum- berland section is understood to have been broached at the conference yester- day morning between the Commissioners and the coal men. The Star a week ago called attention to' the value of the canal in bringing coal to Wash- ington if the railroads are in a jam this winter. The canal, sccording to one-of its officials, could bring 35,000 tons & month to the District. —— CHALLENGED TO DUEL. Montevidisn Foreign Minister Re- sents Words of Deputy. MONTEVIDEO, August 5.—Forelgn Minister Buero today challenged Gar- cia Morales, & nationalist deputy, ‘to -‘-:::Lmvuuu‘mfiuofs g =R News Note: Former Vice President Marshall is trying to find a suitable home in Indianapolis. Nothing satisfactory to date. INCUMBENTS LEAD [Modern Captain Kidd Preys On Atlantic Rum Smugglers INKENTUCKY VOTE Langley, Cantrill, Fields Ap- pear to Have Been Renominated. LIGHT VOTE GENERAL Returns From Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Distriocts But Scattering. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., August 5.—Early and scattering returns from the sev- enth, ninth and tenth congressional districts indicated that the incum- bents in those districts had been nominated by their respective par- tles in today's congressional prima- ries. Representative Langley, repub- lican, was leading Fess Whittaker, the “jailed jailer” of Letcher county, by approximately 900 votes on scat- tering returns from three mountain counties, Letcher county, the home of Mr. Whittaker, giving Mr. Langley a majority of 200 with approximately one-half of the precincts in. In the seventh district Representa- tive J. Campbell Cantrill was polling a vote of ten to one over R. E. Lee Murphy for the democratic nomina- tion. Returns from two counties in the district gave Mr. Cantrill a lead of 2,410, Fayette county alone giving him a majority of 1,542. In the ninth district Representative W. J. Fields was leading H. C. Dufty and two other candidates by 263 votes in fourteen of the twenty-nine precincts in Breathitt county, while dispatches which did not give defi- nite returns said that he was leading in other counties. The vote today, early reports say, was very light, even in the districts where hard fights were waged. “DEFEAT REED” SLOGAN. Enemy Democrats Plan to Run In- dependent Candidate. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 5.—With the nomination of United States Sena- tor James A. Reed assured, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today published an article that a movement is afoot by anti-Reed democrats to bring out an independent candidate to oppose him at the November election. Should this materialize the race for the senatorial seat would be a three- cornered one. Reed had charged in his campaign speeches that a movement was under way by certain democrats to defeat him should he win the nomination. Reports of demanding a recount in certain counties have been in circu- lation, but the former third assistant secretary of state refuses to discuss the case. Ed A. Glenn, Reed's cam- paign manager, today issued & state- ment asking Mr. Long to announce whether he would ask for a récount s0 that the Reed forces could join him in the request. Under thé law, to obtain a recount the request must ‘be made in the counties in wWhich such action is desired within five days of the official count. The official count began yesterday. 2 Virtually complete returns show Reed's lead over the former third assistant secretary of state to be ap- proximately 6,000 votes. Breckinridge Long, Reed's oppo- nent, denfed to the Assoclated’ Press that he had taken or would have taken part in & move to defeat the senator’s re-election in November. At the same time hé refused to com- ment pn the outcome of the Tuesday primary, saying he was “sitting tight.” Anti-Reed democrats at today's conference discussed the advisability of putting an “independent” in the race,’ but, atter deliberation, it was decided to take no action, in the jn- C i A e U LT A e L I D DA D S A L P R e b e e e e e e A e A U e T SR e By the Associated Press. NEW YCRK, August 5.—The pres- ence in outer New York harbor of a phantom rum pirate, who pounces on liquor smugglers by night and Joshes the prohibition navy by day, was revealed to customs officials when the United States rum scout Taylor returned to port today after trying for a week to capture this modern Capt. Kidd. Numerous tales of the escapades of the mystery ship, which has thrown consternation into the fleet of non- descript craft engaged in coastwise liquor smuggling were brought in by the ‘crew of ‘the Taylor. The pirate captain is said to be a dare@evil diseiple of the Capt. Kidd he emulates; his crew of eight, an armed gang of reckless outlaws who carry automatic pistols instead of cutlasses, and drink Bahama whisky instead of Jamaica rum. Hevers Outside Limit, Thelr craft hovers just outside the twelve-mile limit, at the end of the ocesn lane traveled by tugs, schoon- ers, trawlers and yachts, engaged in hauling liquor from Nassau, Bahamas; St. John, Nova Scotia, to New York and New Jersey customers. A description of the pirates’ method was given by a member of the Tay- lor’s crew as follows: A smuggler's crafe was anchored outside the safety of the twelve-mile limit, waiting for the speedy harbor launch which would transfer its car- g0 of imported liquor to waltigg bootleggers ashore. Suddenly and si- lently, the pirate ship appeared out of the evening mist and drew along- side. Her skipper boarded an anchor- ed vessel, flashed a huge roll of cur- rency, ‘'and bargained for the pur- chase of 200 cases of whisky. When the liquor had been t-ansferred from the hold of one vessel to the other the pirate calmly stuffed his roll out of sight and leaped aboard his own craft. The victimized erew ran for their guns. When they returned they found themselves looking into the muzzles of eight automatic pistols, as the mystery ship silently dove away into the darkness. This quick disappearance act has earned the pirate ship the name of “Pelyean” among those in the rum running trade, it was said. Capt. D. S. McDonald of the Taylor, reported having seen “Pelyean” seve- ral times, but never once did she venture inside the twelve-mile limit without whisking away to safety when the Taylor hove in sight. Rum Navy Active. Sometimes, said McDonald, the Vol- stead Capt. Kidd would shout an invi- tation to the crew of the rum chaser to have a drink. At other times the crew would line the rail—at a safe distance—drinking from a newly opened bottle of liquor. TARFE TO REACH O ME ki) VOTE THIS MONTH Leaders So Hope as Result of Senate Agreement Cur- tailing Debate. A final.vote on the tariff bill be- fore September 1 is hoped for by repyblican and democratic leaders under the operation of a unanimous: consent agreement entered into yes terday by the Senate. While, the agrepment fixes no date for a vote, it provides for sharp curtailment of debate and “disposition before next Saturday of all amendments to the more important sections cf the biil still in. controversy. The agreement was entered into as & compromise and was approved In the midst of debate on the sugar achedule. Opening that debats, Sen- ator Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, renewed discussion of the leiter writ- ten to Maj. Gen. Crowder, at Ha- vana, by BSenator Smoot of- Utah, ranking republican on thé Senate finance committee. Mr. Harrison sald the letter proposed a reduction in the duty on Cuban raw sugar if Cuban producers would curtail their crep this year to 2,500,000 tons. Senator Smoot told the Senate ke had writ- ten a letter, but not such a letter as that described. Alleged Fund for Préducers. Senator Harrison also read what purported to be an. agreement by certain interests concerned in the importation of Cuban sugar, who were ‘to accumulate & fund of $14,000,000_to be contributed by rapm- bers on the basis of one-fourth of a cent a pound or sugar from Cuba, this sum to be paid to the American producers of cane and beet sugar upoR some arrangement or agreement involving the fixing of the duty on Cuban sughr fn the pending bill. The Mississipp! senator said this alleged agreement was drawn after Cuban producers had refused to en- ter inte an arrangement to curtail their crop. ‘The paper was signed, he added, by.the Cuban Sugar Pro- ducers’ Syndicate, Inc, by Alfred Grovée, Arector, and that the head- quartirs Were given as New York clty. was made as to the WITH-KILLING ‘SPY' Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., August 5.—Ac- cusing each other of being the slayer of J. Bernard Pattison of Howard county, whose body with two bullet holes in it was found nearly three months ago, William Cronmiller, twenty-nine years old, and Mrs. Mary Belle Pease, twenty-seven years old, mother of three children, are held at Ellicott City, Howard ocounty, charged with murder. The body of Pattison with two bullet holes in the head was found May 18 last in a woods near Savage, on the farm of Thomas Pattison, the dead man’s brother. On several occasions Pattison had been confined in Springfleld Insane Asylum, but shortly before he met his death he had been discharged as cured. Woman Is Arrested. For weeks the murder mystery puzzled county and Baltimore detec- tives, but their clues finally led to the arrest of Mra. Pease and an uncle, Harry Cavigan. At first both de- nied knowledge of the killing. Constant grilling had its effect upon Mrs. Pease, and last night, it is understood, she sent Attorney James Clark a message that she ‘wished to make a confession. She is said to have told how she and Cronmiller had been engaged in a love affair for five years. At one of their meetings, she is said to have confessed, Pattison spled on them Through promises of reward they managed to get his pledge that he would keep silent. Both Cronmiller and Mrs. Pease knew of the brain disorder of Patti- son. They feared, it is said, that in his condition he would not be re- sponsible for any promise of secrecy made them. “On the night, of May 11,” Mrs. Pease is sald to have confessed, “I met Pattison in the woods. Cronmil- ler was there at the time. Pattison again threatened to tell what he had seen. Then Cronmiller took him farther into the wonods. e #When he returned alone, Cronmil- ler said: ‘Well, it is all over. I have shot Pattison. He will not trouble us any more. It was Cronmiller, not my uncle, who killed Pattison.” Cronmiller, when arrested today, denied the killing and insisted Mrs. Pease told hym she had shot Pattison. The woman and her husband are 3ep- arateds P —— FIVE CENTSH. ARREST WO EN INORY PLOTRAD. AT RAGDLET CLUB New York Lawyers Charged With Planning to Foil Prosecutions. FEDERAL DOCUMENTS FOUND UNDER CUSHIONS Twe Revenue Bureau Employes Linked With Case on Bribery Charges. What is claimed to be a carefully planned conspiracy to interfere with the operations of the prohibition bureau was revealed by federal agents yester- day, following the arrest of two New York lawyers—Melville Sternfels, alias Steinberg, alias Stienfels, and Max Hal- perin, allas Halpern—believed to be the leaders in a scheme to prevent the pros- ecution of a liquor ring covering the entire eastern section of the country. Carrying out plans, prohibition offi- cers, led by General Agent William L. Nimmo, raided a suite of rooms at the Racquet Club which Sternfels had en- gaged ten minutes earlier, for “a co ference,” and uncovered scores of price- less government documents containing Tecords of evidence against big liquor concerns, distillers, druggists and pro- fessional bootleggers. The men, it was charged, obtained the records from the files of the revenue bureau by bribing two employes, who are alleged to have been in “the conference” with Stern- fels at the Racquet Club. These bureau employes, whose names were given as Ivan P. Pennyworth and William R. J, Hayden, were arrested and subsequently released on their personal bonds. Hidden Under Cushions. The government documents recov- ered, according to the officers who made the raid, were found secreted under cushions of chairs, under a bed mattress. in a closet and in the pock- ets of Sternfels’ clothes. Numerous other records which have been miss- ing from the internal revenue bu- reau’s files were not recovered and are believed to have been destroyed. Eight separate charges wers issued against the prisoners in the joint warrant with which they were served..The offenses alleged are con- spiracy wgainst the United States government, embezzlement, destroy- ing public documents, receiving stolen property of the United States government, bribery of a United States officer, unlawfully removing and concealing public records, aiding and abetting In the above-named of- fenses and larceny of personal prop- erty of the United States. Immediately after their arrest the men were taken to the second pre- cinct police station, where they were questioned for several hours. Later they were removed to the office of United States Commissioner George H. Macdonald for a preliminary hearing. As a result of the hearing Sternfels and Halperin were re- leased on $25,000 bonds each, while the two prohibition officer employes were discharged on their personal bonds for appearance before the grand jury. E Alleged Fees Heavy. According to the dry agents, Stern- fels and Halperin have obtained (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) TROLLEY STRIKE’S FIFTH DAY BRINGS SIX DEATHS Chicago Cars to Resume Operation Monday—Merchants Esti- mate Loss in Millions. CHICAGO. August 6—The fifth day of the street car strike was mark- ed by six deaths and scores of injured in traffic accidents attributed to the congestion caused by the paralysis of electric transportation. ‘With the company's compromise seventy-cent wage offere accepted by the union leaders and recommended to the strikers for acceptance at a meet- ing to be held tomorrow, and a re- sumption of service expected Mon- day, automobiles continued to meet successfully the emergency. Downtown merchants have estimat- ed their losses during the strike at several million dollars. —_— ARBUCKLE TO SEE ORIENT Comedian and Secretary to Sail on Business Trip August 16. LOS ANGELES, August 5.—Roscor C. Arbuckle, motion picture come- dian, has applied to federal officials here for passports for himself and Harry Brand, his secretary, for @ business trip of indefinite length to China, Japan and Korea. They plan to sail from San Fran- cisco Auzust 16, _— LABOR CHIEF ON TRIA: Fred Mader Denies Part in Killing Policeman. CHICAGO, August 5.—Fred Mader, former president of the Chicago Bullding Trades Council, took the stand in his own defense today, at his trial on a charge of conspiracy in connection with the slaying ‘of a policeman, and denied that he knew anything about the killing. He was the first of the three, labor men on trial, together with John Miller, ad- mitted driver of the “death car” from ch came the shot that killed the ceman, to appear on the-stand.