Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1922, Page 1

) ¥ wage scale agreement with the oper- ] 2 WEATHER. Fair and moderate temperature to- night and tomorrow. emperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: 4:50 p.m. vesterda a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Highest, 77, at ; lowest, 59, at 5 4| Closing N. Y. Stocks aud Bonds, Page 24 @h ¢ I ening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Daper snd also Al right M The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispateh credited to it or not otherwise credited in this Gispatches herein are also reserved. 1 ember of the Associated Press || | the local news published herein. I s of publication of special | I | Yesterday'’s Net Circulation, 83,604 No. MINER HEADS VOTE TOSEEK SEPARATE WAGE AGREENENT Will Negotiate With Operat- ors Now at Cleveland to Break Strike. 98,592. EXPECT OTHERS TO SIGN ON SAME BASIS SHORTLY Lewis Declares End ofrAnthmite‘ Walkout Would “Naturally Foliow” Resumption. B the Assoclated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 10.—The policy committee of the United Mine Workers of America today voted to proceed with the negotiation of a ators of Ohlo, western Pennsylvania, Indtana and Illinols, who are here for the joint conference that was called Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922—THIRTY-SIX PAGES. Strikes at a Glance Developments in the coal strike today included: Policy committee of United Mine Workers voted to negotiate wage agreement with those operators of the central competitive field, now in Cleveland, in interest of settle- ment. Illinois operators announced they would not treat with mine workers unless arbitration was guaranteed. Governors of seven north central states met at St. Paul to discuss the coal situation. { No coal yet mined at Staunton. Ind., on.ninth day of occupation of strip mines by state troops hoods in many sections complained of activity of rail guards, following walkout of 1,300 trainmen when troops were called to Joliet, Il Chiefs of striking shopmen con- tinue discussions of reply to Presi- dent Harding's latest peace posal and will give a reply early nest pro- 1 executives gathered in York for meeting discuss President’s propc STRIKERS 0PPOSE tomorrow 1 to with the view of breaking the soft| coal strike. % i Announcing the committee's deci-| sion, President John L. Lewis of the | mniners said: i “I confidently predict that when a | Scale 1s made here 73, per cent| pt all the bituminous tonnage nowon | strike will sign the scale and return | to work within a week.” ! The strike in the anthracite re- gions, which also have been shut down since April 1. when the miners walked out, would “naturally follew” the resumption of work in the soft coal industry, Mr. Lewis said. This settlement, however. would be reach- | ed through negotiations with the | miners and the anthracite operators | and no date has yet been set for the ! resumption of their negotiations, | which were broken off in June. } Refusal of the Indiana and lllinois assoclations to join the conference here, Mr. Lewis said. would “make no difference” in proceeding toward mak- ing an agreement. He asserted that the miners had “definite assurances | PRESIDENT'S PLAN 0 RESUME WORK Govérnment Awaits Develop- ments as Union Chiefs Gath- er Reports From Locals. BS the Nasociated Press Union leaders continued their cussions of the railroad strike situ- ation today preparatory (o tomor- row’s meeting of chief officers of all the transportation labor tions. The government itself awaited developments. Ben W. Hooper. chairman of the Developments in the rail strike | today included: Members of Big Four Brother- organiza- | 'SPORADIG STRIKES | BY TRAINMEN OVER - GUARDS EXPECTED Thousands of Letters Reach “Big Four” Leaders, Com- plaining of Abuses. 'STONE SAYS CONDITIONS | SERIOUS IN FIFTY PLACES | {Men Declare Assaults Started With Calling of Shopmen's i | Strike. ! i . [ the Axs Press, | | CLEVE D, August 10— Sporadic | | walkouts of men of the “big four”! i transportation brotherhoods were ex- | pected today | given by their chief to remain away | “from their posts until the danger of | | “being shot or beaten” by armed| { guards on railroads passes. | Thousands of letters received at the rotherhood headquarters here following permission ! i e I g i | dently nave underminea ncuu—umy' of those organizations. | | Permission for the men to remain | i from work was given yvesterday fol- Jlowing | neers the walkout firemen, switchmen of 1300 engi-| trainmen. conductors on the Elgin. Joliet: railroad yesterday at! loliet. 1ll. where the men quit work « state troops are on guard. Many ind and stern mplalnts Recelved. Although officers of brother- | houds were sent to Joliet to endeav | 1o straighten out the trouble. it was| pointed vut here by Warren S. Stone. | president of the Brotherho | motive Engineers, that e as serious in fifty other places.” Complaints have been received by the heads of the engineers. brotherhood of | railroad trainmen and brotherhood of | { 1ocomotive firemen and engineers. whose | the 1 of Loco- X el ¢ headquarters are here, that since the | AEAt Mmportant, roducers amf these | Railroad Labor Board, arrived in|shopmen's strike was called the men | S T A e T Washington and got in touch with|have been abused and assauited by the | The committee also was asked to con- sider changes in the boundaries of the central competitive field, which has al- ways been limited to western Penn- sylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Some operators in northern West Virginia, in the Freeport thick vein | the White House, where it was said that President Harding might have joccasion to call him as events de- veloped. B. Jewell, general strike leader, and the seven officers of the uni !armed guards. Alleged cases of shootings by guards | | have been received from various places | {including Wilmington, N. C.. and Terre Haute, Ind. At Wilmington an engincer i% reported to havé been shot as he dis- mounted from his cab. £ ons i of Allegheny county, Pa.. and }nim-lually on strike called in s,\slem: See Piecemenl Walkou i parts of the central Pennsylvania | representatives of the striking crafts| | field were willing to join the confer- | from a number of lines during the day,; Brotherhood leaders make no secret | ence in seeking to fix a new wage! It was sald at fhe temporary head-|©0f their belief that the *piecemeal” | contract. change that would bring these districts under a single settlement with that designed to bind the operators of the central competi- Al tive field would recuire approval of | the conference as well as that of the union cdmmittee. = o STRIKERS WOULD OUST GOVERNOR MeCRAY By the Associated Press. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. August 10.— Carrying a banner_on which was the pronouncement that soldiers, guns and bayonets will never dig coal 3t Staun- ton, Tnd., where state troops now are guarding mines, 3,000 striking miners and railroad shop workers today pa- raded through this town agzainst the presence of soldiers in western Indiana and then held a mass meeting at which resolutiobns demand- jug the impeachment of Gov. McCray for sendinz militia were adopted. Gov. McCray was referred to as a “kaiser, put in power by the same men who fought for the flag in France.” by T. N. Taylor, president of the In- diana State Federation of Labor, in his address at the mass meeting. He de- plored what he termed “the lack exccutive ability at the state house. The militia was being used, he said. simply as an agent against organized labor, adding that the governor had been for some time “seeking an excuse for a militia parade. STAUNTON, Ind., August 10.—With the beginning today of the ninth day | of occupationy of ‘the Staunton coal district by stdte forces, there had not | yet been a lump of coal mined at the shafts, and officials apparently are casting about for skilled labor with which to begin the dizging of coal. There has been little response to Gov. McCray's call among striking shafts, and the element of shipped in from outside points appa: ently has proven unsatisfactory to the | operators of the mines taken over- by the state. a TWO HELD IN MINE RIOT. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 10.—Po- dice yesterday arrested John Kamin- #ki, nineteen. and Jacob Andes, four- teen, striking miners, both of Avella, Pe., on charges of murder in con- mection with the slaying of Sherift H. P. Duvall, Brooke county, W. Va., three weeks 'ago, during disorders in the coal fields at' Wellsburg, W: Va. The men were arrested at the Hocking Valley railroad shops, near hare, where, it is said, they have been employed for two weeks, on war- rants signed by West Virginia of: ficials. According to police, Kaminski ad- % mmitted he took part in the disorders, b Y & [ but maintained he was not armed. FIRM FOR ARBITRATION. By the Associated Pres, CHICAGO, August 10.—Illinois coal} operators, who last night refused to! &0 to Cleveland to confer with offi- cials of the United Mine Workers, re- sumed sessions here today while John L. Lewis, president of the miners, sought to negotiate a wage seale With operators who accepted his invitation to the Cleveland con- ference. The decision to remain away from the %‘levelt‘ngvml’{r.fl;(r:n“ was made, aecording to W. vanaugh, presi- Sent of the fitth and ninth districts of e operators' association, after Mr. jJewis refused "to arbitrate along Yines laid down by President Hard- I \linois operators are absolutely ited on the matter of arbitration,” he said. “We will settle the strike only by arbitration.” Meanwhile activities continued to- ward placing southern Illinois coal mines in condition for operation, and empty coal bins gave hollow echo ‘to an impending fuel famine in Chi- 0. \ ,t A survey of Chicago’s yisible coal supply made by the Chicago Coal Merchants’ Association within a ra- dius of ten miles disclosed only 12 §12" tons of coal are held for de- Jiyery. - ‘c% In transit to Chi was: ré- 331 carly in protest | - | tives today and the President was | for volunteers | miners to man the: 1abor | including | quarters that the leaders were getting reports on. fhe situation and were! amassing material to substantiate | their frequently -made contentions that railroad managements had been | unable” to prevent equipment from | mg into disrepair as a result of | rike. 1 Strike Leaders Firm. The strikers’ leaders continued to| intimate their determination to reject | President Harding's new settlement | proposed by making public telegrams | from local unions and system federa- | tions urging rejection. Though they | continued te declare the final offer of | the President would be passed upon | by the Friday conference of officers | of the entire seventeen railroad | unions. it was also stated that the| striking shopmen would not be put | back to work until their seniority | status on return had been guaranteed. EThe_ President’s proposal involves {leaving this question to a decision o ithe Railroad Labor Board after th, strike has been called off. _The ‘White House had communica: ! tions and reports on the attitude o | a considerable number of rail execu: i i | | represented as being hopeful that the | | management group would accept his | final offer. The decision on this side of the controversy is to be taken at a meeting tomorrow of the Associa- tion of Railway Executives at New | York. { The union pokesmen were in doubt today, however, as to whether the! first ‘sessfon of the union chiefs to- | morrow would give them time enough | | to decide upon an answer. Mr. Jewell | |indicated that it might take a day or more for them to formulate a re- sponse and to get the views of all concerned into unanimity upon a fur- ther course of action. A circular urging soldiers on strike duty not to “shoot vour brothers” was | received today by War Department | officials. who said after an examina- tion of the document that it apparent- 1y was founded on a complete mis- understanding of the policy of the government policing of strike areag. The purpose of using troops, it was said at the department, was, of course, to prevent violence and not to engen- der it. , It was recalled that troops| had been employed in the recent West | Virginia coal trouble and had accom- | plished their purpose without the dis- | charge of a single rifle. Circular Is Discounted The necessity of “shooting” in the present strike situation is described as so remote that officials do not care to discuss it. It was said at the de- partment that the circular received today apparently was putiout by com- | munist organizations. It was picked up In the New York subway and bore the unexplained signature of “J. Da- vis, executive secretary.” It is accepted that, without further orders from Washington, corps com- Imanders will take steps to prevent circulation of such literature on the ground that it is seditious and preju- dicial to good order, MISS McCORMICK QUITS PARIS FOR SWITZERLAND Father Accompanies Her on Trip, Supposedly to Join Her Phie-, Max Oser. By the Associated Press. PARIS, August 10.—Miss Mathilde MecCormick, the wealthy young Amer- fcan girl whose engagement to Max Oser, former Swiss cavalry officer, has attractetl wide attention, left Paris for Switzerland today, presum- ably toifilnb:e;g-?::fi She was ac- m| ? :c’o::: = er, Harold E. “BIRD DAY” FOUNDER DIES. | { Tennessee Central {Iowa, on the Chicago and Northwest- walkout would spread as the result of | their virtual notice to the men that they | may decide for themselves whetier con- | ditions Justify their remaining away from work. 5 | “When the men cannot go to work | without having irresponsible armed | guards endangering their lives they may | 80 home and stay there until the conai- | tion is removed.” Mr. Stone said, in an- | nouncing the notice has been served. Local brotherhood chiefs continued to receive reports today from their men in many parts of the country com- plaining of working in railroad shops | and vards, both as to armed guards and defective equipment. Protest From Rock Island. D. B. Robertson. president of the! Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, said he received a tele- gram from Chicago this morning com- plaining of conditions on the Rock | sland railroad. Firemen and engine- men protested against running into the Joilet, T, zone, where one hun- dred brotherhood members quit work | s a protest against the alleged abuses and insults of armed guards. The telegram said the Rock Island firemen protested against running into the Joliet section and asked permission to Stay out of that zone. Mr. Robertson instructed his repre- | sentative in Chicago to take the mat- ter up with Rock Island Railroad Company officials in an effort to settle the matter, and if unable to reach an | agreement’ the men would not be required or requested to operate in that section. Trainmen Complaining. Telegrams were also received, Mr. Robertson said, from secretaries of locals complaining of working condi- tions at Louisville, Ky., and Howell, Ind., both as to guards and working equipment. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen officials this morning received a dozen complaints from different parts of the country regarding guards and equip- ment. Among theme were telegrams from Nashville, Tenn., referring to conditions on’the Nashville, Chatta nooga and St. Louis railroad and the raflroad; Boone. ern; Eldon, Mo., on the Rock Island lines, and St. Louis, Mo., on the Mis- souri Pacific, O President Robertson of the firemen has also received complaints from his members regarding working condi- tions on the Illinois Central, saying that trains operated by members had been attacked by coal strike gym- pathizers along the line of Kentdtky coal mines to Chicago. A reply was sent today stating that if their lives #ere endangered they should not continue at work. MOVED BY SERMON. Chaplain’s Plea for Conciliation Clears Air at Joliet;~Ill. “ By the Associated Press. JOLIET, Ill., August 10.—Immediate Peaceful settlement of the raflway strike troubles here. seemed more likely today as a result of a sermon on conciliation preached yesterday over the grave of Frank Lavino, a striker, who was killed in the rioting Monday. The preacher was Capt. Jack O’Donneil, chaplain on duty with the state troops, summoned here following the rioting, in which a rail- road special agent was killed and the sheriff wounded. O’Donnell, unescorted, left the troop encampment and dppeared at . the grave of Lavino. Voluntarily he of- fered his little sermon, nothwith- standing the bitterness of the rail- road employes .against the troops, which resulted early yesterday in more thagp 1,300 enginemen, trainmen and’ yardmen of the Eigin Joliet and eastern .railway refusing to work un- der guird " Conelliation- and co-operation were the .Mentiment preached by O'Don. ‘who appealed for friendship be. tWe all parties to the controversy. ;fiofiu officials of the road, troop rs and strikers’ I ‘were to , r on the strikers nands that the- W ,the re the THUS ENDETH RHIE ONE HUNDRED AND 7T HIRTY-SECOND DAY, DRY PROBE TAKEN T0 EVERY DRUG STORE N CAPTAL Prescription Records and Liquor Stocks Searched for Evidence. Revenue agents are today making a general investigation of the prescrip- tion records and liquor sto of drug store in Washington. This is stated to be a sequence of the raid on the drug store at 401 Kast Capitol street Monday It is admitted by those engaged in prosecuting Dr. Wallace Malone and Dr. Frank W. Braden, who were ar- rested on charges of couspiracy after the Monday night raid, that four orj five more doctors will be arrested within: the next few days, regardless of additipnal case: coveféd through this general survey of local pharmacies. Uutmost secrecy as to the length of investigation will time the general consume, or to the number of revenuej agents who have been assigned to this job, is being maintained in the office of G. J. Simons, divisional chief of the general prohibition agents. Several Delayed Arrests. Questioned as to the reason for de- laying the arrest of the four or five additional northeast physicians which wa$ promised after Monday night's raid. one of the prosecuting attorneys intimated that one of the reasons might be because they were out of town. This is known to be the case of one of the pMysicians said to be wanted, while the obtaining of addi- tional evidence is thought to be an- other contributing factor in the un- seemly delay. Dr. Braden, the first of the physi- cians alleged to have conspired to defeat the purposes of the Volstead act, waived examination. together with Dr. Malone, when they appeared before United States Commissioner George H. Macdonald vesterday. Prescription Blanks Supplied. Dr. Braden, according to the prohi- bition operatives, supplied Dr. Malone with one or more prescription blanks to enable the latter to make his rec- ord complete. A large quantity of liquor and al- cohol was seized by the police When they raided Malone's drug store. Ma- lone is held on three chagges and in $2,500 bond as a result of @he raid. MINNIE HAUK OF OPERA FAME IS TOTALLY BLIND Baroness First Prima Donna to :sing Role of “Carmen” in American Theatqrs. NEW YORK, August 10.—Once the bright-eyed Carmen Whose voice thrilled opera lovers forty years ago, Minnie Hauk, now lhe Baroness von Hesse-Wartegg, is totally blind at her little home in Lucerne, Switzer- land. This word was received here today by Judge Edmund J. Healy. Only a few months azo the bar- oness, whose sight had been failing i for seven years, submitted to an op- eration in Paris, hoping that her eyes would become normal. ~ After the op- eration and in the belief that iz had been successful, a celebration was held in her home. The celebration over, she discovered that the hope she entertained had been vain. She has to depend on the services of at- tendants for her little wants. Minnie Hauk_was the first to sing the role’ of Carmen in the United States. THINK BELGIAN PILOT BALLOON RACE WINNER By the Associated Press. GENEVA, August 10.—Demuyter, the Belgian pilot, may have won the Gordon-Bennett cup in_the balloon race which started here Sunday, being reported today to have landed in Rumania after covering a distance of 1,300 kilometers. It is possible, however, that he will be disqualified, as his balloon escaped, taking the air again after landing. : Up to the time of the report of Dan‘l’nytar’l landing Capt. A. T. Honeywell, the American pilot, T in distance flown, mhnded“ &"'.‘hcneut of Budapest for a flight of 1,060 kilometers. ‘There b’cn' :log' ::xlety over long delay in c eyiore fia balloon was e B which may be dis- having WOMAN’S 18 DOGS KILL " RANGER AFTER QUARREL ;’Body Torn to | Lov Canines Mo | | | By il Asor SACRAMENTO, Biese. a ranger. maintained that her ipack of eighteen dogs had killed the mar after she had quarreled with him Tuesday. The nude and mutilated body of Biese was found on & cot in his ranch house and Mrs. Belarde and her husband were arrested Mrs. Belarde at first denied any ! knowledge of the affair. but later iunder severe questioning declared that Biese had struck her with a club and her dogs, which she declared were “more to her than her husband and had attacked the rancher. ered Aid. She said sne ed his wounds, | took him to his house \rared to take him to { failed because her husband's car was out of order. When he and Belarde returned to the house later, she said. Biese was dead Deputy District Attorney Russell de- ared there were many epancies CONGRESS ASSURED -~ OF GONEW FACES Three Senators and Eleven Representatives Fail of Renomination. i | i i brothers,” Declarex She Re: dres BY WILL P. KEN) Two republican senators and eleven republican members of the -House have been defeated for renomination. One democratic senator and one demo- ‘cratic member of the House have been defeated. There are a number of primaries yet to be held, but that is the record to date. But this does not by any means show the whole picture of the changes that will come in the next Congress. Already it is certain that there will be at least fifty new faces in the Sixty-eighth Congress, due to volun- tary retirement, deaths or candidacy ifor other office—as well as defeats in the primaries already held. The Senate changes thus far as- sured are: Senator Harry S. New, re- publican, Indiana, defeated for the nomination by former Senator Albert J. Beveridge: Senator Porter J. Mc- Cumber, yrepublican, North Dakota, defeated for renomination by Lyman J. Frazier; Senator berson? democrat, Texas, defeated; Senator William E. Crow, republican, Pennsylvania, is dead; Senators John Sharp Willlams, democrat, Mississip- pi; Willlam H. King, democrat, Utah; Henry L. Myers, democrat, Montana, and Carroll S. Page, republican, Ver- mont, have announced that they will not be candidates for renomination. Defeated Representatives. The sitting House members who have been defeated for renomination are: Representative Ira C. Copley (republican), IIl, defeated by Frank R. Reid; Representative Clifford Ire- land (republican), Ill, defeated by Williafa E, Hull; Representative Man- uel E. Herrick (repufilcan). Okla., defeated by M. C. Gafber, with the prospect that this district will go democratic; Representative Philip P. Campbell (republican), Kan.; defeated by Sproul; Representatives ‘Willlam J. Burke, Thomas S. Crago, Joseph McLaughiin and Anderson H. Wal- ters, all republicans and ‘all members at large from Pennsylvania, failed of renomination when ithe four districts at large were eliminated by redis- tricting; Representative Benjamin K. Focht (republican), Pa., defeated by Edward M. Beers; Representative Charles R. Connell (republican), ) defeated by Lawrence H. Watres, and Evan J. Jones (republican), ‘Pa., de- feated by William 1. Swope. Repre- sentative Willlam W. Rucker (demo- crat), Mo.;-is. the only de yet Calif.. August 16— | Mrs. Mabel Belarde, in jail here today | |in connection with the death of A.| Charles A. Cul-! Shreads—Declares She, re Than Relatives. M _y.;'tery Surrounds Ranch Tragedy. ranch and again went over details of the killing to officials. Upon reachin her house she ran to the room where | the dogs had been confined. Permitted to Caress Doga. The woman was permitted to caress the dogs which crowded around her, | barking and whining. “Men don’t understand s woman’s |1ove for dumb animals,” she told Ma tron Hall Anan. “I would give my life for these dogs and they would jdie fighting ame. _Other people {don't unders they are more to {me than my husband and brothers.” Mrs. Belarde said her first refusal tell of Biespls death was.due to - the dogs seuld be punished. rhey protected me and' 1 wanted to fea i Entire Pack Shot. After the woman had been returned to the county jail County Humane Officer H. J. Winters went to ranch | house with a deputy and shot the en-, !tire pack of eighteen dogs PRESDENTPLANS TARIF SHONDOW Veto of Pending Bill Seen if Expert Revision Clause Excluded. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. P President Harding will make a fight for a tariff commission with broad powers. He will not sign the pending tariff bill unless some provision for tne future revision of the tariff along scien- tific lines is included in the measure. The defeat of the Senate finance com- mittee’s recommendation of a duty on hidet which would have increased America’s boot and shoe bill. together with the developments of the last few days on the sugar schedule, have con- !vinced the executive that elasticity in the future is necessary or else the friends of the present tariff will be among the first to clamor for change ac economic conditions fluctuate. There has been a great deal of con- { fusing talk about a “non-partisan tarift board” and again about a “scientific tariff.” What Mr. Harding is aiming at is to do away with the rigidity of tariffs and an excess of special privilege when the national welfare may demand elastieity. The government has a tariff board today. but its data are disregarded, ac- cording as political influences have their way either in democratic or re- publican ‘tariff making. The vote in favor of free hides Wednesday was accomplished by the aid of sixteen democrats, who voted with twenty- three republicans, and thus oyercame the opposition, consisting of nineteen republicans and seven democrats. This is an instance of bi-partisan tariff making, which reflects the tendency of the Senate to work-in groups and blocs, irrespective of party principle. Vote Trading Admitted. In other words, the most explicit il- lustration that has ever been given of the dangers of tariff making by Congress has just been concluded. Senators on bdth sides of the politi- cal aisle frankly admit that there is bargaining and trading in votes. To get the support of ‘a senator from one state who is interested in a duty on sugar, for instance, another sena- tor will promise to support the rate on sugan if his colleague will help him on the wool schedule. % “ Thus tariff making is an individual process with the special interests of ‘each state or a portion of a state in- fluencing the votes so that the. final D, ans trades, Which Tepres of ains and trades ch repre- sents the. best political compromis possible and bears no direct relation 1o the national welfare only as accl- {Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) RLE S :“:nuu of Pennavivania. L TWO CENTS. IRISH ASSASSIN DIE ON GALLOW AS CROWD PRAYS By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 10:— Joseph O'Sullivan and Reginald Dunn were hanged this morning in Wandsworth prison for the as- sassination of Fiela Marshal Sir Henry Wilson on June A crowd of about men and women side the jail at 7 firty Irish- assembled out- o'clock, an hour before the execution. They sang hymns and prayed for the souls | ©of the condemned men. Both men submitted quietly to being pinioned. They were es- corted simultaneously from their cells to the scaffold, where as they met they smiled encourag- ingly at each other. Both met death unflinchingly. The mourners outside included the sisters and brothers of Dunn and O'Suilivan. The layman who led the prayers announced that masses for the repose of the two men’s souls were being said in va- fious’ churches throughout Lon- don. CABINET APPROVES POINGARE'S STAND - ONGERMAN DEBTS ;Premier’s Insistence Upon Seizure of Property and Customs Wins Favor. | By the Axsocinted Pross ( st 10 special — The meeting by French thix at morning. presided over Millerand, is understood to have ap- proved entirely the attitude taken by | Premier Poincare at the London con- | terence the reparations problem The meeting had been called hur- riedly to col der M. Poincare’s report on phe developments of the London eliberations President Millerand came specially from F nbouillet to preside. After the meeting a ent Premier Poincare im the cabinet had unanimously i proved the stand he had taken « LONDON met today on |in her story. Russell xaid she could not explain how some of Biese's, clothing was found hanging on a fence between the two ranches. Late ! today the woman was taken to the | telegram was informing ap- to nference in Balamee. August 10.—The British to consider the im- cabinet passe on the German reparations ques- | tion reached by the allied statesmen meeting here, and the fate of the con- ference is believed 10 hang upon the outcome of their deliberations. No further meeting of the allied pre- miers is expected until tomorrow he feeling in the French delega- tion is that the strain between them- selves and the British sovernmen had been somewhat relaxed and that a common formula might yet be found for an agreement. M. Poincare and orge have an appoint- 2 meeting immediately aficr British cabinet council tomor- i i f | the row. The two prime ministers are apart both in principle and in their con- victions of what they believe 1o be the facts of Germany's economic strength. The British positic pressed by Mr. Lloyd Poincare during today’s tion, is said to have been s {like this: Viewpoints Differ. “Germany is unable to pay: ruined. and an effect to squecze large sums from her would merely : her difficulties without profiting allies, and hesides would delay economic reconstruction of JFurope.” the the without im- to suspend paymen cond leave having hampering posed upon her. The French viewpoint is that Ger many still is economically powerfu and able to pay a great deal. but that, partly_by design and partiy by circumstances, she has assumed an appearance of weakness which in fact does not exist. Mr. Liovd George first suggested a moratorium until the end of 1923, but later modified this to_the end of 1922. The belie] of M. Poincare is that a moratorium to the end of September would suffice. The delay in the meeting of the allied premiers is affording oppor tunities for activities of intercessor. who are endeavoring to find a for. mula that will carry the negotia tions beyond tomorrow’s meeting. May Make New Plan.’ Premier Theunis of Belgium and Signor Giannini of Italy called at Premier Lloyd George's residence this morning and the unusual bustle at the headquarters of the various dele- gatlons indicated that strenuous ef- forts were being made to find a com- mon ground for the British and French conferees if these fail. It ions Seems. certain that Lomorrow’'s meet- ing, which will be only the seconl session of the full conferemce, will also be the last. . As far as could be foreseen today, the only hope is the submission by the French of a new- reparations plan, but there was no indication today that Premier Poincare con- templates any such action. —_— D. C. MAN KILLED IN FIGHT Wallace Jewell Dead After Re- placing Rail Striker. PITTSBURGH, August 10.—Wal- lace Jewell of Washington, D. C., em- ployed by the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road to replace a striking shopman, was killed in a fight at the Glenwood shops here toda: Jewell and another shopworker, according to the police, quarreled over who was boss. Jewell was struck on the head with an iron bar. Bernie Williams, a shop worker, ‘was arrested. MADE ADJUTANT GENERAL ; Col. Davis Nominated to Succeed - Gen. Harris. Col. Robert C. Davis, United States Infantry, was today nominated by President Harding to be adjutant general of the Army with the grade of major general. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Peter C. Harris. He hes been t neral sinc April T e Hartis was relir.d. _He S| President | she is | ad to! Germany, it was contended. must have | SLAI NAN FOUND, ROPEARDUNDNEC, ONMARLBORO PIE fSIashing of Body of Stranger Leaves Long Trail of Blood. | | {POLICE WITHOUT CLUE AS TO MURDER MOTIVE | Vietim Well Dressed and Likely Killed Miles Away From Spot Where Located. badly mutuaced body of a well ed white man, who evidently had been strangled to death by means of a small rope before having his head and wrists slashed open, was found partly concealed in a clump of bushes under a culvert on a small road near Centerville, just outside of the District line, early this after- noon A hasty examiatnion by the police resulted in the conclusion that the man had probably been murdered at some other spot and the body brought the unfrequented road where its discovery was unlikely to have occurred daye. had to for several not the supposed murderers fled be- fore properly concealing it Probably Strangled Fin The rope with which the man is be- lieved 1o have been strangled was still tied tightly ut his neck. The fact that his skull had been split open and the arteries of both wrists slashed, however, made it possible that dea™ i might have been caused by any of the | three means employed. and the others i used i tain, A pedestriun passing along the road SAW 4 pair of feet protruding from the busnes in such an unnatural man- ner that he investizated and made the later to make the murder cer- zruesome discovery. The body lay face dewn. with both arms out- stretched. and a trail of blood led from the 5poi where it lay to = small farm- house, around it. and then off in tne direction of Washingion, Likely Murdered im City. The latter fact leads the police to believe that the victim was brought rom Washingion to some lonely spot, killee. and then dragged to the spot ion the road. His clothes, too, indicate {that he was city-bred. and probably | had been used to living well. Refine- {ment and moderate wealth, at least, | were indicated by the ciFegry exami- nation. Immediately upon the arrival Sheriff Pumphrey from Marlboro, | @ers were given that no one shouid {be allowed 10 touch the body, and that |it should not be moved from the po- sition in which it was found until lafter the coroner had arvived and | convened a jury. Th orders pre- ! vented search of the clothing to as of icertain if any letters or papers had been left by which the vietim might Le identified. Shocking Sight. The pedestiian hody who first found the was too shocked to attempt isuch examination himself and before others could arrive on the scene the | police issued the forbidding orders ! The road on which the murder is suj- | posed to have occurred is about a mile from Meadows, and connects that Mary- any {land town with Red’s Corners. It is fonly a short distance from the Mariboro * | pike. Maryland authorities immediately re- quested the District police to lend assist- lance and three detectives from head- i quarters were hurried to the scene. The murdered man was described as | ollows: About fifty-five vears old |thin hair, slightly gray; medium | height. stockily built: no coat, white ay trousers, black shoes and socks. hirt, [: | gray AIL FAHNESTOCK VALET FOR BLACKMAIL ATTEMPT | Servant of Couple Known Here, Trapped by Paris Police. Gets Eighteen Months. PARIS. August 10.—Ralph Cuira, & | young Italian who posed as a marquis |in order to gain the confidence of Mr and Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock. jr. of {New York., was sentenced y‘sterday | to eighteen months’ imprisor nent for attempted blackmail. Cuira was engaged by My Fahne- stock as a valet and soon gained the sympathy of his employer with tales of his noble rank and the loss of his fortune through gambling. His place once established the man proceeded to his blackmailing at- tempts. The Paris police. however. were informed and Cuira fell into & trap prepared for him. i i Gibson Fahnestock. jr.. is the sou of the late Gibson Fahnestock of this ‘cll)‘ and New York, who died five 'yenrs ago. The senior Fahnestock was the son of Harris Clark Fahne- | stock, a prominent New York bank- er, who died in 1914. Mrs. Fahnestock. sr., is at present in Europe, and had spent some time with her son and daughter-in-law, who own estates in both England and France. Her home is located on Massachusetts avenve here. The family lived formerly ou Madison avenue, New York. COAL TRAIN DIVERTED TO FORD’S RAILROAD C. & O. Sends Fuel to Relieve Mich- igan Shortage—More Will Follow. HUNTINGTON, W. Va., August 10, | Chesapeake and Ohié railway officials here todhy announced that a coal train had been diverted to the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton for points in Michigan to’ relieve a fuel shortage in manufacturing centers. Other trains, it was said, will be transferred to the D., T. and L as fast as that road can handl: them. . L. Buck, genera! supgrintendent of the C. and O., said all coal trains were mov- ling treely.