Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1922, Page 2

HAUNTS OF SLAIN | AN NOW SDUEHT Where Was McBride Tues- day and Wednesday Nights, Police Question. $500 REWARD STIRS HUNT Oklahoman Found Slain in Mary- land Road %ad $250,000 Estate. . McBride 13 day nights, ons? | Where was Barney Tuesday and Wedne who were his comp The answer to these questions, ac- cording to Inspectar Grant, will send the police a long 'y toward the goal of solving the ‘atesc Washington murder mystery fa this beiict, seven headquarters dezectives combing Washington todsy to locate compan- jons or friends of McBride who might know of his whereabouts on these ! nights, His muti'ated body was found last Thursday ok a Maryiand road. Tncentive was added to the quest last night by $he announcement of Matthew G. Arbuckle,. representing the McRBride estate, that u reward of $500 would be waid to persons for- warding information leading to ar- rest and conviction of the party or parties who murdered McBride. Hunt for Companions. Police are bending every effort to locate the persons with whom Me- Bride spent Tuesday evening, or at any rate to place MeBride at that time. Sunday night and Monday night he spent at his rooming house on 3d street. After that time he was not heard of until nesday. when he was at the Elks Club. Until twenty- five minutes of 6 o'clock he was there. Now Inspetior Grant declares: We wane to find out how he pass- ed from goed company to bad; how he fell into %he hands of the persons who brutally murdered him on the Maryland wad. When we have this informatish I feel that we will be able to see daylight. We are bending every effort to this end” Man of Large Growth. McBride, Ins r Grant is satis- fied, after & thorouszh analysis of in- formation thus far dug up, presented a figure which once seen could not be mistaken. He w extremely large girth. about t 10 inches | in height and weighed 180 pounds, His collar was fificen and a h inches. He wore “A-last” shoes. Par- amount in all distinguishing features however, was his voic which was shrill and high pitched. Friends of ! his actions, MeBride in testify that describing in excitement his voice almost attai high pitch, squeaky at times. Althou d ed_neatly, he could be identi- fied by a peculiar hat of gray-green felt, which wa anything. teo small for his la sad, and which he wore with brim turned down It McBride spent - Tuesday night, therefore, argue detectives, with per: h standing, which he would list among his friends. they would already have come forward and told about it. The only conclusjon left, therefore, is that he probably met the' persons who later turned out mur- derers on Tuesday night and had a rendezvous with the same on Wednes- day night just before he was murdered. Has His estate_in Mus ed at_approxima X elry, worn by him virtually at all times was a distinguishing mark. From finger of his left hand flashed a two- carat diamond. He also had a diamond and sapphire pin and a handsome watch and chain. About his person he car- ried numerous items of identification, including his life membership card in the Elks. and all these had been re- moved from the body This, then, is the way it stands. Be- yond a few meager clues, which In- spector Grant says he has, but does not yet wish to d the mystery Is all ery today. enhanced the length of time which has clapsed since first the headquarters de- tectives gave their aitention to its| solution. PRESIDENT TO LAY RAIL CRISIS BEFORE CONGRESS IN 48 HOURS tContinued from First Page.) is rat- His jew the more a mys with with Speaker Gillett of the House. Leaders of the railroad labor or- ganizations today made public the re- jection of President Harding's final offer for settlement of the national strike of shop craftsmen. but de clared that attempts to mediate the difficulties by direct dealings between railroad executives and heads of the “four brotherhoods™ w 1 progre: The union leaders, after a confer- | ence, also made public a statement | declaring that the railroad executiv by their responses to the President's ! final offer, had also “declined to ac- | cept the President’'s proposition,” and | had “not even agreed to permit all employes now on strike to return to work. i in | Union Hends to Stay. Decision was reached at today's conference that the heads of the seven striking unions and B M Jewell, their chairman. should re- main in Washington for at least a temporary period to determine wheth- er the brotherhood leaders are able to get in contact with railroad ex ecutives. Though Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio, and War- ren S. Stone. grand chief of the!l Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- | neers, both denied last night having | entered into a conference on the: strike situation, it was admitted to- day that such a meeting had been held, but that Mr. Willard had left the city immediately afterward. What further efforts the brotherhood offi- cials would make was not disclosed. Mr. Jewell in making public the union’s letter of rejection said it was done merely to clear the atmosphere and that there was no change in the outlook With reference to the sporadie walkouts in the west of other crafts not on national strike. brotherhood leaders said all such walkouts were under investigation by representa- tives of the national organizations The conductors and trainmen, it was explained, are not free to leave em- ployment’ until a committee action has been taken locally by their or- ganizations. while the engineers, fire- men and switchmen are permitted under present orders of their chiefs to leave employment individually wherever they consider their “lives in danger” by the posting of rail- road guards or the operation of equipment which they consider un- safe. All five of these organizations, however, according to their national officials, have sent and will continue to send investigators to the locali- ties where trouble develops. Mr. Stone, however, declined to an- swer questions as to what the engi- i 1 i lwho {and { country. !ing of public accountant | and TH Rpads’ Support of President ; BY DAVID LAWRENCE. The so-called acceptance by the railroad executives of President Harding's propesal that strikers be reinstated while senlority disputes are left to the United States Rail- road Labor Board has been discover- ed to be no substantial acceptance after all. Although the White House was un- der the impression at first that the making of a majority and minority report by the rail executives was of no particular importance, on the theory that the action of the ma- jority bound the minority, the op-| iposite is true. President Harding; has been informed that the minority among the railway executives, which includes such big systems as the Pennsylvania, will not be bound by the action of the other roads and will go their own way. This discouragement has cast a damper on what might otherwise have produced an unqualified mea ure of support for the rail executiv, The reply of the majority made favorable thought the proposal fair an Now he has learned that the large number of strikers who work for the thinority of the roads would not be reinstated. This is the stumbling block of the present situa- tion and is the main reason for the flat refusal given by the strikers to the President’s proposal. Delay of Rejection. In other words, the strikers waited to see whether the rail executives would agree to take back those who had gone out on strike, and when it became apparent that no general agreement was possible they placed before Mr. Harding their rejection of a mpression on Mr. Harding, equitable. his plan The intervention by the brother- hood chiefs has brought the situation to a climax. Almost everybody in Wash- ington is fearful of a general tie-up of transportation if the labor men are goaded too far. Just as the seniority issue arose after the strike had be- gun on quite another b: namely, refusal to accept a wage decision, Is the senfority problem developing some academic arguments which are making the brotherhood leaders ap- prehensive of their own rights. Indeed, while the trainmen, engi- neers and conductors are not_directly involved in the controversy, their spokesmen have discovered that a fun- amental issue has arisen and will be trled in the shopmen strike, which ill affect labor on the nation's trans. portation systems for some time to come. Priority Question Crux. The question of whether a man who quits his job leaves the employ of the railroad in a legal jsense or whether he is still in the r ad's employ, but . Congress had enacted onc. Found to Mean Opposition | ¢ merely iv the same status as a sus- pended employe would be if the road took the initiative, has become the crux of the dispute. The labor lead- ers insist that the striker is still in the road’s employ; first, because he has not been dismissed, and. second, has not given notice of his intention permanently to remain out of the road's employ. 1t it should be decided—and the United States Labor Board's decisions have complicated the matter—that a striker is no longer the employe of a railroad when he goes out on a strike, then the brotherhood chiefs claim that the Railrogd Labor Board hgh in effect put into operation an antl- strike provision as powerful as if The truth < did have such a proviston s Congre: v under consideration and the Senate passed it, but it was eliminated in conference. President Harding has told the labor leaders that he favors such a provision now just as he did when he was a member of the Senate. The brotherhoods are working tooth and nail to prevent the estab- ament of any precedent which will affect them in case they have griev- in the future and wish to strike means of protest. Similarly the il exccutives are adamant, not be- cause they have recruited so many ! men during Yhe strike as to make it | embarrassing for them to dismiss strikebreakers, but because they want to hold the threat of u loss of senior- ity rights over the heads of all railroad workers in the future. Right to Strike Question. The present controversy, therefore, has resolved itself into a question of whether workers on railroads have the right to strike at all. There is a preponderant opinion among Mr. Harding and his advisers that the right to strike should be denied in an industry so ential to the public welfare a the railroad systems of the countr: But accompanying such a denial of the right to strike must be, it is recognized, some protection to _the workers., This would be provided by United States Railroad Board, but the difficul is that the authority of the |lmard is not firmly established, and 1 if the truth be told the personnel of Ithe Lubor Board is mot of as high grade as it should be to weigh care- fully the rights of all the disputants. !""The railroads, have con- tested the validity of decisions of the board and employed all sorts of meas- ures to delay the effectiveness of de- cisions of the ilroad Board by jcourt action ‘This has aggravated ! the workers and caused them to lose | respect for the Labor Board. TUntil the Labor Board earns the respect of both employers and employes and the public as well and has the prestige to convince both sides of the futility of disobedience the denial of the right [ to strike on railroads will be fought {in Congress by the labor bloc and the situation will be little changed from what it was when the present strike began (Copyright, 1822) i i BUDGET OFFGER ONEETDRELTOR Gen. Lord Arranges Series of Luncheons—Will Make Lecture Tour. A series of luncheons to bring to- gether the budget officers of all de- partments of the government With the director of the bureau of the bud- get, Gen. Lord. and his assistants will jbe inaugurated tomorrow at 12:30 at|gold and a box of cigars by his fel- the New Ebbitt Hotel. Announcement of the luncheons was made today by Gen. Lord, who de- clared the discussion of the budget from such friendly and round table contact might be expected to result most successfully in the conduct of the business of the government. While various meetings of budget officials have been held from iime to time, tomorrow will be the first meet- ing of its kind since Gen. Lord as- sumed directorship of the bureau. Yesterday a luncheon brought to- gether Director Lord, his assistants and the chiefs of the co-ordinating estimates were considered. Carrying the message of the budget and_its increased efficiency in the conduct of the public business to the people, Gen. Lord will during the late | summer, fall and winter make a num- ber of addresses before associations clubs in various parts of’ the On September 11 he will in Chicago to the Manufac- Association and to a gather- ing of public accountants; late in September he will address a gather at Atlantic ¥ in October he will speak to a meeting of Civitan, Kiwanis, Rotary business clubs at Chattanooga and on February 14 he will speak twice government officials and on the oc- casion of the opening of the College of Business Administration of Boston College. — dent that his proposal had been unanimously declined for four rea- sons. The first was that in a previous proposal the President had suggested that all emploves on strike be re- irned to former positions with niority and other rights unim- red.” four proposal of August 7 is that the seniority question be agreed to, or, rather, disposed of, only after they have returned to work,” the letter sald. “This strike cannot be, and no other railroad strike has been, set- tled until it was agreed that all em- iployes on strike are to be returned to work and to their former positions 1 with seniority and other rights unim- paired. The second reason declared that here is no penalty in the transpor- tation act against employes who strike when an injustice is done through a decision of the Railroad Labor Board.” Forfeiture of senior- ity, it was added, “would read into the transportation act a penalty which is not contained therein.” Point to Conflicting Propoaals. The third reason, after reciting that the unions had agreed to a former settlement proposal of the President, said that the writers were “unable to understand why, after we had ac- cepted your own terms of agreement, you should now request us to accepta, proposal which is directly in conflict with your former Droposed agree- ment. As a fourth reason the leaders de- clared the President’s “latest proposal impracticable” and tending to “create a chaotic condition because of the undetermined senlority status of the employes.” Concluding, the letter asserted that rajlroad employes were mindful of neers' national officials would do in the matter of the walkout of their members on the, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe. -« Statement Attacks Roads. The statement accompanying the shopmen'’s letter of rejection, in addi- tion to charging that the railroad executives also had declined to accept the President's proposition, in their response said that ‘“the raflroad managements apparently intend to be the court, judge and jury for the trial and conviction of those employes whom they do not intend shall return 10 work.” | - The letter, which was signed by the. headu f the ‘seven ‘6rganizations”on apational strike, informed the Presi- ‘ i the public interest, that in this strike they had been willing to accept an original settlemant arrangement which “did not require that the em- ployes make a concession of prac- tically every {ssue which brought about the strike” and that *if press statements are correct the managers of some of the railroads the last few days have frankly admitted that they do not desire at'this time to settle the strike, but hope to be permitted to continue their efforts to disinte- grate the organizations of railroad ang:‘:oyen" airmen of the big four brother- hoods late yesterday spent more than two hours in conference with Presi- dent Harding in which it was declar: ed a “whole basketful of prhnotlfi were discussed.” board, when the problems of the 1924, n Boston to an association of ASSOGIATES HONDR BETIING . CLERK Lovic Pierce Recipient of Purse of Gold and Box of Cigars. Lovic Pierce, former chief clerk of the bureau of education and employe of that bureau for the past twentye nine years, was presented a purse ot low workers today. Commissioner of education John J. Tigert made the| presentation and delivered an m-l i formal address, in which he eulogized | the leng service of Mr. Pierce. The ceremony was held in the commis- sioner's office at the pension build- ing. Today marked Mr. Pierce's last day at the bureau, his retirement being effective August 20. He is eighty- three years old, and apparently in excellent health. He was appointed to the bureau of education October 10, 193, by former Senator Hoke Smith of Géorgia, who at that time ecretary of the Interior. Mr. Plerce entered the bureau as chief clerk, and served in that capacity {until July 1, 1908. At the time of {his-retirement he was in charge of {the distribution of document Native of Georgh Prior to coming to this city at the itime of his_appointment, Mr. Pierce | |resided in Georgia. He born in | Macon, Ga., March 5, 1839, He is! {the son of George Foster Pierce, who was president of the Georgia Female College, now known as Weslevan Col- | lege. At the outbreak of the civil} war Mr. Pierce sought enlistment, and in July, 1861, joined the 15th Reg- |iment of Georgia. He served in the | Confederate army throughout the war until fts culmination at Ap-| pomattox. He was wounded three times, and received the commissions of both adjutant and captain during his service. Most of the time he was in Longstreet'’s Corps, Hood's Divi- sion. jwas Plans Visit to 01d Home, For many years Mr. Plerce has maintained his residence at 1228 11th street, where he lived with his young- est_daughter, Miss Julla Pierce. He plans leaving with her this week for Sparta, Ga., where he lived for some time before coming to this city. Two other children are living, Mrs. W. E. Ferguson of Gibson, Ga., and Mr James W. Alfriend of Sparta, Ga. Mr. Plerce i3 a member of Washing- ton. Camp, No. 171, United Confed- erate Veterans. He Is also a steward and trustee of Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church South, NOVA SCOTIA COAL MINES CLOSE AS 12,000 STRIKE | Union Men Repudiate Agreement ‘Which Officers Made With Steel Company. SYDNEY, N. S., August 15.—Virtu- ally every important coal mine in Nova Scotia is closed today by € strike of upward of 12,000 miners. Five thousand Cape Breton miners at 2 mass meeting at Glace Bay and other large meetings repudiated the agreement which their officers made with the British Empire Steel Cor- poration and declared for the strike. Terms of the latest company offer raised minimum data rates from $2.85 to $3.26 and contract rates i0 per cent. This would give a rate of pay about 22 per cent below the wages of 1921, which the miners are asking. TESTS TO GET RADIO RANGE. The bureau of standards is planning to conduct comprehensive tests to de- termine the effective working ranges of radio telephoné communication when using various kinds of transmitting and recelving sets. Preliminary plans have been outlined for this work, and some correspondence conducted in to it. \ AMERICAN SUICIDE IN PARIS. PARIS, August 15.—Harry Suther-. 1and, aged thirty-two, an employe of 1 service, committed suicide last night by jumping from the fourth story window of his hotel. .His motives.are 6ns junknown. Hé was a resident of New |size movie strip lorleans, {vided,” said Senator Sherman, “among the American graves registration|s E "EVENING' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 'C., TUESDAY;, AUGUST 15 1922. - Left to right: Senator Wadsworth, Senator Hale, Senator Pepper and Acting Secretary of the Navy Roowe- velt play every morning for an hour before breakfast. SHERMAN PRASES INDUSTRIALCOURT Kansas Has Right Idea for Settling Labor Disputes, Ex-Senator Declares. “Kansad has the right idea in its industrial court,” said former Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois at the Capitol today. “There are 90,000 coal miners in my state who propose to freeze some 7,000,000 other people who live in the state this winter if they don’t get what they want. There is no more reason why these indus- trial controversies should not be set- tled by an impartial tribunal, whose decisions must be obeyed, than there is for the settlement by a court of dis- putes between individuals. The pub- lic must be protected against the flls which arise when these great indus- trial troubles arise. Both sides must be given a fair hearing and then com- pelled to abide by the deciston. “We might just as well face this thing now as later. In matters re- lating to interstate commerce, when an industrial controversy arises such as the railroad strike, there should be a federal industrial court to settle the matter. The states should have such tribunals to settle controversies that affect matters within their own borders.” Senator Sherman, who was at one time chairman of the Senate District committee, is in Washington on busi- ness. He' said that under the new plan’ adopted for the appropriations for the District he thought there should be no trouble in meeting the needs of the District. “There are some things that the District needs that must be pro- them enough schoolhouses of the right kind and an increased water supply. There is no use paring these expenditures.” Lady Rhonnda, Visitor, Still in Fight for Seat By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, countess Rhonnda, August 15.—Vis- known as Great Britain's busiest woman, was & visitor in New York today, hav- ing arrived Sun- day on the Adri- atic {ncognito. She is the daughter and heiress of England's war- time food cortrol- ler and, at his death, inherited all his vast for- tune and indus trial enterprises. “I came over here for a few weeks’ stay,” she said today. I wanted to greet my friends with no one else knowing I was here. But 1 see it's a hard job. I have nothing | to say, however, except that 1 am on a visit and will be going home a within a few day: & i She refused to discuss her fight to obtain & seat in England's house of lords, except to say that she would renew the battle when she returns, although her application has, been definitely set aside by the committee on privileges. —_— SPECIAL STUDY OF RADIO. NEW YORK, August 15.— Capt. Romulo Masvidaz and Lieut. Jose Alonzo of the signal corps of the Cuban army_arrived today on the steamer Orizaba from Havana for a two-year course of study with the American Army at Camp Vail, N. J. The men will make a special study of radio, which they say is becoming pop- ular among the amateurs of Cuba. German Lopez, member of the Cuban financial mission to Washington, and Maj. Victoriano Jus, military at tache of the Spanish embassy at Wash- ington, also were on the steamer. BY GEORGE WITTE. to The Sta Chi Dat By e M apyeens J05a e D BERLIN, August 15.—The “talking film,” the dream of Edison and other world-famous inventors, has come true at last. Before a group ofi American newspaper men Lee De Forest, & leading wireless inventor and one of the men who put the radio with all its marvelous possibilities in so many homes, showed several reels of movies today in Which the photographed persons actually spoke to the lookers-on. Ome of them even played & violin and it sounded as though it were in the same room, although the pictures and sounds had been fiimed several days befors. According to Mr. De Forest the out tanding feature of his Invention is that he is able to photograph soun as if they were pictures. A cut-ou of one of the films showed a standard sides and the actual picture in tde «TALKING FILM”. REPRODUCES SOUND AND ACTION ON STAGE erforated on both- Ringgold Hart Is Victor in Battle With Mosquitoes Ringgold Hart, vietor in many legal battles as assistant corpora- tion counsel of the District, today ranks as one of the champion mos- Quito fighters of Washington. The keen barrister of the city government admitted this morn- ing, however, that he was nearly vanquished by the winged pests when the strategic move which brought vietory occurred to him. Ringgold had just retired for the night, when the mosquitoes, with- out warning, dpened the attack. The intruding army quickly won the first point when they succeed- ed in routing him from bed. Swat as he might, the hum-drum buzz of the enemy continued in his ears. Discouraged over his failure to slay the mosquitoes, Hart sat down for a counsel of war with himself. His eye fell upon his colc lection of pipes. ~ Selecting the strongest of the lot, he filled it and began to puff as he had never puffed before. Soon a smoke screen enveloped the room. The mosquitoes fled, and Mr. Hart smiled himself to sleep. WIDE AREA IN GRIP [ | (Continued from First Page.) | officers, might “lead to something that would prove uncontrollabl ov. Boyle declared the isolat Las Vegas made the situation fraught with untold danger: He | pointed out that this city is more than 300 miles away from other citie: with all transportation facilities cut District Attorney Harmon told the men that an outbreak at this time would unquestionably result in “an- other Herrin tragedy,” and pleaded Wwith the leaders to hold “hotheads in_checlc.” i The seventeen men arrested yes-| |terday following the shooting in the | Union Pacific vards were arraigned | in a justice court, following an all- | day investigation by Gov. Boyle, State | Police Inspector Renear and Sheriff | Gay. All were charged with “unlaw ful assembly to disturb the peace and | quiet.” Additional charges of carry ing concealed weapons were lodged against S. Madriat and J. Florres. A | new warrant served on Jose Roma | also charged him with carrying ton- : cealed weapons. | Madriat, Florres and Roma were| released on $50 bond each, and the' fifteen others on their own recog- | nizance until August 21. | SIX TRAINS TIED UP. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.. August 15.| —Six westbound through Santa Fe | trains still were tied up here early | today. Six cases of sickness on the trains stranded here were given at tention by the Santa Fe officials. Two | seriously ill, one being H. Koplo of | Philadelphia, Pa., were taken to the | Santa Fe Hospital. More than six hundred marooned ; passengers attended a dance given | in their honor last night by the chamber of commerce. ARIZONA TRAINS MOVED. n of one Passengers Attend Dance While Waiting to Move On. PHOENTX, Aris, August 15.—All Santa Fe passenger trains stranded in Arizona by the railroad strike have reached California or are mov- ing westward, Gov. Thomas E. Camp- bell was advised today in a message from Col. Walter S. Ingalls, state ad- jutant general. Col. Ingalls conducted an inquiry into the situation at Arizona junction points following receipt by Gov. Campbell of a telegram from Presi- dent Harding calling attention to re- ports that marooned passengers were being subjected to hardships. “All trains stranded in Arfzona have been moved to California,” Col. Ingalls' report stated. “One’ train here from California_will move east at once. All quiet. No trouble.” The foregoing communication was sent from Ash Fork. An earlier message from Sellgman sal “All passengers have left this point. Train stalled at Ash Fork has left | world war in France, had be for Needles. Passengers stranded are well taken care of and given two meals a day.” Eight passenger trains were tied up at Ash Fork, Seligman, Willlams and Prescott. center. The deviation from the or- dinary strip lay in a two-milimeter- wide reproduction on the right-hand side of the fllm of a criss-dross line running side by side with the pic- ture. “This is a photograph of the sound audible at the time the picture was taken,” Mr. Do Forest explained. “You can take the pictures and sounds'at the same time with an ordinary movie camera if my invention, called ‘ph tion,” is bullt in above the obj ve. ‘The inventor explained that the *“pho- tion"” which photographed sounds, con- sisted of a glass tube which, upon be- mnnected' with the amplifier through - current transmitter, reproduced: sound by means of an intensive violet Ht 'Mt;b' v-.?u!n hl: :}.Ir:wm accord- to the nature of sound, was recorded on the film through a slit two millimeters wide. Th%lmroducm o;;::md ‘was n(llf possible through the 0-electric -cel an Invention already well known in solentific circles. Mr: De Forest h been, working on his invention vears, two being spent in the United States and one here, CIRCLE OF DEATH MISSED TWO NEN ’Maryland Triple Slayér Had Four Marked to Go With Him. Special Dispatch to The Star. FR RICK, Md. August Not the slightest motive has yet been established for the two murders and suicide. enacted at the hamlet of Friztown, along the Frederick-Car- roll county line, Saturday night, when Samuel Bradford and R. Oliver Shep- 15.— erd were shot and instantly killed by Andrew Fri who afterward turned the weapon on himself and sent a bullet through his brain. Two Others Marked. i MIDNIGHT DANCES AT CLUBS STOPPED, BRIGHT LIGHTS OUT NEW YORK, August i5—Broad- way's glittering Nghts and its mil- night dance clubs both wont out to- gether at 1 o'clock this morning, when the police quietly but firmly stopped all dancing at cabarets at that hour. The recent gangster battle outside one of the hectic resorts. in which a man was shot and killed and a cabaret proprietor held, was given as the cause for the order. The police edict spread consterna- tion among the night moths who formerly fluttered to the tune of jazz orchestras until daybreak. The polic. announced that the 1 o'clock closing law henceforth would be strictly en- forced. SHIP BOARD DROPS 3,158 ENPLOVES Lasker Announces Saving of $5,336,798 by Slash in Personnel. FIELD SERVICE HARD HIT Controller's Office Loses Largest Number of Workers—More Cuts Later. Reduction in the personnel of the hipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation of %158 emploves in the period between June 13 and August 2 announced by Chairman today. Savings effected by reduction in_personnel wiil total 336.795, the chairman added. In_the controller's department of the hoard the force was reduced from 3,015 from August 1, 1921, to 1.259 on August 1, 1822, On June 17, 1921, the combined forces of the Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Cor- poration totaled 8.324, while on Au- gust 1, 1922, there were 5166 em- ployes. The reductions in personnel were brought about by resignations and separations from the service, the chairman’s announcement said. While the major portion of the reductions have taken place among the board's field force in this country and abroad, a large number have been separated { from “the service in the Washington offices of the board. Fiftv-seven per cent of these dropped during the period between June 13 and August 1 were from the controller's department, the board's announcement said, somewhat less develop, however, that Fritz|than 40 per cent of this number termined o kill two other men. | being dropped from the Washing- one of them John S and the|ton office. The reduction in the other probabiy The first | working force of the board is in line part_of the crim m of Fritz{with the boanl's policy of reducing went through. He shot down Brad- | expenses by gradual reductions in ford on the public road near Fritz | the force, instcad of summary dis- town, went directly to the Sheperd |missal of a considerable number of home, where he shot Oliver Sheperd, and it is said at the Sheperd home OF RAIL PARALYSIS { thut he left there to go to the xhnnc; | fter which he had planned to shoot the fourth person. home, men, including were agsoci- | ates of ritz, and ap ently were on the most amicable of terms, Identified by Brother. Bradford was identified yesterday as being a member of a prominent family at S e, Md. A brother told the authorities at Mount Airy that his brother dad fought during the shocked and invalided hom shortly ‘after recovery had peared. He had not been heard of for a number of years, until notice of his death was seen in newspapers. The body was sent y v 1o § age, where the funeral was held to- day. Relatives of Shepherd claimed body of the sent to Balt and the cond vietim, and it was ore for burial. Fritz was buried yesterday at Mount Airy in the potter's fleld at the expense of the county. Members of his family declined to have any- thing to.do with the funeral. Miss Tumulty Is Victim in Auto Accident Abroa Mary Tumulty, seventeen-vear-old daughter of Joseph T. Tumulty, for- mer secretary te former President Wilson, was seri- ously injured in an automobile ac- cident In Oberam- mergau, accord- ing to cable vices received by Mr. Tumulty at his office in this city today message stated that the accident occurred ‘on last and that Mary MecCa- a_classmate Miss Tumulty at Georgetown convent, also was in- jured. Mr. Tumulty said he has no idea of the extent of the injurles other than what was contained in the ca- blegram. He is anxiously awaiting further ‘information. Mrs. Tumulty, the mother, with the other Tumulty children, is'at a summer resort in New Jersey. Miss Tumulty, who has been a stu- dent at Georgetown convent for two years, was one of a party of convent girls who left Washington more than a month and a half ago to visit Eu- rope and_incidentally to attend the Passion Play spectacle at Oberam- mergau. They were to have returned to Washington early in September. LETTER PRAISES POLICE. Colored Masonic Festivities Free of Disorders, Says Official. Jesse H. Mitchell, grand master of the colored F. A. A. M., has written Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superintendent of police, thanking him for the excellent manner in which the police handled the throngs during the recent Masonic gath- ering_in this city. He especially men- tioned Acting Inspector W. S. Shelby and ‘Capt. Edward Keefe of the eighth precinct for their assistance. Grand Master Mitchell wrote: “When we consider that fully 20,000 people were assembled at 10th and U streets nortawest on the date of our corner stone laying and the two pa- rades, also the vast gathering of out- of-town people here, and the fact that not one single instance of disorder was reported to me during the entire time, it is certainly remarkable and speaks well for the court of the officers and men of your force Maj. Sullivan also recelved a similar letter from S. H. Webb, street. 214% Elm —_— SHOTS FLY IN STRIKE. Rail Guard Hit in Hand During Battle. SANDUSKY, Ohio, August Shots were exchanged early today be- tween railroad guards mnnd :Ill::: trikers or strike sympathizers in Nev York Central rallzoad yards here. "One guard was shot In the hand. No arrests have béen made. All of thel n shell | aisap- | The | 15.— emploves at one time, clared. Further reductions will be made from time to time, as the work of the board decreases. Liquidation of the assets of the board and the fleet corporation, and settlement of suits for and against the board will enable more reductions in the office of the controller. {GOV. MORROW SCORES METAL TRADES COUNCIL { Governor of Canal Zone Character- izes Proposed Effort to Displace Him Evidence of Insubordination. PANAMA, August 15—Answering a letter from the Metal Trades Council expressing the determination to seek his removal, Gov. J. J. Morrow of the {Canal Zone has addressed a reply to {Harvey McCounaughey, president of the council, requesting that the or- ganization efface the letter from its record: Gov. Morrow points out his respon- sibility to the United States govern- ment for the conduct of the Canal !Zone, and declares that he does not jdesire to restrict the rights of the jemployes, but that “no organization n accomplish its mission without discipline, which this letter would show to be lacking here, were it to be regarded as the sane and sober view of some of our employ He adds “No body of men can give proper co. operation to the common end if such views are to survive.” officials de- Gov. Morrow recently discharged ! William C. Hushing as a member of Ilhp wage board of the Panama canal for alleged misrepresentation of con- [(hlw in the zone. The Metal Trade Council later held a meeting, at which veral speakers condemned the gov- {ernor's action, and it was decided to {remm Mr. Hushing as the workmen's irepresentative, in the pay of the { council. FAMILY ROW AIRED. Woman Under $200 Bond Not to Harm Unborn Child. Mrs. Francie Ware, 3141 M street northwest, charged with making {threats against the unborn child of Mrs. Mary T. Binn, 3338 M street northwest, was in the United States branch of Police Court today before {Judge John P. McMahon to air the family trouble. The evidence showed that Mrs. Binn is soon to become a mother and that Mrs. Ware, her sis- {ter-in-law, had, on August 10, threat- {ened to do Mrs. Binn physical injuries that would kill the unborn child. Mrs. {Ware denied the charge. { The court held both the defendant jand the complaining witness, Mrs. ! Binn, in the sum of $200 bonds to keep the peace, and, in default to serve thirty days in jail They furnished the bonds. |Roads Must Stop ContfiscatingCoal Billed Elsewhere Rallroads were warned today by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion to cease confiscating coal moving over their lines under pri- ority orders for delivery to con- rignees who have been declared preferred under the federal fuel distribution plan. “The commission’s attention has, been called to the fact that rail- roads frequently confiscate coal which is being moved under prior- ity of equal or higher class than coal for railroad fuel as ordered by the commission,” said a commis- sion notice. “This practice is not consistent with the spirit of the sérvice orders of the commission and tends to defeat the efforts now ‘being made to insure the most ef- ficlent distribution of coal.” Present railroad practices in making special rates to Atlantic and Gulf coast ports on coal for “delivery to ships were found justi- fled today by the commission, though they result in higher charges on coal moving to local consumption in the seaboard cities than'on coal moved through those cities to vessels. The rates on the shipped coal, under the commis- sion’s theory, are to be consider- ed as only part of a charge for, a rail and water haul. GLASSPLANT STOPS FORWANTOF FEL Other Alexandria Manu- factories Hampered by Pro_q longed Miners’ Strike. {MOST HOME BINS EMPTY Householders Anxious Over Pros- pects for Winter Supply—Hun- dreds of Orders Unfilled. ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 15 al).—With' one manufacturing ablishment closed owing to its in- Lility to secure coal, with only a few supply on hand at the other cturing establishments of the rs practically and the coal bins of the | madority of the householders empty -this 18 the situation confronting |}n.~k(.v3 today as a result of the coal {strike manuf; city and with local d {out of fuel Due to Fuel Scareity. | The factury closea da the { Plant of the 014 Dominion Glass Com pany. Ordinarily this plant is closed at this time of the year. but it was stated today by an official of that company that if coal could be ob- tained the at top spe would be working it has a large number I of orders «q hund and is simply awaiting fue Hundreds of orders have heen placed for coal by the householders and nothing can be done by the deal- ers unul they receive a fresh supply. Factories Hopeful. Regarding some of the manufactur- ing establishments here it is stated {that with the presen pply on hand ide matters over and be able to get addition 1 within the Inext two weeks A number of thes. factories get their supply of direct from the mines, it is stated SENATE APPROVES TARIFF ON LACES Rates on Embroideries, Pic- ture Films and Photographiz Cameras Also Fixed. | they hope to Tarift duties of 90 per cent au valorem on laces and 75 per cent ad valorem on embroideries were ajp- proved today by the Senate, after { unsu ful efforts of Senator Smith, demacrat, South Carolina, to ha An amendment to re- ¢ of 60 per 1 a them reduced store the Underwood du cent was rejected, 35 to 24, & other to make the duty on la per cent was disagreed 1o, 33 to . Four republicans—Borah, Capper, Kellogg and Lenreot—supported the lower rates, while one democrat— Broussard, opposed them. Republican proponents of the com- mittee rates, including Senators Me- Lean of Connecticut, and Freling- huysen, New Jersey, argued that the duties proposed were necessary 10 protect the industry. This contentioi was disputed by Senator Smith. Approved Without Contest. Committee rates on motion picture films were approved without a con- test. On photographic cameras & duty of 20 per cent ad valorem was approved. Rush Work on Amendments. The Senate drove forward swiftly in its consideration of the committee amendments to the tariff bill yester- {day. The sundries schedule and the | free list were under consideration {Only a few contests developed. { The finance committee majority en- countered a_defeat when it sought {10 remove oil cake and ol cake meal | from the free list to the dutiable list with a rate of one-half-a-cent a ipound. Senator Gooding of Idaho, chairman of the republican-agricul- tural-tariff_bloc, supported the pro- posal, which was opposed by Senators {Wadsworth of New York and other republicans, and by Senator Reed of Missour) and other democrats. The {amendment was rejected, 31 to 23. 1™ Senator Broussard, democrat, Lou- isiana, lost his fight to remove from the free list “blackstrap”’ molasses sed in_the manufacture of cattle feeds. He contended that this type of molasses from Cuba was being dumped into this country and that Louisiana_producers were unable to {dispose of their product. He charged !that feed manufacturers had con ducted a propaganda against a du and that they ‘were profiteering. Compromise Reached. There was a tie vote. one to one, on ione committee. proposal, a 50 per cent duty on umbrellas. parasols and sun- shades, and Chairman McCumber of the finance committee and Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas. who were the opponents in the matter, compromised on a duty of 40 per cen Mr. Robinson first urged 35 per cent. A committee proposal to insert in {the free list a paragraph dealing with ricultural implements. a retaliatory provision aimed at Canada, was de- feated without a roll call. Under the provision there would have been im- posed upon such implements coming from any other country, province or {dependency such a rate of duty as that country. province or dependency imposed upon like articles from the TUnited States. —_— ] i15 RECRUITS ENROLLED FOR LOCAL NAVY CRUISE Reserves to Sail for New Bedford,’ Mass., Saturday Under Lieut. Commander Hoefer. Fifteen recruits for the naval re- serve cruise on the Eagle 56 to New Bedford, Mass., and return, were en- rolled at the Naval Reserve armory ilast night. Applicants acceptéd to date total about thirty-five, but Lieut. Commander _William = R. Hoefer, in command of the cruise, expects to have a full complement of eight offi- cers and fifty-nine men on board when the Eagle leaves Washington Saturday morning. The men who have been assigned to the cruise starting Saturday will meet in the Naval Reserve armory Friday evening at 7 o'clock, where they will be inspected as to the neces- sary amount of clothing and will re- ceive instructions governing the trip. The itinerary of the Eagle 56 con- sists of stops at Lynnhaven bay. Tompkinsville, New York, Atlantic City and New Bedford, Mass., whence the vessel will leave August 31 for ‘Washington. A number of experienced sailors will be on board to instruct the recruits. COMPOSER DIES BY GAS. Louis Koemmenich Formerly Di- rected Oratorio Society. NEW YORK, August 15—Louis Koemmenich, fifty-five, composer and former director of the New York Ora- torio Society, was found dead in the Kkitchen of his apartment last night with gas flowing from an open Jjet! in the range. A police report said it had not been asgertained whether the death was ome of suicide or as accident. | 1 s