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. B | *yro‘re!l toward a settlement. Cleveland agreement with the United ~ WEATHER. Partly cloudy tonight; cloudy and unsettled; mil ture. ended at 2 p.m. today: 2 p.m. today; lowest, 62, at terday. I Temperature for twenty- Highent, 82, at tomorrow d tempera- | | four hours -5 a.m. yes- Closing N. Y . Stocks and Bonds, Page 1 No. 28,605. Entered us second-class matter post office Washington, D. C HARD COAL PEAE HOPES SHATTERED AS PARLEYFALS Operators and Miners Hold“ Separate Meetings, With Truce Far Away. LEWIS STANDING FIRM OPPOSED TO REOPENING Length of Proposed Contract Causes Deadlock, Followed by Abrupt End to Conference. F the Associated Press. ! PHILADELPHIA, August 23.—An-| thracite coal operators and repre- sentatives of the miners, whose nego- | tiations looking toward settlemenz of | the hard coal strike were suddenly Lroken off vesterday, held separate meetings today, but there was no in-; dication that either side would pro- | ciaim a truce and ask for a resump- tion of the joint confer=nces. Many Lelieved the arbitration question, over which the two sides were unable to agree, was impossible of adjust- ment, at least for the presen:, and | that the prospects of a retura to work | of the 155,000 hard coal diggers, idle | since April 1, were remot Will you ask for a the negotiations for a & the strike” John L. Lew of the United Mine Worikers, .tnd he. of the miners delegation, was asked. Arbitration Sole Insue. “So far as we are concerned.” ne replied, “the conference is adjourncd. We absolutely will not consider arbi- tration. The operators made arbitra- e I assume that the issues were not insurmcunt- | nis of coDel tion the sole issue. her. le.” Samuel D. Warriner, spokesman for the operators, ;declared that he “had | nothing to amplify formal state- | ment last night. “We have made| every concession that respect for the ! public interest, our business integrity | and the government's suggestions has Tequired,” he declared. The operators today were pointing to the appeal with which they prefaced the terms of their first pro- Posals, in which they said that a serious shortage of anthracite has been created already and that further idleness would slmply aggravate the! situation, and in the end force the . householder to use other fuel tempo- | rarily “to the ultimate detriment of | the industry,” and those it employs. Sharp Difterence Develops. The abrupt halt in the proceedings i followed the insistence by the op- erators on some form of arbitration in the future, during which the miners would remain at work. A sharp difference of opinion. developed as to the length of contract to _be signed.| ('verators offered to pay the old wage rates until next March 31, with nrbi-I tration after that date. Miners de- | manded the old rate until March 31 of | tements Warriner, Coal un the operators issued by Samuel D. president of the Lehigh! gation Company, for! and by John L. Lewis, | president of the United Mine Work- | made it clear that the chief ob- stacle to agreement was arbitration, | which the miners refused unequivo- . to consider. | Balked at Arbitration. Mr. Warriner maintained that the ners balked even at recommenda- | tory arbitration, subject to accept- | ce or rejection by either side with- | ten days after the arbitrating hoard’s recommendations were sub. | mitted. % Mr. Lew statement in setting | forth the miners' objections to arhi | tration in any form, said the concili- | ation hn:'ard proposed by the npcrn(or!{ similar to the United States Rail- | ad Labor Board. which had furnish- | ed an objectionable example by its| “blundering failure as an agency to function with power regard for the workers' right “The miners have declined to pur- se peace at such a cost,” he said. MICHIGAN AGAIN ACTS. Ny { | Governor Revives Plan for®State | Control. LANSING., Mich., August 23.~Gov. | Alex J. Groesbeck today revived his plan to take over and operate, under siate control, a coal mine at Union- ville, in the Saginaw district, to re- | lieve the acute fuel shortage facing | state institutions. An option on the | property, binding for sixty days, has been obtained Under the option the mine, estimat- d to contain 3,000,000 tons of coal,: ald be purchased for $150,000. | Maximum capacity of the mine is 500 | tons a day, and all fuel mined would | be sent to state institutions, it was | announced. ‘WEST VIRGINIA BUSY. 85 Per Cent of Normal Tonnage | Soon to Be Produced. | FAIRMONT, W. Va., August 23— Mines producing 85 per cent of the| coal tonnage of northern West Vir- | ginia are now being operated or being | prepared .for operation, under the! | Mine Workers, it was announced here today by subdistrict officials of the union. The remaining 15 per cent of the tonnage is being produced by non- union mines. Although as many as 25,000 miners have been employed in northern West Virginia, it is estimated that not more than 20,000 will be available when the Wines are running full. ILLINOIS DIGGERS BUSY. Mines Producing Again After 144 Days of Idleness. CHICAGO, August 23.—Illinois bi- | tuminous coal diggers today resumed | production after 144 days of idleness, adding the state's 15 per cent of the national production toward efforts to forestall a winter shortage. With the return to the mines of the Indiana diggers, along ,with the Tllinois miners, union officials estimated set- tlements had spread to include four- fifths of the unionized soft coal fields in the United States. The Illinois settlement was based on the recent Cleveland agreement. Miners hailed it as a signal victory and operators admitted their sur- render under pressure of public de- , mand that the strike be ended. Parleys in Kansas and other flelds ¢ the southwest indicated an early d to the strike in those sections, but /miners and operators in the anthra- cite industry broke off negotiations in Philadelphia without' making say | unexpected and southwest, officials were looking forward today ! in operation. FIRST WOMAN GETS JUSTICE OF PEACE JOB IN MARYLAND Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, August cause of feminism in Maryland made progress yesterday, Wwhen Gov. Ritchle announced the ap- pointment of a woman as a justice ©of ‘the peace. The governor said that so far as he knows she is the first woman in Maryland to be appointed to such an office. This “leading lady” is Mrs. John J. Hitselberger of Liberty district, Frederick county, who had the in- dorsement of the democratic or- ganization. Mrs. Hitselberger's late husband was a justice of the peace in this district and his widow has been appointed to suc- ceed him. Gov. Ritchte made the appoint- ment following receipt of an opin- lion from Attorney General Alex- ander Armstrong, which clearly set forth that a woman is eligible 23.—The for any public office under the acts of 1922, except in such cases where the law shall specifically state that her sex disqualifies her. Mr. Armstrong pointed out in his b WASHINGTON, RAIL CHIEFSPUT UP RIVAL PLANS ' FORSETTLEMENT | New York Conference Ad- - journs After Two Hours’ Discussion. v SITUATION SERIOUS, SAYS HOWARD ELLIOTT Eastern Roads Opposed to Atti- tude,of Concession on Prior- opinion that he had “seen no lan- ity Issue. guage in the provision which | : would be any more applicable to e persons of one sex than to thOSe | ooy iiied prem. of the other.” NEW BILLIPSES COAL PROBE PLA House Committee, However, Reverses Action and Reports Winslow Measure. {GIVES FACTIONS PLACE Vote to Reconsider Failing, Admin- istration Leaders Call Hur- ried Conference. After first voting to give preference to the Bland coal investigation bill, providing for an Investigation com- mission on which miners and opera- tors would be represented, the House rules committee reversed itself to- day and reported out the Winslow administration bill for a commis- sion composed entirely of impartial | representatives of the public. By this action the question as to what representation should be pro- | hibited, as insisted upon by President Harding, was put squarely before the House. The committee also brought out an open rule, however, which would per- mit amendment of the Winslow meas: ure to provide, for representation of miners and operators. The first ac tion upset the plans of House repub- lican leaders and, failing in a lte vote to secure reconsideration of the committee decision, they went into 2| hurried conference to draft a new plan of campaign. Miners' Protest Plays Part. It had been for the purpose of giv- ing precedence to the Winslow bill. and drawing up a special rule to permit its consideration in the House at today's session, that the rules committee was called together. The result, in the face of President Harding’s desire for non- representation of the operators and miners, was said to have been credit- ed in part to a protest from United Mine Workers officials against crea- tion of a commission from which those directly connected with the in- dustry would be barred. Representative Mondell, the re- publican leader, withdrew a request to dispense with routine on the cal- endar Wednesday. ‘The motion to substitute the Bland | bill for the Winslow measure was made by Representative Johnson, re- publican, South Dakota. Meantime, in the Senate, plans to take up Senator Borah's coal com- mission bill miscarried and it went over until tomorrow, when Mr. Borah said he expected its passage with little discussion. Delay in printing the bill prompted him to defer action. President Shows Opposition. President Harding was said at the White House yesterday to be op- posed to any but a non-partisan com- mission. In a telegram to Represen- tative Bland yesterday Mr. Lewis declared that if the federal govern- ment, in making an independent in- quiry, proposed to disregard the rights and privileges of miners and operators, after the Cleveland confer- ence agreement providing for a com- mission with equal representation, the “responsibility will lie with those who recommend such action.” Meanwhile, as to the rail strike situation, in the role of observer today as the railway executives assembled for their conference-in New York in con- nection with the strike settlement negotiations there. While hopeful of success for the negotiations, Presi- dent Harding was represented at the | White House as unready to take any further steps in _the situation than those stated in his recent ad- dress to Congress. Mines Speeding U With approxifnately 125.000,000 tons of /annual coal production signed up yesterday in the bituminous flelds of Illinois, Indiana and the far west Labor Department to speedy resumption of maximum operation In practically every class of mine in the country. . ‘That the original estimate of 9,000, 000-ton production estimated to be-| gin by the first of the week might be exceeded was shown by figures made public by the federal fuel dis- tribution committee, which showed that 19,000 cars were loaded Monday, an approximate tonnage of 1,045,000 for that day. On Monday mines in the Pittsburgh region, which have since resumed production, were not These mines will bring in a weekly production of about two million tons, it was estimated. Eighty-five million tons in Illinois, the total production of the states, were represented in the tonnage signed up yesterday, while 20,000,000 tons were represented in the tonnage signed in Indiana, bringing produc- tiori 1a both states up to the max- imum. ‘While developments in the anthra- cite conference being held in Phila- delphia apparently were at a stand- still, Secretary Davis was in touch by | telephone today with 8. D. Warriner, representing the anthracite opera- tors, and John L. Lewis, president of | the United Mine Workers. The Labor Department was represented as hope- ful that setlement of the anthracite strike would be negotiated before the end of the week, and that production in Pennsylvania would begin not later than next Monday. While the nego- tiations are in progress, colliery man- agers in the hard coal districts e cleaning up the mines and making all arrangements for immediate resump- tion of production. 1 S = “ | the government remained{ NEW YORK, August 23.—Railway | executives, convened today at the Yale Club to consider proposals for settlement of the shopmen's strike submitted last week by the running | trades, aecting as mediators, ad- journed at 12:50 o'clock until 2: H i | :30, after a discussion lasting more than two hours. | Although no official statement was forthcoming, it was reported that cer- tain counter-proposals had been un- der discussion. This was taken to indicate that, should the executives not accept the suggestions made by the brotherhood chiefs, the door to peace still would be left open. | “The situation looks mighty se- | rious,” Howard Elliott of the North- {ern Pacific sald to a colleague on| | leaving the meeting. Western _chiefs want the strike | ! settled, and express a willingness to | | make any practical concession which | | will relieve their roads of a growins | shortage of usable rolling stock, with | {a bumper crop nearly upon them, and | coal mining already being resumed fon a large scale. & | s we have already indicated, {said the president of a large road.| | which serves the upper Mississippi| {valley state. terminating at Chicago. | “we believed we could take back every | riker without having to release a i single one of the new men now in our | | shops. | ! Position on Senlority. | “The seniority question. Well we! are not in a position to dictate. Wej need our men, and are willing to take them back with their old rights. if | it can be arranged to the satisfac-| | tion of those now in our employ.” | Opposing this attitude, and with | {forces more compactly mustered. | were the heads of the powerful east- | crn roads, led by L. F. Loree of the | Delaware and Hudson, W. W. At- |terbury of the Pennsylvania. A. H.| | Smith “of the New York Central . Frederick Underwood of the Erie and | E. J. Pearson of the New Haven.| | Their roads are in excellent condi- ! i tion, their shops are well nfghned, | they are near to -the largest labor | markets; and they maintain they are i | ready to back their pledges to “stand | the Irish provisional government and by the. loyal men who refused to! strike and the new men whom we | Lired on promise to put them mhead | of strikers on the seniority roles. The only eastern president bout; | whom this group expressed any un- ! |ensiness was Danlel Willard, who, it | { was said, might join the “peage at| lany price” delegation from the west, | {of “which Hale Holden, president of the C. B. & Q. and S. M. Felton of Ithe Chicago, Great Western, were ! pointed out as leaders. Several developments injected a! spirit of uncertainty into the ranks| of the executives and brought pre- dictions in _some sources that a re- | \alignment wouid set in as soon as| these new factors were recognized | at the conference. Blow to “Die-Hards.” The granting of a 20 per cent Increase | to about 300,000 Steel Corporation em- ployes was generally looked upon as a| sinister omen for the ‘“die-hard” ele- ment. It came twenty-four hours be- fore this session, it was .declared, as the ultimate argument of the powerful i banking interests who invest in both | steel and railroads, and who for weeks | are®known to have urged the rail ex- ecutives to capitulate, was the view in ome quarters. Another factor, the significance of | which there was much speculation, was | the expected arrival from Europe today, |on the same ship, of three eastern rail | presidents, who, it was belicved, had | planned to remain abroad all summer. { In the meantime, sixteen heads of | rail labor organizations, both the big! | five _brotherhoods and the shop crafts, | were gathering at their New York headquarters to awalt the outcome of the executives' deliberations. It was even predicted that the brotherhood !men would be called before the con- i ference to state in detail the basis upon | which they, as media‘Jrs, will volunteer to ald in ending, the “strike. B. & 0. STATION MEN - GRANTED INCREASE By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, August 23.—An agree- ment restoring a part of the 3 or 4 cents per hour cut in the pay of railroad clerks and other station em- ployes, decreed by the United States Railroad, Labor Board, was an- nounced here yesterday for that class of employes on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad system. The exact fig- ures, however, could not be learned. The increase becomes effective as of August 16, 1922, 4 J. David Cordle,” general secretary of the Brotherhaod of Railroad and Steamship Clerks, JFreight Handlers, | Express and Station Employes for the Baltimore and Ohio system, who made the announcentent, also stated that during the negotiations, which were carried on with the company ; by the executive officers of the brotherhood, Several additional i changes were made in the rules of agreement covering working condi- tions, The company’'s practice of granting the Saturday half holiday, vacations and sick leave, with pay, will be con- tinued, Mr. Cordle said, adding that the conferences with the company ‘were of the friendliest character, and that the management complimented the brotherhood men “for their fair- ean" 3 PROTEST.TO VIOLENCE. C. & 0. Officials Ask Court to Pro- tect Men at Clifton Forge, Vi RICHMOND, Va, August 22.—De- claring that new employes at Clifton Forge, Va., “are being assaulted al- most daily by strike; the Chesa- peake and Ohip rallway, through J. M. Perry, its attorney at Staunton, Va., has protested to Judge Henry C. McDowell of the United States district court for the western Virginia dis- trict, It was learned here today. In a letter to Judge McDowell Perry - stated that “taxicabs, store- keepers, hotels and restaurants\ in Clifton Forge refuse to accommodate the new employes,” and that “condi-) tions at Clifton Forge are worse than y othe! lnwt* on the road.” e 2 ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, "POLICE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 93, - Star. 1922 _TWENTY-SIX PAGES. ALL IRELAND STUNNED BY MURDER OF COLLINS | National Funeral Is Announced for Army Chief. DAIL TO MEET | LAST OF WEEK. Death of Griffith| Makes His Loss { | Greater Blow. SSOTRE e I By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, August The city of Dublin was stunned today by thel news that Michael Collins, chief oli commander-in-chief of the Free State army, was struck down from ambush last night at Bandon, County Cork. ! Everywhere in the Irish capital| there were expressions of profound | grief and amazement that such a! tragic and untimely end could have come to the military genius of the new regime. He had barely reached the prime of life, being only thirty-| one years of age. The tragedy was| all the more shocking, coming o soon | after the sudden death of Arthuri Griffith, presid®nt of the dail eireann’{ cabinet, who was considered Collins’ | inteliectual counterpart in the ardu- ous task of setting up the new Free State government. National Funeral Planned. A national funeral, with full mili- tary honors, will be accorded tol Michael Collins. His body will lie in| state prior to interment in the Glas-!| nevin cemetery, where Arthur Griffith was buried a few days ago. i The Dublin newspapers paid elab- orate tribute to the slain leader and most of them in their comments on his death pointed to dire forebodings for Ireland’s future. Tt was announced today that, in vlew of the assassination of Michael Collins, the dail eireann will be summoned immediately, probably meeting on Saturday of the vresentl week. Body Due Tonight. The provisional government pub- | licity department announced this aft- | erncon that Collins’ body would ar- rive in Dublin tonight. The body was scheduled to leave Cork harbor today, the announcement said, and will be brought to Dublin on the steamer Classic. The journey Tequires about twelve hours. Early this morning the chief of the Free State general staff issued the following to the armys: ! “Stand calmly to youe posts, then bravely and undaunted to your work, Let no cruel act of reprisal blemish your bright honor. “Every dark hour that Michael Col- | lins met since 1916 seemed but to steel that brave strength of his and temper his gray bravery. You are left each inheritors of that strength and of that bravery. “To each of you falls his unfinished work, No darkness in this hour, no loss of a comrade, will daunt you at it. PREMIER MOURNS TRAGEDY. | Collins Fearless and Devoted Lead- er, Says Lloyd George. By the Associated Press, LONDON, August 23.—Prime Minis- ter Lloyd George today Sent the fol- lowing message to William T. Cos- grave, acting chairman of the Irish provisional government: «T deeply regret to hear of the death of e nder-in-chief of the Free State army. In his death the Free State has lost a fearless soldier, a leader of great energy and devotion and a man of remarkable personal charm. Please convey to the mem- bers of your government my profound sympathy with them in their loss of | one of Ireland’s brilliant sons at a foment when Ireland most needed qualities of gpurage and | i Poster War Before Slaying. The assassination of Michael Collins was preceded in Dublin by & kind of battle of propaganda, both the pro- Visional government representatives and the irregular army posting placards which sef forth thelr respec- tive aims and claims. - Amerjcans reaching London after attending the funeral of Arthur Griffith say they found curious crowds assembled about the posters. One menifesto charged that the pro- visional government had secretly dispatched an emissary to the south to assassinate Eaménn De Valera. Side by side with this was another placard in big letters, an ironical interpreta-! tion of a manifesto which the enemies of the Free State imagined as being sent out by Collins and the members of his staff. It was worded some- thing like this: % 215 our king and your “Men of Irel: w \ ‘ i | | Dublin i i MICHAEL COLLINS. country call you. You who have! fought so bravely for the cause of the empire in Egypt. India and elsewhere | now are needed again for the defense | of the empire.” Poster Carries Appe: Another and longer poster, apparent- | Iy placed by governmental officers, | dealt in detail with the destruction caused by the frregulars throughout | Ireland. It argued that the irregular| movement was destroying every rea- | sonable hope for Ireland's prosperity | and happiness and appealed to the citizens generally to stand solidly be- hind the provisional government. The grief over the death of Arthur| Griffith was accompanied by a public | expression of admiration and affec- | tion for Collins, whose three-hour | march through the streets of Dublin behind the body of his colleague was one_of the most impressive incidents in_Irish history, because everybody | believed that Collins himself had been | marked for death. i This sinister fedr seemed to pervade the very atmosphere of the capital. 1t Collins had any premonition of his death he did not show it, but walked calmly forward, a handsome, heroic! figure, boyish and confident. At the pro-cathedral, where the services for Griffith were held, the commander-in- chief personally 'took -charge of all arrangements and at the last moment bestirred himseif to find a carriage for Mr. and Mrs. Michael Francis Doyle of Philadelphia, who had just arrived from London In time to at- tend the funeral. Collins Loved by Al At the funeral everybody was talk- ing about Collins, now that he was left alone as_the great, outstanding figure in the Free State movement. “All the girls of Ireland are in love with Michael Collins,” whispered an Irish woman, as Collins, following Grifith’s bier, walked slowly through O'Connell street by the famous Nel- { son pillar. “But they are all too! late, I fear, because I have heard | he has a sweetheart down in the| country, and one of these days, when | Ireland is more tranquil, Michael Col- | lins will lead her to the altary’ | (It was announced last May that Miss Kitty Kiernan, member of a leading family in Longford, was en- gaged to marry Collins.) An evening news dispatch from | today says it is be]le\‘ed' Michael Collins was accompanied by | seven Free State staff officers, in- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. “FORGIVE THEM!” /DYING WORDS OF MICHAEL COLLINS By the Associated Press. CORK, August them. These were the last words of Michael Collin§, commander of the Free State army, as he lay dying from an assassin’s bullet last night. They were addressed to Maj. Gen. Dalton. The assassination occurred _be- tween Macroom and Bandon, about twenty miles from this city. He was accompanied by members of the Free State headquarters staff, who ‘were visiting various military posi- tions I the south of Ireland. Large numbers of republican ir- regulars ambushed ‘the commander- in-chief's party en route to Bandon. An armored car, which was accom- panying the national army officials, inflicted heavy casualties upon the irregulars. Just as the attack was beaten off a bullet struck Mr. Collinis in the skull and he expired a few minutes later. The body was brought to Cork this ‘morning and transferred to o steam- er for conveyance to- Dublin, | 23.—“Forgive jof justice. COURT BITTERLY FLAYSD.C POLICE Two Women Beaten After Home Was lllegally En- tered, He Declares. 'CHARGES OFFICERS DRUNK | Victims Tell Court They Were Dragged Into Street Half Clad. The action of two policemen who, Lit is charged, forced their way into & _|private residence in Georgetown, se- jverely beat two voung women and| then arrested them without justirica- {tion wrung from Judge Robert Mat- Ttingly, in the United States branch cf { 'olice Court today the most scathing denunclation of the District force that ihas ever been heard jn a local court He dismissed the case. “In this community, where unsolved murders are being _committed, where highway robbery flourishes ind the otlegger is_permitted to grow rich g the law,” said Judge Mat- ting] find the police, instead of giving their attention to such lerror- spending _their time breaking jinto’ homes without cause, reason or | law to hunt down a misdemeanor.” Younx Woman Defendant. The case was that of Louise M. Childs, a young woman living at the corner of Bank and M streets, George- town, who was before the court charged with assaulting Policemen C. {H. Ford and Thomas Hanley of the seventh precinct. . At 1 o'clock this morning, the evi- dence showed, the policemen forced themselves -into the young woman' home, without having even obtained a search warrant, and attacked Miss Childs and her sister, Mrs. Edith Tucker. who is in delicate health. Not only was Ford intoxicated, Mrs. Tucker- charged in court, but he brutally hurled her against a wall, struck both women with his club and then dragged them, half clad, to a patrol wagon, where, she de- clared, they were again maltreated. In his defcnse Hanley claimed Miss Childs struck him with a bottle. Rebuke Delivered Measuredly. Turning to the policemen, Judge Mat- tingly spared no effort to show that the testimony had been of such a revolting nature to him that he believed no verbal rebuke could adequately compensate the vigtims of the case for the indignity they had suffered. “Here we have a case,” be began, speaking in measured tone, “where the police, without cause, reason or law, make forcible entry into a private home in the dead hours of the night and drag out,.under arrest, a frail woman. The evidence shows she was mistreated both in her own home and in the patrol | wagon. “In this community, where murders remain unsolved, where the highway robber flourishes, and where the boot- legger grows rich violating the na- tional prohibition laws, selling poi- son that he and his henchmen ob- { tain, we find the police, instead of 'rprotecllns the public from these ter- rorists, spending their time running down innocent persons, Who were be- lieved to have committed a misde- meanor. : “I cannot and will not give my ap- proval to such a system: and I want it understood that I hereby register my disapproval and rebuke to such a condition. /By no stretch of the imagination may a policeman find legal right to break into a privatg home, edpecially in the dead of the night, to make an arrest for a misde- meanor.” o —_— TIE-UP COMPLICATED. Southern Railway Engineers: De- mand Better Locomotives. EVANSVILLE, Ind., August 22. Chairman of the - Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers on the Louis- ville-St. Louis division of the South- ern railway added complications to the tie-up on the division today, by serving notice on officials at Prince- ton, Ind., that the engineers would suspend work at midnight Wednes- day, unless locomotives are put in betier condition for road service. Firemen on the division quit work yesterday because of the alleged con- duct ofguards in the Princeton shops and no trgins are running on the division_today. B. G. Fallis, general superintendent of western lines of the Southern, with headquarters in St. Louis, and J. A, Sheridan of Louisville, division super- intendent, ave in Prineeton for a con- ference. The Associated paper and also Member of the Associated Press the use for republication of ail news dispatches credited to it or mot otherwise credited in this Al rights of publicatien of rpeeial dispatches herein are also reserved. Press s exclusively entitjed to the local news published berela. Yesterday’s PRESIDENT AIDS POLICE-FIREMEN BASE BALL GAME President Harding is going to do his share in making successful the annual base ball game at American League Park September 9 for the benefit of the policemen’s and firemen’s widows and orphans’ fynd. The P ident has not only bought tickets, but he autographed his ticket, No. 1, which, with the pen he used and ‘a five-dollar gold piece he gave as payment, wiil be auctioned to the highest bidder during the benefit game. The ticket will be placed in a sterling silver frame and the coin in a gold watch fob, and those in charge of the benefit anticipate raising several hundred dollars by the sale. "It is likely also that the base ball to be used in starting the game will be auctioned. James Springman, central office detective, called on’ the President at the White House today to sell the ticket he autographed. —_— MCUMBER OPENS DEBATE IN SENATE Plea for Adjustment of Vet- erans’ Pay Made by Finance Chairman. l ] i Enactment of soldiers' bonus legis- lation at this session of Congress is demanded by every precept of finan- clal justice and every principle of political honor, Chairman McCumber of the finance committee declared today in opening Senate debate on the amended House bill, with it bank loan certificate provision in lieu the purpose was to equalize in a measure the pay of the men called to the colors with that received by gance” that accompanied the war. 'Il'}‘wlhfinan('e committee chairman d the | for Congress to show that it was “not attempting to play politics with the American soldier”; that it was acting Reealls Campaign Pledge. “The Presiden' in his campaign of 192¢ declared in favor pf some kind of soldiers’ compensation bill” he continued. “Republicans, both in_the campaign and on the floor of the Sen- {ate, have reiteratcd their determina- I'tion to make good these promises. They were made in good faith, and that good faith wiil be manifested b | the vote on this measure.” | _Referring to the position taken by | President Harding and Secretary Mel- | lon last vear, when the executive| jasked the Senate to defer action on the bonus because of the then finan-| | cial condition of the Treasury. Sen- | ator McCumber requested that they I now view the legislation “in the light | 1 of present-day congditions.’ { “These changed cdhditions certainly | appeal to the judgment for a | revision of the views of a ycar ago." he said, adding that the government ould ““meet every dollar this-bill will |call for without an additional tax levy and without in the slightest de-| gree affecting the refunding of any unpaid_short-time obligations.” i Senator McCumber argued that the | funds necessary for the financing of | the bonus legislation could be ob-| tained from the refunded foreign debt, and that if the refunding were not completed when it became ef- fective, the interest from the British debt, which, he said. the British gov- ernment already had planned to pay. would be sufficient. In this conection he declared that to his mind_there had been an un- necessary delay in funding _the foreign obligations, adding that there should be a settlement with the principal _debtors, Great Britain, France and Italy, by next January 1. As to _the cost of the legislation, Mr. McCumber estimated this at a total of $3,845.000,000, spread over forty vears. For the next calendar vear he placed the cost at $77.440,889. increased to $92,177.729 for 1924, and decreased to $73.100.962 in 1925. | _The cost would run into several, hundred million in 1926, when the vet- | erans could call on the government | for loans on the adjusted service cer- | tificates, but the Speaker said that by 1930 the cost annually would drop to $21,000,000, ‘with only a very few mil- lions thereafter, until 1943, when the certificates would come due. Explaining the provisions of the bill as reported, he said the cash pro- vision had been eliminated except in the case of veterans entitled to $50 or less, with the total of these payments estimated at $16.000,000. to be paid next year, and that in its place had been "substituted a certificate plan with loan privileges. He estimated that 75 per cent of the veterans would accept the certificate option. i | i must government would advance the amount due a soldier on the basis of $1 a day for domestic service and $1,25 a day for forelgn service, to be applied toward his vocational train- ing. The final option is the farm or | home aid, by which the sum due the | veteran. would be advanced to him as might be necessary to be applied to- ward the purchase price of a home or a farm. “The bill as reported is satisfactory to the soldiers’ continued Mr. Mc- Cumber. “It ought not to be materially changed. “Twenty millions given in charity to Russia, $25,000,000 to salve Ct lombian sentiment, $20,000,000 for chip subsidy and not a ripple of com- ment! We talk of $125,000.000 for good roads. of two or thiree hundred millions to assist railroads, all inj a single year; as if they amounted to nothing. ~ Why on earth, then, should we approach this soldiers’ compensa- tion bill as though it were an ob- ligation requiring a special tax levy or as one endangering the refunding | of short-time obligations?”, ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF HANDBOOK MAKING Charged with making a handbook oh ‘the races, Leo Cohen, twenty- seven years old, who gave his ad- dress as 406 13th street northwest. was arrested this afternoon in the igar store of Milton A. Bradley, 1209 E street northwest The arrest was made by Lieut. O. T. Davis, Sergt, J. G. McQuade, Pre- cinot Detective O. W. Mansfleld and Policeman G. J. O'Day. The police gay one of their agents placed a $2 bet with Cohen and that. when he was arrested they found the $2 mark- ed - money, together with several Tacing slips, in his possession. They lun: also Cohen attempted to swal- low some slips, but was prevented. ONSOLDIER BONUS Senate the time had come | The next plan, he went on, is the vo- | cational-training aid, under which the | Net Circulation, 83,804 TWO CENTS. _— UNSIGNED LETTERS WARN OYSTER IN WAR ON BOOKIES Days Are Few, Threatens One; Special Delivery Stamp on Another. CHURCHES BACK DRIVE ON TURF RACE BETS | Commissioner May Ask Law to Re- voke Licenses of Stores Selling Tips on Horses. Two threatening letters were ceived by Commissioner Oyster tod as a result of his declaration of w. on persons who make handbooks o the races in Washington. Both missives were typewrittcn and anonvmous and warned the Com- missioner 1o beware. So far as could be learned. neither communication contained a direct threat of violence, but one suggested that the Commis- sioner’s days were few. The writer of one letter was in such a hurry to have it delivered that he sent it special delivery. The morning mail also brought to the Commissioner a number of letters from church organizations and indi- viduals, congratulating him on the firm stand he has taken against horse-race betting. Legal Opinfon Awaited. One writer told Capt. Oyster that if { he is successful in putting a stop o .L::m:xhse original proposal for a casn|that form of gambling he will have . earned od wi P Reserting that the term “bonus” was | SEpmesgUacy; £o0d A of all right a misnomer, Senator McCumber 5aid | The (ommissioner Stated tod that he is awaiting 2 repert from Cor- | poration Counsel Stephens as to what A action, if any. may be taken under { those who stayed at home and profit- | existing law YEalist persons who sell ¢d,5Y What he characterized as a|tips on the races to the victims of .~ drunken orgy of extrava-|the “racing mania” to guide them in giving their money to the bookies. It is reported that these tipsters do a large business daily in the downtown section of the city. The foolhardy individuals who hand ou' £00d money for these tip sheets play in “good faith” when it passed the|the poni vith th ey :i‘r“ bm;\sx;flmn. just before the elec- | have ~sure Shots" r:o:;:fl(';i ::‘:‘;kth * ! tion in 3 Would Refuse Licenses. The Commissioner also {8 seriously { considering the advisability of ask- | ing for legisiation to give the Cor misgioners the same discretion in is- suing cigar store, lunchroom and har- ber shop licenses that they now have in lecensing poolrooms and billiard par- ors: The license laws as they now stand give the superintendent of licenses he right to turn down an applic tion if the police make an unfavor- able report on the place to be li- censed. The corporation counsel is of the opinion. however, that the city heads could not follow the same course in the case of other estab- lishments where handbooks are known to have been made. BOOKIE TRIAL DATE SET. i Plans Completed for Prosecuting Five Alleged Promoters. Assistant District Attorney David A. Hart today completed plans for calling up five bookmaking cases as soon as the Police Court jury gets back the first week in September. The five cases which the prosecution will take up first are those of Norman S. Bowles, Harry D. Turner, Charles and Michael Lombardi, Robert L. Pitts and Alex Toggas. Tentatively the date of September 7 has been set for the calling up of the Bowles case. His case is expected to be the fea- ture of the group. He was arrested on the sccond floor of 1345 E street several months ago on a charge of accepting bets on the races, and over at the first precinct the claim is made that marked money was used as evi- dence, which was recovered when the arrest was made. The moneyv. how- ever, was not found on Bowles, but upon the person o one of the men who were in the room at the time. Extensive preparation is being given in this case as well as in the others | mentioned. Test of Sq\timent. ys Hart nd Frank J | who are to hndle the case {jointly, expect these fite cases to be | straws in the wind to .‘etermine the way jury sentiment is \-afting. The old cry: “You can': get a jury to convict a bookie” is cropping up with less and less frequency these {days. Hart declared today that it would be his purpose to do his utmost {in upholding the law regarding book- | making in the District and to present { the cases to the best of his ability. i In the meantime, police squadrons | nave been mobilized for an assauit {upon handbook headquarters. Spe- clally picked men are getting places ion the squads in accordance with the Attorn, Kelley, {plans _of Commissioner James F. | Oyster, to squelch bookmaking in ‘Washington. Tt will take some time for the | wheels of the law to start grinding bookie grist in the quantities which resulted in numerous arrestslast fall. Police confidently expect, however. |after a preliminary survey of the sit- | uation, to start piling up cases for ! Police Court inside of the next week. Sensations Expected. | And regarding those police court ! cases, police believe that the Turner | case will prove more or less of a sen- | sation. His office was in the Munsey | bullding. _The _information sheet against him charges that a policeman used marked money several times in making bets prior of March 1 and that, upon ralding the office, recover- led a slip tabulating the bet from a waste basket. > The Lombardi case is a joint one. | The arrest was made at 315 Pennsyl- {vania avenue southeast. In the Alex { Toggas raid at 416 12th street. it ix claimed that marked money and slips were recovered, while the same is true regarding marked money in the case of Robert L. Pitts of 1015 Sth street southeast, whose place of busi- ness was raided some time ago. If you want to get some “inside dope” on how racing “inside dope” is manufactured in Some cases, get an introduction to_ Capt. Brown at the first precinct. He can tell a number of stories with a sharp point to them. for- the benefit of novitiates who be- lieve they're getting “something hot” when they plunk up $5 or $10 for a feedbox tip. Guesses Sell High. “How we raided a (Eddie’s) place not three blocks from here, dast May.” he reminisced this morning. “Assistait United States Attorneys Hart and Bilbrey were present at the time, I ‘( ued on Page [umn 6.)