Evening Star Newspaper, August 23, 1922, Page 2

(&) PITTSBURGH MINE OPERATORS YIELD Full Speed Ahead Is Ordered in Indiana and lllinois Fields. BITUMINOUS PEAK NEARS Thirty Days Expected to See Pro- duction Near Normal in « Four States. By the Associated Prers. PITTSBURGH, Pa.. August 23.—The scale committee of the Pittsburgh Coal Producers’ Assor today ordered the 1920-1922 scale posted at all mines owned and operated by its members, but declined to vield to the demands of n the United Mine Workers that the check-oft_provision of the scale be en- forced. About 45.000 union miners are affected. 2 Members of the committee explained that before the strike was called the assoclation had declared against a na- tional wage agreement and the ('l:mh- meet. off, while it was willing to in wages, the competition of the mnon- union fleld of western Pennsylvania. The national agreement had been aban- doned, they declared. and the new scales posted vesterday eliminated the petition” of the non-inion That left nothing between their miners, they added. check-off and this, the definitely decided not to Await Signing District officers of the United Mine Workers said their miners would not : return to work until the full union ascale had been signed Forty thousand bituminous miners in Westmoreland and Fayette coun- ties today had before them an offer of increased wages equal to the high- est the mining industry has ever paid. In these two counties, zenerally known as the non-union field before the call of the miners strike, many of the men are now orzanized, and the eves of the nation today awaited developments from the heart of the bituminous region. Union leaders, representing seventy- five locals, controlling more than 10,000 miners, voted almost unani- mously at Footedale, in Fayette coun- ty. to pass up the average increase of nearly $2.50 a day until recog- nition of the union was accorded by the independent companies making the offer. Most of these men were striking employes of the f. C. Frick and W. J. Rainey interesis, two of the country's largest independents. Prepare for Rush. Mine operators today were prepared for a rush of returning miners and extra deputies were on hand to pre- vent disorders. More than 2,000 deputy sheriffs were reinforced by several companies of state police to maintain order in Favette county. In Westmoreland county. where the union had made little progress opera- tors expected no trouble, but were confident the miners would be belch: ing forth coal at a capacity rate be- fore the week was out. Under the new scale the wages of mule drivers are increased from $5.30 : pick miners, from $1.30 machine cut coal load- els; coke drawers, from $1.40 to $2.16 per 100 bushels; roof riders, cagers. yers, lumbermen and blasters, laborers, from $4.14 to $6.55. UP TO RAILROADS. Question of Cars Arises in South ern Illinois Area. WEST FRANKFORT. Ill. August 23.—Smoke poured today from the stacks of numerous mines in southern Illinois, while the chuckling of en- gines and the long lines of work- men, with the proverbial dinner pail, gave the coal-producing counties familiar aspect. While all of the 30,000 miners in Williamson and Franklin counties were not at work today, indications were that all would be back by the end of the week. From nearly all towns and villages in the southern Tllinois fleld word came that opera- tions had been partly resumed to- day. The gravest problem appeared to be whether the railroads, crippled by the strike, could furnish enough cars to haul the coal when mined. CHARGE UNION OFFICIALS LOST $1,500,000 FUNDS By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, August 23.—Three union miners of district No. 5, United Mine Workers of America, went into common pleas court here and filed & bill in equity against the present and past district officers, Who are asked to account for approximately $1,500.000, which the plaintiffs alleged, has been misappropriated. embezzled or illegally withheld from the pur- pose for which it was intended. The plaintiffs, George F. Fisher, Michael, Halapy and Charles Chambers, declare they are members of the union in good standing. The bill cites a section of the United Mine Workers’ constitution, under which money is collected from each member for a special defense fund, organization purposes and a burial fund. Since 1913, it 1s alleged. $3.000,000 has been collected for these purposes from miners in the Pitts- urgh district under the sy checking off dues. e he plaintiffs declare they e: to prove that only 50 per cant of the total was used for the purposes. William Hargest, secretary of dis- trict No. 5 the only defendant at union headquarters, declared _the al- legations In the bill were “absolutely false.” “We have made full reports o fund to union members, and our ohe penditures have been passed and our policies indorsed,” he said.. “As for paying burial and strike benefits, the funds are low, due to the present strike, and we have ceaseq such pay- ments until such a time as the strike ends and the fund is replenished.” Among the defendants named in the bill are R. R. Gibbons, P. T. Fagan and Mr. Hargest, all present officers of the district; Van Bittner, Phil Mur- ray, Patrick Hanaway and Michael Egan. —_—— JAIL LIQUOR PROBE. Statement That Trusty Obtained Intoxicants Is Under Investigation Investigation has been started by Capt. W. L. Peake, superintendent of the District jail, into the case of a prisoner at the jall, who is reported to have obtained an Intoxicating drink while _employed as a trusty around the Washington Asylum Hos- pital and grounds. Capt. Peake said the man was sent to the jail to serve a thirty-five-day sentence for being intoxicated and that since information was received that the man had been drinking at the jail he has been transferred to Occoquan. . ‘The superintendent said it would not be difficult for some one visiting the hospital or jall to give something to a trusty who was not under lock and key. AMBUSHED IN COAL CHUTES. SOMERSET., Ky., August 23.—An unidentified negro was killed here rday when voll of bullets three directions crashed into the of the Southern Jt was reported that as the outbreak a request Sow.Morrew; i 1 i | committee. STUDENTS ENJOY SHOPMEN’S PAY IN RAILROAD STRIKE CHICAGO, August 23.—The rail- way strike may haye brought anxiety into many homes, but-it has brought joy: to hundreds of college men who have enlisted with the roads in' the effort to keép the wheels of transportation mov- ing. an official .of onme road said today. Attracted by the opportunity to acquire experience as well as the high wages offered, engineering students abandoned their vacation plans to don overalls and take their places at lathes and drill presses, working under armed guards, eating Army rations served from company cook cars, and sleeping in hard bunks. These men brought, railway of- ficials said. a spirit of enthusiasm, of fair play and love of work for the work’'s sake, which has done much to keep the arteries of trade open. At one yard in Chicago were found the representatives of six engineering schools and of three national fraternities. “I'm getting $7.50 a dav as a car repairer's heiper,” declared one student. Asked what he did, he arry the car repairer's “They may do a lot of singing and the color of their socks looks kinda strange, but, by heck, they are sure getting out the work,” a grizzled old foreman asserted. FLECTRIC CONPANY GETS COAL ORDER 10,000-Ton Priorify Ship- ment Is Allowed to Local Concern. Priority orders for 10,000 tons of bituminous coal from Bluefleld, W. Va to be sent immediately to the Potomac Electric Power Company, were issued today by the federal fuel distribution The coal is expected to be in Washington within a few days to augment several cars of coal that are now reported to be on the way to the company’s yards. Orders for immediate shipment of 100 tons of coal to the Washington Abattolr Company from mines at Thur- mond, W. Va., were also issued today by the fuel committee. To date priority orders calling for a total of 13,900 tons of coal have been issued for consumers in the District of Columbia, the committee announced. The Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall Steamboat Company has asked the committee for an emer- gency shipment of coal to supply its boats. The steamboat company claims that it is an interstate car- rier and as such is entltied to be placed in the same priority class as other interstate carriers by water and rail. The 36,000 tons ordered for the gov- ernment fuel yards have not been counted in the District total to date, as this coal is ordered for consump- | tion by the District government and the various federal departments. The committee has informed the District Commissioners that fuel for | heating apartment buildings and hotels is necessary and had advised the Commissioners such buildings should be placed in one of the first priority clasess. DISTRICT GARBAGE CAN HAS MADE NEW RECORD Washington either is increasing in populatior or the inhabitants of the city have keener appetites than they had a year ago. The records of the city refuse divi- sion show an increase of 20 per cent in the volume of garbage collected this month, as compared with August of last year. On August 21, 1921, the District collected a peak load of 396 tons of garbage. On the same date this year the total amount collected was 490 tons. Morris Hacker, supervisor of city refuse, said that thus far his force has been able to take care of the increase with few complaints, despite the fact that the lump sum appro- priated for disposal of refuse for the current fiscal year is $50,000 less than was allowed for that purpose last year. Congress allowed Mr. Hacker $750,- 000 for the ensuing twelve months for removal of garbage, ashes and trash, whereas, last vear the appro- priation was $800,000. ALL IRELAND STUNNED BY MURDER OF COLLINS (Continued from First Page.) cluding Maj. Gen. Dalton, when the Free State chlef was killed from am- bush last night at Bandon. Several soldiers, the dispatch says, are be- lieved to have been killed or wounded during the attack on Collins’ party. De Valera Now Cavalry Man. Eamonn De Valera has become a cavalryman and consequently is more elusive than ever, says the correspondent of the Daily Mail with the national army in the fleld. The re- publican leader and all the members of his contingent are-reported to be mounted on hunters, he adds. De Valera is believed to be either in the neighborhood of Fermoy, County Cork, where it is known he has friends, or in the Kerry hills, where & large number of his fol- lowers are concentrated. ULSTER DEEPLY STIRRED. Collins Looked -Upon as Greater Force Than Griffith. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, August 23.—All Ulster has been profoundly stirred by the news of Michael Collins’ assassina- tion. The Free State commander-in- chief was looked upon here as a more forceful personality than Arthur Grif- fith, and many declare he had a great- er hold on the people, including those who fully appreciated the latters cleverness. The tragedy occurred on the anni- versary of murder in 1920 at Lisburn of District Inspector Swanzy, which ‘was followed by one of the flercest Tiots in the history of Belfast and the burning of hou: at Lisburn. The Irish News ¥l the assassina- tion will cause profound consterna- tion among the Irish people, to wh Collins had endeared’ himsélf by his sterling qualities of heart and mind, o looked upon him as their chief mainstay in the fleld as well as in the council c! ber against the “evil conspiracy to which he has now {ll{el’x1 vl:i‘llmi' * <] “Ireland,” the newspaper adds, “wil mourn the loss of a devoted son lndl gallant leader, and pray that the calamity may bring the less desperate of those who oppose his policy to a sober realization of the terrible na- ture of the course into Which they have been seduged.” 7 - PLANES COLLIDE; 4 DIE. By the Asseciated Press. PISA, Italy, A st 23.—Two mili- tary airplanes collided in midair near taga nl‘l‘ ‘. hclgltl :( 1.0':0 feet. Tha ots ani 0 _observers were crushed to death' under -the VENING STAR. Left to right: Charles necklace: CRUISER BRINGS IN U. S-BRAZIL FLYERS Lieut. Hinton and Com- panions to Be Landed at Key West, Fla. NONE INWRED IN FALL i i |Rescue by Warship Half Hour After Mishap on Way to Haiti. | By the Associated Press. o 1 I— NEW YORK, August. 233-The United States cruiser Denver, Jvhich rescued Lieut. Walter Hinton and his companions from the wrecked sea- plane Sampaio Correia, i on ¥s way to Key West, naval offi 1s here said today. The seaplane fell while flying from Nassau to Haiti on the way, from New York to Rio de Janeiro. It was reported that a Navy tug was on its way to the damaged flying | boat, and would attempt to tow her tinto Guantanamo or_ some other southern port in an effort to salvage the craft so the flight can be re- sumed. . The Sampaio Correla left New York on August 17_to make the flight by stages, planning to arrive in Rio de Janeiro in time for the centennial ex- position there. She left Nassau yes- terday morning. and meager <is- patches state that she was wrecked when Lteut. Hinton misjudged his distance in dropping to the water. The five members of the crew clung to the half-submerged sea boat for half an hour before they were picked up by the Denver. None of the mem- bers of the party was hurt, accord- ing to Bye's message, with the ex- ception of Lieut. Hinton, who suf- tered a cut lin. .. o) D. . LEGISL FAGES LONG LAY sideration Meet With " Little Success. In spite; of the announcement by Chairman’ Focht of the House DI trict cdmmittee that he intends to fm- portune - House Leader Mondell for a speglal’ day for consideration of importznt _legislation affecting the Distrigt, there is scant chance that and Diatrigt legislation will be passed by the House for some time. House Leader Mondell pointed out that while he realizes there is con- siderable important legislation on the calendar, the passage of any District bill depgnds on how far the leaders may cedid to open up a pregram for consideration of general ‘legisla- tion. If general legisiation is taken up there is no telling how long Con- gress would be kept busy. The idea the leaders, therefore, is to guard against open- ing up.general legislation, Chairman Focht has annos umced that it a special day is granted he pro- poses .to_bring up for consideration the new. school teachers’ pay bill, which ‘would_reorganize the_school department., House Leader Mondell emphasized today that the Fitsgerald bill to establish compulsory educa- tion, industrial insurance in:the Dis- trict is’ unfinished business on Di: trict day. A majority of the members of the House District committee Who are in.the city although favorable to the teachers’ pay bill object to tak- ing up other measures until the work- men’s conjpensation bi}l is disposed of. There is.much contradictory opinion in the House regarding workmen’s compensation and a long fight is ex- pected on this measure.. DU PONT NOMINATED. ttee yesterday afternoon nomi- s ton, OF AN . Giles R, Clayton of Ggoi n&e‘h 3 Harding ad | ing Wags ¢ equal WASH usey, 1411 Good Hope road, watch; Martin Snellings, 1844 enry Hutt, 1713 6th street mort! fielder's glov | and Other Depe The premise of The Evening Star| Newspaper Company to provide a day of enjoyment for hundreds of children of the District of Columbia was ful- filled vesterday. Marshall Hall, Md., the scene of the outing tendered yesterday to more than 300 orphans, dependent children and youngsters from the various police precincts, by The Star and_the Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall Steamboat Company, was the bright- est spot on the globe, beyond any shadow of doubt. ._The trip started off with a bansg. Every child on board the Charles Macalester -as she pulled out of her dock yesterday morning had, it seemed, reached the height of enjoy- ment. That situation can be credited to the United States Navy Band, under the_direction of Bandmaster Charles E. Wise, who, as the children assem- bled on the steamer, started his men off with the snappy fox trot, “Nobody Lied.” When the boat docked at the wharf last evening the committee that had advertised the trip for se erldl days, was assured that “nobody” had. Many on First Boat Trip. The boat was comfortably packed. The children. of course, were not content to remain still, but wandered all over the ship, laughing, yelling and playing various games. Many, it was learned, had never ridden on a boat before. Others had made only one trip. As Capt. Turner brought the Mac- alester closer to its goal, the com- mittee distributed to.the guardians of each of the many flocks on board tickets to the amusement features at the resort. These tickets, number- ing more than 1,000, were donated by R. A. Nokes, director of concessions and amusement rides at the park. Each tigket. oarried ride on the rolier-cogster, Venatian swings, whip, caroussel and-joy-josher. ~ Mr. Nokes .was/anxious to give a hand im ‘the day's outing, and it is hereby ac- knowledged that his “bit” was one of the important contributing factors to the success of the day. Imagine about 900 children at the resort standing around waliting for the boat to take them back home and with not a ride on any of the amusements that make the park a popular resort! As was stated, these tickets were distributed to the group leaders with instructions to let the kids enjoy themselves on the gloom-killers first. After they had consumed their allot- ‘ment, the guardians were told, lunch would be ready, followed by games and races for prizes. By that time the afternoon would be pretty well spent, it was belleved. "About 11:45 o'clock, the vessel dock- ed at Marshall Hall. The gang plank was thrown down, the gates opened and a tide of children surged down the poardwalk to the historic grounds. It was virtually impossible for the supervisors to keep them in check. They finally gave up. The kids won. The committee immediately made preparations for lunch, and at this point the day was saved by ground officials sent along on the trip by Mrs. Susle t Rhodes, supervisor of municipal playgrounds, to promote games end contests for the children. Just one moment and how the day was saved will be told. How the Day Was Saved. It was stated in The Star yesterday that Mrs. Rhodes and her staff were on board the Charles Macalester when the voyage s for Ma Mrs. Rhodes had announced her in- tention of nlni on the trip, but was prevented at the last moment. was Frank Kirk, director of boys’ activities. The others, Miss Nina M. ‘White, secretary to Mrs. Rhodes; Miss Elizabeth Fisher, director of girl athletics; Miss Elizabeth Mahon, training teacher, and Miss Thelma Smith, director of the Virginia avenue playgrounds; Richard Tennyson, in- structor at Garfield playgrounds, and Leo Sullivan, instructor at George- town playground, missed the boat. Not to be outdone by such a small mil!o;tu&o thlo‘y, h:ltnaetad the dritv.: ers of the playground departmen automobiles, in which they had gone to the wharf, to “step on the 5 ad for Mount ton's Charl al They wers evidently didn't 1900 KIDDIES ENJOY STAR TRIP TO MARSHALL HALL Youngsters From Various Orphanages ndent Children Have | “Time of Their Lives” Down the River. 18 | Of real buddie Sth street morth d G west, base ball; rdon Hoj Si kin: down the line for tueir lunch the band once more impressed upon the crowd that “Nobody Lied” and played several more popular numbers. Look- ing down the endless line the food | dispensers saw they were in for ai good day's work. The policemen, more about whom will be told later, | stationed themselves along the route and preserved order. Mrs. Caroline Alexander, director of the Rosedale playgrounds, who went on the excursion with the eighth pre cinct, pitched in with her fellow play. ground workers and aided in feeding the crowd. After it was ascertained that no- body had been slighted, a line was formed from another angle, and Vel- vet Kind ice cream and a large slice of Corby cake were >laced in out- stretched hands. Here again the playground folk bore the brunt of the work, with the policemen running second. ' The committee wondered several times what would have Leen the situation had these persons not come forward. Contests Were Exciting. When the line for the ice cream and cake dwindled down to nothing, and everybody had finished lunch, several pictures were taken by a staff photographer. Then the playground officials picked up bunches here and there and staged base ball games, olk dances, ring games, i ‘ng Mh’]flll g B pass bail arrying out original plans f contests with prizes to the \\'lnnex?;: the play leaders rounded up the children” for some foot races. The first cvent was a 25-yard dash for girls, which was won by Clara King, ten years old, of 1609 H street north- east. She was in the ninth precinct delegation. A prize of a pearl neck- lace wag her reward 'wo 25-yard dashes for bo: - lowed. The first was won® by Lordon Hopkins, eight vears old. of St. Joseplits'Male Orphan Asylum, 924 H | strcet northwest, and the second by | Martin Snellings, ten, of 1844 S§th Strect morthwest, “of tiie eighth. pro- cinct delegation. Base r siven to the winners. bElsmers enry Hutt, thirteen yeafs old, of 1713 6th stréet northwest, also’ of the eighth precinct, captured: the- prize of a fielder's glove in_another race! for boys and Charles Causey of 1411 Good Hope road, a member -of the ninth precinct group, “ran-. away” with th;sw::findoflfired to the winner | e =Y lash. y ir- toenivesraronn Causey is thir. At the conclusion of the races the timo was approaching for the crowd to eatch the“4:30 boat for home. The task of rounding up all the children was not as difficult as was anticipated, and when the Macalester, blew ita whistle for the return trip, ‘every one was on board. & The final touch to the outing wi given when more than 1,200 loll Dops were distributed to the chil- 1 | dren on the return trip. The expressed oy the distribation- anything but peaceful. It - was riot. The committee could have been pounced upon harder, had they announced they were going to glve away gold pieces. When the Jollypops were gone things settled down for a bit until the Macalester neared Washington. Then the same enthusiasm that had predominated eight hours earlier broke -out, and was carried up_through the city in the sightseeing busses and street cars that conveyed the children to their homes. T Policemen “Real Buddies.” Nine policemen. who had:been de- So|tailed at the suggestion of Maj. Daniel Sulliven, to accompany the children on the trip, played:thé part to boys and girls. They were immensely popular, in some in- stances too popular, but the big blue coats, with shining badges -on their breatsts, bore up wonderfully. well, On the trip down the n Sust “loved them to death.” It was “Mi " this, and “M{ster” that, and “does a politeman have to lel‘.rl to swim ‘before he can get a Job?” Thbusands of similar questions, intendéd’ fo pry into the dark secrets suppesed ‘to be by the big fellows, wete put to the “cops” from all anglei One was almost buried under the chfldren. They were hanging around his:neck, on his lap and on his , but he never said a word. He was Happy, Another rocked to sleep a little girl out: the do 1 Hall the his arms_throu, iward Joseph’s Male Orp! |came to the wharf with Hhis chil- who had & headache, and kept her in|q 10"t 22 {two typewri | | Clara King, 1600 H street northeast, Tum, bal back, but when the whistle blew, they 1 came a-running.” The policemen on the trip yes- terday were: J. W. McDanfel of No: 1 precinct, assigned to the crowd, brought along by William Haller from No. 6 pre- cinct in three Gray Line busses, do- nated by L. R. Galer, manager. Sergt. J. 0. B. Gray of No. 4. His delegation of fifty-five was brought to the wharf in automobiles do- nated by C. A. Berry, L. E. Allen and Thomas O'Donnell, all of the fourth precinct, who went from house to house and picked the children up. Sylvester Murphy of ‘No. 5, who £ dren in a Red Star Line bus contributed by Edwin C. Richmond, supesintendens. R. G. Proctor of No. 7, and chil- dren in a Green Line car, contributed by Lawrence Gassenheimer. J: C Bunn of No. §, whose bunch traveled in two Red Star- Line cars. E. E. Dulin of No. 9, who also made the trip to the wharf in a Red Star | Line car. . Albert Harbin of No. 10 in a Roval Blue Line bus, donated by F. Niles, and C. R. Brown of No. 11, al in a Royal Blue Line ear. Mr. Niles also furnished zhe. Royal| Blue; Line automobile «that brought the Navy Band ta.the wharf. All the busses, which were arranged for by Capt.” Robert E. Doyvle of the sixth precinct, met the children at the boat and returned them to theif meeting places. 3 | Institutions Reprecnted. The little orphans and children from other institutions were allowed free rides an the boat-and at the grounds. They Jumped into everything; and not a one was found holding back. Their conduct, together With the children from the precincts, was-commendable. No finer, well mannered-and well be- haved bunch of boys and girls ever congregated for an excursion. .-It may be stated here there was no divi- sion ih the party. As all pled on the boat they became one unit out for & sg0d time, e institutions represent e presented on the - St. Joseph’s Male Orphan Asyl the Bruen Home}‘?u_wish Foster z-’xq;n";' St. John's Orphandge, Gospel Mission Home, Washington Hospital . for Foundlings, Industrial Home School, Swartzell Methodist Home, Washing: ton City Orphan Asylum o olic Charities, adgnecat Plans for the affair went th with remarkable oA s0 smoothness ana preciston. Every one asked by~ the committee to lend a .hand eame through .with flying colors. Th, - lice depariment fiemonnnade e matkable efficiency: so dfd the- play- ground officlals; ‘the .United States Navy Band, whose presemce was se- cured through the efforts of: Com- mander Warren of the Navy Depart- ment, and.Capt. Dayton, commandadnt lof the navy yard, ‘and the Sight- seeing line ‘officials of the - cif - hibited as much enthusiasm :y. ?u others connected with ‘the affair-and their kindness in lending the police sufficient -busses 16 - transport the children to and from the’ wharf has marked them as genuine public spir- itedimenil o e e ‘o F. Mertens, owner of Marshall Hall, and his son, F. Mertens, j‘l"'h.g]g thanks and appreciation for their ef- forts that made the trip what it was. Mr. Mertens, jr., not only turned the entire grounds over to-the-chHdren, but joined with those who had the task of feeding the crowd. i The interest displayed by.Commis. sioner Oyster and’ Mrs. Rhodes in backing the outing was commenda- ‘The. committes left to the police department the work of ganl}m:g up the. deserving children in the pre- cincts.- As each officer came:aboard he hi a typewritten list of names and addresses of his charges. The police had ‘tackled thip. problem heart and soul and didn’t leave a 'stone un- turned. SN Z Actual arrangements for the ex- cursion were launched _Friday. The committee placed in. charge .of the entire affair congisted of Henry G. Hanford and Frederick R. Neely.. They were assisted on the grounds by Rob- ert F. Perkins and John Mueller. ¢ (Continued from First Page.) "~ remember. -The charge was setting up gaming tabjes.. S “We took @ wagon load of para- phernalia away from there, among them copies of twelve types of tins which retailed at from 50 cents to $10 a whisper.. As 3 matter of fact, the proprietor told us thit hie had no real inside dope on the races, other than an ..acquaintanceship with a couple of traimers. “And yet lt‘htu he was, day in and asy out, seiling tipa: Which called for investments of anyWhere fr dol specialy om a balf ials @t $10. His % in"c;udid a . 3 e stamp, ters’ and accessories, Tor u‘-tlfl; nly A\dmer alled e O} .4 s pul ere wore itb others, and -toak -with bl - AR orbunitiog e mimeograph sach of “That's, off there. in we. | time, 2, Al PERUVIAN ATTACHE , RESIGNS T0 START +,CAREER IN MOVIES George A: Pezet, a néphew of Ambassador Pezet of Peru and a grandson of a former president of that country, hag resigned as civil attache to the Peruvian ‘embassy to enter the motiom picture fleld. Mr. Pezet came to Washington three years -ago -and recently served as secretary to the Peru- vian delegation to the Tacna- Arica conference. An enthusiast on motion pictures and of artis- tic temperament, he has given up a diplomatic career .for one of the drama. f s “My" principal aim,” he sald to- day, “is to study the motion pic- ture industry, in order to start it Jater.on.in South America, where the most stupendous natural ad- vantages exist.” . URGED T0 RESPITE ALLEY DWELLERS | Senate Action on Bill Extend- ing Time for Vacating Homes Requested. 'The Senate will be asked at an early dite to take action on ihe bill extend- Ying the time in which the alley dwell- fers may continue to live in the al- the District, according_to leys - in Senator Ball, ‘chairman of the trict - committee. Senator Ball, who was in the city today for a short will_return to Washington Monday: He has requested -Senator Jones6f Washington to call the: bill up in- the Senate sfble. He, himself Washington Monday. *“Under the existing law. unless-some amendment is made by Congress, the alley dwellings must’ be abandoned in November. * William Dean Ham, president of the \tual Home Society, has addressed a letter to Senator Ball, urging that the efecution of the alley law be un- dértaken six months from Nevember for one section of- the city, followed each year thergafter by another’ sec- tion, “until all alley dwellers are moved; preferably dividing the city into three zones. He said: We believe this to be the only sible .plan_which will allow the city to absorb the 12,000 to 16,000 alley dwellers without great con- fusion.” 5 . Mr. Ham sdid that the chafrman of the distrigt committee on housing. Mrs. Helmick, with several other members of the committee, including himsel?, had worked out a plan for relieving the situation by building a large number of inexpénsive sanitary will - return to te | houses, preferably in localifies where, to a great extent, schools and im- provements already exist. “We hawe, -as we believe. a plan which. will. secure -the necessary building funds without necessitating a bond issue by either the national government or the District. _“At any rate, we offer the only plan_which has been submitted that will in any way relieve the situation. except to postpone it from year to| vear, which is by no means & relief. Senator Ball expects to confer with Mr. Ham when he returns to the city. 3 :wamm . EADY FORPUPLS Fifty-Two' Additions in School Buildings to Lessen Overcrowding. * Fifty-two -additional classrooms will be ready for occupancy when the District’ public schools open for the new term next month, it was announc- ed today by Stephen E. Kramer, act- ing superintendent of schools. These new classrooms, however, Mr. Kramer pointed out, will not reiieve to any extent the congestion in the schools in the neighborhoods in which they are located, as there are enough chil- dren already in part-time and over- |size classes to fill them. 7" Reoms Placed In Amnexes. The additional classrooms are in‘an- nexes which have been built on the following schools: . Deanwood, four irooms; Wheatley, twelve rooms; John Eaton, eight rooms; Kingman, eight rooms; Monroe,~ four rooms, and Puchanan, etght rooms. Mr. Kramer is now busy wrestling provide accommodations for the hu: dreds of new pupils exnected to en roll in. the schools when the new term begins. According 1o estimates at least-2,000 additional children will enroll for the new term. hile there has been. no material increase in the accommodations for them. > *It's just a case of crowding more children into .the s§chools,” said Mr. Kramer. “A street car.loes not stop taking on passengers when it is crowded, and neither will the schools. We will accommodate every who enrolls.” = .i Eastern #High School Hampered. The prospective enrollment at East- ern High School will be so great that four one-room portables will be used temporarily until thenew Eastern High | School 1s completed.” The new Ligh school is expected to be ready for occupancy by next February 1, and theén ‘be transferred to the Wostern High School. - Western, it is believed, will not' need the portables until that time, ‘although the school will .be seriously ovefcrowded during the first semester. PRIORITY CUAL ORDERS. The federal fuel distribution com- mittee’ has announced it has author- ired priority orders for 36,000 tons of cohl to the governfhent fuel yards in Washington, ‘The fuel will be trans- ported immediately from the mines at THarmond,: W. Va., t6 Washington, to supply the reéquirefments of the Dis- trict government and the various fed- eral departments. 35 SHOPMEN GUARD “HOME OF MINISTER . WARNEDIN LETTERS SALISBURY, N..C., August 23.—Fol- lowing threatening letters, received by Thomas -P. Jimison, Method- iet minister, who was assgulted, it is-alleged by & postal employe, Mon- d@ay morning; a guard of thirty-five shopmen went on duty outside the minister's house, at 10 o’clock tonight. E pecial guard of striking shop- ment, authorized at a mass meeting of. the shopmen today, will work in threa shifts of eight hours each. The slleged assault on Mr. Jimison 'was. the beginning of action, which led to the mqvement of troops from the: Sglisbury faif grounds.to the Spencer_shop and ‘to the Salisbury ‘post ‘office, where the dllegéd a: sailang; of the;mipister .was employed. 7. ‘tr ha n _withdrawn or duty_ - In_Spencer and Salisbury, éxcept one company, which was, o this city. but scattered, and the trainmen, estimated at gbout 500, in nuimber, who agr not to move asrgther train out of this tefmi- National- Guardsmen ne back to in &ol- Southern. " ‘trains are cefrter; ~“and on | this week if pos- | DEATH SUMNONSS “BLND CHAPLAN Dr. Couden, Who Offi.cw in House 25 Years,. P\ monia Victim. WOUNDED IN CIVIL WAR Illustrious Career of Clergyman, Who Retired Last Year, Reviewed. 723 Lwing REV. H. N. COUDEN, Couden, D. 1I', vears. blind chaj States ‘House « Rev. Henry Noble aged seventy lain of the U Representativ untfl Februar: day a Va. H s T : had been ill . 1 months. The immediate cause of hiy death was bronchiai pneumonia: * i Dr. Couden was a n of Indi- ana. He was n on a farm in Marshall county November 1, 1543, He was educated in the State Schouk for the Blind, at Columbus, Ohio, urd the divini ool of S wrenes University of Canton, and waw ordained a Universalist clergyman in ing the civil war and was discharged from the s because of the wound which cau: indness. He first became chap the House of Rep- resentativ in Fifiy-fourth Con- gress, during the Cleveland adminis- tration, Dr. Cquden had been blind since he was twenty-four vears oid. When President Lincoln issued his call for volunteers to defend the Union at the opening of the c war young Coud den was among the first to offer his services to hi§ cenntry, enlistening in the 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. ‘ {he married Miss Ly with the annual problem. of how to!son, who died shortly after the birth iduring the t chlld' the portables at the-old building will | He was in the battles of Laurel Hill Elicwater, Shilo and Perryville, Ky., and subsequently was transferred 1o the marine service, at that time chargedy § With the duty of clearing the Missis- sippi river of the Confederate ob- Structions and resistance. Undiscournged by Fate. It was atthe battle:of BeaverDam lake that Dr. Coudin received. wound, a 10ad of buckshot in the Yac that left him Dblind, This injpry forced his retirement, but aid not dis- couraze him in a purpose to become a useful cltizen. - After a seven-year course “in the blind institution at Columbus, Ohio, he took up the study of the ministry, receiving his final orders in 187%. The Lawrence University of Canton, N. Y., conferred upon Him the honorary degree of doctor of divinity when he was only thirty vears old. His first pastorate was at Madrid, where he re- mained for three years. Later he served the church at Wil- loughby, Ohio, and Chatham, Mass., for eight vears, and then Port Huron, [ Mich., coming to the House of Rep- {resentatives from that charge as the chaplain, He was the personal friend of Speakers Reed, Cannon, Hender- son, Clark and, in fact, all of the speak- ers of the House during the period of & quarter of a century that he was the chaplain of that body. He was per- Sonally kmown to_ the long line of members of the House and Senate who have served in those bodies durl ing his incumbency as the. House chaplain. As “the blind chaplain of the House,” he was known nationally. The year that he was ordained as a clergyman of the Universalist Church, ia‘ Jane Dicker- of their fourth child, a girl. In 1886 he married Miss Harriet Dunbar, whe y-six_vears of “their , married life was his ever faithful com- panion. acting as his “eves” and ad- Viser. She became as well known arvund the Capitol, as his companion,. as the clergyman himself. Five vears ago Mrs. Couden suffered a stroke of pa- ralysis which left her an invalid, a con- dition that was a great handicap tg , | the usefulness of Dr. Couden. Active as Lodgeman. Dr. Couden was.one of the few, if not the oniy man, to be admitted t& the Masonic fraternity afflicted, a¥' he was, with blindness. While pastort of the Chatham, Mass., church he Was made a member of St. Martin's Lodge, F. A. A. L. in that city, and romained an active member of up fo the time of his death. He wal {2 member of Burnside Post, G. A, R.¢ ot this city, which organization.’ tol | Rether with the local Masonic lodges; i will* have charge of the fune arrangements, services and _inter- | ment. . i It was on February 2§, 1921, thai Dr. Couden tendered his resignation as the chaplain of the House. 'IlI !health caused htm to resign. Sinces | January 1, 1922, he had been confine to his bed. His wife and other mem bers of the family were at his bed side when he died, at 10 o'clock yes- terday morning. s ] He. is survived by his widow, Mirs: Harriett D. Couden; two eons, Fayette B Couden, lawyer of Seattle, Wil Rev. Wwilliam Couden of Corcord, {Mich., and a daughter, Mrs. W. Marbie ond of South Pasadena, Calif. son, Harry Couden, was kilied in they - Spanish-American war. 1 At the opening of the extraordinar: session of Congress called by Presi- dent Wilson to consider war measu; Dr. Couden delivered a prayer &t th opening of the House that betam: famous. No final arrangements for the fu- neral will be made until the arriva of Rev. William Couden, a son, o t 1o# 4, [ Seattle, Wash., who is en route this city. Burial will be'in Arlin national cemetery beside 'the of his son, Ty Tribute to the life and character iand humble disposition of Dr. Coude: was paid today at the opening of th House session in the prayer by Rey: { James S. Montgomery, Dr. Couden's succeasor as chaplain. Dr. Coude! was chaplain emeritus at ‘the ‘time o his death. 3 POSTMASTERS ARE NAME Maryland ~ and Virginia ‘Given President’s Attention. President Harding today nomi les J. Benedict to be at Silver Spring, . At the samef time he nominated Harry S. Clements. to be postmaster at Oella, Md. The following were nominated to' be postmasters in Virgina: D. . T. Watthall, Alberta: K. Sampsen. mfl:@le: R. L. Hervey, Chase 3 Susie S. Jarratt, Jarratt; and T s _Bradshaw, Rice. - P