Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Unsettled weather, with showers and probably thunderstorms tonight and tomorrow: no change in temperature. Member of the Associated Press The Asmsociated Press is exclusfvely entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches eredited 10 1t or not otherwise eredited n tiis paper and also the local mews published herein, || All rights of publicat.on of special 1 dispacches herein are also reserved. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today—HIghest, 35, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowe: 67, at 5:30 a.m. today. s g Yesterday's Net Circulation, 83,360 WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1922_THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. THRONGS ATDOCK | Tpening Star. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 23 = _ @ I] s ] Entered as second-class it Post office Washington, . & CHARGES U. S. FUEL BOARD MANIPULATES COAL PRICE No. 28,606. TWO CENTS. {BOOKIE DISTRICTS HILL PUTS DISPUTE IN HIS BUREAU UP TOHIGHER POWERS Director Lays Charges of Printers Before Solicitor and Chairman Madden. FINDS PRESENT RULES ARE TOO COMPLICATED Will Violate Some Law Whichever Way He Turns, He Says—Snarl Over Dismissals. Charges by counsel for dismissed aunion plate printers that Director Hill of the bureau of engraving and printing has violated the law in dis- missing such men, and that they +&hould be taken back, has precipi- tated a snarl of affairs at the gov- ernment’s big money printing plant &0 complicated Drector Hill has pre- scnted the whole affair not only to the solicitor of the Treasury, but to Chaiiman Madden of the House com- nittee on appropriations. In the“present situation, according 1o Director Hill, he will violate some Jaw whichever way he turns, and it was said in some official quarters that it may be necessary to :pare new legislation to extricate tiie bureau from its predicament. The trouble resulted from dismissal plate printers on August 8, when ector Hill reduced the force of em- to come within his appropria- hich were cut for the fiscal 19: 700,00C “under the pre- ar ous y vi Cuts Forced, Says Hill the fiscal year .opened on 1, Director Hill said he at- ¢mpted to run the bureau without 1 reduction of force, to prevent hav- to dismiss a number of employes, it when the first of August rolled #round he discovered that the bu- rrau had far exceeded its appropria- tion for the month of July, and con- When scquently something had to be done. o August 8 he effected reductions the personnel which cut $460,000 the expenses of operation for the Then came vigorous protest from counsel for the dismissed plate yrinters. The counsel set forth that the dismissals were illegal and that + Director Hill had no right under the Jaws of 1912 and 1919 to discharge the men, Disgruntled union plate pfihnters I have been bitter in their denuncia- ion of Director Hill, some golng so ar as to say he has turned -thing: “entirely upside down” at the bu reau, and predicting that as director *he won't last long." Riles Are Involved. According to the act of 1912, the Faces of all notes and bonds shall be printed by hand-roller presses. According to war emergency legisla- tion, passed in 1919, the Secretary of the Treasury may methods to be used in printing such securities, allowing them to be done by the speedier power presses, but further providing that in no case shall the force of plate printers be reduced below the number then on the payroll. ince the Secretary of the Treasury has not as yet declared that for the bureau of engraving and printing the war emergency is over, the plant is presuined still to be operating under the emergency act of 1919. On this contention, counsel for the dismissed uuion plate printers claim, Director Hill has violated the law in reducing the number of plate printers. Should the Secretary declare that for the bureau the war emergency Is over, Director Hili said today, then the plant would naturally have to Tevert back to the act of 1912, which stipulates that all faces of notes and bonds be printed by hand-roller presses. Hill Discusses Equipmeat. Should this regulation be put into efiect, the director explained, the great number of power presses which avere purchased for the war emergency end which are now operating would Ve more than necessary, and there swould not be enough hand presses. With the development of machinery, it was explained, the power presses are so much superior to hand presses that the former turn out from three 1o four times the amount of work As the latter, with the same amount of labor. The maximum out- Put_of the hand press, Director Hill explained, 4s about 1,000 sheets per day. while the maximum output ‘of a Power press is for backs, about 4,000 sheets, and for faces, about 3,200 Bhcets per day. Net only would the bureau have 10 revert to the more nearly obsolete and presses should it ge back to the aw of 1912, but it would have to take D a larger number of plate printers, ncreasing_the pay Toll to a point be- Sond the appropriation. g Director Is “Neutral.” Director Hill feels he is “between the devil and the deep blue sea” on ihe matter, and has referred the sub- ject to Solicitor McMahon of the Treasury and Chairman Madden of +he House committee on appropria- trying, at the same time, he de- . to remaln neutral in the fight Vetween the union printers and the government. Whichever way he turns, at present, he said, under the reduced appropriations, he violates the law. The Plate Printers’ Union is under- . £tood to be making a strong fight for reinstatement of all the-plate print- ers who were dismissed, who included & total of about 100 men. Solicftor McMahon of the Treasury pald this morning that he had just re- ceived the papers in the bureau of engraving case, and would give the matter his early attention. The mat- ter was extremely complicated, he in- dicated, and would require time, and thorough Investigation nto the law extending back to 1912. He could not predict, Mr. McMahon said, when a decision could be rendered in the wcase. ARREST EX-MAYOR OLES. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohlo, August 24— fGeorge L. Oles, who resigned as suayor two months ago, after a stormy mdministration, todsy ‘was arrested &nd taken to the police station in a ypairol wagon to face charges of ob- Ftructing the sidewalk in front of his €ownstown market. The complaint ~was_made by Morris Squires, proprietor “rival market. , e L e Squires and Oles have engaged in Pitter T exchanges through heir newspaper advertisements for a long pe: The former mayor gave ond of $10 for Wis appearance later or & ke 308 stipulate as to; Michigan Administr By the Associated Press. LANSING, Mich, August 24.—Coal concerns close to the Federal Fuel Ad- ministration “are getting theirs and getting it first,” William W. Potter, state fuel administrator, charged in a statement today following his return from Washington, where he endeav- ored to obtain a greater allowance Of priority coal for Michigan. Mr. Potter declared the public 1s not in control of the distribution ot fuel and that coal is being dally of- fered at exorbitant prices. He asg serted further that inabllity or 94 inclination of the Federal Fuel Ad- ministration to furnish Michig€n suf- ficient coal for its necessary needs makes it evident enough coai cannot be gotten into the state in time to prevent serjous discomfort and Pos- sible loss of life. Coal Operators on Board, Declaring that coal operators com- prise the advisory board of the Fed- eral Fuel Administration, Mr. Potter asserted: “When a handful of men may throttle the American public and de- mand double a fair price 3t coal, it is time this American people was tak- ing some action to change the per- Sonnel or the activities of the fed- eral government.” The state fuel administration de- clared that not a pound of coal has come into Michigan on priority order at the contract price. “Applications, he stated, “go to the advisory com mittee of coal operators. If the pri- ority order should perchance be handed to the coal ‘operator having the contract, he would refuse to fill it and pass it along to some one else having no contract relations and thereby get the Hoover fair-price instead of complylng with his con- ract.” Break Is Impending. Indications of a break between the | Michigan state and federal fuel ad- ministrations unless prompt steps are taken to rclieve the acute coal shortage in Michigan were apparent today. i Gov. Alex J. Groesbeck made a statement sharply criticising the fed- | eral fuel administration. When he was informed by Mr. Potter that the advisory board of the federal admin- fistration is composed of coal op- erators, the governor declared: “It Is a_strange state of affairs when an advisory board, composed of INDIVIDUAL AGTION ONRAILWAY STRIKE Roads May Act Separately in Ending Trouble With ! Shopmen. CONFERENCE STILL ON | | Secret Sessions Held to Mediate Dispute—No Results of Delib- erations Announced. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 24—Its now up to the shopmen,” said a spokesman for the big five brother- hood chiefs this afternoom after they had conferred with a commit- tee representing a group of about twenty roads on a proposition for effecting separate settlements be- tween individual roads and strik- ing shopm This was taken in some quarters | as indieating that répresentatives of the running trades sentatives of roads tot 25 per cent of the miléage of the United States had reached some | sort of definite proposal for settle- i ment, which been reported to the shop crafts at a meeting with the mediating brotherhood chiefs which followed the session with executives. A member of the shopmen’s east- ern strike committee made this comment to mewspaper ment “T7L1 tell you that there’s going to be mo_settlement with any mime- teen Faflronds. Youm can put that in your pipe and smoke it. NEW YORK, August 24—Repre- sentatives of a score of railroads and the big five brotherhood chiefs con- ferred at the Yale Club for about three hours today on the possibility of effecting separate agreements be- tween individual lines and thejr striking shopmen. " “We are still mediating,” sald Warren S. Stone, spokesman for the brotherhood men, when the meeting adjourned at 1:25 p.m. without an- nouncing whether another session would be held today. The chief of locomotive engineers ined further to discuss the :x‘falcfx:g, which was surrounded by the utmost secrecy - He hastered to the Hotel Woodstock to confer at’labor headquarters with ledders of sta- tionary crafts. Separate Agreement Prospect. The possibilities of individual lines trades, appearing as mediators, at a conference yesterday with the entirq ation, Denied Prior- ity Here, Asserts Concerns €lose to Federal Body “Are Getting Theirs.” ~ operators, is allowed to question the credit of the state of Michigan.” $1,000,000 Guarantee Turned Down. He referred to the action of the board in turning down the stat guarantee of $1,000,000 for priority coal and insisting upon cash deposits in the banks. | State officials were concerned today i by announeement from Washington, | that Michigan’s order for priority coal hadbeen further reduced. Originally order was for 150,000 tons. A few ays ago it was halved. Now it bas been cut to 50,000 tons, it was an nounced. The officials expressed alarm today | at what they described as the grow-| ing_serlousiess of the coal situation | in Michigan. tons can be obtained within the next thirty days. A number of large flour | mills in the state were reported to ve close to shutdowns. GETS SHARE, SAY OFFICIALS. Reply Says State Has Had Twice Amount of Others. By the Assoclated Press. Officials of the federal coal distri- bition committee, replying today OF FALLEN: LEADER Half a million tons of | coal is needed for strictly essentiali purposes, it was said, yet only 50,000 | |!odly from the steamer Classic and |borne through the streets amid an taken on a gun carriage, preceded by | '°L: band of pipers, to St. Vincent's Hos- | criticism by Michigan state officials as ! A5 COLLINS BODY REACHES DUBLI City Pays Remarkable Trib-r ute as Remains Are Borne to Hospital Chapel. MANY KISS FOREHEAD Five Mentioned as Possible Suc- cessor—Parliament to Meet Saturday. By the Associated ;’l!‘ll DUBLIN, August 24.—Draped in the beloved tricolor of Ireland, the coffin containing the body of Michael Col- i1ins, slain chief of Ireland’s new Free State government, was landed here impressive tribute from the assembled multitude. Gen. Collins’ body was met at the dock by large throngs of mourners, including Richard Mulcahy, chief of staff, and other prominent representa- tives of the army. The body was ital chapel. Prayers were said as the procession to treatment accorded Michigan coalipassed in silence, broken only by the consumers in_allotment of coal, sald [distant crack of snipers’ rifles in varl- g ous parts of the grief-stricken city. that more than twice as much coal [f4% PATIS of the @rietostricioen Clts had been authorized for shipment to Dyublin guards marching in slow time that state as to any other state. jwith the niuzzies of their revolvers Committee officials declared that | Protruding from the holsters. A de- 107,320 tons of coal had been author- 145,000 MINERS RETURN !tachment of civic guards in blue uni- ized for movement to Michigan: 70 iorms followed. They were the only 000 tons had been authorized for great lakes shipment and Michigan would get some of this coal. and that more ! than 1,000,000 had been authorized ! for use of rallroads and Michigan would share in this. The total amount of coal allotted by the committee, |t! was said, totals only somewhat more ' than 2,000,000 tons. Taking up criticism directed at the committee by William W. Potter, state fuel administrator, because of rejec- tion of Michigan's guarantee of $1,.- 000.000 for priority of coal and of insistence upon cash deposits in the banks, officlals explained that Con- troller of the Currency Crissinger had ruled that the purchase price of coal obtained through the federal agency must be deposited in banks before natio] banks could hane the paper. BOTH SIDES AWATE ANTHRACITE MOVE Signs Still Lacking, However, | That Deadlock Will Be Solved Soon. Leaders Call Back Central Penn- sylvania Men, Practically Epding Soft Coal Tie-Up. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 24.—While both sides were said to be in receptive mood today, there was no sign of a move elther from the operators or miners toward suggesting & solution of the deadlock over the situation in the hard coal flelds which resulted in breaking up the-peace parleys here Tuesday. John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers, did not know Whenx city, although it hall been his inten- tion to do so today. He might stay two days longer “to clean up affairs,” he said. Reported in Touch With Hoover. Samuel W. Warriner, president of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com- pany, who led the operators’ repre- sentatives in the recent negotiations, consultation yesterday with e & ichards, president of the Phila- deiphia and Keading Coal and Irén Company, and both were reported to have been in communication with Wil- liam A. Glasgow, jr., the attorney ap- pointed by Secretary of Commerce Hoover to bring the opposing sides in the anthracite controversy together. Mr. Glasgow would not deny he had been in touch with Washington in regard to the situation. “If 1 had been in touch with Secre- tary Hoover,” he sald, “it would be tmpossible to state in what respect.” He refused to confirm the report that he had recelved another request from President Harding to bring the anthracite miners’ and operators’ committees to a renewal of negotia- tions. 45,000 ORDERED BACK. president, of the said that he ight leave the By the Associated Press. . i ALTOONA, Pa., August 24.—Union leaders today were notifying their Gontinued on Page %, Commn 6 1,000 MAIE TRAINS ANNULLED SINCE RAILWAY STRIKE BEGAN One thousand postal trains have settling with their striking shopmen |been withdrawn from service since was raised by leaders of the running|the raflroad strike began, it was learned today st the Post Office De- partment., These mail trains have membership of the Association of | been taken ‘off in various parts of Raflway Executives, which rejected |the country, it e proposal of the brotherhood men | the affect on s un,ur,-tood. ®0 that the postal service is th . at the rail heads yleld on'the dis- |not as great as would be expected. Duted 'question of _seaiority Tights. | The_total number of poatal tratns | couraged by a belief that Individ- B ettioment might yet prove the basis for peace, the big five leaders nferred (Continued on Page 2, i 3 4 until- midnight with heads | serviee of the country, however, al- withdrawn from service forms a con- | stderable pert of the railroad mall unarmed uniformed men in the pro- cession. Body go Lie In City Hal It was arranged to remove the body | from St. Vincent's Hospital to the city | hall later in the day in order to give the thousands of sorrowing Irishmen and women an opportunity of seeing for the last time the features of their national hero 1ying in state. Tomor- row the remains will be taken to the pro-cathedral, where a high requiem mass will be sung preceding the fu- neral at the Glasnevin cemetery on Mohday. Regular officers draped. the plain oak casket in the Free State colors | and placed it on the wooden platform | built on the eighteen-pounder gun carriage. The dead general's charger was led, riderless, alonsside. The members of the provisional government and deputies of the dail ejreann, together with the members of the [uprgers staff, immediately follo; Then came the throngs of bareheaded men and women, many of them ‘making no effort to restrain their tears. Crimson Stain on Yniform. Collins lay dreesed exactly as he| met death, the uniform bearing the crimson stain which told the story of the end. Polgnant scenes were | | witnessed in the little chapel as the mourners came and went. Miss Kitty Kiernan. Colling’ flancee, and his sister, Miss Powell Collins, were among the first to enter the chapel. After them, others came in a steady stream, many of them lin- gering before the body and reluctant | to leave it. { Many_kissed the forehead of Ire- | land's dead commander-in-chief. | Meanwhile. nuns moved silently to and fro in the pale light of the can- dles. Sir John Livery stood beside the coffin with a canvas, painting the hiatoric portrait of the dead hero. ‘Among the little band of fighting men who made the last stand with | Collins and who followed the body of | the slain hero through the Dublin with lowered head and tear- eves, was a boyish figure wearing a ragged civilian coat and a tweed cap. Across his shoulders he carried a machine gun, the same gun with whieh he said afterward he had Poured a hail of lead into Collins’ at- tackers. Tells Graphic Story of Ambush. Afer the procession was dismissed he told an interviewer in a-shy and diffident manner and in a voice often choked by emotion, a vivid story of the fatal ambush. H “The\ car in which’ Collins was riding,” e said, “was the first to meet the ambushers’ fire. There were at least 250 of them against twelve of us. It was about 9 o'clock when we passed through the vil- lage. We had not gone over 400 yards along the road, when from both sides we were caught by a deadly criss-cross of machine gun fire. “The driver of Collins’ car wanted | to drive at full speed. but the gen- eral ordered him to halt and told us to take cover. He took command of the whole situation and directed the fire against the attackers for nearly an hour. Two machine guns kept up incessant firing at Mick's open car, but up to then no one had been hurt and it began to look as though the irregulars were going to scatter in order to risk no more casualties. Collins Fell, Shot in Head. “It wes during a lull in the at- tackers’ fire that Mick roticed a snipgr creeping on hands and knees some distance down the road benind him. Mick immediately went about ards in his direction with e oY of stopping further move- Ment in the rear of the party. At thut moment heavy firing swept across the road from both sides. The un_In_the whippet armored car, (Continued on Page 2, Column &) Automobile {rucks also ' are - belng used effectively in various sections of the . country. . | Offcials are keeping a keener watch upon the strike situation than is sus- pected by the general public,: the members of which are u to recefv- ing their mail as a matter of course. If & person does not receive his let- ters on time he will “Dawl out” the general postal service. ; Postal officials, however, are neces- sarily forced to know just where the when letters and parecels do RENTACTISHELD “NORETROACTIE Board Has No Power to Alter Contracts Antedating October 22, 1919. : 1 [ OPINION HANDED DOWN Commissioners Had Heretofore Dis- agreed on Point, Resulting in Confusion With Public. Tie -District Rent Commissien to- day announced that it has no power to fix rents in cases where landlords and tenants have entered into rental agreements through leases executed prior to establishment of the com- mission. In an explanatory decision the commission ruled that the terms of the Ball act do not specify that its provisions shall be retroactive, and that in the absence of direct wording in this respect it is to be presumed that Congress meant for the law to be “prospective” only. The determination will prevent landlords and tenants who signed leases prior to October 22, 1919, the| date of approval of the rents act, from petitioning the Rent Commission for adjustment of rents until the lease has expired according to con- tract. Commissioners Disagreed. Today's announcement dispelled a certain ambunt of confusion which had existed in rental circles since a - disagreement over this point among the Commissioners them- selves some months ago. One of the Commissioners originally held that the Ball act could not be construed as operating retroactively, but the two other members maintained dif- ferently, and it is understood that a pumber of determinations have been handed down in the past under the madority opinion. Hereafter the procedure in all such cases will be fo dismiss -the petitions for adjust- nt of rents. ™ The ruling was made in the case of Isador Reichman, who filed a com- plaint_on May 13 against his land-| lords, Israel S. and Mary A, Miller, al- | Jeging that the rent of $2¢5 a month required of him for the business prop- erty 801 H street northeast was: unreasonable. The commission found that Reichman signed a lease agree- ing to pay this rental on September 10, 1919, more than A month before | the Ball act went into effect. Points of Ruling, Interesting points in the ruling fol- 10! 5 Upon consideration, the commis- sion is of the opinion that it is with- out authority to modify leases en- tered into by the parties thereto prior_to the approval of sald ‘food control ‘and the District of Columbla rents act’, It is not a question of the power of Congress-to authorize the commission to pass upon such leases: the sole question is whether the oW~ er-has been exercised. - “In a matter involving such a de- parture from pre-existing usage, it 1s; reasonaple to presume that if Con- gress had intended to confer upon the commission the power to change leases aiready in existence at the time the sald ‘food control and the District of Columbia rents act’ was passed, . such intention would have be: expressed in- clear and . unmis- takable terms, instead of being left to be established by ‘implication or construction. & Declared Ancient Maxim. "I\:I s maxim which is sald to be ] as shclent as the law itself . that a2 new Yaw ought to be prospective, not retrospective in its operation. “Although the legislature may have the power to enact retrospective 1laws, a construction which gives to a stat- ute a retroactive operation is not favored, and such effect will not be given unless it is alstinctly expressed or clearly and necessarily Iimplied that the statute is to have a retro- sumption that statut: operate prospectively.only, and words ought not to have a retrospective operation unless they are so clear, strong and imperative that no other U.S. Relief Head Bandits’ Victim; Loses $30,000 By the Associated Press. BATUM. August 24— Bandits forced an entrance today into a first-class coach of a train here and robbed the chief of the Amer- ican relief organization of $30,000, which had just been received from America. This is one of a number of train robberies that have occurred In the Caucasus, and as the result the . Cheka of Tiflis has issued orders for the summary execution of any bandits that may be captured. HUGHES AND PARTY OFF FOR RIO TODAY Justice Edward R. Finch, New York, Replaces Curtis on Commission. PUBLISHER’S WIFE White House Announces New Ap- pointment on Verge of Departure. Appointment of Edward R. Finch, jus- tice of the supreme court of New York, to take the place of Cyrus H. K. Curtis, Philadelphia publisher, on the official American mission to the Brazilian cen- tennial exposition, was announced to- day at the White House. Mr. Curtis ‘was compelled to forcgo the trip be- cause of the illness of Mrs. Curtis. Justice Finch, who has been a mem- ber of the supreme court of New York since 1915, 2nd prior to that a prominent New York lawyer, will sail with Sec- retary Hughes and other members of the mission today on the Shipping Board steamer Pan-America for Rio de Janeiro. " Just Back From Abroad. Mr. Curtis last week returned from a trip abroad, and. after visiting his sum- mer hofge at Camden, Me., informed President Harding that -Ars. Curtis’ health would not permit him to make the trip. The party includes: - Stephen G. Porter of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House foreign affairs committee, and_Miss Porter; Justice Finch, Admiral Hilary Jones. U. S. A., and Mrs. Jones, Maj. Gen. Robert L. Bullard of the Army, D. L. Goodwillie of Chicago, secretary to the commis- sion; Rear Admiral Vogelgésang,. spe- cial ‘aide to Mr. Hughes, and William H. Beck end George A. Morelock of the State Department. To Board Battleship., Onthe arrival of the Pan America off Rio, the party will be transferred to the battleship Maryland and enter the harbor on that vessel. It is planned that the party shall return to the United States on the steamship American Legion sailing from Rio September 10. In the absence of Secretary Hughes, undersectretary Phillips will be in charge of the affairs of the State De- partment, but Mr. Hughes will be within radlo connection with him both at sea and at the Brazilian capital. HUGHES IN NEW YORK. Secretary and Wife Prepare for Voyage to Brazil. By the Associated Press. NEW TYORK, August 24.—Charles E. Hughes, Secretary of State, ac-. companied by Mrs. Hughes, arrived today from Washington and spent the day preparing” to sail this afternoon on the : Pan-America 'for Rio de Janeiro, where he will head the dele- gation representing the United S at the Brazilian centennial expositio; . Secretary will be met at 4 o'clock by Rear /Admiral Carl T. Vogelsang, actlog Aas chief naval aide, and conducted aboird the mer- ica at Hoboken. All accommodations on the upper promenade deck have been reserved for the delegates. GEN. HARBORD DUE SOON. /Maj. Gén. James A. Harbord, deputy chief of staff of .the Army, who has just, concinded ‘& vi of several months to Europe, is éxpected to ar- rive In this city next Monday and re- DRY AGENTS SHOOT MAN N RUM CHASE Joe Edwards Is Hit in the Shoulder During Ten- Mile Race.. 1CAR FILLED WITH LIQUOR Agent C. H. Packard Gets Bullet in Hip Through an Accident. A ten-mile chase over the Georgia 1 avenue pike, between Olney, Md., and a point ten miles north of the District line, came to a halt this morning when ! revenue agents, opening fire on the flee- ing automobile of two alleged whisky runners, nicked one of the fugitives in the shoulder and caused their sur- render, gallons of alleged moonshine. At 5:10 o'clock the men gave them- selves up. Inside half an hour they ILL ; were at Garfleld Hospital. There C. H. Packard of the prohibition squad of Ave dropped his revolver on the tile flooring while changing pocket to another. It went off and a shot took effect in his The extent of the injury has not been determined. | The injured prisoner of the revenue men said he is Joe Edwards of ‘447 P| street northwest. He has a bullet in his shoulder. His companion, Carlis Sims of 1402 1st street, is locked up in the Rock- ville jall,’ charged with violation of the tranBportation section of the pro- hibition act. Sims will be given a hearing to- morrow morning before Com- missioner Supplee at Rockville, and if physicians find that Edwards’ con- idition will permit arraignment he also will be preset. In the dawn this morning the- quin- tet of revenue agents, led by Linton S. Evans and_including R. E. Ruby Bert Elliott. F. B. Davis and Packar took up a stand near Olney, Md., wait- ing for possible whisky runners. The liquor car came shooting along the road 2nd they took up the chase. It was not until they had sped ten miles or 50 that the revenue agents opened fire on the tires and gas tank of the fiying machine zhead. In_all. according to revenue men, fired. Five took effect on the gas tonneau frame of the car. The liquor ily thereafter was overhauled and { came to a etop at the side of tke road. Immediately Edwards was bundied into the prohibition men’s machine {and rushed to Garfield Hospital. Two of the agents were left with the {machine. in which. it was declared. seventy-two gallons of moonshine were found. According to prohibition enforce- ment_authorities, both the prisoners have been arrested before on charges of Violatibn of the prohibition act. Sims, it is sald, was arrested last May and Edwards was declared to have been '\hkel’l only three weeks ago. COAL COMMISSION BILL CALLED UP IN SENATE | Measure, Referred to Committee, May Be Reported Out in Few Days. The Federal Coal Commission bill, which was passed by the House yves- terday, was called up In the Senate i today by Senator Borah, chairman of the committee on education and la- bor, who sought to obtain action on the measure. Senator Robinson of ° Arkansas, democrat, objected to immediate ac- tion; saying that he had not had an opportunity to compare the House H bill and the bill reported from Sen-’ ator Borah's committee yesterday. The bill, therefore, was referred to the Senate committee on education and labor. It is expected that it will be reported out tomorrow, with the 'Borah bill, as & substitute amend- ment. - Senator Borah briefly explained the difterence between his bill and the House. bill today, the House bill pro- viding for a commission of nine and his bill providing for a commission of five, There are differences also in the authorizdtion sections of the bill. ‘Senator Borah said that if the pro- t“bh s th h. .. It can readily be }_\w come thfough. - 5 War Depart- tha ith- ing can be annexed to them, or | sume -his duties at the P! t though not so & ion as to. :Iruwll I3 c»‘thu:::n'd m&m&fl:’q- :;1‘.:- q\mundon of the legislature | ment. . Gen. James H. McRae, | posed coal clo:m\?l(;:r;? ;:::-to'm_ afféct _adversely as yet the ‘wholefnot adding to the sleep of postal of- elllnnnt' :laet:’l:l:;:rl':t nu::l;d. E;:tr{ l-:-l-unt cM’ t{‘ .-u-l! 'l: h:!.. ‘been "o.'.'n g:, .og lu‘r e o By exercising cont ; nu. | "Yor what the comtinuance of the | retronctive operation of a statute. | Harbord, “pas besn Eraaiad leave of |mitiees and was nol to ks fecom: as boen” whle: FIKs ight mean 0 (he elierY o | raint SRouSd. ber wed the smve Ja| BANC A viblt to the Fanams @i not want to have anything to w.v'*'“n. -5 “ with the measure. with a cargo of seventy-two it from onel not more than a dozen® shots were | tank and one went through the rear | car, according to revenue men, short- | SECRETLY COMBED BY POLICE SQUADS Identities of Operatives Hid- den Even From Fellow Detectives. COURTS TO GIVE GAMING CASES RIGHT OF WAY Oyster Says Bailed Suspects to Be Watched Closely and Rearrested if Back at Trade. Special squads working cover,” directly under the supervizion of Commissioner Oyster and Maj | Sullivan, chiet of police, are honey- combing the bookie districts today in iwhat 1s probably the most exten- i sively organized campalgn against the men who accept bets on the races Washington has seen. The plan of campaign has been mapped out and gone over thoroughly by police department officlals. Spe- clal attention has been given to the plans for the collection of convict- ing evidence and for the continual harassing of the bookmaking clique. Heretofore when a bookie was ar- ested he has put up bond for ap- pearance in court, ¢ frequently has z‘onaen?x'u}:t{; S business.” Commissioner = Oyster's plan is to prevent such a proposition from becoming a fact in the future by keeping directly on the trail of those who are arrested. Second Arrests Planned. If they go back to business next day. and if there is any way pos- sible by which the police “can get the goods” on the handbook maker. he will be arrested the next day and the following one and the next until he shows a disposition to quit. “We don’t care how the cases pile up in court” is the ofliclal byw, in the police department these’ Saye. We're going to keep right aftes them until it becomes too unhealthy and unprofitable - jnaD to conduct busi- The first arrest in the newly or- anized campaign was reported y terday. Cohen, twenty-seven | years old. was arrested in a cigar | Store in the vicinity of 12th ana B streete by mermbers of Lieut. Davis' squad. Police ‘.. they have marked moner w&h wae alleged to on the races have been taken in a bet by Cohen. When arrested, he is said to have attempted to eat the marked money. He was released on $3,000 bonds pending arraignment. Reason of Court Delay. To the question: “Why haven't bookies been brought up in court {during the last several months?" As- sistant United States Attorney David | A. Hart today replied: | “Because we have been trying pro- hibition law violations. A reference he added, any cases have | “will show how m | been tried and convicte Liquor cases will be let slide for a while, it is planned, in the coming months.’ while bookmaking cases oc- cupy the center of the stage. Ident!- es of the operatives on the police squads are being guarded with the | closest secrecy. many cases the | fellow workers of these men don't know what they're doing. “They're going after these cases in the hardest possible manner,” Supt. | Sullivan said today. “We are not broadcasting all our plans | I and all of | our means of operations, but we are | planning a surprise in several quar- ters.” fILLlNOIS OPERATORS { RAISE COAL $1.25 TON iliners Attack Increase as Caus- ing Public to Suspect Col- lusion Existed. 1 By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, 11, August 24— Coal mine operators in central IIli- nois today announced they had in- creased the price of coal $1.25 a ton. The rise was followed by a protest from subdistrict officials of the United | Mine Workers, who termed the in- crease “legalized -robbery,” and de- clared it called for a statement from the mine workers. “Miners have returned to work under the same wages and conditions.” Secretary John Watt of the subdistrict said. “There has been small loss to either miners or operators. “This brazen increase will create in the public mind the belief that the operators and miners have been in collusion to raise prices™ Mines about Springfield advised re ! tail dealers today that the price of coal had been raised from $3.75 to $5 a ton. Retailers announced they had only passed the increase on, raising the price of coal delivered from $4.75 a ton to $6. “POISON PEN” AUTHORS TO BE PROSECUTED Fiancee of Asa G. Candler, Atlanta Capitalist, Said to Have Placed Letters in Hands of Law. NEW ORLEANS, La, August 24.— Friends of Mrs. Onzima de Bouchelle of New Orleans, whose engagement to marry Asa G. Candler, Atlanta cap- itallst and banker, was recently an- nounced, stated today that Harold A Moise, an attorney of this city, had been retained at the request of Mrs. de 'Bouchelle to prosecute the authors of “poison pen” letters. who, it is al- leged, have been located by detec- tives. A prominent New Orleans man and woman are said to be involved, but their names are being withheld. It was said that the detectives had learned that the letters were written in an effort to pravent the marriage of Mrs. de Bouchelle to Mr. Candler. A few days ago a letter was received here by close friend of Mrs. de Bouchelle fa which the writer sald the urlg[o would take place soon. Jullge T. S, Candler of Atlanta. brother of Asa G. Cand! stood to have been be made an exhaustive investigation of the source of- the lettera.