Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Showers and thunderstorms _this afternoon and tonight; fair and cooler tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today : Highest, 82, at 2 pm. yesterday : lowest, 69, at 4:30 am. ' Today. Full report on page T No. 28,607. RAIL PARLEY FAILS EXECUTIVES BREAK * WITH MEDIATORS ‘COnference Blows Up, Un- able to Agree on Individ- ual Settlement. NO FURTHER NEGOTIATION EXPECTED AT PRESENT Seniority Problem Proves Stum- . bling Block, Neither Side will- i { ing to Concede Point. PBr the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 25.—Attempts %o end the rail shopmen's strike by separate settlement with individual yoads failed today and: conference Fegotiations,were broken off. Shortly before noon, the brother- Bood men left the Yale Club to con- fersagain at their hotel with the shop craft leaders, indicating they wvould resume their session with the executives in the afternoon. Wants “Fussing” Stopped. In announcing the breaking off of Tegotiftions, David Williams, head of he eastern strike committee, said, Nothing else could have happened 1t they’ll quit fussing around we beat these fellows.” Daniel Willard, head of the Balti- smore and Ohio, head of the committee of executives who Wednesday decid- ed to continue negotiations Wwith the mediating brotherhood chiefs to see if separate settlements were possible, and other rail heads are preparing to Jeave town. Lost in Difficulties. The break came after the brother- %ood leaders, who right along have maintained that the strike must end tecause the public demanded it, had epent two hours conferring with ex- ecutives representing about 30 per cent of the country's mileage. These Yegotiations looking toward indi- Vidual settlement began Wednesday night _after the Assoclation of Rail- Way Executives as a whole had re- jicted any proposal involving a sur- Yender on the seniority question. After esterday’s conferences the mediators Jikened their situation to that of bats who could not find the way out of their difficulties. | One of the brotherhood leaders sald after the conference that the mediators had made every possible effort to bring about a_settlement, but that negotia- tions had blown up. He indicated there was no likelihood af present _that they would be resumed. e = Parley “Oft for Present.” Tt was sald that negotiations had ended “for the present.” The brother- h0od men withdrew from the conference shortly before noon to return to labor headquarters for’ a conference Wwith shopcraft heads. As they had done so frequently since the separate negotia- tions started, it was believed that they would return in the afternoon. The first intimation that negotiations were off came from the Yale Club, ~where executives continued in confer- ence after the labor chiefs had with- drawn. The report soon was confirmed at labor headquarters in the Hotel “Woodstock. From unofficial sources It was| Jearned that the break-up came when Jabor men rejected a proposal ad- ~vanced by the road which was re- garded by executives as representing 8 big concession. At labor headquarters, where it was said, the unions were prepared for a Fght to the finish, telegrams were %deing dispatched all over the country, «<alling upon strikers to renew the i Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 15 Entered as second-class ! Tt offics Washington, B o British Leaders Guarded From Irish Assassins BY EDWARD PRICE BELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1922. ey LONDON, August 25.—Anxlety exists in certain quarters lest members of a fanatical faction in Ireland attempt the assassination of Prime Minister Lloyd-George, Colonfal Secretary Churchill and possibly other members of the British government. Scotland Yard {s quietly but vigilantly guarding all British officials prom- inently connected with fhe effort to establish the Irish Free State. It has been established that many members of this faction be- lieve in a policy of assassinating the ablest workers on both sides of the Irish sea for the Free State. It is alleged that they belleve the Free State will stand or fall with its cleverest and most influential champions. “Kill the first rank Free Staters and you kill the Free State,” s sald to be their slogan. In well informed circles it is be- lieved that if Lloyd-George or any other member of the government were murdered, as Gen. Wilson was murdered, British opinion _would compel the authorities to send a military force to Ireland to crush the irregular bands and assert the rule of the elected i of the Irish mation. oo ntves DE VALERA RENEWS REBEL HOSTILITIES Quickly Gets Into Action With Big Force After Col- lins’ Death. DUBLIN HONORS. HERO New Leaders to Carry on His Plans—Slayer Abandons Re-/ publican Cause. By the Associated Press. LONDON, August 26.—Eamonn de Valera, Irish republican leader, has emerged from seclusion since the death of Michael Collins, and is re- ported to be active with a large force of rebels, the Belfast correspondent for the Evening News today said he had learned. The correspondent telegraph paper as follows: Bt “I learn that there has been a mark- ed change In the rebel army since the death of Michael Collins. De Valera has emerge® from his seclusion and ls reported to be with a large force of rebels. The band is under command of Gen. Alken, who is regarded as one of the ablest ieaders. “It is believed that with the national troops preoccupied during the week end by the mourning over Collins the | rebels will make a frenzied attempt to Tegain their lost ground. There is ery possibility of another mov. for Dublin from the north. IRISH LEADERS FIRM. | ‘Will Carry Out to Letter Ideas of | Collins and Griffith. By the Assoclated Press. i DUBLIN, August 25.—The body of | Michael Collins lay on its bier in Dub- lin ety hall today while sorrowing Irishmen of all classes and creeds filed past for a last look at the fea- tures set in the look of determined deflance with which the Free State . commander-in-chief faced his foes to | the end. b etruggle with redoubled vigor. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1922— BETTOR LIABLE AS “BOOKIE” IN PROPOSED BILL Corporation Counsel Consid- ers Draft of Sweepingv Measure. GAMBLING VICTIMS NEED PROTECTION Possibilities of Curbing, Evi) Seen in Legislation of General Character. Drafting of a sweeping measure that will make a person placing a bet with a handbook man equally culpa- ble with the man taking the bet is being considered today by. Corpora- tion Counsel F. H. Stephens. This forms the latest wedge in,the cam- paign of the District authoritles against handbooks in Washington. The idea germinated the other day. when Mr. Stephens mentioned casu- ally to Commissioner Oyster that he had recommended such an act' a num- ber of years ago, but that the propo- sition had never gone any farfher. To say Commissioner Oyster was interested‘in this proposition.is put- ting it mildly. The result is that the office of the corporation counsel is now seeking ways and meaps to put on the statute books of the Dis- trict an act which will make bet- ting and gambling In genera): be- tween any persons in any places a felony, punishable within the limits of the penalties to be ascribed. The plan is to draft a law: which will cover every form and method of gambling in & sweeping way and then to take up particular evils. such as bookmaking and horse-race bet- ting under the general provisions. Favored by U. S. Attormey. United States Attorney Peyton Gor- don returned from his vacation today at Ocean City, N. J.. and announced he is in full accord with the cam- paign of Commissioner Oyster and The Star to expedite the trial of per- on the races. Maj. Gordon sald he will direct his assistants at ‘the Po- lice Court to give precedence to such cases when the jury in that court re- turng next month “Here's the trouble” explained the corporation counsel today in discuss- ing the proposal to amend the present law. ep*you put a certain form or a specified method of gambling into the unlawful class you have to make laws and definitions that will cover exactly the situation. This method also allows many cases to be won by defendants through shrewd legal pleading to the effect that the offense being tried was not intended to be covered by the law. Would Cover Everything. “With a general act, it seems.to me, particular cases can be handled in satisfactory manner whenever. de- sired. 1If the act covers everything, there is no chance for specific viola- tions to squirm out of the meaning of the act on the plea that the law wa: ! not intended to cover such cases. “Then, t0o, to hold the bookmaker or the person accepting the bet cul- pable alone, on the surface,"does not seem to be equitable. There is no doubt in my mind that gambling is one of the major evils in the country today. As a matter of fact, it extends throughout the world, and if this country is compared with others, one n_see that the situation here is not so bad as it is in other states and other countries. “But to protect voung boys who bet sone charged with making handbooks | THAN A . 257 Five-CENT ; - Ve ‘ NEWS NOTF HIGHWAY PATROLS TRIED QUTIN'D.C. Police Follow French Sys- tem in Reporting- Ruts. Quick Repairs Made. A ONE-MILE EXPERIMENT Woodley Road Scene of New Plan. More Money Needed for Extension. The patrol system of maintaining highways Is being given a try-out in Washington. This method of highway mainte- nance Is followed in France and in some parts of the United States. Briefly, the plan is to give each work- man a certain stretch of road to pa- trol, just as a policeman is given a beat. The policeman looks for trou- ble, the road patrolman watches for the smallest break in the surface of the highway and patches it before it grows larger. The District engineer department is experimentipg with the patrol system on Woodley road between Wisconsin and Connecticut avenues, a distance of one mile. First, the road was put in good con- dition. ‘then two men were assigned to it, each with a half mile of surface to watch. More Money Needed. - Officials of the engineer department say, however, it is not likely that the patrol system could be adopted for the entire suburban area of Washing- Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited 10 it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local newa published hereln, All rights of nublication’of special bend WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION —Herbert Hoover has had a new planet named after him. MRS. JOSEPH S. FRELINGHUYSEN. Senator Lenroot of Superior, Wis., has been compelled by i1l health to re- sign as president of the sional Club, and Mrs. Joseph S. Fre- linghuysen, wife of Senator Freling- president. has become president of the important social Wallace H. White, jr., wife of Rep- resentative White of Lewiston, Me.. will automatically become first vice president. s $ TWENTY-TWQ PAGES. Mrs. Frelinghuysen Is New Head of Congressional Club MRS. IRVINE L. LENROOT. wife of House each season comes that from the Congressional Club, its events opening with a reception to the Presi- | dent_and the first lady of the land, another to the Vice President and his wife, a reception to the Speaker of the House and his wife and a_par- ticularly brilliant reception in honor of the diplomatic corps. Dances, card parties and many private entertainments, with a week-| Iy tea and program of entertainment each Friday, add to the interest of Mrs. Irvine L. Lenroot, Congres- huysen of New Jersey, first vice organization. Mrs. ar. jone dlspatches herein are also reserved. ¢ Yegterday’s Net Circulation, 83,089 * — e TWO CENTS. DENBY GETS THRILL PADDLING CANOE IN + HONOLULU SURF By the Assoclated Press. HONOLULU, T. H., August 24.— Secretary of the Navy Denby swings a “mean paddle” in an out- rigger canoe, according to Dave Kahanamoku, brother of Duke, the noted Hawaiian swimmer, Who took the Sccretary on several surl rides today. Kahanamoku said that Secretary Denby was not content to sit in the canoe as a passenger, but in- sisted on taking a paddle and as- sisting in working the canove’s way oft shore to catch the big breakers. The head of the Navy made four trips and announced as he stepped ashore: “It is my first try at this canoe game, and I hope it will not be my last. It is thrilling sport.” The Secretary also experimented with a surf board, but he did not Harbor. Later there will be and Mrs. Denby will be the guests of honor at a dinner at Pearl harbor. Later therc will be a smoker and some boxing bouts. RAISE IN DISTRICT ESTIMATES LIKELY Commissioners Compile Ad- ditional Items to Offer at Hearing. Although the bureau of the budget has fixed $24,500,000 as the limit be- hopeful of having that limit raised at the hearing which Budget Director Lord has promised to give them next month. The city heads will comply with the direction to reduce the District’s budget to $24.500,000, but they are compiling a supplemental list of the more important projects. including street improvements, which have been eliminated in the process of prunins. Hearing After September 15. pany the regular estimates to the Treasury Department on September 15, and shortly thereafter Gen. Lord will hear arguments from the city fathers on the necessity for the ad- ditional items. District officials are banking their hope of obtaining more money for street improvements on the tour of inspection which either Gen. Lord or of his assistants will make of the streets of the city. It is felt at that such an inspection will be suf- ficlent argument in itself to convince any one that the highways are not what they should be in the capital of the nation. Item Cut $1,000,000. When the estimates were original- 1y framed they included $1,200,000 for new street paving, in addition to the regular lump sums for repairs to streets and for upkeep of suburban roads. 1t is reported that in getting the total budget down to the limit fixed by the budget bureau this item for new streets had to be cut nearly a million dollars. The Commissioners were not able at vesterday's meeting to finish trim- ming the estimates, but they hope to conclude the operation today. .S REORGANIZING the club. while as a place for con- gressional vately it is unexcelled. women to_entertain pri-| Only at the urgent request of mem-! |yond which the District’s estimates | ;musl not go. the Commissioners are This supplemental list wifl accom-: | the District building 1S ACTS TOREVIVE - ATTENPTS T0 END HARD COAL STRIKE Parley Expected to Reopen in Week Due to Adminfs- tration Overtures. GOMPERS BACKS EFFORT; SECRETARY DAVIS ACTIVE A.F. of L. Head Reported to Have Assured President He Will Do Utmost. hie Associated Press. Negotiations between anthracite operators and United Mine Workers officials to end the suspension of min- ing operations are experted by officials close to President Harding to be re- sumed within a week as the result of overtures made on behalf of the administration. President Harding, it was sald to- day in an official quarter conversant with the anthracite situation, holds that the negotiations, which were suspended early this week through failure of the operators and union officials to reach an agree 'ment, par- ticularly upon the question of arbitra- tion, should be resumed at once. | Pressure Brought to Bear. | The influence of the administration | has been exerted in this direction and | has prevailed upon both sides of the | controversy, it was officially stated | Where and when the negotiations will | be renewed. officials were not pre- pared The position of the two par! < understood here, is that, baton o cials are anxious to reach an agree- | ment With the operators which would | result in a basic wage to be eftective | for one. two or three vears, while the operators were said to be of the opinion that the miners should re- turn to work at the old wage until March 31 next. by which time a new WARe agreement for the ensuing year would be worked out in conference or by arbitration Officials here are onfident these differences can be onciled in a new conference. GOMPERS IS EXPECTED. re Hand of Administration Seen in Latest Developments. | PHILADELPHIA, August 25.—An- {nouncement came from those close jto John L. Lewls, head of the United !Mme Workers that he would have | probably no statement to make to- {day upon the possibility of the re- sumption of a conference between union representatives and those of the anthracite operators in the im- mediate future. Reports were current, how. that Mr. Lewls had been In com- munication with Washington today and that there would be - conferoney between himself, Gov. Sproul and Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor. ex- | pected here from Canada, should the latter arrive today. There was nothing official to these reports, Gompers to Try Persuasion. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, was to arrive in Philadelphia today for a con- ference with Lewis. Mr. Lewis was quoted today as confirming dispatches saying that Mr. Gompers intended to attempt to persuade him to begin new negotiations with the operators to end Next to the White House, the Con- bers of the club has Mrs. Lenroot re- | the deadloc] which has kept the hard PLANTOGOAHEAD mained in the position. to which she| was almost unanimously elected. dur-| “We know where we stand now, on the races, many of whom have to |ton unless Congress greatly Increases | gressional Club is the most impors o tant feature of official social life at coal fields idle since April 1. The flag-covered coffin, which ar-| | gald one leader. rived from Cork yesterday, was first|borrow money — possibly, In some | (} | A statement by the executives rep- | removed to St. Vincent's Hospltal,|CATL steal 1—to bet on’what they the present appropriation of $225,000 | {20t TN, Iq fag as members, be- | ing the past season. and her illness It was understood that Mr. Gompers sesenting fifty-two main and sub. | 00 o S i believe to be & sure thing, only (o year for upkeep of suburban roads.| sides th; families of senators and|at her home in Wisconsin during the | o Opdinati f Depart- has, assured President Harding and sidiary lines, 'with 6000 miles o rifith died so recent- | Lo 1 butlers that the TonSsbanid Lo | When it is realized what a large | represe##tives. Mrs. Harding. wife| summer quite convinced her of the| 0-Ordination 0 D Secretary of Labor Davis that he would Sraciage. who had attended the lat- |ly, and *hen, last night. to the city | made SweeDIng enough (o ‘cover the |part of the highway system of the|Of the Uresident and Mrs Coolidge | absolute mece of such a move. | | do his utmost to bring about an agree- Mrs |'ment between the opposing sides, and est conferences, disclaimed any de- fire to take advantage of the strike situation to curtail “the pension or other privileges,” which had been earned by the strikers before quit- aing. and expressed a willingness to restore all strikers with pension privileges unimpaired. Position of Executives. i The executives sald they .felt at diberty to do so, as it did not impair the rights or privileges of the other yoads not participating in the con- Ferences. The roads set forth that if any un- gettled disputes remained which could mot be settled by direct conference, ®whey were willing to submit these soints to a commission of ten, com- @rising the heads of the big five and Hive executives. The lines, moreover, faid they were willing to enter upon such a plan in a spirit of conciliation. The railway sxecutives said they re- gretted that the representatives of the etrikers, “although definitely assured She substance of all they asked for,” ewere unwilling to agree to settle under #he conditions proposed. The roads’ #tatement added that the lines were ywilling to pledge theimselves to find jobs Wor all strikers in the same places of employment at the rate of pay fixed = (Continued on Page 2, Column 4) ————— EXCAVATORS LOSE COAL; NIGHT EXCURSIONS HIT |Steam Shovels Denied Fuel Un- less Through Regular Channels. Macalester Loses Trips. The Public Utilities Commission will ot issue emergency fuel orders on ifs reserve supply for the use of steam hovels engaged In excavating for 4 - ihuilding operations, according to *Walter C. Allen, secretary to the com- ymission. Several requests were received this gmorning for coal for this purpose. hall, where the body will lie in state | until Sunday. The funeral has been | set for Monday morning, with solemn high requiem mass in the Pro-Cathe- dral end interment in Glesneven cem- etery. It'has been announced that the gov- ernment will be continued along the exact lines laid down by Collins and Griffith, and those left in charge, Wil- liam Cosgrave and Richard Mulcahy, have expressed their determination to see the Free State for which the two lost leaders worked so indefatigably set on a firm foundation. . Mulcahy succeeds Collins as com- | mander-in-chief of the national army | and Cosgrave is acting as head of the | government. What actual changes will be made in the minfstry is un- known, and the dail eireann session, set for Saturday, has been postponed | to_September 9. Meanwhile word comes from Cork that Tom Hales, who directed the ambuscade near Bandon in which Col- lins was killed gnd who accepts re- sponsibility for the general's death, has abandoned the rebel cause, offer- ing his services to the Free State. It| is thought this act of contrition may | Dbe emulated by others engaged in the irregular's campaign of guerrilla war- are. DRIVE OUT IRISH REBELS. Nationals Capture Last Two Towns in Cork County. By the Associated Press. BELFAST, August 26.—National army troops today captured the towns of Kinsale and Dunnanway, irregulars in County Cork, according to advices received here. National troops had been landed at Kinsale in open boats at the west- ern end of the town. The first party the last two positions held by Irish | practice of gambling in general, and bookmaking specifically. Victims Usually Needy. “The worst phase of gambling is that it affects those who can leastaf- ford it. Cases time after time bear evidence that those suffer most by it who should really be protected. It is for the purpose of giving such per- sons protection that such a law as suggested should find its way to the statute books.” . At present sections 865 and 869 of the District of Columbia Code are be- ing used to cover gambling on the races. Section 865 appertains to set- ting up of gaming tables for purpose of gambling, while 869 covers directly bets on the races. In the last named section the verbiage grammatically would appear to prevent any one from betting on the races, but Corporation Counsel Stephens sald that judicial interpre- tation of this section would leave a doubt as to whether the person plac- |ing the money with the bookmaker could be held. Under section 869 the maximum fine is $500 and a sentence of ninety days in jail is prescribed, or both, whereas under section 865 the maximum sen- tence is five years in jail. —_—— TAKES VIVIANT'S PLACE. PARIS, August 25.—Senator Henry d been appointed French delegate to the league of nations in place of Rene Viviani, resigned. of soldiers disembarked before the; irregulars knew ‘of their presence. | Fire was opened on the second boat, but was quickly silenced. The ir. regulars fled after destroying thei Mr. Allen stated that if contractors re able to get coal through their ;elull.r channels for building ma- ‘chinery they may do so, but the small reserve being held by the commission ‘mwill be used, he said, for such essen- ¢tial industries as bakeries and milk ‘dairies. Mr. Allen also said that the steamer YCharles Macalester would get coal as common carrier for its two regular “rips to Mount Vernon, but would not be llowed any fuel for excursions to “Marshall Hall or for night trips. This “reduces the .company’s consumption Mrom eleven to seven tons a day. There is scarcely any hard coal oming into Washington at the pres- nt time, as shown by the daily reports “r-celved by the commission, and the ies1pply of pea coal on hand. 'is rapidly iving out through distribution fin amounts to privite homes. - military quarter: . A remarkable concession to the nationalist sentiment is seen in the decision of the Down Royal Corpora- tion, promoters of Maze horse races, the most important meeting in Ulster, to cancel ti second -day’'s pro By the Assoctated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, —The management of the Hotel St. next Monday in consequence of the funeral of Michael Collins. ~ Added significance is given by the fact that the promoters had previous- ly declined to postpone Saturday's events, although an Orange demon- stration, for which twelve special trains are to be run from Belfast, will be held only four miles from the race track on the same day. Lieut. Commandant Cregan. quar- termaster of the West Limerick bri- gade. was -mortally wounded when his detachment of seven men was ambushed near ~Liscarrol Tyesday pight by sixty irregulars. A flerce "vsummégnm-l.golimz,}_ Francis here must decide by some time tomorrow whether a duke and his duch- ess and their entourage take precedence over: the director of the United States mint. The hotel has a presidential suite with & private elevator, three bedrooms, a dining room and a kitchen, to say nothing of & salon and servants’ quar- ters. Just mow F. E. Scobey, director of the mint and formerly a business man of San Antonio, Tex., a close friend of President Harding, is in the suite. His plans, it was intimated last nigh i 3 % I ment officials believe. oty must be cared for out of the stiburban road appropriation, the in- adequacy of $225.000 for that work | becomes apparent, engineer depart-| Here is what comes under the heading of suburban roa One hundred and fifty miles of im- proved macadam roadways. >Fifty miles of gravel surface. Approximately 500 miles of dirt Foads, which have only nature's sur- tace on them. Practically all of the main arteries of traffic between Washington and Maryland come under the classifica- tion of improved macadam roads, and L. R. Grabill, superintendent of coun- tv roads, has his gangs go over these principal thoroughfares at least twice a year. This semi-annual treatment con- sists of flling all the holes and roll- ing the surface smooth. The stream of trafic is heavy and so conmstant. however, that the repair~gangs have scarcely moved to another point be- fore cavities begin to show up again. Officials of the engineer department realize that there is no economy in, this continuous process of patching worn-out macadam surfaces, but until they get appropriations sufficient to permit the laying of concrete on these Toain highways, there is nothing else for them to*do. This re- | suburban road moves the section last named from|twelve months the jurisdiction of the Police Court,|main ar where no sentence exceeding one year | from Pierce in the workhouse may be pronounced. | Circle, Jouvenel, chief editor of Le Matin, has |t Vini, resigned. © - (ComdmedonPaae® Srn D) HOW TO GET SCOBEY OUT OF SUITE FOR A DUKE BAFFLES HOTEL Calif., August IS' what the superintendent of o s spent during the last for upkeep of ‘these teries: Connecticut avenue, Mill road to Chevy Chase and from Van_ Ness e Circle, $2,691. $1,933, street to Chevy Chas tal, $4,524. T;u:odz‘ island avenue northeast— From 12th street to the District line, wo treatments, $8.347 ‘Wisconsin avenue—37th street to District line, including one mile of {Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) included remaining in the..suite for some time yet. ) Tomorrow, however, the Duke’ de Talleyrand-Perigord and his duchess, who formerly was Anna Gould of New York, are to be here from the north- west and have asked for and expect to get the presidential suite. In the train of the nobleman and his wife are ;\:fly unmtn_lmu:h luggage and a nese pup, ““Tanky.” Bésides the sufte the hotel has been asked to provide for the noble entour- age additional servants, including a maid in waiting. a valet de chambre and a barber. That is easy, the man- ager of the hotel says, but whether to ask the mint director out—that s mot 30 _easy, if proper. arament_officals wife of the Vice President. and the wives of cabinet members. Imme- dlately following the announcement of social events from the White GERMANY DAZED BY MARK'S DROP Panic Sweeps Nation With Shops Closing and Rush for Tangibles. GEORGE WITTE. to The Star and Chicago Dail: 'ews. Copyright., 1922. BERLIN, August 25.-—“Panic” is the only word which .properly describes the effect of the fall of the German mark from 1,432 to 1,950 to the dollar inside of twenty-four hours. The government | is dazed, the people are etricken dumb and the shops are closing up or. being overrun by wild-eyed men and women trying to convert their pleces of paper into something tangible. The government appears to be help- less, with the reparations commission | remaining in Berlin until this evening and the principal questions still un- solved. Members of the Wirth cabinet are wavering between making far- reaching concessions toward meeting Premier Poincare’s demands in order to | stabilize the mark or breaking off the negotiations and begging the’ repara- tions’ commission for mercy. 3 \ Gloomier Situation. The situation is far gloomler than anything predicted by Chancellor Wirth when he met the forelgn correspond- ents less than a week ago. There seems to be no way of stopping Germany's headlong dash toward the same preci- pice, at the bottom of which the bones of-the former great powers, Russia and Austria, are bleaching now. By a strage coincldence the Austrian grime minister, Dr. Seipel, came to rlin in _quest of financial and eco- nomic_‘support on the day the mark took Its most disastrous tumble, reach- ing the point attained by the Austrian crown sixteen months ago—a relatively short: time in-these days of world-wide financial turmoil.” BY to make any: undertake .the rather heavy only after much urging and many protests. ‘\ COLOR OF LIVING TREES IS CHANGED | WITH GERMAN DYE By the Associated Press. DRESDEN, August 25.—A Ger- man engineer named Reimann has succeeded in perfecting a process for coloring living trees. It has been found that a whole tree from the end of its roots to the topmost leaf can be completely and perma- nently colored within forty-eight hours. Anilin dye is used, and fifty grams of it, together with 200 liters of water. are sufficient for one tree. Final tests were made in the nearby forest of Tharandt in the presence of a representative of the Saxon government and a num- ber of experts, including professors from the Tharandt Forestry School. Two Dresden firms have under- taken to exploit the patent. Fur- niture, cigarette cases, pen holders and other articles are to be put on the market, all made up in the new colored wood. Imitations of cer- taln natural woods are declared possible through the process. American and Dutch concerns are reported to be shawing especial in- terest in finding markets for the novelties. s e NEW CLUBHOUSE BURNED. —_— { BIRMINGHAM, Ala., August 25.—A | new clubhouse on the target range of | the National Guard at North Birming- ham was destroyed by fire today. Lieut. John H. Singletary, on duty with several companies of guardsmen stationed here in connectien with the shopmen’s strike, said gasoline haa been poured on 'the structure before the match was applied. The troops have been on duty here and at Albany for several weeks, . - comment when the writer asked them for statements on the present situa- tion. The reason for their reticence probably was not that they wers afraid to commif themselves, but that they were not able to explain what the gov- ernment could do to halt-the further printing of paper money. It is believed that 3,000 marks to the dollar will be the next milestone along Germany's path toward the unknown and fear-in- spiring future. ‘American_and other forelgn observ- ers agree that the mext few months Chancellor Wirth and other high gov- | will be mone too pleasant in Germany | have the/panic-stricken people. _ | administration. among the Frelinghuysen was induced to, mantg Not Dead Issue, Says duties] Walter F. Brown. The plan to reorganize the various governmental departments and agencies so as to promote efficiency, reduce ex- | penses and eliminate duplication of ef- fort is “by no means dead,” although it has been on a “long summer vacation,” according to Walter F. Brown of Toledo, Ohlo, Who came to Washing- ton more than a year ago at the re- quest of President Harding to person- ally direct the planned reorganization. “The plan will come to the front again within a few months,” Mr. Brown said. “We hope to have it ready to piace before Congress during the early part of the short session, probably some time in January.” Laws Soon te Pass. Mr. Brown said he is satisfied that the legislation providing for the reor- ganization in question will be upon the statute books before next spring. He stated with much emphasis that Presi- dent Harding -has lost none of his en thusiasm regarding it, and that when the time comes he will lend the powers of his office to-bring about speedy and facorable action. Mr. Brown also believes that ex- cept for a few minor matters there is & unanimity of opinion among the departmental heads regarding the changes proposed in the reorganiza- tion plan. The few minor objections will readily be ironed out to the sat- | isfaction of all concerned, Mr. Brown believes, and when the complete plan is presented to Congress it will have the unanimous support of the cabinet. Changes to Be Made. Mr. Brown said it was not unlikely that a few less important changes will be made in the plan as origi- nally submitted to President Harding. These changes, it is pointed out, will meet the objectlons offered by certain cabinet members and at the same time will have little - general effect upon the complete plan. The princi- pal differences regarding the pro- posed changes have existed among The heads of the lnterior, Commerce and Agricultural departments. Mr. Brown said he expects to have an- other conference with the President late this afternoon and probably an- other early next week. Regarding the vacation forced upon the reorganization plan, Mr. Brown explained that while it was some- what of a disappointment it could ot otherwise be heiped, because of the more important matters which occupied the attention of the there was a possibility that he might |have with him a special message from President Harding to the miners. oth the departments of Labor and of Commerce have been In communi- cation with miners and operators here | by telephone, seeking to persuade them |to reconvene and try to reach some mutually satisfactory basis for settle- | ment. So far, however, the “stand-pat™ | attitude of both sides has shown no | sign of being relaxed. The miners con- | tinue their demand for a two-year con- tract, and refuse arbitration, while the operators stand by their proposal to use the anthracite conciliation commission as a “fact-finding” body with recom- | mendatory powers. They also want a | one-year contract. NEW SCALE FUTILE. Practically All Uniontown, Mines Remain Out. UNIONTOWN, Pa., August 25.—The new wage scale posted recently in Fayette county granting miners an increase, has had little effect upon the strikers, according to reports today from operating companies. Practically lall union locals in the coke region | have decided to remain out until | recognition of the United Mine Work- | ers is granted. A few men have returned to work. | the operators said, but there has been inn general movement back to the {mines. The H. C. Frick Coke Com- pany, subsidiary of the United States {Steel Corporation and the W. J. | Rainey Company. big independent, re- i port “slight gains” in their forces. | “Many miners are being brought into ! the region from other states, and pro- duction of coal. as a result, has in- | creased. Last week, mines on the Bal- timore and Ohio_loaded 500 cars more than the week before. Production is | the highest since the strike started. A new turn in eviction of the fami- lies of strikers was recorded at Sher- iff I L Shaw's office today. The “Eviction squad” journeyed to Foot- dale to eject fifteen families. Eight were ,evicted, but, the deputies re- ported, the other seven decided to re- turn to work rather ‘than be put out Pa., of company houses. Tent colonies throughout the coke region, where strikers and their families have found shelter reported increased pop- ulations daily. The strike sil three days hi quiet. THREE DEAD, SCORE HURT MUSKOGEE, Okla, August 325.— Three persons are reported dead, a score injured and more than half the business district of Haskell, Okla.. was in flames this morning. The fi is believed to have been caused by the ignition of gas fumes by a cigarette. Haskell is twenty-two miles north- west of here. ation duri the last been exceptionally