Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1922, Page 2

TEST HARD COAL, DEALERS WARNED Commissioners Threaféning Prosecution if Low Grades Sold. HOMES SEEK SUBSTITUTE | Gas and Oil Heaters Ccnsidered Where Furnaces Not Adapted to Bituminous Puel. Declaring that some of the hard coal coming into Washington is practical- Iy unfit for use as fuel, the Commi sioners today issued a warning 1o dealers to test the quality of such coal before unloading it or attempt-| ing to sell it to consumers, The statement. which was made public by Commissioner Rudolph. chairman of the board, set forth that sales of such coal made with knowl edge of its unsuitability would be r ferred to the district attorney’'s ofiice for action. The warning of the Com- missioners follows “The Commissioners of the District ve notice of the r ceipt of several carloads of anthra cite coal of the small sizes at the rail- road vards in the city, which upon ex- amination has been found 'o contain a very large percentage of impur ties, rendering it practically unfit for consumption. The Commissioners d sire to caution prospective pu of such coal to carefully test its qu ity before unloading it or attempling to dispose of it to consun C X of Columbia b Prosecution Planned. “Dealers should take notice that sales made of such so-called coal, with knowledge of its practical un- suitability for fuel purposes, or after notice not to sell, will be reported to the district attorney for action by him." When he learned of the statement the Commissioners had issued, Rob- ert L. Lewis, secretary Merchants' Board of Trade, stated that members of the association have refused and would continye to refuse to handle inferior grades of anthracite coal which householders would find of little value. There is such a small amount of hard coal arriving in Washington at this time that the several carloads spoken of in the Commissioners’ statement probably represents a con- siderable percentage of the total amount that has arrived recently. Householders Worried. Hundreds of householders who have not been able to lay in any hard coal are pondering over the question of how they will heat their homes if they do not get sufficidnt anthracite later on. Many of those who have hot-water and steam furnaces undoubtedly will use high grades of soft coal. Others. whose furnaces are not adapted to that fuel, are turning their thoughts to_gas and oil heaters. When the hard coal strike is set- tled that kind of fuel will begin to practically a foregone conclusion that householders will have to be content with a thirty-day supply at a time. HALTS MOOSEHEART TRIP. Secretary Davis Said to Be at New Anthracite Parley. Secretary of Labor Davis has been obliged to postpone his trip to Moose- heart, Tll. today, where he was to have participated in dedication of the campanile and pavilion, erected in his honor by the Loyal Order of Moose, of which organization he is the di- rector general. A speech he had pre- pared for the occasion will be read by Mrs. Davis. Notwithstanding that Labor Depart- ment officlals denied the reports, the rumor persisted today that Mr. Davis had gone to Binghamton, N. Y. to enter a new conference with anthra- cite operators in an effort to clear up the anthracite strike situation. SIDES INTRENCHED IN RAILWAY STRIKE (Continued from First Page.) ing steps to place certain roads and anthracite coal mines under federal control; train wrecks trouble with train crews, notably on the Chicago and Alton. Walkouts on the Chicago and Alton followed explosions at Roodhouse, 111, operating crews at Roodhouse and Slater, Mo, refusing to turn a wheel. The new walkout at Slater was made in protest against the presence of guards who had been on duty since disorders earlier fn the strike. Pas- senger trains on the Kansas Ci vision were detoured at Bloomington through Springfield and St. Louls. Passenger Train Wrecked. Mobile and Ohio railroad officials were investigating last night's wreclk | of a passenger train at Whistler, in which several persons were . The engine and seven coaches left rails when the train hit a half open switch. Officials, follow- ing an investigation, declared the switch was thrown half way and locked in a deliberate attempt to wreck the train. The Whistler wreck was the second of the day on the Mobile and Ohio, the first occurring near Meridian. Four members of the train crew were injured. The cause of the wreck re- mained undetermined. The fifth dynamiting of two days on the Atlantic Coast Line railway oc- curred at Fishweir creek, near Jack sonville, Fla where an attempt w: made to blo+ up & bridge. The ex- plosion occurred just after a pas- senger train bound for Tampa crossed the trestle. The damage was said to have been slight. Two other trains passed over the bridge shortly after the explosion. PRESIDENT GETS REPORT. Mr. Harding Told of Rail Parley in New York. Senator Watson of Indiana and of the Coal and further | di- | !New Military Attache Of Spanish Embassy MAJ. V. CASAJUS, Who has just arrived from Madrid where he wax n member of the gen. eral staff. During the world w; was attached to the staff of the Marshal Wilson of England. COX SAYS AMERICA MUST AID EUROPE ied from First Page.) (Cont she lost a fourth of her grain lands and. altogether, one-tenth of her ter- {ritory. She issued about $25.000,000, [ 000 worth of bonds during the « a deficit,of $10,000,000,000 remains {as a floating debt. The fiscal state of both countries without economic sta- i bilization portends but one result. “In the midst of this situation two - impressions obtain in Europe: st. that France is aggressively mil- itaristic, and. second, that Germany lis making munitions and preparing {for war. The military policy of France is based upon the desire to protect herself against invasion. With assurances this point she | will reduce her army. Germans Want Peace. “The government of Germany de- peace. The leaders are pro- gressively democratic and the story of hidden arms, With the exception of unimportant sporadic community { ces pure fiction. Germany { 0,000,000 more people than she can sustain, except under high in- Qustrial stress. When the mark was 100 to 200 to the dollar, there were certain trade ad AgeS accrueing to Germany, but he present cir- cumstances the banks of Germany ! cannot finance the industries of that country in the purchase of raw prod- ucts and foodstuffs z “Unless relief is granted shops will soon be closed, millions will be out! of employment. and the winter will bring the threat, if not the certainty, of starvation. “With economic collapse the gov- ernment will go down, too. If Ger- many fails, France is without reim- bursement, and cannot sustain the loss involved without serious conse- quences.” Mr. Cox said it was not too late to prevent disaster; that the American overnment, acting in _intervention on hehalf of the United States, could do it without any inconsistency with the xisting policy. Mr. Cox also advocates the designa- tion of Herbert Hoover as an Amer- fcan representative on the repdrallona! commission. Says Hoover Should Help. “Mr. Hoover holis the confidence of Europe,” continued Mr. Cox's statement. ‘Peoples and govern- ments trust him. He can_ analyze the economic situation in Germany. His decision as to what Germany can pay bevond much question of doubt woulé be accepted by France— and that means by all parties. Ij believe every chancellor 'in_Europe would welcome his coming. The mere announcement of his selection would stabilize things. “With reparations adjusted. Ger- | many and France—both are in need of large loans—would be given credit, and Austria, too. Then would coms the dawn of a new day. “Mr. Hoover is not of my political party, but any one that {s in close touch with continental conditions, as I have been, is thoroughly stripped of every partisan thought. “The question of the inter-allied { debt need not be considered, it is; {not necessary. Europe recognizes | that discussion In America is un- {limited now.” World's Fate at Stake. Three considerations, said the state- ment, would cover every shade of ! American public opinion. “First, if from a moral awakening we desire to relieve distress, the op- portunity is presented. { " “Second, it our desires are purely {practical and a market for our prod- ucts is to be gained, the necessary rehabllitation of Europe is guaran- teed. “Third, if_our policy s to Insist upon the ultimate payment of the interallied debt. we must remember who the world's debtors are and real- ize that If some of them are per- mitted to o to ruln now there Is not even a remote chance of collect- ing later. “The fate of the world 18 in the hands of America. Da¥s wasted in procrastination now will bring years | ot self-reproach later. From Europe, the base of our early ancestry, pray ers go up that America will under- | stand and, understanding, will not taiter.” 3 | arrive in regular quantities, but it is{ SLAYING OF FILM MAN HALTS DUEL (Continued from First Page.) told him the alleged assault by Ber- gen occurred in Saranac, N. Y., while he was directing a picture in which the actor was appearing. lection of America's future citizen he added, “is, therefore, reposed ini{ isoma other government, which may | (RICH MYSTERY GIRL {expensively gowned, who was taken THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1922. BAN ON IMMIGRANT OPPOSED BY DAVIS, Secretary Says Foreign Pow- ers Can Controi Alien Move- ment to U. S. Belief that the 3 per cent immlgra- tion law, enacted a year agd to check the influx of allens into the United States, had outlived its usefulness, and that “a radically different pro- gram for dealing with the immigra- tion problem” must be evolved, was| expressed by Secretary Davis In a| formal statement today. j The restrictive act, Mr. Davis said. served very well as a temporary measure under the conditions respon- sible for its enactment,” but “a per- manent poli~y should be upon an en- tirely different basis.” Immigration stock, which has played so imporiant a part in the up- building of America, Mr. Davis said, is not forthcoming under the present program.” Under the present pass- port and vise svstem, in effect throughout the world. he said, power #s lodged in the hands of foreign gov- ernments to say who shall and who shall not migrate to this count refuse passports and keep at home | those whom it wishes not to leave To remedy thlis situation the Secre- tary declared he was in favor of a plan which would empower American officials at ports of emigration, in lieu of visa requirements, to subject | aliens to examinations involving men- tal, physical and other characteristics. Such a plan, he said. would in his opinion. Insure that “we get immi- grants of a constructive type.” Secretary Davis disclaimed any in- tention on the part of his department to create an espionage system as a check upon alien residents of this country, but he was of the opinion. he aid that there should be an annual census of the foreign born who are not naturalized citizens and that an annual fee, required of each alien, should be utilized to educate them. If such a system were inaugurated, Mr. Davis added, “it would permit us to check up on all those who have violated the law in securing admis- sion to the United State DRLE RAD VT U. S. Agents Seek Guardian to Learn More of Alleged English Heiress. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 2f.—Federal narcotic agents were confronted to- | day with the mystery of Mabel How- ard Rockwell Schaeffer, pretty and| last night in a raid on a negro resort. | Enigma to her captors, her husband and’ apparently even to herself, the girl told an amazing story of her; dissipation of a fortune on drugs—a | fortune the source of which, she said, | she did not know. Federal agents| today were seeking a wealthy Chi-| cago candy manufacturer, from whom | it was hoped could be learned some- thing of the girl's antecedents. A business associate said the manufa turer was the protector of the girl financial interests. English Estate Helress. “I've spent $7,000 since the first of the year, most of it for drugs,” the girl of mystery sald, asserting that all_she knows of herself is that she I's_heiress to an_English estate. Her husband, Nicholas E. Schaeffer, an Army field clerk, told of their marriage last January, after a court- hip of a few weeks. They lived for a time in an expensive apartment, he sald, but separated when he learned of her addiction to drugs and her companionship with other men. “I know nothing of Mable's early history except that she came here trom Lexington, Mo.” Mr. Schaeffer sald. Mrs. Schaeffer had been in a hospi- tal for several days and when re- leased, federal agents, with the ald of a nurse and marked money, traced her to the negro resort. Mrs. Schaef- fer was found seated at a table and the marked money was found in the John pocket of the resort Keeper, Poole. Willigm J. Spillard, chief of the narcotic staff. declared as he began | the investigation that if the case did; not result in amazing disclosures, the girl's story would prove to be one of the most remarkable fabrications offered to the narcotic division in re- cent times here. —_— PRESIDENT BUYS TICKET FOR BENEFIT GAME No. 1, Purchased for $5, Auto- graphed, to Be Auctioned Off. 21,237 Tickets Sold. President Harding purchased ticket No. 1 for the annual benefit base ball game between teams of the i police and fire deparyments to be played 2t American League Park Labor day, September 4. He gave Detective ~ James Springmann _a _$5 gold plece for the ticket and affixed his autograph todt with a solid silver pen donated by Galt & Brother, jew- elers. Detective Springmann has mounted the autograph ticket. pen and gold plece in a large frame and will dls- pose of the outfit at auction the day of the game. Reports of the police and fire departments this morning showed that 21,237 tickets had been sold. ILL, TAKES OWN LIFE. { District Rent Commission. WORRY LIFTED FROM MEN’S MINDS BY UKASE ON STYLE OF CLOTHING Men, you may now close your style books, ignore the fashion ads In the street cars and otherwise stop worry- ing about whether your fall suit should drape gracefully over your shoulders or fit like a coat of sun- burn. You have been relieved of this re- Merchants and Manufacurers’ ~ ASso- Merchants' and Manufacturers’ Asso- clation, according to Secretary Charles J. Columbus’ say-so. Delegates from the organization will go to the Madi- son Square Garden style show, New York cly, September 11, 12, 13 and 14, and bring back with them a notebook full of new ideas guaranteed to relegate last vear's suit to the family clothes chest. On: Button or Nonme. 1f coats this autumn and winter have one button, none, or hooks and eves, the keen (vision of Washington representatives will observe such. If trousers go up as dresses go down, suitable notation will be made. If Bootleg Suspect Carried Cards Oi C ongressmen| Cards bearing the names of cer- tain members of Congress were found in the possession of George Lawrence Cassidy. thirty vears old, who was arrested yesterday after- noon on charges of selling, trans- porting and unlawful possession of liquor. 1t is not probable, how- ever, that the several members of Congress will be summoned to ap- pear as witnesses in the case. Three quarts of gin and Cassidy's automoblle were seized when he was arrested by Sergt. McQuade and Privates O'Day and Mansfleld of the vice squad. Cassidy. who gave his address as 426 D street northeast, was released on a $1,000 bond Harry Gray, arrested yesterd Quade and Priv. O'Day and Rev hotel clerk. was ay by Sergt. Mc- ates Mansfleld and ue Agent Elliott on a charge of selling intoxicants. Search of his quarters failed to reveal the presence of liquor. Bond in the sum of $1,000 was given for his_appearance. Charges of selling and illegal | ssion of two quarts of corn whisky were preferred against Julia B. Johnson, 1243 Sth street. Seizure of the two quarts of Whisky was reported. John L. Dyson, colored. 418 N street, was arrested by Policemen Bauer and Holmes of the second precinct. It was charged that he transported a half-pint bottle of whisky. VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE ON COAL TO BE DROPPED Federal Officials Will Carry on Work of Local Dis- tribution. Oficials of the federal coal dis- tribution committee indicated last night that the volunteer committee will cease to function next week With discontinuance of this method ! of emergency coal handling fuel movement will be left to the regu- lar priority classification of the In- terstate Commerce Commission pend- ing enactment of legislation by Con- gress to meet the fuel supply situa- tion. Federal Distributor Spencer, ac- cording to the Assoclated Press, will retain a skeleton organization for a time to provide a nucleus to build up any distribution agency which may be created by Congress, but the ad- isory committee of coal operators, of which C. E. Backus of New York is chairman, and the district commit- tees, which have represented thé fed- eral committee in West Virginia, Ken- tucky. Tennessee and Virginia, will | be disbanded in the course of the week. The effect of a sharply increased coal production from fields recently réopened, according to committee offi- cials, Is manifested in the decreasing number of applications for emergency coal received by Mr. Spencer. —_— FOUR RENTALS REDUCED. Two Apartment Tenants Get $10 Cuts and Two $7.50. Rents of four tenants in two apart- ment houses were reduced In determi- nations handed down today by the Jessie Crockett and Addison D. Pey- ton, occupying apartments at 1103! Vermont avenue, both were granted a reduction of $10 a month on their complaints filed against Gardiner & Dent. Their former rents were, re- spectively, $40 and $50 a month. Warder B. Jenkins and E. Ross Bartley, living in apartments at 1315 Belmont street, received reductions of $7.50 a month each. Mr. Jenkins' rent was reduced from $50 to $42.50 a month as a result of a petition filed by _him against George W. Linkins and Mr. Bartley obtained a decrease from $65 to $57.50 a month on his complaint against Louis Carliner. The valuation of the Vermont ave- nue apartment property was placed at $75,000 and an annual allowance of $1,200 was made by the commission for maintenance, repairs, etc. The Belmont street apartment house was ! valued at $115,000 and an annual ex- pense allowance of $7,000 was made. The net return allowed the owners in each case was 8 per cent. —— TRAINS CHANGE TIME. Commuters on New Schedule as Baltimore Clocks Go Back. Commuters’ trains on the Baltimore and ORio railroad lines out of Wash- ington have been placed oh new schedules, effective tomorrow, as a result of Baltimore turning its clocks back to eastern standard time. The road had operated many of its trains on daylight-saving time for the accommodation of Maryland com- muters, and the change now makes these trains depart and arrive at eaoh point on their runs from one hour to ! proposed standardization of anti-tox- waistcoats form a' frame for the shirt bosom or meet the chin and trousers, the association believes local Beau Brummels should be entitled to the full benefit of this information. I L. Goldheim, vice president of the Merchants and Mamufacturers' Asso- ciation and head of the District of Columbia Clothlers and Haberdashers’ Association, has called a meeting of the ‘men's wear trade for Tuesday evening in The Star building to pre- pare for Washington’s participation in the style show, which is an auxil- jary feature of the convention of the National Retail Clothiers’ Association. Wide Seope of Exhibit. Practically all the leading foreign and domestic manufacturers of men's clothing and haberdashery will ex- hibit their sartorial wares. Sidney West, chairman of the men's wear section of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, conferred resterday with Mr. Goldheim regard- g plans for the style expedition French Warship Capsizes; 15 of Crew Missing By the Assoclated Press. BREST, France, August 26.—The French dreadnaught France has capsized and fs& sinking in ten fathoms of water in Quiberon bay. after striking a rock. The number of casualities is unknown. Fifteen members of the crew are missing. PARIS, August 26.—The French dreadnaught France ran ashore on entering Quiberon bay after a night practice, the navy depart- ment agnounced today. She struck a snag and was borne by the cur- rent toward the Teignouse rocks, where she anchored, as she wa unable to maneuver owinge to hte accident According to the latest news, the dreadnaught capsized and is sink- ing. It is unofficially reported that the French cruisers Paris and Strasbourg took off the crew. ‘The French dreadnaught France was completed in November, 1912, and has a normal displacement of 23,120 tons. She im 544 feet in length, with a beam of 881 feet, and carries a crew of 1,108 men. A deep rupture was made when the vessel struck. The lights were extinguished by the crash, and her condition prevented pumping. The drepdnnunm filled with water by 4 o'clock this morning, and is now lying on her side in Quiberon bay. —_— e HUGHES FINDS REST ON FIRST DAY OUT Secretary Expects No Official Busi- ness to Mar Voyage to Rio de Janeiro, By the Associated Preas. ON BOARD STEAMSHIP PAN- AMERICA. via naval wireless, Au- gust 26.—Secretary Hughes spent the greater part of vesterday, the first day out of New York of the trip of the American official mission to the Brazilian centennial exposition at Rio, resting while the Shipping Board steamer plowed along at seventeen knots an hour. The Secretary said he foresaw no official business that would demand his attention at least for several days, and it was indicated that he planned to obtain as much rest as possible during the voyage. The Pan-America entered the gulf stream shortly after noon with weather conditions perect. Capt. George Rose, commanding the ves- sel, sald he anticipated smooth seas for the entire trip. DR. McCOY U. S. ENVOY TO MEDICAL MEETING International Conference at Geneva Opens September 25 and Lasts Three Days. Dr. George W. McCoy. director of the hygienic laboratory of the public health service, has been designated to represent the United States at an in- ternational conference at Geneva on medical problems. The canference will be held Sep- tember 235, 26 and 27, it was announc- ed today by Surgean General Cum- mings of the public health service, who said that Dr. McCoy had not as vet determined upon a sailing date, j brigade. MAN HUNTER NEAR END OF ROUND-UP Swore He Would Get Crooks After Being Swindled Out of Savings. CAUSES ARREST OF 33 Looking for Few More at Large, He Says, Before Settling Down With Family. . Col., August 26.—J. Frank Norfleet, one time victim of the Joe Furey gang of confidence men, who has devoted much of his time in hunt- ing men engaged in swindiing others, tonight declared he was going “to quit this man hunt” after he gets two more men on his list and go home to Hale Center, Tex. Norfleet furnished information to local authorities which led to the arrest of thirty-three persons alieged to have operated confldence games in Colorado, Florida, Cuba and elsewhere. Lou Blonger and A, W. Duff were re- leased on bonds of $25000 each, but the others were held Tells of Being Swindled. orfleet, discussing his career as a an hunter” said 1 had never known a crooked man or dishonest woman in my life until X?{P day Furey took me for a sucker. ‘We—ma, my little girl, my boy, Pete, and I—lived on a ranch at Hale Center, Tex. Pete wanted to go to school, 80 ma and I saved quite a little. ' We picked out the school at Plainview and after settling “sonny’ there went on to Fort Worth.” i It was there he first was swindled. | He said he lost every cent he owned and left heavily in debt. Out to Get “Vermin.” “You know, I promised ma I'd quit this man-hunt and go back home and live at peace,’ he continued. “But somebody’s got to clear the earth of these vermin. They prey on the in- nocent. 1 know twenty-four men in Texas and elsewhere who have been robbed. broken-hearted and some have died hecause of the villainy of these confidence men. Somebody's ROt to fight them to a finish and I'm the man that's willing to do it Furey's dead, Gerber's in prison Ward's in_a suicide’s grave. But there's still a master mind at work and, sooner or later, I'll get his ad- dress and him. That's Charles G. Harris, alias W. B. Spencer, and an- other almost as equally clever, Reno Hamlin. Prisoner Escapes. “You sce, they were all in the swindling ©il lease and farm land| deals. HAmlin was caught and placed under $20.000 bond, which he jumped nd so is at la again. 1 traced pencer, or Harris, to Canada. Got him there at Montreal and raced him through the streets into a moving picture show, where the manager grabbed me, gave me over to the police and let Spencer go. He's a £oou looker and I just look as though T was one of the born-every-minuté { “When 1 came to Denver 1 recog- nized one of the old gang. He didn't recognize me. For two days and nights I played their game. I can p! any game except that of a good look ing, attractive wise man. “T am firmly convinced Spencer. or Haraig, is not far away and it is my intention to get him. After Two More. “I'm out to get two more men on my list and I'm going to get them. and after that. why. I'm going home to Hale Center. Tex., and let ma make a fuss over me and feed me some of those biscuits and waffles and corn pone and baked ham that Ward and Gerber ate before they took us :n to the tune of $45.000.” Officials estimated that more than $1,000,000 had been obtained from tourists and visitors in Denver the last year by members of the alleged ring. Homer French. said by local author- ities o have served a sentence in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta, Ga., and to be known in New York and Atlantic City. was arrested last night at Estes Park. Colo, in con- nection with the arrest here vesterday of thirty alleged members of a million dollar “confidence ring." Philip Van Cise, district attorney who brought the prisoner to Denve today, charged that French was in- volved in a $120,000 confidenc n at Miami, Fla. A tip that French was | in Estes Park! was received yester- but would probably leave early in September. Principal among the problems to be consldered by the international con- ference, it was announced. will be the ins and serums. Due to the great ad- vance made by preventive medici the international trade in anti-toxin: and serums has heavily increased, with the result that in both imports and exports the leading nations have day at the district attorn ana he was traced last night with the aid of state rangers, Mr. Van Cisc stated. BAFFIN LAND EXPEDITION } RETURNING FROM NORTH | i a great multiplicity and some confu- sion in such supplies. Standardiza- tion is said to be needed, and will be the principal object of the interna- tional conference. Dr. McCoy, who is said to be one of the leading experts in America on the subject of serums, will not only at- tend the conference at Geneva, but will also investigate for the public health service the reported cyre for tuberculosis which European¥scien- tists have claimed to be largely ef- fective. —_— 6,000,000 TONS COAL PRODUCED THIS WEEK Total Still Far Below Normal—An- thracite Mines Still at Zero Mark. Production of at least six million tons of coal for the present week is already assured and additional ton- MacMillan Party Left Boston Year Ago—Explorer Sends Radio Message “All Well.” By fhe Associated Press. FREEPORT. Me.. August —The Baffin land expedition, in command of Donald B. MacMillan, which left Bos-|{ ton a year ago on the schooner Bowdoln, is on its way home. according to a radio message from the explorer today to his sister. The message, sent by way of Fogo Island, near the northeastern end of Newfoundland. said : i ‘On our way home. Fine trip. All well.” —_— BABY SEES PRESIDENT. Little Miss Gillem of Ohio Has Traveled in 23 States. Thousands of children, large and small, have been presented by their proud relatives to President Harding, nage, mined since Wednesday, may raise the total to 6,260,000 tons, the geological survey estimated today in its current report on bituminous fitty minutes earlier than present schedules indicate. coal production. Anthracite pro- One similar change was made on the duction remained practically at zero, Southern railway. Train No. 18, due the survey added. here from Warrenton at 7:10 a.m. Even with an output of 6,250,000 John Adams, chairman of the repub- “When my wife told me this,” Cline 111, and unable to get relief, Robert lican national committee, conferred 0. now will arrive at &: tons of bituminous coal a week, the is alleged to have said, “I telephoned Lee Lerch, expert aid in the Navy De- survey said, present production is with the President at the White ouse today, during which time they placed in his hands the formal report of the most recent meeting of the railroad executives in New York and made inquiry regarding announce- ment by Sénator Cummins that the White House is contemplating taking over roads running to and from the hard coal mines. Bergen and asked him to come to the house. I had known him for more than a year, had befriended him and wanted to ask him about this accusa- tion of my wife's. Blusteringly, he admitted her charge and followed by making & slurring remark. I then told him that he would have to fight it out like a man and handed him a re- volver, keeping one for myself. I partment, ended his life early this morning 'at his home, 92 Chestnut street, Takoma Park. by severing his jugular vein with a penknife. Mrs. Lerch, who had been in con- stant attendance with her sick hus- band, found him dead when she en- tered his room about 2:30 a.m. The deceased was a native of Brown county, Ohio, and had been connected — e WIFE CHARGES CRUELTY. Bricklayer Cited in Appeal for Temporary Alimony. H Justice Bailey of the Distriot Su- preme Court today cited William A. still below normal. In the correspond- ing week of 1921 the nation produced 9,640,000 tons of coal, while the year before, for the same Week, the total was 13,260,000 tons. In comparison fth these Ngures, therefore, the sur- vey added, the present weekly output of al] coal is from four to six million tons beloy normal. The conference followed a meeting held earlier in the day between Sen- ator Watson and Chairman Adams and several railroad executives, among them Charles Donnelly of the North- | ern Pacific and Alfred Thom, counsel for the railroad executives. It is un- derstood that the executives were anxious to have their viewpoint re- garding the proposed governmental control made known to the President before any definite action is taken. It was intimated also that the execu- tives are anxious to learn what the President proposes doing in the mat- ter of senfority in the event that the government takes over the roads and takes back the striking shoperafts men. —_— A new salvage ship recently com-. leted in England, said to be the largest and finest vessel of its kind afloat, is equipped with rtable jtold him to follow me to an upper room, where we were to shoot it out, but half way up the stairs I saw him :‘ryldn‘ to get the drop on me and I re The police say Cline's story was corroborated by his wife and her two brothers, who witnessed the ghooting. WOMAN POLITICIANS CONFER Mrs. M. C. Cables of Norfolk, Va., wife of the vice president of the Sea- board Alr Line, was in Washington yesterday to confer with Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, vice president of the republican nationel executive commi tee, and Mrs. Louis M. Dodson, n tional director of organization of re- publican-women. Mrs. Cables is o of the four woman members of the republican state committee of Vir- m:n The election of woman mem- to the ia committes at its. oarks with the Navy Department the past thirty-five years. His duties were in the hydrographic division. Mr. Lerch was & member of Takoma Lodge, No. 29, F. A. A. M. He was a graduate of the Annapolis Naval Academy of the class of '83. Coroner Nevitt learned the story of his death from members of his family and gave a certificate of suicide. Funeral ar- rangements have not been completed. LEAVES JAIL FOR HOSPITAL. Sarah Miller, who on July 28 was committed to jail to serve a sixty-day séntence, for contempt of court and assault, was yestorday released atd committed to ths Washington'Asylum Hospital for mental observation. Miss Miller was before Judge Hardison in rst instance charged with as- _A sentencs of for that, act ) ! (R Donaldson, & bricklayer, to show cause next Thursday why he should not pay temporary alimony.to his wife, Rosa I. Donaldson. The order of the court is bas:d on a petition for limited divorce filed by the wife, in which she charges that her hu band ‘wastes his wages in gambling and frequently entertains gamblers in his home, where there is drinking and loud and profane language. When she protests against th meetings, the wife states, her husband orders her 'to _her room, where she spends sleepless nights. They were married August 22, 1910, “Total production of anthracite coal during 1922 to date stands at about 22,900,000, against 59,129,000 tons dur- ing the corresponding period in 1921 Shipments of anthracite during the { week ended August 19 were confined chiefly to pea coal and smaller sizes. PRESIDENT MEETS OHIOANS. President Harding today received a small group of Ohioans prominent in"eolored political and cducational circles of that state. an al U3 e ul their ta. Prof. W. S. Soar: and have four children. 'Mrs. Don- aldson mentions numerous aots of cruelty and eays as a result of her husbgud’s actions she s now in a hospMsl and needs maintenance. The husband can make $11 per day, the wife tells the court, but he will only enough work to raise the housa, 1 respect r- borough of. Wilberforce, Ohlo, who several months ago Was appointed assistant in farm studies at the De- partment of Agriculture, made the presentations to the executive. " The others in the pmy‘ ‘wera:mx‘)r. ‘;“ i Petiford snd Miss a Wil m- ; Dr. asd Mrs, but Baby Gillem is belleved to be the most widely traveled of them all. Baby Gillem, not vet two vears of age, who was taken to the executive offices today by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gillem of Portsmouth, Ohio, has just completed a mctor tour of twenty-three states. How- ever, Baby Gillem was none the worse for the long journey. The President made quite a fuss over her, nét mere- 1y because she was from his mative state, but because of her gameness as a long-distance traveler. CAUGHT BY SWIFT MOVE. Policeman Arrests Colored Man Accused of Attempt at Robbery. Motor Cycle Policeman W. D. Red- den of the tenth precinct, stationed in the police booth at 14th and Ken- nedy streets, yesterday afternoon re- sponded so quickly to a télephone message received from the vicinity of 14th and Shepherd streets that he captured Charles E. Gay, colored, who Was alleged to have made an attempt to rob Mrs. John Harvey, 1416 Shep- ers again gave their brilliant exhibition and the Corinthian and Hunt teams ex- posed their handsome trappings to the weather. The Blair Johnson Memorial plate. ‘[given as first prize in the thoroughbred hunters’ ¢ was _won by William Skinker's Harmony, Mrs. D. C. Sands’ Galatin _taking second and Spencer Iisley’s Anne Ford third. In the Corin- i { i ! Active Worker for Uncle Sam MISS CATHERINE LENROOT, Daughter of Senator Lenroot of Wi consin. Miss Lenroot ix chief of the division of editorials in the child Ia- bor bureau, Department of Labor. KEEN RIVALRY SHOWN AT WARRENTON SHOW Interesting Events Despite Driz- zling Rain—Three Hunt Teams Prove Thrilling Feature. Spesial Dispateh to The Star. WARRENTON, Va., August 26.-——The afternoon evenis of Thursday at the Warrenton horse show were ridden in | a drizzling rain, which began about noon and increased gradually, making the going slippery. The Fort Myer troop- thian class Anne Ford was winner, rid- den by and taking the C. W plate: Lucile, Edward Jacobs, was second, and June Bug, S L. Larrabee, third. In_the ladies’ saddle class Leo, owned by Mrs. D. N. Lee, and ridden by Miss Marion Dupont, took the blue. Mrs. Alien Potts coming second, with her youns horse, ) nd C. Shirley Carter ridden Miss Pegm Weld's Sugar Lump, rid- e Miss Weld, won the co solation that had not received a money T at this show. The consolation class was won by Miss Nourse's Drusil Miss_Jean Leach’s Peter Pan_seco: nd Miss Peggy Keith's Fancy Roadster third. John §. Gaines won the cup for | ridden by a child under seven The other cups in_pony on e eith’s rand W s Star- by Peggy Lodge Bow bright The three hu which com- peted in full hunting ume, made eptionally fine performance over the cult outside course. The first place { a team entered by dleburg. the riders D. N Lee and J Allendale farm team was second, and the 3d Cavairy third ALEYANORA al Dispaten 1o The Star. NDRIA. Va, August 26 20,000 rainbow trout placed in Cameron run by Gun Club blasting Alexandria Rod and being killed by boys the are in that run, according to reports re- ceived by officials of the club The b it is stated, fill with lime and throw them run, causing an explosion. the' fish and bringing them surface of the water. An appeal will be made by the club officials to the state game authori- ties, asking them to place a game warden at this place to protect the fish The fire companies from this city returned home at 6 o'clock this morning. Relief Company, No. 1. with band, won the firs: prize in the band contest, and companies 4 and 5 bottles ! into the | stunning | to the won the first prize for the best deco- rated reel at the state convention A past grand master’s medal was presented to D. R. Stansbury from | the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows of Virginia by Grand Master Dr. John Lee Allison at a meeting of I'otomac Lodge, No. 3%, last night. Several thousand persons last nigh attended the band concert given the Army band from Fort Hunt, Vi at the corner of Washington and Prince streets, under the direction of Francis Leigh. It is expected that the regatta of the Old Dominion Boat ub, Inc. this afternoon at 3 o'clock will be largely patronized t ¥ ! 1 | BERWYN. Md. August 26—Plans| ally complete for the tour- BERWY are pract nament to be held here September in_connection with the carnival, and which will be featured by addresse by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie, Representa- Mudd of the fifth con- gressional district, and Senator Jo- seph I. France. In addition to Mudd and France, both of whom are seek- ing re-election. a number of other po- litical candidates as well as promi- nent figures in southern Maryland politics are expected to be present, and it promises to be a real field day for the office seekers and their friends. Gov. Ritchie is scheduled to speak at 1 o'clock. Tilting is to begin at 1:30 o'clock, when Representative Svdney E. Mudd will deliver the charge to the knights. Senator France will deliver the coronation address at the ball in the evening, when victorious knights ! will crown the queen and maids of love and beauty. * Tilting will be divided into profes- sional and amateur classes. Prizes of $25, $15, $10 and §5 will be awarded the professionals, and the amateurs will receive $10, $6, $4 and $2. J. L. Waring, Edward M. Boteler and John M. Bowie will be the mar- shals, and Misses Zelma Baker and Frances Boteler aids. The judges will be Crandal Mackey, S. Marvin Peach, Oliver Metzerott, G. Lansdale Sasscer, George B. Mer! Thomas P. Littlepage, George Waters, George Wells, Hervey G. Machen, George A. Gude and Clarence M. Rob- erts. During the ball there wil be an in- termission, when winners of the beau- ty contest, a feature of the carnival, will be announced. A band will fur- nish music for the tournament and an orchestra fot the ball. IRISH PAY TRIBUTE TOFALLENLEADER Dublin City Hall Is Scene of Sorrow as Throngs Pass Bier. MILITARY RITES PLANNED Body Will Be Laid to Rest Be- side That of Arthur Griffith. By the ssociated Press. DUBLIN. August 26.—Sorrowing throngs continued today to pass the bier of Michael Collins, the siain chief of the new Free State army, lying in state in the historic city hall, heavily draped in mourning. Meanwhile plans are going forward for the state military fun burial of the martyred ’a:’im.]l ‘:;:2 provisional government. which will take place Monday in the Glasnevin cemetery, the final resting place of rthur ~Griffith, Par; and other conspicuous Irish leaders These solemn preparations recail a conversation of Collins only a fort- night ago after Colline ha. Dear the body of Griffith down e aisles of the great Dublin pro-ca= thedral. Reverently Collins spoke of the man by whose side he had f ht for Irish freedom, and reverently he walked slowly through the streets of the capital to his unknown destiny Pathetic Scencs Enacted. In the same buil & where ';n!ml" lay in state Collins is now stretched cold but serene in death “His workj was finished,” say the resigned and faithful who accepted his destiny without Guestion. Men and women alike. as they paused to view the features of their beloved leader, would fall to knees in sobs. The four officers « ing as guard of honor upon obser ing these scenes of grief would somes times sway slightly and then stiffen as their lips moved in prayer Collins, like former President Roos. velt, was a man of dynamic fo ' lived the strenuous life amid few o naments. In his office at the gover ment building is a_bronze plaque Roosevelt, the gift of friends, on which the followi tation is engraved “I wish to preach not the doctrin» of ignoble but the doctrine 7 the strenuous life of toil and of el-. ort and of labor, and strive to preaci the highest form of success that comes not to the man who desires mers case and peace, but to him who dors not shrink from danger, hardships or bitter toil, and who, out of the wins the splendid and ultimata triumph.” That was Collins' creed Brother Views Body. A pathetic scene took place yes day when the city hall was closed for a time to the public, and relatives and close friends of the dead general wern admitted to pay their respects Collins. a brother, broke down com:- pletely and threw himself across body. The silence inside the mo:- tuary chapel was broken only by thu sobs of the mourners and the low voice of the priest intoning words of er- Sea i consolation. Many thousands of persons viewed the face of Collins during the day. the id of the coffin having been removcd early this morning in order that ti populace might see for the last tim the features of the man who had fought so bravely for the provisional government. The Free State government has de- clared Monday, the day on which Gen. Collins will be buried. a day of gen- eral mourning. All industry except the essential services will ccase Throughout the twenty-six counties there will be a general stoppage of activities between 11 o'clock and 12 o'clock noon. except for the celebra- tion of masses and the formation of processions. IRREGULARS CAPTURED. Free State Troops Also Seize Sup- plies and Arms. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, August 26.—National troops opera in the Ballaghaderreen area of County Mayo, under Col. Comman- dant McCabe, captured twelve irregu- lars, together with a quantity of arms. ammunition and bombs and two auto- mobiles, according to an official state- ment. Among the prisoners were two of the irregulars’ leaders in eastern Mayo named Corney and Josiah Kell The statement adds that Lieut. Mc- Cormack, who was killed in ambush vesterday at Glasson, near Athlone, was “deliberately shot while bandaging his weunded comrade, Capt. Rattigan.” ABANDON CABLE STATION. Irish Irregulars Surrender Lineg to Free State. NEW YORK, August 26.—Evacua-} tion by irregular troops of the Commercial Cable Company's statiom at Waterville, Ireland, and its oc- cupancy by a detachment of Free State infantry was reported in a cable dispatch yesterday to Clarence S. Mac- the company's president Mr. MacKay stated that he had been advised that the Free State troops would remain at the station as long as necessary for its protection. No material damage was done to the station, he said, and his company would resume full operation of all its cables within two or three days. Cable communication between Amer- ica, Great Britain, France, Germany and northern Europe was temporarily halted as a result of the seizure of {the Waterville station by the repub- 1ican’ troops on the night of August 6. The insurgent troops were reported at that time to have disabled the powerhouse and electric batteries and. ordered that no messages should ba transmitted or any use made of the cables. 5 A week after the seizure it was reported from national army head- quarters in Limerick that the fr- regulars were planning to reopen the station at Waterville. IRISH MOTOR LORRY BOMBED. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, August 26-—A mine was exploded under a lorry loaded with Irish national troops at Bushfield, hurling them a considerable distance, according to a dispatch received to- day from the Exchange Telegraph's Nenagh correspondent. Irregulars then opened fire and one national was killed. National reinforcements wera rushed.to the scene. COAL TO MICHIGAN. Authorization for the movement of an additional 50,000 tons of soft coal to Michigan was announced today by the federal distribution committee. This authorization, it was explained, was in the course of the regular distri- bution, and was not a resuit of the re- cent attack of W. W. Potter, Michigan state fuel administrator, on federal fuel herd street. Complaint was made that Gay, re- siding at 763 Morton street, had rid- den his bicycle against Mrs. Harvey and demanded her money. and it de- veloped that the bicycle he was rid- ing belonged to Harry Lippold, 753 Morton street. Gay told the police- ‘man that he had merely borrowed the | wheel to take him on a tour to find loyment. eug y"m arrested and locked up at the tenth precinot police station. To- ‘he was and photo- m distribution methods. Half of the al- Jotment will come out of Pennsylvania mines and half out of northern West Virginia mines, and will be delivered in 25,000-ton lots each at Detroit and } Jackson, Mich. This allocation, officials added, was in addition to 10,000 tons authorized for the Pere Marquette rail- rosd. & Heavy allocations of bituminous cogl have been made for New England and | . fthe coal for {'was sald their PAROLED GIRLS MISSING. /Training School Learns Pair Not at Homes as Supposed. Search for two eighteen-year-old girls with bobbed hair, one a blonde and the other a brunette, was insti- tuted by the police last night. Ruth Clarkson, 1361% Potomac avenue southeast, is the one with light hair, Wwhile the other is Mabel Sollers, 319 16th street southeast. “ 1t appears that the girls, who were inmates of the National Trainiag School for Girls, had been paroled to visit their homes. Yesterday a rip- resentative of the school learned the firls were not at their homes, and it rents thought they itution. re at the