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» iy 2 * “TIGER" TO DEFEND FRANCE INU. 5. TRIP Clemenceau Will Deny Charge of Militarism Made Against His Country. TO DELIVER 4 LECTURES Statesman Will Plead for Better Understanding of France's Aims. By the Associated Press. % PARIS, September 11.—Georges Cle- menceau is going to the United Stat primarily to plead the cause of France, he told a corre- spondent of Petit Parisien who went to his summer home " at Jard to question him con- cerning his con- templated trip. “I ought not to talk to you” he said. “It’is to the Americans 1_want to speak and to whom it is urgent to speak, but if T told you what I ex- pect” to tell them then it would not be worth while CLEMENCEAU. (ling the boat. You will tell me that America will read my opinion in the Petit Parisien. This is an observation which, coming from one journalist to another, does not fall upon a deaf ear, but what I want Is ot to be read, but to be heard. “No one speaks for France—no one. and the time has indeed come. I will not say anything about conferences. that not my business—but this is the moment to tell the United States that they are making a mistake—that we are neither militarists nor imperialists, and that the French people deserves the en- thusiastic confidence of its friend. To Give Four Lectures. “America asks me my opinion and I will give it. So to plead our cause I need neither preparation nor documenta- tion. Arguments are not lacking and it is not a question of a triumphal voyage but of a useful one. “Couldn’t you give me the gist of your line of argument?”’ asked the interviewer. No, for the reasons I gave you just now,” returned M. Clemenceau, 1 expect to give four lectures and will leave about the lst of Novem- ber. “But it is understood that I have no mission. and that I will accept no banquets or anything like that. T speak in my name. America asks views and I give that's them, asked if he Is to to which he re- Yes, and first of all to recall that elementary truth that the aim of the war is peace; then to say that if the allies remained in peace what they were in war, the world would not be struggling in the midst of so much wretchedness and so_many difficulties. To the Americans, I shail say much about America_and also a little about England.” ‘And about the treaty? the interviewer. “Yes, indeed, I shall have something to say about that” was the reply. “It must be made clear, once for all or once more, that this treaty re- moves all pretext for a war of T venge by the Germans Wants U. S. Friends “Ah, we had made that im- perialistic peace that the enemies of France reproach us with, if there had been four or five German pro- testing deputies, as there were French ones, in the reichstag between 1370 and 1914, what should we hear? “What T have to say to the Amer- fcans I shall say simply and softly— simply, because America is a country of things simple and upright, and softly, because the Americans are our greatest friends. SEARCH IS MADE HERE FOR EX-MARINE’S WIFE Iverson Sought by Brother After Husband De- serts Her. suggested Search is being made in Washington for Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Iverson of Cambridge, Mass., by Davis F. Welch, brother of the missing woman, who arrived here yesterday after informa- tion had come to him that Olivio C. Iverson, his sister’s husband, had been under arrest here. Mrs. Maria Welch, the woman'’s mother, is suffering from 2 nervous breakdown at her Cam- bridge home. Iverson, according to Welch, while stationed at Portsmouth, N. H., in 1916 as a member of the United States Marine Corps married Miss Welch and shortly after deserted her. Later the wife left Portsmouth, supposedly to join her husband. Police records show that Iverson was arrested here on a series of false pretense charges, sentenced to three years' imprisonment and then placed on probation. This was revoked, however, when he was arrested on complaint of Miss Edna M. Nelson, a war worker from Michigan, and Iver- son served the sentence at Lorton, the police say. Since his dismissal from that institution he has not come to the attention of the police. Information in the hands of the lo- cal authorities shows that Iverson and Miss Barbara Peterson of Baltimore were married August 26, 1918. WILL MEET IN OCTOBER. - Asmy of Santiago de Cuba National Council to Name Officers. The National Council of the Soclety of the Army of Santiago de Cuba has decided to hold its annual meet- ings hereafter in October. Accord- ingly the meeting this year will be held at the Army and Navy Club Saturday, October 14. The secretary announces that on the interest shown in the coming meeting by the coun- oil and other members of the society, all of whom are invited to council meetings, will depend the repetition of the social gatherings of the so- clety the coming winter. Members in ‘good standing and whose ad- dresses are known to the secretary have received lists of officers con- stituting _the council. A fourth vice president and four members of the regular council are to be nominated October 14. —_—— BUS AND TROLLEY CRASH. A northbound passenger bus of the Washington Rapid Transit Company 2. (= of n_eastbound car on the e Washington Rallway and Elec- tri@ Company collided at Jackson pl and H street shortly before 7 o'dlock this morning. The bus was overturned and damaged to the amount of about $500, the police re- ported, but nobody was hurt. James Ryan, 59 New York avenue, driver of the bus, while M. L. Cecil, 1724 East Capitol street, was motorman on the car. His conductor ‘was J. A. Thompson, 331 13th street northeast. Members of the rallway compan: ‘wracking crew qfll&lr righted the overturned bus and it was taken from the scene of the accident. It is said there were no passengers in the PSYCHOLOGY TESTS IN JAPANESE NAVY o'clock last night sald that she had spent “a fairly comfortable day.” The bulletin read: “Mrs. Harding's condition tonight is as follows: “Temperature, 100.5; 116; respiration, 36. “She had had a fairly comfort- able day with such indications of a slight improvement that the de- cision relative to surgical relief r«ns postponed until Monday morn- ng. pulse, “C. E. SAWYER, M. D" Many of the watchers around the White House—most of them intimate friends of the President and his wife —departed last night shortly after receiving word that the question of an operation had been postponed. Page Gives Framed Paalm. Among the many callers was Rick Riddle, a Senate page, who had known the President as a senator. and whose father died some time ago. The boy | took his father's most highly prized gift, a framed copy of the twenty- first psalm, and left it at the White House door with the wish that it be given to the President. believing that the words would strengthen him. As the boy turned away, an old negro, hobbling on a crutch, passed to an attendant a single flower, care- fully wrapped in paper. He ' asked that it be given to Mrs. Harding. Mrs. Carolyn Votaw, sister of the President, who has boen constantly at the White House, went home at 9:30 o'clock. She was followed a_half hour later by Mrs. Edward B. McLean, a close friend of Mrs. Harding, and enator New of Indiana. Dr. Sawyer Takes Outing. After the night statement was issued Dr. Sawyer, accompanied by Mrs. Sawyer, left the White House for a short automobile ride—the first time in more than a week. Secretary of Labor Davis and Chairman’ Lasker of the Shipping Board were the last of the President's friends to leave the White House. The President and the White House staff went to bed about 11 o'clock, leaving Dr. Carl W. Sawyer and one nurse on duty in the sick room. Dr. Mayo and all the other doctors ex- cept Dr. Finney, who motored back to Baltimore, slept at the White House. It was the first time in several nights that the President was able to seek rest so early and it was at the urgent advice of the doctors that he went to bed. He left strict orde however, to be summoned if the lcast unfavorable symptoms developed, or if Mrs. Harding called for him. PRAYERS FOR MRS. HARDING. Churches of Washington Join in Plea for Divine Aid. Churches of virtually every denom- ination in Washington, at services yesterday, offered up prayers for the speedy recovery of Mrs. Harding. At the weekly religious services held at the marine barracks, Quan- tico, which wea attended by men of Jewish falth, & special prayer was offered under the leadership of Harry Einberg, fleld representative of the Jewish Welfare Board. C. Hamilton Cook of Buffalo, na- tional commander of the Disabled Amer- ican Veterans of the World War, sent this message to President Harding: “The entire membership of the Dis- abled American Veterans of the World War, comprising 171,000 dis- abled veterans, join me in prayer to Divine Providence for the speedy and complete recovery of Mrs. Harding, who has always been deeply inter- ested in the welfare of the disabled. Hundreds of inquiries as to Mrs. Harding's condition were received at The Star Saturday night and all day Sunday. The calls were made by men and women alike. Several representatives from the various embassies were included in the long list of calls, it occurring to them to inquire of the newspaper office rather than bothering those on duty at the White House. All Washington seemed to regard Mrs. Harding’s illness as a personal sorrow and were eager to know the latest bulletin or report. WIRE FROM MARION CHURCH Telegram of Sympathy Sent Presi- dent by Trinity Baptist. MARION, Ohio, September 11.— Prayers for the speedy recovery of MARYLAND VOTING INPRIVARY TODAY Candidates Will Be Chosen for U. S. Senator and Representatives. U.S. Treasury Clerk Believed Victim of Cramps Attack. | Elwood McCarthy’s BALTIMORE, Md., September u.—l Body Recovered Maryland voters went to the polls By Companions. today to select candldates for United | States senator and representatives. The only republican contest was for senator, John W. Garrett, secretary ot the Washington armament confer- ence opposing Senator Joseph 1. France for renomination. The demo- crats had a three-cornered fight for senator and contests in five of the six congressional districts. The democratic senatorial candl-l dates are Willlam C. Bruce, ex-Rep- resentative David J. Lewis and Wil- liam 1. Norris. Because there are more than two candidates the voters are required to designate their first| and second choice as among the three. The voting will be by counties, being based on the seleetion of county delegations to the party con- vention. In the event that none of | the three candidates receives a ma- jority of the first choice votes in any county, a system is provided by which the second choice votes of the low- est candidate are distributed among the others in accordance with pref- erence expressed by the voters, to de- termine the winner. The same plan will be followed to finally determine the nominee in the event that none of the three obtains a majority of the 133 convention delegat: All of the present representatives are candidates for renomination, but only one, T. Alan Goldsborough, democrat, of the first district, has opposition. Goldsborough, who fa- vors prohibition, is opposed by Alex- ander M. Jackson, listed as wet, and k. who has announced About a mile off shore, but only a few yards from a skifft which held two friends, Elwood McCarthy, twenty-three, a clerk in the Treasury Department, of 3027 11th street north- west, yesterday was drowned at Rock Point, Md. He sank without a ery. He Is believed to have suffered a sudden attack of cramps. With George and Cralg Helms of the Clifton Terrace apartments, Mc- Carthy motored to Rock Point carly sterday to spend a day bathing and | fishing. The three were out in a boat almost a mile from shore, and Mc- Carthy, who was not expert in swim- ming, had been taking a few strokes from the boat and then returning. He had done this about four times, when he took off on his fatal trip. He sank, according to his com- panions, apparently without a strug: gle and without an outery. The water was approximately twenty feet deep at the spot where he went down, it was stated, and the men in the boat dived until ex- hausted, endeavoring to locate the body. Finally, they fixed a grappling CAPITAL AND REDS OPPOSE TOWNSEND (Continued from First Page.) denounced the .waterways project in unmistakable terms. Albert W. S ] 5 2 that he favors government supervi-| I have a letter from fthe secre sion and control of the sale of liquor. | {3r¥ €, NETEORE (E O OF g The five representatives whose | WhoSe DYsTiets PATACE actorc e | renomination is unopposed, and whose names consequently do not appear upon the ballot, are J. C. Linthicum, democrat, and Albert A. Blakeney, John P. Hill, Sydney E. Mudd and Frederick N. Zihlman, republicans. MAINE ALSO ELECTS. statement, filed In Washington, have been helping to finance his campaign. This letter, written in Mr. Olds' ab- sence, advises me that he has re- peatedly heard Mr. Olds denounce the waterwave and express his op- position to this great project. “It is also interesting to note,” sald Senator Townsend, “in this conmnec- tlon, that when my friends in Lansing endeavored to circulate my nominat- ing petitions in Mr. Olds' automobile factory in that city they were re- fused adission.” Concerned Over Radicals. So, with one more day left before the ballots begin to flutter into the boxes at the polling booths, the cam- paign grows in heat and feverishness, Conservative citizens are considerably concerned over the invasion of the state by the flying squadron of rad- ical propagandists, realizing the seri- ousness of the movement, aside from its mere effect upon the fortunes of the candldates for the senatorial nom- ination. The point is this: These radical ex- horters, seizing as their excuse for coming into the state the issue of “XNewberryism.” once they get the at- { tentlon of tneir audience, quickly de- part from the senatorial contest and | &0 into_exploitation of their theories ana radical doctrines. They go after the railroads, the employers of labor, general capital and all vested inter: ests. It may be as one crying in the wil- derness, Yet every newspaper corre- Sspondent who senses the condition now existing in this state, and said to obtain in other middle-western states, Soins in warning to the conservativ of the land that a dangerous situation exists in this section which needs careful watching and prompt ejucida- tion to the country at large. Women Maintain Silence. I just knew somebody would ask “What about the woman's vote?’ so I have been making careful inquiries. The women are keeping pretty close- mouthed about their intentions. but old politicians out here say they would not be surprised if there were a heavy woman vote registered for the sena- torial candidates who are denouncing so-called “Newberryism.” The League of Women's Voters which, as is well known, denies adherence to party and takes up issues, is said to be active in behalt of Kelley. The Townsend man- agers have enlisted the aid of Mrs. Mary L. Vennfleit of Flint, an able campaligner, to oppose the league and | admonish the women to stick to their party affiliation. ¥ In his addresses to woman audi- ences Representative Kelley makes an Result in Pine Tree State Closely ‘Watched. PORTLAND, Me., September 11.— The first state election of 1922 was under way in Maine today with a United States senator, four repre- sentatives to Congress and a gov- ernor heading the officials to bef chosen. The adage, “As Maine goes so goes the eountry,” attracted na- tion-wide interest in the result, al- though only a tremendous turnover would change the present republican control. Eight women werp seeking seats in the legislature and ten sought county offices. Senator Frederick Hale, republican, was opposed by former Gov. Oakley C. Curtis, democrat. Gov. Percival P. Baxter, republican, had former Attorney General W. R Pattangall, democrat, as an opponent. The four present republican repre- sentatives were up for re-election. Democratic leaders maintained that in the women's vote lay a potential surprise for republican’ organization heads, who predicted a plurality of 40,000, REPORT ON TARIFF LIKELY TOMORROW The conference report on the admin- istration tariff bill was in the making today, the republican conferees hav- ing reached a final agreement on the 2,436 points in dispute between the nate and House after seventeen days of labor. Under present plans the report will be presented to the House tomorrow and formally rati- fled there on Wednesday. It then will go to the Senate, where leaders hope for final action before the end of the week. | ! Mrs. Warren G. Harding were of- fered at all of the churches in the home town of thetPresident yester- day. At the Trinity Baptist Church, the home church of Mr. and Mrs. Harding, a two-minute “sedson of prayer was offered, after which a telegram of sympathy was sent to the President. Dr. Thomas H. McAfee, pastor of the Trinity Church, who has been ill with a stroke of paralysis for months, has been praying continually for an im- provement in Mrs. Harding's condi- tion. He also sent the President a telegram, Hundreds of other telegrams have been sent from Marfon and many long-distance telephone inquiries have been made, while scores of radio operators remained at their sets “listening in” for the latest reports. Cleveland Pastors Pray. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 11.— Prayers for the recovery of Mrs. ‘Warren G. Harding were offered yes- terday and last evening from pulpits of all communions in Cleveland. Hughes Cables Sympathy. By the Associated Press. RIO JANEIRO, September 11.— Charles E. Hughes, the American Sec- retary of State, and the pther mem- bers of the American delegation, who are attending Brazil's centennial, have been greatly grieved over the iliness of Mrs. Harding, wife of President Harding. Mr. Hughes received an of- ficial dispatch from Washington con- veying news of the condition of Mrs. Harding and immediately sent a cablegram to the President express- ing his regret and hope for the re- covery of the patient. Episcopals Offer Prayer. PORTLAND, Ore., September 11.—A mass meeting, held under the auspices of the department of religious edu- cation, was the principal event yes- terday in the program of the Episco- pal general convention. In churches in and near the city visiting bishops held services today. Holy communion was celebrated al three of the largest city churches early in the morning. In all the serv- ices held yesterday prayer was offered for the recovery of Mrs. Harding. [ . $2,000 CASH IN LOST BAG. GRADE OFFICERS KURF, Japan, September 11~—-With | Cash to the amount of $2,000, about $400 worth of war saving stamps and receipts for liberty bonds were In a bag that John McDermott, sixty years old, roomer at 315 Pennsylvania avenue, had fastened to his neck yes- terday morning. He called on the a view of placing naval officers in posl- Igollu about noon and told of having 00! tions to which they are best suited, the paychology of each candidate is to be studied. Experiments have been car- ried out with 10,000 sallors, and the re- sults are said to have been satisfactory. DEFER OPERATION AS MRS. HARDING REGAINS STRENGTH (Continued from First Page.) n robbed of the bag and contents, representing the savings of recent years. Later in the day Detectives Kelly and Scrivener arrested Sylvia Robin- son_and Gertrude Johnson, both col- ored, the former residing at 332 Armory court southwest, and the lat- ter at 338 B street southwest, and oharged them with - robbery. The ‘women deny. the charge Compromises were necessary on practically all of the high spots in the bill. Thus, long staple cotton, which the Senatt had proposed to tax at 7 cents & pound, went back to the free list, while the tax on sugar was fixed at 2.20 cents a pound on full duty and 1.76 cents on Cuban raw. The Senate rates were 2.30 and 1.84, respectively, and the House rates 1.6. In agreeing to & duty of 31 cents a pound on raw wool, scoured content, the Senate conferees yielded 2 cents, while the House managers accepted an increase of 6 cents over the House rate. With this decrease from the Senate duty of 83 cents a pound, slight reductions were made in the compensatory rates on woolen goods. Although both the House and Sen- ate rejected a proposal to continue the recent dye embargo licensing sys- tem, the conferees agreed to its con- tinuance for one year, with authority for the President to keep it in force for an additional year. Duties on dyes will be based on American valu- ation, but with the rates considerably beiow those approved by the Senate adroit appeal to the supposed pacifist sentiment among the women, tells how he fought for & small Navy in the House, but was outridden, and attacks “Newberryism.” Committeeman for Kelley. Here is a little side light on repub- lican national politics in the attitude of Fred M. Warner, national commit- teeman for Michigan. He was chosen | for that post at the primaries two years ago, and is not subject to sug- Eestion from the national committee. He is frankly favoring Kelley for the senatorial nomination, and has this to say about the criticism of his course in taking sides as a national committeeman. “It is my purpose and aim,” he says, in a statement, “as an individual and a member of the national committee, to have our party set its own house in order, lest some one else shall do it later.” Whether I continue on the national committee is not important. I am willing that the vote of the people shall decide that. 1f, how- ever, it is desired, this whole matter of ‘Newberyyism' can be referred to | coolne: | were sustained, according to company jabsolved of all g@_ Y, SEPTEMBER 11, 1922 Drowns Few Feet Froin Friends In Skiff, Sinking Without a Cry ELWOOD McCARTHY. hook to fishing lines and :recov- ered it. The body is at La Plata, Md., "and will arrive in Washington this after- noon. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. McCarthy; a brother, Harry, and a young sister, Thelma, all residing at the 11th street address, survive Mr. McCarthy. He was a former student of George Washington University here, and was among the staff of the overseas con- tingent of the graves' registration service, two vears ago. The Helms brothers and McCarthy had been close friends eince a meeting in France some time ago. AUTO HITS TRAIN; THREE NEGROES DIE Passenger on Chesapeake Beach Line Also Injured as Coach Is Overturned. . Three unidentified colored men were killed yesterday afternoon when the speeding automobile in which they were riding crashed into a train of the Chesapeake Beach line at the state road crossing at Owings Station, Md. As the machine neared the cross- ing, according to witnesses, it was making a speed of almost fifty miles an_hour, traveling along the Balti- more, Annapolis and Solomons Island state road. Joe Morsell, flagman. narrowly escaped injury when he endeavored to signal the rushing machine to stop. Crash Overturns Coach. Andrew J. Alexander, forty-eight, of 249 11th street northeast is in Emergency Hospital today with a sprained back as the result of in- juries sustained in the first coach of the train when tne force of the col- lision derailed it and turned it on one side. The automobile struck the locomotive tender and the first train coach a_ter- rific_blow. which caused both to jump the rails and turn on one side. Although there were other passengers in the coagh en route to Chesapeake Beach, only Alexander was hurt. ‘Two hundred and fifty passengers on the train were greatly disturbed, but employes of the company acted Wwith such speed and in handling the situation that no injuries beyond that of Alexander officials. After hitting the train. the automobile was whirled around like a toy, and PLAN FUEL SUPPLY FOR SMALL USERS Committeemen Draft Series of Suggestions as to Coal Distribution. New plans of coal distribution de- signed to care for the needs of small consumers were considered today at a speclal meeting of the central fuel committee. Secretary Hoover, chairman of the committee, was understood to have drafted a series of suggestions re- Iating to the distribution of both bituminous and anthracite under the tuel legislation now before Congress. The general idea of the new pro- gram was understood to involve the co-operation of local bodies, such as chambers of commerce, "With the large industries and railroads in the various localities ~working in _contact with the federal and state organiza- tlons to safeguard the small consumers in_their coal supply. Cars loaded with coal totaled 28,457 cars on Friday, September 8, accord- ing to reports to the Association of Railway Executives from the carriers of the country, an Increase of 249 cars over the preceding day. The Eastern. Pocahontas, northwestern and central western districts reported heavier loadings compared with the previous day, but there were small decreases in othér districts. ARMY OF EFFICIENT OFFICERS ASSURED Weeks Says Plucking Will Leave Only Those Rated as “Average.” The officer personnel of the Regular Army will be all of “average” rating or above in professional efficiency, when the work of the elimination board of general officers has been completed this fall. Secretary Weeks said today. The action of Congress in amending the terms of the re- duction bill has made it certain, Mr. Weeks added, that the board will complete its work within less than the time specified. The Army rating of “average” for officers is exceedingly high. As laid down in_regulations it is thus de- fined Mcient: Duty well per- formed: up to standard; qualification satisfactory.” Before Congress amended the orig- inal reduction bill, Mr. Weeks pointed out, it would have been necessary to separate a large number of officers with “average’ rating from the service. With the extended demotion list now provided, the men to be stricken from the rolls would sub- stantially all be of below average rating, he said Secrstary Weeks said that Brig. Gens. Chase W. Kennedy and Richard M. Blatchford had been asked to ap- ply for retirement in advance of the specified date for their withdrawal from active service. Both men wpuld retire normally next January, but will ask to be retired by December 1, in order that their withdrawal may make way for younger officers in con- nection with the work of the reduc- tion board. The War Secretary emphasized the statement that action of the reduc- tion board on the case of any officer was final and that no influence of an kind was permitted to affect its ru ngs. —_— smashed into the freight platform of the station. The gasoline tank exploded, throwing blazing gasoline over the oc- cupants of the automobile, and on the second coach of the train, which had reached the scene before the brakes could be applied. The second coach was burned, but no passengers received in- jury, according to the railway officials. Railway Company Blameless. At the coroner's inquest, conducted this morning by Justice of the Peace John E. Donald of Chesapeake Beach, Md.. the verdict of the jury absolved the railway company from blame in the crash and held the operator of the au- tomobile, as yet unidentified, responsible for the accident. The verdict follow “That the three unknown colored men came to their death in a collision between the automobile which they were driving. and a train of the Che: apeake Beach Railway Company, at Owings, Md., on September 10, as a result of the negligence of the opera- tor of the automobile, who is unknown he being one of the three men it being apparent to us that he ignored the signals of the flagman, who seems to have acted with due diligence. It is our opinion that no blame attaches to the flagman or to the employes in charge of the train, and the rallroad company is hereby blame.” women, who were station at the time of the accident were burned by the gasoline, but it is not believed the injuries are of a serious nature. Owings _Station is about five miles west of Chesapeake Beach. The accl- dent resulted in a tie-up of traffic on the railroad for about an hour. Three -colored standing in the Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued to the following: Prescott Lecky of Richmond, Va., and Kath- ryn B. Jenkins of this city. Harry H. Acheson and Grace T. Magner. Henry N. Taylor and Emma B. Smallwood. Charles R. Rowe and Margaret G. Smith. the entire national committee for de- termination and action. If this be done, I believe that some new matters can be shown that would prove very interestin, and nearly double those proposed by the House. The duties agreed upon were 7 cents a pound and 50 per cent on intermediates and 7 cents a pound Harry L. Bosley of this city and Augusta Miller of Pittsburgh, Pa. Joseph B. A. Van Oort of Los Angele Calif., and Justine H. Weyden of this city. John J. A. Ager and Frances M. Baughan. and 60 per cent on finished dyes. REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES AT THE HAGUE IN THE NOR- WEGIAN-UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD DISPUTE. States I8 mow being heard by the permanent court of arbitration at The Hague, Holland. while theShipping Bosrd has been omnly willing to offer the owners two and a half PLAN LIST OF TEACHERS FOR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Supt. Ballou to Check Up Eligible Candidates for Appoint- ment. E A list of eligible candidates for ap- pointment to teaching positions in the junior high schools with ele- mentary school salaries will be e: stablished by the board of examiners, it was announced today, by Superin tendent of Schools Ballou. Teachers | for prospective junior high schools teachers during the summer, and who can also offer credits for a profes- sional course on the junior high school. the superintendent said, may be rated and certified for appointment in advance of the opening of school next Monday. “Since this list of candidates must be certified at an early date, teachers should furnish the above credentials at once,” said Dr. Ballou. “Please send this information to the superinten- dent of schools, who will be glad to answer any inquiry regarding this matter.” APPROVED AS JUDGES. The Senate judiciary committee to- day reported favorably to the Senate the nominations of George C. Aukma and Charles V. Meehan to be judge: of the Municipal Court of the Dis: trict of Columbia. Their early confir- mation is expected. MUSIC DIRECTOR ARRIVES. Edward N. C. Barnes, recently ap- pointed director of music in the Dis- trict public schools, to succeed the late Dr. Hamlin E. Cogswell, will arrive in Washington today to take up his new duties. Mr. Barnes has for a number of years been director of music in the public schools of Pawtucket, R. L counsel; Tilden Adamson, C. Denals, agent for the who successfully pursued two courses STEAL EVIDENCE ing open the doors of the sheriff's of- fice, thieves early this morning stole the gambling paraphernalia, lottery HELD BY SHERIFF AGAINST GAMBLERS TAMPA, Fla., September 11.—Pry- tickets and money that was confl cated by Sheriff W. C. Spencer as evi- dence in a raid on @ West Tampa e: tablishment September 2. The rob. bery was discovered at 8 o'clock this morning, when deputies opened the office. RAIL STRIKERS WIN FIRST TILT IN FIGHT ON U. S. INJUNCTION (Continued from First Page.) Richberg said, unless the Attorney General is going to stand up in court and claim that an act of Con- gress, which he is sworn to defend, is_unconstitutjona The government comes into court as an employer within the meaning of the Clayton act, he argued, be- cause the government, through the courts, s operating railroads under federal receivership proceedings, and is employing large numbers of rail- road men. Only Charge In by Inference. The bill does not, except inferen- tially and by indirection, aver that the defendants have combined to use un- lawful means, the attorney said. The government, petition read, he said, “in pursuance of such unlawful combina- tion,” whereas the defense contends the combination described is entirely lawful. If the bill is changed to read as the strikers contend it should, “unlawful combination” M Richberg said, there is no canspirac charge left and the defendants are only charged, as individuals, with certain unlawful acts. When court recessed at 12:30 o'clock until 2 p.m. Mr. Richberg sald he could complete his argument in another hour. Attorney General Daugherty and Mr. Esterline declined to say how long the government's answer will take, it one is required. Great Legal Battery. Supported by one of the most for- midable legal batteries the govern- ment has ever thrown into one court action, Attorney General Daugherty set his forces in motion. Reinforced by a great mass of evi- dence on an_alleged gigantic plot of sabotage and terrorism, the Attorney General presented his petition to Federal Judge James H.” Wilkerson, who granted the temporary restral ing order September 1. Opposing the government's lawyers and denying their charges of a wide- spread conspiracy of vandalism to cripple the nation’s transportation machinery, was Donald R. Richberg, attorney for the striking shop crafts, against whose leaders and members the government's action was directed. Two Carloads of Evidence. As opposing legal forces drew up for what was admittedly one of the most far-reaching, and important court actions of its kind ever at- tempted, both sides avoided much di cussion of the day’s possibilities. Two carloads of evidence, tools of destruction, thousands of telegrams, letters, photographs, blue print books and transcripts of statemen of some 17,000 individuals—which the Attorney General and his aides had Were closely guarded by federal agents. Secret service operatives pro- tected Mr. Daugherty and Judge Wil- kerson. Gathered During Two Months. The evidence was gathered, federal agents said, from all parts of the country by government operatives during the past two months and as- sembled in a building near Judge Wilkerson's court. In connection with charges that there was a widespread conspiracy for violence during the strike, gov- ernment men mentioned twenty-five murders, the tampering with §0,000 Tailroad cars, the burning of four- toen bridges and the damaging of many locomotives. Denying the existence of such a conspiracy by the railway unions and demanding that Judge Wilkerson va- cate the injunction, Attorney Rich- berg built up his defense on the grounds that the government had falled to make a case against the unions, that the injunction Is in vio- lation of the Clayton act and that it was obtained through misrepresenta- tion for “unlawful” motives. Unions Against Lawlessness. Concerning the sabotage charges, Attorney Richberg's brief said: “The position of the shopcrafts re- garding vandalism, or any acts of vio- lence in connection with the strike has been repeatedly stated from time to time since the inception of the walkout. “The railway unions have not only agreed that perpetrators of any vio- lence in connection with the "strike should be harshly punished, but they also have sought to co-operate with the proper authorities to prevent any illegal acts. The union leaders have time and again warned the member- ship against any lawlessness. Mr. Daugherty met last night and conferred until late with John W. H Crim. assistant attorney general: Blackburn Esterline, assistant to the olicitor general; James A. Fowler special assistant in anti-trust prose- cutions; Oliver E. Pagan, indictment expert and special assistant to the Attorney General; A. A. McLaughlin and C. J. McGuire, legal aides, and Charles F. Clyne, United States Cis- trict attorney in Chicago. Hundreds May Be Called. Many government investigators who took *part in the collection of evidence were on hand to testify. Subpoenas, it was said, might run into the hundreds, with indications that the hearings would last several days The scene of today's action was laid in_the courtroom where former Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis im- posed a fine of $29,000.000 on the Standard Oil Company and pronounc: ed sentence upon “Big Bill" Haywood and other I. W. W. leaders. None of the principals in the gov- ernment’s case were in Judge Wilkerson ascended the bench, apparently having _anticipated the calling of the lengthy docket. The courtroom was crowded and dozens were standing. Department of Justice agents were among the first arrivals. and were scattered throughout the room. Outside others unobtrusively patrolled the halls, while, six_floors below, a pair of ex- perts from the radical squad scrutin- ized every one entering at each of the four main doors. e “VACATION” COURT OPENS Justice Stafford Presides in Dis- trict Supreme Court. Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford today began his “vacation term” on the bench of the District Supreme Court. He will ,preside in all the branches of the court until the con- vening of the regular fall term October 3. The justice appeared much im- proved in health after his extended vacation at his former home in St Johnsbury, Vt. He recently returned by_motor. Justice Jennings Bailey concluded Saturday his summer recess term of service and returned to Tennessee to complete his vacation. ——e A man who has just dled in London made a fortune of more than $50,000 by hiring out. pu to street ped- TS. court when | D.C. COAL DEALERS - FOR FUEL CONTROL Want Utilities Commission to Continue Direction of Deliveries. A majority of the coal dealers of Washington do not believe the Pub- lic Utilities Commission at this time should discontinue control over the distribution of fuel, it was learned today from a source close to the local coal business. As an indication that &t least the hard coal situation has not yet reached a point where regu- lation of gistribution to consumers should be abandoned, the following experience of one local coal merchant was cited: The dealer placed an order a few days ago with a large anthracits operator for ten carioads of egg, ten of stove, ten of chestnut ana five of Pea coal. He received word from the oberator that his orfier would have to be cut to one carloa at a time. The Commissioners are in session this afternoon with the committee representing the coal dealers and representatives of the Board o Chamber of Commeree and Merenamts and Manufacturers ~Association. It has been reported that there will b discussions of whether the comm sion should continue to regulate the distribution of fuel. It that ques tion is brought up it is understood that some of the coal men will state their belief that the commission should continue to check delivery of coal by local dealers to consumers. Although the commission has con- sidered the fixing of a fair price for Soft coal st earller conferences. it nown to would be taken. S CHILD DIES OF INJURIES FROM AUTO ACCIDENT WILLIAM D. HAISLIP, JR. William H. Haislip, jr. three-vear- old child of Policeman Haislip of the sixth precinct, who was injured by the automobile of Howard Campbell, 1508 Park road, not far from the Haislip home, at 302 D street north- east, early Saturday night, died at Casualty Hospital about 6:30 o'clock yesterday morning. Death resulted from a fracture of the skull. ‘The child and a younger sister were on the sidewalk in charge of a nurse, and William is said to have run di- rectly in front of the approaching machine. Mr. Campbell told Sergt. Lohman he swung the machine to one side in an effort to prevent the acci- dent, but the hub of the wheel struck the child and knocked him down. MINE RESCUERS NEAR T0 FINAL BARRERS By the Associated Press. JACKSON, Callf., September 11.— Discovery last night of a 120-foot stope above the 3.600-foot level of {the Kennedy mine may bring rescue workers directly to the final bar- rier of rock on this level and may cut down by several days the time required to batter through to the Argonaut mine, where forty-seven j men have been entombed by fire since two weeks ago last midnight, it was announced today by V. C. Garbarini, superintendent of the Argonaut. Garbarini is exploring the stope, and said he would be able to deter- mine today whether the stope was open, or whether it was safe for rescue work. He expressed the opin- ion, however, that it not only was open, but usable. Clarence E. Jarvis of the state board of control has ar rived here as Gov. William D. Ste- phens' representative to conduct a full investigation of the Argonaut disaster. BAPTISTS GET PROPERTY. The municipality of Saitillo, Mexico, has restored to the foreign mission board of the Southern Baptist Conven- tion virtually all of the property seized Dby the city government from the mission board in 1917, Acting Sec- retary Philips of the State Department reportgd today in a letter to Senator Harris of Georgia. Secretary Philips stated that the Mexicans still were holding a vacant plaza in front of the main property which had been used by the mission board for school purposes, but gave no further information regarding the re- turn of the property. The school and land were taken the municipal au- thorities for hospital purposes, they claimed, during the revolutionary ac- tivities in that part of Coahuilla in 1917, alleging that contractual obliga. tions entered into by the board had not been carried out. The mission board, it was said, at Senator Harris' office today, main- tained that it had acquired absolute title to the property and Senator Har- ris was asked some time ago to take up with the State Department rtstora- tion of the property. News of its return reached the State Department from the American consul at Saltillo last night.