Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1922, Page 2

i : THE EVENIN G STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., 25 Colu; o MINE OWNERS AID T MEN T0 ORGAMIZE Montana Employers and Workers Join Fight Against Radical Leaders. REGIONAL UNION FORMED Members Will Refuse to Pay Cost of Strikes in Other Fields. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. BUTTE, Mont.. October 6.—And the Non and the lamb shall lie down to- gether. That is happening in the Butte mining district, and thereby hangs a tale so significant and far reaching in its importance thatitmay a ion from coast to well command att coast. capital and labor have often agreed wariare, but w » full of mean- after a period of makes the story here ing is the reason which has driven them into each other's arms. For. did you ever hear of capital actually asking labor to organize a unfon? Or dil you ever hear of a union organizing to protect itseil azainst those who would squeeze bur- densome mont out of work- fug men to support a strike a thou- sand miles away W which these same work have had nothing in common? i Well, listen 1o the talaof Butte. Tt will be interesting alike to those who mistakenly believe Amerlca will be emancipated “when the unions ave erushed.” and it will be equally an admonition to fhose labor leaders | who think the rank and file can be manipulated by means of the “sym- pathetic strike.” Union Broken by Strike. vears Bulle's miners were or- Eanized hey were d with the Western Federation of Miners. of which Mover was the chicftain. Em- ployers bereabouts were hostile to were displeased o differences with the aforesaid Moyer. who was con- ducting a strike in another mining region and extracting Several thou- cands of dollars a month-—in fact. as- ents as high as $10 a month r man—from Buite bay envelopes. tihe workers locked askance at this drain and gradually revolted Naturally there was glee when t miners’ union went to pieces. The companies quietly encouraged it all. But what has happened ce 19147 On the heels of orher leaders came omething wors, e I W. W.s, and they found this a feriiie district for heir exploitation. With the I W W.'s came a socialist mayor, and for a the unicns and not when in 1914, due time Butte was in the hands of t most radical elements in America. They preved on_ the workingmen. They called sirkes fo suit their whim¢ Compared to the I W. W ihe old union was a tame affair. But gradually in the last (wo years the I. W. W.'s have been driven out The miners have developed leaders who are conservative and far-seein ‘They have conferred with representa tives of the mining companies, and both sides have agreed that a state of disorganization is fraught with danger. not only to the empioyers, but more particulariv to the miners, who become victimized and terror- ized Even that is not all. The co s running their mines at r cent of capacity ;v are offer- ing $1.75 per day. but can get no| response from other parts of the country. They have heard. however. | that many miners who drifted awa and took their families with them when the 1. W. W. troubles began would be glad to come back if they could be assured of protection against the radicals An Independent Union. What they have learned in Butte ia that if you crush al! form of or- ganization or if vou attempt to con- trol a labcs organization. you open a fleld for worse trouble with the radical agitators. - The new union Were is to be called the Butte District Independent Miners' Union. The leaders say they will not affiliate with Moyer's Western Federation of Miners because that means ouiside | dictation. It is true that there are various other crafts well organized Lere and affiliated directly w American Federation of the opposition is not aimed at the American Federation of Labor so much as it is against the Western Fed- eration of Miners, and it is because of their experience with the latter that the miners prefer to function as an independent unit. Naturally, the perators are not displeased cver this development and will do all they can to encourage it. The two viewpoints—that of em- ployer and miner—are best illustrated Ly the speeches made at the joint conference this week between the com- mittees representing iminers and oper- ators. “You say you want the operators to take vou In good faith,” said James Hobbins, assistant to the president of the Anaconda Copper Mining Com- Wany. “We want to do that." We, as well as you men, need and want an onest, clean labor organization. ither you must have a union for honest co-operation or else you will have a union that makes for trouble, strikes and all its attending flls. The sooner we know your objects the sooner we can arrive at a definite understanding.” In reply to this. J. T. Martin, spokes- i man of the miners, said “Most of the men in this are property owners. new union We own our cwn homes, and one of the reasons | for this organisation is that we hope to stabilize conditions. We do not want to work for a month and then have a gang of floaters call a strike | and have men vell “Scab!” at us when on our way home. “We contend we have the right to organize. We have demands to make of the companies voicing the sentiments of our mem- bers when [ say that we expect to give and take. We want to get away from conditions where our little home is worth face value today and nearly worthless the next day. I have been working in the Butte mines twenty- seven vears and I am striving for an organization that will crush wabbly- is (term used here to designate I.“W. W.'s doctrine), also the high- handed methods of the profiteer.” A Reglonal Unit. The newt independent union, which is drawing up a constitution and by-l laws, to be submitted to a mass- meeting of all the miners in a weék or two, differs materially from the so-called ‘‘company unions, in that the members do not work for one | eompany. but for all the companies in “this district. I i3 really a ri glohal union and independent of any outside organization and free from employer control. It satisfies all the necesaities of collective bargaining and gives the workers a direct me- dium of ' communication through which grievances and disputes may be handled. In--their eagernesa to get a union organization started to act as a per- manent - bulwark against ti . W. Wa.-the companies here even offered te bear the expenses. ao as te make it unnecessary to pay dues. This the Bew union comm nittee: m’;.qltlt;)y clined. #a they: spid’ e construed 't.n rally as an obliga o but I believe I am | business | ! ) { | 1 i RT F. FOX. i;r'm ne wanted wanted no strings to embarrass be v to independent— m Iking with disintere: ns the begining of the end of . acts of violence and the r of terror which has crippled { this district for years. The miners have grown tired of being called out lon strike the whim of absentee ! | leaders. They want continuous work {And the mining companies want unin- | terrupted production. That is why the lion and the lamb have deter- mined to lie down together in the * metal mines of Montan 1 iCopyi CAMPAIGN WARMS rush. Monday The republicans throughout the state. i { i i i } i | open mext { Lodge Chief Target. Reports of-the Newark meeting the greatest enthusiasm ver the eferences a “wet” platform, whe: Edwards. the democratic candidate for re-eiection, zttacked the Volstead act The democratic platform itself declared 1st and honest enforcement of the fons of our Constitution and our 0 long as they are on our statute though modification of the Vol- stead act was advocated that “would allow the right of lawful indulgence in light wine and beer.” The republican platform was 100 per cent dry, declaring that “the laws designed to enforce the eighteenth amendment should be im- partially enforced in the same manner as every other Jaw ecnacted by the leg- islature. In Massachusetts, Senator Lodge is to be the chief target of the democratic effort to overturn pres:nt political con- ditions. A bitter fight is being waged against him. The reports from unbiased sources in Massachusetts at this stage of the campaign are very encouraging to the republicans, however. was the Gov. to | democral | Republicans Are Hopeful. In fact, the reports from the east in general are more hopeful to the republican managers in the past ten days. It is said that the peak of the dissatisfaction with Congress and the party seems to have been passed land that, with business picking up and people keeping busy, the grum- blings of the past may be expected to be forgotten In increasing pro- portion between now and election day. In Pennsylvania the main interest centers in the election of Gifford Pinchot as goverpor. Mr. Pinchot is having his troubles with some of the old guard leaders in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, who do not fall in readily with all of his plans for re- forms. But the point is that the old guard men are set on electing the county, state and congressional tickets and the probability is that {the governorship will go along with { them. Connecticut is one state where the i republicans are worried. Conditions are admitted to be not at all good in the Nutmeg state and plans are being made to devote increased ef- forts to smoothing out the wrinkles in the republican prospects by an in. | tensive campaign. 1 1 ! The First Thing to Do When You Return From Your Vacation Is to \ORDER THE STAR| Delivered to your home by regular «“FROM PRESS TO HOME WITHIN THE HOUR.” . Evening and Sunday Star, 60c per montn Evening Star. 45¢ per month Sunday Star. 20c per month Call gt Office, Drop Postal or Phone Main 5000 mbia National Bank cd persons here | ene i ne enthu: 1 over what is_being done. For it means more ors. and better work done by ho are already on the job.! UP IN TEN STATES| IAVES A NESSER™ * NEWBANK HEAD Succeeds Albert F. Fox as Columbia National Bank" President. LAUD CAREER OF MR. FOX One of Outstanding Banking Of-; ficials of City—Other New Of- ficers Are Named. James A. Messer was elected presl- {dent of the Columbia National Bank {at a meeting of the board of directors ot that institution yesterday after- noon, to succeed Albert F. Fox, presi- {dent of the bank for the last twenty- ifive years. The board accepted Mr. Fox's resignation with regret. Any one assuming a position as {successor to Mr. Fox 1s given an un- usual honor,” declared Mr. Messer to- iday, volcing the opinion of all those who have been privileged to be as- sociated with Mr. Fox during his long business and banking career in Wash- ington. Assumes Dutles October 14. Mr. Messer, who is president of the umes A. Messer Company, Inc., 10th { street and Pennsylvania avenue north- west, will automatically become head of the Columbia National Bank at the lose of business October 14. Charles B. Balley, vice president, afso will re- {tire at that time, after faithful serv- ice of fourteen years. Frank J. Stryker, at present assist- ant cashier of the Federal National Bank and recently elected cashier of the consolidated Federal-American National Bank, will succeed Mr. Bal- ley. Walter B. Guy was elected at- j torney. ! "The resignation of Mr. Fox as pres- {ident of the Columbia National Bank removes from the head of that in- stitution one of the outstanding banking figures in Washington, al- though he will remain in close touch with the institution #s a member of the board of directors. Long Career. Mr. Fox came to the Columbia July 10, 1863. and since that date has been closely connectad | with the real estate and banking I business of the National Capital. At {the same time e has a record in church and fraternal work which is believed scare equailed by any {otser man in Washington today. | ir. Fox believes in the gospel of {hard work. Work. properly carried on, never hurt any one, he declares, {and points to his own health at the |age of seventy-seven vears He has not a gray hair in b !never has taken any | ture exer: <. he says. | keeps him healthy. ! Born in York County. He was born in_York county, Pa. December 1845 Work on the { farm gave him a rugged foundation District of physical His work of health. He became a clerk in the real es- tate office of the late James F. Kelley, located on Sth street be- tween I and K streets. He remained with Mr. Kelley started in the real estate business for himself. He remained in it for forty-two and a half years. During that long period he saw the end of the civil war inflate real estate prices here. and he saw the panic of 1873 drop them down again. He has been living at 16 Grant place since |1881. He left the business January 1, 1906. i | { i Ome of Bank Organizers. Mr. Fox was one of the organizers of the Columbia National Bank in 11887, as he later one of the found- jers of the Washington Loan and | Trust Company and of the Equitable {Building Association. {president of the Columbia Bank for {five years, assuming the office of pres- ident of the institution July 1, 1897, having been elected to that position by the board several weeks previous to his assuming the office. He has been president of the N tional Union Fire Insurance Company for the past twenty vears, and will {henceforth devote himself wholly to his duties as head of that organiza- tion. | | i 1 Active Church Worker. For the past twenty years Mr. Fox has been president of the official board of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, where he holds the record of having been a member of the Sunday school for fitty-nine years. He has been treas- jurer of the Sunday school there for half a century. He is also a treas- urer of the Lutheran Home for the Aged, which position he has held for ithe past eleven years. | Mr. Fox became a master Mason fifty- one years ago. He is a member of La Fayette Lodge, No. 19, F. A. A. M. ! He was master of that lodge forty- {three vears ago. He has been treasurer of the lodge for forty vears. He is a former high priest of La Fayette Chap- ter of Royal Arch Masons, of which he | has been treasurer for thirty-five vears. I On July 12 next he will celebrate his ington Commandery. K. T. As a member of the Washington Board of Trade, he has always taken an active interest in all matters per- taining to the welfare and beautification of the National Capital. Entered Plumbing Business. Mr. Messer came to the District of Columbia in 1893 and entered the plumbing business as a bookkeeper. His rise in the business and banking world has followed his strict applica- tion to business, and his personality, which has won for him scores of friends in the National Capital. He is in some of them is one of the of- ficials. His business ability won for him many promotions through the various grades until he now is president of the James A. Messer Company, 10th street and _ Pennsylvania avenuo northwest. He is & thirty-second de- gree Mason, Scottish Rite, being a member of Temple-Noyes Lodge, No. 32, F. A. A. M. He is a member of the Washington Board of Trade, Wash- ington Association of Credit Men, director in the Eastern Supply Asso- the National Pipe and Supply Associa- tion of Pittsburgh, City Club, Kiwanis Club, St. Andrew’s Soclety, Royal Oi der of Scotland, Gavel Club and vice chairman of the board of deacons of the Central Presbyterian Church. 17 Years’ Banking Experience. Mr. Stryker, who will assume the position of vice president and cashier. of the Columbia National Bank, has been in the banking business for seventeen years. He was barn in this city and educated in the Washington public schools. He has been in the banking business during practically the entire time since he left achool. He is the son of Francis B. Stryker, one-time prominent architect here, and is a brother of Burdette Stryker, general manager of the Chesapeake _|and Potomac Telephonp Company. He first entered the banking busi- ness. with the Commercial' National Bank as secretary to George W. White and was subsequently secre- tary to John Poole, then cashier of the Commercial National Bank. When the Federal National Bank was or- ganized Mr. Stryker went with. Mr. Poole as his secretary and later b note teller and then assistant he Federal recently was ‘When consolidated with the American Na- tional Bank Mr. Stryker was elected cashier, but about the same time the Columbia National Bank picked him to become ita vice president and cashier, which he has accepted, and it was said today that na vice “preal- :on;.‘hc will be the active head of the ank. § Clarence Corson, for many years cashier of the Columbia National Bank. will remain with the~inpsti~ THIEVES PLYING TRADE. |JOHN B. CUNNINGHAM DIE Hold-Up by Footpads and Other Robberies Reported. James E. Pass, Washington bar- racks, was held up at the point of a pistol and robbed of $53 last night In Springmann court by two celored men, one of whom guarded him while the other took his money. A duplicate key worker visited the residence of Mrs. Chester A. Baker, 14238 Montague street, yesterday. The intruder stole two rings and & pin valued at $225. A ‘Fllflnum ring set with a dla- mond, valued at $600, was stolen from !the residence of L. L. Combs, 3820, { Kanawha street, between 9 o'clock yesterday morning and 11 o'clock last night. The intruder also took $5.25 in cash and a check for §3. { Maud Hawkins, 1601 T street, re- i ported the loss of jewelry valued at more than $200 and $30 in bills. She 8said the money and jewelry disappear- ed while her effects were belng moyped from 14083 Swann street several days ago. e e e Thousands of Questionnaires Are Distributed in Schools Today. Thousands of question blanks are being distributed in the public schools today in connection, with fire prevention week. The children will be asked to take the questionnaire Mome and have it filled in by the parents and returned Former Bank Examiner, Well Known Here, Succumbs in Idaho. Word has been recelved at the Treasury of the death yesterday at Bolse, Idsho, of John B, Cunningham, formerly a natlonal bank examiner well known In Washington and Balti. more. The dispatches did not reveal the cause of Mr. Cunningham’s sudden death, but it was surmised today by Treasury officlals that he must have succumbed to heart disease, or some sudden attack, as recent reports had indicated he was In good health. Mr. Cunningham was federal re celver for .the -Overland Natioral Bank, of Boise, Idaho. He had bee located in the Washington and Balti- more district as a national bank ex-! aminer for some time, later was in thé | Pittsburgh district, and for a time wa® connected with the Central Trust { Company of Illinols, in which Brig. {Gen. Charles G. Dawes, former djrector of the bureau of the budget, i1s largely Interested. CADET OFFCERS FORLINE ANED Lieut. Col. Craigie Announces Commissions for High Schools. | i . Appointment of ninety-one coms missioned line officers for the various companies of the Washington High! School Cadet Corps was announced | today by Lleut. Col. Wallace M. Craigie, U. 8 A, professor of mili- tary science and tactics. These offi- to school. The questions are intend- | cers were chosen as the result of a ed to call the householder's attention | competitive examination and com- to every possible source of fire thatplete the commissioned personnel of might exist in the home. 'lhe cadet organization for the current scholastic year. The officers . and the which they attend follow Parade Tomorrow. The seven-day campaign to reduce Washington's fire loss will be brought schools at SHRINE INV ‘T0 BE WIREL 1Daily"Throughout En- tire United:States. R 3 2 wireless message espousing Washington as, a’ convention ‘city will be broadcasted throughout the United States, comrhencing today at. noon and.each 'day hereafter at the same hour. This message will be sent out each” day by Thomas J. Willlams, 1324 New York avenue, under the wupploes of tho Bhrine 1928 mittee. Today's message 1y “Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine Invites you to come home the first week of next June to the Imperial Council fn Washington, and bring all the folks. Eats, fireworks and everything.” The first great Shrine convention of June, 1923, wiil be the subject which will convey the claims of Washington. Arrangements huve been made whereby the message will be caught and relayed generally at the noon hour. The potentate, Leonard P. Steuart, desires that every person in the United States should know what service the National Capital is anxious to be to the country. He is supported In this broad purpose by Henry Standiford, execulive secre- tary, and all the chairmen who have cherge of the arrangements for the tertainment of the multitude who come to Washington next June. Progress in Finances. homas E. Jarrell, chairman of the finance committee, whose members are now engaged In securing funds for the event, finds that the business men thus far visited thoroughly com- ! prehend the civic value of this broad platform. At any rate, at noon each day the air is to vibrate with the story of Washington James C. Hoyle was named chair- man of the banquet committee and George Duval, jr., chairman of the fireworks commiittee today by Po- TATON | HESSED Bid by Radio to Be Broadcast { com-! PARLEY DEADLOCK THREATENS:WAR IN | | NEAR :EAST AGAIN (Continued from’ First Page) stantinople to consult with the high commissioners, and the British and Italians ‘to ask definite instructions from their homeé governments, with the understanding a further meeting would follow their receipt. A mes- | sage from Brig. Gen. Sir Charles Har- ington caused immediate action in Downing street. Cabinet ministers {were hurriedly summoned by tele- phone and speclal messengers and went into a session which did not break up until early thls morning Gen. Harington’s message was gar- bled in transmission and it was thought advisable to wait for a repe- tition before taking any decision. London newspapers this morning appear without any of the details of the conflict at Mudanja, which are known in the United States through dispatches to the Assoclated Press. The British press is being badly serv d in Constantinople, where, accord ing to the Daily Telegraph's diplo matic expert, the Britlsh military au- thorities have established a most stringent censorship. Press Comment Slight. On the basis of such meager infor- mation as they possess, the papers comment rather lugubriously upon the aituation asrevealed by the tem- porary halt of the conference. The Turkish reply to the allies’ invi- tation to a peace conference, whic was received here yesterday, is com mented on by only one section of the press. The Times sees in the reply evidence that the Turks are not in a very pliant mood, and expresses angry dissent with the suggestion that the conference be held in Smyrna, which |it thinks at best singuiarly tactless. { “It shows” says the Time | those who made it are completc jable to appreciate the impressi a selection will feeling in the allied states i United States hat and the - SOUTHERNERS LA i i un- | Grarge, the American 2 such | stock make upon public ' Grower: T * NEW TARRF BIL Association Members Telt “President Law Gives Farmers Square Deal. ACT BEST IN GENERATION Democrats Predominate in Organi- zations Indorsing Recent Legislation. ] Headed by President John H. Kirby of the Southern Tariff Association, rej resentatives of fifty basic productive in- ) dustries of the south called upon Pres dent Harding today to present him witt a written indorsement of the Fordne:- MoCumber ‘bill. The message from the producers to {the President was terse bit to the | point. - Tt ‘said : i “We endorse the Fordney-fcCumber Ibil, as it more nearly gives the farmers {of the natioh a square deal iban tariff “legislation enacted during the present generation and the first tarifr measure written based upon th- principle that the farm entitled the same treatment in tariff legislation as the manufacturer.” Association Giving Support. Among other organizations liste he indors ent WwWere th Nationa onal Live 1 the ociation, the D. To ask the delegates |men’'s League Co-operative Associs mericar Rice Growers' ‘ of civilized Europe to assembie on|tion, the American Cane Growers’ As- head and| cul- | until 1876, when he ! fiftieth vear as a member of Wash- |- a member of many trade bodles and | ciation of New York city, member of | to a close tomorrow with another parade of fire apparatus through the streets. Charles W. Darr. chairman of the local fire prevention committee, to- day made public suggestions on how to conduct yourself in a fire emer- gency. “If You happen to be in such a place when a fire occurs, keep from getting excited and use vour best efforts to prevent ement among those near you. If in a crowd, do not try to run or push your way through. It has al- waye been found that a building can be ‘emptied much more quickly it the occupants leave it in an orderly man- ner. Frequently fires have brought disaster, not from the flames, but be- cause of panic. It Clothes Catch Fire. “If your clothes catch on fire never attempt to run. Your movement sim- iply fans the flames. The quickest and best method of extinguishing burning clothing Is to Toll the wearer in a rug jor blanket or any other heavy m {terial. Care should be used fo ex- { tinguish the flames around the face vent the flames. wearer from inhaling the be caught in a burning building re- member that smoke and flames travel more quickly when there is a draft It pays to think a moment of the re sults before throwing open windows and doo A door opened at the Wrong moment may cause smoke to rush into the room. overcoming the occupants or making their escape im- possible. When leaving a burning room ciose the door. This will retard the spread of flames. Smoke Rises. “It is important to remember that 1it is natural for smoke to rise. There is always, therefore, less smoke near the floor, and in a burning room you will be safest If you keep your head as low as possible. The bhest method He was vice|of leaving a room full of smoke is by I crawling. “In case of emergency a rope often can be quickly made out of bed sheets. It is important to remember, how- ever, to tear the sheets in strips be fore tying them. In this manner one or two sheets will produce a rope of considerable length.” —_— SNARES SAFETY PIN IN BABY’S STOMACH (Continued from First Page.) | cate the missing pin. the doctor was called as a precaution. The infant was removed to a local sanitarium and an X-ray taken. revealed the pin. open. just at the entrance to the stomach. Special- ists who were called said there was a possibility the pin eventually would pass through the stomach without injury. Some hours later, however, the ohild developed pain and cried a lot. Another picture showed that the pin, instead of work- ing down. had moved up a trifle and that the sharp point was pressing on the flesh. Surgical Operation Impossible. A surgical operation was felt to be impossible because of the location of the obstacle. Dr. J. H. Buff, a spe- cialist, was called. He studied the X-ray plctures and announced he was certain he could get the pin. He decided against any anesthetic, as it might prove dangerous, so he | secured the child to the operating {table. Attendants held its hands, but it was so exhausted with crying that it gave very little trouble. = - Dr. Buff tied the cord of an elec- troscope about his head. Then with his right hand he manipulated the pinchers, and a wire loop, after first lowering the tiny light down the baby’s throat. At one time the in. struments had to be withdrawn be- {cause the breathing was interfered | with. Caught in Pinchers. After several efforts Dr. Buft caught the pin with the pinchers. Holding it steady he manipulated the wire loop over the butt of the pin and began to pull on it. Thls caused it to slip along the pin which pushed the point toward the end on which the catch was Finally the point slipped under the catch and then it was a comparatively easy task to get the pin out through the throat. The child quickly recovered from its experience and seemed as well as ever today. (Copyright, 1922:) FOUR POLICEMEN RETIRE. Two Detective Sergeants and Two Privates End Service. The Commissioners today retired four members of the police department for disability. They are Detective Bergt. J. R. Stringfellow, Detective Sergt. Fleet 8. Hughlett, Private W. J. Creamer and Privato A. M. Fi Detective Hughlett has the automobile squad of bureau for a number of years and aided in the recovery of scores of stolen ma- chines. One of Hughlett’s heels was in- jured in an accident several vears ago A naretiow alao had s wood rosord i Stringfellow also had a record in the detective office, but sought retire- ment because of iliness which kept him o n head of the detective off_duty for a lon! period of time. e tution as_auditor. He {a well ac- quainted with the clientele of the Bank and will be of great assistance to Mr. Btryker when the latter as- sumes his new dyti ‘There may be other changes in the institution with the Jaauary elee- tion. t and head as soon as possible to pre- | “If vou are unfortunate enough to! Tty McKinley High School—Captains. A Keller, J. M. Graves. . M. David- son, C. F. Brangley, John IL. Kolb, Thomas K. O'Connor. Harry C. Robb, Harold Scott and Harold W. Denni- son: first lieutenants. Stanley . White, F. N. Dodge. J. W. Head, Nor- man L. Krey, George H. Cole, Isadore Rod, David M. Heritage, Edward Dulfn, J. W. Marshall and Theodore Neweil: second lleutenants, James P. Schneider, J. R. Bickens, F. C. War- man, Adoiph C. Hugin, Fioyd A. Gess- iford, Willlam Putnam, A. F. Viener, | Lester Baird, A. T. Edwards and J N. Myers. John E. Bassett was appointed cap. tain and will_be adjutant of the 2d Regiment of McKinley; C. M. Ire- lan was appointed firs licutenant, to be adfutant of the 1st Battalion of the 2d Regiment of McKinley; Wil- Ham™ H. Cross was appointed first lieutenant and will be adjutant of of McKinley. and E. M. Kilerlane was lappointed first lieutenant and will be adjutant of the 3d Battalion of the 3 Regiment of the Columbia {Juntor High School. Lieut. Newell will be in command of the medical {unit at McKinley. Central High School. Central High hool—Captains, Howard Chapin, William Satterfield. { Kenneth "Dayton. Robert Rudolph, { William Howard. Donald Wheeler and Carleton Brown: first _lieutenants John Lane, Clarence N. Beach. Wil lfam Lichtenberg. John D. Wynkoop. Wade H. Elgin, Russell W. Graham {and John Ryerson; second lieu {tenants, Frederick B. Marbut. Mimi Marseglia, George W. Huff, Tolbert W. Pelzman, Robert S. Ward and John C. Rinehart. Royden K. Whitford wa: appointed captain and will be ad- jutant of the Central regiment, and Joseph A. Rice was appointed captain, to be uartermaster of the regiment. Charles Aronstein._and Isador Levin were appointed first licutenants, to be battalion adjutants {at_Central. Business High Edward Riecks, School—Captains, Russell King an John Collins; first lieutenants, Francis Hahn, William A. Fisher and Charles | Monroe; second lieutenants, Isadore Brill d Pearson Conlyn. Perry Jacob was appointen first lieutenant to be battalion adjutant at Busines Eastern High School. Eastern High School—Captains, C. F. Kern, E. B, Snell. L. H. Cheek and A J. Harriman; first lieutenants, T. L. Edmiston, R H. Houser, D. L. Sandoe and J. P. Dunnigan; second | lleutenants. C.'M. Hisle, Jr., R. E. Lee, J. H. Baldwin and G. W. Gallahorn. A. J. Goodman was appointed first lleutenant, to be battalion adjutant at Eastern. Western High _ School—Captains, Baxter Ragsdale. Herbert Clark and Miles Flint: first lieutenants. Hadley Evans, Archibald Adkins and Moncure Berg; second lieutenants. Ellwood 8impson. Frank Armstrong and Wil- liam Ten Eyck. William Hoge was appointed first lieutenant, to be bat- {talion adjutant at Western. —_— SHERIFF AND U. S. AGENTS IN CLASH (Continued from First Page.) in Charles county insteal of Prince Georges was when they found the sheriff with one of his assistants walting &t the house for them. They ports. Sherlff Takes Liquor. Sheriff Simms took charge of the liquor—400 gallons of it—took away from the prohibition officials, according to prohibition headquarters here. and transported it away, lea ing the agents, Hines and Rose to re- turn to Washington. Now they are chasing each other in Charles county, the agents with warrants charging the sheriff with taking seized property from govern- ment agents and the sheriffs with warrants charging the agents with housebreaking. McCawthorn, speaking to a Star reporter this morning at the first precinct police station, where he was being held to awalt the arrival of requisition papers, told something of the troubles which led to the mix-up. Farmer Sceks Baby. McCawthon, former chief of police of Albemarle, N. C., and now a pros- perous farmer in middle Tennessee, said he came to this section to get his baby, Frankle McCawthon. = Had the child been surrendered, as prom- ised, he sald, the raid would not have taken place. He said his father- In-law, I L. Hicks, who resided at the Waldorf house, promised he would return the child if he (M- Cawthon) would say nothing of the liquor and would wait until after Sunday. Sunday passed and the child was not surrendered. McCawthon said he then gave rev- enue agents information of the liquor business near Waldorf and went with them when they served the warrant. He said he doubted the right of the officers to serve the warrant in Charles county when it had been is- sued in another county, and so told the officers. The liquor is stored in ware- house of the internal revenue bureau here. Ravenue officlals have mot the slightest intention of ralnrnm‘: Itt‘;o Charles county. Nothing short of a court order, it Is stated, will cause the return of the liquor. Should the courts compel the return of the li- quor, It s stated, it wouid be prompt- ly sels ain and persons e 17 would be arrested. Isiming FERGUSON WILIL UPHELD. The will of Susan B. Fe , ‘who dled April 13, 193], was sustained yes- terday by a J“g in Circuit Divigion Justice Hits. A contest sturte: "uufl."”‘?n"'n&':"’ per v el cou “atate is valued af $750,000, T Th® the 2d Battalion of the 2d Regiment ! Central | were dumfounded, according to re- | it ] tentate Steuart. This leaves chdir- men of three committees yet to be appointed. They are the baggage. entertainment and purchasing com- mittees. Past Imperial Potentate Harrison Dingman was selected yes- terday as honorary general chair- {man of the 1923 Shrine committee. Harry F. Cary. chairman of the transportation committee of the Almas Temple 1923 Shrine committec. Which is to handle and solve the ‘many problems connected with the transportation of 300,000 to and from Washington next June for the meet- ng of the Imperial Council of the Mystic Shrine, has completed work of organizing his force and the ! personn« 1 The committee _includes operating and expert traffic officials of all i transportation lines entering Wash- | ington. City of Pullmans. ! committee Chairman Cary gave out a i statement which explains in some de- gree the unprecedented traffic prob- next vear. For instance, it is esti- mated that 50.000 persons will live in Pullmans while here. and in anticipa- tion of this unique situation the yards 1 will be organized like residence com- munities for this purpose, the differ- |ence being that instead of houses | there will be a community of Pullman leeping cars. The committee is as jfollows: H Cary, chairman; Alex- iander Grant. vice chairman: R. R { Cooke. vice chairman: A. P. Johnston. | secretary; W. B. Calloway, Baltimore: W. E. Lowes, Baltimore; W. V. Ship- }ley, Washington: John Lewis, Wash- {ington: J. A. Latchford, Baltimore; V. Raugh, Baltimore; John D. Potts, Richmond; W. A. Braunstein, Rich- mond; J. B. Edmunds, Washington: W. L. Booth, Richmon . 8. Calcutt, e, Wash- Covington, Ky.; R. R. ington;, F. E. Evans, Washington {W. H. ¢allahan, Washington, . X. Bell,-and O. T. Bovd, Philadel- phia McCullough, Baltimore Nathan Weil, Washington: Georsze M. { Smith. Baltimore; H. H. Baker, Phila | delphia; J. T. Ransom and C Ste; lart, Washington: J. B. Mordecai. Rich- Iinond; George P. James and G. W. Vierhuchen, Washington; €., W. Culp, Richmond: E. L. Raub, T. H, Harr, W H. Tayloe,'C, A. Kline, W. S. Andrew lexander Grant. J. Woodruff, S, | 5. Burgess, Joseph Marks, J. H. Wing. {field, J. V. Davis, G. C. Baggett and ! K. L. Prince, Washington, A~ Gannon, Baltimore; M. G. Strat- ton. .T. H. Travers. A. C, Brown. L. M. Ansley, C. E. Phelps, R. O. Rudd, 0. B. George, W. S. Hall. R. M. Hicks, {E. von Culin, G. W. Shockey, J. H tevens and A. H. Ferrendou, Wash- ington, and W. H. Howard, Atlanta { Chairman Cary's statement is as { follows: “The first thing to be done by this committee is to arrange with all of the railroads in the United States and | Canada and. likewise, the steamship and friends to Washington for the June meeting. This work has al- ready been undertaken by the com- mittes and these questions are hav jing the consideration of all the rail- roads at this time. Reduced Rail Fares. “Qur arrangements will include re- duced fares for persons coming to ‘Washington and returning from Washingten via the same route or routes. They will also include vari- able routes. which will mean com- ing to Washington via one route and returning. via some other direct or indirect routés: For illustrative pur- poses. far western delegations will probably move via one of the north- ern gateways to Washington and re- turn via one of the southern gate- ways, Or vice versa. “It is contemplated also i to have ton for, excursion purposes, while the Nobles and their families are here. Very extensive arrangements will be made by the railroads.of Washing- ton for the parking of sleeping cars for sleeping purpases, gnd this is a matter which the transportation com- mittee i8 now considering apd work- ing out with the several carriers at Washington. It is .confidently ex- pected that there will be 50,000 or more people who will sleen in sleep- ing _cars In fact, some of the sleeping cars will be parked at Alexandria, some. perhgps. at Laurel, Md., and maybe ‘as far back as Baltimore, all of which is mecessitated by reason of the very latge number of sleeping cars which will be at Washington at that time and because there is not sufficient railroad trackage at Washington to afford the necessary space. At these parking spaces there will be proper The parking spaces will be similar to small cities or towns, being elec- trically lighted and hating proper sanitary arraangements. Dining cars, or restaurant cars, will be kept open at these parking places twenty-four hours of the day in order to serve meals. ‘Bathing facilities will be provided at all thesé places for both Jadies and gentlemen. Much advertising will be done by the carriers by and at the.sugge! tion of the transportation commi: tes, which advertising will. be dli tributed throughout all. places and territories where there are temples. The transportation committee will likewise, -at_the time the convention is on ?n ‘Washington, arrange well in advance for an unlimited number of officals and representatives of all the carriers interested in this im- mense undertaking® to_be in Wash- ington to asalst, including operating people, passenger traflic people, spe- cial agency people, dining -car su- perintendents and crews. These rail- Poad men will be stationed at the Union station, at the several parking locations, at the meveral -hotels, at general headquarters. and will like- wise be stationed at the hotels where emples will be located. "rth Tailroad problem will be one of the biggest that Washington will have to contend with, and it will the | was announced last night.| In making public the names on his | lems involved with the big event ‘of | L0 ! near east | companies, for reductions in fares to | {bring the mobles and their families | side-trip tickets on sale at Washing- in and near Washington. | and very extensive police protection | the scene of the recent havoc aud | bility or cynical contempt for known judgment of the world.” the other commentators. Opinions differ respecting the Turk- ish proposal to include in the confer ence delegates of Russia, the Ukrain: nd Georgia, some declaring they are wholly inadmissible, while others sup- port the Turkish view. FRENCH SEND PROTEST. | Instructs Minister to Warn Greeks i of Move. by the Associated Press PARIS, October 6.—The Frenc ernment has instructed its mir {at Athens to protest against the |Greek government's having sent rein- gov- forcements to the Greek army in Thrace. The impropriety of sending troops nto one of the disputed regions at {the moment an armistice is in nego- tiation will be pointed out. as will the view that the Greck government by |this action is adding to the embar- rassment of her situation and to that of the allies The form of the French representa- |tions is described as firm | Regarding the situation idaania, Gen. Pelle | commissioncr. tclegraphed the for- {eign office briefly that the generals {were returning to Constantinople to |consult with the hizh commissioners Although Gen. Pelle is understood ito have indicated some of the difficul {ties that have arisen in the armistic ‘ronferenrl- at Mudania, his dispatch at Mu- was regarded as not defining the diffi- culties with sufficient fullness to e able the French government to u derstand the new situation and semd instructions as to how it should be dealt with. Poineare Sees Venizelos. Premier Poincare received ex-Pr mier Venizelos of Greece toddy. They had a rather brief conversation. Noth- ing of an official character réspecting the conference was communicated to the public except that Venizelos had jthe kindest sort of a reception and Rich-, that he did not have much to ask. He| { entered into some explanation, it was tated, of the present trying situation of his country. ~othing has been received from the except a long mutilated wireless dispatch from M. Franklin- { Bouillon, filed on Wednesday. Due to the errors in transmission little could { be made of this, but the French envoy { appeared to suggest that Brig. Gen. i Harington's personal conciliatory pre- dilections were cramped by his lim- ited instructions from the British gov= ernment. Greeks se Alarm. | Some alarm was caused by a report that the Greeks have dispatched two | train loads of troops from Saloniki | to Adrianople, the capital of eastern Thrace. While this is vet uncon- firmed, dispatches from Gen. Peile, ! French high commissioner in Con- | stantinople, represent the Greek at- titude in an unfavorable light. In authoritative quarters it is said will call the attention of the former Greek premier. M. Venizelos. and the new foreign minister, M. Politis, both of whom are in Par dence of such measures as the rein- forcement of the Greek army in Thrace, which could be of no practi- cal result and “would be bound to cause further strife. While deplor- ing the continual hitches which are delaying a settlement, the French press sees no reason for pessimism. Excelsior thinks the delay is caused by the attitude of the Greek gener- als, who fail to realize that t must evacuate Thrace. The ne paper asks if they are not plaving for time to enable them to concen- trate what remains of the Greek army in Thrace. WOMEN'S CLUB TO HONOR MRS. THOMAS G. WINTER Reception to Be Given Tomorrow Afternoon at Former Founda- tion. Home. The District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs will give a tea to- morrow afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock at Temple Heights, formerly the home of the Woman's Foundation, in_ honor lof Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, president of |the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Winter is well known in Washington, having spent last winter {in the city as a member of the. ad- visory council of the disarmament econ-, ference. Mrs. John W. Frizzell, president of. the District federation, will be assisted as hostess by many prominent clubwomen. Mrs, John W. Stahl, chairman of the music division of the federation, will sing a group of songs. Mrs. Coolidge and wives of the cabinet officers have been asked.to be present. Those as- sisting_with the arrangemients are: Mrs. Mary Heyler, Mrs. W. A. Winklehaus, Mrs. A. K. Wine, rs. T. Rorke, Mrs. ! Virginia White Speel, Mra. H. F. White, Mrs. John Boyle, Miss Cornelia Hill, Mrs, F. Wagner and -Mrs. Faber Steven- | son. e As the federation feels that this og- casion affords them. an unusual. oppor- tunity to be hostess at -the old home- stead and beautiful grounda of Temple Helghts, they are inviting all clubwom-~ en, whether or not they belong ta the organization afliated with the Federa. tion of Women's Clubs. 5. be the purpose of the transbortation committee while these people . are moving to Washington, while .at Washington and while moving out ot ‘Washington to make the lrlnppqrtn: tioh end a complete success. Thé excursion tickets, which will be on ale at Washington, will be to vari- ous points within a reasonable radius ‘of Washington.” | massacre exhibits either callous insensi- | State the | American The same point is made by some of { American Hon ociation, the Ohio Dairy, Farm Grange Organizations. Fish Oil Associati Growers' Excha Producers’ the Rice Millers’ Association, the orado. Honey Producers’ Association, the Big Lake, Texas, Wool and Mo Peanut the French high | to be probable that Premier Poincare | , to the impru- | air Association, the Texas and | Southwestern Cattle Raisers’ Asso- clation, the National Swine Growers® Assoe ion. the United Peanut Al-' {sociation. Sheep and Goat Raisers' Association of Texas, the American } Association of Creamery Butter Man- ufacturers, the lowa Dairy A the National Peanut Shellel s clation. the National Peanut Cleaners and Shellers’ Association. the Texas ! Peanut Growers' Association, ths i Arizona Prima Cotton Growers' Asso- ciation, the New Mexico Wool Grow- ters’ Association, the Arkansas Rice {Growers’ Association. the National Mohair Growers' Association and the International Baby Chick Association. {The Tariff Association presented tha indgrsement in the name of all listed organizations. Climax of “Victory Congre: { The visit to the President was the climax of a one-day ‘“victory con- [gress” by the Southern Tariff Associa- tion,; which has sixty-seven produc- ltive’ industries represented in its membership, as well as 6,000 southern banks tn affiliation. called to take a general mventory on the tariff meas- ure agd 'to con t aring house” |session on items affecting southern { products The mecting is being heid at the Raleigh Hotel today. It is expected {10 be concluded this afternoom after {the passage of a number of resol: tions defining the etand of the or- ¢ anizations represented om provi- ions of the bill. { " Two points it was declared at this morning’s session of the congre: | stand out prominently hat is thae failure to include hides and i staple. cotton on the protective jule. An effort to have these items taken care of is expected to be made 2t the afternoon session. It was g pointed out that between 600,600 and 1.000,000 bales of long staple cotton are ‘hnported annually from India and otHer' European exporting coun- tries. Majority Democrats. Peculiarly, the majority of the | membership of the organization tends to democratic leanings. This fact was {pointed out to the President by Mr. Kirby in a short address at the re- {ception this afternoon, when he said: “Without any wish to raise any controversial partisan question, it is a_matter of truth that this associa- tibn is_composed largely of demo- crats, Tt had it= origin in the distress of our people arising out of the un- equal, discriminating character of oyr tarift law Mr. Kirby told the President that his association was largely composed of farmers and associations allied with the agricultural industries. For 1ten yeg he said, they have bee | struggling under “an indefensible dis- {crimination in tariff levies which in- {juriously affected ceonomic progress jand greatly retarded agricultural de- I velopment ‘and thrif Southern Senators Praised. Mr., Kirby continued: “You will { permit us also to publicly record our {approval of southern senators in their jvotes upon certain schedules which affected the products of the south ‘ {When the Senate was sitting as a {committee the whole for the con Isideration of this bill and upon their |Votes. when that committec had re- turned the bill to the open Senat !\Without the support of these sena- tors in placing southern product Inotably vegetable oils. cottonseed, | peanu’ meats. wool, poultry and { eggs, dairy products, rice, sugar and tobacco upon the -dutiable list, tha bill fn its present form would not have {been possible.” { " Concluding, Mr. Kirby said: “The I recent tariff bill has been given con- i sideration not only by local south | industries, but Ly national industries | interested in similar products and it | gives us pleasure to now hand you Ithe list of the organizations with their | pronouncements upon the nature and effects of this tariff measure.” DRVER ESCAPES DEATH IN ADTO SOMERSHULT Resident of East Falls Church Jumps as Machine Clears Embankment. Jumping, clear of his sedan .ax it execduted the second of a series of somersaults dow: a thirty-foot em bankment into Dead Man's Hollow, on the Cherrydale road, at 2 clock this morning, F. T. Vermllion of East Falls Church, Va., saw his car dashed into a mass of burning wreckage an ‘instant _later. Vermillion escaped { death miraculously, sustalning only a slight bruise on one of his legs The wreck ‘occurred within a shor distance of the gcene of another ser. (ous accident several weeks agc, when a large passenger bus crashel down {into- the hollow from the marrow "roadway, Injuring several of the o i'cupants and badly damaging the car. [ According to_Vermillion's story to |!Road Officer Welsch of Arlingtos county. this morning, he was driving Mis gedan toward Cherrydale, en route T et Falls. Church ‘when e sauw :|another maéhine start to back finto "the rosd ahead of him from a right- angled branch raad. " Both machines stopped within a few feet of each other, and both started, up again at the kame time, each driver” thinking ‘he had been' given Mghtiof ‘way. Vermillion's ‘car was forékd to, the left, careening on the brink” of'~ the. embankment for & ymoment and then plunging down the; teep slope ' r