Evening Star Newspaper, October 9, 1922, Page 2

NEW ONION SOLVE LOGEERS DIPUTES “Four L,” Composed of Em- ployers and Workmen, Proves Big Success. NO STRIKE IN 3 YEARS All Questions of Hours and Wages Are Settled by Arbi- tration. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. SEATTLE, Wash.. October 9.— Nearly three fears have elapsed| since the “reds” had their flare-up| here in an attempt at a general| strike. What has happened In this section since constitutes an evolu- tion of especial significance to em- ployers and employes throughout the country. Radicalism, talk of direct action and revolution, the propaganda of the 1. W. W. for one big union pow- erful enough to hold the nation at{ 1ts mercy, reached its crest with the effort to bring about a general strike in February, 1919, It may not have seemed t but events | since prove that the ! turning point came at that time. For | the move nearly disrupted the labor | | i so-called “paper” riy every class ' ce boys to jani- movement here. Many of the unions, embracing ot employe from of tors, have disappeared. Displeased with the tactics of their radical; brethren, thousands of workers in the trades who own thelr own homes and prefer orderly methods of col- | lective bargaining ceased paying | dues and dropped out. ship in the unions was materially | reduced. Gradually since 1919 the conservatives have gotten the upper The member- | hand, and while the Central Labor Council today cont may be cl a_different did three E almost never hears the talk of direct action. “The Four L.” In the wake of it all has come some Interesting and successful experi- ments. Admittedly the I. W. W. had its strongest hold in the lumber in- dustry, but something has been de- veloped instead in the milis and camps of Washington, Idaho and Or- egon which probably has no parallel the United States and therefore deserves study, because it involves a sincere attempt to solve labor problems across the conference table and without the coercion of fed- . eral or state law. The name of the organization is Loyal Leglon of Loggers Lum: bermen, commonly known now as “the four L.” It started in wartime, with the help of the federal gover: ment. when spruce production for airplanes was so much in_need of stimulus In the northwest. When the war was over the workers themselves voted to continue the organization. It had hard sledding at first, but has successfully ithstood attack. Unlike most unions of emploves or co-operative assoclations of employ- ers, the “four L" is a combination of both. Emplovers and emploves be- long to_it, and each pays the same dues. Neither class controls. Each mill or local working unit has a con- ference committee, consisting of an equal number of representatives of the management and the worker. They know the conditions at their mill better than any outsiders, they reach the crux of the problem direct- 1y and quickly. But, If they disagree, there can be neither strike nor lock- out, as the matter must be referred to a district board. There are twelve districts in the northwest. The di: trict boards are elected annually by the local organizations. Each board | has four representatives of the work- ers and four of the employers. They hear all appeals in their respective districts. Above them is the board of directors of the whole organization. This con- ists of twenty-four members, the same being each chairman of the em- ctions of the twelve district and one representative of management from each of the district boards. No Strike in Three Years. Thus twenty-four men famillar with the Industry as a whole sit as a court. If they sat simply as two groups, little progress would be made. They have developed a judicial tem- perament. If there is a tie vote, the whole question must be submitted to arbitration, and each side agrees to ablde by the result. If a federal ‘Judge 1s available, he Is to be selected 2s an arbitrator, otherwise somebody of similar standing i the community 18 requested to act. But the interesting thing is that in three years there have been no strikes. There has never been a case requiring arbitration. Only two cases ‘were not settled by district boards and had to be referred to the board of directors. The latter has in the last few years both lowered and raised the wage scale when economic conditions required it. About 10,000 workers belong to the “Four L. This is by no means a ma- Jority of the workers, many of whom are secretly affillated still with the I. W. W., and some of whom belong to unions related to the A. F. of L. But the membership 1is gradually growing.' Proof that the “Four L" is neither the tool of the workmen nor the employers is seen in the fact that It is often bitterly fought by both groups. Several of the employers of the extremist type who want no kind of organization to solve labor prob- lems and who insist on the free play of economic law believing human L bor to be a commodity just as much as an inanimate plece of goods, de- clare they don’t want any committee or board to tell them what wages ould be paid, or what hours shall be worked. The board of directors of the “Four L,” by the way, voted to maintain the eight-hour day, some- thing which many employers still resent. ‘When deflation came, the legion came in for severe criticism from both sides. Employers claimed wags were not being reduced fast enoug! while employes cried that wages were coming down too fast. . Legion Has Grown. Some of the employers withdrew from the organization. But it has stood the test. The forward-looking employers are supporting it whole- heartedly. One of the members of ths board of directors, for example, is A. C. Dixon, president of the West Coast Lumbermen’s Association. The chairman of the board of director; Norman F. Coleman, formerly profe: sor in Reed College, Portland, Oreg. He lsn’t entitled to vote, but it is due largely to his skillful neutrality that tha legion has grown in strength and It o “:t'- organized primari] ‘was _ ne D! to st ol ) mat in that direction. It was created for an afirmative the main- d the de- the un Killed When Auto Upsets Near Hughesville, M ARTHUR B. CARRICK, An employe of Gude Brothers Com- pany, florists, who met death when the nuto of George Brady of Seat Plcasant, Md., in which Carrick was riding, overturned yesterday while en route to Benedict, Md. management _in the solution of its problems. The conference committees locally have on many occasions devel- oped impromptu_ discussions which have assisted in_getting efficlent production. B obtained valuable hints conferences. Difficuities d ordinarily lead to strikes ave been avolded because they have bewn treated at the Sourc It is not a company union controlled by employers, nor is it nanipulited from the out- ‘e leaders or walking del- tes withou@hesponsibility. It has the advantages of both with the disadvan- of neither. (Copyright, 1922. SHRINERSPLANNING s/ VETERANS APPROV 10 COME BY BOAT Delegation From Houston, Tex., Plan Stopover at Havana, Cuba. A new mode of travel to the Im- perial Council session of the Shrine here next June was presented in a letter recéived today from George H. Pruter, potentate of Arabla Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S, of Houston, Tex. ‘This temple is planning to send 200 nobles, including a band and patrol, by water. The ship will encircle the Gulf of Mexico and touch at Havana, Cuba, for a short stay. It will then proceed on fits way up the Atlantic coast to the Potomac river. As near Washington as possible the ship will anchor and be used for a hotel during its stop here. Suggestion Approved. The suggestion from Arabla Tem- ple was met with much enthusiasm, as it will provide one way to relieve congestion of the rallway lines and at tie same time will provide its vis- itors with good housing accommoda- tlons, which are rapidly becoming very scarce. It is thought that many other temples will make use of this avenue of approach. George Filmer, executive secretary of the Shrine session last spring in an Francisco, will meet the chair- men of the various committees and other officials of Almas Temple to- night at 8 o'clock at the headquar- ters, In the Homer building, 13th and F streets. Mr. Filmer’ dress on needs and plans for preparing for the Shrine activities next June is awajt- ed by members of Almas Temple with keen interest. It is believed that many valuable pointers can nered from his talk, because of his previous experiences. Broadeast Message. ‘The radio message was broadcast today, as usual. The wireless today, which will reach, without relaying, from here to the Mississippl, was: “From the White House to the humblest abode in Washington all arms are stretched to you in_ hearty welcome to the Capital city when the Imperial Counéil meets next June.” RED CROSS PRAISED FOR NEAR EAST AID as a sentinel—not knowing who or what may come next. When it comes it Is the spirit of the Red Cross to meet it, regardless of religion or poli- tics, but In the interest of service of humanity. He pointed out that it was difficult for the people of the old world to realize that there is not some other motive behind the work of the Red Cross except that of service to hu- manity. World Gratitude Shown. He read a cablegram from the Po- lish government expressing gratitude for the generous help of the Red Cross, and also one from the South American Red Cross, conveying greet- ings to this convention. Bishop McDowell opened the meet- ing with an invocation and there was a concert by the orchestra of the United States Marine Band. Thomas E. Green was elected per- manent secretary of the convention. The chairman was suthorized in a resolution to appoint committees on credentials, organization and rules, resolutions and nominations for three members of the central committee, one_vacancy- caused by the death of . C. Davidson, and the other two by expiration. Judge Payne, however, sked that each of the divisions of the Red Cross name the members of the committes and submit the names to him to announce. Each committee will have eighteen members, in ac- cordance with the directions con- tained in the resolution. Other Special Speakers. There will be a section meeting on post-war service, from 3 o'clock tc § o'clock this afternoon, to be pre- sided over by D. I Johnston, chairman of the Olglahoma City chapter. Ad- dresses will be made by George M. Angler, Newton, Mass.; Miss Cather- ine S. Leverich, New York City; Mrs. B. M. Hoover, Elkins, W. Va.; Miss Ella F. Harrls, Washington division, and Judge Hubert Utterback, Des Moines, Towa. The general session tonight at 7:30 o'clock will include a concert by the United States Navy Band and ad dresses by W. A. B. Nichols of tl China central committes, on forelgn work of the .R Cro: Becretary Hoover of the Department of Com- merce; Dr. A, Ross Hill, vice chair- man, in c of foreign operations, and Sir Claude H]ll, director general, League of Red Cross Societies. PUCCINT'S SISTER DIES. ROME, October 9.—. sister of Giacomo lenl. the com. poser, died after a short {llness. - She ‘was_sixty-five years of age, and was iperior of the € {1ast night. Dr. Wood has CHANGE IN BUREAU Sweet Bill Will Be Pushed at Next Session of Congress. WILL BENEFIT DISABLED Better Hospital Care Provided, Also Change in Insur- ance Feature. Inequalities In the existing statutes woverning the care of disabled former service men will be corrected soon after Congress reassembles, mccording to Representative Burton W. Sweet, Te- publican, of Towa, who claims to have strong support among both republican and democratic leaders for his bill. A nation-wide campalgn of education is being conducted by the national rehabil- itation committee of the Disabled Amer- can Veterans of the World War, repre- senting about 200,000 disabled men. This organization exists for the sole pur- pose of inducing improvement of the service rendered them by the govern- ment. Representative Sweet, in the House, and Senator David I. Walsh, democrat, of Massachusetts, in the Senate, wili lead the fight to expedite passage of this remedial legislation. It proposes to amend the present law, which consoli- dated Into Veterans' Bureau the sev- eral agencles formerly charged with the duty of caring for disabled men. Veterans Support Bill. “Further legislation for the disabled ex-service men is necessary,” said Rep resentative Sweet, inexplaining the pro: visions of his bill, which has been be- fore Congress since April, so that all members have had plenty of time to familiarize themselves with its proposals. “So far as the Disabled American Veterans are concerned” sald C. Hamilton Cook of Buffaio, the na- tional commander, “we have heard of no one who is opposed to the Sweet bill. Some slight changes may be necessary, but the sentiment in favor of the broad provisions seems to_be unantmou “That being 80,” Commander Cook continued, “it is desirable to hasten enactment of the legisiation. Meh now disabled or in hospitals need the more humane consideration which the terms of the bill provide. Any ad- ditional expense involved will be trifiing, and, any way, that is not a matter to be reckoned in consider- ing the proper care of these men." Changes Proposed. Representative Sweet points out that this new bill proposes the fol- lowing amendments to the existing aw: (a) To permit the Veterans® Bu- reau to rate men who have been or may be in hospitals or asylums for a continuous period of one year a totally and permanently disabled. This, he 2ays, is the chief provision of the new Sweet bill. (b) That reduction of a disabled man‘s compensation shall not be made unless he has had a physical exami- nation before such action is taken, and in no case without three months' notice. That soldiers developing p: 'HE EVENING ST. psycho-neuro: active tuberculosis or chronic em- pyema within three years after their separation from the service all be deemed to have acquired the aflment while In service. The present law limite this period to two years. (d) That decent burial shall be provided. the Veterans' Bureau to pay not more than $200 for funeral ex- penses and $5 for a flag to drape the coffin, (e) That more liberal arrange- ments shall be made for reinstate- ment of lapsed Insurance policies. (f) That each patient discharged from a hospital shall be furnished with a statement of the medical find- ings of his condition. The education campalgn ngw In progress considers that the disabled boys themselves, as well as the pub- lic, must be educated to the spirit of co-operation and usefuin, in order that they may be rehabili- tated and returned to an economic status. MRS. SUSAN MURRAY CLAIMED BY DEATH Dies at Home in Bishop’s House in Close of National Cathedral. Presented Residence. Mrs. Susan Murray died yesterday at her home in the bishop's house in thg close of the National Cathedral, after an iliness of several mont! Funeral services are to be announced later. About six years ago Mrs. Murra; presented to the chapter of the Wash- ington cathedral a re ‘whicl was built in the cathedral ground She stipulated that a portion of the building should be reserved for her personal use during her life. Since the completion of the bullding she had occupled the western end, and it was there that she dies The body is now lying in the bishop’s chapel in the house. Bishop Harding is travel- ing in the west, since he attended the convention of the Episcopal Church in_Portland, Ore. Mrs. Murray was a devout member of the Protestant Episcopal Church and made many gifts to Episcopal churches and institutions here. DISTRICT GETS PORTRAIT OF H. B. F. MACFARLAND A portrait of the late Henry B. F. Macfarland, painted by Wallace Bry- ant, lately of Bostor, but now of Washington, upon commission by Mrs. Macfarland, will be presented to the Commissioners for permanent em- placement at the District building later in this month. Meanwhile it is hung in the southwestern room of the Corcoran Gallery, second floor, for public inspection prior to the formal transfer to the gallery of Commis. sioners. A particularly interesting feature it is the fact that th frame 18 made of wood from the hi: toric Long bridge across the Potomac. ‘When that structure was demolished, Mr. Macfarland's term as were saved as sou trait of Mr. Macfa: period of his commissi LAUDS AID IN ISLANDS. American missionaries and govern- ment Officials have do more to civilize the Philippine Islands in two decades than Spain did in many centuries, Rev. Dr. harles Wood, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant declared in a sermon Just re- turned from a tour of the orfent, where he said Christianity’s hour of opportunity waits “Almost before our soldiers fired there last shot,” the pastor said, “10,000 teachers were sent out from the United States. The resuit is that today there are more persons in the ine Islands who speak the than learned to language in the centuries .’n‘th:t'-nmo 'ru e ! o ‘The press: Testlessness the nl:fnuh m”hmnm for in- depe: te are signs of the h.l:hn' plane to W] onership. h America has “asserted. the col Lower, left to right: Sir Claude H| for a mpeech, and Dr. Albert Roas Hil the overscas relief operations of the CHAIRMAN ADAMS FLAYS DEMOCRATS Republican Committee Head Says Candidates Are Re- pudiating Parties. Before the democratic party asks the country to entrust it with con- trol of the next Congress It first should get control of itself, John T. Adams, chairman of the republican national committee, declared M a statement issued today. “Its own candidates for the United States Sen- ate,” sald Mr. Adams, “are deserting it” Continuing he said: ‘Senator Kendrick of Wyoming, democratic candidate to suceed him- self, has repudiated his party on the tariff. Notwithstanding the demo- cratic officlal text book Is devoted largely to violent denunclations of the tariff, Mr. Kendrick voted for nearly all the schedules in the new law and for the law itself, and is claiming he should be re-elected on that account. “Senator Ashurst of Arizona, is an- other democrat trying to be elected on the ground that he does not be- lieve what his party says regarding the protective tariff. Ralston Repudiates Party. “Former Gov. Ralston of In- diana, is the latest democratic candi- e for the United States Senate who udiates his party's position. He disregar: the democratic ‘official publicity, announces : himself in thorough sympathy with the treaties formulated at the Washington con- ference for limitation of armament, and pledges his hearty co-operation with President Harding and the ad- ministration in carrying out the spirit as well as the letter of these treatie “Democratic leadership cannot con- sistently criticize their insurgent natorial candidates who have so ac- curately sensed the public sentiment of their respective states. “Those directing the democratic campaign are sidestepping their para- mount issue of 1920—the league of nations—and have instructed speak- ers under their supervision to avoid ussing it at this particular time. enator Pomerene is a good ex- ample of this forgetfulness. In Janu- ary, 1921, when the country was reap- ing the full effect of eight years of democratic administration, he made a speech in the Senate deploring wide- spread unemployment in Ohio, stat- ing that at least 40 per cent of work- ing men were idle, bread lines were in some of the industrial cen- ¢ distress existed among wage earners. Ohio, in com- mon with the rest of the country. has had nineteen months of repubilcan administration. Mr. Pomerene is now trying to forget what he sald in Janu- ary, 1921, because to recall it would only emphasize the contrast between unemployment then and the tremen- dous industrial activity of today. Also Raps Hitcheoek, and general “Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska is another democrat who is endeavoring to forget his utterances of last yea: During the discussion of the farmers' tariff, which he opposed, he predicted that the enactment of such a tariff would not benefit the agricultural ]:r e characterized the farmers' tariff as a Mr. Hitchcock is now trying to forget the direful predic- tions he made regarding the farmers’ tariff by making equally foolish pre- dictions regarding the new Fordney- live stock interests of his state. “gold brick.” McCumber law. “This is consistent with the demo- In each cam- paign they admit they were wrong in the previous campaign. No doubt next campaign they will be trying as hard to forget what they said about the tariff this year as they are trying this year to forget what they said on their issues of the last cam- How .can the voters agree with a party whose leaders cannot agree among themselves on the issues the campaign in which they are cratic party history. paramount paign. of engaged.” DE THOUARS. WILL FILED. The will of Julia M. de Thouars, dated August 81, 1906, was flled today for probate. _Sh erty to her daughter, Helene C. ine, and her granddaughter, Julia E. Isdell. The real estate is devised for life to the daughter, then to the grandchild. The daughter 1s authorized o ..“d '.haul;‘ the ddaughter. The 0 nddaughter. % r s Frank E. proce %I:.r and her husband, e, are named as executors. D. C. PASTOR REAPPOINTED. was _reappointed to his church l:h:lu Pennsylyania ence Bretheren 1 itl.:ln.nnll nm;aon- at’ Carlisle, leaves her personal eal estate and divide the Rev. Dr. Charles E. Fults, pastor of the United Bretheren Mémorial Church, North Capitol and R streets, resent. Tho Onited Church of 0 Christ, which aonelng:d WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1922.° PROMINENT AT NATIONAL CONVENTION OF AMERICAN RED|NO SUCH DIGNITY CROSS WHICH OPENED HERE TODAY. Upper, left to right: Dr. Livingston Farrand, former chairman of the American Red Cross, who will address ntion; MM Mnbel T. Boardman, secretary of the American Red Chapter Service,” and John Barton Payne, ehairman of American Red Cross, who will preside. director general of the League of before the convention: Mrs. August Belmont, member of the central committee, American Red Crom: vice chairman of the American Red Cross, who will tell the delegates about noclety. $1,500,000 NAV AL PLANT HELPLESS WITHOUT FUNDS A million and a half dollars were expended in the construction of the naval experimental laboratory at Bellevue, just below Giesboro polnt, but the establishment cannot be put in operation because Congress at its recent session failed to provide funds for its maintenance. ‘Work on the buildings is practical- ly completed and machinery and other equipment are being Installed, but, it 15 said at the Navy Department that | the laboratory as a whole must re- main idle until funds are obtained to carry on the scientific operations for which it is designed, except for a Iltmited amount of work which may be done by special allotments from naval bureaus directly concerned in the development of some experiment. Such allotments it {s explained do not, however, provide sufficient funds tlo keep the establishment in opera- tion. Estimates were submitted for that purpose, but were disapproved by the subcommittee of the Senate naval committee. They will be included in the next budget, in the hope of more favorable action. AD CLUB T0 BE HOST T0 SIR ROBERT BAIRD Maj. Gen. O'Keeffe and Ulster Journalist to Be Honor Guests Wednesday. The Advertising Club of Washington will have as its honor guests at the meeting next Wednesday BSir Robert Baird, managing director of the Bel- fast Telegraph and Allled newspapers, and his brother-inlaw, Maj. Gen. Sir Menus O'Keeffe, it was announced by officials of the club today. ‘The British noblemen are on a tour American ad men to visit Belfast, Ul- ster, when the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World hold their conven- tion in London in 1924. Sir Robert is vice president of the Advertising Club of Ulster. Sir Robert Baird, is one of the best- known of British journalists. He was born_February 8, 1855. On September 1, 1870, during the Franco-Prusslan war, he founded the Belfast Telegraph. Fol- lowing the death of his father, in 1886, he became manager of the concern. During the war, Sir Robert acted as Irish representative on the admiralty, | war office and press committees of Great Britain and Ireland. He was president of the Master Printers’ Federation and president of the Irish Newspapers So- clety. He Is chairman of the Belfast district newspaper press fund snd wes twice president of the Ulster District Institute of Journallsts. He has been a justice of the peace for the county borough of Belfast since 1892, Sir Robert is a thirty-second degree Mason. He is honorable deputy grand master of Scotland, Loyal Orange In- stitution, - * = en O'Keeffe has a distin th military record. He served "In!.fol.:le‘ campaigns and’ was mentioned seven times in dispatches. He was responsi- brlle for all "rlle rl‘lledlul arrangements for the army during three 3 fighting on the Somme, Joor> Deavy —_— HEALTH STRIDES NOTED. Great Progress in Factory and Shop Sanitation. Remarkable progress in factory and shop sanitation has been made in the last twenty or thirty years, according to a statement issued last night by the health week promotion bureau. “The working man and woman are beginning to give some thought to conditions under which they work,” said the statement. “The provision for the comfort of their workers which many large corporations and em- ployers of labor have made of thelr own accord, and with rare foresight and insight, has done much to amellorate conditions under which certain industries are carried on’ A comprehensive study of state laws affecting sanitation, ventilation and personal hygiene is being made by a committee in charge of the good health week to determine how many states have laws which would be benficial to industry if enforced and how many of them have any provis! for the énforcement of th SUSPENDS POSTAL SERVICE. Postmaster Gen: ‘Work announced stal service today that gen tween the United ;n:m and Greek o) luding Sm of the United States to invite the; TRIAL FOR ASSAULT ON GIRL IS OPENED J. Marshall Lysle Charged With Attack on Miss Rosenbaum. AS CONGRESSMAN SITS IN HOUSE Any high school student, standing on his coustitutional rights, i re- minded that the next time Repre- sentative McVon Googley of the 763d district of Delaware, for example, is introduced by the teacher at the Fri- day night speaking service—which precedes the refreshments—as Con- gressman McVon Googley, he may rise and declare there is no such dignity. Digging through the musty rec- ords, Willlam Tyler Page, clerk of the House of Representatives, has found—and printed in a little hand- book—that there is no official sanc- tion for the title. The Constitution, says Mr, Page, sanctions the use of CRIME AT TAKOMA PARK Defendant Alleged to Have Enticed the words ‘“representative” and Victim “members,” as designating those per- to House Across sons -composing the House. District Line. But, like other words which have crept’ Into use since Noah Webster's day, congressman takes ({ts place, and the average representative, over the telephone or to your —if you don’t know him—will say MARLBORO, Md., October 9.—J. Mare shal Lysle of 1000 Fairmont street, Washington, was placed on trial in the circuit court of Prince Georges county here this morning on the charge of having criminally assaulted thirteen-year-old Catherine Rosen- baum of 1335 Maryland avenue north- east. The assault is alleged to hav n committed late last summer . o en \house near Takoma Park. just across the line, separating the District from Prince Georges county. It is claimed that Lysle enticed the girl to the place and she was found some time later wandering along a nearby road After telling of the attack the girl had Lysle arrested at his Washing- ton home. He was immediately re- moved to the jurisdiction of the Mary- land authorities. Jury Seleeted.| The court opened this morning with the selection of a jury. Several hours were consumed picking men satisfactory to both sides. It was nearly noon before Dr. Ada Thomas took ‘the stand for the prosecutiond and testified that she had examined little Catherine soon after the as- sault is supposed to have taken place. Dr. Thomas sald there was no doubt that the child had been criminaily attacked. The next witness was Louis Rosen- baum, Catherine’s father. After tes« tifying about the story his daughter had told him of the alleged attack Mr. Rosenbaum was turned over for cross-examination and a lively legal battle ensued between the District attorney and the counsel for the de- fense “when the latter attempted to discredit Catherine’'s character through her father. At one time when counsel for the defense asked Mr Rosenbaum {f his daughter had not once been in a serious physical con- dition the father leaped from his chair and was restrained by the court from attacking the lawyer either verbally or physically. Ruling of Court. The fight was finaily settled, how- ever, when the court ruled that noth- Ing ‘regarding the thild’s previous reputation could have a bearing on the case. Justice Briscoe, chief justice of the court, ruled after a confer- ence with his assoclates, “that the prisoner was charged with criminal sssault; that the defense could not hope to prove his innocence by ques- tioning Catherine's character. = He said that her character would not have any bearing on the question of whether Lysle had actually made the attack. Catherine was the first to appear in court. She wis dressed in a natty little brown hat, with a coat of & camel's hair color, stockings to mate and black patent leather slippers, a combination that made her decidedly attractive, despite her Apparent youth. She occupied a seat at a table directly in front of tke judge. Beside her sat Dr. Thomas, who pat- ted her hand now and tnen as the lawyers attempted to assail her char- acter. Catherine, however, seemed th remain _ undisturbed and smiled calmly when the court ruled against the defense. MANY NDITED BY GRAND JRY Assault With Dangerous Weapon and Hold-Up Among Charges. — Robert W. Sisson, Maurice Sullivan and Earl D. Dean were indicted to- day by the grand jury on a charge of assaunlt with a dangerous weapon. It is alleged that they attacked James R. Keeton, an employe of the Pull- man Company, on Brentwood road | September 20, last. One of them | sald to have struck Keeton with a iron pipe. Keeton told the police that he thought the men mistook him for a strikebreaker. Hold-Up Charged. James Davis is charged with twd hold-ups in separate indictments re- ported to Justice Stafford by the grand jury. September 20 last, it is alleged, With a companion he stopped i Tho R. Blake at 17th and B jstreets morthwest and reliev. of $16. The very next night, averred, Davis and his unknown com- panion visited the store of Fischer {and Chasen at 1100 P street nortl | west and while the storekeeper was | serving the companion Davis is said to_have rified the cash register. The grand jurors ignored a charge of housebreaking made against Frank E. Moten, a charge of attempted rob- bery against Charles Gay and assault with a dangerous weapon against Clarence A. Jenifer. Other Indictments. Others indicted and the charges against them are: Clyde Tyler, John Eady and Clara Johnson, assauilt with a dangerous weapon; Milton P. Harris, receiving stolen’ property; Andrew Green, Dorothy Moore, Johi Nalle, Henry Reeves and Raymon Harris, grand larceny; Davis M. Faulk, joy riding: Joseph Ken Charles E. Brice, Manning Arthur an Morris W. Ross, housebreaking and larceny; John Williams, larceny after James Augustus Dorsey, rob- Worthy Balley, non-support of 2 SHOT DEAD, 1 WOUNDED, IN BOARDING HOUSE FRAY Separated Husband of Injured Woman Held—Daughter and Farmer Victims. JONESBORO, Ark., October $.—W. G. Schults, & farmer, and Eveline Murrell, four years old, are dead from bullet wound: Mrs. John Geiger, mother of the girl, was shot twice seriously wounded, and John a:?“r. frvm’vhom Mrs. Geiger is separated, is held by suthorities to await the action of the grand jury in connection with the shootings, which occurred early yesterday at a boarding house conducted by Mrs. iger. G ser denies all connection with the shootings, but his wife ' told police, they say. that Geiger h; threatened to kill the entire famiiy, when she refused to return to him. tle brown animals nati: 1:&::‘:6."::: bcr:- with MM;; & tull set of HARR IS Eaino ings, who don't happen to know t! representatives by name, meet the occasion by saying ‘“congressman.” The easier method around the House these days, if a man wants to keep within the Constitution, to ad- dress & member as “judge.”” It hits the right spot, and he smiles affably —like the fabled colomel of Ken- tucky. PURVEYORS OF FOOD INANNUAL MEETING 3,000 Restaurateurs Gather in First Session of Na- tional Association. Three thousand restaurateurs of the TUnited States are gathering in Washington today with the avowed purpose of elevating the business of =atisfying appetites of lunch-room diners to the plane of a profession. This is the purpose that was out- lined in the address of President Harry S. Baldwin of Springfield, Mass., when he officially opened the sessions of the fourth annual con- vention of the National Restaurant Assoclation in Convention hall this afternoon. President Baldwin's Address. In his address, President Baldwin stressed the need for stabilization of the industry elong the following lines: More permanent and artistic construction of restaurants; equip- ment with effective ventilating de- vices, more careful selection and better training and care of person- nel, purchase of quality material and production of quality food, and use of best of the best sales methods and the most effective mediums of ad- vertising. “The chief purpose of this associa- tion,” he sald, “is to elevate the res- taurant business. In the atmosphere of this great National Capital, we are anxious to vision the greatest pos- sible future usefulness of the Na- tional Restaurant Association seeking to accomplish its purpose.” He wound up his address by an- nouncing this slogan: “He profits most who serves best.” Arriving Members Regiater. The entire morning was taken up with registration of arriving mem- bers and in arranging the exhibition booths. The business sessions are being held in the armory adjoining .Conven- tion Hall, while the entire hall is given over to all sorts of exhibits. There's $250,000 worth of equipment in Convention Hall for the week. Everything from dish-washing ma- chinery and refrigerating piants to patent cocoa and coffee mixers op- erating in the exhibiting booths. Food is being cooked on the spot in revolving_ ovens and a new steam pressure device is illustrating a revo- lutionized method of preparing food. This device works entirely by steam generated by the hydrogen contained in the food to be cooked. For in- stance, you put & chicken into a dry jar and put the jar on the gas stove. No water and no juice. Then a top is clamped down, and the chicken steams itself and makes its own gravy while cooking. There are 175 booths. One hundred exhibitors are occupping them. At lunchtime on the balcony today a buffet and sandwich lunch was served free of charge to all visitors to the exposition. Then there was dancing on the szide. The convention did not get under way until this afternoon, when A. E. Seymour, secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce, delivered an address of welcome to the visitors. Horace Boos of Los Angeles, the first national vice president, responded to the address, thanking him in the name of the membership for the courtesy extended by Washington. ‘Then followed the address of Presi. dent Baldwin, which in turn was fol lowed by addresses by Treasurer Myron Green of Kansas City, Mo., and General Secretary Al B. Carder of Kansas City, Mo. Later this afternoon announcements by chairmen of national and local committees are scheduled, as well as the report of Chairman J. O. Mills of Columbus, Ohio, in charge of the ex- position committee. After the after- noon adjournment a reception will be staged on the balcony of the expo- sition hall for visiting ladies of the convention. The President's reception and an informal dance will be held tonight at Rauscher’s, 1024 Connecticut ave- nue. Elaborate arrangements have been completed for the occasion. ON TEACHERS’ COUNCIL. Miss Hazel Davis to Represent School’s Clerical Force. Miss Hasel Davis, employed in the office of Buperintendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou, has been elected delegate to represent the clerical force of the school system on the teachers’ council for the current scholastic year, succeeding Miss M. A. Carroll; Miss Marie Ebel, a clerk in the office of Harry O. Hine, secre- tary of the board of education, is al- ternate. Other representatives on the coun- cil, arnounced today by school offic- 1 are: Elsie Green, delegate, and Mrs. L. M. Berdwold, alternate, pri- teachers; Howard Safford, dele- , and Mrs. N. H. White, alternate, Eolumbla Juntor High School teach- ers; Hugh F. McQueeney, delegate, and H. L custodian Kimbal who will speak on “Volunteer Red Croas Societies, who will speak scheduled UNLOAD GOAL CARS UICK,URGES SPENS Shippers Also Asked to Lim- it Their Operations to Normal Spheres. Appealing to coal producers to a: sist in expediting movement of coal by loading cars to carrying capacit: Federal Fuel Distributor Spens to- day also urged receivers of coal to unload cars fmmediately on arrival. Coal shippers are requested to con- fine their operations as far as practic- able to thelr noraml spheres of dl. tribution, in order to reduce the amount of transportation service now required. Consumers of coal are asked, if the coal is available, to confine their purchases to the grades of fuel to which they have been ac- customed. All Traflic Heavy. publiy should appreciate the Mr. in a formal statement, ‘‘that today there are un- usually heavy offerings of traffic of all character to the railroads and we are hoping that it may not become necessary to recommend any action that might interrupt the transporta- tion of other commodities. “Priority orders now governing the handling ‘of coal equipment are, of course, already interfering to some extent with movement of commodi- ties that are u!ulllg loaded in this class of equipment, but it is our de- sire that there should be no greater interference with general transpor- tation than appears to be absolutely ::;;;I&I‘y to care for the coal emer- Virtaally No Reserves. Mr. Spens pointed out that current production of coal only “negligibly” exoeeds current consumption, adding and he will recommend that it be torn down. \ in pens said that there are no important reserves. ‘We sincerely trust that the existing serene weather, generally prevalent, will lull none into unconsciousness of the critical situation that might arise in the event of an early change in climatic condition: he adds. Analysis of the present coal trans- portation production and present re- serves, the statement said, clearly indicates that for some weeks stiil to come the commodities covered by priority orders, particularly coal, ;r‘:::t be given extraordinary atten- THREE SMALL FIRES. Lumber Yard Blaze Fought From Land and River. Fire in a two-story frame structure in the lumber yard of Thomas H. Car- ter, foot of 13th street southwest, claimed the attention of land and wa- ter forces of the fire department early yesterday morning. There was noth- ing in the building but machinery, Fire Marshal Seib reported, and dam- age to the building amounted to $1,200. A fire occurred in the same build- ing several months ago, the fire mar- shal stated. The building belongs to the District government, he added, ‘Firemen endangered their lives at a fire in a two-story frame dwelling in rear of 310 K street northeast about 5 o'clock yesterday morning be- cause of a false report that two men were asleep in an upper room. The fire started in the rear portion of the house, the home of Robert Johnson. and did damage estimated at $500. Origin of the fire was not determined. PLACED IN ASYLUM. Woman Twice Tells Police She’s Taken Poison. Gertrude Martin, thirty-eight old, 229 V street Mnthw’eut.‘whm been treated in local hospitals eral times for poison, yesterday was taken to Washington Asylum Hos- pital for observation as to her men- tal condition. Late yesterday afternoon Gertrude told police of the harbor precinct that she had taken polson. Physi- cians at Emergency Hospital exam- ined her, failed to find trace of pol- son and discharged her. She was found In front of Georgia avenue last night by pol of the tenth precinct. She told them she had taken poison, and they had her given first aid at Walter Reed Hospital. Later she was taken to ‘Washington Asylum Hospital. —_— WILL ATTEND AIR MEET. 1 ), intendent of the air mal sorsie, M V. Mases ‘oF the same bureau left Washington today to attend the national alr meet at Detroit. force; Dr. BE. and Selden Ely, alternate, suj in, principles; Janet McWilliam, delegate, and Miss M. G. Young, al ternate, _administrative principles, and Dr. Rebecca Stoneroad, delegate, and Harry English, alternate, head of departments and directors. ‘The council will hold its first meet- ing of the present school year at the Franklin Bchool tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. The program of activities for the year will be planned. 7 —————e THIRD TRIAL OF BURCH. JELES, October 8.—Today’s Prefiemii g A3 f I.unL“GAm" %Rgn:gh of Evanstol . charged o urder of J. Belton Kennedy, us Eos An Kker, in m‘v’uly"éu'rf. os 3 August 5, 1931, It was ex-