Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1923, Page 11

DECISION REVEALS RAIL BOARD-WEAK P. R. R. Refusal to Obey Rul- ing Gets Broad Smile From Labor Leaders. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Union labor is sitting in its national headquarters here today with a broad grin on its face. The long-expected rebuke issued by the United States Ratlroad Labor Board agalnst the Pennsylvania rallroad for violating “ decisions of the board has not pro- duced a ripple of assent from the direction of the Pennsylvania rail- road. Just a year ago the rallway shop- men were bitterly criticised for “de- fying the government of the United States” in ignoring a decision of the Unitea States Railroad Labor ‘Board. The shopmen claimed that the rafl- ‘roads had been gullty of 104 viola- tions before the strike was called. and if justice was to be one-sided they saw no reason why they should obey the board. Now~the Pennsylvania railroad has been publicly reprimanded and ac- cused of depriving raliway employes of “essential rights as laboring men to which Congress has declared them entitled.” But there is no power to make the Pennsylvania obey the La- bor Board excopt public sentiment, and as for that there is every in- dication that the officials of that rall- road believe they are doing an im- measurable service in squelching unionism of the national variety. Hoard Without Power. This conspicuous revelation of the impotence of the United, States Rall- road Labor Board to enforce its de- cisions comes on the eve of Presi- dent Harding’s western trip, when he is expected to discuss the transporta- tion problem in detail. He has already in one address to Congress alluded to the attitude of certain railroad executives and it is an open secret that practically the entire ad- ministration here believes the Penn- sylvania railroad is thoughtlessly adding to the nation’s problems by defying the spirit of the transporta- tion act, in so_far as it relates to powers of the United States Railroad Lgbor Board. Congress created that “ribunal as a means of preventing strikes. It was thought that when the board would issue its decisions both partied to the controversy would have sufficient respect for an institution created by the Congress ~of the United States and approved by the chief executive as to give it moral support The United States Railroad Labor Board didn’t mince words in its de- nunciation of the tactics of the Penn- ania, declaring that the latter while professing its acceptance and observance of this principle of em- loye representation, the carrier Fad Set up « system which throttles the majority ang establishes the rep- resentation of a coerced and subser- . vient minority. Hits “Shop Union.” The language 1¢ descriptive of the 80-called “shop union” system, where- by the Pennsylvania raiload en- couraged the formation of unfons through leaders more or less friendly to the employers themselves. These unions alone were recognized and representatives of the workmen to be employes of the Pennsylvania, which meant, of course, that if they \became too active in behalf of the ‘workmen they might ‘be in danger of losing their jobs, and if they lost their jobs they couldn’t represent the workmen any longer. The American Federation of Labor contends that a union representative must be free from coercion and must be paid by the dues of his fellow workmen, $o that his own job isn't in jeopardy when he argues vehe- mently with an employer. This, in effect, s _the view now taken by the TUnited States Labor Board, which Points out that workmen have a Tight to select their own representa- tives and that employers should deal With the representatives chosen by the workmen. The whole trouble has come over the question of whether the repre- sentatives chosen by the members of the American Federation of Labor working for the Pennsylvania were elected by a majority of the work- men, but the Pennsylvania has de- clined to count certain ballots cast by the men or to ablde by the rules for a fair election set up by the United States Railroad Labor Board. The significance of the rebuke given the Pennsylvania is that other rafl- roads in the United States have been preparing to follow the lead of the big eastern system. Undoubtedly the attitude of the Pennsylvania wiil b come a matter of discussion in tl next Congress unless there is a com- lete reversal of Pennsylvania policy efore next autumn, and it would not be surprising it the demand for teeth in the transportation act now -proceeded from labor sources as a means of compelling raliway em- ployers to abide by the spirit of the act should be made an issue. ~Usual- 1y employing interests have sought to put more enforcing power in lal statutes so as to prevent stri but labor leaders are beginning to wonder i with the shoe on the other foot public opinion will be as drastio with an offending employer as it has | been in the past with the offending " Mr. Harding probably will ‘denl with certain phases of this con- troversy on his western trip. (Copyright, 1923.) FOUR-DAY FLIGHT .15 AVIATORS' GOAL Plane Will Be Refueled While in Air—Stay Up Until En- gines:Burn Out. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 19.—Avia- tion ability of a high order will be called into play here late this month in an attempt on the part of Army aviators stationed at Rockwell Field 10 better the mark for continued flight set by Lieuts. J. A. Macready and Oakley Kelly. cord-seek- ing aviators, Capt. H. Smith .and Lieut. John B. Richter, contem- plate the refueling and reprovisioning of their plane while in the air and hope to remain aloft four full days. heir plans call for continuing their flight until the motor of their specially equipped de Haviland plane burns out. ‘hey will try for speed and distance, as well as duration and provisions will supplied to their plane from another, loted by Lieuts. Frank Seifert and Virgil Hines, and the success of the operation depends on the two planes bel: kept parallel in flight veory nearly at a constant distance of thirty- five feet apart. Gasoline will be poured into the of Smith and ter's air- e from the plane piloted by Seéi- fert and Hines thrdugh a one and one-half inch metal-lined rubber hose, forty feet in length. FACE TRIAL FOR RUM THEFT. NEW YORK, June members of the crew of the ooast guard cutter Raritan wijll be ocourts martialed, customs officials smid to- day, for the alleged theft of thirty- a;.:m of 'hI'kE from thi rum T {meeting was held August 7, 1919, 19.—Several | Special At the Bottom of the Ladder. TELLS OF SHIPPING STOCK EXCHANGES Morse and Associates Dis- posed of Shares at Large Profit, Says Witness. Stock manipulations, by Which Charles W. Morse and hfs associates were sald to have disposed of 750,000 shares of United States Transport stock, of little value, in exchange for $9,500,000 par value of the stock of the United States Steamship Com- pany, which possessed a definite mar- ket valus, were intfoduced in evi- dence today by the prosecution at the trial of Morse, his three sons and four others before Justice Stafford and a jury in Criminal Division 1. The jury was not advised as to what was the market value of the stea ship company stock because the wit- ness did not know. T. 8. Keary, former general au- ditor of the United States Steamship Company, read the entries from the books of the various Morse corpora- tions, the stocks of which figured in the exchanges. He also read an entry which showed that George W. Loft and others received 300,000 shares of Urited States Steamship Company stock of the par value of $10 for serv- ices rendered to save the Groton Iron Works and the Virginia Shipbuilding Company from bankruptcy. The wit- ness did not explain in what the serv- ices consisted. He declared Charles ‘W. Morse ordered him to make the entry in the books. From the records of the steamship company, stock exchanges totaling 948,091 shares were read to the jury. The witness also told of the forming of another Morse corporation, of which he was the first nominal presi- dent. This company was known as the United States Transport, Export and Import Company, and the nrAn . An offer was recelved by the new com- pany from H. F. Morse, he said, to sell the company an import and ex- port business with a permit to use pier 31 on North river in exchange for the entire capital stock of the new company. A condition was attached to the of- fer that the capitalisation be in- creased from $10,000 to $100,000. A resolution accepting the “offer was adopted and later witness retired from the presidency and_Charles W. Morse, E. A. Morse and H. F. Morse were elected to the directorate. The gennlt to use the pier was assigned y the new company October 10, to C, W. Morse & Co., it was testified. The witness said he held a number of shares of the Steamship Company “:c n‘u ednn&w. dl:u‘ta Cl;nlc; ‘Vg. Morse récelv lvidends which totaled about $250,000. Counsel for the defense objected to all this testimoney as irrelevant, but the court admitted it, allowing an ex- ception. EXPLODING TANK * KILLS 1, HURTS 4 “Empty” Steel Container From Powder Factory Wreoks Nashville Plant. By the Assoclated Press. NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 19~-One man ‘was killed and at least four others injured this morning when & large steel tank, supposed to be empty and sald to have come from = powder plant, exploded in front of the Nashville Machine and Supply Company, partinlly wrecking the be | company’s - building _and damaging other property in the vicinity. David " 2oy neofllng;:r;‘. '.mpu;'y; of . Wag oft the nl:k.n hen wuoml% f a block and the tank itself o'.. blown mont‘y-nv- feet. According plosion waa nr'oh:-:l‘;rmg“"mmt'n:’ . of nitroglycerine in ‘the tank. CONFERENCE ENDS. Dispateh to The Star. ret! rence in session all week at Randolph-Ma- o Rl R I w 1 exerc A ur ‘eet THER HOIST YER RIGGIN' SKIPPER . LL US A NOTHER! PUBLIC UTTERANCES® WERE DELIVERED LTON MARKET WHERE HE WORKED AP MRS, COREY'S GEMS Hylan’s Aversion To Wet’s Melody Results in Suit By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, June 19.—Assem- blyman Louls A. Cuvillier, father - of the bill repealing the Mullan- Gage state prohibition act, an- nounced today he had been re- tained by Peter de Noto, band leader, to sue the city for $320 for music ‘furnished in the recent Sil- ver Jubllee parade, which was withheld because de Noto's dand played the plaintive strains of “How Dry I Am"—a plece that Wwas not on the program. The incident occurred in front of the reviewing_stand on May 26, while Fov. Smith and Mayor Hylan were reviewing the parade. The governor, who by then had become accustomed to all sorts of pleas that he sign the pending repeal bill. laughed heartlly at the incident, but Mayor Hylan grew indignant and sent policemen to cut the melody short. Refusal to pay the bill followed, Assemblyman Cuvilller said. HOSPITAL AFFAIRS UP IN CONFERENGE Director Hines of Veterans’ Bureau and Medical Offi- cers Discuss Personnel. 1, |tist dogma, Milton M. MoGorr Consideration of matters pertaining largely to personnel at Veterans’ Bu- reau hospitals occupied today's ses- sion of Director Hines’ conference with medical officers in charge of the various institutions throughout the country. ‘The conference later will study problems confronting .the physicians in caring for the disabled veterans, taking up in turn chnical methods in vogue in treatment of general medical and surgical cases, neuro- psychiatric and tubercular patients. The principal personnel questions on the program for today dealth with organization and the ratio of officers and nurses to patients, occupational therapy and physiotherapy aids and dietitians. Desirability of consolidat- ing the positions of chief clerk, reg- isterer and personnel officer also was discussed. MILITARY FUNERAL HELD FOR G. ST. JOHN WILLIAMS Near East Rellef Worker, Who Died of Illness Contracted While Serving Refugee Orphans, Military funeral services for George St. John Williams, thirty-four years old, former employe of the Treasury Department, who died recently in Sam Soun, Asia Minor, while in the service of the Near East Relief, were held in the Arlington cemetery this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Representa- tives of the American Legion, the War Department and the Knights of Pythiag were present. Mr. Williams was the son of Wil- J. Williams of Foxburgh, Pa. He dled of pneumonia contracted on & four-hundred-mile hike over snow- clad hills, while conducting & party of ‘efugee orphan children to safety out- ds the Turkish territory. Mr, Williams lived in this city for nine’ months before he entered the service of the Near Bast Rellef, and was well known as & tenor soloist at the St. Paul's Cathedral. He. served as United States vice consul at Milan, Italy, for some time Col. Harvey C, Glading, 8 member of the Knights of Pythias and the Amer- ican Legion, was in charge of the fu- neral services. The services were read by Dr. McNamara. It is reported that he saved fn the four months that he was with the Near East Rellef more than 20,000 refugees. The Greek government has revered his memory_ in bestowing upon him one af its highest decorasions, now in possession of his parents. He 1s known as the “hero of Marsovan.” REJECTS CHURCH DOCTRINES. NEW YORK, Jene 19.—Because he refused to express belief in the Virgin Birth and was dubious on several other fundamentals of Slp; o Brooklyn, a student, of Union Theo- g A o a Ba er the Loug Island Baptist Association, it sran-revealed todag EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©. —By KESSLER. STOLEN BY DRIVER Chauffeur Admits Theft of| Pearls From Necklace Owned by Actress. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, June 19.—Auguste Boueilh, chauffeur for Mrs. Willlam E. Corey, formerly Mabelle Gilman, an Ameri- can actress, has been arrested, charged with the theft of pearls miss- ing from a necklace belonging to Mrs. Corey, which mysteriously disappeer- ed sometime ago, but & portion of which was later found in her auto- mobile at her chateau. The chauffeur is said to have admitted his gullt. Produces Elght of Pearls. The investigating magistrate on Saturday told Boueilh that he would have him arrested if he did not pro- duce the missing pearls. Boueilh pro- duced eight of the twelve missing gems, stating that he had found them concealed in a.park. Later, when he was arrested, Bouellh said he found; the necklace on the floor of Mrs. ! Corey’s automobile after he had taken | her to the railway station when uhei i was leaving for London. He kept it for three days, but became afraid to | retain it longer when he read in the! newspapers of the value of the lost trinket. He then detached a dozen of the pearls from~the string and re- turned the remainder, saying he had found them in the automobile. ‘Wife Refuses Profered Gift. It is asserted that Boueilh told the magistrate that h® had informed his wife that he had stolen the pearls and that he would make her a present of them. The wife is said to have re- plied that she would kill her four children and commit suicide if he of- fered her stolen goods. Boueilh is declared to have added that when he heard that Mrs. Corey suspected her Housekeeper he decided to confess his part in the theft. Nothing Is known 0 the where- abouts of the four pearls which still are missing. They are said to be val- ued at 100,000 francs. SEES STATEHOOD FOR PORTO RICANS New Governor Expresses Belief Statehood Will Be Attained in Talk to Legislature. By the Assoclated Press. SAN JUAN, P. R., June 19.~Event- ual statehood for Porto Rico was ad- vocated by Horace M. Towner, the new governor, in his first message to the legislature yesterday. “I am not authorized to speak for Congress or the administration,” he said, “but I do not hesitate to ex- press my own belief and desire that eventually Porto Rico should become a state of the Union. “I am in favor also of a constant- ly increasing measure of self-gov- ernment until statehood is obtalned.” The governor said he was im- essed with the belief that Porto 1co should be receiving federal aid for many of its problems, and urged that stepe bb taken to ha extended to the 'island the provi- slond of the vocatlonal education act, the highway extension act, the Smith- Lever act, the short-time credits aot, the maternity. act and others from which states now benefit. JAIL SENTENCES ALONE FOR DRUNKEN DRIVERS JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 19.— Jall sentences for persons convicted of driving automobiles while intoxi- cated were mads compulsory in Jack- sonville when Mayor John W, Martin signed an ordinance recently passed by the city council that does away with the 6 provided for the first offense. Under provisions of the ordinance, ‘which becomes effective as soon as it is 'published, intoxicated automobile drivers, upon conviction, will serve not less than thirty days and not more than sixty days at the city farm. The penalty for the second offense is llll‘ days’ imprisonment and for the . and subsequent ofLenses alnety TUESDAY, Enriches Police Fund by $100 for Recovering Gems In appreciation of police assist- ance in the recovery of a mesh bag, containing two rings valued at 31,500 and $42 in cash lost in & taxicab by his wife during the 8hrine convention, Robert Dollar, vice president of the Dollar Steam- ship Company, New York, has sent the police a check for $100. The money has been applied to the po- lce fund. R. M. Snider of Be er, Ala., & visiting Shriner, found the mesh- bag and contents in @ taxicab of the Brown taxl- service, having hired the vehicle after Mrs. Dollar had left it and before the drivar had inspected it. He reported the find to the taxi company and later turned over the property to Hack Inspector Maurice Collins and De- tective Howard Vermillion. JUNE 19, 1923, CHADS INCREASES IN GEINESE AFFAIRS Coalition of Leaders Further Upsets Politioal Situation, By the Assoclated Press. SHANGHALI, June 19.—Further chaos in the Chinese political situation was indicated today by reports of a coa- lition of leaders headed by Li Yuan- Hung, president of the republio, who recently fled from the capital at Pe- king to his home in the British con- cession at Tientsin, and includin, g-Tso-lin, the war lord of Mmzle the churia; Sun Yat-sen, head of South China “constitutionalists,” and Taking Pounds Off Making An Art of “Stylish Stout” Clothes Lu Yung-hsiang, the milita: v- ermor of Ghekiag province. . =0 The allled leaders, it is said, plan to shift the capital of China from Peking. to Hangchow, Province of Chekiang, In order to get awdy from the “inflience” of the Chihll party, which {s considered entirely ‘“un- tavorable.” The coalition is declared to have been formed following recent confer- ences at Tientsin. As the result of reports that Chang Tso-lin has ordered the mobilization of his Manchurian army, it is said the present Peking government is pre- paring for war. Troop movemonts of the Chihll forces are reported at Machwang and Lwanchow. BASS FISHING GOOD. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., June 19.— Local sportsmen have been out in full force since the opening of the bass fishing season iast Friday and a number of extra large bass have been caught. John W. Allison, jr., landed a seven-and-a-half-pound big- mouth black bass in Baylor's pond. Robert W. Harris caught a six- pounder in Chinault's pord and Clar- ence R, Howard caught an eight- pounder in Baylor's pond. s II FREDERICK WOMAN, LONG L, ENDS LIFE Special Diapatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., June 19.—Mrs Grace Simmong Kepner, wife of B, Evard Kepner, prominent Frederick architect, yesterday committed suicide while visiting the,home of her pars gnte. Mr. and Mra. Ezra Houck, near ere. 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