Evening Star Newspaper, July 9, 1923, Page 2

rg - - SEES LEGISLATIO ON COAL REPORT Curtis Says Congress Prob- | ably Will Turn Suggestions Into Laws. Legislation along the lines sug- mested by the United States Coal Com- mission in its report dealing with the anthracite coal situation was .pre- dicted today by Senatér Curtis of Kansas, republican whip of the Sén- ate. Senator Curtls said that he was glad the commission had gome so thor- oughly into the coul situation; that he regarded the problem presented in the coal Industry as one of the great- est which the next Congress has to solve. He sald he hoped a bill would be introduced embodying the recom- mendations of the commission. The Kansas senator expressed par- ticular interest in the suggestions of the coal commission that the Presi- dent should be giyén authority to de- clare a national emergency in case the mines should be shut down and oper- ate them, and that there should be the fullest kind of publicity of costs and returns from the production of coal. 1t s known that Senator Curtis believes in vigorous action by the government to protect the people from oal famines and from exorbitant prices for fuel. Could Call Session. While Congress does not assemble in regular sesslon until next Decem- ber, it was pointed out today that if there was a failure of agreement between the coal operators and the miners on wage scales, and resultant shutdown of the mines, the President could summon Congress In_special session at_any time to deal with the matter. This could be done, too, in the event that prices of coal were found to be inordinately high. In some quarters the suggestion was made today that if there should be a strike in the anthracite coal mines this summer and fall, the Pres- jdent should act promptly to compel the operation of the mines, even if he . had to use the Army to do so, and that he should seek legislation from Congress after it assembles in De- cember. It is believed, however, that in the event of a shut down of the mines, the President would call Con- gress together and obtain legislation Lefore acting. May Make Tssue. The summoning of Congress to deal with the coal situation in the event conditlons become worse, is regarded as a wise political move on the part of the administration. The country, particularly New England, was 80 roused over the situation brought about by the strike last fall, that the democratic opponents of the admin- istration are counting upon that as an issue in the coming campaign, There are some members of Con- gress, however, to whom the report of the coal commission, proposing government operation of the mines in an emergency declared by the President, came as a distinot shock. They regard the report as decidedly 100 radical. But it is belleved that the members holding this opinion are decldedly in the minority. With New cngland members of Congress aroused—where the people are more conservative than In other parts of the country, generally speaking—it is belleved that those from the west, middle west and parts of the south will join in hastening legislation such. a8 proposed by the commission. Commission Conservative. It was pointed out today that the membors of the coal commission may be generally regarded a8 con- servative. The commission is not made up of radically inclined men. The fact that the commission has gone so far in its recommendations has led to the opinion that the situ tion demands attention without de- ay. Senator Borah of Idaho is chair- man of the Senate committee on edu- cation and labor. Before leaving Washington several weeks ago the Idaho senator sald he would work on & plan of legislation to meet the coal rituation. The coal commission to- day was created through a measure introduced by the Idaho senator. While the report of the coal commis- sion, made public yesterday, dealt only with anthracite mines, and its report on the bituminous coal indu try will be made later, it is believed ihat the commission will make sim- ilar recommendations regarding the taking over of the mines in am emergency and the publicity of costs and returns in its report on the bi- tuminous industry. It is not likely, it was pointed out, that different remedies would be offered for two in- dustries that provide fuel for the people. FREES Y.W.C.A. HOTEL MANAGER OF CHARGE Justice McCoy Dismisses Contempt Proceedings Against M. A. Lindsley. Chief Justice McCoy of the District Supreme Court today dismissed the contempt proceedings against Mary A. Lindsley, managing director of the Grace Dodge Hotel, conducted by the Y. W. C. A. near Union station, and against her counsel, Miss Elizabeth . Harris and Judge Michael M. Doyle The manager and her lawyers had been eummoned on the complaint of An- thony G. Pollock, Who has the new: stand and other concessions at the hotel, and who claimed that an in- Junction of the District Supreme Court which had been held in effect ‘while his appeal was pending in the Court of Appeals, had been violated by the filing of ouster proceedings in the Municipal Court. When the matter came up for hear- ing before the chief justice today it was shown that Pollock after no ing his appeal from an adverse di cision of Justice Siddons had flled only a cost bond and had falled to &ive a supersedeas bond to stay the court’s order pending the appeal. On this statement the court dismissed the contempt proceeding without requir- ing the respondents tc make a showing. TUSKEGEE DECISION HANGS IN BALANCE Determination of whether the "Tuskegee, Ala., Veterans Bureau Hospital shall be manned with a Wegro personnel rests on the inter- |pretation of promises made to Tuske- \ges citizens by the Treasury com- hmittes which supervised the acquire- ment of hospital sites, Director Hines isald today on his return from & werios of conferences in Alabama. Meanwhile, he sald, the institution will be conducted with the present &taff of white physicians and negro nurses, but the selection of negro woctors for possible use will continue. Director Hines sald there appeared #0 be no doubt that toe committee agreed when the site at Tuskegee was donated that the hospital would be “under the control of a white per- nnel,” but toat the kind of control :aonumvhm ‘was not clear. - Noth- . |4ng_would be done, he said, which might involve the good faith of the MRS. JOHN J. EDSON DIES HERE SUDDENLY Was Long Prominent in Church and Welfare Work of City. Mrs. John" Joy Edson, prominent soclal and charity worker and resi- dent of this city for more than fifty- five years, died suddenly last night at her summer home on the Rock- ville pike, a few miles from this city. Her death was attributed to heart trouble. Mrs. Edson had been suffering from heart trouble for some time, but her condition was not regarded ay serious. Yesterday afternoon she visited Chevy Chase €lub, where she and her husband were members, and made plans with some friends for a dinner at her home this week. Upon returning home around 8 o'clock she was stricken and dled two hours later. Mrs. Edson was born in Rochester about seventy-five years ago. Before her marriage in Rochester, N. Y. in 1869 to Mr. Edson, she 'wgs Miss Elizabeth Berthrong. Imniediately following her marriage she came to this city, where she had lived for sev- eral vears before. Since that time she had been here continuously. Her home was at 1324 16th street, but during the summers she had resided at her resi- dence in Maryland. For many years Mrs. Edson had been actively interested in charitable and church work. She was a mem- ber of the Church of the New Jerusalem, on 16th street, and was ac- tive in the affairs of that church. Her husband {8 chairman of the board of directors of the Washington Loan and Trust Company and president of the Equitable Building Association. Surviving_her are her husband, John Joy Edson of this oity; a daughter, Mrs. Bessie Edson of this city; two brothers, Henry W Berihrong _of Boston, Mass., and Ithamar Berthrong of this city, and six_grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the Church of the Now Jerusalem ‘Wednesday, the time not yet having been arranged. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. WILLIAM R. DAY, 73, DIES IN MICHIGAN (Continued from First Page.) It is sald that his classmates won- dered that he was able to stand the college strain. Mr. Day was born at Ravenns, Ohio, April 17, 1849, prepared for college in that city and was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1870. He read law for eighteen months, and then returned to Ann Arbor for a year's law lectures, after which he was admitted to the Ohio bar. He be- gan practice in 1872, and formed the acquaintance of Maj. Willlam McKin- ley, jr., who had then held no other civil office than that of prosecuting attorney of Stark county, and was not until four years later sent to Con- gress. In the spring of 1886 he was elected judge of the common pleas court of the ninth judiclal district of Ohlo, and after serving until the following year resigned because he could not afford, with his wife and four sons, to longer give up his_ professional in come. President Harrison, always careful in his judicial appointments, made him United States district judge for the northern district of Ohlo, but he had to decline this position under the advice of his physician. Married in 1875. Judge Day married Mary E. Schaefer of Canton, Ohio, August 24, 1875, and had four children, William L., Luther, Stephen A. and Rufus S, Da: A writer at the time Judge Day was selected for the peace commission post declared: “It is not strange that.Judge Day prefers his life at home to his life in Washington, espaclally as neither he nor Mrs. Day cares for fashionable soclety. It is not only his distaste for life in Washington, how- ever, which prompted his withdrawal from it as soon as he could be spared, but the fact that he could not afford to entertain as the Secretary of State is _expected to entertain upon the elght-thousand-dollar salary of the office. Judge Day has not attempted formal entertaining in Washington, and has lived quietly in a modest house, only attending officlal enter- tainments. Aside from the law, there was one subject in which Judg8Day was ex- tremely interested—base ball. He al- ways found time to follow the game, keeping up to the minute on individ- ual batting averages, and he frequent- 1y has hurried to the ball park as soon as he could lay aside his robe. During & world series he was alway kept advised upon the bench of the prog- ress of the game, play by play. Hughes Pays Tribute. There weré many expressions of orrow and regret here at his death, as he was known intimately to of- cials in every branch of the federal government. Secretary Hughes, who for years ‘was assoclated with Justice Day on the Supreme bench, made this statement: ‘I _am deeply grieved to learn of the death of Mr. Justice Day. He was one of the finest men I have ever known. With ngmnf. profound learning and untiring industry, he was exceptionally qualified for the work of justice of the Supreme Court, and 18 was a great loss to the bench when ‘he retired. Befors he went on the benoh he had performed Important service for the country as Secretary of State, and it is pleasant to remem- ber that at the énd of his judicial career he was ajgnally honored by being chosen to act as umpire in the determination of the claims agains German! No higher tribute could be paid to an American citizen than to him for this important posi- MRS. BUZZI SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CHAIR Slayer of Contractor Ordered to Execution Week of August 6. NEW YORK, July 9.—Mrs, Anna Buzsl was today sentenced to dle in the electric chalr during the week of August 6, for the murder of Fred- erick Schneider, Bronx contractor, with whom she ilved for eight years. ITALIAN PRINCESS WILL ADDRESS WOMEN'’S CLUBS By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Ore., July $—Princess Donna Santa Borghese of Italy was among delegates to the convention of the National Federation of Busin and Professional Women's Clubs which opened here today, 'l’lh?fln- cess will address a meeting of the members’ forum of the chamber of commerae. It is expected that 2,000 delegate: will have registered by tonight. Adequate education and special training for business women will comprise subjects at the convention. —_—l CONVICTED OF TREASON. By the Associated Press. . BERLIN, July . 8~Prof. Fuchs, Munish- dramatic critic, charged with treason in connection with the recent alleged attempt at a Bavarian coup d'etat, has been convicted, aocording to dispatches received here, and sentenced to twelve years improson- ment at hard labor with a fine of 2,000,000 marks. Herr Wunck found ity as an accessory was given fifteen months lmnrkl:omn and a fine .':t '.:o.oon.o:o mar] “deportation expir- ation of the sentence. The other de- THE EVENING: STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JULY 9,‘ 1923. .S, DYEINDUSTRY SPURTS TO FRONT Nation Now Producing 93 Per Cent of Its Needs at Less Than Pre-War Prices. For the first time in history the United States is independent of the rest of the world for its supply of dyes, the tariff commission declares In its annual dye census for 1922, made public today. From a stripling industry of seven firms producing only 6,619,729 pounds of dyestuffs in 1914, the business de- veloped untll at the end of last year eighty-seven establishments were engaged In what is now described as a key industry. Sixty-six per cent more dyes were produced in 1922 than were manufactured in 1921 Production last year aggregated 64, 643,187 pounds. Imports 3,982,631 pounds and exports 6.956,- 593 pounds, the commission estimat- ing that manufacturers of the United States produced 93.5 per cent of the dyes actually consumed in this coun- try last year. Report Cut in Prices. With Increased output came a re- duction In prices, the commission's investigators found, the average price of all domestic dyes in 1922 be- Ing 60 cents a pound, comipared with 83 cents in 1921 and $1.26 in 1917. Dye for dye,” the report sald, “the domestic products, with relatively few exceptions, are found egual to the pre-war German dyes. In the early stages of the domestic dye industry, after the outbreak of the great war, many of our dyes were lacking in uni formity of strength and quality. This condition, however, no longer prevails, as our domestio manufac- turers are marketing dyes which are uniformly standardized as to strength and quality. Germans Seek Trade. The commission's account of the struggle for the International dye market reflects the efforts being made by the Germans to recover the position they held prior to the world war, when that country’s dye makers supplied approximately three-quarters of the world’s dye requirements. Of the remaining one-quarter about 50 per cent was made from German in- termediates, and, consequently, the commission said, the world was near- ly, it not actually, dependent upon Germany for dyes. But_ the commission found the United States able within the last year to fight successfully for its share of the world trade, and reports 0f ex- ports for the first four months of this year indicate that American dye manufacturers are getting a reason- able share of the sales. The commis- sion added that the approximate world production had about been dou- ble since the world war, and it pre- dicts sharpér competition than has existed heretofore. fore. GIVE UP PROPOSED LEVIATHAN ‘SISTER’ Ship Board Officials End Informal Negotiations for Another Vessel From Germany. Informal negotiations with German shipbuilding interests looking to the exchange of two Or more comman- deered ships for a sister ship to the Leviathan have been dropped, it was sald officially today at the Shipping Board. The suggestion never reached a more definite form than an exchange of views through a third party, ac- cording to members of the board, and it quickly developed that a wide variance of opinion existed a8 to val- ues of the ships which would have been involved In the deal. 1t was declared the board itself never par- ticipated in the negotiations. TURKS AND ALLIES END WAR MENACE (Continued from First Page.) draft of the protocol concerning con- cessions had been modified and made more precise to meet the American views on the principles involved. The United States objected to the confirmation in the treaty of contracts entered into. before the war. which had not recelved all necessary formali- ties; it was argued that these were too general and too vague and th principles were likely to be applied to all sorts of unknown contracts. The allies and Turks agreed upon an amended clause, specifying the concessions they wished to refer to. including_the Vickers-Armstrong and Turkjsh Petroleum Company concel sions and the French rallroad conce: in Anatolia. Whether these modifications entirely meet the views of the United States remains to be . At all events, the Turkish Petroleum Company and French rail. road concessions are likely to be the subject of discussion. Accord Established. An official communique issued after the session declared that private meet- ings had succeded in establishing an accord in principle on the three ques- tions in dispute—the Ottoman debt, concessions and evacuation. An agreement was arranged in the morn- ing, whereby all forelgn troops will be withdrawn within six weeks after ratification of the treaty by Angora, and the warships, arms and munitions belonging to the Ottoman govern- ment now in the hands of the allied forces will be restored to Turkey. As to the Ottoman debt, the allies with the Turks that all ref- erence to the debt should be removed from the treaty. This is a great vic- tory for the Turks, because it means they do not go on official record as_confirming the obligations of th debt. The ies, however, will make a declaration before the conference that the debt contracts cannot be modified except by mutual agreement between Turkey and the bondholders. Turkey must try to negotiate with the bondholders someé kind of mora- torium for payment of iriterest, which she is bound to pay in sterling, but wishes to pay in French francs. ‘An invitation will be immediately dispatched to the Russian government to send representatives to Lousanne to sign the straits convention. Con- siderable interest is manifest in Lau- sanne as to whether Moscow will accept or refuse. ————s LAST OF U. S. SOLDIERS ON RHINE OFF FOR U. S. By the Associated Press. COBLENZ, July 9.—The last official party of Americans left Coblens, former headquarters of the American dants, Herren Berger, Ruddle and]W. Roquittedy ‘@Sutermann, Were totaled | Lieut. Russel Maugh: HIGH-PRESSURE FIRE PROTECTION MAINS STRONGLY BACKED (Continued from First Page.) in partial instaliments over a period of several year Need Water Engineer. If the city heads should decide to insert a request for this project in the estimates and it is approved by the budget bureau and Congress the engineer department, it was sald to- day, probably would engage the serv- ices of an expert water engineer to direct the work. Under the high-pressure system water for fire-fighting would be taken from the river, probably at the foot of 13th street, and driven to the business section by & pumphouse on the waterfront. In place of fire-plugs there would be manholes in the street. In place of the pumping fire engine, hose wagons would respond to the alarm, bringing with them hydrant connec- tions, contalning several outlets for hose line. The manhole top would be lifted off and the hydrant connection clamped to the main. The hose line which now must pass from the piug to the fire engine and thence to the burning bullding, would then throw a stream of water direct to the fire with as much or more pressure than is now derived from the pumping engine. The pressure in such mains would run from 200 to 300 pounds and could be regulated either by an arrange- ment on_the hydrant or by telephon- ing to the pump hous —_— PACIFIC TREATIES ARE RATIFIED BY FRENCH DEPUTIES (Continued from First Page.) to dissipate the The pact does not rovide penalties, it 1s true, but it s countersigned by the word of honor of countries which are accus- tomed to keeping their word. The minister paid tribute to former Premier Briand and Secretary of State Hughes and “to the spirit of loyalty of the American nation. l cornered _entente menace of confiict. “Differencesof opinion developed sometimes,” he said, “but what is certain is that the American people now the meaning of the word perfid. Deputy Raynalde's report recom- mending ratification summarized the advantages which France would find in the accomplishment of the treaty. Made More Remote. “The United State: : the Anglo-Japanese alliance made more remote, If not al- together eliminated, the causes of confliot. Great Britain has denounc- ed her alllance with Japan without losing Japan's friendship. She has indirectly assured the safety of her dominions without being obliged to utilize her flest. She has, above all, in adoptng the American plan strengthened her ties of friendship with America at an hour when it was sald those ties were loosening. “France finds herself recognized as a great power in the Paocific because of her history and her oceanio pos: sessions. She will be consulted if grave events menace and her island possessions will thus be safe from any sudden attack.” Briand Speaks. Former Premier Briand asked for the floor and described the progress of the negotiations. He justified his refusal to accept the limitation of land forces, repeating In substance what he had said at Washington: “For Franoe it is a question of security, & question of life and death. It re- quires only a word, a gesture, an act, to give us that securities” M. Briand recalled that he had ob- tained no satisfactory answer to that declaration and so0 ocould not agree to limitation of the army, but he insisted no one had ever believ- ed that France of her own volition had retused to restriot her army. WOMAN WANTS LIMITED DIVORCE AND ALIMONY Charges Husband With “Riotous Iiving’”’ During Married Life. Limited divorce and alimony are asked in a suit filed today in the District Supreme Court by Mrs, Estelle K. Tubla agalnst Frank Tubla, who charges that her husband har squandered much of an inheritance of $10,000 from his father'a estate. They were married at Rockville December 14, 1913, and the wife says her husband has worked only at short intervals. They have one child. The wife seeks an injunction to pre: vent the husbflntz disposing of remaining property. e W ‘Throug! Attorney and Jesse B. Adams, Mrs. Tubla says her husband spent much money o “women and intoxicating liquor. Recently, she states, he put a mort- gage of $4,000 on one of his houses with intention to_buy an automobil but she avers he has squandered $5.000 of the money in ‘“riotous 1ving * Mrs. Kate A. Carl has filed suit for maintenance against Orville T. Carl, & plasterer, making $13 per day. She charges cruelty and says her husband nightly brings home eight or ten men who ble and drink until 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning.” The: were married at Fairfax, Va. July §, 1906, and have two children. Attor- ney Foster Wood represents the wife. 30 POLICEMEN INJURED. Many Hurt in Street Battle in . Vienna. VIENNA, July 9.—Thirty policemen and many clvilians were injured in a stréet battle last night between groups .{ ot nationalists returning from a mass ‘wh mn 0. the Curtiss pursult plane in which he is attempting to cross the dawn-to-dusk fi with four wtops. eontinent in a Bridegroom Loses Way, Meets Policeman and Wedding’s Off Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 9.—Edmund T. Simms. Spottsylvania county, Va., turned into the wrong street en route to the ministers home today and thereby lost his chance, to become a bridegroom. A Emulating Lochinvar, Edmund T. Simms, twenty-three vears old, back- ed his “Lizzie” up to the home of his fifteen-year-old sweetheart, Violetta D. Wheeler, in Spottsylvania county, last night and dashed off to Rock- ville, chaperoned by two young friends. Coming to a chattering halt before the courthouse this morning, Edmund dashed inside and demanded. a mar- riage license. “What's your name asked the clerk, calmly, instead of calling the policeman the bridegroom- to-be had expected. Blithely he an- swered all of the ofMcial's questions, including that of declaring his loved | one's age to be twenty-one years. Armed with the license and car fully given instructions as to how he might reach the home of & parson, Edmund hurried back to his car and started for the wedding. Fate plaved him a cruel trick, however, for it guided him up the wrong strect and right into the arms of a policeman, sauntering along the roadway. “Which way to the preacher's house?* asked Edmund. “Just around that corner,” answered officer. “What's your name, son?" Edmund Simms,” answered the un- suspecting youth. . “Well, 'frald you'll hav that wedding, I have a warrant for the young lad: sald the policeman. Ard the party headed for the county ail. In the time Simms had spent ooking for the minister, a telegram had arrived ordering the police to hold Miss Wheeler until the sherift of Spottsylvania county arrived to take her back home to her father. Mr. Wheeler, a farmer, had refused to glve her permission to wed because to postpone | of her youth. So, while beauty weeps in the care of the matron, her falthful lover is pacing the pavement outside to see “What's going to hap- pen next” Source of Rockefeller’s Bright Nickels and Dimes Is Revealed Spectal Dispatch to The Star. TARRYTOWN, N. Y. Everybody knows where John D. Rockefeller gets his dollars, but where does he get his dimes and nickles—the “brand splinter new"” coins he gives away on his birthday?| Here's where: From New York city banks, through his Broadway, New York office. He gets only a few hand- fuls at a time, possibly $3 or $4 worth. They are sent out with other| supplies for the Rockefeller estate| at Pocantico Hills; with horseshoes and shipstuff, and sealing wax, and| cabbages and king bolts. ] Nearly every child Hills, a village which boasts Rocke- | teller as its only citizen who struck it rich through dabbling in ofl, and | many grown-up have received these | nickles or dimes. And contrary to popular opinion, they are not “brand splinter new” they are simply shiny. | Likes Clean Money. | Rockefeller likes clean ! ‘mone; ‘W. Davis, his secre- tary, by way of explanation. Of course, he could get new coins most easily. Not only could he af- ford them, but the New York office, | which sends out to banks for change | whenever Mr. Rockefeller wants it, is | but a few steps from the United | States subtreasury, which has plenty of money fresh from the mint. | Pocantico Hills was by no means | disappointed when Mr. Rockefellers | elghty-fourth birthday gifts were | nickels instead of the usual dimes. | His presents were confined to children | and he practically always has given | them nickels. His dimes go to adults. | “Here's one of his dimes, given me a week ago yesterday, when Mr.| Rockefeller came to the New Commu- nity Church for the first time this summer,” sald Mrs. Freddie Ratzen- berg. “I sing in his cholr. You see it's not new. It's dated ‘1930 Makes Thrift Speech. 1 I have several of his dimes,” said | Miss_Agnés Novis, the organist in| Mr. Rockefeller's church. “He puts | July 9.— v in Pocantico | ¢ them down on the keyboard by my left hand. Always he makes a little speech—something like this: ‘Please accept this little token of my thanks nd save it as a symbol of thrift’ When he meets you he keeps his left hand in his coat pocket, and after an_exchange of greetings he leaves a dime in_your right hand. Its all very dignified and pieasing.” Virtually every vase on mantels of Pocantico” Hills” homes give up the rattle of Rockefeller _silver when shaken. Children’s banks, however, are not so slinky. ‘Always kids are playing in front of my store,” said Mrs. Joe Michael, restaurant proprietress, today. “Every day or so Mr. Rockefeller drives up and stops. The kids surround him. He gives each a shiny nickel, telling them save the mone: “And they do, of corse,” it was Sug- gested. She shrugged and raised her hands, palms up. “Honk! honk!-—and his car whizzes oft. Patter, patter! and the kids run into my store.” She shrugged again. “Scream cones.” (Copyright, 1923.) AMERICAN SOUGHT AS GUN SMUGGLER Charged With Bringing Arms Into China From Russia and Japan. By the Awsociated Press SHANGHAL, July 9.—A warrant was issued here today for the arrest of Lawrence H. Kearney, American, charged with being the head of a plot for the wholesale smuggling of arms into China from Russian and Japanese sources. e Shopper—T'd like to see something cheap in a felt hat. Salesman—Try this on, the mirror is at your left. FOUR DEAD IN HOTEL FIRE mear Piitsburgh, where many #eommon WAGE RAISE FOR RAIL UNIONS MAY BE ASKED Chiefs of Trainmen and Conductors Meet to Decide if Fight Shall Be Made. CHICAGO, July 9.—Rallway broth- erhood ohfefs representing all train- men and conductors west of the Mis- slssippl will meet here today to dis- ouss the advisability of fighting for higher pay. L. E. Sheppard, pres dent of the conductors, and W. G. Lee, head of the trainmen, called the gathering. It is looked upon as a preliminary eneral demand for wage in- among the “big four” broth- erhoods. Within _the next month similar meetings will be held for the eastern and southern distriots at Cleveland and Washington. —_—— MAUGHAN PASSES SPRINGFIELD, ILL., IN FLIGHT ACROSS U. S. ntinued from First Page. which caused Lieut. Maughan to lose his way, accounted for his falling be- hind schedule. The first point he actually recognized after leaving New York, he said, was Akron, Ohio, which was 100 miles off his course. The loss of his course caused him to fly approximately 700 miles be- tween Mitchel Field and Dayton, Lieut. Maughan sald, and taxed his gasoline supply, which he feared would be exhausted and force him down before he arrived here. His map route had called for only 570 miles. During the flight the plane main- tained its scheduled rate of speed of 160 miles an hour, the pilot sald, the additional distance accounting for the delay. Brace Found Broken. An internal brace In the vertical fin of the plane was found broken when the landing was made here and this was repaired before the trip was resumed. The next stop 1s St. Joseph, Mo. In _spite of his delay, Lieut Maughan expressed confidence that his flight would be successful. “Feeling fit and fine not one whit discouraged over the loss of time and with the engine running perfectly, I feel confident of reaching Crissy Field, San Francisco before night- fall,” he declared. Heard Over Field. The necessity of fiylng on a limited fuel supply made portions of the first leg of the fight extremely danger- ous, air officers here sald. It was necessary for. Lieut. Maughan to throttle down his motor, they de- clared, making the voyage precari- ous in a loss of time. The fog which prevailed through- out the flight was noticeable here. The plane wa$ heard over the field for some time before it was visible. Its pllot clircled the fleld and nosed southward before bringing it to the ground. STARTS AT 3.58 A M. Dawn of High Visibility Held Out Bright Hopes. By the Associated Press. . MITCHEL FIELD, N. Y., July 9.— Lieut. Russel L. Maughan, U. S. A., piloting a pursult plane, hopped off at 3:58:30 a.m. eastern standard day- light saving time today on the first leg of his dawn-to-dusk flight across the continent. The attempt to reach the coast by the light of a single day was begun in the flood of a dawn of high visi- bility, which held promise of excel- lent flying weather on the first leg of the flight to Dayton, Ohio. Striped to Necessitées. The start was made in the first 1ift of a purple land mist which drifted down Long Island before dawn. Maughan, flying his plane stripped | to the barest necessities, circled above the fleld once before heading for Day on. The take-off was witnessed by Army officers in the Flying Corps and officials of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce. Lieut. Maughan expects to reach San Francisco in sixteen and one- half hours of daylight flylng. The distance 1s estimated at 2,640 miles, and an average speed of 160 miles an hour will be maintained Four stops will be made: Cook Field, Dayton, Ohio; Municip Field, St. Joseph, Mo.; Alr Mall Felad, Cheyenna, Wyo.; and Salduro, Utah Blazing a Tratl The object of the flight. said Maj. W. R Weaver, commanding officer here, is to blaze a trail for the trans porting in one day of fleets of air- planes from coast to coast in the event of an attack on the United States by hostile forces. It will also show, he said, the proper sites for the establishment of landing fields, and will aid the development of commercial aviation. Lieut. Maughan was promised clear weather except in Montana and Utah, where thundershowers were expected. If necessary, Lieut. Maughan said, he will add a few miles to the trip and fly around the storms. He hoped, however, to fiy over them. The flight was several times postponed because of stormy weather. He expects to cover the 580 miles in 3 hours 36 minutes. The hop of 560 miles to St. Joseph he planned to make in 3 hours 25 minutes. . Twenty-Minute Rest at Each Stop. Three hours and twentv minutes is the time set for reaching Gheyenne, 530 miles away. Maughan plans to make the 470 miles to Spalding in 3 hours. A twenty-minute rest pe- riod is to be ,a.de at each landing fleld. The Lvii.lle hop to Crissy Field, the Prewidio, San Francisco, is expected to take 3 hours 6 minutes. Lieut. Maughan plans to fly 170 miles an hour over the plains and 160 miles an hour oyer the mountains. He will fly at an altitude of 2,000 feet above level ground, increasing it to 5,000 feet In the Allegheny mountain region and to greater heights over the Rockies. The Curtiss pursuit plane in which he is making the flight has a 400- horsepower D-12 engine, with & wing- spread of 32 feet. The machine will carry 167 gallons of gasoline, 8% gal- lons of oil and 21% gallons of water. The weight of the airplane was estl- | mated, when it hopped off, at 3,300 pounds. Carries Letter to Prexident. The fiyer carried a letter from Sec- retary of War Weeks to President Harding. The letter will be forward- ed to Alaska. He will also bear a letter from Mayor Hylan of New York to tho mayor of San Francisco and from Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, commanding the 2d Corps area here, to Maj. Gen. Charles G. Morton, com- manding the 9th Corps area at San Francisco. Copies of New York and Philadelphia newspapers will also be carried to the Pacific coast. Lieut. Maughan is twenty-nine years old, a native of Logan, Utah. He has fwo small children. He wears the distinguished service cross and is credited with having brought down four enemy aeroplanes during the world war. Shattered Speed Record. He shattered a world record at Mitchel Fleld last October when he drove & 876-horsepower biplane over a straightaway kilometer course at 220.4% an hour. A week later at Selfridge Field, Jichigan, he covered 160 miles at 206 miles an hour, win- ning the Pulitser trophy aérial race and setting & new international rec- ord. He afterward made 248.5 miles an hour for one kilometer. He b came unconscious because of the te rific speed several times during the ip of wing _cutting s he was overcome for the last time. —_— others| Hupp Motors declared regular quar- terly dividend of 2% per cent on the \ | ward Schulz, jand William Mackle, A VETERANS DISGLS RETREMENT L. Would Provide for Emergency Officers Disabled in War. Provisions of a bill to provide for retirement of emergency officers dis abled In the world war, which is 1o be introduced at the next Congress were disoussed by the heads of t! various former service organization« and representatives of the Veterans Bureau and the War Department : a meeting at the Hotel Washingtc this morning. The bill will, in effect, provide for separate retired list for the disabled emergency officers. The funds for th. compensation would be included the Veterans’ Bureau appropriatic and the administration of those fun would be in the hands of the W Department, under the provisions of the bill. The representatives of tii various organizations Interested have discussed the matter with Secretars of War Weeks, the director of the Veterans' Bureau, Maj. Gen. Hines and Gen. Pershing. Those present at the conference this morning were Col. D. John Mar key of the National Guard Assoclatior of the United States, presiding; Capt John Thomas Taylor, American Le &lon; Capt. McE. Lewis, American L glon; Col. John Means Thomp Military Order of the World W Lieut Carl T. Hatch, M of the World War; Mahoney, Military o World ~War; H. Raege, abled American Veterans of the W. War; Capt. Edwin etticheim, Ver erans of Forelgn Wars; Col. J. I Benedict, general staff of the Wa: Department: Lieut L. S. Ray, Disable Emergency Officers of the World War apt. H. Turner Lewis, Disabled Emergency Officers of the World Wa Capt. Thomas Kirby. Disabled Amer ican Veterans; Alfred T. R. Andersor secretary of the Citizens' Committ of America, 1In Maj. Hora G. Jones, representing the legal de partment of the United States Vet erans' Bureau, Capt. P. M. Feltor Disabled Emergency Army Officers PICKETS ARRESTED IN SHOE SHOP STRIKE March to Brockton Police Station Singing “America.” No Disorder. BROCKTON, Mass, July 9.—One hundred pickets were arrested today as the result of the opinfon of City Solicitor James E. Handrahan that picketing during the shoe strike now in progress here is illegal. Among those arrested were two strike lead- ers, Joseph Lacoutre of the Brockton district shoe workers’ union and Mrs. Nellie McHugh. Every cell in the police station was filled, and the prisoners, led by their leaders, sang “America.” There was no disorder attending the arrests. —_— SARAZEN LEADING OPEN TITLE FIELD (Continued from First Page.) James R. Thompson, er, Hillcrest, Calit,, 41- 44—85; J. W. Sawyer, Torresdale, Pa., 41-43—84; Harold Sanderson, Thorn- burg, Pa., 42-42—84 W. C. Ralph, West Albany 43-43—86; James Farrell, Mamar ck, N. Y., 49-40—89; Providence, R. I, 46-42— Hierle, New York, Petranek, Petersburg, Va., 46-47—83. allett, Port Washington, 38-35—73; A. H. Ednie, New York, 40-42, 82; C. I’ Booth, Putnam, Connl, 39-37—76; R. D. Sanford Litchfield, Conn. Nelson, Norristown, ew York, Montour St. Louis. Pat O'Hara, St. Loufs, 46—42—-§8 Elizabethtown, N withdrew after making 46 on’ the first nine. Tom Fazio of Peekskill, N. Y itabula, Ohio also dropped out. Charles G. Adams of N.J, and R. B. Hillis, picked up after the first nine. Maguire, Houston, Tex. and Rodgers, New York, withdrew Tom Hughes, Jacksonville, Fla 41—$0; Ben Parola, Linden, N. J Ned McKenna, Buffalo 9—80; Wilfred E. Reld Mich., 39 42—81; Bob Mac- donald, Chicago, 5 John Cowan, Watertown, Mass., 41- 80; August Nordone, Mount Ve Y., 46—38—84: T. D. Longa, Mount ernon, 494291, Jock Hutchison, Chicago, 39— 74; Chick Fraser, Los Angeles, il 8. George N. Y., 43 Pittsburs: pine. New York, Mullins, Danbury, 3 F. T. Sprogell, Memphis. 43—88; Fred Canausa, . Y. 40—41—81 Abe Espinosa, Oakland, Calif., 85~ 77; J. R. Inglis, Elmsford, N. v Harry Avery, unattached. Dan Gows, Bessemor, Ala ick Demane, New York William Anderson, New 3 40—88; Ferguson Cameror New York, 45—43—83; Kenneth Reid Ardsley, N. Y., 43—40—83; John Ed- mundson, Manda, Pa., 37—40—7 Walter Denning, Middletown, N. Y.. 48—43—91; T. H. Giay, Kittanning Pa., 43—40—83. EVICTED SPINSTER GUEST OF MORGAN Financier Gives Her Breakfast as She Guards Her Furniture. Belleville, Pittsburgh Willie Y Thomson, 37—80 43--39 4 West{ Point By the Associated Press. EW YORK, July 8.—Miss Sarah E Lodewick, aged spinster, who has spent the last few days guarding her furniture, which was dumped uncera- moniously on the sidewalk after she had_been evicted from her Madison avenue apartment, was the breakfast guest today of J, Plerpont Morgan. A butler from the Morgan home. which is just across the way, stepped forth this morning with a silver tray, picked his way across the street and served a tempting meal of fruit, eggs, rolls and coffee to the old lady as she sat guard over her treasures. “The people of New York are very kind,” she later told a reporter Hupdreds have stopped to ask if there was anything they could do for me. I have had automobile rides and everything. People have hearts, you know, even when they try to look if_they hadn’t Miss Lodewick said that even the realty firm. which evicted her. had permitted her to sleep inside the building until she overcame her temporary financial embarrassment” gad maved fato & new apertment she has ¢ 5 S raceend