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2 * ECONONY KNOGRS | 2 Ve S O0T20.5. BOOKS Joint Commission Votes to Abolish Employes Register and Navy Publication. Pursuing its policy of economy, the foint committee on Congress, it was today, has unanimously ce publication of the egister (commonly known as the Blue Book) and of the Navy Year Book nator Moses of New Hampshire of the joint committee of the Senate announced is chzirman printing uting committee. It is es d that the govern- ment, through this action, will save forty or fifty thousand dollars every E bly $10,000 each s printed every e on and also . ima year 1y, joint committee took this ac- following 1 of the course anent conference of Com- dircetor of the case of the blue book, tary of the Navy and dget in the case These publi- not oi suf- warrant the outlay A them. merea budeet in the and oy tie S the directc e to required to publ Register of ployes, The Blue Book s the offl ter of ali government employes. The Secretary of Sta‘» was directed to Publish such a register by law enact- ed in 18 o years. Later it was turned over to the Secretary of the Interior to handle, and later still to the director the census. v per cent of the copies of the ook were used here in Wash- al ref —every joint ses that a card ind, iaent empioyes, cld be kept committee on printing x of all gov- fed and un. s up 1o date and avall- v be required. onnel are to be Ly the depart- :ndent bureaus to the ¢ for s All cha forwarded pror ments and inde Civil Service Commission. The publication of the Blue Book costs in the neighborhood of $25.000, Wwith prospects of an increase in price. - the census bureau at another $20,000 ar Book has been pub- since 1910, under law. Secretary lished R provision of the Denby has held that the book was not of suflicient value to the Navy Department to warrant its continued issuance. About 6,450 copies have been printed each year at a cost of approximately $8,000. Waste Prevention Law. joint committee on printing horized by the legislative act approved rch 1, 1919, to adopt such measures as it deems necessary to prevent waste in the public print- ing and binding and distribution of government publications. It is in pursuance of this authority that it has now acted to cut off the two pub- ; lications in question The president of the Civil Service Commission has advised the joint committee that “the weakness of the Otficial Register lies in the fact that it is not complcte; that its list of personnel is true and accurate only upon one day in each two years. Before the Official Register becomes available for distribution it is al- ready, to a considerable extent, ob- se The commission recom- mends, however, that the publication of the Official Register should not be discontinued until something bet- ter has been established to take its place. GORDON TO APPEAL BOOKMAKING RULING Preparing Application for Special Plea—Doesn’t Regard De- cision Final United States Attorney Gordon Is preparing an application to the Court of Appeals for the allowance of a special appeal from the ruling of Jus- tice Jennings Bailey of the District Supreme Court that the search war- rant in the case of John B. Keleher of 1336 Eve street northwest, charged Wwith setting up a gaming table was invalid because not served in per- son by Maj. Sullivan, superintendent of police, to whom it was addressed. The prosecutor does not regard the order of Justice Bailey as a final one from which he would have a right to appeal and so will make applica- tion for a special appeal. Maj. Gordon declared the ruling ap- plies only to that case and will no manner interfere with proceedings in the Police Court against handbook makers. Each case there will have to stand on its own merits, Maj. Gordon declared, and if counsel wish to at- tack the search warrants there it will be a matter for the Police Court Judges to decide. TRADE LEADERS STUDY GERMAN ASSETS ABROAD International Chamber of Com- merce Council to Probe Question in All Foreign Countries. By the Associated Press. PARIS, July 21.—Assets of Germany abroad are among subjects to be considered at the quarterly meeting of the council of the international ghamber of commerce now in sessior ere. Information from New York indl cates that American bankers believe that German deposits in the United States are rather small. Through a process of elimination of bank bal- ances whose character is known, the unknown elements was determined and these, if placed entirely to the credit of German depositors are re- orted to amount to an almost trifi- ng proportion of the whole. The counsel has decided to Investi- gate the question in all foreign coun- ries. Among those participating are Wil- Uis H. Booth, jr.; Fred I Kent and Capt. Nelson Dean Jay, New York ‘bankers, HITS FRENCH POLICY. Former Secretary to Prince of ‘Wales Defends Germany. NEW YORK, July 21.—Sir Edward Grigg, Wwho came to the United States in 1920 as secretary to the Prince of Wales, and who was asso- clated with Lloyd George, former premier of Great Britain, in a sim- ilar capacity, has arrived on the Aquitania, ‘oncerning reparations, Sir Ed- ward said English statesmen thought France was pressing Gremany too hard, and it was their belief that she was “kicking a drowned dog.” “Germany cannot pay reparations with a ramrod through the center of Bl her industries,” he added. bouik | in: -— f There’s lots o maddenin’ | things, but havin’ somebuddy on the curb tellin® us how t’ back out is th’ worst. Miss Opal Moots, who's been clerkin’ in th’ New Palace Hotel cigar stand, has quit ’cause she ouldn’ learn th’ ropes. (Copyright National Newspaper Service.) | W. WS ABANDON INVASION OF TEXAS Decide Results Might Hamper General Marine Strike Soon to Be Called. By the Associated Press. THE ADMRAL SGSBE RS N NEW YORK Commander of Maine Will Be Buried in Arlington—Body Here Today. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 21.—Funeral ser- vices for Rear Admiral Sigsbee, com- mander of the ill-fated battleship, Maine, were held here today in the cathedral of St. John the Divine, con- ducted by the precentor of the Ca thedral, the Rev. H. P. Veasie. Honorary pallbearers were Rear Admiral Charles P. FPlunkett, MaJ. Gen. Robert Lee Bullard, Meadville Stone, Col. Henry L. Swords and Maj. Philip S. Tilden. Memorial services were held in honor of Admiral Sigsbee last night in the Sigsbee home, at which a culogy was spoken by the Rt. Rev. Father Chidwick, who was chapla of the Maine at thé time she w destroyed. vors were present. Admiral Sigsbee’s body will be taken to Washington for interment in s Arlington national cemetery. 1 BODY HERE TODAY. s Sigsbee’s Remains to Lie at Union Station Until Monday. N., retired, captain of the ill-fated battleship Maine, who died at his home in New York Thurs- da: 1 arrive in Washington at 3 ‘clock this evening and lie in the Union station until Monday morn- ing, when it will be taken to Arling- ton cemetery for burial. A marine guard will be placed over the body while It remains in the railroad terminal. Officials at the Union station to- day are completing arrangements for caring for the body. It will be the first time in the history of the ter- minal that the body of a man_as prominent as Admiral Sigsbee has been kept in the station for such a length of time. Full military honors will mark the PORT ARTHUR, Texas, July 21.—|pyrial of Admiral Sigsbee, one of the The i I W. W. to all outward appearances actually i off. Other than three members of the advance guard who arrived here early in the week, none of the army has arrived. The cru- sade has been turned back and all preparations are going forward for calling of the general marine strike. Sidney Terry, general organizer of the I. W. W, today said he advised against the invasions of this city by members of his organisation. Re- ferring to reports from James Mc- Collester of New Orleans to the effect that an Invasion of Port Arthur still was on, while John Shuskie of New York, another official, had made a {statement to the contrary. Terry jsaid the organization was not direct- |ed by the oilicers but by the members in charge of certain localities. He id he had advised Shuskie that the asion would be ill-advised. Terry said that New Orleans was used as a congregating place in order that the members could determine what was the best course to pursue. v £ the thousand there. aid inst the invasion. he said, it might interfere with the general strike that is soon to be called in every port in the country. Mayor J. P. Logan, who has been at | Mineral Wells for several days, tele- | phoned from Weatherford that he had read press dispatches which stated the invasion had been called off, and that he would return to Mineral Wells to continue his vacation. B. H. viley continues in charge as acting mayor. THEATRICAL MANAGER IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Percy G. Willlams, Widely Known in Vaudeville Circles, Dies at Age of Sixty-Six. By the Associated Press. EASTISLIP, N. Y., July 21.—Percy G. Williams, widely known theatrical manager, died at his home here today from cirrhosis of the liver, compli- cated by heart trouble. He was sixty-six. He leaves a widow, who is an invalid and a son, Harold. Willlams was long a power in vau- deville and betore that was interested in boxing. being at one time manager of Bob Fitzsimmons. Several years ago he controlled the Orpheum circuit in this city, selling out to the B. F. Keith interests for a sum reported at the time to be about $5,000,000. NEGRO LEADER SCORES REPUBLICANS’ POLICY Sees Effort to Rob Race of All Po- litical Prestige—Says Whole Con- stitution Must Be Enforced. By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July 2L— “American race prejudice, drunk with power, is seeking to rob us of all po- litical prestige,” Dr. George Cannon of Jersey City, temporary president I vasion of Port Arthur by the|most picturesque figures in the his- tory of the United States Navy. Ser- vices will be held at the grave at 11 _o'clock. The caisson with Admiral Sigs- bee's body will leave the union sta- tion for Arlington about 10 o'clock Monday mornin; esgorted by the Kit Karson Post, G. A. R, of which he was a member for twenty-five years. Col. Charles McEiroy, com- mander of the post, is making ar- rangements for escorting the body. At the Fort Myer gate to the cem- etery the body will be met by an of- ficlal escort composed of a battery of artlllery, two companies of blue- jackets and @ company of marines which will accompany It to the grave. Members of the Richard J. Harden Camp, No. 2, United Spanish War Veterans, also will join in the pro- cession. VILLA, ROBIN HOOD OF MEXICO, MAY OWE SLAYING TO TEMPER (Continued from First Page.) higher and pull his pistol and fire at the slightest provocation. So in death Pancho Villa once more has become a front page story, which position he had often emphat- ically declined. He also said he never wanted his pictures shown before an American audience. DENIED MILITARY RITES. Name Was Not on Army Rolls, Preventing Last Tribute. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, July 21.—President Obregon’s plan to accord full military honors to the funerai of Francisco Villa, former rebel chieftain, who was killed yesterday, will not be carried out, it was announced officially at the war department late last night. because Villa's name was not carried upon the official military rolls of the government. RAID ON U. S. RECALLED. Villa Crossed Border to Avenge Favor Granted Enemy. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., July 21.—The death of Francisco Villa recalls the fact that his rald upon Columbus, N. M, in March, 1916, was made in revenge against the American people for allowing 5,000 of Carranza’s Yaqul Indian soldiers to pass over the ter- ritory of the United States and back into the state of Sonora, Mexico, to engage in_the defense of Agua Prieta, opposite Douglas, Ariz., when Villa was en route to attack the Sonora own. °Vilia had lett Cludad Juares with an army estimated at 20,000 men, then marched into Sonora across the Sierra Madre mountains. Pulpito pass, through which he came, offered al- most insuperable difficulties and much of the wagon train had to be aban- doned. His troops reached Sonora territory footsore and worn. The Carranza forces had withdrawn into_Agua Prieta, leaving behind a desolated territory, where even the wells had been fouled or plugged 8o that no water could be obtained. Late Sunday afternoon, October 30, of the National Colored Republican {1915, three Americans, two men and a Conference, declared in opening its convention. “For years the demo- cratic_party of the south has been stripping us of every vestige of citi- zenship by Its disenfranchising. jim crow and peonage system. To this procedure the republican party has looked on with silent consent, but now a vicious policy looms up within our own party. “It is only fair to give President Harding credit for what recognition young woman, stood near the line fence of John Slaughter’s ranch, olghteen miles east of Douglas, watching the Villistas march toward Agua Prieta. Suddenly a_group of horsemen rode up to the fence, and one of them, who was recognized by one of the Americans, a_ newspaper man, as Ville, asked in Spanish for news. Flew Into Rage. He was told that the veteran Car- Four other Maine survi- | he has given the race, and we have| under Gen. Francisco R. no desire not to do o, but when we | Lanie LFOIBS HECet, oM e weeks be. look the facts in the face we arelsore had assisted in defeating him at compelled to_admit it is far below | toe> pattle of Celaya — had. reached that given by previous republican| presidents. Neither can we, as true American citizens, subscribe to the policy he has pursued the first two years of his administration of not ap- pointing colored men to office in the south, “The federal government must not only enforce the eighteenth amend- ment, but also the fourteenth, fir. teenth and nineteenth amendments as well.” — RUSSIA WILL SIGN. Agua Prieta and crossed into the fortified town. Viila stormed and cursed. “Hereafter let the Americans look out for themselves when they meet me,” he threatened. After storming Agua Priesta for three days and losing several hun- dred of his best mer killed or wounded, Villa moved westward. Later he met signal defeat north of Hermosillo and retreated to Chihua~ hua, deserted by all but a few hun- dred of his band. The majority of ! his men had hastened to make peace with the Carranzistas while they Soviet, Not Satisfled, Still Will|™'¥ilia at thts period agatn ana Join in Straits Agreement. By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, July 21.~Russia will sign the Turkish straits convention at Con- stantinople early in August, it was an- nounced here today. 5 In his note to the Lausanne confer- ence replying to its invitation for Rus- sla to become a party to the conve: tion, Foreign Minister Tchitcherin says: “Although the soviet government considers the order of affairs provided for by the Lausanne convention regard- ing the straits as unsatisfactory and not a solid guarantee of peace, the soviet federation, therefors, being com- pelled to expend funds for fortifica- tions on the Russian shores of the Black sea, it will, however, sign the convention in the interests of general peace and make the experiment of col. Iaboration with the entente.” —_— About 90 per cent of the sliver fox 1ts sold on the fur market are from oxes bred in captivity, again. threatened to take summary revenge upon Americans whenever he could bring it about. A few weeks after his return to Chihuahua the raid on Columbus was made. — HASKELL LEAVES RUSSIA. By the Associated Pres: MOSCOW, July 21.—Col, Willlam N. Haskell, who for two years has been director of American Rellef Ad- ministration work in Russia, left for lhome yesterday by way of London with the members of his staff. He ‘was accorded a hearty send-off. the government being represented at the station by foreign office officials and M. Lander, wno represented the soviet government in fts relations with the American relief organiza- tion. M. Kameneff, president of the Moscow soviet, sent bouquets to Col. Haskell and his staff. | William H. Anderson (left), EARLY, D. G, LEPER, 0 BE TAKEN AWAY . Will Be Sent to Leprosarium by Force if He Refuses to Submit, Is Said. John Early, the leper, will be trans- ported from the District of Columbla to the federal leprosarium at Car- ville, La., it was announced today by Surgeon General Cumming of the public health service. Plans were being laid for taking Early into custody today and by this afternoon it was expected he would be out of the city and on his way to Louisiana. “It i3 not right that this leper be e in the District as a source nger to the people of Wash- ington and a_burden to the local health authorities,” sald Dr. Curs- ming. “He has been one of the most troublesome lepers wo have had, ap- pearing years ago out in Seatt Wash. If he will not consent to go willingly, we will take him by force.” Ample authority exists in the law, Dr. Cumming explained, to transport Early. against his will, if necessary, 1lle. The act creating the arium there provices also, it was explained, that the federal gov- ernment has authority to “apprehend and transport” any person found in any part of the country suffering from leprosy. One doctor and an attendant al- ready have been assigned to the task of taking Early to Louisiana, where the government hopes to keep him without opportunity again to escape and return to Washington. Early, on this last trip to Washington, showed up about a week ago. walked into the District building and asked for Health Officer Fowler. He has been detained at the District quarantine station on Eastern branch, by the Dis- trict authorities. iPF{ISONEF{ WILSON FREED { ESCAPES INSANE ASYLUM Flight of Erwin F. Wilson From Farview, Pa., in Automobile, Stirs Police Activity. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, July 21.—Erwin F. Wilson of Brookline, Mass., who ‘was pardoned by President Wilson for preventing a jall delivery at Fort Leavenworth, where he was impris- oned, escaped early today from the State Hospital for the Criminal In- sane at Farview, Pa. Wilson, whose activities have en- gaged the attention of the police in many parts of the country, was this week declared sane and was to have been brought to Philadelphia today to face four indictments charging larceny and assault with intent to kill two policemen. The hospital, which I8 in the north- eastern corner of Pehnsylvania, no- tified the Philadelphia authorities that Wilson escaped In an _automobile stolen from a keeper. Wilson was known to have $35 in his possession. The state police of New York were notified to watch for him. SWISS TO PAY U. S. Bern Council to Repay $6,000,000 Loan at Once. BERN, Switzerland, July 21— The municipal council of Bern has decided to repay at the earliest pos- sible date the $6,000,000 loan at § per cent, obtalned in the United States in 1920 and repayable in 1926. It will be replaced by a loan at a lower rate of interest issued in Switzerland. New Bulgar Premier PROF. ALEXANDER ZANKOFF, ‘Who has brought harmomy between the people and King Bdris, insists on limiting army and paying reparations. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. with b Whitman. The dry leader wax indicted by body of Rear Admiral Charles | terday for grand Iarceny and forgery. FE C., SATURDAY, attorney, Ex-Gov. Charles S. e grand jury in New York yes- NEWSBOY’S HUNCH SAVES “DEAD” CHILD er Obeys Tip Given by Train “News Butch” and His Son Breathes Again. By the Assoctated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La, July 21.—In the “Jim Crow" car of & train speed- Ing to New Orleans last night a ne- 8ro father hovered over his small son. Clumsily, at Intervals, he re- moved clothes from the boy's leg, soaked them in ice water and re- placed them—obeying orders of the doctor of his home town. Then came the time when, it seem- ed, the black angel had cliimed his victim. The boy's pulse ceased beat- ing. If he breathed it could not be detected. His eves seemed to set. }lis delirious ravings stopped abrupt- y. With his cry for “’gars, 'garettes and chewin’ gum,” the news “butch” strolled into the car where death had apparently visited. Weaving his way to where the boy lay he took a 10! “Why don't you try hot cloths? | he suggested. Passengers alded in getting hot water. Soon the hot cloths were ap- plied. The boy's pulse fluttered. He gasped. His eyes blinked. Seeming- he had been brought back from the dead. Astonished negroes and white passengers looked on. The "boy, Lionel Armar, twelve- year-old son of Lopez Armar of Ir- winville, suffering from inflamma- tion of the bone in one of his legs, osteomyelitie, in the parlance of the hospital. is being given the benefit of advanced medical science and sur- gery free at a local hospital. Hospital authorities declared if the boy lives he will owe his life to a newsboy. SEEKS POSTPONEMENT OF WHITFIELD TRIAL Attorney Declares Defense’s Star ‘Witness Missing and Asks Delay. By the Assoclsted Press. CLEVELAND, Ohfo, July 21.— Postponement of the trial of John Leonard Whitfleld on the charge of murdering Patrolman Dennis Griffin, scheduled to start Monday morning in Judge Frank C. Phillips' criminal court, was asked In a motion filed to- day by Whitfield's attorneys. Affidavits by the prisoner and Ar- thur H. Day, one of the attorneys, set up the claim that the star witness for the defense, a man named Peter Mi- lan, is missing. County Prosecutor Stanton, who will be in charge of the prosecution during the trial, declared he would oppose the motion. He added he was confident it would not succeed in de- laying the trial, Milan's testimony, Whitfleld's attor- neys maintain, wili completely clear Whitfleld of any gullt. The attorneys asked for a hearing on the motion at 9 a.m. Monday. MURDER INQUIRY WAITS ON HUSBAND IN HOSPITAL Patrick Coyne, Who Lost Legs in Accident, Denies Knowledge of Wife’s Death. By the Assoclated Press. PITTSBURGH., Pa., July 21.—Official inquiry into the death of Mrs. Patrick Coyne, who was found murdered in her home at Port Perry a short time after her husband lost his legs under a rallroad train, will probably not be made by Coroner McGregar until Coyne is able to appear at the in- quest, it was announced today. It was also decided by the county au- thorities not to place Coyne under ar- rest until after the coroner has acted, and to postpone further questioning of the man until the information al ready in hand has been carefully in- vestigated. Coyne yesterday flatly denied he knew anything of his wife's death. Further inquiry into Coyne's move- ments during the time the detectives belleve the murder was committed and his accident in a mill yard was pro- ceeding today. Meantime Coyne con- tinues to improve in the hospital, but refuses to discuss the tragedy. . 78 SEAMEN FINED. By the Associated Press. LIVERPOOL, July 21.—Seventy- elght members of the crew of the White Star liner Adriatic were fined £2 each today by a magistrate after conviction on charges of conspiring to impede the ship’'s voyage before leaving New York by walking out and demanding a bonus. The firemen and trimmers of the Adriatic_demanded a bonus Lefore leaving New York on the latest trip of the vessel because, they declared, they would be compelled to work extra hours in consequence of the de- sertions of twenty-one firemen. Capt. Beadnell was forced to sign an agree- ment giving the men a bonus of £b each before they would consent to work the vessel across. UNION HEAD DEFEATED. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., July 21— The biennial convention of District No. 1, United Mine Workers, today formally declared Rinaldo Capellini elected president of the district over Willlam J. Brennan, incumbent. Cap- pellini will take office August 1 and will then sutomatically become a member of the scale subcommittee of the miners, which is negotiating with the anthracite operators for a new wago agreement. JULY 21, 1923. - GUNVEN BLANED FOR HERRI RS Union Chief Urges Banning of Armed Guards to Insure Future Peace. By the Assoclated Press. SPRINGFIELD, IlL, July 21—"The ugly countenance of the American gunman” was today blamed for the “Herrin calamity” in a brief filed by President Frank Farrington of the Iilinots Mine Workers with the United States coal commission, in answer to & brief filed by the nation- al coal assoclation. This brief is the first formal expression from the miners' president regarding Herrin. Highly armed gunmen, Mr. Far- ington's answer says, tually took possession of part fo the county.” For proof he offers a letter, pur- {porting to have been written by Sherman Holman, “one of the so- called guards employed by the Har- grave Detective Agency, who per- formed the so-called work of guard- ing the property of the Southern Ilitnols Coal Company.” Tells of Guns. It is addressed to Holman's di- vorced wife, Mrs. Fay Kuntz of Marion, Ill, and says in part: “I've been here close by June 9. No doubt you will be surprised to learn I am down here with a gang of moonshiners. Ha, ha! But the moon- shine is Winchester rifles and fleld guns. We are only waiting for them to start the band playing. We have two guns planted on the dam T- voir, two on the cook and sleeping cars and six guns on top of the hills. They shoot only six hundred shots aplece a minute. There are aleo 100 guards with Winchester rifles that shoot three miles. But as long as they stay three away they will be safe But heaven help them if they ever start in on mining company prop- erty.” President Farrington impeach “the purpose prompting submissio of the National Coal Association’s brief. He says all coal operators’ a- sociations in Illinols have withdrawn their memberships from it. “By this time,” he adds, “it has be- come known that this association speaks largely for non-union opera- tors who .are contending for auto- cratic non-union control of the In- dustry.” Urges Lesson From Herrin. Mr. Farrington's brief concludes as follows: “Must this terrible calamity pass without & lesson having been learned, without a correction having been made. Can the old system be allowed to continue. In every other nation on earth the industrial gunman has been banished. He has no place in an eco- nomic system. ® ® ¢ If this commis- sion should take steps to banish from our industrial life the ugly counte- nance of the American gunman, a long stride will have been made to- ward industrial peace.” “There was a terrible holocaust at Herrin,” Mr. Farrington _writes. “Union men were killed. Nelther side was free from blame. But can it be sald that less blame was his who, urged by the hope of inordinate gain, of unconsclonable profits, deliberately courted trouble by bringing an armed band of men whose antecedents were not of the best, reckless men, willing to take their lives in their hands, into a peaceful community, quietly await- ing the time when an agreement should be made and work again started?” EHRHARDT IN HUNGARY. Eapp Putsch Fugitive Reported Safely Across Border. Dy the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 21.— According to special newspaper dispatches from Vienna, Capt. Hermann Ehrhardt, leader of the Kapp Putsch of 1920, who escaped from prison at Leipzig July 13, has arrived in Hungary. The reports say that the fugitive succeed- ed in crossing the frontier concealed in a private automobile. MINE BLAST HURTS SIX. WILKES-BARRE, Pa., July 21.—Six men were seriously burned in a gas explosion yesterday afternoon in_the Avondale mine of the Glen Alden Coal Company at Nanticoke. Mine officials said that no miners were entombed. The victims were rescued after a battle with the flames that followed the blast. At tke Nanticoke State Hospital, where the men were taken, it was reported that all were in a seri- ous condition, The cause of the explosion has not been definitely determined. Mine of- ficials think a pocket of gas was ig- nited by shots from a blast. U. S. Officer Honored By Late Benedict XV TWO FIGHTS BEGUN ON CHEAP WHEAT Farm Body for Storing Crops and Business Interests for Flour Buying. By the Assoctated Press. CHICAGO, July 21.—Storage of wheat and purchase of flour are ad- vocated in the latest plans propo: to Solve the low-price wheat situa- tion. While the American Farm Bu- reau Federation advanced an idea for the withdrawal of 200,000,000 bushels of wheat, to be stored on the farms, business men, bankers and farmers in Omaha launched a “buy & barrel of flour” overmnent intended to en- list the aid of every houscwife in America President O. E. Bradfute of the farm bureau, spokesman for the stor- age plan, declared $660,000.000 could be made available under the inter- mediate credits act to loan to farm- ers for storing their surpluses, which could be kept on the farms in bins designed as bonded government warehouses under the provisions of ct. The loans can be made up e-fourths of the market value of the grain, with the storage receipt a8 collat CALLING CONGRESS TO END MENACE OF COAL FAMINE URGED (Continued from First Page.) a profit of 16 cents to 45 cents a ton, but these middlemen are now ex- torting $4, and with the law of sup- 1y ard demand working with them, v may just as easily demand $6 profit per ton. . Poor Will Suffer. “The federal fuel administrator has advised every one to put in their coal now, but they can’t get the coal at a living price. For the rich it is all right to say ‘All my bins, 1 don't care what it costs,” but the poor people cannot do this, and they are the ones that will suffer unless the President calls upon Congress to take drastic action. “The federal fuel administrator has no power, only influence, and he has used that’ influence to the best adyan- tage and fsn't getting far. To help him I sent questionnaires to all the dealers in western Massachusetts, and have turned their replies over to Fed- eral Distributor Wadleigh. The condi- tion shown by those reports on actual needs is truly alarming. “I am thoroughly convinced that the only way possibie to prevent much suf- fering next winter is through govern: ment_ supervision of prices and dis tribution. The fact finding commis- sion’s report says that the President in emergencies hould take charge of production. I think we should have drastic legislation. There is no grea er public need than for anthracite coal for domestic use. Electric light rates and distribution are regulated. Water, car lines ¢nd freight rates are regu- lated. As great a need as for any of these public utilities is fuel. Conse- quently, the federal government must step in and see that the people are dealt fairly with by those having the stocks of coal. Charge Collusion. “The federal _government should establish an office with authority over inspection of the quality of coal at the mines, the price and distri- bution. “I have been informed by govern- ment investigators that the have grave suspicions that high prices in some localities including New Eng- land. is due to the fact that there is collusion between the railroads and the mine owners. Cheap coal at the mines is being shipped west, where there is a longer haul, and the high- priced coal is being shipped into Ne England, where you can't get, any- thing else today. “One of the great causes of the anthracite coal shortage in New England is that the Erie agency has been taken away from Wallace and Peters of New York and the co plete tonnage turned to a Chica concern for distribution in their ter- ritory. Wants Congress Called. “I feel that the subject is so im- portant that whether there is a strike or not, the President should call Congress Into special session on his return. I will have legislation drafted ready for consideration as soon as Congress re-assembles. I will see the President as soon as possible and lay before him the facts as I find them and urge for remedial legislation before cold weather. If we wait until December for Congress to meet it will be too late to prevent much suffering such as there was in my district last year. The Interstate Commerce Commission had a special igent investigating in western Mas- sachusetts and feel that, in spite of the fact that there is more anthra- cite coal being minded now than be- fore the war, they have no authority to enforce its distribution so_as to forestall suffering. All the dealers in western Massachusetts report stocks way below normal d that they are unable to fill order: MAN HELD AS SLAYER IN MURDER OF WOMAN Mob Viclence Feared Against Ne- gro Once Accused of As- saulting Girl, By the Assoclated Press. NEWCASTLE, Pa, July 21.—John Porter, a negro, employed on the tarm of B. J. Cole, is in the Butler jail charged with the murder of Mrs. Cole, who was found with two bul- lets in her head the night of July 4. The arrest was made on the Cole farm near here late last night, and Porter was hurried to Butler because the last time he was arrested in this county a mob burned his house and tried to lynch him for criminally as- saulting a white girl. The death of Mrs. Cole was looked upon as a suicide by the authorities until new evidence introduced at the coroner’s inquest Thursday night re- sulted in a verdict of murder. HERO TO HIKE HOME. JUDGE IS WARNED IN'FLOGGING CASE Anonymous Letter Defends Men on Trial Accused of Whipping Two Women. By the As LUME Judge N. A. trial here with the f ceived an inclalr, presiding at of the three men ot two w letter “use exonerat morning influenc these guiltle The letter bor cating that it w here yesterday after: time that was stam signed letter to t y Defends Men on Trinl. The letter to Judg very brief compar Mr. McIntyre and r You have shown a relentl, against these honorable n u to usc uence a exonerati Builtle J in in vants.’ The letter to printed in penctl r. Mclntyre, nong any twe en that could be ted that “part of them are im- bued with the Herculean it and glant strength of the inv empir Therefore your eftorts are as cha: a storm.” The missive commanded Mr. MecIn- tyre to show the warning to Solicitor McNeil, saying “it is as much to him as it 15 to you and the same penalty is on him if he expo: Deny Being Kl “They can't scare me,” was Mr. Mc- Neil's comment last night. Mr. McIn- tyre did not see his warning until this morning, as ke had gone to bed before his law partner, James Proctor, found the letter in their post office box. He refused any comment on it today, merely remarking “why the letter speaks for itself.” Addresses to the jury with pros- pects that the twelve men would get the case by 2 o'clock were on today’s program. The three defendants, Juls Brogden, Johnson Hedgepeth and B. M. Lawson, chief of police at Fair- mont, denied on the stand that they are members of the Ku Klux Klan, or that they had anything to do with the flogging of Mrs. Mary Watson and Mrs. Hattle Purvis. P. 0. BANS ADVANCES BETWEEN PAY DAYS Postmaster Mooney Puts Lid on Practice, Which, He Says, Is Detrimental to Workers. Sinclair was the one to him that smen. Postmaster Mooney today clamped down tight on the privilege of em- ployes of the Washington city post office of obtaining salary advances except for the purpose of accom- modating employes in case of sudden illness or other emergency. “Hereafter it will be necessary to deny salary advances except in such ceses.” Mr. Mooney told employes, many of whom have been abusing the privilege, embarrassing the cashier and bringing themselves pay enve- lopes half full During the past several months there has becn an unusual number of employes requesting advances on thei: laries between pay days, the postmaster said. He called to the at- tention of all his employes today in- structions upon this subject issued November 11, 1922, “It is noted that some employes make a regular practice of applyin for salary advances between pay days. “This practice not only increases the work of the paying office, but it detri- mental to the employ emselves as it reduces the amount due them at their regular pay periods. “Hereafter no advances will be made betwrsn regular pay days, ex- cept in cases of sudden iliness or ex- Back From Serbia, Veteran Will Walk to Chicago, He Says. NEW YORK, July 21.—Recipient of seven medals, awards of six govern- ments, for gallantry on many, flelds, lJake Allex Mandushitch, one-time ser- geant in the A. E. F. arrived from Jremen on the George Washington, penniless, a third-class passenger. He declared he intended to walk home to_Chicago. Jake sald he had left all his money with his folks in Stretska, Serbia, whence he had gone after having been demobilized in Chicago. Before the war an employe of a packing house, Jake hoped there was a job waiting for him at the end of his long hike. FOUR FREED IN MURDERS. Alleged Slayers of Rail Guards Found Not Guilty. AIKEN, 8. C, July 2L—After delib- erating twenty-elght minutes, the jury considering the cases of Irvin Williams, Joe Willlams and Bud Englett, white, and Dan Willlams, negro, charged with the murder of Reedy Booth and Eugene Feaster, railroad guards, returned ver- dicts of not guilty this morning. Booth and Feaster were shot to death while guarding railroad shops at Ham- burg, 8. C., last August, during the CAPT. PATRICK RICE, shopmen's Strike. Henry Tyler and Of Augusta, who is the second Ameri- | Charles Ledbetter, also_indicted in the can ever to have received the rank |case, were acquitted under directed ver- of Knight Commander tn the military | dicts earlier in the week, All defend- division of the Order of St. Gregory.|ants are of Augusta. treme emergency, and supery ficials must s themselves such {s the case before approving ad- vance voucher: _—_ From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. SOUTHERN RAILWAY RAISES SHOPMEN Increase in Pay Awarded Metal Workers, Car Repair Men and Helpers. CINCINNATI, July 20.—Wage in- creases of from 1 to 3 cents an hour for shop crafts employes of the Southern railway have been au- thorized as the result of conferences in Washington, it was stated at the general manager's office of the road here today. According to word received here, metal trade workers in shop crafts are to receive increases of 3 cents an hour; car repairers, 2 cents, and @b- prentices and helpers are to receive 1 cent an hour raise in pay. It was sald that from 18,000 to 20,000 men will share in the increases in pay. From Yesterday’s 5:30 Edition of The Star SOVIET RULE STRONG D. C. MAN DECLARES Col. Willoughby, Back From 18 Months in Russia, Says Nation Is Leading Factor. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 20.—“Russia to- day is a leading factor in the eco- nomic and political situation of ‘the world, and the nations must recos- nize her as such” declared Col Charles M. Willoughby of Washing- ton, D. C, an arrival on the steam- ship George Washington today, after elghteen monthe in soviet Russia with the American Reliet Administration. “The present government will not be overthrown,” he added. ‘“Peoply who think so are foolish. He sald at Premier Lenin, whom he mit 'z;h ral weeks ago, had completely recovered from his illness. —_— Worthy Better Cause. From the Philadelphia Record. Muggins—Harduppe says the Dbill tors are keeping him busy. Buseine the ingenuity that in dodging creditors would make his fortune in any other line of industry. ffin i