Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER, ! l 1 { Fair tonight and Sunday; moderate Temperature for twen- temperature. ty-four hours ended Highe: . at noon 60, at 5 a.m. today. ull report on page today; today : lowest, p.m. Closing N. Y. Stoc ks and Bonds, Page 1& WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D C. WASHINGTON, * HEAVY LOSS OF LIF * FEARED ASTYPHOON SIHEEPS, HONGKONG Several Ships Sink as Tem- pest Whips Harbor Into Seething Caldron. SHELTER-SEEKING BOATS HELPLESS BEFORE GALE Torn From Moorings by Fury of Wind Reaching 130 Miles an Hour, Greatest on Record. By the Associated Press. HONGKONG, August 18.—He of life is believed to have bec ed by a typhoon that struck the har- bor here at 9:20 o'clock this morning, sweeping the waters into a seething menace that flung several ships int their depths and tossed others into havens of refuge. Many BEuropeans were among the vietims, it is feared. The English submarine L-9 and the steamer Ming Sang of British try sank in the harbor. Only one s or is known to have been saval fro the submarine and there are but reported survivors from the Sang, both European officors. With harbor communication para- 1yzed, it was impossible carly this att- erncon to form an estimate of number of lives lost and th: damage caused. In the city business had been suspended and police anl soldiers were massed along the wateriront resis- n Ming Harbor Whipped by Tempenst. 1t was the worst storm experienced here since 190 Following observa- tory warnings, ocean-going Steamers and small crafi sought shelter last nlght. Bomb-fire proach of the storm center this morn- ing. Within an hour the wind was blowing with hurricane force and the harbor was tempestuous, The teamer Ming Sang long blasts of distress. A blue-funuel long blasts of distress. A blue-funnel reach the stricken vesvel. The high- running sea made the rescue impos- sible and the Ming Sang went down. Except for the two officers rted saved, all on board are believed to have perished. 'he Ming Sang, owned by the Indo- China_ Steam Navigation Company, was of 1,630 net tonnage. Ships Tossed About. The British submarine L-9, parting from her moorings, drifted Westward and sank off the Hongkong Club, One sailor swam away, holding fast to a small yacht buoy, until another buoy was thrown from the endanger- ed Japanese steamer Ginyo Maru and the British bluejacket pulled to safety. The Ginyo Maru and another ves 1, the Sekino Maru, had drifted from their moorings, The Sekino Maru was brought up alongside pier, to which she was able to moor undamaged. Th inyo Maru drifted toward the royal navy vard sca wall where she grounded astern, slightly damaged The liner Empress of cleared from the wharf at Kowloon, # suburb, last night. moored in mid- stream and successfully outrode the typhoon. The French mail liner Andre Lebon was swept, dragging her wnchor, a considerable distan When the terrific wind struck the shore big trees were uprooted and in several T s flung against the boundary w which collapsed. in the business district signboards we blown to bits and wall hangings were torn off. Telephone cables were blown down Tramway services were suspended It is not known how Kowloon ed, all communication with that port was cut off. ‘Wind Reaches 130 Miles. Several more casualties afloat were reported later In the afternoon. The British navzl oll tanker Karki, naval tug and the Chinese-owne steamer Haldis went ashore. The roof of th Victoria jail wa damaged seriously. Several houses were partly un pfed One Chinese house collapsed and two bodies were recovered from the debris. The lowest point reached the ometer was .66 t 10:13 a.m. the wind blew 130 miles an hour— sald to be a world record. After that the barometer rose rapidly. An eye-witness to the sinking of the British steamer Ming Sang told of the gallant attempt by a party ashore —compri and revenue officer Norwegian seaman and one Chinese—to rescue the crew. While the storm at its height they volunteered to improvise a lifeline with a rope at the pier-head and to carry it out to the sinking vessel. At this moment, twelve of the offi- cers and crew of the ship could be geen on the poop deck. The next moment the Ming Sang keeled over. The crew carried overboard, clung to wreckage, but a strong tide carried the men to their doom. Appalling casualties were averted by the Manila observatory’ timely warning ast night of the approach of the typhoon. Three typhoons visited Hong Kong harbor last_month, the worst oceur- rving July 27, when all shipping was thr ened by the raging storm. At that time the glant waves washed the steel plers at Kowloon, just across the channel on the mainland. The Kowloon wall also was partly sub- merged. Comparatively little damage was done, owing to the fact that the government observatory had issued early warnings. In August, last vear, a terrific typhoon struck the Chinese coast be- tween Amoy and Swatow and left a heavy trail of damage in its wake. 1t was estimated the death toll at Swatow was 60,000, most of the vic- tims being natives. Another typhoon swept the south- ecast coast in the early part of Septem ber, the same year, resulting in the deaths of approximately 3,000. That typhoon was accompanied by a tidal wave twenty-elght feet high. SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE SHOCK FELT IN SICILY Population Camps Out of Doors in Alarm After First Tremor. By the Associated Press. MESSINA, Siclly, August 18.—Slight carth shocks were felt early today but caused no damage of any impor- tance. The population, which has been camping in the open air since the slight disturbance on Thurs- day afternoom, was considerably alaymed, the | whistled | o Australia | Threatened Loss of Market May Force Hard Coal Peace Fear That Public Will Learn to Use Cheap Substitutes Biggest Factor in Settlement of Strike Issues BY ROBERT T. SWAL NEW YORK, August 1S—The an- thracite miners und operators have ught te r a further | conference prior threatened | 1 only by | realization that a stoppage of anthra- cite Al and winter will e e to the walkout eptember mining this \ & further ,nent loss of the anthrac | 'Tha rencwal of the { conferences does not m {of a strike is eliminated | the most optimistic members of the Commission will go so ¥ as that. As for the miners and the operators, they shak ind do not see that any great prog- direction has been made e market. Atlantie an the threat 2 Not even Federal Coal ress In any STATE TROOPS AGT 10 QUELL FLOGGING | Texas Official Sends Rangers to Scenes of Mob Disorders, Now Increasing. By the Associated Press AUSTIN, Tex., August 18 —Acting Gov. T. W. Davidson today took steps to quell reported floggings of citl- | zens in two additional Texas towns A detachment of state rangers was dered to Port Arthur, where two | citizens are reported to have been unknown persons last signalized the ap- | sinstituted Wednesday farmer, at Falls, and be ordered Rangers have investigation was the whipping on | night of Lonnie Davi | Towa Park, near Wichita rangers probably will | there, Davidson stated. already are at Amarillo and | made arrests in connection with the | brutal flggging Tuesday night of E | T. McDonald, railroad laborer. Request for rangers at lowa Park An was received by C. W. Davis, brother | lof the flogging victim there. The ! telegram from Davis stated that it is | generally belieyed “county officers are i making no effort to obtain arrests of | the guflty mob.” { The acting governor says he has | requested further information from Wichita county authorities, | Request for rangers to handle the | gituation at Port Arthur was received | by Acting Gov. Davidson from Dis | trict Judge McDowell. The message ! stated the situation there is tense. BROTHERS FLOGGED. Badly Beaten, But Refuse to Name Assailants. By the Associated Press PORT ARTHUR, Tex.. August 15.— [Badly beaten, but both refusing to | make a statement to police as to { what transpired after they were spir- lited away from the police station here {1ast night, Clay Dunn and his brother, { Carl Dunn, were found in bed at their respective homes this morning. Chief of Police W. W. Covington and Patrolman M. E. Bailey found the {men when they called at their homes. Asked if they recognized any mem- {hers of the mob that kidnaped them. hoth men said that they did, but de- !clined to make a statement as to who | they Police were. Chief Covington | from the station and fired twice when the kidnaping occurred last pight, but a swarthy stranger stepped behind him und pressed a pistol i aguinst the chief's ribs, leaving the | police chief no alternative but to | Watch the kidnapers' cars speed away | With the victims shouting for heip. {The stranger disappeared as sudden- Iy s he appeared. Blood spots were found on the pavement in frout of the police station. Dunn Held in Shooting. Il Dunn had been arrested in connec- jon with the fatal shooting of De- | tectty B. A. Harris Thursday night, and had just been released on bond. ‘ He had been warned by both city !and county officers that there was mminent danger of violence if he at- empted to leave the jail, but, unlike six others, who preferred to be taken |to the Jefferson county jall, in Beau- mont, by members of the sherif’s de- | partment for safety, Dunn accepted {his_freedom under bond. i The six other men released on writ lof habeas corpus yesterday were |taken to Beaumont after midnight and will remailn in the county jail until they see fit to accept their liberty. Public feeling is tense. Fail to Reach Governor. DALLAS, Tex., August 18.—An ef- Ifnrl to get in touch with acting |Gov. Davidson over the long distance {telephone in connection with floggings in the state resulted in the report from Mexla, where Mr. Davidson had been last night, that he was expected in Austin, the capital, early today. Gov. Neff also is expected in Austin from Chautauqua, N. Y., today. BEATEN WITH WET ROPE. rushed Man in Serious Condition After Flogging in Texas. By the Associated Press. WICHITA FALLS, Tex. August 18. —Lonnie Dayis, young farmer, is in a | serious condition at the General Hospital | here as the result of having been beaten | with a wet rope by five unmasked men late Wednesday night. His skin was {torn in a number of places, and his body blackened by welts and lacera- (tions. His father and brother have ap- Ipealed to Acting Governor Davidson foe a state investigation. According to Davis' story, he had just returned from an antomobile ride with |Hamp Love, city marshal of Towa Park, and gvas waiting outside a garage for the icer to put up his motor car when the five unmasked men drove up, placed |a sack over his head and drove rapidly out of town. Davis stid that a few miles out on a |lonely road the men ordered him out of the automobile, forced him to re- move his clothing, laid him on the ground and pelted him with the wet (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) _ b} nd perhaps a perma- | City | their heads | The truth of the matter is that neither the operators nor the miners could afford to appear before the pub- {1ic as so “hard boiled” as to refuse | another attempt at negotlation. But | there has been no adjustment of any of thé polnts at issue, no arrangement lof any of the differences, and unless one side or the other complet 1= re- verses itself in the few remaining days of August the stoppage seems as Inevitable today as ever. Stil No Underatanding. | There Is no understanding beneath | the surface of the agreement to re- | sume negotiations. It has been felt all along that another meeting of miners_and_operators was likely be- Column 3.) Coolidge Drops Dates Made as Vice President PITTSBURGH, Pa., August 1S.— Because of a press of public busi- ness. Fresideat Coolidge has can- celed all ergagements made while he was Vice President, it became known here today. In a letter to H. B. Wassell, gen- eral chairman of the Plttshurgh committee for the Phi Gamma Delta convention, to be held here, the President said it would be im- possible for him to attend, adding that he had canceled all engage- ments which he made as Vice President While in college President Cool- idge was a member of the Amherst chapter of the fraternity. 17 MARINES SLAN IN DOMINGO REPORT | Confirmation Lacks, Though U. S. Warship on Way to Scene of “Uprising.” By the Assocjated Press. PANAMA, August 18—The sudden departure of the United States cruiser Rochester. flagship of the special servics squadron, with Rear Admiral John H. Dayton on board, is said here to be the result of a reported upris- ing in Santo Domingo. The crulser Galveston is expected to follow her. Though the naval au- thorities are silent, it 1Is reported seventeen American marines have been killed in Santo Domingo. There {is no confirmation, however, from any source. WITHOUT WORD HERE. | Departure of U. 8. Cruiser From Panama. | By the Associated Press. | No word of an uprising in Santo Domingo or of casualties among { American marines there has been re- celved by the American government. Neither has the Navy Department been advised of the departure of the cruiser Rochester from Panama. Or- dinarily details of the movements of naval vessels in those waters are not reported to Washington, but in view of the news dispatch received today from Panama the Department tmmediately asked for information through official channels. | Marine Corps headquarters also sent lan inquiry to Santo Domingo. Offi- cers on duty at the headquarters were inclined to believe that had there been an uprising of the serious character reported, word of it would have been sent promptly to Washington and would have reached here before the Rochester could have been notified at Panama. An examination of naval records was sald by Navy officers to show that the Rochester probably would have left about this time for Santo Do- mingo in the ordinary course of her routine voyages through southern wa- ters. Santo Domingo is within the district patrolled by Rear Admiral Dayton, but his salling schedule re- cently has kept him in Central Ameri- can and other waters, over which his responsibility also extends. MAIL STOLEN FROM SHIP MAY PROVE BIG LOSS Steamer Bound From New Or- leans to Caal Zone Loses Registered Bags. By the Assoctated Press. PANAMA, August 18.—A mail rob- bery that may reach considerable di- mensions was disclosed today when it was announced that the registered mail on board the steamer Heredia, from New Orleans August 8 and Ha- vana August 11, for_the Canal Zone and Central and South American ports, had been rifled and several bags stolen. The stolen mail includ- ed all the registered matter for Colon and_Ancon. All the registered mail forwarded from New Orleans was rified. The loss has not yet been estimated. SPAIN APT TO BREAK FRENCH AGREEMENT Controversy Over Wines Leads to Threatened Abrogation of Understanding. By the Associated Press. MADRID, August 18.—The Spanish commerclal agreement with France is to be abrogated by Spain if the present negotiations in progress be- tween the Spanish govermment and the French charge d'affaires are bar- ren of an agreement. The stumbling block in the negotia- tions is the importation of French and the exportation of Spanish wines. It is declared that French wine growers are demanding_ that no Spanish wines shall enter France exe cept under, a protective tariff, D. C., SATURDAY, ) IHARD COAL PARLEY FACTS 10 BE GIVEN 10 COOLIDGE TODAY U. S. Fuel Commissioners to Apprise President of Results of Federal Moves. EXECUTIVE ENCOURAGED, HOPES STRIKE AVERTED Sees Augury for Peace in Miners- Operators’ Decision to Re- ~ sume Conference. President will this afternoon Hays Ham- George OUs the United Coolidge with John mond, chairman, and Smith, secre of States Coal Commission, when he receive a detailed account of the facts concerning the anthracite coal controversy. These coal commission- ers left New York this morning where they and the other members of the commission have been striving to bring about an agreement between the operators and the miners. It is thought likely that Secretary Hoover of the Department of Com- merce, who has during the past few days been in frequent conference with the President regarding the develop- ments in the coal controversy, wiil be present during the conference at the White House this afternoon. It is known that Presldent Coolidge was greatly encouraged today by the decision on the part of the repre- sentatives of the operators miners to again reopen their confer ences with a view to reaching working agreement The President mentioned to allers today that he was very hopeful that the meeting of the operators and miners in Atlantic City Monday will be satis- factory and will result In success to all concerned. Committee May Act. ho are in a position to know s that Chairman Hammond and Secretary Smith will not make a formal report for the coal commis- slon when they meet with the Pres-| ident today, but that they will mere- 1y outline to him just what happened at the conferences conducted by the commission. It is expected the Pr, ident also will be told by these com- missioners of the diverging positions and contentions of the operators and miners. but it is not thought that the commissioners will, during this in- terview, make any Specific recommen: dations, In the event that no ugre ment reached during the Atlantic City conference, it Is belfeved the commission will ‘then set about pre- paring some form of recommendation for the consideration of the President. READY FOR PARLEY. confer Those Mine Union Leaders Leave to Re- sume Conference. By the Associated Press NEW YORK. August 18 —John L. Lewls, president of the United Mine Workers of America, and his asso- clates in the anthracite mine wage negotiations will leave for Atlantic City today to continue conferences with hard coal operato; The re- sumption of negotiations will start Monday. In a joint letter replying to the United States coal commis sion’s demand for further parley unlon officlals and representatives of the operators have agreed to “earnestly endeavor to reach an agreement by September 1. Meanwhile, however, members of the commission of which John Hays Hammond .is chairman, refrained from expressing over-optimism as to the prospects of keeping the mines operating afteg, that date. President it s saild, would be ap- prised of the results of the confer- ence her, In a 1ftter pointing out that “the public mind is beginning to be seri- ously alarmed over the question of whether there is to be another sus- pension of anthracite mining Septem- ber 1, Mr. Lewis and Samuel D. War- riner, chairman of the operators’ poliey committee, were asked whether they could reach an agree- ment on a new wage contract before September 1. The commission also sought to learn the attitude of each party on the general proposition of keeping the mines operating after that time, even though the terms of the proposed new contract still were unsettled. If an agreement is not reached by the first of next month, the operators’ representatives said they would seek an understanding that the mines should be kept operating while the wage conference continued. The miners' spokesmen requested that this matter be lett to the joint conference. FOUR HELD IN FALSE FIRE ALARM PROBE Apparatus Called Out Thrice in Northeast Section Early Today. Four men are being held for ques- tioning eat the ninth precint station in connection with an investigation into the sounding of three false alarms of fire between 4:35 and 5:30 this morn- ing in the northeast section of the city. One of these men, who is charged with operating an automobile while drunk, is Willlam E. Mothershead of | 491 K street southwest, twenty-three years old, and himself a fireman. The three others, who are simply held un- til the investigation is completed, gave their names as Willlam A. Gar- ner, 819 6th street southeast, twenty years old; John O. Barnes, a saflor, stationed ‘at the navy yard, thirty years old, and Danlel Sullivan, an- other sallor, twenty-two years of age. Sergt. Gray and Policemen J. G Helm and E. T. Rees arrested the men this morning. ment of definite charges will be made later this afternoon, - - win | rd the | Thelr release or place- | “From Press to Home Within The Star’s carrier every city block and tne regular edi- ticn is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. ; the Hour” system covers | Star. Yesterday’s N;t Circuhlio;, 87,227 AUGUST 18, | MELLON TO RETAIN PLACE IN CABINET Decides Definitely to Keep Seat Under New President. i | | Secretary of the who returned from Europe yesterday, will continue as Secretary of the Treasury under President Coolidge. | While refusing yesterday in New York to discuss the possibllity of his remaining in the important position to which be was appointed by the late Prgsdent Harding, Mr. Mellon, it was learned from authoritative sources today, has definitely decided not to leave the public office, in the conduct of which he has earned the confidence and admiration of the entire Ameri- can public. Secretary Mellon and President Coolidge are sald by those in close touch with both, to be singularly similar in several ways. President Coolldge is even thought by some to have more in common with Secretars Mellon, as regards temperament, atti- tude and methods, than with any other member of his cabinet. Important changes in the adminis- tration of the Treasury are now 'nondv ing. with the resignation of Under: secretary Gilbert, which was laid on Secretary Mellon's desk prior to his depurture for Europe. Just when Mr. Gilbert will leave has been Indefinite. In his letter to the Secretary, hie stated that the date of leaving would be dependent upon the convenience of Mr. Mellon upon his return from KEurope. He will probably remain for a few weeks at| least, before leaving to resume the practice of law in New York. The question of a successor to Mr. j Gilbert remains to be decided by Secre- tary Mellon himself. But numerous factors have been pointing strongly to Garrard B. Winston of Chicago, who took the position of assistant secretary upon the resignation of Col. Edward | Clifford, and a rearrangement of the duties of the assistants. . Mr. Winston is now assistant secre- tary in charge of fiscal offices, and has been working closely with Mr. Gilbert in administrative matters. FRANCE WILL PAY HER DEBT TOU. . Reply to British Does™ Not Raise Reparations Con- dition as Reported. Treasury Mellon, By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, August 18—While Premier Polncare's summary of the French position in the note which will be delivered to the British government Monday treats of the interallied debts at some length, he does not, as re- ported in some quarters, make pay- ment of France's debt to the United States dependent upon recovery of a similar amount on the class C repa- ration bonds from Germany, it was sald at the foreign office today. The French attitude is that the war debt to America shall be paid, and that {in order to pay it France must get from Germany an equal amount out of the class C bonds, but this does not mean that if France fails to collect from Germany she will repudiate her own debt. | °"The war debts are considered In French official circles as less pressing than the question of reparations and of smoothing out the troubles of the entente, as final solution of the repara- tions problem. it is held, will make | bousible earlier settlement of the war debt. France, consequently, considers { the negotiations for funding her war debt to the United States as in abey- ance for the moment. The text of Premier Poincare's re- ply to the British foreign secretary’s reparation note of August 11 was forwarded to the French ambassador in Brussels late yesterday, with in- Structions to deliver it immediately to the Belglan government. g STUDENT DIES IN CRASH. AUBURN, N. Y., August 18.—Irving Given of Buffalo, a Princeton student, | was killed, and Fred Friedman of De- | trott, and 'Gerald Rosenberg of Roch- | ester were slightly injured yes- terday when an automobile driven by Sidney A. Jacobs of Detroit went oven an embankment near the village |of Victory. Jacobs sald he was not going more than twenty-five miles an ihour when the car slipped over the embankment at a turn 1o the road. 1923—-TWE {the new conduit and auxiliaries at Great | the .Anglers’ Club on the Conduit road. TWO CENTS NTY-SIX PAGES Lueke Tuam 1 PersuapeD (&5 MOTHER To ¥ LEAVE THE ‘7 RUGS DOWNJS ( HELEN GOULD TO WED | BARON DE MONTENACH MAIL CLERK HELD Heiress' Engagement to Swissl o2 ON THEFT CHARRE of Family, Not Announced. | PARIS, August 18.—The engage- ment of Miss Helen Gould, daughter of Frank J. Gould, to Baron Jean de Montenach, Swiss, was confirmed today by friends of the al- though it has not vet been formally | announced. | Baron de Montenach is a well-to- | do nobleman about thirty years old, and is a member of the political ection of the league of nations. He met Miss Gould while she at- tending a school near Bern. The date of the wedding has yet been fixed. Morris Wasserman Accused of Opening Letters Con- taining Money. amily, 4 Morris Wasserman, a clerk in the mailing division of the Washington city post office, was arrested at o'clock this g while at his work and charged by postal inspec tors with opening letters containing money. was 5 morr not s | Wasserman was taken before United States Commissioner Needham C. | Turnage by Postal Inspectors W. J | satterfield and S.W. Purdum, where {he was charged with a violation of Penal Code 195, the embezziement of letters containing money. The clerk. who was regarded officials of the post office as one the best on the force, {with the local office for five years. was held under bond of $2,000 for the grand jury. Postmaster Mooney, with the operation of the postal inspection etermined to break up any incipient “crime wav Within_the past few months several others have been apprehended opening letters, is_understood. The clerk arrested early today shortly after he had begun his daily task of sorting letters, was reported found with marked money in his pockets. He is said to have attempt- ed to “pull” an old game, perhaps the oldest resorted to by those who {rob the mails. Officials say he per, above his letters found one b: of GONTRACT IS LET Baltimore Firm, Bidding $368,708, Chosen for First Section of Work. Maj. James A. O'Connor, engineer officer in charge of the District water supply system, today entered into a contract with the A. Long Co. of Baltimore, Md,, for the construction of had his he that in_ his rack letters. In would wait seemed to Falls and the immediate vicini That A contract involves the construction of the intake chamber or gatehouse, just ahove the Great Falls dam, where the water wiil enter the system, building 350 feet of conduit connection therewith, by the | cut and cover process, and then tun- neling 2.400 feet through practically solid rock, to a point about half a mile above g until he have money in it. Then he would throw cen the folds of the paper. when he got several letters folds of the newspaper, would casually pick up the paper and saunter away to a restroom: Inspectors Can Watch. Inspectors work on a and usually narrow their sus down to a few men. these through openings in gallerics that run around the workroums and lavatories. When the man with the newspaper full of letters had rifled them of their money content, and had thrown the torn letters away, inspectors descend- ed upon him, and found the marked money in his possession. One emplove, it is understood. was found tampering with letters which had been addressed to his wife, from whom he is sald to be estranged. He would open the letters that were ad- dressed to her, then carefully reseal them. Marked money placed in such letters the letter too, There the conduit will connect with a icion section of the conduit, already under construction under another contract. The bid of the M. A. Long Company for the work at Great Falls was $368,- 708. It was lower in amount than any other bid received, including one from the Arundel Company of Baltimore The last named company already has the contract for the construction of the conduit from the Dalecarlia or recelving reservoir at the District line, westward to a point about half a mile east of Great Falls. Work has | been in progress under the Arundel contract for many months, and should Le completed in the latter part of next year. The M. A. Long Company is allowed a vear and a half to com- plete the tunneling and other con- struction work near Great Falls An immense inverted concrete syphon is under construction at Cabin John run to carry the water in the new conduit across that wide, deep valley and below the bed of the stream. The syphon will be located a short distance south of the high masonry arch built by Gen. Meigs more than fifty vears ago for the existing conduit. Find Maryland Slayer’s Bones And Confession After 40 Years HAGERSTOWN, Md., August 18. | velopes, and never taken by the em- ploye in question. While his offense was not robbery of the mails, it con- stitutes a violation of postal ws and regulations for an employe to open letters. DR. ALLEN EXTRADITED. LOS ANGELES, August 18.—Dr. Helon Allen will be ordered removed to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he is undef federal Indictment on a charge of violating the Mann act in transport- ing Gladys Allen, one of his fifty- seven adopted children, from his in Virginia to Pittsburgh. given thirty davs’ stay of execution to appeal. built six years ago. Surely those six years of hell should go toward the ‘final reckoning. I wonder if any one will ever read this or will it rot beside me? “Seems if I could lie down easier it I write out that which I could not dare whisper since I done it. My name is Lee Singleton, born in’ Crisfield, Md.. enlisted In the southern army, was wounded twice and served until the close of the war, when my parents died. “I landed in FEureka In 1571, where 1 went to work as a feeder in the Richmond furnace. My com- panion was one John Murphy, an overbearing man. He insulted me on several occasions, being much stronger and a bully. He struck me one day. Murphy signed his death warrant then and there. “I waited two weeks for my op- portunity, and when it finally presented itself I struck him on the head with my shovel and brought his body into that roar- ing inferno. As the charge of charcoal sank, he was soon out of sight. It seemed as if every shovelful of ore flung into the feed hole of the furnace struck on Murphy's body, and the bubbling of the blast took to itself speech and upbraided me for my wick- edness.” —The skeleton of Lee Singleton, a native of Crisfleld, Md., and resi- dent of this city more than fifty years ago, has been found in.a cabin in Culver canyon, near Eu- reka, Nev., together with a stain- ed and deterlorated confession written by him of how he mur- dered John Murphy fifty-two years ago, by throwing him into a roar- ing charcoal furnace at Eureka. Singleton is belleved to have died in the cabin forty years ago. The skeleton and confession were found several days ago by James Thornton, a surveyor, according to word received here today. The bones were on a cabin bunk, and with them was a gold watch, en- graved with the initials “L. R. §.” and a watch chain from which hung & large silver nugget fob. Following aré portions of the confession which could be de- ciphered ‘After four years of wandering I am back in the ¢abin which I having been | he | was scrupulously returned to the en- | | | el co- fof fact |are the | After | | | | | following a struggle of | eration | working SHIPPING PROBLEM FIRST MAJOR IS5 BEFORE (00LIDGE Must Decide at Once on Fate of Procedure Favored by Mr. Harding. TREADS CAUTIOUSLY TO LEARN DETAILS FULLY Complicated Issue Perplexes Presi- dent—Rumored Change Held Unfounded. BY DAVID LAWREN( E. President has come major problem Coolidge to face with his first shipping policy—and t for Congress to must make up his mind whether the policy approved late President Harding sha tinued or amendeq He once. The the impressi know what wants to tre iarize matter. cannot but once the con- act at vene, b; be must President of thus far has man given who docsn't but who d cautiously and famil- If first with Unfortunate such a complica conferences and the members Board will hardly dent anything but In the take the Board or all about, himse e whole . shipping d affair that few Farley hipping Pre thoughts have to Shipping with Chairman of the give th surfuce will of th judg grate. Mr. Harding spent more t on the shipping question than thing else. Scarcely a day went by that he didn't work on it. ~ Chairman Farley came int office with a dis- tinet u er: T & that President Harding would follow a given policy Mr. Coolidge is at liberty to change and there are rumor that he ants to do so, but the truth is the :lrt;mt,u( doy know enough about _to have a rumor circulate When he gets down 1o the botton of it he will approve what has been laid lln fore him. He will do because Congress would never sanction the t method of operating govern s If it ever got at the facts policy which Mr. Harding in line with congressional sentiment lh.nndun,\‘\pl.ul that has yet been pro- poser And, a r all, the Shipping ment, but an independent establish- ment responsible to Congr ment it Proposes New Form. What Mr. Farley 1s proposing to the President Is that the Shipping Board shall turn from one form of govern- ment operation to another. The gov- ernment has always operated ships— ever since the war. But the actual work was done and is being done still gents known as “managing op- They have established lines The government pays these managing operators a commis- sion on gross revenue. It doesn't matter whether a line is making money or not. The commission must be paid just the same. a matter most of the lincs have been losing money and the government has been ‘meeting the losses. The com- panies organized by these managing operators are owned by them—all the good will and contracts for facilities Pproperty of the private op- erators. The government heretofore has simply depended upon the agent for operation All this was to be changed by Presi- dent Harding following the defeat of the subsidy bill. He sensed the copinien ¢ gress to be that pub- < funds not be used to e private individuals, If a subsidy w 1o be granted, then a commis would be equally disapproved. P'r rations were made to have the Ameri- can_government enter i direst operation hiring person on commission basis, but on salaries. Tk ines were to be grouped into from welve to eighteen corporations -vhich the government was to own in en- Naturally the agents who now the commission system with- any of the risk of losses do not nt the plan discontinued. Some of them are said to be indulging in ef- forts to influence the Presilent to maintain the present sysrem. If ha does, Congress will probably go into the controversy and refuse to ap priate on that basis. Coolidge Hus Worries, So Mr. Coolidge is up a tangle that will give him enough t4 worry about for a year or more un less he gi the present Shippinf Board the authority to go ahead a\ Mr. Harding did. The board adopted its policy after a conference wifh President Harding and over the ops position of many private interests many monthy of efforts wers Mr. Harding to to private Inter- ame to the con- not 3 is ainst in which all sorts made to influence turn over the ships ests. He finally c clusion that direct government op- was the only way to safe- xpenditures of the taxpayers’ money and that “if the government over was to have a shipping system 1o sell to private interests it must be position to sell the whole thing— facilities, good will and all the elements of a complete organization Mr. Coolldge’s action IS being mis- taken for doubt. In the end he will adopt the Harding policy. (Copyright, 1923.) MOVIE LIGHTS INJURE EYES OF INFANT ACTOR Son of Buster Keaton, Year Old, Victim of “Klieg Eyes,” Film With Father Stopped. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, August 18.—Joseph Talmade Keaton, vear-old son of Bus- er Keaton, motion picture comedian, and already a film actor himself, has eveloped “klieg eves,” the result of in strong artificial light. Physiclans say his trouble is not seri- but work on the picture in which supporting his father has been stopped. NEWSPAPERS TO CLOSE IN CENTRAL GERMANY LONDON, August 18.—A Central News dispatch from Berlin says that all the newspaper owners of Germany have decided unanimousiy to cease publication for the present on the ground that they are unable to pay the wages demanded by the compositors, A guard