Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; rising temperature tomorrow. Temperature for 24 hours ended at % p.m. today: Highest, 89, at 4:30 .m. yesterday; lowest, 52, at noon oday. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes Full réport on page 10. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 Entered a8 second-class matter post _office Washington, D. C. N COOLIDGE ~ RUSHES PLANS TO PREVENT SHORTAGE IN COAL IF STRIKE GOMES People Will Not Suffer for Coal, Is Impression at White House, as Officials Confer With President. . 28,967, TWO FORCES OPERATE TO PREVENT WALKOUT Prospective Loss of Markets and Wages Expected to Bring Further Steps Toward Peace by Both Sides—U. S. Ready to Provide Substitutes if Need Arises. President Coolidge today went shead with preparations to prevent the people from suffering from a lack of fuel in the event of a strike In the anthracite mines. He summoned to the White House early today Francis R. Wadlelgh, federal fuel director, and Acting Chairman Aitch- fson of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and, it Is understood, went over with them the plans for distribution of fuel. “The people will not be permitted to suffer from a lack of fuel,” is the word that came from the White House. and the President s reported as determined to use every agency of the government to make good this promise. Sull Hope for Peace. Meanwhile, in government' circles all hope of an agreement between the miners and operators which will permit the continued operation of the | anthracite mines has not been aban- | doned. Two forces are acting to bring about such an agreement. They are: | First, the fact that if a shut-down comes ' the govermment is prepared | to rush “substitutes, low volatile | bituminous coal, coke, fuel oil, etc, | to the people who would otherwise | use anthracite. This means the loss / of a considerable part of the market | for anthracite at least~ for this winter—a severe blow to both oper- utors and minkrs. Second, the fact the United States Coal Commission is prepared to sub- mit to the President, and the Presi- | dent in turn to the people, a report Bxing the blame for the shut-down of the anthracite nitnes. Belicve President Rea The report of the Coal Commission, 3t is understood, will deal with the | situation without gloves, i it must be made. The report is not ex- pected to be made, however, for a short time, the bellef existing that| something” will yet be done by the two parties looking to an adjusiment of their differences. After the Coal Commission has sub- mitted this report, provided it finds it | necessary to do so, the next move will | come from the President, so far as the | government is concerned. The com- mission will have done ail it can un- der the authority given it by law. In the event of such a contingency, the President {s expected to act promptly. No officlal statement has been made up to this time, however, as to what President Coolidge will do. That he has given the matter thought and al ready laid plans is the bellef expreks- ed by persons who are familiar with the President’s methods of doing busi- | ness. The opinfon was expressed that there Is a sufficient supply of fuel now mined—and much of it distributed— together with the proposed Increase in the supply of bituminous and other substitutes for anthracite, to take care of all the needs of the people. Pay Scale Held Unfal Should there be a shutdown of the anthracite mines, it was pointed out, the miners would stand to lose their wages, for weeks, perhaps for months. The operators would stand to lose their production returns during the period of the shutdown: And both would | have to face the possibility of a loss of bart of their present market, at A A feeling prevalls fn informed quar- ters that there should be a sclentific justment of the wage scales in the ¥ anthracite fleld, . with “equal pay for equal work, and with some increases for the men. It is felt also that the mine operators could afford some in crease to the men without increasing | the price of coal to the consumers. | This does not mean that the operators | could afford the whole increase asked ! by the miners, however, for the eost of production’ of anthracite centers very largely in the wages paid the miners. t At present, it is sald, there aré men working in the anthracite mines, doing similar kinds of work, whose pay varies by as much as 15 per | cent. | Plans Ready for Substitutes. While the plans for providing the people with substitutes for anthra- cite have been perfected in large part, the details have not been made public. It was reported that a state- ment might be issued at the White House today dealing- with this matter. - A survey made by one of the gov. ernment agencies recently indicates that there are sufficlent anthracite #tocks in storage to supply normal needs for more than four manths, if a shutdown of the mines com September 1. The deflclt required for the winter, it is sald, can readiby | be supplied from -the bitumimous mines. The report on accumulated stocks placed the total at between 23,000,000 and 25,000,000 tons, against a normal weekly consumption of 2,000,000 tons. The restriction of consmuption which naturally would follow a suspension of production would reduce the week- 1y requirements automatically, goy- ernment observers sald, to a _point where the reserve would be sufficient to supply domestic needs for at least sixteen ‘weeks. This reduction was expected to be increased by the num- ber of industrial plants and indi- vidual anthracite “users who are equipped to use soft coal or fuel oil as an immediate substitute. Could Move Soft Coal, It was estimated that the increased burden on bituminous production would be less than 10 per cent of ‘ontinued on , Column §. RAID CAUSES Che WASHINGTON, SENSATION AFTER GOURAUD DINNER Dry Agents Nab Three Attempting to Moisten Dance Attended by Many Notables on By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 22—Three members of the crew of the French liner France were arrested this morn- ing and seventy-two bottles of choice wines, champagne and liquors seized in & raid that followed a dinner given by Gen. Henrl Gouraud, ene-armed French war hero, to more than a score of prominent Americans. The trio, it was alleged, were at- tempting to moisten fhe dance which followed Gen. Gouraud's dry dinner. The general, the ship's captain and officials of the line expressed amaze- ment and indignation at the activities of the alleged liquor purveyors. The men arrested were Marcel Robert, ship's bartender, and Andreas Dingos and Francols Betting, stewards. Among the guests at Gen. Gouraud's dinner were United States At Hayward of New York, Col. Rill" Donovan of Buffalo, James W. Gerard, former American ambassador to Germany; Maj. Gen. Harbord, Rev. Father Francis P. Duffy, the “Aghting chaplain” of the old 6Sth Regiment, and several French dignities, includ- U.S-CUBAN ACCORD ON RAILWAYS BILL S BELIEVED NEAR Adjustment Likely to Remove Need of Direct Action by Washington. By the Associated Press Consideration of the difficulties be- tween Washington and Havana over the proposed consolidation of Cuban railways has reached a stage where plans for an adjustment satisfactory to both governments are in process of formulation here, Thus far nothing definite has been done, but the State Department now is advised fully of the arguments put forward both for and against the proposed legislation, and it is known that some officials, at least, belleve the way can be opened to an agree- ment which will remove the necessity | for any more direct action by the United States. Tarafa Leaves Statément. In addition to protests from Amer{- can sugar interests against the Tara- fa consolidation bill, State Depart- ment officials gave careful considera- tion today to a statement left at the department by Col. Jose M. Tarafa, sponsor of the measure, after he had conferred with Secretary Hughes and (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) PLANS TO SURVEY HARD GOAL STORES Maj. Bell-to Start Soon on Check-Up of Fuel in District. Inquiry to find out how much hard coal has been stored in Washington for the coming winter will be under- taken by the District Commissioners within a few days i present indica- tlons of a strike on September 1 con- tinue. This was indicated today by Maj. J. Franklin Bell, Engineer Commis- sioner, who said he was following closely all developments In the an- thracite situation. If all efforts of the federal govern- ment to avert & strike fail, Maj. Bell's first move will be to confer with mem- bers of the United States Coal Com- mission for Information as to the best methods of regulation to be pursued here. Stores on Ha The Engineer Commissioner ex- plained today that, obviously, the first question to which the Commissioners should devote their attention is:. “How much hard coal has already been delivefed in Washington and what additional amount {s needed to meet the needs of householders for the winter months?’ Commissloner Oyster joined today with Maj. Bell In the statement that the Commiseioners will be prepared to take ‘whatever action peems neces- sary If'a fuel crisis arises this.year. Whether the commission will-adopt last year's system of keeping a check on the amount of coal deliveréd to consumers in order to see that the fuel arriving in the city was evenly distributed will depend upon how serious the situation becomes this year. Officlals of the -Potomac_ Electric Power Company and of the Washing- ton Gas Light Company both stated today that they are making careful plans to obtain an adequate supply of fuel so that Washington will not be deprived of heat or light this winter, Order Soft Coal. The greater part of the power com- pany's fuel supply is bituminous. A. H, Ferrandou, assistant to President Ham, sald today that the company was laying its plans to get in as much soft coal as its storage yard will hold and to keep its reserve up to the high mark. The gas company In normal times usps nearly all anthracite, but in the strike of last year the company was forced to buy coke at high prices. If the. anthracité miners strike now the a8 company may be forced to resort to coke again. X 3 the France. ing Senator Gaston Menier and Count Philippe de Vibray. ‘The dinner over, Gen. Gouraud pro- posed a toast to America in water, and then, with a sweep of his remain- ing arm, invited the diners into the ballroom, where an orchestra was tuning up. About this time the customs agents, who had been instructed to be present to see that no law was violated, noticed umusual activity on the part of three men, who later were ar- rested. They fnllowid the trio to the ship’s butcher shdp but found the doors locked. Agent Cronin knocked and the door was opened. When he flashed his shield, however, an at- tempt was made to slam the door in his face. He and Agent Innes forced their way iIn, only to find the lights had been switched off. As he entered, Cronin’s arm came In con- tact in the dark with the point of a butcher knife. Thinking he was about to be stabbed, he called .out that i the lights were not switched and If the men in the room did not throw up their hands he would begin shooting. The lights came on surrendered. Near the they stood were the hottles of intoxicants. and the trio spot where seventy-two Coolest August Day in 30 Years Strikes Capital Washington awoke today in a temperature of 53 degrees, the rec- ord low August temperature since August 24, 1890, when the weather bureau got a reglstration of 49 degrees. About 50 degrees is expected to be registered here tomorrow morn- ing. The cold rain is to continue this afternoon, according to the weather bureau. Cool and falr is predicted for tomorrow. The autumn weather today re- from the eastward sweep of a storm from the upper lakes re- &ion and the St. Lawrence river. " The weather bureau predicts light frost tonight in exposed places in northern New England and New York. Storm warnings are continued today at and north of Atlantic City. New York Shivers. NEW YORK, August 22—New York today shivered in the coolest August 22 in the history of the weather bureau. The tempera- ture was 53 degrees at 8 am, this being 2 degrees lower than the record in 1876, POLICE ROUT GANG IN REVOLVER FIGHT Stage Battle With Guns in Dark Alley Near 0 Street Market, - Policemen Cook and Salkeld of the second precinct won a pistol battle with six or seven colored men early today, routing the group who had sttempted to break Into a garage in the rear of 1512 8th street. The policemen first noticed the ®ang entering an alley at the rear of the O street market. They tralled them. The colored mep left this alley and entered another two blocks away, between S$th and 9th streets. The group stopped in front of the garage above mentioned and one of them started to break the lock with an fron bar. A lookout caught sight of the blue- coats. “There's the cops.” he cried, “shoot ‘em.” Police Open Fire. Salkeld and Cook blazed away si- multaneously with the flame from re- volvers of the suspects, they sald today, and the colored men scattered. One of the men ran into the arms of Cook at the mouth of the alley. The others escaped. The policemen returned to the station house. Twenty minutes later, at about 4:20 a.m., a report came in that a colored man was at 11th street and Rhode Island avenue suffering from a gun- shot wound in the foot. Responding, Cook and Salkeld found the man, took him to Freedman's Hospital and, it was stated, from him that he was a member of the garage-breaking crew. He was taken to the second precinct later today, where he gave his name s John Jones, colored, twenty-two, of 1507 11th street. The wound s not rious.” ~ The other prisoner 'was sted as_Rudolph Boger of 1816 18th street. He gave his age as thirty- nine years. Police expect to effect arrests of | other 'members of the group today. Jones' wound was the only one sus- tained in the exchange of shots. 2 MARINE FLYERS - KLLEDINGhASH Capt. George F. Hill and Lieut. Cornelius McFadden Die at Pensacola. Capt. George F. Hill and Second Lieut. Cornelius McFadden of the Marine Corps were killed today in an airplane crash at Pensacola. Ad- vices received at the office of Maj. Gen. Lejeune, commandant of the Mariné Corps, sald the accident oc- |ourred shortly after 9 a.m. today, but gave no details. According to meager advices re- ceived here, the officers were flying a land plane when it suddenly fell into & spin at an altitude of 3,500 feet. Capt. Hill's home was in 'Leomin- ster, Mass., and he s vived by hiy unmarried. en and his wife were making thefr home at the Pensacola air station, although they formerly lived at ;u North 47th street, Phfla- 2. obtained an admission ! WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D. C, WEDNESDAY, POINCARE FIRMLY REJECTS LONDON'S PLEATOQUITRUHR Full Reparations Payment Demanded Unless France’s Debts Are Cut. WILL NOT RE-ESTIMATE BERLIN’S POWER TO PAY Note Bespeaks Further Courteous Discussion, But on Terms Laid Down by Pari By the Associated Pres PARIS, August 22.—Germany can obtajn evacuation of the Ruhr only by paying reparations; she can assure attenuation of the rigors of the occu- pation by ceasing passive resistance, and she can win no reduction in the amount she owes France unless the allled creditors of France see fit to £ive France credit for equal amounts on her war debts. These are the conclusions of Pre- mier Polncare's reply to Marquis Curzon's reparations note of recent date. The French government also expresses its bellef that the allles can agree on methods of bringing about the execution of the treaty by con- tinuing courteous negotlations. Arbitration Refused. The British proposals for a estimate of Germany's capacity for payment and Lord Curzon’'s sugges- tion that the question of the legality of the occupation of the Ruhr be re- ferred to The Hague are rejected, and the French po. on is reaffirmed as remaining unchanged. France holds that a settiement of re- ! the question of Interallled war debts should wait upon final payment b Germany of fifty blllion gold marks in reparations compried in the A and B bonds. Offictal opinion of the reply. as set forth in the summary in English, given out today at the forelgn office. is that the note contains the elements of a practical solution of the repara- tions problem, but a careful reading of the communication shows that In the opinion of M. Poincare the only practical solution is for Great Britain to accept the French thesis in every detail. French Stand Unchanged. The French position remains un- changed, according to the officlal summary of the reply issued in Eng- lish at the forelgn office prior to publication of the complete. text. Premier Polncare stresses the pri- ofity of reparations over other war costs as represented by the inter- allled debts. “France never repudiated.the debts she contracted during the war, either to England or to America, In the interest of the commen victory,” the note asserts. France {s also the creditor of the other allles for five or six billion gold marks, the summary continyes, but “there can be no doubt but that in the minds of those who drafted the treaty damages to persons and Dproperty were to be granted priority over war costs.” Therefore, asks the note, Is it to be supposed that “such war costs, which the allles agreed should rank after reparations, after (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) GLASSIFYING WORK BEING HASTENED Return of Personnel Details to Departments by Sep- tember 1 Assured. The personnel classified board today announced that all questionnaires be reviewed, allocated,"and returned by the board, to the various depart- ments and establishments by Septem- ber 1, in ample time for-inclusion in detall in their 1925 estimates to go to the bureau of the budget on time, September 15. The fleld service will be taken care of in a different way, it was explained in a statement by the board today. Compensation schedules will be fur- nished by the board by September 15, | 8o that “the departments and estab- lishments will be enabled to submit to the bureau of the budget estimates for the fleld services based upon the allocation of fleld position to these tentative schedules In time to have them included fn the budget as sub- mitted to Congress.” Submitted for Review. The District of Columbia question- nares, which were based on the clas- sification made by the bureau of eM- clency under executive order of Octo- ber 24, 1921, were fllled out by the departments, the board explains and submitted to the board for review. In effect, they were the old job sheets brought upto date. “The board is now reviewing these tentative allocations,” said the board's statement, “and as rapidly as prac- ticable, is renorunf the result of this review, in terms of allocations to the compensation schedules of the act, to the departments and establishments for use In the preparation of their estimates.” Compensation Act Provisions. “The compensation act provides no compensation schedules for the field services,” continues the statement, “but requires the board to make a survey of those services, prepare therafore compensation schedules which shall follow, in 8o far as they are applicable, the principles and rules of the compensation schedules of the act, and, after the allocations to such schedules have been made by the head of each department and establishment, report such scehdules to Congfess at its next session, ac- companied by lists of the allocations made by:the department and estab- lishement heads.’ 3 from the District of Columbia would | Foening 29 b=y AUGUST P AIR MAIL PLANE NEARS CLEVELAND Eastbound Flyer Passes Bry- an, Ohio—Westbound Pilot Leaves Cheyenne. By the Associated Press. i CLEVELAND, August 3‘ —Pilot R. L. Wagner, driving the eastbound malil plane from Chlcago, passed over Bryan, Ohio, at 10:30 o'clock, cen- tral standard time, this morning, ac- cording to telephone advices received here from' Bryan. LEAVES FOR CLEVELAND. Eastbound Mail Reaches Chicago at 8:40 and Then Starts On. CHICAGO. August 22.—Pilot Lewis, in the eastbound mail plane from| Cheyenne, reached the air mail fleld here at 8:40 am. central standard time. Planes were changed here and four minutes after the arrival of Lewls, Pilot R. L. Wagner took off with five pouches of mail for Cleveland on the fNight to New York. The night-fiylng experiment of the postal wervice in a test of twenty- elght-hour service from coast wX coast proved a success, except for! unique weather conditions at Lar-l amle, which held one airman fog- bound. . Daylight today found the west- bound relay moving westward al- {most on schedule time, with perfect relays at each point. The eastbound {mail skipped a gap of Afty miles be- jtween Laramie and Cheyenne, Wyo. last night, when heavy clouds made advance impossible. Three times the ilot tried to skirt the low-hanging og and each time was forced to turn back because he could not discern his| direction. { Collison of the eastbound flyer was forced to capitulate to a cloud bank { estimated to be a mile high that hung obstinately over Cheyenne. So heavy |was the pall of vapor that even the the Cheyenne air mail fleld could not penetrate. PASSES ROCK SPRINGS, WYO. Westbound Mail Transferred as Pilots Are Exchanged. By the Associsted Press. | CHEYENNE, Wyo., August 22.—With | the skies clearing and the sun malking | |an earnest effort to break through the ; |fog that has hung like a pall over; | Sherman Hill since early last evening, | Pilot S. E. Boonstra left with the west- | bound transcontinental mail at 8:42 | am. (mountain time) today. At Rock | Springs, Wyo., he was relleved by an- { other pilot, who will continue the west- jward trip. Boonstra, carrying the westbound mail In the maiden trip of the trans- continental alr service, returned to Cheyenne early this morning atter leav- ing at 5 o'clock. X The fog was so dense that he was| unable to penetrate it with safety.| Meanwhile the chain again was broker, after_having_first _been cut off last night, when Hal Colilson was unable to come over Sherman Hill, the highest point on the route. Collison left Laramle shortly after dawn today and reached Cheyenne at § o'clock. E. M. Allison thereupon took up the relay race, and started for Omaha with the day mall. Pllot Frank Yager took off east- ward last night without waiting for Collisgon, for the purpose of carry- 1923—THIRTY-FOUR 50,000,000 candlepower beacon light at | PAGES. Named Architect For the Capitol DAVID LYNN. Harr DAV LYNN NEW CAPTOL ARCATET Civil Engineer Appointed by Coolidge to Succeed Late Elliott Woods. David Lynn was today appointed | by President Coolidge architect of the | Capitol, to fill the vacaney created by the death of Elliott Woods. Mr. Lynn will take the oath of office as soon as the commission reaches him, {probably this afternoon. Mr. Lynn has been serving as civil engineer of the Capitol in the office of the architect. He has been em- ployed in that office for twenty-three years and is thoroughly famillar with all the detalls of the work. He was Mr. Woods' right-hand man, and was a close personal friend of the late architect of the Capitol, having gen- eral supervision of the work of the architect’s office under Mr. Wood. This was particularly so in the case of the remodeling of the District courthouse and in the case of the work on the court of claims bullding. The new architect is a native of Cumberland, Md. His legal residence is now Hyattsville, Md. although he resides in the District. - When he came to Washington twenty-three years 1';‘%0, Mr. Lynn was appointed in the office of the architect at the request of Mr. Woods. It was in 1910 that he was officlally designated as the civil engi- nerr in the office of the architect. Mr. Lynn had the_ united support of the employes of the office of the archi- tect of the-Capitol for the office to which he has just been appointed, as well as that of many senators and rep- resentatives. The late President Hard- ing received scores of letters indorsing Mr. Lynn, and it was expected that the appointment would have followed the return of President Harding to Wash- ington. resident Coolidge, while Vice Presi- dent and presiding officer of the Senate, knew Mr. Lynn. ing the night mall and keeping the race going. Collison, who left Laramle at 5:21 am. (mountain time), after being forced down there late yesterday afternoon and trying unsuccessfully three times last night to reach here in a dense fog, arrived here at 5:55 a.m. The mall, which left San Fran- cisco yesterday morning. in the air mall eservice twenty-eight-hour, coast-to-coast test, was transferred to the regular day mall plane In charge of Pilot E. M. Allison, who left at 6:35 a.m. for Omaha. WILL MEET MAIL. Second Flyer From San Francisco to Pick Up Pouches From East. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, August 22.—The second airplane in the air.mall serv- ice twenty-eight-hour test flght be- tween San Francisco and New York left here at 5:26 ‘wm. today. Pilot C. K. Vance was In the cockpit. He has been detailed to return from Reno, Nev., with the air mail that loft New York yesterday. ACCOUNTING DEMANDED OF CLARENCE SAUNDERS By the Associated Pres: MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 22.—The Piggly-Wiggly . Corporation ! today filed a bill in United States district court here demanding of Clarence Saunders, former president of the cor- poration, personally and' as head of the Plggly-Wiggly investment com- pany, an accounting of class A, stock sold through the investment company and seeking an injunction to restrain Saunders from disposing of any money or notes received from the sale of such-stock. QUAKE IN ITALIAN PROVINCE By the Associated Press. ROME, August 22.—A severe earth- quake at Cervinara, Avellino province, in the Campania, is reported in news agency advices. ‘The ' inhabitants were greatly alarmed by the shock, but the damage was insignificant. 0 Sfar, as fast as the papers ars printed. Yesterday’s CONFERENCE | | CODLDGEREES RULIG BY EARL President Orders Compensa- tion Paid to Employes Made IIl by Duties. President Coolidge approves the ac- tion of the United States Employes' Compensation Commission in its efforts to compensate federal employes suffer- ing from occupational diseases or sick- ness, thereby disapproving the recent holding of Controller General MecCarl that these employes were hot entitled to pay from the government. This was made known today by Mrs. Besste P. Brueggemun, chairman of the commission, following a conference with the President at the White House, during which the policy of the commis- sion regarding the compensating of those persons contracting sickness or | disease tn the line of duty, was dis- cussed. Follows Harding’s Stond. At the same time the fact was re- Ewing Photo. | vealed that the late President Hard- ing two days befores his departure for Alaska had signified his approba- tion of the commission's stand, and assured the commission that he agreed with the légal opinion handed down by Attorney General Daugherty upholding the commission’s policy. Aside from the fact that Controller General McCarl has been reported as not being greatly impressed by the opinion of the Attorney General, and that he has since said he would' hold UD Vouchers for this class of employes in the future, Mrs. Brueggeman gave positive assurance today that those employes suffering from occupational diseases or sickness will receive thelr due compensation. The controller 1t known to the commission several months ago that his office would re- fuse to honor vouchers sent through it to compensate government work- ers whom the commission declared were victims of maladies Incurred in their work. He held that there was general made a distinction between maladies and! injuries. Cases which already arlsen, the controller said, ;‘-E.’!m"i‘i aken ‘care of. but vi AHiing in" the futarest °° With those Bush Sees President. A description of his recent trip through continental Europe was given to President Coolidge today by Irving T. Bush, president of the chamber of commerce of New York. Mr. Bush said afterwards that he dis- cussed a number of matters with President, among them belng busi. ness .conditions in this country and the political and economical condi- tions in Russia. In his opinion, Russla, while ‘it has passed the destructive stage, has not advanced sufficiently for this country to contemplate recognition, Nor does he belleve that the time is yet ripe for the sending of a trade commission to negotiate with a simi- lar one of Russians. He belleves, however, that there should be some contact until the United Staets Is sat- isfled that its relationship may become closer and more intimate. James M. Beok, Sollcitor general of the Department- of ‘Justice, presented to the President observations obtain- ed on his recent European tour, say- ing that they could be best summar. ized by . saylng that conditions in Europe were tragic and menacing. An unhealthy condition exists inali of the major countries of Europe, Mr. Beck sald, adding that France faces the danger of too great an issue of paper money. Meets Indian Supervisors. Commissioner Burke of the Indlan bureau introduced to the President today ten supervisors of education among the Indian tribes scattered throughout the country, who are at- tending a - pollcy conference being held at the bureau. Others - who conferred with the President today were F. R. Wadleigh, fuel distributor; Clyde B. Atchison, acting chairman of the 1. C. C.; for- mer Senator Marlon Butler and J. J. George of North Carolina; Eugene Meyer, Jr., director of the War Finance corporation, and Thomas P. Henry of | Detroft. The fact that he slept in the White House for the first time did not cause Mr, Coolldge to change his custom of arly rising. He arose as al, about 6 o'clock, and a half hour later, accompanied only by one secret serv- ice man, started for his daily stroll. There was a drizzle of rain at the time, and when he reached the Penn- sylvania avenue entrance to the White House grounds, he changed his mind, and after a short stroll through the front and rear grounds, which included a - brief Inspection of the trench for the pipes to carry steam heat from the State, War and Navy building to the White House, he re- turned to the mansion for breakfast. Net Circulation, 88,595 TWO CENTS. .. 1 DEAD, 18 HURT [N BARN COLLAPSE AT CAMP MEADE Five D. C. Reserve Officers Injured in Accident Dur- ing Maneuvers. DILAPIDATED BUILDING COMPLETELY WRECKED Crash Comes Suddenly When Ob- servers Climb to Hay Loft to Obtain Better View. Special Dispatch to The Star. CAMP MEADE, Md. August One officer wae killed outright and elghteen others, five of whom are from Washington, were more or less serlously injured, when an old barn that was belng used as an observa- tion post during troop maneuvers collapsed this morning, without warn. ing. Thirty men, all members of the Army officers’ reserve, were in the structure at the time. The dead man was: First Lieut. Walter R. Hirsch- miller, attached to the air service, of Pittsburgh, Pa. The injured Washingtonians are: Capt. Van Wirt Roberts, 1705 Irvin street northwest, bruised about shoul- ders and head. Capt. Joseph A. Giovannoni, 1330 Randolph street northwest, hurt about the body. Capt. Victor H. Dent, 131 Webster street northwest, severe bruises and contusions of head. Lieut. Henry M. Jett, 714 G street northwest, (a detective sergeant at headquarters), bad cuts and bruls: Lieut. Raymon W. Short, 1628 Co- lumbia road northwest, badly cut and bruised. Several Rushed to Hospital. Those injured were: Lieut. T. J. Boyle of the 99th Di- vision; Capt J. A. Giovanni, 80th Di- vision: Lieut. H. M. Jett 50th Divi- slon; Lieut. C. S. Allen, 99th Division: Capt. H. A. Douglass, $0th Division: Capt, C. F. Krause, 80th Division Lieut. J. G. Gibson, 99th Division Capt. Victor H. Dent, 80th Division: Capt. John Hopkins, 12th United States Infantry; Lieuf. E. B. Logan, 99th Division; Capt. F. Drischler, 80th Division; Lieut. R. W. Sbort, 80th Division: Capt. W. J. Pedroncelll, non- divisional group; Lieut. R. B. Young, 99th Division; Private C. E. Bodle, $9th Division; Capt. C. E. Speare of the Tank Corps, United States Army; Lieut E. A. Blakeley, 95th Division: Capt. Van Wirt Roberts, 80th Division. | ““The 93th Division is from Pennsyl- vania as well as the non-divisional group, while the 80th Division is from the District of Columbla, Virginia and Maryland. Tt was stated last yéar all officers were warned to stay out of old build- ings. but that no such order had been ed this year. It was when the rain started today the men went into the barn, which later collapsed It was stated that none had been dan- gerously injured. Several were sald to have been rushed to hospitals in Balti- more suffering from fractured bones. It was feared, however, more careful examination for internal injuries would be necessary. Thirty officers had sought shelter fn the barn, .which is not among the buildings at Camp Meade _owned by the War Department. They were assigned to watch the movements of troops In training here and had selected the dilapidated looking struc- ture because of the heavy rain that had turned the fleld of operations into a veritable quagmire. Not a Board Stands. To get a better view of the field they went to what had formerly been the hayloft, and a dozen or more clambered up rafters. It is belleved their welght proved too much for the old timbers. A momentary sagging of the barn, followed by a sickening snap as the rafters parted, was the only warning the trapped men had It collapsed so completely that not a board or support wag left standing. Soldiers on parade saw the barn as it went down. Every man in the camp was rushed immediately to the spot and they took turns digging out the imprisoned men. Some were near the top and were able to lend a hand to the rescuers once heavy debris was Jifted from them. Those buried further down, however, were stunned and were rushed immediately to the post hospital. Death Believed Ins Lieut. Hirschmiller was found crushed between two heavy rafters. His death must have occurred instan- taneously, it was stated, for. scarcely a half hour elapsed between the time the building collapsed and the mo-. ment soldiers dragged his lifeless form from the wreckage. Maj. Mel- vin M. Franklin, attached to the Med- ical Officers Reserve Corps, was neur the bullding at the time of the ac- cldent and rendered first aid until the entire camp medical staff could be gotten to the scene. Col. Witalam D. Will, commandant at Camp Meade, immediately ordered a court of inquiry formed to investi- gate the accident. Until that court has prepared fts report no officlal statement as to the exact cause of the collapse will be made by camp.offi- cers. It wag pointed out, however, that the barn was.in a very unsafe condition, that a night and day of rain had made it even more danger- ous as a shelter for human beings and that it was not owned by the government, The structure had been abandoned for years, the farmer who once used it having left it when_ his ground was purchased by the War Department as a tralning camp for drafted soldiers. Board of Inquiry. A board conslsting of Lieuts. Cols. Frederick 8. Young, John J. Miller, Robert C. Humber and Capt. Harold E. Potter, all of the regular Army, was appointed later to make an in- vestigation of the accident. ——— AUTO INJURY IS FATAL. ROME, Ga., August 22.—S. A. Bei- cher of Miami, Fia., who was injured in an automobile accident on the Dixie highway near BSummerville, Ga., Thursday, died here early. this morn- ing. - Mr. Belcher was a well known Florida capitalist and a director .of the Dixle Highway Association. BANKER LEAVES $7,000,000. NEW YORK, August 22.—The estate left by Alonzo Barton Hepburn, New York_banker, totaled more than $7,000,- 000, M. ¥, Loughlin, tax appraiser, re. orted today. Loughlin a Phe state could levy a tax of 07,000,