Evening Star Newspaper, October 6, 1923, Page 1

Ent post CABINETSELECTED INGERMANY: EARLY FALL IS PREDRUTED Me...bers Regarded as Temporary. STINNES ISSUES WARNING OF WAR ON CHANCELLOR Denied Audience ‘With Stresemann, He Promises Fight to Finish on Policies. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, October -6.—Chancellor Stresemann today completed the for- mation of his new cabinet, in which he will act as minister of forelgn affairs as well as chancellor, with Dr. Hans Luther taking the portfolio of minister of finance and Herr Koeth that of public economy. The cabinet as now announced is as follows: Chancellor and minister of forelgn «ftairs, Dr. Gustav Stresemann, Minister of the interior, Wilhelm Sollmann. Minfster of finance, Dr. Hans Lu- ther. Minister of labor, Heinrich Brauns. Minister of public economy, Dr. Koeth. Minister of justice, bruch. Minister of Dr. Gessler. Minister of posts, Herr Hoefe. Minister of communieations, Ru- dolph Oeser. ¥ Minister of occupied regions, Jo- hannes Fuchs, Minister of recomstruction, Robert Schmidt. ‘The post of minister of supplies femains unfiiled, Although Dr.. Stresemann’s four- party coalition was resuscitated to- day, reichstag circles professed to have little hope that it could long re- tain office and were of the opinion that dictatorship was only a question of time. Plans Lald Aside. Tho chancellor’s plans for.a non- partisan cabinet of four ministries have been lald asi Gustay Rad- reichswehr, Otto preserving party. interests and pres- tige.. Ho.alsd found $het.none of -the industrial’ exparts 3 an: prodched was snafous §8 #nter 4 min: istry that would Tnavitably have on it hands a battle with the rejohistag. The resuscitation of defunct four- party coalition put an end to the barllamentary crisis, the mysterious origin of which Is only exceeded in novel'y by “its- baffling solution, in that the four warring parties virtual- 1y sgreed there had been no ground for disagreement three days ago and that 'a ‘revamplng of the coalition waé the only way out of the dilemma. Dr. Koeth, the new minister of pub- lic economy, was chief of the war raw products bureau organized. by Dr. Walter Rathenau. ~At the conclusion of the war he was appointed demobil. ization commissioner and subsequen 1y entered the ministry of economis where he ‘occupied the post of secr tary of state. He s a member of the directorate of the Bank of Darmstadt, He commanded a company of artillery in the earlier part of the war. CURZON ROUSES FRENCH. British Foreign Minister's Speech Draws Hot Fire. By the Assoclated Pless. ; PARIS, October. 6.—~Lard Curzon's speech befors the imperial confer- ence yesterday, in which the British foreign! secretary said his govetn- ment's policy toward Germany -will be. one, of .awaiting initiative by France, created an unfavorable-im- pression {n French official oirclés. These guarters take special excep- N.Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 econd-class matter ST omes Washingion, Bi &, WASHINGTON, D. C, Vast Army Secretly Formed By o Former By Cuble.to The Star and Chicago Daily News. COPENHAGEN, October 6. — The true story of-the “black-reichswehr” which last Monday attacked Kuestrin —a story which the writer has learned from unimpeachable sources—is so compromising to former Chancellor Cuno and certain of his associal that it cannot be told to the German people. According to this information, the black reichswehr—an illegal section of the national army—was organized during the Cuno regime. The military activities and alms of the Cuno gov- ernment contained much that was mysterious. Cuno certainly enter- tained the fdea of attempting more active res! ince against the Frehch in the Ruhr, but was prevented by the SPEEDIEST PLANES T0COMPETE TODAY Four-Mile-Per-Minute que Expected in Pulitzer Trophy Race. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo, October 6.—The spectacle of a man flying approxi- mately four miles a minute is set for this afternoon at St. Louls Field, where seven picked aivators of the Army and Navy, plloting the high- est powered airplanes constructed, clash for honors in the Pulitzer trophy race, the speed derby of the international air races, which ends tonight. The morning was taken up with competition by air mail pilots for the Detroit News air mail trophy, in which event' sixteen fllers par- ticipated. because - the | coaljtion leaders whre' desirous - of! tion t0 the tone of the statement, which they compare with the con- ciliatory manner in which Prime Min- ister Baldwin has explained the Brit- ish fore'gn policy. One high official ssid today that Lord Curzon's boast that he was in absolute accord with Mr. Baldwin must be so because. t! marqlis said it was so, but that there certainly was one respect in which the two were greatly apart—namely, their manner of presenting policies. MANY FLEEING GERMANY. Rich ‘and Poor Flock to Switzer- land for Safety. By the Assochated Pres GENEVA, October 6.—German fami- \les, ‘rich and poor, are fleelng from inrest in their country and for it fow W have been cross- e Swiss frontier in large num- ‘They are admitted as are othér tourists under the Swiss law, but the workmen, most of whom come from Bavarala and along the Rhine, re- ocsive permission to ‘remain Mfl{ one or two months, so that they will mot as STINNES MAKES THREAT. Will War to'Pinish With Strese- mann Policles, He Says. By Okbla o Tug Btaz and chicugs Datly News. | | Woiiker ] | District NAVY LQSING OUT. Wil Make' Big Eftort to Win Vié ~~-4ory -t -St. Louis. G FII Lotils A October 8.~ Their two best bets failing them in the last two days, the Navy today will throw into the air four of the fastest racing planes In existence and at the same time challenge the jinx that has taken up headquarters in its' camp here to try and prevent a victory for its entrants. Alrplane racing, here at least, has proved no différent in some respects from horse and omobile speed contests.. The. fastest ships that have taken the alir have not fin speculators in an embarrassing. posi. tion. - But today’s race is generally con- ceded to the Navy, even by many Army pilots. Thursday only one ship stood between the y_and victory, while Friday two planes had to be overcome Today, however, four new racers must Do, beaten by the three Army entrants. Army Wins Race. Yesterday the Army, Navy and Ma- rine Corps, in order named, took the three places in the Merchants’ Ex- change Tace, & contest for large ca- pacity airplanes over-a 300-kilometer (186.42 miles) course. The prizes of $1,000, $700 and $300 were won -by Liqut’ H. L. George, fiying a Martin bomber from the Aberdeen, Md., prov- ing grounds; Lieut, M. A’ Schur, in a Douglas torpedo plane, from Pensa- cola, Fla, and Lieut. W. 8. Hallen- berg; Marine Corps, of Qaantico, Va. The speed for Lieut. George was 114.28 miles per hour, for Lleut. Schur 107.62 and for Lieut.' Hallenberg 105.43. ¥ nd B gl Cuno to Restore Monarchy Story of Black Reichswehr Lays Monster to Plot Against Republic Chancellor. determined action of the Prussian government, which was under the in- fluence of the socialists. X But organization of the| black reichswehr Wi steadily . continued, according to the plan used by the Prussian chancellors Stein,and Har- den| after the defeat by Napoleon in 1806, when the whole man power of the nation served short periods of training in the national army,” whose total strength at any particular time, however, was kept within the limits by Napoleon. It is a fact that during Chancellor Cuno's regime this same system was used. A few thousand volunteers at a time, mostly the sons of landed families of the old aristoc- racy, were given six weeks of secret intensive training with the reichs- wehr, and then returned to their komes with mobilization orders, ready to join the colors when notified. Permanent organization of these (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) FINALUNDERWAY |~ INGOLF TOURNEY IfiacKenzle Playing Kellerman for Championship in In- vitation. Tourney. Ty { Albert R. MacKenzie, the middle Atlantic champlon, and Karl F. Kel- lerman are playing this afternoon in the final round of the first flight in the Bannockburn Golf Club's fall golf tournament. MacKenzle this morning defeated John E. Shorey of Potomac Park, 2 and 1, and Kellerman, E. L. Frost of Rock Creek Park, 3 and 2. Kellerman is the sixteen- year-old son of Dr. Karl F. Keller- man of the Department of Agricul- ture, and was runner-up in ‘the Columbia ~ Country .Club's junior championship a month ago. In-the second flight R. H. of Rock Creek Plrk“ dal’el!lt;'d grmvv’;: R. Pearce. Brown this morning de- feated M, A. Shipley by 2 and I, ;hfle lg Pearce defeated Gardner e Intmaan o Columbia, won their way to the final im. it and are mesting this'aftern uel of 8 e 1 o ot i FOUR REMAIN IN PLAY FOR BANNOCKBURN FALL - GOLF TOURNAMENT CUP Albert. R. MacKenszie of C¢ . té:e middle Atlantic chmpln':ll?u;% . Shorey of Kast Potomac 3 survived the first two rounds of m; play in the Bannockburn Qolf Clyl fall tourney yesterday. MacKensie and Shorey met this morning in the semi-final, while Kellerman and Frost crossed -clubs for the right to meet the winner of this match In the finals. The golf of the middle lantic titleholder was of the best y terday. Although he let down after being 4 up on Charles N. Agnew, jr., and turned only one up‘on the former munieipal champion in the first round, he had the match well in hand all the way and won by 4 and 3. In the afternoon MacKenzie had a harder struggle for the first nine holes, . where he turned all square with W. A. McGuire, the long hitter from East Potomac Park, the er having a_ 36 against MacKenzie's 37. But 'Kenzle's the match p and 4. won easily from E. J. Doyle in the morning and took the. measure of E. P. Brooke in the afternoon. . Agvew Downs Dailey, Charlie Agnew and J. F. Dailey, jr., the young Georgetown student who shot a 79 in the qualifying round, Observers who, had not figured on “downs” were free in giv'ng their opinions of the two Douglas torpedo planes, which until recently had been put through thorough tests at the naval air_station, Anacostia, D. C. The two Wright T-2 motors power- ing the plines had been pronounced d as the flag dropped over the starting line 4’ flash. E. E. Reb naval aircraft factory, Phi ‘were the pllots. Reber’s Plane Falls. Following immediately was Lieut. H. G, Crocker in a sister ship of the T-2,- and scarcely. had he taken the air when a beautiful light yellow. Martin bomber, steered by Lieut. George, gave both liberty mo- tors the gun and outroared the other three entrants. Following in order W named Langle, y. Field, bomber which was to have been flown @flm ‘o’ Page 2, Column 6.) er of the {ladelphia, |PROBES OWNERSHIP - OF BOSTON TEAM Attorney Follows Up Charges of Base Ball Combine. By-thedsmcisted Pross. ; BOSTON, “October 6.—District Attor- ney O’'Brien of Suffolk county s«id to- day that hie Biad begun an' livestiga- tion’ of the ‘ownership and’miansge- ment of the Boston clubs of both the ‘Americasi and National leagues upon| n | petition of Boston citizens. “The district attorney sald that the 7| petitioners alleged fraud on the part trialist; mdm?l"n:mfu al o Intorview. Chancellor. Btrosemsann reful 1o recelve them. The ulti- matum which Stinnes intended to de- S orm & dlotatorship wieh tho ne-| tlonalist on the model of von_Kahr's 4n -, oredit- | Dr. |, of both clubs in the matter of trans- fer of players to other clubs and in falling ‘to cause their players to do their best to win games. He o o lnto details. S 5 Mathewson of flnuh.w vestigation. the made but l i Sox ln lu-Washington gt i ‘uoua’n"‘” went 20 holes to a decision in the consolation of the first flight, when Agnew sank a 20-foot putt on the -elcang Irafn t&.wth;vhua lnnllay missed one less than that length. ‘Yeaterday's summaries follow: ht, first L 3., J. F. Bhorey, Potomac, defe @. T. ningham, Bahn., 8 ;:‘4 o 2 Mo, R. Ma N, iy 4 Brooke, Fotomac, defeated bl. Saaa b i b Kelleritn, 3 and " 4; Bann., . B, Bam, . BB Frot, Rock Créek detented 7. ohs son, Potomac, 1 up. Second round-—Shore Teated Crandall, 3 ‘and'2; 4 o 'aid 1. feated Cunuingha o Daties, 1 U in’ 20 defeated l»lle, 2 snd 1; John- 3; holes; ‘Beaman son defeated Baim, 3 and t, ‘Second it, first round—Page B-lw..’h‘t:: MISS STIRLING LEADS WOMAN’S GOLF PLAY mae, won J. H. ‘Wash., a:(' R. H. Brown, B s N. (Continued on Page 3, Column 8.) Finishes First Nine of Final Matoh RYE, N, Y., October.8.~Miss Alexa Stirling was 1 yp on Miss Edith Cum- mings of ChicAgo' &t the ninth’ hole in the’ thirty-six-hole final round for the woman’s national golf champion- ship today. + b Miss Cummiln, won the first hole with & par 4, sho Stirling’s second As to | one | elghth, wm-n: jon “of -the Red P Karl. F. Kellerman of Ban: k! £ and B. B. Frost of Rock Greek P%k i WITE SUNDAY MORNING EDITION "”Lll/’e_ ~ g 5 ; o d ol X 5 vy wtt l N Troops Pre And Ammonia Into Convicts’ Fort By the Assoclated Press. EDDYVILLE, Ky, October 6.— Behind armor plate drawn into posi- tion by a truck, also protected by the plate, Lieut. Joseph M. Kelly and Private Jack McKnight took up a position between the dining hall and hospital at the state penitentiary here at 10:30 o'clock today, prepared to throw hand grenades into the fortress of three convicts simultanéously with an attack to be made by the relea ing of ammonia. Two o'clock this afternoon has been designated as the| zero hour when another attempt will be made to dislodge -the’ men Who have defied state authorities for over three “days. Instant suspension of . the water, dight aud power yupply Hare and at. the penitentiary & mile from here 1 took-place early-today, is thought to have been the Ahe main electric ”wef.. ,n:‘u ai 1 g h a i1 m{ilgy(mfiompgflnt of ltu: e break is thought to be where run: the cable Eacde, T Siong e dlnine hait root " Dinking : : fig he priguers s velng ar” inclosure. o The bullet-torn two-story mess hall still was the center of a ring of death o Biayyit nd b of the state of Kentucky were yet_to invest the improvised fortress of Monte Walters, Lawrence Grifiith and Harry Ferland, convict murderers. Fifty Guardamen Preseat. jince early Wednesday the gunmen lhgee have y)leld the barricade, mnor yielded in the face of machine gun and rifle fire that crumbled two gap- AUTO IMPOUNDING PLANWINS FAVOR > |Headley and Hart Indorse Oyster’s Plan to End- Parking Violations. The proposal of Commissioner Oyster that the Senate committes on local traffic conditions be asked to secure a law under which the police could im- pound automobiles: overstaying park- ing time limits today received - the| indorsement of ‘Inspector Headley, New |chief of the trafiic. bureau, and Ring- gold Hart, chairman of the Commis- sioners’ Mc‘eor’nmlme.' 3 Inspector Headley inow has a of Ten in the downtown section ing all of their time to enforcing the thirty-minute parking rule, but, in or- der to make a case & policeman must keep accurate check on the . time the car remains in one place. . . Under the impounding-law, if the motorist failed- to return to the ma- chine after the allotted time had .ex- pired the police could either take the car to the station or.apply a lock corps’ de that could only be removed by hav- ing the owner call:af:the station an ask for its release, 2 Mr. Hart, who went thoroughly into the traffic codeseveral monghs'ago for. the Commissioners; expressed, the be- lief today that the existing reguls tions that bear ‘directly on the® ués- tion of safety-are ample. | “In my opinion,” said Mr. Hart,“it fallure to observe the. present regula~ tions and not & lack of, resulation ING:WAEL Stirling took _the | By the Associated par 3 and the third SATURDAY, OCTOBER :6, 1923 -THIR pare to Hurl Bombs Drinking | fourth the “slege e arrived, and the armed | n\ /)“ gt il Wil R B o SAFE! Mg 10 | ing holes in the walls of the building, ' a bombardment .of tear gas bomb: and a barrage of riflo grenades. Three | of the four guards shot down in the | convicts* break for liberty are dead. The prison was under military rule today. Three members of the state . board of charities and corrections were on the ground. Half a hundred Kentucky National Guardsmen were | bivouacked in the shadows of the prison walls. ~ * Military ~censorship of press dls- atches was insugurated for a brief period 1ast night, but later was aban- doned. upon presentation to the author- | itles of a vigorous protest by mem- bers of the corpe of newspaper cor- Tespondents “to cover the siege.’ May Use Ammonia. There was a noticeable Increase in the temse atmosphere within the vi- | cinity of the prison tofll);;nd a feel- K - o TY-TWO PAGES. = = ‘Cork Leg Blocks o = HARVEY VACANCY OFFERED TO ROOT Age, However, May Bar Ac- ceptance, and Lowden Be- come Final Choice. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Elihu_Root has been offered the American - ambassadorship to Great Britaln in succession to Col. Géorge Harvey, the writer s informed. It is not known whether Mr. Root wjll accept President Coolldge's tender of our premier diplomatic post. The fopmer Sece of War angd of State wiais * seventy-eight years old las :‘.%; and, while in good health unimpalired “menital vigor, it fs fedred advancing years would -deter sible one or more of the desperadoes ready . havi led—have be- b4 e come restiess r the rigors of the siege, was indi¢dted during the night | when on two. occasions watchers de- {ected movements within the mess hal. Three hundred pounds of 100 per | rive today from Paducah. Sufficient| iequlpmant is_available -here, it was id, to.pipe the ammonia to a point | where it could be released into the ! bullding. Meanwhile residents of the !1ittle town. of Eddyvyille, located one jmile from the prison grounds, an occupants of farmhouses of the ad- Jacent countryside are wearing down under - the strain. At intervals through the dav and night the roar of rifle fire and the quick spurt of the crackling machine gun volleys roll oyer the hills, GLASH OVER MILK 'NIAY BE RENEWED Debate- Today at-Frederick on .Contract Which Dis- tributors. Hold “Vicious.” | | Special Dispatch to The Star. | "FREDERICK, Md, October 6— Efforts to reopen the milk -contro- versy between the Maryland and Vir- ginia Milk Producers Assoéiation and the Washington distributors will be made this afternoon at a public debate at the Frederick courthouse called by Henry’'N. Brawner of Wash- ngton and Willam A. Simpson’ of ‘Washington, - réprésenting; respec- tively, the Chestnut Farms Dairy and the Walker Hill Dairy. The confer- ‘ence was called to debate with dairymen of Frederick : county the contract which the -association and the dlstributors signed in Washing- ton on Monday. 5 Regarded as “Vicious.” The tiwo distributors claim the con. enge for.a debate and || d at the meeting by | ast,- president bf the as- : O. Ay ‘Jamison, ‘manager; ' T. -B. Symons ‘of the - M nd versity extension service, and John McGill,- county agent of Frederick, 1“‘:‘1: Emory. L. Coblents. ¢ i | statements by .the. association to the that the farmers won & victory e, They charge association nisre] ntation :: v“"l&‘ Soior prise. tax b ‘obunty mu ‘ashington and mar! t freight rat 'cent ammonia was expected to ar-| distributors, claim - that the: him, from taking: the:London mission. | M+, Root's selection would, of course, be highly acceptable in Great Britain, | where the proffer of the post to him { was recently made known. Mr. Root's name has not cropped up suddenly. Col. Harvey’s desire to re- {tire was made known to President | Coolidge shortly after the latter ac- ceded to office in August. The inten- 3 | tion to give Mr. Root the refusal of the ambassadorship was formed shortly afterward. He was a caller at the White House In the early days of the Coolldge ‘presidency. Apart from his rare executive experience as a cabinet officer in two successive administrations, Mr. Root has had more frequent contact with British Statesmen than any American public {man living. He was a member of the Alaskan Boundary Commission in 1903 and seven years later counsel for the United States in the North Atlantic fisheries arbitration. Service at The Hague. In 1910 Mr. Root joined the Perma- nent Court of Arbitration at The Hague as an American delegate, in which capacity he continued his inti- mate relations with British interna- tlonal statesmen. In 1913 he was president of the special board set up by The Hague tribunal to arbitrate a dispute over church property be- tween Great Britain, France, Spain and Portugal. Thé year 1921 was destined to bring Mr. Root his greatest fame in the international realm, although it wit- nessed his seventy-sixth birthday. During the summer was active for months as a member of the co: mission of international jurists sembled by the league of nations to |form the tribunal now popularly known the, world ;court: He_snd Mr. Justice Phillimore of Great Brit- ain practically were the designers of the court scheme as it now stands. Having returned from The Hague in -the autumn of 1921, President Harding appointed Mr. Root to the American delegation at the Washing- ton conference on limitation of arma- ment and the far east. .His principal contribution to the conference and its eventual success was fhe drawing up ‘of the agreements for the regenera- " \Continued on Page 7, Column 6. : ARMY_EX-CAPTAIN NED IN BRIBERY Ritsmann Must Serve Eighteen Months and Pay $150, Justice Siddons’ Verdict. - Within the 'Hour” The Star's: carrier system covers every [ lock-and the regular edi- cit tion is dgivered to Washington homes - as fast as the papers are -printed. 1 Yesterday's Circulation, 92,630 7. | | Traffic as Owner Sleeps by Rail ‘With” his' cork 1&g projecting over the edge of a loading plat- form in front of the State, War and Navy bullding, John McLach- len, a veteran of the Spanish- American war, lay down yester- day.and slept peacefully until he was awakened and told he was blocking street car traffic on Penn- eylvania avenue. At the Police Court, where he was taken to answer a charge of intoxication, McLachlen said today that he had come to Washington, for the purpose of getting a new leg and to visit with old comrades. Judge Schuldt released the man on his personal bond. LLOYD GEORGE OFF T0 CANADA AFTER BIG U. 5. GREETING Day in New York Rivals Per- shing Welcome Home From World War. EX-PREMIER SPEAKS HIGH OF U. S.-BRITISH AMITY Tells Press at Reception Wuhi‘ng- ton Was Founder of To- day’s Britain. By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, October 6.—David Lloyd George left New Yoric for Mon- treal today on the first lap~of his tour of the United States and Canada. His party was aboard a five-car spe- clal train. : i After being guided by police through a cheering throng of ad- mirers in the concourse of the Grand Central. station,--the -dapper _little Welshnian, with his wife and daugh-. ter Megan, was established in the private car Ottawa in which, as guests of Sir Henry Thornton, p: ident of the- n - Natio; i1- ::;-. they -«..sk?. ir tour. Althotigh He hiad been first up, after one of the most strenuous days of a strefinous eafeer, Lio7d Georse was bright-éyed and smiling and tife most cheerful of Mis party. He talked little, ‘but smiled a lot, waving hi biack walnut ;stick and doffing hig square crowned derby in acknow! edgment - of the plaudits which ac companied his entourage of limou- sines from the orf-Astorta to the station. ‘ Demonstration at Hetel. He rode with his wife and daugh- ter in the car of Grover Whalen, com- missioner of plant and structures, who was at the hotel early to start the visitors off on ‘their jotrney. The diminutive statesman. was up at 0 a.m., long before other mem- bers of his party arose and breakfast- ed on tea, toast and marmalade. He was the center of a mild demonstra- tion ‘at the hotel, the chairs and cor- ridors adjoining “Peacock Aliey” be- ing filled with guests eager for a sight of him. The flood of invitations from west- ern cities which Lloyd George re- ceived yesterday and last -night in- duced him to take under advisement this morning a proposal that he-ex- tend his Canadian tour westward from Winnipeg to Vanocouver and Pa- fic coast states, it was announced by eter B. Kyne, American author, who {8 managing the visitor's program. Mr. Kyne sald, however, he doubted very muoh whether the present ftin- erary could be altered Lloyd George was to have gone from. Winnipeg down into Minnesota to circle south and eastward back. to New York. Invitations from California cities, particularly San PFrancisco and Los Angeles, had been.particularly allur- ing to the former prime minister, sald Mr. Kyne, for, if he accepted them. Lloyd George would also havé oppor- tunity to gratify an oft-expressed de- sire to_visit Vancouver, Canada’s largest Pacific coast city, Greeting 1n Tratnshed. Stepping briskly down the marble staircase leading 'into. the concourse of the. vast -station, Lloyd George perked his gray-locked head inquir- ingly 'this ‘way and ‘that. He @ppear- ed {inpressed with the = twinkling vista of the concourse dome, high overhead, with its ‘man-placed moon and stars. As he passed into the subterranean trainshed a score of flashlights flared up, to- turn the dim chamberg fato ot Henty Th fenty Thornton, with hand ex- tended, advazeed to greet him and to extend him, the courtesles .of thée Ot- tawa. -“1 want you to know,” he sald, “that this will be.ybut.home to com- GIRL DROPS SUIT . ;i llinhth MI,Who Jump- -The young woman jumped from the nly | window of - Larcombe’s -apartment on "€ | the fourth: ficr of the Royden apart- ment last January, and sustained.seri- ous injuries. The case was scheduled for trial before Justice Siddons and a CHARGE FAVORIES WNEXNPTIONAT ENGRAVING BUREAL Union Officials Declare “Sweat-Shop - Pacemak- ers” Given Privileges. LIST FOUR COMPLAINTS AS INQUIRY IS STARTED “@roup of 20” Said to Be Given Best Equipment and Help, With Spoilage Overlooked. Alleged favoritism shown by offi- cials of the bureau of engraving and printing to a certain group of ‘em- ployes in the printing division led to charges by the Plate Printers’ Unlon that “sweat shop” conditions existed in the division; it was learned today as the bureau investigation of the charges got under way. Specifications of the general charges are belng drawn up by, unifon officials for presentation to the investigating committee announced yesterday by Director Hill of the bureau. Committee Approved. At the headquarters of the Plate Printers’ Union here today it was stated this morning that ‘the com- mittee of five selected by Director Hill was entirely satisfactory to the executive committee of the union, and confidence was expressed in the sin- cerity and integrity of this commit- tee, which is headed by Edward Mee- han of the printing division. Plate printers- who will be inter- viewed by the committee, it was stated at union headguarters, will present the following four specifica- tlons against alleged “sweat shop” practices in the bureau's printing diyision: First: A favored group of approxi- mately "twenty employes out of ‘a force of about 540 in the printing di- vision obtained in the past exemp- tion from discharge during force re- organization. Second: Because this alleged group is. willing to work at top speed as pace-setters, those composing -it are exempted from - pehalties im work spollage. (Such penalties . include paying the cost for. work spoiled and charging such spoilage ' against -the MM mnrdv of the mem) . Givem Best Equipment. Third: This aileged group is given preference. in ' selecting the best presses, the bést assistants and the best working matertals. Fourth: The. same group I assurance of immuni¢; in_any future lay-o Union officials stat gtven trom dismissal today that the “sweat shop” system consists in mak- ing such exemptions and granting such privileges to this group that they are enabled to go ahead at a nerve-wracking production speed which is causing discontent and: dis- couragement among - the average workers. Officials at the bureau of engraving and printing' deny knowledge of any such conditions in the printing diyi- sion and are awaiting the outcome of the action of the investigating committee before making statements. Pledges have._been. made that if any unjust or unreasonable conditions are scovered. steps for readjus will Do taken Immediatery o meRt Meanwhile, the investigating com- mittee, composed of Mr. Meehan, Martin Dyer, Francis Miller, Jeremiah Murphy and David Fulton, have start- ed operations and are gathering in statements and information concern ing conditlons in the pr « visjon. The first na.me; three are plate printers, whiloe the last named two are-section foremen in t| - ing division. Nibhasd As a peculiarity incidental to the charges, which are made by union of- ficlals, it was stated today, many -of the alleged “favored group” are mem- bers-of the union themselves. A. F. L. Delegate Sends Wire, From Portland, Oreg.. where the American Federation of Labor .con- vention is in session, there camie a telegram last night signed by Thomas McQuade, delegato of the Interne- tional Plate Printers ers’Union, which said: “Protesting. speed-up methods prac- ticed -at the bureau of engraving’and printing, pitting man against man to ‘orce uction, intimidating men with idea -disrupting plate printers’ union, resolution -indorsed by~ resolu- tions committee.” This telegram -indicated that the A. F. of L. convention, which by routiné follows indorsements of the resol tions committee, may throw its si port.to the ‘plate printers’ ,m@n"fi the fight - against printing? division conditions. 1,000 BRIGANDS, CAPTORS OF BRITISH WOMEN, FLEE Chinese Band That Holds Mission- ary Workers Breaks Through * 'Line of Pursuing Troops. ' Oible to The Btar and Chicago Daily- News. SHANGHAIL October’ " 6.-~Numbher- ing more than a thousand, the bandlt band which captired the ‘Misses Mary R, SHarp and Mary - Darroch, British missionary workers, in China, Honan Provinoe, ‘on September . 28, Friday broke" through -a - cordan 6f pursuing troops forty miles north o Yen Cheng on. the- Kin Nan. rallway line. . The brigands _are beljeved to Uo heading for the hills.to the west- ward presumably- taking..the - two women. oaptives’with them. .- = and Die Stamp. 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