Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1925, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Partly cloudy tonight and tomor- row; slightly warmer tonight; cooier tomorrow. Temperatures—Highest, 87, at moon today; lowest, 68, at € a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 29,707, SR omen No. - COALSTRIEBEGS AT MONEAT T SO0 AFECTED Virtual Padlock on 828 Mines Effective as Con- tract Is Ended. WORKERS’ FIGHT TO LIVE IN TIE-UP NOW ISSUE Maintenance Will Cost $5,700,000| During Idleness, Survey of Overhead Shows. | { | { | I ¥ Br the Associated Press | PHILADELPHIA, August 31.—An thracite mining in northeastern Penn- sylvania will stop at midnight by or-| der of the United Mine Workers. The stroke of 12 marks expiration of the two-year working contract of 158, | 000 workers, who have-been unable to agree with the mine owners upon its renewal and who decline to work until some renewal is negotiated. Maintenance of the mines during the | suspension, when they will be earning no compensating revenue, will amount | to about $5,700,000 a month, according to figures made public by the anthra-, cite bureau of information today. J Overhead $5,733,000 Monthly. The full “overhead” on the mines,i including maintenance, investment and | all fixed charges, was computed oni the basis of $1 per ton of production | per day. With an estimated annual | production of 70,000,000 gross tons of commercial anthracite, the theoretical | figure for daily production would be | about 191,000 gross.tons. This would ' be on the basis of the 365-day vear the | “‘overhead" charge applies, rather than | the 270.day vear the mines actually ! operate. Extending these figures, the | bureau accordingly found the daily “overhead" to be in excess of $191,000 or $5,733,000 a_month. | Samuel D. Warriner, chairman of the anthracite operators’ conference and W. W. Inglis. chairman of th operators’ scale. committee, left today | for the coal region. Advices from the Panther Creek Valley, in District 7, indicated that no | new work would be begun there after | the day shift comes off at 4:30 o'clock | this afternon. Night men going in would only be timber men, gang men | and clean-up men, and no new coal | would be cut. Some of the mines re- ported they were short-handed this morning. In Wilkes.Barre preparations were under way to bring miné mules to the surface. Padlock 828 Mines. The walkout will place a virtual | padlock upon 828 mines in 10 counties. | It will involve, in addition to the bulk of the miners, another army of their | dependents. The full number of those dependent upon the mines, and for | whom bread winning = accordingly stops, is put at 500,000. About 8,000 | maintenance men will remain in the | pits by mutual agreement to prevent flooding and to attend to their gen-; eral upkeep. They will be assessed a ! day's pay every two weeks for the | union’s emergency fund | Something like 10,000 railroad men employed in handling of coal smp-; ments and in shops and car repair work will probably be thrown out of | work | The suspension will be practically { 100 per cent effective. The region has been thoroughly organized by the | * union and the handful of men the| union has permitted its members to | associate with despite the lack of | unions buttons is expected to quit as| well Union officials contemplate no | picketing and the owners, so far as can be learned, plan no importing of | non-union help. At many mines contract miners quit | work Saturday after blowing down enough coal to keep their laborers | occupied far the remainder of the con- | tr ct. Many heavy tools have been removed by the men and stored away against such time as a new contract is signed Yesterday at special meetings held by most of the 325 union locals the union suspension order was read. The reading was received with en thusiasm and expressions of loyalty Seek Soft Coal Jobs. Many anthracite workers are pre- paring to set out for the soft coal fields on the hunt for other jobs. The ability of unionists to subsist, by jobs picked up elsewhere now is half the battle A general exodus is being predicted | to be made under the administration of | | preciable economies effected, Enteres s secona class matier Washinxton. D. < @h WASHINGTO HAWAII FLYERS GO TODAY; LEAXE ONE PLANE BEHIND| Giant Boeing Ship to Make Long Hop Alone About Wednesday. TAKE AIR AT 2 P.M. Craft, Loaded, Weighing | 19,000 Pounds, to Try to Cross Pacific. - By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, August 31.— Two of Uncle Sam’s giant Navy sea- planes stood ready this morning to take off on the proposed 2.100-mile, non-stop flight to Hawaii. The third, the PB-1, biggest and heaviest of the three aireraft by 5,000 pounds, was still in its hangar at Crissy Field with a crew of expert mechanies bending every effort to prepare it for a solitary flight over the same oute probably the day after tomor- row. Decision to send the two PN planes, weighing 19,000 pounds each when loaded to their fuel capacity, away at 2 o'clock this afternoon without the PB-1 was reached late last night by Capt. Sanford E. Moses and other offi- | cers in charge of arrangements for the flight, when it was definitely de- termined that the engine of the PB-1 could not be replaced in time for flight today. The big Boeing plane, manufactured in Seattle, developed engine trouble COMDR. JOHN RODGERS, of Washington, leader of flight by Navy planes to Hawaii. ¢ Foening N, D. C, MONDAY, AUGUST .31, AUTODEATHS GAN BRINES PEDESTRIAN CONTROL DENAND Increase Here Due to Lack of Regulation of Walk- ers, Eldridge Says. DRIVERS EXONERATED IN 49 OF 52 FATALITIES apital One of 5 Cities in 62 to Show Increase in Toll in U. S. Survey. While automobile fatalities in | with a broken oil-feed pipe on its flight south from the Washington city 10 days ago and what was in- tended as a non-stop test flight be- fore the journey to Hawali was in- terrupted with a forced landing at Neah Bay, and an overnight stay at Coos Bay, on the Oregon coast. Examination showed the necessity of an entire replacement of the engine in the PB plane, and since its ar- rival here workmen have been bend- ing every effort to complete the prepa. (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) WEEKS EXPEGTED T0QUT OETOBER Believed to Be Planning to Fight Budget Reduction Before He Retires. s a Staft Correspondent. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., August 31. —It was rumored in official circles here today that John W. Weeks, Sec- retary of War, who has been away from his desk for more than four months because of a serfous illness, | but who is now on the road to recov- ery, will formally tender his resignd- tion to President Coolidge the latter part of next month, to become ef- fective October 1. Although it has been understbod generally that Mr. Weeks, because of his health, wonld retire to private | ife some time this Fall, no definite time for his resignation has before been mentioned with any amount of authority. The Secretary is under- tood to have told the President when the latter called at the Secretary's retreat, near Gloucester, that he would retire, but first wanted to go back to his desk in Washington to clean up things. Secretary Weeks will«return to Washington beforeé the fight between the War Department and the Budget Bureau, evidenced in the recent ac tivities of the general staff to pre- vent reductions in appropriations in the War Department, is made ef- fective. The estimates must be pre- sented to President Coolidge by Oc- tober 1. In other words, if the offi- cials in the War Department submit radical reductions these will not Secretary Weeks. Secretary Weeks is of the opinion that the War Department has scaled down its expenses to the lowest pos- sible extent. He has found that there might be a slight saving in the ex- penditures by eltmination of duplica- tions. But there cannot be any ap- in his opinion, without impairing the effi- clency of the Army establishment. The only way money can be saved, Mr. Weeks holds, is to cut down the size of the Army. He is opposed to such a step and would not recom- mend it. On the other hand, (hy Sec- | retary of War has no authorit) | reduce the Army. | by an act of Congress. This must be ayne 1t Presidigt Coolidge wishes to make a saving ¥ the War Department that would be' felt in his economy program, it is de clared, it must be done by dropping many officers and 10,000 to 12,000 | men. NEW BANK OF MEXICO TO ISSUE PAPER MONEY of miners seekinz vacations, but the | excursionists also will include the thriftier quota seeking temporary work in other industri { The miners are demanding a 10 per | cent increase in tonnage , $1 a day more for day worker e check off, a two-year cont equalization | of rates, and other adjustments. The i i P operators insist all demands must first| MEXICO CITY, August 31.—Begin- " Mexico is to have a absolve themselves of any likelihood jNing tomorrow, of increasing production cost before |central bank for the issuance of paper They can be given consideration. The {money with the backing of the federal men in turn refuse the proposal of the ;'.-'0\'6"_""‘9"‘- The;le hcflx:ct"fli?l:: pow owners to leave the matter to arbitra. [money in general oirewation BINCH tion, and hold that negotlations are|1920. and bo i useless until the owners agree to cons ; circles here Ik for improved busineas Sider demands on_ thelr merits regurd. |conditions unier the rew ScREme, less of cost. Negotiations were broken | e ey at'Atlantic City on August 4. | which opens tomorrow, Is to be known e : las the Banco de Mexico S. A., or the PLAN STRIKE IN SOUTH. Central Institution Will’Have Cap- italization of $49,800,000 Under Normal Rate. By the Associated Press. Bank of Mexico, Inc. It will begin operations with a capitalization of 100,000,000 pésos, or nominally $49,- 800,000. The government retains 51 per cent of the stock, offering the re- mainder for general subscription. Perhaps a fortnight will elapse be- fore new paper money is actively placed in circulation. | e | Three-Fourths of Gilahoma, Arklnulj and Texas Miners to Quit. : Okla., August 31 (#).—Three-fourths of the unjofi! miners of district 21—compri€ing | HARTSHORNE, MACKENZIE LEADS N ANATELR GOLF Capital Links Ace Cuts Two Strokes From Jones’ First 18. By the Associated Press. OAKMONT, Pa.. August 31.—Roland MacKenzie, youthful star from the National Capital, who tossed a scare into the national amateur ranks two years ago, today brouzht forth an- orther when he negotiated the long and difficult Oakmont course in 71, one under par, to take the lead over the present champion, Bobby Jones. Sultry weather with a haze hanging low and a threat of rain in the air greeted 130 amateur golfers of the United S and Canada as they teed off in the first round of qualification. Only 16 will remain after tomor- row's 18-hole round for the match play which will_decide the champion on Saturday. Bobby Jones, who won the title at the Merion Club, Ardmore. Pa., in 1924, said that he was ready to defend after a complete rest vester- day. He is paired with the youthtul Oklahoman, Keefe Carter, Western amateur champion. Jones shot the first four holes 1 over par. He outdrove Carter by 30 on the first. Jones reached the turn in 38, one over par, a birdie 4 on the 447. yard ninth cutting down a stroke. He and Carter halved the fifth in 4 and Jones parred the sixth at 3. Drives of 300 vards and pitch- es 30 yards from the pin parred the seventh for both players. On the short eighth, Carter gained a stroke on his partner. Carter, 40—Jones, 38. Carter equaled Jones' birdie on the ninth, both reaching the green on their seconds. Carter's score go- ing out was 40, Jones', 35. Jones, on the tenth, sank a 10-fost putt for a par 4. Carter took 5. On the eleventh both were down in 1 over par. On the long twelfth Carter took two putts for a 6. Bobby was down in par 5. ) On the short thirteerith Carter was down for a par 3. Bobbie made it a birdie. ) Carter on the fourteenth sank his| third for a birdie. Jones made the | hole in par 4 by sinking a long putt. Jones and Carter made the fifteenth in par 4. On the short sixteenth Carter was down in par 3 had to be satisfied with a 4. Jones' powerful drive on the seven- teenth landed within a few feet of the green. Carter went into a trap. The young Oklahoman pitched out nicely and was on in 3, near the cup. | Bobby, on in 2, made a sensational putt for a birdie 3. His companion was down in par 4. The final hole found both with long | drives, Jones 20 yards to the front. | Both pitched to the green, but they | In required two putts for par 4s. Cards for Eighteen. The cards. Jones— out | | | | | Carter— out In 54 5 .84 3 4—40 | 5 4—38—78 of Jackson- 9, but might Stephen E. Foster, jr. ville, Fla., finished with well have done better. Foster com- plained that the crowd at the eight- eenth tee, where several of the par- ticipants were practicing drives, in- terfered with him. He took a seven on the par 4 hole. Francis Ouimet, playihg around with the Canadian champion, Don Carrick, admitted that he was having a ‘“great time out there” when he turned in a score of 42 at the turn. Carrick was one better. Bill Reekie of New York, former metropolitan amateur champion, gained a place among the select for the first nine by (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. Oklahoma, Arkansas and a part of Texas—are expected by union officials to go on strike at midnight. Willilam Dalsymple, district presi- dent, issued a strike call at a mass meeting of mincrs here yesterday urging all union’ men working in mines of companies that “have re-| pudiated their contracts” and others working at wages less than the 1924. 1925 scale to cease work tonight. Dalrymple’s order expressed confi-| dence that the union would be able to | Win its strike and restore the 192 19 scale The assembly yesterday was con ducted in ‘a good-humored manner. A | harbecue was served to a crowd esti ymated at 10,000 by union officials. Speakers made humorous thrusts a ¥ . ecent conference by Gov. M. E. Trapp, from which t union leaders, holted after failure to' come to terms ‘WCommuedTm'mge 3, Column 1) Right to Worship BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL By Radio to The Star and Chicago Daily New. ROME, August 31.—Fully 1,000 women were refused admittance to . Peter's on Sunday because they were bare-armed. This is the re- sult of incremsed severity by Card- inal Pomplill, wicar of Rome, in | carrying out the Pope's strictures | against immodest dress | In the last two weeks no fewer | than 5,000 en have been turned l away St. Peter’s by priests stationed ithere for the purpose, besides many at other basilicas. / 1,000 Bare-Armed Women Are Denied in St. Peter’s, Rome Fifty men in shirt sleeves also were refused admittance. Throughout the holy year. all churches in Rome have displaved signs warning women against im- modesty, but few éxpected that the cardinal would Interpret the Pope's orders so strictly, especially in a hot Summer, when short slecves are customary among Italian women. In some churches where women in short sleeves were permitted to enter. they were refused com- munion. (Copyright. 1925, by Chicago Daily News Ce.) while the champion | American cities sharply decreased during the our weeks ended- August 15, Washington under the new traffic | rules was one of five cities to report | relatively sharp increases. As a result, Traffic Director M. O. Eldridge frank- ly admitted today that little improve- ment can be expected here until! Washington decides to regulate pedes- trians as energetically as it now regulates motorists. St 1925 -THIRTY-SIX PAGES. “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 as fast as th, Saturday’s Circulation, Sunday’s UP) Means Associated e papers are printed. 85,939 Circulation, 101,437 Press. __l‘WO CENTS. S | | | | Thirteen persons were killed in | traffic accidents here during the four | weeks that ended August 15. In the same period of the previous month only 10 persons were killed in traffic accidents. Detroit, Los Angeles, Mil- waukee and San Francisco were the only other American cities to have similar_increases, according to De- partment of Commerce figures toda Thus far this year, according to po- |lice statistics, 52 persons have been {Killed bere. Only in three instances | were the drivers of the cars causing | | the deaths held accountable. The 49 others were exonerated by coroner’s juries, blame for the tragedies placed upon ‘the victims and the records ! marked “accidental.” Sees Walker Control Vital. “There is only one answer to this,” Director Eldridge declared. “It is| ! strict regulation of pedestrians.| Evidence that the big music fes. | Deaths in Pittsburgh and other cities | tival being planned for Washington | dropped nearly 50 per cent when the | Next Spring is already attracting at-| authorities decided the time had ar- | tention in other large cities came MUSICAL FESTIVAL DRAWS WIDE PRAISE: Capital Should Be Center of; Best in Arts, Boston Editor Says. rived when it was just as important| 1o the attention of Commissioner |for pedestrians to walk right as for | Rudolph today in the form of an motorists to drive right. We have got | ed)r'::mehlflmz‘l‘heh_'::*"';: i i orial vol roval of t TR IRR e hat, Symo jaguision | action of the Commissioners in off { " "We can megulate until doomsday!clally launching ~the — movement, and not fmprove our record as long | Which, it is hoped, will become an |as pedestrians walk blithely out in | &nnual event that will in time make ifront of motorists who are oBeying | Washington the music center of the the law. There is no regulation here | United States. bl o P 5 GoNR ““The movement Initiated by Com- VWeRtnueg o Fagy ¥, " | missioner Rudaiph snd his colleagues s deserving of support,” the Boston Transeript writer sald. “It has been the dream of many public-spirited | citizens of Washington to make the § |National Capital a center of many | professional and civic activities, but this has not yet been realized, except | by the lobbyists. The will of George | Washington, it will be recalled, in- tended to provide for a National Uni- sersity, and the late Sidnev Lloyd | ARl PRI TE “rightson, a_sterling musician, one- ‘Fewer Fatal' & F 0 G . .'m;'head of z‘!;e ‘Washington Co‘x’;‘e of Music, tried to interest members ! ities From Grip of Congress n taking advantage of 2 ts provisions to establish a National { and Pneumonia Held |conkervatory of Music. | c by Fovi “Hetnrich Hammer, another capable | ause by Fowler. | musicien—notewarthy for canducting | with empty hands instead of the ba- i v L o ton—got together an excellent sym- phony orchestra, but these organiza- The death rate went down while the | tions are difficult to maintain with |birth rate increased in Washington.| out subsidy. Edouard Albion has during the calendar vear 1924, indi- | achieved distinet success with the | cating a general improvement in the | Washington Opera Compan: I health conditions of the city, Health | :h:u“:uul::;m;\:rnlx%u::;l i1 o e iam G poWler told the by Herbert Putnam, librarian of Con- ommissioners in his annual report | zress, the editorlal continued: this afternoon. |~ “Local Washington is ripe for such During the calendar year there were [a project as the District Commis- 9,357 births, as compared with 9,029 | sioners have proposed, and we be- in 1923, an increase of more thon 300. | lieve the country fs pleased with There were only 6,583 deaths last | Whatever addu‘ trghth- dlx\;:ty and at- vear, a decrease from record of 7.105 | IFAcUVeness of what 1s. atter all. the in 1923. | edly that Washington should stand as These figures caused the birthrate|a model, not only in civic develop- iper 1,000 to increase from 19 per cent| ment, but as the national exponent |to 19.22 per cent and the death rate|of the best in all arts and ciences. | to go down from 14.03 per cent in 1923 | Here at hand is an opportunity to to_only 13.46 per cent last year. s g o g ag | Dr. Fowler attributes the lowering | " com ek 0 P8 4 expressed |of the death rate to the small numbery g a¢ification at this clmment Taom i of deaths last year from pneumonia | fra®!TEElOT 80 TS COREE e SHg dicted that the proposed music fes- tival would find similar favor ip other large centers of the country. The next move in preparation for { the festival, which is to be staged in May of next year, is for Commissioner Rudolph to name the committee of The rate for white infants was 61.1 | 200 to arrange the event. The nam- per cent, for colored 109.2 per cent|ing of the committee probably will and the general rate 75.7. Dr. Fowler | not be taken up for several weeks. stated that this was a very gratifying <howing, and expressed the hope im- provement would continue. A chart accompanying the report shows that orgenic heart disease was the most potent cause of death in Washington last year, with 751. Pneu- | monia was close with 741. | During 1924 147 cases of smallpox | Cuba to Condemn Farms of Ameri- were reported. Dr. Fowler also| pointed! o\g th:in in January of this | cans and Countrymen, by year the District was invaded by a | 5 | malignant type of this disease. From | President’s. Decres. that month until June a total of 59 | g \n. Associated Press. cases was reported with 20 deaths. | The vaccination history of the 59| HAVANA August 31.—By decree cases, Dr. Fowler said, demonstrated |issued Saturday by President Machado, the value of vaccination. Only four |the construction of a national peni- of the patients reported had ever been | tentiary on the Isle of Pines was or- successfully vaccinated, one about 50 dered. For the purpose $200,000 is ! being appropriated. Steps are to be years prior té the attack, one 38 tak by the government to condemn ago, one 18 aken 3 Jears ago. one 18 years ago and the | B o Purchase several farms belonging fourth 14 years ago. All four of il to Cubans and Americans, which will these patients had a mild type and . TIREAR ~ i “the: . DRDEERTE recovered. The other 55 cases had grounds. not been successfully vaccinated. Urges Health Center. A dispatch from Havana early in P ainr August said residents of the Isle of Dr. Fowler again calls attention to|August sald tesidents of the fwe of grip. Low Infant Mortality. . | An outstanding feature of the r port is the announcement that Wash- ington has the lowest death rate in its history among infants under 1 | year of age. PRISON ON ISLE OF PINES | _ORDERED OVER PRQTEST| 1 the urgent need for erection of a suit- able bullding in which the Health | were planning to protest against the Department could care for and treat|erection of a penitentiary on the minor contagious diseases, which now |ground that it would be detrimental are handled under contract by two |to the island’s development. of the local hospitals. - L e r. Fowler tol the Commissioners that the action of Congress last Win- A ter in passing the new milk law has CUBA TO DEPORT MANY, given to the people of the District one oW s of the best pieces of legislation in the ! All Undesirable Aliens to Go i1 country for the control of public milk | supply. i Sweeping Clean-Up. The health officer urges that a much | lavger force of medical and dental ex.| HAVANA. August 31 P —Gover- aminers be appointed in order that|nors of States in the interior have all children entering the public schools | been instructed by Secretary of the at least may be examined upon en.| Interior Bazan to furnisl 0o trance and properly followed up for |Partment with lists of undesirable the correction of sueh physical defects | aliens, in order that they may be as may be found. Dr. Fowler states |deported. that from experience of his depart-; Numerous undesirables have been ment it is evident that a large per-|sent out of Havana during the past centage of the pupils entering the few weeks. Twenty Buropeans public schools in the kindergarten and | charsed with being “pernicious for- fivst grade are handicapped by physi- | elgn were deported Saturday and eal defects. 4‘ 25 the previous day. Seek Compulsory Education as Cure To Juvenile Crime | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 31.—The American Federation of Teachers will seek compulsory education for all children less than 18 years old as a remedy for the “alarming in- crease of juvenile delinquency F. G. Stecker, its secretary, an nounced today An investigating committee will study existing laws and conditions and make a report in the form of a model compulsory education law, embracing the specified age limit. Preliminary inquiry has disclosed, Secretary Stecker said, that in adequately educated young persons grow delinquent morally as well as in industrial and commercial advance MITCHELLS PLANE CRASHES INTEXAS Deposed Air Service Official Narrowly Escapes Death. Ship Demolished. By the Associated Press. SAN ANTONIO, ‘Tex., August 31. emarkable flying judgment and cool-headedness saved the life of Col. Willlam F. Mitchell, chief of the Sth Corps air forces, when an airplane which he was piloting crashed here this morning. He was unscathed, but his plane was a wreck. The accident occurred while Col Mitchell was taking off from the old remount station and in full view of the entire staff of the 8th Corps Area, present to inspect the field for avia- tion possibilities. The plane poised for an instant as the motor cut out at about 100 feet up. Beneath the machine was 4 maze of trees, gitches and fences. Forced to Act Quickly Col. Mitchell gently set the machine down in the best cleared space he could locate quickly. The undercarriage struck a ditch and its nose ploughed into the ground, momentum carrying it over in a for- ward somersault, where it landed on its back. 3 Col. Mitchell tripped his belt, crawled from beneath the wreckage and grinned as he waved to the offi- cial group as a signal that he had not been injured. Then he motored to Fort Sam Hous- ton and ploughed into a huge pile of correspondence on his desk. “That's something we have to face every day,” declared Col. Mitchell. “I had made two or three landings at the new flying field and was taking off again. My motor went dead with- out a moment's warning and I had to set the plane down in a fence cor- ner.” Accompanied by Civilian. Col. Mitchell was acompanied by Harry Short, civilian airplane expert. “We had reached an altitude of about 80 feet and were near the edge of the fiying field,” Col. Mitchell stated. “I did not have sufficient alritude or speed to enable mé to turn back to- ward the field. | | | MOTORMAN IS HELD FOR FATAL CRASH | Inquest Jury Blames Him for | Death of Fireman in Wreck. | | Thomas O'Neil, motorman of the | Capital Traction Co., was held for the | grand jury today by the coroner’s | jury at an inquest into the death of | Private James L. Mann of No. 21/ Engine Co., who was killed Thursday | in a collision between a street car and | the hose wagon on which he was, riding. The inquest was begun Friday and | was adjourned until today on motion | of the Capital Traction Co. attorneys, | who said they wanted to obtain more witnesses. Testimony today was | heard from persons on the street car | at the time of the accident and a statement also was made to the jury by O'Nell. O'Nell, who has been a motorman | for the Traction Co. for 33 vears, said_he left the Decatur street barn for Union Station at 12:49 o'clock and | in the vicinity of Park road heard a | “kind of sound, but it didn't sound like & whistle.” “I didn’t hear any-{ thing until the machine flew out in front,” said O'Neil. “I saw it zig-| zag and saw two fellows fall off.” The | front of the street car was “‘midway” in the street, he said, when the fire apparatus struck the car. “I never saw it until it was on me and I didn't hear anything. I had no cur- rent on and threw the car into re- verse.” 1 Passengers Testify. | Dr. William E. Stutzman, 1400 De- | |catur street, a passenger on the street | car, testified he heard the fire ap-| paratus, but seven other possengers | told the jury they did not hear the| approach. They were Alice Sedge- | wick, 1521 Tenth street; Salena, Walker, 1904 Tenth street; Cora Har- | ris, 423 New York avenue; Mrs. J. H.| Pellon, 4504 Fourteenth street; George King, jr. 1428 Spring road: Lewis G. Lennon, 1362 Shepherd| street, and Julian' A. Williams of Ballston, Va Witnesses before the jury Friday | gave testimony which indicated that | although the siren and bells of the fire apparatus were sounded regu- larly, O'Neil evidently failed to hear the warning in time to avoid a crash. Among those who testified Friday was John E. Lyons of 2003 H street, who said he ran out into the street, | threw up his hands in warning to| the approaching street car, but the motorman paid no attention to him. He said the motorman probably he- lieved him to be a passenger attempt- ing to board the car at that point, | which is not a car stop. Other wit- | nesses testified the noise of the ap- | proaching fire engine was plainly | heard by them, but that the motor- man showed no indication of having heard it. | Kelley Represents U. S. Coroner Nevitt conducted the in- quest, and the Government was rep- | resented by Assistant District Attor. ney Frank J. Kelley. Staging the first Ku Klux Klan fu. | neral ever held at Arlington National | Cemetery, 40 members of the Invisible Smpire from the Distriet of Columbia realm, in white robes and hoods with | visors lifted, paid an impressive trib. man Mann, at noon today Headed by Kieagle L. C. Mueller of | the District Klan, and a white-robed | minister whose name was not di- vulged, the klansmen marched in dou- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.,) Dixie Cotton Pickers Get Their Fling; Farmers Talee Them to Fields in Autos By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., August 31. —Cotton picking in Dixie is not what it used to be. Time was—and not many years ago—when Jthe cotton farmer basked in an Autumn sun undis- turbed while cheap labor gathered his crop. Now he is pestered not only by a scarcity of help, but the price he must pay for labor is ;vrll&flhinx unheard of in a cotton eld. It used to be—10 years ago— the, pickers were at ‘the tarmiouse door - bright and early, begging work. The price was 30 to 50 cents a hundred—and no perquisities. Today, in some places, the price is "$1.50 a hundredweight and the pickers are being fed, housed and even carried to the fields in autome- biles. Many are the cars side cotton fields in and rked along- nce corners farm roads. And they ave - not all four lungers either. There are aristocratig sixes and eights out there. The cotton farmer chauf- feurs for hired help—and is glad of the opportunity. Not all of the Alabama farmers are paying $1.50. Some farmers are fortunate enough to get the staple gathered for $1.35 a hundred, but the higher price prevalls where help is most scarce. ‘Wherever cotton is grown in this section the call is for help and more help. Labor agents said the labor has gone to the ‘“public works,” meaning highway construc- tion, bullding of houses, railroad, factory and mines. It was ex. plained that when times are labor quits the farmer. When dull times come in the centers of popu- lations the unskilled labor drifts back to the rural section: | to HANEY. REQUESTED TOQUIT SHIPBOARD, REFUSES T0 RESIGN Commissioner Declines to Carry Out Wishes of Presi- dent Coolidge. ATTITUDE_TO PALMER IS BASIS OF DISPUTE Moved for Removal of Chief at Recent Executive Sessions of Board, But Failed. By the Associated Press. The resignation of Bert E. Haney of { Oregon as a commissioner of the Ship- ping Board has been requested by President Coolidge and has been re- fused. While Mr. Haney declined to discuss the matter today or to make public the correspondence, it was indicated the President acted because of d satisfaction with Mr. Hanev’s attitude toward President Palmer of the Fleet Corporation. Wanted Palmer to Resign. Mr. Haney has moved executive sessions of the Shipping Board for removal of Mr. Palmer, but is understood to have failed to obtain any support for his motions. He has acted on the beltef that the Government merchant fleet i= run- ning down under Mr. Palmer and is not being developed, as called for un der the mechant marine act, ade- quately to carry American products or to serve as a naval auxiliary in time of war. It has been his contention that, while there were in operation 386 =hips in the Government flect when Mr. Palmer took office less than two vears ago, there were but 251 two weeks agq In the face of the refusal of Mr. Haney to resign, the next step re mains problematical Under the merchant marine act the President may remove a commissioner only for cause. Under this heading comes malfeasance, neglect or incompetence. Appointed By Harding. Mr. Haney was appointed from Oregon as a Democrat by President Harding in June, 1923, to succeed former Senator George E. Chambar- lain of that State, resigned. He was reappoimtea by President Coolidge for a two-year term last June after a lohg conference with Mr. Coolidge at the White House, when the entire Shipping Board situation was thor oughly discussed Mr. Haney is said at that time to have made clear that he had very definite ideas about the development of the American merchant marine and proposed to act in accordance with his judgment. This position, it was indi cated, was agreeable to Mr. Coolidge, who subsequently tendered him the re- appointment. Cuts for Efficiency. President Palmer has repeatedly held that the reduction in cargo ves- sels has been made in the interest of efficiency, since it had been found that waste was involved in the number previously in operation. His most recent remarks on the subject were that the amount of cargo carried the past fiscal year and the revenue de- rived therefrom was practically the same as for the previous year at recent WHITE COURT GUARD GETS 30 DAYS IN CELL Marine Sentry Found Lying Down on Duty Also Fined 21 By the Assoc SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., Aug Thirty days’ confinement and 21 days lost pay was imposed by a summary court-martial today on Pvt. Clarence Key of Centerville, Tex., who was found lying down at his post while guarding the President at White Court. P. 0. INSPECTOR KILLS SELF IN CAPITAL HOTEL 31— ilobert L. Maddox in Service 30 Years, Leaves Note Saying Life Was Unbearable. Robert L. Maddox, a post office | inspector, ended his life by shooting ute to “a departed klansman,” Fire. | himself in the head in a room at { the Harris Hotel today. Mr. Maddox, who was about £0 years old and a bachelor, had lesn ill for some time and left a note which he said life was unbearable He registered at the hotel at 11 o'clock and left a call for noon When a_bell boy went to the room he fourd him dead. He had Miwa two shots into his head and a pis { tol was grasped in his hand. Deputy Coroner J. D. Rogers made an in vestigation. He had asked in connection with the note that his brother, W. S Maddox of Philadelphia; Miss H. W. Tolson of the Alabama Apartments, at whose apartment he resided, and Chief Post Office Inspector Barclay be_notified. = He wes a native of Kentucky, hav- ing been appointed to the position of vost office inspector at Louisville more than 30 years ago. He was transferred to the Washington office about 25 years ago. Representative Near Death. Little hope was held to day for the recovery of Representative Patrick H. Kelley of Michigan, who is criti- cally ill in Garfield Hospital. The Michigan Representative has been ill for more than three months and death was expected last night. No change in his condition was re- Radio Program—Page 23. ported today by his physiclan, Dr. M. C. Dollman.