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WEATHER. (U. 8 Weather Bureau Porecast.) Falr tonight and tomorrow; warmer tonight; gentle southwest winds. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 88, ‘at noon today: lowest, 63. at 5 am. today. Full report on page A-16. e No. 32,574 Entered as second cla; pdst office, Washingt GOLD BLOC LOSES FIGHT TO BAN ALL MONETARY TOPICS AT LONDON PARLEY Chamberlain Leads Victori- ous Drive to Follow Ameri- can Thesis and Take Up% Whole Conference Agenda. COMMITTEE TURNS DOWN TARIFF AND QUOTA TALKS Revised Program to Be Submitted to Steering Group Monday—Sen- ator Couzens Clashes With M., Bonnet—Former Urges World | Action on Unemployment. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 7.—The Euro-| pean gold bloc lost its fight for' exclusion of monetary questions: from the renovated agenda of the | ‘World Economic Conference today when the subcommittee on imme- diate measures for financial re- eonstruction voted 25 to 15 to con- | tinue to discuss monetary prob- lems. | The vote came after an all-day | battle over the proposal by Neville Chamberlain, British| chancellor of the exchequer, that | the full agenda be continued, in- cluding monetary matters which the gold countries have been fiercely opposing. Back American Thesis. ‘The British Dominions, Scandinavia and the countries of the Far East and Latin America lined up almost solidly | with Mr. Chamberlain’s position which | supports the American thesis. | Among those supporting the gold bloc | in demanding elimination of monetary questions until currency stabilization should be accomplished were Spain, Lithuania, Rumanig, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Turkey. Today's decision which was in a sub- committee of the Monetary Commis- sion will be reported to the Steering Committee Monday for confirmation or reversal. The Committee on Commercial Pol- icy, a subordinate group of nomic Commission, voted a few hours earlier to exclude discussion of tariffs and quotas from the revised agenda, approving a French demand by eight to_seven voices. The American delegation, although beaten temporarily on the question of treating tariffs and quotas, hoped to reverse this decision in the Steering Committee. American Victory. France and other members of the | gold bloc flatly refused to discuss tar- | iffs, arguing that they involved mone- tary questions. The vote in the monetary subgroup was hailed by the Americans as an- other victory for their policy, since it | amounts to approval of the idea of con- | tinuing the full conference. ‘Today's proceedings were enlivened | by a contest in eloquence and argu- | ment between Georges Bonnet, French finance minister and leader of the gold bloc, and Senator James Couzens of Michigan, speaking for America and those countries which are supporting the American program. It was M. Bonnet who successfully insisted in the Commercial Policy Com- mittee that there must be no discussion of import trade barriers. | Senator Couzens appealed to the con- ference to continue working along lines which will result in finding jobs for the | 30,000.000 persons now unemployed and | will raise prices to remunerative levels. Urges Parley to Go On. In the Monetary Subcommittee Stanley M. Bruce of Australia made a con- ciliatory speech, asserting that if the conference failed to go ahead because of this one question of stabilization “it will be a shock to millions of people.” He said he earnestly hoped that the; parley would go ahead. Mr. Bruce made no definite proposal, | but in effect he supported the demand | that the full agenda, including monetary questions, be dealt with. | Sweden, Denmark, | dor also called for | Japan, Norway, Argentina .and Ecua Tetention of the full agenda. | The Argentine representative asserted | that in discussions of the full original program a solution might be found for | stabilization. On_the cther hand Italy, Bulgaria and Lithuaria threw their support to the gold bloc. Today’s vote, of course, still showed the old split between the gold coun- tries_and the non-gold countrics but the latter assert that it represents a | decided advance in their campaign that " (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) STOCK PRICES RISE T0 NEW HIGH MARK | wages and agricultural prices and re- | for passengers using coaches and tour- [ ) JIMMIE MATTERN. | IN'RUSH OF BUYING Ticker Falls Behind in Waves of Transactions on N. Y. Exchange. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 7—A dizzy drop in the American dollar to an equivalent of 70 cents in terms of gold currencies was accompanied by heavy trading and rising prices on the major markets today. Stocks and grains whirled to new | highs, the former rising $1 to $4 under waves of buying that engulfed the trad- ing facilities of the exchange. Wheat and corn surged up 1 to 2 cents a bushel, while cotton boosted its level 50 to 70 cents a bale, only to fall back under heavy profit-taking. Realizing also pared or canceled gains in other markets at times. Buying Orders Heavy. The British pound sterling soared above $4.74, for an advance of abouu 18 cents, and thus was not far from | its gold parity, $4.865%. French francs reached 5.59 cents, up 0.14 of a cent, and other gold monies were correspond- ingly strong as selling abroad was di- rected against American currency. Share traders deluged the = stock market with so large a volume of orders that the tape fell 26 minutes behind. By early afternoon stock prices had become somewhat irregular as a result of profit taking. United States Steel common, which had crossed $66, was selling at $65.12, up $1; American Tele- phone at $132.72, up 75 cents against an earlier advance of $1.75; New York Central at $57.50, up $1.37; Case, $98, off $1 as compared with a net gain of $1; Union Pacific, $129.50, off $1.75; United States Steel preferred, $104.50, up $3; Du Pont, $83, up $1; Allied Chemical, $132.75, up $2.50 against an early jump of $4; Delaware & Hudson, $90, off $2.50; General Motors, $33_ up | 0 cents; Westinghouse, $50.75, up 75 cents; Santa Fe, $79, up 25 cents. Will Street was deeply interested in news from London that America plan- ned to propose to the London Confer- ence international action for lifting duce working hours. Such a plan, it ' was pointed out, would dovetail nicely with this country’s own program. Business News Favorable. Meanwhile, speculative enthusiasm was still being stirred by business im- provement at home. Dow, Jones & Co., estimated that the United States Steel ! Corporation’s backlog of unfilled orders rose 80,000 to 100,000 tons in June, a showing which would be unusually sat- isfactory because production was in- creased steadily last month. An in- crease would be in this important trade barometer. Copper sold in the domestic market at 83% cents a pound, up % cent to the highest in about two years, and some producers were said to be asking 9 cents. P Railroad Seeks Rate Cut. ST. Paul, July 7 (#).—The Great Northern Railway general offices here announced that it would file an ap- plication with the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington today for permission to cut the basic rate from 3.6 cents per mile to 2 cents a mile ist sleeping cars on its entire system. The announcement seid the road de- sired to make the change immediately, without the usual 30 days’ notice. — Phillies’ Player Dies. ALLENTOWN, Pa., July 7 (#)—Neal Finn, 29, second baseman of the Phila- delphia National Leagu> base ball club, died today in a hospital. Pinn was 1ill of stomach trouble and recently underwent an operation. VALET PUTS PRESIDENT ON DIET | the third consecutive | flig] WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1933—THIRTY PAGES. MATTERN IS SAFE NEAR BERING SEA; SENDS TELEGRAN DETAILS LACKING Round-the-World - Fiyer Is Heard From in Northeast Siberia—Unreported Since June 14 in Attempted Hop. U. S. COAST GUARD CUTTER EXPECTED TO PICK HIM UP Messages Received in Moscow and by Backers in Chicago—Wife and Mother Express Joy—Began Long Solo Flight From New York on June 3. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, July 7.—James Mat- tern, American flyer, is safe at Anadyr in the Chukotka Penin- sula of Siberia, according to a telegraph message received here direct from Mattern himself. Mattern’s telegram said: “Safe at Anadyr, Chukotka, 8i- beria. Jimmie Mattern.” The message was sent from the town of Bocharova at 11 pm, July 5, and was received here in mid-afternoon today. No Details Reported. The American flyer's message gave no details of his situation and air force and official quarters here were without any informa- tion of him. News of the American, who had been unreported since he left Khabarovsk, Siberia, June 14, was received with jubilation in Soviet aviation circles where it had been believed that if the aviator had been forced down on land he had a good chance of escaping alive | despite the fact that it would take him a long time to communi- cate with the outside world. The fact that so much time elapsed between his descent and dispatch of the message indicated that he may have | come down at some distance from any habitation, making it necessary for him to find his way lal riously to the near- est village. That section of Siberia is very sparsely settled. Near Bering Sea. Anadir, or Anadyr, is a t rading post | on the Anadyr River in the far North- east Siberia north of the Kamchatka Peninsula, near the Bering Sea, and generally along the route Mattern took in attempting to fly from Khabarovsk to Nome, Alaska. It was at Anadyr that Capt. Roald Amundsen, discoverer of the South Pole. appeared in 1920 after having been lost | in the Arctic Seas for more than & year | and a half on one of his attempts to reach the North Pole. y: MESSAGE RECEIVED IN CHICAGO. Garbled Telegram Believed Semt by Flyer to Sponsors. CHICAGO, July 7 (#).—The Chicago sponsors of Jimmy Mattern's attempted ‘round-the-world flight today received a cablegram which they believed to be direct from him. The message, slightly garbled, was interpreted to read: “Safe, Anadyr, Chukotka, Siberia. (Signed) Gemmy (CQ) Mattern.” The message was delivered to 8. J. Snc!ll(eu, one of the backers of the it. Sackett said the message might have been sent by an official near the town of Anadyr, but that he believed it was from Mattern himself. Both Sackett and H. B. Jameson, an other backer of the flight, expressed delight when informed of Mattern's safety by an earlier dispatch from Mos- cow. “We always had confidencé in Jimmy,” Jameson said. “He has dem- onstrated at all times that he’s a cool, heady flyer.” Sackett and Jameson said they would be glad to finance another flight by Mattern or assist him in completing the present one. Hayden R. Mills, the other backer, was yachting on Lake Michigan. and could not be reached. BEGAN FLIGHT JUNE 3. Suffered Several Reverses Until He Disappeared June 14. NEW YORK, July 7 (#).—James Mattern, around-the-world flyer, re- ported found safe at Anadyr Chukota, Siberia, today, had been unr since June 15 when he left Khabarovsk on a hop to Nome, a. Mattern started his flight around the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) ULF STORM TO END G WHEN HE FORGETS HIS REDUCING| |y WEST MOUNTAINS p Bra Colored “Mac” Just Leaves Out Portions of Roosevelt’s Tropical Disturbance Strikes Fu- e _of Food to Cut Down “Mac,” colored valet to President Roosevelt, who has served him faith- fully for a number of years, has taken it upon himself to see to it that Mr. Roosevelt loses quickly the extra weight he accumulated during his recent vaca- tion. Upon his return to the White House from his New England cruise, the Presi- dent told his friends that he was shocked to find that he had gained seven pounds. He announced with some determination that he was going to see to it at once that he returned to his customary weight of 175 or 176 pounds. He- proposed t?n accomplish forgot all about his resolution.. But the faithful Mac did not. After looking on for a couple of days and noting no signs on the President’s part of cutting dos on his meals he took it upon himself take off those seven extra pounds. He started on his scheme this morn- $ng. He said nothing to the President about his decision, but when he deliv- Executive’s Girth. ered the breakfast tray into the Presi- dent’s study, the meal was minus one egg, one slice of bacon, and one slice of toast. Mac stood by waiting for some come ment or question from the President, but there were none. Mr. Roosevelt enjoyed his meal and finished it in his customary good humor and apparently without noticing the curtailment. was delighted, but did not tell the Pres- ident what hes had done. He did tell others of the official family, however, and probably the first the President will know of his enforced diet is when he reads it in the papers. The President has had little time since his return for swimming. Yes- terday he inspected the specially con- structed automobile which he has pur- chased to drive himself. The President is not expected to drive this aut bile on the streets of Washington. It will be shipped to his Hyde Park home on the banks of the Hudson, where he ! riously Along Mexican Coast Line. By the Associated Press. BROWNSVILLE, Tex., July 7—A | tropical disturbance which struck furi- ously at the Mexican coast line mid- way between Tampico, Mexico. and Brownsville, last night, causing an un- ‘Mac | determined amount of damage there, HITLER’S RECOVERY A& RN AN RN 1T L PROGRAM. RAISE PAY OR FACE NEW SLUMP, INDUSTRY WARNED A new economic collapse was pre- dicted today by Gen. Hugh 8. Johnson, Federal industrial control administrator, unless industry moved promptly to in- crease purchasing power through boost- | ing of wages to counterbalance the in- creased “speculative production.” “I shudder to think,” he asserted, hat would happen if a second col- pse would occur in this country.” “If we have too much production ahead of purchasing power, we are going to meet with difficulty—in my opinion a new ,” the adminis- trator warned. ! " The administrator was referring to | | 18y More Economic Distress Feared Unless Purchasing Power Keeps Pace With Production, Johnson Says. | partment showing production in this | country was considerable higher in May and June than in the corresponding period of 1932. The department said | that during June industrial activities | reached the highest level since the middle of 1931. Johnson’s warning came closely after an attempt by the administration to make tardy industries agree on m-ans | of spreading work and raising pay by threatening anti-trust suits. Attorney General Cummings asserted that “in- dustrial and other groups must abide by the terms and conditions of the anti-trust laws, unless and until they obtain actual exemptions from certain (Continued on Page 2, Column 3. 00D, SHUTE TIED FOR BRITISH TITLE Sarazen and Leo Diegel Each a Stroke Behind Tourney Winners. By the Associatéd Press. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July 7.— Two youthful American professionals, Densmore Shute of Philadelphia and Craig Wood of Deal, N. J., today tied for the British open golf championship with totals of 292 each for the 72 holes in one of the most spectacular finishes | in the tournament’s history. The defending champion, Gene Sara- zen, and another American, Leo Diegel, each had 293. The British hopes faded when Abe Mitchell took a 78 on his last round for a total of 294 and Henry Cotton shot himself out of the running with a 79 for 295. Big Archie Compston rallied with a par 73 on the last round. while the others were faltering in the stretch, but his total was 296. Syd Easterbrook remained the last home- bred with a chance. Ed Dudley, the tall American, like- wise found the Eremm heavy and took a final round 78 for a total of 295. Wood was given a big cheer by the | swarming galleries as he holed out on | the home hole in one of the most ex- | citing finishes in the history of the, British Open. He made a remarkable | comeback_ after barely qualifying and | then getting off to & slow start in the tournament. His four rounds were 77, 72, 68 and 75. _Walter Hagen, pace setter for_two, (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TWO MEN SAVE YOUTH FROM DEATH IN RIVER | Golored Boy Rescued From Eastern | Branch by Employes of S8and and Gravel Concern. Two employes of the Smoot Sand & | Gravel Corporation's southeast yard. Half and streets southeast, dived into the muddy waters of the Eastern nch shortly after noon to save the of a 14-year-old colored lad. boy—Julius Haynle of First street southeast—was swimming was_expected to spend its fury today in the mountains west of Tampico. Resid Rio tless progress Mexico, relaxed as it hit futilely_at the CRANFORD TAKES TILEFROMVINE Set Victory in Final Wim- bledon Round. By the Associated Press. WIMBLEDON, England, July 7— | Jack Crawford, Australian star, won | the final round of the men’s singles, |and with it the Wimbledon champion- | ship, from Ellsworth Vines today, 4—§, | | 11—9, 6—2, 2—6, 6—4. |at least, the king of all he surveys in the tennis world, as he added the prized | Wimbledon title to that of his native | 1and and of France. | His bitter five-set victory over Vines, i who won the title on his first appear- ance on the historic London courts | last year, a month before his 21st birthday, follows by only a few weeks a straight-set victory over Henri Cochet, once great ace of France, in the finals of the French championships. It was the eighth meeting between the new and old title holders of Wim- bledon, with Crawford victor now in | three matches to five for the American | champion. Vines Takes Early Lead. ‘The sun shone brightly as the Amer- ican youngster took the court'in defense of his title, with the ground baked hard and just right for his smashing, speedy type of game. Vines' cannon-ball serve was going like a shot across the net and he quickly ran into a 3-to-1 lead as he broke through Crawford’s second service. The Australian improved as the match {continued, but he could not find the (Continued on Page 2, Column 8) DETROIT ANTICIPATES R. F. C. AID FOR BANKS Board Meeting Today, to Consider Loans for Reopenings, Is " Awaited. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, July 7—Principal inter- 'fuzmummd-ymmwmm bands to succeed them, as a grand jury investigation of circumstances sur- rounding the closing last Winter was Witness after witness in the inquiry, now in its fourth testified thst comparatively the report issued by the Commerce De- | Australian Scores Bitter Five-| ‘The Australian became, temporarily, | | garding payments as a dealer in securi- BANK PROBE HALTS: AGENTS CARRY ON |Pecora and Investigators Go to New York for Three Months’ Work. | | Before he left. he announced the in- would dirvected into By the Associated Press The Senate Committee investigating private banking sent its agents back to New York today to dig for three months into the records of bankers, brokers and the stock exchange. Chairman Fletcher announced there were no plans for further hearings until October, but served notice the commit- tee was subject to his call and might be hurried into action if developments warranted. Ferdinand Pecora, committee coun- sel, was already back in New York to conduct personally the undercover in- vestigation preparatory to Fall hearings. %l“ur‘;ln & 0] Lillon, Read ties Corporation change. be int P. Co.; Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; & Oa.m’ the Chase Securi- Recessed Yesterday. The serles of hearings recessed yes- terday afternoon after Pecora ques- tioned H. H. Lee, president, and A. J. County, director, of the Pennroad Cor- poration, about its activities. Pecora expressed amazement at & statement by Lee that he did not know about negotiations by his company for a $38,000,000 block In tne Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway until they were consummated. Frank E. Taplin, Cleveland capitalist, told the committee he set up trust ac- counts for his children to lessen his income tax. The Statement was made after Pecora said his investigation showed Taplin, as trustee for his son. lowered his income | tax for 1929 by $374,921. In that year he filed his return as an investor, al- though in 1926 a deduction had been claimed as a dealer in securities. Taplin said he could not recall and did not know anything about the law re- ties. Investor's Rate Lower. Pecora sald profits to the trust of Frank E. Taplin, jr., in 1929 from the sale of Plt‘t;bs%rsg:‘lzz& West Virginia stock were $2,559,132. The tax was paid at a rate of 1212 per cent as an investor, Pecora said. while if it had been paid as a dealer the rate would have been much higher. Pecora said the trust paid a tax of $309,000 instead of $684,000. In 1926, he added, a loss sustained in 1925 was claimed in.the trust’s in- ome tax return and following some con- troversy the deduction was allowed. Questioned by Pecora, Taplin agreed he created trust accounts in 1918 for his children to lessen his tax. By this means, he said, he was able to claim deductions which would not be permitted under the present law because of changes in the gift provisions. Taplin sald the loan of $1,950.000 from Pennroad was made as trustee for his 11-year-old daughter. President Lee of Pennroad, recalled to the stand, told the committee he had not known of the negotiations with Taplin until they were concluded. Agreement Was Oral. Pointing out that the deal was the largest single transaction in the cor- poration’s history, Pecora asked: “How could negotiations involving $38,000,000 be arried. on without you as_president knowing about them?” Lee replied the negotiations were in- formal until ratified by the Pennroad board at & meeting he did not attend. County was called to the stand late in_the day. Pecora was suggesting that his tes- timony be dispensed with when County asserted all purchases made by the Pennroad Corporation were in the in- terests of its stockholders and the com- mittee -counsel decided to swear him and question him. County - said no conflict of interest had yet arisen between stockholders of the Pennsylvania and the Pennroad Corporation, but that, if it did, he would act for the benefit of the latter as a director of the holding company. by sald the Taplin purchase was by word of mouth, nstead of written, because it been _int mmmemdumm-wmm“m that kind. the stock ex-| “From Press to Home Within an Hour” The Star’s Carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to city and suburban homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,599 TWO CENTS. (UP) Means Astociated Press. “BIG STICK” SQUELCHES LORTON TROUBLE WITH “BAD MEN” IN SOLITARY “Sheep” Are Segregated From “Goats” as Heavily Armed Police Guard 75. RESIGNATION OF SUPT. TAWSE ACCEPTED BY COMMISSIONERS: Knife Found in Search—Officials Hissed by Troublemakers on Visit to Dining Hall. Capt. M. M. Barnard wielded the big stick at the District Reformatory at Lorton today and thoroughly squelched the much heralded rebellion of its 1,157 inmates. Leading 80 heavily armed policemen onto the reservation before the inmates lined up for breakfast today, the superintendent of Dis- trict penal institutions directed a segregation of 75 of the “trouble- makers and bad actors,” had them led off and locked in solitary confinement. While all this was going on there were a few scattered boos for the police, a few hisses for Barnard. One man threw a chair. An- other man threw a pepper shaker through a window. That was all the rebellion amounted to. ‘The 75 men, now in solitary confinement, will be left there today and Barnard will consider what their fate will be. It is believed that eventually they will be shipped to the Federal Prison at Lewisburg, Pa. Tawse Resigns in Huff. The showdown today, a decided anti-climax to two years of. internal bickering in the Lorton administration, came after a day packed with incidents yesterday during which Alexander C. Tawse, superintendent of the reformatory, resigned in a huff. The news of his resignation reached the reformatory late yesterday afternoon, in spite of efforts to keep it from the inmates. Barnard sensing the trouble that might arise between prisoners friendly to Tawse and those friendly to Barnard, immediately summoned police assist~ ance. He kept 36 policemen on the reservation of the District work house at Occoquan, a short distance south of Lorton, all night. While the policemen waited in readiness, he went over the strategy with George S. Wilson, director of public welfare, and Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police. Early this morning, additional police began streaming into Occoquan until a force of 80 had been mustered. The police were loaded down with weapons. ! They had submachine guns, rifles, pistols and tear gas guns, i to say nothing of night sticks and blackjacks Guarded at Breakfast. Shortly before a bugler summoned the prison inmates to break- | fast on the stroke of 7 o'clock, the golice streamed into the Lorton !reservation and lined up between the dormitories and mess hall. The prisoners were led by prison guards, unarmed, into the mess I hall. " The colored prisoners came first. They muttered ominously, | but entered the hall and took their seats without other protest. The white prisoners, G. Bryan Pitts| Barnard ; marching with them, came next. They { openly jeered at the police. Bernie Fagin, a former policeman, cast loud aspersions on the character of Maj. Brown as he L The white prisoners also entered the hall without protest and the meal passed off without incident. One of the white soners, oblivious to the tenseness of the drama being enacted around him, buried himself in 8 book in the familiar binding of the District Public Library. Guards Along Walls. Sixty or 70 prison guards stood along the walls and in the aisles. When breakfast was over they marched the men out, white prisoners first. One of the white prisoners now doing time for bootlegging, waved affectionately to several newspaper men covering the story. Another shouted, “Stay around here, boys, 'till we get our next meal.” During the breakfast Capt. Barnard walked unconcernedly through the dining hall. Several of the prisoners hissed him. He paid no attention. The next move was to herd the pris- oners into two large buildings near to the dining room. As the prisoners marched by the police stood drawn up in a line covering their entrance into these buildings. Each had a gun of some sort drawn covering the door- ways. Nearest to the doorways were the machine guns. Once the prisoners were inside of the buildings the business of separating the sheep from the goats began. When the men realized what was in store for them, one threw a pepper shaker through a glass window. Another one picked up a chair and threw it at a guard, shouting an encouragement to the others not to be afraid of the guards. The man who threw the chair is believed to be “Slim” Jenkins. Guards immediately led him off and placed him in a cell in solitary coh- finement. Knife Found on One. As the candidates for solitary con- finement were selected they were searched by prison guards. An open- gllded M!Ism fimdton .chk"Mp Selid serving 8 two-yeat teqiq|in cells indefinitely unless every man The searches of the other prisoners did | 13 <€ y not_yleld anything in particular. gl‘o::e. his promise to obey the regula- ‘The men, after being searched, were to keep you k untit led off to & newly constructed tier of every man p e el will cells and were locked in. Armed po- licemen stood guard outside of the| the rules mdpmlnly",?n::.:tld not de- cells. The victims were selected by Capt. segregated, men present were able to = N— long these, les and Jack Mahoney, was Frank , serving lm:lmmformmurderdlflm& Another of those sent te solitary confinement was ized as Harry Yudelevit, sentenced to a term for as- sault with a deadly weapon on Police- man T. D. Bacon. This was the same case which sent John B. Kendrick to Lorton on a similar charge. Kendrick escaped last Monday and has not been heard from since. Kept in Dormitories. ‘The business of separating the “bad actors” completely disrupted the rou- tine of work at the reformatory and the men, except the kitchen help, were kept in their dormitories instead of being sent to the various shops where they normally put in their day’s work. Maj. Brown directed all the police activities in person. He had with him !nsp;cmrlLX.HEdwlrdlmdB.L Fear that any riot developing might prove incendiary brought Fire Chief George S. Watson to the scene last night. He stationed No. 16 Engine, a brand-new piece of apparatus, which has never been used before, at Occo- quan. This morning, No. 16. followed the police into Lorton and took up a strategic position near the dining room with its hose rooked to a hydrant. The institution’s own fire apparatus also was hauled out and held in readiness. An uncanny quiet pervaded the Lor- ton atmosphere even at the height of the activity of confining the ringleaders. Last night the quiet was attributed to rumors which had Lorton inmates that the woods were swarming with policemen, Department of Justice agents and soldiers from Fort Humph- reys. None of the rumors were true, but all had their effect. Threatens Segregated Men. ‘Talking to the segregated men later, Capt. Barnard threatened to keep them t newspaj identify sev- (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) Commissioners Planning to Appoint Tawse’s Successor Soon as Possible The District Commissioners today ac- cepted the resignation of A. C. Tawse as superintendent of the reformatory at Lorton, Va., and made plans to name his successor as soon as possible. Without delay President Roosevelt was asked to grant the necessary au- pting Tawse's resignation, After acce] thoril maki point to| Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, president nu"’m """’o,&wfiumo(memamm.m: the in acc t.h:provhbmo(therednflecmm act. to regard the situation at Lorton as serious, they feel that Capt. 1 with the co-operation and assistance of the Metropolitan Police Department, wlll':e able to handle any develop- menf Confident of Barnard. and are % pre- him in every way.” likewise “I know of no man in the country,” he said, “who is Wwfled or fitted to conduct a penal ition than . | Capt. Barnard.” ‘The Commissioners also issued orders to Capt. Barnard to keep Tawse off gz reformatory reservat He will = ”