The evening world. Newspaper, September 24, 1921, Page 2

‘GY Pas $40.00 AYEAR FOR SEVEN ALIWONY DOOeER State Investigator Condemns Ludlow Club House as Wasteful and Unfit. i: 5 23 ATTEND 4 INMATES. Kings, Queens and Bronx Have . Similar Conditions, Says John S. Kennedy. (Special to The Evening World). ALBANY, Sept. 24.—The large ex- pense which the city of New York bears for the maintenance of jalls for | @f¥il prisoners ts pointed out by John Kennedy, President of the State ission of Prisons, in a report of | Imepection of the New York County Jail on Ludiow Street. It costs about $40.000 annually to maintain this jail,’ When inspected by the commissioner there were only four prisoners, al) men; two held in alimony cases and two under civil ar- rest. To care for these prisoners a staff of twenty-three is maintained. | comprising a worden, deputy warden, fleven keepers, threy cleancrs, two en-~ | Bineers, two cooks, a physician, ma-, tron and laundress. ‘ From Jan. 1 to June 80 there had | been 118 prisoners in the jail, of ft . ‘swhom 111 were men and two were! women. The largest number on any dete was twelve and the average ror the period was seven. ‘This jail was built in 1861-62. In early times it held a great many Prisoners but changes In laws have @reatly lessened its Importance as a place of detention. “Ludlow Strect Juil,” says Commis- | #ioner Kennedy, “has long since been unfit as a place of detention. It should be borne in mind that persons held 4m this prison are not charged with ‘or convicted of crime, but are mostly those unfortunate in matrimony, or who are in debt and are entitled to different treatment than those of the | eriminal clace. “This jail should be rebuilt or | cloned. If rebuilt it might be used : » for a .much needed house of detention ) with separate quarters for civil pris- ‘oners in the sume building. “Kings County, which maintains an id and run-down civil ‘prison under ‘ithe jurisdiction of the Sheriff’and a taff of employees had five in. on Aug. 12. From Jan. 1, 1921, to that date 156 male prisoners and _#ix female prisoners were confined "Queens County, which also matn- fains an unsatisfactory civil prison, had one prisoner on hand Aug. 12, a _ Metal of ten confined there since Jan. 4, 1921, none of whom were females. | “Bronx County, which holds its | three male civil prisoners on Aug. 22 and a total of 76 male civil pris- | oners from Jan. 1 to Aug. 12, 1921. “Richmond County, which also holds }elvil prisoners in the County Jail, had ) po civil prisoners on Aug. 12, and only ) eight since Jan. 1, 1921, “There is no existing prison in Man- hhattan which could properly take civil | prisoners, in addition to those charged | with crime, because of lack of factll- tes and the further fact that there ) would be no opportunity for outdoor berercise for civil prisoners, many of | whom are held for a long time.” | A copy of the commissioner's re- | port has been forwarded to Mayor | Hylan with the suggestion that a ) study be made of the whole proposi- | tion in the city wi’ a view to redue- | ing the present ex: snse, /KU KLUX KLAN AGENTS IMPOSED ON DR. CHRISTMAS. | | Dr, William Whitney Christmas, oead bf the Christmas Aeroplane Comparty bf No. 1269 Broadway, yesterday was amazed to read how the Ku Klux Kian's aerial branch organizers had fined his office and telephone aumber Wm recruiting their “Knights of the ‘ Air.” He denied all knowledge of tho Kian, but said his office was freviy Offered as a gathering place for all avi- | Btors, He had also allowed those who Pequested the favor to receive mail Shere. Among these, it appears, were two Klan agents, Dr. Christmas, who ls a North Carolinian and son of the| Gonfederate General, J. Y¥. Christmas, Wired an indignant protest to the | Bearchlight, the Ku Klux organ, against the “outrageous and surreptitious ase bf his office and phone in a propaganita We neither commend nor champion. Dr, Christmas's principal associate {n business is Alfred EB. McCorry, who is a Eatholic and whose three brothers ere Knights of Columbus. MAN'S BODY FOUND IN PARK NEARLY COVERED BY LEAVES Bellet Wound tn Mead and a Re- Nearby Almost buried in fallen leaves and with & bullet hole in the forehead, the body df an unidentified man was found to-day im Edgecombe Park, near 164th Street A revolver with one shell exploded way found lying nrar the right hand, The body wag discovered by Tobias Kusso of No. 2981 Amsterdam Avenue _ Dr, Candreas of Col Hospital id the man bee several sya: The man was about forty und blue sult, black and white no collar or tle, black cot- tan shows an ‘rown soft Be had dark brown halt, 4% AID FOR SOLDIERS FROM FOOD SALES SURPLUS IS PLAN eo Hylan Also Favors Curran’s | Suggestion of Using War Memorial Fund. Mayor Hylan to-day wrote Public elfare Commissioner Bird 8. Coler, of thé Ald Bureau, that he believes money in the Food the Chairman of Philip Berolzhelmer, can be used for imme- diate relief of the deserving unem- ployed in this city. The balance in this fund Is $121,951.40, The Mayor also suggests that oM- cers of the American Legion be con- sulted concerning a “tund collected some time for memortal amounting to in the neigivorhood of $200,000." Although the Mayor does not say so, the fund he has reference to is the Mayor's War Memorial Fund collected by a committee appointed by him. It was the original intention of this committee to go ahead with plans for a war memorial, but oppo- sition developed. It was claimed by the opponents that the planning of a Wir memorial should be done with reat deliberation in order that the most artistic and appropriate results could be attained. At the time Manhattan Borough President Henry H. Curran attacked the Mayor and his committee for rushing memorial plans, stating that the money oould be used nest by | providing food, shelter, id med cal aid for disabled, nom, soldiers, Imany of whom were o® the verge of ) starvation. In making to-day’s suggestion the | Mayor adopts after many months of delay practically the same suggestions |mad@e to him by Mr. Curran. In his letter to the’ Mayor Mr. Curran sald: “There are thousands of soldiers out of a job through no fault of their own. When they came back from the war they got such jobs as were left over. Then came the peripd of unemploy- ment, which is now with us, and the | Soldiers were laid off and lost their |Jobs. The plea which I make to you. and which J urge, is that you as Mayor of the city ask the committee to de- vote its funds to this present and pressing need. I hope that a commit- tee of three can be appointed to ad- minister this $200,000 at once in the interest of the soldier who Is out of luck to-day. The sugzestion that the $121,351.40 balance in the surplus mari.ct food sales fund be uséd to aid unemployed, is it evident that the Mayor is pre- Pared to brave the demands of ap- proximately 600 women who sold army fo-d in public schools and have Ww Chuirman Industrial hands of the Surplus Market | Sales Committe |which ts City Chamberlain a | filed claims for pay at the rate of $4 | eivil prisoners in the County Jail had) a day. Inasmuch as the city's Law Department, representing the surplus fund's trustees, has capitulated to the extent of $60,854 to 300 women who threatened to sue for thelr services As saleswomen, 600 others are under- stood to be determjned about press- ing thelr claims. They contend that te fund is a private one and that the Mayor cannot direct its disposi- tion, Since the $300,000 fund has been under the administration of trus- tees, $127,000 of It has been spent for welfare work and City Chamberlain Berolzheimer has vouchers showing how the money has been spent among the poor for milk, tse, coal and food for convalescents unable to provide for themselves, ————_—— LATONIA ENTRIES. RACE TRACK, LATONTA, Ky., Sent. 24. ‘The following are the entries for Mona: FIRST RACK~$1,400; claiming: filli conrent Cys poral at pence, fit tiles —*Mige Fontaine, OF: Samson 4. Tog qian. tas May, Bestine, | 107 uaranten! rt : fellow. 108 ; ie Megs) Se 800" maidens, colts and furlor 13; Rerwther Jet, 1135" reo 1: Demew, 115: Tamper, Closignjordea. 113! vis Rod Pinner, 116 $1,600; claiming: thromye mam. *oaelte 101: Bure, “Prue Friend, 104. No 104 Ring “Tom Petor: ani Ikiming: two-year rls, * Ramis, TOT Moorman sient. 110. Fri 112! ‘The Colous fiz; Hod Me 118 sligiile Quaticy, Tod) Heidel tiaue, Tg Amur, 112: "Floris Rlowm. 112) Cina 115; Oring Dale, 112. FIFTH RACE 41,800; allowances Qirange:” throegearobiw’ lk “furion [ieanfon, 108. iii, yon, 8c Mumkalkings, 108, Lady Atadoap 110 18. Rit of White, 11 SIXTH RACE $1,400; claiming, threeyrar Kili And) tare. ore mur and 1000 Lawelinew, 102) Wa wanda, 100” *Ragurm, 104 Taitiveh 10: Sienna 1: ay idial City, 110 Y Stone, 113. 110. wd Weather cloudy —--—_ “COMMON SENSE” FREES TWO ACCUSED AT CARNIVAL. Charges a Dance ¥ Lettery an. j Doth Disutased. | Mrs. Mary Rifley, No. 404 East 195th | Street, and Mtchew MPitzgeralt. No. 104 Lenox Avenue, a war veteran, were ar rested by Police Sergt. Bernard Moore this morning at @ carnival for the vet lerans of foreign ware at 124th Street and Wills Avenue. Bronx. Fitzgerald was accused of Violating the lottery law vy welling Chances on an umbrella, and Mra Riley of running a Out a license the defendants sald witha und ‘Common. sen Mancuso, Wowith In the Morrisanta Court they wore serving ng to help “sald Magis should a b: THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1921. |MILDRED HANAN’S | ESCORT AT TIME OF | SHOOTING IN STREET YOHN S BORLAND. MISS HANAN SAYS BORLAND WAS NOT 14) Wednesday | And she sald Mr. Borland had never dismissed, and th t Common. ‘xen me the sam thing,” sald Sergt. Moore, “but 1 had to |do my duty,” Pa CAUSE OF SHOOTING (Continued From First Page.) Lawes, Irresponsible from drugs and intoxicants for the two weeks since she went Into a tantrum when re- proved in the presence of Mr. Bor- land and other friends for her be- havior at the Hanan home on Long Island, was filled with a brooding resentment against herself and her lot In fe and against Miss Henan, Mrs. Lawes had ingratiated herself} to Miss Hanan and was living in jux- ury. She had introduced Mr, Borland, a highly presentable young importer, to her friend, and had written home that she hoped soon their engagement would be announced. This meant to her that the marriage of Miss Hanan would not Interrupt Mrs, Lawes's en- joyment of Miss Hanan's patronage. But the humiliation of being spoken to sharply and called to acount In the presence of Mr. Borland and others stirred in her a rage against Miss Hanan for her changed attitude from their former close intimacy, ‘The quarrel at Shoreham, according to information gathered by the de- tectives, got to the point where Mrs. Lawes was reproached for the large sums of mpney she had borrowed from Miss Hanan without apparent effort to repay. The retort of Mrs. Lawes was such that Miss Hanan was impelled to say: “Well, Grace, if you feel that way about it you had better leave us.” None of the other guests present showed any disposition to take the side of Mrs. Lawes, und she packed up and left. Assistant District Attor- ney Reuben Wilson, asked whether this Was & correct version of the quar- rel, said he had verified it. Miss Hanan und-rwent two blood transfusions yesterday and faces an operation for the removal of the bul- let should she recever trom the re- iapse which came shortly before last midnight. MISS HANAN WAS WILLING TO “MAKE UP.” Miss Dorothy Gottschalk of No. 3% S hermerhorn Street Brooklyn, an in timate friend of both women, in front of whose home the shooting took place, has told more about their rela- tions. She sald: “Mrs. Lawes had been drinking heavily since her disagreement with Miss Hanan. I had dinner with her and she wept at the table and kept saying, “The worm will turn! The worm will turn!’ I asked her if she was in love with Mr, Bor- land and she sald no, she was not been in love with her. Once, during this conversation, she sald to me: “‘L have been a flend—a fiend. I've done things you'd never think me capable of doing.’ Later Mrs. Lawes said: ‘Every time T have had anything sweet in life it has been taken away from me.’ “Mrs, Lawes was a remarkably fine- looking woman, with great blue eyes and @ wonderful head of Titian hair, She dressed well and was a woman of refinement and breeding. Miss Hanan was willing enough to patch up what differences existed between them, and saked me to find out what was the matter with Mrs, Lawes, I asked her and she said: ‘We had a fight; I had beep drinking at the time.” The investigators have not found unything to indicate that John 8. Bor- land, the Manbattan exporter who bas been attentive to Miss Hanan, and who was with her When she was shot, was more than a good fr nd to either her or Mrs. Lawes; nu, is there anything to show Mrs Lawes ared particularly for Borland, which deepens the mystery, Borland insists ‘Mrs, Lawes bad never shown the slight f affection for me." maw ve He refused to discuss the quarret between Miss Hanan and Mra. Lawes except to say that “Mrs. Lawes was Jealous,” and to add: “She had an imaginary grievance. The shooting was the deed of a crazy woman.” Detectives who searched Mrs, Lawes's room at the Vanderbilt Hotel satd they found several “inter. | esting” letters addressed to Mrs. Lawes by a woman. One of a very personal nature, they said, was sent from Shoreham, L. L This is where the Hanans have a country home, Several new incidents have come out regarding Mrs. Lawes's mental condition, which was reflected in part by the two letters she left. “Can't stand this sordid, tinsel life!" she wrote in one. In the other she sald: "The pace ts too fa has driven me crazy An empty morphine vial was found in her hand- bag. Then, during the dinner tn the Hanan apartment at No, 780 Park Avenue Thursday night, the tele- phone bell rang, The maid, Rosa, answered, When Miss Hanan asked who It was that had called, the maid said: “It was Mrs, Lawes, She wanted t& know who was dining here.” No attention was paid to this inel+ dent at the moment, but it is presumed Mrs, Lawes wanted to assure herself that Miss Hanan and Borland were present, so she could follow them later. How long Mra, Lawes had been watching the Schermerhorn Strect house is not known, but a story told by John Williams, who has an apart- ment on the same floor as Miss Gottschalk, may be significant. A short. time before the shooting he found a woman answering Mrs. Lawe's description trying to open the inner door of the yeatibule. She had several keys in her hand,” he said, “and when I walked into the vestibule It struck me that she had and only pretended she was trying to open the door. She stood aside as 1 ap- proached the door, but said nothing until the door swung open, and then thankedgme. “She walked ahead of me to the third floor, but as J started to open the door of my apartment I saw ber light a cigarette. I was about to re- tire when I heard the shots in the street later.” He does not believe Miss Gotts- chatk, M.3s Hanan and Borland had arrived t! The police think Mrs. ves nay have been concealed tn the hallway when they came in, but either because her courage deserted her for the moment, or because there was not a favorable opportunity, she did not shoot, but returned to the street to wait for Miss Manan and Borland to leave. HNES WILL KEEP UP HIS FIGHT FOR ANOTHER PRIMARY (Continued From First Page.) seen me coming, thousands who remained away from the last primary would come out to vote against the Tammany leader. It would also give Hines o to build up a watchers’ organization in every district where felt he might not get a square deal. In case of a recount Hines must stand the cost. If a new election is ordered the city will foot the bill Indicative of the attitude of Hines and the desire of Murphy for penco, it is said offers in that direction have come from the boss, following the meeting ‘n Tammany Hall Hines denounced the leadership of Murphy. F Nagle, candidate for Sheriff, and another leader powerful in the Hall are sald to have come to Hines and suggested that he meet Murphy privately and talk it over It is not thought Nagle or any other leader would take it upon him- self to make this suggestion without its first having come from Murphy. ihe answer to this by Hines was not exactly that of Paul Jones—that he had not begun to fight—but it meant the same thing and left no douht as he what Hines would do. It was: “You can go tell Murphy to go to —~." William J. Fallon, counsel for Jo’eph Shalleck, who was beaten up on the night of the primaries in Mur- phy's own district and came near los- ing his life when, as Hines's manager, he went into the leader's own district to investigate a story as to alleged frauds, will ask District Attorney Swann to make an investigation, The application, it is said, will be nade to-day. aaeeleeiieceeares SCIENTIST SAYS NATURE BEATS MEN IN MECHANICS, Wheel the Only Device Lo der Missed, Explains Dr. Long before the war, insects spout- ed poison gas. Cuttlefish have but- tons and hooks and a smoke screen for battle Others of the animal own anchors and picks and musical Instruments. y at the Congre Eu genics at the Museum of ural History, Dr. Lucien Cuenot of Nancy, ance, informed delegates of these fe to prove his contention” that nature is a far better craftsman than man Discussing nature's head start on man in the matter of mechanics, Dr Cuenot sald: “All human world devices except wheel are found in nature—the file, the anchor, the pick, the rail and rroove of guldanee, the dovetailing, many musteal instruments” ee Cormelin Adair os na, LONDON, Sept. 24.—Mra. Adair, daughter of the James S. Wadsworth of ero of the American Civil War Bat- tie of the Wilderness, in which he Jost his life, is dead at Corsham, near Rath, at elghty-for Mra. Adair wis the chatelaine Glenveagh Castle, in County Doneg Ireland. While ‘the widow Co Montgomery Ritehic, in 1867. she mar ed John George Adair of Rathdaire, who was then Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff of County Donegal, the Mrs. Dead tn ry Cornelia Gon New York late of | it and the liquor chance! where | DOCTOR DECLARES -INURY, NOT LOR KNLED MS RIPE | (Continued From First Page.) o'clock on the night of Sept. 4. They stopped at the Palace Hotel. The fol- lowing morning at breakfast Miss Rappe was paged. Semnacher was not allowed to say whu called her or what was said. Soon after he took the two women to the St. Francis and left them. About 2 o'clock he called Arbuckle's room and was invited by Fred Fish- bach to come up. Arbuckle was there, Lowell Sherman, Ira Fortlouis, Miss Rappe, Mrs. Delmont, Miss Zey Pre- von, Miss Alice Blake and Mrs. Mae Tawbe, When the witness entered the room, he said, Arbuckle was sitting at a table, eating. He was dressed in slippers, pajamas and a bathrobe. Sherman was dressed in the same manner, All the other men and all the women except Mrs. Delmont were in street attire. “Some were partaking of Mquor, said Semnacher, “or orange juice that could have contained gin or anything else.” “There was some talking, laughing, phonograph playing, drinking,’ he continued. “They drank out of gin, whiskey and White Rock bottles, and out of bottles without labels, I be- eve Miss Blake and Miss Provon danced together, and I believe Ar- ouckle and Sherman danced with the ladies. Semnacher told of seeing Miss Rappe on the bed. | “What was she doing?” “Moaning, turning from side to side, and keeping her hands on her abdomen. She was undressed.” “Where were her clothes?” ‘Scattered on the floor and lying on various articles of furniture, Her hat and cap on chairs, stockings, garters, shoes On the floor.’ “What did she say?” “She sald, ‘I am dying, I am dying.” Semnacher then told how the women j had carried Miss Rappe into the bath- | tub, laid her in cold water, and later put her back on the bed. Semnacher gathered up most of the clothing and took It to Room 1227, tv which Miss Rappe had been taken, He came back to 1219 to see if he had overlooked anything and found in the waste basket her torn shirt waist, her torn underwear, a torn cuff with her cuff Inks In it and a jade bracelet. He threw the torn garments ‘back ‘nto the waste basket, then took them cut again. “Why did you take them out again?” "I wanted to keep them and josh Miss Rappe about getting intoxicated apa tearing them like that.” “What did you do after Miss Rappe had been taken to her room?” “Went back to the party. The music and the dancing and the drinking went on while the girl lay dying in the room u few doors away.” $500,000,000 AID TO | JOBLESS IN BRITAIN Covers Pertod Since Nov, 1f, 1918— Cabinet Is Now Considering Farther Rellef Plans. LONDON, Sept. 24.—More than half a biliton dollars has been expended by tho |Britlsh Government In relleving the un- lemployed since Nov. 11, 1918, Winston encer Churchill, Secretary of State for the Colonies, told a delegation which visited him yesterday, ‘This expenditure, he sald, was unparalleled in any ty In the world. Members of the British Cabinet will attempt next week: to reach a final de- |cision relative to measures to be taken | in the unemployment situation, and Mr. |Churenill sald he had every reason to | belle eelal assistance would be given in areas Where th2 problem 1s excep- |tonally acute. He expressed himself as ‘ing hopeful that the whole question | would be solved satisfactorily. IANA il BLS COMMISSION'S REPORT ON TRANSIT POSTPONED. Although the report Cemmisston {s completed, it will n made public until early next we: varned yesterday unified transit system under a “, on a sound financial basis be “through the squeezing ut of more than ling, stock, 1s ne of the report. of the Transit t by tt $200,000,000 in out- to be the general R WOODS ELECTED pOF AUTOMOBILE CLUB PR The Automobile Club of America an- nounced the election of Col. Arthur Woods as President of the organization at yesterday's meeting of the Board of Governors to succeed the Inte Alexander J Hemphill, Other officers of the club are Hamilton P. Kea, Firat Vice Presi dent; Percy A, Rockefriler, Second Vice Tresident; Franklin Q Brown, Third Vice President; Dudley Ol-ott 24. Tre: urer; Kilmer Thompson, Secretary; Ex- cutive Committee. Edward Shesrson, Chairman: Henry B. Anderson, Henry Evans, Colgate Hoyt. Oliver G Jen- nings. Dave H Morris. ee Nosiness to Be MIN Two Minutes on Nov. tt. WASHINGTON, Sept. 24—For two minutes just after noon on Armistice Day. Nov. 1. all activities In the United states will cease in honor to the unknown dead of the war, A Presidential proclamation to this ef- fect Was announced ae part of the plans for the burial of the body of one of the unknown soldiers ip Arling- ton ational Cemete: The Orator accept af and ability to read at Examinations by ALBERT STOE: Cogqduetor, at 7:30 P. M., Tuesday. Sep- temper #7th, in Parlors of Carnegie Hall.' ONE COMELY REASON |BOTHIN WAG OWE WHY HINES SCORED IN PRIMARY FIGHT Mrs. Katherine Stewart Didn't Stop Fighting When Polls Closed —She'’s Still at It. One of the most enthusiastic Hines workers in the city is Mrs. Katharine Stewart, of No, 16 Morningside Avenue. Mrs. Stewart {s not onlm a good worker but Is extremely good looking and her great personality was an asset to Leader Hines In hia fight against | Murphy in the 11th District. She is the Captain of the 35th Election District, | which was the banner district of the | 11th, giving Hines 140 votes against | Miller's 2. The charming young vote getter is the daughter-in-law of Mrs, Ernestine F. | Stewart, co-leader with Hines in the Eleventh, She {s in daily attendance at | the examination of the ballots at No, 115 Leonard Street, and occupies a seat at | one of the tables, jealously guarding the | interests of her leader. Owen Stewart, | her husband, is another “alwpys pres- ent,” and he helped his wife win ont at the’ primar! oe | CHAIN ON GAS TRUCKS NOW PREVENTS EXPLOSIONS | ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 24.—Before the National Petroleum Association, at! the closing session of its convention there yesterday. Houston Dunn of Phila- | delphia explained a new safety device designed to prevent explosions in gaso- line tank wagons, It consists of a ain dragging along the ground behind Coe vagone which, the speaxer sald, car Hea off static electricity. Since its) adoption, he said, loss of life and prop-| erty from tank wagon explosions prac tlenlly had been eliminated. { UT FOR RS CHURCHILL SAS (Continued From First Page.) peace, he said, but a real war—not mere bushranging—would follow such a course. “We want a conference, but successful one,” he declared. (ister, Mr. Churchill sald, had | made a real sacrifice and no longer was a stumbling block to the rest of Ireland. He could not see much real foundation for the optimism which prevailed, he asserted, and he still was uncertain where the Irish lead- ers stood, The proposed conference, he declared, was the only thing which stood between the Government and failure. LONDON, Sept. 24.—Premier Lloyd George has evolved a new formula for settlement of the Sinn Fein prob- lem which will be acceptable to both sides, it was reported here to-day. This new formula will not necessi- tate a compromise from the position of either side, it was sald. It was believed Bamon De Valera's desire for a conference would prompt him to accept this reported new pro- posal, as it will not provide that he withdraw from his previous stand, in which he insisted the Irish delegates were representatives of an indepen- dent nation. BELFAST, Sept. 24.—Corps of armored cars patrolled the streets of Belfast to-day after a wild night of rioting. Fighting which broke out shortly after midnight spread throughout a section of the city. Gunmen hidden in doorways poured their fire into the streets, Rioting crowds surged along the main thoroughfares and order was not restored until the military swept the streets with Hotchkiss guns. A bomb hurled in Harland Street was the signal for the rioting. The entire east side seethed with rifle and revolver fire as the sound of the bomb died away. Hundreds of gunmen in the area of Newstons Road seized a railway sta- tion and the river bridges, They hid in places of vantage and fired along the main thoroughfare. Citizens in tram cars became panicky and fled. Soon ail cars were stopped. The military, speeding through the streets in armored cars, fired their small arms without effect. It was only when they opened up on ‘the rioters with their Hotchkiss guns that the revolters threw down their arms and fied, dawn them A_ few ‘sniped until They took their wounded with One dead civilian was found. | hereafter. 'WAGES MUST BE CUT HARONG DECIDES NAVY YARDS FST (Continued From First Page.) eee issue that relates to wages alwaye has {ts dangers. The Wilson Admin-~ istration granted practically every mand for wage increases, and while earning the friendship of organised labor it lost the support of mapy employers, who insisted that the Gov- ernment was setting an uncomfort- able precedent. It is realized by Administration officials that everything the Govern- ment says on the subject of wages will be the basis of discussion by both sides. Fortunately for the Harding Administration, the rallroad problem had been passed over to the Railroad Wage Board, a separate institution, and the roads were in private hands, so that the onus for wage reductions did not fall on the Administration, The situation in the navy yards, however, Is one in which the Admin- istration takes complete responsibil- ity. The hope, of course, is that, painful ag the processes of reduced wages may be, the aim justifies the means, and that when normaley comes the scale of living costs will have been adjusted so that the cut in the pay envelope will not be so much resented, Organized labor is in a paradoxical position, howdver, with respect to the navy yard cuts, Labor has taken a tirm stand for disarmament. The reduction in the work in the navy yards means a curtailment of Govern- ment expenditure for armament. Libor vannot very weil make much vf an outery against the laying off of workmen engaged in the armament e. On the other hand, it is re- | ported that the purpose of the wage reduction is not ai.ne Government economy but an effort to transfer to private interests imuch of the wors heretofore done in Government yards The Government has always paid high “grade mechanics a scale of wages higher than those in private yards. This has kept within the navy yards a class of skilled labor unex- led outside. The drop in pay may drive these mechanics into private yards and enable those yards to do |more Government work than hereto- | fore, | fore, It may be that the movement for the abolition of Government navy irds is growing. It Is an age-old ntroversy, with much to be said on both sides. But labor suspects that the private interests will reap an ad- jvantage from the cutting of wages and will gather In so many high grade workers as to enable them to get most of the construction work See Vbmarrow's Papers — sim dames MeCreery'&.C0, 20m