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New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
Senators Hear Coal
Operators Advance
Price to Consumer
Report That the Protective
Clause in Contracts Is Be-
ing Utilized To Be In.
vestigated by Committee
Neto York Tribune
Woshin0to71 Bureau

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The Senate
subcommittee on Interstate Com
merce which is investigating the fuel
situation will start an inquiry Mon
day into charges that have been made
to the committee that the coal opera
tors are not absorbing the IA per cent.
advance in wages granted the bitumi-
nous miners on orders of DR.. Harry A.
Garfield when he was Fuel Admins
TRAITOR.
Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jersey
announced to-day that the sub commit
tee, of which he is chairman, will study
the trade practices throughout the
country since the Garfield order was
put into effect as means Of settling
the coal strike.
According to the representations
made to Senator Frelinghuysen by
officials of state and municipal pub
lie utilities and big industrial concerns
and manufacturers, 80 per cent of the
soft coal mined is sold under contract,
leaving only 10 per cent known as "frec
coal"
1T is charged that every contract
made for coal carries a provision that
in case of wage increase to miners an
additional charge shall be made to
cover the difference in cost of mining.
Bills from coal mines for bituminous
coal produced since DR.. Garfield
ordered a ID per cent increase in
wages without any increase in the
price to consumers are beginning to
linghuysen has been told, that the pro-
tective clause in the contracts is be-
ing used and the added cost of min
ing is being passed along to the con-
sumer.
There is no charge that the Id per
cent increase is not being absorbed
by the mine operators so far as "free
coal" is concerned. But in view of
the fact that free coal represents only
10 per cent of the total produced the
increased expense to the mine owners
is comparatively small.
When DR.. Garfield reestablshed
maximum coal prices after the strike
had been called he announced that in
for coal at higher price than the
previous government price the cost to
the consumer would have to go back to
the old figure despite the contract
to the contrary.
1t was not intended that any part
of the increase given the miners should
be passed along to the consumer. and
if the charges made prove to be true
Senator Frelinghuyscn plans to expose
the operators who have not complied
with the spirit of the settlement
Nearly all of the public utilities
throughout the United States are de-
manding increased rates for their SER
vices, based upon increased cost op-
Grafton, and not taking into account
the hew advance in the cost of coal.
IF tha n,1h1ic ,)ti1itv inductriac oro ra
quired to bear the ID per cent increase
in wages granted the miners this will
serve only as another argument for
higher railroad fares and power rates.
President Wilson's coal commission
is now considering general advance
not only in the cost of coal to the con-
sumers, but an increase over and above
the ID per cent advance in wages given
to the miners.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
Bolsheviki to Scrutinize
Cargo of Ark Carefully

HELsrNGFORS. Jan. 16.-Radcal
agitators deported from America will
be examined carefully before they are
permitted to enter Russia, according to
q statement made to the correspondents
of The Associated Press by M. Klishke,
secretary Of the Soviet delegation at
Dorpat.
"Soviet Russia will not allow itself
to be used as dumping ground for
agitators from America" said he.
Officials are still waiting at Hango
for some word relative to the arrival
of the Buford. Pending the result of
negotiations the Finnish government is
believed to be conducting with the
Soviet government of Russia regarding
the disposition of Emma Goldman and
her party. they will be kept on board.
Finland is said to be planning to use
the prominent members or the pur-
pose Of securing the exchange of Fin
nish political prisoners held in Soviet
Russia. AS it is regarded uncertain
whether the Bolsheviki will consent to
receive all members of the party, con-
siderable speculation has been caused
by the question whether those denied
adms ssion will be turned loose between
the Finnish and Soviet lines to shift
~ hOet thnv can
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
William Fitzherbert Dead
Claimed s25,OOO,OOO Estate OF
Morganatic Wife of George Nv

William Fitzherbcrt, ninety-one, the
claimant of the $25,000,0O0 estate of
Lady Maria Ann Fitzherbert, the NOR
ganatc wife of King George w Of Eng
land, died Tuesday at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Emily A. Heaviside, 962
Thirty-ninth Street, South Brooklyn
Mr.. Fitzherbert was born in Dublin,
Ireland, and was formerly brewer in
that city. When he came to this coun-
sry he worked as halter in the
Brooklyn factory of the Knox Hat
Company. In 1907 he began to press
his claim to the fortune left by Lady
Fitzherbert. but according to his law
yer, Edward A. McShane, the litigation
was dropped because Of lack of funds,
but he thought that the claim would
probably be pressed again by Mr.. Fitz-
herbert's children. Mr. Fitzherbert
said he was the great grandson of Lady
Fiszherbert and King George w. By
an agreement between King William w
and Queen Victoria and her line of sue
cessors, the offspring Of the morgan
attic marriage were to leave England
and not return until 1912, the estate Of
$25O00,000 being deposited to their
credit
Mr.. Fitzherbert is survived by nine
daughters, many grandchildren and
great at-grandchil
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
Skipper of the Ford
Peace Ship Is Dead
Captain William Hempel Com
manded the Oscar III Since
1T Was Launched

Captain William Hempel, Of the
scandinavian American Line steamship
Oscar II, is dead at his home in Copen-
hagen. according to a cablegram re-
ceived yesterday by v. Lassen, superin-
tendent of the line in Hoboken. Cap
tain Hempel was widely known in ship
ping cirles on both sides of the At
lantic, having been captain Of the
Oscar II since it was built, nineteen
years ago. The Oscar II was the
"peace ship" which took Henry Ford's
party to Europe during the war in an
effort to "get the boys out of the
trenches by Christmas" Captain
Hempel also brought DR.. Frederick Cook
back to this country after his alleged
discovery of the North Pole.
Captain Hempel was fifty seven years
old. He was operated upon ten days
ago and was recovering, when he suf-
fered q relapse,
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
A. S. Haight, Pioneer
Dry Goods Man, Dies
Former Citizens Union Presi.
dent Expires in Pittsfield,
Mass. HOSPITAL

Abner Sherman Haight, eighty, for
merly president of the Citizens Union
of this city and the founder o AS.
Haight & Co., is dead in the Mercy
Hospital at Pittsfield, Mass.
Mr.. Haight was born in New Leb-
anon, N. Y, of Puritan ancestry. He
came to this city in 1859 as dry goods
clerk and two years later established
his own firm under the name of
Myrick, Haight G. Co. which was
ruined in the panic Of 1867. In
1872 he became a junior partner in
the dry goods firm of William H. Lyon
& Co. He later became manu-
facturers' agent for several large
mills, and established the firm of A.
S. Haight g. Co., which repre-
sents several Of the largest underwear
mills in the country. He became in
terested in the Citizens Union and took
an active part in that organization
for many years.
Mr. Haight retired from business
after sixty years Of active work and
lived on his 1,500-acre farm at his
birthplace. He is survived by his
wife. four sons and a daughter.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17

was produced by the McCaull Opera
Company in Philadelphia on Nocembs r
2, 1887. "Don Quixote,' in three acts.
followed, produced by the famous Bos-
tonians Opera Company in Boston on
November 18, 1889. Third, most popu-
lar Of all his light operas, was "Robin
Hood" in three acts. first played by
the Bostonians in Chicago June 8,
1890. and in February, 1891, produced
don, under the title of "Maid Marian :
This tuneful work, sung by the ad-
mirable Bostonians in their prime, en-
poyed for years a popularity rivalled
by few contemporary productions. A
fa, orite feature of it was the interpo-
lated song, "Oh, Promise Mel" the
words of which had been written long
before by Clement Scott, the London
dramatic critic, and the music Of which
had been composed by Mr.. De Koven as
an Independent song.
Wrote Many Operas
Subsequent operas were "The Knick-
erbockers." written for the Bostonians;
"The Fencing Master" written for that
consummate artist, Miss Marie Tenn
pest, "The Tzgane," "The Mandarin" 7"
"The Highwayman,r "The Three Dra-
goons," "Papa's Wife," "Foxy Quiller,"
"The Red Feather" HAPPY Land"
"The Golden Butterfly" "The Beauty
Spot" 1.-THE Wedding Trip" "Rob
Roy" "The Student King" and "The
Little Duchess" These were light
operas, and the librettos of most Of
them were written by Harry Bache
Smith. "The Canterbury Pilgrims" a
grand opera, had libretto by Percy
Mackaye, based, of course, upon Chau-
GERS imm ortal poem, and was produced
by Mr.. Gatti-Casazza at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House in this city on March
8, 1917.
Another grand opera, also with IL
bretto by Mr.. MacKaye, was Grip Van
,Winkle,", based upon 1rying's tale and
Indian legends. 1t had its first per-
pany at Chicago just two weeks ago.
It had been accepted and placed in re-
part of that great directors scheme
Of encouraging American opera Lased
on American themes, but he did not
live to sec it performed.
In addition to this great array Of
operate works Mr.. De Koven COM
posed hundreds of songs, many Of
which have attained great popularity;
perhaps the best known being his i'm
~ CootNC oSttiIlS vi Ruuy1lu AlRllI6
"Recessional." His instrumental com
positions comprised many titles, among
them being "Tarantella," performed by
the Chicago Symphony Society in 1889;
"Gavotte," for strings and wood
wind; "Danse ct Marche des
Gnomes"; a pianoforte sonata in C
minor and a nocturne for piano and
violin.
Mr.. De Koven was the founder and
conductor Of the Washington SYM
phony Orchestra; president of the De
Koven Opera Company and of the
National Society for the Promotion of
Grand Opera in English; president
of the Authors League and member
of the Society of Stage Writers, the
National Institute Of Arts and Letters
and other professional and social
organizations. He had served as musi-
cal critic of "Harper's Weekly" "The
New York World" "The New York
Herald" and other periodicals. Prior
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
Says Drugs Inspired Songs
Composer Stirs Court Humor
and Gets Clemency

Edward Rose, who says he wrote ~
Wonder if You Missed Me-" eff the
Man in the Moon Were a Coon" and
other songs, was given a suspended
sentence in Special Sessions yester-
day. He had pleaded guilty to two
charges of having opium in his pos
session last summer.
Rose told the justices he had been
using drugs for twenty-three years and
that they inspired him in his work.
Other songs he said he had written
are "Buddha," "I Don't Want a Doc
tor" and "He Walked Right In and
Turned Around and Walked Right Out
Again"
Barnard Sander, counsel for Rose,
told the court the composers last work
was "Everybody Wants the Key to My
Cellar"
That is timely" said Justice
O'Keefe.
1T all depends on whether your cell
lar is we'll stocked" observed Justice
Murphy
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
DIR. ISAAC SHARPLESS

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16.-Dr. Isaac
Sharphss, seventy-one, former presi-
dent of Haverford College, died to-
night at his home in Haverford. He
mad been i'll for several months.
DIR. Sharpless was born in Chester
County, Pa, and was graduated from
Harvard in 1878. He joined the fac
ulty of Haverford College as instructor
in mathematics in 1875, and became
subsequently professor of mathematics
and astronomy. He was dean from 1884
to 1887 and president from 1887 until
1917. Later he became dean of the
Wistar Brown Graduate School of Hav-
erford College. DR.. Sharpless was the
author of several textbooks and histor-
ical works.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
De Koven.
Composer,
Dies Suddenly
Author of @sRobin Hood" Is
Stricken While in Chi
cago for Production
of Grip Van Winkle''
Latest Work a Success
Advocate of American Music
Wrote Many of Popular
Songs Early in His Career

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-Reginald De
Koven died here to-day of apoplexy
with which he was suddenly stricken
while at dinner at the residence of
Mrs. Joseph Fish. His death was
practically instantaneous. He had been
In Chicago for several weeks, attend
ing and experimenting the production
OF his latest opera, "Rip Van Winkle,'
by the Chicago Opera Company.
The composer Of robin Hood" ere
cessional," and "Oh. Promise Mel"
came Of early New England Colonial
stock, Governor John Winthrop of
Connecticut being among his ancestors,
and he was also related to the LIE Roy
family of New York, his mother being
q member of it. His father was the
Kew. DR.. Henry De Koven, prominent
clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal
Church and his uncle, the Rev. Dr.
James De Koven, was the High Church
pioneer in this country, who was elected
Bishop of Massachusetts and also of
Illinois, but was rejected by the stand
ing committee of each diocese on &C
count Of what were then regarded as
his extreme ritualistic practices.
Born in 1859
Henry Louis Reginald De Kovcn-he
dropped the first two names many
years ago-was born at Middletown,
Conn, on April 8, 1859. When he was
just entering his teens his father re-
moved to England, and his education
was acquired chiefly in that country.
He was graduated with honors at St.
Johns College, Oxford University, and
then resumed at Stuttgart the musical
studies which he had begun in child
hood in Middletown with the intention
of becoming pianist. Later he turned
his attention to composition, and
studied it under Genee and Delibes;
and also singing, at Florence, under
Vannucinni.
His first operate composition, "Cu-
pid, Hymen & Co.," was put into re-
hearsal by a company which dsband-
ed before the first performance Next
came "The Begum," in two acts, which
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17

to his first successes on the stage he
was for seven or eight years engaged
in business in Chicago as a stock
broker and as silk merchant. For
many years his home had been in New
York, in fine Elizabethan mansion
on upper Park Avenue, where many
entertainments were held. He was
married on May l, 1884, to Miss Anna
Farwell, daughter of Charles B. Far
we'll, the we'll known Chicago mer-
chant. Mrs. De Koven is the author
Of several books, among them being
"The Life and Letters Of Paul JONES'
a work which aroused much contro-
versy. Mr.. and Mrs. De Koven's only
child, Miss Ethel Leroy De Koven,
was married in 1911 to Fl. Kierstede
Hudson of this citv.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17

Major Evan Rowland Jones was an
author and formerly editor of "The Lon
don Globe" He went to America at
the age Of fifteen and located at Mil
waukee, where he organized the
Welsh citizens of that city into the
Lincoln Anti-Slavery Society in 1860.
When the Civil War broke out, al
though under age, he enlisted in the
9TH Wisconsin Infantry, later attaining
the rank of major.
After the war he held position in
the state service at Madison, Wis,
from where he went, under appointment
lean Consul for South Wales. He was
the author of a number of biograph-
ical and historical sketches. He was
born at Penylan Farm, by Trefaron,
Cardiganshire, in 1846. His last years
were spent in London.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
FRANK J. KING

NORWICH, Conn, Jan. 1e.-Frank J.
King, sixty eight, treasurer of the Nor
wich branch of Reid & Hughes Com
pany and one Of the best known drv
goods merchants in Connecticut. died
to-day. He wss City Treasurer MANY
years and formerly president of the
Chamber of Commerce. Mr.. King was
operated upon January 5 for serious
allment: The physicians decided to use
the twilight sleep method, because Mr..
Kings heart was considered too weak
to survive the ordinary anasthetics.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
DIR. EDUARDO LICEACA

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 16.-Dr. Eduardo
Liceaaga. one of the formest physicians
OF Mexico, is dead at his home here.
He was president Of the Superior
Board of Health of Mexico City, and
had represented Mexico at many med!.
cal conventions in the United States
and Europe. DR.. Liceaga was the first
to stamp out yellow fever at Vera Cruz
by sanitation and disinfecton. He
established the Pasteur Institute in
Mexico City and founded the Maternity
Home and Children's HOSPITAL here.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
MARRIAGES

FIsHER-sOBEL-Mr and Mrs. Nathan So
bel. of 40 Riverside Drive, announce the
marriage of their daughter, Ruth, to Mr.
William Fisher, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Fisher. at the Hotel Biltmore, JANUARY IS,
1870. Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher will sail Sat
urday for Porto Rico.
GOLDMARK--ORR-O Thursday. January
10, at Brunswick, Me-, Theodore F. Cold
mark to Sara Katherine Orr
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
WILLIAM J. BULLOCK

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Jan. 16.-
William J. Bullock, Representative in
the Legislature and a former Senator,
died suddenly here to-day. He was
Mayor of this city in 1907 and 1908.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
WALTER r. ANDERSON

CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-Wal.er r. An
derson, forty, of New York, widely
known IN art publishing circles, died in
a hospital here to-day of acute premic
He was taken i'll suddenly
at the Chicago Automobile Club yostef-
day.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
BIRTHS

STEIN-Mr. and Mrs. William Stein an
nounce the birth of daughter on Satur-
day, January 10. 1920
ROSSMASSLER-Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ross
massler, q son. on January 13. at Scars
dale. N. Y
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17

Lorettus Sutton Metcalf was born at
Monmouth, Maine, and educated there
and at Boston. He was the editor Of
several weekly journals published in
Massachusetts, from 1871 until 1876,
and then became managing editor of
"The North American Review" which
position he held until 1885 In 1886
Mr.. Metcalf founded and edited "The
Forum" Of which he was the editor
until 1891. Two years later he
founded "The Florida Daily Citizen"
of Jacksonville, Fla. Mr.. Metcalf had
spent the last few years in Los
Angeles.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
Major Evan r. Jones Dies
Editor of The Shipping World
Was Civil War Veteran

LONDON, Jan. 16.-Major Evan R.
Jones, veteran of the Civil War and
editor and proprietor of "The Shipping
World" died here to-day.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17

OBITUARY NOTES
CAPTAIN HUGH P. MORAN, forty-one,
mead OF Engine Company 2. of Newark. died
New-York tribune., 1920-01-17
L. S. Metcalf Is Dead
Former Managing Editor of
ssNOrth American Review

Specldl C07TeSp0ndeNce
PLAINFIELD, N. j., Jan. 16.-
Lorettus Sutton .Metcalf. eighty three,
formerly managing editor Of "The
North American Review" died in Los
Angeles, Calf, last night of apoplexy,
according to word received here to-
day by his son, Fred L. Metcalf.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-29
FRENCH TRAINS RUNNING
m SPITE OF STRIKE CALL
WarsAsuses Stocked With Food Give
PeeVae Assurance They viii Not
Experience Famine.

PARIS, Feb. 7s.-with n majority
of trains running. the walkout OF
trainmen and other employees on all
French railroads did not appear to
have justified dire predictions Of
labor leaders that France would he In
the grip of a food famine when the
National Federation of Railway Men
ordered a strike OF It's members. The
public was cooperating with the gov
ernment today In an effort to make
the strike effective.
stcsks have been laid In at the
various food warehouses and little
fear is felt that suffering viii result
from a prolonged strike by the rail-
way workers. No visible effects of
the walkout on the city's food supply
had appeared. The General Fedora
tion of Labor has issued a statement
upholding the strikers. Attempts by
the railway men to make their strike
general. getting other workers to
walk out In sympathy. have thus far
failed.
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Mrs. Cumming. d>mure, little wo-
man of thirty-two years. with the
iinea Of fading beauty still on her
countenance. shot and killed her hus-
band in Queen street. Hampton. on
afternoon. February Z. Cum
ming had just returned from Rich
mond. where he had gone on legal
business.
Mrs. Cumming. who lived near the
scene OF the shooting. saw him, 90
down Queen street and enter a store.
She knew he would como back tho
way he went so she giided into the
doorway OF store and waited for
him. Under her coat she carried q
.a8-caliber revolver, EvqSy one Of the
five chambers- Of the yeADon was
ioaded. She did not have long to walt
In q few minutes. Cumming camo
along with d bottle Of milk In his
hand. When he came oppcsits the
doorway In which Mrs. Cumming was
standing. she opened fire on him.
She fired five times and three OF the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-29
Mrs. Erskir,e to Stand
By Husband Who SleD
Her Unuelcon1e Suitor
Slayer Is Held for Action OF
Grand Jury After Pleading
Self Defense, j

'T shot In seIf-defense.- Albert III.
Erskine. thirty-five years old. 2730
Twenty-eighth street northeast. told
a jury sumomned at the District
morgue yesterday afternoon by Coro-
ner J. Ramsey Nevitt 70 .nvosti-
gate the death of George Saur. twen-
ty-eight years old. 241o Everts street
northeast. Saur died at Casualty Hos
pitai early yesterday morning from
a bullet fired from q rifle by Erskine.
After hearing testimony from Ersk-
inc. his pretty wife and their four
teen-year-oid daughter, the jury held
Erskine for the action of the grand
jury ON q charge of murder.
In his plea OF self-defense, Erskine
told the coroner's jury that he shot
Saur after the latter had made a
move as though he intended pulling
q revolver from his pocket. He said
that Saur had threatened his life be-
fovs IL he interfered with his visiting
the Erfkine home. Mrs. Erslxine and
her dsughter told the jury they had
repeatedly warned Saur to keep away
from the house.
"He was an unwelcome visitor to
our home" Mrs. Erskine said, "and
he refused to stay away"
IT have always loved my husband.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-02-29
Will Stick to Tubs.

have been happy here, and had good
husband, who always provided for me
the best he could"
Mrs. Hendrickson lives In smart
frame house in Waterville, a section
OF the First ward, of this city. She
emigrated to this country thirty
years ago and never returned, even
for visit to her native land. She
will probably have to go to Sweden to
look after her interests, however, but
says II the money can be collected
without making the trip, she would
much prefer having II done In that
way
"well. 1 guess s2.ooo.0oo is a whole
lot OF money" commented Mrs. Hem
Erickson, when informed that she was
soon to become one of the wealthiest
women in this section OF the country,
but I am not making any big plans
No, / shall not quit work now. I will
not disappoint the people who have
been giving me- employment for a
number OF years. 1 shall keep right
on working until such time as circum-
stances arising out OF this money
business will compel me TO quilt And
then I am going to try and ind these
good people another washerwoman.'