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The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
Trolleys Smash Together
On One Track Stretch
Between Switches.
EXPLOSION OF GAS
FOLLOWS IMPACT
Four of Victims Children.
Inquiry Is Started
By Officials.

SHELTON. Conn, Feb. 22.--State
and county officials have started an
investigation into the hcad-on col
lision of trolley cars at South Shell
ton today which caused the death
of eight people and seriously in
jured a score Of others, several Of
whom are expected to die
The accidents occurred at what is
known as High Bridge, on a one
track stretch between switching
posts. The notorman CT the
Bridgeport bound trolley was killed
outright. Botn cars caught fire
when a can of gasoline, carried by
one of the passengers. exploded.
Four of the dead are children and
one is an unidentified ItaIian. All
of the bodies have been recovered
but identification was delayed on
account of their charred condition
List of Dead.
The dead are:
Milton Cheritree, Shelton. motor
man of car which left BridEepor,
at 1906 for Bridgeport.
Mrs. William II. Wilkinson, Shell
ton.
Nancy "
Mary Wilkinson, 8 years old; hei
two children.
Harry Goldberg, Derby. Is years
old.
Freda Goldberg, Derby; children
of XIII Goldberg.
Mrs. X. Goldberg.
One unidentified Italian.
Ambulances summoned from
Derby had great difficulty in bat.
tling their way through the huge
snow drifts and when they arrived
two bodies, badly burned, had been
recovered. Both cars were 4 mass
of flames shortly after the crash.
Police. firemen and citizens engaged
In the rescue work placed them
selves In serious danger by entering
the wreckage and dragging womer
and children to safety.
Taken 20 Hospital
Twenty-Five of the injured wer,
rushed to the Griffin Hospital ir
Derby where two OF them died
Father Andrew ]. Plunkett. OF that
city, administered last rite Dih
cials of the Connecticut company re-
fused to discuss the fatal accident
and declared that an official report
would be made as soon as the troll
ley crews had been examined
While the cars crashed head on
the Shelton-bound trolley telescop'
ing the car bound to Bridgeport, al
of the dead. except the motorman
were burned to death as the result
of the explosion and fire. The in
jured practically all suffered burn.
state police and representative.
from the coroner's office in this cit!
started their investigation last nigh
by the questioning of several oi
those injured. They also called OF
officials of the Connecticut company
to explain the circumstances tha
made possible the meeting of tn,
two cars in a head collision despit,
the fact that only a single spu
track was in operation.
Three members of the trolle,
crews were ordered arrested tonight
by Coroner Phelan.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
Will Not Write
History, Wilson
Tells Collegians

President Wilson's part in tire
Peace Conference or his views
thereon will never he giren TO the
world from his pen. IL he persists
in the determination expressed YES
terday to a delegation from the
Woodrow Wilson Club Of Harvard
University.
IN an address to six undergrad
yates and two faculty members.
whom he received in his study.
President Wilson declared that he
would leave to historians the task
of interpreting thee events OF ~
Paris Peace Conference.
Any writing that he would devote
himself to after his retirement from
the Presidency would be strictly
along impersonalr lines. President
Wilson told his visitors. and he add
ed, that he would prefer TO spend
the remainder OF his days In ad-
vancing the cause OF world peace.
To this end he would give his whole
strength and time. he stated.
Mrs. Wilson. who assisted the
President In receiving the cole
gians. was apparently deeply moved
at their declaration OF felicity on
washington's Birthday, which. as
voiced by Robert {. Stuart. jr, OK
tended TO the President greetings to
"you the great American Of our
generation"
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
THIN ICE BREAKS
THREE BOYS DROWN

MUSKEGON, Mich, Feb. %. -
Three Muskegon Heights boys, play
ing hockey from school this aft
ernoon. drowned in Mona Lake
when they went through the thin
ice. Russell Canning and Frank
Kroski, aged IL, first wen: down
and Hugh Lenvr and John Howe
started to their aid. They both
went through the ice, hut Howe
managed to reach sl,ore. His
screams attracted workmea n half
miIe away, who rushed - the scene.
A woman a mile across the lake
saw the boys go down and tele-
phoned to the police as the boys
were still fioundering in the water.
All the bodies were recovered with
in one hour.
The hoys decided to skip school
this afternoon, Howe said, and were
going across the lake for home
when they went down.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
GANGS OF GUNMEN
WORK In CHICAGO
ON ELECTION DAY
Underworld Fights Hard
To Retain Prestige
Over City.

CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-with drawn
revolvers and curtained motor cars,
crews of gunmen sped through sew
eral wards Of Chicago today. kid
mapping election workers, stealing
ballots and attempting TO establish
"A reign Of terror wherever the un-
derworld dynasty seemed to be i'm
pcriled by the legal voting
Three kidnappinEs were reported
in the Nineteenth ward. where Al
derm3n John Powers is fighting the
political battl" Of his career against
Anthony D'Andrea. who is backed
by the city hall machine. 1t was in
this ward that several bombs were
exploded last week in connection
with political rallies. The Fourth
and Thirticth wards, in both 81
which strong administration
fight has been waged. were also
scenes of violence.
Election officials estimated late
today that not more than 900. 600
ballots had been cast. In addition
to q bond issue question and the
various aldermanic contests. cleo
tors today selected party candidates
for city clerk and city treasurer.
County Judge Righeimer, head of
the election commission, early today
arrived at one Of the Nineteenth
ward polling places, just as election
judges were questioning a man al
legged to have attempted to repeat
on his vote. The suspect dashed
from the building as the judge en-
tered, but the jurist gave chase and
after a sprint of two blocks can
tured his man. He is held for further
investigation.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
PLANE CARRIERS
FUNDS PROVIDED

Provision for two airplane car
riers costing not more than s4S,-
100000 was made yesterday in an
amendment to the naval appropria-
tion bill reported out by a sub-com-
mittee of the Senate Naval Affairs
Committee. The action of the SUBJ
committee was hailed by Senators
advocating the abandonment of the
capital ship as a step IN the right
direction.
The appropriation plans for the
construction of two additional ves-
sells of the type virtually completed
by the Navy Department in the re-
modelling of the old collier Jupiter
into the aircraft carrier Langley.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
BANKS
WOULD ABOLISH
CURRENCY OFFICE
Advisory Council Also
Favors an Undersecre-
tary of Treasury.

Leading bankers of the Federal
reserve system. composing the Fed
cral Advisory Council. yesterday
went on record as favoring the
abolishmcnt of the office of Comp
troiler of the Currency, concluding
a two-day statutory meeting at the
Washington Hotel.
The recommendation followed a
conference with the Federal Re-
serve Board, to which body the
council would have transferred all
functions of the comptroller's Of
flee.
The council expressed itself also
as favoring the creation of the Of
flee of undersecretary of the Treas
ury to be in charge Of fiscal nat
ters and to take the place of the
Secretary of the Treasury on the
Federal Reserve Board, the COVER
nor of the board to be the chairmar
of the board and to be eleA ted by
the appointed members.
warburg Presides.
Paul NJ. Warburg, the newly
elected vice president, presided oveI
the council at it's sessions; L. l.. Rue
of the Federal Reserve Bank oi
Philadelphia, the president, having
been detained in the Quaker City
by illness.
The council had two extended scs-
sions with the Federal Reserve
Board at which general business and
financial conditions were fully dis
cussed; the Secretary of the Treas
ury taking part in the discussion.
Recomme ndations were passed or
several topics submitted by the Fed
eral Reserve Board, and other sub
jects were discussed by the council
Organization Of Council.
The organization of the council
at this meeting, which was the first
of the year. was as follows: Presi'
dent, L. l.. Rue; vice president. P. NJ
Warburg. of New York City; eX'
ecutive committee, l.. L. Rue, P. NJ
warburg. Philip Stockton. ]. ]. Nit
chell. F. o. Watts and E. F. Swinney
other members of the council who
attended were c. Z. Sullivan, of tht
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
E. w. Lane, Federal Reserve Banl
of Atlanta; r. l. Ball. of the Fed
eral Reserve Bank of Dallas. anC
A. l.. Mills, of the Federal Reserv,
Bank of San Francisco
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
SI5,OO0, 900 GIFT
SHRINKS S9, 900, 900

PRINCETON ". J. Feb. 22.-The
$4,000. 900 bequest made by the late
Henry Clay Frick to Princeton Uni
versity has deprecated on the basis
of present prices for securities to
ss,ooo.00 according to announce
ment at the meeting Of alumni here
by John H. Pitney, chairman of the
finance COMMITTEES of the board of
trustees
Princeton University receives un-
der the terms of the will the resi-
dus/of the estate when a number
OF liked bequests have been paid
Consequently the shrinkage in Sc
curity values affects this portion
Of the estate more greatly than any
other, as the fixed bequests must
be paid. in toto even IL the residue
Is wiped out completely.
Mr.. Pitney's announcement, ac-
cordingiy. Isl taken to mean that
the shrinkage of 100000 repre-
sents the net loss in value of the
entire estate. rather than a straight
depreciation of so per cent in
Princeton's share Of the Frick for
tune.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
Fund Provided
To End Squirts
OfGrape Fruit
Senatorial Dignity Goe,
With Promise of Dry
Breakfast.

Even Senatorial dignity is not
proof against a resilient and
agile grapefruit. Even sena-
toriai eyes haye been the victim
Of the acid stream which often
nies Mt n tangent when the
"citrus mastodonisv graces the
breakfast table.
Proof OF these human quali-
ties OF the senate, WINS given
yesterday when it's nae mbership
with much speed voted nm nd
ditionnl $4,000 I'm the agricul-
tural appropriation bill that ID
was Informed would take the
''squirt- out of grapefruit.
senator Henry r. Ashurst, of
Arizona, was interested I'm oh
tanning the money no that the
Southwestern deserts might
blossom w4h fig and date trees,
Pages under his direction pre-
sented each Senator samples of
what the West can do I'm the way
of raising ngs uutfl each Senn-
torial jaw swung I'm rhythm to
the measured sentences of the
speaker.
Senator Ashurst infornsed the
senate that the government al
ready had been able to change
the recalcitrant grapefruit from
n geyser to n leak. and hoped
soon to eliminate the vexatious
overflow altogether.
''rangerines have been crossed
with grapefruit I'm this phycho-
logical work OF the govern
ment," said Senator Ashurst.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
Smash Window to Steal
Fur Coats Valued at $500

Breaking the show window of the
store of Bertram Cohn. 1900 G
street northwest. early yesterday
morning, burglars secured two fur
coats, valued at $500, police of the
First precinct reported.
The store of Louis Herman, 332
Four-and -a-Half street southwest.
was entered last night, when thieves
broke the glass in side window.
The cash register was rified of IS
in change, and several pairs Of
trousers and number of shirts
valued at $50, stolen.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
THREE DEAD, SCORE
HURT IN CAR CRASH

SHELTON, Conn, Feb. 22.-Three
passengers were burned TO death and
a score burned and injured, five OF
them probably fatally. when two
trolley cars came together, head on,
two miles below Shelton Center this
afternoon.
The cars took fire and burned
furiously, some of the passengers
being trapped in the wreckage.
Others who escaped attempted un-
successfully to extinguish the flames
with snow.
A tank Of gasoline in one of the
cars is believed to have been the
cause OF the quick spread of the
FIRE.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
MANDATE RIGHTS
SUBJECT OF new
NOTE TOLEACUE
American View Expressed
Clearly for Benefit
Of Allies. .

President Wilson's contention of
equal rights in mandate territories.
vigorously set forth in the Mesopo-
tamia note to Great Britain and IN
various phases of the dispute over
the island of Yap. has been placed
squarely before the league of ma
tions.
A new note Jon the subject of
has been dispatched to NJ.
Hymans. president OF the league,
reaffirming the Wilsonian principle
with a confidence apparently borne
of the conviction that the position
of the outgoing administration Is
to be sustained by the incoming
regime.
Sent to League.
Beyond acknowledgment by Sec
retary Colby yesterday that II had
been sent to the league for cousid-
Grafton by the council, State De-
partment officials were silent. The
text will not be made public in
Washington until the note has been
formally submitted to the league
council and it's contents revealed in
Paris.
Described unofficially as "a COM
plete statement of American policy
in respect to the rights under mar
dates of Americans or other ma
tioBals whether in or out of the
league of nations, the note is timed
to reach the council of the league
before definite approval is given to
the pending mandate forms.
Protect Interests.
The note apparently was sent not
only regardless of political consid-
erations to protect American inter-
ests and safeguard this country's
right, but with a certainty that a
similar attitude will be assumed by
President Harding. 1t has been In
timated at the State Department
that the Wilson administration had
no hesitancy in pushing its con-
tention on the mandate question as
the general rights of Americans
were involved in the decisions.
1t was President Wilson's princi-
pie. enunciated plainly in .he note
TO Lord Curzon last August dealing
with the Mesopotamia mandate and
the threat to exclude Americans
from the development of Mesopota-
mian oil fields, that the United
States as one of the participants in
the war with Germany is entitled
to all the rights in mandate terri
Tory accorded any member of the
league. That policy of open door,"
1T has been contended, also applies
to other mandates.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23

Up to late hour tonight there
was doubt as 10 whether Hoover
would accept. but il was understood
that Harding is desirous ur having
him in the Cabinet. The other two
places were regarded as definitely
filled.
A. % Now stands.
The Csbin't as ii stands tonight
is as follows:
Secretary "f Siate-Charlcs T..
Hughes, lawyer. New York.
Secretary "f the Treasury.-An-
drew w. Mellon. financier. Pcunsyl-
Nanid-
Secretary "f war-John W.
Weeks, finapcicr. Massachusetts.
Secretary Of the Navy - Edwin
Dcnby, former congressman, Michi-
gan.
Attorney Gencral-Harry NJ.
Daugherty. lawyer. Ohio.
Postmaster General - Will H
Hays. lawyer. Indiana.
Secretary OF Interior-Senator Al
bert B. FAN, lawyer. New Mexico.
Secretary Of Agriculture-Henry
c. Wallace, publisher. Iowa.
Secretary Of Commerce-Onercd
neer, alifornia.
Secretary of Lsbor-JameS T.
Davis. former steel worker. Peun=
sylvania.
Attend Ceremony.
PreSident-elcct and Mrs Harding
/ attended a unique event today an
old Fort Marion here. In addition
to an observance Of Washington :
birthday a tablet depicting the his
tory of the ancient fort was unveil-
ed. At the request Of Mr.. Harding
he was not called upon TO psrtics-
Pate. His party. which included Mrs
Harding and Mrs. and Mrs. Chaun-
cey Dcpew, mounted one Of the
broad walls Of the fort and viewed
the ceremony. Several thousand
stood in the inner yard of the fort
below.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
PEACEFUL REVOLT
OVERTURNS PERSIA

PARIS, Feb. 22.-The government
of Persia has been peacefully over
turned, according to foreign Office
dispatches today.
The dispatches said Gen. Reza
Khan had captured the capital,
Teheran, without firing a shot and
had opened negotiations with the
Shah.
Reza Khan led $500 Cossack ma
tionalists into Teheran the night of
February 90. encountering only
slight resistance.
The move was interpreted various
ly, some observers in Paris declar-
ing it was nationalistic protest
against Anglophile members of the
Shah's cabinet.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
Copyright, ls2l.)
W. u. MacNAMEE.

ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla, Feb. ga
That President-eIect Harding has
completed his Cabinet was the be-
lief Of those in his close confidence
here tonight.
Although there was no Conhrma-
tion Forthcoming from Harding, his
close advisers said that Herbert
Hoover has been offered the post or
Secretary Of Commerce. and that IL
was virtually certain that Edwin
DENLY. Michigan. would be Secretary
OF the Navy and James J. Davis.
Pennsylvania, Secretary Of Labor.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
TJr0 Killed in Wreck
On Niagara Rail Line

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont, Feb. "a
Two men were killed and two others
seriously hurt today when a work
train on the Ontario Hydro Electric
Commission plunged down an en-
bankment near the Whirlpool camp,
seven miles from this city.
The dead men are ]. c. Austin
and George Young. of Saint Gather
inc, and the injured Edward Baten-
hefmer Of Niagara Falls, and George
Lindley of Saint Thomas.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
China to Pool Loans.

the central government IS making
plans to pool all internal loans and
for readjusting the revenues in or
der to place the nation on a more
substantial financial basis. These
projects are the result of the recent
activities of the Chinese bankers
association. which Is trying to make
China strong enough financially as
not. to require aid from foreign
banking interests.
(oepyright. lea1.)
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
Caruso Gains; FeUerish
Condition on Decline

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-caruso's
feverish condition continued to d.
minish today and his physicians
announced the Inflammation of the
pleural cavity was under control.
He rested well, has a good appetite
and the doctors are satisfied with
his progress toward conyalescence.
This is the bullatin issued this
morning by the d etors:
Mr.. Csruso continues to progress
toward a more tormal condition.
The Inflammation is under control"
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
MANDATE ORDERS
RAIL OFFICIALS TO
ACCEPT RULINGS
u. S. Directs Compulsory
Arbitration for First
Time in History.

CHICAGO, Feb. 90. Railroad
managers and organizations of rail-
way workers stand face to face to-
day with the first formal mandate
for compulsory arbitration ever is
sued by the Federal government.
The mandate came from the
United States Railway Labor Board
when il dismissed the cases of the
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
Railway and the Missouri and North
Arkansas Railroad, ~thc first two
. test disputes on wages to be
brought before that body.
The board declared that it had
no jurisdiction because neither rail-
road company had made proper ef-
forts to confer with its employees
on the justness and reasonableness
of present wages.
Each Side Dubious.
I 1t dismissed both cases and told
the parties to get together.
Railway executives and organiZa-
ton leaders are both somewhat
crestfallen and dubious over the de-
cision.
Rail executives do not hesitate
to declare that the A, B. G. A. case
was bunglcd. Because it was the
first wage dispute to be brought be-
fore the Labor Board for adjsdica-
tion 1t was IAN unfortunate begin
ming" according to one railroad
man.
The A, B. & A. road" this man
said, came before the board on the
| pleading that it was broke and
could not pay the wages set by the
boards decision. 1t should have
held a conference with it's employees
| and shown that these wages were
unjust and unreasonable and would
! injure the road financially IL the
men continued to demand them.
This woud> have, been the course in
harmony with the letter and spirit
] of the transportation act"
Compulsory arbitration, 1t is ex.
planned, appears most prominently
behind the decision Of the labor
board in the Missouri and North
| Arkansas case.
Not Represented.
This railroad pleaded that it was
not represented at the wage hear
| ing held by the board last spring
| thal IL Tie " Nlil<
| effect, that 1t made a record all
through the case, that it was not
| represented and had given no one
any authority to appear for it on
| wage matters. In the face of this
presentation by the railroad through
it's receiver and general manager
c. A. Phelan, the board ruled:
The Missouri and North Arkan-
sas railroad was a party to the dis
pute upon which decision No. 2 was
rendered on July 20, 1920"
The board set March as the time
| for a hearing on the dispute IL IL
should continue and declared that
when 1t rendered a decision 1t would
be retroastive as of Feb. 1. This
is the date of the wage reduction
made by the company, which reduc.
tiop has been continued even after
the board ordered 1t rescinded.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
Mr.. HoOver's Statement:

NEW YORK. Feb. 2s.-Her-
bert Hoover tonight issued the
following statement:
ut, is true that Senator
Hae3gS and 1--have had a
conversation over the teIe-
phone this evening on the sub
Joct Of my accepting a post an
the Cabinet. Natudally these
arc matters requiring consid-
GRAFTON. and equally they are
not matters for me 10 discuss
now
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
Chinese Famine Fund
Gets Additional $500, 900
Especial Gable to The Washington Herald
and Chicago Tribune.)

PEKIN, Feb. 22.-An additional
donation of 100000 in gold has
been given to the American Red
Cross for constructive famine re-
lief. This brings the total funds
subscribed for the work to s750,000.
A second national drive has been
started for more funds as transpor-
|tation facilities are Inadequate and
starvation is on a decided increase.
Copyright, 1871
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
Bandit Starr Dies of Wound.
HARRISON, Ark, +

Henry Starr, notorious Southwest
ern bandit. died today. Death was
the result of a bullet which pene-
trated his spine. He was shot last
week while leading his gang in a
bank robbery.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23
Edwin DENLY, of Detroit,
Named as Next Secre-
tary of the Navy.
JAMES DAVIS FOR
LABOR PORTFOLIO
President-elect Discusses
Commerce Position With
Mr.. Hoover.
BY PHILIP KINGSLEY.

ST. AUGUSTINE, FIs- Feb.
:2-ThIs morning Harry N.
Daugherty, who has been desiE-
mated by his Chief as the next
Attorney GeperaI, packed his
baggage and set out happily for
Washington 20 settle the CsbI-
net posts that are awaiting upes
a word from q few men
He said he might he On wssh-
inEtOn only two hours and
would then communicate with
Mr.. Harding by telegraph TO get
his hnal o. n. In the pending
offers. He will go 20 New York
and 10 Columbus To settle his
own affairs preparatory 20 as
suming the ONCE which he says
"a L. n sacrifice for him To nc
cept.
Copyright. ls2I.)
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23

GREENWICH, Conn.,. Feb. -.
William J.. McCombs, former
chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, died here
today following n six weeks
Illness Of heart disease.
McCombs was manager Of the
national campaign which re-
suited I'm the nominal tiOn and
election of President Wilson I'm
1912 and was national chairman
Of the party from that year
until 1916. He had been I'm poor
health for several months, hut
his Illness was not regarded rs
critical until six weeks ago.
His two sisters were with him
when he died. The body was
10 be taken TO New York city
late today when funeral ar
rangements were 10 be made.
horn in Hamburg, Ark. In
1878, MeCombs studied law at
Princeton and Harvard and he
gan practicinE i'm New York I'm
1901. After his successfuI man-
agement Of the 1912 campaign
he was offered the Ambassador-
ship 10 France but declined it.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-23

SPECIAL ExcuRsroN
waShinxton to New York and return, 500.
Frbrnary z7th, via BALTIMORE q OHIO
p z Zee 1ysrs. Consult agenfs.-Adv.