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Evening star., 1922-08-19
CONGRESS TACKLES
PRESIDENTS PLEA
7OSTEM STRIKES
Speedy Action Expected on
| Request Made for New
Legislation.
BILLS BEING DRAFTED
FOR COAL COMMISSION
Minor Proposals of Mr.. Harding to
Be Considered First-Others
Face Indefinite Delay.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Republican leaders in Congress
today proceeded with plans for action
soon on some Of the legislation asked
yesterday by President Harding in his
hddress on the coal and railroad
strikes.
The Presidents minor proposals. 1t
was said, would be taken up first
with prospects of indefinite delay on
She part Of the. major proposals.
senator Kellogg, republican. Min
hesota, today sought to arrange
meeting of the Senate foreign reia-
tions committee next Monday to con-
slider his bill giving federal protection
10 and federal court jurisdiction over
aliens, which legislation was urged
Vigorously by the President.
The executives Recommendations
Sestigate the coal industry will be
taken up soon. Chairman Borah or the
Senate labor committee said, but prob.
ably not until after Senate d1sposal
of the soldiers bonus bill. which Is
to be taken up next week. WIN q
hard fight promised it. Senator Borah
today received the letter of Secretary
Hoover of the Department OF Com
merce recommending legislation
against coal profiteering. Ihere
were indications, however thaI III
recommendations for a federal coal
purchasing and selling corporation or
for legal authority to control coal
prices and distribution would be con-
sidered soon. in the Senate, although
House leaders were prepared to take
up these subjects
Senators Consider Bills.
Several senator's were reported to
be considering bills to meet the
Presidents coal legislation requests
and Chairman Cummins OF the senate
Interstate commerce committee has
been drafting a bill to amend the
TRANSFORMATION act to make the Rail
road Labor Boards decisions enforce
able. The latter legislation. 1t was
said generally, probably would await
the next session of Congress. except
possibly for committee action IN the
meantime.
President Harding during the morn
ing called Senator Borah on the teie-
phone and. Mr.. Borah said. gave MS
general approval to the senator's bill
10 establish a coal investigating COM
mission, a bill pending before the
labor committee. The President asked
senator Borah to confer with him on
details of the bill, the executive in
dicating that he might desire
change in the measures provisions for
a commission of three members.
LULL IN N. z. CONFERENCE.
Evening star., 1922-08-19
CHARGED WITH HoLD-UP.
Suspect Identified as Robber by Al
legged Woman Witness.

BALTIMORE, Md. August 19.-John
l.. Smith of this city was declared by
b witness today to be the man who
ehot and killed William B. Norris in
a daylight robbery at Madison street
and Park avenue yesterday, and
ESCAPED with three or four compan-
Tons In an automobile with the pay
eatchel of the Hick, Tase & Norris
Company, amounting to over $1,000.
Mary Garet, q negro woman, who
told the police she was within twen-
ty-five feet of Norris when the shoot
ing and robbery occurred, and plain
" saw the man who did the shoot
Ing, declared that Smith was the man.
Smith is one of six men under ar
rest as suspects in the case.
Evening star., 1922-08-19
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 19.-With rail-
road peace apparently hanging in the
balance until next Wednesday. when
spokesman for the railroads and
striking shopmen are due to meet
again, dynamite and violence Kept
the strike from tagging.
Outbursts occurred at scattered
points from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific. Bombs were thrown into the
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe yards
at Albuquerque, N. NJ, and a heaVy
blast rocked the trestle of Chesa-
peake and Ohio railroad bridge near
Huntington, w. Va, early today. Ac-
cording to early reports neither eX-
plosion caused much damage.
Passenger Trains Escape.
Dynamite tore up the track OF the
Illinois Central. ct Paducah. KY just
ahead of coal train. Two passenger
trains and a freight had passed
short time before and the explosion
burst behind bridge crew. The on
coming coal train was tagged In time
to prevent Il wreck. ILLINOIS Centrai
dynamite was placed on the tracks
in an attempt to wreck the bridge
train on it's way to make repairs.
All available United States deputy
marshals in the district were rushed
to Shawnee. Okla, early today to
guard against violence in the shops
Of the Chicago. Rock Island and Pa
cific. A strong guard was thrown
around the shops. Marshal Alya Nc
Donald ordered protection for the
shops after thirty shots had been
fired into the shops where workmen
were employed.
Governor Promises Aid.
Gov Morrison of North Carolina.
who declined early appeals to send
troops to the shop of the Southern
railway at Spencer. N. c.. assured
President Fairfax Harrison of the
road that the state would protect
the company's property and rights.
His investigators. the governor said,
convinced him that improved oondi-
tions appeared to make the use of
troops Unnecessary. but he promised
to act promptly IL the situation grew
worse.
Transportation difficulties due to
unauthorized strikes of train crews
continued to clear away rapidly as
the trainmen returned to their jobs
in most places where walkouts oc-
Cured.
New complications on the Missouri
Pacific arose when 80 per cent of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks en-
ployed on the road voted in favor
of a strike. The result of the vote
Evening star., 1922-08-19
Efforts to End Rail Strike to Be
Continued Next Week.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 19-New York.
for the last two days the scene OF
conferences between brotherhood
leaders and railroad executives. called
in an effort to end the nationwide
strike of shopcrafts, today expert
enced a lull in negotiations.
Rail chiefs were preparing for a
Railway Executives here early next
week, at which will be considered a
proposition for ending the walkout
preferred yesterday by the running
trades, acting as mediators, to a~com-
mittee representing the carriers.
Labor leaders, who had massed in
this city during the parley. also were
holding themselves in readiness to re-
ceive the answer of the employers at
another meeting Of the mediators and
executives set for next WEDNESDAY.
The proposal under consideration
by the roads was not officially defined
at the end of yesterdays parley. In
some quarters 1t was said to provide
for immediate restoration of strikers
with seniority rights unimpalred. In
other quarters 1t was said to provide
for return of the strikers as rapidly
as they could be absorbed. with their
seniority intimately to be settled
with satisfaction to all. In either
case, 1t was said, new recruits were
to be retained, as extra men would
of the strike to repair bad order cars.
Alfred p Thorn. vice president and
general counsel for the Association OF
Railway Executives, announced his
intention of going to Washington
Immediately on a mission which he
declined to discuss.
T. De Witt Cuyler, head of the as
6ociation, returned to his headquar-
ters in Philadelphia. Other members
of the executives committee which
participated in this weeks confer
4nces were again in their offices
awaiting the arrival of western chiefs
for the next session Of the associa-
fion.
Warren S. Stone, president Of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
was making ready to return to Wash
angton with Bert NJ. Jewell. head Of
the shopcrafts' organizations, and
other labor leaders.
Of the sixteen representatives of
running and stationary trades who
were summoned to New York during
the deliberations, several announced
they would remain here pending next
weeks DEVELOPMENTS.
Evening star., 1922-08-19
OHIO COAL OUTPUT
SH0WS.HUGE GAIN
State Fuel Chief Expects
Normal Production Will
Soon Be Attained.

Coal production in Ohio is expected
to be normal by Monday, the central
fuel distribution committee was -ad-
vised today by George T. Boor, chair
man OF the Ohio state fuel commits
sion.. The Ohio commissioner de-
clared that by the beginning of The
week Ohio would be producing about
5000 carloads of coal a day.
The Ohio fuel official offered tn The
federal organization the fullest CO.
operation in the utilization of con-
siderable quantities Of Ohio coal for
great lakes and interstate movement
but declared that the needs of sontb .
ern Ohio, normally supplied by West
Virginia and Kentucky coal, would
have to be considered in allocatine
Ohio production to federal distribu-
tion.
New coal production in Ohio, Penn
sylvania and northern West Virginia,
officials said, would cause some
change in the federal committee's
program Of devoting all the coal pro
duced in certain districts Of KM.
lucky and West Virginia three davs
a week to the needs Of the northwest.
Mo01ncat1on OF this program to in
clude some of the new Production
was under consideration today by
the committee.
A cooperative arrangement with the
Pennsylvania fuel commission design
ed to meet the price situation in that
state has been effected, 1t was said al
the committee headquarters. The
Pennsylvania organization, officials ex-
planned, is to appoint seven representa-
tives, one for each OF the Pennsylvania
bituminous districts. and the Interstate
Commerce Commission will appoint
these representatives as its agents for
the transfer of orders between producers
and consumers
The more urgent coal needs Of a num-
Der Of Canadian railroads have been
presented to the federal fuel committee
which has been asked for consider
able tonnage for both lake and rail
movement. Coal for these Canadian
railroads has in the past largely been
supplied from Ohio and Pennsylvania
and In the belief Of the committee the
new coal production in Ohio. where
some Canadian railroads own their owr
mines. will relieve the Canadian situa-
ton materially.
Evening star., 1922-08-19
Conference Of Operators and
Miners Adjourns Without
Decision on Contract.
WILL MEET AGAIN MONDAY
TO SETTLE DIFFICULTIES
Conciliators Suggested as Final
Arbiters in Matter-Conferees
Are Silent.
By the Associa ted Press,

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, August 19-The
joint conference of anthracite coal
operators and union officials ad-
journed about 1880 o'clock until
Monday afternoon without having
reached an agreement A brief state
ment was issued by James A. Cor
man, secretary of the conference, to
the effect that the terms Of a pos
sible contract had been discussed
but containing no information as to
what progress toward a settlement
OF the strike in the hard coal fields
had been made.
Mr.. Germans statement read:
The conference of anthracite on
orators and mine workers met this
morning at 10 o'clock and continued
us eHortS to reach an agreement in
the anthracite field. The time of
the conference was consumed in a
discussion OF the terms Of a pos
siole contract. The conference win
reconvene Monday at pm"
Three Umpires Suggested.
one OF the proposals, which, it was
unomclally reported, the operators
Mould submit to the union officiais,
was TO refer the wage controversy to
me anthracite conciliation commits
s'oa' which. for tyenty years, has set
tied minor disputes In the hard coal
regions. The commission, whose
membership comprises the three dis
sIice presidents of the anthracite
he!ds, three operators and an umpire
ma mas never passed on wage questions.
me operators proposal. it was stated
would provide for three umpires, in
steao OF one. the other two to be ap-
pointed by the president judge Of the
United States circuit court.
samuel d. Warmer, president of
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany and spokesman for the opera
tors, would neither affirm nor deny
whether such a proposition would be
submitted Neither would any Of his
Both Mr.. Warmer and John 1.
Lewis. president OF the United Mine
workers and head of the miners
delegation. have taken the stand that
no information be given out concern
ing the discussions. in advance of
definite action, one way or the other,
bythe conference.
Evening star., 1922-08-19
SEIZE D. c, YACHT;
$4,000 LIQUOR
Three Automobiles and Fit-
teen Prisoners Bagged at
New Rochelle, N. Y.
OADED OFF new YORK
Alleged Owner Of The Bat Believ-
ed in New York-Seldom Comes
to Washington.
LOADED OFF new YORK
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW ROCHELLE, N. Y. August 10.
Liquor valued at 100000, a motor
driven yacht, three automobiles and
fifteen prisoners were bagged early
today in a raid by the local police on
a coal company's docks.
The police swooped down on the
dock as the crew of the yacht, the
Bat, was unloading its cargo. Fifteen
men tried to get away, but Tor an
hour the police combed the various
coal pockets on the pier. finally get
ting all of them except the captain.
Three of the men, who, the police
saw. were leaders among the crew, said
they were James Murphy of Larch-
mont, William Baldwin, a Darien.
Conn, inventor. and John Johnson OF
home port was Washington, D. c., and
that she had been loaded with liquor
from a two-masted schooner on Mon
tauk Point.
owns the Bat or the three trucks
which they say were backed up on
the dock.
oh1cial records here show a yacht
called the Bat is registered with the
name Of s. w. Ferguson. 170S l street
northwest, as OWHcI. hS 'SSSSA ~
described as being converted SUD
chaser sold by the United states gov,
ernment- after the war, and turned
into 3. pleasure yacht. She is 104 feet
long and she Is licensed to carry a
crew Of three men. She is a gasoline
eneine-driven ship.
INQUIRIES at 1908 street today dis.
closed that MIR. Ferguson Is believea
now to be in New York state. A
servant said that he very seldom came
to washington. Mrs. Ferguson was
said to be ON q two-week travelling
tour about the country. No one at
the premises could say where to nnd
MT. Ferguson today, as it was claimed
his address was unknown here.
A relative who lived nearby, now
ever. when told of the seizure OF the
Hat expressed much surprise and con-
Germ. She also was unable TO give
Mr. Fereuson's whereabouts.
Mr.. Ferguson was recently voted
into membership at the Capitol Yacht
Club. but none of the members OF
the club questioned knew him per
sonally. An attendant at the cluo
said Mr.. Ferguson had never been
there, to his knowledge, since ne was
elected. Atmember of the club who
proposed him for membership said
he formerly was in the~taxicab busl-
ness here, but had been In Washing
ton very little during the last year.
Evening star., 1922-08-19
RAc|NG4lPs HERE
: ~SNARE::THOUSANDS
Washington Newsstands and
Cigar Stores Great Ad-
vertising Mediums.
DOWNTOWN SIGNS ABOUND
"I-Told- You-So" Dope on Previous
Day Winners Booms Sucker
Biting" Industry.

It's as easy to buy horse-racing
tips in Washington today as it is to
collect a crowd by scattering half
the tipster business now being con-
Quoted openly from large downtown
newsstands and corner cigar stores
points plainly to the extent of busi-
ness done by bookmakers here.
Where thousands of dollars are spent
for tips. thousands must be played
in the books on the races. One sup
brothers of the bookies believe 1t
pays to advertise.
So arm is their belief, that they
plaster signs up all over their places
Of business. Big paper signs they
are, with red ink and blue ink. point
ing out how the winners turned out
for several days. how they gave the
winners and the original kilograms
which brought the tips to shoot the
works on Queen Of the Mire."
Maybe it's because they have elias
tic memories-but there do not ap-
pear to be any losers, which have
been tipped-to look at the signs.
Winners are all over the place. They
have no compunction at all in telling
how they advised a play which would
have netted big change and, the
more one looks at the signa the more
one believes that their motto is: ut
pays to advertise-winners. II
every one could believe them, there'd
be steady stream lined up in front
Of the local bookies' establishments.
Stroll Down Suckers' Avenue.
Lots take stroll in the down
town section and see how Washing
tonians of today are living up to
the late Mr.. Barnum's few choice
words regarding suckers"
much doing. Let's invest 10. cents
and see what we can get. There's
the Daily Sporting News with almost
q score Of selections. Grab it. Run
ming down the list-for Windsor
tie hsndtesRpeF Picks ,n out III Doubtful
and Carmandale In the fifth Another
handicapper in the same column picks
Doubtful, John Finn and Estero, in
the same. respective races. Remem-
Der that, while we walk on
Whee! Look at that bunch of tips
on the side Of that stand. Well only
take one OF many. Let's get a, good
sGive US that Kentucky Boys
wire," say we. ~
"One dollar"
/, over. goes the dollar. This tip
must amount to something. The in
svestment is ten times the frst one.
Soft? Oh! Yes Easy to get that
good information. Tear open the
envelope and see what's inside?
same Dope Again.
Ny, my Only two tips? And we
paid dollar for that one where we
got .sonething more than a dozen a
minute ago for the small sum of 10
cents. what's this? The two picked
are: Doubtful in the third and Car
mandale in the fifth" Caesars CHEST.
cation. Let's get somewhere else.
| Wander on to another store. What's
[hereY Looks like red ink factory ad-
veftisin9 its product No. That's the
lcont5pusd On PaSe = Column q.
Evening star., 1922-08-19
WILL GUARD SOUTHERN.
Nineteen Men Given Special Duty
in Alexandria.
Special Dispa tch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. August 19.-
Nineteen special officers were sworn
in last night by the board of police
commissioners at the request of the
Southern Railway Company at a spe-
cial meeting of the board of commits
sioners. held in the Office of Mayor
]. NJ. Duncan.
These officers will do guard duty
at the company's yards. and not only
guard the company's property. but
also the new employees. who are be-
ing taken on to fill the places of the
strikers. Already more than fifty
men, it is stated, have been placed by
the company to take the places of the
strikers.
The work of filing their places, 1t
is stated, will be continued until the
vacancies are completely filled.
Evening star., 1922-08-19
TROOPS TO TYP|FY
STUDENT TRAINING
President Harding May Ad.
dress Camp Meade Soldiers
Here Monday Morning.
PLANS NEAR COMPLETION
Secretary Weeks Praises The Star
for Delaying Expenses of Men
Here for Event.
PLANS NEAR COMPLETION

ARRANGEMENTS for the parade and
review of 1000 officers and men OF
the student military training camp
at Camp Meade, Md, to be held In
Washington at IL o'clock MONDAY
today. 1t has not been definitely de.
cided, however. whether President
Harding will address the students,
although it. was hoped that both the
President and Secretary OF war
Weeks would deliver snort speeen.es.
tant general. today notified Brig; Gen:
Bandholz, commanding the district OF
washington, to make all necessary
arrangements for the parade ana re-
view. Col. Davis instructions say
that the exact place and nature OF
the narade before the President Is
still dependent upon his wishes: sec
retary Weeks will request the Presi-
dent that the review be held on the
grass elipse south Of the White
House, the President and other mem
bers reviewing 1t standing on tne
edge of the elipse.
Considerable standing space WIN
he reserved in the rear Of the Rresi-
dents position for the other olS
tinguished guests The men VII,
march past the reviewing gallery ano
will be formed into q square Tor
the expected address by the PreSf-
dent. il,
Event Here Important.
War Department officials were said
today to hold the opinion that the
coming to Washington of the men
than local Importance. Based on this
opinion. it was regarded likely that
the President and Secretary Weeks
speaking through the contingent
from Camp Meade would express
the gratitude Of the nation for the
have attended military training camps
this year. Secretary. Weeks took oc-
casion today to praise The Evening
Star Company for agreeing to pay
the transportation charges Of the
.aThis parade has been made possible
by The Evening Star Company in do
mating $500 to defPay the transporta-
ton expenses from Camp Meade, Md,
to Washington and return, and
through the courtesy Of the Washing
ton. Baltimore and annapolis Electric
I believe such action truly reflects the
public-spirited and generous interest
taken BY the entire nation in the well
fare OF its young manhood"
Chance to See Results.
Secretary Weeks added that the ap-
pearance Of the students will furnish
splendid opportunity for all to see
what has been accomplished In this
brief period Of time from a military
standpoint, and the best possible proof
Of the wisdom of appropriatfng funds
for the annual students encampment.
The entire cabinet, justices Of the
Supreme Court. many members Of the
Senate and House and practically all
high ranking oficials OF the War and
NAVY t1apartmentN will wftneS9 the
review. Following the review, the
ent-soldiers will march north on
West Executive avenue. east on Penn
sylvania avenue to East Executive
avenue, and south Of the Treasury to
Pennsylvania avenue. proceeding east
Continued on Page Z. Column 81
Evening star., 1922-08-19
THREE HOUSES BURNED
WHEN FIREMEN STRIKE
Volunteer Company Quits Because
Games Of Chance Are
Banned at Fair.

MOUNT PLEASANT. Pa. August 10.
With members of the Mount Pleas
ant volunteer IRE department ON
strike, Burgess William overhold and
twenty-five business. men responded
to an alarm early today and for two
hours fought blaze which destroyed
q barn and two small frame buildings.
The burgess said he believed the IRE
was incsndiary. The Aremen struck
several days ago after the authori ties
banned games Of chance at 9 1aH
being conducte9 BY the yolunteefA
Evening star., 1922-08-19
NAN AND WIFE DIE IN FIRE.

RICHMOND. Va, August 19.-
Hackett Farmer and his wife, both
thirty years old and recently mar
ried, were burned to death In their
beds when the home Of the father.
w. NJ. Farmer. Of Cbesterfield coun-
ty, caught fire this morning at
o'clock and burned to the ground.
Evening star., 1922-08-19
,lsENATE EX.OFFICER DEAD.

ST. LOUIS. NO.. August 1s.-charles
r, Higgins, former sergeant-at-arms
i'm the United States Senate, Is dead
at his home here after an Illness OF
several weeks. He was sixty.tour
HASrR old, 1d,.-ii..-ss.-- ....----...---...-.,,
Evening star., 1922-08-19
ERNEST LAyIssE DIES.

PARIS, August 19-Ernest Lavisse,
historian and member Of the French
Academy. died yesterday. He was
born in 1e41a s..
Evening star., 1922-08-19

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for republication Of all news dispatches
credited to It not otherwise credited &, this
paper and also the local news published herein.
All rights Of publication of special
diypatches herein are also reserved.
Evening star., 1922-08-19

Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler
tonight.
Temperature for twenty-five hours
ended at noon today: Highest, 80, at
2:s0 pm. yesterday; lowest, 73. at
5:45 am today. IL l.l..
Full report on page 2.