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Evening star., 1922-08-25
j. s. mine CONTROL
URGED BY SENATOR
Cummins Has Bill Giving
Chief Executive Power to
Seize Properties.

Legislati ton authorizing the Presi-
dent to take over the anthracite coal
mines and produce coal needed by the
American people is possibility. Sen
ator Cummins of Iowa. chairman of
the interstate commerce committee,
indicated today. He said further that
he had already prepared a bill giving
the President the power to take over
and operate the coal mines. but that
he would not introduce it unless the
situation should demand 1t.
Il hope that it will not be neces-
sary to offer it," said Senator Cum
minis.
the interstate commerce committee
for tomorrow to consider the bill
which he introduced yesterday to
curb prof1teering in coal 1t is not ex-
pected, however. that the bill intro
duced by Senator Walsh Of Massachu
take over the coal mines. will be
given consideration at tomorrow's
meeting of the committee.
The Senate today took up for con-
sideration the bill to create a federal
coal commission to investigate and
report upon the coal industry. Sena-
tor Borah. chairman of the committee
on education and labor, reported the
bill to the Senate from his committee
The House bill was stricken out and
the Borah bill substituted for it by
the committee.
Senator Edge of New Jersey offered
an amendment to the coal commission
bill. declaring the existence of a
national emergency and authorizing
the President. if he deems 1t neces-
sary, for such periods of time as he
may consider necessary. to acquire by
or otherwise any or all
of the coal mines in the United States
and to operate mines and distribute
the coal therefrom.
Senator Edge. addressing the Senate.
declared he believed the conditions
confronting the country demanded
prompt and drastic action. He said
that he was In favor of the coal COM
mission being created. but that IL was
necessary now to have coal produced
to meet the needs of the people.
Evening star., 1922-08-25

BROKERS ARRESTED
Alleged to Have swind|ed
Many in Transactions
in Market.
BAITED BY. WINNINGS
Spectators Declared to Be Per
mitted to Win on First Invest
ment as Inducement.
BAITED BY. WINNINGS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
DENVER, Col. August 5.-police
and Colorado state rangers early to-
day completed the roundup and ar
rests of thirty-three persons alleged
to have conducted confidence opera
tions in Colorado, Florida and Cuba
to play the market on grains. oil
stocks and stocks and bonds being
permitted to win their initial specu-
lations and then being defrauded out
of heavier amounts subsequently.
PrObed for Year.
The raid followed Investigations of
more than year in which author
tiles in other cities aided. Denver
police stated.
Lou Blonger, seventy-three. of Den
YER. was said by Attorney Vanoise to
have been the president of the al
legged bogus stock exchange oper-
atorS
Phil Vancise, district attorney, an
nounced Information that led to the
arrest of the gang was supplied by
]. Frank Norfieet Of Hale Center. Tex,
who had been picked as a victim.
Norfleet, according to Vancise. is the
man who unmasked the operations of
the notorious southwest Joe Furey"
band of confidence men.
Charge Of COnspiracy.
Under a technical charge of con-
spiracy to defraud. the prisoners,
ranging in ages from twenty to sew
enty-three years. are accused by the
authorities of having f1eeced persons
throughout the United States OF sums
aggregating $1,000. 900. The officers in
their raid seized $40. 900 in cash. weap-
ons of all kinds. telegraph apparatus
and the paraphernalia of a stock ex-
change.
Victims are said to have been solic-
tied in Colorado. Florida and Cuba.
They picked the wrong bird for
plucking when they picked Nor
feet" declared Fancise. They tried
to work a S50.o0O0 swindle on the
man who caught Joe Furey"
Evening star., 1922-08-25
81 PER CENT MORE '
WORK DUE TO WAR
Civil Service Statistics Show
This Caused Hiring of
30,538 U. S. Workers.
ARMISTICE DAY PEAK
Federal Employees Here at That
Time l17,780-9l7,760 in
Entire Country.
ARMISTICE DAY PEAK

More than 81 per cent OF the in
crease in civil service personnel in
the District from June 30. 1916. to-
Juno 80. 1922. was wholly or prin-
cipally the result of the war, accord
ing to statistics made public today
by the Civil Service Commission.
The increase for the six-year pe>
riod was 30.53s. 26.7lO in the depart-
ments and offces where war work
was heaviest. leaving 3.S2s, or less
than 13 per cent, as changes partly
the result Of the war or not at all
or slightly affected by the war
These statistics. the first of their
ice employees numbered 394s2 in tho
District Of Columbia on June 30.
1916. The number on June 80, 1922.
was 69s80.
High Point November Is. 1911.
The high point was November II,
1918. when the total number of civil
service employees here was l17.766. as
compared with 100000 outside the
District. making a total of 9l776n,
approximately. in the entire country.
Today there are 5s0s civil service
employees in the entire country. Tha
entire increase in the number of en-
ployes in the federal executive civil
service, both in the District and out-
side. for the six-year period was lee,-
sos
The increase in the departments
and offlces in which changes were
wholly or principally the result OF
the war was 99,421. or more than s9l
per cent Of the total increase.
Three Groups OF Departments.
The commissions statistics present.
three groups of departments: Grouu
11xV 49,
result of the war. group 2, changes
partially the result of the war. and
group 3. changes not at all or slightly
affected by the war.
In group l the commission places
the State. Treasury, War, Navy and
Railroad Administration. alien prop~i
erty custodian, Office of the superin~i
tendent State, War and Navy build-.i
ing, Veterans Bureau. Railroad La
bor Board and Civil Service Commis-'
sion.
In group are placed the Justice.
and Commerce departments. the gov
ernment printing office and the gem
eral accounting Office.
In group the commission places
the Interior. Agriculture and Post Of
fee departments: Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, bureau OF efficiency, federal
trade commission. tariff commission.
employees compensation commission,
federal board for vocational educa-
ton, Panama canal commission, Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
Some Not Charged to War.
Doubtless part of the increase in
some of the departments and Offices
included in group ! cannot be charged.
to the war" officials stated, discuss
ing the compilation.
"On the other hand much of the
| increase in the departments and Of
fees included in group 2. and small
part of the increase in some of the
departments and Offices included in
group 3. are chargeable to the war.
Therefore. It is a safe statement
that of the entire increase for the six
years of 122,s06. approximately l0o,-
600 are directly chargeable to the
war"
Evening star., 1922-08-25
4,165 IN SHOP FORCES.
Southern Railway President Says
Recruiting Has Been Rapid.

Fairfax Harrison, president Of tho
Southern railway system in a state
ment last night. said that the shop
and roundhouse forces of the system
have been increased to S6 per cent OF
normal since the company began re-
cruiting August is and now has 4,165
shopmen at work. There seems to
he no lack of candidates able to pass
the tests" he added. Mr.. Harrison's
statement follows:
"since we began recruiting on Au-
gust Is, the Southern railway sys-
tenn has every day added to the skele-
ton force it had in its shops and
roundhouses and now has all told
4.165 shopmen at work. This is 36
per cent Of a normal force, but. what
Is more important, there are now at
work 20 per cent of q normal roster
Of skilled craftsmen. All new men
are rigidly examined for mechanical
ability before they are employed. but
there seems to be no lack of candi-
dates able to pass the tests. eseciaiIy
since the failure of the last negotia-
ton for settlement OF the strike
More new men will be added every
other dayf
Evening star., 1922-08-25
ALIENATION SUIT FILED
AGAINST D. C. HOTEL MAN
Elmer Thorne Asks 100000 Dam
age Of Ben Schwartz for Alleged
Theft of Wife's Love.

Ben Schwartz. proprietor of the
Commercial Hotel. at 920 F street north
west. il named defendant in suit to re-
cover 100000 damages for alleged
alienation Of affection. The suit was
filed today in the District Supreme
Court by Elmer c. Thorne. who claims
to have lost the affection. comfort
and society of his wife. Marie F.
Thorne. because of the attentions al
legged to have been showered upon
her by the defendant
Mr.. Thorne charges that here. in
Atlantic City and elsewhere Mr..
Schwartz carried on secret communi-
cation with Mrs. Thorne and by that
means destroyed her love for her
husband and humiliated him before
his neighbors. Attorney W. w. Ste
vens appears for the husband.
Evening star., 1922-08-25
FILES SEPARATE ANSWER
TO MANDAMUS DEMAND
Commissioner Rudolph Absent
When Board Responded in Suit of
Insurance Head for Reinstatement.

Cuno H. Rudolph. president of the
board of District Commissioners. today
filed his separate answer to the manda-
mus proceedings brought some weeks
ago by DR.. Lewis Griffith, to compel his
reinstatement as insurance commission
er. Mr.. Rudolph was on vacation last
month when the two other Commission
ers responded to rule issued against
them by Justice HitZ
The answer is Identical with that of
his collea gues, and denies that the re-
moval Of DR.. Griffith was the result of
political pressure from the White House
or elsewhere. Mr.. Rudolph declares
that, with the other Commissioners, he
was convinced that change should be
made in the office because of the new
legislation widening the scope OF its
business.
In asking that the hearing on the petit
ton go over until October, when As
sistant Corporation Counsel Ringold
Hart was ready to proceed last month
former Commissioner w. Gwynn
Gardiner, counsel for DR.. Griffith. in
sisted on an answer from Mr. Rudolph,
explaining to the court that he ex-
pected the president Of the board would
not Join in some OF the statements made
in the answer Of the other two Com
mssionera Hearing on the mandamus
is scheduled for October g.
Evening star., 1922-08-25
SONS VAR RECORD
WINS HIS MOTHER
ENTRANCE INTO S.

Acting on a plea made by VIII
liam r. Franklin, commander OF
Vincent Costello Post of WASH
inston. Secretary OF Labor Davis
has ordered the mother OF Louis
Catsules, a Washington veteran
Of the world war, paroIed in her
sons charge and allowed to enter
the United States. Mrs. Cntsuies
and her sixteen-year-old dauEh-
ter are allowed to remain In the
limited tates under the parole OF
her son until October 1.
They came from Greece. ana nad
beea held At ElliS Island until
yesterday, pending disposition OF
An appeal made to the Secretary's
hoard OF review here.
The son, I'm whose care the
mother 10 placed, enlisted shortly
after the United States entered
thk war and was blind for ten
.snonths - the Resalt Of . D0D
attaclk In the Toul sector.
Evening star., 1922-08-25
HIGHWAY PATROLS
TRIED OUT IN D. C.
CONTINUED from First Page.
.,e resurfacine, $4,000.

complete resur1acihs, $1,so'.
Georgia avenue-Mllltary road tc
District line, s4.5I0.
Eaylor road southeast-Resurfac
from Good Hope to District line, s10,-
$50.
system Is Effective.
Anproximately $4,000 more of the
suburban road appropriation was
snent all over the District patching
nd holes that are discovered every
day ON the hundreds of miles of sub
urban surfaces.
Engineer department officials admit
,hat the patrol system Of keeping
cnnstant watch on suburban roads is
a most effectual method OF keeping
these highways in frst-class condition
all the time.
where the flow of traffic is heavy and
continuous the patrolmen could not
he assigned to four or five miles each.
ae they are in rural areas like the
MARYLAND state roads.
Under the present appropriation the
suburban road branch Of the engineer
department employs ABOUT Zoo men.
The suburban road area is divided into
four sections, with foreman and a
gang in each section.
These foremen depend upon the police
men on their beats for information as
TO the locations of all bad ruts that
should be fixed Each morning the
foreman goes to the station houses in
his territory and obtains from the desk
sergeant a list of the holes reported
the previous day by the officers.
These cavities in the roads are at
tended to the same day the reports are
received from the police.
The value of the French road patrol
system lies in the fact that the work.
men constantly on each highway catch
the holes when they are small. and re-
pair them before serious damage is
done.
Evening star., 1922-08-25
GEORGETOWN STUDENTS
ARE DINED IN MEXICO
American Chamber Of Commerce
Is Host to Visitors From
States.
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
MEXICO CITY. Mexico. August IS.
The forty-six students of the
Georgetown University School of For
eign Service, Washington. D. c.. were
guests at dinner given in their hon.
or by the American Chamber of Com
merce of Mexico last night,
Besides President J H Jacobs and
other officials of the chamber. George
T. Summerlin. American charge DAT
faireS. and Consul General Lawson
were present Cen Francisco Fig
ueros. subsecretary of public instruc-
tfon, and DR.. Manuel Barranco Of the
aepartment of education represented
Mexican educational circles. Senor
Palavicini. proprietor of Excelsior
was the press representative
Addresses were made by DR.. Row
s. MacElwee. dean of the Washing
ton school and in charge of the par
~. and by prominent members of the
chamber OF commerce. Edwin Schoen-
rich. one of the students. made bria,
speech, setting forth the benefits de-
rived from educational trips snch
as the students are now on, and f. w
I!uecker. another student, gave a
short talk on the advantages accru-
the Mexican trip o"i
Dr. e. A. Ross of the University Of
Wisconsin and DR.. H. T Ceilings Of
the wharton School of Finance. Iyni-
versity OF Pennsylvania, were amone
other American guests at the dinner
AS the time draws nearer for tha
students to return to WashinRton
they are taking advantage OF eyerv
spare moment to make siehtseein1
trips A few days ago they visited
president Obregon's castle at ChapuI-
tepec.
According to present plans the s,r-
dents can finish their course at th.
university here and their renaraI
study OF Mexican conditions in tims
to leave for the United States ahomt
September I. Should they be able tn
get away on that date. they will ar
ber 1s. p'eh-
Evening star., 1922-08-25

Are you boarding away a ten or
twenty dollar gold piece or SO?
Be careful.
For that bright promising piece Of
golden metal may not be worth as
much as dirty old bedraggled piece
Of paper money
Because the United States Treasury
accepts gold coins only on their weight
value. as many persons have learned
to their sorrow
Within a week a business man who
had occasion to change several hundred
dollars at the Treasury had to pay
*l.5O difference owing to the wearing
away OF the gold pieces
Silver nickel and copper coins pass
for face value SO long as recognizable,
but gold Is worth only its weight. ac-
cordinB to authorities in the of1ice Of
the director OF the mint
There are graduated scales for de-
termining the legal weight Of a gold
coin. which provide for abrasion For
instance. twenty-dollar gold piece that
has been in circulation fifteen years will
pass FOR its face value at a much lower
weight than a new coin. The stand
ard weight of new twenty dollar gold
Evening star., 1922-08-25
SHANZER AND SEIPEL
TO MAKE NO AGREEMENT
Meeting Today at Verona Only of
Informative Character, News
Agency Says.
Ii. Associated Prsss.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME. August 16.-The meeting to-
today At Verona between foreign min
lister Schanzer of Italy and Chancellor
Seipsl Of Austria. which was arranged
At the latter's urgent request to con-
slider measures for Austria's relief,
will be merely Of an informative char
acter according to the semi-oficial Stef-
FAM News Agency. 1t is poiEted out that
no agreements can be entered into
In . case Of this kind by the foreign
minister without the consent of the
remainder Of the Italian cabinet
Signor Schanzer Joined Chancellor
Ssipsl at Bol5ano yesterday, and pro-
csedsd with him to Verona. Senator
Contarfni. secretary general of the
italian foreign offlce. and Herr Kwiat-
kovski, Austrian minister to Italy,
also viii participate in the converse
tions-
Evening star., 1922-08-25
CASH BONUS OPPOSED,

John T Nolan. commander of the
National Disabled Soldiers League.
has advised all disabled veterans to
wire their congressional representa-
tives to oppose passage of the cash
bonus Dill now in the Senate. on the
ground that adoption of such meas
ure would endanger continuation of
proper hospitalization, vocational
training and compensation for them
Nolan declared he would challenge
the strength of other soldier organ
izations by seeking to amend the
bill SO that. should it be passed. dis
abled men who desire cash payments
in place of present methods will re-
ceive them. including those who are
not now receiving any financial as
sistance because their injuries were
rated as less than 10 per cent
Evening star., 1922-08-25
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

st. Martins carnival will open 1t .
o'clock tomorrow at l16 T street
northeast. Orphans of st. Vincents
orphanage will be special guests tor
the day A chicken supper Will be
served after o'clock.
South Dakota Society Will have .
picnic tomorrow afternoon at 18th
street reservoir grounds.
Rev. Luke G. Reynolds will addresA
the Alice r. Lee Missionary Circle OF
Third Baptist Church Sunday at p.m.-
Ladies' Auxiliary to National Capi>
tai Post. Veterans Of Foreign Warsss
will meet tomorrow, pm. et fyths
ian Temple =
Evening star., 1922-08-25
FIRE ENGINES CRASH.

RICHMOND. Va, August 25.-Fivs
6remen were injured. one of them ser
riously, when two high powered motor
engines, speeding in response to an
alarm, over the city's rain-swept
streets, crashed headon here last
night.
is in a local hospital, suffering from
internal injuries and shock. The ap-
paratus. valued at more than $4,000.
was wrecked. The blaze to which IL
was responding was trivial.
Evening star., 1922-08-25
ONE DEAD, THREE HURT;
100000 STORM LOSS
Louisville Man Killed by Steeple
When Wind Hits City and
Sweeps Indiana.

BY the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. August 2s.-One
person dead. three seriously injured
and a property loss variously esti-
mated from sl5o.oN0 to s250.0Oo was
the toll of a terrific windstorm which
swept part of Louisville and JEFF
fersonville, Ind, early today. follow
ing a rain and electrical disturbance.
George Massey, sixty years old. was
buried beneath the wreckage when
his home in Louisville was struck
by the steeple blown from an ad-
joining church. He was rescued by
neighbors. but died from his injuries
Wind Wrecks Buildings.
In Jeffersonville, where the full
force of the wind was felt. two build
ings of the American Car and Foundry
Company were wrecked. steeples and
roofs were torn from two churches
and scores of homes were damaged.
Practically every street was blocked
at some point by fallen trees and tele.
phone and electric light poles. TeIe, n
phone and electric service was para
lyzed by reason of broken wires.
In Jeffersonville a woman was badly
hurt by cuts from falling glass, and
man was seriously injured when
buried under falling plaster.
Indiana Crop Damage.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. August 25.-
Wind and heavy rain storms, which
were general throughout Indiana
early today. caused some damage to
crops and to property. according to
reports received by the United States
weather bureau.
Telephone and telegraph companies
also had reports of damage to their
wires southeast of here. The wealth
er bureau reports showed a rainfall
of 80 inches during the night and
IL inches since Z am. today.
Evening star., 1922-08-25
FATHER KILLS MOTHER
WITH BABE IN ARMS
Four Other Children See Tragedy
After Quarrel Over Leav-
ing. City.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, August 25.-Five
small children today mourned the
death OF their mother. Mrs. Martha 7.
Hembree. shot to death last night by
her husband. Albert. A sixth child,
too small to realize what happened, a
babe Of one year. was found by DO
llcemen lying in the slain woman's
arms.
Four of the children witnessed tho
shooting, they told the police.
quarrel over the fathers desire to
move from the city to get work was
brought to an abrupt end, they said,
when he suddenly seized his revolyer
and fred two shots at their mother.
who was reclining with the baby.
Evening star., 1922-08-25
0RE[LANA DEP0SED
BY YREvOLUT|ON|STS
President of Guatemala, In
augurated in March, FIees
Country Following Crisis.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, August 24.-The
unionists in Guatemala have over
thrown the government Of President
Orelana and the president is fleeing
the country. says a dispatch printed
by Ell Universal Grafico from it's cor
respondent at Tapachala, Chiapas.
quoting advices received from Guate-
mala City
The dispatch adds that Julio Err
nesto Zelaya has been named provi-
sional president.
Reports Of Unrest.
Recent dispatches have indicated
considerable unrest in Guatemala.
AdviceS received in Washington Au-
gust % were to the effect that the
constitutional guarantees were sus-
pended last Monday and martial law
declared in certain parts of the coun-
try. 1t was added that the situation
was said to be under the control of
the government.
The declaration of martial law fol-
lowed a revolutionary outbreak in a
number OF small towns. during which
there were several assassinations.
President lose Maria Oreilana was
made provisional president of Guate-
mala IN December. 1921, and was
chosen president of the republic early
in the present year. He was in
augurated March 10 last
Vice President Under Herrera,
The fact that julio Ernesto Zelaya
has been named provisional presi-
dent or Guatemala attains some sig
nificance here, when 1t is recalled
that he served as first vice president
under the Herrera government, which
was overthrown by the followers of
Orellana last winter. Under the
Guatemalan constitution, Senior Ze-
laya would have become president
upon Herreras resignation Orel-
lana. however, was proclaimed presi-
dent. The fact that Zelaya has been
proclaimed president would indicate te
the return to power Of the unionists.
many of whose leaders are now po-
litical exiles
Evening star., 1922-08-25
LABOR AWARD APPROVED,

Favorable report was made by the
House claims committee yesterday on
a bill to provide for carrying out the
award of the War Labor Board of
July 81, 1918. in favor of certain en-
ployes of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany amounting to about $1,5OO,o00.
Evening star., 1922-08-25
CREW TRIES TO SINK SHIP.
Lower Compartments Of Steamer
Philadelphia Flooded.

NAPLES, August 25.-An emergency
crew Of bumpers was working ener-
geticaliy today to prevent the sink
ing of the steamship Philadelphia,
whose lower compartments were
found flooded late last night.
During the night the steamer, which
was seized by the police this week in
connection with a controversy over
unpaid bills. and seventy-six men,
bers of whose crew we're arrested on
Wednesday. began to list to the left
and an inspection showed that some
of the water cocks had been left open
The authorities expressed the belief
that the cocks were left open by
members of the crew before being
taken ashore.
Evening star., 1922-08-25
SIBERIAN REDS ACTIVE.
Withdrawal Of Japs Delayed by
Several Outbreaks.
the Associated Press

BY the Associated Pres.
vLADIVOSTOK. July 25 MaiD.-
Departure of tho Japanese troops is
the main item of interest in political
circles here. One faction is doing all
IL can to postpone evacuation and un-
til such time as the political situation
IL more quiet.
Tho reds are getting moro active.
On July 20 they bombarded the town
Of Nikolsk at 3 am. 1t is now re-
ported that the bombardment was for
the purpose of destroying a troop
train Of Cossacka
The partisans at Olga attacked tho
white" detachment stationed there,
but were driven back.