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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-24
VESTS ON
FEET
BY BUGS" BAER.
o0pynsh. issa. b. st.r Company.

pRINCE OF WALES is
escorting his royal mon
ocle around world. He is
now In India getting accli.
mated to frozen welcomes.
He had no quicker planted
his ancestral anaemis on
midas real estate than he
ran into plenty riots at
Madras.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-24

; THE GIFT itself.
Is JUST a lie.
AND so I'm glad.
FOR THIS young man
AND FOR his folks.
FOR THERE are men
WHO SEND their
checks.
ON EVERY month.
TO HOUSE and feed.
SOME KIN of theirs.
WHO HAS grown old.
AND WITH their
checks.
NO MORE of love.
THAN GAN be found.
wlr4la The walls.
OF couNiv farms.
AND WHERE tn.
blame.
IHehE 10 no love
IT MATTERS not.
IT Is just sad.
THEY CAN'T ind Joy.
IN clvinc.
AND IN being given.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-24

MADRAS 10 name of shirt
" These were night riots.
So Prince must have been
chased around India In his
kingly pajamas.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-24

w HEN spatted royalty
w steps forth to shoot In
India etiquette skips couple
Of beats. Can't tell what
percentage spats play in
worlds welfare, but Prince
without his spats would be
like putting sun dials in
cellars.
CPATS are vests for feet.
~ After Prince gets his
spats adjusted so there Is no
transmission lost between
his inherited bunions and his
impromptu intellect, he is
set pretty for whatever to-
morrow may bring forth.
Sentries may sleep, guards
may neglect their duty, locks
may rust, but no tiger will
ever claw unspatted royalty.
IN Honolulu Albert almost
i had his atlas bounding
career flattened because his
regiment Of Wallets mislaid
his eating gauntlets. Other
less intricate folks may have
their bathrobes, plebians
may lease their smoking
Jackets, but princes only
may own majority Of shares
In royal swimming spats.
THEY say that Ben Tur-
= pin once wore spats, but
should one youthful mistake
overshadow mans entire
career?
RESIDES. why should Wa
- scott at infantile pa
ralysis Of royalty's whims?
Americas great men often
flashed symptoms Of fatty
degeneracy Of good judg.
ment.
nIDN'T George Washing.
~ ton once stand up in
rowboat while crossing Del
aware? One thing that Is
good for whack on head
with oar at any picnic.
A ND didn't Ben Franklin
"A fly kites at age Of
fortyfive?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
My Fauorite Stories
By IRWIN s. COBB
To the Depths of DogoIogy

that Senator William finders The feuds still alive today after the lapse of than 22 fortune from Louisville follow the the the split defeat the face of the returns the general election his with conspng
 What sticks most vvidy though when hak cedng the election Ham perhaps greatest orator in the quickest thinking believe that lived anywhere having the nomination of fight, and chose the Bowling fitting place for the firing of the first Bowling where rebellion inside the democratic vehement But Goebe had his adheren there plenty,
 Haam the packed jammed gin speech Hardly had he started when local of those about him Pound for times as formidable. -
 q want ask you quesionr he demanded
 onethrd of the crowd yeed "Go ahead The other yelled "Throw him out And few enthusiastic spirits suggested the expedency of destroying the gentleman utterly
 With a of his hand Hallam stiled the
 be understood hereafter that this be joint dbate he said his rather voice. My friends arranged for the of this building this afternoon and be the speaker But it political faith that democratic gathering who calls himself democrat be right gather gentleman to question If the gentleman will be his question: whatever s and to abide by it, willing right of free speech while he is asking it..
 Tat suits proclaimed the nerrupe My question this Kentucky assembled yaler dog for would vote for him?
 "I did," said Haiam calmly.
 "We then whooped heckler, n the face of that statement why pudte the of that convention refuse hm
 Il adm he stated that said then what namely that when the democrats of Kentucky nominate ar the governorshp this hmbu lower than that shall not drag mel!
 Copyright, 1922, by the McNaught Syndicate, Incl
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
MEASURE CREATES BOARD ID STUDY
 ENTIRE INDUSTRY
Bland Unable to Amend Bill. Proposition Goes to Sen ate Where Borah Bill
 Is Pending
Rv Associated, Pr.ss

Washington, August 23-Ths
 administration bill for creation
 of . federal commission to Ob-
 tain all facts possible relating to
 the coal industry and which
 miners and operators were de-
 nied representation, was passed
 tonight by the House, 2I9 to 55.
 Three separate attempts were made by Representative Bland, republican, Indiana, to amend the bill 80 as to put representatives of the miners and mine owners on the commission, but all of them failed.
 The House voted down a proposal by Representative Denisonr reput- licah, Illinois, to reduce the commls- sion membership from nine to five. but the next moment by an over whelming vote, adopted an amend ment by Representative Bankhead, democrat, Alabama, cutting the sal ary of commis ssioners from $10,000 to s7,500
 It then put through, virtually without objection, an amendment by Representative Moore, democrat, Vir- ginia, reducing the application for the cost and upkeep of the commis- sion from s500,00o to $300,000. Chair man Winslow of the interstate com merce committee, who handled the bill through the House, announced that the committee was not opposed to the smaller amount.
 Four Republicans Vote No
 Four republicans voted against the bill and 24 democrats supported it. It now goes to the Senate, where the Borah commission bill, slightly dif- ferent in some provisions. is pend- ing.
 u1. = s4... ..z.- -.-..Ay;.o.> Io. CTS were thrown off their feet by action of the rules committe in vot- ing to present the Bland bill. wirh its provision for miners and oper- ators representation. as substitute for the Winslow measure.
 The committee failed on a tie vote to reconsider its action. but later 1t reported a rule giving the winslow bill the right way. and opening it to amendment.
 In the end, leaders found no reason for the furry. for under a parliament tary situation the hill was called up by Mir. Winslow in regular form and was considered without a rule.
 No Prolonged Opposition
 There was no pronounced opposi- tion to the bill as finally whipped in shape for passage. MT. Winslow declared that the fact-finding com mission was desired by the Presiden; as the leader of the American people.
 This measure simply provides" ho said, for a commission which will put its nose in the business, and if it has the wit and ability, bring forth report and suggestions which will tell the world, particularly the President and Congress, just what 1t thinks is the trouble with the thing and what the facts are"
 Opposing the bill, Representative Garrett. Tennessee. the democratic leader, argued that 1t offered no re- lief for the present or a similar sit- uatiop.
 Tt is intended as subterfuge costing half a million dollars" said Mir. Garrett, land without being Of any tangible value in the present sit- uation or in any that might arise in the future"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
Three Montgomery Citizens Killed
 m Auto Accident
By Associated Press

Durham, N. C., August 23.-col. James Marks Williams, coast ar- tiliery, United States army, of 525 Perry street, Montgomery, his wife, Mrs. Anna NJ. Williams, and a Miss Tabor, also of Montgomery, were in- stantly killed tonight when a South ern railway passenger train struck an automobile in which they were riding at a grade crossing three miles west of this city.
 The accident occurred at a cross ing on detour from the national nignway between Durham and Greensboro. The automobile, 1t was said was moving slowly over a rough place in the road when 1t was struck by the rapidly moving train.
 With the combined wreckage of the automobile and the engines 8 pilot scattered on either side the train went some distance from the crossing before 1t was brought to a stop.
 The train crews picked up the bodies of Colonel Williams and the two women and placed them in the baggage car. Colonel Williams is said to have shown signs of life but he was dead when the train reached Durham. Aside from cut on his right hand, his body was without a sign of injury. His left leg was broken, however, near the ankle.
 Mrs. Williams head was crushed. Miss Tabor's body bore cuts and abrasions.
 The victims of the accident were taken from the local station to an undertaking establishment to await information from Montgomery as to diSposition 1e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
COLLINS DEATH
 DEEPLY AFFECTS
 ENGLISH PEOPLE
Press Is Filled With Tributes to Fallen Irish Leader. Ministerial Changes
 Awaited
By Associated Press

London, August 24.-The death of Michael Collins, who has fallen in actual combat with the rebels, as one of the first victims of the sub stitute plan of guerrilla warfare for organized resistance to the provi- sional government has impressed the British public far more than did even the death of Arthur Griffith. while the circumstances of his death, fighting against desperate odds in a carefully arranged ambush dur ing an inspection of his troops po- sitions around Cork, adds to the halo surrounding his lamented death.
 His daring and personal attrac- tiveness, combined with his adven- turous career, and his reputation as a courageous fighter as well as a prudent administrator helped to give him prominence and importance in the public eye.
 The British press is filled with tributes. personal sketches anec- dotes and stories of the hairbreadth escapes of the dead commander-in- chief in the course of Ireland's war fare with Britain, together with testimony of his political strength, his sagacity and his loyalty in car AyAh6 Oot tHt COnQltfOnS or the treaty he signed with England. Prominent men. at home and abroad. from the prime minister down. hasten to pay tributes of coincidence and respect.
 It is pointed out that of the five principal signatories of the Anglo Irish treaty, only one now remains in the Irish government-Eamon J. Duggan. Of the other sirnatories. Griffith and Collins are dead, George Gavan Duffy resigned because he disapproved of the draft of the con stitution, while Richard Barton, long since dropped out of the government.
 Richard Mulcahy and William T. COsgrave are the two names in greatest prominence as leaders of Irish affairs. Tbe meeting of the Dail Eirrean was -ri>dar postpone ment until Saturday ard which Is expected to delegate the necessary miniterial changes, is therefore awaited with intense interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
TRAIL EXECUTIVES REJECT STRIKE PROPOSALS
Coal Strike Measure Passes House
House Cuts Salary Of Commissioners on
 Bankhead's Motion

Washington, August 23.-(speciall Before passing the Winslow coal In vestigation bill today, the House adopted an amendment offered by Representative Bankhead of the Tenth Alabama district. reducing the salaries to be paid the nine com Inissioners to be appointed by the President from $10,000 to $7,6oo Der Rnnum.
 In his argument. MT. Bankhead made the point that as the men would not give their entire time to the investigation. and as all their expenses would be paid, the salary of congressman would be sufficient reward. His amendment prevailed easy. Nothing was said regarding .te plan of the republicans to bring about a period of successive three day recesses. This would be business for the next meeting. Democrats, before agreeing to the republican plan, however, will insist that date be fixed for the voting on the va rious offers for Muscle Shoals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
HARDING WILLING TODELAY ACTION
 ON SUBSIDY BILL
Says Chances of Passing Measure at Present Time Diminished by Situation
 in House
By Associated Press

Washington, August 23-Presi- dent Harding in a letter today to Representative Mondell, the repub- lican leader, expressed willingness to have congressional consideration of the administration ship subsidy de- ferred "until we can rivet the atten- ton of Congress with a full attend ance."
 Success of the measure, the Pres ident added, might be jeopardized by pressing for an immediate decision.
 The letter was in reply to one in which MT. Monden had declared he E-arid h fs -sessociates- .vzera- reluctant to bring the bill to vote in the House at this time.
 The text of the letter follows: My dear Mir. Mondell:
 T have your note conveying the reluctance of yourself and your as- sociates favorable to the bill to aid American merchant shipping to bring the measure up for a vote in the pre- vailing situation in the House. I am frankly disappointed that the cir cumstauces have combined to make a difficult situation, due, on the one hand, to the diminished attendance in the House, and chargeable, on the other hand, to the new complications which have arisen. It would be folly to ignore the development of .he prohibition issue which came up so fAI1 e fact that the friends of the bill must harmonize their views to accord with both the constitutional amendment and public opinion on this subject.
 Must Reach Concord
 Moreover, the same friends of the measure must reach concord in the matter of the favoring provision car ried in the tax exemption section vhich was designed to provide an in- direct aid to American shipping en- terprise.
 T need not tell you that but for the engrossment in the industrial situation, I should have long since invited conferences looking to an agreement on these problems. I am so earnest about the passage of this measure, I think 1t so impor tant in furthering our commercial good for  tunes and so essential to our self independence and our national de- fense that I had much rather the bill should await consideration until we can rfvet the attention of Con- gress with a full attendance than jeopardize it's success by pressing for an immediate decision. I venture to express to you in this way the hope which have previously uttered
 
 way to deal with these new diff culties with the approval of all sup- pdrters of an American merchant marine and that we then may have favorable action before the Congress gets too deeply engaged in the press ing legislation which must be con sidered in the short session. Very truly yours.
 WARREN G. HARDING"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
MURDER UNSOLV WE'D
Police Are Attempting to Locate
 Missing Boarder

Jackson. Miss. August 23.-The police and other officers continue to work on the mystery that sur rounds the murder of J. P. Lewis. a boarding house proprietor and whose dead body was found in Pearl river swamp last Sunday. Everett Lump kin, the ex-service man. boarding at the Lewis house. and taking voca- tional training. is still in jail, having admitted tat he purchased the gun with which the killing was done. but declaring he bought it for an other Lewis house boarder named J. M. McDonaN The latter has not been located.
 Lumpkin and Mcdonald are both said by the police to have been en- moured of Mrs. Lewis, wife of the dead man. and it is said that McDon- aid was ordered out of the house some time ago by Lewis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
BRANDON ACCEPTS GOV. K|LBY'S OFFER
 OF COOPERATION
Will Accompany kilby on Visit to Various institutions. Rendered Use of All of
 States Facilities

Montgomery, August 2s-(Special.) Governor Kilby has invited Judge W. w Brandon, governor designate. to use all the facilities of the state government in nis investigation Of state affairs prior to his inaugura- has accepted the invitation.
 Governor Kilbys letter, which was written August 1e, was made public today with the consent of Judge Brandon and Judge Brandon's reply, dated August 21, was made public by him with the consent of the gov ernor. It had been known for seV- eral days that the outgoing and in coming governors would meet on common ground in an effort to as- sist one another. Governor Kilby invited Judge Brandon to Visi. all the state institutions with hlm prior to the change in the govern ment and Judge Brandon, in his let ter, accepted.
 Governors s.eSter.
 
 Brandon follows:
 "Whynever you are in Montgomery between this time and your inaugural ton I want you to be at home in tnls office, freely to inform yourself on any phase of the state government not only my office, but all depart ments at the capital. Our forces VIII be at your disposal at all times to assist you in any possible way in col- lecting any information you may de- sire.
 "Recalling our conversation at Tus- caloosa, please bear in mind my sug- gestion that we visit the institutions of the state together. Perhaps after the November election would be the most convenient and appropriate time.
 With warm congratulations on your magnificent victory and sincere good wishes for the success of your administration, I am very truly yours, THOMAS F. RILEY"
 Judge Brandon Replies.
 Judge Brandon made the following reply: Upon my return to the of- flee after being confined to my room for few days, l beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter. I desire to express to you my deep gratitude for your very kind offer which l shall centainly accept after the November election. Your courtesy to me has touched me deeply and l will be pleased to confer upon all matters with reference to the government.
 You have indeed shown yourself a big man in offering opportunity to me to investigate all departments and I cannot express in words what really feel I trust to see you in person before long and go over in detail those matters you think im- portant to me"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24

At the same time splitting
 away from the majority, was
 group of 25 railroads, principally
 western lines. which debated
 new suggestion of the brother
 hoods that individual settlements
 he effected. This minority, while
 protesting to stand with the mn-
 J0rity in reaffirming the stand on
 seniority, still indicated thnt 1t
 desired to hear further regarding
 the individual settlement sugges-
 ton.
 Hale Holden, president of the Chf- caso, Burlington and Quincy, who attended a meeting of the minority after the general membership of the association had ended its session. joined with members of the majority group in denying that there was any split.
 No Question Of Split.
 There is no question of a split" he asserted "rhe railroads are all standing pat on seniority and any individual settlement will have to be made In the light of that understand- ing"
 The days proceedings may be out lined as follows:
 l. The association met as whole this morning almost unanimously de- cided to continue It's stand against restoring the strikers with their ranking unaffected and directed it's committee which met last week v.st' the brotherhood chiefs to aw u1 resolution embodying this insialon.
 2 The committee subn tte ae resolution after the noon re 8a after it's adoption left for ne 8ni Central station and transt tflf fGs message to the committee arfas-f ing the running trades, ho stepped into the shoes of mad These mediators, before aQ ET. conference, issued a state sa serting that the strike mu. he Gse. tied because the public der ir4et ft and setting forth that "t raie who now operate the trai f5ra that part of the public whi, best why a settlement mus elas.
 Advance New Proposa
 5. The brotherhoods than T,.os.s another proposal I. e. that ta ersa be reinstated in the DO the class they originally Aa June 30; that all be restored usl t4rr than October l, and that 4ates which might arise over f. rights be referred to the .r..,. labor board. Later 1t was su that settlements by indiyidus be made on this basis.
 1. The committee repre- 5srilf.5 executives and the big five, ulrf- Ing by a back stairway to elude ncg,r. papermen. then repaired to tl yais club and brotherhood chiefs aITrs.1. ed the whole membership of t..- sociation.
 !. The mediators then withdrew and departed for the Hotel Wood- stock for q conference with shop- craft leaders which lasted into the evening.
 6. The association adjourned its meeting.
 T. Members of the minority group continued In session, recessed. and this evening held another confer ence with brotherhood men, for the purpose, they said, of testing the good faith of the big five regarding the separate settlement suggestion.
 Jewelps Statement
 When the mediators and shop crafts leaders meeting late toaay
 (Gontinued on Page Two)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-24
BECK WAS KILLED
 "|NL|NE OF DUTY" :"
 REPORT DECLARES
Evidence Does Not Show He Made Attack Upon Mrs. Day, Official Findings
 Indicate
By Associated Press

Washington, August 23.--Lieut. Col. Paul W. Beck, army air service. who was killed last April by a "gunshot wound in the head" ln- flicted by a revolver in the hand of" Jean P. Day of Oklahoma City, died "ln the line of duty" and his death was mot due to his own will full misconduct" according to official findings of an army Investigating board, made public and approved to- day by Secretary Weeks. Charges that Colonel Beck was killed during an attack upon Mrs. Day were not substantiated by the report, It was said.
 Colonel Beck was killed in the home of Mir. Day after he and sev eral others had been guests at their home one evening. The killing oc- cured when MT. Day returned after taking other guests to their homes and found Colonel Beck and Mrs. Day alone. A coroners jury subsequently exonerated MT. Day.
 Might Reopen Case
 In announcing the Doaru llnulnES, Secretary Weeks said he would for ward the evidence to the Oklahoma attorney general, but he preferred to have that official decide. in the light of the new investigation what &C., tion he might take toward re- opening the trial of Judge Day In civil courts.
 The secretary said he would not recommend any specific action of this sort in transmitting the papers. The secretary's approval of the findings, 1t was explained officially cleared the military record of Colonel Beck from any question of dishonor winch might have arisen from the manner in which he met his death and made 1t possible for the beneficiaries of the officer to collect the customary six months pay allowed officers killed in line of duty.