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Evening star., 1922-06-01
OPERATOR DEFIES HAYS
IN VINTONDALE CASE
Tells Lawyer to. Go a. Far a. He
Likes In Pressing Charge Of
False Arrest.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 1.-C. W.
schwerin. president of the vinton
has defed New York attorneys 10
''go as far as they like' in pushing
charges that they were victims Of
assault, battery and false arrest while
investi eating the company's alleged
control over free speech and free as
sembly at vintondale.
He denied most OF the charges made
by Attorney Arthur Garfield Hays,
representing the union. who with two
other attorneys, four members Of the
United Mine Workers Of America and
several newspaper men, returned YES.
terday after their "expArimsnt" at
vintondale. :
my best advice 10 that Hays dslfb.
erately trespassed," declared SchwSrin.
''If he feels that he has 4 case. how
ever, and he and Mr.. Untermysr want
to take it to the supreme court, we'll
go there with them. Whatever means
we adopt to keep undesirAbles out OF
Vintondale are taken to protect thA
non-union men in our mines. ana We
believe the laws uphold VI in the use
Of our own police.
The trial Of the eight men. allarsd
to be company police, whom HSys
caused to be arrested on charRea Al
assault, IL scheduled tomorrow bAfore
Justice Robert Hanohstt, former MON.
Der Of the United Mine Workers 81
Nat Y Clio. Pa. he said. These n,en.
Hays asserted, were released of, 390f
bail each, furnished by the 1usticc of
peace at VintondAle.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
SAYS ne HEARD
THREAT BY peters
New Jersey Ex.SoIdier Sure
Man He Met Was
Wards Victim.

: : PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June l.
Guy A Phillips. world war veteran.
reiterated here today that he saw
Clarence Peters. slain by Walter S.
Ward, In Philadelphia at noon on
May Is and at $50 am. May 16
Peters body was found near New
Rochelle. N. Y. on May 16. Phillips
lis sure 1t was Peters, as the latter
showed him discharge papers from
] the Navy on which was the name
Clarence Peters. He said he wrote
! a letter to Mrs. Walter s. Ward last
FRIDAY. but has not received reply.
. Phillips is resident OF Reading,
,Pa., where he is employed in the
afternoons as an electrician. He
comes to Philadelphia every morn
iing to attend the Philadelphia School
tof Wireless He saw service in
France. where he was gassed.
! Talk of Girl and Gum.
/ 1t was while on his way to a railroad
,station on May IS, he said. he fell in
with Peters. who accosted him because
said Peters walked with him to the sta
;tion and they sat in the waiting room.
Peters appeared to be nervous.
/, The young man said he was in
ttfOuDie Win a married man and girl,
said Phillips This man. he said, had
a pretty wife and was trying to win
from him his girl. He showed me a
gun he carried in his inside pocket 1t
was Smith & Wesson. Then he said
a man was in the city looking for him.
:Fondling the revolver. he said 1t would
help him to get the man who was try
Ing to get him. Later he asked me
where he could get a train for Eliza
beth. n. Y. 1 told him to go to the in
formation window, which he did.
When he returned he said nothing more
Hbout the train, and We bid each other
goodbye"
Seen Next Morning.
Phillips then related he saw the
man next morning at the entrance to
Eae Bellevue Stratford Hotel He
Hore brown suit and a gray cap.
4eters spoke to him. he added, and
9gain showed him the pistol and said
a will get him unless he gets me
drst"
!. Phillips said he left him and saw
Seters walk to meet a very WELL
Ehe street They talked for a few
seconds and then started for an auto
mobile
: The man he talked to, Phillips said.
vas ABOUT nineteen or twenty years
or age; of slender build and had dark
hair.
=. When Phillips was reminded that
Peters body was found on the 18th.
he expressed the opinion he might
nave been killed near here and his
body carried to where it was found.
: THINK CROSS" MYTH.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
HAS "FAcTs" ON WARD.
Girl in Hollywood, Who Sued Him
Once, Willing to Talk.

BY the Associated Press
: LOS ANGELES Calf, June l.
Miss Martha Kendall. who once fled
a suit charging criminal conspiracy
Against Walter s. Ward, under bond
at White Plains. N. Y, following his
confession that he killed Clarence
Peters for alleged attempted black
mail, has been located in the HolIy-
wood district by the Los Angeles
Times.
The police at Pittsburgh, Pa, are
said to have urged the White Plains
authorities to hunt for Miss Kendall
In the hope she could aid them in the
present case
Miss Kendall. a modiste, said she
had not seen Ward for several years
since shortly after his father, George
3. Ward, wealthy baker, settled with
ner out or court on her $4,000 suit
Tor damages against his son. She as
serted the younger Ward had broken
INTO her apartment and attempted to
kidnap her.
II can throw light upon the mysterv
all right" the Times quoted Miss
Kendall. II know a few things that
those interested in prosecuting ME-
Ward would like to know. I'll tell ali
] know II they ask me-not till then !"
She said she co1curred in the opin-
ion OF a woman friend in New York
As expressed in a letter received to-
name she declined to give. as HAVING
written:
Find the woman and you'll find the
solution"
Evening star., 1922-06-01
IN Tx !
PAID 0N.LAsH DAY
District : Collectors Office
Has 1000 Letters Still to
Be Opened.

The people OF the. District paid
$1o.o00.o00 In taxes OF various forms
into the collectors ONCE at the Mu-
nicipal building during the month
ended yesterday, Collector Chatham
n Towers estimated today.
The long line Of persons who
swSrmed the ONCE all day yesterday
ing to S1.4s7.000. -. 49,
The collections for the month of
May make q total Of more than
$15,000,000 of all classes Of revenue
taken In by the collector during the
present fiscal year,
316,00O,OOo In 1891.
During the fiscal year ended July
1. 1921. the people Of the District
paid about s1s.ooo.oo0 in taxes and
license fees OF various kinds. with
another month OF the present fiscal
year remaining, Mr.. Towers expects
to collect somewhat more for the
twelve months than he did q year
ago.
Although elated over the large col.
lection during May. Mr.. Towers has
his vault he has approximately 1000
unopened letters containing checks
and money orders for taxes.
He has practically exhausted his
supply OF postage stamps ana All OF
the 1000 who mailed In their bills
will expect the receipt by return mail.
OF course, a certain percentage OF the
envelopes probably contain return
postage but how many will not be
known until this small mountain OF
mail has been opened.
May Have to Await July I.
II the collector is unable to ind an
appropriation from which to buy
more stamps, he may have to wait
until July 1. when the new appropria-
tion bill becomes a law. to return re-
ceipts.
A penalty Of l per cent will be
charged on all real estate and per-
sonal tax bills paid during the month
Of June. Taxpayers are urged to pay
this month, for an additional l per
cent will be added for each month the
bills remain unpaid.
Scores OF persons who were still
standing in line when the tax once
closed yesterday evening dropped
their bills and money in q large box
that had been placed At the door Of
the tax ONCE.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
THREE SCHOOL BOARD
MEMBERS TO END TERMS
Wide Interest In Vacancies 70 Re
Filled Late in Present
Month.

With the terms of three members of
the board of education to expire June
80, school officials are manifesting
considerable interest over their prob
able successors. Those whose serv-
ices on the board will be terminated
are Mrs. Howard l.. Hodgkius. acting
president: Daniel ]. Callahan and DIR.
J. Hayden johnson.
Mr.. Cal1ahan's term has been brief.
he being appointed several months
ago to fill out the unexpired tenure
Of Daniel A. Edwards, who resigned.
School officials believe he will be re-
appointed
Dr.. johnson is one of the veteran
members of the board from the point
Of SERVICE and is now rounding out
his sixth year as q member OF that
body. Mrs. Hodgkins' service on the
short. as she was appointed to fill the
unexpired term of Mrs. Margarita
Spaulding Gerry
Due to the fact that the annual re-
organization meeting of the school
board will be July i. when officers
for the ensuing year will be elected.
1t is believed that the justices of the
District Supreme Court will soon take
action to all the vacancies TO be
created by the expiration OF the terms
of the three members.
AS only q month intervenes before
the reorganization meeting. II is con-
sidered unlikely that the board viii
elect q president to serve for that
time. The presidency has been un-
filled since Mr.. Edwards resignation.
Mrs. Hodgkins, the vice president,
acting in that once.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
WAR CASE BRANCH
FINDS QUARTERS
Department of Justice Sec
ton to Be Located in Old
Land Office BUILDING.

That section of the Department of
Justice which is prosecuting war
frauds is to be housed in the old
land ONCE building at 7th and F
streets. just as soon as certain Of
ficers of the civil service can vacate.
which will be tomorrow or the next
day.
The public buildings commission
in making this transfer sas taken a
very advantageous move. because
the fourth district office of the civil
.ervice and the retirement section
are to be transferred to the Archie
Butt building on New York avenue,
Immediately in the rear of the main
Civil Service Commission building.
The result will be to put all activi-
ties of the civil service in one COM
pact location, which will afford q
greater measure of economy as well
as efficiency.
Where to locate the District Rent
Commission Is q problem that Is now
perplexing the public buildings COM
mission. Additional hearing rooms
have to be provided. The Rent Com
mission will probably have to stay
temporarily in the Hooe building, 1880
F street. but will At q reasonably
early date be moved into one Of the
temporary buildings.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
SHAB0UTH SERVICE SET.
Will Be Held at 9Th Street
Temple TONIGHT.

shAbouth services will be held In
the Eighth Street Temple tonight at
7:16 and will be followed by con-
ing At $3.50. These services are the
annual celebration Of the early sum-
mer thanksgiving, following the
feast Of the passover. which 10 held
in the early spring.
planting time, and the Shabouth ia
when the f1rst fruits begin to ripen,
and a. 10 customary on this occasion
in the Jewish faith. children reaching
the age Of thirteen are taught some
Of the more serious reBponsi bilities Of
life.
Services will open tonight with q
lecture on the Ten Commandments by
Rabbi Simon. and the observance Of
the occasion will conclude with q re.
ception by the parents Of the con-
frmants at Rauscher's Saturday even
ing At o'clock.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
ALLIED APPROVAL
OF GERMAN REPLY
BRINGS LOAN NEAR
CONTINUED from First Page. }

SSOILeLhoSN ~ ONI 6k 0SS.y
definite is known by outsiders of the
interesting" project said to have
been brought to Paris by ]. P. Nor
gan. The probabilities are. however.
that the conditions under which the
bankers might find q loan possible
are about as follows:
Stabilization Of the German mark
by stopping German imitation and in
man budget.
moratorium for Germany corre-
spending to the size Of the loan and
pending the establishment Of q new
scale OF payments q few years hence.
Fixing the size Of the loan at a
ngure Germany can pay without re-
sorting to fresh imitation.
Would Modify Treaty.
Priority in the payment of the loan
over future reparations payments and
corresponding modification Of the
treaty OF Versailles.
Assurances that SO long as Ger
many meets the conditions Of the
loan and proves reasonable in future
reparations payments there will be
no outside military or political inter-
ference with German productivity.
Accordance to Germany Of = fair
share of the proceeds Of the loan SO
that productivity shall not be limited
unnecessarily by lack Of raw stuffs.
Guarantees based first on the re.
turns from the German customs, rail-
ways. mines and forests. and corre-
spending modification Of the treaty Of
Versailles, and. second the possible
Underwriting OF the bonds by France
and Britain.
Present Indications, as the writer
has said. are that France 10 ready to
listen to some such proposals..
REPLY WINS ApppouAT.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
<ONE DEAD IN BIG BLAZE.
Loss by Washington Forest Blaze
g More Than 81, ,OOo, 900.

SEATTLE. WASH. June 1.-one
person was known to be dead An.
other believed to have perished, scores
homeless and vast areas Of timber.
land in western Washington ana Ore
eon were blaxing or smolderinr
wastes today as a result of forest
and brush fires which late yesterday
eot beyond control.
Damage in washington was Asti.
mated at from 100000 to $4,000. 600
At least twenty-five homes in and
hear Cedar Falls have been razed bv
IRE. Logging camps at StiIiwater
and sellsck had been burned and the
towns of Palmer. North Bend. Forbes
and Kanaskat were threatened.
"a sawmill. a schoolhousa ana saw
efal farm houses were in ashes near
Corbett, Ore. and many persons were
Aeeing. At Egypt, schoolhou1e was
turned. Four hundred men were
lighting the names near Bend, where
TWO thousand acres had. been burned
over.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
HOOVER'S PLAN FAILS
TO ENTHUSE OPERATORS
Independents in New York Want
Hands-of Policy Maintained
by Government.

By the Associated Press-
NEW YORK, June 1.-Independent
coal operators in New York. partic-
ularly the owners Of non-union mines,
showed little enthusiasm for the
Hoover plan, to suppress profteering
during the strike by mutual agree
ment to keep down prices.
The tenor OF their comment was
that the hands of" policy adopted
BY the administration early in the
strike, when II refused to warn the
public of the impending shortage.
should now be maintained.
Producers foresaw the present state
of the market two months ago and
sought to avoid II, coal ofhcials de-
cIared. :, The president OF one COM
pany displayed q circular letter, dis
tributed to. the larger consumers
early in April, warning them to MAIN
tain their reserves At current prices
and avert a panicfy. market when the
strike continued and the nations re-
serves were depleted-
As an inducement steam bttumin-
oue WAS offered at $z.15 and 1925 per
ton At the mine, It was said Today
the same coal ID clanfored for at 81 to
% Hs predicted that soft coal prices
would continue to soar, and that the
public would su1er severely next win
Ter unless the administration took i'm
mediate steps to end wage differences.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
KING BORIS INITIATES =
WORK ERA FOR RULERS
BY DIGGING IN GARDEN
D. the1Aasociated Presi.

~ the>ASoociated Press.
SOFIA, Bulgaria, June liking
Boris Of Bulgaria has become his
own gardener. He may b~ seen any
day at the palace grounds. spade in
hand and dressed In an old hnen
duster. digging potatoes or planting
cabbage and turnips. He believes
the time has come when kings must
be something more than mere con-
stftutional hgureheads.
''In our country" he said. every
one must work. Our policy is one Of
productivity Even my sisters
princess Eudoxia and Princess
Nade1da) are doing their share. You
will ind them in the kitchen doing
some useful household tasks. Kings.
rs well al countries, have their days
Of adversity, and It Is only through
labor that we can regain our nor
NAL level"
Evening star., 1922-06-01
WILL RETIRE RAIL BONDS
New York esntrals Move Evidence
Of Easier Money Rates.

Evidence Of easier money rates
were further Assn. today in an appli-
cation to the Interstate Commerce
Commission BY the New York. Central
rsdiroad for, issuance OF e2b.o00.00
Ia Der cent bonds. from the sale Of
which it viii pay OF ahead OF ma
turisy an Issue OF per. cent bonds Of
The rsiiroads statement said that
fts IN. .o0o, 900 issue OF ten-yeaf Z per
cent bonds now outetaading could be
redeemed at los on any interest date
ana that the payment Of the premium
and the replacement Of the per cent
issue With the per cent issue would
result In decreased annual capital
against its operation.
THIS % the second larga Application
Of 4 railroad for permission to pay
Of, outstanding debts in, advance OF
fhSir miturfty In order TO decfeese
been that tof the Northern Pacific
railroad -seferal weeks ago.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
80, 900 CARDS SENT OUT.

Mighty thousand cards were sent
out today by the Warrington city
post of{ioe in order that houssholsisrs
might check up their addresses with
those In the new city directory.
City Postmaster Chance wants resi-.
dents 70 inform him, on the cards,
II any corrections Of AddrAeA from
those printed In the directory, Are
The cards. may be dIled In ana
dropped IN letter boxes, but must
not Be used for anye0thSr messages,
III you want prompt serviee, DO
everything in your power: 70 have
your mail correctly addressed;" the
The local ofiice spsnz1a 1soaoo every
year In correcting addresses on mis-
directed mall
Evening star., 1922-06-01
Report Expected on Bonus by End
Of Week.

The finance committee report on the
amended House soldiers bonus bllI
still was in the makirp '"da- -.
Chairman McCumber hoped to report
1t and the bill to the senate L..-.s
the end OF the week. Then the meas.
ure will take It's place on the calendar
to be called up after. agreement has
been reached among senator's for its
consideration
Chairman McCumber 10 expected to
stress these points in his report to
That the loan feature enabling vet
Grams to obtain funds Immediately
had been retained.
That a veteran could make appli.
cation for compensation without any
limitation as to time.
That q veteran defaultipg in re.
payment of a loan to the government
could redeem his certificate at any
time before its maturity.
That all changes made In the House
bill were agreeable to representative
Of the veterans organizations.
That the proposed legislation would
postpone. pensions for the veterans
for a number, Of years. @,-,
The report also IL expected to con.
tain q complete estimate Of the cost
Of the bonus. figured now at between
$4,000,000.000 and $5,000.000. 900.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
LLOYD GEORGE PUTS
OFF TRIP AS IRISH
BATTLE on BORDER
CONTINUED from r,rs. pase.)

Improvement upon the existing state
Of affairs.
"Mr. Churchill and his colleagues
have been too often led astray by
overconfidence in Irish affairs. Great
Britain Is in the presence Of one of
the gravest crisis in her history. She
is faced with an anarchtc movemen
similar in some OF its features to
that which submerged the Russian
empire"
The Daily Mail says: THE country
was looking anxiously for definite
assurances that Collins stands by the
treaty; that there will be real free
dom at the election, and that the
suppressed with the whole strength
Of the British government"
The Daily Chronicle says: Nothing
in the speech was better than the
concluding passage. wherein Mr..
Churchill insisted upon the wisdom
ish SIDE most carefully"
Says the Daily News: 1T would be
the climax OF absurdity to permit
Ireland to relapse into anarchy or be
plunged into the horrors Of invasion
simply because de Valera refuses to
conform with some perhaps unim-
portant details Of the treaty. There
Is no question that Ireland could be
reconQuered, and that a kind OF peace
could be restored after a sufficient
number of its youth were slaugh-
tered. its villages burned. its trade
destroyed and this country once more
held up to the world as the true in
heritor of the Prussian tradition. But
the Englishmen who wish this are
very few"
The Westminster Gazette denounces.
as objectionable unnecessary and
dangerous" Secretary ChurchilPs sug-
gestion that Ireland may be reoccu-
pied.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
CONCESSIONS BY SOVIET
F0RESEEN AT THE HAGUE
Belief Held Rights to Exploit Nat
ural Resources Will Be Offered
to Obtain Credit.
By the Associated Press.

ny tne AtsOCl1ted ffee&
BERLIN, June 1.-Leonid Krassin
and Maxim LitvinofY will probably be
the chief Russian delegates to The
Hague conference. with a third soviet
representing Georgia,
which. with Azerhaijan. is the great
oil center % southwestern Russia
This shows the Importance the
bolsheviki will attach to concessions,
chiefly oil. in their efforts at The
Hague to obtain direct credits in ex-
change for the privilege of exploiting
the rich natural resources of the
country they control.
Both Georgia and Azerbaijan vainly
protested at the Genoa conference
against the military occupation of
their republics by the soviet armies,
and issued a warning that any con-
cessions made by the soviets would
never be recognized by the true
governments" Of those countries.
which have already been recognized
pendent states.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
REPLY WINS APPROVAL.
Germany Granted Provisional
Moratorium for 1922.

PARIS. June The reparations .
commission last night fully approved
the German reply to its ultimatum
and definitely decided to grant Ger
many a provisional moratorium for
tho year 1922.
The decision was unanimous, the
French delegate joining in 1t.
government to put its finances on q
sound basis and eliminate ms much ss
possible the wholesale printing Of
money paper constitutes "a serious
EFFORT to meet the commissions re-
qufrements." the decision says. Re
gret is expressed. however, that Ger.
many did not begin at an earlier 6ate
steps In this direction.
Negotiations Unfinished.
In its letter to Chancellor wirth
the commission states that in view
OF the Importance of an Immediate
decision upon the question Of post
ponement OF payments. the commits.
sion felt justified in taking prompt
action. Notwithstanding the fact that
REQUIRES further elucidation
The commission informs the Ger
man chancellor that these matters
will be dealt with in another COM
munication in the near future, but
1t Is indicated that these matters are
no effect on the present decision. In
making the decision to grant partial
postponement OF payments in 1922,
beginning June l. the commission
says:
The commission recalls that the
postponement now confirmed remains
liable to be cancelled At any time
In accordance with its previous de-
cision II the commission 10 subse.
9uently satisfied that Germany has
failed to carry out the conditions laid
down."
The commission further reserves its
right to cancel postponement IL at
any time It becomes dissatisfied with
the progress made in the settlement
Of matters still outstanding. or fall
ing to carry through the arrange
ment in regard to the floating debt
specined in the chance1lor's letter Of
May %. or, because Of inability to
obtain the assistance Of 4 foreign
loan. Germany does not make alter
native arrangements satisfactory to
the commission for dealing with the
budget deficit ana the floating debt.
Evening star., 1922-06-01
FRENCH TO PROSECUTE
PRESS FOR CRANE REPORT
Authorities in Syria. Continue to
Issue Denials Regarding Sen
tence on American.

CAIRO. Egypt, June 1.-The French
authorities in Syria, 1t IL learned
here, in refterating denials OF the re-
port that Charles r. Crane OF Chicago
had been sentenced to twenty years
Imprisonment by the military at
Damascus, declared that any news
paper within the French jurisdiction
which published the report Of the al
lAred sentence would be prosecuted.
In sone quarters here. however. the
view is expressed that publication of
the report was permitted in order
to impress upon the Syrians the mag
nitude Of Frances military strength
in Syrta. On this assumption Amer
leans in Cairo have expressed resent
ment at what appeared to them to
have been q scheme to 1uggie with an
Americans name In the orient, par
ticularly in Syria. In order to frighten
the Syrian insurgents. spd their un-
derstanding Ia that the matter 10 not
closed.