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EVENING WORLD, SA'iUhDAY, AUGUST 26, 1022. ft. 4 I?4 4m-.fi' 1 r ? .County Dctcctlvo Allyn nnd' others, Kline rt-pcntolly wild Dint ho hnl vnntcd to plvo Hertten tin "oven chance" for lil.i life but Hint Horprn had tried to cheat. He showed not tho KllRlilrst nppenranrc of refrret: hl rnro seemed to he to protect Ills wife's annie ns fur nn he could. In each state ment ho mnde he prew stronger In his nssortlons thnt ho believed Itertren hnd taken ndvnnlnBc of Inn wlfo by per suading her to drink wlno nnd by . force. Mr. McCarthy went to KdRawater to-dny Ifi the hope of finding thnt Mrs. Kline, who was In tho c.iro of her mother, Mrs. Sculllnii, who lives next door to tho Kllno home, hnd so far recovered that sho could be ques tioned. Ho Intended to nsk her to fto into her own home nnd show him with her brothers exactly how the shooting took place. The story ns told by Kline was that he took Mrs. Kllno to Snrnnnc I-ako when ho was commissioned to look tip .a mountnin location for n film for tho Fox Company. Ho went hack to New York for ono day to make 't preliminary repot t. Just whnt Her gen was doing at Snrnnnc was not clcar. Representatives for the Vox "concern 3ald to-day ho had not been .employed In n Fox picture for n lone tlmo. Bergen, Kllno said, was n man he 'liad befriended. They becatno friends ' In Salt Lnfco City n year ago. Somo . months ngo, Bergen, ho snld, under "arrest nt Atlantic City on a burglary ''charge, appealed to him nnd Kllno got Mm free and found work for him. Mrs. Kllno told her husband yes .terday, ho said, that after ho went ".to New York, Bergen 'camo to her room with a bottlo of wln'o which had leen Bent to tho hotel ofTtco addressed to Kline. Bergen told Mrs. Kllno he had signed for It ntid suggested thut they drink It. They did, according to Kllno's narrative, and Mrs. Kllno lost tho strength to iteslst Bergen when he made lovo to her. In somo versions of tho story, as told by Kline, he said he was sat isfied Bergen made a brutal attack on Mrs. Kllno when sho was practically helpless. Kline, nccordlng to tho statement mado by Lawrence nnd Thomas Scul lion, tho brothers, wna convinced that ills wlfo was trying to tnko tho blame on her herself nioro than sho should, possibly with tho hopo of preventing the killing which nctunlly followed, nnd with an lnstlnctlvo feeling that her husband's lovo was great enough to forglvo her. At any rntc, ho mimmoncd tho Scullion brothers nnd with their np provnl determined to send for Bergen and question him In Mrs. Kllno's presence. Bergen crossed from New York on n Fort Leo ferryboat lart night and hired Owen Landn.u, nn Edgcwator taxi driver, to tnko him to th Cllne homo. Bergen was ushered into a room vfhero Kline, his wife and her brothers were waiting. Tho two Kllno children, Conrad, soven, and Mildred, four, were In nnothcr room. " Bergen, according to Cllno and tho thrco others, was accused of having attacked Mrs. Kline and admitted It In these words: "Yes, I did It. What about It? She's only a common bum." "As long as you feel that way ubout It," Cllno told tho pollco ho replied, "let's settle this thing Hko two mon." Kllno then handed Bergen a Ccrman Lueger automatic pistol and, taking a ' heavy army automatic himself, said: "Now we will go upstairs and scttlo this thing between ourselves. Tho rest of you stay hero." Tho two children of tho Klines had been put to bed before tho fumlly con ference began. Kllr.e said that us the two reached tho upper story- of the house ho saw Borgcn mako a stealthy motion to his sldo pocket with his left hand nnd draw out tho leather-covered handle of a blackjack. With tho object of disabling Bergen, he bald ho llred a quick shot to cripple his left arm Tho bullet struck Bergen's left brenst The actor crumpled and rolled down the stairs to tho feet of Mrs. Kllno and her brothers who had run Into the hall at the sound of tho shot. Kline caught up tho Lueger which Bergen had dropped and followed. Bergen staggered to his feet. One of the brothers opened tho front door and ho staggered out Into tho dark, TAXI DRIVER SAYS HE HEARD TWO SHOTS. Landau, the chauffeur, hero takes up the story. He said he waH in front of thu houso when ho heaid two shots. Ho drovo away for a police man. When ho returned with ono Bereen was dying in front of the Kllno home. He was carried to the Edgcwator police station In tho taxi , cab and placed In a chair. When a policeman read aloud tho note Bergen had written Bergen seemed to try to gather ctrength to say something, but was only nolo to nod his head. He fell over dead. Kllno succeeded the lato Henry Mc Avoy, son of tho former Mayor of Fort Lee, as locution manager for tho Fox Films. McAvoy wus wnea uy nn explosion In his garago while ex perimenting with flashlight powder some tlmo ago. Kline is a few years older than Bergen. Ills real name Is bald to be Van Wnld by his noiglilxrs , The Manhattnn address of Bergon la tho home of the National Vaude ville Artists' Club. When ho Joined tho club two years ago ho gave his address as No. 211 East HBth Btrt-et. Ho then had nn uct in vaude vfllc. At the 115th Street address ho was known as a Wild West perform er. So far as known ho was not rnairicd. Ho did not llvo ut tho club but received his mall there. ,j'inn swhui's tamimcd with .(HIO.OOO LOSS. TAMPICO. Mcx.. Aug. SC. Twenty tight buildings in the henrt of tho clt nre In ruins, the result of a firo yester day. Three lives are reported lout, J persona are Injured, and the damage 1 estimated at S2.000.O00. Home of tho buildings were owned by Americans, hcuooi, nori: i:r;ui i, sum: run WILKES BAIUIK, Pa., Aug. 16. Larksvlllfi high school, u thrfu story structure, with ncromodatlons for fiOO Children, practically was destroyed nirly to-day iy a mine cava that cngulfe It to a depth of 20 feet. Tho building toppled tightly forwaid ua it subsided It U4 valuta at JZSO.OOO, TORS' II DELAY RELIEF IN COALEMERGENCY Borah's Commission Bill Sidetracked to Let States men Talk Idly. (Ppcclnl to The ncnlnc World.) WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. The Senate yesterday afternoon gave ono of thoso whimsical performances for which It Is famous when something really Important Is astir nnd thcro Is emergency legislation to bo dealt with Shortly after morning business was disposed of, Senator Borah called up his Coal Commission Bill, nnd with a pronilso of Administration backing appeared to bo tnnklng progress toward n vote. Ho accepted a few minor amend monts, Including ono to exclude from membership on the Commission Gov. ernment olficcrs or employees, and slgnllled his willingness to permit other amendments which would not distort tho original puiposo of tho bill. Senator Reed of Missouri, Senator Shield of Tennessee, Robinson of Ar kansas, Sterling of South Dakota nnd Edgo of New Jersey spoko briefly on the bill. Then Scnntor McCumbcr thought It an opportuno tlmo to correct a misin terpretation by Senator Wndswortli of his remarks yesterday relating, to tho Bonus Bill, and ho started a discussion which was later taken up by New of Indlnna, Itccd of Pennsylvania nnd other Administration Senators, with tho result that tho Coal Commission measure wns sldotracked for the day and perhaps for several days. Thus legislation In which tho Ad ministration .professes to bo Intensely Interested, taking care of an emer gency, received another sottiaCK. Delays such as woro given tho Borah bill to-day will rnlso a Justifi able suspicion that tho President's recommendations to Congress were a mere gesture to satisfy thoso who nro clamoring for action on tho part of tho Government In tho prosont strin gency. A vote could have bcon had on tho coal legislation yesterdny afternoon with any sort of co-oporatlon from somo of tho Administration Senators, who caused It to ho lnld asldo. Proposed restrictions on tho per sonnel of tho commission brought a lot of discussion nnd promises' to fur nish mora talk beforo tho bill Is passed, Borah, author of tho bill, excluded members of Congress from member ship on tho commission by a provision n tho original draft. Doubtlos.i ho wanted to cllmlnato tho possibility of Congressional "lamo ducks" being given places on tho fnct- flndlng body, as ho has always op posed "lamo duck" appointments. Then Senator "Jim" Heed of Mis souri, after Inquiring why members of Congress were excluded, offered an amendment which would exclude In general all Government employees, particularly officers of tho executivo branch of tha. Government. ..This wll .eHmlnato tho .Missouri Senator's arch enemy. Horbjit Hoover, who was expected to play a part In tho formation of tho new com mission. Senator Shield of Tennessee thought It a convenient tlmo to provide for excluding all persons connected wKh tho Industry, whether miners, open- tors or distributers of having any ln- tcrost whatever In tho business. Senator Robinson emphatically dis agreed with all thoso who wanted to clrcumscrlbo tho President In selecting coal commissioners, claiming It would bo a wholly academic group which would be expected to conduct this in quiry If all tho classes mentioned were eliminated. Senator Edgo of New Jersey, an other Administration Senator, pro posed tho most drastic nmendment of tho day, He proposed nn entirely new section to tho Borah bill which would clotho tho President with discretionary power to take over tho coal mines of tho country In nny emergency that may arise out of tho btrike situation. BRITAIN TO URGE NEW REPARATIONS HEARING BE HELD Would Give Germany An other Chance to State Its Position. PARIS, Aug 26 (Associated Press). Bntlih reparations officials will urge that Germany be given another hearing by the full membership of tho Reparations Commission beforo flnul determination of the reparations ques tion Is made, It was learned In an au thoritative quarter hero to-day. CONSOLIDATED GAS LEADS STOCK RISE Vnrluu St'(.nltl-a Kcnrn .evf IIIkIi, fur I lie 1 rnr, Following the falluro of professional operutqrs to force liquidation shortly after thu opening of tho Stuck Maiket to-day, bulllHh demonstrations sent scv eral specialties soaring. Consolidated (Ins led tliH list with u gain of nine points. Brooklyn Union (Jus hung up a new is:2 lilgli In tho second hour of trading at 119. National Lead nlso reached a new high for the year, ut 108. American Tobueco registered a new high for tho year, touching 154 'j. Recoveries of a point or more nlao wcii! made by Baldwin Locomotive, Slut iieusKiT anu hu-ci amnion. ontlnenta lias, j.HMinnn KotluK and Lousi-wlles also lining up new lilBhs for the year beloru me tension cloned. rem tub rLAci: TO BI'ENI) VOL'lt VACATION (Set a copy of Tilt Wnild' lu r Mniuufr ItrMort Annaa.1 SENA MS At til! Viuild Ofllcvi, ur by mull 10c. STEAMER FRANCE 1.158 ABOARD, JUST Commissioner Copeland on Liner Which Almost Strikes Freighter in Fog. The French Lino steamship Franco, which arrived In Qtiarnntlno this mnrnlnir nftei breaking nil French Lino records for tho Eastern voyage, narrowly csniped colliding head on In the lower bay with tho largo freighter Algor and, ns a result, Its 1,158 pas sengers were given a scaro they will not Hoon forget. Among tho passen gers were Dr. Royal S. Copeland, Commissioner of Health, and Mrs. Coprlnnd, Paid Polret,' French gown designer, Irene Hordlnl, Anna Cose jind other notables. The France had puncil out or cjunr- untlno on its way to Its pier and was shaping a course around tho Hcythln, Coronln, America and several freight crs. The Algor suddenly swerved out of tho heavy fog to a position di rectly In front of tho Franco. Capt Marcel Roch, of tho French liner, In stantly reversed tho engines and the big liner grazed the anchor chains of the Algor. r This occurred only n few minutes nftcr 300 employees of tho Health De partment and other friends of Com missioner Copeland hnd given tho Commissioner a rousing reception from the decks of tho Health Depart ment boat Riverside. They followed tho France up tho bag. Commlsloner Copeland, who was In Kuropo ten weeks, spoko of tho de plorable condition of residents of Po land, and announced that ho would start a drive Immediately to provide between $100,000 and $250,000 to es tablish hospitals In tho now country to light typhus. Increase of caution In this country to prevent tho disease coming Into New York also is Included In tho Commissioner h plans. Dr. Copeland praised tho campaign of Tho livening World for a coal In quiry and declared that If the coal crisis goes Into the w.lntcr tho unlim ited powers of his department will be Invoked to tclze supplies of coal for tho poor. Others among tho paosongcrs were Mltty and Tllllo, "nrlslnn dancers, who will appear In the Zlegfeld Fol lies, nnd Mrs. Alfred Carllor of No. 312 Riverside Drive, who was called tho prettiest woman nbonrd. COLLINS WILL LIE (Continued from First Pago.) not to tho man who desires mere ease and peace but to him who does not shrink from danger, hardships or bitter toll, nnd who, out of these, wins the splendid and ultimate triumph." That was Collins creed. DUBLIN, Aug. 26. Tho Free State. while outwardly devoting every atten tion o honoring Collins nnd making ready for tho funeral. Is rushing prep arations to resist any attempt by Enmon Do Vnlera and his rebel army to selzo this opportunity of cnpturlng the capital, and setting up a republic. Reports Btlll persist that Do Valera li In County Louth, planning an assault on Dublin' over tho week-end. Tho Government to-day proclaimed Monday a day of mourning through out Frco Htnte territory. All work nnd commerce; except thnt which Is essential, will bo suspended for tho entire dny In Dublin. William T. Cosgravc, now In charge of civil nffalrs. will bo elected to head tho Government when Par liament meets. It Is generally be lieved. Ho has been n leader of tho Sinn Fein since 1010 and took a lead ing part in the treaty debates. But new men must be found for the lnance, Foreign Affairs and Dcfenso portfolios. Richard Jlulcahy has left tho last named to succeed Collins ns Commundcr In Chief of tho National forces In tho field. He Is perhaps tho next strongest member of the present group of leaders, and his place as well as thoso of Collins In tho Finance Ministry and George GaMin Duffy In tho Foreign Affairs Department will be hard to fill. LONDON. Aug. 26 (Associated Press). A mine was exploded under lorry loaded with Irish National troops at Bushflcld, hurling them a considerable distance, according to a despatch received to-day from tho Kxchdngo Tolegrapivs Nenagh corre spondent. Irrcgulnrs then opened tire and one National was killed. Na tional reinforcements were rushed to tho scene. FREE STATE TROOPS CAPTURE REBEL BAND l.lrAtmniit !' While llnnilnulutf Injurril Oillerr. DUBLIN, Aug. 2G (Associated Press). A party of National troops operating in tho UnllaBhaderricn arid of County Mayo, under Col. t ommandant McCabo, captured twelve Irresulars, together with a quantity of arms, ammunition and bombs and two automobiles, according to an olticiai suuemcnt. Among the nrlsonern werw two of tlin im-Eiilnm' U inters ItvKnstem Muo, named Corney unrt Josepn ivraj. Tho uluieniciu mias thnt T. out t. Cormack. who was Ullej i th(, mbush ji'htrduy at Glasson. neiir Athlono. was dellbeiately 'not hll.. hnndiiKlng lib wounded coiuruuu, v.pi. Uutlluiui," MISSES COLLISION PHONE BROADCAST EFFECTS CAPTURE Driver of Their Car Shot Dead, Others Taken in Cornfield. RAPID CITY, S. T Aug. 20. Accounting for tho four prisoners who escaped from tho Sioux Falls Peni tentiary Aug. 17, 'taking with them as a hostage tho warden, was ac complished through tho Ingenuity of a Cheyenno River boatman nnd a telephone operator at Crelghton, It becamo known to-day when details of tho killing of ono of the convicts and tho recapture of tho other thrco yes terday becamo available. The boatman Insisted that tho river was too rapid for a crossing and tho men In a motor car driven by Henry Coffey, a Negro, headed through tho sparsely settled country for Crelgh ton. Thcro a telephono operator saw them at a filling station and broad casted tho Information. A posse quickly appeared and a mllo and a half south of Crelghton got within rifle range. A bullet struck Coffey In the head, killing' him in Btantly. The machine plunged Into a ditch, and tho other three convicts, falling free, scurried into a cornfield. Joo Foreman, leader of the quartet, fall with a bullet through his foot. Joe Tccl and J. B. King: were re taken when tho cornfield was sur rounded. Teel begged his, companion to kill him to koep tho officers from re-arrestlng him. M. L. Parish, State's Attorney, wounded yesterday when tho convicts stole his motor car after overpower ing thrco officers, two of whom wero shot, was in a serious condition to day at a Mitchell hospital. J. C. Bubcock, Sheriff of Jones County, and J. A. Robertson, were expected to recover from their wounds. U. S. WARSHIP FIGHTS CHINESE BANDS Disorganized Soldiers Firing on Ships. PEKING, Aug. j 26 (Associated Press). Gunboats of the foreign powers, including the U. S. S. Isabel, flagship of Rear Admiral W. H. G. Dullard, commanding the American Yangtze River patrol, have been or dered to the Yangtze Gorge district with Instructions to exterminate the. bands of disorganized soldiers who are firing on foreign merchant craft. A Greek surveyor and a French cn-M gineer and his daughter, living at Shanchow, province of Honan, have been kidnapped by brigands and aro being held for $100,000 ransom, ac cording to advices received by tho foreign legations In Peking. The ad vices added that towns In the neigh borhood of Sanchow have been looted. MAY CALL CONGRESS TO TAKE UP SUBSIDY Ilardlne Considers Extra Scsalon roMlIiillty. WASHINGTON, Aug. M.-Congress may ba called Into special session in November, provided the present session adjourns meanwhile, to consider the Administration Ship Subsidy Bill, It was stated at the White House. In agreeing to a delay In consideration of tho measure. It was said, President Harding did not forego any intention of pressing tho bill to a vote beforo tho December session. Calling of Congress into extraordinary session after the November elections, a spokesman ror mo Aaministratlon said, would depend 'largely on whether con ditions wore considered propitious for favorable action on the proposal at that tlmo. CORONER TO EXHUME "GHOST WOMAN'S" BODY "ITnniitPil" Ilelntlvrs Ilnve Theory Mr. llurKrare litre! From l'oloii. CHICAGO. Aug. 28. The body of Mrs. Qcrtrudo Hargrave will bo exhumed to Investigate rumors that she died from poison. Coroner Peter Hoffman an nounced to-day. Relatives of the dead woman Insist that her ghost Is haunting them. The ghost haunts the home of Mrs. Martha Lemm, sister or Mrs. Hargrave, and seems to bo In distress, Mrs. Lemm de clares. Walter M. narErave scons at Mrs Umm'a suspicions, but has given hla permission ior mo exnumatlon. Mrs Lemm says thj Hargraves quarreled. WOMAN, 85, LIKES STUNT FLYING Calls for More and Avia tor is Astonished. CAPE MAY, N, J., Aug. 26. Mrs. Peter V. Quldort, a grand mother, eighty-live, rodo In nn alrplano hero yesterday and en joyed It when Capt. Jack Robert son, British airman, credited with nlna Gorman planes, did "stunts." Robertson climbed high, did two easy loops and then asked Mrs. Quldort If she wero frightened. "Go us far as you like, tonny," she replied. After they had landed Mrs. Quldort said she would go on an other tllght If ho would do the falling-leaf and a tall sptq. OF FOUR CONVICTS Moscow's New Gambling Casion Rivals the Famous Monte Carlo Single Plays Reach Hundred Million Rubles, Total for Night a Trillion, in U. S. Money $25,000. MOSCOW, Aug. 26 (Associated Press). A gambling casino rivalling tho famous Monto Curio Casino In magnltudo of play has bocn opened In Moscow, crowds aro continually milling nbout tho various tables dur ing the hours of piny, which nro from 8 o'clock in tho evening until 10 In tho morning. Thcro Is n pcntterlng representation of foreigners, but thoso who upend the night nt baccarat, roulotto nnd other games, whero tho minimum piny ranges from ton million to ono hun dred million rubles, nro mostly Mos covltcs. Millions of rublc.i change hands on each deal nt baccarat. Most of tho prollt taken by tho houso goes to tho Government In taxes or famlno benefits. Tho houso draw of 5 per cent. Is reported In one night to have totaled moro than fifty billion (Continued from First Pago.) coal nnd rail situations wero awaited by tho Administration beforo proceed ing further In Its policy of Federal operation, as discussed nt a conference last night between President Harding, Chairman Cummins of tho Scnato In terstate Commorco Committee, nnd At torney General Daughcrty. Senator Cummins declared after the conference that tho anthraclto oper ators and miners would bo given ono moro opportunity to scttlo their dif ferences beforo ho would Introduce a bill authorizing Federal operation of tho mines and that tho railroads like wise would be given a "reajionablo" tlmo to demonstrate their ability to furnish adequate sorvlco nnd that thoso that failed would be taken over. Ho was confident thai Congress would speedily enact legislation for both. Tho allls will be Introduced in Con gress probably not later than Mori day. Much impatlenco Is felt here at the delay In Improving tho situation nnd sharp action Is likely unless the carriers and the strikers get together. Senator Cummins already has drafted tho first bill. Plans for Fed eral operation wero discussed at a White House conference late yester day, participated in by tho President, Attorney General Daugherty and Sen ator Cummins (Rep., la.), and a ten tative programme hns been prepared. The roads required for tho trans portation of fuel will be those firsj brought under Federal authority. In addition, legislation will be Introduced permitting tho President to opcrato certain coal mines In the pubic Inter est. The coal lcgslatlon will bo Intro duced first. Aaministratlon overtures In tho an thracite situation wero believed to day to havo assured another meeting between tho two parties to the dispute next week and hopo that a final ad- ustment would bo reached then was based on certain proposals which It was Indicated would be presented to tho prospective conference. The question of bituminous produc tion, now gradually getting back to normal, entered Into the conference discussion only from tho stapdpolnt of transportation and It was tho view of officials that the ability of the roads to move coal may prove tho de termining factor ns to tho necessity for Federal operation of carrier.". Tho sharp Increase In bituminous production will make unnecessary u continuance of tho super-priority sys tem of distribution which has oper ated under tho volunteer Federal fuel distribution organization, It Is believed by its officials, who Indicated that the organization probably would go out of cxlstcnco next week. A skeleton organization, however, would bo retained to provide a nucleus for any dlstiibutlon agency which Con gress may create. U. S. SENDS 100,000 TONS OF COAL HERE $10' a Ton, Plus City Deliv ery Cost, to ?e Paid. Definite nBSurances havo been re ceived from the National Fuel Dlstrlb uter In Washington that New York's allotment of 100,000 tons of soft coal will be shipped here rapidly, It has been announced by the State Coal Commission, for distribution Jn- der Interstato Commerce Commission priorities at an estimated cost of $lo a ton, exclusive of city delivery costs A shipment of 40,000 tons will be the first to arrive, of which somo 10,- 000 will bo allowed to the city for pressing municipal needs. Financing of tho 100,000 ton quota was arranged by a group of banks which . uarantee payment, Tho coal will bo sold at cost, nnd bo distributed under direc tion of tho Htato commission, hut through facilities of local dealers who have agreed to co-operate. Tho estimated prlco of $10 a ton Is based on the Hoover fair prlco of 14.50 at tho mines, plus freight and other charges to bring tho coal Into tho harbor and unload It. Only allot ments Btmicient to meet current needs will bo given applicants. Members of tho commission expect to meet local dealers early next week. to plan for educating the public to use bituminous coal, not only for heating but for cooking. Doclt Commissioner John II. Op. lnncy announced last night that he had temporarily it'scindcd cunent wharfage iati"i on several Manhattan and Stnten isinnu pieis lo enalile cunl carriers, hitnenii unani., to pay thf high charges of 3j cents n ton un.1 n minimum of $100 a day, to unload cargoes at whnt is called tho open pie into of - cents a ton only. Kovcriu coal carriers which atrived from New- COAL PROFITEERING BILL IS HELD UP IN COMMITTEE; DEIV1AND HEARINGS BE HELD & rubles, Indicating that tho play. reached ono trillion rubles, of $25,000 Well-dressed men and women rub elbows with tho unshaven and poorly garbed at tables whero tho croupiers speak French ami money changers ac cept gold and foreign currency. Cnslnos also havo been opened In Petrogmd nnd other places under the recent Government decree legalizing certain forms of gambling. castle In tho last f"W days will be un loaded at the piers under this emer gency arrangement. HARD COAL PEACE HOPE IS REVIVED No Serious Obstacle Says Senator Pepper. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2d Hopo for early settlement of tho anthraclto suspension has been revived. After a conference last night with John L. Lewis, Ptesldent for tho United Mine Workers, Senator Gcorgo Wharton Pepper, Pennsylvania, declared that no Insurmountable difficulties exist in thn path of nnthrnolto peace." Indication that tho Joint conference which ended adruptly last Tuesday may bo resumed In the near future, Is found in reports that Secretary of Labor Davis and Hymcl Davlcs, chief conciliator of tho Uurcau of Labor pronnbly will hold a conference with Lewis somo time to-day. Tho conference between Senator Pepper and Lewis lasted nearly three hours. Others present Included Phil lip Murray. International Vice Presi dent of the mine workers, and Will- lam A. Glasgow, pr., counsel for the miners. COAL SHORTAGE FORCES FORD TO CLOSE HIS PLANT DETROIT, Aug. 26 Henry Ford will announce to-night that tho Ford Motor Company plants around De troit will be closed down Sept. 16, It was stated at tho Ford offices to-day, because of coal shortage. Six thou sand men already have been laid off at tho River Rougo plant. Slxty-nino thousand more men In the Detroit area will be affected by the order. Closing down of Ford plants In other parts of tho country Is under consid eration. COAL SHORTAGE AT EUROPEAN PORTS I'nbre Liner l'ntrlii Foreril to Stop nt Aziiren for Fuel, The coal shortage has struck the Pub re Lino steamer Patrla, which doeked early to-day at the foot of 31st Street, Hrooklyn, returning from Mar seilles by way of Nuples and Talermo, Capt. Pierre Deschelles said he was un ablo to get enough coal for the trip at Marseilles or at the Italian ports, nnd wns consequently forced to make a stop nt the coaling station nt Ponta Delgada, In tho Azores. There wero two deaths at sea, Capt. Deschelles said. Calog.iro nellavln, fifty- nine yours old, of New Plttston, Pa., and Donaln Lombardo, eleven years old, who wits coming to Ametica with her parents to visit a grandfather, Antonio Pctrelle, n merchant of No. 283 Fifth Avenue. Newark. Death In both cases Tuts duo to stomach trouble. i.MitntY ivro nitoxx co.vi, MIIMITAOK. Acting District1 Attorney Adlerman of the Ilronx announced to-dny that he has called a special meeting of tho August Grand Jury for Monday lo inquire Into averting ti coal shortngo In tho Bronx this wlntor. Several of tho biggest deultrs huve been Invited to appear. Mr. Adli-rmnn snld It took 700,000 tons of cq:i to keep the Uronx warm last wlnttr and probably will take 1,000,000 tons this year. SANK HER FORTUNE UPON NARCOTICS Husband of Woman Arrest ed in Chicago in the Dark. CHICAGO, Aug. 26. Federal nar cotic agents wero confronted to-day with the mystery of Mabel Howard Rockwell Schaeffcr. pretty and ex pensively gowned, who was taken last night In a raid on n Negro resort. Tho girl told an amazlnt, story of her dissipation of a fortune on drugs a fortune the sourco of which sHo said sho did not know. Federal agents to-day wero seeking a wcalthv Chicago candy manufac turer from whom, It was hoped, could he learned something of tho girl s an tpppilents. "I'vo spent $7,000 slnco tho first of the vear most of It tor arugs,- tne giil of mystery said, asserting that all sho knows of herself Is that sho In hiirrss to nn English cstnte. Her husband, Nicholns E. Schaeffer, nn nrmv ii-l,l rlerk. told of their mar- niKo lust January, after a courtship if a fow weeks. They separated when ho learned of her addiction to drugs. "1 know nothing of Mabel's early hlstnrv. evepnt thnt she camo here from Lexington, MO., w. ecimeuer said 'LOST' KLAN PAPERS REVEAL PLANS FOR E Charge of Extortion Against rmaers Brings Hint of Ku Klux Secrets. Documents of tho Ku Klux Klan, declared to be of groat lmportanco to that order, figured In a complaint be foro Magistrate Renaud In Essex Mar ket Court to-day when Lloyd P. Hooper, former Grand Goblin for the East and now an organizer for tho Owls, nppeared against two men ac cused by him of attempted extortion. The defendants we're William Sass, twenty-five, a Jobber, of No. 1482 Nos trand Avenue, Brooklyn, nnd Benja min Steinberg, twenty-seven, a res taurant keeper, of No. 900 Union Ave nue, the Bronx. Hooper accused tho two men of hav ing nttemptcd to extort $25 for the safe return of documents which were In a brief bag which he lost, cither last Monday or Tuesday near 42d Street nnd Broadway. The prisoners were represented by Abraham Ynrchover of No. 154" Nas sau Street and asked for an adjourn ment until September 6. Magistrate Renaud granted the adjournement, fixing ball at $1,000 each. Hooper objected, saying he needed the papers held as evidence In litigation. Magis trate Renaud lnforced him ho might secure them by subpoena. bass told reporters that the docu ments, which were displayed In court, had to do with business matters of the Klan In New York City. He declared tho names of prominent New Yorkers were mentioned as members nnd that, among other things, a project to ac quire property worth $S75,000 on Long Island for a New York district head quarters was described. CASEMENT HANGED ON SAME BEAM AS JACK SHEPPARD 200 Years Old, It Shows Lack of Change in Eng lish Prisons. Leon C. 'NVcinstock, State Commis sioner of Prisons, returned on the Caronia to-day with Mrs. Wclnstock, having been In Austria, Italy, Ger many and England looking over prison conditions. "There Is nothing we can learn of advantage to us," said Mr. Weinstock, "and the difference between the con ditions In our prisons and those abroad is appalling. I was shown how prisoners were treated and found that flogging and the whipping post were not abolished anywhere. "To speak of changes in tho Eng lish prisons, I would say that tho original beam of the gallows from which Jock Sheppard was suspended a couple of centuries ago still Is there with its last victim Sir Roger Case ment." MATHILDE M'CORMICK HIDING NEAR LUCERNE Use Assumed me, a Does 0er, Who la Close Dy. LUCERNE, Aug. 26. Miss Mathilda McCormlck, Chicago heiress, who is en gaged to be married to Max Oser, Is said to be staying near here under an assumed name. She Is with a girl friend. Oser Is reported as close by, also hiding his Identity. The couplo meet frequently, according to rumor. It Is said they are awaiting the arrival of Miss McCormlck's father and his bride, Gnnna Walska, before completing arrangements for their marriage. So far there Is no record that Oser has reg istered, as ho must under Swiss law, before a civil or lellglous ceremony. LARGE ALLOCATIONS OF COAL TO NEW JERSEY New EitKlnnri llornln Also Receive Priorities. WASHINGTON. Aug. 26. Public util ities and vital food Industries through out New Jersey have been allocated largo quantities of coal, Federal Fuel Distributer Spencer to-day stated. Railroads In New England and Can ada also are receiving largo consign ments through the Federal Fuel Distri bution Committee, Spencer said. OFFICES Official Voting Coupon. Tills Coupon Entitles the ITaMer to Cast One Tote for ua Moat l'opnlar Man In Greater New Yeck, or Una Vote (or the Moat Htaatifol Woman. Who. an Bept. 1L 1XJ. at tho MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL AT CONEY ISLAND Will Be Crowned KING AND QUEEN 1922 Coney Island Mardi Week el Sept. I vote for. Conteit Closes 12 Noon, 5at, sept. L, iszz,. MaH VoUt to EVENING WORLD MARDI GRAS EDITOR. P. O. BOX 247. CITY HALL STATION, NEW YORK. NEW YORK. Or ntM may ba handed In at The Werld'e rarlone braoeheai Broni lit O. l&ih at., near Third ae.t 1'ptei, I3M Ilroadnay. JwSeV Mth at. I Ilatlrm. tWt Sevmth ate., near lMth at., Ilnlr Theme) lluUdlnfi Brooklyn, Wt Woahln.ton at., and 1-ulltirr Ilulld- Ul' 'lebott Mai anoQaMn on thla byllot. Vote for only e candidate, li yen nee ballet tor Klnf nnd Queen It n1U ha deetroyed. (3t Story, on SHOPMEN LAUNCH FIGHT I New York Headquarters En couraged by Word From Chicago. Following four days of practically complete inaction, during the peaco parley, strlko headquarters at tho Hotel Continental bqcnmc tho ccntro of Intensive activity, which Indicated that tho striking railroad shopmen had launched their "fight to a finish" campaign. Tho new spirit which tho strikers are putting Into their fight was borne out by statements Issued by tho strike leaders this morning. Among tho communications received by David Williams, Secretary of tho Central Strlko Commttteo for tho metropolitan district, was a telegram from W. P. Hoffman. Secretary of tho Chicago Central Strlko Committee. This telegram read: "Chicago dis trict shopcrafts standing solid for fight to finish. Convey this Informa tion to all New York strikers." CAR RUNS WILD DOWN STEEP HILL Tirenty-Seven l'nrnKiT Are In jured When Ilrnkex Fnll to Work. SYRACUSE. Aug. 26. Nino persons are In Syracuso hospitals to-day with serious Injuries suffered when tho trol ley car In which they wero passengers ran wild down Walnut Avenue hill here, while a rain and electrical storm of un usual severity wns passing ovrr tho city last night. Nono of the injured will die, hospital surgeons said this morning. Thcro wero twenty-seven pasrcngci s on tho car, and all suffered nt lei. . i minor hurts. Tho crew rorciv.'i! ot I slight bruises, although both Tnotormim and conductor stuck to their post . Thi motorman said his brakes failed lo work during the storm. N1IIP AfillOlWH AT StMIl HOOK. Tho three-masted brlgantino (iulnl- guadn. owned by J. It. Curbrrry Co , exporters with offices In the I'rodtir. 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