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'First With the News' Full AttftOfllntod 1'rvflfi llcport 72ND YEAR. Hlchmomli "vf'S J^'gj '"'rf "elMs* Juher"1" *' RICHMOND, VA., MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1922, The Weather It win Kr fnlr mn4 dmIm talari tr>-? mflrrtrW Mil fa1 fmttt (For fall w?atber Hirryrt, mm t>?g? I > TEN PAGES. PRICE, THREE CENTS. SHOT BY HIS WIFE FOLLOWING PARTY AT ACTRESS'HOME Oscar A. HirBch Wounded After Evening at Rene Davies' Residence. FIRING OF REVOLVER PRECEDED BY QUARREL Sislcr of Movie Star Hud Re tired Before Disturb ance on Luwn. W'IFB M'RMJ* MGIIT IV L12I.L *?,'? \ Irtlm Had Krpt llrr I'rlauner I'our l>nj* and Hlruik llir. I By Uii .to'l .Vnvii I'KKWr'OltT I. 1. rune- 11 ar A. Hlrsoli, wealthy head of a. l?tc electrical cun'irrn, Is in a honpltitl MilTerlnK from a bullet wound In me nook, and hh wife. Mrs. Haxel lllrsrh. reputed beautiful, la at liberty under .$".500 hall. after being (??horsed -.villi tli' shooting. f'lllu'.v - ing a party at the homo of 111!n Davies la to Ha1 u rda \ jilttht. Heri" Davit* is a sifter Mario.i Davles. Uoth are mo%'ie .1. t Mrs. Mlrseh wa? arraigned before a Justice of tin- i><-.ihi an ??.!.!> hour Sunday, and hHd without 1 until hftcriio'ir ???lil In llmr <( iiarrr Irti. Tin ?hoot 1.; ?? uri'd >n ::i . lawn <>f ih<- trnni' of Koi.?- Davies fltr.<M.'ii and .1 ? wife nr.. aid to have (|untr<'I' <1 llo i> ac us? d ? f having struck her nnd >h? It ".il l to have ?Hh<>! him with a s rn.i' 1 a t. r re vol voi When th<- tiouhi? occurred 1 of the n1'""'" of Miss Davit;* air- ?dy had left, Others were i:i . ? of the house. Here i- nil account of .vn.< < urred, given by Mag1 sti ;> t r I>..ui 1 father of the Davles slst?r.?, ;?? ?????.?? authorities. "I hoard the ro.port. It ?o.itid-d like a bursting tire. The next " itix I heard was the cry of a man, 'Tin ??hot. The?did it. I'm klllod. In bleeding to death." K*nt for the Police. "I rushed out and found man bleeding from the mouth t:>l li-ad on the from Uv 11 1 then s<> ?? i<>r the police .I'nl men went ?. 1 .ir1(| .?an a woman r'ini.ii>- .1".. "She was shouting. 1 <ti?!? ? .1 ? 1 had to do i^ ll< forfeit :ii> do It.' Then sho threw hersAlf on the ground and kick'<1 and s< i t-.t nn d." Doura* said t' a ? when 1 i 1-? ? ? - 1 a M is, 1111 ? li sli< had no blood in fa>e, but later sue had blon.5 ? 1., in?: from a wound which -I ? . .?! . her httsh.i :ul in<i i.fj : r!ene Davies ixpiatncii 1:11 1 llirrcli.i wer< ? .1 i*?d ;u?>-' ? .? I^wn iiartv arid I .a: .sin* h id ?oii :?> l>ed nli' ii ; i;- ? lootiim ?? ?? 111 1 l\e|i| n I'rNoiier. Mrs II r . , u>id mo that Ini hu - hand had kept her n prisoner in her home for four day*, had given hor little food and drink and 'when he picked on nie I didn't know what I did,'" Miss Davies told the authori ties. Hirsch is not in a serious condi tion, and is expected to leave tho hospital Monday. The bullet which struck hint entered one cheek, Hovered a plate of false teeth, passed throuen I he other cheek, and lodged in his shoulder. Me formerly was a 'he atrlcal promoter. Twenty-live or thirty guests w.-r ? at the party. Miss Marlon Davles was not among them, she said at he ? home, and knew nothing of what had happened. Mrs. Hirsch went to her Imme^m. mediately after the shooting, and was taken from there by polio.; t.? Ihe Mineola Jail at 3 o'clock n .tie morning. She was released >n bail Sunday afternoon. Ifer husband was Milt to the hoHTutn I in an anibu'anoe llirsch is 4S. his wife .7 <;?or?e M. Levy. counsel for Mrs. llirsch. declared ih.it neither sh<- nor h'-r husband was rosponsible at Hie time of the shooting. Levy said they had been drinking anil that then was 110 use in trying to conceal the faol. According to Levy. Ilirsoh left the home of Miss Davles. and his wife went home, but failed to find him there. She prepared for bed. but later slipped a polo coal over her niKht >iown and started to look for Hirsch. She encountered him coming home. According to Levy, Hirsch had in his hand a small pistol, and this went off when Mrs, Hirjich endeavored to lake it away from Titm. J'OWDER EXPLOSIONS THREATEN RESORT j [ By Associated Press.) I.'TICA. N. V., .Mino 25.?The sum mer colony at Verona Reach, on <>neida i?al<e was threatened with .Minetion early tonight when three barges rill oil with powder caught lire and burned In a spectacular manner. Fanned by a stilT breeze, the dames spread rapidly. With each explosion ? >f powder, spurts of llamo -shot 200 ce.et into the air. Rome und Oneida ,v.>nt tire apparatus to the scene. The j ractiae Sand Company was the utvut'l* of the barges. Old Ajte Telia on Mother Knrtli, , WA.YCROSS, OA.. Juno 25.?Old age is telling of Mother Karth and she is basing some of her attractiveness, ac eordlng lo dlaoovery made here dur ing <he lust few davs bv aclentiet* from Carnegie Institute, Turifl' Hill Inr.rCHBrfl NeccssiticH of Lifo i l!y Knlted iN'rwn, | WABItrKUTON'. Juttn 10.?Ilrr?'? whttt Itiurenap auvli Imtlvldilal will liAVa lo priy for necenaltlaa of Jlf? undor th? MrCumbfi- tariff l? * 11. uaaurdlnif to Honalor Wnlah. l/?ni ucrut, of M(\??uuhi:x?U*: llarlny, ,003 oanta poi* buahol; oortl, 4.0777 canta per huabal; watu, 1.175 emit* per bushel, rye, .UJ1 uen(? p?i* ;>u?hf!: wheat. l.7?s (.ciitu nor bualial; .tilt) null por pound: liuof. it) 4 oqiii* per pound; iiurk, .728 cant* par pound; liiut'.uii. .ltu canta per turn rid; beatia. .130 i till h par buahal; po tatona. 1.333 iMint? pvr buahal; up pica, .31)7 cents per Imiral. E ; Prop o?e?l Tariff to increase Greatly Price of Ne cessities. BLAME FARMER BLOC Statement Baser! on Figures Compiled l?y Department of Agriculture. By \? ,? a'.rd J'rv r A \ S H INt J TON. .f li 11 ?? In, i. ,i I in tin iff duties propusi <1 on freih 1 inm" ^'ip.i r. beans pota , toes .?11 < i apple.*, if ? ff ? ? < tlve would j advance the com of those (ommodl t ties io American ron?utn?-i s bv * i total of J1.31 *l,.i111!' aiinuaIIv. .Sen ator Walsh. I)f|iMK.'i ut M.!,.1!,). )|i| ?tts. -aid toda\ ;ii a formal Mate ' ment lie explained tliat this esti mate had been prepared by the f>e ?art nn lit of Ann ? 1 f n r ?> ..t hi* r? ? im-st ami was ha.-., I on th< total ? ?otiMiinptlon in tin* country. multl 1 J?" i?-?l l>\ the in- r>a-I tax proposed ! in the new bil! over the law of 1013. .Senator Walsh made public a table | I prepared ty tin: department, show- | !i? the Increased per capita cost peri , annum on such items would be ay] t follows; I j Barley, $0,094; buckwheat. $0,007; ' urn. 14.077; oAta. 11.309; rye. {0.061!; , wheat tl.792; sURar. 10.490; beef. fresh. 12.714; mutton. I0.1f>9; pork, i Jo.736; beans, $0,130; potatoes. $1,323; | apploa, f0.397, Total. ? 13.1 f.S, "TliCJio flfitiros reveal the terrible ' "ons"fjuences of high tariff duties on the bare necessities of life," said Senator Walsh "At the very period a ii.'M we ar>' attempting to deflate! tii. iimrmous cost a of production and ; thi' ? \rsivo prices prevailing? as a ! 11 .?uit ? ?? war conditions, it is pro- j ' posed :o ii reasc the cost of livlnu 1 ? t*i tiie Atn.-rican p."?p)e to'the <xtent | f 1.31 C.."i?j'.<.M!i t" i- annum. It is tinbel io\ ai>1< . It Is "incon ? U.lbl. 'hat a' , ul . man wotibl lor on.' instant ro.u- ?, . oMsiocr: sii' h a p'oposjt on. V" t, (treat has ??li tin- pressur. o.M't ? d *?: i t lie niajot it \ party in i.'oi.ki- ?> b> the agricultural tariff I lo tl.at unless | i- \tnericaii people ma Ice emphatic | j protest without delay their llvinK 1 i xpenses for what they cat arc to be increased at the rate of over $1,250,-I 000.000 per year. "The heavy inconio tax burdens, the excess profits taxes and the high surtaxoH which corporations ' and wealthy individuals have had to bear during and since the war sink Into insignificance compared with the burden that the advocates of thea* agricultural tariff duties seek to force upon the great army of Ameri can tollers and consume!s. Are the people of the United States ready to surrender without vehement protest ; just becuttse lh*- majority Mirty in j t'otiKress has .surrendered to the threats and intimidations of the ) agricultura! bio, PRESIDENT EXTENDS VISIT TO LEESBURG ||;> Associated Press. | \\ ASIIINOTON. .1 ulie 2." I'residenl ! llarilliiK nncl other meniber.s of the! ' partv who went vesterilav to the | i i-ouiitrv estate of Kdward It. M l.ean I publisher of the Waslilnston I'ost. at I 1.ecsburff. Va , decided t" ? Mend their visit to Motnlu> mornitiR. tlt? | White House was advised tonight. It was Mr. Harding's original p'ilti to return late today. SIMPLE SERVICES AT ROCKEFELLER FUNERALI [ By ('lilted News ] T.\ JlflYTOWX. X. v . .tune 25.? William Hockofellev. who died at ins itoinp iiere jsnitirtlay (if pneu monia, will l?e laid to rest in the granite mausoleum, just completed in Sleepy Hollow. Cemetery. Services will he held at Kock wood Hall Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. They will be simple, with only a small number of persons at tending. The Rev. Charles W. Baldwin, rec tor of St. Mary's, the little Kpisco pal church at Scarboro, not far from the Rockefeller estate, will officiate. LEAPS TO DKATH OFF BROOKLYN BRIDGE ? I My Associated Press.I N'KW YORK. June 25.?A man be lieved to be Henry Montgomery, of Brooklyn. Jumped to his death from the Brooklyn Bridge this even inn. in the view of hundreds of pedestrians and surface car nnd elevated train passengers. He. leaped from a pass ing surface car to the bridge road way, stepped to the rail without looking back and HARDING TO LEARN COUNTRY'S OPINION ON SHIP SUBSIDIES Turn CongrcKB Loose to; Condiict INntion-Wifle KciVrcmiurn. LASKKK MAKES STRONG DEFENSE OF PROPOSAL President Asserts Fight for Shipping Policy Will Continue. I MAY IIB PAS9?U I.N AtOL'Sx) I i Chairman of Hoard Snj* Americana | Agalnat Junktng of ?<hlp?. J. Prtrirrti'k Knitrj, Washington <'orre?pondi>r.t of The Tline?.1 >tHpa t'.h. A A> TON. .Junt1 'Jo ?Although 'h? Harding administration has ion sented to postponement of considera tion of the ?hi;, subsidy legislation In ordi r thai mernbets of the House ' may return liomo ?? nil conduct a na-' tional referendum?also enjoy a' bt ief vacation ",i: t.ght for the ?hip-? ping policy is u? ,,,, In nnnouti'. i??%; t.. ? hcountry that! '!? was a).<-iit to iumi loose upon it the Tn?-mbe r*ht;i ?? < .e House f0! a I thirl-, or a fort} -J?\ pulse-feeling ' process, ih<- I"i i .sldont launch* d a aun'iit m liy subsidies "hould be provided for tlx m-rchant marine. I !i ? u a - w . t declaration up.,!. . >|in ? tIon h:s original subsidy II). :,j Congress Today Cha.rtnan l.aMker, of the .Shipping lizard, follow s ihe lead of his chief with ,-vtn a more extend e-J d'teiise ?< subsidies. This Is eonta-ined In .1 lengthy letter nd drressed to every member of the House and .Senate, and with It is Inclosed a copy of .Mr. busker's arKiiment U*tor> the Joint commit t?in support of the uilntini^trn* 'ton bill. Vrom time to time . during tho House recess the champions of sub sidy legislation expect to yo before the country with other pronounce ments in the hope popular sentiment Iti Its behalf will he so sufficiently crystallised by August that the House will no longer hesitate to adopt the subsidy program. l.nskrK'M l?r*ffvr. 1" h:> members of Con gress. made ptti. i, today. Mr. I.as ker talks with manifest' frankness about t:ie w . ole problem. Kur ex .tmplc. I).- say The Shipping Hoard admits that i ? annot operate it* fleet remotely as . 1 ottomI .ill. private owners! operate Htelr vessels; tin history bfl ' '1 e prior boa: d -hows tiltlt the ueve tineoiisl to the operation of ;.i.. n"V> rt.ment fleet on a pt'o|i*-r bus ness bas's The Hh.ppac Hoard be-' lievry that the fleet under it!- charge' ean never be ptofitalily or .success-; fully operated under g ivernmeut con- I trol because of the inherent and in-j surmountable handicaps incident to I the government ownership of ships." Continuing, a little further on. Mr. l^asker says: "The Shipping Hoard, approaching the problem its a business problem, believes that few Americans would advocate junking a fleet that cost the nation vast sums of money. The alternative is dismissed as imprac ticable and Impossible?impossible because such a course would admit to the world that the 1'nited States, possessed of a great fleet of mer chant ships, was forced to concede tout it lacked the ingenuity and the ability to convert that fleet to u revenue-getting profitable asset com parable to the merchant fleets re sponsible for the commercial success of other great nations, and !hat the I'nited States is bankrupt in states manship that visualized the need of Keeping alive a men-hunt marine under its flag for peaei and war pro tect ion." The administration believes that1 its most appealing argument tor shtp -III.sidies lies ill the fact tiiat Con gress is now in effect subsidizing its tleet. I: is putting up around $50,? OOO.OOd a \ear. exclusive of depreci ation, insurance and interest, to main tain the ships In active service. And it is added that there is not tho slightest likelihood that this sum will lie decreased in the immediate future, it at all. Subsidies to He Heasuunble. j It is proposed to provide subsidies' which will not be far in excess of! this amount, leaving out of the eni. i i illation what may be necessary to j overcome the handicap of prolilbi-i lion at *ea, if prohibition is imposed] upon the fleet l?y Congress. "lifit us have the courage to face the facts," Mr. Is.iskcr pleads, "whether the facts are to our lik ing or not. The fact Is. under all' ?orts of conditions and all sorts of) nuspices, government operation of! ^hips. I?y Its histor<| admits its own! impossibilities." Continuing: along this line. Chair man I.asker says: "Bravely and patiently have we done our utmost to turn under gov ernment control this war asset into a peace-time instrument, always, however, with the thought that by successful government operation we would so establish linrs that we could sell them to private owners. But the very method we have chosen has defeated its purpose, for private op eration is withering and dying under the blighting competition of unend (Continued on Fag? 4, Col. i.) To Announce Strike Vote INe*t Thurmluv fB.v l/lrit*4 oim'AcK), June 19.- Whether th?r? In to bn a utrlUs 0/ nearly I.OOv.Ouq rnllroBd ?jj?p and hia(n? tfliftnoo-tif.w(\y employe* w111 bo announced ThurxJuy, Hurt M. pre?!d?ni of th? Am#rl? can federation of l.ahur Railway r)?p*Mmonl, to'.d the UnlUd New* 1 Hun day. Jpwol! and fha employes' poilny | com tn 11iee ?er? tn *??slon throughout th? day, tabulating the three ? pro lit eil ? 1 r! J< 0 vote, which ha* huw been completed and forwarded to the officiate j hero. It !a understood that while the vote !? generally !n f*vor of a itrlke by an overwhelming mi jorlty, that It la "apotty" and that a few ahop araft unions or. certain railroada have voted neg atively. UNVEIL HOWITZERS'! MEMORIAL TABLET: Speakers Pay Glowing Trib ute to Officers and Men of Organization. FAMK TOLD IN BRONZE Representative Montague De livers Presentation and Col. Myers Acceptance Address. Glowing tribute to the officers and men of the Richmond Howitzers and to tlx- women who hav* made it pos sible, to perpetuate the names of 1 ho-<. Wi10 nerved in the World War. yesterday afternoon marked the ceremonies Incident to the unveiling "f the memorial tablet in honor of the battery, erected by the Women's Auxiliary of the Richmond Howit zers' Association. Representative Andrew Jackson Montague, of Richmond, delivered the presentation address, and he made eloquent reference to the valor and achievements of the Howl leers since that organization was first forced, and declared that It was the interest the women of Richmond' a re taking in th?- battery that is helping to por pettinte Its memory and that but for their efforts the "bronze memorial tablet would not have been unveiled. 1 he address of acceptance was de 1 vered by Colonel William M. -Myers.' the former commander of the How-1 nzers. He not only gave credit to the women's auxiliary for the part j played in erecting the tablet nut' said if it had not been for them many of the members of the battery' would have died during die groat! war foi lack of comfortable cloth- ' Ins j I m filed l.> Mauler I'olliird. T!i. Table: was unveiled li> Master I ,'1" ' Pollard immediateH aft--ri h- sr>e., iu and ?ac witnessed by j .??v" many as could crowd into the | . tt!" room a: ibe end of tli. How ,lz' Armory, where the cere monies were held. The table; ;s fastened to the wall, and under the eavtion. "A Tribute of Lore to Those Who Returned; A Memory of Tears to Those Who Sleep," it con tains the namA of evory officer and members of the battery who went into the service from 1917 to 1519. On the stago with the speakers were Governor E. I.ee Trlnkle. Rev. James Power Smith. t>. D? Judge OeorBe U Christian. Mayor George Ainslle and Major Henry C. Carter and W. H. i.lpsoomb. Major Carter and Mr. Lipscomb are the only sur viving members of the original Rich mond Howitzers and were applauded when they were introduced to the' audience by Colonel Myers, who pre sided.^ Solos by Mrs. Horace Dowell and t\. k. Fin ley were enjoyed. Opened with Prayer. The ceremonies, which began at o'clock, were opened with prayer hv Itev. K. T. Mcl'aden. I>. D. pastor of First Presbyterian Church. A so-I Piano solo, Kipling's "Recessional" was rendered by Mrs Dowe'.l. wrh Shepherd Webb as accompanist. I" paving tribute to the llowit-: *ers. Represent at Ive .Montague said, that while r,t<. battery did not ?? i into actual war. and did not see the! fighting i: had yearned for . it wn? i ready at the sound of the tap to do its duty and the fact that it was not at the front was no fault of the or ganization. He spoke of the achieve ments of the battery in other con iHcts and of the valor it had always shown when the Occasion offered it self. Colonel Myers declared he did not j want to deliver the address oft acceptance, because, he said, all of I the spirit had been taken out of him j when he was rejected for service, be cause of physical disability. I rgod to Deliver Address. 1 was urged to deliver the ad dress. though." he said, "and when I recalled that 1 had served in two wars with the organization: had slept with t'.ieni. I finally accepted. And (Continued on Page C0i.~5.~j MEXICANS KIDNAP A. BRUCE RIELASKlj I By Associated Press. 1 MKN'K'O CITV, June 25.?A. Tiruce ' Tiiditski, former chief of the Invea- . ligation bureau of lite A tnerloa 11 I ?e partinent of .lusti.-e, is reported to I have been kidnaped and held for ransom, near Cnernavaca. in the State! of Morelos. together with Manuel Bar cena. an attorney of Mexleala. The A?n*rlcan charge d'aftnlre* i? Inves tigating. AUTQISTS PROTEST ALLEGED UNJUST i ARREST OF SCORES! . I Run Afoul of Luw nt El mont, Glen Allen and Other Points. TRIED AND FIXED ON SPOT BY MAGISTRATES! Threatened With ArreBt for Warning Others of Im pending Fate. niCHMOXDEHS ARK IJT DHAGSTKT ?'Dnnjjer-Stop" Mfn Only Hrmlnder of Uet*ntly Knacttd Statute, Irate ToarUti Great indignation as the result of the arreet of automobUiuts Uy the wholesale yesterday for failure to come to a full stop within ten feet of a railroad before crossing was ex pressed hy motorists in various seo Hons of Virginia la?t night. In sev eral instances, it is said, those warn ing the drivers were threatened with arrest for interference A constable stood 011 either side of the track and arrested the auto mobillsts when they failed to stop before crossing the truck, and a jus tice of the [loacc tried them on the scene, citizens declare No othej warning than ,. sign, "Danger?Stop." near the truck, is said to have t>een posted to remind the motorists of a now law. which rccuir^s every per son driving any vehicle on the pub- j lie highways, on approaching n steam railway crossing, to stop be fore passing thereover, and making it a misdemeanor for failure to do so. This act does not apply to cities and incorporated towns. Arrests are said to have been made by constables at Taylor's Crossing, (ilen Allen and Klmont. A fee for every arrest was paid the man mak ing the arrest. Several hundred are understood to have been taken yes terday. Citizens, l.eeoming Incensed over what they considered the unjust ar rests when no warning had been given the automoblllsts, stationed themselves on the roads and told I drivers of the law. In several in stances, those arrested drove up the road to warn approaching vehicles of the danger. Magistrate* Hold Court. Two magistrates are said to have held court between 1' and 7 o'riock yesterday afternoon, and between 75 and 100 motorists were caught in the dragnet of the law. tried and lined. F5. G. Wilkinson, of Richmond, with the Remington Typewriter Company, was among those arrested, ami. after paying his lino, took his station down the road, v.ith other; s-1'i?t. motorists, and began stopping . approaching cars, tcllinc thein of the j la w. One of the constables approached Mr. Wilkinson and threatened to place him under arrest If he contin ued to "interfere with the law," Mr. Wilkinson stated. He telephoned the Commonwealth's Attorney and told him of the order, and the attorney told him to "keep your post until h freezes over." DR. SUN YAT SEN HELD ON GUNBOAT I By Associated Press.] PICKING, June 23.?Latest advices from Canton report I>r. Sun Vat Ken. defeated Southern leader, detained aboard a gunboat there, with his navy .and the Kwangtung provincial assembly definitely aligned against him. and General ("hen Cheung .Ming's troops in full control of the city. Sun's forces in Klangsi Prov ince, on which he pinned his Dicker- J ing hopes for restoration, are said to he disorganized and looting the j territory over which they are seal-' 1 e red. I.nr.ncli >1 I'lnccr Drive. I By Associated Press. I AMOY. June 24.?The Kiaugsi army of Sun Yat Sen. deposed Pres ident of South China, is answering its fallen leader's call and has launched a pincer drive against Chen Chiutig Ming and his United China troops, according to advices received here from Canton under date of June 23. REPUBLICANS CLAIM S A \ ING OF $7,000,000 ! (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. June 2.'?.?Reduc tions in appropriations. Federal taxes and freight rates since the Re publican administration came into power were detailed in a statement issued tonight hy Senator McCor tnlck. of Illinois, chairman of the Republican senatorial campaign com mittee. That the Republican Congress had -aved taxpayers 57.000.000. compared with "the sums sought to te spent under tlx? Wilson administration during three years." was asserted by Senator McCoriniek. I'iirmer Hronnril In l*i?nil. ItAISNWKIiI., S. .lune 25.?Oscar June*-, a young while farmer, residing nonr hero, was drown <??!"? today at Patterson's Pond, seven miles from Barnwell. Jones was in bathing with hi* wife and father at th? time of the accident. COAL CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT IS AWAITED BY LEWIS Keport Meeting Result o? Request of Labor De partment. HARDING RETURNS TO CAPITAL EARLY TODAY White House May Bring Miners and Operators Together. STIirKKRS WELCOME CO\FEnE\CB Owners Are Bald to lie A*aln?t Any Nntionnl Settle ment. (By Associated Press.) WASHINOTON. June 26.?A con ference with President Harding on the national coal strike was under stood to be the purpose of the visit here today of John I*. T.ewis, presi dent of the United Mine Workers of America. Mr. Lewis refused to dis cuss his trip to Washington. but the impression was gained that he had come in response lo a requent from Secretary Davis, of she Labor De partment. Neither President Harding nor Ses retary Davis was in town when the miners' leader arrived and, so for an could bf learned, no arrangement was m;ide today for Mr. Lewis to go to the White House. Mr. Hat-l ing was not to return from his weok entl visit to the country home of Re ward n. Meljfau. Washlngtan pub lisher. hi Lcesburg. Va., until to morrow morning. Although Mr. l.ewis would not dis cuss lily expected meeting with the President, in circles generally con versant with (he coal strike situa tion. it was believed that the con ference might be the prelude to a general meeting between the miners' leaders and the operators, under White House auspices. Officials of the miners' union* and some operators arc understood to be lieve the time Is ripe for some at tempt at a rapprochement. On the other hand, the sentiment in the op erators' organization is said to be against any attempt at settlement, except through district and local agreements. The miners, it was declared to day, would welcome now?as they assert they would have from the first?a general conference with the operators and would participate in one It' called by the President. They have not receded, it was said, from the program adopted at their con vention last February, and are ready :o present it at such a conference. POST-OFFICE^ FILLED WIT UNSEIZED LIOU OH [!;>? Associated Press. | WASHINGTON, June 25.?Hard liquor is threatening to disrupt the country's postal servlcift. Postmastor In mldfile-slaod cities aro complaining. Treasury officials report, that liquors seleed by pro hibition officers which are stored In the post-office buildings for want of other space, till their offices with effluvia?mostly bad?and they Just can't work. The smaller town post offices are beginning to smell like breweries and distilleries, officials in charge declare, and even the prohi bition sleuths assert they can no longer detect charged hip pocket* around the post-offices because of the waftings from the storerooms. So serious have the complaints be come that a conference will be held this week, at which post-office and prohibition enforcement officers will try to find means of clearing up dry law case.? and thu.? get rid of "the evidence." TOWN IS TiNI iNDATED WHKA LE\ EE BREAKS \A Mter, llimeier. Not lloep KiisubIi l<? C'nilse l.o?? of l.lfe. I By Associated Press.] BBOWNSVIIJ.K, TKX . June 25.? The levee system protecting the town of Mercedes from Rio Grande flood waters began crumbling eariv to day, and within a few hours approx imately half of the residence dis trict of the town was under twenty Inches of water. Other levees were expected to crumble, but the gen eral opinion was that tho water would not become deep enough to cause loss of life. MRS. SMALL DYING; STRICKEN AFTER TRIAL KANKAKKB. 1I.U. Juno 25?Mrs. I.on W. .Small, wife of Governor Small, is suffering; from it stroke of apoplexy. )>ootors to attend her liave been sum moned from Chicago. Mrs. Small was stricken after her return home here from WaukeKan, where yesterday, after a lonif trial, ner husband was acquitted of a charfjro of embezzling State funds. At 10 o'clock, Dr. K. O. Wilson and Or. \V. A. Stokes. attending Mrs. Small, issued tlie following bulletin: "Absolutely no hope. Fatal ease. Sinking rapidly." Doubt was expressed by those at tl*e Small home whether Mrs. Small *?uld survive the night. Plan "Real Christian Community1' in Patrick tBy Aaaoriat?d press. 1 WtWOHTSHTKIt, VA . Juno S6.? Convinced tb?t modern life !?? nor ruining And sujrltu?illy dem'yrnll* In*, And that church member* thamaalrta am not living up to th? rJg"Tit ?tando.r<1?, tho flov, 11 AUen Stickler, until recently tan tor Of! * group of elttirslii'it of the t)l*elpl?a of Chrirt, announce,l to day plana to n?t up * "rant chris tian ootnmunlty," lu Patrick Coun tr. Thoaa who Join In tho move rnent. he said, intended to drroll to Bother according to tholr concep tion of the manner "In v*hlclj tho i Mcrlpturee require Chriatlun* to live." The leadera of the movement have acqulrod a tract ot land In Patrick County, tt la said. and the colony will atart with about fifty members from Oeorgta, Virginia Ohio, Pennsylvania and Went Vir ginia. SUNDAY BASEBALL PLAYERS ARRESTED Police Stop Virginia League Came in First Inning at Portsmouth. FANS H 0 O T OFFICERS Will lie Arraigned This Morn ing and Test Case Will Be Made. (Special to The Times-Dispatch.] PORTSMOUTH; VA.. June 2."..? "How about t li o bootleggers? Why ilon't you po get tlte bonM^ggers'.' Shame! Shame! Baa-a-a-a!" was the continuous cry of 3,000 fans this afternoon, when patrolmen and plain clothes men of the city of Ports mouth halted a same between the Portsmouth niui Newport News clubs a't the close of thn first inning. As the players, under the escort of officers, started across the Held for the clubhouse, some of the crowd attempted to follow, but were forced to go back toy the patrolmen surrounding the field. in two in stances spectators became slightly obstreperous. But when tho police displayed n disposition to arrest them they were hooted and Jeorerl until they compromised l>y retiring behind the fences separating tho Held from the bleachers. This was the only incident 'that looked any thing like disorder. Advertised no l.engne <Jume. The game had been advertised as a regularly scheduled league affair, score cards were sold downtown for a part of the morning in Ports mouth and at the ferry wharf in Norfolk, anil purchasers were giv*ti .i complimentary ticket t<> the after noon game. ICarlv in the morning th<* Portsmouth pharmacists who had the tickets on sale were notified that thoy would have t<> discontinue their sale of the score cards or the law against the sale of, soft drinks and (Continued on Page 6. Col. iT) CREASY PREPARED TO PROVE INNOCENCE [By Associated Press.] FIIEEPOHT, N. V.. June 1T> ? Coun sel for William Creasy, of Covington. Ky., who is in Minrola Jail charged with the murder of Miss Kditli I.avoy, uchool teacher, stated today tliHt ho was prepared to prove conclusively that the young woman had taken her own life. The lawyer said that Creasy had received several letters front .Miss Ijavoy before lie left his home in Ken tucky to come here and intimated tlint some of these missives would bear out the contention that she com mitted suicide. "This man. Creasy." lie said, "came tip from his home in Kentucky, pur posely to break nfT with Miss l.uvoy. and to return to her a!! tlx trinkets and ntlier tilings she had isivon him." Miss l.avoy ?;h found dead at her boarding housi Friday nigh! with a bullet wound ill her left temple. She had been talking with t'reasy in a sittins loom smiii time before the "?hooting, lie told the police that he fell asleep while in the room and was awakened by the shot. CRISIS LIKELY IN WEST VIRGINIA COAL FIELDS [By United Nevvs.l FAIRMONT, \V. VA., June 23.?A crisis is likely t<> occur this week In the Northern West Virginia coal mining fields, is admitted on ail sides. Miners' meeting* were held its all parts of the region Sunday to dls. cuss word from the operators that the latter were growing tired of tin ir Inability to open negotiations for resumption of work, and \\-?uld start operations at once. TO APPLY MONEY ON VETERANS' PENSIONS 1 I i:y Associated Proes.] ATTjANTA. Jui\o 'Jo.?Approximate ly j;!S;'i,000. representing oil Inspec tion fees, which have been hold l>y a court custodian ponding: final outcome of live llnrlit on iho validity <>f the State's oil ispoction laws, will bo turned over to the State Treasurer tomorrow, and will be applied, it is said, to payment of arrearages In Confederate ^svAteranV pensions, and other St^' Incenses. Mine Superintendent Who ^ a? Killed Charged With Murder. MEN DIED AT ''HANDS OF PERSONS UNKNOWV Bodies of Sixteen Nonunion Workers Remain Un identified. wo 5iAcnt*E guns at mtvb Verdict. Foreman 8 mrm. Represent United Sentiment of County. [By Aeaoolated Press J HKRRTN, ILLi, June 2S.-MZ. K, itci Dowel!, the one-logged superintand ent of the Southern Illinois Coal Company's strip mine half-way be tween Herrin and Marlon. III.. :he only man charged with murder ,hc ?oroncr> jury, which con cluded Its investigations tonight. The nonunion men, the coroner's jury decided, came to their death* by gunshot wounds at the hani "i parties to this jury unknown" as the result of aotlvitles on the part of officials of the wrecked X^egter Mine. The remaining verdicts, twenty In all. stated that each individual "came lo his death by gunshot wounds at the hands of persons unknown." Sixteen Unidentified. No additional information con cerning the Identity of the sixteen unknown men was unearthed durln the course of tho Inquiry, which took the jury to the local hospital ? nd Into the rooms of wounded non tint on men. Allen Flndley, wounded timekeep er for tho Southern Illinois Coal nu"\Pan>'' now ?" the Herrin hos pital. gave the jury tho information on which It based the verdict of murder returned against McDowell the dead superintendent. ""McPOWttU ar>d I wore standing on the edge of the pit when ho asked nie, as he pointed to a dark object in the near-hy woods. 'Is thnt a man?"' quoted Flndley. Xo. 1 replied." lie continued, "bnt ie rtred and the man throw his hands the air and fell. McDowell ,v?, a good shot." Verdict 1'opular One In Herrin. mJ f Vfrdlvl ?f lh" j,,ry- a''c?r<i. Ing to the coroner, "Bill" McCowet, and the foreman of tho coroner', Jur> .oe Barrlnger. represents the united sentiments of Williamson County t,n the riot of Thurs ??>. and the c\e:it?s leading l:i, The coroner", in vest ightlon ?..? "T 0MrI>- afternoon a,,, adjourned to permit the jurors to ?ten,, llIllor;<1 servi(.ps Jfop j(? union*" !* ->2_year-?,d Lithuania n union miner slain In the skirmish Wednesday. which preceded tiie massacre of nonunion men Thursdi.v UberaM*' 11 res"n,ed de liberations late this afternoon Members of the jury were: Robert lem, superintendent of the Harriett tersvji 1 - inS" T* ? aS"?1 "t" ?r'"mrJr h*"" r?v.ni? v, . til., merchant; ?> ':LTam The first witness heard wa, Wii ..am A. Thornton, a Mar,-n. A?. *ou don't know who did tho Wim m%idM askcd Coroner ? imam M. McCowan. don't k 'r r?r>"t'd the witness. "I don t know anything about it" That was the substance of his fe? Colonel Hunter Testifies. ih.it of C It Fdlnet 8'a'cm r "1 ? ??". ihe Oreai .r \r ' ' s,"cr<>tarv of 'a the rw?vi ",U A^ociaiion fnr next witnrc* \ir t.j, ??n was a captain in Ihe armv ln teUlgence section during the J,' ? olonel Hunter told of being held up by mine guards and taken to of1 indent c- K. McDowell. , h -,?r,P n"nc of the Souther, nigh? ?T' ??'npftny. Sunday Kht. Colonel Hunter testified that ctlv'n's ?U;ri,mvHl t0 conflno the activities of his guards to the mine th^M5'' "n(1 'h:,t ho al*? ??-fCCd that these sentries walk their post without arms. McDowell agreed to <arry out these suggestions. Colonel Hun.er -aid. -n his testimony. A member of the Jury asked Colo nel Hunter: Is it tru.. colonel, that ? i,;"' machine guns mounted?" Pall to Find Mai-hlne (iuim. (i ' ?"^?'rcbed the mine proper! \* three times and fallr-l t.. find an> * olonel Hunt?? r repli^rf It was suggested yesterday to Major-i^n.ral Milton I Foreman that the miners had mistaken rlgti* angle sections ?< p|p,.. fop pumping, for mnchfn<< riiiis." This xuRfeestioti came fr..ni Colonel Hiin "What did th<*y h,lv( folo'fljVj lluntpf was asked. "Shv;? ii].i, rjMe-! ?i?<l .iiuauinltJon." Hunter replied. lie was followcil hy riaude Itolme.*. of llerrin. a taxicah driver, who to}d of heinR hold up a \v?ck ago Sat urday by mine guards when h? at tempted to pa?s aSo'ir a public rOdd that skirted the mine. J. II. Henderson said he vk* Inalde " Continued rn Page 5, Cw.