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? , ?%, ,'h'. , * CL I .sj The Net Grculation o/ the Waslmgton Herald Yesterday Was 44,023 1 THE WASHINGTON HERALD 1 ^I NO. 4658 : WASHINGTON. D. C? WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1919. > . ONE CENT CHICAGO MOB UNCHECKED; STRIKE ADOS TERROR ICE FAMINE I GROWS-,12,000 TONS HELD Crowds Fight to Purchase Rations Doled Out as Au thorities Seek Way to Bring Relief from Acute Shortage in District. DAILY CONSUMPTION ' EXCEEDS PRODUCTION Barge on Way from Hudson River ShouJd Be Here in Week ? Citizens Are Again Urged to Be More Conservative in Use. I Crowds fought for ice in Washing-1 ton yesterday. | There were 12.000 tons In storage, but th s supply i? being held for special j emergencies. Ice plants throughout the city were j besieged by thousands who scrambled ( for the privilege of purchasing a 10- : cent chunk, the maximum allowed by j the ice commission. Dozens of delivery wagons were idle. J j Housekeepers were forced to throw j k away their dinners when meats and . ' other perishable foodstuffs spoiled in I iceless boxes. There was excitement about the Ice- | making plants, as men. women and I children fought their way to platforms j | where small quantities were doled. j Crvwia Line Up at Plant*. j Robert F. Bradley, of 2226 Penn-| I sylvania avenue southeast, motored j [ from Twining City to the Carry j plant on D street, between Thir-, | teenth and Fourteenth, to get a, supply for his family. He found | the vicinity packed by hundreds of automobiles, wagons and pushcarts. ?The cry was for ice?more ice Bradley said, "but the men en gaged in passing out the chunks, j had orders to sell but 10 ccnts worth to each person and the or der was obeyed to the letter. The business man who came for lrfO pounds and the poor man with hiJ dime were required to accept the small amount or do without, n The I people were in lines that extended , for more than a block." j Similar conditions were reported ; 'from the Hygienic Company's plant | ?t Thirteenth and E streets north east and Chapin-Sacks establish ment at First and M streets north east. lU.OOO Ton* D. C. Sorplnn. Dr. William C. Fowler. District health office and chairman of the Tee Conservation Committee, said last night a surplus supply of 12.800 tons is being held. Arrangements were made at a meet ing of the committee yesterday to draw on the reserve eno'igh to ac commodate sales of "5 pounds to each person at all distributing points. An American Ice Company barge. I with 1.M0 tons aboard, leaves the Hudson River for Washington to- j night it was announced last night, j This will be followed by, a baagf load of 1** ton' every four or live ^ dayS xhe trip requires approximate- : ly a week. One thousand tons a day is the I | present output here. Dr. Fowler said, j with the consumption about 1,500 tons.' Plants Ron nt Capacity. in an effort to meet the demand all : ic? plants are running at capacity. ' ?M?d bv plentif.il labor and material. ? Pj. Fowler issued an appeal to the 1 Icily yesterday to conserve by ellm- j inating Ice >n water or the ?ervinSi of it with foods. "If ice consumers exercise a res-! ?finable econon- Hluring the next four j weeks there wu. b. not the slightest | danger of an ice famine." he de clared. WILSON AND RAINEY DISCUSS IRISH PROBLEM Representative Rainey. Democrat, discussed the Irish situation with president Wilson yesterftay. The conference was entirely confiden tial. >,r R?ine>' said, but there was no mistaking the fact that he v?as very much encouraged as the result of what the President told him. ??What the President said. I think I am privileged to say." Mr. Rainey j stated, "satisfied me that he knows more about the Irish situation than anybody else in this country. I feel confident that he will handle the matter to the eventual satisfaction cf the Irish people and everybody else concerned " Drink Co*t* Bmrkeep $10. . | New York. July 49.?When Harry I peed, bartender, succumbed to the I 11 ? HT of * "nice man" *nd ?*" ^'ee nip ?' he dl<Jn't know [7h* customer wu a detective. Me discovered it when fined 110. I IN MURDER MYSTERY Kansas City. Kan., July ^9.?Fitaroy K. Simpson, formerly a lieutenant in the 30th Field Artillery (below) was shot by an unknown man while riding with his sweetheart. Miss Evelyn Hall, in Kansas City's most exclusive residence section. According to Miss Hall, she was putting on the former officer's coat when a man's head and a hand holding a revolver were inrujt into the electric and a voice said. "Get out, quick." The lieutenant stepped out and was shot dead. AVERS FLETCHER 'COLORED' STORY Gould Charges Ambassador Did Not Tell the Whole Truth About Mexico. Charging that Henry P. Fletcher American Ambassador to Mexico ' "colored" his testimony last week be fore the House rules committee. Rep resentative Gould declared to th? committee yesterday that this fac?; made an early investigation of the Mexican situation all the more neces sary. Mr. Gould Is the author of a resolution providing for an investi gation. The New York member said the Ambassador's testimony was marked by inaccuracies, and that he attempt ed to withhold information from th< committee. He charged further that Mr. Fletcher himself has not been permitted to penetrate the veil of se crecy with which the State Depart ment has persistently clouded the Mexican problem, and that the Am bassador had his eves closed and ears stopped except to the Carranza gov ernment. WILSON'S TOUR AGAIN DELAYED Hot Weather and Poor Health Given as Reason for Postponement. President Wilson's proposed tour of the country on behalf of the peace treaty and the lea-sue of nations' cov enant suffered another postponement yesterdy. He is not expected to leave until sometime between August 20 and 30. It was originally planned that the President make the trip within two weeks on his return from France. While the present hot weather, coupled with the President's recent indisposition, represents the official explanation of the postponement of the trip, it is generally believed that the situation in the Senate has caused the President to devote all of his time for the present to "missionary" work in the ranks of the Republican Sena tors. who are opposed to the treaty and the league in their present form. It was announced at the White House yesterday that the President would see four Republican Senators today and three on tomorrow. Those on the list today are Senators Dilling ham. Harding, Fernald and Lenroot. For tomorrow engagements have been made for Senators New, Watson and Keyeg. Senators New and Lenroot have already notified the White House of their acceptance of the President's invitation, and the other acceptances are expected to be in by today. Polk Is Reported To Have Thrace Terms Paris. July 29.?Frank L. Polk, undersecretary of State, arrived here today to succeed Lansing as head of the American peace delegation. Polk may have brought with him new instructions from President WU son with regard to the disposition of Thrace, it was said today, although it was stated on the highest author ity that America will insist on Bul garia a rifht to (Mb Urriiorjr. Secretary Baker Instructed to Distribute Vast Stores at Once. HOUSEWIVES PROFIT' ? D. C. Postoffice Prepares] to Help Step to Lower Prices. i Washington letter-carriers with in three days will be taking order* j from housewives for surplus army j foodstuffs at rock bottom prices. | Today Secretary of War Baker j ' will be handed a resolution unani- , Lously passed in the House yester-j j day afternoon calling upon htm to j ; use immediately the postoffice ma- j j chinery to its fullest capacity i* j 1 distributing by parcel post much j ; needed staples that at present are j 1 serving no useful purpose in army j warehouses. This means that the . | vast army supplies aggregating I 341,000,000 pounds of foodstuffs will j J be brought to the very front door J I of the consumer. It also means j that Representative M. Clyde Kelly j ! has won the most practical victory ] j yet recorded in the fight to down , 1 the high cost of living. | Postmaster M. O. Chance, when no- I ; tilled of the action of the House last | night, said he would immediately lay , | plans to co-operate. i Other Xeeeaaltle. A Heeled. | Volunteer and spasmodic efforts on the part of public-spirited citizens will J no longer be needed to get the surplus ! foodstuffs of the War Department to j consumers. From today on It will be I the specific duty of the Postoffice ma j chinery of the country to All the housewife's market-basket. t Not only will opportunity be given ! for the Washington consumer to get ! four kinds of meat and four kinds of vegetables, but. In the near future, thousands of blankets and other arti cles of men's wear will be declared surplus and be distributed to the I door. All day yesterday members of the House of Representatives conducted a bitter fight along party lines on the food question. Call" on Fostolllce. When Representative Kelly saw that his bill had no chance of pass | tns. and even if It did, no immediate 'action would result, he substituted j the resolution, which wag carried by [ a strict party vote. Later it was found that no means of distribution was provided, and it was here that the telling* stroke was made, when Mr. Kelly injected an amendment I calling upon the postoffice machinery j of the country to deliver the food j stuffs by parcel post. The vote'on the resolution was 266 to 4. John G. McOrath. former secretary of the Park View Citizens' Associa tion. who has been Instrumental In securing the food for the people of Washington, said last night that he thought the method of distributing It through the postofflces would be ex cellent for the rural districts. "But," he stated, "I feel confident I that the community centers would be I the most efficient medium for the city 1 of Washington." PENROSE JOINS WILLIAMS' FOES Senator Charges Pa. Bank ers Oppose Comptroller, But Afraid to Appear. Senator Boles Penrose, chairman of the Finance Committee, who at ; tended the sessions of the Senate 1 Banking' Committee which Is pass | ing on the fitness of John Skelton j Williams, Comptroller of the Cur ! rency. to succeed himself. Inter rupted a continuous line of testi mony in favor of Mr. Williams when he declared that "three-quar ters of the bankers In Pennsylvania are opposed to his reappointment, but are afraid to testify against him." Mr. Penrose added that he nad received so many complaints In re gard to Mr. Williams' administra tion that he had been consider ably impressed. Mr. Williams re fTuted such testimony by malntaln | ing that there is "secret propa ganda" at work throughout the I country to stifle Just regulation of banks. Senator McLean, chairman of this I committee, announced yesterday after noon that the hearings on the nomlna 1 tlon of Mr. Williams wlH be concluded after Mr. Williams has finished hi# refutation of charges, with additional testimony from Frank J. Hogan and I William Nelson Cromwell, attorney! I tor Um Ri?*? National Buk. Skipper Saves Ship That Hits Berg New York, July 39.?The quick wit of a skipper, who remem bered the side-ripping, glancing blow that sent the Titanic to the bottom, saved the steamer Grampian from a similar fate. When an iceberg loomed before his ship, lie sent the craft head-on against the ice. The bow was pushed far in, and two men were killed, but the ship and scores of lives were saved. Mob Clamors For Fiend As Girl Victim Is Buried Little Janet Wilkinson. Lies Under Flower Mound As Slayer Crouches In Chicago Cell. Chicago. July 29.?Little Janet Wll ! kinson lies tonight beneath a mound j heaped with flowers. The body of the six-year-old girl, who was choked to death by Thomas | R. Fitzgerald, was followed to the | grave by hundreds. . The moron murderer crouched in a J cell In a Jail, fearful of violence. "Lynch Hla,M Cries Mob. A mob that cried "lynch him!" had to be held back by strong lines of police as Fitzgerald was taken to prison after he had been indicted. The church bells were ringing Sunday morning when the body of ! Janet Wilkinson was taken from its hiding place, ringing solemnly, ' calling to prayer. The sun was shining from the i front windows into the damp, smelly | basement of the building at 112-114 I East Superior street, shining on the ARMY ON PEACE | BASIS SEPT. 30 \ Baker Gives Estimate in Answer to Question Re garding Booze Bill. The army will be demobilized down to the peace-time strength about Sep tember 30, Secretary of War Baker told the House military affairs com mittee yesterday. Baker made his statement in reply to questions of Representative La Guardla as to when the war time 1 prohibition act could be lifted. He ! did not comment, however, on wheth i er the President would lift the ban on I that date/ j The Secretary also revealed that a i small American army will be kept In Germany until it is certain that the terme of the peace treaty have been k fulfilled. For military reasons, "he j asked that the number not be pub ! lished. It is understood the force will j be made up laigely of volunteers. War Department Wants $450,000 To Pay Phone Bill The War Department , will not be able to pay even its telephone bill for the next fispal year out of the appropriation for con-v tingent expenses carried in the last army bill, Secre tary Baker wrote the House yesterday. He asked tfiat the appro priation be increased from $100,000 to $550,000, after seating that the depart ment's monthly telephone bill was still $23,000. 1 | poiicetneh grouped Nther?, upon the pitiful bundle of rags, all covered I with fine coal dust, and upon the' | man, who stood a little away from I the others, head bent, bands trem I bling, Thomas Fitzgerald, the slayer. Fitzgerald had confessed; had ta Iken the police into the basement; his shaking finger had pointed out' the spot where lie had placed th* \ poor little body of the girl he "liked"; and had stood by while it was uncovered, and taken from its place between an old iron flue and the wall. The sun was bright, the birfls sang in the t*ees outside, motors and motor buses hummed over the slick wide drive nearby, and men and women and childrt-n in thefr Sunday best. prayer books and roaarien in their hands, were on their way to church. I The Wilkinson family, who live upatairs on the third floor at 114. w*ere up. dreading the new day that could bring them. they thought, only more anxiety, more bitterness of heart, and. in proportion. Just ithat much less of hope. i John S. Wilkinson. the father, i was bathing. Neither he nor his wife had slept much. And when they had *lept j they dreamed nightmares. The chil dren .?at about, dull, sorrowful; all 'save Jean, the littlest one. who | prattled aw if the Cays had not i changed since sister Janet went j away. They didn't know, any of them, that the police were downstairs, that (Janet had been found; didn't know I that Fitzgerald had confessed. I They heard the newsboys calling ("Extra! Fitzgerald confesses"?and it was only then they knew. In the first few moments of the new shock of grief it was feared that the mother would go mad. would die. CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE |1 DEAD, 3 DYING FROM EXPLOSION Blast of Gasoline Torch in j Semmes' Garage Injures Foi'r Others. | One man dead, three dying and four | others in the hospital is the toll taken by the explosion of a gasoline torch in the repair shop of the Semmes Motor Car Company, 613 G street northwest, shortly before 1 o'clock yes terday morning. M. D. Libby, 812 Sixth street north west, died at 9;4o last night at Emer gency Hospital. Physicians at that institution said last night that Will lam P- Kyle. 1004 Thirteenth street southeast, probably will die. J.* S. Klotz. Salisbury, N. C., at Emergency Hospital, and Eugene Arnold. Mt. Ranier, Md-, at Casualty Hospital, are in a critical condition. Others l$ss severely Injured are: B. F. Bottlemey. 44 Eleventh street north east; A. S. Nally, 27 L street north east; E. E. Boger, 217 First street northwest, and Henry Kienle, 364 N street southwest, all at Emergency Hospital. The men were working on the third floor of the establishment near a gasoline torch used to heat the frames of automobiles, when the tank, containing about five gallons, exploded. The force of the explosion knocked down some of the men who were covered with the flaming liquid. Fire damaged automobiles under repair and the garage itself. The j employes and building are insured, i Developments Follow Thick and Fast 0:1 Heels of Wilson's Message. amendmentsmultiply Conference at White House Gives Executive Line on How Vote Will Be Cast. Important development* in the Senate in connection with the peace i treaty and th> league of nations i were recorded yesterday. They J were: t 1?President Wilson sent to the i Senate the proposed treaty with i France promising the aid of the United States in the event Germany should again attack the French frontier. 2?The Foreign Relations Com mittee announced that public hear- j ings on the peace treaty will be gin tomorrow morning with Ber nard m Baruch as the first wit ness. Mr. Baruch was a member of the Inter-Allied Council and one of the financial advisers of the American Peace Commission. 3?Senator Thomas. Democrat, at tacked the league of nations in a Senate speech and declared it would not prevent war Wlltoa See? Leaders. 4?Senators Hitchcock and Swan son. administration looders. con ferred with the President at the ' White House and Informed him ' that there will be forty Senators who will vote as a unit against CONTINUED ON PAGE FIVE. STRIKE ADDS TO CHICAGO'S WOES Traction Employes Tie Up j Systems as Race Riots Spread Death. ! Chicago. July 2?.-WMte Chicago writhed in the grip of race riots today a traction strike piled up the i city's troubles. Fifteen thousand ' employes disregarded orders of union officials and walked ouU No attempt will be made, it was announced, to operate either sur face or elevated lines. The strike started at an hour when Chicago ? si. pt. Hundreds of thousands of toilers went to station* and street car crossings, waiting for cars, not j knowing the strike had gone into i effect. There had been no previous 1 warning for last night. It was be < lieved. when news spread that an agreement had been reached be tween union chiefs and street car ! heads that a strike had been | averted. Decision o{ the roert to walk out came at a mass meeting where union chiefs presented the terms of the agreement with the street car com panies. When U B. Brand, member of the international board of the car men's union, attempted to terms, he was howled down before tie had completed his statement William Quinlan, president of the elevated line union, who was p"?ld lng. rapped for order and shoutedI "It's all over. we strike o'clock" _ . .. At 4 o'clock every surface and ele vated line car was in the barn and not a wheel moved. Leonard A. Busby, president of the Chicago surface lines. In setting forth the position of the street car manage ments. said: , "Our offer gave the trainmen receiv ing the maximum wage of 4s cents an hour. (6 cents an hour-an increase of 17 cents an hour?and a like increase to all other employes; an eight-hour and time and one-half for overtime. The offer Increased the c?"l, service to the public. Including the direct wage increase, the bonus time and overtime allowances inslsteo upo^ to the amount of about JS.000.000 per terms, admitted!;- fair In excess of the wages and conditions anywhere else in the country, were flatly rejected by the men, and a strike called with out even giving the public notice fThe first day of the strike P"8^ without disorder save for an . - tack on a street car that had be _n left outside a barn. A crowd sur rounded the car. set it afire and hooted firemen who responded to the alarm. Ready to Smite London, July 28. -Preparations are complete for a Franco-Serbian ad vance Into Hungary if Be la Kun doe* no* comply with the allies demand., i it wai understood hero U>day. ? 32 Dead,500Hurt; Torch Applied as Race Riots Spread . ? Traction Strike Forces Hundreds of Thou sands Into Vortex of Mad Struggle?Police Head Still Refuses to. Hold Troops Held Ready With Fixed Bayonets?Gov. Low den on Scene?Disorder Breaks Out All Over City. Chicago, July 29.? The third night of race noting saw bo abate ment of violence. The rioting bai spread to every section of the city, and bands of blacks and whites wage continuous guerilla warfare. Fire had added to the reign of terror. Incendiary blazes were frequent in the negro district Fire companies responding to the alarms were fired upon, and orders were issued for all companies to be fnrnlihed with arms. Two fire houses were rushed and fired upon by mobs. The city, with its 150-006 negro population, presented a strange aspect of terror. The people on the streets in the businea district and there were hundreds of thousands of them, forced to walk by the street car strike, moved with fear and apprebc nsion At this corner or that comer some one would spy a negro, and in a moment the mob would gather. 32 BODIES IN MORGUE The number of dead is not definitely known, but the police re i port thirty-two bodies in morgues tonight. The list of injured has g'Own beyond counting. The hospitals are filled to overflowing. The polict report at least 500 injured. In the great sections of the 'l^lack belt" ?be appearance of a (white face was the signal for a volley of rifle and pistol shots. The .case of Harold Rignadell serves to illustrate. He had a business | mission in the South State and Thirty-fifth district, populated almost ? wholly by negroes. He walked into the death trap not realizing j his danger. The street was almost deserted. A few negroes watched him. Suddenly there was a crash of arms from a cottage. Rignadell fell with six bullet holes in his body. He was rescued by police, with a fire truck, but died before reaching the hospital. BOASTS OF MURDER. A detail of police braved a volley^ of bullets and took the cottage by! storm. Four women and nine men. all negroes, were arrested. Two re volvers. 500 rounds of ammunition! and some knives and razors were found concealed in the building. "I shot that white man." bragged a negro woman. 'The whites have ? been killing us decent colored folks, j We have to protect ourselves." | Soldiers of the Fourth Regiment, j ordered from Camp Logan, reached I here tonight. Their march through j tha streets with fixed bayonets ap l peared to impress the rioters. Three ?other regiments were assembled at ! armories ready for duty. Bayonets i were fixed and 100 rounds of am ! munition issued to every man. Ma j chine guns were mounted and made j ready for action. But Chief of Police Garrity was ' not ready to admit the police could | not handle the situation. He con J ferred with Adjt. Gen. Dickson, who I was alarmed by outbreaks of rioting Salients Facts of Riots and Strikes RIOTS. Known dead. 32; 500 Injured. Hospital* filled to overflowing Four thousand troops with fixed bayonets held ready for action. Firemen provided with arms. Gov. Lowdrn apprals to offi cial* for complete co-operation. Rioting spread* all ovrr city. Both white and negro rioters use automobiles to eruifte nronnd city, shooting indiscriminately. Race prejudice has grown since 50,000 negroes outgrew "black belt," and encroached on white families. State's Attorney Hoyne blame* Thompson police administration and politics for trouble, ami nay* lawless white* and negroe* have been given police "protection." STREET CAR STRIKE. The compromise offer of the electric railway ecmpitnies which was rejected and the demnnd of the men follows 15.000 employe* Involved who demand 75 cents an hour. 8 hotir day. Wage per dny, S6| time and a half for overtime. Seventy per cent of run* to b* completed in S hour*. All run* to be completed in fourteen hours. Six-day week. OFFERED BY COMPA! Sixty-five cent* an h' surface lines; 07 centre* for elevated system. ^ Average wnge per '? 8-hour day. Time and i overtime. A11 run* to be compx thirteen hours fur "L" fourteen for surface ?mp.? . [/* ut? . nd J I in the business district. Two ne groes were killed in the business district during the day. Adjt. Gen. Dickson urged th? troops be used. "My men are ready," he told Chie< Garrity. ?'Crowds are gathering dangeroualy and a new outbreak may come at any moment." Got. Lowdrn'a ^tatramt. Governor Low den, before going into conference m-ith Mayor Thompson is sued the following statement ir. regard to the riot situat.on tonight: "The troops ai e ready for action We do not know at what moment it will be necessary to use them I hop* it will not be necessary. In my opin ion the use of troops will rot be neces sary. "I appeal to all officials for complete co-operation. It is my opinion that ti?ere is no pc.nt in going Into th? question who is responsit'e for these race riots. They are here, ard tha thing to do is to restore order. When order is restored, then it will be time to settle the responsibility and punish the guilty. "Now the ma n thing to do is tc "restore and maintain order. If w? all keep our heads and all co-operate we will handle the situation success fully because a large majority of th? people, both white and black, are law abiding and desire to maintain order. 1 "It is my intention to remain her* on the job unt.l the whole matter it settled." Got. L?w4rn A*k* Aid. Governor Lowden called city offi cials, welfare workers, business mer 'and negro le^dc;.- to a conference to J day. He told the body that the cause ) of the race riots doe. noi matter. : that they must be ended by full co \ operation of all cla*pes. He made ? I special appeal to business men to aid. ! saying negroes were dissatisfied mMQi ' the recognition they had received commercially for their war work. I A statement signed by Ave negrc leaders today laid the blame for th* : riots on "false and misleading article* | in certain negro papers and the ill ad ' vice given by so-called leaders whe ' have inculcated false ideas in th? 1 minds of many thoughtless colored people pertaining to their rights upon termination of the war in Europe, re gardless of education, property right a ; or citizenship."' j The statement concluded with the assertion that the substantial negix ! people desired only full protection of j the State and city, and punishment of lawbreakers, white or black, j Twenty-five negro ex-soldters t->day i patrolled a portion of the ?"Hack , belt" with white policemen. . The sol 1 diers were charged with keeping their | own people moving. Take Refuge In Police Siatier a. Police stations in the negro d'^tricf are filled with lrjured and frigl .?ned I residents of the "black belt" se< ;inf I protection. Others were carer. f*.r is | city hospitals and police st *lon? farther removed from the storm en? er. *%te militiamen were held, fully ^. ^v?th rli>t ammunition la -m arise Gov Lx>wdon. here tc ? with city officials ovtr the rlo# Iand street car strike, instructed the adjutant general to "ush troops to tbo oocmvTED ok rjLG* two,