Late N. Y. Markets, Pages 10 and 11
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SIX BODIES IN HULL
OF S 4 ARE VIEWED
BY INQUIRY BOARD
All Men Died in Their Bunks,
Probers Report—Lieut.
Fitch Identified.
NO WRITTEN MESSAGE
DISCOVERED IN CRAFT
Submarine Placed in Dry Dock
After Being Towed In From Sea.
Telephone Taken Into Hulk.
Bt she Associated Press.
BOSTON, March 19. —The bodies of
the six members of the crew of the j
"fc'ihmarine S-4 who were imprisoned in >
the torpedo compartment when the ves- '
was rank, by the Coast Guard de- :
rtrover Paulding December IT were ,
Inewed by a naval board of investigation !
this afternoon after the submarine had
been placed in the dry dock at the j
y atA- yard. In the first three-quarters ;
f t an hour of its examination the board '
oand no message or other written rec
ord on board the craft. t
The board entered the submarine j
eerily after 1 o'clock and three-quar- j
rs of an hour later, one of its mem- i
bers stationed at a telephone inside the ]
iressel sent up word of its progress. j
He said the position of the six bodies
Indicated that all the men had died in i
their bunks and that later their bodies j
had been washed out. The body of
Lieut. Graham Newell Fitch was lying j
under a work bench on the starboard
Side, Tost shaft of the torpedo tubes. It j
was identified by his Naval Academy s
ring and Naval Academy sweater. I
Three bodies were at the foot of a
ladder and two in the after part of
the torpedo room under bunks. All the j
bodies were covered with mud.
No Shoes on Bodies.
There were no shoes on any of the !
bodies.
Ail the torpedo tube doors were j
dosed, indicating that the men had \
made no attempt to escape through j
The torpedo-room door into the \
battery room was tightly closed and
•'dogged” down .and further wedged i
down with a lead maul and a large j
pmchbar. j
The port hole in this door evidently j
»** feaked. as it had been covered over f
with rubber, held in place by wooden ;
blocks.
There was evidence that the men i
had used the gas masks in the room.
The listening gear, through which j
the rescue vessels hgd pumped am to
the men. had been shipped and the ; ■
stethoscopes, which had been removed. |
wer* Sound on the bench underneath ;
which Lieut. Fitch's body lay.
SEEK STORY OF DISASTER.
Nary Prober* Sean Instrument! for
Evidence of How Craft Sank.
BV BEN HtUMTAY.
Slafi C&rretpooOeai ot Tbe Star,
BOSTON, Mas*., March IS.—As the
waters of drydock No. 2 at the Boston ]
Navy Yard gradually rabsided this |
afternoon and left the battered hull of j
the submarine S-4 standing stark and j
naced on her keel, supported by huge j
timbers and blocks a Navy board of
inqxaxT, its saambers dressed in oilskins;
and wearmg gas masks, prepared to
enter the hull and search for the story j
pn** may have been left by some of the
♦5 men who met death when the under- •
#ea craft went down.
Tae story may not have been written j
os paper, with pencil or per., but it j
can be found in the readings of gauges. |
the position of valves, the bearing of
the periKwpes—the Instruments which ;
recording the details of the snip i;
prsgress across Massachusetts Bay on .
the afternoon of December 17. when,
the Coast Guard destroyer Spaulding
came on her. passed over her forward ?
deck, tore a hole in her side and sent
her to the bottom.
U*k W ritten Evidence.
Many ©f her crew must have died
where they r/xd but is the torpedo
rvim. where Lieut. Granam Fitch of ,
Washington and five enlisted men lived |
for throe days, after trie crash, sending
meeaagee by" hammer taps to the last, 5
there may ’be some written evidence — j
human evidence to supplement that re- j
corded by instruments to tell the tale ■
of what west on between the wall* of j
•be grim prison until tne minute that;
death took them.
Work of the investigators is expected
bo c r JTi'-'jTTA three days at the least and
many of the findings will be so teob- !
meal, in detail that their significance .
will fee* upon interpretation by experts.
But tre first thing the marchers will i
i'r>k for this afternoon will be m<s- •
tan* posribly left by the men in the '
torpedo room, together with the ship's j
log and other papers. Little is expected
Sc 'be learned from the position of the
foodie* in tne Sorted', rxms. Water has
entered and probably changed them
save than once
Work of getting the E-4 into dry
d'x.v began before 7 o'clock this morn- j
mg ar-c a iiu> afo-r that hour shej
was moved through the ©aheon and left ;
afiofc*. in Ist feet of water m ih* dock..
As s .e passed the rais&ori, Capt. Earnest 1
j E eg who nas been in charge of the
salvage pperat<or4s since December 1?
the day after the wreck, relinquished
mmujkrA and turned the work over to
a*v> yard docking officers
T/e sub .in drydock still rested on
the ♦ rorj? sViuider* of the six big pwi*
tx/ie • which Bstorday had lifted her
from »fje aotV/ifi of the s/a asd s a fried
Ijer oto Boston When the sub was k
r/sf,-.on. the water m the drydoefc was
jo**- r ed rraduafiy and four divers
wrwved a*x/ut the sab's keel, getting
hi'x x; Jo jeettlon Vs bear lei weight
tfsd .no.d ier upright when the water
r iij*,d<;d Huge beams were set in
» ,ao* agasns* her sides Vs furnish fur
finer support
y-fsjwi a htle after i o * g/x until r-vs/i
»•.. resided slowly a/,d gradually
*wiic of tne conning tower, then
raus, then tn* deck and finally
r.-.«. hulk of the submarine became
ole Forward of tr# conning tower
t.ne 4-inch gun of the submarine had
o>rj twisted around almost at right
angles, and the rails, on both sides
o? the gun dertk torn away mute evi
dence of tr*e drstrudiio left wijen the
Fa ; using passed over ry> V/iien tile
water lowered afi-lli farther there rarne
into tight the gaping hole lef* by the
(Sharp prow of Us* Paulding when she
•tt v*.
At the g 4 came to rest on her own
keel the supporting pontoons were
grabbed one by one, by a traveling
AfeMfciikJkrg 4# ft. idoyK* A/ *
WEATHER.
tO. S. Weather Bureau Forecast.l
Fair tonight and tomorrow; slowly
rising temperature tomorrow; lowest
tonight about 32 degrees.
Temperature—Highest. 40. at 4 p.m.
yesterday; lowest. 30. at 6:30 a.m. today.
Full report on page 9.
WRITER SEES RUSSIA ON WAY
TO POWER IN WORLD ECONOMICS
Soviet Form of Government
Is Likely to Endure,
Dreiser Says.
Leaders Out to Eliminate
j
Idleness —Ban Individual
Wealth.
Note: Tide is the first of ten articles
by Mr. Dreiser, famous novelist and au
thor of "An American Tragedy." in
which he sets forth what appear to
him the rood and bad features of Soviet
rule in Russia. He returned recently
after 11 weeks of observation in that
country. The Star presents this senes
in the conviction that there is deep pub
lic interest in the Russian situation,
without in any way identifying: itself
with the opinions expressed by the
writer.
BY THEODORE DREISER.
It is known that I am an incorrigible
individualist, therefore opposed to com
j munism. yet the Soviet government
wanted me to visit Russia as an inves
tigator; and I accepted the imitation
after my terms had been agreed upon.
These terms were:
1. I should be free to choose my
itinerary and make my inquirv as it
suited me.
2. I should be provided with a sec
[ retary-interpreter wherever I went. !
3. I would not be considered rude to !
my government host if my study of ■
Russia resulted in unfavorable conclu- I
sions.
4. I was under no obligation to pub- !
lish any report of icy trip, favorable
or unfavorable, *Z l did not feel so in
: dined.
Thesj *7-.ns were graciously accepted i
| by i" jmc, and I sailed from New York
GERMANY FAVORS
ANTI-WAR TREATY
Berlin Waits on French Ap
proval of Secretary Kel
logg’s Proposals.
BY JOHN GLNTHER.
By Cable to The Star and Cb'caxo Daily I
Newa. Copyneiit. 19"-8.
GENEVA March 19.—Germany will
sign any war outlawry agreement as
suggested by the United States the mo- j
ment that France does, and hopes that t
the French reply to Secretary Kellogg
due in Washington this week will form l
the basis of definite negotiations, sc- j
cording to information received by the ,
correspondent today from official Ger- :
mas quarters.
The Kellogg proposals are the real I
issue of the present disarmament con-!
ference here. No one is paying muchj
attention to the technical committee j
squabbling*. Every one is awaiting!
with keen interest the outcome of the j
Franco-American exchange of notes.
German Viewpoint.
The German viewpoint is as follows:
Germany already is a disarmed state
and is anxious for the rest of the world j
to disarm as soon as possible. She
feels that naval disarmament over- j
shadows land disarmament and must;
precede it. If the United States and
Great Britain and the other powers
sign a mutual outlawry agreement, it'
will be the most important step toward j
world peace since America inspired the;
League of Nations. As far as Ger-!
many is concerned, it would remove
forever the danger of blockade, which
is the only real German fear in inter- I
national relations.
Germany does not see that the
American proposals are incompatible 1
with the League covenant. That is be- i
cause Germany has never accepted Ar
ticle XVI as a political actuality. Ger- *‘
many feels that sanctions against an j
aggressor power, as provided to this
article, car- never actually be exerted.
Thus Germany does not agree with
France that League commitments make
the Kellogg scheme difficult to accept.
Germany feels that Senator Borah’s
compromise proposal should make nego
tiations possible. This proposal sug
gests the coming into play of the old
alliances it any power to the outlawry
agreement breaks that agreement.
Germany applauds Secretary Kel
logg's speech to which he advocated
extending the scheme to small nations.
Altitude of Power*.
Germany feels that no formal con
ference would be necessary to make
war outlawry a fact. It could be man
aged to an exchanged of notes, and as
soon as Germany h invited to accede
to the proposals she will accept.
None of the other powers represented
here is quite so emphatic as Germany
in favoring the Kellogg plan. Careful
sounding shows that the Japanese are
perhaps favorable, the Russians are m
! terested, paly is skeptical and that
Great Britain is hesitant, approving the
I plan to theory, but feeling that the time
is not yet ripe for it.
Meanwhile, today‘s meeting of the
disarmament conference is what Ameri
cans call a “showdown." 8o far the
preparatory disarmament commission
. lias been window dressing and little
else but Russia and Germany are aris
ing this afternoon to demand action,
Germany wants to force a second read
| tog of the last commission's report,
which would be tantamount to calling
i a general world disarmament confer-
I ence
RI.HKIAN LEGES PEACE MOVE.
I.ltviwsrff Seek* Support for Total
Disarmament.
GENEVA, March iU '/R -Maxim
Jjtvtooffi head of the hoviet delegation
a* the preparatory committee on dis
armament. made a direct apje-al to the
Amerkan delegation for support of the
Rustiaii pro'/x-,al>. for immediate total
: disarmament O/day
Aii'iding to the proposals of Secretary
of fjtate Kriirxkk for Die outlawry of
war. the Russian delegate declared tliat
complete disarmament was no more
difficult to obtain and was more prac
tical than efforts to prohibit war.
Fiteman Diet ic Derailment.
JBBUP, Ga., March I'e OPt.—Thtt
Mitt jaAirJi Kansas City {Special was
derailed iiere Puday as a result, officiah
said, of a Southern hail*ay switch
turned arid keeked r/j as to send
the train onto a spur track, No paa*
• sengerr were hurt but Fireman Aycuse
: was killed and Frank if. F*rr engi
neer war. scalded and a ' mall ckrk
’Lslightly hurt, 'iris track Geared to
* its iekWib . , .
©k lEbenitta Slaf.
V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION L-/
WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1928-THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. *
....... wi
THEODORE DREISER.
Photo by Maurice Beck.
! October 19. I returned only recently.
I spent altogether 11 weeks in Russia.
My conclusions are deliberately ar
rived at, but it would be unfair to me
and to the Soviet regime to assume
that anybody could prepare a sound
and complete analysis of the most tre
| mendous experiment ever conducted
! with a people after so brief a survey.
But from what I saw and heard and
! sensed, I have been definite and cer
! tain enough in my conclusions to agree
! to write a series of articles outlining my
study for the North American Newspa
per Alliance. This is the first aiticle
; to the series.
! I feel the Soviet form of government
(Continued on Page 5, Column 2.)
WIFE SAVES AGENT
FROM CONVICTS
Shoots Prisoner After Attack
in Auto Caravan on Way
to Penitentiary.
; By tb*> Prc»t.
DEL RIO, Tex., March 19.—Effec
i five use of a six-shooter has enabled
Mrs. R. S. Cloud to rescue her husband
| for the second time this Winter after!
he had been overpowered by convicts,
! he was escorting to the State penl
j tentiary.
How Mrs. Cloud, wife of a State
| penitentiary agent, probably saved her
i husband's life Friday, was revealed
; when they arrived here yesterday en
j route to the prison at Huntsville with
! 20 of 21 prisoners they were trans
porting.
\ Mrs. Cloud was driving one of the;
j machines used to carry the prisoners
j when the four men in her husband's
, car attacked him. The prisoners ap
: parently had planned the attack and
I wailed until the cars reached the arid
| country near Marfa, when they seized
Cloud's pistol and attempted to shoot
him. Finding he had removed the
I cartridges the men beat him with the.
! weapon and when he produced a knife
. they took it from him.
Leaps so Assistance.
j Her attention attracted by the shouts j
i °* husband, Mrs. Cloud leaped from i
: her machine, spraining her ankle. As \
i *he aproached Cloud's car she opened
fire with a pistol on two of the men :
who started to run. She wounded one
and he surrendered as did two others
One escaped.
1 The 14 men in the lead machine, a
specially constructed truck, and the
, 3 in Mrs. Cloud's car, made no effort to
; escape.
As there were no guards with the
caravan except the driver of the truck
and the Clouds, they were unable to
start an immediate hunt for the pris
oner who escaped. Finding her hus- ■
band only slightly injured, Mrs. Cloud
returned to her car and they continued
the trip
Saved His Life Before.
Mrs, Cloud was first credited . Ith
saving her husband's life about two i
months ago, when they were transport
ing three prisoners from a jail to the
penitenitary at Huntsville. On this oc
casion the prisoners also selected the
sparsely settled district near Marfa to
attack the Clouds.
Cloud was overpowered, chained to a
tree and was being beaten by the men
when Mrs, Cloud entered the fray and
I routed the trio, although the three es
caped across the border into Mexico.
They were later captured.
ENGLISH WOMAN FLYER
REACHES AUSTRALIA
: Completes Longest Flight Ever Un
* dertaken by One of Her Sex.
Left Croydon October 14,
j the PrftM.
PORT DARWIN, Australia, March
19. —The longest flight ever undertaken
by a woman was completed here today.
Mrs Keith Miller and Capt. W. N.
j Lancaster, flying a two-seater light
plane, the Red Rose, arrived here from
Croydon, England, a flight of 13 000
{ mlies The couple started from Eng
land October 14 and carried their lug
gage in two suitcases.
En route, they met with several mis
haps, the worst of which was at Mun
i tok, Banka Island, Dutch East Indies,
j January JO. when tile plane crashed
j Mrs MsJier & nose was broken and Cant
Lancaster's Up cut and It was doubtful
jto a time wliether they could complete
; the flight.
| The plane was repaired nowever. and
! they covered the succeeding stages with
lout incident.
Tie- flyers intend to continue to Syd
ney, New Booth Wales
j DELAYS HOP FROM SHIP.
Mildred Johnson Still Aboard
When Liner Dock*.
j BREMERIIAVEN, Germany, March
jl9 'Ah, Miss Mildred Johnson of Pliila
(j deiphia, who had planned to take off
, from the steamship Columbus when the
liner was several hundred miles out to
1 sea, arrived aboard the Columbus today,
I having been forced to postpone the
■ venture,
• Heavy seas and opposition to her use
of a Junkers airplane by Lufthansa
; vejr* given as the reason for positioning
i »he venture Mies Johnson plan* to fly
ium utmta m M*m
SIDDONS DENIES ALL
CONNECTION WITH
“MYSTERY” PARCEL
Justice’s Statement Refutes
Published Reports Involv
ing His Name.
PACKAGE IS HELD SENT
BY SINCLAIR INTERESTS
Stories Follow Appearance of F. I.
Siddons of Illinois Before
Teapot Committee.
By the Associated Press.
Published reports revolving about a
mysterious package said to have been
addressed by Sinclair oil interests to
"F. L. Siddons.” impelled Justice Fred
erick L. Siddons of the District of
Columbia Supreme Court, formally to
deny today that any attempt had been
made to deliver any such package to
him.
Several of the proceedings growing
out of the oil scandal have been heard
before Justice Siddons, and it was he
who sentenced Harry F. Sinclair to jail
for contempt. The published stories
grew out of the summoning of an F. L.
Siddons of Washington, El., before the
Senate Teapot Dome committee. This
witness was said to have told the com
mittee behind closed doors on one occa
sion that a package from a Sinclair
company was addressed to him, but that
he later was informed that it should be
forwarded to Washington, D. C. He
was supposed to go before the commit
tee publicly Saturday, but did not
appear.
Issues Statement.
Asked today whether he had any
comment to make. Justice Siddons is
sued this statement:
“In reply to the request or suggestion
of the Associated Press as to whether
I desire to make a statement. I can
only say that my attention was called
yesterday to some publications appear
ing in the Baltimore Sun and the New
York World of yesterday, in addition
to the Associated Press article which
appeared in yesterday’s Star and the
Washington Post, and as well the state
ment that appeared in yesterday’s
Washington Herald.
‘‘These stories, if true, carry an im
plication or inference, it seems to me, i
reflecting upon me, and I can only say j
that I have never received any com- j
munication of any kind whatsoever from i
any source on such a subject, nor have I
I received nor has there been tendered j
at either my house or my office or any- j
where else a package of any kind, by j
express or otherwise, from the Sinclair
Oil Co, or from any other source.
'T have the moat abiding confidence
that the Senate committee engaged in
the very important work of investigat
ing the so-called oil leases will make
their investigation as thorough and j
complete as humanly possibly and that
they will see to it that no injurious im
plications. presumptions, deductions or
inferences injurious to the court or a
member of it will receive their saction
without convincing evidence of their
truth. Nor can I. nor do I believe from
the published stories that I have re
ferred to. that they have found cre
dence in the minds of the committee."
To Meet Wednesday.
The Senate investigating committee
will not meet until 'Wednesday. Mean
while it is expected to make far-reach
ing inquiry into reports it has received
intimating that a high official or leader
‘n American life, yet to be mentioned
in the five years of investigation, was
connected with the oil cases in some
questionable manner.
This new tack by the committee
probably will determine whether it will
call the" Illinois Siddons.
Senator Nye, Republican. North
Dakota, chairman of the Senate Teapot
Dome committee, who, with Senator
Norbeck, Republican, South Dakota,
conducted the Chicago investigation,
indicated in that city that Siddons was
expected to tell a rather startling story.
Last night in Baltimore, where Senator
Nye stopped off en route to Washington
to make a speech, the committee chair
man said:
"If reports given to our committee
are true, a name is involved that would
be criminal to mention until further
investigation of the basis of the charges
Is made "
The Teapot Dome committee has
summoned to appear before it, Wednes
day, Wilbur W. Marsh of Waterloo.
lowa, who. it has been testified, sug
gested to the Republicans in 1923 that
neither they nor the Democrats which
he represented make a report on con
tributions for that year, since none was <
required under the law. Marsh has
denied this.
Senator Capper, Republican, Kansas,
in a blanket attack on the entire Tea
pot Dome affair last night, asserted:
"For spectacular rottenness, I doubt
whether we have the equal of Teapot
(Continued on Page 2, Column 7.)
OLDS WILL RESIGN
AS UNDERSECRETARY
Diplomatic Official Denies He
Will Accept Morgan
Position.
By the A*wtaUMl fmi,
Robert E. Olds of Bt, Paul, Under
secretary of Btate, said today that he
intended to resign ids post.
At the same time lie said reports that
tie was to take the place in the or
ganization of J. P. Morgan <V. Co. left
vacant by the appointment of Dwight
W. Morrow as Ambassador to Mexico
were Incorrect
Mr. Olds said his resignation would
be presented during the present year.
He would not reveal his future plans
Berretary Kellogg authorized the fol
lowing statement:
"Mr. Robert E, Olds, Undersecretary
of Btate, expects to resign some time
during the present year, but ttie date
has not been fixed and U will not be
immediately. Mr. Olds came to the
department at my very earnest request
He came and has stayed at very great
sacrifice. He has direct charge of many
matters which are of very great im
jiorUnre and is of tremendous assist
ance to me I want him to stay just as
long as lie can, but he is anxious to get
away."
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Program—l’uge 23
Will One
AWFjJL >
NORA BAYES DIES;
LONG STAGE STAR
Musical Comedy Actress,
Thought Recovering After
Operation, Had Relapse.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 19 —Nora Bayes,
musical comedy actress, died today in
a Brooklyn hospital.
She was taken to the hospital last
Monday for an abdominal operation.
She was thought to be on the road to
recovery when she suffered a relapse
last night, from which she did not
rally.
She wa. bom in 1880. She was a
star on the stage for more than 20
years, makin? her first appearance in
vaudeville in 'few York.
The last appearance of Miss Bayes,
whose real name was Dora Goldberg,
only the day before she entered the
hospital, was to sing at two benefits,
one for old friends among the poor
and one for crippled children.
Her voice seemed as strong as ever
when her program at the Doyer Street
Mission, in Chinatown, sung for her
old friend, "Tom’* Noonan, who car
ries on the rescue work, was broadcast
by radio. These gallant appearances
were typical of her disregard for failing
health during the past two years.
Leaves Brother and Sister.
A statement given out by her family
gave the birthplace of Miss Bayes as
Lor Angeles, Calif. A brother, who is
a jeweler, is a resident of that city,
while a sister lives in Chicago.
Jennie Jacobs, business representative
of Miss Bayes for 14 years, revealed
that the actress had assisted many per
sons quietly during her life and partic
ularly liked to aid children who lacked
funds for their education. She said
that Miss Bayes had planned to appear
in Berlin in May, with a later appear
ance in London.
She Is survived also by her husband.
Benjamin L. Friedland, whom she mar
ried three years ago on the steamship
Leviathan, and by three adopted chil
dren.
Four Other Divorces.
Four earlier marriages of Miss Bayes
had been dissolved by divorce. These
husbands were Otto Grossing. Jack Nor
worth, Harry Clarke and Arthur Gor
don!.
After attaining vaudeville success in
New York Miss Bayes made her London
debut_at the Palace JTheater in 1905.
(Continued on Page 4, Column 7.)
DEATH TOLL IN DAM
BREAK SET AT 449
Tractors Still Comb Silt for More
Bodies—Much of Debris
Will Be Burned,
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, March 19 —The total
loss of liie in the St. Francis Dam dis
aster was computed today at 449 per- 1
sons—272 known dead and 177 missing
and believed to have perished.
While the search for the dead con
tinued, with an army of more than 100
motor tractors being used to tear
through the big piles of debris, authori
ties in the stricken zone decided to con
fine their efforts only to reclaimabie
land. Debris on the unreclaimable area
occupied by the old bed of the Banta
Clara River will be burned.
Tiie huge fires will serve as funeral
pyres for an unknown number of the
dead, Authorities said it would be im
possible to put a large enough force at
work to recover the bodies on the un
reciaimabie land within a reasonable
length of time and that with the avail
able organization the process would re
quire so much time that the purpose of
seeking them will Ik? defeated.
The State's Inquiry into the cause of
the dam break was to open today. Many
funerals, both public and private, also
were arranged for the victims
EASTER FLOWERS BAN
ASKED IN LABOR WAR
Leader Would Have Chinches Dis
pense With Blooms as Result
of Strike.
JJy the Associated Pick
CHICAGO, March 19 -"Please omit
flowers" has become, for the nonce, a
slogan of organized labor John Fitz
patrick, president of the Chicago labor
Federation, pronunced it at a union
meeting yesterday.
There has been a difference of opinion
at one of tile large nurseries, resulting
in a strike of the Gardeners and Florists'
Union. As a resuit Fitzpatrick asked
union workers to demand that money
they contribute to churches be not used
to buy Easter flewgr#. He requested also
that churches dispense with flowers for
urn*
Man Keeps Friend
Alive as Cave-in
Buries Them Both
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 19.—The story
of “the bravest deed of the year”
was told at the annual meeting of
the Royal Humane Society, when a
gold medal was awarded to Ernest
T. Johnson of Manchester.
Johnson and David Inglis were
working in a trench at Manchester.
It was 16 feet deep and the subsoil
was quicksands. Without warning
the trench collapsed, burying Inglis
and partially burying Johnson.
Instead of trying to save himself,
Johnson remained where he was and
kept constantly scraping the crum
bling earth away from Inglis’ head
so he could breathe and at the same
time carrying the weight of earth
that was pressing on his own body
to prevent further collapse. Both
were rescued after eight hours’ ef
fort.
URGEMITOIOIN
SOFT COAL PARLEY
Pennsylvania Governor Sug
gests General Conference
to End Strike.
By the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG, Pa.. March 19.—A
conference of representatives from all
the bituminous producing States, labor,
operators, public authority, both
branches of Congress and the executive
department of the Federal Government,
to work out a means of settling the
soft coal strike, was urged today by
Gov. Fisher.
Amplifying remarks made in speeches
in Easton and Scranton last week, the
governor said that he did not believe
it to be impossible to arrive at some
plan covering the factors entering into
the problem.
Governor Cites Problems.
“I understand.” he said, "that prior
to the agreement on the Jacksonville
scale (which the union miners are
striking to maintain), there was a tacit
understanding between the union lead
ers and many important operators that
in the event of a disagreement, it would
be submitted to a conciliation or me
diation board to be named by the
President.
“This plan had a precedent in the
settlement of the wage dispute in the
anthracite region during Roosevelts
administration."
The governor said there were three
basic problems: Wages, the rate
structure and the regulation of produc
tion. These problems, he said, attach
to the entire industry in its totality
and constitute a problem for both the
State and Nation’s consideration.
“In production,” the governor said,
“the national authority does not at
tach until the coal enters interstate
traffic. But because the Interstate
Commerce Commission can now regu
late all freight rates, whether inter or
intrastate, the regulatory power neces
sarily attaches to all coal that goes on
board.
Jurisdiction of State.
“The coal in the ground and all the
processes of production fall within the
jurisdiction of the State. It necessarily j
follows that to find a cure for the ills I
of the industry there must be co-opera- ]
live action between the States and the I
Federal Government.
“It is not easy to discover away for
doing this. However, there ought to
be some sort of a conference, repre
sentative of all States In the bituminous
producing fields. Including labor, pro
duction and public authority, as well as
representation from the Congress and
the executive department of the Fed
eral Government”
The freight rate question is purely a
Federal matter, the governor said. He
added that so long as there are loud
complaints of discriminatory rates
sanctioned by the Interstate Commerce
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Urges Use of War-Time Ships to Train
Students in Practical Navigation
By tits Associated Press
A proposal that the Idle Govern
ment war-time ships be turned over
to high schools and colleges for voea-
Monal training In seamanship was made
today by Representative Wood. Repub
lican. Indiana, in a statement present
ed to the House merchant marine com
mittee.
Declaring that Ite would Incorporate
the plan as an amendment to his ship
ping bill now under consideration be
fore the ct|m||ittee, he said he could
not •■conoetW'of a better form of sal
vage of these old hulks."
“From Pre»» to Home
Within the Hour ”
The Star's carrier system covers
every city block and the regular edi
tion is delivered to Washington homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
Saturday's Circulation, 192,63®
Sunday’s Circulation, 113,110
(yP) Meant Associated Press.
FOUR HUNGARIANS
SEIZED AS PICKETS
White House Arrests, Led by
Maj. Hesse, Include That
of Woman.
The police, under personal command
of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, today arrest
'ed four Hungarian pickets bearing
j placards outside of the west gate of
! the White House while members of the
Hungarian party, who recently arrived
in New York to participate in the un
i veiling of a statue to their national
I hero. Kossuth, were about to be re
ceived by President Cooiidge.
i Benjamin Marsh, who, police said.
: was with the picketers, was informed
I that he was under arrest also, and the
prisoners were taken to No. 3 precinct.
; The names of the picketers were given
(as Hugo Geliert, Emery Balint, Camilla
iC. Cinquegrana and Paul Teles. Miss
, Cinquegrana was the only woman
| picket.
i The accused later posted $lO col
lateral tor their appearance in Police
Court tomorrow. They are charged
with violation of article 11, section 3.
of the United States park regulations,
which prohibits the exhibition of sigi is
ior posters. Mr. Marsh was technically
I charged and heid for investigation, but
released almost immediately.
The placards carried by the picketers.
who were represented as being members
of the anti-Horthy League of America,
i read: "Hejjas a mass murderer," "They
i dishonored Kossuth.” “Perenyi a Haps
-1 burg lackey” and “They jailed’Hatvany.”
It was explained that these were aimed
at members of the Hungarian delegation
veeived today by President Cooiidge.
Horthy Government Hit.
Shortly before the placard 'ncident, a
statement scoring the Horthy govern
ment and members of the visiting dele
gation was passed out at the White
House by Mr. Marsh, who is known in
Washington as a representative of
tarious organizations and frequently
appears before the committees of Con
gress in the interest of legislation.
As the visiting delegates made their I
way to the executive offices at the •
White House, the pickets were coserved
on the sidewalk immediately west of
the White House grounds between the
executive mansion and the State De
partment. Photographers marshaled
them for a photograph and had them
walit south displaying their placards in
deployed formation. Maj. Hesse, who
had been sitting in one of the rooms
of the executive offices awaiting the
arrival of the delegation, made his way
out through the crowd that had gath- ;
(red at the gate and went in front of!
the pickets and photographers, clapping
his hands and motioning to a group of
policemen to advance.
The pickets continued to walk south
at the suggestion of the photographers., j
who made numerous “shots" of them. I
and advanced without showing signs
of alarm as the police walked up to \
meet them They were taken into cus- I
tody and their placards confiscated by |
the officers. A policeman informed Mr
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HALF-HOLIDAY BILL
FAVORED IN SENATE
A bill to give a half-holiday cr. Satur
days throughout the year to laborers. ]
helpers, skilled and semi-skilled workers j
and mechanics in the Government'
service was reported favorably by the j
Senate civil service committee today.
Senator Brookhart, Republican, of,
lowa, in making the report, asked
unanimous consent for the immediate
consideration of the bill, but Majority
leader Curtis requested that it be
placed on the calendar for considers- i
tion in its regular turn.
The bill would apply to all of the'
Government service except the Postal
Service and the Government Printing
Office. It contains a provision that
whenever *he public service prevents
granting the half-holiday these em- j
ployes would be entitled to a portion,
of some other day. The bill was intro-j
ducted by Senator Jones, Republican, of;
Washington.
The Shipping Hoard, under his pro
posal, would be authorised to transfer
the vessels to 'any State, county, munic
ipality or well recognised educations!
institution “ The graduates of the p*o«
ixv&ed training schools would be given
service ratings for the merchant marine
by the Shipping Hoard, he said
Wixkl also proposed that In order to
determine a method of equalising the
difference of ship construction costs be
tween American and foreign shipyards
tiie Shipping Board should conduct an
investigation of the labor and materials
costa in foreign shipy ard*.
TWO CENTS.
2,000 U. S. WORKERS
STORM If EARING ON
SALARY RAISE BILL
20 Representatives Speak
for Measure After Seeing
Large Delegation.
FEDERAL EMPLOYES
MARCH TO CAPITOL
Woman Heads Procession to Urge
Enactment of Welch Proposal
to Increase Their Pay.
Abandoning peaceful methods ar.d
throwing caution to the winds, 2,000
Federal employes stormed into the
House hearing on the Welch bill this
morning and cheered for the measure
that would raise their salaries an aver
age of S3OO a year.
It was the biggest delegation a com
mittee hearing has seen for years and
it had its effect. Representatives who
had no connection with the Lehlbach
civil service committee stopped and lis
tened and then went in and spoke for
the bill In fact, more than 20 of them
announced emphatic support of the bill
to establish a minimum salary of $1,500
and increases of S3OO and S4OO in the
lower grades
The rooters were in two sections. There
were those who came early and get
seats. There were a few hundred of
those. But the real delegation was the
| disorganized, disheveled, disorderly arm*
that Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell led
in a march from the Peace Monument
up to Capitol Hill.
Little Woman at Head.
At its head was a little woman with
a flushed face who didn’t care a rap
whether the Federation of Federal Em
ployes thought she was undignified or
not. And she didn't mind so much
that the flags and banners she had
made and paid for out of ner ovf',
pocket didn’t arrive in time. The arm*
was there and it showed its strength
“Worrell’s Army" fell in at 10 o’clock
It had been organized under difficulties
the federation frowned on it, and son'
laughed at it, but the people who mad*
it up took it seriously, because for them
it meant shoes and ciothes and thing
like that. The Government worker
began coming at 9:30, some defiantly
some diffidently and some doubtful!*
They ail stayed; Mrs. Worrell saw v
that. At 10 o'clock the banners hadn
arrived and the report came that some
body at the Interior Department ha
refused to let them be taken away. An
, so the army fell in without banners.
Later it developed that the depart
ment was blameless, and that a mts
i understanding had prevented the si
: rival of the banners.
Prom the monument they march*
| around the north side of the Capitol
winding up the hill in an unorganlzec
line, four abreast. The leaders wer
crowded together, those behind sprea,
out. Here and there were little groups
of a dozen or so all marching abreast
Near the end of the line a wema;-
waiked alone, pushing a baby carriage
All ages, classes ana colors were there
The men and women seemed to b
about equally divided, and there wer
white people and colored people, ok
people and boys and girls. There wer
women in heavy coats and women wh -
had no coats. There were no fur coa .
One thing that was plain to everyboc
who saw them was that these peoc'
were workers. Their clothes showed'
and their faces showed it.
Formation Disbanded.
The head of the line crossed in frer
of the Capitol while its end was sti
far down the hill, and when the lead
ers reached the entrance of the Houi
Office Building the stragglers had jus
gotten up the hill. Officers ordered th
formation disbanded and the ensue
rushed the doors, pushing in four at e
time.
All was quiet and orderly in the com
mittee room when the army stormed in
After that there was no order Half a
dozen officers were overrun and the
crowd rushed in. In a few minutes there
was no more room, not even to stand
up The corridors were still jammed
The crowd was noisy but good humored
Nevertheless it was determined.
At 10:30, Chairman Lehlbach fought
his way to a side door of the Hous:
caucus room where the hearing was
held, and yelled to Luther C. Steward,
president of the federation: “Mr. Stew
ard, will you tell these people that un
less they clear a path so the commit
tee can get into the room there went
be any hearing: I*’ 1 *’
Mr Stewart delivered the messag;
and the committee squeezed in. Otl:
cers of the federation entered, and
the er wd sent up a roar. Thereafter
the crowd manifested its approval or
disapproval of everything that was sa’d
and did it vociferously. There were
nearly as many people outside in the
corridors as were in the room, and
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ADIRONDACK SECTION
SHAKEN BY QUAKE
Saranac Lake and Plattsbarg Fed
Tremor—Houses Are Rocked
Violently.
By the AttivltM Prew.
ALBANY. N Y. March 19—Resi
dents of northeastern New York to
day were recounting details of the earth
shocks which yesterday joked points as
widely separated as Malone. Platts
bur* and Lake George.
The tremors were felt tn Saranac
lake shortly after 10 o'clock Sunday
morning; Malone. 10:20; Lake Placid.
10:25; Plattsburg, 10 40. am! Lake
George and Warrensburg, 10 25. They
were reported also as having been felt
on the Canadian side of the St.
Lawrence Kiver.
The tremor lasted several seconds in
most of the towns, but Malone reported
the disturbance continued tor half a
minute. It shook dishes from shelves
and rocked houses so violently at sev
eral points that residents fled into the
streets.
The disturbance was described as the
most severe felt in the northeastern
Adirondack section tn several years.
Geologists, at the time of previous
tremors, credited the quakes to land
slips underneath the mountains The
las* reported disturbance eceured Feb
ruary 2$
RRAWUCY. Calif. March 1» ~
An dCth shock which rattled dishes
w**«rtt here here at 3 3d o'clock this ■
inoimng. No damage wag reported.