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50-Point Drop to 30 Per
Cent Reported During Week
at Youngstown.
E» the Assoc ited Press.
CLEVELAND. May 31.—Widespread
steel strikes have brought a sharp
recession in operating rates at Youngs
town, Cleveland and Chicago, the
magazine Steel said today.
The operating rate at Youngstown,
a focal point in the Steel Workers’
Organizing Committee strike zone,
dropped 50 points to 30 per cent dur
ing the week, the publication pointed
out.
Operations at Cleveland fell off 17
to 65 per cent, while Chicago dropped
to 75 per cent.
Other Operating Decline*.
Other declines in operations in
cluded Pittsburgh, off 2 to 94 per
cent; Eastern Pennsylvania, down 1
to 72 Vj; Detroit, off 5 to 95, and New
England, off 45 to 55 per cent.
Wheeling, outside of the active
strike area, showed an operation
gain of 2 points to 91 per cent, while
Buffalo was up 3 to 91 per cent. No
change was made at St, Louis, 94;
Cincinnati, 90, and Birmingham, 83,
The scrap market also was clouded
by effects of suspensions due to
strikes, the magazine said.
Pressure on Other Supplies.
Steel predicted that should the in
terruptions as a result of the strikes
be pf long duration, steel users de
pendent on the idle plants for sup
plies will exert pressure on other
supplies in the effort to obtain mate
rials.
It pointed out. however, that “with
deliveries still considerably delayed by
their normal customer demands,
these steelmakers probably are not in
a position to give much help.”
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Memorial
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who went down with the ship, was
dedicated this morning in the Navy
Department Building.
Among the survivors at the services
were the Lincoln’s commander, Rear
Admiral P. W. Foote, and Representa
tive Edouard Victor Michel Izac of
California, who was captured by the
submarine and who made his escape
from a German prison camp Just be
fore the armistice.
In the absence of Harvey D. Carter,
president of the U. S. S. President
Lincoln Club, who is seriously ill at
his home in New York, the tablet was
presented to the Navy by Comdr. W.
L. Lind, who was aboard the trans
port as executive officer, and who now
is on duty in the Office of Naval In
telligence. It was accepted by Rear
Admiral Adolphus Andrews, chief of
the Bureau of Navigation.
The tablet was unveiled by Janet
Byrne, daughter of James W. Byrne
of Bridgeport. Conn., a member of
the crew of the vessel, whose paint
ing on the sinking of the vessel now
hangs in the Navy Department and
formed the original for the bronze
tablet.
Today’s closing event, in Battle
Ground National Cemetery, Bright
wood, will be held under the auspices
of the Grand Army of the Republic
and the Brightwood Citizens' Associa
tion in memory of 40 Union soldiers
w-ho were killed in action in front of
Fort Stevens July 11 and 12, 1864,
and who are buried there.
Assembly will be sounded by a
bugler of the Navy Band at 3:30 p.m.
and the memorial address will be
made by SenatoT Schw^ellenbach of
Washington. At the conclusion of the
address the graves of the soldiers who
died in the only battle in the District
of Columbia will be decorated by chil
dren from the public schools in the
Brightwood area, under direction of
Mrs. Angus Lamond, jr.
Comdr. John M. Kline, sr., Depart
ment of the Potomac, G. A. R., chair
man of the committee in charge, will
be introduced by the vice chairman.
John Clagett Proctor, and will call
the meeting to order. Proctor will
recite an original poem and the pro
gram will include the reading of the
orders of the Grand Army by R. J.
P. McElroy; a recitation of “The Star
Spangled Banner,” by Everett F.
Warner, and a recitation of Lincoln’s
•‘Gettysburg Address” by Talbot O.
Pulizzi. There will be vocal solos by
Francesco Della-Lana. Following the
benediction by Rev. William E. La
Rue, at the cemetery flag staff, a
salute will be fired over the graves
by troops of the 16th Brigade.
Members of Ellen Spencer Mussey
Tent, No. 1, Daughters of Union
Veterans of the Civil War, will par
ticipate in the Battle Ground Ceme
tery services after placing a floral
WTeath on the grave of Gen. John A.
Logan in the Soldiers' Home National
Cemetery.
At the annual Memorial day exer
cises in the Arlington Amphitheater
yesterday, Senator Bennett Champ
Clark of Missouri, one of the organ
izers and former national commander
of the American Legion, declared that
the greatest tribute the United States
can pay its war dead is to keep out of
future wars.
He called on all war veterans to
Join in the fight for more rigid neu
trality legislation. Denouncing the
Hill-Sheppard bill, although it has
been indorsed by the American Legion,
Senator Clark said this bill would tend
toward a Fascist government and de
clared that Senate liberals will de
mand “an extremely drastic” substi
tute bill placing a heavy tax on all
profits during time of war.
Stage for Next War.
The stage for the next war already
Is being set in Europe, Senator Clark
said, and he urged the enactment of
the most rigid neutrality laws to keep
this country clear.
"We are determined to avoid the
Incredible folly we committed In the
last war,” he said. “But to do so we
need stronger legislation than we have
yet. Let us do everything possible
that our children and our children’s
children shall not make the same sac
rifice as these men whose memories
we revere today.”
There were only four of the Capi
tal's 12 surviving Civil War veterans
present at the services—Comdr. Kline
of the Department of the Potomac, 91
years old; John T. Ryan, 91-year-old
Capitol guard; Eugene Weaver, 95,
and William Dorsey, 89.
Senator Clark's address and other
features of the annual service, spon
sored By the G. A. R., with the co
operation of 100 other veteran and
patriotic organizations, were broad
cast over the national networks of the
two major radio systems.
The services began with decoration
of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
by the participating organizations,
followed by a 45-minute program of
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Where 4 Died and Scores Were Injured in Clash Between Chicago Strikers and Police
A general vieio of yesterday's riot in South Chicago. Note patrol wagon on right ready to cart away victims and prisoners. Nearly 2,000 demonstrators and 125 policemen were on the battle
field.
Virginia to Honor War Dead
With Parades and Rites Today
Fy the Associated Press.
Virginians prepared to pay homage
to their war dead again today with
parades and memorial exercises after
honoring them yesterday with services
at churches and cemeteries.
Federal and State offices, banks and
stock brokerage houses remained
closed today.
United States Representative Clif
ton A. Woodrum and former State
Senator John J. Wicker, jr., will de
liver addresses this afternoon at pa
triotic services in Richmond's historic
Hollywood Cemetery, following a street
parade.
United Daughters of the Confed
eracy will decorate the statues of Con
federate heroes on Richmond’s Monu
ment avenue.
At Norfolk today soldiers, sailors,
veterans’ organizations and others
were to participate in a parade. James
G. Martin, Norfolk attorney, will be
j the principal speaker at exercises fol
lowing the parade.
Hopewell prepared to hold a parade
sponsored by the American Legion
and the United Daughters of the Con
federacy will decorate graves.
At Roanoke an airplane scattered
flowers over the graves of war dead
in Fairview Cemetery yesterday and
Marine Reserves fired a salute.
Sunrise and sunset services were
held Sunday at Danville under auspices
of the American Legion, with other
organizations participating.
Representative William M. Colmer
of Mississippi was the principal speaker
at exercises yesterday in Fredericks
burg, where joint services were held
at the Confederate and National Cem
eteries.
State Senator Vivian L. Page, can
didate for Governor, made the princi
pal address at exercises held in the
National Cemetery at Culpeper yes
terday.
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P. A. DONOGHUE DIES
AT SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
| Patrick A. Donoghue, for the last
; two years senior mediator of the Na
! tional Mediation Board, died yester
j day In Wesson Memorial Hospital,
Springfield, Mass., it was learned
through the Associated Press.
Mr. Donoghue's duties as senior me
diator of the board required consid
; erable travel to various sections of the
country. His home was at East Long
meadow. Mass., where he had resided
14 years.
Mr. Donoghue formerly was assist
ant regional director of the National
Labor Relations Board. His wife and
daughter are among survivors.
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MITCHELL SPEAKS
ON JOB SELECTION
I
Seeks to Correct “Errors”
in Apportionment for
U. S. Jobs.
In an address in which he pointed
out that “the whole theory of the
Civil Service Commission's method of
selecting employes for the Govern
ment is that local eligibles shall be
selected wherever the Government
can be equally well served on the
whole by confining selections to local
people," Harry B. Mitchell, president
of the commission, last night sought
to correct “erroneous impressions"
by apportionment statistics.
President Mitchell spoke at the
Joint convention of the Postmaster
Association and Postal Groups of
Florida in St. Augustine. His speech
attracted Interest here because of the
pending House measure which would
deprive about 10,000 employes from
Maryland, Virginia and the District
of their jobs by bringing virtually
the whole government establishment
here under the apportionment law.
Mitchell also defended the charge
that the Government service discrim
inates against older applicants for
employment.
In seeking to clear up mistaken
ideas about apportionment, which
! bases the number of appointments
j here on the population of the several
States, Mitchell pointed out that the
law applies "to less than one-twelfth
of the positions under civil service
law, and less than one-half of those
in Washington, and while those in
departments in Washington which
are under the law show a large dis
proportion of appointments from the
District of Columbia and the neigh
boring States of Maryland and Vir
ginia, the disparity would seem com
paratively much less if all the po
sitions in the Government service
outside of Washington were taken into
account."
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FUNERAL SERVICES SET
TODAY FOR HARRY FLAX
Funeral services for Harry Flax,
48. of 4120 Fourteenth street jewelry
store proprietor, who died of a heart
attack Saturday, will be held at 8s30
a m. tomorrow in the chapel of Ber
nard Danransky, 3501 Fourteenth
' street. Burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Mr Flax died in Emergency Hos
pital shortly after being stricken in
front of his Jewelry store in the 3400
block of Fourteenth street. He was
a World War veteran, serving in the
Infantry of the 28th Division He
, was a member of Victory Post of the
American Legion and the Columbia
Heights Business Men's Association.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Bessie
Cohen. Long Island, N. Y„ and two
brothers, Samuel Flax, Long Island,
and Bernard Flax, this city.
BURLINGTON HOTEL
COFFEE SHOP
Entrance 1X20 Vermont Atenua
Famous for home-made hot »leo
Police using guns, tear gas and clubs at the height of the short-lived clash. —Copyright, A. P. tfirephotos.
music by the Drum and Bugle Corps
of Fort Stevens Post, American Le
gion. and the United States Marine
Band. Comdr. Kline called the meet
ing to order.
16.000 at Arlington.
Separate services were held at many
of the graves in Arlington during the
day, and more than 16.000 persons
entered the grounds to pay tribute to
the 50,000 dead of the Nation's wars
who lie there. Although much of the
ceremony centered around the Tomb of
the Unknown Soldier, services also
were held in memory of the 2,111 un
known dead from the Battle of Bull
Run. w:ho lie beneath one monument.
In all there are 4,000 unknown soldier
dead buried in Arlington.
Seniors at the Georgetown Law
School held exercises yesterday in
memory of the 29 students of the
school who gave their lives in the
World War. A memorial tablet bear
ing their names was decorated.
Leonard J. Wegman, president of
the evening section of the senior class,
presided and Jeremiah Jerome O'Con
nor, president of the morning section,
read the names on the roll of honor.
There were addresses on behalf of
the seniors by Capt. Joseph Vincent
Dillon, U. S. A., and Daniel Joseph
Deary.
Before the wreath was placed at the
tablet Dean George E. Hamilton spoke
briefly on behalf of the faculty and
there were also addresses by Col. Ned
B. Rehkopf, assistant commander of
the Army War College, and Thomas
Francis McAllister, special assistant
to the Attorney General. Rev. Francis
E. Lucey, S. J., regent of the school
and professor of jurisprudence, de
livered a prayer at the opening of the
service and made the closing remarks.
The appearance of but four of the
Civil War survivors at Arlington re
flected the thinning of the ranks of
the men who fought in the war of
1861-5. Union survivors of the Civil
War are dying at the rate of 224 a
month, according to Federal pension
records. The total number has
dwindled from the 2,213,365, who made
up the armies of Grant, to 7,424, ac
cording to the latest returns.
Riots
(Continued From First Page.)
efforts of the Steel Workers’ Organis
ing Committee, an affiliate of the C. I.
O., to close it.
Mass Meeting Today.
A mass meeting and demonstration
was planned for 10 a.m. today at In
diana Harbor, home of one of the In
land plants tied up by the independent
steel producers’ strikes which entered
their fifth day. Van A. Bittner, re
gional director of the S. W. O. C.,
said he would address the Calumet
region workers, which would include
those from the Youngstown Sheet &
Tube Co. and Republic.
Gov. Horner learned of the riot
shortly after his arrival here from the
State capital at Springfield. He can
celled a Memorial day speaking en
gagement for a conference with both
sides.
Maj. Gen. Roy E. Keehn of the
Illinois National Guard attended the
meeting for only a short time. He
declined to comment upon leaving,
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saying “any news will have to come
from the Governor."
Asked before the conference con
vened if he planned to call out the
militia, Gov. Horner said:
"I can't determine * • • until I
know what the situation is.”
Among those at the meeting were
Police Commissioner James P. All
man, Van Bittner; H. Y. Hyland, Re
public Steel representative; Michael
Igoe, United States district attorney,
and Nicholas Pontechi, C. I. O. field
director.
All declined to comment on mat
ters discussed at the conference.
Pictured as “Brutal Massacre.’*
Dr. S. J. Nickamin, staff physician
at one of the hospitals where the in
jured were taken after yesterday's
savage battle, said “they looked like
the came from a virtual massacre.”
Prom his hospital bed, Nick Kruga.
a craneman at the Republic plant
who suffered a minor bullet wound,
likened the scene of the riot to a
war battlefield.
“I was in the war and I fought in
Prance, but I never heard so many
bullets as those policemen fired,” he
said. "Women and children were
screaming. Clouds of tear gas hung
over the prairie. It was just like any
war battlefield. The mob was like a
herd of panic-stricken cattle. I ran
till they got me.”
Peter Rimac watched the fighting
from a second-floor window of his
store at the edge of the field.
“Between 400 and 500 shots w^ere
fired in about three minutes,” he said.
“The policemen had been lined up
single file for about several blocks
across the field when the marchers
met them. When the crowd tried to
push throuh, the officers closed around
them and the riot broke out.”
Battle Declared Spontaneous.
A. G. Patterson, financial secretary
of the C. I. O. local, who was on the
scene, said the fighting broke out
spontaneously.
‘ Some one started to scuffle with a
policeman. Then I heard several
shots. Men and women were slugged
all around me. Police fired tear gas
guns. I was blinded and fell in a heap
with a bunch of others. X got up and
saw the fellow next to me was shot in
the stomach. I grabbed him, but
police took him away from me and
loaded him in a patrol wagon.”
Capt. James L. Mooney, In charge
of the police detail, said his men drew
their guns only to protect themselves.
As the crowd headed for the plant,
carrying banners and chanting “C. I.
O., C. L O., C. I. O.,” Capt. John
Kilroy stepped forward and asked
them to disperse.
‘‘You can’t get through here,” he
said, ‘‘we must do our duty."
The strikers and sympathizers re
plied with a shower of bricks. They
moved on, swinging clubs, cranks and
gear shift levers from automobiles.
Some hurled steel bolts, while others
shot them from their slings.
The police tried to disperse the mob
with tear gas, but the crowd pressed
on. The officers fired several shots
into the air and then, witnesses said,
fired into the mob when they were
unable to halt the onward rush.
Men on both (idea began to fall.
Capt. Mooney said the first actual
■hot was fired by one of the sympa
thizers. He said be had •tatemente of
&
20 policemen to prove the first shot
came from the mob
The union leaders, on the other
hand, denied that their members car
ried pistols.
Bryant McMahcn was the most seri
ously injured of the policemen. He
suffered a skull injury. Others under
treatment at hospitals were Peter
Cleary, John Hooley, Henry Lawson,
George Barber and John Prescott.
The remainder were treated at emer
gency hospitals, and then taken to
their homes.
STEPHEN H. FORD DIES;
FORMER D. C. EMPLOYE
Stephen H. Ford, 84, of 1411 Newton
street, retired sand and gravel in
spector for the District government,
died yesterday in a local hospital, I
after a long illness.
For 48 years a Washington resident, !
Mr. Ford was a member of Mount j
Pleasant Lodge of Masons and the
First Baptist Church. He was an
honorary memoer of the Robert E.
! Lee Chapter, United Daughters of the
I Confederacy. He retired about five
j years ago.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Sadie F. Timberlake and Mrs. Edith
F. Richter, and a son, Stephen O.
Ford, all of this city. He also leaves
12 grandchildren and 21 great-grand
children. His wife was the late Mrs.
Jane E. Huntington Ford.
Funeral services will be held at 2
p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home
of Almus R. Speare. 3200 Rhode Is
land avenue northeast. Burial will be
in Methodist Protestant Cemetery,
Alexandria, Va.
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