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WASHINGTON, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1922. ,
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THREE CENTS EVERYWHERE.
In M cCumber Defeat
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REBELS SURRENDER
Ireland's Long Fight.
Our Foreign Blood.
Slave# and Rum for G. W.
ARTHUR BRISBANE?I
<0*MViaht. Kit.)
"Against this direct challenge
to Ita authority the government
ordered the amy to take ac
tion." From the ?tatement is
sued by the Irlah Free State,
explaining the lavage fighting
in Dublin.
There haa been a war several
hundred years long between Ire
land and England. Recently
there has been war, religious in
character, between the north
and south of Ireland.
Now the war is in Dublin,
divided against itself?no re
ligious question is involved. A
tmall minority of Irishmen,
beaten in the general election,'
^re fighting against the ma
lorlty that decided to accept the
rree Stat*.
Not a pleasant outlook for
immediate Irish peace. But it
Will come eventually, if only
W fighting.
Thirty-six millions in Ameri
ca, according to the Department
f Commerce, have "foreign
flood." They were born in Eu
|ope or have their father or
pother born in Europe.
All white Americans, of
lourse, have "foreign blood,"
(iost of it eoes back not very
ar. And much that goes back
kirthest is the least desirable.
The United States is bui't on
|oreign blood, foreirn intelli
ence, foreign AMBITION.
This country grew rapidly
fecause those that came were
mbitiout; they had the energy
r> cross the ocean.
The greatest mistake this na
on ever made is keeping out
hat it needs now more than
(ver?ambitious, energetic im
igration from Europe.
?
on of Georgia
pads into the record a letter
tat George Washington wtote '
(5 a tailing master, John Thomp
on. Washington sent with his
tter a negro slave, "Tom,"
|nd said: "I beg the favor of
pu to sell h<m in any of the
lands you m'f go to for what
In will fetch and bring me in
'rtum for him one hogshead of
E molasses, one hogshead of
rum, one barrel of limes,
and the .-esidue, much or
ttle, in good old spirits."
Modem minds are struck by
lie amount of stuff you could
et for the price of one negro
ave.
You will notice with satis
action that the world improvea.
George , Washington had slaves
nd rum; you couldn't legally
[ave either now.
Ladies of the General Fed
jration of Women's Clubs rec
>mmend the "teaching of citi
unship in all schools."
: How would you teach citi
nship? What is U? Would
ou teach it in a public school
ated near the slums the same
in a private school attended
y rich men's children?
What is there lacking in the
en Commandments in the way
tf an education in good citizen
hip? The good citizen deals
justly, doesn't envy others if he
can help it, doesn't commit
crimes, honors his father and
mother, etc. It would be inter
esting to have an exact outline
of a course in teaching citizen
ship.
Mr. Cox?he ran for Presi
dent, you will remember?has
gone to Europe to study for him
self "the consequences of the do
nothing policy of President
Harding."
While he is over there Mr. Cox
will learn why he waa so badly
beaten by Mr. Harding laat year.
He ran on the theory that this
country ought to join the League
of Nations and make itself re
sponsible for Europe's present
troubles and future wars. After
ha leo^a around Europe for a
r. Cox will know that
of the United States
than he, and beat bin
u aboard of. '
Furloughs Will Hit Navy Yard
Here's a Girl Who Can
.Handle Mere Man
Nellie, Who Weighs 682
Lbs. Picks Up Smallest
Man In World.
FORGE TO
BE GIVEN,
BIG SLASH
Reduction in Appropriation
Accountable for Pend
ing Lay-off#.
Officials of the Washington
navy yard are going over their
personnel lists today, prepara
tory to a reduction in the force
on Monday, so the yard may be
financed within the limit allowed
by the reduction in naval ap
propriations to take effect with
the new fiscal year.
No Wholesale Discharge*.
There will be no discharge* A
?mall percentage of the 4,200 now
employed will be Indefinitely fur
loughed, without pay. according to
an unofficial announcement trim
the munitions building this morn
-MRUS will ajlow the <**n re
leased tc continue under the (tension
privilege. In event they art rv-ein
pioyed within six months. They can
enter the service again without
tolnc through civil service.
The reduction is in accordance
with plans announced by Assistant
Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt
about a month ago. when he de
clared all the "deadwood" or Inef
ficient perafcnnel In the navy >arJ
service throughout the country
would be reduced. It was estimated
the reduction would affect between
10 and JO per cent of those employed.
It was said this morning t'uit
about 26,000 navy yard ^employes
have been released over the countiy
In the past year. Those let go were
mainly "deadwood," and as a result
very little efficiency Is said to be no
ticed In the yards.
The Washington yard force w?s
lessened by 1.J00 last February,
when summary discharges and fur
lougha were ordered. The contem
plated reduction would affect from
600 to 1.000 men.
Efficiency Claimed.
"This movr is purely In the In
terest of efficiency." Roosewlt de
clared. "The whole plan has not
been worked out, but It has been
found that In most of our naval es
tablishments there Is a definite per
centage of discharges and resigna
tion* b* incapacitated workers dur
ing the year. It Is our Intdntton to
weed out this Ine'fecflve groun nt a
time when new appropriation# are
available.
Secretary Roosevelt referred in
quiries to a statement by him early
in June, foreshadowing the reduc
tlon move.
"There is to he no sudden separa
tion of a part of the civilian per
sonnel. In all cases where dis
charges are found necessary, the
workers will be treated with con
sideration."
News of the forthcoming tut
spread like wildfire through the al
ready depleted yard this morning.
There was no official Information lo
be gained, nor were any notices of
the proposed action posted. Many
reports affirmed that the yard whs
to he closed down entirely.
Captain Dayton. comnvmdant,
scouted the Idea that there was to be
a cessation of work at the big plan?
He declared that, thefe wer?v fur;
loughs "prospective for Monday."
but declined to give the number. Of
ficials of the yard and the depart
ment are to hold a conference this
afternoon. Captain Defrees. produc
tion Inspector, said.
N. P. Allf?s. president of District
No. 44, International Association of
Machtnlats, was In a tranquil mood
over the possible reductions In force.
He was Informed by Navy Depart
ment officials, he said, that It was
entirely poaalble no men would be
let out or fvrloughed. This la be
cause of a clause Inserted In the
naval appropriation _ by the
?enate. making certaJl. urns voted
for yard work duiv*"4the flacal
year im avaallable ?_? Completion
of work In 1?I?. *^??>tly. such
auma would be tu. ~ark Into
the Treasury. By tlv ^>1 7 arrange
ment. labor on speed /Aba would
to ahead without the \ turrence of
a lay-oft Interval between the ex
01 ration of the old flacal year and
the authorising of appropriation* for
the new.
Officials Altfas said he la ae
aured. are proceeding with all poa
alMe consideration for the yard
workers.
Defeats McCumber In
North Dakota
Primary
LYNN J. KRAZ1KR.
Of North Dakota.
85 AMERICANS"
Kilt SET FREE
By MEXICANS
Letter Reveals Yank Oil Cash
ier Was Slain by
Bandits.
Bjr International Jitwi Vrrlff.
The eighty-five employes of the
La Corona Oil Company, near
Pecero, in the Tampico district, cap
tured this week by General Goroxabe,
Mexican rebel leader, have been re
leased. according to official advices
to the State Department today from
Consul Shnw at Tampico.
Among those held were at* Ameil
cans, on whose behalf the United
8tates had made representations to
the Mexican foreign office.
Consul Shaw's telegram to the
State Department said:
"The eighty-five persons reported
In previous telegram are not held at
Pecero."
The advices received were re
garded as so cryptic that the 8tate
Department immediately telegraphed
for further details.
8S Seized on Wedneaday.
The seizures were made on
Wednesday by the rebel general soon
after he had left the camp of the
Cortez Oil Company, an American
concern, where h* had seized <?nd
held for forty-eight hours the prop
erty of the company and more than
forty American employes. Toe
Cortez people were reported yester
day to have been released.
The message from Consul Shaw
and a brief message from Charge
Sutnmerlln at Mexico City saying
that A. Bruce Rielaski was safe
were the only dispatches the de
partment had received today from
Mexico.
The tenor of the dispatches und
the lack of details on the two Inci
dents near Tampico only served to
emphasize the belief held by off'clals
that there la something "queer"
about the whole affair. The im
pression prevails that the selxures
are the work of plotters against the
Obregon government, who hope by
I their acts to embarrass Obregon l*?
efforts to secure recognition by the
I United States.
Letter Tells of Slaying.
LOS ANGEI,E8, June JO.?The
slaying of an American by Mexican
bandits following a $10,000 robbery
waa revealed today In a letter re
ceived by a Ix)s Angeles woman,
whoae Identity Is withheld, from her
husband in Mexico, wh|ch throw*
new light on the outlaw activities
In- the Tampico oil fields.
( ushi r Harvey of the New Eng
land Oil Company waa the victim,
according to the letter received by
the woman who fears her husband
Is one of the captives held for ran
som.
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DEFECT IS
?NtLrZED
Progressive Trend of Country
Seen in Humbling of Old
Guard Senator.
Defeat of United States Sena*
| tor Porter J. Mr Cumber of North
: Dakota by former Gov. Lynn J.
1 Fraiier in Wednesday'! Repub
lican primary, which is now con
ceded by McCumber managers,
means another victory for the
progressive element of the Re
publican party, and constitutes a
severe rebuke te the Harding Ad
ministration tor the negotiation of
the four-power treaties which tend
to entangle the United States un
necessarily in foreign squabbles,
according to Progressive leaders at
the Capitol.
Is Fourth Wallop at Old Unardt
The defeat of McCumber, who for
twenty-four years has sat in the Sen
ate. constitutes the fourth severe
wallop that has been dealt the Old
Guard at Republican primaries this
spring. On top of the vlctorita of
Beverldge In Indlena. Plnchot In
1 Pennsylvania, and Brookhart in
Iowa, the victory of Frailer In North
Dakota Is regarded aa a sure sign of
the widespread growth of Progre?slv
lam and as a blunt warning to the
Administration that the voUra frown
upon Old Guard conservaUsm and
likewise upon any attempt to entan
gle the United States In foreign af
fairs.
McCumber's defeat la perhaps the
most humiliating of any of the pro
Newberry and pro-Europe Senators
who have been clouted with the bal
lot by the home folka the first time
they have had a chance to ahow what
thev think. McCumber haa been de
feated by the man who only laat Oc
tober was recalled from the gov
ernor's chair in a State-wide refer
endum.
McCumber's defeat automatically
elevates Senator Reed 8moot of
Utah to the chairmanship of the
powerful Finance Committee of the
United Statea Senate on ^(arch 4
of next year. v
Governor Neatoa. McCumber's
running mate, has prohaWy been
nominated. McCumber probably has
run behind his ticket more than
20.000 votes.
McCumber today conceded defeat.
He told Senators Curtis. Watson.
Lodge. Smoot and other pid Guard
lenders that reports received from
the State left no doubt of his de
feat. Although early reports put
him In the lead, it was admitted by
him that these returns were from
the cities where It was acknowledged
he would win, but that the vote
which he had expected from those
cities failed to measure up to the
figure necessary to overcome Frr?
iler's heavy poll In the rural dis
trlcts.
City Vote Below Expectations.
The returns showed McCumber
less than two to one in the city vote,
whereas he had counted upon a four
to-one lead.
Senator Edwin F. l^add, the other
North Dakota Senator, who was sent
to the Senate by the same torces
which backed Krasler, the Non-Part
laan League, received s message
claiming Kraiier's nomination by
20,000 votea.
Only about half of the State has
been heard from, but the vote from
all the cities haa been tabulated
and shows that Frailer ran almost
even to McCumber In districts
which were considered MoCumby
territory by t to 1. The rural sec
tions are overwhelmingly Fraiier.
and they have yet to report.
Senator McCumber. at his desk
as usual today directing the Re
publican tariff fight, declined tp
comment -other than to say that
"It appears | am beaten."' ?
The defeat of the blonde veteran
from the Northwest, who for twen
ty-four years haa been cloaely as
sociated with the Republican or
ganisation In Waahlngton. cast an
unmistakable aJr of gloom over the
organisation leaders.
Asked to comment, they merely
shrugged tMr shoulders and re
(Continued on Page I. Column SJ
HOLD HOPE
10 AVERT
RAIL TIE-UP
Union Leaders Will Decide
After Conference Here Re
garding Walkout Tomorrow.
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN.
International New* Hfrvlrfi
CHICAGO, June 30.?Whether!
400,000 railroad shopmen will go i
out at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing in a strike that would seriously i
handicap the operation of the
country's railroads will he decided |
at a hearing under the supervision
of the United States x Railroad (
Labor Board that will begin at 21
o'clock this afternoon.
- Hope Kor Compromise Held.,
| There was a strong under ttjr
rfnt of feeling r m al?ni
ln| that a basis of comp^TOr
would toe found that would arert
tfee walkout.
Although there has been no of
ficial announcement of the plan of
aettlement which the l^abor Board
la believed to have formulated, the
prevalent understanding l? that the
I railroads will yield on the Issue of
contracting out shop work and that
the union* will yield in the Inatter,
of wage reductions.
The possibility that the board
might hold out a promise to the
? union* of nip Increases whrn
I business conditions warrant also is
? being discussed
! The developments of the last
I twenty-four hours have brought
the iaaue of contracting out shop
work sharply to the front.
Although the question of wage
cut* I* still regarded as a thorn
In the side of tha rail employee, It
is understood that oppoaltlon to
the plan was one of the biggest
Incentive* that provoked the over
whelming strike vote.
Nineteen Accused Aa Violators.
The I^abor Board already has
branded the contracting out of
?hop work aa an evasion of the j
transportation act. Only nineteen1
of the 201 Class A railroads of the
country have heen accused of vio
lating the board's rule agilnst this
practice and they have be^n flt-d
to appear hefore the hoard todny.
It Is believed an agreement will
be reached wherey all roads will
pledge themselves to abolish thla
practice.
Union leader* carefully refrained
from making any statement of their
attitude. B. M. Jewell, president
of the railway employes department
of the American Federation of
l<abor, would make no statement
with regard to today's hearing. "I
am deaf, dumb and blind," he told
those who sought to question hfm.
A significant feature of the
phraseology of the "strike call,"
sent out to the shop crafts em
ploye* was being pointed out today.
The call does not order the shop
men to strike, It was pointed out.
hut "authorlies" them to "sus
pend work at. 10 a. m., Saturday,
July 1."
Technical Difference Seen.
In the event that proceeding*
should be brought against the rail
union heads for calling a strike
In violation of the transportation
act. It was pointed out. the tech
nical difference between "authoriz
ing." and "calling" one might be
taken advantage of.
The action of the Labor Board In
citing labor chief* and rail execu
tives for a conference, halted the
dlapatch of the atrlke order* to
the Brotherhood of Maintenance of
Way Employes. Thla union has
voted to atrlke, but Issuance of
the strike call will be held In abey
ance pending the outcome of to
day'* conference. If the *hopmen
rescind *thelr atrlke order It I*
thought unlikely ttiht the main
tenance of way men will be called
out.
The authority of the RaJlruad
Labor Board was challenged today
by the Congress which created It a*
a atorm of denunciation followed
the citation of union leader* on con
spiracy charges
Senatorial oppoaltlon, aroused by
the board's action, was climaxed
when Ita power to penalise strikes
(Continued on Pit* I. Column 4.)
i N>lli(i B. Unf, pighlfen ye urn old, of Venice, QU., tips tilt iwales
I at OK! pounds. although nhr is only 5 fret 6 inches tall. She seizes
| Major Mite. the umallnl man In the world. In her hand and tosse*
him about a* though h* were a mere flea. The major is eighteen
years old, and weighs nineteen pounds. He is twenty inches tall.
1 Nellie and the major are summering with H. W. Mactleary in Venice.
HARDING SIGNS $240
BONUS FOR EMPLOYES
President Harding at noon today
signed the bonus hill granting to
more than 60,000 Government em
ployes in Washington the $240 ad
ditional annual compensation.
Despite the recommendation of
the Mouse Appropriation Committee
that the amount he cut to $180, the
fight on the floor of both the House
and Senate offered little opposition.
Federal Employes' Union officials
this afternoon expressed satisfac
tion over the final iwtssage of the
.measure, concluded when the Pres
ident affixed his signature to the
bill thus making it law.
8 WITNESSES TESTIFY
IN SLAYING OF TEACHER
MlNEOl-A. N. V., June 30.?Evl
donee of eight witnesses tending to
prove that William Creasy, of Cov
ington, K.v., slew Miss Edith l^avoy,
school teaclvr, and his former sweet
heart, was laid before the Nassau
county grand Jury today by As
sistant District Attorney Edwards.
The grand Jury adjourned for the
day without making any present
ment.
Witnesses today Included Miss ^til
dred Slmser, who was In an adjoin
ing room at the boarding home In
which Miss I^avoy was slain; Missps
Marjorle Walsh and Grace Dukv.
roomers In the house, and five physi
cians and policemen.
[GEORGIA BUSINESS MAN
BEATEN BY HOODED BAND
VALDOftTA, G*., June- 30.?Five
men wearing white robes and hoods
visited the place of business of N. G.
Romey yesterday. according to
Romey's report to the police snd
took him In an automobile to a strip
of woods where they administered a
severe beating.
Romey said he was told by the
band to stop selling and drinking
whiskey and never again to address
s white woman Romey was almost
In a fainting condition when he re
turned to the city, he said.
FOUR SHOT IN
PHILADELPHIA
BANK HOLD-UP
A limousine bearing a Wishing
ton license tag figured todav in a
thrilling Philadelphia hold-up In
which one bandit is believed to have
been killed and two bank runners
and a policeman seriously injured.
According to information rvcelved
from the Quaker City, the car which
was found abandoned about two
miles from the scene of the pistol
battle, bore a District of Columbia
tag numbered 62-695.
Records at police bcadnuartcs
show the license was issued to John
T. Koff, who gave his addrces as
the New Willard Hotel. It was ssld
there that he was not regls'erel.
Police believe the bandits stole the
machine.
The hank runner?, Benjamin Wolf
and Joseph Bolltngdorf, who were In
the. employ of the Textile National
Bank, were carrying a |16,000 pay
roll when they were ordered to halt
by the bandits, who were riding.
Instead of complying the messen
gers reached for their pistols and
Immediately the bandits opened firs.
A fleece pistol battle ensued. One of
the bandits, who leaped from the
ear, wu shot, and It is believed that
he was mortally wounded. He was
dragged Into the machine by hla
fellow-crlmlnals and the car sped
away at full speed.
WTille the battle was In progress
Policeman John H. Mitchell was
attracted by pistol reports and he
rushed to help the bank runners.
He was hadly wounded and may
die.
When help came after the shoot
! Ing, the two messengers were hold
j Ing tightly to the hags containing
.the hank's money, which was to
Lhavs been delivered to a nilII at
Fourth and Cambria streets.
De Valera Said to Be Among
Fighting Forces of
Irregulars.
(Rory) O Connor, commander-in
chief of the Republican irregulars
ehlef of the republican irregular*,
is reported to be a prisoner in the
hand* of Free State troops, said a
dispatch from DuhUn late today.
By DANIEL OCONNELL.
International N?w? Sfrrlcf.
DUBLIN, June 30, 3 p. m.? .
The Republican 'irregulars, under
Commandant Roderick ("Rory")
O'Conrtor, were driven from their
chief stronghold today when the
Free State troop* blew up the
eastern wing of the Foilr Courts
building. " ?
This building has been the cen
tsj of fighting *bkh has been
rsnrtafc in iDetain since Wednesday
morning.
Shell Is Dropped.
Falling to dislodge the irregulars
sriih light artillery and machine-gun
rtre. the Free State artillery dropped
i high-explosive shell into the Four
Courts building, wiping out the sec
tion that O'Connor and his men had
been holding. The fate of O'Con
nor ia unknown.
Heavy fighting broke out early in
the day in Talbot and O'ConneVl
streets. Both thoroughfares were
swept by machine gun fire.
Reports from the south and weft
are meager, but there are indica
tions that fighting Is in progress in
the eastern part of County Cora and
In County Limerick.
It was generally believed that the
Free State troops could easilv nave
captured the Four Courts building
earlier, but Michael Collins, chief of
the Irish provisional government.
In order to save life, decided to Wt?r
down the resistance of the defend
ers with slow artillery fire.
The storming of the western por
tion of the building was compara
tively easy. Only three Free State
soldiers were killed and three of
ficers and ten men wounded. The
attackers were under orders to use
precautions to prevent blodtlshed.
Thirty-three republicans were cap
tured.
Twelve mines and large quantities
of ammunition were captured, '."he
interior part of the building had
been mined but the mines were r.ot
exploded.
The rebels did not make Any re
port of their casualties, but they are
believed to have been light.
Sympathizers of the Republicans
asked permission to send Red Cross
nurses into the building. Each
volunteer nurse was examined and
one of them was found to be Thomas
Barry, chief of staff of the Repub
lican irregulars. He was arrested.
Talk of Surrender.
Following the lull In the artillery
firing a messenger was sent into the
portion of the building still held by
O'Connor and his followers. It was
believed that he bore terms of sur
render.
During the night there was much
sniping and a number of attacks
were made against Free State troops
by civillsns. The regulars were held
under restraint, however, and in
many Instances failed to return ihe
fire directed against them.
The English-Belfast cable has been
cut.
Before the western end of the
Four Courts building was taken, It
was under systematic bombardment
from cannon flrlng eighteen-pound
shells. The guns were planted In
distant streets, making It necessary
to put down an Indirect fire.
The cannon were worked by beys,
stripped to the waist on account ef
the heat. The sweat poured from
their powder stained bodies as they
methodically loaded and fired the
pieces. All the adjacent streets
were deserted. Regulsrs prowled
through the buildings in search sf
snipers who might be seeking an
opportunity to pick off the young
artillerists.
During ~tha night there was a
sharp skirmish In O'Connell street,
when Communists, led by the
Countess Marklewlcs, attacked a
bank building which the regular*
hsd barricaded. The counters and
her followers were driven off Iqr
rifle firs.
Despite intermittent rifle and
machine gun fire, the business Men