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FEDERAL RULE BOOSTED RAIL COSTS, CLAIM New York Central President Says Control Caused Employes To Receive Pay of Higher Grade. SCORESl)VER-TIME

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. May 13. Under federal control pf railroads wages of specified clauses of employes not only were raised but many employes were placed in higher grades than those in which they were prior to the orders and national agreements. President A. H. Smith, of the New York Central, testified today before a senate investigating committee. "The re-classification not only had the effect of increasing wages, but verly largely increased the number of men," he added. In going into this question upon the resumption of his statement, begun yesterday, Mr. Smith said that in the locomotive department alone of the New York Central lines the number of employes on the monthly payrolls was increased from 11.545 before the agreements reached under federal control took effect to 11,972 immediately following the agreements, and to 13,665 in 1920. Scores "Overtime." An additional cause of increased labor costs, due to orders and agreements, he continued, was the application of "punitive overtime" to all clashes of employes. Overtime, which I had been previously paid at pro rataj hourly rates, he explained, was placed on a time and a half basis, increasing by 50 per cent the rate per hour for overtime pay. Mr. Smith pointed out that these rates were those prevailing before the increased wage award made by the railroad labor board in July and made retroactive to May 1, 1920. This involved for the New York Central lines alone, he said, an increase in wages of approximately $21,610,000 including back pay of $8,100,000. Tells Effect "The effect of the Adamson law which became operative as of January 1, 1917," Mr. Smith said, "was to esablish in contracts for labor and service, eight hours as the measure of a lay's work for the purpose of reckoning the compensation for services in place of 10 hours which had previously obtained. While this did not increase the. basic daily or mileage rates ' Df engine and train crews, the overlime rates were Increased as well as the number of hours overtime, since this extra compensation became payable in four fifths of the time. The result in money to the New York Central in 1917 was an increase of $4.S45.000, or 18.9 per cent in the pay of men concerned under the Adamson law, enginemen, firemen, conductors and trainmen."' WILLIAMSON CITIZENS MADE STATE POLICE (By Associated Press! WILLIAMSON. W. Va.. Ma 19 Sixty-nine citizens of Williamson were today deputized as state policemen, and will serve under the city authorities to preserve order in the mining region along the Tug river. This action was taken because West Virginia has no national guard and its force of regular state police is limited to about SO officers and men. After four days of comparative quiet, the region became active early today. John Tusaing of Rawl, was shot at a point opposite the Lick Creek Tent colony and the head house of a mine at War Eagle was burned. This is the first anniversary of the sliooiint; at Matewan in which seven private detectives and three residents of the town were killed ofter miners had been evicted from houses owned by the Stone Mountain coal company. Since that time the industrial warfare in the Upper Tug river valley ha:? broken out on a number of occasions, most seriously a week ago. when a number of mining towns were fired upon from the surrounding mountains. Refusal of the federal government tj send troops until every resource of the state and county authorities had be exhausted brought about last night's meeting. Expect Further Shooting. It was persistently rumored that shooting from the mountains would be resumed today and in order to cope with this situation should it develop leading business and professional men determined to give their personal aid to Sheriff Pinson and Captain Brookus, commanding the Ftate police in this section. National guardsmc-n held the Kentucky sid" of the river and gave assurance to the authorities here that they would do all in their power to assist in maintaining order. WASHINGTON. May 19. Conditions in the Tug River section of West Virginia were discussed at a conference today between Secretary Davis and John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America. An official announcement was withheld, but it was indicated that Mr. Davis might attempt to settle the difference between the miners and operators which culminated in fighting a week ago. Coolidge Still Confined to Bed With Cold WASHINGTON, May 19 Vice-President Coolidge continued today to bo confined to his bed with what was described as a severe cold. At his office at the capitol it was said that it might be several days until he might return to his duty as his physician had advised a brief rest.

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Sullivan Says Taft Favorite For Choice as Chief Justice

BY MARK SILUVAS WASHINGTON, D. C, May 19. Ever since President Harding's election, when it first became a possibility that sooner or later he might have the naming of a chief justice of the supreme court, the man who has steadily Leen most strongly recommended to him has been ex-President Taft. The strength of this recommendation has never varied and stands today as it has been. If the selection of ex-President Taft should come about. It will be the closing incident of a remarkable coincidence. The last time a vacancy in the office of chief justice, Taft was president and had the naming of the new incumbent. The then chief justice, Melville W. Fuller, died in December, 1910. and President Taft made up his mind to appoint Charles E. Hughes to the vacancy. Hughes was already a member of the supreme court, having been appointed two months earlier, in October. Changes Mind. President Taft's decision to advance Hughes to the vacancy at the head of the court was final so far as he, himself, was concerned. On two succeeding days he had been ready to announce the appointment and had told the newspaper men that Jt uould be made at a given hour. But during the 48 hours preceeding the appointed time, suggestions from sources of exceptional force were made to President Taft which caused him to change his mind. It should be made emphatic that SCATTER LANE'S ASHES FROM MOUNTAIN TOP (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, May 19 The td.y of Franklin K. Lane, former secretary of the interior, who died in Rochester, Minn., yesterday was cremated here today and the remains will be taken to Ihe top of El Capitan peak in the Yosemite valley, Cal., and scattered to the winds, in compliance with a request made by Mr. Lane prior to his death. Relatives of Mr. Lane explained the unusual request, by saying that he has spent much of his life in the Yosmite region and had grown to love it so much that he wished his remains to be taken there when he died. The body arrived bere this morning from Rochester and was immediately taken to Graceland cemetery for cremation. There were no funeral services, another request of Mr. Lane, and only the immediate family attended the cremation. The ashes will be taken west immediately, it was stated. ASK HARDING TO AID INLAND WATERWAYS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 19 President Harding is urged to lend his support in the development of inland-waterways of the Mississippi valley and the West because of high rail transportation rates, in a letter from former Representative B. F. Welty, of Ohio made public today at the White House Mr. Wilty announced at the same time that he sought the aid of members of the senate and house to further such plans in congress. Mr. Welty accompanied his letter with data, giving comparison of the freight charges, water and raid, be tween various points in United States. These figures he declared were conclusive evidence of the need of utili zation of waterways not now being developed. He called the president's attention to the expected early re sumption of traffic on certain Ohio barge canals, and the effect it would have on the economic situation locally.

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tice (left) and Miss Mary Mac-, Swiney, liament of Ireland, a body which was constituted under the Irish home rule

act. These women were the Countess j s"ne"u in;pres!on was tnai noming Markievicz and Miss Mary MacSwiney, j v ould J,beI Jone Pnor the re-conven-sister of the late mayor of Cork, i m of tbf, curt. aftr lts summer They will not -It in parliament, how-receS w,h!ch Vfsis J""e 6-

ever, as thev will refuse to take the lath of allegiance to the British king. these suggestions of an alternative other than Hughes contained not the faintest refaction on Hughes' ability, but were based wholly on his lack of experience as a judge. Hughes had a distinguished public career as governor of New York and as a lawyer in public and private practice, but at (Continued on Page Thirteen) WIRTH CABINET AIM IS TO REMAIN AHEAD OF REPARATION DUES (By Associated Press) BERLIN, May 19. To keep right up to date with its reparation obligations or even a good bit ahead is declared in creditable quarters to be the ambition of the cabinet of Chancellor Wirth, which is now speeding activities in the various ministries in a gen eral effort to get them familiarized with the ramifications and technical features of the allied ultimatum and reparation terms which Germany has accepted. Dr. Wirth, through the foreign office of which he is temporarily the head, has impressed upon all the governmental departments the urgent need for a co-ordinated effort, primarily for the purpose, it was stated, "of producing an atmosphere of confidence" in dealings with the entente. Need Confidence. The lack of this previously, it is conceded now, has been the chiet cause of Germany's discredit with the allies during the reparations controversy. The new chancellor, who has not yet reached the middle forties, is astonishing his cabinet colleagues with the political acumen and industry he has displayed since becoming the head of the government, it is declared by observers of current governmental activities. It is forecast that Dr. Wirth probably will retain nom'al control of Germany's foreign aff' :ts in addition to the chancellorship, re-instating the j old method of making the chieftain-1 Mnp ui iue lureigu uuiue a rouuue diplomatic post, its holder not having a seat in the cabinet but being directly accountable to the chancellor. POLAND PAYS DUES IN LEAGUE FINANCES (By Associated Press) GENEVA. May 19. M. Perlowski, secretary-general of the Polish delegation to the league of nations, called at the office of the finance director of the league to pay Poland's contribution for 1920. He laid upon the table $67.276 in small American money including some nickels, which the Polish government had gathered in from returning emigrants. M. Perlowski departed with an official receipt for 348.667 gold francs, or 52,000,000 Polish marks. The Geneva banks refused to accept this amount except at a considerable discount and Capt. Howard Huston, tha American attache, proceeded to London, where American money is at a premium. Only two per cent, of the tot.-J amount due the league is still outstanding. Liberty Property is Destroyed by Fire LIBERTY, Ind., May 19 The nine room residence property, formerly owned by the Crist heirs, and located in Roseburg, near her, burned Wednesday evening. Origin of the fire is unkonwn. Loss was partly covered by insurance. The house was valued at $1,000, and had been sold to Harry McCashland last Monday.

TAFT PICKED TO SUCCEED ASJUSTICE Hughes' Name Linked With Post but Appointment Not Likely Because of Danger ot Retarding Policies. MAY PROMOTE JURIST

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, May 19. The choice of a successor to Edward Douglas White, as chief justice of the United States, was one of the most widely discussed subjects today in official circles of the capitol, although the speculation centered chiefly around the name of former President William Howard Taft. There were many indications that President Hard ing was far from a decision and might find the selection a difficult one. One of the tirst su&sesiions to come to the surface in private discussion of the subject among members of the senate who must confirm the nomination was that Mr. Taft had disqualified n,mseir wmle cmer executive wnen he said that no man over 60 should be appointed to the highest court. Mr. Taft will be 64 in September. All indications pointed to considerable delay in making the appointment. The "-'nR nuHnc imc. Another whose names has been linked repeatedly with the highest judicial post is Secretary Hughes, of the state department, a member of the court until lie retired in 1916, to accept the Republican nomination for the presidency. Since Mr. Hughes' felection for the state portfolio a story has persisted that he might become head of the court in case of a vacancy, but there never ha been any tangible evidence that President Harding intended to appoint him. One circumstance which now is generally suggested as a barrier in such a transfer in the prominence already assumed by Mr. Hughes as secretary of state, inview of the important phases which the nation's foreign affairs are passing. It is known that some of the president's closest advisors will ask him not to change secretary of state just as the new administration is finding its way in the development -rk for-; eign policy. Suggest Promotion In some quarters thre have been suggestions that a temporary solution of the problem might by reached by the promotion of one of the present justices. That would leave a vacancy to which the president could appoint some man whose experience he does not consider qualified him now to be chief justice. The names most frequently mentioned In connection with a possible promotion are those of Justice Day of Ohio and Justice Holmes of Massachusetts. Should a promotion be made, the vacancy thus created would be expected to go to George Sutherland, a former United States senator from Utah and former president of the American Bar association. During the last campaign Mr. Sutherland served at Mr. Harding's headquarters in Marion. By selecting a present member of the court as chief justice Mr. Harding would follow a precedent set bv Mr. Taft in the appointment of Justice White to head the court. Former presidents tfsuaJly had selected the chief justice without the court's membership having held that the system of promotion, if followed as a general policy, might lead to personal politics among justices. SAY CHARLES SCHOOP IS HABITUAL CRIMINAL Habitual criminal charges were filed , nainst ri,.lriPS Cp.hnnn in Wavne eirci.it court Thursday morning. Conviction under this affidavit carries with it life imprisonment. Schoop has been convicted in ;he local court on three different charges at different intervals and has served sentence under each. He has been convicted of grand larceny, receiving stolen goods, and a statutory ot'ense. He was arrested last Monday on a charge of forgery and bound over to the circuit court. Prcsecutor Beckett's action came as a result of an investigation of Schoop's criminal record. Weather Forecast MOORE'S -LOCAL FORECAST Fair and Warm, Later Unsettled Generaii rair and continued warm weather is in prospect for the next 24 hours, followed by unsettled conditions. . The very slow eastward advance of the Rocky mountain storm is the reason tor the above forecast. . For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair weather and mild temperature tonight and Friday. Temperatures for Yesterday Maximum 7S Minimum 46 Today Noon 82 Weather Conditions Generally fair and warm weather continues over the Central and Eastern states while a narrow rain belt extends from Oregon eastward across Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado. South Dakota. Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan to Lake Huron. The Rocky mountain storm now has . three centers. Snow at Modena. Utah. A storm on the Gulf of Mexico is causing showers over the Florida Peninsula.

Armistice Car Is Placed in War Museum

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Inspection of Hospital Site Here Unexpected Development tvm. n?iM xews bxrkaU t sites were not to be considered for WASHINGTON, May 19 Aunounce-, these hospitals, so the statement made ment that the site the Chamber of. by Dr. William C. White, chairman of Commerce of Richmond, Ind., has of-1 the committee of consultants on hosfered to donate to the federal govern- pitalization, this week, that an inspecment for the location of a hospital j tion of the Richmond site would be for disabled former service men was made May 27 was in the nature of a

to be inspected by government repre-, sentatives was unexpected It was announced recently that the government was not 'ontemplating the erection on private sites of any of the proposed hospitals for veterans of the late war. It was explained that the government favored the plan of constructing these hospitals on gov- ( ernment reservations, preferably in I connection with established soldiers' homes, where such improvements as lighting and power plants, sewer systems, heating plants and roadways are already provided. Shortly after the Richmond Chamber of Commerce offered to provide the government with a site for one of the five proposed hospitals. Representative Elliott requested that government agents be detailed to make a thorough inspection of the Bite. Later came the announcement that private CAPITAL, MACHINERY MANILA'S CHIEF NEED SAYS GENERAL WOOD (By Associated Press BAYOUBONG, Nueva' Vizcaya Prov ince, P. T.. May 19 Eight hours of rough horseback riding from the province of Nueva Ecija brought the WoodForbes presidential investigating party to this town, 134 miles north of Manila, late last night. Major General Leonard Wood and Commissioner W. Cameron Forbes led the party over the narrow trail through a aig zag canyon cn the last twenty miles of the journey. . A . Lieutenani jonimanaer oiewan r. T Jtftlli iron f a of f i nor nf thp 1 Asiatic fleet, special aide to the party, declared that when the party, muddy j and wet after a violent rainstorm. reached here that ships were more comfortable. Enthusiastic Reception The reception here was the most enthusiastic accorded the mission since it left Manila, declared General Wood and Mr. Forbes. Both expressed pleasure at the competition shown in aiding the party to obtain information concerning conditions in north ern Luzon. General Wood addressed a party of students at the Agricultural School of Neuva Ecija province, saying that "this country needs three things capital, machinery and science, and if science is applied to the soil the other two will come. At San Jose, Neuva Ecija, where a large crowd welcomed the mission, a banner was strung across the streets bearing the legend: "Welcome, Gen- ! eral Wood, Governor Forbes, precurs ors of our independence." Sleep in High School The party slept last night on cots in the Bayombong high school, from which desks were removed. The Neuva literary society of Bayombong is encouraging use of the English language by pledging its members to speak only English at school and as much as possible in their homes. The mission divided today. Commissioner Forbes to strike out northwestward through the mountain provinces of the non-Christian tribes, and General Wood to make a few side trips, returning to spend the nights here, beI fore continuing to Aparri, a seaport in Northeastern Luzon, whence he will embark for the Batanos islands, and then to San Fernando, in northeastern Luzon. Famous Russian Author Dies in Abject Poverty (By Associated Press) REVAL, Esthania. May 19. Prince Kropotkin, the famous Russian author and revolutionary, whose death occurred in Moscow, February 8. died in miserable circumstances, says Dr. Morris Zucker, of Brooklyn, who recently-was set free from Russian prisons. The Brooklyn man declares that the prince's last days were spent in abject squalor and throughout his illness he bad lacked the comforts that would have made his sick-bed somewhat endurable. After hla death the Bolsheviki arranged an Impressive funeral over his body.

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the courtyard of Les Invalides. Lea Invalides, the famous Parisian 1 car in which Marshal Foch. generalJust been moved to the museum. surprise. Greatest Need. U. S. Public Health Service officials state that hospitalization for tubercular and for mental disease cases is the greatest need. It was the general impression that (Continued on Page Twelve.) CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE, NATION'S LEGAL GIANT, HEEDS CALL OF DEATH WASHINGTON. May 19. Edward Douglass White, 76 years old, chief justice of the United States Supreme court, died at 2 o'clock this morning at a hospital here, where he submitted to an operation last Friday. The chief justice had been unconscious since late Tuesday afternoon when acute dialation of the heart occurred.' Up to that time the attending physicians had hoped for a rapid recovery after as operation for bladder trouble. After the unexpected relapse the physicians had not expected the chief justice to live through that night. Last Rites Administered. The Rev. Father S. J. Creeden, of Georgetown university, administered the last sacrament, during the early evening and members of the immediate family were summoned to the bedside. Death was said to be due directly to complications which developed after the operation. Justice McKenna and other of Mr. White's associates in the ( Supreme court called at the hospital .when it became konwn that his condi- ! tion was serious, but did not enter the room, as the chief justice was unconscious. Giant of the Bench. Chief Justice White, who was a massive figure, had been described as "the intellectual as well as the physical giant of the bench." One of the greatest privileges of his position, he often said, was that of dissent and he frequently used that prerogative with great force and clarity. Born In Louisiana and serving in the Confederate army in the campaign of the civil war, he became a national figure in 1S91 upon his election to the United States Senate. He served there only three years, however. President Cleveland appointing him to the Su J,,rPnip r0urt in 1S91 He was made the chief justice in 1910 by President Taft. who boldly disregarded the custom regarding the selection of justices from his own party, and it was Justice White who administered the oath of office to President Wilson and Harding. Capital in Sorrow. The death here early this morning of Edward Douglass White, veteran chief justlce of the United States, cast (Continued on Page Twelve) LEGION HEAD DEFENDS SLACKER LFST ACTION INDIANAPOLIS, May 19 A vigorous defense of the war department's action in giving widest publicity to tbe slacker lists is contained in a let - ter from F, W. Galbraith. Jr., national commander of the American Legion, forwarded today to commanders of the legion's 148 departments. Publication of the lists in newspapers all over the United States is the "only satisfactory means of pro tecting the innocent and punishing the ernilf v." Mr. Galbraith declared. He added he hODed the newsDaoers would take the view that they will, in pub lishing the names, aid in clearing veterans erroneously branded slackers as well as . assure punishment of the guilty. "That the slacker lists contain names of men who honorably served their country in the time of its greatest peril only strengthens the conviction that the lists should be given the widest publicity," the letter said. "For half a century after the Civil war thousands of veterans applying for pensions were found to be erroneously listed as deserters and much embarrassment and hardship resulted. The same situation will arise unless the present lists are cleared immediately."

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INVASION OF SILESIA TO STIR FRANCE Briand Says Nation Insists Upon Execution of Versalles Treaty in Drawing Frontier Line in Reply.

'REITERATES HIS STAND (By Associated Press) PARIS, May 19. France insLsU : upon the execution of the Versailles treaty in drawing the frontier line between Germany and Poland In Upper Silesia, Premier Briand declared last : night upon receiving newspaper correspondents. He reiterate statement h- marl t0 newsPaPermen last Saturday, when. answering the address of Prime Minister Lloyd George before the bouse of commons on Friday, he declared that invasion of Silesia by German troops would not be tolerated by France. M. Briand said he did not see the desirability of meeting Lloyd George before all the documents relating to the Silesian plebiscite had been received from the inter-allied commission at Oppeln. The premier, whose statement was considered as an indication cf the trend his impending address In the chamber would take, said: "I have nothing to eay except to maintain strictly my viewpoint that France in all this controversy places herself on the sole ground of the Versailles treaty. There is no other basis of discussion possible. On the other band. France and England ,caa converse only as equals, and Mr, Lloyd George himself will agree to thl when the misunderstanding is dispelled." Wants Pact Enforced "I, too. want to see the treaty carried out." said the premier to the correspondent of the London Daily Mail, "but there is nothing in the treaty which stipulates that all the rich mining districts in Silesia must go to the Germans, while the Pole3 will get what Is left. I do not wish to enter into any controversy Uth Mr. Lloyd George, and I stand by what I said to you correspondents last Saturday." The premier's statement may nave been elicited by declarations made by Prime Minister Lloyd George In London yesterday, in which the prime minister asserted that the Vettlement of the Silesian question must be settled by allies and not by Korfanty. Polish insurgent leader, who recently has taken over virtually all of Upper Silesia. Expect Attack. When the chamber of deputies reconvened today after a recess of three weeks the Briand cabinet was expecred to be the center of a concerted attack. Friends of the Ministry asserted it would receive a great majority when the question of a vote of confidence as put, but its opponents declared there would be no such majority as 424 to 29. which was given H. Briand before he went to London to participate in the meeting of the supreme allied council that sent th? reparations ultimatum to the German government. Premier Briand had declared h would not make a statement until he had beard all interpellations when he would make a comprehensive reply. It was not believed the putting of the vote of confidence would be reached before Saturday. Had this discussion occurred immediately after the adjournment of the London meeting of the supreme council, opponents of the cabinet declared today, there would have been confidence that the government would have met defeat. The address of Prime Minister Lloyd George on the Upper Silesian question and payment by Germany of the first repation installment of 150.000,000 gold marks was said by the supporters of the ministry to have solidified M. Briand's position. LONDON. May 19. Newspapers of this city today showed greater unanimity in endorsing Prime Minister Lloyd George's declaration of the British attitude toward Poland and Si- ; lesia, made yesterday, than they did ibis almost sensational statements bfore the house of commons latt Friday. There were some references to the judiciousness of reiterating Great Britain's viewpoint at this moment regarding a point already made sufficiently clear. The Morning Post alone is dissenting from the prime minister's declarations and in an editorial bearing the caption. "Smashing the Entente," the newspaper maintained its antagonism against Mr. Lloyd George's stand, which, it declared to ) be fantastic and absurd." The manner in which the prime min ister's statement of last Friday was received by the French press was generally criticized, the Telegraph repudiating accusations that Mr. Lloyd George expressed distrust of Franca or hinted at an Ang!o-French es ; trangement. LONDON. May 19. Information re ceived in official circles regarding

Upper Silesia states that the Polish consul general at Beuthen has informed the interallied plebiscite commission that Adelbert Korfanty has Issued a proclamation to the people of Upper Silesia to surrender their arms, resume work and avoid military contact with tbe Germans. He declares also that 10,000 men have been demobilized. AMSTERDAM. May 13. According to tbe Berlin Kreuz Zeitung. there has been a large movement of Polish troops in the direction of Danzig In the last few days. The newspaper adds that a number of bridges ow (Continued on Page Twelve.)