Evening Star Newspaper, March 27, 1921, Page 2

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. MARCH 27, 1921—PART 1. RUESTS N HOTEL ' MENACED BY FR Blaze in Madrillon Restau- rant, at 1306 G Street, Causes $3,000 Loss. Fire originating in a basement ®toreroom of the Madrillon restau- rant, 1306 G street northwest, shortly after ten o'clock last gered the lives of several guests of . the Randolph Hotel, 1304 G street. and sent diners in the restaurant scurrying to the street. Damage wax estimated by Deputy Chicf Andrew J Sullivan at not less thun 0. A _couple giving their n H. Parsons and wife. of Md.. were carried from the the third floor to the stree land. r room on t by Edwin O'Connor and Private er of No. 1 engine company. Mrs. Par- sons suffered from shock. but refused hespital treatment. Several othe: patrons of the hotel made their way to the street unassisted Theatergoers Watch Firemen. Several hundred theatergorrs ‘were attracted to the sc firemen chop their way sidewalk basement entrance the cellar with water. The Soon extinguished Peter Porras. mana rant, discovered the ed the place who numbered less tha owing to the nearness to the closin hour. J. F. Huber of & Church road turned in the The basement. Mr. Porras was used for storing meats and other supplies. He could attrib- ute no cause for the fire. No one was in the storage room at the time. he through nd fire flood was alar groceri said. Most of the damage affected the commodities. Furnishings of the dining room were discolored by water and smoke. Endeavors to Rescue Cat. Mrs. Porras. wife of the proprietor. who also was in the restaurant. sought to re-enter the building to Tescue a pet cat, but was prevented from doing so by firemen. The building is owned by Miss A B. Bourne. The hotel which adjoins and extends overhead is operated by & Mrs. McHenry. The hotel is con- ducted principally as a rooming | Bouse for transient guests. MOBLE JONS SEARH FORMISSIAG BALLOON Strong Winds Along Coast Increase Dangers to Lost Navy Aeronauts. By the Asociated Press. night endan- | { came TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FATAL TO THREE IN D. C. SINCE FEBRUARY Three persons have been killed In traMc accidents in this city since February according to records of the police tfaffic squad. One. a boy. was killed by a mutor truck, while another, a colored woman, was killed as a result of an automobile leaving the roadway near Benning and going over an embankment. The third fatality involved the killing of John D. Bowling. riding instructor, who was thrown from his horse and h skull fractured. Only one other accident thus far reported this month was recorded as being serious. In 120 instances, 1t was reporied. minor injuries were received. while property damage resulted in 205 accidents. Accidents in which there was no personal injury or property dam- age totaled 1 | | | | i — GARDINAL HONORED . BY POPE'S CHAKT | | | Music to Be Heard First Time Outside Vatican at Gib- bons Funeral. March 26, —At the fu- | neral services for Cardinal Gibbos | next Thursday in the ca i S} hedral there | will be sung music heard before only |at the funeral of sovereign rulers of the Catholic Church in the ine Chapel in Rome. The manugcript never before has left the Vatican. Just befora the body is laid to rest {in the crypt beneath the cathedral sltar and the distinguished assem- blage stands with bowed heads, this solemn Gregorian chant will be sung. This music, which was prepared especially for funeral services of Dopes, is among the most beautiful and ‘impressive compositions ever written for a Gregorian choir. It will be sung by the Gregorian Choral So- ciety of St. Ma Seminary. Arrived Two Weeks Ago. A manuscript copy of the music. believed to be the first which has ver found its way out of the Vati- @n. arrived in Baltimore early last week. Some time ago. when the cardinal was very jll. the subject of Gregorian music. which the late prelate loved, was being discussed with the apos- tolic delegate in Washington. Then the suggestion that Rome be asked if a copy.of the papal funeral music could be sent to Baltimore in the event of the cardinal's death, as a special recognition from Rome of the American prelate’s services to the church. ‘This request was transmitted at the time. and Pope Benedict ordered the authorities of the pontifical chapel, of whom the music is the exclusive MOBILE. Ala, March 26.—Mobile today joined in the search for the maval balloonists from Pensacola. who | are lost in the gulf. when the hoist-| Ing of warnings of strong winds on the coast served to intensify the feel- ! ing of uneasiness regarding the plignt | of the men. | The local wireless station sent mes- | sages to all ships within its radius 0 keep a lookout for the gas bag. and | masters of all vessels going out of the harber were requested to watch | for the craft. Rumors that two of the men had | Deen picked up by a ship bound for| Mobile were current here Wuring the | afternoon. but efforts on the part of | the wireless station to get in touch| with such a vessel were futile. Ef-| forts will be kept up here for several hours, however. while planes from | Pensacola continue their flights over the | gulf, south of Pensacola. OYSTER WORKING property. to have a manuscript copy made and sent to the Very Rev. K. R. Dyer, president of St. Mary's Semi- nary and president of the Society of St. Gregory in America. With the arrival of the music just before the cardinal's death, a small group of the late prelate’'s personal friends was asked to finance the printing of the music for the choif. Will Lie in State. cardinal’s body will rest for a grocer amount of a commodity at a stated 0LD PECK NEASURE DUE FOR DIEARD New Weights Law for Dis- trict Goes Into Effect on June 4. The old double-end peck and half- peck measure used by grocers in selling fruits and vegetables, the accuracy of which is doubted by ex- perts. will pass out of existence June 4. George M. Roberts, superintendent of weights and measures, stated last might. On that date the new weight and measure law for the District. which wus signed by President Wilson on March 3. will become effective, re- quiring dealers to sell fruits, vege- tables and similar commodities by weight or numerical count. The law also permits sale of these products in standard barrels and baskets, the dimensions of which are specified in the ac The double-end measure used gen- erally by small dealers has already been” outlawed in practically every state in the Union because of the difficulty of measuring commodities in them accurately. Measure Antiquated. Thig antiquated measure is regard- €d as unfair to the merchant as well as the buyer, since it may easily be &hort-measured or overloaded. In the case of spinach and similar leaf products the buyer does not get his money’s worth in such a measure unless the vegetable is packed. In selling such commodities as ap- ples and potatoes in the double-end measure the consumer, it i8 stated, may easily get less than he pays © Retail sales of commodities by welght canmot be otherwise than ab- solutely fair to both the buver and seller, as it enables the seller to know' definitely the quantity he sells and enables the buyer to know how much he is getting,” said Supt. Rob- erts. No fruits or vegetables can be sold otherwise than by weight or count, except in certain original packages commonly uSed as Shipping packages. the standard sizes of which are fixed in the law.” Mr. Roberts is confident the new | law will prevent in future much of the misunderstanding which arises between buyer and dealer under the present unregulated system of doing business. The new law also will protect house- wives this summer from the un- scrupulous iceman. who sells a “ten- cent piece” or a “twenty-cent plece” without regard to weight. The act re- quires that ice be sold only by weight. New Seales for lee. Mr. Roberts pointed out that scores of icemen who fiow use scales of five- pound graduations will have to get new ones after June 4, because the new law states that ice wagons shalt be equipped with scales of one-pound graduations. If an icempan had a five-polnd scale and a piece weighed more than twenty pounds, but less than twenty-five, he would ‘have to guess at the exact welght. With the scale of bne-pound graduations the housewife will be able to see exactly how much the ice weighs. The law further provides that when offers for sale a given price a smaller quantity must be sold at a pro rata price unless the purchaser is informed to the contrary at the time time tomorrow night on his {of the shle. own bed in his room at the archiepis- | The law will protect motorists copal residence, watched over by spe- {against inaccurate gasoline pumps cial guards of Christian Brothers. Early Monday morning it will be re- moved, without special ceremony, to the cathedral. whefe it will lie in state until the funeral Thursday. The Body will be placed in position just outside the sanctuary, at the {head of the central aisle, before the first requiem mass at which will archdiocese. The guard of honor, consisting of 876 men. will be maintained from 8 am. Monday until $ am. Thursday. 10 o'clock, be for children of the elapse from the TO EASE TRAFFIC (Continued from First Page.) —— e {1t will be changed hourly, and will | consist of twelve men at a time, one | trom each of twelve big Cathiloc lay- Front line positions could be taken' only as vacancies occurred. and they would be filied by cars oocupying the eorresponding positions in the second line. Many traffic officials believe any arrangement of this kind would put | an end to the haphazard maneuvering | of cars which now gees on unrestrict- ed and with a demoralizing effect on all traffic. Commissioner Oyster is studying this plan ‘and others that have been sug- gorted. The remedy which he will Ily adopt may be much more drastic, however. He is considering. it is understood. the desirability of requiring private hackers to be bonded and to install taximeters on their cars. It has been suggested that the private cab op- erators who use the streets as ga-| rages shouid be required to give the same protection to patrons that is given by the taxicab companies and hotels which operate their own cab i Another suggestion before the Com- | missioner contemplates combining the hack inspector's office with the traffic| bureau, o that supervision over every Phase of traffic and public use of the Streets may be centralized under the police department. It is not the Commissioner's inten-! tion to attempt to bring about traffic| improvement through hastily consid- | ered measures. He is bringing to bear | the best thought on the subject that | he ecan obtain. in_the police depart- | ment and out. When he reaches a| conclusion as to what measures are| called for. it will be only after he has considered deliberat every angle of the problem. has compi which legal and other ramifications cailing for the closest scrutiny. i | Next Saturday new traffice rules will g0 into effect. There are several provisions in the new trafic regula- tions which it is believed will go far to reduce the danger of automobile aceidents. Thae rules provide a fine for the oftense of lending an oper- | ator's permit to a friend. They aiso stipulate a fine of from $5 to $40 for & drivers failure to report to the | nearest police station any collision in_which he may have participated Commissioner Oyster is familiariz- Ing himself with these regulations and intends to see that they are en- forced to the letter. The Commis- sloner. in the brief time that he has been in office. has discovered tha there a ome traflic rules that are not enforced because they are consid ered to be ineffective and impractical methods of accomplishing the reform for which they were designed. He has taken the position that such regula- tions should be repealed, and that the police department should create re- ®pect for the law by rigidly enfore every regulation as long s it remains legally in force. e LEGION AVOIDS FRAUD. Galbraith Says No Punds Are Be- ing Solicited for Disabled. The American Leglon ts not soliciting wnd mever has solicited funds in its work of aiding disabled veterans, a sording to a staterjent issued by Com- smnder Galbraitb. He mys in the statement that the s determined that the sad of its disabled comrades shall not the basis of undertakings which mvor of fraud and graft. Attention i» called that there ars several groups in the United States attempting 1o build organizations osten- sibly for the care of the disabled. In- estigations conducted by the national Desdguarters, it is stated. have yet to one of the organizations that -re, funds from the public as “entitied to that support. . men’s organizations. Bishop Owen B. Corrigan was con- firmed as administrator of arch diocese by Mgr, John, Bonzano, apos tolic delegate to the United States. today and immediately assumed charge of the clerical affairs. ‘DUGAN’ SETS SPEED MARK FLEEING FROM OFFICERS Just as Inspector Finds Still Al- leged Owner Makes Hasty Exit. Prohibition enforcement officers are searching for & “Mr. Dugan,” who established a sprinting record in get- | ting away from a farmhouse at Oxon Hill, Md.. in which the officers say they found a still and all of the in- gredients that go to make “moon- shine.” 5 Chief Prohibition Officer George W.!| Hardy suspected the eighteenth amendment was being violated and went to the house on the pretext that he wanted to buy it. A knock brought the sole occupant to the door and he answered to the name “Dugan.” Officer Hardy believes, however, the man is a Pole. ‘The officer displayed an interest in the house and its surroundings, to carry out the pretense of a homeseeker. Just as he detected the odor of ! whisky mash in the rear of the house he was attracted by a shout of “There he goe Looking around, he saw the occupant of the house speed- ing away. Sgveral shots fired in the air failed to 4o more than increase “Dugan’s speed. and smoon he disappeared in nearby woods. Inside the dwelling, Officer Hardy said. he found a complete still and quantities of sugar, molasses, meal, potatoes and four dozen cakes of veast. A small quantity of the fin- ished product also was found. —_— e WILL STILL POOL COAL. Tidewater War-Time Plan at Phil- adelphia to Be Continued. PHILADELPHIA. March 26.—Pool- ing of coal at tidewater. resorted to in war time to save use of freight cars and maritime snipping. will be continued voluntarily as a peace measure. the Philadeiphia Chamber | of Commerce announced tonight. | A co-operative agreement has been | | | effected. the announcement said. be- tween the Tidewater coal exchange and the United ates bureau of mines for the cl exported from Philadelphia, New York | and Baltimore. The agreement ap- plics to coal shipped from Pennsyl- vania, Maryland and northern West | Virginta. ification of coal 500 HUNTING NEGRO. Posse Starts Search After Woman Is Found Unconscious. BEAUMONT. Tex. March 26.—A | posse of 500 at Leesville. La.. 100 miles \north of here, s searching for a ! negro accused of attacking a white } | | Chicago Tenants’ League, which istarted a fight in the le by authorizing the superintendent of weights and measures to make reg- ular inspections of these pumps. The law does not become effective until June 4, because one of its sec- tions provides that ninety days shall late of its approval before it is enforced. GROCER HELD UP AND ROBBED IN IS STORE Two Loot Cash Register of $06, Fire Shot and Make Escape in Automobile. Holding up Henry K. Allison, man- ager of the Atlantic and Pacific Com- pany tea store, 12th and Franklin streets northeast, at the point of re- volvers, two robbers, shortly before 10 o'clock last night took $96.70 from the cash register. g The police were immediately noti- fled of the robbery and word was| sent to points in Maryland with a de- scription of the men. At a late hour last night they had not been arrest- ed. The manager was securing aw ings on the outside of the store. he entered the establishment he was followed by two young white men. Each displayed a pistol. One of them demanded that he hold up his hands, saying if he made no outery he would not be hurt. One man stood at the door while | the other went to tge cash register. Allison made @ move toward the door. As he did so the man near the door fired. The bullet struck the floor near Allison's feet. Having obtained the money from the cash register the men ran from the store and jumped into an auto- mobile that was parked about fifty feet away. They drove north on 12th street and turned east on Kearney street, going in the direction of Mary- land. All trace of them was then lost. Considerable excitement was caused in the neighborhood. One neighbor saw the car and did his best to fol- low it, in an effort to aid the police in a subsequent investigation. All he was able to tell the latter, how- ever, was that the car had disap- peared in the direction of Maryland. UNCOVER GRAFT AMONG CHICAGO BUILDING.UNIONS Investigators Unearth Names of Agents and Material Man in Combination. CHICAGO, March 26.—The legls- lative joint commission which is here to expose alleged bullding price com- binations among material men and alleged graft in the building trades unions announced tonight it had ob- ined the names of members of an “educational committee,” composed of four men, who, according to the com- mission’s informant, “split the graft money four ways, between three business agents and one material man. The informant’s name s withheld, but he is said to have been at one time a business agent of one of the building trades unions here. Senator John Dailey, chairman of the commission, said graft alone was responsible for the bullding stagna- tion in Chicago. gIving no ear to the arguments of higher priced materials and dear labor. A. E. Jessurum, president the has ature to curb excessive rent prices, submitted of | woman at Rose Pine. La.. early today and leaving her by the roadside | beaten into unconsciousness. She was found an hour after the crime by railroad section men and rushed to a Leesville hospital. Her death is expected. J to the commission a letter signed by a former Chicago contractor, whose rame is the Chicago real fused to sell bungalows and cotteg Easter Flowers for President and Mrs. Harding From Admiring Friends Arrive at White House Nature Will Provide Festive Display for FEaster Paraders |Parks Are Rich With Early Spring Blooms and Attrac- tive Shrubbery and Only Junelike W eather Is Needed to Complete Perfect Day. A June Faster, if one is to judge by the weather, is in prospect for Wash- ington today Not in the memory of the oldest in- habitant has an Easter dawned over the Capital when there was such promise of summer in the sky and on earth. Nature has come out of her winter sleep ut least two weeks earlier than usual. Easter services in the churches are expected to attract unprecedented at- tendances. President and Mrs. Harding will at- tend services at the Calvary Baptist Church, 8th and H streets, following which they will motor through Rock Creek and Potomac Parks. Party at White House. A small party of guests has been in- vited to dinner at the White House in the afternoon, among them being sev- eral friends of the President, with whom he will confer afterward in his study. The Easter promenaders will find na- ture smiling broadly today, with the parks in festive array with many large beds of spring blooms. One of the most attractive walks will be through the Department of Agriculture grounds, where a most beautiful stretch of landscApe gar- dening has been. done under the di- rection of Dr, W. A. Taylor, chief of the bureau of plant industry and un- der the personal supervision of Supt. E. M. Byrnes. There are more than 20,000 tulips, 10,000 narcissi and 10,000 pansy plants | in bloom. These are arranged in thirty-five large beds, The pansy beds are in front of the administration building and between the two new| buildings. There is a new strain of pansies, of German origin, planted along the shrubbery beds in front of the main building, which have larger flowers than the ordinary pansies and are suid snow. to bloom even under the ko Beds Attractive. The scarlet, vellow. white, irides- cent pink and deep red tulip beds are especially attractive. Two hardy wild orange trees—the firat ever to be planted out of doors— are now in luxuriant bloom. They lare on the upper terrace in front lof the main_ building. A clump of { fowering crabapple trees on the de- partment grounds is also attracting ja great deal of attention. Other shrubbery in bloom on the Department of Agriculture grounds includes forsythia, Japanese quince and several varieties of magnolia. The Easter day parade will be D ticularly interested in the floral dis- play of tulips in Thomas Circle, Mc- Pherson and Lafayette parks and in the Smithsonian grounds, and in the pansy beds at the Sherman statue, in Montrose Park. Franklin Park and | the Smithsonian and Monument grounds. Shrubbery in Bloom. The shrubbery in bioom in the parks in all sections of the city in- cludes forsythil spirea, Japanese quince and magnolias. The Japanese cherry trees circling the tidal basin are the objective of many strollers. The double flowering Japanese chergy trees In East Potomac Park will be in_full bloom in a week or ten days. The National Botanic Garden is an especially popular place for the thou- sands of school children who are now | seeing the sights of the National Capital. There are many large beds | of spring blooms and a wide variety of flowering shrubs and trees, par- { ticularly all of the magnolias that ML THO OFFER INALL DAY BATILE g‘ ’Arrest Starts Fight in Moun- tains Ending With Long Casualty List. Special Dispateh to The Star. HYDEN. Ky., March 26.—Some par- ticulars, at least, of what appears to have been a day of general violence In a remote mountainous section of Leslie county became available here this afternoon. In the fighting. two men were killed and several others badly wounded. two of whom are ex- pected to die. The story as it has reached Hyden, the county seat of Lestie, follows: . The day started with the killing of Milton Caldwell,' a son of Magis- trate Z. R. Caldwell. who in alleged to have been slain by Ardell Brock on Pups branch. Caldwell was an officer, had George Napier under ar- rest and wos taking him to the home of Caldwell's father, a justice of the peace. 8o Napier could give bond for his appearance at a Subsequent term of circuit court at Hyden. It is asserted that Ardell Brock, in what was an apparent effort to free Napier, attacked and shot Cald- well dead. Latet in the day a war- rant was procured for the arrest of Brock on the charge of murdering Caldwell. William Caldwell, brother of Milton, went with a posse of of- ficers to arrest the alleged slayer. who had made his way to Rocky Point of Phillips Fork. He had been joined by a party of his henchmen, and they gave battle to the offi The posse demanded the delivery of Ardell Brock, when Samuel Brock is alleged to have opened fire on Wil- liam Caldwell with a shotgun, shoot- ing him in the head and face and killing him. Ardell Brock had been shot during the encounter in the morning, S8amuel Brock in the aft- ernoon combat, the bullet striking Sam under the shoulder blade, emerging near the collarbone, scrap- ing bis right chéek. Ardell had not been disabled during his fight in the morning., but was shot in the lower part of the bowels during the second affray. Caudill Brock, a relative of the other two, was also badly wounded. It is believed Ardell and Caudill are both fatally hurt. It is also asserted in the story that at least two or three others and possibly more were wound- ed less seriously and probably will re- cover. The names are not available There is no intimation reaching Hy- den as to _the original cause of the trouble. The Caldwells are among the prominent families of Leslie county. The place where the fighting occurred {8 not far from Greasy Creek, where John Shell, oldest man in the world, is living, having come through the winter in condition, al- though next September 3 he will cele- brate what he clalms will be his 135th birthda. D. C. HEADS START BUSINESS REGIME WITH CONFIDENCE (Continued from First Page.) isfactory service after they have been granted sufficient rates changes in the official personnel of the companies may be suggested to the stockholders and directors. Acting on this tip, one company already is contemplating an eficiency survey to determine If it is possible to install operating econ- omies. Jobseekers Active. The administration at the District building has not escaped the usual po- litical pressure that is brought to bear upon the new Commissioners in behalf of candidates for office. There have been application galore for jobs, with many of them based upon politi- cal claims only. But in view of Presi- dent Harding /having re-established SERVICE MEN WARNED TO CONVERT WAR-TIME POLICIES BEFORE 1926 The war risk insurance bureau sent out & warning last night to all former service men that their war-time or term insurance must be converted into permanent poli- cies before March 3. 19 Passage of the joint resolution by Congress. which construes cer- tain war laws as though a state of peace existed, automatically made effective provisions of the war risk insurance act for the con- version of war-time insurance into one of the three permanent types. according to the bureau's an- nouncement. These provisions require the conversion within five years after the date of the declaration of peace. but the joint resolution superseder the peace declaration in establishing the effective date of the conversion privileges, offi- clals explained. (COAL GONSUMERS BLAMED FOR SLUMP & B_uy Only as Needed” Called Dangerous Policy by U. S. Statistician. The present depression in the bi-| tuminous cohl industry can be laid| at the door of the consumers and not the railroads, Dr. George Otis Smith, director, and F. G. Tryon, statistician of the geological survey. declared in a statement issued last night. A policy of “buy only as needed” is being pursued dangerously by bitumi- nous consumers, the statement added. Empty coal bins will be the result, it was said, should a sudden indus- trial upturn’ develop, as in such an event the miners would be unable to produce and the railroads unable to carry sufficient coal. The depression in the bjtuminous in- dustry the statement said, has result- ed in “a veritable army of unemploy ed.” Railroad employes also are out of work, it was declared. because 204,000 coal cars are reported idle on sidings. “All signs, then, point to the con- Sumer as the controlling factor in the present situation.” the statement con- tinued. “Of course, the coal man has come to expect a period of duliness in early spring. but this year the slump is far worse than normal.” Regarding the attitude of bitumi- nous consumers, the statement said that general business depression was not their only consideration, but that prices were deemed to be excessive, and many consumers, if was said, are waiting for a drop. “The operator, however.” said the statement, “retorts that the price has gone down as far as it possibly can; that with successive wage advances the. cost of coal has so increased that 8, 7eturn to pre-war prices Is impos- sible, *“The plain situation is that the coal buyer distrusts the coal seller. His answer to offers of contract may be natural, but is it safe?’ —_— TARIFF REVISION TO DEVELOP INTO ISSUE OF WAGES (Continued_fro; rst_Page.) clear right of way in the House. The committee bill for revision of the in- ternal revenue taxes will not be in- troduced, he sald, until both the emer- gency tariff and the general reyision bills have been passed. < Representative Fordney conferred with Chairman Penrose of the Senate finance committee, and is understood to have been urged to modify his plans for procedure with the internal tax legislation. As near simultaneous considerption of the tariff and tax bills as possible is advocated by sev- i the commissionerships upon a non-|eral influential republican senators. can be grown here. The collecti 8! o of | partisan. basis, and the announced| The general tax modification pian is his{oric trees, including those plant- | ed by Abraham Lincoln and other fa- | mous men makes the Botanic Garden particularly interesting for the Easter ! week visitors. Six More Bodies Georgia’s Peonage Case. Hunt By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., March closures that will surpass develop- ments already made in the alleged Jasper county peonage case were promised tonight by authorities, fol- lowing the discovery today of the bodies of five negroes buried near the home of John Williams, a prominent Jasper county farmer, and the recov- ery of the body of another negro in the Yellow River. With the bodies unearthed today, under the direction of *Clyde Man= ning, who was taken to the scene to substantiate his alleged confession that he had killed four of the negroes and aided in the death of others, at the direction of Williams, a total. of nine of the eleven negroes said to have been killed have been found by officials. Under the protection of a posse of fitteen men and the guidance of the negro, a number of men searched for the bodies today near Williams’ home and in the Yellow River, while the ckson company of the National L was held under arms ready to One Day’s Work Too Much for There’s one young man the wiser in Washington today for his ex- perience, shortlived as it was, on the metropolitan police force. . With other things, he learned that a “cop” has something more to do than chase bad little boys and wear polished brass buttons and strut around with a billy under his arm and talk to pretty nursegirls airing their charges in the city parks. Never mind his name, but a certain desk sergeant on the force will blush with shame if you mention it. To think that a cop—well, here's the 'l%’l'wn Mr. So-and-So, a promising young man, applied for examination to be a policeman the other day, he was received with open arms, because there are vacancies to be fllled on the torce. He was sworn in, and he bought himself a pretty blue uniform and polished up the buttons, stuck big revolver in his pocket, gave his shining billy a twirl and started out cn _his beat. There came a rain,'and the “rookie’ scught shelter under an awning. The cain increased, and the rookie remain- ed under the awning until his con- science told him there might be trou- ble somewhere in the territory whose peace depended on his vigilance. So out he started, and the first withheld, who charges that|damp puddle he put his foot into he tate board in 1919 |headed for the nearest telephone and drove him out of business because he re- [called the precinct tion. “Am I supposed to stay out here and at a figure suggested by the real es- |get my feet wet?" he asked. “Oh, Mabel!" responded the sergeant, Davis while there today. tate board. 26.—Dis- | Discovered in | B0 to the scene in case of opposition. Willlams is held in the Fuiton county jail here, having been arrested after Manning's alleged confession. He today denied his guilt and de- clared that an old family feud had resulted in a “frame-up” to cause his arrest. Of the bodies recovered today, three were found in a pasture near the Wil- liams house during the morning. In the afternoon, it was stated, the negro Manning led the party to the Campbell farm, about five miles southwest of the Williams place, where two more hodies were disin- terred. The Campbell farm is said to be under the management of Wil- | liama. The sixth body recovered today was | taken from the river near the Waters | bridge. A two-room cabin on the Williams |farm today was pointed out as the | “stockade” where the negroes were locked up at night. The windows were | barred and the three doors chained at | night, it was stated. but in the day. | time these were removed, making the house look like an ordinary cabin, Minus Umbrella This Policeman ‘Where in—what the—pardon me, sir, what was it you asked?” 5 “I say, am 1 supposed to stay out in this here rain and get all wet up?” the Tookie continued. “Oh, sister, if I might be so bold, I'm forced to state,you is” sald the sergeant, “and what's more, T never heard, so long as I been on the force, | of a policéman, a reg’lar aopper, | leaving his beat to keep from gettin’ wet, and z But the desk sergeant never e his advice, for the rookie \nterrupiea with a “well. sergeant, you've heard of one today.” Seven minutes later, to the dot, while the sergeant was calling for ice water and smelling salts, the rookie entered the station, took off his equipment, handed it over and resigned. MAY SETTLE SHIP FIGHT. Conciliation Prospect Good, Report to Secretary Davis Says. Favorable prospects for early set- | tlement of the labor controversy with Atlantic coast marine workers was reported to Secretary Davis yesterday. policy of Mr, Rudolph and Capt. Oys- ter to follow the merit rule in mak- ing personnel changes, it is believed that the political ax will not be brought into play during their admin- istration. The civilian Commissioners, long friends in business life, both former presidents of the Board of Trade and in close accord on questions related to the welfare and development of Washington, have entered upon their official duties in a spirit of co-opera- tion that promises much for the suc- cess of their endeavors. Commis- sioner Kutz has manifested a similar attitude, with the result that com- plete harmony has marked their de- liberations thus far. It is understood the three Commis- sioners went into consideration of the gas rate case with different views, which were adjusted after there had been a full discussion of the matter. There {s belleved to be ajso a difference of opinion gmong them now as to what street ofr and electric light rates should be adopted, but that a_compromise will be found upon which they will base a unan- imous verdict is considered practically certain. ENOUGH WHEAT IN FRANCE Crops and Imports Bring Supply to Pre-War Basis. France i8 “close again to normal bread rations,” and her wheat con- sumption has reached a pre-war ba- sis, the Department of Agriculture was advised yesterday. Total imports of wheat for the wheat year were estimated at 80,000, 000 bushels, which, added to France's production last yvear of 250.000,000 bushels, brings the total supply of the year up to 340,000.000 bushels. The pre-war consumption for bread and seed was placed at 340,000,000, which, the department said, meant that France has again close to 7.9 bushels per capita. 5 The 1921 acreage of France’s wheat was reported as 12,100,000 acres, an increase of 700,000 acres over last year, but still 3,300,000 acres below the pre-war average. Crop conditions were reported as favorable to date, indicating a yield of 280,000,000 bushels, exclusive of Alsace-Lorraine. RETIRED ADMIRAL DIES. David Kindleberger Served in En~ gagements With Farragut. Rear Admiral David Kindelberger, Medical Corps, U. 8. Navy, retired, died at the family home in New York city Friday in his eighty-sixth year. | His body will be brought to this city for burial in Oak Hill cemetery. Admiral Kindelberger was a native of Ohio and entered the Navy in 1859. He took part in all but one of the battles of Farragut's fleet during the civil war. During a continuous serv- ice of nearly forty years he served or: cruised in all parts of the world and advanced through the various grade: He was retired as a captain in 1896 but afterward was promoted to the grade of rear admiral. He was fleet surgeon of the Asiatic fleet from 1877 to 1880 and was in command of the Naval Hospital at Philadelphia from 1892 to 1896. In 1906 at Bergen, Nor- way, he married Miss Olivia Monseen Bishop who. survives him. ioner of Concillation Fred The message said all men except some at Norfolk, Va. were back at work, pending conciliation, Secretary Davis planned a_trip to —Z B New York on personal business and aid he would confer with Conciliator [} VITAL WAR PLANS STOLEN. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 26.—Im portant military documents regard- ing the Crimean campaign have been stolen from the ship Alexander Mir- kailovitch, on which Gen. Wrangel is staying. Gold, silver and jewels have also been taken from the vessel. i pretty well agreed upon by repub- licans of the House committee, it was said. Repeal of the excess profits taxes and reduction of the higher in- come surtaxes is virtually certain, but an agreement as to substitute taxes! was said not to have been reached. UNKNOWN HERO RESCUES | WOMAN FROM FLAMESI Passing Autoist Carries Occupant of Burning Building Three Stories to Safety. Fire, of undetermined origin, satisfactorily { millinery shop at 1847 14th street, oc-{ removed and he listened cupied by P. R. Bayne, owned by Shannon & Luchs, caused damage es- timated at $5,000, at 11:30 o'clock last night. The loss is partially covered by insurance. Mrs. Rebecca Chapman, sixty- eight years of age, an occupant of a third-floor apartment in the building, was carried down stairs by an un- identified man who had jumped out of his automobile and rushed into the house, hearing screams from the woman, as_the fire apparatus was arriving. Miss Chapman sustained a siight injury to the knee in being carried down the stairs. The house was filled with smoke, and she was panic stricken. After bringing Miss Chapman safely to the smoke and water on gillinery mate- rial | October most desirable quarters should be made to meet ington. \ determined upon. The New Star Building Space Available Over 7,500 square feet of office space or rooms on each of the second, third, fourth and fifth floors of The Star’s new building will be available on or before October 1. Organizations or associations may acquire Immediate arrangements and reservations The Star’s new building will be one of the largest and finest office buildings in Wash- Apply to the Business Wanager, The PRESIDENT GIVING * - TIVETO DISLED Administration Will Confer With Legion Officials on Soldier Relief Policy. - President Harding is giving siderable thought at this t to t soldier relief problem, and of events during the past indicates that he is anx something irf the nature he trend v davs less definite conclusion regard future policy in this matter wi | much delay. In this connection he has held s eral conferen during the pa week. the latest one being with Charles G. Dawes of Chicago. fermer controller of currency, who serve a brigadier eral in Fran, who at one time was promin under consideration for Secretary the Treasury in Mr. Harding's cabinet As an officer on General Pershing's staff during the war. Mr. Dawes had a wide experience and an unusual op portunity for observation. and it was to learn his views regarding a policy toward soidier compensation and re- lated subjects that President Harding summoned. him from Chicago. The conference was held in the President’s study, following dinner at the White House. When seen Mr. Dawes would not indicate the recom- mendations he took to the White House nor would he forecast what the President’s decision might be There will be another conference re garding this problem this oo at the White House, 1o which t President has invited Mr. Dawes, ¥ v ibraith of Cleveland. con: mander-in-chief of the American Legion; Thomas W. Miller. recentiv appointed alien property custodian, and Col. Theodors Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the Navy. These men all of whom have been active in the work of the American Legion since its foundation. will be guests of the President and Mrs. Harding at dinner at the White House prior to the con- ference. BERGDOLL CAUSES GERMAN DILEMA Surrender to U. S. Might Stir Storm—Compromise Held Possible. By wireleas to The Star and New York World. Copyright, 1921 BERLIN, March 26.—The American intetest in the surrender of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, escaped draft dodger. to the American authorities puts the German government in a dilemma. It cannot give Bergdoll up without raising a storm of protest, and, in addition, it has no inclination to do so. AS a compromise it release Detectives Nouf and Zimmer, recently sentenced to prison for ai- tempting to kiunap Bergdoll from his refuge near Lberbach, although fthis action also will arouse dissatisfac- tion. . The question of giving the men a pardon. the reactionary Morgenpost says, rests with President Ebert, and when proof that clemency is deserved is forthcoming it will be granted, as in the case of any other law- breakers. SLACKER GETS HEARING. will probably Erwin Bergdoll Appears Before Judge on Motion for Release. KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 26— Handcuffed to a military guard and dressed in the olive drab he declined to wear during the war, Erwin Berg- doll, Philadelphia millionaire, con- victed of draft evasion, appeared to- day before Judge John C. Pollock in the federal district court in Kansas City, Kan., where habeas corpus pro- ceedings have been instituted seek- ing his release from the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan At the conclusion of the hearing Judge Pollock announced that he would take under advisement the matter at issue in today's hearing-- the admissibility of evidence to show Bergdoll had received notice to re- port for military service. When Bergdoll was seated in the judge’s chambers the handcuffs were to Maj Charles C. Cresson, who had prose- cuted the court-martial case against him, tell that Bergdoll had told him that he received the draft notice and “I kdew all the time you were after me. He was not placed on the witness stand. When the hearing was over the handcuffs were snapped back on his wrists, his captor handed him campaign hat without the blue cord of the doughboy and he started back to the military prison at Fort Leay- enworth. Bergdoll is a brother of Grover €. Bergdoll. SPAIN CURBS GRAIN PROFITS. MADRID, March 26.—The govern- ment has announced that, in view of the increase in the price of grain, it street. her rescurer disappeared in|is prepared to make purch chases the throng. abroad. It is understood ‘:ha‘"::lm Much of the damage was caused by [step will be taken If speculators ra. fuse to sell at the prices previ P 1, 1921 at reasonable rates. special requirements. Btening Star, 11th street and Pennsylvania Fgpaue. LT v