Evening Star Newspaper, June 19, 1921, Page 1

> ] WEATHER. Partly cloudy and unsettled today 4nd tomorrow, probably local thun- der showers; not. much temperature. i ended at 10 p.m. last ni 80; lowest, 64. change in “ ‘Temperature for twe:;'y‘-lwo hours ) Full report on page 5. Highest, [ No. 847—No. 28,175. - Entered as second-« post office Washin, NATION-WIDE. DRIVE T0 DEFEAT SOLDIER CASH BONUS BEGINS U. S. Chamber of Commerce Opens a Campaign to. > Develop Oppositio. - FAVORS OTHER AID PLANS, STATEMENT ANNOUNCES Points to Financial Condition of Country as Argument Against Cash Proposal—Cites Figures. Nation-wide opposition of business to the proposed cash bonus for ex- service men is the goal of the United States Chamber of Commerce, which announced the opening of a campaign ast night to develop it. At the same time the national chamber, in a statement, announced it favored other forms of aid, being particu- larly insistent on the physical and mental rehabilitation of the wounded and disabled. . On the cash bonus question th statement says that the chamber both doubts the value of it to the soldier and seriously questions its cost, but does not believe it will be of lasting benefit. It points to the financial condition of the country as an argument against the cash plan and says that it will be a duplication of what the states are doing and at- tempt:ng to do In many cases. Copy Sent to President. Coptes of the brief outlining the #tand of tne chamber and its purpose to develop the campaign against the cash bonus have been/delivered to President Harding, members of the cabinet, members of Congress and 1,400 trade and commercial organi- zations. The war. the statement says, has laid a mortgage approximating $55.- 000,000 on_every congressional dis- trict of the country, or an amount approximating $1.135 on every family in the United States. For justification of its attitude on the bonus question the chamber points to action of the membership a8 expressed at its last two annual meetings. It fuvers':constryohive | measures to &nable ex-service men ¥ Glitivate the soifi.40 bulld homes. and to obtain.vocatighal training. $1,500,000,008 Authorived. It°is pointed put in the brief that the governmemt has already su- thorized expemgituges for soldier re- Hef to the amoust of about $1,500,- 000,000. To thix is added $900,000.000 war risk insurance lability, as esti- mated by the director of the bureau of war risk insurance on a basis of liability on insurance In excess of premisms received. “*The chamber recognizes,” the state- ment ays further, ‘the consequences following the payment of a bonus ex- ceeding $1,000,000,000, in addition to the enormous sums already spent and schedules to be spent. “The position taken by the national chamber is consistently in favor of .ose forms of aid which are clearly of most lasting benefit to veterans of the world war,” says the brief. “It belleves without question tha® those physically or mentally injured have the first and greatest claim on avail- able funds. Only when adequate pro- vision has been made for the case of these men should others be consid- ered, and then the forms of aid which clearly tend to upbuild and establish the veteran as a self-supporting mem- ber of the community have 3 decided preference over payments in cash or equivalent, the results of which upon the individual in his attainment of thrift, economy and self-reliance are doubtful. Deficits Serious Obstacle. 4 “The continual excess of government expenditures over revenue represented by budget deficits is a serious obstacle to economic rehabilitation, and our financial obligations are such that we must face the necessity of conserving our resources and lessening our burden of taxation. ' “This country. unlike our allies, has been able to date to meet every finan- cial obligation to pay all intefest when due, and the maintenance of this policy is of supreme importance. “Genérous as our country wants to be In its treatment of our veterans we must face the fact: Some of the ablest arguments that have been advanced in favor of an against the cash bonus, and what the states have done for ex-service men sfe contained in the brief. “Every state in the Unfon. save six.” according to the brief “has taken action on legislation beneficial -to veterans. These benefits range from the establishment of soldier settle- ment boards to state loans for educa- tion purposes, free scholarships in state normal schools, colleges and uni- versities: loans for reclaiming land and providing rural homes; aid in the purchase of farm machinery and live stock, in securing a business or trade apprenticeship, including tools; up to Joans amounting to as much as $10,000. “It must be remembered thyt a pro- posed uational cash bnnus .would duplicate, in greater or less extent, the bonus already voted by various individual states. =~ ' 7 1ii- States Offer Bomuses. “The following represents the most authentic information regarding_the amounts involved passed up to May, 1921: “Maine, $3,000,000; Massachuset: $20,000,000; ' Minnesota, $20,009,000; New Hampshire, $3,000,000; Michig: no estimate; New Jersey, ‘$i2, New York, $45.000,000; North Diketa, no estimate; Rhode Island, $2,509,4€0 (Continued on Page 2, Cojuina 3 H in state bomuses|' — .| Crane Takes Goods For “Money” On Way Across Soviet Lend BY the Associated Press. PEKING,: Jume 18.—Charies R. Crame, retiring Ameriean misister to China, has left this eity fer America, traveling by way of Siberia and Rusaia. He is accompanied by his som, John, and the two are traveling on a special car stocked with malls, neediea, toothbrushes medicines which will be uned route in leu of’ cvrremcy. Although Mr. Crame ¢id mot recetve direct permisaion from Moscow to cress Siberix amd Russia, he was unoficially as- sured the soviet officials would expedite his journey. When he left Tharsday he expected everything would be arranged when ke arrived at Chita, 16 which city he was a mpanied /%7 Capt. Walter S. Drysdale, mflitary attache at the legation here. Albert B. Ruddock, first secretary, will have charge of the lexati rival of Dr. Jacob G ‘man, the new inte! N PEACE LAUDE Vice President Coolidge, at Unveiling, Sgys President Is Pacifying Factor. MR. DAVIS ASKS HARMONY Secretary of Labor Urges Co-Opera- tion and Closer Ties Between Employers and Employes. By the Asasciated Press. NILES, Ohio, June 18.—The nation's President and a martyred President, both Ohio native sons, Warren G. Hard- ing and William ‘McKinley. were show- ered with equal praise here today at the unvelling of a bronze bust of the former in the memorial of the latter. While Viee 'President Coolidge, Sec- retary of Labor Davis, Gov. Davis of Ohio and Congressman John G. Cooper of Youngstown extolled the lives of the living and the dead Presidents from the shadows of the white marble bullding the gigantic statue of the martyred ‘Predident - gazed ‘solewiply and majesti- cally on the throng that gathered in the sweltering sun to pay homage. Th -quag‘;u charac®r, purpose, nmm; vements and lives of the two Wwere-themes in the addresses of the speakers, on which they dwelt at length. President Harding’s attitude in paci- entanglements, but by holding to that strictly American policy so well ex- pressed in the dispatches to foreign governments, Vice President Coolidge declared. tience, pacification and harmony in solving the problems of reconstruc- tion and asked his hearers to hallow the memory of McKinley, who greatly desired them in the past. by supporting the leadership of his fel- low statesman, the present chief executive, “who is 5o effectively establishing them in_the present.” Trivute to MeKinley. “There is that in the present con- dition of -our country which admon- Ishex us to remember William Mc-| Kinley.” he sald. “He was wiser than his critics. He triends. He was firmer party. He found the nation depressed perity and contentment. but yet with them. power with world responsibilities.” | pre many of the virtues that made Mc- Kinley so beloved. | ““The open White House gates are ibut the symbol of the open heart of him who wishes his every approach open to the people,” he said. “This disposition has been manifest in the co-ordinating harmany of all government actiyities. There is har- mony in the cabinet and in Congress, bred not of coercion; but.of co-opera- tion. There has been: established at ple. “The confidence of Russia €an be eTemlned have been stated. The exist (Continued on page ,_column “Fine weather;” all well” was wirelessed from the Mayflower. to ‘Washington last night, as the ' yacht bearing, the President and Mrs. Harding and & company of guests passed the naval ‘proving grounds at Indian Head. The _ Prepident ~sought 'a brief respite frotn the cares of state when he boarded the Mayflower for a week end cruise’ down the Potomac. The bagty, which'is not expected to jand at any poings;will return tomorrow morning. It in- cluded Myron T: ‘Herrick, newly appointed ambassador to ‘France; the undersecretary of state and ' Mrs,- Henry. P. Fletcher, Senm/:_; j imperial foreign policy, it is agreed ! here that the Dominion premiers ma¢ | The Vice President pleaded for pa- [40NS might encourage the fuar on their as gentler than his|are especially interested in questions than his|©f communications and the former ng differences be-|manding Japanese i WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 192L BRITISH IMPERIAL CONFERENGE SPLIT ON IAPANESE PACT Canada, India and Scuth Africa Oppose Renewal of Alliance. . AUSTRALIA AND ZEALAND TO DEMAND AMENDMENTS ISeilion: dpening Tomorrow Must Likely Face Irish, Sovereignty and Defense Issues. By Cable to Thy Star and New York Tribune. Copyright, 1921, LONDON. June 18.—A survey of the attitude of the British Dominions toward the proposed renewal of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, which 18 to be the chief topic of discussion at the imperial conference opening here on Monday, shows South Africa and Canada opposing renewal of the treaty on any basis,” Australia and New Zealand favoring a renewal with amendments, ‘and India maintaining silence, while peing hostile to the pact.* The attitude of the British govern- ment. as brought out yesterday in the house of commons by Auston Chamberlain, government spokesman, indicates that in the conferences ses- slons the demand for a change in the/ present arrangement will be too Strong to escape. Although the conference probably will make little Progress toward formulating a definite ask a conference of Pacific powers, as proposed by two speakers in yester- day’s debate in the house of commons. Novereignty May Be Iasue. Canada particularly favors this Step as a pre-requisite to a renewal of the alliance. Premier Meighen feels that xome decision must be reach- ed regarding future relations in the Pacific. The dominion premiers want to avoid any decision of an imperial foreign policy because they pomnt out that any well defined course of uction would involve a centralization of au- thority to carry out that purpose. WHY NOT TRY'T CHARLES WILL TRY FOR THRONE AGAIN Hungary Thinks Everything Foints to Another Coup ~ August 20. SWISS HOME A COURT Former Ruler Taking on Old Royal Customs in. Exile as He Makes Plans. BY GEORGE WITTE. Any movement o take power away from the dominions is looked on ask- ance and some of the governments have already found it necessary (o disclitm. publicly . any initention bt sirrenderthg any right or curtallirig dominion movereignty. Among the questions that wiil come fying Europe Has been a far greater In- [ UP !5 unquestionably the government fluence than is yet realised, not through | POlicy In Ireland. but Lloyd George | seek to overlook this. Mr. Cham- Dberlaln voiced the governmen: view sterday, when he said that the Irish problem was a domestic affa'r, interference in which by the domin- part that Great Britain wants to med- dle in their affairs. India will not press for the free admission of her citizens to all, the dominions, but she will ask that they be not excluded simply on the grounds of their nationality. For Naval Defennes. Premier Hughes of ' Australia {s expected to propose schemes for the building up of extensive imperial naval defenses, which Premier Meig- han of Canada will oppose. Premier Hughes and Massey of New Zeland intends to ask the conference to and distraught; he brought It pros-|consider the practicability of estab- ¢ He led the | iishing a chain of wireless telephone people not from afar off, where his|and telcgraph stations around the influence could not be felt, \bu¢ from |empire and also a network of gov- near at hand, directing their ‘course, | ernment-owned cables in addition to those now operating between Great ~He wae the first to recognize that|Britain and Canade and between the Spanish war had made us & world | Canada and Australjsia. Premier Mass¢y will pay particular al!enllonl e Vice President paid a tribute to|to obtaining better steamship serv- sident ‘Harding, ascribing to him|ice in the Pacific. LT R SN JAPANESE RETAKE VITAL POINTS IN SIBERIA Complete Announced Plan to Re- occupy Various” Towns of Strategic Importance. . TOKIO, June 18.—The reoccupation Washington agovernmeny of the peo- |of Nikolaievsk and other points in|18.—Tyrolean and German dispatches northern Siberia by Japanese troops | reporting s:,lh American|has been completed, according to an|Charles of Hungary had been recog- republic# I8 being restored. The terms | official announcement made today. on which ‘commercial relations with |~ By Cable to The Star and Chicago Dally News. Copsright, 1921. BERLIN. Germany, June 18.—Ex- Emperor Charles will make another try . fF the Hungarlan throne on August 20, St. Stevens day. which !s & Hungarian national holiday. according to Vienna dispatches to the Vossische Zeitung. “Everybody knows.” says that paper, “that Charles will repeat his Easter adventure on August 20. When Charles returned to Switzer- 1and he asked for permission to re- main . only until August. The Spanish government recently de- nied that the_former king had asked whether he could come to Spain. It is plain therefore that Charles is going to no other place than Hungary.” _ It is added in the dispatches that Charles now claims the privileges of a king visiting Switzerland, whereas he posed beforeas a private citizen. Soores of officials and dip- lomats are _continually visiting Charles, whose formerly unpre-g tentious palace is taking on more the aspect of a royal court. One of the recent acts of Charles was to decorate his former minister, Count Apponyi, with the Order of the Golden Fleece. The plan is for Hungary to join the league of nations and as a- member obtain the right to decide | national questions without external interference. Ratification of the peace treaty by Hungary is also expected to make it easier for the royalists to carry out a coup. ir ' necessary the royalists willarrange for a plebiscite and hav€ it taken under conditions similar to_ those in Greece which led-to the return of King Constantine, -but insure success by bringing far greater pressure to bear on the voters. SWISS RECOGNITION DENIED. Dispatches Reporting Charles Had Status of Emperor Declared False. By the Associuted Press. INTERLAKEN, Switzerland, June Emperor that former nized in Switzerland as the Hungarian ruler and had been granted the right Early in June Gen. Kamura, com-|of communicating in code with the troops in tance. . PRESIDENT - ON 'RESTFUL - CRUISE - DOWN POTOMAC ON MAYFLOWER and Mrs. New, Senator Cummings, Senator Knox, Representative and Mrs. Longworth and Brig. 'Gen. Sawyger, the President's personal physician. ¥ The customary. salute of twen- ty-one guns was given the Presi- dent upon his arrival at the navy yard, where the Mayflower was docked, and another as the yacht stiarted down the river. The ~President was not long, in making himself comfortable abodrd,* He. replaced his straw hat with a cap and, settling him- self in.a steamer chair as the ship parted from' its moorings, turned his attention to an after- nooR-newspaper, - 5 the | Swiss government were declared here tween :this country and Mexico have| Vladivostok district, was reported to|today to be absolutely without foun- been-at least clearly defined Invita-|have announced’that in consequence tions t0 meddle i Europe have been |of the way the situgtion was develop- refused, but the obligation to make|ing in eastern Siberia, the Japanese|offcially as a privat® citizen, and his reparations in accordance with stipu- | would be forced to occupy various|refraining/from any political activity lated agreements has been expressed | Siberian towns of strategic Impor-|was expressly stated asithe first con- ld‘flvm X Charles, it was stated, is ‘regarded dition of his being permitted to reside in Switzerland. & [ SEVERAL KILLED BY HEAT.’[ ! Many Prostrations in gMugo as Mercury Reaches 85. . 'CHICAGO, June 18—Several deaths and many prostrations attributed to - the heat, were reported togay when the mercury touched 95 for the second time in forty-eight hours. Showers, which fell during the afternodn, M tatled to bring any relief. —_— . SAVED FROM NIAGARA. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., June 18.— Edward Denny, sixteen years old, was rescued from the Niagara whirlpool this afternoon after he had been in the water for nearly an hour. Denny saved himself by clinging to a drifting log] -|'which was whirled around and around in the outér eddy-of the-big.pook SN =S EETOTUM TO SOLVE THE |GUN BARRELS FOR MEXICO | MADE IN CITY OF DANZIG STIR LEAGUE OF NATIONS By the Associated Pross. GENEVA, June 18—The dis- closures that 10,000 gun barrels are being made by an arms fac- tory in the free city of Danzig for Mexico, caused a mild sensa- tion at the meeting of the cou cil of the league of nations today. M. Honotaux, the French repre- Tentative, expressed in sharp terms his surprise that a muni- cipality under the protection of the league of nations was making war materials. Herr Sahm, president of the free city, explained that the order had been received last October before the constitution of the city was adopted. He said it was difficult to change the factory immediately for the' manufacture of other articles. The council passed over the question to consider other prob- lems relating to Danzig without announcing its decision. These questions took up almost an entire day. . L00DS CAUSE RUIN INWESTERN STATES Houses Destroyed and Hun- dreds of Cattle Lost in Mon- tana and North Dakota. By the Associated Press. 2 MANDAN, D.. June 18.—Cioud- bursts at Wibaux, Mont., and between Sentinel. Butte and Medora, N. D. late yesterday caused thousands of dol- lars’ damage, according to Teports reaching here today. Houses were washed away in the lower part of Winbaux and hundreds of head of cattle were drowned, the reports sai It is not known whether any lives were lost. At Wibau the water flooded the main streets to a depth of two feet and carried away a number of houses. Two Northern Pacific passenger trains were reported ~marooned by washouts, No. 1, westbound, near W bau. and No. 2, also westbound. near Medora. Railroad officials here today esti- mated ten milks of track had been washed out by the cloudbursts. The North Dakota deluge is said to have been the heaviest, but damage large- Iy was confined to railroad and cattle losses. Relief trains are being sent to the affected districts. Al transconti- nental service over the Northern Pa- cific is being detoured. RIO GRANDE DIKE BREAKS, ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., June 18.— Water “was flowing through more than half.of the town of San Mar- cial, N. M., today as a result of two| breaks in tire dike on the Rio Grande, according to reporty received here. Residents were moving out of the fooded ~district, while large crews were strengthening dikes north’ of the city. The flood water has not 'reached the business quarter. Beginning In Tomorrow's Star .Dr. William Brady noted physician and author, will write a daily health ar- . ticle for the feature page. Dr. Brady, a member of the has exceptional talent for pre- %enting technical health infor-_ mation in clear, easily under- stood ~language. He is un- doubtedly thie most ™ widely ~known medical America today. Read these articles begin- ning in : writer | in Tomorrow's _Star- . American Medical Association, | By the Awsoclated Prems. l ARMY MOSCOW REDS GIVE HAYWOOD OVATION Fugitive From U. S. Cheered in Russia for Escaping | “Oppression.” PROBL | | OF ATLANTIG FLEET !commander-in-chief of SOVIET FIGHTING FOR LIFEi Member of the Associated Press Associsted Press is exclusively entitied to use for lited to it or republication of all news dispatches nat utherwise crodited o this paper and also the local news published erein, Al rights of publication of special @ispatebes bereln are also reserved. Smokes Cigarette W hile Being Burned At Stake for Murder MOULTRIE, Ga., Jume 18— Jokm Henmry Willlams, mexre ayer of Lorems Wilkes, | twelve-year-eld white irl, who wean burned at the stake today by a mob after he had heen convieted of Srat dexree mur- der and sentenced to be sed July 8, calmly smoked a elga- rette an the ed er the buraing no arrests have beem mad-. JONES N COMMIAND Eberle Named as Head of Pacific Fleet—Both to - Have Admiral Rank. OTHER CHANGES IN NAVY Rodman Comes From Pacific and Will Command Operating Base, Hampton Roads. Vice Admig H. P. Jones was as- signed yesterday afternoon to com- mand the Atlantic fieet, with the rank of admiral. He will succeed Admiral H. B. Wilson, who will lower his flag on June 30 to assume command of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Rear Admiral E. W. Eberle. now commanding a battleship division in the Atlantic fleet, wax named as the Pacific flect, with the rank of admiral. He will succeed Admiral Hugh Rodman who will be assigned to the naval operating base at Hampton roads. Va, Rear Admiral John D. McDonald. Third Internationale in Conference to Smooth Out Fight Over Dictatorship. By the Associated Press. - : RIGA, June 18.—William D. Haywood. secretary-treasurer of the Industrial Workers of the World, who some time ago fled to Russia from the United States, was given an ovation by a public meeting of the delegates to the third internationale of Moscow, says the Izvestia of that city. The audience stood and cheered, the lnew!rllaper asserts, when he was. intro- duced a8 @ man over whom a twenty- vear penal sentence was hanging at home. Haywood told the delegates that formerly oppressed Russians fled to America, but that now Amecrican work- men escape to truly free Russia, the|: I1zvestia declares. BOLSHEVISM IN CRISIS. By Wireless to The Star and New York Tribune. Copyright, 1921. BERLIN, June 15.—While leaders of the Russian soviet government, who are at the same time leaders of the third internationale, arc filling the =soviet press with grand and eloquent verboeity anent the impend- ing triumph of world wide revolu- tion and the growing power of the third internationale in session now at Moscow. documents show that the third internationale has entered the sevcrest crisis of its career. Western IEumpean communists are in open re- volt against the dictatorship of the internationale’s affairs which has its seat in Moscow. Points raised in these documents will constitute the principal conten- tions to be fought out in the present congress. One of the documents em- bodies a report which was drawn up by the western European secretariat of the central bureau of -the third internationale. The report of the western secretariat carries the sig- nificant statement that now the “whole structure of communist propaganda -Is threatemed with de- struction,’ blame for the situation is laid upon the Moscow domination of the infernationale’s affairs and more directly upon the Lenin-Trotsky re- gime for its compromises with so- called capitalist goverments. Attack on Officiais. The statement Is interpretable as a direct attack on Lenin and other officials of the soviet government be- cause of their compromise of the! bloshevist program both in and out of Russia. “Failure of our activities,” continues the report, “is explainable by the chronic complications between func- tions of the soviet government's diplo- matic organization and those of inter- nationale.” g now commanding the navy yard at New York, will become second in com- | mand of the Atlantic fleet wnd in command of the battleship force, with the rank of vice admiral. He succeeds Admiral Jones. Rear Admiral W. R. Shoemaker, now commanding the foyrteerith naval district and the na- val station at Pearl harbor, becomes vice admiral of the Pacific fleet. The detail of other officers. in the two fleets, including the chiefs of taff and division commanders, will be nnounced later, Secretary said. Other Important Assignments. 1 Other Important naval assignments | announced yesterday were: Capt. C. T. Vogelgesang, now chief of staff of the Atlantlc fleet, to be commandant of the navy yard at New York. ! Rear Admiral Phillp Andrews, late- 1y relieved as commander of- American | naval forces in-Adriatic waters, to be commandant of the navy yard at Nor- folk, Va. ! Capt. Noble E. Irwin, commanding the | battleship Oklahoma, to be commandant of the Portsmouth, N. H., navy vard. Capt. T. A. Kearney, or duty in the| Navy Department, to be manager of in- dustrial affairs at the: New York navy yard. Capt. A. L, Willard, commanding the battleship ‘New Mexico, to be aid for| pavy yards to the Secretary of the Navy. | Records of Oficers. The new commander fo the Pacific| fleet is a native of Texas and served on the famous battleship Oregon during the | Spanish-American war. Before his as- | signment to his present station as com- | mander of battleship division No. 3, At- lantic ficet, he was superintendent of the Naval Academy. His home is at Fort Smith, Ark. Admiral Jones is a ndtive of Vir- ginia and also served in the Spanish- American war. During the -world war he was commander of Division 1. cruiser force raider guard, Atlantic fleet. Admirals Wilson and Rodman are completing their two years as com- manders of the two big fleets. Admiral Wilson was assigned to the Atlantic fleet after his return in 1919 from over- seas, where he took & prominent part in the naval operations of the world war, as commander of the American naval forces based on France. Admiral Rodman commanded the sixth battle squadron, the organiza- | tion of American dreadnaughts that became part of the British grand figet during the war, and was a favorite with the officers and men of the allied service. When f3rmer Secretary Daniels seny half of the United States | fleet to the Pacific coast after the war, the task of organizing the new Pacific fleet division was entrusted to Ad- miral Rodman. A redistribition. of ships between (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Denby | FIVE CENTS. Home Deepen Mystery. in Hallroom Tragedy. BODIES, LYING TOGETHER. FOUND TEN HOURS LATER Police Searching for Woman. Neighwors Tell of Quarrel—Two Open Jets Pour Out Death. Three little girls, Caroline. Char- lotte and Evelyn, the oldest five years old, were killed some time yesterday when their father, Samuel R. Cran- ford, carried them into a little hall room on the top floor of the house at 906 G street southwest, laid down on the floor with them and turned on the gas from two jets. The mother, Mrs. Ella B. Cranford, left home early yesterday morning. crying as she left the house, accord- |ing to those who saw her, and had not returned lute last night. She works on the day shift at the bureau of engraving and printing. Miss Mabel Bingley, who, with her brother, Eugfne Bingley, occupy the home and rent the second-floor apart- ment to the Cranfords, was going up the stairs to bed last night when she detected the odor of gas. Tracing it to the hallroom, she pushed open the unlocked door and full over the body of the father. She called to her brother, who called in the strect for aid. The Emergency Hospital ambulance responded, in charge of Dr. Joseph A. Lune. who pronounced all four dead, saying that life had been extinct about ten hours. The room was bare. except for a pillow that apparently had been thrown on the floor by the futher, The head of each was on the pillow. In the hand of one of the little girls was a4 bag of chocolute candy. The one window had becn closed tightly, after the shutters were closed, and the door was shut. although not lecked. F Dresser Ransacked. Mr. Bingley sald that there wi no one in the house ail d as bot! he and his sister worked. Both re- turned early in the evening and Mr. Bingley went to the upper story to the room adjoining that in which the tragedy occurred. but did not detect the odor of gas, although he noticed that the drawers in his dresser had been ransacked, but he attributed this to the children. The fact that he did not detect the gaseous odors was attributed by him to nusal trou- bles. When he came down stairs yester- day morning Mr. Bingley said that the father was apparently in . bad frame of mind and spoke hLarsiuy to him several tigres. The door tu the dining room was open and he heard the couple having words. When Nrs. Cranford came down stairs on her way to work he asked her a ques- tion and Cranford yelled down to him that it was “none of his busi- ness.” Mrs. Cranford, he sail, was erying bitterly. Husband Moved in Later. The father and children w - secn oy neighbors for the last time abuut §:30 in the morning. It is the Yelief that shortly after this they went to the third story room and t'ie father turned on the gas. Little is know of the couple ex- cept that they were from Lorton, Va.. where they were married. Mrs. Cranford rented the apartment with her three children about five months |ago. according to Mr.~Bingley. who said fhat the husband, after several visits, during which a reconciliation was discussed, moved in about seven weeks ago. The police have insti- tuted search for the mother. The age of the children were estimated by those who knew them as five, four and three. U-BOAT FOR TARGET SINKS Former German Sub Goes Down While Being Towed to Ranfe. The former German submarine U- 111 sank near Cape Henry, Va., yes- terday while beinz towed from Ports- mouth, N. H, to a position off Cape Charlcs, where it was to have bee a target for the guns of destroyers of the Atlantic fleet Wednesday. Dispatches to the Navy Department said the U-111 had been taking in water slowly throughout the trip from Portsmouth and that the -ves- sel's bow ‘was resting on the bottom in about 35 feet of water with the stern projecting above the surface. The submersible probably will be raised. | She was onc of the sub- marines turned over to the United JI_AN WHO TOOK BERGDOLL’S PLACE |States stter the war for experimental purposes. _IN ARMY DIED HERO IN ARGONNE |o.p pAPER WISSES ISSUE. “PHILADELPHIA, .June 18.—The ‘.man who~ took Grover C. Berg- doll's’ placel whén the - convicted draft: evadeér; .now a fugitive -in Germany, fatied.to anawer the call, .dled a hero' in] the-Argonne forest after being cited by the command- ing general -of - his. brigade for bravery in action im one of the most noteworthy. battles of the world war. He was Russell C. Gross of this city, a private in Company( E, 328th Infantry, who- - was killed by, bullets from & ma- chine gun ‘nest- which, later-was. | captured by Company G of the same infantry, headed by Corp. Alvin C. York of Tennessee. This was revealed tonight by the Overbrook Post of.the American Legion after an investigation. The post announced it.would change its name to that of the fallen hero and was planning a memorial to Groes, “who was forced into serv- ice ahead of his turn by the' slacker Bergdoll” . Gross, who .was twenty-three Record of 185 Years of Publishing Broken by Strike. o PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 18.—For the first time in its 165 years the New Hampshire Gazette, which boasts of being the oldest weekly newspaper in the country, did not.appear today. The campositors’ strike that began in local plants Monday, was assizaed es reasor. mr-:oi.m—n-;e edition of the Heravd and the Times, this city’s afternoon years old, was the first man called by the.draft board after Bergdoll failed to respond. 2 papers, were published today. _The Gazette was first issued October, 1756, : 22 < 3 LITILE GIRLS DIE - WITH THEIR FATHER ASHE TURNS ON GAS Tears of Mother as She Left