Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1921, Page 2

il (FIALS TAKE UP SEH0DL BULDING Active Measures Begun to Carry Out Provisions of -~ Emergency Program. PLANS FOR 9 UNDER WAY New Construction Includes Several Additions, for Which Architects Are Drawing Designs. Active steps to carry out the provisions of the emergency school building program were taken today by Mmunicipal architects who -formally began work on the detailed plans for ning’ of the new school buildings and additions. The Commissioners, it is understood, have approved the pre- liminary sketches of the structures which were submitted to them Satgrday. Detailed Plans Started. The first of the detailed plans on which work was started are for a four-room addition to the Monroe Schgol, an eight-room addition to the John Eaton, an eight-room building 1o ndplace the Beli, a four-room build- ing to replace the Smothers, a four- room addition to the Deanwood. an cighg-room. addition to the Mott. an cight-room addition to the Buchanan, a R om addition to the Wheat ley’gnd a new building in the vicinity of gdncoln Park. g‘vlus for the Monroe addition, it & said, probably will be the first completed. It is expected that contract for the construction of thil Structure will be let by October 1. will ‘be so designed that all of _the rooms will be- on the ground floor. plan, it is said, if another provided for in future be erected above as a is it can :l{-mw of the Commissioners. 1t is the plan of the Commissioners to have all of these additions and new buildings completed during the summer of next year in order that they will-be ready for occupancy at the inception of the school term be- ginding in September, 1922. The opening of these schools next year Wil¥ 'ald ‘materially in relieving the congestion in the graded Institutions. NEW WORLD HOPE IN DISARMAMENT, PRESIDENT SAYS (Continued from First Page.) come triumphantly through its deter- mining ordeal. It comes forth from that test ‘nerved and heartened for further tasks; confident, assured, re- liant. None questions either its place or its right of leadership; few doubt its destiny to establish. under that divine guidance which it has ever recognized, the splendid structure of human brotherhood in peace and understanding. “The perspectives of history are not safely to be judged save from the loftiest peaks of human experience. It is the dearly bought privilege of our generation to stand on ome of those heights of. the long ages, to Jook back over the pathway by which we.have come thus far, to see clearly what have been the main traveled Toads and what the by-paths. If we will but let our minds record that which our eyes tell us, we will note that the wide-spreading landscape be- hind us is now vastly changed. It is not what it seemed when we were passing through it. We see that some of the routes which we supposed were the high roads of progress were the futile ways of wasted effort. Others, which in the journey's heat and tofl we counted only as its marches of anguish, we recognize as the short cuts that carried us quickly to loftier levels and safer position: Confidence in Future. “We stand today before the un- known, but we look to the future Wwith confidence unshaken. There is ho'retracing; we must forever go on. We welcome the theories wrought out in new hope, but we cling to the assurance founded on experience. All that is not bad; all that is to be will not be 1deal. We cannot lift the veil 1o the future. but we can analyze and understand what has gone: before. It is good to keep our feet firmly on the earth though we gaze in high hope for human brotherhood and high at- tainments. ust as the Pilgrims bad a practi- cal mind for material things amid effective pursuit of their higher ideals, so must we with our inheri- tanee. “Just as these fathers drew together toward ample authority to make the nation and still preserve the freedom of those who compose it, So must we guard against the supreme centralization of power at home, and the superstate for the world. More, we must combat the menace in the growing assumption that the state must support the people, for just government is merely the guaranty o the people of the right and oppor- tunity of that people to support them- selves. The one outstanding danger of today is the tendency to turn to Wash- ington for the things which are the tasks or_the duties of the fort: éalths wh nation. [Hawing wrought the nation as the cen- tral power of preservation and defense, let us preserve so. New Hopes for Worl “Here was the early dedication to re- ligious liberty and political freedom. was a sublime gift to posterity. We can- nOU better express our reverence today than by sweeping aside the errors, the fallures, the disappointments. the be-| trayals of our day. and plant here for all America and all the world the standards of highest justice and real human ‘Brotherhood. This would add to the volume of rejoicing on earth and give ecBo to the heavens of the nobler aspira- tion of united mankind. It would dim no ‘torch of liberty which was lighted - here, but would set the world aglow with new hopes. new confidence and new exal- tation.” ‘Fhe President with his official party as welcomed at tne dock by a dele- gation headed by William Kyle, chair- man of the Plymouth tercentenary committee, and backed by New Eng- land governors. Mr. Kyle pinned on the President’s lapel a gold badge, carrying with it the freedom of the town. Mrs. Harding did -not think the badge was on straight and she set It right. President Harding then presented the medals to the New Bedford school chfidren. With a broad smile and a *““Well, Manuel, 1 congratulate you on having won this medal.” or “Rose, I am pleased, to see that you have mas- tered the English language,” he gave them their prizes. The President’s passage at the head of the parade through crowds that pressed closely on every street. was a continuous ovation. ~Behind him irgoped the marchers and floats, to pass later under his eyes: and those « of thousands massed on the review- ing stands at Cole’s hill. The pro- cession was more than an, hour in passing. : APPROVAL IS WITHDRAWN. Spéejal Dispateh to The Star. STAUNTON, Va., August 1.—The Stauntan Chamber of Commerce has withdrawn its approval of the pro- poséd lcation here of the New Era Hy@ro-Efectric Company, - represented by A..G. ‘Watkins of Harrisburg, Pa., who proposed to” manufacture here a 4 device to harness the water-power of rfllm!ornmnu. e e eight-roem addition to the Mott | It} iNew Representative From Iowa a Newspaper Man CYRANUS COLE Of Cedar Rapids, Jowa, who suceeeds Representative James W. Good of that ate, resigned. Mr. Cole was editor| of the Cedar Raplds Republican-Time: CITES OVER $3,000,000 MAIL LOOT RECOVERED Postmaster General Hays Praises , the Vigilance of the P. O. Force of Inspectors. Because of their efficient work i {investigating thirty-six major mail {robberies in which the loot totaled more than $6.000.000, Postmaster Gen- eral Hays praises and commends the {postal inspection force in a message to all employes of the postal service in the latest postal bulletin. More than $3,000.000 has been recovered | jand 126 arrests in the s resulted i from the activities of inspectors. i The robberies. according to Post- master General Hays, occurring be- tween April, 1920, and May 1. 1921, af- forded the inspection force an oppor- tunity of rendering a definite public service in apprehending crim- inals and recovering stolen money.” “During that period,” he said, “lh!!e] were thirty-six major mail robberies and the value of the mail known to have been stolen amounted to more than $6.000,000, over half of which has been recovered. There have been ! 126 persons arrested in conmection | with these robberies, thirty-four have | been convicted, fifteen discharged and acquitted and seventy-seven pending prosecutions. A considerable number of the persons convicted are under- | going a heavy penalty of peniterftiary sentgnces. 1 commend the work of the post office inspector: | Mr. Hays notes that War Department arms furnished to postal emploves and a standing reward of $5,000. offered to any one bringing in a mail robber have been an incentive for criminals to re- linquish the postal service as the stage for_their activities. “The cmployes who are carrying out | {this part of the prevention of these crimes are also rendering a very valu- able public service,” Mr. Hays says. SOUTH AMERICAN TRADE CONDHIONS DEPRESSED i i | Several American Firms Close Doors—Only Argentina Shows Improvement. Exceopt for improvement in Argen- tina, South American business con- ditions were pictured as depressed during July in the reports of eco- nomic conditions from its trade rep- resentatives made public today by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Foreign cempetition to American commercial activity was reported strong. particularly from the Germans and Belgians. Prices rang- ing from 20 per cent to 75 per cent | less than those on American commodi- | ties were being quoted. it was s id.j and numbers of American concerns were closing their South American offices. The commercial situation in Argen- ! tina showed improvement in that im-| ports were decreasing and exports in- creasing, Commercial Attache Feely at Buenos Aires declared. lmnorls‘ from the United States. he added.| were still showing a marked declinzl and because of the exchange rate there was little prospect of placing orders for merican goods except some necessities. There were few salesmen from this country in Argen- tina, he said. and many American branch houses have gome into liqui- dation and the American goods that had been congesting the customhouse were being disposed of slowly or re- turned to the United States. Port congestion was much improved., | he reported. the dispatch of vessels | being normal, while labor troubles were decreasing. —_— RUN ON BANK CONTINUES. i Repeated Assurances That Institu- ; tion Is Sound Without Effect. BOSTON, August 1.—Notwithstznd- | ing reassuring statements by bank officials and the state bank commis- sioner, the run on the Boston Five Cents Savings Bank which began Fri- | day continued unabated today. Pa- trolmen and mounted police kept the crowd of anxious depositors in a line| which extended for about eight blocks { from the bank entrance on School | street. i W. R. Evans, president of the bank, | jannounced that the institution would jcontinue to pay indefinitely. “We have in quick assets more than ! 1$30.000,000 which can be converted ! {within three days,” he said, adding| {that the bank was absolutely sound and there was no valid reason for the irun. 5 {Visited the White House Seeking Bonus Bill Support GILBERT BETTEMAN, Chafrman of the national legisiative committee of the American Legion, who called on the President last week to urge favorable action onm the wol- diers’ bonus bil. Whie the President favors the bonus propesitien, it is un- dersteod he did not hold out any em- couragement for its tmmediate pase- age beeause of the present conditio; of the Treasury. {LOWEST COTTON FIGURES FORECASTS MADE PRIMARY VOTE Virginia’s Contestants for Governorship Confident of Result Tomorrow. RICHMOND, . Va, August 1.—Col David H. Leake and Gen. W. W. Sale, managers, respectively, of the cam- paigns of Harry St. George Tucker and E. Lee Trinkle for the democratic nomination for governor, have issued the following forecasts of tomorrow's primary results: Col. Leake said: ; “We are confident that Mr. Tucker will carry seven of the ten con- gressional” districts in the state, and he has a good chioce of receiving majorities in the fifth and sixth. We concede only the ninth district to the opposition. The city of Richmond will glve Mr. Tucker a majority of not less than 4,000. “Forecast, on _information from precinct, county and city chair- men, indicates certain victory for Mr. Trinkle, with a majority of 26,000 Tenth district, conceded to Mr. Tuck- er, will not give him a large majo- rity. Trinkle will carry 74 of the RITES FOR DEAD. Francis B. Riggs to Be Buried at Oak Hill Cemetery. Funeral services for Francis L. Riggs. who died in Frunce July 11, Will be held tomorrow_afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Oak HiH cemetery chapel. Interment will-be in the fam- ily lot. Rev. Dr. Dunlap of St. John's Lpiscopal Church will officiate. Mr. Riggs was sixty-elght years old and was born on the present site of the Army and Navy Club. He was the son of Klisha Riggs, who founded the Riggs Bank. His father also Wwas a vestryman in St. John’s Church for a number of years. Mr. Riggs had spent the abroad. 100 counties and seventeen of the | twenty-two cities, including the city of Richmond.” STRUGGLE IS SPIRITED. Tucker-Trinkle Contest Stirs Vot- ers in Many Counties. latter part of his life Surviving him is a brother, William Riggs, of New Jersey. The body. which was brought back on a French steamer arriving in New York Friday, will reach here this afternoon. PHILADELPHIA GOAL OF AIR DESTROYERS “Hostile” Fleet o “Bomb City Off Map” in Army Maneuvers. By the Assoclated Press. PHLADELPHIA, August 1.—Phila- delphia was to be “bombed off the “hostlle” fleet of airplanes today. Eighteen bombing planes and two pursuit planes were scheduled to arrive from Mineola, Y., shortly before noon. Brig. Gen. Willlam ¢ i THE EVENING STAR, . WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, ‘AUGUéT " MRS. CREYKE BURIED. Sister-in-Law of Bishop Harding Laid to Rest. Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Douglas Creyke, _sister-in-law of Bishop Harding, who died Friday at the Cathedral Close, was held this morning at Betblehem Chapel at 11 o'clock. The body will be seat to To- ronto, Candada, where it. will be placed in a.vault. Mrs. Creyke was forty-seven years old and had been living at the Cathe- dral Close for the past ten years. She had been in {1l health for the Jast six months. 2 e She was the daughter of the late Dr. John Hancock Douglas, who was a physician to Gen. Grant. Her hus, band, the late Rolf Creyke, was a na- tive of England. Surviving her is a sister, Harriett S. Dougla ROVALTY ATTENDS REGATTA AT COWES U. S. Bested in Race for Brit- ish-American Cup—Pre- War Events Rivaled. By the Assoclated Press. . COWES, Isle of Wight, August 1.— Great Britain today won the second Yacht race for the British-American cup in the six-meter class by 20 points to 15. This, with the first race last Friday at Ryde, puts the British racers ahead Qf the Americans 42 points to 23. L1, 1921 ° FORWER D.C.MUAN ADMITS SLAYING H. 1. Toussaint on Trial in Téxas for Murdering Father. By the Associated Press. WICHITA FALLS, Tex., August 1. —Confession that he murdered his father, O. H. Toussaint, was present- ed today to the jury here trying the case of Henry John Toussaint, a for- mer Washington man, who was charged with the murder. The con- feasion has been in the hands of the district attorney of the thirticth jud clal district of Texas since Februar: 7 and was announced today. Accor Ing to -the confession the prisoner murdered his father early in Febru- ary, following a quarrel over domes- tic affairs. The confession says Toussaint was born in Washington thirty-three years ago and lived there all his life except during the past six or sever years. He came to Wichita Falls in May, 1920, and entered the contract- ing business with his father. “We did not get along very well together, due to his peculiar wa and my ambition to better myself, confession eays. “I felt that he was responsible for my mother's __“He had threatened to disinherit me if 1 did not give up my wife; so I gave up my wife some three months ago. Then later he and 1 had a quarrel Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., August 1.—Much interest is being displayed in tomorrow's primary election, as shown by activity on the part of sup- porters of the several candidates and by some betting on the eutcome of the gubernatorial race. The vote between Trinkle and Tucker in the city of Fredericksburg and_the counties of Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George and Caroline will be close. In Stafford county the fight is particularly warm, with party leaders of influcnce on opposite sides, battling hard for supremacy. Reports from the counties indicate that the newly enfranchised woman voters are taking but little interest. It _looks as if Spotsylvania, where most_of the county officeholders are for Trinkle, will ilkely give him a small majority. Stafford is appar- ently so close that a' prediction as to the result there would be nothing more than a guess, and the same is true of King George. Caroline early in the fight was conceded to Trinkle, but Tucket has made large gains in that county. Still it looks as if Trin- kle will carry it by fifty to seventy- five majority. Essex county will give Tucker a good majority. Fredericksburg will be s0 close that the result here will have little bearing on the fortunes of either candidate. State Senator Gunn will probably carry Fredericksburg and Spotsylva- nia by large majorities in the fight for lieutenant governor, with Giipin second and West third. Gunn is like- wise expected to carry King George, Caroline _and Essex, while Stafford will be close between him and Gilpin. For the corporation commission, the incumbent, Berkley D. Adams of Charlotte,” will poll a good major- ity in this city and section over his opponent, former State Senator E. C. Folks of Richmond. Indications point to a fair vote here, but a small one in the nearby counties. LIGHT VOTE EXPECTED. Few Women, It Is Stated, Will Cast Ballots in Lynchburg. - Special Dispatch to The Sta LYNCHBURG. Va., August 1.—The American limaginary bombs, w. i i i Mitchell, assistant chief of the Army alr service, has announced that he will participate in the attack. The intial objectives of the bombers were to be the railroad termmals, upon which the airmen were to drop ich theoretically were to reduce the stations to masses ot wfeckage. Trains were to be sub- jected to sham machine gun fire and the Philadelphia navy yard was mark- ed for “destructio; Shipping in the river was to receive attention after the forts had been re- duced by the mythical borhbs. When the work of destruction is completed the planes will fly to their head- at Langley Field, passing hington on the way The bombing of Philadelphia com- pletes the maneuvers of the Army planes. New York was “destroyed” last week, following a fate similar to that of Washington, Norfolk, Newport News and Richmond. SEEK FAIR TREATMENT FOR U. S. MERCHANT SHIPS Shipping Board Representatives to Confer in London With Brit- ish Owners of Vessels. Representatives of the Shippin, Board will confer with British' ship o rs in London tomorrow in an ef- fort to obtain fair treatment for Amer- ican merchant vessels in the award of trade privileges in foreign ports. In making this announcement last night the board, according to Capt. Ferris, district manager at London, had been instructed to make strong representa- tions, particularly against alleged dis crimination in the awarding of con- tracts for carrying Egyptian cotton to British and American port: It was considered probable, how- ever, that the conference would have a etill broader aspect and that the board would insist that its vessels have equal footing with ‘British ships in the award of contracts for the traneport of all classes of ‘freight ‘It is understood the board\has com- plained to British shipping Ilmes that vessels have been denied primary election here tomorrow will jcargoes of Egyptian cotton, although icause no little surprise in local po- {litical circles if the total vote cast is up to 50 per cent of the qualified electorate. The city, on a light vote, ought to cast 4,000, but it is generally believed the total in the primary will not be much more than 1,500. Prac- tically no women, though able to do so, have qualified during the past {month. EVER MADE FOR JULY 25 NEW ORLEANS, August 1—The lowest condition report on the grow- ing cotton crop ever made for July 25, 64.7 per cent of normal, and a forecast of the smallest crop in quarter of a century resulted in a bulge In the price of cotton of 33 {a bale and more here today Decline of the cotton crop during July resulted in a reduction of 230,- 000 bales in the forecast of produc- tion issued today by the Department of Agriculture, a total of 8,203,000 bales beilng estimated, as compared with 8,433,000 bales a month ago. ‘The condition of the crop declined 4.5 points. —_—— SPERRY DEFENDS DEBS. [Seldlers and Sailors’ Head Rebukes American Legion Commander. In a letter to President Harding made {public at the white House, Marvin G. Sperry, national president of the Pri- ivate Soldiers and Sailors’ Legion, takes exception to the opposition of the American Leglon to_the release from prison of Eugene V, Debs. the cialist leader. In it he declares that the “amazing insolence and effrontery of the language used by John G. Em- ery, commander of the legion, in his telegram to you on the Debs pardon case certainly should be sharply re- buked.” 5 “I denounce as absolutely false Mr. Sperry's letter ‘ continued, “the claim of Col. Emery, that he ‘repre- sents sentiments of the great mass of ex-service men and women’ in his deliberately malicious and misleading siatements.” il Mr. Sperry referred to Debs as a peaceful, big-hearted, kindly man, filled with a martyr's enthusiasm and willing, cheerful, self-sacrifice for the cause of the poor, the helpless and in many instancéds their bids were lower than those of British ships which securcd the contracts. Capt. Ferris is understood to haye instructions not only to protest against such discrimination, but to insist that half of both the direct and | indirect cotton shipments Le carried }in American bottoms. Chairman Lasker of the Shipping Board has discussed with Eugene Meyer, director of the War Finance Corporation, the providing of addi- tional tonnage for American ships. Mr. Lasker was said to have urged that tthe finance corporation, in ad- vancing funds for export of American &o0ds, stipulate that they be shipped in American vessels. —_— HOUSING DRIVE TO OPEN. “Own Your Own Home” Is Slogan This Week at Lynchburg. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYYNCHBURG, Va., August 1.—To interest people known to be able and still waiting to build, the local Own Your Own Home Association tomor- row morning will start an intensive campaign here for a building boom. The object of the week's campaign is to obtain additional housing to meet local needs. There has been con siderable building already this year in the suburbs, but very little Inside the city limits MRS. W. A. JEFFERSON DEAD. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, Va., 1—Mrs. Cordelia Jefforson, wife of Wjlliam A. Jefferson of this city, died yeBterday, aged sixty-five years. She had been sick for a long period. She was a native of Fredericksburg, and a member; of the Baptist Church. Be- sides her husband, she is survived by three children—Andrew and James Jefferson and-Mrs. Geneva Pane, and one brother, William Pierce of Rich- mond. COLONISTS' August | H The British yachts Polly and Flya finished firat and second, respectively, and the American entry, Sheila, which was dismasted in the race at Ryde last Friday, finished third. Jean V (British), Genle. Mantauk and Grebe (American entries) fnished . fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh in the order named. The British yacht Victoria aban- doneq the race. King and Queen Among Spectator Regatta week “began hero today under auspices which promised that the five days of racing, which. will close on Friday, will rival in bril- lancy those of the years which pre- ceded the great war. - King George Queen Mary. Princess Mary. the Duke, of York, the Duke of Connaught and’ other members of the royal family reached here yesterday. and the har- bor was crowded with pleasure craft which were here to witness the open- ing of the .vachting festival. The British battleship Resolution and the American dreadnaught Utah served to give the regatta an official dignity. Yacht Race Firs Today's opening event was the Royal London Yacht Club race, but rivaliig this number on the week's program was the second, third and fourth rounds between British and American six- meter boats, which began their series of races at Ryde on July 29. The Americans lost the first round. al- though the Grebe, one of the Amer- ican fleet, crossed the finish line ahead cf its competitors. One of the Amer- icar yachts, however. was virtually dismantled and another did not start because it was feared her rigging would not stand winds which blew at Ryde. Work of repairing the Sheila. the American boat which suffered from the rough weather at Ryde, was expected to be completed in time for today's racing. The third and fourth rounds will be sailed Wednesday and Friday. King's Cup Contest Tomeorrow. The King’s ~up race will be sailed tomorrow, there being eight entries in this event. The American and British _yachting _enthuslasts - who were here for the week were looking forward to the hyndicap class event to be sailed later in the week, be- causc one of the competitors will be King .George's, famows racing yaeht. the Britannfa. This famous craft has been put in the racing trim which made her a champion boat years ago, when she beat all American and Brit. ish yachts which appeared against er. The Royal. yacht squadron will give a special prize to the first American six-meter yacht to finish in the first British-American cup race, and the town of Cowes will give a cup for the first American yacht in the sec- ond cup race. —_— EXPRESS CONSOLIDATION. Canadian Companies Merge—John Pullen Will Be President. MONTREAL, August l.—Announce- ment of the consolidation after Sep- tember 1 of the Canadian Nationall {Express Company and the Canadian | { Exgress Company, under the name of | the former, was made in a circular; signed by D. R. Hanna and Howard G. Kelley, chairman, respectively, of the boards of directors of the two companies. John Pullen, president of the Cana- dian Express Company, will assume the presidency of the new organiza- tton. The consolidation, it was an- tnounced, will not involve a reduction in the working forces of the two com- panies. —_— < SHIP RUNS ASHORE. Canadian Government Steamer Sends Call for Help. . ASTORIA, Ore., August 1.—A wireless message received by British Vice Consul Cherry here today said the Canadian government steamer Canadian Exporter was ashore off Willapa Harbor, Wash. The tug Wallula left here at 9:30 am. to give assistance. Capt. Bradley of the Canadian Ex- porter reported that the sea was smooth and he believed the vessel would be floated. He had dropped anchor and water ballast was being pumped from the stranded vessel's tanks. - CARAVAN STARTS WESTWARD, HO! over my mother's death, and he said he was going to disinherit me after this contract was completed. I felt that I was not getting fair treatment. and naturally began to figure some way that I could overcome it. So I decided to dispose of him, and with that in mind I went about a week ago to the Wichita Hardware Com- pany and bought a pistol. ¥After the quarrel over my mother and wife about a month ago he never tried to adjust himself, and it kept growing on my mind. 1 decided I would carry out my intention. 1 believe that my father was at Mr. Eric Bruno's house on Polk street and Avenue K, so 1 went there and found my father's car stand- ihe north =ide of Brunu's wires 50 the car couid not be operated. 1 then walked away from the house back toward town, down Polk street probably 160 feet and waited there for father. 1 felt if he could not run the car he would come afoot, which he did. Shot Father. “After waiting possibly one-half an hour he came along and when he was within a few feet of me, I shot and he fell. 1 dragged him to the side of the road. 1 fired two shots in succession before dragging him to the side of the road. I turned him over and removed his watch and turned to my left across the field * * * and went home. “Got_home about 10 o'clock. did some chores around the house and re- tired to bed about 11 o'clock: woke up the next morning at the usual time, about 6:30, cooked breakfast, hung out some clothes I had washed the previous afternoon and then went to my first job at the fire station. I gave instructions to a couple of the men and then proceeded downtown: went over to the South Side Lumber Company and ordered some material then to W. K. Knutson Planing Mills where I gave them instructions to deliver some material; then I ¥pturn- ed to the Southside’ Lumber'f Com- pany and rode to the post office in their car. “1 got” off at the post ofidf and proceded to Voekel and Dixon archi- tects office to obtain a sketch of an alteration. Goes to See Bedy. “Here ™" wik informed that my fa- ther was shot and could be seen up at Merkle Luynn's undertaking par- lors, where 1 proceeded. I saw my father there and went to the police station, into the police commission- er's office, where I stayed until 2 o'clock. Mr. Bralley and Mr. Voekel, the architect, came back to Mr. Bral- ley's office with me, where I stayed until 2 o'clock. “After talking to Mr. Huff, the chief of police, for a while I went out to the alley in the rear of 1510 Taylor street and showed him where the gun was that I killed my father with and the watch I had taken off my father. I had hidd2n them as I ran through the alley, returning home after shoot- ing my father. ‘There had been seven loads in the gun. I had shot two of them, and there were still five in.it when I showed it to Mr. Huft. I had dug a hole along the fence and buried it. “I identify the gold watch in the tpossession of the district attorney. { Fletcher S. Jones, the watch I took buried in the {to Mr. Huff. T i WIFE ASKS DIVORCE. | Mre. Green Charges Husband With Cruelty and Drunkenness. Mrs. Florence Topham Green today filed sult in the District Supreme | Court for 'a_limited divorce from Thomas A. Green, said to be in the bonding business. She charges cruel- ty and drunkenness, and asserts that recently the husband came home in- toxicated, and when she declined to i accompany him on an automobile ride, Ihe took their three-year-old daughter }with him and kept her out until 1 i o'clock in the morning. When he re- turned, she alleges, he forgot the child was in the car and shut the door of the closed car, leaving the baby within. They were married May 16, {1914, Jusatice Siddons issued.a rule on the husband to show cause, August|. 15, why he should not pay temporary alimony to his wife and child. Attor- neys Charles H. Merillat and P. H. Marshall appear for the wife. May Be Next Japanese Premier in Case of Change l BARON DEN, Gevernor general of Formosa, photo- zraphed during i» rumored that ceed Premier Ha 1d the Hara ministry fall as the result of the pres- ent poljtical erixix in Japan. FORM PARISH COUNCILS. 1Nnflonal Body of Catholic Men Active in Maryland. Two parish councils of the National Council of Catholic Men were form- €d in southern Maryland yesterday. A flying squadron from the Washington District Council went to Mechanics- ville to address the congregation yes- terday. The following officers were elected: Honorary president. Re Michael J. Hogan, pastor of the Im maculate Conception Church: presi- dent, Joseph F. Robrecht. jr.:. vice president, W. Archie Pelkerton; sec- retary, Warring Adams. and treas- urer, James Mattingly. A council for colored men also was estabilshed at the same place, with the followin, officers: President. George W. Her bert: vice president, Philip Willard secretary, Joseph Handy, and treas urer, Fred Holton The second parish council was formed at Newport, Charles county, Md., where Rev. P. J. Bradley, pastor of St. Mary’s Church. introduced the speakers. The following _officers, with Father Bradley as honorary president, were elected ident. R. L. Clements: vice president. J Monroe Wathen; secretary. Vivia Wheatley, and treasurer. William E Simpson. ed as follows: President. Joseph Campbell; vice president, Alex Camp- bell; secretary, Wesley Ilater, and treasurer. Grant Thomas. Those in the party from Washing- ton were Washington district council officers. including Thomas J. Dono- van. vice president: Dr. Aaron A. Russell. vice presiden Francis A McCann, executive secretary: Anthon) J. Barrett and Daniel E. Doran of n;le National Cathdlic Welfare Coun- cil. Next Sunday the flying squadron -will go to Chaptico, Md.. and 10 M anza, where it is expected councils will be formed. e FIGHTING BUS LINE. Electric Road Asks County Board to Provide for Bonds. Special Dispatch to The Star. HOPEWELL, Va, August 1.—The long fight that hae been waged be- tween the Petersburg-Hopewell and City Peint Electric railway and the Hopewell-Petersburg Bus _Company Colored officers were elect- | MAY RELEASE ALL U.3. CAPTIVES SOON- Russians Told Mrs. Harrison of Baltimore That This Would Be Done. PRISON EXPERIENCE GIVEN Her Story Differs Materially From Those Which Were Received From Travelers. Associnted Press RIGA. July 31.—The release of all Americans still in .prison in Russia may be expected within a few days. according to Mrs. Marguerite E. Har- rison of Baltimore, who herself spent many months in imprisonment at Moscow. but who was released and came here under the protection of Tnited States Senator France of Maryland. he was informed before leaving Moscow ihat all would be out soon. No formal notification of the re-* lease of the Americans has yet be received at Riga, and the American officials have not been advised as to whether the prisoners will be freed one at a time or in a group. Mrs. Harrison's Story. Mrs. Harrison related her story to- day and pictured her life in prison as differing far from sketches of her suf- ferings drawn from time to time by travelers arriving in the Baltic states from Russia. Aithough under close confinement for a considerable time. Mrs. Harrison gave an unemotionai statement of her experiences. She was thin and frail. and her recital was interrupted occasionally by x deep cough, as she unresentfully told of the events from the day of her ar- 10 her release. was first arrested on April , two months after I arrived Russia by way of the Polish frontier. she aid. 1 was detained two days for cross-examination, then was re- leased and for Six months was per- mitted to work unmolested In Mos- cow. In October T was again arrested by order of the Cheka (the soviet inquisition). 1 was charged. among other things, with having come to Russia without permission, with hav ing supplied food jllegally to Ameri- can and British prisoners, and wit} having been in communication With people hostile to the government- all of which was true. Moved at Own Request. “Then 1 was put solitary con finement for six days—not in dungeon. but in a room like a small single room of a hotel. 1 was re- moved al my OWn request 10 a gen- eral room with the occupants vary ing from seven to eleven, where | spent nearly eight months. n June 6, by order of the prison physician, I was removed from Cheka detention 1o the hospital in another and better equipped prison espectally for women, where 1 re- mained until released, receiving every care and attention.’ _ BALL TO URGE ACT. Senator Will Make Effort to Con- tinue Rent Bcard. Senator Ball, ~hairman of the Dix- trict committee, will redouble his ef- forts this week to bave the Senaté act favorably upon his bill to exteud the life of the Ball rent act until May 22, 1822, With a recess of the Senate in prospect, probably from the middle of August until the middle or latter part of September, it is impera- tive, according to Senator Ball, to pasé the bill extending the life of By th was brought to a climax when attor- neys for the railway presented sev- eral resolutidns to the Prince George county board of supervisors The resolutions had clauses that authorized county officials to make bus owners and operators put up a bond of approxiwmately $6,006, instead of $2500 now required. and further authorized that emch bond be certi- filed. This bond of $6,000 applies to each car operated that has a seating capacity of more than seven passen- gers. Officials of the bus line. through their counsel, objectad to the resolu- tions, and also objeated to the rea- sons given for the adoption of the resolutions, _which were that the buses were being operxted recklessly and endangered the lives and weil being of citizens of the aounty. .The electric line counsel argued that the rallway was an established con- cern and thaht much money had been spent in establishing it. Tke line pays a large sum yearly into the county treasury and the cost of operating the road is such that any considerable reduction in the price of transporta- tion would be fatal and woudd mean that the company would not be able to operate any more, it was con- tended. —_—— GREAT NORTHERN REPCRT Earnings of $7.73 a Share Shown for 10820. NEW YORK, August 1.—Earnings of $7.73 a share on the $249,475,250 of capital stock of the Great North- ern Railroad Company in 1920 were shown in_ the annual report of the road. made public today. Net cor- porate income was reported as $19.- 304.097. A sum of $1,815,496 was transferred to profit and los: Earnings for 1920 were $1.14 Jess than in 1919, when the report showed returns of $8.87 per share. Gross_operating revenue for 1920 was $122,616,775, as against $104,- 562,144 in 1919. Revenue figures in- cluded _operations by the United States Railroad Administration dur- ing January and February and by the company from March to December. ————— C. OF C. MEETING TOMORROW. Routine matters will be taken up the rent act before a recess is taken Unless this bill ix passed the rent ac will expire October 22 The bill to aid the farmers to export their surplus crops is now the unfin- ished business of the Senate. The next bill to be taken uj, as the unfir ished business is the Capper anti- grain gambling bill. Senator Ball hopes to find an opportunity to have his bill considered within the next few days. |INTERNATIONAL MEETING | OF NEGRO PEOPLE OPENS !Thounnd- of Delegates From - { Many Countries Convene to Advance Race. e i NEW YORK. August 1.—The sccond international convention of negro people was opened here today by the - Universal i ciation egro Improvement Asso; and African Ihcagur. Thousands of delegates from . the West Indies, Central and South | America and Africa were in attens {anc | The convention, which i session one month, will consider “leg- islation for the future governmert of the negro race of the world.” it was . announced by Marcus Garvey. who. signs himself “his highness, the po- tentate of the Universal Negro Im- provement Association and proyisional president general of Africa. He declared that the negro race must build up the association “into a unconquerable power through which we can fight our way to industrial. commersial, educational, social and political freedom on the great -conti- nent of Africa.” The convention opened with a pa- rade through Harlem, which was fol- g. addressed JOINT BUYING OUTLINED. - Maryland Farmers to Launch Their Co-Operative Project. Special Dispatch to The Star. the oppressed.” . —_— ANNOUNCES ACCEPTANCE. Italian Premier Tells Senate of Ac- tion on U. S. Invitation. ROME, August 1.—Premier Bonorni announced in the senate today that Italy had “heartily accepted” the in- vitation of the United States to the disarmament conference in Washing- ton. Similar _announcement had been made by the premier to the chamber of deputies in his speech at the open- ing of parliament recently. . APPROVES SWEET BILL. Senate Adopts Conference Report, Consolidating Relief Bureaus. The conference report on the Sweet bill providing for the consolidation of all government activities dealing with war_veterans under on .bureau was adopfed today by the Senate, and now awaits House action. ———— — SEES MENACE TO HOME LIFE. Modern tendencies threaten destruc- tion of American home:life. Rev. Len G. Broughton, formerly of Christ Church, London, declared in an address last night at the First Congregational Church. Theatergoing men and pleasure-seeking women are threatening the very founda- tion of the home in this country, Dr. Broughton declared. “This problem can- mmmmmammm Twenty-five Broekiys, N. Y‘- families pulled w| a ‘medern edition of the old “forty-mimer” wagon traim. schooners have beem replaced by automobiles, trailers and D af whom Sre DLOMINE SeParaton in | oF the earavan, whlch ia on route te.a (ract of 5000 B E v e o ont | ke Srush. buiid Vhemacives slapboard howees that the church must solve,” ecnt Americans, They own their own au o N for discuseion at the regular meeting of the board of directors of the| Washington Chamber of Commerce in the chamber rooms in the Homer building tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. AUSTRALIAN LEADER DIES. MELBOURNE, Australia, August Thomas Joseph Ryan, former premier of Queensland and lately acting leader of the labor party, is dead from pneumonia, which developed from a chill sustained while he was traveling in the interest of his party in @ bye-election contest at Maranoa. 10,870 REAL CHICKENS OF EGG-LAYING VARIETY HOUSED IN DISTRICT Chickens in the District of Col- umbia in 1920 numbered 10,870, the census bureau announced today. Last year the chickens in the Di trict laid 42,932 dozen eggs. The number of chick: in tke District last year showed an increase of more than 3,000 over the number for 1910, Chicken fanciers raised 14,103 chickens in 1920, the census bureau figures show. The 1910 figures show thet 13.850 fancy chickens were raised in that year. The number of chickens on farms in the United States. according to the census bureau, was 359,573,385 They were not classed in any other way than as chickens. lowa led all other states \in possession of ckickent with 27,746,518, with Nilpois ‘a close second, with 25.- ‘120/643. A total of 1,656,267,200 e ‘were laid by chickens in 1919, the\figures showed. v N o) BALTIMORE, August 1—Prelimi- nary outlines for the establishment of !a state-wide co-operative purchasing jorganization for the farmers were agreed upon at the first meeting of the special committee recently ap- pointed by the Maryland icultural Society to draft such a plan. The meeting was held in Baltimore last week. Members of the committee who at- tended the meeting were: C. E. Bryan of Harford county, chairman; E. P. Cohill of Washington county, J. H. Kimble of Cecil county, J, H. Bland- ford of Prince Georges county and J. W. Jones of Montgomery county. D.: G. Harry, president of the Maryland Agricultural Society, also attended the meeting. SHIPPING OFFICIALS OUT. Suspensions Follow Disclosures in Investigaticn of Fee Collections. Shipping Commissioners Quinn_ st New York and Smith D. Reynolds, New Orleans, have been suspended. Secretary Hoover announced today, as a result of an Thvestigation at all ports of the alleged acceptance by commissioners of fees for entering and clearing vessels, The practice of ship owners of pay- ing usually about $5 for a service . which the government paid the com- missioners to perform wWas very gen- ral, Mr. Hoover said, and would be ‘broken up. _Even Shipping Board vessels, he added, had submitted to the charge.. The custom of “tipping™ commissioners during the war to exe pedite ship's papers had grown fnto & Committes., . i1l be in.* -