Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1921, Page 2

‘'THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. i MONDAY., AUGUST 8, 1921. MELILLA IN PANIC |GAMP MEADE BOYS |»4sko stom 1y zexas waes max: WHEN REBELS NEAR| - OUT FOR HONORS| . FORT WORTH, Tex., August 8,— Spanish Troops Arrive for|Determine” to Be Banner (&) ANNOUNCE FLIGHT PLANS OF ZR-2 ACROSS OCEAN Huge Rigid Airship Will Visit Washington and FEAR RUSH T0 J0BS | BYU.S. ANNUTANTS Retirement Conference to ISHIPBOARD STARTS | USTING OF ALIENS District and Foreign Offices munication was received by the Fort Worth Record vesterday. supposedly written by officials of the local order of the Ku Klux Kian, denying that the klan was responsible for the at- tack on Pinto and setting forth that the organization is opposed to all Benny Pinto, who was taken into the country by a party of masked men and severely whipped and. ordered to leave the city, returned to his hoine with his back badly lacerated. He was given treatment by a physician. Take Up This Possibility of Lehlbach Bill. A special subcommittee of the joint conference on retirement will meet to- morsow afternoon to consider the effect of Representative LehiBach's bill for re-jon her maiden voyage across the At- Other Cities After A * England—Navy rrivingin U. S, From Makes Statement. | The tentative route of the United States Navy's great, new rigid airship, the ZR-2, which will legve England h, B What a formidable factor the glant !By the Associated Press, ' airship would be in any land or naval today by the Navy Department with announcement of facts connected with war was revealed for the first time "FOrt’s Defense—Cabinet , Crisis Expected. LONDON, August 8.—Moroccans Wwho two weeks, ago signally defeat- @ Spanish troops in norgheastern School as Second Week - Opens Enthusiastically. - Special Dispatch to The Star. CAMP MEADE, Md, August 8. izens' military tra g school —The second week of the cit-| at| Pinto gaid _he cculd give mo reason why he shodld have been attacked. In a statement issued by Pinto’s fam- ily, they said they did not believe the whipping was the work of Ku Klux Klansmen. - In line with a statement, a com- VOTES ANTIBEER forms of violence. The communica- tion @enounced as a forgery a letter previously received by a local news- paper, signed by the K. K. K., in which the organization is said to ac- cept full responsibility for the at- tack. {POSTMASTERS ON CARPET Also to Be Thoroughly - Amerijcanized. Ships owned and controlled by the United States Shipping Board are to be thoroughly Americanized, as are all the district and foreign offices of the board, it was announced tos I 7 z e . = Morocco, and who h: - 'Camp Megge opened th i ith 7 instatement of retired government em-{lantic Thursday, August 25, was an- | her construction. g Who have been press: ) is morning wi = Changes in the onne he ployes, the question of increased annui-{nounced today by the Navy Depart- R e T ing their advantage since that time, &1 dfe ondm:»h‘pyarf(otl:::ryn::iud:'r:i FOR C0-OPERATION LACK Rokrd manithe e Daea i ties and other problems. The first year iment. The course of the dirigible| It is larger by 500.000 ::a:n Cne|are reported to have appeared In|i;‘rakc Gen. Pershing's red camp in will probably make the cntire force of the operation of the retirement law will ‘end August 21. Once provision is made for reinstate- ment, it Is feared, scores of retired clerks and others might take It into their heads to ask for reinstatement. The trouble, loose upon. the some quarters against the pushing of his bill for reinstatement, and the le dangers pointed out to him ; | l ! Wil bring her across the north At- lantic and carry her across some of i the largest eities of the Atlantic coast, including Boston and New York, end- ing at the great hangar at Lakehurst, N. J. which is being rushed to com- than the Zeppelin L-71, Germans built to bomb New York city, enabling her to carfy the most pow erful bombs known, and possessing a cruising radius of 9,000 miles, It 18 said that the, ZR-2. could destroy the capital city of any world power if un- opposed. To affora a popular understanding miles an hour. In spite of this handi- cap, which will hold the ship back lare lined with .goldbeaters’ skins. fifteen or twenty miles an hour. naval Goldbeaters’ skins are taken from the force hefore Melilla, the, last strong- hold of the Spanish In that section of the country. It is asserted that panic reigns in the city.and that civilians are seeking safety on board ships in the harbor. * « Uncertainty surrounds: the fate Gan, Navarro and several hundred of Melilla, causing a panic in the city, says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Maryland, the banner school of the country. The week end leave granted to boys from Washington, Baltimore and vicinity refreshed the students and immediately following bréakfast this morning, the three battalions were marched to the athletic field, where they indulged in a twenty-min- warded with more than one honor, at the conclusion of school. Privates A. Carson Harrell, 1206 De- j crat, Missouri, an BILL AMENDMENTS Senate Has Warm Debate on mendment to fine and imprison prohibition enforcement ts who violate citizens’ Taken to Task for Failure to Re- spond to Orders of Mr. Hays. First Assistant Postmaster Genéral Work took to task today certain post sured to the public through the me- {dium of postmasters, znd their in- efficiency or neglect of duty must in employed by:the Shipping Board per cent American. Wherever it possible to obtain the xervices of an American it will be done. Conducts Investigation. The board now is conducting an in- vestigation of the clerical forces at cme and the men aboard ships 10 ser indeed, would be let pletion o house her. of the tremendous size of the airship ute period of calesthenics, under the . masters throughout the country who|[What cuts will he necessary to hring Civil Service Commission: upon Which| Leaving Howden. where she was' the Navy Department gives the fol- el Who were reported fast week |direction of the athletic director of Right of Prohibition AgeNnts |nave faited to respond to Postmaster | 342Ut the desired chamge. The cnangs f i ily vi c ¥ i Ple g 4 = probably bring about a se- _ such work would fall, it is held ::;{_‘);"“:"hzff;""‘L‘;p::“'","’o‘;",’u;}‘f;’; O RS "rere {o land in front Mount Sfruit. Madrid advices indi- | Returning to their barracks they General Hays' plans for improved!vere cut in the persomncl of the Shin: The desire on the part ofhundreds of 1, "l qor 15 prevent loss of gas and|of the United States OCapitol build- f:.: the e;r in official quarters t'r’mre put on fleld equipment, including Under L w. service. . ping Board and the Emergency Fleet h imately §500 aniuitants for{to conserve full ballast will fly at a|ing in Washington there would be | ok Gen: tNavarros forces have been | twenty-pound packs, and were march- aw. “The reaction of the employes in|Corporation. Reduction 1o 1t the approx ly 6.5 Teadin 3 Ve feet of the Capitol . It was reported from |eq to the parade grounds, where, un- -8 i the postal service to the efforts of the lber of employves will be made grad- increased annuities would be a € [low altitude. As she proceeds to sea |just twenty e 11 | Madrid_last night that the body of iger comand of M Harti, he The Willis-Campbell anti-beer bill & improved Serv-|ually af; 2 factor in the “stampede” back to theishe will climb to = higher altitude.|extending beyond the nose and tall |Gop ' "gijvestre, commander of the melmhed ad¥or. maj.n l:r:hgun. ‘l ey Sl T . administration for :fi'd in swm“d £l 'rfi zh,,‘, investigation Service, it i believed, since many of the {which It is expected will be maintained | of the ship. If she were stood on end | Spanish troops’ which met defeat two | marched around the field three times orward in the Senate today,|ice has been splendid, withe board anticipates no difficulty retired cmployes are dissatisfied With luntil the American shore is reached. | by the Washinglon Mogument the tail | wecks ago and who committed sui- band. paniment of the military | several amendments being acted upon Work. et thatihel o :»» nternational Seamen’s Union their pensions and are asking for morc. Winds May Retard, of the ship would be 150 feet higher | cide following the reverse at ¢he . without discussion. One modification| 1t has developed, however. tha "m]wm the proposed rearrangement, it . Expected to Act. 5 3 than the top of the Monurgent. The {hands of the Moors, had been found.| -Tents Pitched for First Time. adopted would authorize Importation | Co-operation of <po e hat 4| A8 said foday by officials. Andrew o t has in- | g, JUIY 1913, it took the “British |top of the Woolworth tower would Spaniah Soldiers Land. Following this they were assembled in | of wines for sacramental or other un- |cordial in many offices and FU%, Bl¥uruseth. president of the s Al o Ol D rn for reator. | irship R-34 108 hours and twelve | cxtend Oply ninety-two feet above the| gunigh goldiers have been landed |roups and given direction in the manual | beverage purposes when domestic R vice i other. post{p ion: bud Thadimeveral ieuikedimith g many ex-employes to the ranks |@unutes to reach Hazelhirst Field, lnll: of t elai,;shlg- laced fn Times |on the Moroccan coast southeast of |of arms. Tents were pitched by the|production was not sufficient et T AT ey e e e whom the present administration be- |N. Y. from East Fortunte Scotland.|¢ ”:".?‘, Yo city. it would al- | Melilla. where they are ynder pro- |students for the first time this morning.) Senator Sterling, republican, South{®Twes = . 1, the depart- By i i e gy o lieves were unjustly retired by former | The ZR-2. which is faster than the,jiuare Few Bork oy 6 FOUD G [tection of the guns of-warships, but [ During the marching exercises this| Dakota, In charge of the bill, who of-| InsPectors’ TEROrE 0y cra post- |Jokin% the porsonnc e e Postmaster General Burleson's so-|R-34. it was said. should make the | MOSt completely spare at each |it would not appear they have made | morning Company M, which includes the | fered the modifying amendments. said [Ment recite IRSISICES . Y jependent 2 can called “planket order” retiring all |trip in less time. provided the west- (e only a few feet.to spare of, | 4nY serious advance against the right [boys from the District of Columbia,|that in one year after the Volstead |masters are cORUSCUR “orifieeions, Changes at London Office. employesh at the appointed ages, |crly winds are not too strong. Dur- [Just on a level with the Astor l"';’h- flank of the Moorish army advancing | was complimented on two different occa-{law wine imports jumped from 28.000 omw‘;‘.af‘, the postal regulations and| One of the first offices to be in- whether they were still efficient or |fng this time of year, it was pointed j €nd and the top of the ship would Pe jupon Melilla. Dispatches state thatisions by Maj. Hartigan. Because of |&allons to 1,200,000 gallons ey glect of the service. vestigated and probably one of the not. g out. the winds across the Atlantic are | 1€ the outer cover of the aiwsbip|the tribesmen have been shelled by (tibir excellent training in the High Reed Amendmen e B atent that the QuAlltY of |Arst in which a shake up ity toi: oL T mr’l’""dm’il;-l"om o e s, S s The “gas | P The Naath rebels are reported to | School Cadet Corps in Washington, it is| senator Broussard, democrat. Louis- |service from post offices can only be |place s the London offich of =t v hiba s 5 = 3 is company wi Rl K 7 S is dep: s- ere éxicia tive Lehibach has been advise strength of from twelve to twenty bags, which contain. hydrogen ®as, |have arrived outside. the l"flum of | €xpected that this company will be re-|; Lol JAOHESEIE: €N Reed. demo. | directed by this department and as- board. where Americans will be i stalled to handle the work now done by Britishers working for the Ship- ping Board. It said Tt is likely that the board of ac-|officers believe the ZR-2 will have |outcr covering of. thebintestine of a |Tangier. = 5 -l ag, consti- iency A e was today the | tuaries recently appointed and organ- | plenty of gagoline to spare when she | cow. o There s but one goldbeater | | Smanish civilians are saif to be ST Sireed norihwest, and vincent C.|tutional rights.” Fhat started dis- | ev-tably impair the scrvice they D ZTeE D Mhe London L beont | ized to survey the first vear of the|reaches the Atlantic coat. = o |skin t each cow that is slaughtered. |hastily seeking safety on Doard Shibs | norbeast, were the frat aovoiin Come| Cussion. = BRI B contes P |nne. at an ffort will be made 1o _operation of the retirement act may | Food for the crew of twelve offi- | There are 600,000 of these skins used |in the harber Bt emmolare irst bovs in Com-| In many cases, Senator Sterling 2 | ovesanin: oses Americans consider this problem, along with a|cers and thirty men of the giant|in the lining of the ks bags of the | "yt M to c said, arrests without warrants, where| . the progress of the ship- omernl review of the meeds for bet- | dirigible will be cooked by the hot|zp elilla is a commerclal port on the |and’ displaving of equipment. { violations were flagrant, were justified. | JUMPS; | hiis Strike last pring it was found bt e ct exhaust flames from the motors and | “Ti . ewts quarters on the giant|NCFIE €oast of Morocco belonging to| A member B the company who has | Senator Williams. democrat, Mini!-[DEMAND STERLING 9 |Decessary to supplement the non- tering the retirement act. the menus announced by the Navy |, The crew's auarters on the glant|Spain. The citadel is built on a rock. | won the hearts of the boys is Sert. | sippi. objected (o the obening of ban: iStrikers with sailors of any nutions!- Concerned In Annuities. Departmert compare favorably with | JurStiD are located in the Meelway The town is garrisoned, and in or-|T. H. McDonald. : gage without warrants. The owner || ONDON SHORTS NERVOUS |ity 6 keep the vessers Ol Tl Particularly the joint conference on | tholle of first-class hotels. Breakfast | {hs geelway 1o & long corridor Xt | dinary times a force of about 1000! 'Sergt McDonalds who was a lieuten- { of such baggage ~would be justiied . the new policy many of the mer Letirement, headed by Robert H. Al-!will include cereal. fruit, bacon ang | Simt feet e v “Pab Apott Imen was stationed there. jant during the world war, is an assist- | in shooting the agent, if he had any-| NEW YORK. August $—Demand|who 1ok places on byard vessels ot ¥ is concerned in the matter of |eggs and coffee. while the luncheoh| EN T80 WEe A0S “CVeR [eCl ER | Since the outbreak of the rebels ant professor of military sclence and | thing to shoot with” Senator Wil-| sterling today ook a sudden Jump of {1t ‘time 'will lose vhore Joiet o This organization is try- |card shows soup. roast beef. sliced | Thete are two large spaces inclosed | gainat the Spaniards the tribesmen | tactics at Blackstone, Academy, Black- | liams declared 4% to 3.64%. Local exchange au-iof the important changes (o he mo. the official thought of | tomatoes, green onions. cheese cakes W (his keelway with Balloon fabric|gragually have been driving back the |stone, Va. As ' resalt of hix experi- Cltizen; | thorities attributed the rise 10 BUr- (00 the sus-pomp somier oo 0o made he administration upon the matter and even candy. For dinner a regu-: C o 7€ ST R0 QHPTCHT DU%e for | Spaniards toward Melilla, which is|ence there he understands boys and | Senator 3 {ried covering by the short interest in | plovment of | Americin tnpine nd finding it somewhat hard to do, |1ar two-dollar ‘spread is scheduled. |Ward 3 situated midwa; knows how to et the best out of them. | al8o criticised the prohibition agents. |the London market. They pointed t_is freely confessed. Phere is believed to be no question hat many of the retired workers want ncreased pensions. In fact, the Re- stired Employes’ Association is on frecord as favoring a certain mate- ;inl schedule of increases. The joint conference, it is under- Istood, ‘is somewhat hesitant as to fwvhat demands to make in regard to increased anniities, although recog- ?}lzmz the justice of some increase. he administration’s economy pro- including cham chowder. roast beef, | the men saute potatoes. spaghetti. pickles and canned peaches Every member of the American naval crew assigned to bring the dirigible to the United States will be specially se- lected and specially trained as a result {of the program laid down for the flight by the Navy Department. Most of the crew participated in the construction of the airship, while at the same time taking |intensive courses in_technical. subfects | ring upon her operation. Between| » b G -2 con j:’ifies ok Sparty i track and field | SISts of six 360-H.P. Sunbeam Cossa Comtortable Quarters. The quarters are equipped with com- fortable chairs, tables, benches and a { victrola. a the keelway at- varying imtervals. Each bunk has in addition to a good mattress and blankets -a fur-lined ! sleeping bag. - In the summer months. however, this sleeping bag is not nec- j essary. The motive bower of the ZR-2 con- The bunks are placed along | of a peninsula pro- jecting into the Mediterranean sea. May Form New Cabinet. King Alfonso is understood to have asked former Premier Maura of Spain to form a new cabinet. says a Madrid ldispatch to the Journal, quoting re- ports in that city. Senor Maura is tions. and the kiing has continued his conferences with political leaders. The dispatch says a ministrial crisis will come in a few days. MADRID. August 7.—The general jsaid to Fave accented with reserva-| Another instructor who has wide ex- perience in the handling of boys is | Sergt. Lynn Stearnegs, who was de- | tailed here from the Virginia Poly. technic, where he is assistant prof sor of military sclence. He served with the 7th Divisien~in France, and was with Gen. Pershing when he| | routed Villa from his Mexican lai i { This afternoon the boys will rec their first instruction in engineering | tactics. A troop of soldiers, now as- | | signed to the engineering battalion at ‘amp Meade will demonstrate the va- Citizens are “waylaid and held up and searched” on the highways, h while neither homes, property nor persons were immune. “It is an outrage,” said Mr. Stanley. who recited that many criminals en tered homes by representing them- selves as revenue officers. . Chairman Nelson of the judiciary committee opposed the Réed amend- ment, declaring it would encourage bootleggers. It would make the Juw “'practically nugatory,” he said, to re- quire search warrants to seach auto- ut that Saturday’s rates were sub- tantially higher, indicating even then some nervousness by the short faetion. - 2 Developments in the international | situation over the week end. it w said, threw no light on the market's strength. Other remittances im proved substantially with the Lon- don quotation, lire rising 6 points. francs and pesetas 14 and rates on | Switzerland, Copenhagen. Stockholm {and Holland 18 to 20 points. wherever possible. {HABEAS CORPUS MOVE FAILS*TO RECOVER SON J. P. Haske Unsuccessful in Effort to Regain Boy. as Proceed- ings Are Dismissed. i | | i H i i i | { ng embarrassing in this : Ara motors located in six power. cars, gi S : Eigard. nobody desiring to ask for in- events and in other ph: ’;‘al(:xeg(‘;z?_’!ing her a speed of seventy-five miles fopinion here is that Premler Allen-|rious maneuvers practiced by the En-|mobile bootleggers. When officers | Special Dispateds 1o The Star frreases when the officials want to | designed to keep tnempEatOmthes, an hour under full pressure and fitty | desalazar will remain in power. but | gineering Corps. +{find the liquor transportation law be- ICARPET WORKERS RETURN | ROCKVILLE a. August &7 feut down. mileitrip. miles an hour under cruising speed.|that he will take into the cabinet) —_— {ing violated, Senator Nelson said, i {hafleas corpus proceedings brought Will Visit Washingto! She carries 10,400 gallons of gasoline.! members of the conservative element, | | they have a right to seize the liquor A i & pasis e . i : After its arrival in this country Wash-| The sh'p is controlled from the con-| which at present are not represented | CHOSEN FOR CONVENTION. | without a search warrant. Agreement Reached After Strike of | the circuit court here by John Petric XPLODING BOILERS ington and many other large cities will | tfol car situated forward. which is|in the government. At Senator Nelson cited automobite 3 Month: Haske. through Attorney John A . be given an opportunity to See the|similar to the bridge of a ship. The s e obRi da Ll bootlegging across the Canadian bor-| Seven Months. Garrett. against Alonz Sdith and SPLIT SINKING SHIP; 48 BELIEVED DEAD Ve £ est airship. To secure coun- | captain controls thi& ship exactly a% l‘r‘;rel;elslrrfiorm! forplhe efforts of the ! does the captain of a seagoing vessel. Navy to keep the United States in the! The communication system consists of van' of air offensive power. which tie|engine room. telegraphs. ship tele- acquisition of the mammoth airship nowY phones and voice tubes. All ogders to gives, cross-continent flights will be|the power units on the engiie tele- ROBBED OF $580. C. P. Harris, Colored, Failed to | Employes’ Unions. Nearly a score of delegates from the Washington locals are to attend the fifth annual convention of the Delegates Named Here by !‘edenw rants would make officers’ work almost hopeless. MERGER BILL WEDNESDAY der, and said swearing out search war- | The strike of Wilton and Brussels |carpet weavers. affecting five cities, has been settled, it was announced here last night by Archibald Camp PHILADELPHIA. Pa. August 8.—| Leo Tweedale and Mrs. Minnie Recd {all of Washington Grove, for the | recov. of his five r-old son jJack Haske, were dismissed today i udge Peter. When the o se came before the bell, vice president of a carpet manu- | facturing concern and a representa-:court Sheriff tive of the Brussels Manufacturing Sheriffs Carlin and Klingle testified Association. He said that a satis- $hey had gone to Washington G factory adjustment had been reached | 1o serve the papers for the defen following a conference of the work- |0 Present the child in court at 1 ers and employers here Friday. o'clock this morning. They said the: ! The strike began here January 8;did not sec the child. upon the announcement of a proposed | Mrs. Reed. a sister-in-law Bank Motor Sales Proceeds. g ining and propaganda | graphs are repeated back to the con- '.fl?r‘;i,‘:‘:‘" for training and Provagat®i i o) car betore being put into "“"“" Charles_P. Harris, colored, 424 Q is b aval officers that | tion. ! 3 . 424 Q with % :‘;Inl::’i:?nbge;onsnguon of the | _On her trip across the Atlantic thestréet, sold a motor truck Saturday|'’Federal ~ Employes' Union No. 2: tremendous potential power of the|ZR-2'will never be out of communica- | afternoon. It was too late to put the|Dr. J. Franklin Mever, bureau of | ZR-2. coming on the heels of the re-tion with the shore. - The radio set! ) ;ceeds in“bank, he stated, and he!sundardn. president ‘of the scientific . Cests. the country will| with which she is equipped has a : and technical section; W. H. Hend- e O neq to the needs of air!sending radius of about 1.500 miles. |3ecreted it in his desk in a room on 2t ' printing office National Federation of’ Federal Em- ployes at New Orleans September 1 to 16. They are: holson and Deputy i District Committee Now Ready for ‘Woods Measure. When the House District committee Imeets on Wednesday morning it is lexpected that the street railway (Continued from First; Page.) i 1] == ,;:des_ spilling their human cargo int‘o 1he icy waters. Many of the survi- 1vors were rescued by the Anyox. after | they had floated about in the water government. of = j for several hours. f Captain Dies With Ship. J. H. Moss and C. L. Vilim, both of | Chicago, said they reached a lifeboat Jwhich had been swept off the decks. Other lifeboats, they declared, went own with the ship. [ i Capt. Harry Hobey of the Alaska ipreferred to go to his death rather {than leave his command, passengers treported. When Mr. Moss removed life belt he was wearing and offered ‘it to Capt. Hobey. telling him to save imself, witnesses said the captain {walked away replying: “I prefer to go down with my ship.” : _Although a veteran in the service ‘capt. Hobey was only forty years old. i}le assumed command of the Alaska three weeks ago, and this was his ithird trip. |, Stories of heroism again were told today by survivors of the ill-fated ‘steamer. Capt. S. Snoddy and the fcrew of the Anyox were commended for their rescue work. Accompanied by three seaman volunteers, Second Officer Andrew Sinclair of the Anyax! itook a lifeboat from the Alaska, and cithin thirty minutes rescued thirty persons clinging to vater. wreckage in the Acts of Heroism. ¢ Congress will { It also is equ!pped with a wireless g:e!fo':caelgflte:ar:clekelha[‘encerofis appro-:‘glephone and radio direction finding riations for future huilding. set. o P! ————F‘——"‘—|—_—‘ BACKS BAN ON LYNCHING. | HOLD-UP IS FRUSTRATED. o ins Approves Pro- Four Men Caught, Charged With 7 * Attempting $50,000 Robbery. { CHESTER. Pa. August 8.—Four Rev. posed National Legislation. Approval of the anti-lynching bill recently introduced in the House by Representative Dyer of Missouri, pro- i v deral osing to make lynching a fe DPime: was voiced last night by Rev. S. Geriah Lamkins, pastor of the Mc- Kinley Memorial Baptist Church. in a sermon to his congregation. I am not chiefly. concerned about | this question as a colored man, but as an American citizen, solicitous of the | future welfare of our country.” he said. “Crime begets crime, as truly as love begels love and hatred begets hatred.” in police court here, charged with being participants in an alleged con- spiracy to hold up and rob last night's meeting of the Iron Workers' Building and Loan Association. The police ‘declare they frustrated the alleged plot and saved the recel of the meeting. which amounted more than $50,000. They assert that men from St. Louis, Chicago, New York and Wilmington, Del., were im- plicated. The police said that three others, including the ringleader, escaped. GEN. BAGDOLIO HONORED. Former Italian Chief of Staff Wel- comed in Detroit. to —_— STOCK ISSUE ASKED. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Petitions I. C. C. for Authority. Praise was mutually extended be- i{tween members of the crew and pa: isengers in their stories of the scenes following the crash. Despite the iso. ilation of the ship, which was en- eloped in fog with the swells dash- ing against it and throwing spray ifrom the jagged rocks of the reef, calmness prevailed among the passen- imers and crew. It was a short time, ithat scant thirty minutes between the |striking on the rock and the sinking. {But without signs of disorder the ipassengers were helped into the-éfe- oats under calm direction of officers nd crew and lowered into the water. " Most of those aboard the Alaska iwere cool and composed after thei ship had struck the rocks and while ! trey were being taken off in lifeboats | and on_liferafts, according to Mrs. Clafin_ Wright of Deauville, N. J. ‘and Miss Frances Eckstrom of Minne- apolis. | These two women were Prought Yo Eureka aboard the barge Henry Villard, which the rescue ship {Anyox had in tow. - Ham and Eggs Promised. . “I wish T could tell the name of the Jrishman who, when some of the omen began to be bysterical, sang |POSTMASTERS MUST VISIT The Loulsville and Nashville Rail road Company asked authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to- day to fssue $53,000,000 capitaT stock | guesteof Detroit. to be distributed as stock dividends.| Gen. Bagdollo arrived here last The carrier also asked authority to ex- | night from Cleveland, and was wel- ecute a first mortgage, one series of |comed by a throng from the Italian the bonds of which amounting to|)colony, which formed into a parade $28,615,000 is to be issued, and $12,-and accompanied him to the club 753,000 to be sold to J. P. Morgan|where he is a guest. & Co. at not less than 943 net. The general was the guest of honor The application said that in view of [at a luncheon. today, and will address the smallness of the existing capital |3 mass meeting here tonight, leaving stock of the company in comparison |afterward for Chicago. with the value and importance of the s pte el PR B8 e euryius far excceds tne| SUFFRAGIST IN CANADA. the company’s surplus far exceeds the amounts of the proposed stock divi- Miss Pankhurst Arrives From Eng- land for Vacation. dend, it is believed that the proposed stock incredse is in every way proper.” MONTREAL, August 7.—Miss Chris: tabel Pankhurst, English suffragist Ordered to Stir Around to Other jleader, arrived here. tonight on the steamship Megantic from England for Offices and See Methods. a vacation. She sald she would make First and second class postmasters | no speech. must stir around and keep abreast of| " gy pankhurst will vist her mother DETROIT, Mich.. August 8.—Gen. Pletro Bagdolio, former chief of staff of the Italian army, who is on a tour of the United States, today was the the lower floox of his home. This morning he discovered that a burglar had been there during the night and stolen $530 of his money. Entrance to his home had been gained by forc- ing a lock from a door. Herbert A. Clagett, 1429 South Caro- lina avenue southeast, told the po- lice he was robbed by a colored man of $2.25 in Wylie court northeast about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Burglars made an unsuccessful at- men were held on bail after a hearing {tempt to_rob the safe in the office | M of W. T. Galiiher's lumber yard, 13th and C streets, last night. Two pinch-bars used in the attempt were abandoned in the office. A pair of leggings and a penknife were stolen. Mrs. Louise McMahon, 1381 Irving street, reported the theft of $350. P8 | The money, she stated, was taken |elected. : from her home. ESTATE WORTH $57,832. Will of Maj. Frank W. Holt Of- fered for Probate. Maj. Frank W. Holt. chief of ord- nance of the National Guard, who died June 22 last, left an estate valued at $57,832.44, according to the petition for the probate of his will filed today by James A. Davis, named as execu- tor. The deceased left four sisters and four brothers, who are to divide the bulk of his estate. According to the will bequests of $250 each are made to Annie and Vir- ginia S. Mattingly and a canoe is left to his friend, James A. Davis. The remaining estate is to be distributed among his heirs. Ilinois produced more than 12,000,- 000 barrels of petroleum last year. branch; Dr. George A. Hill, Naval Observatory branch; Lew Mohler, navy yard branch; Edw. L. Scheuffler, Treasury Department; Mrs. Adele G. i Guthridge, Department of Agricul- ture branch: James P. McKeon of! the bureau of standards. Local No. 105, the all-women's local of the bureau of engraving and print. ing: Miss Katherine Tracy, president. Mi: sertrude M. McNally, secretary | Miss Belle Trueland., vice president Ella M. Stork, Miss Dangle, treasurer; and Miss Norah James. Federal Employes’ Union No. §9. composed of emploves of the District of Columbia government; Corbin Birch of the water registrar's office. Delegates from local No. 71, the other ashington local. have not yet been | —_—— WOULD PROTECT INSIGNIA Bill Introduced to Prevent Barter in Military Decorations. Leglislation designed to prevent the sale of any military or naval deco- rations to any persons not authorized to wear such decorations Is proposed in a letter received by the House today from the acting secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt. The letter contains the draft of a bill proposing to punish any person of- fering such decorations for sale. The penalties proposed are fines up to $100, imprisonment up to six months or both fines and imprisonment. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, in his letter, called attention to the fact that pawn shops are displaying these decorations for sale, and said that the offer of the decorations for | akirts of Detroit yesterday merger bill, introduced by Representa- tive Woods of Virginia. will be given consideration. 'Representative Focht, chairman of the committee, is out of the city today, but is expected to return tomorrow night. _— TWO A"I' BALL GAME SHOT. Attempt to Lynch Negro at Detroit Thwarted by Police. DETROIT. August 8.—A fight start- ing at a base ball game on the out- led to the shooting of two write boys, one perhaps fatally, and an attempt to lynch Sam Griggs. negro. who is al- leged to have done the shooting. Griggs was saved by the arrival of local police and reinforcements from Hamtramck, a suburb. after a crowd of men and boys had severely beaten him with fists and base ball bats, and had tied a rope around his neck with the announced intention of Fanging him. The boys wounded were Victor Bud kuski, twelve years old. and Peter Nadradowski, twelve. The condition of the latteh is said to be serious. They were in a crowd that had chased Owen Griggs. negro, to the home of Sam Griggs. his cousin, after Owen was said to have struck a white child in an altercation over a seat at the game. Owen sought safety in the house, according to the police, and when Sam Griggs came outside and faced the crowd at his front ‘door, the police were Informed, Mrs. Mary Andrewi his sister, handed him a revolver and he fired into the gathering, wounding sale was detrimental to the service. CUBAN COMMERCIAL MISSION HERE . TO CONFER WITH GOVERNMENT ON ECONOMIC QUESTIONS AFFECTING BOTH COUNTRIES. the boys. 25 per cent reduction in wages and soon spread to other edstern citles. twenty-three plants being affected. Mr. Campbell said the terms ac- cepted by the workers include 20 per cent reduction ifi the wages of wea ers, 10 per cent in those of fixers, res- toration of creeler boys, or appren- tices. the open shop in all factories of the association and the introduc- tion of $1 earners.” WHITE NOT A CANDIDATE. Has Nomination for Governor of Ohio Under Consideration. EAST HAMPTON, N. Y.. August 8. —Chairman George White of the dem. locratic national committee said to- |day he is not a candidate for the democratic nomination for Governor of Ohlo at this time, matter “under consideration mental_reservation.” Mr. White, who is at his summer hcme here, said that certain confer- ences of democrats, to be held in Sep- tember or October, probably would de- termine whether he would be a can- didate for the Ohio governorship. MARIETTA, Ohio, August §.—Close personal friends of Chairman George White of the democratic national com- mittee today affirmed Washington re- ports that Mr. White will be a candi- date for the democratic nomination for Governor of Ohio next year. - Mr. White is at his summer home at East Hampton, L. L ORCHESTRA TO CONTINUE. Mhn:enpolls Symphony Organiza- - tion Settles Differences. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., August The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, whose backers had threatened to dis- band the organization because of dif- ferences with union musicians, will continue in_existence and start the season in_October, it has been an- nounced. Disputes with the union have been smoothed out, it was said. The local musicians’ union tel, graphed its national president in New York asking that Minneapolis, parks be removed frem the “unfair list,” which was the final poing involved. Twp other points, involving collec- tive bargaining and wages, previously but had the with My {Haske. testified the child had bec: {taken Dy its mother to the home of {Mrs. G L _Seaton in the Chatham Courts. Washington, hefore the hai, lprut-el ings had been instituted. Judge Peter dismissed the case, as he held that the child was not in the jurisdiction of the court at the tim the proccedings were instituted. He said that the father had acted in & disorderly manner when he attempted to obtain possession of the child Fr - day evening. remarking that it was in a law-abiding community and e could have taken legal steps to se- cure possession. ile also said the child should not have been removed from the jurisdiction, and suggested that it be brought back in order th the court could decide in a lega manner where the child should s —_—— CHURCHES SEEK CHANGES {Two Appeal to Zoning Commission Under Building Line Rule. | Two churches appealed to the zon- ing commission today for changes it the regulation to permit them to o jcupy a larger percentage of their lots in erecting new edifices. The Takoma Park Baptist Church. through Appleton P. Clark. jr., sought to have the property at &h and But- |ternut streets changed from the A to the B area, which would allow !more space in erecting the church Residents of Butternut street filed a petition protesting against this. The commission postponed a decision in the case to inquire into a building line restriction which is said to exist in the deed of property in that block. The commission granted the re- lquest of W. A. Kimmel for a change from the B to the C area for the proj erty occupied by the H Street Chris- {tian Church at 6th and H streets 1 southwest. LONDON UNEMPLOYED SET FIRE TO TIMBER YARD 500 Police Fight Way for Fire Brigade to Save £1,000.000 p the latest methods in handling malil by 3 5 had been settled. Stock. ou %‘:;Ft get scared, folks. We're|visiting at least three other post offices | In \:wlorél. B‘i C., and will then tour 3 S cl all going to have ham and eggs in |each year. western Canada. s the Associated Press. 2 ambout an hour. " said Mrs. Wright. | This Is the glst of Cotibel i COMMISSION FROM CUBA LONDON, August 8.—Disappointed She declared his conduct was typi- cal of that of the men aboard the #hip. Mrs. Wright tore off her silk shirt- ‘waist. she said, because the boatsmien in Fer lifeboat found the oar han- dles were slippery with oil and they could make no headway, and she used the garment to rub the oil off he oar handles. 4 rock and then suddenly afterward istant- postmaster general, who states i B Sonmanes Senl o Tt BLOW UP_SCHOOLHOUSE. able for’ this purpose, “‘such visits must necessarily be made without expense to {Two Charges of Dynamite Raze d ‘ment. m‘?‘h:gllnr-‘e so wz;nm be nll;‘“:ed the | Building Near Missionary Ridge. postmasters, in addition to thelr Ie8:| CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. August 8. ular annual leave. It is suggested that |, CHATTARODGA, Trenn.. Ausuet 8- ular vaca- ; hey ke Ay a8e frce. or when in |cated in a suburb east of Missionary unknown to the authorities. RECEIVED BY MR. HUGHES - o Commercial Representatives Here to Confer on Proposed Duty on Sugar. this city to confer with the Senate finance committee regarding the pro- over their failure to obtain jobs at a timber yard in east London. which advertised for fifty men, 5000 men, unemployed laborers, today broke into the premises and set fire to a stock of lumber valued at £1,000,000 Considerable damage was done be- fore 500 foot and mounted police made way for a fire brigade. Zihlman Measure Identical With s . > Ridge, and which was partly de- s Sandingon e Rurricune ook Wheh| | 0V IC REHRENS DIES. | oo b tns® b Shemk 2% S by sehautian Guishert smcriany' oz . C. PARK BILL IN HOUSE ithe vessel hit the rocks. th said . b finance of Cuba, which has R i it seemed as if the Alaska struck one dynamite placed by some miscreant | come to icrashed into another. Salled From Portland. The_Alaska of the San Francisco and _Portland _Steamship Company Jeft Portland, Ore., last Friday with 131 passengers, of whom 123 were in the cabin and 8 in the steerage. The majority of passengers were summer itourists. . i The Alaska hailed from the home !port of Port Townsend, Washington; ‘its net tonnage was 3.709 and its Jength 327 feet. - Her normal crew numbered forty-five. She was built iat_Chester, Pa., in 1880. Blunt's reef is forty miles south of Eureka and 197 miles north of San Francisco. Ship _accidents were frequent at that point years ago, ‘until a_lightship was built in 1901. {The only notable wreck since was ithe sinking. about fifteen years ago, of the steamer Columbia, with (heavy loss of life. The owners of the {Alaska, incidentally, also owned the {Columbia. 2 i Fogs have prevailed along the Washington, Oregon and Northern iCalifornia copsts for two weeks, and |several shipping casualties have oc- ‘curred, the most notable being the iwreck of the Canadian government {steamer Canadian Exporter, off South Bend, Washington, last week. Prominent as Mason and Buslngu , Man in Washington. MONUMENT TO WAR DEAD. Louis Behrens, prominent Mason and business man, died yesterday at{Honor 283 Inhabitants of Luxem- his home, 1324 6th street. He was bourg Slain by Germans. eighty-flve years old. Funeral services will be held tomor- row afternoon at 3 o'clock from his late residence. Interment will be in Rock Creek cemetery. Mr. Behrens has lived in this city practically all his life. For many years he was the founder and head of a large bakery. He held the high- est degree in the Masonic order. Surviving him are two sons, Wil- BRUSSELS, August 7.—In the prov- ince of Luxembourg today a monu- ment was unvailed to the memory of 283 inhabitants of the province who were killed by the Germans in Au- gust, 1914, as vengeance for the re- sistance made by French soldiers against the German invasion. A representative of ‘King Albert and the ambassadors of France and Italy liam and Charles Behrens. and two daughters, Mrs. F. L. Phillips, and|Were present. Miss Margaret Behrens, :all of this - HELD AS ASSASSIN. city. Buys Gountry Huwe Suspect Accused of Blyying Former Special Dispatch to The Star. [ h %, BALTIMORE, _August - 8.—Edward Hungarian Pramibr., W. Minte of Washington has pu - - chased a country home of eighteen| BERLIN, August 8.—A former of- acres on the South river, in Anne|fider named Ozsermyak has been ar- Arundel country. The property is im- |rested in Hamburg, charged with the proved With a_large residence and|aseassination of Count Tisza, former outbuildini While no price was|Hungarian jer, according to = given, stamps on the deed showed the Statement published in the Hamburg price to be about $10,000. Fremdenblatt. / Minsion represents govermment of Cuba and entire ecomomic forces of the country. Tt is headed Py Sebastian Gelabert, secretario de clenda (secretary of administrator of the custems house of Havama; inance), as président. Ohers ‘of the personnel are: Manue! Frineisco Faura, customs house expert; Amtonfo J. (acting as secretary of the mission), financial expert, formerly assistant secretary of commeree; Aurclio Portuondo, Mareelin 7/ Caule, Ladislac’ Mendes, Luis Fude Cardenns, Carios M. Alsugaray, representing the Chamber of Com- meree, Aescctation of Merchants, Union -of Tobaeco Manufacturers, Tobacco Leaf Exporters’ Association, sugar sréwers and mill owners. The photograph was made today when the party calied at the State Department. i posed duty of 2 cents a pound on | sugar. i It is understood the mission lald especial stress upon what it claimed would be the disastrous effects upon Cuban industry if the duty proposed on sugar in the Fordney tariff bill jbecomes effective. A brief in opposi- i tion to this duty has been sent to the Senate finance committee by H. S, Rubens, former counsel for Cuban P hub id th 3 T. ubens sai the proposed v wouid have the effact-of ruining Sfl'fi both politically and financially and might lead to another “intervention" or to enforeed annexation to the United States, He called attention to what he described as the “unfortunate effect such a 1t would have on our relations With other Latin Amer- ican countri ¢ The question of a loan by the United States to Cuba is also scheduled for consideration, in order that the pres- ent financial conditions of Cuba may more rapidly be improved. The mis- sion is reported to be prepared to demonstrate -~ to our government Cuba’s capacity to repay any loan she may require. —— Milwaukee és to have two women deputy sherifts. i i a That Offered in Senate. Representative Zihiman of Mary-; land today introduced a bill for the extension of the park s em of the District of Columbia identical with a bill introduced last week in the Sen- ate by Chairman Ball of the District Committee. The bill provides for the purchase of three tracts of land to be used for park purposes, the proposed Klin gle Road Valley Park, the Piney Branch Valley Park and the .Pat- terson tract (Camp Meigs.) The bill was referred to the District com- mittee. CHARGED WITH MURDER. NASHVILLE, Tenn., August 8.—M. F. Swearingen, cashier of the Farmers Bank of Sharon, Tenn., is heid at Jack- son, Tenn., on a charge of murder after the fatal shooting there of Joe Bond, a railroad employe, according to informa- ition received by local authorities. Swearingen, it is alleged, missed Bond with one bullet and followed him three blocks before firirg the fatal shot. He | refused to 'make a statement after his » arrest, it is sgid.