Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1921, Page 2

1z Tl 7 IRES FAVOR WODD SELEETION Fresident of Senate Says General Will Be Well Re- ceived by Inhabitants. By the Associated Press. MILWAUKEE, Wis., August 13.— President Harding’s appointment of Gen. Leonard Wood as governor of the Philippine Islands is a “happy choice” as far as residents of the islands are concerned, in the opinion of Manuel L. Queson, president of the Philippine senate. He passed through here last night on his way from Seattle to Washington. “The appointment of Gen. Wood will be well received everywhere in the Philippines, I am sure,” Mr. Que. H .’ f b i son said. “The people feel that he is man well acquainted with their prob- lems, because he has lived there and knows them from first-hang informa- tion. Any man that was considered a worthy candidate for President of the United States should certainly have the approval of our people. REQUESIS WOOD'S RELEASE. Secretary Weeks Asks Gov. Sproul to Cancel General’s Promise. Bs the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 13.—Secre- tary of War Weeks several days ago wrote G William C. Sproul as pre: dent ex-officio of the Univ of Penn- vania board of trustevs, asking him to quest that body to release Maj. Gen Leonard Wood from his verbal promise Jast fall to head the institution. “Mr. Weeks sent me a letter two or three days ago. asking for the release of Gen. Wood,” the governor said. “The Jetter was sent to me as the ex-officio i of the univers board of 1 immediately turned it over to Dr. Josiah Penniman, acting provost, With the reques: that he lay the matter before the trustees, after which I no- ed the Secretary of War of my ac- tion.' While Gov. Sproul refused to comment on the contents of the letter, it was Jearned from a source very close to him that Secretary Weeks inclosed in _his Jetter a cabl.gram from Gen. Wood to the War Department executive. In the cablegram Gen. Woo: quoted as having asserted & Pebinizs emergency exists in the FAlligrine atatemerl Isiands at this tim® * _Upon the basis 3¢ tnis retary Weeks mzde bi# reques: for s release until the fall of ‘Ivania s, but a statement is expect- ed_within rwenty-four hours. When Gen. Wood agreed, in the presence of the board of trustees, to become head of the University of Pennsylvania, beginning this fall, he told ‘that body only a national cmergéncy could deter him. NEEDED FOR YEAR. Could Resume University Work the Following Fall. Nomination of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood as Governor General of the Philippine Islands awaits action by the University of Pennsylvania to re- lease him from his promise to become Provost of the institution, but his service in the dslands may not last more than a year. _Secretary Weeks said yesterday that Gen. Wood had yielded reluctantly to urgings that he accept the governor- ship, preferring to follow his origi- nal purpose of seeking private em- ployment. It might well be, Mr. Weeks addgd. that, should the uni versity authorities’ consent to the change in plans, Gen. Wood would remain only a Year in the island he ferred work at the university. Secretary Weeks said the Governor of Pennsylvania. had taken up the matter with the university authorities and that an early favorable reply was expected. The officer would re- | main on the active list of the Army, on detached service, Mr. Weeks add- €d, and receive the pay of governor general during his service in that ca- pacity. —_— WHITE HOUSE SEES MORE EVEN BURDEN FROM TAX REVISION (Continued from First Page.) committee with the democratic mem- bers present. Expect Limit on Debate. While the question of a special rule 1s to be decided by the party confer- ence, some leaders said last night they expected the majority to adopt priori- ty to committee amendments. They regarded final action by the House a week from today as something mor- than a probability. but it w. sized that this was a matter for de- termination by the party conference. Besides changing levies as outlined above the committeemen were said to have agreed not to increase the taxes on igars, tobacco and alcoholic was_stated that in reducing the income surtax rates to a maximum of 32 per cent from the pres- ent 63 per cent, the committee had made no provision for a further reduction to Per cent next year as recommended by Secretary Mellon. In voting to repeal the so-called luxury taxes, the majority members decided to substitute, if possible, a manufacturers’ tax on the same articles, if designed to be sold at sums in excess of specified prices. cent on the manufacturers’ prices and the return was estimated at $100,000,000 annually, as against $25,000,000 under the present law. 1t was explained, how- ever, that a provision of this nature would be difficult to administer because the prices of such goods were not stand- ardized and that it might be necessary to abandon the plan DECRY USE OF CHILDREN FOR RED PROPAGANDA German Conservatives Protest ‘When They Appear in Com- munist Parades. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, " L:zzust 13.—The use of little children -=or propaganda pur- poses by the German communist party leaders is characterizeq as a candalous and shameless procedure” by some of the leaders of more con- servative parties, who have taken particular exception to a recent . ‘“de- wmonstration” in which school chil- dren participated. ‘The children were “called out” by flaming posters, and some of them carried banners protesting against religious instruction in the schools, against corporal punishment and gafnst the government, with spe- | reference to the police. Revolutionary songs were sung 2nd then a twelve-year-old boy made a speech criticizing the conduct of the schools and religious instruc- tion. The communists frequently dress young girls and boys in bright red zarments from head to heel anq have ihem parade the streets carrying cl come home to take up his de- | empha- | The rate suggested was 3 per | Cows Made Drunk By Mash in Field At Mining Village Special Dispatch to The Star. FROSTBURG, Md., August 13. —John Dickey, at the mining village of Zillman, mile below here, went to the Wednes- day merning to find his four cows in a state of intoxication. Dickey at first did not know what was wrong with the animal; They were drowsy and almeost inanimute, and it with difficulty that they be aroused. Dickey examined their mouths, which showed they had been eating some kind of mash. Later he discovered that moonshine maxh hud been empticd into the fleld by some unknown person, The cows had partaken of it and become intoxicates He was unable to milk them for two days, but mnow 'the animals are all right. When he first stirred them up they were unable to rise, and when he did get them up they stag- sered about as if drunk. I COL. SAMUEL P. COLT DIES Chairman of Board of United States Rubber Company Suc- cumbs at Bristol Home. PROVIDENCE, R. I, August 12.— Col. Samuel P. Colt, chairman of the board of the United States Rubber Company, died at his Bristol home at 1:10° ‘o'clock this afternoon, his Geath following a_severe paralytic shock which he suffered a weeck ago yesterday. {MR. HUGHES NAMED DELEGATION’S HEAD (Continued from First Page.) | of “have been and are,” it was point- ed out, there might be ground to sup- pose that it sought to reopen old controves At the e time it is conceded that there may easily be difference of opinion as to what are closed inci- dents. in which case the conference itself would have to decide whether to take up the subjects in question. :JA?I:.!Y NAMES PLRLEY ENVOY ivice Admiral Zafo to E251 Dele- {galon to Disarmament Conference. | { By the Associated Press. TOKIO. August 13.—Vice Admiral i Kanji Kato, director of the naval staff college, has been informally Se- lected by the Japanese navy to head this country’s naval delegation to i the conference on disarmament and far eastern questions, to be held in Washington late this autumn, says | the newspaper Nichi Nichi. He is to | be accompanied to the United States {it is said, by Capts. K. Yamanashi, Y. Vyedas Nagao and zix other of- ficers. The league of nations’ assoclation of Japan has adopted resolutions supporting the principles actuating President Harding in calling the dis- armament conference, reduction of armaments,” the resolutions stated, “will be extremely difficult as long as a great power like the United tates remains outside of the league of nations. The American proposal looking to an international confer- ence is, therefore. particularly grati- fying, as it undoubtedly is a step forward in the right direction. The Japanese league of Nations' Asso- ciation hopes similar associations es- tablished in various countries to fur- ther the objects of the league of na- { tions_ will use every means at their { disposal to- achieve a reduction of « armaments. # { “This association earnedtly desires the establishment of as compleie an understanding as possible among the | powers_concerned regarding the prob- {lems of the Pacific and the far east which may come up for deliberation at Washington, together with the question of armaments. In its opin- ion, the utmost care should be taken iin the selection of questions to be d icussed, so that no matter already dis- posed of by international compacts should be submitted to consideration at_the conference. “Discussion of such matters could lead only to international discord. ‘The existence of a strong interna- tional organization is necessary to, the success of any scheme looking to the reduction of armaments. or other i measures having for their object the | maintenance of a durable peace among { nations. It is, therefore, believed that America’s move has given an excellent opportunity to powers already affiliated with the league of nations to exert their best endeavors in persuading the United States also to become a mem- or” | OFFICIAL NOTE TO FRANCE. iEmbassy to Deliver U. S. Invita- i ; tion to Disarmament Conference. i By the Associated Press, PARIS. August 13.—President Hard- {ing’s official invitation to the French i government to take part in the con- ference at Washington on disarma- ment and_far eastern questions was eceived by the American embassy here last night and will be delivered to the French foreign office today. Acceptance of the invitation taken as a foregone conclusion. The French delegation, it was under- the supreme council, probably will be small, as it is France, bassy at through the French Washington, is em- accommodation of the French dele- gation during the conference. day. appears not of Belgium during the Spa confer- ence. AMERICAN SINGERS SAIL. Company of Danish Descent Gets Honors at Copenhagen. COPENHAGEN. August 13.—The con- tingent of American singers of Danish descent who have been giving concerts in Danish cities sailed for the United Hellig Olav. singers were received at the royal pal- ace, and knighthood was conferred on Conductor Hansen and M. Sorensen, president of the organization. MUST VACATE WHARVES. Commisesioners Further Campaign to Improve River Front. The Commissioners remain, provided certain ments are made. Commissioner Oyster hopes to get an appropriation from Congress for the construction of a better retaining wall along the east side of the chan- nel, so that it will harmonize with the Potomac Park side of the channel and the attractive shore line of Wash- ington barracks. AFTER PARALYTIC STROKE | “The practical realization of the' was £tood, as is usual with meetings of known that Premier | Briand does not favor an enormous entourage of secretaries and experts. receiving many offers to lease a house for the Washington, it was pointed out to- to have specified whether the delegations will be the | guests of the American government, as has been the practice at meetings | of the allied supreme council, notably in the case of Italy at San Remo and States yesterday aboard the steamer During their stay in Copenhagen the took another step forward yesterday in their cam- paign to improve the appearance of the riven front, when they served no- tice on the occupants of two wharves at the foot of 10th street southwest to vacate within a few months. One occupant will be advised that he may improve- ADMINISTERS OATH | 10 MISS 0'T00LE Judge Aukam Officiates as | First Woman Becomes D. C. Law Court Judge. Miss Mary O'Toole late yesterday afternoon took the oath of office as a judge of the Municipai Court of the District of Columbia. Judge George C. Aukam administered the oath, and Judge O'Toole will take her place on the bench Monday morning. During the absence of Judge Aukam she will occupy his courtroom. Plans are in preparation for a formal reception by the new judge to her many friends in the court Mon- day morning. First gnment of Cases. Miss O'Toole is the first woman to be appointed to a law court judge- ship in the District of Columbfa. The new judge, in addition to her work in the Municipal Court, will substi- ltute for Judge Katherine Sellers in the Juvenile Court during the lat- ter's vacations and other absences. Her first assignment of cases Mond will be a number of suits for smail s with fear and trepidation that ¢ place on this bench’ said Judge O'Toole today. “I fear there is more at stake than just my mak- ing good. A man has only to make good for himself, but women gener- ally are judged by the success or failure of & woman selected for such high offico. The novelty of a woman presiding in a law court in this DI trict is being watched criticall fear, lawyers and the pu rener 1 will. however, give tol the position the very best that is in me, 1 attempt tc administer the office without prejudice and ac- cording to my best abili Men to Get Justice. The new judge made it plain that she is not a “man-hater.” declaring that she has five brothers, and that while che may have a woman's view- the man lit'gants need have no fear of the men litigants need have no fear of not receiving a square deal, despite the advice contained in a communca- | tion received in her first judicial mail Her correspondent suggested that she “soak the men.” A portion of the letter reads: Dear| Mary, I see vour picture in the paper; where President Harding has ap-| pointed you judge. He is a great man | and will be a good President. Souk it to them. Mary. those wicked men that come before you. Don't get mar- ried, it will make you soft-hearted As to the latter sugwestion, Judge O'Toole was unwilling to commit her- self. SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS FUND NOW UP TO $1,249.25 Commissioner Oyster Reports Be-i ceipt of $10 Contribution—Urg- ent Needs for Recreation. With the receipt of a $10 check from Georgia' Robertson, Commissioner Oys- ter's fund for the opening of school play. grounds was boosted today to $1.249.25. While the contribution of this amount has made possible the opening of eight | school yards for the balance of the sum- | mer, many more should be put into operation to meet the need for recrea- tion centers for thousands of children | who otherwise must play in the streets. | In a letter accompanying his check | Washington Topham of the North Washington Citizens' Association told Commissioner Oyster that while Con-{ gress should provide permanent munici- pal playgrounds, the people should give Eenerously to the fund being raised to | put the school yards into use pending the purchase of more play spaces by | Congress. : Those in charge of thé school play- | ground campaign are hopeful that the | forthcoming week will bring in a larger | number of contributions. Checks should | ibe sent to Commissioner Oyster at the District building. 3 CHEATING OF MOTORISTS | GAINS ALIMONY FOR WIFE Chicago Woman Granted $75 Per Month When Court Is Told Husband Steals $200. the Associated Press. HICAGO, August 13.—Mrs. Lillian | | LeBelo, granted a divorce today | |from Anthony LeBelo, employe of a| | gasoline filling station, will receive $75 a month alimony because, she | 5aia, her husband makes $200 extra a month by cheating motorists. “How can you expect your hus band to pay $75 a month alimon when his salary is only $165 a month? Judge Samuel Stough asked Mrs. { LeBelo. “Oh, he makes about $200 a month extra,” the witness answered. Métor- ists pay for the amount of gasoline they order, not for the amount the filler puts in_their tanks. In this difference is where my husband makes his extra money. JUSSERAND. CONFERS WITH BRIAND ON U. S.! 1 Ambassador Holds Long Conversa- tion With Premier on Ameri- can Affairs. PARIS, August 13.—Jules Jusse- rand, who recently returned to France for a leave of absence from his post as French ambassador to the United States, today held a long conversation with Premier Briand on the subject of American affairs. The ambassador, with Marshal Foch, will _travel with the delegation of the American Legion which arrived in Paris yesterday, on part of the itin- erary, taking in Metz and Flirey. After this~ journey the ambassador, with! Mme. Jusserand, will g0 to their coun- try home in the south of France for a private holiday. They intend to re- turn to Washington in October In ample time for the disarmament’ con- ference. | —_—— LIMITS BEAUTY CONTESTS Bill Introduced by Representative Herrick Aimed at Prizes. A bill making it illégal for a news- paper or advertising agency to hold a prize or beauty contest, where money is given away without neces- sity for .contestants to obtain sub- { scriptions or exchange labor there- for, was . introduced in the House of { Representatives yesterday by Repre- {sentative Manual Herrick of Okl homa. z The bill.also makes it “unlawful for | any newspaper ‘or other advertising !agency to hold any beauty contest contrary to this act or any contest wherein any moving picture company or film producer or theatrical com- | pany are allowed to participate therein. 3 {scarch for her. Iy the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 13.—George Paul Boehm and Albert H. Wehde, Ger- mans convicted of engaging in a plot to foment revolution in Indla during the world war, will be taken to Leavenworth penitentiary tonight to serve three-year terms in lieu of pay- ing $13,000 fines. With Gustave H. Jacobeen, who has been granted a temporary parole be- were convicted before Judge Kene- suw M. Landis last year. The supreme court recently affirmed the sentences The plot was concocted in 1917, when the three conceived the idea of starting a revolution in India against British rule. An army of Germans was to be organized in the Philippines and sent to India to assist in the uprising, according to evidence presented at the trial. Nawhville Lineman Electrocuted. SHVILLE, Tenn.—Hess Beach, a lineman in the employ of the Nashville Railway and Light Company, was :trocuted here when a number of lephone poles on the Hillsboro road tumbled to the ground. The poles for a distance of three blocks near the Vanderbilt University campus fell, causing_consternation among a group of several hundred students. Boy Gulilty of Killing. MERIDIAN, Miss.—Robert Hague- qud. fifteen, was found guilty in cir- cuit court of killing Lowlace Powell, ®ixteen, whom he was charged with striking with a b ball bat last De- cember. He was ordered confined in the state reformatory for an indefipite period. Dies by Drowning. MIAMI, Fla.—Edward F. White was released from Jjail when a coroner's jury decided Maud Gilbert, his com- panion on a fatal midnight automobile ride, met accidental death by drown- Inz." White told the jury that the girl was driving the car when it leaped into the Tamiami Trail canal, eight miles west of here. A physician tes- tified that water on her lungs indi- cated drowning. Ak Governor's Ald. KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—Relatives »of Ethel Grapebach, twenty-five, of Brooklyn, ) have requested Gov. Taylor to assist /in a nation-wide According to the let- ter received at the governors office in last March with ‘Grover C. sald to be a Tennessean. i Boy Accidentally Shot. RINGGOLD, Ga—Nevada Jackson Jones, aged thirteen, was shot and instantly killed near his home here by John Manning, aged seventeen, while the boys were hunting, a shot: gun having been accidentally dis- charged. Stepfather Charged With Shooting. KINGSPORT, Tenn.—Henry John- son, aged about twenty-two, is in the hospital here with ‘a bullet hole through his left arm and one in his abdomen, while his stepfather, George Johnson, forty-two, is in jail, charged with the shooting. Trouble is said to have arisen over signing a deed for conveyance of property. Taylor, Auto Caught Between Cars. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.—Two men were seriously injured when an automobile in which they were riding was caught between two street cars and de- molished. They were Bennett Cowart and John Bulger. Gasoline Price Advanced. ATLANTA, Ga.—The price of gaso- line was advanced 1 cent a gallon to consumers throughout Georgia as a result of the passage of the gaso- line section of the general tax act by the legislature, just adjourned. The levy is expected to bring to the state an estimated revenue of more than $1,000,000. Postpone Injunction Hearing. COLUMBUS, Ga.—Preliminary hear- ing in the injunction sought by Asa G. Candler, jr., and other stockhold- ers against_ three directors of the Coca Cola Company before the - su- perior court here has been post- poned. Postponement was caused by the illness of Judge George Munro, and Judge Malcolm Jones will come here from Macon to hear the argu- ment. The injunction is directed against a voting trust of certafn stock held by three men. Four More Arrested for Hold-Up. MEMPHIS, Tenn—Four additional arrests were made here in connection with the hold-up, of a Ford Motor Company pay roll automobile and the Killing of iwo guards Wednesday. One of the men arrested, Ivey Jones, thirty-one years old, brother of Jesse and Arville Jones, ‘already held on charges of murder in connection w the case. is charged with being an accessory to murder. Ivey Jones was arresteq when he went to_the Jjail to visit his brothers, while~the “police were scouring the city for him. The other three have police records. Commission Decldes for Mule Shippers ATLANTA, Ga.—The charge made by twenty-eight shippers of horses and mules in Atlanta, Birmingham and Montgomery that freight rates on these animals in the southeast are unreasonuble has been upheld by the Interstate Commerce Commission, it ROB AMERICAN TOURISTS. MILAN, August 13.—A group of American students touring Italy was robbed on a train running between this city and Venice, according to a report from that city. Thomas Child, son of Richard Washburn Child, the new United States ambassador at Rome, was one of the young men in ‘was announced by local dealers. The shippers will get #efunds totaling be- tween $80,000 and $75,000, it was said, and -the new,rates will range from 10 cents & hundred pounds for five miles up to 69 cents & hundred for one thousand miles. \ i — " Confesses Assaulting White Girl. CENTERVILLE, Ala.—Clyde Thomas, S MARY O'TOOLE. Men Who Plotted Revolution in India off for U. S. Prison cause of the illness of his wife, they | hville, Miss Grapebach left home ! FIRST WOMAN TO OCCUPY BENCH IN D. C. MUNICIPAL COURT ASSUMES DUTIES mediately following the confession deputies left with Thomas for Bir: ) omas m- ingham, where he will he placed in the Jefferson c ¥ heRnen ounty Jjail for safe SILESIAN PROBLEM TO BE TAKEN UP BY LEAGUE AUGUST 20 (Continued from First Page.) 1 culated to prolong the hardships of | the already sorely tried populace of Upper Silesia.” Discussing the differences between THE EVENING ' STAR, 'WASHINGTON, D. (., SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1921—PART 1 ACCIDENT DEATHS FEWER IN DISTRICT Increase, However, Shown in Number of Traffic Mis- haps the Past Year. Although the total number of traf- fic accidents in the District during the fiscal year ended June 30 was greater than during the preceding twelve. gnonths, the number of deaths Tewultink from aceidents decreased substantially, according to the annual report of Capt. Albert J. Headley of the traffic bureau. For the year ended Jume 30, 1920, there were seventy-six persons killed in accidents, whereas for the year ended this June fifty-nine deaths were recorded. The total number injured in traffic accidents last year, exclusive of steam railroads, was 1,805, as compared with 1,628 the previous year. Discussing the iIncrease in his report to Maj. Gessford, Capt. Headley said, in part “The record may appear to be Ereatly increased over last year, but his is accounted for by reason of en- actment of a regulation requiring any person operating or driving a vehicle to report to the nearest police officer or police station any injury to person or property resuiting from his vehicle colliding with such person or property, it being a well estab- liished fact that previous to the en- actment of this regulation man traffic accidents occurred which were never made the subjects of police re- . Headley also pointed out that thousand more automobiles are being driven in Washington this year. CAMP MEADE MEN RUSH PROGRAM FOR WEEK END Students Anxious for Privilege to Visit Home — “Best Men” Equipment Display Designated. Special Dispatch to The Star. CAMP MEADE, Md., August 13— Hasty preparations for two competi- tive drills and the policing of bar- racks, and uniforms, so that students will be entitled to their second week end passage to visit home, occupied the undivided attention of student attending the civilian military train ing camp here today. Competition among members of Company M for individual honors in display of equipment and bunks was characterized by the keenest rivalry. The four best men in the first platoon in ington, M. C. Thompson and John A. | England and France, as reflected in/ reports of the deliberations in Parl German official sai “Germany had no interest in pro- of the entente. She has an abiding faith in the righteousness of her cas: respecting Upper Silesia and is quit { | the council of the league.” 3 There is evident some apprehension regarding the nature of the attitude taken by the Poles, in view of the council's decision. It is asserted they are prepared for a fresh invasion of the plebiscite area of Upper Silesia. CABINET BACKS BRIAND. { Meeting. By the Ansociated Press. “PARIS, August 12—The French cabinet, at a second session held this afternoon with President Millerand presiding, unanimously approved the, action of Premier Briand this morning to submit the Upper question to the |in agreeing Silesjan boundary {Teague of nations. | Lord Curzon, British delegate, is {known to have considered asking { President Harding to act, but on reflection he is said to have béen lof the belief that a reply could not be received from Washington under several days, and, as it was quite un- certain what this reply would be, he | abandoned the idea. M. Briand raised the guestion of the submission of the decision to President Harding during a conversation this morning with | Premier Lloyd George, but Mr. Lloyd George thought it better to refer it |to the league of nations. Ambassador Harvey, replying to a question by M. Briand at the supreme councfl session as to what view of the situation Mr. Harvey took for the United States, replied: “The President of the United States has felt from the beginning that the question was one of distinctly Eu- ropean concern. It will be with a sense of relief, therefore, that he will hear of a confirmation of this view | | United States is not associated. ‘Consequently, as the representative of the President of the United States, I shall refrain from participation.” ATTACKED BY PAPER. London Times Says Meeting Ended in Fiasco. LONDON, August 13.—“The supreme council meeting ended in a flasco, which is a confession of the bankruptcy of that highly abnormal institution,” says the London Times, editorially today. “Convened to solve the Silesian prob- lem, it has failed, referring the issue to tne league of nations, thereby avoid- ing the definite rupture which would likely result from a final affirmation of the profound divergence in the French and British governments’ views. “The Sileflan question still is open. There is no official break beotween the chief powers called to proclaim a deci- sion, but they demonstrated to the world their inability to agree, they registered the fact that within the entente there are two sharply opposed views on the attitude toward Germany.” —_— SEVEN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL Five Men and Two Women Hurt in Automobile Accident. Two women and five men were in- Jured early this morning in an auto- mobile accident that occurred on the road to Colonial Beach near Brooks station, Va. The party was put on a train and upon arrival here at 8:30 o’'clock was taken to Emergency Hol pital, where it was found that none of them was seriously hurt. The names anq addresses were given as follows: Mrs. Bertha 1 Thomas, 468 L street southwest; Mrs. Mattie Downs, 370 H street north- west; Aloysius Brown, 711 1st street southwest; Edward Brown, 236 1st h i street southwest; George Wrenn, 1402, Euclid street northwest; Leroy Nel- soh, 16564 Kilbourne street north- west, and Charles Fleming, 817 G street southwest. Mrs. Thomas is said to be suffer- ing from contusions of the face and from shock. Mrs. Downs, the most seriously injured of them, .is re ported to have suffered pelvis frac- ture. The men complain of minor con{(u-lonl and lacerations of the back. —_— DEPUTIES VOTE ON LOAN. Cuban Government'’s Proposal to Meet Deficit Approved. HAVANA, Cuba., August 13.—Ap- proval of the administration proposal for the emission of $45,000,000 interior loan to meet the governmant's deficit was Vot 85 to 8, last night by the chamber of deputies, which then pro. moting an actual break in the ranks | | willing to have the issue decided by | Approves His Action at Special} Iby the supreme council in referring ithe question to a body with which the | Smoot. The four best in the second a! platoon were Joseph I. Johnson, Wil- | liam M. Hunter, Ferris B. Filly and George F. O'Neil. Lieuts. Keliy Loucks, commanding the second and | first platoons, respectively, are very | by the entire company. The first dance given last night in jthe camp gymnasium was a huge suc- i cess. except that only about thirt: {girls were present to entertain more ithan one ‘thousand students. The educational and recreational bureau of Camp Meade promises that there good time for all. At noon today the entire student reg®nent is holding its first competi tive drill in the primary principies of military organization and discipline. Following the competition the stu- dents will be reviewed by Brig. Gen. Chas. E. Bailey, commanding the 3d Army Corps area, and Col. W. . Helms, in command of the student training corps. This afternoon the Company M base 1 ball aggregation will play a team {representing Company K. which is icomposed of students from Virginia. ,'J‘he battery for Company M will be { French, pitcher, and Donnelly, catch- er. Sunday afternoon the Company M team will play Company I. iHOLD-UP SECURES $308 ON CONNECTICUT AVENUE Contracter Attacked and Robbed of Pay Roll in Daylight Assault. et |a highwayman at Connecticut avenue !and Huntington place at 10 o'clock {this morning, Charles W. Lloyd, con- |tractor was robbed of $300, the pay roll for his men who were warking on a building in that neighborhood. Lloyd was rendered senseless by the | blow and d!d not discover the loss of the money until he was revived at ped from a street car at Huntington place and started for the building {where his men were at work when a voung white man asked him for a match. Llovd replied that he did not have a match and started on his way, when he was felled by the blow. At the hospital it was said the man must have been struck by a blunt in- strument, as the skin was not broken. When word of the assault reached the Tenleytown police station the only clue the officers had was that the man ran west toward Wisconsin avenue. All available men in the precinct be- gan a search for the assailant. Lioyd is forty-six years old and lives at 723 Tth streqt southwest. COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO CONSIDER G.W.U. HEAD John B. Larner Names Body Which Will Pass on Dr. Collier’s’ Successor. John B. Larner, chairman of the board, of trustees of George Washing- ton Unlversity, today announced the appointment of a committee to con- sider qualifications of persons sug- gested as nominees ror the presidency of the university, made vacant by the resignation of Dr. William Miller Col- ller. In additica to Mr. Larner, who will act as member ex-officio, the commi tee will consist of Harry C. Davl chairman; Willlam Bruce King, Mar- tin A. Knapp, Charles C. Glover, j Henry B. F. Macfarland, Theodore W. Noyes, Willlam S. Washburn and John Barton Payne. Mr. Larner stated that to date the committee has held no meeting, be- cause of the absence from the city of several members. A number of names of prominent persons have been sug- gested as possible candidates for the posi be considered by the nominating com- mittee when it is enabled to convene, Mr..Larner said. LANDIS WARNS UNIONS. Tells Members of Three Trades Agreements Are Unlawful. CHICAGO, August 13.—Judge Ken ere W. Markman, Thomas A. Bab- | | much satisfied with the showing made | will be a sufficiency of young ladies | present at the next dance to insure = o tion, and indications point to a list of probably seventy-five names to| were not on the engagement lists, Light Wreath Formed As Earth Progresses Through Comet’s Tail By the Associated Press. HEIDELBERG, August 13.— Brilliant _light bands, whick took the form of wreath run- ning from west-northwest to outheast, were produced e tail of n comet through which the earth passed last | Monday night, astronomers st . the Koenigatuhl observatory | announced last night. These light Lands graduglly faded from view with the approach of dawn. Observations taken at the university were xaid to have in- dicated that the head of the comet passed between the sun and the earth, and that the light from the .comet's tail moved from morth to sow The ax- tronomers predict the comet w to points in the hemisphere, where for obxervations are favorable at the present time. WORD “ANNUITES AIDS U. S, CLERKS Increased Retirement Money Expected—Erroneously Re- | garded as Pensioners. The position of retired government workers as “annuitants,” rather than persons upon a pension basis, will help materially in securing in- creased annuities for which many of the retired are working, it is be- lived. It was pointed out plainly by one of those int ed in the matter that nowhere in the retircment law does the word “pension” appear, and th. retirement di n of the pension ! e 2o R 1 | bureau does not use either the words | “pension” or “pensioners” in blanks and forms, Difference plained. “A moment’s consideration of the| difference between ‘annuitiex’ and ‘pen- | sions,” as they arp considered in legis- | Jation and defined by the courts, show how very unfair it is to the annuitant to refer to their claims as ‘pensio be estimated for, raised by and paid by congressional appropria- tion.” declared the speake: . Annuities paid are (with the ception of a small fract administration) easury | by the employes as a special fund, and require no appropriation whatever. Would Relfeve Distress “Let us hope that these distinctions may be borne in mind in referring to the most just claims of these an- nuitants, all of whom are over sev-, enty vears old, who, under the pr ent law, are given a mere pittance. the maximum sum being $720 a year nd the minimum $180, totally in- ! sufficient e in health and with the | strictest economy to furnish a decent hiving, to which, il are entitled “The money to h est increase asked is in the Tre land its payment 1o these anm will not only relieve their distressing condition. but will be immediately felt by its wide ibution city, town and village, and will aid materiall the hoped-for relief | from the present depr. on. H | {CUMBERLAND WILL HAVE | ARMY RESERVE CORPS ! i i | { Officers and Non-Commissioned Of- | ficers’ ' School Included in i i i Project as Announced. { Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND. Md., August 13—A United States Army Reserve Corps, con- isisting of one regiment of cavalry and | {2 battalion of artillery, to be jknown as the 306th United States| Cavalry and the 2024 United States Field Artillery, will be formed in thsi leity in the near future, it was said by iCol. E. J. Kingsbury, after returning from Ealtimore, where a meeting of a |bard of officers had been in session | nce August 4 at the armory. Cum- erland was_designated post for | ithose units of the 15th Division H Formation of the Reserve Corps here | Struck on the back of the head by means that 3,000 officers and troops will | declared that the rep! assemble here ar and will go | into regular military training, which is { the cbject of establishing the organiza- tion. [Extensive preparation, such as lerecting headquarters and assembling | iordnance and_other equipment, will be | nocessitated. The War Department will appoint a senior officer who will start o-ganization of the reserve here. Establishment of regular headquarters ¢ and artillery here, Col. id, means that selection of practi 1l field officers will be mad. from this city and vicinity. An officers’ nd non-commissioned officers’ school ‘would also be established here, at which classes will be conducted regularly each month. The organization would consist of ap- proximately 100 commissioned _officers d 200 non-commissioned officers. In case of any national emergency the eatire organization would assemble here £r preliminary training and enlisting tie personnel to full strength, and sw0uld another sclective service be oc- cisicned the draftees of this city and vicinity would probably be assigned to /the units established here. CALLS ON PRESIDENT. Senator Fletcher Discusses Speech ! cabinet this morning. L« HUNT SECOND BODY BY PRIEST'S GRAVE Police Believe Another Buried on Beach—More Evidence Against Hightower. ¢ the Associated Press, SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., August 13. —Belief that another body is buried in the immediate vicinity of where the body of Father Patrick E. Hes- lin, murdered Catholic priest, was exhumed last Wednesday night was announced today by Constable S. A. Landini of Colma, on his refurn from Salada Beach, on, the Pacific ocean south of her police also announced that fur- evidence against William A. Hightower, held in connection with the death of Father Heslin, had been unearthed. Constable Landini said that late last night he and others dug in the nd near the priest’s grave, but were forced to abandon the search because coming fog. He stated the search 1d be continued today when the fog lifted. A stench, probably that of a de- composing body, rose from a spot where the dizging wgs carried on, Landini declared. New evidence in comnection with the detention of Hightower, in the form of tent pegs, a guy rope, cinch blocks and other articles, w. 1d around the grave of Fa- police said. These ccording to the po- t secretls removed 1 by them from the hotel room of High- tower, who s to the rriest’s body ay night for the ann ention” of ob- taining the $6,500 reward offered for its recovery The tent T gs and cinch blocks were recovered from a sand ledge directly above the priest's grave. Tent Full of Sand. It was announced by the police that the tent found in Hightower's room as full of fine, gritty sand. Digging & also revealed additional and currency belonging to the priest. pierced b lice y bullets. idwriting _experts ha arison of the lettering at of the original Archbishop Ed nanding §6.500 rai perts stated there was especially in several similarity, ers \ pieces of fish cord found near grave were to be 1 to the cord iound wrapped a t ivance taken Hightower's n and with hich h id he was experimenting Police today continued their search for an unidentified man and two 2. Dolly Mason and Dorris Shir- to have been friends of Authorities believe th pecially Dol'y Mason, can throw some light on the mystery. ¥ Mason, Hightow- received his infor- ation of the slain he unidentified man ¥ the police to be the 10 lured Father Heslin home at Colma on the pre- a dying man needed his IRISH NOTE RAISES ISSUE OF CAPTIVES (Continucd country this afternoon, and no further meeting with his colleagues, so far as Ireland is concerned, is contemplat- ed untii further advices are received from Mr. de Vale Meanwhile “ne- proceeding,” it was an- and from this announcement desirous of a seitlement y heir optimism. Mr. De Valera’s answer to proposals of the British government relative to peace negotiations in Ireland was con: meeting of the British rd_Fitzal nor general of Ireland, and ief secretary for to have in the ed at gover Hamar Greenwood, ¢ Ireland, were understood been called to participate deliberations. Closest_secrecy was still maintain- ed in_official circles relative to the conteiits of the communication from the Irish republican leader, and some political writers today reiterated their belief that it was merely a Step forward in the negotiations. The v asked for pla posals preparatory to the meeting of the Irish republican parliament next Tuesday. Reports Are Sensational. ensational reports, however, ay peared under bold headlines in some of this morning’s newspapers. Some of them were to the effect that the abinst took a most serious view of Mr. De Valera's reply. regarding it as tantamount to a rejection of the British terms. It was noteworthy that these rumors were printed in news- papers which yesterday reflected the belief that Mr. De Valera’s letter was favorable, and indicated his readiness to proceed with the negotiations looking to a settlement. Giving de- tails, these disquieting reports stated that Mr. De Vzlora had demanded amnesy for all Irish republicans ¥m- prisoned or interned, numbering about cozdition precedent to further egotiations. It was also stated he had :sked monetary indemnity for the losses occasioned by the warfare in Ireland, which were estimated as amounting to some millions of pounds sterling. Premier Lloyd George returned to London from Paris last night. He was met by Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief secretary for Ireland, and others, Charging Discrimination. gagement list. Florida was sent for by the Presi- dent to discuss with him features of a speech made by the former in the Senate July 29, regarding foreign | commerce ana transportation. he termed as a tendency to diserim- inate against southern and south At- lantic ports in the matter of freight and ocean rates. He said that if the people were thoroughly advised re- garding this alleged discrimination they would not countenance it. The public believes in fair play, he said, and the people are opposed to unfair advantages. He also pointed out the unfairne: in the wvariance in long distance rates, stating that he southern ports invariably are the fosers in the preferred rates and oth- er privileges incident to shipments. Senator New of Indiana called at the ‘White House to learn from the Presi- dent whether or not he could accept the invitation to be present at the reunion of the G. A. R. in Indianapolis ext month. P AToNE others who called, but who were House Leader Mondell, Col. Charles B. Warren, recently appoint- ed ambassador to Japan, and Secre- tary of War ‘Weeks. ATTACK AMERICAN IN CUBA Alleged Entry of Home by U. S. Soldier Causes Probe. HAVANA, August 13.—Investiga- saw M. Landis, arbiter in the building | tjons have been ordered by the federal crafts wage dispute: warned mem- government and the American lega- bers of three trades that their wage | tion into an attack made Wednesday and working agreements were unlaw- | night at Camaguey on Leroy Foster, Haiht tor Jas for The' trides affected are structural iron workers and ey were “headed nters, | illegal entry by American soldiers of terers. an American, who is a major in the engineering reserves, and the alleged the home of Humberton and Arcadio The Florida senator criticized what | | with whom he had informal conversa- tions. Previously Viscount Fitzalan, the The President made only two busi- | i < ness appointments at the execuu\'e(mrd Houlenart b pee Pronny offices today, although he gave haif | a dozen audiences not on the en-| Senator Fletcher of | f Ireland, and Gen. Sir Neville Mac- eady, military commander in Ire- land, had a conference with Austen Clamberlain. It is generally sup- posed that the viceroy and Gen. Mac- Ready will remain in Lcndon for a time 80 as to be available should the prime minister have need to con- verse with them of the Irish pesge negotiations. s OPTIMISM IN IRELAND. By the Associnted Press. DUBLIN, August 13—Optimism co! tinues to pervade Sinn Fein circles today regarding the Irish peace Pro- posals. It was re-emphasized that ne- gotiations have not been broken off and that Premier Lloyd George's re- ply to the last letter of Eamon de Valera is not expected to mean’ a break. Mr. de Valera is expected to retifn to Dublin tonight from Munstér, where he went to consult local le ers and some Irish prisoners re, ing the possibility of an appll n for their release. It was pointed out by Sinn Fein leaders here, however, that the question of general amnesty was not regarded as an important phase of the negotiations at this stage. LINCOLN PEN STOLEN. CHICAGO, August 13.—The quill pen used by President Lincoln in signing his first inaugural ress has been stolen from the exhil of the Chica- go Historical Society at the pageant of progress, it is announced. ‘The pen was made from the feather of an American eagle, which was killed by an admirer of Lincoln, just before the latter’s election. The here- tofore unpublished letter which ac- companied the gift said that the fifll ed was from an eagle, which had The judge advised that the employ- | Sariol, Cubans, in search of the as- ers employes come together to re- | sailants. (i draft the agreements. Forty-seven| The Cuban officials and the Ameri- ‘e’ut'l. are represented b"-i tlw:lrbl- g.n.flntlanmd:fim:‘ mtmmm:h on ration proceedings jore 'udge e T un! e inves ons they Landia + . have ordered are combleted. thirty-five, a negro, arrested in co: neétion with the assault and murder of a fourteen-year-old Wwhite girl, made ‘a full confession to Sheriff Wood and County Solicitor Thomp- son accordipg .to the officers. Im- In line with the improvement of the water front, Commissioner Oyster will work for an appropriation to erect a new building to house the harbor ;:::;o station and .the fireboat com- ceeded to discuss and vote on each provision of the bond bill separatel: After whatever amendments the chamber desires to make have been adopted, the revised.measure will sent to the senate. banners of protest against the gov- ernment’s attitude in some particular case which is occupying the public's attention at the time. ‘The police have never interfered with these “demonstrations.” the party. From Samson Rogers, it is reported, there was stolen a suit case contain- ing valuables and money totaling in value 45,000 lire. The police of Venice are investigating. rather than sacrifice its liberty. “And I am sure that you, too, die rather than sacrifice the liberties of the nation which have been ei trusted to your care,” the letter x