Evening Star Newspaper, September 12, 1921, Page 2

- SEARCH CONINUE FOR FLOOD VICTINS San Antonio Death Toll Va- ries From 45 to 47—Loss Put at $8,000,000. By the Arsociated Press. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., September 12. —Debris, damaged property and re- habilitation work were the principal reminders today of the five-hour flood here early Saturday morning. Busi- ness, outside of the inundated dis- tricts, was almost normal. In some ©of the districts reacned by the water, where the work of clearing was prac- tically completed yesterday, business houses opened their doors. In other districts the removal of debris, mud and oil continued. inceee s in the number of dead was not disclosed in the wark of the early morning hours today, but double re- ports of the finding of a body and double identification of the same body made the number found vary from forty-five 1 forty-seven. Checking of the list and search for more bodies continues. No Losx of Life South. Early reports today from along the San Antonio river south of here falled to indicate loss of life. The river widens ithi twenty miles of San Antonio and fs said to be capable of easily carrying more water than flooded San Antonio without causing more than preverty damage. Night reports from Falls City and Goliad. both on the San Antonio river, were to the effect that the water was high, but no loss of life heard of and none expected. There had been some damage to crops in the lowlands, but nothing serious had | been reported to the two citie: S17478 Given for Relie Relief funds totaling $17.47S had been subscribed today by citizens of an Antonio toward a goal of $25,000 for relieving the distress of those who lost possessions. Property damage was fixed at not more than $8,000.000 in a statement by €. B. Yandell. general manager the chamber of commerce. while the death list was still uncertain, some estimates running as high as 100 PLACED AT $227,750 Revised Figures Made Today When Exact Amount of Damage Becomes Known. teh to The ar. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 12. —Revised figures made today of the loss at the two fires Saturday’ night which destroyed the big general warehouse at the plant of the Vir- ginla Bhipbuilding Corporation and the warehouse at the plant of the Mutual Ice Company show that the damage sustained will be approxi- mately $227.750. The revised list follows: Bullding and contents of the warehouse at Virgina Shipbuildl rporation, $200,000; loss to building and prop- erty of the Mutual Ice Company, about $13,000, with $9,000 insurance loss to the small auxiliary mill of A, Smoot Co., together with other damage, $5.000, covered by insurance; loss to the bureau of markets of the Agricultural Depart- $6,750. The government will lose 90 out of the 100 bales of cot- ton, valued at $6.760, together with reserve office furniture consisting of desks and chairs valucd at $500. - ALl ve in the warehouse of the Mutual Ice Company. Mayor Duncan, Chiet of Poli 0ds and members of the police de- partment are of the convication that these two fires were the work of in- cendar.-s together with a fire which {shortly after 9 o'clock destroyed th ark of James Deane, which was on {the riter north of the plant of the jOld_Dominion Glass Company. The police yesterday took in cus- | today a colored woman to see if she |could shed any light on the fire at | the Deane ark. However, there was Ino evidence to connect her and after a preliminary hearing before Justice Snow in the police court today she i was acquitted. Hundreds of persons yesterday vis- | ited the scene of the two blg fires and many came over from Washing- ton. Thus far the police are with- out any c.ues as to the alleged fire- bugs. but ‘he hunt to round up the firebugs W 1l be continued without any let-up <1 the part of the authori- cs. The fire denartment today recelved a check for $'5 from W. A. Smoot & Co. as a-toker of their dppreciation of its services. M mbers of the fire com- panies of this ci ¥ and the crew of the irefighter aftes” the blase Saturday i T BT ‘ HE EVENING >B.TAR, ”WASHINYG"I‘ON n a., MONDAY SEPTEM ALEXANDRIA FIRE LOSS __RUINS CAUS ‘ [COSTELLO POST RESENTS IRISH c(m[k Gfl[S SPIRITED POLITICS MARKS SELECTION OF WORLD JUDGES ing delegations, while the others awaited with manifest Interest the tianslation of the speaker's utterances into French and - Senor Gimeno pr the council had accomplished under dead. including the forty-séven bodies recovered. Train service in and out of the city ‘was approaching normal today, nu- merous small washouts on various 1mes having been repaired. In the same Cathedral San Fer- nando which has been used for 100 vears in saying “m for Mexicans killed by floods a solemn high mass will be held next Monday for those Growned. Camps for Refugeen. Four refugee camps were caring the refugees today. under the di- rection of the Red Cross. Mr. Yan dell's statement sald that “it appears we will be able to handle the re- lief situation sateactorily without outside help.” One of the unique places of the city, the famous Buckhorn saloon, with its collection of horns of Texas longhorn cattle, was badly damaged by the flood. The city Zoo lost sev- eral of its animals, but the protec- tion of a natural dike saved the &reater part of that park from inun dation. The municipal golf cou near Breckenridge Park was consid- erably dam: Are Heced Rive HOUSTON, Tex., September 12.— Weather bureau officials here were without additional information this morning as to flood conditions on the Brazos and Colorado rivers, but ex- pected to have reports from thelr correspondents before noon. Early reports to newspaper offices indicated that the rivers where dan- ger was feared yesterday were re- ceding., a three-foot fall being re- ported from Hearne. . Aside from the report from Tay- lor that forty Mexicans had_been drowned and a report from Hearne that seven negroes had drowned as they tried to make their way from the bottoms, repoi of loss of life were few and scattered. Tremendous losses to live stock and corn and cotton crops, however, are expected to send the total damage in this section into the mHllons. Observers were inclined to believe early today that the worst Is over as far as the Houston community is concerned. NEW ORLEANS, ‘Beptember 12.—A tramp swam through the flood waters thirty-five miles west of San An- toni Tex., Saturdav and saved the lives of 112 passengers aboard the Sunset Limited train, according to the story told by R. J. Durand, as- sistant passenger agent of the South- efn Pacific road. when the limited came in from the Pacific coast thirty- six_hours late. ‘The heroism of the tramp, who de- clined to give his name and who nearly lost his own life in the rescue, was rewarded by a contribution of a dollar from each person ahoard the train. Inevitable ratastrophe would have resulted buf for the warning, Mr. Durand said. The railroad K.si said the mo notable thing abevt the disaster was the courageous apirit in which the people of San An‘onio set about the work of clearing the wreckage and caring for the injured. = Statements of numerous passwngers bore out his assertion. fo —— TESTINONY OPENS I HINGD TRAL Public Barred From Court- room by Order of Troops’ Commander. By the Amociated Press. WILLIAMSON, W. Va. September 12.—Taking af testimony In the sec- ond Matewan battle trial began here today before a jury composed of resi- dents from Pocahontas county. The men on trial, Reece Chambers and Fred Burgraff, are charged with the killing of W. J. Ferguson, one of seven Baldwin-Felts detectives slain during the gun fight at Matewan In May, 1920, when ten men met death. 1t was expected that the trial would be of short duration, in that only two of the twenty-four men originally indicted were to be tried. The first trial, in which Sid Hatfield. recently killed on the steps of the courthouse at Welch in a pistol fight, was the principal defendant, resulted in the acquittal of nearly a score of co- defendants and consumed several weeks. 5 No one was permitted to enter the courtroom today under the orders of Maj. Tom Davis, commanding Mingo county under the martial law procla- mation of Gov. Morgan, apart from the defendants, witnesses, regularly constituted authofities and ne papermen. A venire of Pocahon county residents was called following a law passed by the last legislature which prescribed that in special cases residents of one county could be im- paneled for jury duty in another in criminal cases. The present jury was selected last Saturday, upon which court adjourned until today upon the request of the court when it was learned that a relative of Trial Judge R. D. Bailey had been killed in an automobile accident. —_— TAX RETURNS AMENDED. Amended income and excess profits tax returns for 1917 and subsequent vears will be required by the bureau of internal revenue where “appreci- ated and inflated” values were used in computing invested capital, according 2 & patav -wed' by the bureau. ey night were guests at supper of W. A. Smoot & Co. and he Mutual Ilce Com- pany. Plug strean s were kept on both of the burned buil'ings till early Sun- day morning and c-e was kept on the fire at the shipyard 11l day yesterday L. H. Tallaferro 114 Bouth Fay ette street, who w' hurt by falling timber at the fire 1t the Mutual Ice Company, left the dexahdria Hospital esterday. Taliafer'o was treated by Jrs. Arthur Snowd-n and S. B. Moore for a sprained bacl. and bruises to his hip. % 3 o'Brien, n apital apprentice at the Alexandria ne ral torpedo station. was treated by D1 C. C. Kress of the naval torpedo stafion for burns to his face and shoulder: he having sustained his injuries at tl~ shipyard fire. Two others who were overcome from heat ilhnlls!lon were also treated by Dr. Kress. TWO.CENT POSTAGE RATE IS APPROVED Cos’ Proposed for Mails From United States to South i American Countries. £ By the Aswociated Preas. BUENOS AIRES, September 11.— The United States will be able to usé a two-cent postal rate to all South and Central American countries under the provisions of an article approved yesterday at a plenary session of the pan-American postal congress. This |article establishes as a fundamental principle the liberty of each country | to fix its forelgn postal rates, providea ! such rates are kept within a maxi- mum equivalent to 5 cents jn Ameri- can gold. The limit for pan-American post- age is defined in the article as “with- in the half of the equivalent in dol- lars of the maximum fixed by the uni- versal postal congress at Madrid. The maximum deslgnated at Madrid was 60 centimes; thus the adoption of ithe article fixed the maximum pan- American postage at one-half of the European limit. Free Transit Approved. ‘The congress also adopted the prin- ciple of free transit of international mails through countries adhering to the convention. Panama alone op- posed the arrangement. 0. K. Davis, delegate of the United States, said the adoption of the pan- American rate limit convention would jallow the Unifed States to fix a 2- cent rate on mail to Argentina and other South American countries where a 5-cent rate is now in force. This reduction not only would stimulate commercial intercourse, but also would prevent the mistake of send- ing to these countries from the United States large amounts of underpaid commercial correspondence and ad- vertising matter, the receipt of which causes irfritation on the part of South Americans and prejudices business re- lations. Ameriean Dollar Standard. There w some opposition to the adoption of the American dollar as the postal monetary unit, instead of the franc, which ‘was proposed by Mexico, but the advocates of the dol- lar finally were successful. Exchange of coples of newspapers and other periodicals puh"ahedveln pan-America I8 to be free of charge under the provisions of another ar- ticle adopted by the congress, which also_extends the franking privilege to consular and diplomatic cofre- spondence addressed to governments. The postal congress will continue plenary sessions next week. Parcel post service imprbvements and other plans which have been drawn up by committees will be considered. FLAYS D. C. ALLEYS AS HEALTH MENACE AND CRIME SPOTS (Continued from First Page.) signers of the old Washington showed greater foresight than the designers of the new Washington. These are: should be acquired for the health, rec- reation and pleasure of our peop! “It is gratifying to note that the committee on streets and parks of the Board of Trade, of which the surveyor is a member, have had introduced in Congress biils providing for Piney Branch Parkway, Klingle road valley 4nd the Patterson tract. The neces- sity for the acquisition of these parks needs little comment from me. Thelr locations are id they are cove: with magnificent ‘forest trees, an they are well distributed in different parts of the District. They-have pre- viously been approved by the Commis- sioners, and should be included again, with the addition, I think, of exten ing the Fort dfives so as to include the old civil war forts built for the defense of Washington, two of which have aiready been acquired, namely Fort Davis and Fort Dupont.” The report shows that the work of the surveyor's office is rapidly in- creasing, and he asks for more em ployes and higher salaries for those already in the office. v | l ! ln great difficulties. He pointed out that there was an immense field for the league in fighting against disease, misery and hunger, as well as against war, ELECTED HONORARY HEAD. Ador, Former Swiss President, Is Chosen by League Assembly. By the Axsociated Press. GENEVA, September 12.—Qustave Ador, former President of Switzer- land, was elected honorary president of the assembly of the léague of na- tiors today. HANDLES ALBANIA QUESTION. Head of Western Macedonia on Way to Geneva. ATHENS, September 11.—Governor General Kazandjls of Western Mace- donla, left last evening for Geneva a Greek delegate on the North Epirus, or Albanian gquestion. Before leaving he said he hoped the assembly of the league of nations would reach a fa vorable solution of the matter. “We can hardly hold back the ref- ugees from Epirus in various cities of Greece, Constantinople, or America,” Gov. Kazandjis is quoted by the Greek official .agency as saying, “who wish to return and lay down a settlement in conformity with their vows. This is one of the reasons we have closed the Albanian frontier.” URGES MANDATE DECISION. President Koo Wants Settlement With United States. GENEVA, September 11.—Dr. Wel- lington Koo, president of *he council of the league, has written to the French premler, M. Briand, president of the supreme council, regarding the Ameri- can notes on mandates. urging the earliest possible Settlement of the ques- tion between the allles and the United States, so that a final disposition of mandates may be arrived at. He_refers to the note of Dr. Gastoa Da Cunha of Brazll, last”June, asking the allies to come to an understanding with the United States, and points out that nothing since has been heard of the matter, excepting the American note. He insists upon the necessity of prompt action in order to fix the status of the important territeries involved. PUSHES REGIONAL PROJECT. Czech Minister Would Have Small Disputes Settled by Groups. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1921 GENEVA, Switserland, September 12. —The idea of developing the league of nations in the direction of regional understandings which would enable such members as desired to do 8o to skree among themselves to settle disputes in their own way without necessarily referring them to the league con- tinues to be much discussed by the delegates here. Discussion centers about the amend- ment in this sense which Edouard Benes, forelgn minister for Csecho- slovakia. 18 pressing before the amendment commission. . Benes is a firm believer in the league. If the writer has properly understood Ris thought, s not in any way to attenuate the league's authority.” On the contrary, he believes that in the present state of the world these regional ententes are inevitable and that the league must recognize and endeavor to harmonizge itself with this fact. He feels, moreover, that the adoption of this amendment would also serve to prevent members from participating in regional ententes which might be construed in any re- spect hostile to the league. Finally, it is stated that evolution along this line would make the league more supple and consequently more readily adaptable to cotemporaty political realities. The aversion of the United States to European intetference in purely American affairs is well known. The writer has the distinct impression that certain European states are not more eager for American interference in purely European affairs. Henes' amendment, it is sald, without pro- foundly modifying the present cove- ant, would endow the world with a supply of machinery whereby local questions could, when desired, be settled by regional groups. AIM TO STOP EXECUTION OF DEPOSED PRESIDENT The carrying out of the death sen- tence ifnposed by a Guatemalan court on . Estrada Cabrera, the deposed president of the republic, will be pre- vented by a decree to be issued by President Herrara, the Guatemalan foreign minister has advised American legation at Guatemala City. The assurances recelved by the lega- tion were -reported to the Btate partment today, together with the ane nouficement that Cabtera had been ility of murdér by a lower the island and sentenced to found eourt o die. The anouncement sald that cou sel for Cabrera had determined on appeal to the higher courts. ny _representations to Guatemala in behalf of ent will be deferred, it is viewsd By the higher courts, the United Stat t :\fl':‘: mive nit es government . o deposed un- s.nmd. until his case has been re- IPRIMARY ELECTION VK.Y, TOMORRON Great Interest Centers in the Mayoralty Campaign. Hylan Unopposed. Tomorrow the man and woman voters of New York city will go to the primaries to nominate candidates for mayor and other municipal of- ficers to be elected November 8. To the residents of that city mayoralty campaign is_secofidary in importance only campaign. and this year the interest of the voters is at high tension, due to a fusion effort to oust Tammany from the control of the city govern- ment. Mayor John F. Hylan, Tammany in- cumbent, has no opponent for the democratic mayoralty nomination and the democrats will seek to turn out a big vote at the primarles. Four men are out for the mayoralty nomination on the republican ticket. tration showed 643,680 republicans and 531,167 democrats Aim at Big Vote. The main concern of the forces which are lined up In coalition to op- pose Tammany is to poll a big vote tomorrow for the candidate on the re- { publican ticket who has the sup- port of coalition forces, Maj. Henry H. Curran. The idea is that if he can outrun the three other repub- lican candidates for the nomination the result would encourage the anti- Tammany sentiment in the electorate to wage a more vigorous campaign for the election. / Maj. Curran, war veteran, has been president of the borough of Manhattan since January 1, 1920, with a good record of accomplishment in that of- fice. He Is making a plea for the nomi- nation on the ground of his under- standing of the needs of New York city and his exp nce in practical executive administration of important city bureaus. La Guardia Candidate. Another candidate oy the republican ticket is former Répresentative in Congress L. H. La Quardia, who also has a war record as an airman and ex- perience in civil office as president of the board of aldermen. Judge Reuben L. Haskell of Brook- Iyn, prominent in the politics of that borough and county judge, is also con- testing for the republican nomination. William M. Bennett, who four years ago defeated John Purroy Mitchel for the nomination, is also in the lists as a straight republican. RIGHT OF UTILITIES BODY QUESTIONED (Continued from First Page.) mitted to earn 7 per cent on the val uation of their property, the chalir- man continued, they should be willing to pay 4 per cent to the depreciation fund for moneys borrowed from that account for investment in the prop- erty. 5 Mr. Hanna replied that the Capital Traction Company has a large de- preciation reserve, onl; a part of which is invested in the plant. He argued that if the bulk of this fund, which is in bank or invested in cer- tain securities, earned less than 4 per cent, the company would have to pay more than 4 per cent for the amall amount which it invests in the plant in order to enable the entire fund to earn 4 per cent. Chairman Kute asked Mr. Hanna if it is not true that most of the other utilities invest practically all of their depreciation money in the plant. Mr. Hanna replied that his objection might not apply in other companies. Agreement Is Reached. It was agreed by Chairman Kuts and Mr. Hanna that the commission £hould come to a definite understand- ing with the street railway com- panies as to what track work should be charged to malntenance and what to_depreciation. Mr. Hanna also took issue with the action of the commission in adding two years to the life of the equipment of the Capital Traction Company. He expressed the belief that the period of life applied to its property by the company should be shortened in some cases rather than lengtheted. The Washington Rnllwlr and Blec- tric Company probably will be heard next, followed by the gas, electric and taxicab companies BAR LABOR AUCTION. Speeial Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 12.— Auctioning of the unemployed, as was proposed to be started in Baltimore today, will not be permitted by either Gov. Ritchie telephoned the police commissioner 1is not to allow any such onand tasued the foliowing state or city officials. auction, to a presidential | The regis-i [ARBUCKLE AWAITS FORMAL CHARGES | (Continu»d from First Page.) titude in regard to the pictures would have to come from New York. The corporation representatives ihere declined to say where the pic- tures were canceled outside of San Francisco. There were two cancel- lations here. Action in Memphis. MEMPHIS, September 12.—The | Memphis board of censors announced | today that the showing of motion pictures featuring Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle would not be permitted In ; Memphis theaters until he had cleared | himself of the charges pending agaifst him in connection with the death of Miss Virginla Rappe in San Francisco. Withdrawn in Len Angeles. 1.O8 ANGELES, Calif., September 12. —The latest film production featur- ing Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle was canceled last night at one of the largest of the local motion picture i houses. The film had been showing ! all last week, and last night was to | have been its fina! appearance. | The owner of the theater declined to comment upon the cancellation. explanation was made when an- other fllm was substituted for the Arbuckle picture. N No Arbuckle films were advertised by any local theaters today. At the Famous Players-Lasky Corporation film exchange, distributors of Ar- buckle fiims, it was stated there had been no cancellations as far as was known there, and at present It was not contemplated to discontinue booking them. Aetion in Michigan. DETROIT, September 12.—All pic- tyres featuring Roscoe Arbuckle were placed under the ban today by the Michigan Motion Picture Exhibitors’ Association. Exhibitors throughout the state were advised to discontinue showing Arbuckle pictures until the case against the film comedian is dis- posed of. BARS ARBUCKLE FILMS. i i i Mayor of Bay State City Gives Or- der Pending Decision of Case. MEDFORD, Mass, Beptember 12.— Mayor Haines today notified all mo- tion picture houses in this city that films of Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, the screen star, held in San Fran- cieco in connection with the death of Miss Virginia Rappe. would be barred until Arbuckle's case has been jdisposed of in the courts. In one picture house an Arbuckle flim was withdrawn on the mayor's orders. FIANCE TO PRESS CASE. Henry Lehrman to Seek Justice in Death of Miss Rappe. NEW YORK, September 12.—Henry Lehrman, motion picture direcior, who was engaged to marry Virginia Rappe, the film actress for whose death Roscoe Arbuckle is held in jail in San Franciaco, today said he would devote every moment he could spare from his business to pressing the comedian’s prosecution. “I_cannot go to the coast in per- =on,” he said, “but 1 am doing every- thing that can be done by telephone. Mr. Lehrman said that he would supervise funeral arrangements after the inquest in San Francisco Thurs- day. Miss Rappe, he said, had no near relatives. Burial will be in Los Angeles. FILMS UNDER BAN HERE, Showings to Be Deferred Pending Investigation. Showing of flims with Roscoe Ar- buckle featured will be deferred by the management of the Crandall the- aters, pending‘the outcome of the in- vestigation in Ban Francisco. The Arbuckle pictures scheduled to be shown at the Knickerbocker and the Crandall Theater, at 9th and E streets, the latter part of this month, have been postponed indefinitely, it was announced today. ‘This action of the local theaters follows in the lead of a number of the large motion pieture houses in other cities. The theater proprietors who have taken the step point out that while they do not wish to be placed in the position of prejudging the Arbuckle case, the policy has been adopted of deferring scheduled show- ing of these pictures until the courts have decided one way of another. The Loew’s theaters in Washington have recelved no instructions to re- frain from showing any of Atbuckl plctures, according to Lawrence Beat- tus, manager of the Palace Theater. He says that an Arbuckle picture was shown last week and he has not been advised of any future releases of Ar- buckl playhouses. I ——— FRATERNITIES LAY PLANS FOR BALLOU CONFERENCE with Su w. riling designed to eradicat: films for the local Loew's Plans for the proposed conference rintendent of Schools Frank Ballou, at which he will be re- quested to take steps to abrogate the BER 12, 1921.. CHURCH CONFESSES HIDEOUS MURDERS Mentions Accomplices and Police Quickly Make Two Arrests. By the Aevociated Press. CHICAGO, September 12.—Authori- ties investigating the double murder of Bernard J. Daugherty. antomobile salesman, and Carl Ausmus, his com- panion, today were attempting to wift the facts from two alleged confes- sions made by Harvey W. Church yesterday. In one confession, according to the clice, Church admitted committing Poth ‘murders single-handed. In a sccond and informal confession. the police say, he ssserted he had accom- plices in the crimes. It was announced today that in in- vestigating the latter statements two new arrests had been made. search for a dozen former associates of Church was under way and Church's parents were today to be subjected to questioning. Tells How He Murdered Mem. Chureh’s first and formal confes- sion, according to the police, was: made yesterday afternoon after near- | ly ten hours of ceaseless questioning. following his return here from Adams, Wis., where he was captured. He broke down after baving been taken over the scene of the crime. He sald that he took Daugherty and Ausmus to his home in the new $5.000 automobile— he had bought through _their company, on the pre- tense of paying for it there. He lured Daugherty into the basement of his home, he said, waylaid him at the! point of a pistol, handcuffed him, choked him with a rope and then struck him over the head with a base ball bat. Ausmus was lured to the basement a tew seconds later and was tied up and beaten until Church believed him dead. Hsd Trouble Hiding Bo lLeaving the bodles in the base- meng. Church avers, he then took his mother and neighbors on a long auto ride, returning in the evening and burying Ausmus’ body in the garage. The homemade grave was not large enough to hold Daugherty’'s body also, and Church, according to the police, sald he took this body in the new to the Desplaines river and threw it from a bridge. The next morning he left in the new car with his mother for their former home at Adams, Wis. This allesed confession, charac- tefized as a “tissue of lles” by Coroner Peter Hoffman, was followed, accord- ing to the police, by a second al- leged confession in which Church said he had accomplices. In this confes- sion he is sald to have admitted cut- ting Daugherty's throat with an ax. Poliee Douist Claima. Investigators today pointed out that Church himself could hardly have handled the body of Daugherty, weighing 220 pounds, when he weighed but ;135 that Church in his first confession referred several times that there has as yet been no explanation of how Ausmus’ neck was broken or how Daugherty’s head and face were brulsed and beaten to a pulp. COL.WALTER BURTON DIES AT REHOBOTH BEACH, DEL. | Long in Hotel Business Here and Lineal Descendant of Declaration of Independence Signer. Word has been received here of the death today at Rehoboth Beach, Del., of Cal. ‘Walter Burton, long a well known hotel man of this city. Funeral services will be held Thursday at his old home, Lewes, Del. Col. Burton was born at Lewes segenty-eight years ago, and was a member of the well known family of that name. He was a lineal de- scendant of Caesar Rodney, one of the signers of the Declaration of In- dependence. Coming to Washington in his youth, he began hotel career in 1864 at the old National Hotel, 6th street and Pennsylvania avenue, with which he was associated until 1890. For several years thereafter he was pro- rietor and manager of the Oxford i his physiciane and his death was un- SLIGHT TO THE DISTRICT Protests Failure to Ask Commis- sioner Rudolph to Legivn Convention. Vincent B. Costello Post of the Ameri- can Leglon togay is awaiting a reply to a telegram sent yesterday to the con- vention committee of the legion at Kansas City, Mo., protesting against the failure of that eommittee to invite Commissioner Rudolph to the legion con- vention to be held there in November. William F. Franklin, commander ‘of Costello Post, sent the telegram after | Re learned that the governors of all the | states had been invited. In view of the fact that the District will outnumber | several states in the number of dele- gates at the comvention. Commander anklin felt that Washington ex-serv- | ice men had been slighted in not having their “mayor” invited to the convention. Franklin sent the following message to the convention committee: “District of Columbia _legionaries slighted in omitting_our chiel magis- trate, Hon. Cuno H. Rudoiph, from youwr invitation extended to the governors of the states to be guests of the convention. District of Columbia will far outnumber several states in dclegates to your city. ‘Buddies,’ give a ring to a true friend of the ex-service men and keep us smil- ing. WETNERE VT OF EART ATACK Ex-U. S. Senator and Twice Rhode Island’s Governor Expires in Hotel. By the Associated Press. Beptember 12 —George tmore, former republican senator from Rhode | Island and for two terms governor | of that state, died of heart failure at a hotel here yesterday. Mr. Wel-, more, who was seventy-five years of | age. arrived here from his hom i i at Newpert., R. L, for a consultation with cxpected. The body will be sent to Newport. He was governor from 18! He was defeated for a third term. 1835 he was elected to the Senate, where he served continuously until 1912 Leased Washington Home. After leaving the Senate ex-Sen- ator Wetmore leased his home at 1609 K street, and maintained a resi- dence in Newport, R. I. He has not been in Washington for several years. He was a horse fancler and often entered his stables in horse shows in and around Washingion. His son. the late Rogers Wetmore. also was a horse fancier. Former Senator Wetmore was born during a visit of his parents in Lon- don, August 1846. He wax grad- uated from Yale College in 1867, and later studied law in the Columbia College Law School, where he grad- uated in 1869. He war admitted to the bar of Rhodé Island and of New York in 1869 He was a trustee of the Peabody education fund, president of the New- port Hospital »nd a director of other associations. He was the first presi- dential elector of Rhode Island in 1£80 and in 18%4. He was a member of the commission to build a new state- house in Rhode Isiand, and Governor of Rhode Island from 1885 to 1887 Ex-Senator Wetmore was defeated as a republican candidate to the United States Senate in 1889, but was elected to the Senate June 13, 1894, for the term beginning March 4. He was re-elected in 1900 and Besides his widow he is survived by two daughters, Miss Edith Wetmort and Miss Maude K. Wetmore. both well known in Washington social cir- His two sons. Roger and Wil- liam 8. K. Wetmore, are dead. IRISH OFFICIAL TONGUE. | Republican Says Dail “Will Make Irishmen Even of Orangemen.” BELFAST, September 12.—Irish has been declared the official language of the Irish republican parliament, declared Plerce Beasley. a prominent republican, today in addressing the Waterford Gaelic festival. He added that when the dail eireann controlled itse own government it would “no longer allow an English education board to officiate} but would start to make Irish the spoken and writ- otel, this city, and of hotels in Philadelphia, Cape May and the Thou- | and Islands. At the time of his death Col. Burton was the owner of the Hotel Henlopen, Rehoboth Beach, Del. An interesting event in his life was his association with John Wilkes Booth, who boarded at the National Hotel up to the time of the assassina- tion of President Lincoln. Surviving him are 2 widow, who was Miss Mary Lucy May Johnson of this city, and three sons, W. Rodney Bur- ton of Philadelphia, Clarence F. Bur- ton of Boston and R. Ralph Burton, a lawyer of this city. MAKING NEW YORK DRY. Much Liquor Seised by Officials in Past Fortnight. NEW YORK, September 12.—Liquor valued at $1,600,000, bootleg prices, has been seized in New York during a fortnight's intensive drive by fed- eral and state prohibition agents. aided by & special mobile force sent trom Washington, prohibition head- quarters announced today. The agents now believe that New York is rapidly drying up. Most of the seieures have been on plers and at terminal selling themselves or bein the auction block cannot ated. % ent and am' ready proper means which will unemployment. I ot these men whi known may secure positions for them, but this must not be as the result of an ayction sale. 0 man' shoul way which would violate the se! of the American work out_em dorse al the plght to_in. ! circumstances would an auction sale of thuman bein; that the clty wo do all power to relieve ployment. y e toler- have every thy for any one who is so :mfurm"::?l l’- to be zlltm nope thit ich 18 _now ces be offered in this state in a .pmyor Broening said that under no the city permit o _Present unem- socleties in the high schools, will b Interstate building, 1330 F this afternoon at eral prominent busin pected to attend the meeting. It is the intentloh of the completed at a meeting of members of the Interfraternity Council in room 30 street, o'cloek. Bev- men are éx- couetl representatives to hold the conter- ente With Dr. Ballou some time to- morrow. tuling, all members of the sécret ofr ghnizations will tober 1. of fraternities ebarred from obtaining any distine. ‘l’(unl or honors while in school. Under the high school fraternity e required to sever their connections with them by Oc- e Students, ,;lupt mo':% in r classes who are me ers SF fraces f mororities, will be ten language of lreland from the ter to the sea.” “The dail eireann,” he continued, i “will make Irishmen out of’ the sons 'of Spanjards or Englishmen, and ieven make Irishmen out of Orange- 1men.” ’ This remark, in which was seen an application to Eamonn De Valera. who was born in America, evoked peals of laughter. ——— |CONSTITUTION DAY PLANS. 134th Anniversary Will Be Ob- served Next Saturday. T0 BRITISH PREMIER Believed to Be Carrying Mes- sage From Dail to Lloyd George. DUBLIN. September 12.—A courier of the dail eireann left Dublin this morning for Inverness, Scotland, where Premier Lloyd George has been making his headquarters. Robert C. Barton, who was the of- ficial dail courier in the last exchange of notes with Mr. Lloyd George. did not make the journey this time. This was considered to strengthen the rumor that he would be one of the plenipotentiaries for the proposed Peace negotiations. (Dublin messages Sunday night stated it was believed the dail eir- eann cabinet had completed the draft of the reply to the latest note from Premier Lloyd George regarding a settlement of the Irish question.) The dail eireann, it is stated, will be given a free hand in the seléction of the Irish repubiican plenipotenti- artes. Arthur Griffith alone, by rea- son of his position as foreign minister in the dail cabinet, is certain of being designated. John MacNeill, speaker of the dail eireann, also is likely to be sel d. Burton is a cousin of Erskine Childers, who is a nephew of {one of Gladstone’s chancellors, and is a country squire. He formerly was a captain in the British army. ULSTER WARNS BRITAIN. Speaker Points Out Danger of Cir- cumscribing Powers. BELFAST, September 12.—Warning to the British government against | circumscribing the powers of the new Uister parliament was given by Hugh O'Neill, speaker of the parliament, In an address at Ballymena, County An- trim. yesterda ny diminution of the rights and privileges of the new Ulster parlia- ment as a result of the projected ne- #otiations between members of the British cabinet and the Sinn Fein,” he declared, “would lead to a bitter ci war in Ireland. It would mean war between north and south Ireland, the horrors and misery of which we do not like to contemplate. The calamity. as Prime Minister Lioyd George has truly said., would not be confined to Irelanad.’ Sees World-Wide Conflict. war would become world he continued. “Hundreds of thousands of people from Great Eritain and the empire would €up-. port the point of view held in north- ern Ireland, and there would be hun- dreds of thousands of people from the United States, and possibly from the British colonies and dependen- ies, who would come to the aid of Ireland. In brief, there in Ireland a war which uld embroil Great Britain and the United States and would spread hor- ror over the eartl Sir James Cralg, the Ulster premier. returned to Belfast this forenoon and presided at a meeting of the cabinet The Ulster parliament will open its scesion on September 20. the date be- ing the same as that set. for the plrn- n- posed Irish peace conference at verness. —_— PRESIDENT BOARDS YACHT TONIGHT FOR SHORT SEA VOYAGE (Continued from First Page.) and then turned over to Mrs. Liver- more. At church the sermon by the Re lof Pleasantville, prayers for the government. ny Visitors at Hotel. sitors called at the Presi- dent’s hotel during the day. Among them was Gov. Harry Davis of Ohio, who had not met the President since his inauguration. Another visitor was Miss Margaret Gorman of Wash- ington, D. C.. the “Miss Washington, who won the recent beauty contest her President and Mrs. Harding took flowers and called on Mrs. Fred V Upham of Chicago. who is recovering in a local hospital. The President had expected to see Mr. Upham, trea. urer of the republican national com mittee, but he was recalled to Chi- ago. The members of the Presidents party had_almost as active a Sabbath as the President. - Secretary Hoover of the Department of Commerce and Henry P. Fletcher, undersecretary of state, both took = Boardwalk jaunts and were followed by crowds. At night the President and Mrs. Harding were the guests at dinner of Mr. and Mrs. Moore. OFF TO JOIN PRESIDENT. President heard a J. Keith McCloud J., who offered President and the Many ] NEW YORK. September 12. — Con- stitution day, this year the 134th an- ! niversary of the signing of the Amer- {ican Constitution, wiil be celebrated next Saturday by many thousand or- ganizgations, according to the Consti- tutional League of America. The league, which Is promoting ob- servance of the day, is a non-partisan, non-sectarian body formed “to further a greater knowledge and profound re- spect for the Constitution.” President | Harding is a member of its national * committee. Qovernors of forty-two states have agreed to co-operate the celebra- tion. In many cities historical i Attorney General and Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer to Take Cruise. Brig. Gen. C. E. Sawyer. personal physician to President Harding; Mrs. Sawyer and Attorney General Daugh- erty left Washington today for New York, where they will join President Harding and his party returning to Washington on the presidential yacht Mayflower. Attorney General Daugherty, wi has been confined to his home for several days by illness, was said to e improved and was making_th Prip'on recommendation of Gen. Saw b | pageants are to be presented by pa- triotic societies, the league reports. What's in a name? Everything! Unique flavor—appetizing crispness— substantial body—all mean . Post Toasties .+ =—best corn flakes And to avoid getting ordinary Corn Flakes, ask Costs you no move. er, who has been attending him. ! oS I