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- REDS SAY FRENC - S00G Declare Ambassador Would Involve Them and Rumania in.Drive on Russians. By the Associated Press. RIGA, September 14.—The Russian bolshevik foreign office announces it has “exact, authoritative and verified information” that the French amb: sador at Waztsaw on September 3 sub- mitted a note to the Polish govern- ment proposing that Poland and Ru- mania seize the famine as an oppor- tunity to present mawimum demands on soviet. Russia.and threaténing a ‘war in which Prance would co-operate it the-de: ds were refused, accord- ing to;n-diSpatch to the Rosta News Agency from Moscow. At the same time, the dispatch says, France would submit to Russia an ultimatum demanding the release of civilian and military prisoners. The Rosta says both Poland and Rumania refused to go as far as the danger of war, though both generally were in line with the French policy. France also demanded of Poland on the grounds of the Franco-Polish military agreement, says the an- nouncement, the cessation of the de- mobilization of the Polish army and the turning over to the head of the French military mission of the com- mand of the Polish general staff. Consider Situation Hopeless. ‘The French note, furthermore, cording to the dispatch, said the ac- tua- HT POLE COUP NEW APPEAL MADE BY NAVY YARD MEN (Continued from First Page.) DOCKS ABOLITIO of Columbia Lodge yesterday after- noon agreed to discuss the wage con- troversy if it”is brought up at the cabinet meeting. A similar promise, it was sald, was obtained from Secre- Col. Sherrill' Declares Therg Is No Desire to Eliminate Water Commerce. Abolition of dock facilities on the ‘Washington - channel is not contem- plated in any of the suggestions that have been considered by the Fine Arts Commission for improvement of the water front, Col. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, stated today. Col. Sherrill, when asked about a drawing made some years ago, which shows the wharf side of the channel converted into a parkway, said that drawing was prepared in 1901 before the creation of the Fine Arts Com- mission. He added that none of the proposals which have been considered by the commission is intended to do away with the docking of vessels in the Washington channel. No Desire to Cut Commerce. Col. Kutz, engineer Commissioner of the District, also reiterated his state- ment today that the Commissioners have no desire to eliminate or reduce the water-borne commerce of the cit: He said the idea of improving the co! dition and appearance of the wharves has been under consideration for some time, but that the Commissioners had to wait until the leases expired to get possession of the wharves. The wharf whfch the J. Maury Dove Company has-been notified to vacate, 1 gene, Navy wage board's report was . severely criticized by speakers at the meeting, one of whom branded it ‘as a glaring example of inconsistency. This sec- tion read: “The board invites attention to the fact that the present cost of living is 80 per cent higher than that obtalning in 1913. The wages in recommended are only about 45 per cent higher than the pre-war scale. There has been more talk about high wages and less about high prices than statistics appear to Justify. Should Be Nearer 90 Cents. “To secure a pre-war living scale the artisan's present rate of pay should, Witk present prices, be nearer 90 cents an hour than 73 cents, as recommended herein.” “Here we have the wage board's re- port,” continued the speaker, *“which was approved by the Secretary of the vy, declaring the very principle which we, the workers, assert. With this evi- dence at hand, I, for one, cannot un- derstand why there should be any con- troversy.” _The plan of Columbia Lodge's legisla- tive committee to bring the wage con- troversy before the next mceting of the cabinet tomorrow, was unanirously ap- proved by the members. Herbert P. an, president of the lodge, presided. COMMITTEE RUSHES ! HONOR ON UNKNOWN FRENCH SOLD IER W + |SAILS TO CONFER MUCHLESS WATER CONSUNED N YEAR Supt: quland Reports Daily Saving of 1,400,000 Gal-- lons by D. C. Residents. The people ot Washington consumed far less water during the last fiscal year than during the preceding twelve months, according to the an- nual report of J. 8. Garland, superin- tendent of the water department, sub- mitted to the Commissioners today. Mr. Garland reported that the aver- age ‘daily consumption for the year was 61,506,830 gallons, which was per capita consumption of 140 gallons. Notes Big Saving. “I am glad to report that this is ap- proximately 1,400,000 gallons less than the mean - daily consumption for the preceding year. I again invite at- tention to a method of preventing water waste by both the United States government and municipal _offices, and also a method of ascertaining the value of construction work of the Washington aqueduct, the District government and the water depart- ment.” ‘The report also shows that in- spectors of the water department lo- cated and stepped underground leaks that were - wasting approximately 1,000,000 gallons of water a day. Many Leaks Found. “A study of this report shows In- teresting fact that at least 1,000,000 gallons of daily underground leaks can be found each year by the work- |$50,000,000 Dealings With ed After government and stitutions fer< a have been ‘suspended, it is learned in authoritative ‘quarters here. The fact that these negotiations were in progress has ' past few days rumors, and recent violent fluctuations in the forelgn exchange marke| have resujted. |smALL BOY New York Police Make Three Ar- rests—aAllege They Have Un- NEW YORK, woman, described in a police circular “queen of pennyweighters, arrested® with two men today, and | there was unfolded a story of trays of rings vanishing from counters of jew- as elers’ stores whi sippi. Mr. and Mrs. Violent E’xchm;c Fluctuations. BUENOS AIRES, September N6— Negotiations between the COSTLY GEMS DISAPPEAR + folded Big Mystery. By the Associated Press. was chasing a ball around. The po- lice sajd they had complaints of thefis of jewels in this manner from nearly every large city east of the Missis- pricing goods at one counter in F. Holthausen’s Brooklyn store. ARGENTINE |U-111 WAS POORLY BUILT, LOAN IS SUSPENDED | SAYS CAPTAIN AT PROBE German ' Craft Which Sank Off Lynnhaven, Va., Made With Substitute Metals, By the Associated Press. BOSTON, September 15.—The Gere man submarine U-111 was built poors 1y, both as to materials and workma: ship in the opinion A Adams, U. S. ._industrial manager at the Portsmouth navy yard. He ex- pressed his opinion in testimony yes- terday before a naval board of in- quiry which {s investigating the sink- ing of the U-boat off Lynnhaven, Va., last June. Instead of using brass and copper piping, he sald, the Germans, perhaps by the exigencies of their blockade, substituted steel and iron, with the result that corrosion aud rust made the submarine unequal to the demands of navigation. The boat was weakened further, he sald, by the removal of certain parts at Portsmouth, as ordered by the Navy Department. Because the U-111 was £0ing out to be sunk m bombing pric- tice, it was thought inadvisable to make her ship-shape. The use of wooden plugs, instead of iron rivets, testified to by other witnesses as a probable cause of the submarine's leaking and subsequent sinking. Capt. adams thought, had no bearing on the loss of the boat. They had been test ed under pressure of forty pounds. he said, while at the time of the sink- ing the pressure was only four or five pounds. PRAISES AMERICAN AID. Minister Sze Lauds Rockefeller Foundation Work in China. The Union Medical College, erected at Peking by the China medical board of the Rockefeller foundation, will stand U. S. Bapkets Halt- Argentine American ing in- loan of $50;,000,000 given rise during the to many conflicting CHASES BALL; September 15.—A was le a small boy nearby John Bonfiglio were Frank tion in Poland was considered in Paris he sald, was reported as being in an ing force of this division, regardless|Caputo sat near another counter with a5 2 “magnific s as hopeless. that only extensive help unsafe condition by the building in- of what section of the city is surves- | 5 handbag, and a youngster named SR e from France would save Poland, and spector. ed. It is also worthy of note that American liberality,” Dr. Saoke Al- that this would be granted only in the event that Poland submitted to WORK ON TAX BILL It is understood the city heads have included in their estimates for the this leakage can be found repeatedly within the same section of the city if Johnny was bouncing a rubvber ball which seemed quite elusive. fred Sze. Chinese minister here. to- day cabled John D. Rockéfeller, jr. Several times he chased it back of the counters. On one of these occa- sions, it is charged, he seized a tray of rings and Caputo swept it into the handbag’and pushed Johnny hurriedly out of the store. A policeman could French policy on the Russian question. Poland agreed, says the Rosta, to employ threats against Russia, but not to bring the situation to a point s0 far as armed conflict. Meanwhile the Polish government a lapse of one or two vears is permit- ted between surveys.” Mr. Garland told the Commission- ers he was glad to report that some of the government departments have taken steps to do away with the use next fiscal year an item of $100,000 to begin improving the waterfront, but just what work is to be done with the money has not' been dis- closed. who is in Peking to attend the dedi- cation of the college September 19. Minister Sze in another cablegram addressed to the college, declared: “At the present day China suffers most from a lack of trained men to! iSenators Expect to Dispose was sounding Germany to learn what oncessions' in Upper Silesia would ure the friendly neutrality of Ger: many in the event of a Polish-Rus- sian war. Take Cruiser's Oficers. According to a radio dispatch from joscow, a detachment which raided the Imperatorskaya at Vladivostok captured all the officers of the anti- bolshevik Merkulof government, and also the convoy cruiser, Lieut. David- off. A dispatch from Nikosk reports the defeat of bands of the followers of Gen. Semenoff, the anti-bolshevik leader in Siberia, in the vicinity of Grodokova. Another dispatch says the far east- ern government has appealed to the Kappel troops, offering them amnesty if they surrender within a month. Radio reports from the east Gali- clan frontiers, says a dispatch from Moscow, contain alarming information concerning the movement of the troops of the Ukranian anti-bolshevik leader, Gen. Petlura. They declare, however, that rumors of an approach- ing war between Russia and Rumania are being circulated with ulterior mctives. DEMOCRATS SEEK A NEW CHAIRMAN (Continu from First Page. posed by the Cox wing of the party, because Mr. Roper was pre-conven- tion manager for McAdoo and would not have the confldence of all fac- tions. Others have been mentioned who have at one time or another tak- yen sides on the matter of presidential candidates. *What Mr. White wants is some one who hasn't been a partisan of anybody and .who is at the same time represen- tative of the progressive elements in the democratic paity. is_no certainty the Cox forces would give their approval to the selection of Scott Ferris, for they have Fad their minds set on getting somebody affiliated more closely with the party machinery in the larger states. But in ebalf of Mr. Ferris, it is being urged that he managed the ional paign committee of - the party when he was In Congress and tbat he had at the time the full support of Woodrow Wilson: Busy in Senate ce. Mr. Ferris ran for United States sen- ator against Senator Gore in the demo- cratic primaries and defeated him. Ex- cept for the republican landslide last fall he would have been elected sen- ator from Oklahoma. He was 5o busy in the senatorial fight that he did not zttend the San Fréincisco cenvention as a delegate. The Oklahoma. delegation, moreover, stood throughout for the can- didacy of Senator Owen. Former President Wilson has had a conference with George White, but the latter says the chairmanship wasn't mentioned. Mr. Wilson has also conferred with George Brennan. democratic leader from Illinois. There is no-evidence. however, that the former President is interesting himself in party politics. The movement for harmony in the democratic party springs entirely from those who believe the McAdoo nd Cox forces must get together on a compromise candidate for chairman. The. truth is, several followers of Co. have sald they have not pledged them- selves to the former Ohio governor for 1924, but they simply want to see how public sentiment develops. If it ap- peéars that Cox can be nominated and elected, they will be for him again. it lgoks as if McAdoo is the stronger man they will swing in behind him. But from every side comes the warn ing that unless the leaders forget In- dividuals for the present and work harmoniously, the party machinery will not funetion and the nomination will not be worth having. (Copyright, 1921.) TWO BANDITS SHOT DEAD. tempt to Hold Up Passenger Train. Ex-Engineer and Brakeman At- FORT WORTH, Tex., September 15. Two would-be bandits were shot and killed late last night by fedcral agents and railroad detectives when they at- tempted to hold up Texas and Pacific passenger train No. 11, ten 3:ies west of Fort Worth. A tip received by fed- eral officers caused placing of a heavy guard on the train. One of the men killed. it is reported, formerly was employed by the Texas and Pacific as an engineer. He is sald to have boarded the train at Fort Worth, and the other, a former brakeman of the road, got on when the train was thirteen miles out. ANGIER DUKE FREED. - Millionaire’s Son Not Guilty in Auto Death Tragedy. NEW YORK, September 15.—Homi- cide charges against Angier B. Duke, son of Benjamin Duke, millionaire tobacco merchant, were dismissed yesterday by Magistrate McGeehan, in the West Farms court. Henry Haubert, moving picture producer, and his chauffeur, codefendants, were also discharged on the ground of in- sufficlent evidence. The homicide charges were based cn the death of Owen Kivion, who was killed two weeks ago, when the automobiles .of Duke .and Haubert colljded. PARCEL POST TO RUSSIA. Parcel post service to Russia, discon- tinued during the war, has been re- opened, according to announcement by the’ Post Office irtment. _Parcels : may be dispatched when pre, rate' of pound;. it r | Representatives of Manufacturers and his business. (of Remaining Amendments at Session Tomorrow. The Senate finance committee today completed consideration of the tax revision bill, with the exception of a number of amendments which are be- ing put in shape by experts in the Treasury Department. The committee. will meet at' 10:30 o'clock tomorrow, and Chairman Penrose said he hoped the committée would be able to ai pose of all amendments. The chairman announced that the bill would be ready for report to the Senate on Wednesday, the day that Congress meets. The committee today reconsidered’ its former action striking out the exemp: tion aliowed traveling men for meals and lodging by the House and agreed to retain this exemption as contained by the House bill. The Senate committec also reconsidered its action on the taxes on beverages. It fixed the tax of 2 cents per gallon on all cereal beverages, carbonated and non-carbonated bev- erages. The House bil: provides a tax of 4 cents a gallon on cereal beverages and 3 and 2 cents per gallon on other beverages. ‘The committee completed consideration of the estate tax titles and gave consid- eration to a number of technical amend- ments. Oppose Wood Storage. In a previous statement Col. Kuts said the Commissioners, while not op- posed to the landing .of such freight as cordwood, are opposed to using the wharves for the storage of wood after it is unloaded. ‘The lumber merchants on the terfront contend that it is not feasible to ship cordwood by water during the summer unless it can be cut and stored on the whart until it is sold. It is further contended by one of the lumber dealers that the District ships brick by water from Occoquan and stores the brick on the wharf until it is hauled to building operations, -_— FRANCIS SCOTT KEY IS PAID TRIBUTE Flag Raising at the Old Home in Georgetown Made Gala Occasion. Flag-raising exercises in celebration of the 107th anniversary of the writing of “The Star Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key were held yesterday afternoon at the old Key house in Georgetown, un- der auspices of the United States Daugh- ters of 1812 of North Carolina. ‘The flag was raised by Misses Mildred Margaret Fleenor, a great-great-grand- niece of Francis Scott Key, and Edna Wells, a great-granddaughter of Capt. Stephen Willlams of North Carolina, who served in the war of 1812, J. F. White, a bugler from marine barracks, gave the call to colors. Little Bethe Bacon gave the salate to the flag. Mrs. Charles F. Taylor, state presi- raising. Following the Lord's Prayer, North Carolina, had charge of t program _which preceded the _fiag. raising. Following the Lord's Prayer, recited in unison, Mrs, Taylor- ex- plained the celebration and ftro- duced those who took part. A poem by Francis Scott Key was read by Miss Etta Taggert and the inspira- tion which led Key to write the Vote om Luxury Taxes. The Senate committee yesterday afternoon, while agreeing to the House plan to repeal stamp taxes on perfumes, cosmetics, toilet prepara: tions and proprietary medicines,, voted to impose a manufacturers’ tax of 4 per cent on tollet articles and 2 per cent on proprietary medicines and to restore the 3 per cent tax on toilet soaps and powders which the House bill proposed to repeal. Five per cent reductions in the taxes on fur articles, motor boats and yachts, portable electric fans and works of art agreed upon by the House were disapproved by the com- mittee, which voted to continue the present rate of 10 per cent in each |anthem was recounted by Richard case. Taggert. Others who participated in The section of the House bill re- |the celebration were Mrs. A. W. Wells, ducing the tax on candy from 5 per |C. F. Taylor, Mra. May Beall Fleenor, cent to 3 per cent was amended to|a great-great niece of Key; Mrs. Lucy provide that candy sold at wholesale | J. Maupin of Roanoke, Va., and Miss for more than 40 cents a pound should | Margaret Fleenor. bear ‘a tax of 10 per cent. The society will erect a bronze tab- In acceptance of the House rcduc- |let-marking the old M street house tion from 10 per cent to 5 per cent in|at an early date. the tax on sporting goods, the com- mittee decided to make taxable skates, = BABY OF EIGHT MONTHS IN PARTY FROM RUSSIA snow shoes, skis, toboggans and base ball, foot ball and basket ball equip- ment, which were eliminated by the House. Under a new section added to the House bill, the committee proposed that the tax on shewing gum be re- duced from 3 per cent to 2 per cent. The House measure made no change in this levy. The House provision repealing all of the so-called luxury taxes was ac- cepted. Sections of the House bill accepted By the Associated Press. RIGA, September 14.—Sven Ronald Carlson, a pale but lively elight- month-old baby, so far as is known, the only child born of American par- ents uuder the soviet regime, was withaut change included those re-|among the five American refugees ting to taxes on cereal beverages |arriving in Riga from Russia today. d soft drinks; repealing the tax on | He is the son of Harold Carlson, 'yeglasses and spectacles; eliminating | Whose home is Chicago. the license levies on yachts and motor | Mr. and Mrs. lson, Sven and boats of not more than five tons or not | &. nine-year-old sister, and Mrs. over thirty-two feet in length, and |Bronislava Dalberg, who also lives in imposing a tax of 10 per cent on cam- | Chicago, made up the party of Ameri- era lenses. The beverage tax changes | Cans released by the soviét kovern- were accepted, however, subject to|ment, under the terms ot the :ugree- possible amendment after further in-|ment with the American Rellef Ad- formation on this subject has been |Mministration, who reached Riga to- furnished by Treasury experts. Gay. Mr. Carlson was extremely emaci- SMOOT BILL INDORSED. ated ‘as a result of his expericnce n' Russia, but Mrs. Carlson and the little nine-year-old girl, who has spent most of hef life in Russia, looked well. The Carlsons and 'Mfs. Dalberg are virtually destitute, having sold most of their belongings from time to time In order to live. Mrs. Carlson, referring to her husband’s appearance, said-it was- £ood advertisement for soviet Rus- and Employes Approve Substitute. Hearty indorsement of the provi- sions of a new tax bill soon to be in- troduced by Senator Smoot of Utah in substitution for the measure passed by the House and now pending be- fore the Senate ‘finance committee was expressed by a conference here yesterday representing 100,000 manu- facturers and 5.000,000 employes. ‘The Senate finance committee was informed of this decision in a unani- mous vote of the conference by a committee consisting of C. B. Stiver of the Iowa Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, C. C. Hanch, vice president of the Lexington Motor Company and ! vice president of the Natlonal Auto- mobile Chamber of Commerce, and: Saul E. Rogers, vice president of the Fox Film Corporation. It was urged by these representa- tives of the manufacturers that pres- ent business depression and the pres. ent serious condition of unemploy ment are directly attributable to the unscientific and discriminatory sys- tem of taxation now in effect. , The conference decided to support a tax revision program Involving re- neal of the special discriminatory war taxes on many lines of business, and the substitution of a flat tax on all finished commodities sold or leased by manufacturers, producers or im- porters. No specific rate for this manufacturer: tax was proposed formally, but discussion revolved | around a minimum of 3 per cent. i The main features of the program for which the manufacturers told the Seriate committeé they will work are: Enactment of a new general manu- facturers’ tax, retention of present income taxes on individuals with re- vision of surtaxes, retention of the present income tax of 10 per cent on corporations, retention of existing taxes on tobacco, narcotics and oleo- margarine, and retention of existing inheritance taxe: DEAF MUTE SHOT. SHELBYVILLE, Tenn., September 16.—Cyril Willlams," sixteen, a deaf mute, was, perhaps, fatally shot at a toll-gate house on the Wartrace and Shelbyville turnpike about mid- Mrs. Carlson, acocrding to her hus- band, was forced to work in a bolshevik public dining room and could not ob- tain permission to cease her work un- til a fortnight before little Sven was born. Then she had to return to her duties six weeks later. The joint salary of the Carlsons, he working as a clerk In the commissariat of foreign trade, averaged during the past. six months about 18,000 rubles, or abaut 40 cents— €nough to buy six pounds of hread. They had no government rations, but, as Carl- won said, “Like ‘every oné else in Rus- |#ia, we managed'in some way. | WILL KEEP CAMP BRAGG. To Be Headquarters for 13th Field Artillery. Camp Bragg. N. C. will be retained by the Army as a permanent sta- tion, and will not be abandoned with the other cantonments reCently an- nounced by the War Department. The camp, it was officially . stated today, will become a fleld artillery post, and soon be utilized as the headquarters of the 13th Field Artillery Brigade. ‘The 13th Field Artillery Brigade will be brought soon to peace-time strength by addition of other artil- lery organizations, which will be or-. dered to Camp Bragg, from various parts of the country. The brigade at present has a reduced personnel caused by . resignations and dis- charges of men Suring the process of. reducing the Army to the 160,000 mark fixed by Congress as the maxi- mum number of enlisted men for the Army as a whole. HEADS WAR. VETERANS. MINNEAPOLIS, September 15.— Oscar E. Carlson of the Department of Illinois, was elected national com- mander-in-chief of the. United Spenf ‘War Veterans qon the ninth ballot, taken early . The balloting be- gan last night, and continued -until a.m. Timothy W. Kelly of Massach: setts was the last of the defeated didates ~eliminated. ~ The ° will adjourn late today,* - 2 U, ’ |the club professional, Pershing sailed aboard the S. S. Parid yesterday for France, where [ he will bestow the congressional medal beneath the Arc de Triomphe, PRESIDENT GUEST AT WEST POINT (Continued from First Page.) elected the President an honorary member, and it was pointed out that but one other man has ever been accorded that honor. He is Robert T. Lincoln, son of the former Uresident. Visited Memorable House. While the President played golf, Mrs. Harding and some other mem bers of the party, including Secre- tarjes Hoover and Weeks, went to East Hampton, where they visited the in _which John Howard author of “Home Sweet .” spent much of his time. The cottage was said to have been the inspiration for the poem. Later they returned to the clubhouse. The golf course, declared by pro- fessionals to be one of the most dif- ficult in the country was made by the President in 114 strokes for the eighteen holes. The record for the course is 68, held by James Hepburn who compli mented President Harding after his me. The President said he be- lleved that if he was familiar- with. the course he could “do it in ten le?.‘ ¥ o Water Bunker. Thé President, ‘at one point, drove across a wide creek, while the three men playing with him, Mr. Metcalf, Senator Frelinghuysen of New Jer- sey. and J. F. Byers, a club official, sent their balls into the water. As the ond went in the President sa&id, “I couldn’t do much worse my- selt.” _The party boarded the soon after the golf game. The President was invited to play with members of the Senior Golf As- sociation, now engaged in a tourna- ment at Rye, N. Y., but in sending his regrets, sail 1 suppose I can’t help qualifying as' a senior, but I should like to meet up with your members and give them a demonstration that I am not yet venerable, and, like all the rest of you, have no intention of ever being aged.” ARRANGE FUNERAL ' " OF FILM ACTRESS (Continued from First Page.) ly moved, accepted the verdict with composure. Will Protect Witnesses. District Attorney Brady said late yesterday that Miss Alice Blake and Miss Zeh Prevost, witnesses in the cage, had consented to be placed in the care of a policewoman at their own request. % He said they had decided upon this plan to prevent any chance of pos- sible intimidation. Brady declared that no wJitness had told him of hav- ing been tampered with in any way. PROPERTY IS ATTACHED. Los Angeles Decorator Says Ar- + buckle Owes Him $11,400. By the Amociated Press. LOS ANGELES, September 15.—Ray- mend Gould, an interior decorator, has filed an attachmi known real estate owned by Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle in Los Angeles as a detail to a suit for $11,400 which said was due for decoratl and grounds-of Arbuckle’s residence here, it was announced. ‘This was the second brought against Arbuckle owned the company $6,600, said to be the purchase price of twenty-five pleces of furniture. - * W. W. EASTERDAY NAMED IN THREE INDICTMENTS Former Broker Will Face Forgery Charges in Connection With Candy Company. two years in the penitentiary in the Arnstein conspiracy case, local merchants. ‘The_alleged b: have been issued in co; Company, with which Eas ruptcy. The checks are dated Se ber 17, 21 and 30, 1920, and sums of $68.10, $191.10 and pectively. Easte bond of ptem- $181.14, re. Mayflower ent against all the the house attachment Arbuckle’s property here, the first having been filed Monday by a furniture company, which claimed The grand jury today repdrted to Justice, Hoehling three indictments against Wilen W. Easterday, former stock broker, now' under sentence of charging him with the forgery of three checks and uttering of them as genuine to checks are sald to nnection with the business of the Abe Lincoln Candy terday was connected, and which went into bank- are for the 1 of honor on the unknown poil 3 behalf of this country. TELL OF MARKED BILLS DEPOSITED BY JACOBUS Shipping Board Detectives Give Further Evidence in Case Against Employe. Operative of the United States Ship- ping Board's bureau of investigation testified before United States Commis sioner Hitt today of the recovery of $60 in marked bills from a local bank after they had been deposited by Wil- liam Jacobus. Mr. Jacobus is a metal expert of the board and is being held on charges of violation of section 35 of the federal penal code. When the hearing was resumed to- day Judge Hitt announced that he had reduced the bafl of the defendant from $10,000 to $5,000. Harry B. Moore, special agent of the Shipping Board, gave details of his shadowing of Jacobus and of finally obtaining the marked bills from a lo- cal bank. The bills were placed in evidence. The bills were only put in evidence. ~They were only put in Judge Hitt that if it was not done all Teference to them in the direct exami- nation would be stricken from the records. s When Willlam B. Mulhall, another special agent of the Shipping Board, who had been_ shadowing Jacobus, took the stand, he testifiedl that when Jacobus was taken into custody he in- formed the operatives that -they had the wrong man and characterized Gibbs as a crook. The charge against Jacobus is that he made false statements on certifi- cates for the purpose of defrauding the United States Shipping Board and { Emergency _Fleet Corporation, in which the United States is a stock- holder. i —_— THREE TAKEN IN LIQUOR ROBBERY INVESTIGATION | Former Guards at Old Horsey Dis- tillery in Custody—Maryland Farmer Must Explain. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., September 15.— Three former guards at the Old Hor- sey distillery, just outside of Bur- kittsville, about twelve miles from here, were taken in custody today by 2 posse of four revenue agents co- operating with Sheriff Willaim O. ‘Wertenbaker, in connection with the investigation of the $100,000 liquor robbery last Saturday. The federal agents are also trying to establish what H. O. Burrall, a farmer near Monrovia, about nine miles from here, knows regarding the dispostiion of "the sfolen liquor, and whether it was stored on his farm and | distributed from there. i ‘The stolen liquor consisted of 1,200 cases bottled In bond. Yesterday a uck was found broken down In Itimore with Old Horsey liquor on board. The investigation then shifted to Frederick county. The three men taken in custody today by the federal revenue agents are Victor Kreh, Wil- iam Beachley of Broad Run and Jesse Schell of Frederick, all of whom were formerly guards at the distil- lery. Bheriff Wertenbaker and the revenue officers late yesterday discovered on the farm of H. O. Burrall, in Mon- rovia, some of the wooden cases bear- ing the Old Horsey and “bottled in bond” imprint. They are of the ‘able date for the beginning of the opinion that the liquor was stored on the Burrall farm. Schell claims that he is Being held only as “a witness” and says his only part In the matter was that several days ago he xget some men in an automobile who asked him to direct them to the farm of H. O. Burrall, which he did. 3 ASKS MODIFIED DRY ACT. — COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 15.— Modification of the Volstead law to permit manufacture and-sale of beer and light wines is asked In a resolu- tion adopted today by the Interna- tional Association of Fire Fighters, in convention here. The resolution, which caused much debate, was pre- sented by Willlam E. Brown of Mil- waukee. ‘Another, _resolution, addressed to President Harding and Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty, aske for the re- lease of all political prisoners, the quashing of all cases still pending under the espionage -act and full T and peaceable assemblagi ‘ The convention also i® considering a proposal to remove the national headquarters from Washington ‘to Chicago. Delegates from Vancouver are making & spirited. campaign for next year's convention. 8 rday is in jail in default of a $10,000 on his appeal from the Arnstein conviction and of a $5,000 bond on s requisition from Gov. Ed- ‘wards of New Jersey for his return there to answer a charge spiracy in connection with of con- the sale of ertain bonds. 5 Qthers indicted .and 'the elnw- interned nst them are: Richard C. Wil- liams, grand larceny; William Knott njamis Grice, Jr, houseb s Rich- llam N. Bowie and reaking of filtered water for condensing pur- poses, and he exPpressed the opinion that if. the crusade against water ‘waste is continued and officials will co-operate with the District authori- ties, many thousands of gallons of water can be saved. CONFERENCE ON JOBLESS LIKELY TO OPEN SEPT. 26 Names of Delegates Believed to Have Been Agreed Upon by President and Mr. Hoover. Although no date for the opening of the national unemployment con- ference has been set, September 26 appeared today to be the most prob- meetings, which will be held in Wash- ington. President Harding and Sec- retary Hoover are understood to have agreeq on the names of the men who will atténd the conference. These will include nationally known lead- ers of industry and labor leaders, the latter group headed by Samuel Gom- pers, it was said. It was understood today that Presi- dent Harding himself would open the conference, outline the steps which the administration believes should be followed to combat unemployment. and then turn the matter over to the conferees for action. RDOSEVELT-USES _P]LANE. Makes Quick Trip to New Jersey to 't ~.Attend Convention: “8EA “GIRT, N. J., September 15.— Theodofe Roosevelt, assistant secre- tary of the Navy, flew in an airplane from Washington to Camp Edwards today in order to attend the state convention of the American Legion at Asbury Park. The trip was made in two hours and ten minutes. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt left Bolling Field in a marine DH-4 plane, piloted by First Lieut. Ford O. Rogers of the Marine Corps. RECEIVERS ARE NAMED. NEW YORK, September 15.—Re- ceivers in equity were appointed t day for Consolidated Distributors, Inc., a company which makes automo- bile accessories here and sells them in thirty-nine stores in various parts of the country. Liabilities were given as $2,500,000 and assets at $3,500,000, but it was claimed the company lack- ed funds for current expenses. TO REORGANIZE P. 0. MOTORS Ralph H. Matthiessen of New York has been appointed by Postmaster Gen- eral Hays as special assistant to reor- not find Johnny. The Bonfiglios rested, sald the; boy, that he was merely an affable lad who had followed them. RATLROAD The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion today certil of the Treasury payment of $40,000 under section 204 of the tramsporta- to the Georgia Coast and Piedmont RBailroad Company. ditional sum of $3.513.52 due the road on account of its traffic balance and other indebtedness also was certified tion act to the Treasury. IN LOVE, Doris Sennett, two years old, theater, was removed from the Hotel yestere tional Hospital fe Her left a note in h in which she sa because she 2 3 4 T T g from iliness caused by poison. condition today was reported to be improved. The police say the girl as in love. e We Pay DAILY BALANCES' EVERY DAY IS INTEREST DAY THE MUNSEY TRUST COMPANY, lead the nation safely through the period of transition. To this cause may be attributed much of the present unrest in the country. It is gratify- ing to note that the Rockefeller foundation recognizes China's press- ing need and undertakes to give to. China’s young men the best training.” RETURN HERE IS DELAYED.: Secretary Fall to Be in West Until End of September. Due to rearrangement of his sched- ule, it is unlikely that Secretary Fall will return to Washington from the west until the end of September. it was announced at the Interfor De- partment. The Interior Secretary had planned to return to Washington early in September, when he went west in August, but several important mat- ters, including inspection of various public works, requiring his immediate er room at the hotel |attention, have detained him beyond id she wanted to die!the time originally set for his re- rn, it was said. and Caputo, when ar- y did not know the GETS $40,000. fied 0 the Secretary An ad- ‘WO00S DEATH. an actress, twent: playing at a local a- the Emergensy afternoon suf- to -day interest on checking accounts on daily balances—compound- ed monthly %o % %o interest on ordinary savings accounts—compounded ' quar- terly interest on special savings accounts—compounded - semi- annually 3 lflmfl|I|_l|flflflfllfilllllllll|l||II|I|IIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||IIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIII' e moval servioe e will e Pa. Ave., Between 13th 'and 14th Sts. N.W., oA e : involstag an expenditure ot about 515.- | {11 {ANIRAEEALRC SRR RN R RRTARERY 68 years in Business September T at 12% 5 Sale of - A _ Complete Readiness with Women’s and Misses’ Newest Fall Dresses | - In Two Groups---Moderately Priced at Repriced to f—— Canton Crepe, Tricotine, Poiret Twill, in de- cidedly yout! straight lines. both these high-color skirts, to fancy belts. : Special Group of Luxurious Winter Coats 9.50 and’ $35.00 3980 models,, most of them witn Quali?’ stands pre-eminent in oups—and as for style—the newest rgette sleeves, cape backs, apron say nothing of braids, beadings and i Presenting the New Women’s Fall Suits Moderately Priced at $59.50 Hand-em! enough to be refined and youthful. . New, straight, long coats with belts; other models have coats with a All ‘the new fabrics, ex- mutumn colors,