Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1922, Page 2

9 K * RS PALMER DE OF HEART ATTAGK - Wife of Former Attorney Gen- eral to Be Buried at Easton. Md. MRS. A. MITCHELL Mrs. Roberta Dixon Palmer, wife of former Attorney General A. Mi 1 Palmer, and prominently identified in * social circles of this ecity. Maryland and Pennsylvania, died last evening at o'clock at her residence. 2132 R street northwest. Death was caused by heart trouble resulting from a complication of diseases. Becoming ill last October, Mrs. Pal- mer had suffered several heart at- tacks since that time. but was seem- ingly improved out 0 yester- day " evening. however, Mrs. Palmer suffered a relapse and failed to rally. Mr. Palmer and their twelve-vear-old daughter were at the bedside when the end came, half an hour later. De- pite the repeated attacks, Mrs. Pal- mer's death was sudden, and the new of it was a great shock to her many friends in this ci Besides her husband and daughter, Mary Dixon Palmer. Mrs. Palmer is survived by two brothers. James Dixon of Easton. Md., and William A. Dixon of Baltimore, Md., and thre ers. Mrg. Kemp Bartlett, Mr! liam T. Norris and Mrs. Frederick ering, jr., all of Baltimore, Md. Palner came of a prominent Quaker family; her father, Dixon. who died last Febru ary, was of Easton, Md., and was a former president of the ston Na- 1 at one time state aryland. She was born ton about fifty years ago and s educated in the public schools of Talbot county, later attending the co- educational institution founded by the iety of Friends, Swarthmore Col- band, wh student there. Mr. and Mrs. Palmer were married in iends' Meeting House in in 1898, After their mar- riage they went to Stroudsburg, Pa., her husband's birthplace. It here that he began his early practice of law. Upon her husband" alien property custodian in the eariy part of President Wilson's first ad- min residence on there ever since. A Delightful Mrs. lightful entertaingr and a_charming hostess by all who knew her. Both she and her husband took active in- terest in church work here, attending regularly services at Meeting House on I street between 18th and 19th streets. Funeral services will be held tomor- row afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, at the residence, 2132 R street northwest. Representative ministers of the So- Cciety of Friends in this city and Phil- adeiphia, Pa., will conduct the serv- Entertainer. jces. Interment will be_in the Dixon family lot in Spring Hill cemetery, Easton, Saturday. Following the services tomorrow, members of the immediate family, in- cluding Mr. Palmer, will accompany the body in automobiles to Annapolis, takingz the Annapolis-Claybourne fer- 1y, and thence to Easton. _——————— CHILD SLAYER QUICKLY FOUND-GUILTY BY JURY B the Associated Prese. . NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J, January 5.—George Gares, forty-nine years old, a carpenter, was convicted by a jury today of first degree murder for the slaying of five-year-old Theresa - Kucharski in a hotel here on Decem- ber 22. Proverbial “Jersey justice” moved with its wonted swiftness in aveng- ing the little girl, who was strangled to death and stuffed in a suit case after she had been assaulted. Gares' trial consumed only a day and a half. The jury spent but forty minutes deciding his fate. Supreme Court Justice Bergen sentenced him to electrocution dur- ing the week of February 6. Pleading that he was crazed from Grinking whisky and that he could re- member nothing which occurred at the time he is alleged to have killed the &irl, Gares took the stand in his own defense and refused to affirm or deny arge of murder for which he is 1 Asked by his own counsel whether he had killed the little girl, he replied: “I wouldn't say. as { don’t know. I must have been in a frightful condition. I was demented after [ drank that booze. 3 never saw anything like it in my life. It was the worst 1 ever had.” When asked by Prosecutor Stricker 3f he would deny that he bad killed the girl. Gares reiterated that he could not remmber what happened. *L am not here to argue with you,” he said. “I don’t know what happened. I am here for murder, and that's all I know.” ¥ Gares testified that he met a stranger the day before the murder and obtained a pint flask of whisky from him, after the etranger had suggested that’ Gares smight be able to sell some to his friends §f the sample was satisfactory. He tried to sell it, he said. and finally de- cided to drink it himself. THEFT OF RING CHARGED. Offer of a diamond ring valued at 31,000 to a local jeweler for $250 yes- terday afternoon resulted in the ar- rest of Cecil Overton, colored butler, in the employ of Mrs. W. Metcalf Bliss, 2645 Connecticut avenue, and Bernard Short, a colored companion, both rooining at 1833 12th street. They ‘were arrested by Detectives Kelly, Scrivener and King before Mrs. Bliss had discovered the loss of her ring. Overton is alleged to have obtained employment in Mrs. Bliss’ home through a forged letter of recom- mendation, going to work there last Saturday- Short, it is charged, was negotiating the sale of the diamond ring and was at the jewelry store to collect the money, it is stated, when he was ar- Tested. Overton was arrested later in the day. Detectives visited the room of the prisoners in the 12th street house and took possession of two pistols. Charges of grand larceny were pre- ferred against the men, and Inspector Grant fixed their bonds at $10,000 each. It is the intention of the de- tectives to have the prisoners seen by & number of persons who were Theld up and robbed at the point of a /4istel in this city the past few weeka. CLLLTAL SO DL LA R R ERR LT} R LM W = It was there she met her future | was | appointment as | stration, Mrs. Palmer took up her ! R street and had lived | Palmer was considered a de- the Friends' { immediately { THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JAN BRARY FOR SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON |CHAR EASTERN HIGH STUDENTS TO RECEIVE TWO MEDALS |Boys and Girls Will Have Separate ~ Awards, Alumni Association Council Decides. WITNESSESDENY SEEING OPE SHOOT Two Knew Only by Hearsay, Others Contradict State- ment of Accuser. Called before a Senate committee to testify as to charges that Maj. Hierome L. Opie of Staunton, Va.. had shot two soldiers in France, Horace Cooke of Covington. Va., declared today that all he knew about the case was hearsay. Claude Bregdon of Covington, a former service man, also was called. “What do you know about the charges |against Maj. Opie?” Chairman Brande- | gee ed. Nothing.” “You are excused.” | _The names of Breedon and Cooke, {Who served in Maj. Opie’s command— 5d Battalion, 116th Infantry—overseas, were mentioned in a letter to Senator Watson as likely to have evidence, But they insisted they knew nothing of their own knowledge. | A moment .later, however, Lemuel 0. Smith of Dublin, Va.. who has been | In an institution for the insane since | the war. declared he saw Maj. Opie | shoot a soldier. Saw Man Shot. “While in a dugout with three com- rades and four German prisoners,” ! Decision students graduati the to of in ward two medals to astern High Sehool June was reached by ouncil of the alumni tion of the institution at a eting last night at the 1. One {of the medals will be awarded the boy who is pre-eminent in school activities and the other will be pre- sented to the girl who does most in behalf of the school during her four- year course. Heretofore, the association has awarded onl® one medal to a gradu ating student, but on account of the tlarge increase in the student body, it was deemed advisable to recognize the efforts of the boy and girl equall The alumni : dal. which was de- isigned by Ray . Whitman, has been rded since 1912, S ans were discussed for increasing war memorfal fund_through a cription campaign. Miss Bertha . Gardner of the faculty of Kastern, who was recently elected an honor- ary member of the alumni asso 1 tion, outlined the memorial plans. { The councii decided to keep the rec- lords of the association in a perma- nent form, which will include achieve. {ments of the individual alumni of the i chool and the the association. rious activities of The record is to be ept by Miss Rosemary Arnold, sec- iretary “of the association. Aims of ithe alumni for the coming year and Ithe plans for the new Eastern High v ! Sehool ere presente by Charles | said Smith, “I saw Maj. Opie take a Hart, principal of : gun and deliberately shoot a man ave the n\;lle{'lh!' man Opie shot was William to association present a | Woolwine. He was shot in the du il{ out, about in the middle of it. Opie vesty on “Hamlet” ‘in The play will | Was ten steps from Woolwine. be directed by . Foster, vice pres- | “What did Maj. Opie s: he was ident of the ciation. Plans also | asked. | Were discussed for holding the annual | “He said: ‘I shot him; take him excursion of the alumni. association | OU, { to Marshall Hall in June. _ “What was said before the shoot- i Member the executive commit- [ Mg W who & nded the meeting were ot a word was passed. Maj. Opie | | 4 gave no reason Jonscher, president of the as- “How many shots were fired?" Rosemary Arnold, sectes| “Onwe, it hit Woolwine in the chest. e arar MeCoy, | He_wis dead when we picked him iMary Murray and Virginia Farns- up” e e & “Did you make a complaint about the shooting?" “I did not.” In a letter to Senator Watson, | Smith said he had been decorated by the French and American govern- | ments. but he admitted that he had| 1 no such honors. Why did you say it then?” Friend Wrote Letter. “A friend of mine, a patient in the at Marion with me, wrote and I signed it without | 'EASTERN HIGH ROW BRINGS ACCUSATIONS Intent of Architect to Use Furni- ture Funds Shown—=School Cen- sus Called Too Large. i ' it i The row over the plans for the new e | | comimttee of the House apropria [Eble)| to wOEk Rlnee Sleaying e tions committee when it resumed {40L e . PN S e uking the witness, Senator Wat- SRR ?I.‘,(\"x,".."""',,:‘.‘,;,,?.«..,‘ told Smith to ecompose himself _mdl’;“ Sl ittt Sohools |and not te be afraid of Maj. Opie or| i‘“’ I;‘lll’w b the Contau fin dy else in the committee room. { Dr. Ballou read to the subcommi ":: “',‘l!; “Un":.i personall Erievance e cons o ondence o i foe sconalerabin ondenceon one whatever. 1 told no one to phinl Dics Hart of | Write to vou that 1 had been deco- stern High, which stated Ashford's{Tated. [ was a volunteer. £ intention to put up the building with uf"':m’;"‘-}",‘ Drandegee. i calling. a | the amount appropriated and depend | telition, to discrepanaies in state upon future appropriation to furnish St R gL and. te. it, whereas the law directed thai the [ TeU¥ a5 to the dugout shooting, building was to be erected und fur- “,M“ l‘ (_‘_l'-“ _d""f" & Tt nished within the amount & ated, | o4 o LR Ashford continued his recital of | S3yL (0 e i investigations regarding the seating| g W08 (0 exouste accommodations in the District| 8000 T bR r‘ g chools, —and this investigation } {ERHGN 1 B ATRe of cros howed the number of pupils then at-{ i VYo OND 4. I“‘;‘“’r’“-“m ais tending school to be 10,000 less than | ppl'G, Jic (ounsel, for Mal ople. the_school officials reported. Questioned regarding the | that many copies of Ashford" believed a man killed in battle died TePOrt| an honorable death. state- {ment regarding this investigation| Watson Oppoxes “Bullyragging.” had been circulated among members! «Iy's outrageous to have uv:veru of Congress, Ashford d, [thatlfe Lo o hillyras o this b0 s woman had borrowed’ his statement | man - Senator Watson shorted i and that he learned 300 copies made of it. Another letter read by Superin- tendent Ballou purported to show that plans for the new Eastern High School were not completed when Ashford relinquished his position as munjeipal _ architect. This letter referred particularly to _electrical equipment and was dated about three months after Ashford had left the office. HARVEY TO REVEAL ATTITUDE OF U.S. TO POWERS AT CANNES (Continued from First Page.) later she had { are arter evidence, not opinion After the flare-up Chairman- Bran- degee held the question was not ma terial, and it was withdrawn. Mr. Cutchins declared he was not now an officer. - Osborn Ellison of Pulaski, mention- ed by Smith as having been in the dugout with him at the time of the Woolwine shooting, declared he was not present. “Did you see Maj. Opie shoot Wool- | I did not.” e Opie shoot any soldier?” I was not with Smith and .never saw him but once.” “That's all.” Lee 1lins of Dublin, Va., was next called. “You heard Smrth's testimony?” L‘ha‘l.rma'ln Brandegee asked. “Were you “No sir.” Ever see Maj. Opie shoot-Wool- ne or anybody else?” o sir.” Colling said he was a committee Zitneas and not summoned by Maj. th him in the dugout?” for interest payments. The French, for instance, do not include their war debt to America in their list of published liabilities, it was pointed out by one member of the cabinet here. The French refer always to a “political debt to America due to the war.” The impression given is that in their minds they have can- celed the debt. No Proposal Decided On. Not a single proposal has been decided upon by the Harding cabinet looking toward European relief through eco- nomic channels, for while business men may be shouting about the necessity of some concrete plan of stabilizing ex- i change, the viewpoint of the government is that every plan. finally hinges upon {two questions—German reparations and jthe readiness of European governments to reduce military and naval expendi- tures. Something toward that end has Ibeen accomplished at the Washington conference, but not enough. America has tried her hand at the armament ques- tion. Now let Europe try something and propose it to America. That's the official view. This country will not be found adopting an obstructionist attitude, but {will listén to any plan that really saows promise of affording the whole world { some relief. There is no intention to use the war debt as a means of embarassing European credit. Not a step has been taken vet at which Europe could take offense, but if the nations across the sea want their wealthy creditor on this side of the Atlantic to help them taey must first show a genuine desire to help | themselves. l Europe Must Take Lead. The informal opinion—not express- Tells of Hangings. Further testimony relating to the hanging of American soldiers at Is- sur-Tille, France, was presented to- ay. Herbert L. Cadenhead of Green- ville, Miss., a former service man, de- clared he had witnessed “ten or twelve” executions at Issur-Tille, while engaged in transporting Ger- man prisoners by truck in the vicin- ity of that place. War Department records previously submitted to the committee showed that two soldiers were hanged at Issur-Tille after conviction by gener- al court-martial and gave the total executions in the A. E. F. as eleven® All after formal trial before military courts. Cadenhead did not know whether any of the men he saw hanged had been sent to their death without trial. None of them, he said, made any statement when on the gallows. He described in detail the executions which he claimed to have witnessed, one of them being of a lieutenant, who, ' Cadenhead said, had been charged with assault upon a seven- year old girl. Tells of Atrocities. Edwin Duner of San Francisco, a voluntary witness, stepped forward and declared he wanted to testify con- cerning prison atrocities in France. “I was at Bassens prison, near Bor- deaux, where I was sent up for three months for going across the street— out of my area—to get two egg sand- ‘wiche: “How did you get them?” Chairman Brandegee asked. “I bought them, sir,” he shot back. ‘While at the prison, Duner said, he saw a sergeant, while drunk, kill a prisoner for asking for a slice of bread. The sergeant, he added, was not court-martialed as far as he knew. John Fitzgerald of Pennsylvania, who was locked up for being drunk, was named by Duner as the prisoner killed. The sergeant, he said, was named Cooper. Duner also gave the names of wit- ed to any government in Europe—but evolved here merely as an answer to the European demand for American participation, is that Europe must do certain things before America can be of any substantial assistance: First. Budget must be balanced and moneys spent on land armies reduced. Pledges must be given that no more money will be spent on navies. Second. Internal taxation must be systematically begun everywhere. Third. German reparations must be adjusted on a reasonable and equita- ble basis. When all these .things are satis- factorily accomplished America will be ready to negotiate the funding of war debts and the handling of in- terest payments. Ambassador Harvey has been told to advise his colleagues at the supreme council that America has tried her hand already by regard- ing armament as the basis of the whole economic situation and that it is now Europe’s turn to offer a bet- ter plan. America will listen and ex- press herself in due time. " (Copyright, 1922.) HEALTH AIDES TO MEET Others Willing to- Take Course Also Invited. ' A meeting of the health aides and others who have either taken the course in home care for the sick or are willing to take the short course fitting them fo be heaith aides will be held at 16 Jackson place, at noon tomorrow. A survey has been made of needed work for this branch of the service and many interesting openings will be developed at this meeting. es. nybody see the shooting?" “Yes, 150 negroes and 200 white men. We were going to mob the ser- geant, but there were too many auto- matics. Puat Bread and Water. . “Later the colonel, a big Polack, came up in his limousine,” Duner con- tinued, “and asked If anybody there saw the shooting. Seven of step- ped forward and they put us right away in solitary on bread and water.” Duner, a tall, fair-haired chap, gave the committee a refreshing touch of comedy in describing some of the hardships at a Coblenz prison. “They had a lieutenant, a regular snowbird, all lit up,” he said. “He used to come back from Italy, where he went for his depe, and then he would stand up and say: ‘Boys, I am glad to see you.' I guess he was, for he got us out at midnight for in. spection.” Duner complained because on the voyage home after the war the sol- diers—"aboard one of those ninety- day boats built to win the war”—had no _sugar for their coffee. ‘There was a gréat outburst of cheering when Duner, explaining that he had come here to testify at his own expense, declared: “I am 100 per ARCHIECT'S PLAN OF STI{LL"I"I‘“P‘) \s‘!fl m 3 CH MAY BE ERE D AT THE SOUTT G ARY 5. 1922 SPROUL TO NAME SENATOR SHORTLY Removes Own Name From All Consideration—May Seek Seat at Polls. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 5.—Gov.iand evening rush hours and Sproul was expected today to name a! o, " o successor to Senator Penrose within the next few days. last night that he would not resign to take the senatorship. The governor in he would not resign to take the senatorship made vacant by the death of Senator Boise Penrose said: “If 1 should ever desire to go to the United States Senate,” said the governor, “I shall submit my candi- d to' the people of the state in ] l | ! | | | | He announced | Would like it to be understood that it | I service upon sucn announcing that | | | | plates establishing b W. R. & E. PROPOSES ‘ TO RUN BUS LINE (Continued from First Paze.) stre m t car line, but no charge 1o be de for a second transfe | Declared Experimental. "nder such an \gement a per- sgon could, for instance, travel from Walter Reed Hospital to Dupont ¢ cle for a car fare, plus the two- transfer charge. -nt We plan 1o op te thes husses at frequent intervals, on probab five-minute headway in the mo a to balance | i | | | minute headway during the 53 I “In making this application we is purely experimental, and the com- pany will be free to discontinue the reasonable notic as the commission might requirc. We would also appreciate the fullest c operation of the commission and the public in this experiment. No Other Projects. ked if the company contem- | | When a s lines to sup-| the regular way—through the proc- exses of nomination and election.” | Plement street car service in other In reply to other questions the Kove | parts of town, Mr. Ham repiled that ernor said thesnew senator would (., further motor bu By 5| have “ne strings tied to him.” ket bus “projects have | It has been the political custom in jbeen considered. Pennsylvania not to elect two sena. tors from the same section of the state, and when the governor w asked whether it could be umed he would appoint a man from the eastern part of the state, he said it could. The governor vsaid_he execte visit Senator Crow, who is in 2 Pitts burgh hospital, and that he may not make an announcement 4 Sit- urday or next week. The senator that Gov. Sproui will appoint will serve until the cxndidate to be chosen at the November elec- tion is ready to qualizy. While the governor would go v farther with regard to his candidacy than mdicai- ed in his statement, politi who awaited in a nearby the announcement w the opinion that the governor v become a candidate for the unexpired Penrose term. The governor's term expires in January next year. N GUARDS ‘AID SECRECY OF PENROSE BURIAL (Continued from First Page.) the cemetery it would,be at their own peril. Guards were stationed all around the place. The funeral party was in the cemetery about fifteen minutes and left before 9 a.m. Follows Family Tradition. Thus was enacted the final scene in the career of a man who could have {had one of the largest funerals in the histcry of the city. Political leaders from every county in the state came to Philadelphia within the last few days to do honor to the dead chieftain, and not one was invited to the bach- elor home of the senator, where many | | | i | i | ! {CHARGE SEMIONOFF The president of the comp: was asked if Le believed it fe install n sery ties where track extensions are deem- ed necessary, in view of the b of laying new trackage at thi Mr. Ham said he did not <uch a.course would be w an_existing street car line point where an additional needed the only thing to do. also | ble to| € to communi- line ¥ ! he said, | is to build a new street car line. He cited the case of the bureau of engraving and printing, where 2 large volume of traflic must he moved in a short period of time twice a day. Mr. Ham said that in his opinion such a crowd could not be transported in automobiles as well as in street cars i WAS JAPAN’S AGENT (Continued from Fi | i ' the expeditions are there to protect life and property. “However, the unanimous reports of American observers are that the Japanese expeditions have fomented most of the disorders in that coun- try, that Siberia has run red with biood as a result of their activities and that even today a midwinter cam- paign is being waged with all its at- tendant suffering and death for the| Siberian natives.” One much discussed transfer of funds to Semionoff by Japanese offi- | i i cers took place last year. In Janu- ary, when the Kappel troops were being brought into the Vladivostok ea by the Japanese. Gen. Verga- bitsky, their commander, gave 1,200,- 000 gold rubles ($600,000) for safe- keeping to Col. Isome, the diplomatic officer in Siberia for the Japanese army general staff. When the Kappel I PLANS GO FORWARD | and FOR NEW LIBRARY {Approval and Closing of Con- tract Asked of Carnegie Corpcration. Plans for the southe: branch of the Public Library mov forward today, following action by Commis- sioner Cuno H. Rudolph, president of the board of Commissioners, and by the branch library building commis- on, headed by Engineer Commis- sioner Keller. Commissioner Rudolph, for the board. and the members of the branch library building commission united in a letter to the Carnegie Corpora- tion of New York asking approval of plans and authorization to close con- tracts ie building commission ha mended to the Distriet at the contract for ti and equipment of the by building, to be located at the inter: section of South Carolina avenue, Tth D streets southeast, be awa to the the building d of Theodore sident of the board of li- ¥ trustees: Charies J. Bell, chair- 1 of the nmittee on branch li- braries. with Dr. George F. Bower- n. librarian of the Public Library, ng as se etary of the commission. Architect's Plans Approved. District Commissioners, the stees and the spe- ommission unite ans of Edward L. approving th Iton. New The | plans have b approved by the ch: National Fine Arts Commis: We hay. secured bona fide bids for the ruction and equip- ment of the building, with the result that we agree to construct and equip the building complete nd ready for upancy for the sum of $64,000. in- cluding e i of metal and for $67.000 with cornices of lime- stone.” declares the letter sent the Carncgie Corporation, notifying the corporation that legisjation has been secured from Cong acceptance fro of not le 50,000 for the purpose pf erecting a suitable branch library “Since the building conspicuous site in the C: he country, where it will be seen by sitors and tourists, we hope that you will agrée with us in the desirability of stone cornices.” continues the let- er. orporation to occupy a pital city of Would Seat 100 Readers. “The plan is economical and cost less than oth, of a similar capacity recently con- structed, since it wili seat comfort- ably 100 readers at one time and will accommodate from 25,000 to 30,000 the library buildings uthorizing the | LES B. HANFORD HEADS LEGION POST ENGINEERS ASK AID FOR PATENT OFFICE American Council in Session Here Approves Kenyon In- dustrial Measure. Chosen Commander of Washington—Resolution Urges Boxing Be Allowed in D. C. Charles B. Harford was chosen com- mander of George Washington Post, No. 1. pioneer post of the American Legion, by a large majority vote tabulated last night in the boardroom | of the Distriet building. Mr. Hanford | has been actively at work in the in- | terests of the District's largest post | | since its inception. and following his | vkl election pledged his utmost efforts ge of the for harmony and continued progress |Sikncd to provide of the post. He succeeds Howard S.|gested conditi George Pas rt bill relief of th the patent office, Lamy a 1 Fisk, retiring commander, Who de-!ic urved in o pos: f clined to_run again. Installation of |+ UTEed In a rexolution adopted by s will be held at the next meet- | the American engineering council of el R {the Federated American Engincering Other officers’ elected last night|Societies, which convened today & include oJhn Thomas Taylor, first v commander; Albert E. Haan, ond vic commander; T. V. Walker, third vic commande athan J. Cosel, quarter- Stephen F. Tillman, sergeant- James E. Cahall, master-at- the Cosmos Club for a 13 ! sion. Resolutions approv pri I( ple the Kenyon bill relating to in- jdustrial depre N, and urging o | gress to amora 1 ppropriate tariff : W.'N. Williams, surgeon: Paul pre Collins. _historian, aml Frank | tection to the American dye industr, Piatz and William E Porter. color |also were adopicd. hearers. It was announced that the| . g RS post chapiain wounld be elected at| Conditions in the patent of the next meeting. Other officers, in- | sulting from the inadequ : cluding adjutant and treasurer, will|pay furnished the enicr be appointed by the newly elected [discussion before the coun mmande J ndle, chairman of the A resolution was adopted, follow- fpy ek oS ink its presentation by Kenneth A | Fesianations snoni csami | MacRae, urging that the introduction {continued “until now mor. {of boxing be allowed in the DistTictijaif of the force cor of young of Columbia. A dance will be &iven | men fresh from coll 0 have no i February 2 at 1517 R street for th of general € Whatever eithe benefit of the post. law g B. W. Gause, under the general n head of Jaw and order, advo! {port of the prohibition {declaring it to b 100 per cent Ame: Support it, as it w ed amendment of the His addres: R discussion, s 2l members contend- [( ing that the way certain prohibition { investiy agents had tried 1o enforce the law {m: entering private homes and ille- | ally searching people was, in the | ept i Argues for Dye il jopinion of the speakers. a more seri-{for a {ous offense than breaking the prohi- | the federal governs | bition law i in the pro A resolution was offered to “pre-ireform the governn vent any propaganda being brought!wus expressed 1 before meetings of the post in the ¥ of the Unive J future.” After discussion the motivn | Estaliishm o department of was tabled. I public works, which was advocated by ~ [the engineers of the country in 1913 [ id, will not only save the govern millions ¢ annually, will promot and effi- [] adopted ‘ongress for » make ocertain rnia to determine of poinis on the are known to ifie movi coast th 4 be HERD, DIESBY SHOT Suicide, Says Coroner, But . and irternational unity among Friends of Fighter Are |cuwinivs ror the promotion of peace and science is approaching a defi- H nite state. Skephca" They say' Other Countriex Organizing. Private “Jimmy” * De Loughery.| One st steps thus far twenty-six, a Chateau Thierry “Yank," | tken. Dres e maln, ven jwho got a bullet from a German;ihe engine.r lia. who ad- Mauser just above his heart during !vised the A nizineers that the fighting there, died this morning | Plans had been made to organize the | anwe meil th int. ngineers of t alter the at 9:15 at Emergency Hospital from the effects of a gunshot wound sus- = root tained at 2 a.m. from a trophy rifle G A in the War Department Annex, 18th Bl a0 R W thYorad at th {and E streets, while working as an s of that nation had afready | orderly. Coroner Nevitt issued a cer- | ‘ paRe | tificate of suicide. jZathianes D o The bullet entered the mouth and ile il e punctured the bridge of the nose. He | “\i7t SEVEEE SOVICER was taken to Emergency Hospital [ g q¢ NG5 and treated by Dr. Leo P. Burke and [ {11%0 JSHH G0 Dr. Arthur G. Hearn. He -aid not {055 Deah DO ufficiently to speak, but when | 7€t ¥ Maj. S. Waite of the office of the |30 N\av,0y chief of infantry. to which “Jimm. M3 ey S i Sonial gned. visited him® about el el R will- be clock this morning the young sol- | ecpnomic and politice it dier recognized his officer and made a feeble attempt to greet him. Leaves, Twe Notex. Two notes, spotted with blood, were left by the wounded man. One was to Dr. Richmond Brooks of the Emer- | tion gency Hospital staff. who had treated | engineerix him for acute gastritis at the hos-|country will attend pital last Tuesday. In it the wounded |will deliver the princiy man expressed Sorrow at not having Cailed st the hospital vemrerany. mas [DAIL WILL REJECT | TREATY BY 2 VOTES, ' MEMBER DECLARES ven to- \ honor journ: night of Secreta ‘ommerce |der ‘whose “leadersiup | made rapid prosr i { ing that had he done so “this” prob- ably wotlld not have happened. The second was a message to h mother. It was found on the desk, near which he received the fatal} wound. It read: “Give my b i gards to my dear moth political conferences have been held.! troops requested its return, Col. e | volume ilives in Ireland.” Both evidentl o T e vt Rhaik : Questions had been asked why the R e b ot :i,!sfl"‘m“ The letter points out that the site been wiitten after the wound had| ¢ tinued from Page) family desired secrecy in the burial of | to & jselected is a fine one. six blocks east 2 . = ssed by without his fheiEonator anain: dntwer 5¢ tioss ;‘r,:;'}"'e';';:,z'a:f’:r'; I reingTac. THelof the Capitol, very e to Pennsyl- | Men who gerved with “Jimmy” here | this forenoon passed by without b political friends was that Penrose | the time. Col. Isome, who frequently | JANIA avenue, in a growing section of {and abroad simply won't believe that freappearance. = o o000 hated pomp and ceremony and that iti expressed his opinions of Americans | ‘n¢ District, with ‘a present white|its a suicide case. They think it an| Kay and Bive other, ok wh B8 S0 probably was his wish. that he bel ja lancasge e vulpar and e |Pobulation of more ‘than 33,000 per- |accident, if anything. “Jimmy had |papermen were in the his buricd as simply and with as Tittlei fve 1o ha printed yiade of Jaie|sons and a colored population of ap-an enviable reputation as a cheerful. | companion Yhen th A commotion ‘as possible. "1t Is said 10| has ‘Since peen {ransterred from | PTOXImately 8,00, all of whom. ‘with- | Food-natured. “fightin' Irishman. |wiill|men entered. presuicd s have been a tradition in the Penrose | Siberia | out restriction, will have access to the]an answer for everything.” and a |earricd Kay off. Th ot family, which is one of the oldest in 2 Pproposed branch library. model American doughboy. Maj. {companions, the d. e the city, that all funerals of members Deny Reports of Disorders. £ The building commission held a con- | Waite knew the young soldicr well. {bring him back unarncd cten® . ‘erence yesterday wi 1y ing, war 2 em 1o sa) iz in B Y e snatos Dontoics| . Hevorts thet there were no dlors | caniiest. mid otaeaa bl municipal e Yo CTrmany im» meanw! secretary, L. C. Taylor, who was dis- |ders in Siberia last vear outside of jbuilding, when the plans and bids |, D°LoUShery was discharged after| ~After adjournment of the dail had inclined fo talk, said there was some | the areas of the Japanese were made | Were £one over carefully. thevarmintics, at Cemp Taylor, but |ibean moved, Desmond Titsgerald rose sort of service at the grave. He said 5 ! The new building will be wedge |2fterward re-enlisted with the 8th|to read the press zainst the he did not know who coriducted it, |at different times by James F. Ab-|shaped, and will be the second branch | \NfaRtry for service in Germany. He | kjdnaping, but uled by the Mr. Taylor said Senator Penrose|bott, commercial attache of the of the Public Library to be estab- |fadrecently returned from that coun- | speaker. who declared ihe adjourn- had an aversion to funerals, and at- | American embassy at Tokio; Lieut. |lished here, the first being that at! oy ond had been at the ibfantry head- fment motion had been varri tended only three in seventeen years, |\ i s frsat .- |Takoma Park. The soutneast branch | TSty *CSyopning hack M el Collins to! those of two_local political leaders | COk iam J. Davis, assistant mili- | i)l be a one-story building, with base- A o, iergeantiof jthe flenk ad sent and Senator Knox. Interest is manifested among the late senator’s friends as to the dis- position of his estate. He was re- garded as quite wealthy. It was said the Penrose family may not go through the formality of having the will probated. —eeeeee cent American and there are few of us left” This was where the committee quit until 2 o’clock. Opie Takes Stand. Near the close of yesterday's ses- sion Maj. Opie went on the stand. He was asked, however, to step aside until gther witnesses then in the room could testify against him, meanwhile being given the right through counsel to cross-examine them. Responding to, his name when the Ople charges were taken up, Gray- son H. Withrow of Baltimore, still in his early twenties, stepped to the front and testified that he saw the officer seize a gun from a private and fire at a man in his command. Shells were falling overhead, he said, and there'‘was tremendous excite- ment, but Withrow swore that from his retreat in a shell hole he peeped out and saw the man fall as the major's gun -barked. But he could not say whether Opie had killed him, declaring the latter, standing out in the open, was within arm’s reach of half a dozen officers when the shot was fired. As Withrow left the stand William F. St. John, a young man from Lynchburg, = Va. suffering from nervous troubles resulting from serv- ice overseas, accused the Virginian of shooting down a “runner” at the front because he failed to heed after beéing ordered to halt. Four other men saw the killing, he declared, but he refused of his own accord to give their names, on the ground that he had not been able to confer with them and that it would not be just to him if they should appear and “not back up” his charges. One of them, he said, had “developed cold feet” and was unwilling to come. ‘Witness Becomes Excited. Reminded by Chairman Brandegee that the names must be submitted, St. John ¢omplied, mentioning first the cousin of one of Maj. Opie’s counsel, sitting across the table. It was while St. John was being cross-examined by Mr. Cutchins, Maj. Ople’s counsel, that he lost control of his shattered nerves, and dramatically shouted that he was dealing with a bunch of fanatics who “are trying to prove I am nutty. Mr. Cutchins promptly disclaimed such an intention. that the young man was worn out by _excitement, Senator ‘Watson declined to I question him, = vocational guidance, . tary attache; Prof. Henry Norton of | Tsing Hua College, writing under th, name of “Orrin Keith”; Prof. A. E. Zucker of Peking Union Medical Col- lege, Col. Daniel O'Connell Lively formerly of the American Red Cross and in charge of the allied prisoners’ repatriation, and by various other in- dependent American observers who were in the country and by others who now are in Washington. A letter was received yesterday by A. C. Veatch, now in Washington, from an American friend who has been in Chita for some time. Writ- ing under date of November 26, he says: Time Limit Expires. “We have been attending the meet- ings of the - national assembly for the past week and have nothing but praise for the manner in which the sessions are conducted. The leaders are able, earnest men who are work- ing with might and main under con- siderable difficulties—most of which are of Japanese origin—to give the people representative government.” _If the Japanese expeditions are to rfemain in Siberia until order is re- stored, and the expeditions are at the same time preventing the restoration, it 1s evident that the Japanese army plan is to make the occupation per- manent. On_the day the American troops left Vladivostok, March 31, 1920, Tokio announced that the Jap- anese would evacuate as soon as the Czechoslovaks were repatriated. The last Czechoslovak unit sailed on an American transport seventeen months ago. Japan may change her plans again before this conference ad- Journs. (Copyright, 1022.) DRIVE FOR MISSIONARIES. Nation-Wide Campaign to Enlist 5,000 Young People Slogan. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., January 5. —A nation-wide campaign for the en- listing of five thousand young people to train for the Christian ministry and foreign missionary field is the campaign slogan adopted yesterday at the session of the International Christian Endeavor Field Secretaries’ Union, in conference here. Declaring from their experience that young men are challenged to enter ‘whole-time church service, when the matter is adequately presented to them, this conference, representing the State Christian Endeavor Secre- taries of North Ame"lu and the Young Peoples’ Leaders! 'g Co-operat- ing Denominations, res ved to in augurate a Christian campaign of i ment. It will have a frontage of forty eet, and will be sixty-four feet wide at the rear. On the South Carolina avenue side the building will be proximately seventy-five feet lons and on the D street side about eighty-two feet long. i Many Novel Fe: The novel shape of the building necessitated by the tract of land upon which it is to be placed, it ad- mirably used by the architect to in- troduce novel features. . At the rear, on the first floor, will be a “story room.” containing a great fireplace. Above the fireplace will be tiles de- picting scenes from Chaucer's ~Can- terbury Tables If plans run smoothly, construction is expected to begin shortly, so that the building will be ready for occu- pancy by July 1 next. The building is to contain special rooms for teaching purposes, a rest room, children’s room,.and special rooms, with folding doors between, that can be united into one largs room for lecture purposes. —_— 50 GREEK SAILORS DIE IN EXPLOSION OF T By the Associated Press. ATHENS, January 5.—Fifty bodies have been recovered from the Greel torpedo-boat destroyer Leon, anchored in the harbor of Piraeus, which was wrecked yesterday by an explosion of a torpedo. The explosion damaged nearby war- ships and caused houses ashore to collapse, killing a number of the in- habitants. —_— MANEUVERS CALLED OFF. Two Fleets Not to Combine in Panama Bay War Game. NEWPORT NEWS, Va,, January 5.— The projected maneuvers in Panama bay for the Atlantic and Pacific fleets will not be held, owing to the neces- sity for conservation of fuel, CHARLESTON, S. Eighteen oa}‘utrns'erl of the Atlantic ‘fleet _sail from this port today, bound for Guantanamo bay, where they will engage in winter maneuvers and drills. % Another destroyer, the W. B. Pre: ton, will leave in few -days, after completing repairs at the Charleston navy yard, to ioln the others of this operative sqt on, number 18, which is commanded by Capt. T, . Craven. €. January 5 — ORPEDO‘ watch, and William Lomax, member of | the watch force, were on duty in the building when they heard the sound ! unished of a shot. Pinding “Jimmy” wounded ! that Cork they cared for him until he could be | he kidnap taken to Emergency Hospital. { The carryi He was at work cleaning trophy | {ne mon s jrifles when the fattality occurred, and|us the fight over the his associates are prone to believe that | the English correspond it was an accident. i following the dail The Vincent D. Costello Post of the | cxpressed themsclves < 10 rescuc would expry were men to Cor kidnaper He men the | s favoring a jAmerican Legion announced today that | Loycott of the dail if that body took it would care for the body until rela-|{ no action regarding the kidnaping tives reached here or sent word as to|The other correspondents ol d to final disposition. The police are try-|this course and the hoyce estion ing to get in touch with his relative ! was voted down. Another mecting of T ! the correspondents was a {later in the day. PRINTING OFFICE CHANGES | “‘nucuncement that UB. Kay might be Public Printer Announces Person- | 45 Made in & moss nel Report. ceived by De ter.of propagands l Changes in the personnel of thepress. held at . Mr E government - printing office for the|gerald announced t following week ending yesterday were an-|telephone message had bten reccived nounced today by Public Printer|from the officer commanding the George H. Carter, as follows: southern Irish republican army divi- Appointments — James B. Kelsey, | sion at Cork {Harry V. Baxter, Miss Emma Hoag! “The special correspondgnt of the and ‘George N. Wilson. emergency |London Times and escort have arrived linotype operators; William F. Winn, | here. A court of inquiry will be held temporary carpenter; Mrs. Caroline K. | immediately. Expect release withi an hour and a half. Will notify of Murray, skilled laborer, reinstated. Promotions and transfers — Miss Mary T. Spalding, acting assistant foreman, at 80 cents per hour, to as- sistant foreman, at 80 cents per hour; William J. Keefe, caster helper (un- classified), at 55 cents per hour, to caster helper (classified), at 55 cents per hour; Robert S. Peterson, book- binder, at 75 cents per hour, to ma- chine operator, at 75 cents per hour. Separations — David F. Fitzgerald, ‘Wililam A. Cropp, Daniel F. Shea, John L. A. Slingland, Richard S. Tur- ner and Walter N. Brown, emergency steamfitter's helpers: Wallach McCath- further developments.” WAITER SAVES LIQUOR. Arrested for Selling Drinks Left on Tables by Guests. SAN FRA 0, January 5—The admission of Vincent Fralecretti, waiter, to a United States commis- sioner, that he saved the liquor left on the cafe tables by New Year guests ran, probational messenger boy,.re-|and sold it to other gu 50 cents signed; Ray R. Ross, probational mes- | 4 drink gave prohibition a new sit- senger boy, resigned; Walter H. Gei- | yation to consider today. Jle was sel, pressman, resigned; Claude B. Mc- Donald, proofreader, retired; John F. McCleery, compositor, retired. SLASHING CITY JOBS. CLEVELAND, January 5.—Hun- dreds of city employes are slated for dismissal in accordance with Mayor Fred Kohler's orders to weed out all unnecessary workers in city hall, and it is sald that by tonight 1,000 city workers will have been dismissed or their jobs abolished. At present there are approximately 4,500 names on the city pay roll. Many of these, Mayor Kohler contends, can Pe dlsmissed with an annual saving to the city of thousands of dollars. Many salary reductions also are an- ‘udnm - . bound over to the district court on a charge of violating the Volstead act. Fralecretti said he mixed the liquors together in the same bottle and as a result accidentally hit on cocktail combinations which, he said, brought a.brisk demand. HAWAIIAN PRINCE ILL. J. Kuhio Kalanianole Coming to United States. HONOLULU, T. H. January 5.-— Prince J. Kuhio Kalanianole, for- merly delegate in congress from Hawaii, is suffering from a heart dis- order, as a result of which his physi- cians have ordered him to take a change ff fumnte and pending that main in bed. loPrrlen Kuhio wiil start for the nnlle'deimu next Wednesday.