Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1922, Page 2

2 HOOVER SEES COAL GOUGING CHECKED Denies Senate Charge That Profitcer Was Aided by His Action. Following charges on the floor of the Senate that the bituminous cosl operators were making use of the; price fixing of the Secretary of Com- imerce to profitecr, Seeretary Hoover last night issued a statement say- ing that the administratien's plan | Rad resulted in “stopping a runaway | market."” Except for a small percentage of the present producers who have re- fused to co-operate, he contended, Drices have receded from the levei | reached on May 15 and the public| has been protacted {rom a repetition | of 1920 conditlons. | Walsh Fiays Operators. Senator Walsk of Massachuseits, democrat, started the ball rolling in | the Senate yesterday. He declured | that the public patience was being | 2usted by coal operators taking advantage of agrevments reuche ith Mr. Hoover to boost their prices | to the retatlers. Senators suggevied i and opposed the practicability of zov- ernment control of the mines as a soiution o the couditions “Extortion is guing on With ap parent government approvel” Sen gtor Walsh daclured, explair. ng, how- sver. that he did not wish o eriticize | Mr. Hoover. The latter, however, he ! declared had been “fobled” by the | operators into wpproviyg a maximum {air price of $3.50 a won for coal at the mines Some of the senmators have been | misinformed,” Mr. Hoover said, “by | statements from a small group of retail dealers who object strenously | to_any attemit te resirain prices.” = | Mr, Hoover declared that the retail- | érs had adcressed the same figures to him as they had to the senators in de- scribing the present coal situation, ! and made public bis reply to Homer | I». Jones, Chicagq, president of the National Retail Coal Merchants' As- | sociation, In which he took Issue with the retailers’ position that an advance | of §1.50 a ton for coal to the house- | holder was warranted as a result of ! the recent negotiations with oper- | ators. Assuming from the association's statement that it was opposed to any | Zovernmentsl policy coutrolling the | production vr distributlon of coal. Mr. | Hoover expressed the belief thal the “association does not wish to co-oper- ate in the prevention of profiteering ! in this time of emergency, and that | “such a change of view' after recent | promises of co-operation did not rep- | resent the vast majority of retail coal d. »f the country, who are mak- Hoover declared, “could play a fine part in this emergency, if they would | follow suggestions that all coal be; sold at cost plus a reasonable han- dling charge.” 1,622 DISTRICT PUPILS TO GET PROMOTIONS | Central High to Take Largest! Number of Graduates From | Elementary Schools. i | ‘One thousand, six hundred and twen- ty-two puplls in the elementary pub- lic schools of the first nine divisions | will be promoted to high school at the close of the present term, June | 21, according to preliminary statis- tics compiled today by school officizi, Central High School will enroli the largest number of thesi cajldren. According to the figurss 524 pupils have signified their ixtention of en- rolling In this institation. Business High School is scheduled to enroll 347 of the 1,622 grade school | graduates. The rumber to enter the other high schoois follow: McKinley, ! 324; Eastern, 231, and Western, 196. | With 463 paplls to be graduated, the third divigfon leads the list in the number of puplls scheduled for pro- | motior. The number of graduates in the ofher divisions are: 5 ¥irst, 278; Franklin-Thomson, 35; Afth, sixth, 186; seventh, 258; eighth, 167, and ninth, 104. MOTHER AND TWO SONS ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING Family of Alleged Strikebreakers Clash With Miner Near Cumberland. ®pecial Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md.. June 9.—Mrs. Isaac Wilt, her son, Guy, aged nine- teen, and Vernon, an older son, were arrested today for the shooting of | (Clyde Morris, a coal mine striker, at Franklin, near Westernport, this | county. Mrs Wilt is alleged to have shot Morris through the hand with a re- Volver when he attacked her son Guy. | At the same time Vernon also is al- Jeged to have tanen a shot at Morris, the bullet passing through his arm. Another of Mrs. Wilt's shots Is said o _have hit Delmont Stinebaugh, | eight years old, who was standing | nearby at the time. | The shooting is the result of bitter | feeling which has sprung up recently between strikers and strikebreakers. The Wilts are declared to belong to the latter class. | STEEL CONCERNS WANT | COMPLAINT DISMISSED o Restraint of Trade Would Re- sult From Merger, Federal Commission Told. The Faderal Trade Commission ‘was aske( yesterday to dismiss the complaint issued by it against the groposed merger of the Bethlehem teel Corporation and the Lack: ‘wanna Steel Company, the iwo com- panies denying that restraint of trade would result. They asked for advancement of the hearing on the| complaint, set for July 24. At the Department of Justice C. A. De Gersdorff, counsel for the two companies, assured Attorney General Daugherty the companies were ready to report to the department in detail all terms of the proposed merger and asked that the investigation be speeded, in order to prevent delay seriously handicapping the com- panies. Mr. De Gersdorft was und stood to have been assured that the investigation would be expedited. Each company flled separate an- swers to the commission’'s complaint denying the authority or jurisdiction of the commission “over the transac- tion alleged in the complaint.”” The Bethlehem reply was signed by R. E. McMath, seefetary of the corpora- tion, and the Lackawanna reply was ! signed by G. F. Downs, president of | 6 company. | A_statement from the Department of Justice last night stated that in- vesigations “in New York and Buf- lo will continue and as soon as pos- sible - after the necessary additional information has been furnished final hearing will be held, if neces. sary, and a report .m: to the S ate in response to the resolytion. i ASSIGNED TO DUTY HERE. i Lisut Commander Thurlow -W. Reed, edical Corps, at the Naval Hospital, fladelphia, has been assigned juty at the Naval Medical School. .very effort, he said, to supply customers without unusual e retail coal dealers,” Mr. ALLOW SKIN TO SHOW UNDER BATHING SUITS AT COLONIAL BEACH Special Dispatch to The Star. COLONIAL BEACH, Va., June 9. —Puritanic .bathing suit regula- tions which have been in effect since the inception of the sum- mer season were modified last ., hight at a meeting of the town council of Colonial Beach. The stringent regulations pro- hibited women from wearing any- thing which revealed a nude por- tiou of the body. They stipulated that the bathing costumes of fe- males should consist of trunks, skirt and stockings, and that the stockings and trunks should meet. In modifying the regulations the countil ruled that the trunks and skirts for women shall come down to within four inches of the knee, and women can wear stockings or not, as they elect REPORT ON HOUSING: READY FOR AGTION Tentative Reecommendations to Be Taken Up by - Committee Today. The Commissioners' housing com- mittee may complete its work when it meets in the boardroom of the Dis- triet at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Eli A. Helmick will present to the meeting this afternoon a -tenta- tive draft of the report to be sub- mitted to the Commissioners. The tentative report will be taken up and passed upon by the full com- e paragraph by paragraph. It is cxpec t the rough draft to be discu ¥ i deal in de- tail with the methods by which per- sons of limited meazns must finance the purchase of homes in Washing- ton under present conditions. The advisability of that Congress authorize a formal in- vestization of the local housing situa- tion probably will come up for discus- sion in connection with the preparation of the report to the Commiesioners. Such was suggested by Dr. Joh chairman of the sub- committee on building supplies, who re- ported that he has been unable to get much data from local builders or suppiy men as to the prices now prevailing here. The question of what the committee should sy in its report on the cost of obtaining second mortgages on homes is expected to bring forth a lengthy dis- ssion at this afternoon’s meeting. ATTORNEY GENERAL’S ACT IN PORTO RICO UPHELD Inauguration of Probe of Gov- ernor’s Administration Justified by Island Supreme Court. By the Associated Press. SAN JUAN, P. R, June 9.—he Porto Rican supreme court today rendered its decislon on the certi- orfari proceedings ~ concering At- torney General Mfestre in originating the recent grand jury investigation {of the conduct of ‘insular affairs by Gov. E. Mont Reily. The, court's decision upholds the right of the attorney general to per- Zonally present the case to the grand jury and enjoins Judge Foote of the} district court from punishing At- torney General Mestre for contempt of court. The decision also affliirms the authority of the attorney gen-( eral to transfer Prosecuting Attorney Arrillaga to another court. X While the certlorari proceedings were pending, Gov. Relly, basing his {authority on the organic act of Por- to Rico conferring powers upon the governor, ordered FProsecuting At- torney Arillaga to ignore the at- torney general's order of transfer and to continue the investigation. ——— ALASKAN TRIP POSTPONED BY INTERIOR SECRETARY Business Keeps Mr. Fall From Making Tour—Hopes to Go Later. Press of official business will prac- tically make it impossible for Secretary of the Interior Fall to make & trip to Alaska beginning June 15, 1t was Jearned today at the Interior Depart- ment. Mr. Fall is desirous, however, of visiting the territory, and will at- tempt to make the trip of inspection to | Alaska later in the year, probably in July, it was safd. Several matters of major importance are now engaging the attention of the Interior Secretary, chief of which, at the present time,’ is the controversy over the Teapot Dome oil project, which it is proposed to lease to private interests. The present inactivity in the recla- mation service, where business has been greatly depressed, also is causing the Interior Department some concern. | | Numbers of homesteaders in the west have been forced to abandon thsir projects or offer them for sale at a very low price, hecause the price of farm products has dropped so material. ly. ecause of lack of funds, which would normally come from payments by homesteaders and water users, the Interior Department has been forced to suspend work on some of the large reclamation gro]&elm Stopping of work in the west has caused the department to conslider closing of the Denver recla- mation office and centralization of the work In the home office in Washington. Qre leases in Indlan territory in the southwest also have recently come up for attention by the head of the In- terior Department. These leas understood, involve property worth many millions of dollars. Pre: still be desirous of visiting Alaska. The original plan of Secretary Fall to g0 to the territory this month included a meeting with the President and his gnnyl later in the month, probably at eattle. ——— | CHIEF SUNSET FINDS WIFE But Woman Is Tired of Ranch Life : d: and Refuses to Return. PITTSBURGH, June 9.—Chief Sun- get of the Cherokee Indian tribe of Okmulgee, Okla., who came here seeking his wife and two children after, it is sald, she became dissatis- fled with life on their ranch and left home, was on his way last night to California, Pa., where, police say, his wife preceded him. Mrs, Sunset is a Hungarian woman whom the chief met when a captdin in the Lafayette Escadrille during the world war. He was gassed and suffered shellshock lllTser\;lce. Bt ite # racing his wife from Chicago after Okmulgee police had requested the local officers to be on the look- out for the woman and children, Chief Sunset located the missing trio here yesterday, but, according to police, his efforts to effect a recon- cilii n w unsuccessful and Mrs. Sunset left for ifornia, where it is thought she has relatives. AMERICAN WOMAN HONORED PARIS, June 9.~The decoration of the Legion of Honor has been award. ed Miss Katherine Batcheller of Sara- togt Springs, N. Y., it was announoced to|today. The distinction was accorded for the war services rendered by Miss Batcheller. . £ ;- i recommending ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON CONGRESS S URGE 10 PROBE SCHOOL Limitations of Jurisdiction at Industrial Home Institu- tion in Contreversy. Demand for .an {nvestigation and survey by a congressional committes, j to outline definitely the limitations of fdurisdiction of the Industrial Home 1School board of trustees, the board of childre: guardians and the District Commissioners, was contained in & resolution adopted by the Industrial Home School board at a me ting yes- terday and forwarded to the District Commissioners today. The dwindling of the child popula- i tion a(dtha home school to such & Jow figure, through the transfer of ehfl-I dren to private homes, and the move- {ment to close up the home school on {the ground that it is unnccessary, jWwere_rosponsible for the drawing up | of ‘!fil r tion. I Charges that the board of children’ { guardians would willingly see the I {dustrial Home School go out of exist- ence were among the preliminaries of e meeting. = Scope of Resolution. 1, The resolution asks definitely that Ithe “jurisdiction of = the boura' ot children's guardians with relation to ithe Industrial Home School be set through congressional investigation and action, and the Jetter accompany- ing the resolution assures the Dis- trict Commissioners that if they do not take such action ways and means to bring this point up on the floor of Congress will be sought. What the board of trustees wants to know, is whether, after.a chil |Sommitted to the TIndustr School, lians ¢ al Ho: he board of children's ‘ulrna: n remove it without eol forder to another place, w! -flurur: jprivate home or another sc! | The board also wants to know just | Lo what extent the board of childre: { guardians is responsible to the peop! Gf ‘the District For 1ts eclvit) the ‘board's actions.) o o 'O resula Trustee Cites Position. { John Hadley Doyle, a member of ithe board of trustees of the Indus- | trial’ Home School, interviewed by & Star reporter today, declared that although the Board of Children's Guardians claim that they only re- moved children from the Industrial Home School In order to piace them {In sultable homes, there have been |Gases where the board removed chil- {dren from that school and sent them {to the St. Rose School, claiming that they had not sufficient time for study. | plaswo children were sent from our place to this 8t Rose Industrial |School, and. personally, I should have been pleased, as it was placing them in an fnstitutlon of my own faith,” Mr. Doyle sajd. “But the principie l:_r:gfiré.\-l’r:d 1"" who:le action was o personal ith“e\_lrnnsteu ¥ Investigated 'Now remember, we have a |on our grounds witr teacher a:flrfl by the board of education to look | after the work.” The board of gusrd. {lans wanted more hours for the chil. jdren In the classrooms and not get- |4ne It as they claimed. these two girls were sent to St. Rose’s. At the ;'r‘x’?x\;:l‘rtl,nlcll::me School they had four ses, the |10 domestic wori. - oot belns siven | Suitable Work. i “At St. Rose School the s - { perior informed me that me’;{'fi: I-rnd {to do all kinds of household work, jnecessary to glve them a suitable footing, and then cach day th allowed three hou against four hours It was not to give them more Mase: room work that they were transferred to St Rose's. It was only following out the dtellrles of this board.” reporter from The Star visited of the homes of private persons shere | children had been sent by the Board of Children’s Guardi 12t 3015 10th street, he wis rocny with every courtesy and conducted through the home by Mr. and Mrs. Lehman. He saw a bedroom in which four children are declared to sleep by the persons. It has four windows, { There are two single beds and one double one, the latter a folding bed. The room is barely large enough to accommodate the beds with space for footing and les between the sleep- ing apparatus. In another room. ac- cording to the residents of the houne, slesp another pair of children, while a third bedroom remains for the use of the couple in charge of the house. The house s clean. There is & back | pard with frult wrees and raspberry bushes. The point at issue {8 the { sleeping room for four children which {has two windows and very small space for movin; abo eCRY > the beds. G e S A reporter visited another home, {1226 G street southeast, where ma war imet at the screen door, spoken to courteously, but refused admittance. DEATH TOLL 40 TO 70. Estimates Differ in Sinking of Bteamer Villa Franeca. BUENOS AIRES, June 9.—Estimates of the loss of life in the recent sink- ing of the steamship Villa Franca on the Parana river now vary from forty tozseventy] rof. E. W. Kemmerer of University, his wife nd"’fii’i'l“s':.?, aged sixteen, and daughter, twelve, saved themselves by swimming to the {shore, a distance of 100 meters. They deciare many others eould reached the shore had they not {come panic-stricken. —————— DENBY FLIES OVER FLEET. | 5Sureury of Navy Views Fighters at San Diego. SAN DIEGO, Calif.,, June 9.—Becr tary Edwin Dsnby of the Navy Depari ment obtained “’ comprehensive view | yesterday of much of the Navy, ashore tend afloat, as is charged with the duty of defending the extreme southwestern section of the American coast line. He went up in an airplane to do it. In a speech he reiterated his former stand for an adequate national defense, SUMMER SCHOOL DATES. | isix Weeks’ Intensive Course Will Open July 5. Opening of the public summer or vacation schools has been definitely sot ror July 5, it was announced to- ay by Superintendent of Schools | Ballou. The tentative date for the opening of these schools had been previously set for July 1. 2 A six weeks' intensive course win ! be given the pupila who enroli in the [ summer ‘schools. Preference will be | given those who failed in their reg- ular work during the current school | term. I | e be- “DOPE” RING IN PRISON. Federal Authorities After Smug- glers at Atlahta Penitentiary. sATLANTA, June sons involved in smuggling “dopé” into the Atlanta federal penitentiary are expected within & few days by agents of the Department of Justice who are oconducting an investigation of an ‘alleged “dope ring” at the prison. . Clint W. Hager, federal district at- torney, in charge of the investigators, waid today tz‘! ull?ulon- have been ol t nt| nvolv -::fi::“-:mg‘:' '?" e mugaiing :o‘:é‘g: sought w#bl! ‘Ql‘v next { Arrest of pag- | | FRIDAY, JUNE 1922. WHICH SHALL IT BE—A PUBLIC INSTITUTION FOR CHILDREN |COMPETITION MAY RAISE OR A PRIVATE HOME? ° The Industrial Home School (upper), showing the spacious lawns, and one of the private homes (lower), at 3015 16th street mortheast, in which six children have been placed at one time by the board of children’s guard RANKS OF ‘BUCK’ PRIVATE DWINDLE AS SLASHES IN ARMY CONTINUE By the Associated Press. Examination of War Department statistics obtained today discloses that doughboys, just plain “buck privates” of infantry, are becom- ing almost as scarce in the Army as second lleutenants were a while back. The “buddie” with the bayonet 18 the man relied on to win vic- tories. Every other element of the Army exists merely to help him on the job. Yet it is, of necessity, the “buck” privates in foot regiments that bear the brunt of every succes- sive reduction in Army strength. As Congress has ordained the slashes, the numbers of the plain, humble, unspecialized “bucks” has dwindled until there is grave concern in the Army over the problem of the dis- appearing doughboy. Even the aggregate infantry strength, including the highly trained specialists in infantry units modern warfare has made essential. has shown a disproportionate shrinkage. It is less today even than it was before the United States entered the great war. On April 30, 1917, there Were 53,165 enlisted men in the in SUGAR MAGNATE DIES. Henry Thomas Oxnard of Virginia Expires in New York. NEW YORK, June 9.—Henry Thom- as Oxnard, vice president of the American Beet Sugar Company, died suddenly last night at the University Club, following an attack of acute indigestion. He was sixty-two years old. Mr. Oxnard arrived in New York three days ago from his home in Upperville, Va., and left his office yes- terday afternoon for the club appar- ently in good health. CONFER ON CUBAN DATA. HAVANA, June and Maj. Gen. —President Zayas . H. Crowder, per- sonal representative of President Harding in Cuba, are conferring concerning ten memoranda handed to the Cuban government by Gen. Crow- der during the last six weecks. It is understood the memoranda make cer- tain suggestions regarding the con- duct of Cuba’s affairs. fantry. Today, with the total strength of the Army considerably higher, there are 47,837 men in the foot regi- ments and probably, it is said, not 20,000 of these are to be classified a8 Just plain ‘“buck” privates. The impending additional reduction in the size of the Army will show a further drop, officers say, and leave the military machine just a highly specialized “skeleton, the bones of which are the officers. non-commis sioned officers, epecialized services ke artiliery, alr service, motor transport, and the bombers., auto- matic riflemen. machine gunners. signalers and other key men in the infantry units with just a few hum- ble bayonet wielding ‘“bucks” here and there to give a _sketchy sugges- tion of a real war-time force. Maj. Gen. Harbord, deputy chief of staft, pointed out the situation in the testimony before the FEenate military committee. The “‘mission” of the regulars assigned by law in 1920 with a total strength of 280,000 enlisted men, he sald, was to have nine divisions as a_“highly trained body, ready to fight at, any time without delay for trafning or neces- sity for expansion.” The mission was unchanged. but the force cut a year later to 160,000 men, he adde and with the cut went the nine d viston: TAXING OF U. S. UPHELD. Federal Rail Administration Loses _ Pight in California. SAN FRANCISCO, June 9.—The right of the state to tax the Rallroad Administration for the movement of troops and war supplies in the same manner that a private carrier could have been taxed for normal traffic on the basis of its gross income was up- held yesterday by the state supreme ‘court in a decision denying the fed- eral rall administration the return of $186,711 in taxes paid on such war trafic. The taxes were paid under protest. REBELS TAKE ASCUNCION. BUENOS AIRES, June 9—Ascun- cion, capital of Paraguay, has been taken by the revolutionary fore according to a dispatch to La Naci from Posadas, on the Argentine Peraguay border. The report, which has not been confirmed, was received at Posadas from Villa Encarnacion, Paraguay. The Most Remarkable Picture Ever Published in Washington Appears ih the Rotogravure Section of NEXT SUNDAY'S STAR Itisa full-page photograph of the crowd at dedication of the Lincoln Memorial—thousands of Washingtonians grouped about the great memo- rial and the mirvor basin. AN EXCLUSIVE FEATURE OF Next Sunday's Star Oldaryoureopy!r.om newsdesler today. o ety FRENCH MISSION SOON SAILSFORUS. Policies of Debt Funding Body Bound Up With Pro- posed German Loan. Br the Associated Press. PARIS, June 9.—The French finan- cial mission going to the United States for consultation with the war debt funding commission there expects to sail June 24. Tt was announced this afterncon that M. Parmentier, who is to hezd the mission, had engaged pas- #age on the liner Paris, sailing for New York on that date. Officials are non-committal as to the reaxons for the recent delay in fixing the sailing day. It is understood In political circies, however, that Pre- mier Poincare desires to have the way clear of the international reparations loan question before he gives the mis- sion instructions as to the French pol- icy. The link between the war debts and the reparations questions is expected to influence those instructions. BANKERS STILL FIRM. Hold Loan Is Impossible Without Agreement. By the Associated Press. international dankers' committee to- ward the question of a loan for Ger- many continues firmly to be that no loan can be made without an entire agresmont among Gerthany's cred- itors, who in this case would algo be the lenders. The bankers at a meeting today will discuss further the text of their report to the reparations commission. This may be completed today, but in~ dications are that another meeting tomorrow will be necessary before | the committee dissolves. —_— MRS. SEATON PERRY DIES. Widow of Former District Mer- chant Heart Disease Victim. Mrs. Seaton Perry, widow of Seaton Perry and a sister-in-law of the late ! R. Ross Perry, one of the leaders of i the local bar, died today at her home, at the Connecticut apartment house. Mrs. Perry had been 11l for more than four months and her death was attributed to heart disease. Mrs. John . Duff, her sister, who lived with her at the Connecticut, was at the bedside when Mrs." Perry dled. Ar- rangements for the funeral have not been made. Mrs. Perry was born in Philadelphis, where her father, John Farr, was prominent jewelry manufacturer. She had resided in Washington since her marriage to Mr. Perry, more than forty ears ago. Mr. Perry at the time of is death was the head of Perry's clothing and dry goods store, at tl northeast corner of 9th street and Pennsylvania avenue, one of the lead- ing stores of its kind in the District. Mrs. Perry had been for many yrears prominently identified in various local eblrkl-tln and was active in church worl i B NEGROES ATTACK SHERRILL. Protesting against segregation of colored persons in the seating ar- rangements at the dedication of the in Memorial on Decoration day. the District branch of the National ssociation for the Advancement of lored People today .sent to the resident resolutions adopted by that body asking for the removal from office of Col. Clarence O. Sherril], su- perintondent of public- buildings and g1 cuads. : PARIS, June 9.—The attitude of the l BID TO $1,000,000 FOR EX-KAISER’S MEMORIS By the Associated Press. BERLIN, June 9.—“No use of- tering less than s million dol- lars,” is the telegram one Amer- ican publisher has received in re- sponse to an inquiry directed to the former German emperor's Leipzig .publisher relative to terms for the Amerjcan rights of ‘Wilhelm's memoirs. The agents of American publish- ors are passing constantly to and fro between Berlin and Leipzig, and at times the discussions have become so spirited that they rival the bidding on the curb market in boisterousness. There are all sorts of groups and combinations, which keep readjusting daily. The highest bid fs reported to have been $200.000, with a de- cided bearish tendency. German newspaper syndicates, overcome by the prices asked for the serial rights for Germany, have dropped out of the race. BONUS EXTENSION TAKEN UPIN HOUSE Appropriations Committee Meets to Consider Legisla- tion for $240 Annually. The House appropriations committee met for the first time today to consider the legislation to extend during the fiscal year the $240 bonus for civilian employes of the government which tkey have been receiving for the last five years. Chairman Madden said there will be no delay in_getting this measure through the House. There is no dif- ference of opinion in the committee, he said, regarding the necessity for pass- {ing & bonus bill. i It is not the intention of the appro- | priations committee to hold hearings, {but Chairman Madden expects to call | to give information which he and other members of the committee desire. irman Madden has already an- $40,000.000 will be necessary to pay the 5240 bonus during the next fiscal year. It was spggested about the Capitol today that when the bonus bill comes out of the appropriation committee certain classes of government em- ployes will find they have been omit- ted from the provisions of the bill. Chatrman Madden after the meeting | today declined to confirm this report or to discuss such a possibility. —_—————— PRISONER IS FOILED IN POLICE COURT BREAK tempting to extort $2,000 from George V. Whittle, in the alleged “badger case,” tried to escape from Police Court today while he was awaiting trial. Confined in the prisoners’ room, he | succeeded in climbing out of the top the women's washroom next to the probation office. fronted by a locked door. and in at- tempting to force his way out was Eeard by the stenographer in 'Drablllon office. who, becoming alarmed by the noise, rushed into the courtroom for aid. Her alarm was answered by Deputy {darshals Edward Sackey and W. J. Mullin, who succeeded in capturing without trouble. Austin He was |taken back to the prisoners dock | and more closely watched. When his |case. with the other two men, also charged with blackmail, came up for trial, the court continued the case over until June 16, for securing more witnesses. DOGS TO BE MUZZLED THREE MONTHS ONLY Commissioners Adopt Report of Sullivan, Though Fowler Urges Guards Year Rround. ‘The Commiesioners, sion today, decided to require muzzles on dogs for only three months, from July 9 to October 9. In deciding the question the city heads had before them two reports, one from Health Officer William C. Fowler, urging that dogs be muzsled throughout the year, and the other from Maj. Sullivan, superintendent of police, recommending the three-month period. In support of his recommendation that mussles be required all the vear Dr. Fowler reported that from July 1, 1921, to June 5 of this year 270 per- sons were bitten by dogs. During that period nine of the dogs were declared to be rabid following in- vestigation by the bureau of animal Industry. ‘The health officer stated that from July 9 to October 9 last year. when i the mussle order was in effect, 99 per- sons were bitten, and from October 10, 1921, to June 5, this year, when musgles were not required, 177 were bitten. IOPPOSES SFECIAL POLICE; FOR THE WHITE HOUSE Senator Jones Believes Metropol- itan Officers Will Be Just as Satistactory. “It is all very well for the Presi- dent to he Commander-in-chief of the Army and the Navy, but I do not think he should be commander-in- chief of a police squad,” said Senator Jones of Washington today, com- menting upon his mation to recon- sider the vote by which the Senate last night passed & bill creating a White House police force. The mo- tion to reconsider i3 still awaiting action and will hold up until an op- portunity is offered to vote upon it agall Senator Jones sald that he saw no good reason for an additional police force in the District and that the metropolitan police force could police the White Homse just as well as a special force, The bill to create a se House police force was p: Senate last night. The effect of the measure is really to increase the size of the metropolitan police force, since it takes the burden of policing the White House and grounds the shoulders of the metropolitan police. * The bill was called up last night by Senator Phipps of Colorado during a lull in the tariff debate and was dis- posed of by unanimous consent. The bill gives the President control over ! the proposed police force. The meas- ure now goes to the House for action. P&:{llm llu made d'mr:h: police lor&t of 24 es_ an ee sergean neluding one whose rank would be that “of a -hesdquarters detective sergeant. . - before the committee certain persons : nounced that reports received from| ithe administration offices show that | J. A. Austin, Held in “Badger Case,” Caught While Near to Freedom. ' Jackson Franklin Austin, charged with two other companions, Florence | Austin and John M. Brown, in at-| !o! the men’s washroom and got into | H Here he was con- | the | in board ses- | COUPLE KIDNAPED BY MASKED BAND Cotton ‘Mill Secretary Told Not to See Girl Again. Both Left in Woods. By the Associated Press. ANDERSON, 8. C., June 9.—Ropbert W. Sullivan, secretary of the Orr Cotton Mills, and Miss Ruby Fiayd were kidnaped from an automobile in front of the young woman's home here last night by masked men, Whe “gave them a lecture” as they de scribed it, and dropped them in the Wwoods some three miles out of tows The man was warped not to be seen in Miss Floyd's company again. he told police, but he denied reporis that he had been beaten. He a Miss Floyd and the latter’s mother Mrs. Ada Floyd, informed the police that the men were dresseq in regalix resembling that of the Ku Kiux Kl iand Miss Floyd asserted she w. positive one of the men was a negro The couple said they thought they would be unable to identify any o their abductors. Man Recently Arrested. Sullivan recently was taken in cus- tody at the home of Miss Floyd, but no churges were made. A charge of “disorderly conduct” was made against the young woman, however as a result of remarks attributed t« her in a conversation with a neigh- bor, who had complained to the police. She is about eighteen years oid The masked band came up t night In two automobiles. and four men put Sullivan in one mac while three took Miss Floyd in the other and rapidly left town. were Informed by Mrs. Floyd, but had no clue until the couple mad- their way back to town. Members of Party Unknown. While officers of both the city and county were informed last might of the occurrence, nothing is known of the fidentity of the members of the party ofemasked men, who evidently repaired quietly to their homes after having left the young couple out in the country. SEEK ELUSIVE PAIR INWARD MYSTERY | Sheriff Believes William Jack- son Will Furnish Solution of Murder. By the Associated Pr WHITE PLAINS, Y., June 9.- “I am going to get those two men This was the grim comment ma | today by Sherif Werner of W | chester county upon the failu | his deputies to round up in Syracuse James Rogers and Wiliiam Jackson. elusive witnesses sought in the Ward | shooting mystery. “I have every reason that Jackson may be the key to the { whole alleged blackmail plot against Walter S. Ward." said the sheriff. The names of the two men were brought into the case by James J Cunningham, racetrack detective held as a material witness, whose story of { the killing of Clarence Peters on May 115 differs from the version told by }Ward. Cunningham maintains the jshooting occurred in the Ward home. {in New Rochelle, whereas the baker {claims it took place near the Kensico { reservoir. Has Order From Court. The sherift still retains the order he obtained yesterday from Supreme Court Justice Morschauser. permit- ting him or his deputies to take Cun- !ningham anywhere in the state (v | confront Rogers and Jackson. ! The latest character to be added to the cast of Ward drama was a French maid, who was reported 1o have left the employ of the Wards a day or two after the shooting oc- curred. According to a story told the county authoritles, the girl was engaged to aid the children in the study of { French. A report was current that ishe had been located somewhere on Long Island and would be called be fore the grand jury next week Father to Tentity. George S. Ward, father of the slayer and Ralph D. Ward, his brother, will be called before the grand jury when {it resumes investigation of the case | Tuesday, it was reported today. | It was understood that the elde: Ward would be examined concerning the radiograms reported to have pass- ed between him and his son as he was returning from Europe on t Majestic shortly before’ Peters w. slain. | "He has been reported to have replied to & message from his son asking aid in meeting & $75.000 blackmail de- mand with the statement that he would not pay one cent for blackmail, ibut “would spend $100.000 to put those men behind the bars.” The line of examination to be pur- isued with Ralph Ward could not be ascertained CIRCULARS RAP WOOD. Philippine Democrats Forecast De- feat of Republicans. By Cable to The Stai Copy: rig! | MANILA, P. L, June 5.—Gov. Gen ‘Wood is vigorous)y cartooned in some of the eleventh-hour posters issued in the campaign against the demo- crats. They are not only attacking him {ndividually but are intended to show an American prediction for a democratic victory. In one poster Gen. Wood is repre- sented as crushing the life out of |%Juan de I Cruz,” Juan being the Fili- ipino people. Another poster sho q;n the democratic candidates pay 1 { to beljeve nd Chicago Daily News t, 1922 homage to Gen. Wood as to a god. The whole tone of these and other | cartoons implies that whocver is with {Gen. Wood is disloyal to the Filipino lrunub"e. at Fort Foote, Md.. in the in- house %7 & rosdway to Fox's ferrs Those who spoke were Theodore Harris, Capt. G. H. Evans, business manager of ‘the chamber of com- merce, and R. BE. Knight, president of the chamber of commerce, and Irvin Diener. The Alexandrians are anx jous for a road of about a mile and an eighth to the river and pfopose to establish a_ferry between this city and what is known as Fox's ferry. Firemen who are endeavoring to raise $3,000 to be divided equall: among the three fire companfes of the city report that the total amount Tacelved for this fund to date is $2,344.50_ The firemen, therefore, lack exactly $656.50 to complete their fund and close the drive. A meeting of the committce_will be held tonight at Columblia Engine and Motor Company No. 4 house. Rev. Dr. John Lee Allison will preach the commencement sermon st the high school at Strasburg, Va. s‘“‘ty-lm?) Aéluon.'u {r‘n‘ mlnl!‘r of the 1. O. O. F. in nta, will slso make an Ogflll V!ll{‘u Edin- burg. Front Royal and adjacent lodges.