Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1922, Page 2

B} Sheriff's Ruse Foils Lynchers Who Seek Negro! VINITA, Okla., August 11.— When members of a mob that sought Ellas Ridge, young negro whom 'officers say cbufessed to the brutal murder | of a white woman, entered the Craig| county jail here upon invitation of Sheriff Ridenour to “see for them- selves that he was hot there” Ridge was standing behind the door which was opened to admit them. When the searchers had passed into the bullding, Ridge, a straw hat pulled over his eyes, sauntered out with two deputy sheriffs walking uncon- cernedly near him. ~Three block: down the street the three entered a motor car and sped to Claremont, where the prisoner was placed in the Rogers county jall. Sherift Ridenour disclosed the de- talls of the ruse yesterday. 1 The negro is charged with the mur- der of Mrs. George Adair White, wife of a Mayes county farmer. The kill- ing occurred in the presence of her two young children. SOFT COAL SHOWS INCREASED OUTPUT {Wednesday Loading 12,000 Pernamco. wnerai Cars Better Than That of Pernambuco. where | K RGHTTOUSE CABLE . SEALE Western Union Head Appeals | for- Right to Operate Miami | Line During Present Tie-Up. WOULD LIMIT SERVICE Carlton Promises to Permit Mes- | sages for Europe Only if Per- mission Granted. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 11.—Newcomb | Carlton, president of the Western| Union Telegraph Company, announced today he had wired President Hard- ing for permission to use, in the emergency caused by seizure of cables by the Western Union at Miami from the Barbados and seized by the gov-| Mr. Carlton gave assurance that if | permission were granted the Miami business only. From Miami by Irlsh irreguiars. the cable landed | ernment. { cable would be used for European transmitted to the Western Telegruph l‘flmlmn,\'{ of london has ample facilities for for-| m to London Same Day Last Week. Attemipts of the Western Union, | during the Wilson administration, to | land on the Florida coast without an | - 4 N ‘s execurive permis led Lo ihe dispsten | Production of bituminous coal con- of warships to prevent the landing tinued to mount during the middle of and was followed by extensive litiga- tion. The government held that to permit landing in the United States ©of a line connecting with the British cable to Brazil would serve to en- Jarge the monopoly held by the Brit- ish companies in that country. Finally. in order to permit depar- ture of the cable ship, the govern- ment allowed the cable to be spliced, but immediately placed it under seal. PRESIDENT VIEWS TEMPLAR PARADE Five thousand colored Knights Templar from all parts of the coun- try passed in review before Presi- dent Harding vesterday afternoon in the course of their parade. Led by Marshall T. Clay of Ken- tucky, grand commander. Knights Templar, and Samuel T. Craig, grand commander of the District, knights passed up historic Pennsy vania avenue escorted by twenty ‘bands It was a proud army of uniformed men that marched before the Presi- dent. He stood at the top of the the | the present week, the federal coal dis- tribution committee announced teday. icm loading for Wednesday totaied 3,404 cars, 12,000 better than Wednes- day of last week. The car situation on the Southern railway at Knoxville end other Tennessee points was reported to be improving. More extensive utilization of Charles- ton. S. C., as a port for loading for Tennessee coal destined for New Eng- lznd points will be made in the future, ithe commiitee announced. At thz same itime the committee had before it n sug- gestion for conservation of coal by the fuse of wood in the cotton gins cf | Georgia and the Carolinas and for dry- ing tobacco in Virginia and North Cur- olina. The Rhode Island fuel distributor has asked the committee for 100,000 tons of icoal for immediate dclivery and the {public service commission of Indiana has informed the committes that in and near Fort Wayne there is urgent need of coal. The Indlana committee re- quested 100 cers of coal for. that state as soon as porsible. - e RAIL HEADS SPLIT ON HARDING PLAN (Continued from First Page.) would be to jeopardize, at the hands {of the Labor Board, their promises ito non-strikers and new employcs that senfority rights would be based Steps at the west entrance to the| front grounds of the White House and watched with much interest and rleasure the colored knights as they | i on loyalty. i Want Finish Fight. Children to Have Important Part in Program at Ana- costia Tomorrow. TUSKEGEE HEAD TO SPEAK Colored Masons Also to Participate in Ceremony—Patriotic Fea- tures Planned. Y i The Frederick Douglass Memorial Home at Cedar Hill, Anacostia, will be dedicated with appropriate oere- monies at 2 o'clock tomorrow under auspices of the trustees and advisory board of the Frederiek Douglass Me- morial and Historical Association and the National Association of Colored Women. A flag-raising at 1 o'clock will pre- ccde the formal dedication. ' Master Froderick Douglass will raise the fi under auspices of the Sterling Relle Assoclation on behalf of the colored school children of the District. Childrem on Program. Garnett Wilkinson, ansistant super- intendent of schools, will preside at the flag-raising. Rev. F. L. A. Hennett will give the invocation, and the as- semblage wlill sing “America.” Fol- lowing the raising of the flag the assemblage will sing “The Star Spangled Banner,” after which th children will give the salute to the flag. “The Battle Hymn of the Re- public” will be sung, and the i tion by Rev. Bennett will clo feature of the day. Mrs. Mary B. Talbert of Buffalo, N. Y., president for life of the Fred- erick Douglass Memorial and His- torical Association. will preside at the dedication of the Memorial Home, at which ceremony there will be pres- ent the entire body of colored Masons {now in convention in the city. The formal program of dedication will be opened by the singing of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” after which the Invocation will be glven by Rev. W. T. Johnson of Richmond, Va. The song. “The Falth of Our Father: will follow. “Retrospective and Trospective” is the general title for & series of brief addresses to follow from colored leaders. “The Appeal in 1916 re- courting the efforts to get the home made a memorial. will be given by Mortimer M. Harris. Mrs. Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee, Ala., will glve “The Answer.” “Our Co-Opera- tion™ will be presented by Miss Hallie Q. Brown of Wilberforce, Ohio. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell will present “Looking Backward.” Miss Elizabeth C. Carter of New Bedford, Mass., will give “Looking Forward.” “Our Deter- mination” will be the plea of Mrs. Sallie W. Stewart of Evansville, Ind. Joseph Douglass, grandson of Fred erick Douglass, will give a violin se- lection. Dr. Moton te Speak. Dr. Robert Russa Moton of T general head of “Remarks,” the next section of the program. Others to be heard will be J. C. Napier of Nash- ville, Tenn., former registrar of the WILMASERLG [ AT DOUGLASS HOME| CEDAR HILL, HOME ANACOSTIA, NOW A MEMORIAL TO DOUGLASS, e e S e Five Carolina Boy Scouts End DOUGLASS ANACOSTIA HOME TO BE DEDICATED AS MEMORIAL TOMORROW A contingent of filve Boy Scouts, Tepresenting Troop 6, Boy Scouts, of Columbia, S. C.. who completed a 800-mile bicycle trip on their arrival here last night, were received today by Senator Dial at the Senate Office building. Tomorrow, at 12:30, the scouts will be presented to President Harding at the White House. ‘The object of the trip is educational, it was explained by the scoutmaster, Charles E. Jackson, who accompanied the boys, whose ages range from fourteen to sixteen years. “We are also bringing a message to President Harding from our governor, Wilson G. Harvey,” he added. The message, which will be given to the President tomorrow, reads as follows: “The President, *“Washington, D. C. reetings from a democratic state | to a republican President, but a President we patriotically hail as| chief magistrate of our common country. This message of loyalty Is borne by five Boy Scouts of Troop 6 of Columbia, S, C., and their scout- master. “Charles Jackson, scoutmaster Wiltiam Otis. Edmund Joyner an Caldwell Withers, Eagle scouts: Ei CONFEDERATES’ REUNION. 500-Mile “Bike” Trip to Capital met Wingfield and Ralph Barrow, Merit Badge scouts, “These young Americans are typical of the future hope of our great na- tion. May prosperity mark your ad- ministration, and redound to the bene- fit of the people, and may joy and happiness in full measure be with you and yours. “Given under my hand and seal of the executive department, at Colum- bia, S. C., July 17, 1922." The boys left Columbla July 17. and have maintained an average of thirty miles a day. The longest run was of fifty-two miles, covered during a rain. They carry their own equipment, con- sisting of a half shelter tent, water canteen and cooking utensils. At the close of each day the tents were put up and the six tired boys would go into camp for the night. Sightseeing in the different places the boys passed through formed a part of their program. In the large citles, receptions were given them by Rotarian clubs, and similar scout or- sanizations. Columbia ranks second to New Orleans for Boy Scout work in the south, it was stated. This city of 40000 has an organization of 500. The boys will stay a week here and then leave for Baitimore, wil] take a boat to Norfolk, Va., and after visiting the naval base there and Newport News a train will be taken or hiome. where they expect to arrive about August 25. APPOINTMENTS TO WAIT. There they | filed past. ! “It was a most remarkable and commendable demonstration and I am | delighted to have had an opportunity to review them,” the President en- thusiastically remarked at the con- clusiom of the parade. “Those men have reason to feel proud. Drum Majors Praised. The bands in the parade made a deep impression upon the executive. Aside from the high quality of the music. he enjoyed especially the Grum majors at the head of the bands. These picturesque personages did themselves proud as they strutted past the President. They displayed the best they had in the way of fancy steps. ‘When the President appeared at the top of the steps he was greeted with enthusiastic cheering from the thousands of persons who had gath- ered on either side of the street. He waved and smiled acknowledg- ment. A moment later the parad which was about a mile in_length, started. The marchers had their faces turned toward the executive as they passed him, and those who carried swords raised them in salu- tation. The President smiled and saluted as each separate orguniza-| tion went by. With him during the review was George Christian, his secretary. Mal. ullivan, superintendent of police, who personally directed the police As a third ground for refusing the Treasury; S. Joe Brown of Des Moines, i l i _____FREDERICK DOUG $35,604,250 ALLOTTED FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS Inland Waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Gets $2,500,- 000 for Improvements. By the Associated Press. Final allotment of $35.604.250 of the funds appropriated by Congress| for river and harbor {mprovement work during the fiscal year 1923, made by the chief of Army ensineers, | was announced today by the War| Department. Congress appropriated | | President’s offer to let the Labor Board act as mediator, the belliger- ents declared they already were sight of an open victory over the strikers and urged that they be per- mitted to continue without interfer- ence a “finish fight.” President, Fefton of the Chicago and Great. Western, acknowledged | spokesnian for western und _south- | yestern lines, was loked upon as & 18ader. in the movement to ratify the peace proposal. His group stands for ratification, not because its members have any more faith "in_the decision of the Labor Board, but because they want the strike settled and their shops restor- ed to normal. In addition they want the good wiil of the public, which, they believe, would swing to_the strikers if the Association of Rail- way Executives should again turn a Jowa, and Charles A. Cottrill of To- ledo, Ohio, past Imperial potentate, Order of the Nobles of the Mystic in{ Shri; Nettie b. Napier of Nashville will present the financial report as custodian of the funds for life. Wil- liam Pickens will glve an address. “Frederick Douglass.” A minute silent tribute to Frederick Douglass will follow. A presentation will then be made by Mrs. Mary Townsend Sey- mour of Hartford, €onn. Unvelling of various tablets placed in the Memorial Home will then take place. Presentations will be made by Mrs. Charlotte Dette of Niagara Falls, Miss Meta Pelham of Detroit, Mrs. M. Cravath Simpson of Boston, Mrs. Susan C. Evans of Superior, Wia.; Mrs. Lillian Jones Brown of Indian- apolls, Mrs. Augusta D. Zuber of West Miss., and Mrs. Marion B. Wil- ‘dedicated _ will deaf ear to President Harding. South West Hard Hit. These western and southern roads have been hard hit by the strike and their managers express none of the | desire for a “finish fight” apparent jin the camp of the bigger eastern i systems. Their reserves of locomo- tives are small, they have few sur- i { { arrangements for the demonstration, | plus cars, and their schedules have ‘To Mrs. Helen include the following: Pitts Douglass, to Mme. C. J. Walker and three general contributors’ tab- lets, the latter three surmounted by handsome relief figures. HAROLD F, McCORMICK MARRIES MME. GANNA WALSKA - IN PARIS Will Gather at Winchester for Three Days, Starting August 29. Everyvthing is in readiness ¢ Win- chester, Va., for the reception of the Confederate veterans for a reunion August 29, 30 and 31, according to word received here today by Francis M. Burrows. cofonel on the staff of Gen. Julian S. Carr, commander of the United Confederate Veterans. Headquarters for the reunion have been established at the Amerlcan Legion building, where 200 beds and meals will be provided free of cost to the veterans. A number of homes 1also have been offered to the veterans. | RETIRED FOR DISABILITY. Warrant Officer Charles C. Dawson. | in ‘the station hospital at Fort Sam | Houston, Tex., has been placed on the |at present, retired list of the Army, on account; of disabllity incident to the service. SCENE OF MYSTERIOUS MARYLAND MURDER AND BOY 'WHO FOUND 7 President to Delay Naming of New Reserve Board Members. President Harding w!ll not make any appointments to the Federal Re- serve Board for several weeks, ac- cording to information rcceived by republican congressional leadere. The President’s opinlon was said to be that he could not give proper time while the rail strikes are uppermost in his atten tion, to the important question of choosing board members. Also it was said that the President was disin- clined to present any question to the Senate immedlately which might lead to extended controversy and im- pede important legislation. The term of W. P. G. Harding. gov- ernor of the Federal Reserve Board, expired last midnight. The other ap- pointment would fill the farmer place recently created by Congress. and coal | BODY OF stood by the side of the President during the last half of the parade. | been badly ‘disrupted. { Numerous passenger and freight Excels Shriners’ Parade. itrains have been discontinued. they Much favorable comment was caused | point out—a condition not vet true of during the parade by the marching and | the cast to an alarming extent. The general appearance of the knights. It'imminence of another bumper har- was the general conwensus that the | vest” which, with a strike on, would knights “put on” an even better parade, ; find them almost phralyzed, was an- if possible, than the Shriners the day |other of their strongest arguments. before. 1t was a hat the two | Nasy Teswca/AWatt constituted as parades as haye been seen here i1 monthe. With so many issues to be thrashed Automoblles-filled with Knights Tom- | : plar brought up the rear of the parade, | °U%: 3nd with at least three factions After passinz the White House, the to be brought together before there marchers procecded immediately to the | could be a majority action. offisials of i:!;nr;rlc;:': ‘Le'?egixefu!}allrill'?:k. where drill | the association forecast that it would “The ‘first prize went o SL George | be hours before the drafting of a re Commandery of Philadelphia. Ivanhoe | ply to President Harding would be. Commandery of New York took econd | gin. place. 5 Convention Hall was crowded to the | TheY looked for no such spontane- doors last night unt!! a late hour, as . ous and unanimous action as greeted the knights gave their i Such the Presidenl's first proposal, which, gathering of colored peop'e hus perhaps | ® Diever before heen seen i the Natioral | LheY asserted. wolld have been re- Capltal, and the local committos of ur- | jected in the first ten minutes had it rangements expressed itseif today as|not been for the Interruption of Her- :v;n_ pleused with the magnitude of the | pert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, air. Joseph H. Sherwood of St. Paui,|Who appeared with a plea from the Minn., was elected grand commander | White House for favorable considera- of the Knights Tempiar of America, | tion of the plan. Prior to the general mesting. offi- to succeed Mr. Clay of Kentucky. He aleo assumes the head of the f Hational conference of colored {cials of eastern roads went into con- B dent Had lTiSM was elected vice | forence. The only statement forth- president an . P. Da second vice ! vi Dreatdent. The next memine or ‘icq | coming from them was that they in- knights will be at Pittsburgh in 1924, | tended to consider President Hard- The Imperial Council will meet at In- | Ing’s proposition with an open mind. dianapolis. At the time the eastern executives Woods Heads Grand Masters. The Grand Masters’ Association, at a meeting at the Lincoln Theater, where general sessions of the various | colored Masonic and affiliated bodies are being held. elected W. T. Woods of Alabama as president, D. W. Parks as first vice president; E. W. Hilmes of Washington state, second vice president; T. B. Hardiman of Tennes- see, secretary; E. J. Hawkins of Kan- sas, treasurer, and 8. M. Strayhorne of Tennessee, chairman of the execu- tive council. Members of the Mystic Shrine were finishing up their business affairs at the Lincoln Theater today. At yes- terday’'s meeting of the shrine it ‘was decided to hold the annual con- vention of the order at hville in 1 The colored section of Washington, of which U street from 9th to 14th reet is the main thoroughfare, was still in the midst of entertaining the visitors today. Everywhere ome look- ed could be seen Shriners, heads top- ped by the jaunty fezzes, bands were Playing on practically cvery corner. The international conference in- cludes the Knights Templar, Grand Masters, Scottish rite, thirty-third degree Masons, Mystic Shrine, Royal Arch, Daughters. of I Heroines * Templar Crusaders, Eastern Star-and the Court of Syrene. - . Tomorrow afterncon thesc bodies will attend the dedicatory .exercises of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home, at 2 o'clock, in the afternoon at Cedar HIll, Anacostia. Details of the dedication ceremony will found in other columns of to- be day's Star. | ! imet no western rail chiels apparently | had arrived at the Grand Central ter- | minal. Exccutives from all sections of the icountry entered the main conference | expecting to face many hours of de- bate. Indications were that a vote might not be taken until late in the afternoon. BISHOP KILGO DEAD. CHARLOTTE, N. C., August 11.— ‘Bluhup John C. Kilgo of the Southern | Methodist Episcopal Church died at his home here at 1:456 this morning, after having been extremely ill since last Sunday, when he suffered a se- vere heart attack. Bishop Kilgo had been gradually sinking since Thursday afternoon and his death had been expected hourly by his physicians and family. Since Sunday little or no hopé had beén en- tertained for his recovery. Dr. Kilgo had been well '’known in the gouth for a score of years, hav- ing served as president of Trinity College at Durham, N. Bix years prior to his electis hop twelve years ago. SETS MATCH TO ALCOHOL. Holding a lighted mateh into a) barrel of wood sicohol, Jae Hillarg, | colored, ‘caused an explosion in_the laundry at the New Willard Hdtel yesterday afternoon. He was burnm but littie_damage was done to th laundry. ~Hilliard, who is twenty-five :"eu;- old, lives at 1103 R street north- C., for on as bis | the corapany, (Continued from First Page.) marriage. Her first husband was i Baron Aracdle d'Eingorn, a Russian army officer, who was killed early in the war. NOT LEGAL IN ILLINOIS. Divorced Less Than Year From Rockefeller's Daughter. CHICAGO. August 11.—"Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick wiil have no comment to make on Mr. McCormick's marriage.” That telephone message, delivered Ly Mrs. MeCormick's secretary, was 1the only statement forthcoming this {moruing when the Associated Press {informed the former wife of the in- {ternational harvester head of his !marriage in Paris to Mme. Ganna | Walska. the opers singer. } Mrs. McCormick, daughter of John| I D. Rockefeller, has declined to com-| {inent, since she obtalned a divorce{ ilast winter, on either her former hus‘ | {band's activities or the announced en- | gagement of her seventien-year-old daughter, Mathilde, to Max Oser, mid- {dle-aged Swiss ex-cavalry officer. { Mme. Walska created a furore when | she came to Chicago two years ago, to appear as one of the stars of the| Chicago Opera Company. Cormick, who with Mrs. Edith Mc- Cormick was the principal. guarantor of had employed her while Mr. Me-| visiting aris. On the day before her announced i debut with the Chicago company L SEmat walska' pucked hor bage and | |left for New York. Gossips buzsed | over the incident, and it was gener- ally reported that Conductor Mari- nuzzo had publicly criticised her abil- ity as a singer before the entire cast at a dress rehearsal. The wedding of Mr. McCormick in Paris_is not legal in this state, under e has the Illinois law, as been divorced less than a y If Mr. McCormick and his new.bride return to Chicago it will be neces- sary, it is_said, to have another cere- mony performed after January 12, 1923, when the year from his dfvorce y Mrs. Edith Rockofeller McCormick will have elapsed. MATHILDE AT LUCERNE. Max Oser in Party——McCormick Expected to Buy Castle. By the Associated Press. LUCERNE, ' Switzerland, August 11. —Miss Mathilde McCormick, her gov- orness and Max Oser, her fiance, ar- rived here yesterday. She is, stayl at the Grapd Hotel Kurhaus, .in 8¢ isburg, neak. here. Miss McCormick is {14 $42,215.000 of which approximately $7.000,000 has been reserved for fu- ture emergency expenditure. ‘The allotments include: Boston harbor. $40.000; New York harbor, including East river and channels, $2.355.000; Delaware river, Trenton to sem, $3.125.000; Baltimore' harbor and channels, $300,000; inland! waterway, Delaware river to Chesa- | peake bay, $2.500,000. { The allotment for the Potomac| river at Washington was $33,000. $60 FINE AS REMINDER. | John Leclereq. charged with collid ing with another automobile at 4th and H streets northwest Wednesday, in | Traflic Court yesterday afternoon wus to recall anything in connection with' the accident.” He was also charged with leaving the scene the accident without making his identity known. Judge Hardicon fined him $60 with the remark that probubly that would recall the incident to his memory. unable, he said, i i { { THE VICTIM i i H { business generally. Bull Crashes Into Explosive Pit and Starves WELLSVILLE, N. Y., August 11.—A bull which held possession of a nitro- glycerin pit in the eastern Wyom- ing county oil field for two weeks is dead, according to a message received here from owners of the explosive. The animal starved to death. The magssine consists of a dugout on the side of @ hill, partly under ground and partly covered over with metal sheeting and turf. The bull, grazing on the hiliside, crashed through into the pit. There were 350 quarts of ' mitro- glycerin lying about on the ground, and workmen feared to attempt a res- cue because of the danger of an ex- plosion that would have rocked the countryside. SCHOOLS REPORT EXPECTED IN FALL Senator Capper Believes It Will Be Filed Early Next Session. The report of the joint congressional committee which investigated the public schools in the District, it is now expected, will be filed early in the next session of Congress. Senator Capper of Kansas, chairman of the Joint committee, said today that the committee was waiting for a report which Dr. Finegan of Harrisburg, Pa., and other widely known educators were preparing for the use of. the committee. “There is no neceseity for hurrying the report through at this time,” said Senator Capper. “In fact I believe that it would be wiser to withhold the report until there is an oppor- tunity for pressing for legislation to carry out the program of school bet- terment which the committee will propose.” Senator Capper at the suggestion of the committee, drafted a tentatlve report which was made public some time ago. Later Dr. Finegan re- turned to Washington and discussed various phases of the educational question relating to the District with the committee, and at that time he offered to obtain the views of other educators and submit them for the | use of the joint committce. The pro- nosals contained in the tentative draft of the report by Senator Capper met with Dr. Finegan's approval. The report of the educators, however, is expected to go more into details and to deal with the vocatlonal education side of the matter partic- ularly. PRESIDENT URGES FLEXIBLE TARIFF (Continued from First Page.) l on the finance committee, declared that use of the full power proposed or the President would be necessary in only a few instances and for the protection of such industries as toy- making and the production of cer. tain chemicals. Also the argument was advanced that the executive would use his authority to decruae] as well as increase tariffs. Oppon- cnts attacked the plan on grounds of its unconstitutionality, the unwie dom of granting such authority over | taxes and industry to a single indi- vidual and on various other grounds They contended that it ‘would leavi in as great a tale of unrest as it h been in the year and more the tariff has been before Congress. and that there would be a continuous campaign for a_revision of rates. The argument also was put forth that the executive would not have he time or opportunity to determine rates as proposed under the commit. tee plan and that provisions should be made for the tariff commission to recommend to him what duties should be fixed to meet the unusual and ohanging conditions requiring executive action, In its plan the finance committee majority practicall; abandoned the “scientific” tarift plans put forward by Senator Frelinghuysen, republic- an, New Jersey, and Senator Jones, democrat.” New Mexico, and which have received the indorsement of a number of senators. Both senators proposed to press their propositions PERMIT REQUESTED BY ANACOSTIA BANK New |Institution Appeals to Crissinger to Au- thorize Opening. Stockholders of the Merchants and Farmers' Bank of Anacostia unsni- mously adopted a resolution at a meeting at the new bank building Yesterday afterncon, petitioning the controller of the currency to author- ize the opening of the institution Controller Crissinger, who recently declared that, under the emergency banking act for the District of Co- lumbla, he would not permit the bank 1o open because it had been organ- ized through “promoter’s fees,” never- theless had suggested that application for a charter be formally presented The meeting, which had been called by Raymond E. Huntt, president the bank, and was expected to be a tended by & few of the leading stoci holders, grew into a gathering whic overflowed the large lobby of the bank. Defend Org: Declarations were made by stock- holders at the meeting that the should have the right 1o organize the bank through the medium of a pro- moting company if they chose to do so, rather than to use thelr own time. Stockholders, it was pointed out, felt they had a right to pay out of their own pocket, as specifically stated in the subscription biank, three dolla out of the fifteen dollars per share of stock for organization purposes to the Premier Finance Company three dollars from subscriptions, th said. had provided not only for o ganization of the bank. but for ti building, furniture and equipmen which was practically complete. Committees of citizens today wers circulating copies among_stockholders in both Anuc tia and nearby Maryland and reports up to noon indicated that not only had the signatures been unanimous, but numbers of persons had indicated a desire to increase their su’ Vault Being It was brought out at the meeting that in the city of Washington therc was onc bank for every 8.000 inhabi- tants, whereas in Anacos: if the second bank were permitted to or- ganize, there would then be only one bank to every 10.000 The meeting was addressed 1 President Huntt of the bank and A torney Marion Butler. who drew up the resolutions at the request of stockholdere. Workmen were installing the vault of the new bank today and as the inclosure is finished, whic! was said, would take but a short time, the bank building will be read: for business. provided the necessary permission is forthcoming from ths controller of the currency. VOLATONOF LAY DENED BY MELLON Answers the Proceedings Brought Against Him by Ousted Chief Clerk. zing Plans. v Andrew Mellon, Secrectary of the Treasury, today answered the manda- mussproceedings brought against him by William L. Clay of Rochester. N. Y. to compel reinstatement as chief clerk of the savings division of the Treasury Department, from which he was deposed last month. Mr. Mel- lon denied that he violated the civil service law in abolishing the position of chief clerk of the division or th he ousted Clay contrary to the ¢ Clay never was under the e and was holding over from a tempo- rary appointment as clerk in the office of the secretary of the war savings committee. Secretary Meilon the discharge of C 50 denied that is the oui- growth of a damage suit for $10,000 for alleged libel brought by the de- posed clerk against Lew Waliace, ir. chief of the savings division. and Charles H. Fullaway, his assistani for derogatory statements contained in a letter said to have been prepared to a vote. by them and sent by Undersecretary {Gilbert to Senator Wadsworth of New The photdgraph shows the culvert om the State road Meadows, con- mecting. the Marlboro and Leonard- town pikes, behind which the body of an unidentified man, brutally murdered, was found yesterday. Inset, Gerban Neal, thirteen-year-old beoy ‘who discovered the body. OPPOSES DIVORCE PLEA. Jules Herrmann Denies Wife's Charge of Bigamy. es Herrmann, said to be a wealthy importer New York city, has noted an appeal to the District Court of Appeals from .an order signed _yesterday by -Justice Hitg the District Supreme Court, grant. ing to Mrs. Anna A. S. Herrmann of this city an annulment of her mar- riage to him, which took place at Fulham, England, October 26, 1912. Mrs. Herrmann says she did not discover until 1920 that prior to thair marrjage, while Herrmann was visit- ing in Jerusalem, he had taken as his wife a Turkish girl D iivu —wvu.c She then began proceedings for the - g 2 iment. Herrmann denied that expected to, stay for & fortnight and :;‘nllflonu or civil ceremony was then will visit her sunt at Prangin. |performed between him and tie girl. For some days_it has been rumored| The wfi: lld G1-:5‘1-’0.:‘0:-t.elt'l.’ b; “hA“- (d Xan here that Harold F. McCormick s in- g;“;’,' ‘while-Attorneys Milton Stras- and Marshall the ‘Hertenstein I purger DisTRICT of CoLumeia M ARY.LAND \ \ \ . About Year for Report. Under the terms of the Frelinghuy- | York, sen amendment the tariff commission would be required to report to Con- gress not later than December 1, 1923, and at least once every six months thereafter, what tariff duties should | be changed, together with their rec- ommendations a2s to what new duties should be imposed and the probable cffects in dollars of each duty as it affects American growers, pro- ducers, manufacturers and consum- e nd the probable revenue that would be derived from it. he commission would submit its re- port after extensive investigations into costs, prices and the differences in - competive conditions in the principal markets of the United States. Under the Jones amendment the commission would make extensive investigations regarding tariff duties, their effect on industry, comuerce and treaties, and in each December report to Congress any case or cases arising through changes in industrial or commercial conditions In the Untted States or foreign countries which rendered advisable a change ’nr customs rates, with reasons and acts. LYE THROWN IN EYE. Negro Woman Suspect Held for Ac- tion of Grand Jury. Mary O'Brien, colored, of Jackson street northwest, was held for the action of the grand jury in the United States branch of Police Court yester- day on a charge of having thrown a cup of concentrated lye in the face of Caleb Adams, an aged colored man who resides In Logan place south- west. Her bond was fixed at $2,000. A physician from the Episcopal Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital who treated Adams told the court that the man had been badly burned about the face, eyes and head and probably would lose the sight of one of his eyes: AID BENEF!IT FUND. Two Big Blocks of Tickets Pur- { {ieast fifty of this number will in answer to a commendatory letter from the senator Mr. Mellon differs with Clay in the latter's statement that no criticism of his work had ever been made, but o1l the contrary asserts that the supe- riors of Clay frequently comp) i of his absences during office hours. Clay was maintaining a law office, the answer states, and his practice out- side the department required his pres- ence at his law office frequently. The answer of the Secretary was submitted by United States Attorney Gordon and Assfstant United States Attorney West. Hearing on the peti- tion_ and answer was deferred at ri- quest of Attorney H. Mason Welch for the plaintiff. e 100 MORE TO FEEL AX AT ENGRAVING BUREAU Lack of Funds Necessitates Reduc- tion by September 1, De- clares Director. There are to be nearly 100 more persons dropped from the rolls of the bureau of engraving and printing before the first of September. fil e 15th of this given notice on th month. Making this known today Director Hill of the bureau of engraving. while at the White House, explained that this reduction was necessary because of a'lack of funds which necessitated a smaller working force. He said that these dismissals will be con- fined almost entirely to the examin- ing division, and that it was doubtful if wny one in the printing division, which experienced the recent drop- pings at the bureau, will be affected —_— LECTURE BY 12-YEAR-OLD. Xiwanis Club Told of Honduras by Boy. A Honduras, as it is today. was de- scribed to members of the Kiwanis Club_at their weekly luncheon in the Washington Hotel yesterday by Ernesto Fletes, jr., twelve years old. Ernesto-has been in the United States several years ‘xend%n‘ school. His father, w chased for Police-Firemen Game. - “We are glad to ald you in this 'fi“’u"‘z‘?f message t by Mal. s_is the sen - ¢olm Gibbs, propristor of the ;Mwhl drug stores, together with a $300 check, to the treasurer of the police and fire- men’s widows and fund. Mr. Gibbs-requests that 300 base ball tickets be purchased with the money and that they be distributed the disabled veterans Hoapital. Frank H. Edmonds, Rotsrian and optician, also has sent a check for $200 with the same instructions, ac- .om-‘.u the treasurer of the fund. Thi nefit e will be Pl at the :m rican League Park gn“:znrp day, Septe n}blql‘ 9. amon; at Walter Rns i b was a_formet con- sul of Honduras at Mobile, Ala Liverpool, England, and Hamburg, Germany. and who i now a merchant of SBanta Barbara, is taking Ernesto to thé léading cities of the east for lectures on Honduras. His object is to interest America as far as possible in the educational gnd commercial de- velopment of his native country. WIDOW SOLE BENEFICIARY. George Auth of the N. Auth Pro- vfiyiw Cro‘npn.uy. who died June 29 * last, left personal property valu d at ,000 in addition to his home at ::: E street southwest. His widow, Louise W. Auth, is sole beneficiary of ‘the éstate. Attorney F. L. Neu beck rgpresents the widow,