Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1922, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; cooler tonight. Temperature for twenty-four hours 15 3 Member’ of . the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied te /the use for republication of all news dispatches credited 1o it or mot otherwise credited in this ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 83, at 3:30 p.m._yesterday; lowest, 73, at 5:30 a.m. tocay. | Full report on page 8. | Daper and:also the local news published bereis. Ali rights of publieation of special Gispaiches he:2ln are also reserved. i { I Ty WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ning Sfar. == TWO CENTS. BOOKIESFLEE CITY TILL POLICE STORMIS OVER Half on Vacation, Others “Lying Low” to Avoid Che WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, EAGLAND TOURGE | ANOTHER HEARING ON NORATORIM Reparation Officials Hope | New German Proposals Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 11 Entered as second-class m: Dost office Washingtom, b e SOVIET ARMY THREATENS IF FRANCE INVADES RUHR Trotsky Doubts 800,000 Troops Could Remain Passive Should Poland Be Enlisted in Attack on Germany. 1922 _TWENTY-TWO _ PAGES. No. BILLTOBANCOAL PROFITEERING GETS SENATE SETBACK Interstate Commerce Com- mittee Action Causes Whole 28,608. THATS SOME Ve URAGEMENT: /////, ENC;\NY/HO\NI / By the Assoc MOSCOW August 26.—Russia has al- France was adopting the very tactles needed to drive Germany into revolu- Subject to Go Over. ready reduced her fighting forces to | tion. May Bridge Crisis / 500,000 men, and is ahways ready to| “If France, by invading the Ruhr, Y g 3 Stern Hand of Law. enter any disarmament conference which [and with the assistance of Poland, gives guarantees of success. She does not anticipate any immediate interven- tion, but considers that an attack is always possible, and it is doubtful if she could remain passive in tho event that France invaded the Ruhr region and enlisted Poland in a renewal of the conflict with Germany. Leon Trotsky, soviet minister of war, precipitated a new European conflict, | do. you think Russia could remain passive?” he was asked, and his reply was, “I doubt it.” - ! If the occasion came for a revo- lution in Germany, then, said Trotsky. | Russia and Germany “would form an | unconquerable bloc economically and agriculturally.” This assertion. of course, would be misinterpreted in | America, where, he added, Iilu[;hll’\gl,\‘.1 STILL SEE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH COMPROMISE FORMER WAR CAPTAIN LATEST UNDER ARREST MAY GRANT HEARINGS TO OWNERS AND MINERS Although Mission” to Berlin Was Poli ; in Vain, Sir John Bradbury el atan Bl fTuay Thomas Butler—183 Cases Administration May Operate An- thracite Mines and Railroads if Necessary to Guard Public. {made these assertions in an interview | “1 am In bad repute.” Wants Delay. 7 iy G which he submitted to a cross- War on Capital Still On. e D Pending. . ifire of questions from fifteen foreign | ..o A i = \ction on the administration bill | correspondents regarding sovietin's cx-| A Trotsky’s jaw hardened when the|py tie Asoclated Press designed to prevent profiteering in | {6nal and internal problems e | ssociated Press correspondent asked | PARIS, August 26.—British repara- {, Half of Washington's bookics are 4l through extension of the POWers | that Premier 1::;1: c:“nloav;ms‘lwfl;r::!‘xm_ if the government had any intention tions officials will urge that Germany | laking a vacation these days on the b7 ihe! Toiteratate ComimercalCommia | NesdednTest fand)iat sthe jstmeas time|res | o0 Eentoring the liberty, of political , be given another hearing hy the full hard-earned cash from bets on horse 452 O federal fuel |main perfectly in touch with the prob. | Or8anizations to Russian parties other | membership of the reparations commis- ; races, and probably will bask . sion and creation of a fed jrainperte {8 ; D y sk at th “ietribution agency was blocked to- | of state. m.-{w‘lx‘!-;a‘ s:)awie';“q o . . _lsion before final determination of the seashores and fish in the mountain iy To (b Seiele ThtsrstataiComa! Espiaiss Recone Baillng: i When capitalism is beaten.” Was reparatigns question is made, 1t was | | until the cloud of the police campaigr yirce committee, and the whole sub-| M. Trotsky declared that the soviet | \With reference to the recent d e S bt e “;;”M e e b durter : : Js D011t 5 | today. - 1 he other half, much i ject went over to Monda government prefers the humane method | T onishment for political offe o] i of nuch to the chagrir Chairman Cummins of the commit- | of exiling its opponents in Russia rather | e ontionists hag x;frlf:: eqfythe social] This became known after the return { chanc v.‘i?f.'"';’;.\»h"o“;- Ropd e tee. who introduces PLZ L ;J;;;hhan crushing them, but added in reply | event Russia were attacked from:9f Sir John Bradbury and Eugene well. Ax a result, secret operative: e I Soaacor Pomerens, o alquestiongghatitheipalifical freedom {abroad those persons who were con- | Mauclete. British and- Erench repre- of the police department are finding 17 Ohio seteed e ri|of party organization will be restored stantly waiting for a change in m--‘fl;’("‘n“ “‘:‘:. ;?;I‘llecll:)ve& lzlar !hercammln : mean fask to worm their deviour e e on_having | o Bussla only when the power of capl- goxernnieng wouldibecometagents for | 2100, who, mentito ‘Berlin’ a/ifew .;:vn | ¥a3s into the select circle. hearings and that he was confident olen. = g l""'"em officlals on reparatio z i ace " e P selling business - lons. accordin, s e ‘?’“”Ii'i;‘,'.i‘;!:;(m,f.‘fifii;i‘{;’,f J.'é’mfif{lii‘fi'lmf.‘&’fé that Inalsts on Promenade. | While it was admitted that they had [ sources. " 1s atfng o Nimost a1 there was final action. | organization, but also “an instrument” | promenade abroad: that is more hu-trip “they expressed h »"ech‘ o then U S G 7 { M | thet "irons are beginning to discover | through which America could be in- |’ o8 i I enn L heyaL ope that certain «~ . Gunooa as that Barnum was right. or whether the May Seise Properties. [formed of Russian conditions. He | mane than crushing them. he said. {German proporals now in their pos- | ! shortage of reliable bookies is the le fous preparing o bring. the | Tesults of their investigations. conferences at Genoa and The Hague | 5 2 | n i 183 es Pending. \thracite coal and rail strike situa- . =S t_fi:l:fls,'!l_ezcx:-!‘:rv;?‘:lo?:l sl:fl:- had shown clearly what Lenin meant | ; iager to Posatpone. : - . e h 5 = tions to an early culmination today | g~ 0 s needs| when he said in regard fo the so-! Sir John is eager to postpore final ‘ B d ecords of the police department with federal operation of the arnlhru-,::; ;‘f“;"':_’lf‘t“;_l'{rnlsky said: “Who [called retreat of the bolsheviki to-;action by the full commission as long mnese an lts show that out of 215 handbook ar cite mines and some of the railroads; g q. o *; Wi gom\y of the Franco- | ward capitalism “We are in a tran-ias possible, the British view being . By the Associated Press. rests made since April, 1920, 18: under consideration should that be-| ELG S i sitory stage which will give us the! that a direct vote by the commission | S EIINGN A neast 26— Captoatar] £ e - , 1920, 183 cases stic world. | ®f the questoin of granting a mora- | aofes M e s = D OR % pending. A report just com- to protect the public| wellare. nother White House ron-} ference to consider this course was in | come mnec: experience of the capital but we will not recognize or restore private propert. Driving Germany Into Revolt. | Later he expre! ed the opinion.that | i torfum o Germany should be taken | only after every possible compromise i has been rejected. of the foreign powers, including the United States steamship Isabel, flagship of Rear Admiral W. H. G. Four-Month Grace Given All| H First of Nearby Gambling | piled Ly the police has been submit- :n-d to Commissioner Oyster. Eighteen offenders have been ser- prospect today while congressional | ‘ders at the same time were pre- | In French circles the belief was i : frer . o i e ¥ 3 d, commanding the Ameri- nced in th@t period, the . pared to hasten enactment of pending | expressed that a moratorium would uliay |19 % zepart set Jegislation desizned to curb profiteer- | ) s { be refused if a vote were taken now. Householders to Install can Yangtze river patrol. have Houses to Reopen After | [i7l, ind sloven cases were inolle ing in coal prices and providing for | since Helglum was certain to vote | 5 | been ordered to the Yangtze dis- | o [l heee tace oo ARE SR a fact-finding inquiry into the entire | | T e ik i Devices. | trict, with instructions to exter- | EXpOsure by The Star. ° |dicd since his arrest pending s Further developments in both the | [ = of another hearing by the full come | s minate the bands of disorganized | nawe boen o iBmbEOF cosen 167 con i 2 v v | mission, it is a | soldiers who are firing on foreign R L iy 42 e since March, 1821, A arminiatration before progeed: [ must be done under the terms o the | DOOR SLOTS ACCEPTABLE| ™y anscrafts : | PATRONA FA OFF | nss T8 5t that the arst pegetper ing further in its policy of federal! treaty of Versailles. | A Greek survevor and a French ( ONAGE LLS ldown aneged "I"ek”{h{ in running operation as discussed at a conference | French Ready to Proceed. HE R e N e . | | leht arremia: belas Srama SELDY. Jast night between President Harding, | I French officials predicted teday | b ‘"‘;‘e“"“k-‘d?,;"“:"(‘“;“,"’m‘i‘:;‘,;‘,;‘; | [oiation. Thi G et = ' Y = next with thirt. . Chairman Cummins of the Senate in- | terstate commerce committee and At- torney General Daugherty. One More Opportunity. Senator Cummins declired after the conference that the anthracite op- erators and miners would be given one more opportunity to settle their | differences before he would introduce % bill authorizing federal operation of | *he mines, and, that the railroads, likewise, would be ziven a “reason- Leaders Begin_ Realigning! German Collapse Imminent, Their Forces for Fight Declares Former Candi- to Finish. _ date for President. BOTH PREDICT VICTORY|ALL ALLIES [INVOLVED that the commission would refuse to| accept any of the eleventh-hour pro- posals brought back by the mission of Berlin. The next step, it was ex- plained by the French, will be a re- fusal to grant a moratorium and the fixing of a date for payment by Ger- many of the next installment of her indemnity. Failure to meet payment on that date would have the effect, they said, of placing Germany in voluntary default and France would then proceed with penalties under Rule to Be Enforced to Prevent Carriers Waiting to See Mem- | bers of Family. and are being held for $100,000 ransom, according to advices re- ceived by the foreign legations in Peking. The advices added that towns in the neighborhovd of San- chow have been looted. SLAYING F FL Four months will be given all house. holders to install mail boxes at thei front doors or cut slots in the door so.that letter carriers may place mail ann Changed So Joint Now Operates From Midnight Un- til Daybreak. After a brief sukpension of business, | “the Hardway,’ one of the preten- tious gambling houses just beyond the District line in Prince Georges county, { [ next wi ix arrests, the sixth {precinct made " thirty-three aina. the | detective burvau twenty-eight cases. Ex-War Captain Arrested. Thomas Joseph Butler, thirty-eight | vears old, who was a captain in the Army during.the-war, is the second victim of the police’s most recent bat- |tle against bookmakers. He w: |taken in a barber shop on L street uble” time to demonstrate their ability her declaration of complete independ- | th 5, i near 7th st t v P Vo furnish adequate service and that ence of action. . L Sl Md., is again open. Al was blithe | DUan Tih street vesterday afternoon The British are expected to strong- ATHidelivery Wil eid acon tnas last night at this den. The DONeS|quarters and Precinet Detective G 15 those that failed would be taken over. He was confident that Congress would Next Move Uncertain, However. |Chance for Collection of Repara- 1y oppose thi course, chiefly by pre- venting, If possible. a direct vote on to all such homes as fail to meet the AN HALT DUEL clicked gayly over the green biaze as if there had been no recent disclosures, Mansfield of the first precinct handbook charge was placed a gainst speedily enact legislation for both 2 3 requirements, according to a sweep- ! > s i i - the moratori ion. | Bt E puspese 5 e Early Solution of Difficulties Is tions by French Has Near- Sumiquestion ing order lssued today by First As-| p which resulted in its temporary closing. | " Hinte recently came to th, ¥ thracite situation were believed to- Forecast in Many Quarters. ly Vanished 3 sistant Postmaster General John H. “Jimmy's’ famous joint on the|suggesting ‘he’;).mltfixixv “e Butie day to have assured another meeti o 5 Bartlett. supplementing his “no box— e ! = _ | accepting 3 ¥ of Butler S e ! ks VENGEFUL YOUTH BLASTS | humiss mistesieiite, a2 ™ | Men on Way to Room to Fight | sudensous o, b (et T s e e T it agen: te next week, and hope that a final | 5 e new order applies to all house- opene s e ¥ ere | o4, he took f noon, B~ D e euta be reached. then | BY the Assoclated Press. By the Associated Press. BUILDING; LOSS, $500,000 | hotdere, both in the District and e oaen” ot fhise: wesls | byl r y oiour | Auariced iona-dollak Just uld reacl hen | BY_the 4 e S s 4 ver Allege ack on nd slips, on which the names 2 e based on certain proposals which| NEW YORK, August 26.—With the; LONDON, August 26.—James M. B throughout the country, who get their 1 ago following The Star's expose of the | of horses were written. € names o ae S ndieated would be presented | peaco effort launched by the BIE| Cox, former democratic candidate for | Alleged Confession of 18-Year-Old U B R L Director’s Wif jEambling _ houses: nelther bBas {he| Then the arrest took place. Not to the prospective conference. | Five Brotherhoods definitely aban-| President, was the guest of Prime 1250 new hoBES. irector’s Wite. L ¥-looking gambling e o A i s TaonES ie s | d cers said, but they found Now Up to Ralironds. doned, rail executives and shopcrafts| Minister Lloyd George at breakfast Boy Says Huge Fire Started jin_old or new The new order applies to persons houses, irrespective. Virginia banks Highway bridge. of the Potomac near | a score or more of other s taining the names s con- of horses, “The question of bituminous produc- | leaders. today realigned their forces | today. Last night Mr. Cox dined by Gasoline Explosion. \ 10 ix T ki i v 1. E. M. House, who Is visit- 3 only apartment house dwellers and | By the Ascociated Pre H e : Ll £ with 1 0n. now_ gradually getting back 10| for a finish fight. in which botn sides | [Tih, Sl B M. House, By the Assoclated Pres. Thove “Fecelving rural delivery being| EDGEWATER, N. J. August 26 Business Not So Brisk. mimbers Ritsrcia s e o esion only from the standpoint | Predicted an early victory. Before going to the premier's resi-| WINSTON-SALEM. N. C., August 26, | excepted. Both apartment dwellers|county police today questioned Mrs., Although it is the only house of |Tepresenting the sums of imoncy o rtation. and It wa the view | “We are going home to start the|dence in Downing street this morn-| e entire Nissen building, located and/rural homesialready have letter e CI i ffort to obtain] ek e ow in operation. “the Hard-| Wagered. o e ‘that the ability of the|real fight, whether It lasts for three| mg Mr. Cox gave out a statement A Bl o, boxes. { George Cline in an effort to 2! chance no p - Cthe Hard N ilier registered as residing at on North Main street and o¢cupied by Would Speed Delivery. i more information concerning the Kkill- | wa business is mot as brisk as|gg13 MeKimley street. Chevy Chase. voads to move coal may prove the de- termining factor as to the necessity to the American and British press weeks or three months,” declared W.| %, 5r© With the economic plight of the W. W. Smoak Harness' Company “On account of the delays caused |ing last night of John Bergen, 2 mo- it was in the halevon days before it ! was given some free mewspaper ad- {1 Md., «nd said he was a civil engineer. Bond in the sum of 33,000 was glven for federal operation of carriers. F. Ryan, president of the Carmen's| Europe and quoting the German|anq the Crawford Mill Supply Com-|to carriers at dwelling houses where | 55t 7 The sharp increase in bituminous | National Brotherhood, as he prepared| chancellor, Dr. Wirth, as eaying to Pisomiminstmons ‘f:‘: "’: | 1o door siot or mail receptacle is ro- | tion plcture actor, by George Cdnei:\'erlisinx!. Some free MDD en | for his appearance in court. production will make unnecexsary a|to leave for Kansas City to direct|him a few days ago in Berlin: joeer stroyed, while the | B9 door slot or majl tesepracte 8 Bra- | the woman's husband. just as a duel{ JUURES 1 e joint last nisht shortly | the midnight ‘ontinuance of the super-priority sy 1em of distribution which has operat- activities of his branch of the shop| “Unless the United States interests crafts. herself in European affairs within a Liberty Cafe, the Newark Shoe Store, |C. D. Kenney Company and general Jority of dwellings are thus equipped { was to have taken place. already, it seems timely, within a rea- Cline, a location manager for a mo- | honr before the beils pealed ing. “The Hardway" Wder the volunteer federal fuel | “Our organizations have plenty of | very short time, all in Germany is 2 onable period, to require all who are | . : : Cith its reopen! b ition o-ganization, it is believ- | funds to conduct a long fight, and, lost and all in central Europe, as store ot Teichman Brothers, fronting | 50nable period, 1o FEAtIS &) Fiers at | tion picture concern, admitted the | With It ToRCOIng: ning schedule. by its officials, who indicated that |our men are willing to make thej well.” on Liberty street, were badly damaged | nere Cawelliss ©5 provide such ac. | shooting, according to the police, Who i 715 jen does not open now until mid- ihe orrgszfln?ng{fb:hii W(\’u.lgfl:em:lc;l}}cl:z 'c\eed;ddefgr a decisive vic- America Hope of World. by fire and water, the fire starting at | commodations, the expense of the|say he claimed his wife had told him | night. and runs full blast u‘?lllhdar- out of exijtens e il S ItOFY:; oncudec: : °: rning. The 1 _|same being small” declared Gov. 2 . = break. Before the expose. this house Mr. Cox’s statement concludes with | 2:45 this morning. The loss is esti that several weeks ago Bergen had |break. Before (he expost. Wl% GOc’ fon organization, however. would be retained to provide a nucleus for any distribution agency which Congress Jnay create. EXPECT SECRETARY DAVIS. Going to Philadelphia in Effort to Jewell Orders Fight. ! the assertion that the fate of the . .| world is in the hands of America, an B. M. Jewell, head of the strikej ,rgeq quick action by the United organization of crafts was equally| States to bring about the rehabilita- positive of the outcome of the bame.i tion of Europe. Betors starting for Chicago to pick| Mr. Cox's statement follows: E t he_e i o el SeTast a0 sBike eaeraiD e O e ) A world is central Europe. Those who where he dropped them when recnt|have visited Austria and’ Germany are of one opinion as to the state of mated at $500,000. That portion of the Nissen building occupled by the Smoxk Harness Com- pany was blown up with gasoline, it is alleged by William E. Chatman, elghteen-year-old boy, who was cap- tured by officers as he was leaving the building a few seconds after the explosion, which shook the entire | delivery by Bartlett in his order. “Postmasters are therefore thus in- structed. The length of the notice should not exceed four months, al- though there may be exceptional cases where postmasters should use reason- able discretion or ask for instruc- tions.” H It is not the Post Office Department’s | desire that any shall be deprived of! this requirement, Gov.! lattacked her. Cline said, the police added. that Rfter his wife told of the attack, which happened while the trio was in Saranac Lake, he telephoned Bergen and asked him to come to the house. and was lice say Cline told them, duel. Bergen admitted the attack, the Po- | then told he would have to fight ! { and early as midnight scores of gamblers were leaving the place with empty pockets, and scores of others were entering to take their places around the gaming tables ce” to Reope “Jimmy's Pl As it is hard to tell from a gam- bler's face whether he is winning or ALEY BL 007 " FORHOUSE ACTION | The bill fathered by the District | Commissioners which passed the Sen- v. and which will pre- vent the ousting of 12,000 alley dwell- jate on Thursd: Bring Factions Together. peace parleys began he issued a state- downtown district of the city. While o f things now and the tragic point to 2 = ' 3 " SRpA i x i sust how i 26.— | ment to his men, in ‘which he said: i handcuffs were being placed on Clat- i Bartlett sald. Cline's story was, the police asseri. | losing, so is it hard to tell just how z SRl ery PHILADELPHIA, August 26 ent to his men, in which he sald: ne|which both countries are drifting |por “tne young lad is said to have| “But rather it s earnestly hoved |that as he was Eoing upsiaics Ahead | seriously the Washington SPOrtSmen | g ' tne D icr on November 10. i avorably reported by Secretary James J. Davis of thel U'nited States Department of Lnbor; iinterest of peace. v Austria has reached a stage of almost tore It we must fight|complete dissolution. The approach we will show we know how. Now |,f Germany to the same condition is that the issue is again clearly defined | Ot o117 marked by every passing with increased vigor and every man confessed that he had blown up the building. According to his statement. as given out by officers to whom the that all will see the reasonableness of it and its advantages to themselves | as well as to the carrier,” he said.| of Bergen to a room where they were going to “shoot it out,” Bergen tried to shoot, and Cline fired in self-de- have taken the publicity given in re- cent newspaper stories to the gam- And yet, perhaps, be- {the House District committee today Chairman Focht, who has been en- was expected In anthracite circles to s 4 B b ecessary, and false hopes of an early peace dis- | allegqd confession was made, Cha:-|“But if it finally becomes necessary. fense. i bling houses. | i i confer here today with John L. Lewls, | {f vea | ROUr mall service will be discontinued ! ! _ideavoring to get a special day in th v v sipated, the fight must be renewed | . | ham did it on account of a grievance _ ! neath the smile there Is a little trep! ay in the president of the United Mine Wurk-l “The nations of Europe are dead-|18fF " W ow0q he had suffered at | where no door-slots, preferably, or Heard Two Shots. '“d-m:ln, House for consideration of the impor- 18’ of America, and with Samuel D. Warriner, chairman of the operators’ policies committee, in an effort to | find a way to bring about peace in: the hard coal flelds. The Secretary of Labor also expected to confer with | Tnited States Senator Pepper and ~“Sproul of Pennsylvania. st New conferences to bring about a! resumption of negotiations between | the anthracjte miners and operators i were launched here yesterday, coin- cident with .the announcement that} Tresident Harding was about ftof iake steps to end the deadlock and: avert a hard coal famine. Senator Pepper Confers. | Senator Pepper spent about two . Jours in conference with Mr. Lewis and Philip Murray, international Vice president of the United Mine | Workers. The meeting was held in | the office of William A. Glasgow, | grneral counsel for the union. The Pennsylvania senator gave out a statement saying that he had re- turned from Maine, where he was touring in support of the campaign of Senator Hale for re-election a day ! ahead of time on his own initiative | to see if he could be of service. Hel declared that the conference had been ! inewed assurances that the running locked on the reparations question. There seems to be no relief on this side of the Atlantic. The master key is held by the United States. No de- cision by England seems likely to be accepted by the French. The French Zovernment will not sanction a pro- Posal from Germany which might ap- proximate a rcadjustment of the fig- Ures now in the minds of French statesmen, because that circumstance might be regarded by the public opin- ion of France as a surrender to Ger- many. must do his full part to bring it to an v and successful conclusion. ‘Gentlemen,” he concluded, “wha 1 be your answer to the chailenge Sorry for Public. The attitude of the brotherhood chiefs, whose tireless efforts to pro- mote a peaceful settlement proved 'so futile when negotiations collapsed yesterday afternoon, was expressed ! by T. C. Cashen, president of the Switchmen's Union of North America. “We are not so sorry for the strikers,” sald he, “as we are for the American public. They are going to be the sufferers—more and more as the strike is prolonged.” Others of the big five leaders ex- pressed great disappointment over their faflure to end hostilities, but re- France in Bad Plight. “There is no respite, and every hour is fraught with danger. It is well to summarize the contentions of both France and Germany. “Since the end of the war France has sold approximately $10,000,000,000 worth of bonds to her own 'people upon the reparations by which she Would have been reimbursed by Ger- many in compliance with the terms of the peace treaty. Germany says Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) trades would refrain from any sympa- thetic strike, illegal walkout or con- spiracy, “as long as the rights of the brotherhoods are not threatened.” Threaten to “Break Strike.” In rail employers’ circles news of the disruption of peace parleys was [ ContlaneTionPaEstaC ORI IR R CONVICT MAY WIN SECOND RELEASE ON PLEA OF SICK -SON the hands 6t W. W. Smoak, owner of the harness business. » FIVE KILLED BY TRAIN. i PRINCETON, Ind., August 26— Five persons were killed and one seriously injured today when a Chi- cago and Eastern Illinois passenger train demolished an automobile at & street crossing in Haubstadt, Ind., ten miles south of here. The = dead are Willlam Burris, | twenty-eight; James L. Burris, Hhis: son, seven; Mr. Burris' two-year-old | dnughter, Mrs. C. C. Sellers, thirty, sister of Mr. Burris, and Evangeline Sellers, five-yedr-old daughter of Mrs. Sellers. Mrs. Elnora Burris, wife of Willlam Burris, had both legs crush- ed and suffered internal injuries. The party was returning to Henderson, Ky.. their home, from a visit in St Louis, Mo. mail receptacles are provided.” David Landau, drivér of the taxi- 20 B CentNemtigent: cab, told the police Bergen had in- Seventy per cent of the homesl . .i.q him to wait for him in front throughout tHe country already nrelof the Cline home. The actor had equipped with home mail boXes. OFf{, .. gone but a few minutes, the ve slots cut in iheir front doors, : B ot e e o Gepariment | chauffeur said, when he heard the re- is how going to “jog” the other 30 iports of two shots. Immediately after per cent 'into helping the carriers and | Bergen appeared in_the doorway, Lan- thus helping themselves. dau, thinking his gare had done the "There are approximately 50,000 let-!shooting, started in search of an officer. ter carriers throughout the country, | When he returned with a patrolman s9d the time of these men is wasted [they found Bergen a block away at every trip by being forced to wait!from the Cline home. He had collapsed &t doors until somebody answers the!on the sidewalk, twice wounded. Bell. °At the same time, householders |~ Cline did not go into details con- busy on other matters are forced to | cerning Bergen's alleged assault on drop what they are doing and answer | his wife, the police say, nor did he tell the carrier’s ring. of the actor's reason for coming to All_home owners who have Lome|pjs home. He said that Bergen imme- mail boxes or door-slots ‘are enthu- | djately began to curse as he entered Slastic over them, Gov. Bartlett said,|the house, drawing a gun as.he ad- and expressed the conviction that the | yanced. Two pistols were found in recalcitrant 30 per cent would be|the Cline home, the police said, but equally as enthusiastic when they in- | no weapon was on Bergen's person. stalled thelr boxes. Bergen was a member of a motion One of the big advantages of a|picture stock company in New York. home box, it was declared, is that it|Cline is a “free lance” director ‘and ractically does away with the street | recently worked in ¥Fort Lee, N. J., Tetter boxes for householders, as they | gtudios. may place - their addressed and|® The police gave out a detailed stamped letters in thelr own boxes. | gtatement later in which they said and the carrierscollect and mail|that Cline had declared his wife had According to word passed along Pennsylvania avenue last night “the .boys in the know.’ “Jimmy Place” will open soon~ The proprie- tors of “The Easy Way,” however. to are said to have left the city for a; little rest and will not return until every semblance of the recent ex- citement blows over. Although movements were launched several weeks ago by various organ- izations in Maryland for the purpose of closing the gambling dens per- manently. little results have been manifested. According to reports from Baltimore neither Gov. Ritchie nor other sstate officlals have taken any definite steps to wipe out the joints. 3 PRESIDENTS LAUDED. Mr. Harding Pleased at Central American Pact. Identic cablegrams have been sent to the Presidents of Honduras, Sal- vador and Nicaragua, by President Harding expressing his gratification that the three republics had arrived at an agreement to maintain “amica- tant District legislation now on the | calendar, explained to the committee | that, while he had-not received much { encouragement from the House lead- ers, he has been led to believe that | the alley bill and the bill which will ! permit the erection of a million-dol- ar science building between 21st and |23a streets, near Lincoln Memorial, {will be passcd at this session. He | has received no intimation, however. as to when District legislation wili | come up. | D. C. Calendar Uneertain. Monday is regular District day in the House, but Chairman Focht toid the committee that it is very indefi- nite whether the District committec will have an opportunity to call up District bills now on the calendar. House Leader Mondell cules that the | Fitzgerald workmen's compensation bill is unfinished business and must be disposed of before other District measures are taken up. The alley bill reported out today will_postpone evictions from alley dwellings until June 1, 1923. Chair- man Focht read a letter from the held In order that he might familiar- | e himsert-with the miners’ point of | §iven a varied reception. Officials of ble fraternal relations of good will jew. Mr. Lewis and other mine of- | roads which were not party to the them as they come on their delivery (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) and peace.” District Commissioners explaining ficials declined to add anything to!negotlations, having joined the ma- P "!‘?; e ha - il end | ————— oo that such action seemcd des#able meeting. | cussions with the brotherhoods after | By the Associated Press. that he could not see him for fear 3 v 114, Z n er Gov. Sproul Busy. {Tast Wedneaday's meetinz Of the As- | PHILADELPHIA, August 26—For|surprige would prove, 2 Shock too mainder of the year will be Eiven DOG HERO SAVES 2 FROM DEATH homes because consestion hroue: rt. - sarlier in the day Mr. Lewis held a 80¢iation of Rallway Executives, to-| tne second time this year E. F. Doree, great for the lad s een permission to |the Umited States to put up thelr condicions in- the ST er! y improved. fifteen-minute consultation with Sam- | uel Gompers, president of the Ameri- | can Federation of Labor. The two, talked over the situation, although Mr. Gompers denied he had come to . Philaflelphia for that purpose. e Gov. Sproul also busied himself ye terday in the coal crisis, but his movements were shrouded in secrecy for the greater part of the day. He visited Mr. Glasgow. Later, in reply to questions, he said he had no in- tention of recalling national guards- men from the soft coal flelds until peace was assured. - ORDERED T0 WASHINGTON. | day were frankly saying, “I told % YOU| G ho is serving ten years in Leaven- The minority—representing seven- | worth for violation of the espionage g:l;ve:nndro?d-l v;:th‘ as.m:‘o mllelflo{ act, has been granted leave of absence c! . including such powerful ks aa the. Chicago ang Nortn. | from the federal penitentiary to come Western, Chicago, Milwaukee and St.|to this city to visit his five-year-old ls?:ul, m.:u “el:l Yorll’(d Central and |son Lee Fred, who is believed to be r Line—today expressed regret at the sudden lermlnlfi?fl of dying of pericarditis. Although no efforts to compromise, but expressed |official announcement to this effect no ‘gvanbl‘fi- bt: t:e '.:uwulll: i was made, Doree’s wife said early to- “We w! eak the strike within |day that, in response to & plea to gov- a-week was. thelr general prediction. | orament authorities, the second leave FURTHER ACTS OF VIOLENCE. |bad been granted. & : A pathetic visit took place between By the Associated Press. the father and his son, who is known CHICAGO, August 26.—The ninth|as “Buckey,” when the former came be with his son for the space of but a few minutes, after traveling nearly 3,000 miles. He left the hospital in tears to return to Leavenworth, but with assurance that his visit perhaps had proved beneficial to ‘“Buckey.’ who had “frequently called for him during his fllness. The lad is still dangerously Il and continues to call for his “daddy.” The mother, in the hope that a second visit may still further jmprove her son’s condition, enlisted the aid of \friends to have the government grant her husband another leave. Althou the gates of Leavenworth arp ready to swing open for him, Doree may not be able to take advantage of his leave. He wired his wifé that /$300 |Po-unnter Chance early in the week boxes, inexpensive affairs, or cut slits in their front doors. Officials at the Washington city post office said they had not received the new order yet, but would take up the matter immediately it s received. | Special Dispatch to The Star. ALEXANDRIA, August 26.—Muffins is just an ordinary little Airedale dog, but to his loyalty and common sense Harry B. Grey and -Clarence Ketland owe their lives. - A B ‘While both men slept comfortably in Grey’s bungalow, on King road just beyond the city limits of Alexandria, Muffins crouched in his little dog- house. . And he slept with one eye open for any harm that might threat- ordered all his supervisory officlals to {pstall boxes at their homes, in order to set a.good example. / The new order tends to remove the discrimination seemingly caused by the’ former order, which applied only to “new houses. .The - department fourid that it would be difficult to exactly define a “new house,” or draw thhlln- at just when_a house became Sold.” So the new order 1s inclusive of all houses. The Post Office Department WHEN FIRE SWEEPS BUNGALOW arouse his master to the danger that was overtaking him in his sleep. Again and again the little dog yelped a warning, but in vain. Finally, just when it seemed that his efforts were too weak, Grey and Ketland rushed from the house. So rapidly had the flames enveloped the place that they barely saved them- selveg, leaving their valuables behind. ‘A chemical company was sent to the | scene, but the house was a heap of embers when it arrived. The origin of the fire is an uncer- tainty; so is the damage, E. B. Ston- Cenditions “Shocking.” Representative Walters of Pennsyl- vania questioned the improvement in alley conditions. He said that condi- tions were shocking, abominable, were unparilleled in any city in the country. He told his fellow members on_the committee that they would blush with shame if some of the con- ditions were found in_their home. cities. Representative Walters said that an honest effort should be made by the District officials and by the owners of these alley bulldings to im- prove conditions and that personal in- Vestigation had shown him that no Maj, Harrison H. C. Richards, air - < o - woreite, B Rware N7, has bacn ot | greckc of the railroad strike began to- | to this clty st spring. Upon his ar. mauld be meceE Ry O e wiren lo matter is but|en the safety of his master. nell, ‘gorner of the placé, sald, But |such attemnt had beon made. dered fo this city for duty in the office |38y WIth heacs él:toum«n' col- | rival here, which was for a limited |in return that she hxd not nearly that regulations, in ' It came early this morning, & fire|one thing stands out before Grey and| —On _motion of Representative Wil- "5 Chief of the air service. War De. | labsed. President Harding_consider- | i, phyiicisas tformed him that|sum' in" her. posscssion, but.would Wil be giad to co- that m.g:: the bungalow in and as an fast to- | 1iams of Texas, the bili wos ordered artments - (Continued Colutan 1) - condition was so_critical ow endeavor to raise it - o § o ve Muffins time favornbly reported. . on Page 2, his son’s S