Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1922, Page 1

i \ Temperature for t ended at 1pm.y today. i Full report on page WEATHER. Tair and continued cool. with frost tonight: tomorrow fair and warmer. venty-four hours Highest, 66, at 41, at'6 am. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 2 2 @) No. 28667, Entered as second-class raatter post ofice Washington, b o R0 8 WOMAN ON MULE RECTOR AND SINGER MURDERED der Crab Apple Tree, She Tells Probers. STARTLING FACTS GIVEN -BY MRS. JANE GIBSON Authorities in Conference as Eye- witness Story Enters Investigation. BY DAN RIM Staff Correspondent of The Star W BRUNSWICK, N. J., October Mrs. Jane Gibson, who lives on Hamilton road, 100 yards from De Brussy lane, near which Rev. Ed- ward W. Hall and Mrs. were slain September 14, saw a party of two women and two men on Phil- iips' farm that night. She heard loud talking, saw one man raise his arm and shoot, saw the other man fall, liward » woman call a man by his first rame and scream. Her story investigators. She lives on end of the lane. months many thefts have been com- mitted. She has lost pigs and chick- ens from her stock. me of her o4 the hands of the the far is in dogs were shot. On We night. September 13, the day preceding the murder, some corn W stolen from her field. Thursday night she started out at about 9 ock to sec if she could find any evidence of this corn on the Phillips farm. Rides Mule Over Farm. Because of the narrowness of and bywa in that neighbo; she did not take a buckboard, mounted a mule. houetted figures on the lund The caretaker on the has a cow. there. Down that dark lane she rode. Her clevated perch made it 10 overlook various points. she stopped. in the vicinity of the very crab apple ree under which the bodics were Suddenly H two men. Sudde his hand and the sound of broke forth A woman scream lied one of the men by name. bson turned the mule home.. It is known ast week attemprs on avery-side to-obrtat wit s for the story told the pros- wcutors. Following the discovery of what was termed “big news" last week, Mrs. Hall. widow of the rector. was confronted by a strange woman in the couitroom when she was quizzed a week ago today. Whether this woman identified her, or whether this was the purpose of the enactmeat of this sceme it is not known. - Publicly the woman main- tained silence. ~That woman wus Mrs. Gibson. Denies “Agy Knowledge.” When Mrs. Gibson was interviewed Ly newspaper men she smilled and de- nied knowing about anything. That smile stuck to every denial. She has the appearance of a woman who knows a great deal more than she tells. Of all the rumors and stories that have cropped up in this investigation. this new one has all the earmarks of accuracy. It promises far better of verification, it can be stated safely, than any other story thus far un- varthed. shot She Mrs. d. for some bgen time mad Conference Under Way. Conferences of prosecutors and state and local police officials were scheduled today, while Deputy State Attorney General Wilbur A. Mott and his aide, Detective Lieut. James F. Mason, proceeded to pick up what sented themselves. Whether Ellis Parker. Burlington case is undecided. Pz by word in New Jerse; tection circles. He is of the most astute detectives of the state, and Deputy Attorney General Mott yvesterday declared definitely that he would be called. Mott’s reputation dates back eight- name is a ninal de- nown as one teen years. It wax ten vears ago, however, that the bathtub mur- der mystery of Lrought him into the public Phix was the case in which M Martin plead ed guilty to a char, of killing Osie Snead. It attracted comment from all sections of the country and high tribute was paid Mott for the methods by which he handled the case. Prosecutor Azariah Beekman Somerset count and Pro: Joseph Stricker of Middlesex will not be thrust into the d the investizators whao them. They will continue the case, and only their anthority vill be set down on the wayside. vhile the responsibility passes sther shoulders. Both Mott and Mason appreciate what this responsibility means. Both are republi The prosecutors are democrats. They have more than one reason to bring the case 1o i success- ‘ul conclusion, for New Jersey has lier eyes on her workers. THUGS ARE SUSPECTED. of utor unty scard by supercede to work gating New Jersey Murders. t:pecial Dispatch to The Star. r BRUNSWICK, N. 21.—The’ theory that Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills were killed by professional thugs stands out today. Whoever planned and executed the crime, whoever lald ihe bodies side by side under the crabapple tree and scattered the love notes about them was clever. Arrival of Ellis Parker, a Burling- n county detective, known from one end of the state to the other a modern Sherlock Holmes, has Liven more satisfaction locally than iny move vet made in the case, though some taxpavers of the com- unity, more or less intimate with members of the Hall family, are zrumbling because this is likely to Cost the county some several thou- suands of dollars. Parker’s two most recent and note- vorthy cases have bgought to the Two Couples in Tragedy Un- | leanor Mills | rangible threads of evidence had pre- | oD s | Modert: Sherlock Holmes Investi- | 3., Octoher | | ’ During the last five | 1 | | | i 1. | ence is held speedily it is unlikely | The moon was shining and it sil-lwill be willing to abandon Thrace cape. | without a fight. Phillips farm | It was her purpose to! ree if any of the corn had been taken | POSSIble | i) Thrace, and it is certain that as Loud talking was heard | soon Tound. Two women were there and | 1¥ one man raised | & nd galloped | in | county detective, will come into the ! | hind the Maritza river. | | to' | i | NATIONS' PLOTTING | Aid Sent Cutter Adritt With U. S. Officials Aboard The coast guard cutter Mojave, reported in trouble from depletion | | of her fuel supply west of Hon- olulu, still s ple to proceed | “slowly” under her according 1o a wirel timed late vesterday and received Ly the coast guard cutter service here. A tug has gone from Hon- olulu to aid the vessel, on which 4 party of government officials is returning from the orient. FRANCISCO, October 2 | coast guard cutter Moja; ty of government offi- drifting _approxi- cest of Honolulu, depleted, ac- irel messages pick- Diego and received | v the marine partment of the San Francisco | r of Commerce. The flect | ug Sunnadin_left Pearl harbor, TR oy woat 1:45 pom. to give aid to the Mojave. INTHRACE RE-FIRES BALKAN TINDERBOX War Held Inevitable as Soon as Allies Withdraw i Their Troops. PASSVEPROTEST BYVOTERS LOONS New York Staters, Disgust- ed With Parties, May Keep Away From Polls. that the Greek army, which has now | — I been rorganized in western Thrace, | :MILI:EH HAS ADVANTAGE BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. By Cable to Th and (‘.|‘ cago Daily News. WESTERN THRACE. October 21 (via Constantinople, October 24).— The fire which has been threatening the Balkans since the signing of the various peace treaties seems to be starting up again, and it looks as if | only a miracle can prevent it from spreading. Unless the peace confer- Forerunners of War Appear. | , the forerunners of Wflr:Govemor Has Sensed Mood of | Electorate and Is Seeking Comitadj; in the Balkans, have again appeared | as the allies withdraw the | to Cater to It. { Balkans will be on fire once more.i e { The Comitadjis lave already played BY N. 0. MESSENGER. n important role in Balkan politics. They are irregulars secretly support- ed by the various governments who instruct them 1o raid the enemy vil- : Staff Correspondent of The Star. i NEW YORK, October 24—While ! marking time for the period during which Candidates Miller and Smith | Iages: are winding up their belaboring of | Since the Mudania af greement was | e Tl BT eant Tayka o Lot anouen s as executives of the Empire state, pre- paratory their launching into broader issues In a day or two, the writer would invite attentlon to an undercurrent phase of the campaign which s noted by political managers | in both party camps. This is the fact. discernible to the managers, that an element of the! voters of the state of New York are | in this campaign viewing politics and -issues from a different angle than ever before—a viewpoint of | thoughtfulnees and of independence of strict party allegiance, which in- dnc to the possibility that the old- | line political leaders in each camp ; are riding up to a surprise on tlec-' tion day. The nature and extent of | the surprise will depend upon how ; large is this faction of the elec- | torate. May Stay Away From Polls. It will be affected in a passive way by the absence from the polls of | thousands of voters on election day, men and women, who have thrown up | their haids in sheer and utter dis- gust with methods and policies of the old parties and will have nothing to do with them. have been feverishly busy in organ- | izing bands of comitadjis. On_the| Bulgarian-Thracian frontier the Bul- gars are concentrating a force com- rosed of former inhabitants of | Thrace, who left when the Greeks| were given the province. Now the| Bulgarian government is dissatisfied | se western Thrace has been left | ireece. The Bulgars claim that! as the allies accepted the Turkish | point of view, it is only right that the views of the Bulgarians should pted. They want both hrace to be proclaimed au- under the league of na- They say that if the treaty of bs buried it is no reason why the treaty of Neuilly should not be revised. Because Bulgaria s too weak to be heard by the allies the comitadjis. which cannot be con- trolled. will force Europe to listen to Bulgaria's claims. Few Villages Raided. Small bands have already appeared on the frontier and a few villages have been raided. The correspondent is only a few miles from the small village of Orta-Koi, but cannot enter e the Bulgarian authorities will it him permission to do so. s one of their main centers of concentration. Armed men in small to groups were proceeding eastward. | s the cards in the campaign lie on | e R 0 e fnt lost flocks the board now, the republicans are | wd cattle,” they explained. The Classed as having a shade the ad- ands believe that they will be able age (n this new state of thought to operate unhindered hecause the ese Jand findependence. o thesvoc! allied forces are too small to police 'ters. Gov. Miller making this a| campaign on principles and acts, ap- pealing to the sober judgment of the independents and such democrats as may be open to such an appeal. Former Gov. Smith, while stoutly de- fending his course in office and hold- ing out promises of performance iIf elected, is depending largely upon his personality and popularity. Gov. Miller has sensed the present | mood of a portion of the electorhte | and is seeking to cater to it, and ap- propriate it. It may be remarked, in passing. that competent observers are reporting that in several states in the . west they find existent a somewhat similar condition of impatience of the people with old party shibboleths and methods and are Indjcating a disposi- tion to throw them off. Obdurate to Party Pleas. In New York state, political man- agers say, there has never been a + of western Thrace. the vast args Organized by Kemalists. Turkish comitadjis, organized by | ers, are concentrated in Strandama mountains. Their number does not exceed 5000, and their leaders explain that the bands | were formed for self-defense. Until | the Kemalists organize a strong army | in Thrace the bands will be used for reprisals, and the Greeks and Bulgars are warned that for each Turkish village raided two of theirs will be destroyed. The Greeks do not need Comitad because they have an entire army, be- It cannot, how- | ever, prevent the people who have just departed from eastern Thrace from raid- ing the country when the Turks return. | This guerrilla warfare among three campaign wherein the voters seemed o e e n® 21 | 25 interested In the business aspect of Greeks Continue Flight. | state and national government, and The Greek inhabitants of ecastern | as obdurate to mere party appeal as Thrace continue to pour into the west- now. The republicans are expected ern part of the province. Though it is | 1o draw advantage from this, for the| | republicans are hammering away con- still & month before the allies are to = o e within s weck The ol | stantly on this feature. The ques- tion whether government is to be ad- | v be completed within a week. The vil- | lages on the western side of the Maritza | tiun whether government 16, 1o he A%0 | interest or in behalf of the river now have five times their normal | mini lation. There is food only for about | PArty t mipr‘tlyd The writer asked the gov- | State an(ll l:-e &enr;ler:t large is kept f the province what would hap- | constantly to the fore. o afierwarda. 4P~ | " This policy is resulting in bringing | “Heaven only knows." he replied. “Un- | to the support of the republican ticket i less the United States and the allies help |an_influential section of the inde-; he people will starve and starvation al- | pendent press, which editorially, espe- Ways leads to war~ clally in the rural sectiors, is stress- i STILL AT LOGGERHEADS. ! the voters. Rl i ‘Women Have Influence. Ugly Mood Develops Over Route of | The political managers ascribe as a | Turks to Thrace. | contributing cause to the restless tate of opinion among the electorate By the Associated Press. _ | state D 1 man vote. The: CONSTANTINOPLE, October 24 | the Presence of the woi v The allied generals and the Turkish | 52V that the odds are that the woman nationalists are still at loggerheads voters are reading and thinking, as a over the route .to be taken by the c'ass, more closely than the men. For Turkish gendarmerie in their occu- one thing, it is a new diversion tol pation of eastern Thrace. Rafet: them —something that takes them Pasha, the new military governor of 'out of the routine of their daily life, Thrace, at a lengthy conference with and invites them to participation in the allied chiefs yesterday, urged government and larger affairs than that the gendarmes be permitted to their restricted environment has go through Constantinople, but was hitherto supplied. told that the bulk of these forces! The point of all this dissertation is must enter Thrace by way of Ro-|that the reader, if interested, will dosto, None of the conferees seemed | Iater find that he or she was “in at in a friendly mood. the start” of a new movement in: ing Gathered American politics which may have as- by the allled high commissioners | Sime the presidential campalgn cores } “outinucd un 1% Column 2.) during his stay here. He plans tnlllons. a movement which the politi- y cal managers and leaders are sensing (Continueld on Page 2, Column 6.) -l s being under way, - i ¢ Fne WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1922—_THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. 1GOT Him “IN"THERE, HiM ouT, D.C.Grand Jury Slayer of Anderson, Self- e oy | By the Marie L. (“Peg r « MAYBE YOU CON GET LITTLE ON | To Probe Charge Of Inferior Coal The grand jury this week will inquire into the sale in Washing- ton of alleged poor quality coal, it was stated today at the office of the Public Utilities Commis- sion. Walter C. Alien, retary to the commission, said the matter had been laid before District Attorney Peyton Gordon, together "with names of persons | who are said to have purchased | some of the fuel and later com- plained to the commission. When the commission first re- | celved complaints against the quality of this fuel, it issued a statement to the public, warning householders that an inferior grade of coul was being offered for sale. According to District officials, only one concern |s involved in the complaint to the district attorney’s office. The commission also has had the Department of Justice make an investigation into the case. G6Y BEALFREED. INMURDER TRIAL executive sec- _ Styled “Devil,” Cleared by Jury. Aswociated Press. i N CITY, Mo.. October 24— ) Beal faced life with enewed determination today, freed | K. after a brief trial of the charge of having murdered her lover, Frank |38reed ‘Warren hoasted he had broke the hearts of |cial condition as Austria, with the fifty other women. was read last night, M ed the jury and asserted, Anderson, who, she said, Leaping to her feet as the verdict Beal thank- { Now T am going to stay right here in Kansas ' City and make good. send for my I'm going to| little boys in Terre | Haute and make a good home for | tl i brief. t She took the witness stand. pallid and nervous, and the story of the shooting was drawn from her by the attorneys. Ohio, Mrs. Beal, a young divorcee, re- 1 of their association which terminated which they occupied in a local hotel, June 3. He lured her there, she said, ! with a promise of marriage. a romantic novel, in which a woman killer her lover. as he lay upon the bed and turned the revoiver upon herself, sending a bullet into her breast, Dayton, Ohio,” she testified. ed me to marry him before he left Dayton and I told him I would give him my answer in June.” City. They moved to the hotel where t 2 s hem.” The court ordeal was comparatively There were few witnesses and he testimony was adduced speedily. Lured by Promised Marriage. From the first meeting in Dayton. ated in chronological order incidents n her fatally shooting Anderson and eriously wounding herself in a room She-had been reading a passage in She shot Anderson “I met Anderson.in a restaurant in “He ask- Said He Was a Devil. Twice she visited him in Kansas he tragedy occurred. She asked him o marry her, she said. “I was nearly tunned when he told me he could find no grounds for divorce,” she said. g sked him what I was going to she told the/ court, “and he sald, ‘Do as you please.’ " She asked him why he had sought her love and he answered, she de- clared, “because I am a devil.” he readers, who are also | skooting him, but remembered shoot- fngiit apore ! ing herself. First-Degree Murder Charged by ! By the Associated Press. ment charging first degree murder was returned by against Mrs. Paulette Saludes, French- woman, who shot and killed Oscar Mar- telliere, broker, of whom she was) enamored, in his office on the afternoon f October 16. of to the office of her attorney, where she de h then cast her aside, i 1 She said that she could not recall NDICT MRS. SALUDES FOR SLAYING BROKER New York Grand Jury Against Frenthwoman. NEW YORK, October 24.—An indict- the grand jury today After the shooting Mrs. Saludes fled leclared she killed Martelliere because .6 won her away from her husband and X ning WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” i ‘The Star’s carrier system covers every icity block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast |uthepaperlare ] Star. Yesterday’s Circulation, 88,477 : TWO CENTS. PARLEY MAY BRIN DISARMAMENT 10 - ALLTHE AMERICAS 8 oL Engineer’s Bride for Month Bernard Shircliff Husband of For- & S : OCORpy __’,_ mer Miss Ready. ; CASTLE b= | Wide Possibilities in Session Left $25,000 in Will, Suit to Break Still Pending. Called for This City i December 4. 1,1): : Mre. Cecile Ready Oyster, widow of | the late George M. Oyster, was mar- | ried to Bernard Shircliff, an electrical | engineer of New York and formerly | of Washington, about a month ago, it became known today. ! The exact time and place of the ceremony was not made public: by | the Young woman's attorney, Daniel | W. O'Donoghue, who, when approach- | ed by a Star reporter, would not dis- | cuss any phase of the question. He, | {PAN-AMERICAN LEAGUE { MAY BE ORGANIZED ! :Secretary Hughes' Agenda Permits i Widest Discussion of Subjects. | | | { { BY the Associated Press, Wide possibilities affecting relation MRS. BERNARD SHIRCLIFF. however, confirmed the report, but | | between all countries on the Ame declared he could not give &ny de-| (o og of the marriage when it took |13 COntinents may be fovolved in tails. I e T e line | Centeal (MAmaerican] onlorsa Mr. Shircliff, who s thirty-two|clifft said today. He could not say|called to meet in Was - years old, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. | where the couple are now living. Be- | pRDBton Derem ber 4 for the discussion among them selves of many subjects in a plan for limitation of armaments. iwilliam H. Shircliffe of 1706 Lamont | {street. He was born in Washington | land was educated in the public| schools here. Upon graduating from | McKinley Manual Training School he | {was awarded a scholarship in_the | University of Pennsylvania, and he| studled there for three vears. cause of his son’s absence from Wash- ington since his graduation from Mc- Kinley High School, the father sald he has not been able to keep in| In Lay it intimate touch with the movements| = in American circles here of his son. He believed, he said, that | 2Pinion expressed that the cc the ('4:upl~'-l be“"x“e acq ainted adz l\;‘r ;Yerencr might prove u step towa: Oyster's home in Syracuse and that|the format o -American us- they had known cach other for some | gooiuvin op . Of @ pan-American u | time. | sociation of nations. At the outbreak of the war, he join-| Miss Cecile Ready married Mr. Oys-| It Was pointed out that the agenda ed the aviation corps and served over-| tér, January 15. 1921, in the lJatter's!of the conference as outlined in & apartment at Wardman Park Hotel | retury Hughes' & | seas as lieutenant and adjutant of FHETPNAL Z° FETCHS S nm‘:’el:r) Hughes' invitation to the Cer - Ithe 484th Aero Squadron. After the und the bridegroom seventy-two. Mr. | Tl American powers is of such scope armistice he went to Buffalo and later | Oyster died in Atlantic City last sum- | #5 10 permit discussion of any sab- Army Flyer Overseas. GERMANY SINKING, d i 0 S W Ject of mutual interest ¢ B ew York city. He is now traveling | mer and in his will left the voung,JeCl of mutual interest to the nation O W O emiative of an clectrical| wife $25,000. She Lrouzht suit in the PATticlpating. {firm in the metropolls - | Distri urt break the | of this, and because of the | "The bridegroom's parents were in-|will. The suit is pending in court. | of Chile for Collapse of Mark May Hinder | Reparations Payments for Long Period. n 1 . it would ¢ in government circl tral American cor UNVEIL PORTRAIT l 2 t tentative sug | later general agre P z ul { |later g agreement among a ‘ [ Latin American countries Present Conference Concerned. Nutur; such a step would be i pendent upon the success of the OF MACFARLAND 1 DRASTIC ACTION NEEDED | ohadem 2oy ekt il Citizens and Officials Pay|War Gougers Flayed by Ex- "m. " ‘i osition of France and England ‘ Chaplain at Presbyterian {since none of the five countries {vited has a navy. Treaties resulting 3 m the conference might well pre Synod Meeting , Vide, however. it was suggested, that . none of these countries should at any time plan naval expenditures except ,for necessury police work in their waters. The land furces involved in the Cen tral American discussion are small o May Prevent Brussels Conference. i | or ACHIEVEMENTS REVIEWED%WOULD SHOOT VIOLATORS Commissioner. % Glowing Tributes to Late | 1 By thie Associnted Press. PARIS, October 24.—The holding | the proposed Brussels conference on ' | pared 1ot intained in Nouth reparations and allied war debts is lineas 2 America. The t wuthorized regu- now uncertain, it was said today in. Canvas Added to Galaxy of Those | Aiding Ex-Service Men Declared lur arms srent fx that of Salvador 4 , ! o 5 s ©o en. backed by a force of reparation commission eclrcles, where Who Have Served - Field for Church—People With |28.000 trained reserves which includes the further-coftapre O the mark 1s | e v = [the national police ‘and the nationa causing uneasiness. The British op- Capital. “Religious Gout™ Scored. L i natidom wand s & volun- position to the Brussels meeting now . f sory military mervice bouse aod seems to be shared by Belgium. | o SR . / lis estimated to have about 170,000 un- In British quarters, it is explained | Citizens from every walk of life. Dirty murderers” wus the classi- | trained reservists. | that, from present indicatioms, the officials and employes of the Distri ation given war profiteers at the | l;q;:;f;gl‘tmh' r:nenn('zulhorizrd out | Brussels conference, at best, would | government, united to honor s enth annual session of the o d6 M8 S of SN0 and et be nothing but a gathering to decide , memory of the late Henry B. F. Mac- | Syned of Baltimore Ly Dr. Georee Hondur: regulars with about farlund when a portrait of the former | P. Horst of go. during ad- §3.000 trained reserves and 21500 un- total financial collapse, and that the Commissioner was formally unveiled | on men’s work the . icarag 000 regulars and erves, trained and untrain question of reparations would receive in the boardrcom of the District terian churct He Cotta Bice B08 oaga ey scant attention. | building today. red tape which kept | number the executive mas So serious have become the differ-| Speakers carried the gathering iservice men and their familic : fn service in peace time. but ! ences hetween France and Great | back through the long period of _\e;nrfl!uflm'kt-dv lawyvers whe, in the gub it |d|s‘u\:~d‘er, i Britain within the commission itself | during which Mr. Macfarland gave|of helpink ex-sery nien obtain eserves and an cstimated over the respective reparation DIANS {(pe pest im him for the general ad-!their claims, demanded fees which Torce of 25,000 untrained reservists e e e e hen? vancement of his own and the na-|consumed the claim. Armies for Internal Use. selves not to say a single word on | tion's city. | He was outlining to the svnod a| Al five of the Central Americu countries maintain their army \er the discussions now going on until | Lawyers, some progress i made. business men, plain citi- | plan for a new angle for men's work || ariIeF Al purposes T BT e e a0 Hritain are zens and practically all of the cityduring the vear. and stressed the forces are not organized or equippe that, unless some drastic officials filled the boardroom 1o pay | need of the church lending a helping for foreign wars. It i this situatio measures are tuken immediately, tripute to the man who served as ujhand to the ex-service men which presents fo Lutin-Americar Germany may soon be in the same finan- diplomats here the greatest hope of District Commissioner during ten of | Raincout Scandal. the most progressive years in Wash- | + duinite limitation understanding. As spousor for the Central Ameri- br. allies_renouncing all claims to in- Horet snoke parts ularly of th demnity for a long period. ington’s history—1900 to 1910. o s = L i - it ix regarded as pos However, the French and the Brit- ' “ine oil pamung of Mr. Macfarland | raincoat scandal. He said that he sible in some ters that the Unitec ish ideas of what form this drastic jg the work of the artist Wallace | was in France as & chaplain and was -'-«‘xl-“‘ i »m! e I|§-l‘_.\ vlhv‘vkcd e action should take are widely di-'Bryant, and it is a gift to the District | imarching with @ column during @ i ans poet that migis moamection vergent and there is no indication government from the former Commis- | 2 t ; L any 1 iat might result, cal- that the two nations are approaching | Souers widow. Ine rain. The men had on rain-|culated to maintain peace. Nation- an agreement. i | coats. He put his hand under several #11v the moral influence of the United { Opened by Commisuloner. {of them and found them wet to the | Srangy ~vould be brought to. bear , =% should any power signatory to suel SUBMARINE FIRE HALTED, | Commissioner Rudoiph, chairman o3 <kin. act ‘be inlined 1o dissegard. it * i the Board of Commissioners, opened | “The next day they were sitting! Eg»i\lx«'d further that the con e ! the meeting andintroduced Theodore ! around with chills and fevers, and he | TSN S RIOPORe R0 ke ! { i { as to armament o Blaze Causes $1,000 Damage to!yw. Noves, who presented the memor- | sent back to the hospital fifteen of omtinaent o come domre ot R-4 at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Calif., October 24 — A fire which broke out early yesterday in the battery compartment of the sub- |al to the Commissioners on behalf of | them, nine of whom died with double | Surances from the United States. firct Mrs. Macfarland. pneumonia. A few days later, he said. | Al o agEressive move against any Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the |p Ain. 4 Parisipapes 1o Imember of “the " Central Americar aniel I. E 'y e read in a S paper where the igroup by an outside country should Board of Commissioners, drew back )contractors who furnished those coats | go unchallenged by the United States marine R-4 at Los Angeles harbor a hat draped the on c c land. second. that A o . “|the American flag thal D had been convicted of fraud and sent American good Z‘:‘.ir',’.f,'é‘:.g"'n“\'.‘»fifi’.é&“‘a"i.’-ire’r‘:.,’,‘.’,“a picture, revealing a “‘(‘l“aa‘;kgglfoz‘;‘:& to prison for ten years. ;;2‘;“ Fatess wonl b Suped oy i ¢ e 2 s Mr. Macfarlan: o ev are ¢ out.” . . | = e Bettery coll joecame srounded and 16352t Period of his life which he | . BUL they Sre now ouL e ment on No Hint From Mughes. time, caused the flames (o spread. |gave to the service of his ¢lt¥ie the|murderert. What we want in th No hint has been given as yet as i The damage was estimated at $1,000,| After Mr. Noves had made fhelcguntry is legislation that would give | What plan of action Mr. Hughes mizh it was stated. speech of presentation. John Jov Ed-|power to take out and shoot every |have lo suggest should he. as is o Lieut, P R. Glutting, commander of | son, who, as head of the board of |\igalcer’ why was responsible for | Dected, open the conference when the Roi: Lieut. L. I Small and Chief | charities was closely associated with!go thsor that kind. We w Sacri. | meets In December. Electrician William B. Craig were | Commissioner Macf: nd, delivered, fi.e a]1 the way down the line. There is some feeling, however. tha overcome by smoke while fighting the |an eloguent tribute to the ¢ a nat me of ti. Field for Church Ald. and accomplishments of his friend g that the “boys™ need help. he fon well might be u proj and co-worker for the betterment of » blish the Central Amerig: flames and were carried to safety by Benjamin E. W. White and Glenford Sa; i | | i C. N Cf ¥ 8. Vashington. 2 s pointed out that there was u great | court of justice to weigh disputes b - L‘&'L‘Jflhfl”sfifl‘f::‘imcnffg were re- “:fixs—. Edson was followed by Dr. Wil- i field in which the church could aid,|tween the five nations and aid i ported to be in a serious condition last [ liam Tindall, veteran official of the|and cifed numerous instanc peaceful _settlements. This cour: night. | District government, Who, as secre-red tape had del jelapsed by time limitation of the tary to the board of Commissioners (oo late. 4 agreement creating it some time ago until a few years ago, knew the for-| While Dr. Horst said that the Pres-| It redited in Washinglon, how mer Commissioner intimately. byterfan Church was about thirteen | ever, with having prevented at least . Seudolph then formally accepted | years ahead of other denominations in | two Central American revolutions e i the portrait on behalf of the Commi: - | Inen’s work, he said that the time had | and with other important contribu GOOd Advel‘tls =lie he people of Washing- | coma for the reorsanization of the man | tions toward peace in Central sioners and the people 2 e e lton, S Commissioners Caster D e O s e | DVblle the Sashiogton governmes is Vi i ceupi e orm W e | e n e cl el E , e - ° ! v Nt is a vital factor in the eco- lerjoscupledsoin: added. | probably Wil not be ditect partel nomic management of the |*{*iqdition to Mrs. Ma«l‘)urllumd.}{he “Thous s of neople in our churches | pant in he conference. it seems like 5 ; q rs. Ru- | are dyine today of religious gout.” said | Iy that all o wation and home and a powerful factor |unveiling was aitended by T S Willie MeKelvey of Philadelphia | agencies of the United States will I dolph nad Mrs. Oyster. Hope of Greater Tilbute. . Noyes, in his speech of presen- talt‘ilt';n. Oyiced the hope that Wash- ington soon would erect a more elab- orate Macfarland memorial, one that Would give expression to the public regard for the former Commissioner. %l am peculiarly and gratifyingly honored by selection to represent Mrs. Macfarland in presenting to the city during the course of an address urg- ing the ministers to greater effort in evangelistic work. “Tney are listening to sermons and never turning a finger to_put them into effect.” He urged that_a_certain perlod in (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) BONAR LAW TAKES UP | PROBLEMS OF IRELAND put at the disposal of the conferees In addition the fact that the confer- ence is to be held in Washington is expected to go 1ar toward preventing 4 rupture on any point until evers possibility of adjustment has & hausted. | TOQUIT CONGRESS. i in the successful promotion of.business. It enables every one to purchase the essentials as weil as the luxuries of life at lowest cost. Advertising Local Display Vare Will Enter Race for Plac= i | Macfarland’s memory of his belove i Lines. i in the highest, fin- | i wife, his helpmeet in the highest, Pennsylvania Legislature. S\mdafi Stlar. lgé’gg(l) o her e Treiing e to make | Discusses Affairs Today With Head | PHILADELPHIA. October 24—Rey) -Same day last year ortrait presentation Mrs. Mac. esentative Willlam S. Vare of the Y y! 150 this pa Speaksowith approval of the of the Irish Provisional |‘r‘"‘t Fennayivania dietrict” yesterdus o ist's work. e says: ‘I have ha v minated as the tepublican Gain ..ocoeen.... 24,721 |artist's worl | Government. A ione the Pennsvlvania state A portrait of Mr. Macfarland painted for candidate by Wallace Bryant to present to the | BY the Associated Press. renate to fill the vacancy created by Circulation’ overnment. ' * ¢ * The, [ONDON, October 24.—Pri; _|the death of his brother Edwin H © O] District 1eimtentionally of the period | DO et o eame Min- | el Who was the republican leader day St 00481 |5¢ Mr. Macfarland's life when hellster Bonar an conference | ;¢ Py jladelphia. Senator Vare died Sunday Star.......... 90, 2 i District, 1900-1910, amd so | today with William T. Cosgrave, | a werk ugo. a the Sepresents him as he was then. I1am entirely satisfied with it and trust | * Representative Vare gave out a state- ead Irish provisional Vi - 1o of ene = BONETn- | ment that it was too late to resign ment, with regard to Irish affairs. Same day lastl year... 89,209 i H T " Lis seat in the House so as to have Gain ......i..... 1272 |thathis friends Wi be So% Ny pic-| A colonial office announcement |his succemsor elected at the Novem: S tured Mr. Macfarland as of the age | read: ber election. but added be would The latest newspaper cen- |When he was Commissioner, in char-| «In view of the change In the gov- | leave Congress at the end of the year S0 as to take his seat in the state senate, if elected, on the first Tuesday in January. Mr. Vare maid his reason in leaving Congress to seek a Seat in the Penn- sylvania senate was to carry forward the legislative policies he knew hix brother had in wind. His second Teason. he nddnd. was to spend more time with Lis famil istic pose, a speaking likeness, ::;::hlly li’n eyes and mouth. What other spot could be more appropriate for the placing of Mr. Macfarland's portrait than the boardroom of the District building, with the craation of which he was so conspicuously iden- tified? Its erection was one of the (Continued o I'age 4, Column 3.) sus shows that the circulation of The Star, daily and Sun- day, in the Homes of Wash- ington is practically double that of its nedrest cotempo- rary. 3 ernment arrangements were made at the beginning of the week for a meeting between Mr. Bonar Law and Mr. Cosgrave, head of the Irish gov- ernment. The meeting took place this morning. Mr. Cosgrave was accompanied by K. O'Higgins, secre- tary of home affairs, and Hugh Ken- nedy, law officer.” e ¢