Evening Star Newspaper, January 3, 1923, Page 2

2 - EFFORT TO DICTATE TOSCHOOLSIS SEEN Officials to Go Before D. C. Heads Demanding Beauty Course Appropriation. 5 ) WOULD UPHOLD “RIGHTS” Asserted Commissioners Try to Mold Policies by Controlling Purse Strings. Construing the refusal of the D trict Commissioners to grant the ap- propriation of $331.25 for the purchase of supplies for the course in manicur- ing. shampooing, hairdressing and massaging at the O Street Vocational School for girls as an attempt to dictate the educational policies of the board of education, school officials are ‘Planning to go before that body at its meeting this afternoon and insist that some action be taken which will allow to conduct the class in Leauty instruction. The schoo! oflicials contend that the constituted them Commissioners huve the authority to control the pol- feles of the school board and that, in doing s0, as in this case, they are not only dictating educational pol- ictes, but are retarding educational progress. In this counection they re-emphasized the need of legislation which will give the school board complete financial independence. Had the board been constituted with the ntrol school nppr’o- H o but, the priations, it was pointed out, the present controversy over the beauty ‘eourse would not have arisen. Only Course Open. the board 11 power to action which toward conunuing course, which was started in aber conjured in the minds of the officials today, is to retain in the school service the teacher ap- pointed give the instruction and funds for the E tes from other sources. On the other hand, It was explained, such acs tion will give the auditor at the end of the current month an opportunity %o rule that the teacher is not legally Ued to her salary. If the auditc should make such a ruling. it ®ald, the board probably would su mit to the controller general for final decision the broad guestion &s to the legality of the C in dictating the educationa of the school governing body Twice the Commismloncrs rned down the requitition t el Board for the appropriation for the beauty course supplies on the zround that the course itself i super- ficial and that the purchuse of the requisite massage creams, shampoo- ing oil, cosmetics, etc. would be u Teelees eapenditure of public funds. Despite their action, Gurnet €. Wil- kinson, assistant superiutew in aharge of colored schools, said today that his pos'tion as strongly fn fu of the course has not been movel Need for Training. the necessary have Mr. Wilkinson pointed out that there is a demand for such a course ! in the colored schools, and as the purpose of the schools i& to provide in the way of cducation the community tinued. e Me cited figures showing that 3 woamen in Washington come under the c.acsification of “femule barbers, . therefore, thers 1s need for s on in the The whole questic of the Commissioners educatio board revol report of Supt. I'r hich he complained responsibility for educat! ington DiMculties “The board of education have exclusive authority report. “Authority a d responsibilit tor appropriations, for leg and for administration are divided, in varying degrees. among the board of education, board of ( of the District and officers, the bureau of subcommittee on appropriations of the House and Senate und finall course, Congress itself und the P dent of the United Stutes “Under the system of divided au- thority and responsibility for edu- cation It is practically impossible to establish a systematic policy or a systematic what fustrue Pointed Out. ¢ | Butternut n toners subordinate » budget and vears.” EDWARD P. THOMAS DIES AT BELMONT, MARYLAND ROCKVILLE, Md.. January 3.——12d- ward P. Thomas, one of the leading citizens of western Marvland, dled early today at his home, Belmont, near Ednor, this county, aged sev- onty-nine years. He was stricken while in bed and died half an hour later, heart disease being given as the cause. He attended to busines: as usual yesterday and when he re- tired last evening appeared to be in Zood health and spirits. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Mary Bentley Thomas., and the fol- lowing children: Mrs. George B. Far- quhar and Mra. Nathan Wafle of Washington, and Miss Mary E, R. Bentley, E. Clifton and Samuel P. Thomas, all of this county. He also lesves two sisters, Mrs. Benjamin IL Miller and Mrs_Granville Farquhar of this county. The funeral will take place 2:30 o'clock tomorrow after- noon from the meetihg house of the Soclety of Friends at Sandy Spring. burial to be in the Friends' cemetery there. Mr. Thomas was & son of the late Samuel Thomas and was a lifelong resident of th For more than twenty of his death he was president of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Montgomery County and for many Tears was irector of the Sandy Spring _ Savi stitution. For a long time he was a successful farmer and frult raiser, specializing in ap- ples. BURSUM PENSION MEASURE VETOED (Centinued from First Page.) sible burden of this sweeping pr vielon seems worthy of serious con- sideration. Frankly, I do not recog- nise any public obligation to pension women who now, neariy sixty years After the civil war, become the wives of veterans of that war, *The government has so many d fenders to whom generous treatment is due that Congress will find it neces- sary to consider all phases of our ob- ligations when making provision for one group. 'he compensation paid to the wid- ows of world war veterans, those who shared the shock and sorrow of the confiiot, amounts to §24 per month, It would be indefensible to insist on that Iimitation upon actual war widows, if we &re to $600 per year to widows whe marry Veterans sixty years after tie edvil ” the mmissioners policies of thel wants, it should be con- | educational | nancial pol- Tey and carry it out over a period of | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, : 1923, CRAMTON IS FRIENDLY PLANS "D" AND “A" FOR THE M STREET ENTRANCE TO THE GEORGETOWN BRIDGE TO CAPITAL, SAYS SHINN Representative Cramton, “chairman of the House subcommittee on appro- priations, ~“is_friendly to- the sapital and has given unstintingly of his time and labor in its behalf, orge C. Shinn, chairman of the'committee on streets and @venues of the Washing- ton Baard of’ Trade, declared in a statement today. Mr. Shinn issued the statement to correct reports that Representative Cramton manifested an unfavorable attitude toward the ap- propriations for the needs of the streets. Mr. Shinn described the reports as “unwarranted and tinfortunate.” “Our committee has been very courteously received by Mr. Cramton,” the state- ment read, “and we know that he is and has been giving his whole time to the huge task of framing the re- port of that subcommittee in appro- priations for the District:- Mr, Cram- ton is friendly to the capital, and has given unstintingly of his time and labor in its behalf. I think this ex- planation, so far as our committee is concerned, i due Mz, Cramton.” DIM LIGHTS PERIL LIFE IN D. C. STREETS _(Continued from First Page.) the general practice of policemen to order automobilists to dim lights simply because they are bright. There are many streets,in the Dis- trict where the lights are in need of replacement with more eflicient sys- tems. Many of the lights are of low candlepower, and of gas, the mantles of which frequently become smoked, thus cutting down the illumination materiaily. The bureau of the budget sent to Congress this year a request for un appropriation of $472,000 for pur- chase, maintenance and installation of public lamps, an increase of $42,000 over last vear, and another appr priation of $35,000 for replacing gas lamps and fixtures and older and less effective electric lamps and fixtures. This is an increase of $15,000 over that of last year. ©Old Gas Lamps in Use. Sixth street, between Fiorida ave- nue and the steamboat wharves, a much used thoroughfare since it paved from Virginia avenue south. Is lighted by the old and ineffective gas lamps. In many places it is difi- cult to distinguiish objects far enough ahead of un automobile travellng within the speed limit 20 bring it to la stop in time to prevent accider Sherman svenue from Florida av. nue to Park road, a thorougl carrving heavy trafiic to Maryland Petworth, Takoma Park sections to the north, 1s dimly light- ed with gas lamps, which should be replaced with a modern elect system. with lamps closer together. A number of accidents are on the re ord. caused by the dim lights wh Imukes it difficult to distinguis vehicles coming out of side stre {into this thoroughfare. ew Hampshire avenue from Park lroad to Georgia avenue is in much ithe same conditien Th particul: isection is traversed by two bus Ii jand the traffic is exceedingly Leav { Nvarly every automobile driver t !versing this section usges headlights | tor tire sole purnose of avolding {dents. Replacing of this svstem wi i modern lights of greuter candlepo jthan the old was lumips would ma | unnecessary for thore driving | e it for using bright Hghts corzia Avemue Dim. avenus from New Hamp- is lighted by lamps on the poles supporting the electric wires. While they’ aré close to- gether, they are of low candlepower and located so close to the roles at the top that they cause deep and con- ! fusing shadows to be cast. road, feeding Take ! Purk, from the Georgla avenue tho Geors! shire north oughfare | incand. 1t lamps. pluced some dis- . In the summer th ves of the trees prevent these ghts from throwing their rays for wreal distance and make the roud- Ou this sume road from street to Blair road and lutter thorouglifare for u i aistan of approximately a thou- 1 sand ¥ s from the District line are {gus lumpe. dim and get, back in the {roadway where the rays are hidden trees and shrubbery. This makes cult to The last thousand th line are ur ! way dark. |along the District 1. aska avenue from Georgia avenue s intersection with 16th street is lighted with incandescent lamps on one side of the street only. This street also s much used by auto- obile traflic, and, although one cu fairly well, many automobiles {find It necessary to use bright lghts. { Sixteenth street from this point to from the latter street south electric lamps are close together, but they are not as bright as they should be for the heavy traffic wlhich uses it. One of the poorly lighted streets which was traversed last night was New Hampshire avenue from 16th and U streets to Washington Circle. The street, though not dark, is poorly lighted, for the reason that the lamps are located close to the large trees which line this thoroughfare on both sides. They take up the rays and deep shadows are cast, which aggra- vate the conditions. In several spots it was found wise to use headlights for safety. The lights showed up at their best last night, for a bright moon helped considerably to brighten the high- way: NOT A'DRY EYE IN D. C. BUILDING AS POLICE MOVE ALL TO TEARS (Continued from Fist Page.) partments in overcoming cornered fu- gitives, was displaying » tear-gas gun to Maj. Sulllvan when he opened the nozzie for just an instant, But even In that brief moment the tears egan to flow as the gas drifted up the corridor. Nor did the police of- ficlals themselves escape. r, when 21l other eves were dry and sniffling clerks were_settling back to work Inspector Pratt's eyes resembled lumps of red-hot coal. The weapon {s the invention of Capt, L. M. McBride, in the chemical warfare service, and s being con- sidered for adoption by the police dopartment, It is sald to be an im- provement over the gas bomb, which was used by detectives last week to ove! ywer & woman who threatened to do herself bodily harm with & kntte if the officers attempted to en. er. b | i | Gun Has Many Features. Capt, McBride's gas gun. {8 not un- like a huge revolve It has two large barrels, one fllled with gas and the other with compressed air to force the fumes from the nozzle, According to Inspector gun will force the i thirty fe One of | lient - tures s that the nozazle may be placed against the keyhole of a door in order to overcome a barricaded person with- out entering the room. Another fea- ture is that the nossle m as soon as the fugitive has been ren- dered helpless. Inspector Pratt pointed out that when a gas bomb is thrown into the room its entire contents are used up. The inI{octur said he has recom- mended the purchase of the gas gun for the local pollca and other | cars | !to run the danger of being arrested | 1s electrically lighted with }L Madison street is without lights, and | This illustration shows the plan “D” advocated by the bridges com. mittee of the Washington Board Trade. The committee belleves that with the w rondway provided by thix plan, and the park, traffic con- westion ut this point can be mate- rially relieved. | FRENCH SPURN BRITISH | PLAN ON REPARATIONS st Page.) M STREET % 3 8y (Continued from cuss reparations with France during | e autumn is attributed to the de-' to determine Turkish peace av a question apart from western Euro- pean controversies. ] eXpiration the German mora. and the i rman repara 500,000,000 gol murks on January 15 obliged M, Bonar Law to agree to the London {meeting in December, and its resump- tion yesterday. In the meantime the ! negotiations at Lausanne are drag- | ging; thus the two sets of negotia- tions have become interrelated. Delay Turk Peace. Premier asked Camille | Barrere, the principal French dele- | ¢ Lausanne, shortly before » delay settlement of the t of the tions nt ot Poincare would take in the Paris council. M. Barrere, although he appears to have | resented notes and telegrams gent to him on this subject from the forelgn office, has contributed it is said here, to the delays at Lausanne. Ismet Pasha is represented hav- {ing perceived quickly that something ! had chunged in the intimacy between rd Curson and M. Barrere, and at ionce Ismet Pasha became stiffer iu | { his tone, and is believed to be awalt- ing results at Paris to guide him in hix final recommendations to the An- gora government i Promier Polncare gav ner at the Qual d’Orsuy last ulght in honor of the conference. The hand- shake of Premier Poincare and Bonar Law in the conference is described as « rather perfunctory affair. None of ithe pleasantries in which Lloyd George and Briand indulged enlivened { the proceedings of the meeting. no set speeches at M. Polr er, although there was | plenty sest conversation, but what the French call “the contagious warmth of banquets” did little to dis- {pel the prevailing gloom. LONDON PRESS UNEASY. state din- | Indorses Reparations Scheme, But | Fears France Won't Agree. DBy the Assoclated Press. LONDON, January 3.—>Most of the| morning newspapers indorse the| British reparations scheme as pre-! sented at Paris yesterday, but the) wide divergence of the proposals from | the French plan awakens fears in some quarters lest an agreement| prove impossible and the conference| fail. i “The Italian plan is not reviewed in-| asmuch as full detalls of it have not| et been received. i ¥ The Times thinks that the British proposals are remarkably comprehen- slve and congratulates the government. The newspaper recognizes, however, the broad gulf between the British and French viewpoints, and admits the| possibility that a conflict of opinions, may lead to a collapse of the entente. The Times is reiuctant, however, to regard this as probable, believing that the spirit of reasonableness is gain-, ing ground and that the present con- ference holds more hope than any of | its predecessors. The Telégraph ears that the British | plan represents the boldest attempt yet made to break away from the conven- tional treatment of the reparations question and substitute therefor a business scheme. Regarded as Ingenlous, .The Post is of the opinion that the propos are elaborate and ingenious and “granted certain conditions, might possibly be made to work.” - The news- paper contends that the question of whether an agreement can be reached between France and Great Britain de- pends upon the attitude of Germany, “If the Germans would show good will all would be easy; but they have not shown good wili and have behaved like fraudulent bankrupts,” the P adds, The Morning Chronicle, the Daliy News and the Westminster Gazette concur in applauding the British - scheme as nest, honest, praotica- ble, reasonable and generous, but all strees the importance of the question of how France will act. = “If thess two fundamentally differ- ent propositions can be harmonized without producing a mnegativ therefore, a dangerous result, be_a miraci says the News. The Mail declares that the British ?lln is ingenious, but expresses the sar that it will only lead to fresh German evasions. s _newspaper frankly prefers the Freneh acheme, which it thinks 1s moderate ang prac- tieable, A “It is fairly obvious that France will now act alone,” the Mall asserts, “and we fear the conference may cdme to a swift and unfortunat mination. The situation thus created is extremely grave.” ————ne “As fast as the wind” may' mean anything from oight miles per hour, ‘which i8 a *light air,” to ninety miles per hour, a terrible hurricans, o ter-. oved by Commissioner Keller. AMERICA’S HAND SEEN AS GUIDING LAUSANNE PARLEY | _ (Continued from First Page.) Pasha. head of the Turkish delega- | .(ion to the near east conference, sald last night that he had no confirma- tion of reports reaching Lausanne by way of London that a revolution had broken out in Mosul. Although the Turkish delegates still insisted the conference was in deli- | cate situation, & more hopeful feeling prevalled .among the other delega- tions, some of whose represenetatives predicted that peace would be signed at Lausanne within three weeks. The developments indicate that the alifes are sceking to counterbalance the pessimistic prognostications of the Turks by pointing out that real | progress has been made questions and that the not at all_desperate. The co-ordina- tlon committee Is actively at work drafting a preliminary treaty. Every One Nervous. on many situation is The fact seems to be that every- | body is exceedingly nervous and anx- | fously awaiting the developments of the Parls reparations conference and the debate in the Angora assembly. An attempt to settle the question of the patriarch did not succeed. The Greeks suggested the appointment of the grand vicar of Constantinople, who, with the patriarch remaining as the religlous leader, would take over all administrative matters, but the Turks were opposed. One of the English delegates, voio- ing the sentiment of the Anglican Church, opposed the deportation of {the Greek patriarch from Constanti- nople, saying that it was unjust to strike a blow at the spiritual juris- diction of the patriarch as primate of the orthodox church and as chief of ;m orthodox Greek Church in Tur- ey. This question will be considered again at a later session. v READY FOR WAR. Greek Generalissimo Seeks Peace, .But Carries Sword. By the Assoctated Press, ATHENS; January 3.—In an Inter- view yesterday with regard to the possible fallure of the near east conference at Lausanne, Gen, Panga- los, .the 'new generallssimo of “the Greék army, said; i “We go to the frent with an olive branch in one hand and & sword in the other. It is true we want peace, but we must be ready for war, It will be Impossible to accept any new humiliations, and we have the neces- sary strength to defend the rights of Greeee,” ' REVOLT REPORT UNTRUE. LONDON, January 8.—The colonial office this evening declared that the reports originating 1u Constantinople of a revolution in Mosul were un- The present Pope Plus XI once studied at Bodlelan Library. Oxford, and spent some time in Lo: Man- chester and other English cities. Scaca somews 20 Kwr. The bridges committee believes that with the narrow loner Keller rejected plan “D” on the score that REV. H. B. PHELPS ILL SIX WEEKS, SUCCUMBS | Vicar of Holy Comforter Chapel, Appointed Last May, Came Here From Connecticut. Rev. Hamtlton B. Phelps, vicar of the Chapel of the Holy Comforter, & mis- | sion of St Paul's Eplscopal Church, Rock Creek parish, died this morning | at his residence, 5712 Georgia avenue northwest, after an illness of about six | weeks. He was treated at the Epis- copal Lye, 1lar and Throat Hospital, and returned to the vicarage about | three weeks ago. He was a native of New York city, and was appointed to_the Chapel of the Holy Comforter last May, coming from Trinity Church, Thomaston, Conn. He 1§ survived by a widow daughter, who will remain the vicarage for the present. Funeral services will be conducted by the Bishop of Washington at the Chapel of the Holy Comforter, tomor- row evening, at § o'clock. Interment will be in Brooklyn, N. Y. The Epis- copal clergy of Washington, as well as the friends of the deceased, are invited to be present at the service tomorrow evening. at e GERMANS MAY NOT PRESENT PROPOSALS (Continued from First Page.) quisites for a war of revenge which Poincare once more suggests as an estabiished fact, are wholly lacking tn Germany, as is also the phychic attitude essential thereto among the preponderance of the mass of the German people unless Franca s de- termined to create a war of her own accord, A change In Germany's constitution, as well that of France, would be necessitated if the German proposal were accepted, he pointed out, yet, if the question of guaranteeing peace were at stake, the legislative bodles in Germany certainly would not be opposed to such constitutional amend- ment. M. Poincare himself, Mr. Rosenberg sald, agreed that article X of the covenant of the league of nations did not make ‘the proposed pact su- perfluous, in that the French premier had called attention to the fact that Germany was not bound under article X, since she was not a member of the league of nations. Request Called False. “This much Is certai Baron Ven Rosenberg continued hat, accord- ing to Poincare's advices to the con- ference of premieres, the French news agency report yesterday declaring that the German proposal was neither transmittad to ¥rance nor rejected by France was false, Poincare himself affirms that he recelved the proposal and rejected it “His accompanying defamations and asplrations charging that every German action Is & clumsy maneuver, a trap and a dangerous hypocracy obviously intended to cloak the fact that our proposal was not met with objective consideration and that the ol tion te it cannot logically detended by him. 4 nd young | MRS. SOL SMITH RUSSELL DIES AT WINTER HOME Widow of Noted Actor Will Be | Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mrs. Alice A. Russell, widow of Sol Smith Russell, the famous actor, died on New Year day at Camden, S. | € where for thie past fourteen years she had made her winter home. The body arrived in Washington _this morning and will be interred in Rock Creek cemetery beside that of her husband, following funeral services, at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, at | Speare’s_ chapel. Mrs. Russell was in her sixty-ninth ar. The cause of her death. which was quite sudden, was heart failure. She is survived by a son, Robert Rus- sell, connected with the General Elec- tric’ Company, Schenectady, N. Y., and |w daughter, who is the wife of Com- mander R.'S. Fuller, U, S. N., and who resides in Boston, Mass. There has in the past been much contusion, owing to similarity of Inames in the family of the well | known comedian. Sol Smith Russell, |who ranked among the foremost | cemedians of the American stage, and was idolized by theatergoers of two jand more decades ago, was named for an uncle, Sol Smith, who was also a theatrical man. This uncie had a json Sol Smith, first cousin of the famous Sol Smith Russell. The cous- a few years ago, all over the country spread the statement that it was “Mrs. Sol Smith Russell.” The real Mrs. Sol Smith Russell was never an actress, Mrs. Russell was the eldest daugh- ter of Willlam T. Adams, whose many Jjuvenile books, written under the Den-name of “Oliver Optic,” have been read by miilions of young Americans. The late comedian's first wife was Louisa - Berger, a sister of Fred S. Berger, formerly of Washington, where he manage! the Columbia Theater for many yvars, and now at ‘Warrenton, Va. Foilowing the death of his first wife, Mr. Russell mar- ried Miss Adams in 1876. The emi- nent actor dled in Washington in 1902, following a breakdown in his health while on tour. —_— GIVES MANY MEALS. American Relief in Russia Serves 1,482,716,970 Repasts. MOSCOW, January 3.—A review of the vear's work of the American Rellef Administration in Russia shows that it Was the greatest single task of feeding destitute\ human beings in the history of the world, according to an announce- ment by the organization. During the year 1482,716,970 meals were served, those fed ‘inciuding both children and ults. and news writers SEARCH FOR BERGDOLL. PROVIDENCE, 1.; January 3.—Fed- eral officers yesterday searched the steamer Asia of the Fabre line, which ® | arrived from Marseille, for Grover Cleve- land Bergdall, drat evader. The 161 engers and seventy-five mombers of ‘crow ner were exami Rt dividually,- but puid ot b found. in's wife, who was also an actor, died | erroneously | Bergdoll could not be|C - TIGER, GRAPEFRUIT ADDICT, ORDERS BOX EVERY TWO WEEKS ORLANDO, Fla., January 3.—Georges Clemenceau, former premier of France, fell 50 in love with Florida grapefruft while in this country recently that he arranged for regular shipments to Parls until the close of the season, according to an order received by a local citrus fruit concern from its New York office. The Tiger instructed that one box be shipped to him every two weeks. MARYLAND DENIES WKOIN WARRANT Ritchie Rules Requisition Not Based on Actual Knowl- edge of Alleged Crime. BALTIMORE, Ma., January 3.—The next move in the return to Loulsiana of Dr. B. M. McKoin, arrested here a week ago on the charge of murder, following the discovery of the bodies of Thomas Richards and Watt Daniels in Lake La Fourche, near Mer Rouge, is expected from Gov. John M. Parker. Says Warrant Insufficient. Gov. Ritchie of this state telegraph- ed the Louisiana executive yesterday that he refused to recognize the | requisition for Dr. McKoin, inasmuch { s the affidavits were based “on in- formation &nd belief” and not by any one who has any personal know jof the alleged crime.” He = , ! however, he would hold the physi- i cian “for a reasonable time in order 1o glve the Louisiana authorities the | opportunity to submit competent af- fidavits.” v. Ritchie’s telegram follows: “Hon. John M. Parker, Governor of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, La.: “After examining the requisition papers in the McKoin case, 1 do not think that they are sufficient for the reason that the affidavits are made on information and belief and not by any one who has any personal knowl- edge of the alleged crime. Both the law and practice are clear in re- quiring this. Hold Him Awbile. “I the case comes to trial before me my decision will accordingly be not to grant requisition at this time, but 1 will hold McKoin for a reaso; able time in order to give Louisiana authorities the opportunity to submit competent aflidavit. Dr. McKoin, while insisting on his extradition rights, nevertheless, advises me through his counsel that he is quite willing fo return to Louisiana vol- untarily, but he cannot do so until he is released by the court “He would like your deputy officers to acompany him back to Louisiana. ‘Will you consent to his release so that he may return to Lousiana, and will you authorize your deputy officers to accompany him'there. If you are will- ing to do this he wants to leave to- morrow. (Signed) H “ALBERT C. RITCHIE, | “Governor of Maryland. | Detectives Confer. ! Glynn and Calhoun conferred with { Assistant State’s Attorney Gaylor Lee { Clark. They would not make any state- { ment for publication. Neither the Louisiana officers nor Mr. Clark would comment on the report that _efforts would be made to return { Dr. McKoin on the charge of slaving {Dr. K. P. Thom at Galion, near Mer Rouge, in 1916. Dr. McKoin was ex- | onerated of blame for that affair, but i the widow of Dr. Thom was said to be |nresumg action in Loulsiana. H Old Charge Revived. i . On his part Dr. McKoin ithat he would ]!I!Ht case were brought up in con- nectlon with the present one. He de- {clared that he shot in seif-defense, {having been warned that Dr. Thom ihad threatened to kill him on sight {Dr. Thom had him of in- !fringing on I a report, i Dr. McKoin said, “no more true than the present char st me.” Attorney Carman said today that he probably’ would apply to the courts for & writ of habeas corpus, provided Gov. Parker consented to the pro- |posal of Dr. McKoin for his volun- {tary return sent through Gov. Ritchie | yesterday. The writ hearing, how- {ever. would be only a formal matter jallowing the former mayer of Mer | Rouge his official release.” - { i has said not be surprised if COURSE UP TO COCO. {Gov. Parker May Take Additional ! ' Steps to Get McKoin. | By the Associated Pre { "BATON ROUGE, La.. Junuary Gov. Parker will put up to Attorney General Coco the question of the | proper lcgal procedure to bring about i the return of Dr. B. M. McKoin, held { &t Baltimore for alleged complicity lin the murder of Watt Danlels and Thomas F. Richards in Morehouse | parish. The governor announced he wouid | take this course after he received {& telegram from Gov. Albert c. { Ritchie” of Maryland in which the Marylani executive held that the affidavits sent with the requisition for the extradition of Dr. McKoin dfd not conform to Maryland laws. | CAVALRY IN MER ROUGE. | By the Associated Press. BASTROP, L Jennings Cavalry Troop of the Louise lana National Guard. reached Mer Rouge this morning, where it went into camp. The horses will arrive this afternoon, and it was pointed out no important steps in connection with the Morehouse kidnaping Investiga- tions would be taken until the arrival of the mounts. One cuggestion was th ry might be used to aid civil authori- ties in making predicted arrests. Rains of the last week have put some. 1 of the roads in the parish in such bad { condition that in some sections it is virtually impossible to travel over them in automobiles. The whereabouts of Teegerstrom was still sald to be unknown, Clar- ence V. Teegerstrom, brother of the missing bov, said at Monrae ast night that Harold had escaped from his captors and was hiding. Clarence said jhe had received a message from Har- old saying he was safe and would communicate later. He said the mes- sage came to him from a friend who saw Harold Sunday. Ho believed the young man had left Louisiana, but could not substantiate a report that he had returned to his old home in Erle, Pa. “I know that Harold was taken out by a number of men,” sald Teeger- strom, “because he sent word to me to that effect. “He slipped away from them after he had been browbeaten and bull- dozed, scantily clad and nearly frozen by the cold, and he spent all of Fri- day night in an cid shack. The next morning he secured a pair of shoes from' a countryman and got his breakfast at a farmhouse. He con- tinued in hiding all _that day and slept at a farmhouse Saturday night, and on Sunday he got in touch with Henry Jcnes, saw mill man of More- house Parish, an old friend, and was made comfortable. “He left sometime Sunday, and I have since not been able to locate him.” | January 3.—The the caval- | | i No New Warrants. warrants in addition to- those ~~aj=at T. J Burnett, in jail here, and Dr. B. M. McKoin, now detained in | buitiaore, charged with murder in connection . with the kidnaping and slaying of Watt Danlels and Thomas Richards last August, have been’ is- sued. On’the whole, developments largely are awalting the arrival of Attorney eneral Coco and his assistants, who will conduct the open hearing. _Mr. cted- to- arrive from New today or tonight, - OLD REVENUE LAWS UPHELD BY COURT Supreme Tribunal Rules Dry/ Act of 1921 Does Not Af» fect Former Ones. The Supreme Court yesterday re dered a decision covering three cas: which challenged efforts of the go ernment to use old internal reven laws in the enforcement of prohibie tion. Omne of the cases came froma Missouri, another from Arlzona and a third from Ohlo. The court held that the supples, mental prohibition enforcement act of November I3, 1921, from the time it went into effect, “had the same operation as if, instead of saying th: the laws referred to (in it) shall con« itinue in force, it had enacted them in terms.” Failed to Register Still, The United States district court for eastern Missouri sustained objections to an indictment under which the gov ernment sought to prosecute Chri Hoff Stafoff. alias Chris Elioff, and | one other, for violation of the internal( revenue laws by failing to register : still and having mash fixed for dis- tillation on premises other than a dis tillery. The federal court’for the Arizona district sustained the prosecution of James L. Brooks under the internal revenue laws on the same and add tional charges, but the ninth circu: court of appeais refused to pass upo: the case until it obtained instructior from the Supreme Court as t whether certain internal revenue pe alties, imposed when the manufa ture and salo of intoxicating liqu for beverage purposes was permitted. were operative under national pro- hibition. Failed to Pay Taxes. The third case against George Rc- mus, Harry F. Brown, George Cor ners and others, charged with violat ing the inf al revenue laws b failing to pay taxes imposed upon rectifiers, whclesale and retall dea ers, was decided against the gover: ment_in the district court for south- ern Ohio. Holding that the act of November 23, 1921, had the effect of reviving certain ' internal enue sections which had been passed when the mar ufacture of intoxicating liquor was not permitted, the court found tha: certain offenses charged under ther had been committed during the i: terim between national prohibitio and November 23, 1921, could not L- prosecuted. The court’s action was to affirm t decislon of the lower court in the Missourl case and to affirm some counts and reverse others in both th« Arizona and Ohlo cases. HUMES CASE WITNESS ASKS LIMITED DIVORCE Mrs. Marjorie 8. Pilson of Chevy Chase Charges Desertion and De- mands Custody of Children. Special Di ch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md. January Mrs. Marjorie Sabin Pilson of Chev Chase, this county, who was a prom nent witness in the celebrated Gra ham-Humes alienation suit, recentlx tried in Washington, and was under stood to ba a warm personal friend o Mrs. Humes, is the plaintif in a su for a limited divorce from Edwin b Pilson of Washington, which wa- filed in the circuit court here yester day afternoor ie Is represented b: Attorney Johi A Garrett of iock Ville. According to were married i the bill, the coupic Washington in Ju 1907, by Rev. Donald C. McLeod, i lived together tiere and in the stat of Oregon, taklug up their residenc. at Chevy 'Chase in . s that on Hving at Chev deserted her home of h the court tie coupl &.. Elaine P > | thirteen, nine and eight years, respect ively. | nt to live at . Pilson ask custody of —_— {LIBEL CASE DECISION REVERSED BY COURT The United States Supreme Cou: yesterday reversed the decision of th circuit court of appeals for the fourtl circuit In the case of the Colonia! Beach Company vs. the Quemahoning Coal Company and Coale & Co. The case came before the court on & wrif of certiorari, directed fo the circui court of appeals for the fourth cir. cuit to review its action in affirmin a decree of tha United States distric court for the castern district of Vi {ginia, enforcing maritime liens for supplies furnished the vessel & Johns. The action was begun by libel of the Quemahoning Coal Company file: i December 9, 1619. In this proceedin: Coale & Co., a corporation, intervener The district judge filed no opiniou but sustained the libels against th vessel and awarded decrees in favo of both libelants for the value of the supplies. The circult court of appeals by divided court_aflirmed the distr court's decrees for the libellant and this decree was today reversed. ————— TAXPAYERS UPHELD IN REHEARING PLEA Tax payers whose propertv ‘is as- sessed at a higher relative value than other property in the taxing unit are entitled to have their demands for « reduction of taxes considered, eve: though such action is not provided for by law, the Supreme Court held yesterday in passing on an appea brought by the Sioux City Bridgc Company against Dakota county, Ne braska. The case was considered of importance to bridge companies and state taxing boards. * The bridge company contended its property was assessed at 100 per cent or more of its true value, Whils other property in Dakota county was assessed at only 65 per cent. The Supreme Court sent the case back to the lower court to have It determined whether there was dis- crimination and if so te have Wdis- crimination removed so that ther would be uniformi [ S PRESIDENT CABLES HAIT: Felicitates Republic on Anniver- - sary of Freedom. President Harding extended vorglal wishes to the Haitlan government for its prosperity in cablegrams dis- patched yesterday to Philippe Dar- tiquenave, president of Haiti. On this happy occasion of the an- niversary of the Independence of Haiti,” President Harding said, *1 extend in my own name and in be- half of the American people hearty felicitations and cordial wishes for great prosperity for your fellow countrymen.” e The Turkish style commission has decreed that dresses worn by tho women of that country shall not bo more than Weven inches off the ground.