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r ~ 2 Coue’s Plan Cure THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, - JANUARY 18, 1923. IMINE KILLING CASE HARVEY“MAKES Fowler Thinks BU".ERS IN SI]HUU CEREMOY AT FRNKLIN STATUE I,VIARKS" | ’ MEE"NB MAY ENE— ' GOOD” AS ENVOY Eyed Askance in 1921 by Both British and Americans, He Is Respected Now. PRESIDENT IS GRATIFIED Mission in Washington Was “to Give U. S. “Close Up"” on Debt Parley Here. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. When George Brinton McClellan Harvey was appointed ambassador to cat Britain in April, 1921, there were {nnumerable headshakings in E Washington. Col. to the United months at the S returned States, after twenty court of St. James, to receive the o bestows tkose who worthily de her administration has said to him: “Well done, good and faithful servant.” He will return to London thoroughly tified in the of President rding, and mem- including, among who depiored and his appointment 1 unanimity that ade good.” Sus- was called home in to be retired never had the shadow ot foundation. Harding Happy at Record. No onc is happier over Ambassador y honor men posed is virtu has {ot the bo rd in Great Britaln than | Harding himself. When rvey was attached to the front. porch cabinet at Marion, in the sum 1 along with George now ciate justice of eme Court, no one’s counsel d in influence with the re- nominee_that of the hard- editor of Harvey reward the with thing as stined Broadly wdered an thought Le wai The stor e vice—th. speakin thing particularly fitted for. that he suggested post in the diplomatic mbassadorship to Great Hritain—was something that would lize @ time ambition, He was n 1 on both_ancestral sides. As a partner in Harper & Bros. for fifteen he had been in ac- tual business in Loudon, and visited that metropolis annually for many vear: He had ready-made ties tmong the statesmen and intellec- tuals of the Georgian era—both King- orgiun and David Lloyd-Georgian. Ile had been a consistent believer in the allied cause long before America entered the world war. He liever had been ashamed to admit that, in case of an international . ency, he hoped American and h guns “would shoot the same language. Office Was Promised. Mr. Harding promised that if the pppointment was within his gift, Har- vey should go to London. In Florida, on’ the eve of the President-eleot's nauguration, it became definitely known that the nomination was only & matter of weeks There was & howl and a yowl from anti-Harvey auarters all over the country. “Wilsonjans joined loudest ‘in the alt. They had plenty of repub- Tican company. Certain G. O. P. lead- -rs were among the dissenters, al- though they did most of their object- ing in private. Some of them went 80 far us to assert the Harvey ap- polntment was ‘“the most unfortu- nate thing” Mr. Harding cculd have done. The President-elect stood un- Ainchingly pat. Not cnly was he pledged to the culo but he be- loved in him. “Harvey will mak a great ambassador,” was his rejoinder o every one—even party counselors whose ~word _carried w;e‘.lgmb—e:vlr;«: ed their was vastly Teer for the court of S James than Harding's selection. London Was Displeased. There werd almost as many mis- givings in London as there were in America. A eynical Briton here at the time remarked to this writer: e vou send us Harvey, we'll mend vou Bottomley"—a reference to th notorious editor of John Bull, who, for so long before his prison entence silenced him, specialized in niversal mudslinging. It is an open secret that although the British gov- srnment promptly declared Harvey persona grata, there were not a few Qualms in Downing_strect. Tt was Wondered whether Harvey, after all, would measure up to the Bayard, Choate, Hay, Reid, Page and Davis traditions. Well, Harvey came, talked and conquered. His maiden speech in London—the celebrated America- fought-to-save-her-own-skin outburst ~—brought out the I-told-you-so brigade in full force. The air at Washington reverberated with de- mands for the colonei's recall and cir- cumstantial rumors that it was im- minent. Nothing happened. At the White House Inquirers were told no reason was seen there either for alarm or protest over the am- bassador's remarks. Thenceforward, with & conspicuous absence of inci- dents, Harvey’s progress in both American and Britlsh esteem went Bteadily on. Britishers detected and liked a notable lack of slopping- over in his addresses. He was as frank and as unobsequious as his British colleague in Washington, Sir “Auckland Geddes. Found Harvey “Unique.” Britishers found Harvey a “unique” person. They hadn't had an Amer- jcan ambassador quite like him ever before. Ile was in every respect a new breed of Yankee. They found him well posted on every topic that cropped up in the tortuous affairs 3 rope and the world. knew, of course, the intimacy enjoyed with President Harding, 2nd what he said and did commanded cxtraordinary respect on that account, Col. Harvey's function tn Washing- ton at the moment, undoubtedly, pri- marily has been to enable the Hard- ing administration and the American Allied Debt Commission to ‘“check up” on British contentions from case to case. 7T'hat is to say, when Messrs. Baldwin and Norman advanced a major proposition Harvey was here to give a “close-up” viewpoint through the spectacles of an American who has been on the spot. Britigh delegates, for example, laid great stress on their domestic budget diffi- culti John Bull's taxpayers' are alrecady almost bent double carrying the burdens of impost bequeathed by the war. If they have to meet maxi- mum conditjons imposed by their American billion-dollar creditor, it means more taxes in the British bud- got. Some day that will have to Le explained—if extra burdens are Foquired—as being due to Uncle Sam's insistence. Harvey is miles removed Zrovp being an Anglomaniac, but, be- ing a bellever in British-American friendship, it is not unlikely that his counsel, as far as it was de- sirable for him to proffer it, was 2long the lines of & “square deal” on the debt question. He undoubtedly shares the White House's expressed beliet that not a single one of Uncle Sam's creditors ever will settle on the hasis of the terms from which the British are seeking amelioration. (Copyright, 1928) T. S. BANK BUILDING BILL. Federal reserve banks would not ‘be permitted to contract for erection of _branch banks costing more than $350,000 for the building proper under & blil introduced by Chairman Mc- Fadden of the House banking com- ittee. i the | The | | viously | were convinced now. Blength, For Fancied Ills Autosuggestion as preached by Dr. Coue, the French druggist, should prove helpful to persons whose nervous or mental condition leads them to believe they are suf- fering from an ailment when they are not in reality afflicted with it, in the opinion of Health Officer Fowler. Dr. Fowler added, however, that he does not think autosuggestion Would be of much benefit in curing a disease that actually exists in any of the organs of the body. The health officer has cited in- fluenza as an example of how per- sons allow their imaginations to work in connection with sickness. Since the influenza epldemic a few years ago residents of the District have been afraid of this disease and many become alarmed at the mere mention of it, especially if they are suffering from a cold. s L SIGHTS LURE COUE ON EVE OF “ADIEU” (Continued from First Page.) M. Coue uses to demonstrate the power of the imagination over the will The lad, a bright-faced boy, made a fine subject for M. Coue, who had him clasp his hands, think he could not open them, and then try his best to do so. This experiment had pre- been performed sue by some women, but it was p many in the audien ere skeptlc There was no mistaking that look of surprise on the bright countenance when he attempted to pull his hands apart and found that they were glued together. “See now, how it {§?” M. Coue radi- ated, Hands Clasped Over Mead. He had the boy place his hand on top of his head. “Now think you would like to ralse your hand, but ‘ou cannot, you cannot, you cannot,” asserted M.’ Coue, in his dry, emphatic manner. The boy struggled: his arm shook; a smile of boyish wonder spread slowly again over his face. “Now, think you can” said his teacher, for that fs what the auto- suggestionist s, a teacher, not a healer; an educator, not a doctor. Slowly the boy lifted his hand, amid the applause of the audience. They It was as mon- sieur said. When you think you can- not do a thing, it becomes a reality for vou, within the domain of the possible. The boy then was asked to hold his arms straight out, with the palms touching, and told to think that he would like to open them, but he could not. he could not, he could not. M Coue turning away, with the boy struggling to separate his hands, the lad was left to himself. Suddenly he began to open his hands. The au- dience began to smile. It thought it had caught M. Coue. ‘But see!” exclaimed the delighted Frenchman. “He shows you that it is not what I think, but what he thinks that counts! He has got the idea into his head that he can open his hands—and he can! He always does what he thinks or what he imagines he can do.” Women Given Test. The boy then faded into the back- ground, while two women were put through the experiments. One of them held so well the thought “I can- not open my hands” that for a time it seemed as if she might have to go through life with her hands tightly clasped together. Even after M. Coue had told her to think “I can" she stood there, struggling to free herself from her own thoughts. At last her hands came apart. The boy came forward again. He told M.-Coue that he stammered, The | latter told him not to be afraid. He spoke so quietly that only those on the stage could hear him. “You don't stammer, you don’t stammer,” he as- sured the lad, speaking in the posi- tive tone which he uses In such cases. “I don't stammer, I don’t stammer," said the boy. “Now tell the audience that you will never stammer again,” ordered M. Coue. The boy stepped forward briskly, threw his head back, and spoke to the audience in a loud, clear, smooth voice. “I do not stammer any longer, al- though I @i he proclaimed, where- upon the audience cheered him to the echo. Questions Are Answered. M. Coue successfully met last night the’ verbal attacks of those in the audience who asked him questions, some of which showed traces of a de- sire to invoive him. “M, Coue, what gives the uncon- sclous mind its power?’ asked a voice from the back of the hall. ‘What gives electricity its power to make light?” he countered. And the audience applauded. One man asked if the lecturer be- leved in the “superconscious mind,” or the soul. “Certainly,” answered M. Coue. Upon a question from Claude N. Bennett, his own method of Inducing sleep. He sald that it is necessary to take up a comfortable position in bed, cease struggling to go to sleep, and repeat quietly, although continously, the words, “I am going to sieep,” or their French equivalent, preferably, mak- ing the result a very low drofie, like ees. One gentleman came to the stage suffering from some Sort of disease which made him give sort of gasping yawns at intervals. M. Coue, how- over, did not attempt to treat the man! Brings Joy to Cripple. M. Cous yesterday afternoon brought joy to the heart of a young boy, who seemed to be a hopeless cripple, when he patted him on the check and assured him that if it were possible he might become “bet- ter and better.” This touching incident ocourred when nearly all the 300 society folk who _attended the lecture given by M. Coue at the home of Willlam Phelps Eno, 1771 N street, at 3 o'clock, had left the homs, following the lecture. The cripple, who had been seated in'an ante-chamber, was waiting as M. Coue came out. ' The latter tried to make the boy hold his arms out in front of him, but the lad was un- able to accomplish this. M. Cous made no attempt to treat the youth, feel- ing that little or nothing can be done in one such treatment. He did, however, seem to bring inspiration to the boy, who scid that he had been practicing autosuggestion for some time. At both lectures yesterday M. Coue gave in detail his explanation of the theory and practice of his method of conscious autosuggestion, as pre- viously outlined in The Star. He re- counted the cure of the stammering girl Tuesday, and held tho case up as an example of what he meant when he sald, “the cure depends upon yourself.” He was introduced to the audience by Rev. James E. Free- man of the Church of the Epiphany. At Memorial Continental Hall last night M. Coue was introduced "K Rev. Robert Johnson of 8t. John's Church. TRAIN LEAPS CHASM. Rails Left Hanging After Bridge Is Dynamited in Ireland. LONDON, January 18.—How a Dub- lin mail train carrying 200 passen- gers leaped a chasm caused by the destruction of a culvert last week has just been revealed, says a Presa Assoclation dispatch. A force of irregulars on Thursday night_dynamited a culvert between Lisduft and Templemore. The rails, while badly twisted by the explosion, were left suspended across the gully, and over these the train, apeeding at forty-five miles an hour, in safety. The culvert was 12 feet in the Frenchman explained | i DECLARED MENAGE Southwest Citizens Demand Immediate Protection of lefferson Pupils. Declaring that the boilers which are now in use in the Jefferson School have been condemned and are a men- ace to life, the Southwest Citizens’ Association at a meeting at the school last night passed a resolution to urge the school authorities to make an fm- mediate Investigation and decide upon a remedy for the condition. George M. Yeatman. president of the association, stated tne janitor had asked for an assistant to watch the gauge on the boller to see that it did not get above certain pressure, al- leging that he had to keep an almost continual watch himself ,in order to keep the lives of teachers and school children from being endangered. A resolution was introduced to have the association open its meet- ings with prayer. Because of dif- fering opinions the resolution was withdrawn. A resblution was passed to have sufficient lights installed in the Fairbrother School at 10th and E streets southwest. President Yeat- man -stated that on cloudy days a teacher had to stand at the head of the steps and hold candles in order for the children to see well enough 0 keep from stumbling in going up and down the stairway. It was pointed out that part of the building is now wired and that it would be litile difficulty to put in sufficlent switches and wire to permit the prop- er lighting with electricity: Favor Fire Apparatus. Protest against removal of the mo- torized fire apparatus from No. 13 engine house is to be registered by a committee headed by George Frasier, which will confer with Chief Watson. It was stated that the engine put in the place of the one removed is an old model horse-drawn engine and that it takes ten minutes or more to get up steam in it, which delay, it was pointed out, might mean a menace to the community in case of fire. A resolution was indorsed to urge upon President Harding to set aside a national anti-narcotic week and to call an international conference in order to try 1o put a stop to the illict drug traffic throughout the world. It will be urged upon the board of education to establish a community cen- ter at the Jefferson School. Mrs. S. M. Huddleson, an old mem- ber of the assoclation, made a brief address in which she congratu- lated the association for the work it had done and expressed apprectation at seeing the large number of women in attendance. The resignation of Millard S. Yeatman, secretary, accepted. A secretary to take his place will be chosen at'the next meet- ing. The following new members were elected: Mrs. Guy _ Worthington, George W. Skidmore, F. Abendschein and Nelson B. Durfee. —_— IMPORTANCE OF THRIFT ' STRESSED. BY OFFICIAL Elliott Wadsworth Addresses So- roptimist Club—Urges Buying United States Bonds. Elliott Wadsworth, assistant Sec- retary of the Treasury, told of the importance of thrift in the economic life of t he American people in ad- dressing the Soroptimist Club at its luncheon vesterday in the City Club rooms, Mr. | Wadsworth emphasized the necessity of creating o saving habit if one desires to get aheadiin the world, and he recommended govern- ment ‘bonds and securities as a safe means of Investing. Memebers of the club outlined their ideas regarding civic development of the organization. It was the concen- sus of opinion that the club should aim to make Itself a factor in the civic betterment movement in Wash- ington, for, it was pointed out, busi- ness development would follow civic improvement. Among those who spoke in this con- nection were Mrs. Willlam Hitz, wife of the associate justice of the Dis- trict Supreme Court; Mrs. Agnes Rice and Mrs. Edna R. Duke. Mrs. Ruby Lee Minor, president of the club presided. ) PLAN TWO MORE ARRESTS IN FLOGGING OF WOMAN By the Associated Press. HOUSTON, Tex, January 18.—At least two more arresis were expected today for alleged participation in the flogging by masked men of Mrs. R. H. Harrison and R. A. Armand, at Goose Creek. near here. Claude C. Buckley, identified yesterday by little Bonnle Lee Harrison as one of the men who had whipped her mother, was to be taken before the grand jury today. In addition to Bonnie Lee and Ar- mand, who previously had been kept to his bed by injuries received from the masked men, eleven witnesses appeared before the grand jury yesterday. The identification by the child came @s & dramatic climax to the efforts on the part of the county officials to bring the case to a quick finish. She was brought to the county jail and Buckiey and another man were paraded before the child. _She stepped forward and pointed at Buckley as he passed her. “That is the man,” she said. The child was positive in her indenti- fication. She said that Buckley on numerous occasions had sold her pop corn from his father's stand and that she recognized him when he entered her home although he was dressed In work clothes and wore a red bandana. about his face. COMMUNITY CONCERT. Free Entertainment Will Be Given at Brown Center. A free community concert, under auspices of the Community Music Association of Washington ~will be given tomorrow night in the audito- rium of the E. V. Brown Community Center, Chevy Chase, at 8:15 o'olock. This concert is the first of a serie: of musical entertainments to be un- dertaken by the assoclation in the outlylng sections of the District. The program will be featured by Alice Deleslyne Taylor, planist; Mrs, Wayne B. Wheeler, lyric soprano, and Mar- garet Byrd Mansfield, violinist, Community singing will be directed by Robert Lawrence, assisted at the piano by Helen Burkart. Mrs. J. J. Mansfleld will accompany Miss Mans- field and Mrs. Chester Adair will ac- company Mrs. Wheeler. EMBASSY TO DEAL WITH U. S. ON DEBTS (Continued from First Page.) that America can hardly be expected to agree to & rate of interest repre- senting financial sacrifice on her part, adds that “the American point of view would be better appreclated here if the United States had not until the present moment placed almost every conceivable object in our way in mak=- ing any payment at all.” “If we may not pay in goods or in invisible services represented by freightage,” the newspapers adds, “we are entitled to except America to be more amenable, respecting the terma wherein she wiil take payment.” The Gazette is gratified that Ameri- ca is willing to lengthen the period of repayment, and says that if the debt could be funded at 3 per cent over a sixty-year period, the burden would not be so intolerable. OF WREATHS AT THE BASE OF THE MONUMENT, AND ADDRESSES, W OPPOSE BRIDGE WITHOUT DRAW AT GEORGETOWN Board of Trade Committee Declares Proposed Memorial Would Cut i Off Harbor. That the construction of the pro- posed Arlington Memorial Bridge without a draw, would cut off the {harbor of Georgetown completely, and that to hinder any development of the harbor and river would be inimi- cal to the progress of the city, was the sense of a recommendation adopt- ed yesterday afternoon, by the river and harbor improvement committee of the Washington Board of Trade. Frank P. Leetch, chalrman of the committee presided. Although at the present time Georgetown is not used to the extent that it once wae for water shipping, the committee believes that a bridge without a draw, cutting off any but small boat trafic to Georgetown. would not be to the best interests of the city. Committee members pointed null { that the port of Georgetown i8 one of the few ports where the railroad, canal and river run side by side. Business interests of Georgetown are said to heartily disapprove of any at- tempt to cut off water traffic by the construction of the new bridge. The committee will appear to plead its case before a public hearing to- morrow morning in the office of Maj. Tyler of the United States engineer- ing department in the land office bullding. MAJ. GEN. ALLEN NOT TO REMAIN ON RHINE Secretary: Weeks Says American Commander Will Leave at Same Time as Troops. cretary Weeks said today that Moy Gen Charies T. Allen, command- ing American forces on the Rhine, will not remain at Coblenz, after the troops relinquish the occupation of that Rhine sector, but that it is for him to decide whether he will return home on the transport St. Mihiel or on & regular liner leaving about the time. B4R another quarter it was stated that the evacuation of the Coblenz sector will be complete and that all Jurisdiction now vested in the United States will be relinquished, to be marked especially when the troops leave by hauling down the United States flag from the ramparts of old castle Ehrenbreitstein, which has been their main garrison since their arrival, following the armistice of 1918. IRON MINES CLOSED. Ruhr Invasion Hits Production in New Foundland Districts. SYDNEY, N. S, January 18.— Twenty-five hundred iron miners are idle and the greatest period of pros- perity in the history of the Wabana district of Newfoundland has ended s the result of the French invasion of the Ruhr and the consequent sus- pension of German contracts for New- | foundland ores, according to infor- mation received here today. The Wabana mines have closed down upon receipt of advices from ermany. GReporu from Paris quoting Hugo Stinnes s saying that the Canadian contracts have been canceled were fed. An authoritative statement id they had been suspended until the present dispute between the French invaders and the resisting Runhr operators should be &traight- ened out. —_— HOUSE OFFICE ROBBED. Detectives and police are endeavor- ing to solve the mystery of the theft of a handbag from the office of Rep- resentatitve Oscar R. Luhring of Indi room 471, House office build- ing. Tuesday, during lunch hour. It belonged to Miss Marie Adams, sec- retary to Representative Luhring, and contained $25 in cash, two checks and two theater tickets. ‘Three hours after the theft was committed the handbag, minus the money and theater tickets, was found on the steps of the Brent School, 3rd and D streets, southeast, not far from the scene of the theft. 'y Was | SOME OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE EXERCISES YESTERDAY 'Boasts France’s Imperialism and Pride in Debts ST. PIERRE, St. Miquelon, January 18.—France will never let go a plece of territory, even colonial, for any reason whatever, M. Sarraut, French minister of colonies, declared on his arrival here to visit this last strong hold of French sovereignty in North America. M. Sarraut said his purpose in visiting the islands was “to bring you the salute of France and to see | what can be done to make this colony more prosperous.” “Foreign newspapers have discussed the possibility that France would abandon certaln colonies to reduce her debts,” the minister said. *“I as- sure you that such a never happen. We have debts and we are proud of them. We regard them as a soldier regards his wounds.” FRENCH COURT-MARTIAL MAGNATES, SEIZE COAL (Continued from First Page.) handicap should the German engi- neers refuse to do_ their work. The mission today, i addition to its troubles with the coal deliveries, {also faced the task of working the |German forests on the left bank of the Rhine, as ordered by the French, Italian and Belglan governments. This step is a penalty for Germany's default in deliveries of wood. Whether a third power, perhaps the United States, will come to the rescue of France and Germany, {nducing the former to withdraw her troops and the latter to resume payment of her obligations, 8 a subject of earnest discussion In_German circles. It is pointed out, however, that the time for mediation by a disinterested pow- er does not seem to b at hand. Samples of the German sentiment in the occupied zone may be seen in two instances reported last night. As & German girl in Steele was leaving a motion picture theater with two French soldiers some one slipped be- hind her and bobbed her hair. At Kettwig, a crowd broke the window of the barber shop wherein were displayed postcard views of the entry of the French. The control commission does not contemplate the occupation of Muen- ster it is_officially announced. Seizure by the French of a number of coal barges intended for German domestic use. is reported today. Measures have been taken to prevent the loading of similar cargoes. Resistance Is Stiffened. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 18.—A general stiffening of German resistance in the face of French ultimatums is Indi- |cated “by the Berlin newspaper cor- respondents In the Ruhr. The mine operators, workers and labor leaders are represented as standing together in a decision to “do their duty by Germany. France and Belgium appear.to be ! the only nations to which Germany ! refuses to make reparations deliv- eries, for it is declared here that shipments to Great Britain, Italy, Poland and Jugo Slavia will not be interrupted. SPURN FRENCH OFFERS. Ruhr Rail Owners Say They Lack Confidence. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, January 18.—At the con- ference held yesterday in the Ruhr between Col. Simon of the French oc- cupation forces and representatives of the German railways in the Dis- trict the railway men_ declared they would recognize only the German au- thorities as mediators in labor asso- clations, according to a dispatch to Verwaerts from Essen today. They added they had no confidence In_the occupying authorities, with whom they desired to have no contact. Dr. Gruetsner, president of Rhenish Prussia, has sent a communication to Gen. Denvignes in the Ruhr, stating that the representatives of the own- ers and the workmen were highly in- dignant at having been invited to the conference merely to receive a mili- tary order, and had expected a d termination not to attend any more conferences with the French authori- ties of occupation, says a Duesseldorf. message. Dr. Gruetzner further states. adds the megsage, that the situation has ‘become so obscure it is impossible to say who shall pay the wages. which ‘will shortly fall due to the 560,000 miners, whose average daily pay is 4,000 marks. Dr. Gruetzner added that food rices had risen 50 per cent since he beginning of the occupation, that the grain and flour supplies were sufficient only until the middle of thing could » WHICH INCLUDED THE PLACING H THRIFT AS THE KEYNOTE. EBIG RUHR PLANT SHUTS DOWN; 5,000 LOSE JOBS Workers Demand Nine-Hours' Pay for Eight Hours’ Work—Appeal to French. By.the Associated Press, KATERNBERG, January 18.— The first shutdown of a large industrial plant in the Ruhr since the Franco- i Belgian occupation occurred today in | | this-gown, lying between Essen and Gelsenkirchen, when the Kellerman locomotive works, employing 5,000 men, ceased operation. The plant had been working on a nine-hour-day schedule, but the work- men informed the management that, ! in view of the French ruling set forth in Gen. Degoutte’s proclamation, that the elfihl-hour day must be respected, they had decided to work only that number of hours, but insisted upon nine hours’ pay. Thereupon the Kel- lerman management closed down the ! plant. | __The workmen have asked {French to intervene and force | management to grant the men's mands. FRENCH SAY MUENSTER WILL NOT BE SEIZED the the de- General Headquarters Sets at Rest Fears of German Populace. By the Associated Pre: ESSEN, January 18.—French gen- eral headquarters has announced that ithere was no intention to occupy |Muenster. The announcement was made with the purpose of alleviating the fears of citizens of Muenster, who, the French say, are perturbed by the ; departure from the city of the reichs- ywehr forces, who carried away the larchives and the German mobilization plans and all other military records. The Germans are under impression that the French occupation in the Ruhr, in order to be successful, must control the knot of junctions of rail- ways running through Muenster. MUST OBEY GERMANY, | COAL MAGNATES REPLY lcarefully Drafted Answer M. Coste Points Out Sovereign- ty of State. LONDON, January 18—A dispatch to the Times from Essen says the German coal mine owners handed the French authorities a carefully.draft- ed reply to the order of M. Coste, the French inspector-general of mines, for them to resume deliveries of coal. The reply, says the dispatch, points out that the Versailles peace treaty recognizes Germany as a sovereign state; hence it follows that German subjects owe obedience to their laws and their authorities. 1t argues that no one can be forced to take the dis- honorable step of acting against one's own country. “A copy of this letter is being signed by each magnate, who will add a per- sonal declaration of inability to com- ply with M. Coste's order. -U. S. WANTS MECHANIC. Position in Post Office Department Pays $2.25 Per Day. The Civil Service Commisston today announced an examination to be held February 7, in this city only, to fill vacancies in the position of junior me- chanic in the malil equipment shops of the Post Office Department. The salary offered is $2.25 & day. The age limits are sixteen and thirty years. Age limits are waived for those with military or naval service. Full infor- mation and application blanks may be obtained at the office of the Civil Serv. ice Commission, 1724 ¥ street north- ‘wes' to March, and the supplies of meat and tats inconsiderable. Dr. Gruetzner protested strongly against the requisition of fodder, owing to its ecarcity. He finally gave warning to the ch against any measures tending to cut off the Ruhr from unoccupied Germany, as this, he said, would lead to the com- Dplete disruption of the highly compli. cated rallway system. INHANDS OF JURY Judge Says It Is “Murder or} Nothing,” After Twelve Men Retire. By the Associated Press. MARION, I1L, January 18—The fate of the five men charged with the murder of Howard Hoffman, one of the victims killed during the Herrin riots, was given to the jury at 11:15 am. today, after lengthy instructions had been read by Judge D. T, Hart- well, In his instructions Judge Hartwell said: “It {5 not against the law to mine coal without being a member of the United Mine Workers of Amerfca. It assaulted or killed for no other rea- son it cannot be justified because they were not members of that or- ganization.” Before the jury was brought in this morning, Judge D. T. Hartwell said he did not believe any instructions should be given regarding mansiaughter, self- defense or justifiable homicide, as the defense had pleaded alibis for all of the defendants. The judge nstructed the jury that if they were convinced by the evidence that vhe defendants had engaged in a conspiracy to do an unlawful act which led to the killing of Hofs d Hoffman, they we guilty of homicide whether or not they had actually taken part in the slaying In his instructions the cated that any one of se 1 verdicts might be returned for ecach defend- ant. He sald the jury might find the Individual defendants guilty or inno- cent, and, if guilty, might fix the penalty from fourteen years' impris- onment to death. Judge Hartwell declared the mere number of witnesses on either side should have no weight and that the horror of the crime or the wide notoriety given it should not influence the verdict. “It one of the accused men com- mitted the crime charged In this in- dictment and if the other defendants stood by, aided or encouraged the erime, it'fs your duty to find all of the defendants guilty,” the court de- clared. After th well said to the jury, Jury retired, Judge Hart- it is murder or nothing.” HEBREWS HOLD MEETING. More Than 2,000 Gather in New York for Golden Jubilee. NEW YORK, January 18.—More than twe thousand distinguished Jews from all parts of the country were expected to arrive here today to take part in what is declared to be the greatest Jewish gathering ever held in this city. The Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the Na- tional Federation of Temple Sister- hoods are to celebrate the develop- ment of reform Judaiém in what is to be known as the golden jubilee con- vention. The dominant note at all the mectings promises to be the mes- sage to be carried back to their com- munities by the visiting Jews—that religion is the most vital factoer in the life of American Jewry. NAMED D. C. DIRECTOR. National Literary Society to Be- come Active Here. The National Litera: i has secured the services of S. E. liamson as director for the Distr of Columbla. His work here will consist of preparing for and conduct- ing a District-wide campaign for raising @ part of the building fund for the proposed National Literary Hall' of Fame, which the society has planned to eréct in Washington. Aft- ter the campalgn, he will take spe- cfal charge of the membership of the socicty in the District and manage the various phases of the work.. 3 Mr. Willlamson is a native of T linois and has had several vears' ex- perience in managing membership grives and raising funds for SEEK CRAZED GUNMAN. Cleveland Drug Addict Enters Six Homes and Attacks Occupants. CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 18.— A cordon of police is searching for an armed man, belleved to be crazed from the use of drugs, who vester- day entered six homes, shot one man and attacked six women in the vicin- ity of Woodland avenue and East 55th street. The man escaped with sums of money totaling $30 and several overcoats and suits of clothes. Isaac Shindler, forty-three, was shot through the hand when he went to the rescue of Mr. and Mre. Fred Mah- ter and Mrs. Florence Stevens, whom the gunman had forced into a bed- room in the Mahter home. Nome of the injured sustained seri- ous woun CREDITORS SEEK RECEIVER. Creditors of Harry Berman, dealer in leather goods at 1405 F street northwest, today asked the District Supreme Court to adjudge the mer- t bankrupt. Two firms from New Tt Bnd one of Boston make the complaint and charge that Mr. Ber- man is insolvent and that he has com- Mitted an act of bankruptey by per- mitting one of his creditors’to obtain a judgment against him. . Attorney R. 'D. Daniels represents the com- plaining creditors SUITS ASK $25,000 DAMAGES. Spencer H. Bough and his wife, Anna B. Bough, vesterday filed suits aggregating $25.000 damages against Dr. Thomas Madden Foley. Mrs. Bough secks $15.000 for injuries al- leged to have resulted to her from treatment of an affection of one of her knees, and the husband wants $10,000 for loss of services of his Wife and the expense resulting from the alleged improper treatment by the physiclan, _ Attorneys Foster Wood and Jesse B. Adams appear for the plaintiffs. campaigns for tmportant objacts. dge indi- | STRIKE DISORDERS Marshal Resigns at Trenton, Mo., and Four Prisoners Taken to Kansas City. VERDICT FIXES MURDER Coroner’s Jury Charges Widespread Depredations to Stop ) Strikers. By the Associated Press. TRENTON, Mo., January 18.—With four strikers accused of murder re- moved to Kansas City to prevent pos- sible violencs and James A. Booher, ctly marshal, Laving resigned from office, Trenton citizens were looking to a meeting of all local striking shopmen, called for today, to end the tense situation which has existed here for some time. Charles Post, strike leader, proms iged, when he called the meeting, that | he would advise the men to go back |to_work and he would resign from office. The meeting is the result of a coroner's jury verdict, delivered | after a long discussion of the killing { of Guy Cornwell, a striking shopma: land p ding events. accused Booher of failure the laws, and requested h resignation. The verdict accused Homer Stamper, Charles Peterson, Guy Hile and Wil- liam Allerdice of the actual murder of Cornwell. Depredations Numerous. The coroner's jury found that, since the strike started, numerous depreda tions had bsen committed; that the strikers had beaten workmen; had molested strangers {n the city and had attempted to dynamite the rail road company's property. It declared that the officers of the union had ad- mitted that they were unable to curb the criminal element in the union or ganization. It found that Cornwell came to his death as the result o blows from & club wielded by Stampe In " conclusion, the report ask federal authorities to fnvestigate & violations of the federal injunctior obtained by Attorney General Daugn- erty which have occurred here. The report further states that a boycott was inaugurated by which merchants, milk men and those vend- ing farm products were intimidated and that under such pressure mer- chants in some instances refused to sell goods to the new employes of the serve them, shoe shops refused to serve them, soe shops refused to mend their shoes, landlords in some instances refused to rent their prop- erties, and that houses were painted yellow and slurs placed on porches. doors and windows, and residences set on fire. STAHL RITES TOMORROW. Services Will Be Held at Home of Daughter. ices for Frederick Stahl, who died suddenly on Wednesday, January 17, at_the residence of his daughter. Mrs. C. W. Bromley, 3017 M street northwest, will be held tomorrow | afternoon’at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. George W. Atkinson, jr., will conduct the servi Mr. Stahl is survived by his wife and five children, James and Fdward Stahl and Mrs. C. W. Bromley, Mr.«ll. Orme Owens and Miss Mae Stahl, CRAFTS WILL FILED. Late Reform Bureau Chief Leaves Estate of $24,000. Rev. Wilbur . Crafts, former head of the International Reform Bureau, left an estimate valued at _$24,000, according to the petition of Buell b, Bassett and Frank S. Ray, named as executors for the probate of his will. One-third of his estate, in addi- tion to life insurance policies, is given to his widow, Mrs. Sarah J. Crafts, and the remaining estate to the trustees of the International Re- form Bureau. Besides his widow, Dr. Crafts is survived by a brother, George E. Crafts of East Oranxe, N. J., and several nieces an nephew. Attorneys Millan and Smith appear for the executors. NATIVES TO MEET. A meeting of the Society of Natives is to be held tomorrow night at 8§ o'clock at the Gavel Club, 719 13th street, at which an amendment to the by-laws will be considered. There will also be a game of human checkers. Did He Get the Loan? From the Wall Street Journal. The story is told of a banker who suffered the loss of one eye and had {a glass sybstitute made. The glass . eye was wonderfully fashioned, So much so that its wearer was satis- fied no one could teil it from a real organ. A day or so after he began wearing it a customer of the bank sought a loan, but the banker was not quite satisfied with the collateral After much persuasion from the would-be borrower, the banker sald: “I will make you'a sporting propo- sition. If you can tell which of my eyes is glass 1 will make you the loan.” “That's easy,” replied s your left eye’ ‘How did you know? banker. < “It is the more sympathetic of the two,” responded the borrower. —_— The Word Wanted. From London ©pinion A man walked into a garage where his car was being repaired and was heard to reprimand the garage owner for telling him how to run his own car, saving: “This is my car, and what 1 say goes.” A moment later a tired, greasy mechanic looked up from under the car and sald: “For goodness' sake, say ‘engine.’” the other. asked the If you are interested —in the last word from the money market—in the final sports results—in the getting the last bit of news from everywhere—or in what the courts have scheduled for tomorrow— You'll find it in _ The Foening Htar, 5:30 Edition For sale by newsboys and on newsstands throughout the city. ll