Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1923, Page 2

v *° HUGHES IS AGKINST - REPARATIONS QuiZ Secretary Declines Request of Committee for Oral Statement on Policy. WANTS SPECIFIC QUERY Will Appear, He Says, if Questions Relate fo Documents Filed. In a letter to Senator Lodge. chair- man of the foreign relations commit- 'ee, Hecretary Hughes of the State Department said vesterday that the written statements which he had sub- mitted relating to the reparations on contained all the informa- tion that it was compatible with the _piblic interest to disclose, and that therefore “oral explanations” before the committee would be unnecessary. Mr. Hughes' appearance before the committee had been requested by Sen- | ator Robinson of Arkansas, iu con- nection with the latter's resolution for the appointment of official Ameri- can representatives with the Ameri- can commission. Comment on Letter. The letter of Mr. Hugh Dreted as a_virtual refusal on the part of the Secretary of State to ap- pear beforc the eommittee on this subject, although he indicated that he ght appear if additional informa- tion on some specified matter should be_fortk.coming. Secretary Hughes, the letter of Senator Robinson, re- questing his appearance before the committee. which had been trans- mitted to him by Senator Lodge, said “As the letter has been transmitted for my consideration, I may say that no ‘oral explanations’ s needed either to make clear or to supple- nent, and none could be made which could modify the direct and adequate statements contained in the written communications already sent to your committee. Without derogating from the right of the executive, acting through the Sccretary of State, to determine the instructions to be given to dgents in the exercise of the au- thority of the executive in the con- duct of affaire, I have always sought, in an appropriate manner, to supply to your committee the desired. 80 far as was with the public interest.” Reviews Documents. The letter reviewed at length as inter- compatible the documents already submitted to the| committee, the insiruction =ent by the State Department to the American ob- servers in relation to their work with the reparations commission, adding that Secretary Hughes already had: pointed out to the committee the im- practicability of sending copies of all instructions to the committee “on ac- count of their large numbers and the various subjects to which they reiate.” “I repeat that there are no oral explanations that I can give in which I can state, any more clearly than I bave stated in the writlen communi- cations addressed to your committee,” Mr. Hughes continued, “the nature and extent of authority under which the American observers act, or to the instructions given to them or to the character of the duti or the manner in which their gerv- ices are rendered. 1 cannot add to ihis information unless there is some specified point on which you desire data which may be found in the rec- ords of the Department of State, and which, 8o far as it is compatible with ! the public interest, I am at liberty to transmi U.S. SHIP TRICKS TURKS AT SMIYRNA B the Associated Pre LONDON, February 10.—The latest Information fromy Constantinople as well as from ‘diplomatic quarters here indicates that nothing impor- tant has developed in the situation at Smyrna, where the foreign warships are sald to remain, in deflance of the order from Angora. There is no con- ! firmation of the report that the Turk- ish officials at Smyrna have reached an agreement with the allled naval commanders, whereby the status quo will be maintained pending diplomatic negotiations. he Constantinople correspondent of the Telegraph telly how the com- mander of the American destroyer Litchfield met the Turkish order to leave Smyrna, The dispatch says that the vessel's commander admitted to the governor of Smyrna that the Litchfleld registered fghtly more than 1,000 tons, the limit set by the Turks, but explained that de- stroyers nowadays were necessarily fairly large ships, and that he would like to stay. if permission was refused he had orders to remain, any that it would be much pleasanter not to have any trouble. The governor thereupon gave his consent, the corre- spondent add Neverthless, a few minutes before the expiration of the time limit the Litch- field took a turn outside the harbor and tnen re-entered the forbidden waters. By the Assoclated Press. British press reports from the near east saying the American Litchfield recently was In Smyrna do not accord with official advices here. Navy Department records show that the Litchfield is not at Smyrna and has not been there for some weeks. ‘The destroyer Edsall is still at Smyr- ua and the destroyer King was on the way there yesterday from Con- stantinople. The destroyer Hopkins was at Smyrna a day or two ago, but has returned to Constantinople. It was said further today at the Navy Department that no instructions had been sent from Washington to American naval commanders at Smyr- na directing them to remain in.that harbor in deflance of orders issued by the Turkish officials. If such in- structions have reached the destroyer ommanders at Smyrna, they must have eriginated with Rear Admiral Bristol at Constantinople, who has not advised the department of his tion. Both Navy Department and State Department advices indicate, on the other hand, that the Turkish edict against forelgn warships has not been held By the Turkish mili- \IP¥ commander to apply to American craft. ‘HEAVY FINES METED OUT TO TRAFFIC OFFENDERS 8even cases were heard and disposed of in the Traffic Court yesterday at & short sesslon of that tribunal. These defendants were convicted: George W. Brow! assing a street car, fined $40, exceeding the speed limit, $40; Frank Greenberg, operating an auto. mobile without the required permit, fined $40; Benjamin awkins and Robert Brown, violating minor traffic regulations, former fined $30, latter $20: Charles Milburn and John H. King, wsimilar offenses, fined $26, and James ‘raylor, colliding, fined $20. New gaint locomotivas built for the Union Pacific railroad stand 15 feet 10 inches in helfhk and are nearly 100 feet long. while they weigh more than 290 tons each: commenting on | information it { they perform, | The commander, however, | supported this answer by adding that | way, and pointed out { destroyer | l Woman Staged as |Slave on Lines of UncleT om’sCabin The “Uncle Tom's Cabin” of the equal rights for women move- ment has been written—and will be staged in many cities by the National Woman's Party. It 18 eryptically entitled, “Driven,” and it is expected to tweak the na- tion's conscience concerning the legal slavery of women. “Yes, nothing less than slav- ery,” passionately emphasized the authoress of the play, Mrs. Alice Barney, today. “Do you know that under the iaws of many states women are still the virtual cuat- tels of their husbands?" Skillfully weaving the most fla- grant examples of the effect of these laws into & concrete case, Mrs. Barney, in “Driven.” has con- structed a drama of highly geared emotional power and poignancy. There is a “Little Eva” in this cle Tom's Cabin” of the fem- inists, too, but instead of an angel child, too ‘good for this world, she is & pert modern flapper who pro- vides much of the comedy relief. “Driven” will have its premler in Washington next week and many members of Congress are to be present (Copyright, 1 1 i ) SERVICE AT MEMORIAL WILL HONOR LINCOLN American Legion Arranges Pro- gram of Speaking and Music for Tomorrow i H | i i | i i | REV. JOHN WESLEY HILL. The memory of Abraham Lincoln will be honored at the stately Lin- coln Memorial tomorrow at noon by ceremonties at which many local posts of the Amerigan Legion, {headed by Lincoln Post, No. 17, will { participate. Rev. Dr, John Wesley Hill, chan- cellor of the Lincoln Memorial Uni- versit nd John Hays Hammond will be the principal speakers. Asgembling at the Veterans' Bureau at 11 o'clock, members of the vario posts in_uniform will be headed by the Army Music School Band, and the i Lincoln Post, and march to the stately }memorial by the Potomac. J.A. Ballard, commander of the 7 Post, will preside over the {exercises, scheduled to start at 12 ioclock. The public has been invited {10 attend. - { o Speclal permission to conduct the exercises at the memorial itself was {granted by Col. C. O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, “in_view of the fact that this post of the American Legion was named after the great Emanclpator, and in view of the fact that the post was organized to perpetuate the ideals | of Abranam Lincoln.” | TENANT BAILED AFTER | FIRE REVEALS STILLS {Daniel E. | Shugrue Under 8500 ! Bond in Probe of Reservoir H Street Liquor Case. i Daniel £. Shugrue. twenty-one {vears old, 1812 Sth street, alleged to i have had charge of the house at 4753 t Reservoir street, where fire Thursday morning disclosed five stills and five | gallons of intoxicants, yesterday aft- noon appeared at Police Court and gave bond in the sum of §500 for his appearance on a charge of ill possession of intoxicants. W. A. Short, colored, 1107 B street south- east, ‘the only person in the house when the fire occurred, was severely burned at the time. Selzure of an automobile and twen- ty-five gallons of whisky was report- ed by the police in connection with the arrest of Edward Nolden, colored, 3112 Grace street, vesterday after- noon. He was charged with trans- porting. William G. Wright, thirty-one vears {old, 600 Pennsylvania avenue, was arrested yesterday afternoon by po- lice of the sixth precinct on a charge of transporting. Seizure of one-half gallon of whiskey was reported. { | U. §. AID REJECTED. Canadian Mine Officials Able to Handle Disaster Alone. The bureau of mines, through its agent at Seattle, Wash., tendered an offer of assistance to (he mine au- thorities at Cumberland, B. C., where a fatal accldent occurred Thursda: but the ofter was declined, mine au- thorities declaring themselves able to handle the situation, it was learned at the bureau of mines today. The bureau today had not been ad- vised as 1o the probable cause of the accident at Dawson, N. M.. although its investigators were in the mine & short time ago, Although the mine ;was electrically equipped and no miner was allowed in the mine while “shots” were being fired, bureau of- ficials sald there was always danger of a coal dust explosion, due to sparks from the commutater of an electric motor setting off the coal dust in sus- pension While the mine was equipped with a sprinkling system for wetting down icoal dust in_suspension in the air, the theory was advanced that po: sibly the shelves from which coal was mined were not sufficiently cov. ered with rock dust, which lowe the explosive content of the coal dust by mixing with it, and is regarded as one of the best presentives of dust explosions. The bureau has carried out for many years a consistent campaign of education by means of printed pamphlets and sending of technical experts to the mines, but its recom- mendations are not capable of en- forcement except by co-operation with the mine authorities and state mine inspectors. THOMAS B. CONNERY DEAD TIC CITY, N. J., February 10. B. Connery, veteran New York journalist and diplomat, died at his home here early today from pneumonia, In his elghty-fifth year. He was for fifteen vears managin; editor of the New York Herald a later editor of “Once a Week,” afte rd Colliers’ Weekly. He was mi ister to Mexico In the Cleveland ad- ministration, fittingly | illegal | THE - EVENING - STAR, Student nurses nt the Emergen Monday and Friday nights. WRECKED SHAFTS SEARCHED FOR 81 MISSING MINERS (Continued from First Page.) work last night resumed this morning the viewing of the bedies and the in- vestigation of the disaster. Mine No. 1 consists of cne long shaft which extends into the mountain for two'miles. The main entry is in- tereected by cross-cuts. The entire mine ntilated by a huge fan sys- tem. While it was impossible to drive alir into the mine against the immense volume of gases and smoke {ssuing from the working for about fifteen minutes after tne blast, the fan sys- tem continued to function and fresh air soon was driven into the shaft. Statement Issued. The following statement was | sued late yesterday by Manager Bren- jman: is- t 2:30 o'clock Thur: afte noen, February 8, aw expiosion oc curred in mine No. 1_of the Phelps- Dodge Corporation at Dawson, N. M. perations in the mine were nor- mal and no unusual conditions were noted. Normally there are about 140 men employed in this mine, but only 122 men were inside at the time of the explosion. Owing to the fact that the over- casts were blown out, the restoration of ventilation in the distant areas has been more or less slow. “It is estimated that it will re- quire at least two months to clear the debris so that operations may be resumed. y “The company is endeavoring to @o all in its power to alleviate any suffering which may attend this un- fortunate accident, and greatly ap- preciates the splendid spirit of their employes, who are volunteering their services in connection with the rescue work." MINE PROBE HALTED. Canadian Authorities = Wait Clearing Up of Debris. By the Assoclated Press. CUMBERLAND. B. €., February 10. —Investigation or an explosion of fire damp in mine No. 4 of the Ca- nadian collieries (Dunsmuir, Ltd.) near here Thursday night, the death list of which stood this morning at thirty-three, has been halted to awalt Clearing of extensive masses of fallen rock. : No explanation had been offcred for the tragedy today. An explosion last August in the same mine that took thirteen lives was attributed to ig- nition of fire damp by an_electric { spark that flashed when a ing to an electric drillin, i broke. The nearest electric machin- i ] on ery, a pump and a compressor, Was a hundred feet from Thursday night's explosion and neither device was in operation. _ s coroner's jury impaneled last night viewed the bodies of thirty- one victims and adjourned until Feb- ruary 16. An Investigation has been ordered by William Sloan, British Columbia minister of mines. Tells of Escape. Fourteen of the bodies recovered were of white, and seventeen those of Chinese. Two Chinese are believed {to be dead in the mine. 'Adaitional details of the struggle to reach the mouth of the tunmel, two miles from east drift, No. 3, where the blast occurred, were related today by Robert Brown. Brown and J. Gibb were working some distance from the scene of the explosion. Soon after they started to fight their way out of the bore, they fell over Jack Webber. ¢ Today Brown and Gibb, companions of Webber in the Cumberland Hospi- tal where they were among the six men hovering near death, knew that their struggles were useless. The air remained good in the chamber in which they had been at work and last | night @ mule that had remained quietly for twenty-four hours after the explosion was brought out alive. Refuse Proffered Ald. As Brown and Gibb stopped to pick up Webber, six men passed them on the Carry Webber, they soon came the bodies of the six who had run ‘llnpt‘:)nn(ltl‘-damp- ‘Warned by that they turned back and encountered a Chinese known as Big Sullivan, who said he could iead them out, but they ignored his offer. He made his wav to the outside unharmed. Encountering after- G & rescue team saw the electric lamps on their caps and brought them o run, u’;:he first body found was that of W. Mitchell, a fifteen-year-old boy. Rescue workers saw him in the hoist some time before they reached him, but he dled before help arrived. Like many of the others, he was bleeding at the nose, ears and mouth and the skin on his face and hands was scorched with the heat.following the explosion. His brother, who was in the mine when the accident occurred, but escaped, ran two miles in an effort at rescue, which failed. Fifteen Killed Outright. The explosion occurred in No. 2 east drift, and that portion of the mine was badly wrecked, with many Working faces blocked. ‘It was be- lleved that about fifteen of the vic- tims were killed outright; the others died from after-damp. Officials ex- pressed the opinion that if all of the men had remained where they were at the time of the accident many more of them would have been saved, as survivors declared they ran into the~-after-damp at the entrance of No. 2 west dritt, in their fight toward e mine mouth. !hOr.e miner, named Pinefold, found he could not force a passage through No. 4 level and remained where he was, inducing twelve others to stay with him. All were saved. Others went forward and were lost. A number of men came up from the main slope and were overcome at the mouth of No. 4 level. These were the men recovered by the rescue party and taken to the hospital. Not one miner came out of No. 2 east drift alive. Chinese Rescued. Ten Chinese who were slowly b ing asphyxiated in one section of th mine bad an xtraordloary escap the three were lying unconscious ! cy Hospit Sprung by Some practical joker conceived the| brilllant idea yesterday of startling the Post Ofice Department, Congress | and the public of Washington gen-| erally by announcing the surprising situation that Representative Martin B. Madden of Illinois, chairman of the House appropriations committee and long-time patron of the Post Of- fice Department, had absolutely re- fused to install-a letter box in his | hew home. } A hidden joke in the stoary was the fact that Paul Henderson, second as- | sistant postmaster general. who is | Representative Madden's son-in-law, | lives in this house, 80 that those who | were “wise” to this fact, saw the spectacle of the second assistan | | | | Ventilation, which had been com- {pletely destroyed by the explosion, {was restored as the rescue party went | forward. Arthur Watson, one of the four fire !bosses on duty ‘at the time of the {disaster, managed to crawl out alive and bring two boys with him, the |three fighting their way through ithick dust and choking fumes. After {he had given the alarm he re-entered the mine, finding six Chinese, two of whom were alive, huddled on one of the levels. The two survivors were taken on stretchers and Loisted to |the surface. Watson remained in the mine until after daybreak, helping in the work of rescue. A series of cave-ins hampered the rescue crews and timbering had to |be undertaken as the parties pro- ceeded. The bodies of five of the men were found in one group. badly burned from the explosion. They had been killed instantly. Farther away {the bodiga of ten miners, overcome as {they worked their way througn the | gas-filled corridor, were found In an-| other group. i _ ¢ JUDGE KNAPP DIES AFTER OPERATION (Continued from First Page.) and the government which he served | both horor and credit. He was most popular as a public official, and few of those who have seen such long servi in the government enjored the re and honor which he won. The service | which Judge Knapp performed with the government kept him in close contact with the railroads and business inter- ests as a member of the Interstate Com- merce Commission, and later, as a media- tor under the various railroad labor mets, he won the supreme respect of studying the science in the McKinley Manuel Training School Inboratory. EStory of Madden’s Letter Box e e { the WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 FUTURE “FLORENCE NIGHTINGALES" DELVE INTO CHEMISTRY. 11923, ‘The girls attend elasses on INVADERS FORBID GERMAN CABINET TO ENTER RUHR irst Page.) Practical Joker! (Continued from F postmaster general as well as the veteran legislator in the interests of [ pensions: ) : v postal matters bogh defying the postal | public works; 3. rie, minister authorities. | of finance, and M. minister of As @ matter of fact, before his|liberated regions. as well as by Baron house was completed, Representative | d'Hestroy, the Belgian ambassador. Madden had installed & mail hox, This session was preceded by one | cith | Of M. Poincare's frequent meetings with Das nszeriad auy contioversy Wit | Mavsbmuxoen ¢ Weygand and the the local post office, and has never M 3 een rnish a receptacle French cabinet ministers, who attendea posn amked. 1o fumi o the later conference., for mail. He provided this himself | MOVE ON FRANKFORT. le Trocquer, minister of because for many years, he has been looking toward progressive meas- ures for the improvement of the pos- tal service. The information given The Star came from e postal official whose ! sincerity has never been questioned. This official admitted today that he had told The Star “only part of the story” and that he knew Mr. Madden, sometime ago, had Installed a pos office box BY GEORGE WITTE. and Chicago Daily 1923. The French are preparing to occupy Fyankfort- | on-the-Main, according to reports brought here by impartial American observers who have just made the trip from Paris to Berlin by way of Wiesbaden and Frankfort. Teanks, artillery, cavalry and infantry are iconcentrated in the outskirts of {Mayence ready to proceed into Frankfort, which is only a_short |distance away. Unlike the Fremch loccupation of ‘the city in 1920, t new one will last as long as the Ruhr cccupation. Elberfeld and Barmen, south of i he served constantly as chairman of the railroad regulating body. During his tour of duty with the commission he was appointed ex-offi- cio a mediator under the Erdman act, during which he participated in the settlement of numerous railroad la- bor disputes, many of them of na. tional importance. 15 last term of duty as a mem- er of the Interstate Commerce Com- | o « Essen, and Karlsruhe, in Baden, i mission was interrupted when the P United States Commerce Court was | Srect line between Frankfort and tnie §oiablished ' President Taft picked | Gffcnburg an Abpenwetder. win ales only one of the first membera of this | foon b5, elzed by the French so that ;:{\‘;id’i::r;.ud!?‘uel f_i_im;cdce;\:"llh "m!‘:f sector extending from Wesel through mission he resigned from the railroad | Rapisrany o Somensy, forankfort and body December 31, 1910. President|mile zone west op Lt oF & fifty- Taft in naming him for this duty ap- { gig occupied area ~10 DoYond the pointed him an additional circult . judge and placed him with the new Citles Like Graveyard: court for five year: However. while serving the govern- ment in this duty his value as a me- | diator of raflroad labor disputes was felt strongly, and he was again named mediator under the Erdman act for two years from March 4, 1811 When Commerce Court was dissolved December 31. 1913, President Wilson. realizing his worth as one who could successfully smooth over and settle the constantly {ncreasing num- ber of railroad labor disputes, named kim a member of the board of medi- ation and concilation, created by the Newlands act of 1913, which super- ceded the Erdman act. He was also assigned by the Chief Justice to the circuit court of appeals for the fourth circuit, which comprises the states of Virginla, West Virgini: North and South Carolina, which posi tiop he still holds, However, he has always maintained his home in Wash- ington, leaving only when his public duty required. During the time Judge Knapp has resiced in Washington he took an ac- | tive interest in the city, and became here from Paris declare that French newspapers insist that everything in the Rubr district is working out emoothly, that the railroads are run- ning, that the working people, es- everything but strikes and that the inhabitants everywhere are y e are giving the French and Belgian troops a cogdml reception. These Americans are unani mous, however, in saying that some of the Rhine and Ruhr cities are dead as graveyards, and that in some places riot a wheel is turning. In the French occupied territory a few trains made up chiefly of freight cars are running, but that If they reach their destina- tions at all it takes them five or eix times longer than it used to take with German crew 1,000,000 Marks for Auto. To get from the old occupied ter- ritory to some stations from which both the corporations and the men whose problems he handled under the Erdman act, and later under the Newlands act, which superseded it. His career in the federal government kept him constantly in Washington, and he became associated in many of the business interests here. Judge Knapp also found time awny from his arduous official dutles to take a great interest in the National Capital. His intlnate knowledge of the prob- lems of the raliroads won for him the appointment as one of the mediators {under the Erdman act, following its passage by Congress, and his work in | that connection gained for him many | {¢riends and supporters, sustaining the wiseness of his selection for this | duty. Native of New York. Judge Knapp came of remote Dutch ! descent, hia later ancestors being English colonists, who came from England in 1630 and settled in Dan- bury, Coun. Judge Knapp was born in Spafford, Onondaga county, N. Y. November 6, 1843, the son of Justus Norton and Polly’ McKay Knapp. He recelved his early education in the New York schools, attending the Homer (N. Y.) Academy and Caze- novia (N. Y.) Seminary. Later, he {went to Middleton, Conn., where he ; attended the Wesleyan University, |later graduating with the degree o M A I He did not undertake the practice fof his profession immediately upon leaving school, but went back to the farm, where he worked for awhile, later teaching school for a brief pe: riod. However, in 1869, he was ad- mitted to the bar of New York state, and immediately began the practice of law in Syracuse. For four years, from 1873 to 1877, he obtained |his first experience in' public life, {when he served as corporation coun- i:al of the city of Syracuse. Upon completion of this tour of public duty he went back to the practice of his profession, and there remained until President Harrison, in February, 1891, called him into federal service, in which he remained constantly up to the time of his death. President Cleveland concurred in President Har- rison's action when he reappointed him to the commission in 1897, and President Roosevelt twice reappoint- ed him, in 1802 and 1908. From 1898 on until the time of separation trains are running the traveler must take a motor car costing from 200,000 to 1,000,000 paper marks. These fan- tastic prices are charged on account of the risk the owners claim to be rnning of having their cars con- fiscated by the French. All along the highways In the Ruhr district one interested in a number of corpora- tions as a stockholder. Had Many Interests. In addition to his arduous work with the government organizations, Judge Knapp alwayes found time to take interest in organizations, par- ticularly those dealing with national and international, economic and science work. He was a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, American Econ- omic Association, American Political Science = Association, Transportation Club of New York, Cosmos, Univer- sity and ‘Chevy Chase Clubs of this city. He was a member of All Souls' Unitarian Church. Judge Knapp was twice married: First, to Marion Hotchkiss of Middle- town, Conn.. December 29, 1869, who died, December 4, 1904, and second to Mrs. Nellfs Mavnard Gardner, August 10, 1907, who dfed, Apri} 28, 1914. —_— FRAUD CHARGE AGAINST MERCHANT IS CONTINUED Government Asks Time to Prepare Additional Information in Green’s Case. Upon motion of Assistant District Attorney Ralph Given, the prelim- inary hearing in a case of embezzle- cars standing on the adjolning rail- road tracks. the locomotives looking been standing there for weeks. . No persons except a few French sentries f::e:e seen outside the cities and vil- 3,135 CONVICTIONS IN 28,079 ARRESTS (Continued from First Page.) mittee that if given the authority provided in this bill they will be able to cope with the situation and make the District of Columbia as safe for motor drivers and pedestrians as any city in the country. Long Step Forward. He says that the House District com- mittee believes that with the elimi- nation of the posting and forfeiting jof collateral, with drastic penalties Ifor major offenses, with a traflic ent i , £ Commission merchant at 10 19th |Judge and assistant corporation coun- street northwest, was continued for isel charged with the enforcement of wo weeks today by Judge McMahon, o in the Pollce Court: in order to allow ';'mfl s e tamlline with the government time to prefer addi- chronio offenders, that a long step tional charges. Bond of $2,000, upon |forward will be taken in the regula- which Green was released shortlyition and control of this most import- after his arrest, was continued. Green was charged with embezzle- |30t feature of our municipal govern- ment on December 20, 1922. Two days ! 2 . B Tater,hceording to" police records | The bill carries the existing license he reported that he had been robbed | Fates. although a bill is now pending of $4,466. The money. he said, was°n the calendar changing the form of taken from & chiffonier drawer in his | taxation from a motor vehicle tag tax ! home during his absence on the night [t0 a gasoline tax, but it is deemed of Deosmber 23, 1932, ‘When ho_re- | Inadvisable to make this change until turned home that night, he told police, | action 1is taken on the pending he discovered that his room had been } measure. entered and the money taken. Appended to the Zihlman report is He was arrested in New York city [a statement from the major and by Headquarters Detectives Cullinane | superintendent of police of the Dis- and Vermillion and brought here to!trict showing the number of acci face the charge of embezzlement. |dents and arrests during the calen. dar year 1922, and also a statement = ! everywhere about eve! | | featured. When the News-making day ends The Evening Star issues the 5:30 Edition—so that you may have the very last word from spired—with sports news and financial news For sale by newsboys and news- dealers throughout the city at 5:30. for the month of January, 1923, which, he says, “shows the serious nature for remedial legislation.” HART ESTATE, $82,000. Sisters and Brother, Latter of Chi- cago, SBhare in Distribution. Samuel Hart, late manager of Lans- burg & Bro., left an estate valued at $82,000, according to a petition for the probate of his will filed by his sisters, Carrie Hart and Rosa H. Bass, who are named as_ executrices. The sisters, with a_ brother, Gilbert Hart of Chicago, will share the bulk of the eatate. S An estate, valued at $95,391, is left by Mrs. Georgia D. Duncan, who died January $2. Her husband, Rev. George 8. Duncan, is the sole bene- ficlary. 1 rvthing that has tran- | The Americans who have arrived | I peciaily the miners, are thinking of! sees long coal.trains averaging sixty | as dusty and smokeless as if they had | of this problem and the necessity | ers. Blair Sees WomanLeadersin Era of Obscurity| By the Associated Pry BALTIMOR! February 10— ‘Woman leaders of the present are going through an interim of ob- scurity, according to Mrs. Emily Newell Blair of Washington, vice chairman of the national demo- cratic committee. Mrs. Blair spoke at the School for Democracy, in session under aus- pices of the Democratic Women's Club, “The time is coming when we will have woman leaders elected, not as the heads of women's or- ganizations, but as representatives in the councils of the nation,” Mrs. Blair said. “Men look not to thelr clubs and organizations for their great leaders. but to the Sepate and legislative bodies. We have been working through all, these years that women might ufe their gifts not to work for women, but to form the country's foreign policy and to face its economic problems. This will come with time and ex- perience. “The democratic party cannot suc- ceed unless it gathers to its stand- ard thewomen of the country. And the only way the women can be ef- fective is by getting into the party organization and voting for the powers that plan the policies.” —_— HEAVY SENTENCES IND. C. DOPE CASES Justice Stafford Sends Of- fenders to Penitentiary in War on Evil. | | Justice ‘Stafford, fn Criminal Di- vision 1, 1s determined to curb the “dope evil” if heavy sentences will effect it. Today he sent Louise James, colored, thirty-two years old, and Al- bert Underwood, also colored, to the penitentiary for five years each for peddling narcotics. Underwood was shown to be an old offender, but counsel for the woman' pleaded that | she had no previous record. A report trom Probation Officer Steele showed the woman had been in trouble sev- eral times and the court let the sen- tence stand. Three vears in the penitentiary was | imposed on William C. Leftwich, col- ored, who broke into the drug storé of Frederick A. Miles October 25 last and stole $54 and a quantity of dope. John Webb, colored, who shot Dep- uty Marsbal Edward P. Guinane Jan- uary 10 last because the officer re- fused to take a drink offered by Webb on the street near the court- house, was sentenced to serve three years in the penitentiary A sentence of two years' imprison- ment was given Moses D. Wormley. colored, for cutting Jesse Dudley with | a razor November last. John T. Waters, colored, received a term of | two years in the penitentiary. Me was charged with two cases of lar- ceny. Hugh Gallagher, white, will go to the penitentiary for eighteen jmonths. He stole $60 from George R. Salb January 2. Willlam Cady and Roland Clifton, young white men, were given one year at Occoquan on a charge of house- breaking. They were convicted of en- tering the garage of Edward L. Glenn October-21 last, Nothing was stolen. ! Attorney T. Morris Wampler, for the accused, noted an appeal to the Court of Appeals, and the young men were allowed to remain on bond awaiting decision of the higher court. Probation was extended |Btafford to Ellwood Bower, seventeen years old, who is married. The boy was convicted of stealing an automo- bile December 16 last. The probation is to last for three years on condition that Bower returns to his wife and supports her. { Beatrice Bright, colored, was given | 1 by Justice | iford more |protest against {charged by Secretar PRESEENT PLANS CARSHORTAGE QU7 (}omrhission to Investigate This and Other Rail Prob- lems May Be Formed. CONFER AT WHITE HOUSE Senators, at Meeting, Who Oppose Shipping Bill Asked for Suggestions. Creation of a special presidentia commission to study charges of a ca: shortage and possibly other transpor- tation questions during the coming recess of Congress is being planned by President Harding, who s expect- ed to send concrete recommendatiohs on the subject to the Senate and House Interstate commerce commit- tees within the present week. The commission would be composed under present plans, of members of Congress and representatives of ship- pers and producers, the rallroads rallway labor unions and railway security associations. It would mak« recommendations to Congress nexi December. Discussed at White House. The President recently discussed the matter at a conference at the White House to_which he invited Senator Capper, Kansas, chairman of the farm bloc; Gooding, ldaho; Couzens Michigan; Norbeck, South Dakot Brookhart, Towa, and Ladd, No; Dakota, all republicans. Those at th conference said there was gener agreement that the agricultural dustry required drastic relief to af treight cars, and that freight rates on agriultural products were too high, Among other things the propoted commission, it was sald might study methods to bring about rate reductions. During his talk with the senatorfa group, the President was sald to have discussed the administration shipping bill briefly and told his vis- itors, all of whom, but Senator Good- {ings, are opposed to the bill, that the opponents should suggest some other reniedy for the shipping situation if thcy could not support the adminis- tration program. GARFIELD ASSALS FALLAS “UNIST” Calls Secretary’s Criticism of Attorney in Indian Land Case Unwarranted. James R. Garfield, Secretary of t Interior under President Roosevelt appeared yesterday before the Senate public lands subcommittee consider- ing the Bursum biil relating to Pueblo lands, and charged that Sec retary Fall had given “unjustifiable testimony before the committee re- cently In regard to Francis C. Wil- {son, attorney for the Gengral Feder- ation of Women's Clubs. Mr. Wilson, who had appeared the confirmation tribal lands, was Fall with hav- ing been a ‘“comspirator’ in an ul leged land fraud case in New Mexico. Demands Inspection of Reports. Mr. Garfield demanded that Len- root's committee requust both the De partment of Justice and the Depart- te squatter titles to another chance and placed on proba- tion for two years. She was charged | with larceny. H COLLIDES, SEVEN ment of the Interior to furnish all papers germane to the subject, which were produce Secretary Fall based his charges a report by Inspector Linnen of the Department of the Interior, and Quoted as follows from this report “This whole transaction (deal wit Pueblo Indian lands) shows inco sistencies on the part of (Wilson) not, indeed, conspiracy to defraud the government and the Indians out of their lands. He should be prosecuted for the same if facts will warrant CHARGES FOLLOW Fined Total of $910 or, Default, Must Serve Fourteen Months. i in H 1 Swift justice overtook Ed Solrlnl.l alias “Black Jack.” colored, in :he United States branch of Police Court {today. He was arrested last night [at 234 and M streets northwest on a {charge of colliding with two other automobiles. When the police gave his car the once over they say that they found twenty-five gallons of corn whisky. FEd pleaded guilty be- fore Judge McMahon and was sen- tenced to pay a fine of $500, or, in default, to serve six months in jall, {on the charge of transporting, and 2 fine of $200 or, in default, to ‘serve ninety days in jail, on the charge of possession—a total of §700, or, if he fails to pay the fines, he will have to serve nine months in jail. “Black Jack's” troubles, however, did not end in this court. When he ap- peared before the Traffic Court, his fines looked like an itemized bill. Here they are: Specding, $50 fine or thirty days in l { ail. ’(‘unldh\l’, $40 fine or thirty days in jail. I eaving scene without making known his identity, $40 fine or thirty days in jail. Passing traflic officer’s stop signal, $40 or thirty days in jail. Not having an operator's permit, $40 or thirty days in jail. FREED IN BANDIT QUIZ. {J. Gordon Brown, Cashier at Har- vey’s, Above Suspicion, Say Police. J. Gordon Brown, nineteen years old, 1317 Kenyon street, cashier on duty at Harvey's, Pennsylvania ave- nue and 11th street, the night an armed bandit appeared and obtalned the contents of the cash register, and who was questioned Thursday night by Deteofives Kelly, Scrivener, Springman and Darnall, has been re- leased. Detectives today said there was not the slightest suspicion at- tached to the young man in connec- tion with the affair. RETIRED GENERAL DIES. The War Department i informed that Brig. Gen. Anthony W. Vodges, United States Army, retired, died at San Diego, Calif, February 7. He was a native of New York as a volunteer officer In the civil war. In April, 1866, he was appointed second lieutenant in the Regular Army and served in the infantry and then in_the artillery., He was in command of the artiilery district of Key West, Fla., when etired for age -as a brigadier general in May, 1904, i nd served | Secretary Fall also stated in letter to Charles Burkhart, comn sioner of Indian affairs, that “he could not maintain his own respect should he meet with Mr. Wilson and the other representatives of the General Federation of Women's Clubs and who had been gullty of malicious and, in my judgment, false attack made through the press and other wise” in connection with the Burs bill. Holds Statement Baseless. Mr. Garfleld stated to the Senate committee in effect that the report by Inspector Linnen which Secretary Fall had quoted was without basis, being disproved by other documents which were in the possession of or accessible to Secretary Fall at the time he made his charges. Further, that Simmons Burkhart, attorney general for New Mexico, had not re- ported to the effect quoted by Secre- tary Fall, but had made a report which exonerated Mr. Wilson of the charges against him. COMPENSATION PLAN AGREED ON IN PRINCIPLE House Judiciary Committee, How- ever, Disagrees on Terms of Measure. The House judliclary committee to day agreed in principle, but disagreed on the terms of the measure urged by the Natlonal Federation of Federal Employes to liberalize the terms of the federal employes' compensatic act to meet a recent ruling by Con troller General McCarl. This ruling was in effect that those who con tracted disease, but were not bodily injured, could not collect payments under this act. A subcommittee was appointed to work out a satisfactory wording of the proposed amen and the judiciary committee meet again on Tuesday to receive the report of this subcommittee. The meeting today was executive. FAVORS CONDEMNED MAN. George Henry Banton, colored twenty years old, will not be hanged {at the District jail next Friday. Jus- tice Stafford in Criminal Division 1 to- day postponed the execution until April 20, to give Attorney Johnston. Ccounsel for the prisoner, an opportu- nity to apply to President Harding for a commutation of the sentence to life imprisonment. Banton held up Samuel Frye at the grocery store at 61st and Dix streets last fall, and, when the clerk did not come across with the money from the cash drawer, shot and killed him. MISS REYNOLDS BURIED. Funeral services.for Miss Margaret C. Reynolds, who died at her home in Capitol Heights “Tuesday, were held at the home of Dr. A. R. Mc- Kenzie Thursday, Rev. Dr. La Rouche and Rev. Dr. Hayden conducting the services. The Interment was in the chapel cemetery. Miss Reynolds was an active church worker.