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WEATHER. Fair and colder tonight and tomor- row; lowest temperature tonight, about 24 degrees; continued cold Fri- “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast day. 'lyemperl!ure for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 58, at 3:30 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 38, at 4 a.m. today. Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. GERMAN RIOT CITY REFUSES PAYMENT OF FINE TO FRENCH Several Officials of Gelsen- kirchen Reported Beaten After Arrest by Invaders. 28,779. GENERAL BOYCOTTS LEAD TO NMUMEROUS CLASHES People of Occupied Towns Harrass Troops by Acts of Sabotage. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, February 14.—The munici- pality of Gelsenkirchen, according to advices received here, has declined to pay the fine of 100,000,000 marks de- manded by the French as penalty for the clash there between German police and French gendarmes on Monday. Town Ofticials Held. By the Associated Press. DUESSELDORF, February 14.—One hundred million marks, representing the fine levied on Gelsenkirchen as a result of the clash between German police and French troops on Monday, are due from the town today, while the French re- tain in custody several officials arrest- ed in connection with the incident One report from German sources de- clares that the men arrested, including the burgomaster and the chief of po- lice, were subjected to a beating. This city has been considerably in- convenienced by the patriotism of Ger- man telephone gzirls who walked out rather than work with a French opera- tor_whom the officers brought to the exchange. Service was immediately stopped. The_expulsion of German function- aries for refusing to carry out the or- ders of the French has extended to Vohwinkel. The burgomaster and the chief of police have been forced to leave town. TO PUNISH SABOTAGE. French Plan Severe Penalties for Interference With Phones. - By the Associated Press. GELSENKIRCHEN, February 14— Tt is reported in French circles that scvere sentences are to be imposed in consequence of acts of sabotage | which have caused an Interference in | telegraph and telephone communica- tions with Paris. Similar penalties, it is said, will be effccted at Bochum because the German authorities there have re- fused to permit the French to re- quisition motor cars. ACtHreat to murder the chauffeurs if the auto- | mobiles are taken over has come to the attentlon of the occupation offi- | cers. So far, 140 cars have been appropriated, 'The Fronch are paying the drivers 35 francs a day. The shops have reopened -at Gel- senkirchen, the French' agreelng not to_buy fooustuffs. Reports from -Essen assert that'a strike is in progress at two of the Btinnes mines in consequence of the arrest of the diréctors. BOYCOTTS WORRY FRENCH. Lights Cut Off in Hotel Occupled | by Officers. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News, Copyright, 1823, ESSEN, February 14.—Kaiser Wil- helm's life-size portrait in the Hotel Kaiserhof here has looked down upon many strange scenes from coal barons’ suppers to the communist meetings when the Spartacists held Essen for a brief period, but the por- trait never before saw stranger sights than it witnessed Tuesday night under the French occupation. The hotel was In almost complete | darkness because the boycott against the French includes light. The elec- tric light cable had been cut some- where and the French engineers and also the neutral guests in the hotel were forced to wander about with candles and to attend to their wants as_best they could. | The flickering light of the candles threw strangely shaped shadows on the walls. There were officers in uni- form ang soldiers with fixed bayonets guarding other soldiers peeling po- tatoes for the next meal. Newspaper conferences were held in the dark- ness and news reports were inter- mingled with orders from the French steward to the soldier cooks. But the kaiser never changes his expression. He Is safe, for the French have given strict orders that the por- trait is not to be touched. The French have ordered the city guthorities to turn on_the electric Current under penalty of shutting off | the power from the entire city. 8- sibly, as in the case of Oberhausen, the mayor will be arrested. Gen. Fournier has Issued an order to close wll shops refusing to sell to the French and authorizing the use of force. The supplies in the hotels and restaurants have been requis tioned to permit the French to or- ganize thelr own messes. In Recklinghausen the boycott has been settled by the French agreeing not to purchase food or other neces- gities except in small quantities. The Shops there are reopening. The boycott in Esscn began in carnest Tuesday morning, when the restaurants refused to serve srench. In one hotel ihe kitchen and closed the restaurant Germans. o e the Hotel Kalserhof, the French headquarters, the entire personnel walked out, carrying away their be- Jongings and also the silverware and linen. Even the barber packed up his tools and left the hotel. At noon many who came to the restaurant went away hungry, for the waiters had deserted early in the day. Fi- nally even the beil boys shook hands with the manager and left. Ronds Are Closed. The hotel being left entirely in the hands of the French, they quickly improvised a _kitchen. ~ Soldiers brought two taxicabs full of army bread and & van brought meat and tinned goods. Soldlers were detailed to_prepare the meals. Trouble began Sunday night when Germans molested French soldiers in the cafes and restaurants. There were several rows and finally French soldiers patrolled the streets and scattered the crowds. A number of ersons were prodded with bayonets, gul no onz was seriously hurt. At one time two mounted German police- men led a detachment of French in- fantry along the principal street. Shots” were fired but no one was hit. Tuesday -night armored cars with machine guns were guarding the “(Coutinued on Page 2, Column 3) | domestic affairs. the | the French | {ook over the entire plant, organized | Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. Seaman’s Coffin Is Searched, But Russ Jewels Are Not Found Report $4,000,000 of Czar’s Gems Were Smuggled Into U. S. Is Exploded. Troops Guard Search. By the Assoctated Press. 2W YORK, February 14.—None of the Russlan crown jewels was found in the coffin of Seaman James Jones when the body, burled in a Brooklyn cemetery, was disinterred today by the government. : The exhumation had been ordered to settle the quéstion of whether $4.- 000,000 worth of gems, once belonging to Czar Nicholas, had been smuggled into the United States in 1920 on the Army transport Edellyn. It had been reported that the smugglers had con- cealed the jewels in the coffin of Jones, who died at Gibraltar while the transport was on its way from Viadivostok. Newspapermen were barred from the cemetery during the disinterment. Early this morning earth was re- moved and the coffin exposed. The casket, however, was not lifted out of the ground until after a_company of soldlers had arrived from Fort Hamil- ton and had been stationed around the grounds, Grave diggers then carrled the casket to the mortuary, where the shroud was removed. Nearly three-quarters of an hour was spent in examining the body, the clothing and the lining of the coffin. In the presence of Army officers and officlals of the Treasury Department TURKS BLUFF NAR ANEND, SAYFRENCH Failure to Deliver Ultimatum on Smyrna Withdrawal Ex- pected to Close Incident. SEEK ACTION ON TREATY Lausanne Delegates Are Anxious to Conclude Agreement With Angora Government. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 14—The repre- sentative of the Angora government at Smyrna has not yet delivered the reported ultimatum for the with- drawal of the warships there to the allled chiefs. In French diplomatic circles the opinion is expressed that the Turks have reached the end of their string of “bluffs” and are now anxlous to settle matters definitely, and in dip- lomatic quarters here the feeling Is that the Lausanne terms will be ac- cépted without important modifica- tions. The Angora authorities are dis- playing signs of impatience over the non-arrival from Lausanne of Ismet Pasha, the forelgn minister, who, ac- cordinng to official information re- ceived by the French foreign office, was still at Bucharest, Rumania, this morning. The Angora assembly is anxlous to begin discussion of the Lausanne peace treaty draft as soon as Mustapha Kemal Pasha returns from Smyrna, where he went to open officially the Turkish economic con- gress, but, according to several members of the national assembly, Kemal 18 too busy attending to his (It was reported from Constantinople recently that Kemal had just been married and is now on his honeymoon.) Some mild_criticism of him on this score has been volced. 2 The assembly appears to be desir- ous of discussing the treaty along broad lines, the French advices indi- cate, the tendency being to lgnore the detads upon which the Turkish delegation at Lausanne laid so much stress. TURK DEMAND OPPOSED. Allied Note Reported to Be Refusal to Withdraw. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, February 14—The word- ing of the joint note the allled high commissioners in Constantinople were to have handed yesterday to Adnan Bey, Turkish natlonalist representative, in reply to the demand for the with- drawal of warships from Smyrna har- bor, was left to the discretion of the allled representatives on the scene, but it is understood in officlal circles the note declares the Turkish demands are inacceptable. The general line taken by the note, it is believed, Is that the armistice of Mudros signed when Turkey capitulat- ed at the close of the great war, is held by the allles to be still in force, and that they are entitled to maintain their warships at Smyrna. | i By the Associatéd Press. NEW YORK, February 14—A fortune In gems, gold and silver, e timated at $2,000,000 and upward, lay buried today In the safes in the smouldering wreckage of a six-story office bullding that was destroyed by fire in Maiden lane, the jewel center of the world. Mare than sixty jewelers and sil- versmiths occupled the bulldin ‘When the walls and floors collapsed during the height of the blaze the safes were sent tumbling into the deep cellar. Experts sald that the valuables un: doubtedly would be found intact. Meanwhile. bluecoats from ten police precincts and a hundred private po- licemen were sent to guard the ruins. Nearby streets were roped off to keep back inquisitive crowds. Historic St, John's Church, erected in 1768, was threatened with destruc- ' tion by-the.flames. . Py 1 WASHINGTON, D. C, the body was removed from the casket to permit complete examination. Then it was lifted back into the coffin and replaced in the ground. After that the military guard was lifted and Col. J. J. Gallagher, com- mander of the Army supply base in Brooklyn, made this terse statement to newspaper men: s “There is nothing to the report. No Jewels were found.”. The officlal witnesses then signed a statement to this effect. The first concrete evidence that the United States government was seeking the gems in America came early last month, when Willlam B. Willlams, spe- clal agent of the Treasury Department, admitted he was Investigating a report that $4,000,000 worth were burled in the Brookiyn cemetery. The story was that the jewels had been smuggled into this country ‘in 1920 in the coffin of the sallor who dled_on the Army transport Edellyn at Gibraltar In August, 1920, while the vessel was on its way from Vladi- vostok to the United States. The gov- ernment maintalned strict silence about the matter until newspaper stories were published, after which a detachment was sent from Fort Ham- flton to guard the grave against ghouls. One attempt to rob the coffin was frustrated by the guards. A few days ago dispatches from Washington said orders had been issued to open the grave to settle for once and all whether it con- tained the jewels SAY CLLES SUPPORT NUNS KIDNARIG Private Detectives’ Activities Expected to Bring About Arrests. COUNTY OFFERS REWARD Baltimore Police Drop Hunt for Abductors Pending Aid From Vietim. By the Associated Press FREDERICK, Md., February 14.— Operatives of a private detective agency at work upon the case of Sister Cecllia, music teacher at Notre Dame Convent here, allsged to have been kidnaped from the institution last Monday, have discovered tangible clues which tended to prove that the nun was actually abducted as she declared, according to & statement from an authoritative quarter today. Arrests might follow, it was added. The nature of clues or where they were obtained was not divulged. Sister Cecilia, who has been in a highly nervous condition ever since her return to the convent in a taxicab from Baltimore Monday night with a harrowing tale of experience while in the hands of her captors, was reported to be improved today. it was sald, however, that it would be several days before she will be able to leave her room. The authorities hope to have her go to Baltimore to aid them in_the investigation there. The county commissioners today of- tered a reward of $500 for the appre- hension of Sister Cecilia’s abductors. Grand Jury May Be Called. Recall of the grand jury for the Feb- ruary term of court will be asked it sufficlent clues are secured by the police in_ their investigation of the alleged Kidnaping. State's Attorney Aaron R. Ander: let it be known that he would ask the court to sanction recall of the grand jury in event sufficient clues are dis- covered to warrant an investigation upon’ which indictments might be based. POLICE PROBE SUSPENDED. Baltimore Authorities to Await Re- covery of Sister Cecilia. BALTIMORE, February 14.—Local police officials have announced that further investigation of the alleged kidnaping of Sister Cecilia, a music teacher at the Notre Dame Convent, Frederick, has been temporarily aban- doned. They stated, however, that they would Tesume thelr hunt for the supposed abductors, and the house in which the sister sald she was held captive for several hours before she made her escape, when the nun has recovered sufficiently to come to this | city and aid the authorities in their investigation. Sherift James L, Jones of Frederick, who came here to assist local police in their search, went back last night, after stating he could find no clues that would throw light on the kidnap- ing. The sheriff came here in com- pany with Stewart Catheart, a_taxi- cab_driver, who drove Sister Cecilia back to Frederick. - $2,000,000 in Gems and Gold Buried in Debris of N. Y,-fF ire Four alarms called firemen to the bdlaze, while detectives and patrolmen from ten precincts, reinforced by 100 private policemen, blocked all streets in the financial district to all except fire-fighters and newspapermen. Jew- elry valued at millions of dollars was stored in vaults in the burning bulld- ing and in nearby structures in Maid~ en lane, A dozen firemen and police officers ‘were injured in a back draft which swept from the first floor, when-the fire-fighters broke their way through the door: Séveral were removed to hospitals with minor injuries. The firemen fought the .flames from floor to floor, but were ordered from the bullding on reaching the fifth. story. Just as the last man left the walls and flogra collapsed. St. John's Church, separated from the burning bullding by a four-foot alleyway, was several times in dan- ger. Streams of water were played over the smoking ancient walls, and firemen directed other water attacks on:the flames from the windowas—— pening |CONGRESS TOKEEP TS RGHTTOPASS ON DEBT FUNDIG Senators Agree to Alter Brit- ish Pact, Giving Future Powers to President. LEADERS’ AGREEMENT CURTAILS OPPOSITION By Unanimous Consent Vote May Be Taken Late Today or Tomorrow. An agreement between Senate re- publican and democratic leaders on the British debt-funding bill, reported to have been reached informally to- day, would strike out the House pro- vision authorizing the President to approve similar settlements with other debtor natlons, and would sub- stitute the amendment of Senator Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, requir- ing future proposals to be submitted to Congres: Except for the plan for congres- slonal approval of future funding pro- posals, the bill would be limited to ac- ceptance of the British funding agree- ment. Early Vote Expected. Acceptance of the Robinson amend- ment was sald to have been agreed upon in conferences today between Senator Smoot, republican, Utah, in charge of the bill, and other leaders. The plan was sald to be acceptable to several senators who had been planning to fight the measure. Other negotiatiol in progress be- tween Senate leaders looked to avold- ing the sesslon planned for tonight by a unanimous consent agreement for a vote on the bill late today or tomor- row. Discussion was opened today by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, re- publican, floor leader and chairman of the foreign relations committee, in a brief speech In support of the debt funding agreement, curtalled, he sald, by the hopes for an early vote. The British-American agreement, he sald, was of utmost importance—a “great substantial fact. “It is of value to both countries,” he added, “and of value to the world. “We start with the proposition, of course, that there will be no cancel- lation of the foreign debt. But the United States has no desire to exact usurious interest or to make hard terms. We could not go to war with any country to collect the debts, but we are disposed to hold those debts (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) NEW ALLEY BILL - -~ GOESTO SENATE One-third of the alley dwellers in the Dlistrict of Columbia would be compelied.to vacate those dwellings June 1, 1923; one-third June 1, 1924, and one-third Jume 1, 1925, under the terms of a bill favorably reported to the Senate today by the District committee, The District Commissioners have recommended the passage of a bill providing that the alley dwellers may continue to live in the alleys until November, 1924. Years ago Congress passed a bill providing that the alleys in the Dis- trict should no longer be inhabited by dwellers, and set a time for their abandonment, The war came on; build- ing In the District was at a stand- stiil; the city ple and Congress has from-year to year since then postponed the final abandonment. BUl Is Compromise. . Some members of the the Senate committee are determined that aban- donment of the alleys must be begun. Some belleve they should be aban- doned this year. The bill reported today is in a measure a_compromise with this sen- timent. Under existing law the al- leys must be vacated this year, June 1. The proposal to have the alley dwellers move out one-third each year was advocated by the executive committee of the Emergency Housing Association of the District, which put it up to the Senate committee. The bill reported by the committee directs the District Commissioners to zone the alleys, the first zone to be abandoned July 1, 1923, and the sec- ond and third, June 1, 1924, and June 1, 1925, respectively. It the recommendations of the Emergency Housing Assoclation are followed, the Commissioners will place in the first zone those alleys where _ bootlegging and vice now flourish. 0. K. Switching BUL The District committee also order- ed a favorable report on the Zihlman switching bill to increase the termi- pal facilities in the District, after amending it 50 as to make its ap- plication general. The bill as it passed the House mentions specifi- cally only two squares under which the railroads tgacks might be run. Those behind the bill belleve that ft will result in permitting some of the coal dealers and citizens to obtain coal mere easily and cheaply. Another measure reported favor- ably by the committee is the House Joint resolutior ’#uthbrizing the Dis- trict Commissioners, the Secretary of thie' Secretary of Navy to grant the Shriners ‘the use of pub- lic parks and reservations, of tents, flags, etc, -during their convention here next June. g . Would Substitute Measure. Two bills which have been passed by the. Housé similar to bilis passed Dby the Senate were reported by the committee, and. Senator Ball, chalr- man, ,will ask that the House bills be “substituted for the Senate bills. One of them authorizes the -sale by the Cofamissioners of land acquired in 1869 for school purposes but never War and The land in question s located at 20th and Jackson streets northe: and is no longer required for school purposés. The other bill amends an act of 1899 relative to the payment of claims for material and labor furnished for District of Columbia bulldings. = It is_recommended by the District .camTonon. rowd ith peo- | 2 h rom year o | by miners againat operators and oper- PROBES “CITZENS *HCHTS DENIAL Coal Commission Details For- mer Vice President Marshal for Inquiry. CHARGES BY BOTH SIDES Operators’ and Miners’ Views at 0dds in Regard to Strike Violence. An investigation to determine whether civic rights of American cit- izens have been abridged or denied during labor controversies in the coal industry, and whether breaches of civil or criminal law have been in- wvolved, with a purpose of fixing responsibility, was begun today by the federal coal commission. Former Vice President-Marshall, one of the commission members, was detailed to make the prellminary examination. Charges and counter charges made before it by representatives of opera- tors and .miners concerning the situa- tion in various coal regions and re- garding violence which has marked the progress of recent strikes, have made the step necessary, it was an- nounced by the commission. Request for Information. ‘The commission asked the united mine workers and the owners” and operators of mines or any others having knowledge of the situation to submit “in concrete form specific charges of the denlal to any Ameri- can citizen of any rights guaranteed to him by the Constitution of the United States, or acts of Congress.” “The commission has been put in possession of certain, charges made ators against miners,” the announce- ment said, “but it does not deem the charges and the character of proof heretofore submitted to the commis- slon to be of sufficlent value to en- able it to reach conclusions upon these subjects. * & ¢ ¢ ¢ It wel- comes and invites all information ob- tainable upon these questions. Oper- ators, miners and the public are noti- fied that it reserves the right to fix a reasonable time prior to which it will not investigate.” ‘Want Only Naked Facts, The statement emphasized that the commission desired from those who had complaints upon the subject “presenta- tion of the naked facts, unadorned by either oratory or vituperation.” Names of witnesses and any allegation of criminal action or of denial of civic rights in mining regions will be xought from complainants and full detalls required. W Bl To. the commission’s objective, it was added, “to make a fair and im- partial investigation of the controver- sles which have arisen from time time between operators and miner: over the question of violence during gtrikes and over attempts to organize the union in non-union fields. SUGAR BREAKS 100 POINTS AFTER SENSATIONAL RISE Fluctuation Is Maximum Allowed by New York Exchange for a Single Day. By the Associated Press. "NEW YORK, February 14.—Atter advances of twenty-elght to seventy- two points at the opening of the raw sugar futures market today, .prices broke 100 points, the maximum fluct- uation allowed in one day’s trading by the exchange.. Yestreday’s spectacular. advance of 100 points had left .many buying around ‘the'ring. Today these orders Were executed, causing an advance. May and July selling as high as 6.40. ‘Atter the execution, however, there. was heavy liquidation and ‘prices tumbled one cent a point in the first hour's trading. —_— BATHE IN STATION. Berlin Railway Installs Baths for Travelers’ Convenience. BERLIN, February 14.—Travelers t, | awaiting trains in Berlin may utilize their spare time by taking baths. A bathhouse has.been installed within the city's largest rallway station, and officlals estimate that bather hurries a bit he may complete the job in fifteen or twenty minutes at the most. and them take His train. % WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1923—FORTY PAGES. |HOTEL FOR DOCGS | COSTING $50,000 TO INCLUDE “BATH” By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., February 14. —A hotel for dogs Is to be erected in Los Angeles by Willlam Gottlleb at a cost of $50,000, he announced. It will cater to the “tourist trade” in dogdom and its patrons may have rooms “with bath,” or “without” as, their owners decide. If rooms “with bath” are chosen, the occupants will be bathed, massaged and brushed by uniformed attendants every day of their stay. SENATE MAY PROBE CRONKHITE PROTEST Major General Says He Was4 Retired From Army Against His Will. A recent War Department order re- tiring ‘from active service Maj. Gen. Adelbart Cronkhite, who commanded the 80th DW!'flofl 'in France, has resulted in a protest.from the general and his friends, which in the opinion of some members of Congress may lead to a public investigation. In order that the facts in the case may be established, Senator Glass, democrat, of Virginia, within whose state the 80th Divislon recelved its training, has asked the Senate mil- itary committee to defer action for the present on the nomination of suc- cessor to- the retired officer in the grade of major general. Senator Reed, republican, of Pennsylvania, and others also have Interested them- selves in the case, although none of them would predict definitely today what action might be requested. + .Retired February 1. Gen. Cronkhite, recently comman- der of the 3d Corps Area with head- quarters at Baltimore, was retired “py direction of the President” on February 1, the order saying the action was taken in view of the fact that the officer. had reached the age of sixty-two years. Retirement at that age is not compulsory except on the President’s order, however, and Gen. Cronkhite sent a telegram to the adjunct general of the Army pointing out that he had not applied for retirement and adding that he “protested against the actiqn taken, as in direct violation of the law.” Later a pamphlet was circulated among. members of Congress and others making anonomously various charges against War Department of- ficials in connection with the retire- meht, and presenting what purported to be statements by Gen. Cronkhite himself, charging that he was taken from the active list because of his activities in attempting to unravel the mystery of the death of his son, Maj. .Alexander P. Cronkhite, killed at Camp Lewis, Washington, in 1918. The pamphlet is entitled “The Case of Maj. Gen. Adlebert Cronkite, Printed Privately for the Information of His Friends,” and contains no clue to the authors. Probed Som’s Murder. After his return from France Gen, Cronkhite devoted much time to an Investigation Into the killing of his son. The death at first was listed on public records. as a suicide, but after the general had protested this nota- tion was erased. The case was taken into the courts, and Capt. Robert Rosenbluth and an enlisted man were indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington_state. Yesterday, how- ever, Capt. Rosenbluth was glven his liberty .in New York, Commissioner Hitohcock. ruling that Maj. Cronk- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) as the papers are printed. . Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 95,813 SENATE GVESUP D. C. PARK PROJECT Drops Appropriation Bill Amendment for $675,000 to Purchase Tracts. ACCEPTS HOUSE CHANGES Measure Back in Coxnference as Vir- ginia Senators Oppose Colored Bathing Beach. On motion of Senator Phipps, the Senate today agreed to the House ac- tion on various Senate amendments to the District appropriation bill re- sulting In additional appropriations for school buildings, playgrounds and & site for a branch of the Public Li- brary in Mount Pleasant. On motion of Senator Phipps the Senate receded from its amendment providing $675,000 to purchase the Xiingle Valley,. Piney Branch and Patterson tracts for public parks, and that item is definitely out of the bill. Because cf the opposition of Sena- tors Swanson and Glass of Virginia to the location of a bathing beach for colored people at the Virginia end of the new Francis Scott Key bridge the District bill was sent back to conference once more, the under- standing belng that the Senate amendment providing for the loca- tion of this bathing beach would be changed so as to leave it to the Dis- trict commissioners to select some other site for the beach. - Senators Swanson and Glass had served notice that unless this pro- vision was changed they would hold up the conference report on the bill in the Senate. The Senate conferees were appointed, and it is expected that ‘they will ‘meet very soon and amend the bill in respect to the col- ored bathing beach, and then the bill will be finally passed and sent to the President. B ——— MRS. PHILLIPS’ ARREST ORDERED BY GOVERNOR Mexican Official Joins in Effort to Capture Escaped Hammer Murderess. By the Assolated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., February 14. —Gov. L C. Enriquez of Chihuahua, Mexico, has ordered the arrest of Mrs. Clara Phillips, escaped hammer murderess, if she can be found, ac- cording to a telegram received from him here today by Garezra Leal, Mexican consul. Unverified reports have reached Sheriff .Willlam I Traeger of Los Angeles that Mrs® Phillips, who es- caped from the county jail here after being convicted of slaying Mrs, Al- berta Meadows with a hammer, was seen recently in Chihuahua City, JURY SELECTION SLOW. Third Venire on Hand for Second Trial at Herrin. MARION, IIl, February 14.—Tke task of selecting the jury in the sec- ond Herrin- mine-riots trial was con- tluued In Willlamson county circuit court here’today. Little progress in plcking the jury has been made in the last two days. No juror having been definitely accepted by either the state or defense. Out of two panels of men summoned for jury service, only three were held, and those temporarily by the defense. The third panel of veniremen was on hand for examination. And then— In the 5:30 EDITION OF THE EVENING STAR is added ‘what has transpired the world over since the regular edition went to:press.- If you are par- ‘ticularly interested in the stock market—or in the sports events—you get the latest in the-5:30—as well as tomorrow’s Court For .sale by newsdealers throughout the city. Calendar. newsboys and + TWO CENTS. OUSTED OFFICIALS WILL BE RESTORED 10 CIVIL SERVICE President Will Not Place Men and Women in 0Id Posi- tions at Bureau. MR. HARDING TO REVEAL WHOLE STORY SOME TIME White House Statement Unlikely at Present Juncture, However. Further Fight Likely. President Harding will, within the next day or so, restore to their for- mer civil service status the former officials of the bureau of engraving and printing whom he summarily dismissed a year ago, but he has no intention of returning them to their old positions at the bureau. This was learned authoritatively at the White House today, and at the same time it was learned that Louls A. HIll, director of the bureau, will retain his post, contrary to reports that he would resign. It is not thought ltkely that Presi- dent Harding will issue a statement explaining his action in aismissing the employes when he gives the order restoring them to their civil service status. The President, however, has given positive assurances that he will some time in the future make public the whole story and that it will be “very Interesting.” Satisfied of No Conspiracy. When President Harding made it known two weeks ago that he would restore the dismissed employes, he sald at the time that investigation haa satisfled the administration that Bross negligence existed at the bureau a year ago especially in the matter of numbering bonds, but that he was satisfied no conspiracy to de- fraud the government lesledy President Harding, however, will sign the necessary executive order within a day or so restoring the dis- missed officials to their former status :‘n&l‘;h‘l‘(‘l’; ngallnflzl\'es them all of the nd privileges I v "’.‘E' discharged. Uy ‘wenty-four men and thres women will be affected by the order to be is- sued by the President. The President’s original dismissal order included twenty-eight officials, Ceenty-sig but one has President and Hill Conter. President Harding today conferred for half an hour with Director Hill regarding affairs at the bureau and the ssuance of the restoration order, but the latter declined to discuss the conference other than to say that the former officials would not be given their former positions, and that he was not contemplating resigning. Senator Calder of New York, chalr- man of the audit and control commit- tee of the Benate, to-which committee the Caraway resolution calling for an investigation of the bureau dismissals was referred, called at the Whita House today-regarding the bureau of engraving dismissals. The senator left a copy of Senator Caraway’s re- marks criticising Senator Calder for “smothering” the resolution calling for the investigation and denied the charge. Plans Further Fight. It President Harding plans to re- store the civil service status of the twenty-elght persons dismissed and do nothing more to exonorate them from what they feel to be a stigma resulting from their summary dis- missal, these dismissed chiefs and their friends, not only in executive department clrcles, but on Capitol Hill, plan to fight for further con- sideration, Just what form their battle for further justice will take has not been fully revealed, but it is definite- ly known that a campaign is being organized among friends of the dis- missed chiefs to bring pressure to bear for additional action by the President. ‘Whether they will demand their jobs back, according to an intimation glven, following a conference between some 'of these dismissed chiefs and Secretary Mellon recently at the Treasury, has not been announced. Senator Caraway, who has been leading the attack on the administra- tion's dismissal from the floor of the Senate, is expected to continue his ef- forts, and there were indications to- day that he would be joined by other members of Congress. Indications also were evident today that members of the dismissed bureau personnel have what they term start- ling _disclosures “up their sleeves” which heretofore they have kept in reserve. JURY CLEARS OFFICER: Murder Charge Against Four for Dry Raid Killing Dropped. IRONTON, February 14.—The Law- rence county grand jury has voted no bills against four county officlals against four charges of first-degree murder had been preferred in connec- tion with the slaying of John John- son, at South Point, near here, De- cember 23 last, who was shot while attempting to resist search of his premises for liquor, according to tes- timony. Sherift C. W. Dement, Prosecuting Attorney W. L. Elkins and Special Deputies Mannou and Elkins were the officialy involved. According to testl- mony, Sheriff Dement shot and killed Johnson after he had threatened him With a shotgun. It was also brought out that the party was armed with a search warrant, EX-PREMIER VISITS U. S. Bavarian Count and Countess, Lat- ter an American, in New York. NEW' YORK, February 14.—Count Hugo Lerchenfeld, former premjer of Bavaria, and Countess Lerchenfeld, ‘formerly Miss Ethel Wymann, of Rye, N. Y., arrived on the steamship Hansa from Hamburg today. Count Lerchenfeld, who became prime minister in 1921, resigned last November. It was reported at that time that he had quit partly because of personal attacks by Bavarian re- actionaries and fascisti circles on his American marriage. The count refused to discuss politi- cal conditions in Bavaria. He sald he and his wife hoped while in the United States to Interest their friends in rellef work he has undertaken among the suffering women and chlil- dren of his country, Sir_Anvers Sven Hedin, noted ex- plorer, of Stockholm, who is to lec- ture in eastern colleges, was another gassenger. ¥

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