Evening Star Newspaper, February 17, 1923, Page 1

| l ! 1 or tomorrow morning, clearing and somewhat ¢ Fow. Temperature for a.m. today. Cloudy, probably light snow tonight followed by older ‘tomor- twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, at noon today; lowest, 17, at Full report on page 17. 4:30 Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 10 he No. 28,782 HOPE FOR DISTRICT | LEGISLATION WANES -~ INBIG HOUSE JAM Rules Committee Head Says Chance for Another Day Is Slim. MANY IMPORTANT BILLS HANG FIRE; 12 DAYS LEFT Two Years Frittered Away by Pocht's Associates, Declares Chairman Campbell. | ! Chairman Campbell of the House| rules committee made it plain today | that as far as he can see now it will 7o impossibla to grant the House Dis- trict committes another day in which %o call up the teachers’ salary bill or other important legislation. Mr. Campbell expressed the opinton Rhat the only chance Chairman Focht of the District committee has to get the teachers' salary bill through the Touse i3 to notify the Speaker that he will move to suspend the rules to| put the bill through. It is known that Speaker Gillett| would not bs In favor of such a| course, as he belleves the teachers pay bill is not the character of legis lation that should be considered un der suspension of rules with a lim ited time cutting off all debate. Blames District Committee, Chatrman Campbell expressed him- elf as very sympathetlc to the Dis-| trict and to the school teachers. He | said that !f he had It in his power he would be giad to put the District committee in for another day, but insisted that the District committee has “frittered away its time for the last two vears, and that it is unfair in the closing jam of this Congress to push other important committees and general legislation aside to correct | The ahortcomings of the District com- mitte: Chairman Campbell displayed four special rules, all on important gen- eral legislation, which must be given privileged status now. He pointed | out that the House is now in its third day on another measure, the omni- bus Navy bill, which should have been settled in one day. Many Bills Await Action. Chairman Campbell explained that | the judiciary, military affairs, irri-| gation, public lands, immigration, | forelgn affairs and other standing | committees are each insisting upon a day for consideration of important matters which they have reported and which are pending on the cal- endar, With only twelve Jegislative days left, he explained. it’ will be impos- sible to meet all these demands. | Ttegarding the character of im- portant legislation that is waiting, Mr. Campbell consulted the calendar | of the military affairs committee, which has twenty-one important bills awaiting action. He gald that the ju- @lolary comittes has a number of administration matters, including a measure to house woman criminals and to give additional room in federal penitentiaries. PROBE OF BUREAU BLOCKEDBY G.0.P. Republican Senators, How- ever, May Approve Paying Lost Salary. | 1 The republican members of the Senate committee on contingent ex- penses of the Senate, it was reported today, are unwilling to bring about investigation of the dismissal of e twenty-elght employes of the bu- reau of engraving and printing last year LY executive order. It is believed, however, that they might be willing to support a measure to pay these dimissed employes the back salary due them for the period since their dismissal. The committee is to meet again this afternoon to consider further the Caraway resolution which calls for an investigation of the dismissal of these employes. Representatives of the dismissed bureau of engraving and printing chiefs today charged that the Senate committee on audit and control, which considering a resolution by Senator Caraway of Arkansas to investigate the dismissals, has refused to grant 2 hearing to elther the dismissed chiefs or their friends. Charles B. Brewer, special investi- gator of the Department of Justice who, it is understood, was instru- mental in filing the original charges on which President Harding based his actlon, already has been heard by the committee and, according to authori- tative {nformation, he was unable to substantiate his original charges. Friends of the dismissed chiefs as- sert that the action of the committee is a serious perversion of justice and that it has shown grave blas in re- fusing to hear both sides of the ques- tion. —_— BRITISH LABORITES SEND APPEAL TO PRESIDENT Eighty-Eight Members of Com- mons Ask Mr. Harding to Save Europe. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 17.— Eighty- aight laborite members of the house of commons have signed the follow- ing cablegram to President ing: “America, with Great Britain, un- wittingly has made Franoe's present SoUTTor Americas o operailon todts .o erican co-operation the ene hepe of soving Kuscpe’ jobjects of artistic, historical, and intered as second-class matter ost"omes. Washi ngton, Fight Averted When Members Of House Clash A fist fight on the floor of the House between Representative Marvin Jones of Texas and Representative Otis Wingo of Arkansas, both democrats, was averted by colleagues this after- noon. The Strong blll for farm credits Wwas under consideration and the TOW arose over a question of con- trolling the time. Representative Jones sald, “under the guise of op- Dosing the bill, the gentleman,is endeavoring to control the time.” Representative Wingo started for Representative Jones, grabbing him with both hands about the thorat, and had his arm raised as it about to strike when colleagues gathered about and separated the combatants. Representative Wingo, very white, immediately left the floor, going’ into the democratic cloak- room. Representative Jones, as soon as he could get recognition, sald, in effect, “It I have said anything offensive I ask unani- mous consent to withdraw it from the. record.” JEWELS AND GOLD DAZZLE EXPLORERS INPHARAOH TOMB Inner Chamber Penetrated at Luxor—New Wealth of His- toric Objects Found. (London Times world copyright. meat with the Earl of By Cable to The § LUXOR, Egypt, February 16.—This has been, perhaps, the most extraor- dinary day in the whole history of Egyptian excavation. Whatever any one may have guessed or imagin of the secret of Tutankhamen s fori they surely cannot hav. c4 truth as now revealed . - comed the The entrance today was the sealed chamber of the tomb of Tutankhamen, and yet another door opened beyond tnat N» eyes have yat seen the king, but to practical cer- tainty we know that he lies close at hand in all his or undisturbed. By arringe- Carnarvon.) made into 1ginal state, More Treasures Found. Moreover, in addition to the great store of treasures has already rielded, brought to today light a new weal has th of intrinsic value which is be"lme‘en It is such a hoard as sanguine excavator can ha pictured, éven in visions in his sleep and puts Lord Carnarvon's and Mr. Carter's discovery in a class by itself and above all previous finds. Though the official opening of the sealed mortuary chamberof the tomb has been fixed for Sunday, it was obviously impossible to postpone un- til then the actual work of breaking in the entrance. This was a job in- volving some hou: it had to be done with the greatest care, 50 as to keep intact as many of the seals as possible, and also to avold injury to any of the objects on the other side which might be caused by the falling material dis- lodged. Unpleasant Atmosphere. All this could not be done on Sun- day while the officlal guests were kept waiting In the singularly un- pleasant atmosphere of the tomb, so ring. the most rdly have {an agreement was made with the Egyptian authorities by which the ac- tual breaking through of the wall ;hould be done In their presence to- ay. Consequently, Howard Carter was very Fasy inside the tomb all morn- ing” with Professor Brested and Dr. Allan Gardiner, whose assistance has been invaluable from the beginning of the work of examining seals and deciphering and copying inscriptions of all kinds. They had finished by noon, and the tomb was closed until {after luncheon, at which Lord Carn- arvon, Carter and Lady Evelyn Her- bert entertained all those invited to be present today. It was after 1 o'clock when the official party entered the tomb, and the operation was begun which was to result in such astounding discov- eries, of which I am able to give the following authoritative description: Detalls of Opening. Today between the hours of 1 and 8 in the afternoon the culminating moment in the discoverv of Tutankh- amen’s tomb took place when Lord Carnarven and Howard Carter opened the inner sealed doorway in.the pres- ence of Lady Evelyn Herbert, Abdel Hamld Suliman Pasha, undersecre- tary of public works; Pierre Lacau, director general of the antiquities department; Sir Willlam Garstin, Sir Charles Cust, Mr. Lythgoe, the cura- tor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York; Mr. Winiock, di- rector of the Egyptian expedition of the Metropolitan Museum, together with other representativés of the government. The process of opening this door- way, bearing the royal insignia and decorated with religlous texts, and 8o far the outer face of the inner tabernacle {s similiarly gilded and decorated, and I can make no attempt to deacribe the feelings of awe, won- der and mystery with which the spectacle inspired one. On the door of the inner tabernacle the original seals seem yet unbroken. The robbers do not appear to have penetrated it. We made no attempt to open it today, simply because it ‘was impossible. Apparently the inner door will not be opened until the outer wall is removed. It must have been shut and sealed and the outer wall then erected around it. It will, therefore, I conjecture, be necessary to pull down. the outer screening wall before the inner shrine is opened. This will be quite an undertaking in the narrow space. Paddles for Hereafter. Among the individual objects I noticed besides the oars, or paddles, for the use of the deceased in the hereafter, wers some alabaster vases, emingly of the finest quality, and a plece of some sort of Jewelry lying huddled on the floor, where one may suppose they had been thrown by robbers. From the foregolng it will be evi- dent that we have really arrfveq at the sepulchre of an old Egyptian king unviolated by robbers and un- disturbed through 3,000 years. In the officlal narrative given above reference is made to the papyrus o Ramses . Egyptologists will re- member that this papyrus gives a sketch of the - ground plan of the there | which the tomb | rs of work, because | | t: B.& 0. DEMANDS U..S. VACATE PLAZA HOTEL BUILDINGS 1900 Women May Be Forced to Seek Other Shelter by Conclusion of Lease. LEASED BY CONTRACT { FOR “WAR PURPOSES” | Railroad Places Site in Hands of Realty Firm—“For Sales” Signs to Be Erected. Relinquishment by the government |of the property in squares 630 and [ 681 and part of square 680, on the! | Cnion station plaza, now occupled by the government hotels, has been re- quested by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, Secretary of Labor Davis announced ~ today. The rallroad, which owns the property in question and which leased it to the govern- ment under a contract signed July 9, 918, “for war purposes,” requests th the property be vacated by April 1, 11923, . With a view to disposing of the property promptly, the railroad com- pany has placed it in the hands of the Thomas J. Fisher Company, a real estate firm, and has authorized the erection of “for sale” signs on it. The { government has been urxed by the raflroad to instruct the superintend- ent in charge of the buildings not to permit any one to interfere with the signs. More than 1.900 woman occupants of the government hotels, who make | their permanent homes in Washing- { ton at the government hostelries, will | be either forced to seek residence | elsewhere or will be put to great in- { convenience if the government va- | cates the buildings on the property | owned by the railroad, as requested. & various bulldings located on | squares 632 and 681, according to | Secretary Davis, constitute the most vital part of the entire plant and { would in all probability necessitate {the abandonment of the entire project. Unsble to Pay Rental. | | The government is presented in the! role of the tenant who s unable, due ‘o existing statutes, to pay rental on the property leased from the ratlroad | company. In a letter to C. H Moran, real estate agent of the Bal- timore and Ohlo, dated Febdruary 12, Secretary” Da¥ls sa¥s that the gov- erument i6 prohibited from paying rent for use of the property by the act of March 3, 1877, “which pre- | hibits any expenditure’ b; | tive branch of the government for rental purposes in the District of Columbia in the absence of specific authorization by Congress.” He adds that the requisite funds for payment of rental for the property, since ex- piration of the agreement November 14, 1922, would, therefore, have to be provided through appropriation by Congress. Notwithstanding that Congress has failed to specifically provide authori- |zation for payment of rentals due the | *allroad company for use of the prop- jerty, “the continued occupancy of the hotels to capacity indicates that the temporary purposes for which the bufidings” were constructed have not as yet terminated.” according to a letter written to Mr. Moran early in the present year by Secretary Davis. Extension of the contract or agree- ment under which the government utilized the property was asked by the Secretary in the letter. Says Situation Changed. Mr. Moran, in reply, said the situa- tion had changed after the agreement had terminated one year after ratifi- cation of the treatles of peace, or on November 14, 1922. He sald Attorney General Daugherty had filed a.report with the Senate In reply to a Senate resolution Inquiring as to permanent asquisition by the government of the property, in which he held that the government had, in good faith, aban- doned its intention to secure the prop- erty, and Mr. Moran further claimed that' abandonment of the Intention to acquire the property by condemna- tion proceedings means that the own- er (the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad) is no longer hampered in the disposi- tion or use of the property. In support of hfs contentions, Mr. Moran clalmed that the property had lain idle for almost a dozen years, that the railroad company had paid taxes on it ali this time, and added that the lease was a war meas- ure cxecuted because the raflroad company wished to help the govern- ment as much as possible during the war. The letter of the Labor Secretary, written under date of February 12, says that although the contract ex- pired November 14, 1922, “the succes- sive appropriations which have since been provided for operation of the hotels indicate that in the oplnion of Congress there is still the need for the service which the hotels were designed to furnish.” T. S. in Lease With Road. The United States government en- tered into a lease with the Baltimore and Ohio raflroad concerning the property on July 9, 1918, the govern- ment being’ represented by Secretary ‘Wilson. The lease, according to the files of the Labor Department, pro- vides that the United States of America could enter upon and erect and maintain certain houses, dwell- ings and bulldings on certain parcels of land in squares 632, 681, 682, 683 and 684 in the District of Columbia and occupy same for the period of the war and until twelve months after the exchange of the final ratification of the treaty or treaties of peace which shall-conclude the same, unless the United States of America desires sooner to terminate the said tempo- rary occupation. Beoretary Davis in oné of his let- ters to the agent of the railroad sug- gested that the entire matter be brought to the attention of Congress. He said he had At copies of the correspondence regarding. the hotels to Senator Fernald and Representa- tive John W. Langley, chairmen of the Senate and House committees on public buildings and grounds which exercise jurisdiction over the United States Housing Corporation. “In view of the statutes, to which s & letter S ‘Dreventing the rentais by the govern- ment, I belfeve u will appreciate that it is only the more necessary i | 1 y_an execu- Moran, rece vening WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY. 17, 1923—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. TGHTENRUARGRP D BOMBHURLING Thrower of Missile at Es-‘ sen Hotel, Occupied by French, Escapes. 16,000 MINERS STRIKE Sabotage on Increase as Invaders Strengthen Guard Over Railroads. By tie Amociated Press. DUESSOLDORF, February ~1f.— Bomb throwimg. and serious cases of sabotage occurred in the Rubr valley duringthe alght. A bomb was thrown in w street.fn Essen near the Kalser. hof Hotel, the French engineers’ headquarters, where Chief Engineer Coste and thirty or forty other civil engineers are lodged. No injuries re- sulted. The windows of the hotel were broken by the explosion. This hotel Is guarded day and night by French soldiers, but the bomb- thrower escaped. It is thought pos- sible the bomb was thrown from the roof of one of the neighboring build- ings. 16,000 More Miners Strike. Considerable additional difficulty in effecting transportation is being caused the French by the act of the Germans, recently reported, in sink- ing two loaded barges in the channel of the Rhine-Herne canal, which is one of the main arteries of water communication in the Ruhr. It will be several days before the occupying forces are able to get the barges out of the way. Meanwhile the canal re- mains completely blocked. Another strike has occurred among miners of the Krupp pits at Bochum, 16,000 men going out. They struck because the mine officiais were arrested by the French for refusing to obey orders and obstructing the work of the French commission. ‘WILL CUT OFF ELECTRICITY. Essen Municipal Workers Plan Re- prisal for Arrest. By the Assoctated Press. ESSEN, February, 17—~The em- ployes of the municipal electric works have decided to cut off Essen’s supply of electricity as a result of the imposition of the fine of five mil- lion marks on Director Buszmann of the local plant The French hold on Essen was tighter today in oconsequence of the shooting of two soldiers yesterday. Infantrymen oocupled the police barracks throughout the night, and members of the foroe were deprived of their weapona. The chief of police 19 Gher Burgomaster Havenstein of Oberhausen, Vice Lord Mayor Schaef- er of Essen and Herr Buszmann, di- rector of the Essen electric light . How LIKE it THE OLD COUNTLESS YEARS Jumped to Her Death From Third-Story Window MISS ALICE WOOD. 5 CENTFARELOSES NSENATE 703 McKellar Amendment Tabled After Two-Hour Debate. Ship Bill Taken Up. ' { I After two hours’ debate on an amendment offered by Senator Mc- Kellar of Tennessee providing for a 5-cent street car fare in the District, the Senate vote of 37 to 36 laid the McKellar amendment on the table. The McKellar amendment had been offered to a bill providing for the sale by the District Commissioners of land purchased in 1869 at 20th and Sack- son streets for public school purposes, but never used for that purpose. This bill was called up for action by Senator Ball, chairman of the Dis- trict committee, when the Senate first met today. Senator McKellar im- mediately offered his amendment pro- viding that hereafter street car fares in the District should be 5 cents, with six tickets for a quarter. Many of the senators had been de- sirous of considering the so-called anti-filled milk bill during the morn- ing ur today. But the debate on the pYoposed flve-cent street car fare in the District continued throughout the. morning hour. Finally, Senator McNary of Oregon, 'one of those desiring to bring up the filled milk bill, moved to leave the McKellar amendment on the table. His motion carried by one vote, but too late for the transaction of any other business before the shipping bill came uvl:l the unfinished busi- 38 of the Senate. ne!:nllor Smith of South Carolina thought there should be an investiga- tion by a committee to get all the facts of alleged watered stock. Mec- Kellar replying that in the mean- time the street rallways ought not to be allowed to charge the high fare, Senator Ball, chairman of the Dis- trict committee, replying to a ques- (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) {Continued on Page 10, Column 8.) Such es How Long Will It Take to Make America Dry? Is “Bootlegging” on the Increase or Decrease? Do Officials in the National Capitol Obey-the Liqu Laws? Have thibifi;n Lawa Increased the Use of Drugs? What Are the Chances for Light Wines and'Beer? : Will:be answered in @ series of articles by David Lawrence To be published Exclusively.in Washington in The Evening Star Beginning Monday ANTI= JMPERIUALISM HENCE. WHENPOSON FALS Miss Alice Wood, Back From i Hospital, Jumps From Third Floor of 14th St. Home. TRICKS FRIEND TO SLEEP Tells Woman, After All-Night Vigil, That She Is Ready to Re- tire, Then Slips Away. Just returned fvom Emergency Hos- pital, where she was taken two weeks ago to recover from the eftects of self-administered poison, Miss Alice Wood, thirty-elght years old, a former waltress, jurhped from the front room of her third floor apartment, at 918 14th street northwest, at 6 o'clock this morning, sustaining a fractured skull, and dying shortly thereafter. Miss Wood was brought to her ||n|rtment yesterday by a frlend, Mrs. {Mary Simpson of 110 C street south- east, who volunteered to stay all night with her, together with the young nebhew of the dead woman, Charles Wood, the two of them maintaining vigllent watch all night. Refused to Sleep. Miss Wood refused to go to sleep, Mrs. Simpson told the police, but paced back and forth all night, or sat in a dark corner in one of the rear rooms. The young boy, finally worn out by the vigll, went to sleep. Shortly before 6 o'clock this morn- ing, Miss Wood sald she was tired, and went with Mrs. Simpson to a back bedroom, where Mrs. Simpson dropped to sleep. Miss Wood waited until Michael Wal- ters, an employe of a nearby hotel, who occunled the front room of the apart- me t ‘ucing on 14th street, had gone to his work at 6 o'clock. Then she 1 swiftiy left the side of the sleeping Mra. { Simpson, walked into the front room, | opened the window and jumped out, Sister's Death Blamed. Her body was found by Mrs. Schwarts of 830 13th street and report made to the police shortly after 6 o'clock. Sergt. F. F. W. Burke of the first precinct took charge of the body, and it was re- moved from the sidewalk to a vestibule of the building, to await the coming of the coroner. H Neither Mrs. Simpson or the nephew knew that Miss Wood had eluded them until they were 1wakened by the police and told of what had happened. The death of a sister in Baltimore last week 18 believed to have added to the melan- choly which Miss Wood. She had n 8 resident of Washington nelrlyl all her life, having been born at urel, A certificate, of suicide was given by the coroner afier an examination of the body. Keller Denies Intending Slur; ‘Spoke Broadly’ Engineer Commissioner Keller, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, denied emphatically today that he had any thought of criticlsing any one in his address read before the American Electric Railway Association meeting here yesterday. The Commissioner's statsment was prompted by published re- ports that the Central Citizens’ As- @ociation met last night and took exception to what the colonel said in. regard to the public attitude Ttoward- utility corporations. Col. Keller said his address was not directed at the local street railway situation, but dealt with the broad question of utility regu- lation throughout the country, The thought he had in mind, he #aid, was to urge fair play both by the utility and the recsiver of utility service. He called attention to the fact that he advised the companies to “lay their cards on the table” and to ask only for ‘what they are reasonably entitled “From Press to-Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers eve city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 96,328 . TWO CENTS. i40 SEIZED BY POLICE IN SECOND ROUND-UP., OF LIQUOR SELLERS 100 Arrests Expected in Second ' Widespread Raid on Sus- pected Bootleggers. i | FAST AUTOS SWOOP DOWN ON NINE HOUSES AT THE SAME MOMENT 50 Warrants Obtained on Evidence of Asher and Policeman Posing as Hucksters and Delivering sharp, incisive str rants and predicting more than vice and liquor charges before th TAKES FATALLEAP HoSPITAL 0USTS 2 OFFICIALS AFTER LIQUOR CHARGES Superintendent and Operat- ing Room Head Leave Cas- ualty—Charge Unproved. Following a six-hour Investigation by the board of directors of the East- ern Dispensary and Casualty Hospital yesterday afternoon, during which charges of serious nature were bandied back and forth, Raymond Schultheis, superintendent of the hos- pital for the past eight months, and Miss Jennie Hjelm, superintendent of the operating room, handed in their resignations at the direction of the board. Evan H. Tucker, chalrman of the hoard of directors, said that no charges against any one had been sustained as a result of the long in- vestigation, but the board decided to ask for the resignations of both Mr. Schultheis and Miss Hjelm “for the good of the service.” He explained that in view of the feeling among certain people in the hospital as displayed during the course of the hearing, during which all witnesses were put under oath, it was the bellef of the board that it ‘was desirable to make a change. Liquor Is Mentioned. Asked for a statement today Miss Hjelm referred to her lawyer, and Mr. Schulthels said that he did not care to talk. He later called the reporter back and said that he had been contemplating leaving the hos- pital for some time and declded, fol- lowing the Investigation, to take the step. During the course of the investi- gation, Mr. Tucker sald, charges of purchasing and_selling liquor a; transporting it from Bllumuorg '92: made, but nothing was offered to substantiaté them. He made it plain that the board after sitting for six hours could get nothing to substan- tiato the charges, but decided that the efficiemey of the hospital might be affected unless they made the changes ordered. Bootleg Liquor Invoived. There was nothing offered during the investigation, Mr. Tucker sald, which indicated that any of the hosplital suppiies had been tampered with. The liquor Involved in the charges was bootleg liquor, which, it was alleged, was purchased in Balti- more and later sold at the hospital. Quick action followed the first inkling of trouble brewing at the in- stitution. Mr. Tucker said that he heard of the troubles at noon yes- terday and called a meeting of the board of directors immediately. Until 6 o'clock last. night, he sald, the board called practically every nurse, doctor and other attache at the in- stitution to the witness stand and listened to innumerable charges and counter charges. Miss Clarabelle Babbendrier has been named superintendent of the hospital and Miss Ruth Smith super- intendent of the operating room. Minstrel Men. okes in the northwest and north- | east sections police and revenue agents opened the second sweep- {ing raiding campaign today, starting out with more than fifty war- one hundred arrests on various e day ends. ' At noon today, with the raids still |under way, forty were under ar- ;Test under charges of violation of the prohibitlon act. Officlals esti- mated that 3,000 gallons had been seized at this time. The third pre- cinct, under command of Capt. Colin E. L. Flather, had e special squad operating under Sergt Lee and Pre- jcinct Detective D. V. Murphy, who accounted for more than ten of the arrests. The raids today were staged on evidence gathered about town by the now famous J. L. Asher, working with his alde de camp, Bauer of the second precinct, already becoming as famed In bootleg circles as the former. They went about town in varlous disguises, driving huckster wagons, selling fish, playing as wandering minstrels wit violin and harp and selling statues to make thelr purchases. Nine Squads Act at Onmce. Under the personal direction of Lieut. O. T. Davis of the police vice squad, nine squads in nine speedy sutomobiles swept away from the second precinct station this morning at about 10 o'clock and struck nine different houses at the same moment. All were in the wueigBborhood of North Capitol ai started things. " Throuen the rens o the forenoon ecores were hauled to the second precinct station for booking, the patrol wagon bein AT & In continuous The first b, northwest, | third floor Rq g coup was at 23 L street n an zfi'tmem. On the evenue Agents Fowler and Hertzig, with Sergt. McQuade, cap- tured several tubs of mash, a still in operation and a keg of whisky. North Capitol and L street another successful rald was made ‘when a cor- ner grocery ylelded several quarts of red liquor as well as a - DY Hlauorias as a number of bar. damen Flock to Stations, The work wenmt forward rapidly. The automobiles, with police and rev- enue agents, sped up to doors, came to a quick stop and fn went the police. Occupants were not given time to get their breath before they were in the middle of the mess and confusion of 2 lquor raid in full blast. Bondsmen began flocking into the statlons as soon as the word went around town that “Asher was out again.” Asher’s name was heard in many of the houses entered. “Here comes Asher—Oh, my Lord!” The word went around the ranks of the boot- leggers before the raids had been under way for more than an_hour. Almost every bootlegger in Wash- ngton, it was estimated about noon today, was trying to recall whether he had sold any liquor to any one in disguise of an ash man or a coal cart driver or a huckster, The squads were headed by Lieut. Davis, Sergt. McQuade, Ralph Ruby, Revenue Officers Fowler, Elliot, Hert- zig and Packard and by Private Bauer of the second precinct. The third and the eighth precinots got to work shortly after 10:30 o'clock, squads of police sweeping down with revenue agents and car- rying out pre-arranged instructions w!!';: cla%k-"ork precision. 0 raids were even more f - ln{ than those of Tuesday of l::ir:'::;(. The retail class of colored bootleggers fecelved most of the attention. It is the object to stage a clean-up on this line of iilicit traffc first, it was sald, and to give higher-ups in the game attention at future dates. Presence Here Surprise. The presence of Asher in town came as a surprise. He was supposed to be in Baltimore or in Pennsylvania. It Wwas revealed today that for the past ‘week, under disguise, he has b, o lecting evidence and carrying ::n'%or{_ (Continued on Page 3, Coluing 7) SKATERS WILL FROLIC TONIGHT ON LINCOLN Ice skating on the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool is permitted until 11 o'clock tonight. After several days of careful watch- ing, Col. C. O. Sherrill, officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, decided today that the ice is of Sufficlent thickness to hold up 28 many skaters @s can crowd onto the long stretcre of frosen water. There are a few spots, however, where possibilties of ' bresking through exit, but rather than’deny the use of the akating ground to the enthusiastic public by keeping closed until the defects are taken care of by colder weat ‘ol Sherrill has detailed several United States park po- licemen at and about the: laces to keep the public from gett! its feet ".J';Illll to resist the temptatien cre- b2 ing ated*by the long stretch of glistening it | MEMORIAL POOL icé, which has covered the 3 poo! for several days, “some enthusiastic skaters ventured on the area yester- day afternoon, although it had not been officially’ opened. Thres broke through yesterday and one this morning, “receiving wet feet and ankles—and a “Jolly good time. The pool is three and a haif feet deep In the center, but this depth decreases to sero at the perimeter. Around the edge the skatin de- clared to be better and ‘: in case the ice should give way, foi there is not much water underneath. The pool will be inspected dally dur. ing the cold weather before perml sion will be given for its use. There also will be skating in Rock Creek near Pierce Mill. Soldlers’ Home grounds available for skating today. licoman was stationed at the bod: of water in the Soldiers’ Home grounds this morning and would not rmit skaters to take advantage ef, &. thin coat of ice covering it is not A po- ly A -