Evening Star Newspaper, February 28, 1923, Page 2

o L] JUSTICE BARNM“] ‘FIST MEETING OF THE 1 15 DIES AT AGE OF 79 Retired Member of D. C. Su- preme Court Suffers At- tack of Influenza. WAS NOTED FOR LEARN‘NG' Served Throughout Civil War. Had Membership in Many Societies. Judge Job Barnard, retired member of the bench cf the Supreme Court of the District’ of Columbia, one of the Lest known members of the bench of thi a veteran of the civil war, member of the Oldest In- babitants’ Ascoctation and long active fn civic matters, died earl the famiiy apartm 14th and northwest. azed Two weeks fered Saturday second caused his be and ba stone, Fairmont seventy-nine and on for the which services of an laz th death, time, 1w paraly Funeral the Churci i o'clock aul Sper officiating. Arlington il honors Department of of which Judg the pall- 1ges of the ict of Cu- wi the ets afte tor of interment tianal ce chure, will be i netery with < of the A the Potom ard carers Supren bia I he the six § t of the Di Served in CIvil War. Judge 1 Arbor Farm 8 1x14, and Wi v and to Joung farm. He knowledge e authors tion in county paraiso Male two years. 1 on Maple er county. Ind.. June the ninth. child of urd. He grew d on his father's ~veloped a love for was an essant s of the best ved his early educa- | schools of tended the V and Fema'e College for With the outbreak of the 4 an ear! sorvi Unio ther. being a Quaker, “nl to his xon's entering nlisted and any K of the r Infantry, serv- nd all ihrough ict. He s mustered out the rank of sergeant. The last of tie as in command of his cc of the commis i command _had roard was bo: Po wi eay and of the Tie re th JUSTICE JOB BARNARD. heen taken prisonc was in the Army and his service w Wentucky. Whi army he studied had a determinin future life. At t e entered the U for the study o years rred upon LL. D, .. s regiment of the Cumberiand in Tennessee and erving 'n the horthand, which influence on his Inse of the war iversity of Michigan Taw and g 1 the rlass 1867, he was mar- ce A, Putnam, and | Point, Lake racticed law | % being a partner of | Milton Barnard, and| Ite served as town cwor and ity dge of short-| ourt re- ton as lerks in the Su ct of Colum- the late Chicf | artter. Appointed a Justice. In 1576 he formed a law partner- #hip with Jam 5. Edwards, practic- ing under the firm name of Edwards & Barnard until October 1, 1899, when | yresident MeKin appointed him one of the associate justices of the Suprem Court of the District of Co- Timbla, whith position he held with marked ability and honor to himself and the beneh and bar until June 8, 1914, when he retired at the age of £eveaty years. Judge ‘Barnard made his _home at the Falkstone apartments, He main- tained summer home at Center Lovell, M, where he and his family «pent ‘the summeor months. Outside of his profes=ional life Judge Barnard | had varied Interests. I{e was a mem- her of the achool board of the District of Columbla for a number of yoars vice president of the gencral conven- | tion of the New Jerusalem for twen- ! 1y years, president of the board of 1rustees of Howard University, pres- ident of the Audubon Hociety of ths Instrict ¢f Columbia; president of the Washington Society of the New Jeru- calem, a member of the Society of ‘olonfal Wars, the Soclety of the cumberland and the Department of he Potomac, G. A. R.; the Columbia Historical Socicty, the Association of Oidest Inhabitants of the District of «'olumbia, and a member of the Cos-. mos and Thiversity clubs, serving on the board of governors of the latter organization. He was a student of genealogy and had _written many genealogieal records, not only of his own family. hut that of the Putnam family, from whieh his wife came. i Judge Barnard is survived by his! wife, Mrs. Florence A. Barnard, and thres sons, Ralph P. Barnard, Capt.| <larence Barnard, U. 8. A, stationed | at Raritan, N. J.. and Charles Arthur Barnard of this city The death of Justice Barnard was announced to the justices of the! District Supreme Court, assembled | this morning In general term, by JMaj. Peyton Gordon, president of the ! bar association. Chief Justice McCoy paid a short tribute to the retired justice and directed that all branches of the court remain in recess until Friday morning out of respect to his memory. Maj. Gordon declared that it was with profound sorrow that he an- nounced the passing of Justice Bar- mard. At a future date appropriate culogles for the dead justice would t a speclal meeting of the t located county ntil one of the rreme siatant irt of the Di ar, 3 “This is'no time for mounring or for much speaking.” said Chief Justice MeCoy, good man with no malice his heart, and with charity for everybody, who was esteemed by ‘hots who had only & passing .@c- a@intance with him, .but who was "17¥ud by all that knew him uuun-télv. ik gone i the ripeness of age - The ’ | bury, F. C. Pa { observatory { period {this year isweeping the sky to fi ! beyond | House, s EONBERINOOD Fhotogrupi Rockefeiler Fou OBSERVERS HERE 10 CHECK ON STAR Naval Observatory Astron- omers Scout Report Beta Ceti Is on Fire. Astronomers at the Naval Observa- tory tonight will verify. if possible, reports from Paris that observers there have noted that the star Leta Ceti has suddenly taken on a tremen- dous brilllance. . Local observers are in:lincd to the belief that the forelgn ast-onomers niay have confused the star Mira with Beta Ceti, but are going v give the heavens the “once over’ to L make sure. Delleve Two Stars Confused. o or ere may b is a possibility that some © confused the two sta iboth unthinkable distances from the earth, Prof. Asa Hall of the Naval Observatory declared tod While he wouid make no positive statement, he and brother astronomers at the vations in_mind. tonight, hoiding this Prof. Hall pointed out that the star | star, and that her Mira is & variabl of greatest brilliance in 1922 was on May 13, The bellef here is that this period of maximum brilllance is whead of time, and that the foreign ronomers may confused Beta Ceti with Mira. Wil Man Telgsegnes, .. * As soon as darkness descends to- night Prof. Hall and other observers at the Naval Observatory will take their positions at the telessopes, 1 out if Beta ned a brightness far st performances, or i 1s in reality their old really has us: al the br friend M Prof. Hall was fnclined to laugh to. day at any belief that the brightness the mysterious star much effect on the earth, oné w the other. ¥ or PRESIDENT SIGNS BILL TO AID SHRINE CONCLAVE Ney Act ;vm A_ll_;w Use Parks During Big Convention. of President Harding today signed the act of Congress authorizing the Dis- | {trict Commissioners and the Secre- ' taries of War and Navy to permit those who come to Washington to| attend the convention of the Mystic Shrine here next June, to use the public parks and other reservations and affording police and military as- sistance. The actual signing of this paper wag witnessed only by Rudolph Forster, executive clerk of the White but the gold pen used by the executive in attaching his name, previously sent to him by members of the local Shrine, afterward was sent by messenger to L. P. Steuart, poten- tate of Almas Tempie, Mystic Shrine, of this city, to be kept as a relic. ST U. S. ZEPPELIN TO FLY OVER ALPS ON TRIAL : Extended Trips Planned to Demon- strate Safety Before Trip Over- seas Is Started. By the Associated Press. BERN, February 28.—The Amer- fean Zeppelin now under construction at Friedrichshafen will be the latest word in aircraft of its kind. Trials of the huge ship will begin in May and will comprise extended fiights, in- cluding a trip across tho Alps. The dirigible will be taken to Ber- 1in in June, where it will be inspected by the Amegican ambassador. Its transatlantic flight to America Is not expected before autumn, when it is hoped that the Zeppelin can fly at least to Chicago without a stop. court will stand adjourned in all its branches until Friday morning.” D. C. COURTS ADJOURNED. Mark of Respect Shown to Memory of Judge Barnard. Both branches of Police Court the Traffic Court at 12:30 today journed until tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock, as & mark of reapect to the memory of Judge Job Barnard, a former member of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, who died this morning. In the United States branch, Attor- ney James A. O'Shéa made the mo- tion for the adjournment. Judge Mc- Mahon. presiding, ordered a minute be made of record and that the court adjourn ax a mark of respect and last tribute to the memory of Judge Barnard. In the District branch, former Judge James A. Pugh made the mo- tion to adjourn. Judge Hardison or- dered a record made of the motion to_sadjourn the court. The Trafic Court was also ad- Journed, but without formality. ' All United States whisky cases on the docket.for jury {rials to waent. over by asslgnment to March 7. The rexular Ancket . both courta tnmsr. will make careful obser- | theory | have ! could have | be resumed- in THE HELD AT sade iw the eonference room of the Secretary of State tod: tion; Senator Fravk B, Kellogg, ldge, former United States minister to Venesuels, Henry P. Fletche HEARING IN LARCOMBE CASE AGAIN POSTPONED Prosecutor Says Girl Is in' Too Serious Condition to Appear in Court. Preliminary hearing in the case of Jobn £ Larcombe, jr. of the Roydon zpartments, 1619 R street, on 1 charge of assault was postponed today until Marcl The original hearing was set for February was postponed until todav., and was set today Assistant District Attorney Bruce for March 27, Mr l | | | Bruce said he had been inform- Island avenue, the girl who fell or jumped from a window of Larcombe's apartment the evening of January 26, pear. He sald he had been told Mi operation. " Neither Miss Rhodes nor Tarcombe was _represented today, Mr. Bruce said arcombe is charged with assault on Miss Rhodes in a warrant sworn out by the girl's slister. RITES FOR A. T. COWELL MARKED BY SIMPLICITY Services Conducted by Rev. Dr. Tupper Precede Interment in Rock Creek Cemetery. Simple but impressive ceremonies marked the funeral yesterday after- noon of Alexander T. Cowell, libra- rian of The Star, who died suddenly Saturday night after thirty-two years of continuous service with this news- papar. The services, which were held at the residence, 1131 Fairmont street northwest, were attended by rela- tives, close friends and former col- !leagues in journalism. High tribute to Mr. Cowell's ster- Ing character, technical skill, fajth- {fulness. cheerfulness and modesty | was paid by the officiating clergyman, Rev. Dr. Henry Allen Tupper, pastor of the First Baptist Church, 16th and how unconsciouely familiar thou- ands of District residents have been throughout the years with the results »f Mr. Cowell's painstaking labors, Ithough they never knew of him personally. i i | As head of The Star's copy desk for many years he handied, | {in a determination to rid the district! {with true perspective and unerring ’|n«(.xn-|9[y, news from every corner of | the globe. and the professional equip- iment and broad culture thus gained made Invaluable his later services as {litrarian. The pallbearers. all ¢f whom had been closely associated with Mr. Cow ell on The Star for several decade: were G. A. Lyon, GGuy V. Colline, Samuel B. Milton, R! ‘ee . i the cofin was a wreath from his ow employes of The Star. The Evening Star Newspaper Company and the members of The Evening Star Club also sent flowers. Interment was in Bock Creek cemetersy. GYPSY BABY GETS GOLD AND FINE LINEN FOR FLIGHT TD WORLD BEYOND (Continued from First Page.) whimpering on its pitiful pallet three days ago. It is clothed In the best of linens and a warm, while woolen sweater covers its body. Two days ago the nurse had to borrow clothing from one of the gypsy men to Keep it warm on the trip to the hospital. Dainty Flowers Cover Bler. Dainty flowers cover the casket and around the little body are gold, silver jand brass trinkets. Yards of bril- liantly colored silks lie beside the bier, and at its feet, tucked well out of slight, are hzlf a dozen bundles wrapped in more silk. What those | packages contain the gypies would |not disclose. Those who know the ways of the Romany say it is food to sustain the life of the spirit untll it is released from the grave. Tribal tradition, handed down through the centuries by the nomadic ancestors of the gypsies, has given it in death all of life's necessities. the very things that would probably have lengthened its short sojourn on this planet. But gypsy psychology is & strange one and the parents of little jMary did not know their child was dying for want of the things they icould have easily bought it. They were living their tribal life, existing in poverty, but wearing w h around the necks and on their arms and hands. Tribal Chants at Grave. Later this afternoon the body will Dbe taken from the undertaking rooms to the Greek Orthodox Church at 8th and L streets northwest. Until that hour a tribal guard will'be constantly with it.. Then the last rites of the church will be administered and the cortege will'move to Glenwood ceme- itery. At that point the casket will be sealed with tribal ceremonies and the gypsies will bid farewell to their tiny departed member until they meet —somewhers in space. Like the Egyptians, the gypsies be- lieve death is but a long sleep and that about 3,000 years hence the spirit of Mary will awake. While they cared little for its appearance while on this rth, they would be ashamed if one. of their tribe appeared- in’the mext world unless immaculately .calthed. That s why they wrapped the ‘Hitle body in_the finest-of iinens ered 1t with gifts to give in Its next life. was in_too serious & condition to ap- | Rhodes may have to undergo another ! O streets northwest, who pointed out ! harles M. Shinn, | x and R. M. Kauffmann. Placed | EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO A_‘MERICAN 'DELEGATION TO THE ‘PAN-AMERICAN S Left to right: States ‘owler, Washington, D. C. |GERMAN PRINCE ! HELD BY FRENCH | ntinued from Firsi | setzure of 260,000,000 marks ut Kup- ifcrdrrh | Fifty Dr. L. 8. Rowe, Page ) ent of the miners in the | Rubr are to be given a vaca- jtion on full pay during March and jthe others are to be granted April on { the same terms, according to {nforma- |tion received by the French. | Will Farther Campaign. By this means the German mine di- {rectors will further their campaign | of obstruction to the Franco-Belgian ed that Elizabeth Rhodes of 1466 Rhode | occupational authorities, as it 18 con- | zethodist lceded that such vacations would re- !duce the present production of the Rubr mi: one-half, or to about one-four Thera are 560.000 miners in the Ruhr. French official estimates place {the reduction in the output wireaasy at from 30 to 60 per cent of normal. |as the miners have been working {seven hours a day, instead of cight las formerly, and many are employed in repair work and odd jobs around the mines fnstead of in the actual production of coal. According to TFrench estimates there are from 8$,000,000 to 10.000,000 tons of coul above ground at the pithcads. American Orders Delayed. | Plans des gned to unravel the prob- jlem of billing delayed orders from fthe United States held up by the !oceupation are being worked out, but | nothing yet has been definitely dc- 1 cided upon These orders amount | to approximately $6.000,000. They Iwere placed months ago and con- | sist ehiefly of silks, velvets, lace, mil {linery and also steel rails, pig iron and fishplates. | Most of the orders were placed f. o. { b. at the German port, payable at New {York. So far as is known, none of them h been shipped. According jto a scheme worked out by the French it would be quite possible for American buyers to obtain goods by paying a 10 per cent export tax, which the Germans rcfused to pay. Donald L. Breed, assistant couimer- cla] attache of the American embassy | at Berlin, is here making an investi- | gation of this problem. Another case of serious wire-cut- ting during the night between Essen and Duisburg was reported and simi- lar work by wire-cutters at Bochum and eclsewhere, all showing a design i to isolate the French headquarters at various points. French Combing Bubr. The French are combing the Ruhr {of those who are practicing sabotage {and of other clements they consider | undesirable. In Essen alone, yester- {aay, 1567 persons were arrested and | These men were regarded as trouble. makers. They were out of work and, according to Information the French, were mixed up in sabot- age operation: It developed that the accident near | Coblentz in which five French rail- road men were injured, wi deliber- ate act of sabotage, several rails hav- ing been removed. PROBE BRITISH CLAIM. Money and ?lnten Being Held Un- der Seal Until Question Is Settled. By the Associated Press. COLOGNE, February 28.—An official nquiry is proceeding here to ascer- tain the legality of the British claim to part of the funds seized here last week. The money and the plates are being held under seal untll the ques- tion is settled between great Britain and the occupation allies. MONEY SEIZURE ABSORBS. French Have Not Released Funds for Use in Paying British Troops. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 28.—The seiz- ure by the French at Cologne of & large sum of German money, part of ‘which was Intended for the payment of the British troops in the occu- pled area, continues to be the most absorbing of the many difficulties which are confronting the British administration in the Rhineland. As far as can be ascertained in London, the French have not yet released that part of the money seized which wi for the British army and which dispatch to_ the Times from Cologne ces at 67,000 m: . IP e’ remainder of the 12,000,800,000 | marks taken by the French was in- tended for the payment of wages of workmen In the British zone, includ- ing those of the big Bayér dye works at Leverkusen, the -Humboldt . steel works and the extensive Brown coal mines to the west of Cologne. The money is sald to be urgently needed to meet month-end requirements, The Reichsbank 18 declared to have sus- pended further money shipménts until {the French guarantee them immunity from selzure. The daily needs-in the British zone & stimated at from eight to ten billlon mas#y, and definite arrange- ment for the French permitting this money to P! throufh their lines is declared to be urgently necessary. One correspondent says that French eircles in Du dorf thus far have shown no disposition to release the [money seized, and that unless their att.cude is ch tuation may become extremely serious. ———eee |SLAYS WIFE; AWAITS POLICE BALTIMORE, Md., February 28.— Nathan Lasky, twenty-nine, shot and lklllefl his wife, Y ir home, 1819 Linde: ) awaited the arrival of police, who found him calmly seated in a chair. Mrs. Lasky was an expectant moth¢ The shooting followed a quarrel be. tween the two, aceord mation obtained by the police’ | expolled into unoccupied Germany. | reaching | ing_ te infor+) WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1923 director general of the Pan-A COUSIN OF PRESIDENT IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Rev. Joshua Crawford, Method Minister, Dies in Ohio—Pastor for 48 Years. By the Assoclated Press. EWARK, Ohio, February Word was received here today of the death Monday of Rev. Joshua Craw- | tora, sevent ]ot President Harding, at Centerburi He was born near Blooming Grove Ohlo, in 1849 and has served as a minister since he was | twenty-six vearssold. 'SHIP BILLS RITES | 23, Vote 48 to 36 Against Re- committal—Milk Bill Then Is Taken Up. The administration pping bill will remain on the Senate calenda practical purposes it is dead. The Senate this afternoon voted, 48 {to 36, against the motion of Senator | Robinson of Arkansas, democrat, to ecommit the bill. As soon as the vots had been an- Inounced Senator Ladd of North i Dakota, republican, moved to take up the so-called filled milk bill. His mo- { tion was adopted by a vote of 63 to 7. Senator Jones of Washington. who has conducted the long fight for the passage of the shipping bill in the Senate, admitted that the bill was | dead. and said that it would not be brought again before the Senate at this session " On the vote on Senator Rohinson's motion to recommit the shipping bill, three democratic senators voted with the republicans against the motion. and seven republicans voted with the democrats in favor of recommittal. Follow!ng the v Se: of Alabama said that he understood that on the motion to recommit, those who had been in favor of the bill had voted agalnst recommittal and those who were opposed to the Bill voted for recommittal. 2 Renator Couzens of Michigan. re- ! publican, and Senator Harreld of | Oklahoma, republicans, both of whom voted against recommittal, denied that they were for the pussage of the shipping bill. WOUNDED POLICEMAN IN SERIOUS CONDITION Takes Sudden Turn for Worse in Night and Priest Is Summoned. | In an endeavor to locate the bullet G. Stange, an X-ray photograph was pital, while the patient was in an extremely critical condition, it was announced today. Stange, who is sixty vears old, and who was injured by a bullet fired by Precniot Detective Thomas McDon- nell in a chase after an automobile day morning. took a serious change for the worse last night at the hos- pital, resulting in a summons for a priest to his bedside. He held through the night, how- ever, and remained this morning in a very serious condition. He has been suspended from the force, pend- ing & hearing on & warrant charging theft of District government prop- erty. Policeman Ruby Downs, who ‘was In the machine with Strange, is also under suspension and was re- leased on $500 bond for the pre- liminary hearing of a warrant for the same charge. It was charged that the men attempted to make away with a bumper off an automobile held by the police in & prohibition case. —_— {BASE BALL BILL PASSES. iSenate Approves Plan to Erect Monument. Senator Pepper's bill authorizing the erection of a monument to base ball, a gift by the American League, ‘was passed by the Senate today.. The bill provides that the monu- ment or statue must be passed upon by the Fine Arts Commission. = sports finals. Featured For sale by rican Unlon; George mbassador to Belglum; Secretary Hughes, Senator Atlee Pomerene, former Senator Willard Sauls- our years old, a cousin | BEGN N SENATE for the rest of the session, but for all® ator Heflin | lodged in the head of Policeman Fred | taken early today at Emergency Hos- . the former was occupying early Mon- § The Whirl of the World —slows down at _the close of the day—and then comes the 5:30 EDITION OF THE STAR—putting ou in touch with all that has occurred up to the ast minute., Current news— financial reports — nounced for the courts on the morrow. newsdealers throughout the city. Vincent, president CANAS CONDITIONS BORDER O CHADS Impoverished Treasury, Troublesome Tu-chuns and Bandits Held Responsible. | | | BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE, Although China's new ".\lflfinl. Lo was signed, scaled and de- livered at the Waehin, n conference only a year ago, conditions in that country are about the most chaotic and desperate in its distressful his tory. The central government at Pek- & is a government In name only. Its treasury is impoverished. Its author- ity hardly extends beyond the great wall. In province after province in- dependent. power is wiclded by miif taristic Su-chiuns, with well equipped armies of their own. who are mon- archs of ail they survey snap their fingers defiantiy at Peking's wighes commands. The autocrat {of Mukden, Chango-Tso-Lin, rules the three eastern provinces of Manchuria with an iron hand. The vast depend- ency of Mongolia refuses to recognize the sovereignty of the Peking regime. Tibet I8 similarly rebellious. In the south the Canton government re- mains at the helm, while the province of Fukien is in the hamis of Chinese, | who decline allegiance to the Peking | authorities. { External Trouble Looms. In the dst of these domestic turmoils, China is faced by external difficulties. The soviet Russian gov- | ernment is in conference with Peking | | the subject of the Chinexo Eastern railway and secks to recover the old | czarist rights in that property..-Rus- | sia also denfands the independende or autenomy of Mongolia, Next imonth Japan's lease af Port Arthur and Dairen, carrying with ie virtual_control of the province of | Kwan-Tuug. expires, uiless China | {récognizes the validity of the notori- | {ous twenty-one demands. Under the | demands China, sullenly | agroed to a prolongation of the| {former Russian lease until 1997. Japan | stands stubbornly on this eusion ; and scorns the action of the Chinese | isenate on January 20 in declaring the | lease abrogated. The old expiration | farch 26. There is consider- ( able tension at both Reking and Tokio | jover the Kwan-Tung. | Constitution Lacking. Meantime, China’s troubles in every | direction are innumerable. The re- ! public has entered upon its eleventh vear and is still without a permanent constituticn. Chinese statesmen are fond of recalling that although the United States of America declared its independence in 1776, it had no effective Constitution until thirteen vears later. Owing to lack of con- stitutfonal security, the legal status of every member of the Peking gov- ernment is open to question. It has had eight different foreign ministers during the past year. Next to France and Russia, China today is probably the most’ highly militarized country in the world. There are said to be a million and a half troops under arms, controlled by rival tu-chuns or provincial war lords. The central authorities at Peking discuss and from time to time order disbandment of these forces, but are helpless to carry it out. Tnterest and principal owing by China fr foreign loans, as well as for domestic borrowings, iong have been in arrears. No funds are in sight to meet them. The credit of the govern- ment abroad ie, therefore, destroyed, | while hostile influences continue to prevent official recognition of the new international banking consor- tium. i i in 1915, i \ | { Troubles Are Many. £ Even the schools are disorganized because of the disappearance of oper. ating funds. Students have gone on strike and aggravated the general i unrest. Like the schools, nearly every department of the government i8 suf- i fering because of stoppage of salaries I tral and other current expenses. The cen- troubles are dus mainly to the hold- authorities claim their money ing up by grafters in the provinces of revenues rightfully belonging to the national treasury. Increasing ban- ditry in the outlying provinces, labor lawlessness and recurrence of famine are some of the government's minor troubles. All of these facts are known to our State Department and are the cause ot mingled anxiety and indignation. The recent declaration of Seoretary Hughes about China’s failure to give satisfaction for the murder of Charles Coltman, an_American, by Chinese soldiers, and Minister Schurman's Washington's _birthday speech in Peking are indications of the United States’ growing annoyance over con- Gitions in China. Mr. Hughes recog- hizes the terrific difficulties under which. China is laboring, but there is a feeling at Washington that greed, partisanship and inertia are being permitted to affect the situation in a Wholly indefensible manner. (Copyright, 1983.) === also is the program an- newsboys and | designs CONFERENCE TO BE|Armed Uprising in Ruhr Forecast; French Prepare More troubls in the Ruhr secticn was' f(orecast today by the French embassy here, which announced thet it had “reliable information® indicating an anti-French move- ment calculated to culminate in “an armed uprising.” In a Statement the embassy de- clared that the German govern- ment was “known to be backing" the enterprise 1t was sald that volunteers were coming into the Ruhr to assist in the “uprising” and that the French were prepared to adopt rigorous measures as a result. HUNT FOR LOST PLANE GIVEN UP BY FLYERS Aviators Overdue From Nassau to Florida May Have Been Rescued by Schooner. By the Amoclated Press. MIAMI, Fla., February 28.—Further search of the sea for the airplane overdue at Stuart from a trip to Nas- sau was abandoned by local planes here today, the bellef of the airmen here being that the missing airplane was forced to land at some small is- land. Others think the crew may have been picked up by some small sctoon- er and taken to some other port. Harry Rogers, pilot, on his person- ally owned seaplane, flew for ten hours yesterday, searching for the missing_ ship, covering much of the territory between Stuart and the Ba- lhama group. Aboard the plane when it left Stuart were Delos Thomas of Roanoke, Va., and Capt. Theodore Tibbs, according to_information available. Thomas' father, before his death, was an officlal of the Norfolk and Western railroad, with headquarters at Roanoke, Va. His sister married Carter Glass, jr. son of the senator from Virginia.” Thomas formerly was in the Navy. WADSWORTH TO CALL UPGN POINCARE TODAY Assistant Secretary of Treasury ‘Will Meet Other French Officials at Dinner. By the Associated Press. PARIS, February 28 —Premier Poin- care will receive Eliot Wadsworth, assistant secretary of the United States Treasury, this afternoon. Mr. Wadsworth will meet representatives of the government at a dinner tonight at Ambassador Herrick's residence. Mr. Wadsworth is to represent the United States on the interallied board which will adjust claims against Ger- many for the cost of the armies of occupation. MAIL BOX EDICT RULES TOMORROW _(Continued from First Page.) by calling for it at the postal station ed on the notice to be given by the carrier on the first delivery of the day. Will Protect Mail. Steps will be taken by tae post office to see that the right claimants | get the mail. when called for at the ity post office or designated branch office. Some personal identification, such as a letter received in the past, will be necessary, although the post office does not intend to make this identification as strict as is needed in cashing money orders. Requests of houscholders to have carriers “just throw my mail in the vestibule” are not being granted by the city post office. The office is not able to comply with this request, owing to it being a risky method of delivering mail, and in response to each such request has notified the home that the mail box, or door- slot, as required by the Post Office Depart- ment, must be installed. PARALYTIC STROKE FATAL. Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va., February 28— Roslynn C. Vass, retired merchant, died at his home here last night after an fllness of a few hours following a stroke of paralysis He was senior warden at St. Stephep's Episcopal Church. His wife, who Was Miss Ada Harper, sister of Col. Robert N. Har- per of Washington, D. C, and two daughters, Mrs. Laurence S. Ricketts of Orange, and Mrs. Mercer Nalle of Culpepet REFUSES TOHAVE SENATOR ARRESTED Man Assailed by Caraway May Seek Redress in Civil Action. MEN'S STORIES DIFFER Incident on Street Car, Leading to Assault, Related by Both Parties. | HARRY A, WALLERSTEIN, Photographed today with marks of encounter with Senator Caraway showing on his face. . Harry A. Wallerstein of 1345 Bilt- more strect northwest today fo:- mally declin€d to enter crimina charges against Senator Thaddeus 1i Caraway of Arkansas, who yesterday administered a severe beating to th. young war veteran after the twp ar alleged to have had an argument on a Mount Pleasant street car. Mr Wallerstein, although declaring ire senator's attack was unwarrantcd and brutal, indicated that he wou'd seek redress through civil action Detective Wilson went from the first precinct to see Mr. Wallerstein this morning. The young muan was still in bed, suffering from the effects of his beating. Wilson declured him- selt ready to arrest Senator Caraway immediately if Wallerstein would consent to prosecute him on criminal charges of assault and battery. The Young man’'s wife, however, brought word that her husband would tale Ino such action for the present, any- jhow. H Storfes at Variance. The story of the encounte i Wallerstein and Mr. Caraway, s re- peated for the beaten man by his wife, sharply contradicts thal. one credited to the senator yesterduf. Tie victim declared he never told Senator Caraway to “shut up,” and denied . had shoved that officials hat dow:r over his eves. Both were passenger on & crowded car. bound toward th | Capitol, Mrs. Wallerstein quoted her husband as saying. When the car gave a lurch, Walicr- stein, she said, wus thrown against the senator, who wag seated and com- plained grufy. No use being grouch' " Wallerstein s quoted as saying: “‘1 did not mean to bump you.’ In reply Senator Caraway s eported to have demanded the nam of the young man, threatenin o have him discharged from his posi tion A moment later Wallerstein lcit the car, followed by Mr. Caraway How Senator Played “Tatoo. The account of how Senator Cara- way played a tatoo with his un- brella_on the head and face of Wal lerstein, punched him with his fist and rolled him in some flower pots was substantially the same. ‘Wallerstein, however, was quoted as denying he struck the first blow, and said the senator continued beat ing him even after ho had been felled and could not possibly have defended himself. The senator disappeared toward the Treasury when he finallw stopped pummeling his victim, it is stated. ‘Wallerstein has not been strong since he suffered two attacks of in- fluenza, which occurred while he wa in the Army during the war, Mrs Wallerstein said betweer TOMORROW You will be pleasant! ly surprised. These new releases include such snappy numbers as—When You and I Were Young, Maggie, Blucs, with Come On Homie by the Virginians—Carolina in the Morning by Al can. Quartet, with Billy Murray and Ed. Smalle’s Toot, Toot, Tootsie Good-Bye—and Several New Vocal numbers by such famous artists Alcock, Sir Harry Lauder—and instrument: by Rachmaninoff and Stok Merle numbers owski. Open Evenings Until 10 P.M. SPECIAL!! AN APRIL VICTOR R-E-C O-R-D On Sale Here Tomorrow —the local demand for these two numbers HAVE CAUSED THIS SPECIAL RELEASE. AGGRAVATIN' PAPA by the Virginians. ‘AUNT HAGAR by the Virginians. Northeast Bran