Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1923, Page 2

‘HAYWARKET RIOTS HERRIN REMINDER Prosecutor of Miners Says Two Were Hanged for Ad- vocating Violence. SURVIVOR Picks Two Defendants as Among Those Who Participated in Slayings. By the Associated Press. MARION, 1l March aside all the legal skirmishing that the epening of the riots trial, the prosecution marked Herrin today coutinued the Introduction of Hugh Willis, st the against mber of evidence board m Workers, and five charged with murder with the outbreak. The prosecution lay snecial emphasis on tion that the two non-union A conspiracy. The case of Haymarket Chicago. where an editor speaker who took no actual the killings were hanged they had advocated violence. cited by C. W. Middlekuuf, prosecutor, in Jur: Thée opening for testimons by Judgs J. T st trial, which dict of acquittal Scope of Responsibility. Judge Hartwell instructed the first dury that helped to from announced that he would part in any acts of violence, would be “guilty of murder Jury in its miners resulted from the the introduction Hartwell resulted take the non-union it not actually of the killing Bernard J. Jones, riots, testified at the morning session and pointed out two of the ants, James Brown, Clark, two meinbers of which 1 made 1 and panions prisoners. He said seen these two men with had heard Clark say: "1 h five nights watching these scabs, we'll kill them all if I myself. This isn't West We'll kiil ed Jones his com- Virginia. testified that he had met and carrying a gun. The witness said that he had K. MecDowell. crippled endent of the mine. fAle of pr man when he Jones said that Clark Dowell over the head with the end of a gun and knocked him down. it wi bod taken from the was unable to keep up. later was found. Forced to Line 1 The witness said that the prisoners to a auto- were marched until they came atrip of woods and that an mobile drove up and he heard cries “Here comes our president. comes Willis." Jones testified that knocked down then man called “Willia" to take these &cabs and loose them “We're into under gun-fire “Then we were forced to line up in barbed wire a V formation fence.” the wi Somebody ta before a ess sald d us,” he said, “‘wher zo vou scabs start through that He also told members fire high-powered I heard some one the shooting started d wire.' the mob t and rifles next say ‘Go’, and I c with shotguns with Then then bed the fence and run.” = = WOMAN GETS 60 DAYS: to PICKED SOLDIER’S POCKET Helen Jac bing Joseph J. Gibbons G. 3d United States A.. stationed at Fort Myer, Va., sentericed in the ['nited € of Police Court today McMahon, to serve Sixty e picked the pocket the soldier and secured $18 Herbert. R. Cole, colored, with saulting a colored was sentenced to serve jail by Judge McMahon. Cole was confronted by the court with a long ce record of assaults, which he, ever, denied had reference to J Troop .S was hranch Judge in jail charged as worman, Aiker gaming Judge M zuilty, He was convicted and sen- enced to pay a fine of $75 and, in default, to serve thirty days in jail. e HIT BY AUTO TRUCK. ix vears oid. street. Clarendon, Va., 1his morning about 6:15 o'clock was knocked down by a motor truck driven by William Henson, 52 Plerce street, at Louisiana avenue and 9th street. He Was treated at Emergency Hospital for bruises about his body and an injury arged with per- on his place, when ank tting tried by PICTURES MOB 6. —Sweeping first Illinois Mine other defendants connection was prepared to conten- ling of the twenty- riots and a t in because | was special his statement to the as applying to the present case. of along this line was made during the in a ver- if one of the defendants had men mine and then had publicly take no he still the found that his previous acts re- sulted in murder, even though he had beer present at the time a survivor of the defend- a negro, and Otis crowd he had uns, and ve spent have to do it them all and wipe out the &een | Erown wearing a battered Army hel- seen superin- oners by Clark and another struck Me- butt s near this spot that MeDowell's Here he had been and was unable to recognize any one in the automo- bile, but heard some one say to the ROINg the woods | cson, charged with rob-! a member of cavaliry. | ates | by days of 130_days in| Mahon, pleaded not PRESIDENT EAGER AS YOUTH AS HIS CARES SLIP AWAY (Continued from First Page.) of Mr. Harding’s first term is a mat- ter of history, but inseparably a ciated with those two years is the con- clusion that the second half of the ad- ministration will really decide whether President Harding will have an oppor- tunity of re-election. The President has no illusions about the status of his administration in the eyes of the public. His many years in politics have taught him seif-appraisal. He knows even better than the critics analysis of ‘all the water that has gone over the dam since inauguration day what impression each act of his ad- ministration has made, His newspaper experience, with its perennial diagnosis of public {lls, has enabled him to look somewhat impersonally at the whole political situation as it concerns him. Congresas Is Blnmed. The President would chart the curve of his administration abruptly down- ward for the autumn months follow- ing, of course, the simultaneous out- break of a rail and coal strike with the many effects of each on industry and the household. Since then the struggle has been to bend the curve upward again. The political fortunes of the President were to a large ex- tent intrusted to Congress, which body had the chance to increase or diminish the prestige of the republi- can party’s chieftain. Probably the last man in the world to blame anvbody else or shift responsi- bility for his own political mishaps is Warren G. Harding, But he doesn't need to point to the ill-effect which Congress has produced by its lack of teamwork with the executive. Mem- { bers of his own party are doing it for m. Ship Bl Bitter Pi Hardly a man of the 8o called ad- ministration group in the Senate and House wlill contend that Congress has increased the political presiige of the President. Rather do they dis- cuss among themselves how much damage has been done by the lack of co-operation The defeat of the ship subsidy bill was a bitter pill to swallow. ,Not because of the merits of the pro- posal itself, but because it proved that a republican President. with a big majority in hoth houses, could not secure tho passago of a bill | sponsored as ‘an administration {measure. 1f America had a parlia- {mentary form of government and Mr. Harding were prime minister he would be joining Mr. Llovd George in that “wilderness” where premiers £0 when they cannot get a vote of confidence. Mr. Harding feels, his party had the vof democrats, by virtue ot the Senate rules permitting uniimited debate, killed the shipping bill. This will be his defense. 1t will serve to answer attacks on the stump and so faed fuel to the flame of cam- Paign oratory when the racord of the administration is under fira in 1924 however, that . but that the coming when in the same set unless lieutenants ai. {way of dealing the. party. Whatever reflection one may in- dulge on the events of the last two months, whatever explanation may be made by the individuals who dis- ike to look at adverse facts, the jtruth is the much-dreaded insur- Eency \v\hln'h destroyed party soli- darity Mr. Taft's administration has . its the margin will republican ranks of causes will be Mr. Harding and cover an effective with revolt inside maller th operativ. his ised Powers of Lenders Curtalled. Congress has gone from Washing- ton for nine months, but In its wake is left a trail of experiences which |furnish the key to the future.” At- tempts at leadership have not been > |lacking. What, for instance, was the purpose of naming Senators Lenroot of Wisconsin and Wadsworth of New York to be floor leaders if not to sub- stitute the vigor of youth for the vet- eran membership of a steerifg com- mittee which found itself failing to {function at critical moments? Senator Lodue has been through a isevere trial in the Iast four years His efforts to reconcile conflicting factions have been unavailing. No leaders have risen to his ald through , |individual achievement. In the old days men won their places as leaders by earning the respect of their col- leagues. But today it is different Powers of leadership are curtailed. Senators who have to go through pri- mary elections are less interested in what leaders tell them. “Ah, but you don’t vote in my pri- maries, Mr. President,” ia the way more than one senator has answered an argument for party solidarity on an administration proposal. 1In the lera of Aldrich and Cannon leaders {aidn't have to worry about that kind of retort. They merely sent word to a repubiican convention and a re- caleitrant member of Congress had a hard time getting renominated. Fed- | eral office holders had much to_do with those local conventions. The machinery of party government was effective. I Today there are almost as many conceptions of what the republican party should stand for as there are individuals in it Party solidarity means relatively little to men like Senator Brookhart of Iowa, Senator La Follette of Wiaconsin, nator Norris of Nebraska, Senator Ladd of North Dakota and others, who have gained thelr ideas of republicanism in_their own primaries ! The nub of the whole matter is that a group of men who were elected as republicans have failed to stand with their fellow republicans in parliamen- tary tactics and have formed make- shift coalitions with the democrats. Mr., Harding has not yet found a way to beat that combination of circum- stances. And Congress, therefore, has not done the things he asked it to do. In the next nine months the executive will have a chance to make a record unembarrassed by Congress. | Florida is a place for rest and recre- ation, but there will be plenty of time for refiection and soliloquy and many a ahead of turning the delicate curve of popularity upward gain. (Copsight, 1923.) | | | | Next Deor te R. Marris & at a Smashing Price Beautiful Wrappy mod- els — in Brytonia, Nor- mandy, Bolivia, Velour, etc.— $94.75 They’re in dressy styles—silk strikingly lined— embroidery or braiding— We are perfectly sure you can’t match them at the price anywhere else. who have just finished a microscopic | But there is another session of Con- | menacing head again. thought applied to the big task | THE EVENING S ! BIT OF ROMANY SEEN IN CRIVINAL COURT Women of Gypsy Tribes, in Gay Attire, Witnesses at Trial of Robbery Charge. A bit of Romany relieved the som- | {berness of Criminal Division 2 today vhen Justice Bailey heard the rob- {bery charge against Ephraim Adams and his son, Louis Adams, who are under indictment alleging the taking of $500 from Eli Yonkos, 'another 8ypsy, at his home January 20 last. About twenty women of the two tribes were present as witnesses, be- decked with flowing skirts of gally- colored silks and wearing headgear of kerchiefs of strange design. Thelr throats were encircled with necklaces made up of gold coins and_flashy bracelets covered their ar Several swarthy children accompanied thelr parents and one woman carried a babe in_her arma. Interpreter En oy The trial was halted for some time while an interpreter was sought, aft- er Attorney Robert I Miller had out- lined to t jury what the defense expected to prove. Mr. Miller sald there was rivalry between the two bands of gypsies and that bad blood existed between them. Charges of 1 and counter charges had been ud_dismissed in Police Court, e satd. The lawyer declared he ex- pected o show that Ephraim Adams was in_ Philadeiphia January 20 lafll.] when Yonkos is said to have lost his £500. and that Louis Adams was a tending a St. John's day feast in an other part of the city. Caxe May End Tomorrow. Assistant United States Attorney Presmont is conducting the case for the government and told the jury he expected to prove that the defendants Stole the money from the rival BYpsy band The case will tomorrow. CLASSIFYING BOARD | HOLDS TWO SESSIONS | ! TO OUTLINE PLANS | i i | probably be finished Senate committes on civil service fm- posed that duty on the classifying gency, which in that bill was the Civil Service Commission Restrictions against pro any but the next higher rate of salary !in the range, eliminated in the Sen- jate were restored in conference and are now in the law The provision to pay the salaries immediately and the pro- posal to rush through a deficiency for that purpose were abandoned. The original House provision basing the coming budget on the reclassi- fication and maknig the salaries ef- fective in the year thus estl mated for was restored | While the Senate struck out the | House bill and Inserted as one amend- ment a clean draft, nevertheless, with the exception of the compensation schedules, the language of the bl as passed in the House was virtually retained ‘T'wo Sets of Schedules. It must be borne In mind that there were two distinct sets of compensa- tion schedules—(1) by services and| grades evolved from the report of the | joint reclassification commission and (2) made by the bureau of efficiency, being simply a serles of grades wit! out any division into services, the description of the grades being in the main a series of typical jobs serving as exampies of the character and quality of work to be embraced with- in_the grade. This Bureau of Efficiency classifica- | tion was authorized by executive order | of October 24, 1921. In the com- promise bill the form of the House bill as to compensation schedules was retained, a division of the government personnel into service and grades. adjusted | Based on Execative Order. The differentiation between the grades in the service, however, was based on the classification pursuant to the executive order of October 24, 1921, | This was done at the expressed wish / of the President, who felt that the| work in this connection performed by | the Bureau of Efficiency under his or- der ought to be made available. The Senate retained, after a gen- eral deflnition of the scope of a grade, the bureau of efMciency plan of {llustrating with numerous typical taek examples. All these exampi were eliminated in conference an are not in the law. A provision in lieu of these was written In the body of the act directing the personnel board and department heads .in making their allocations to follow the executive order classification. Consequently, as far as the compen- sation scheduies are concerned, they are in form by division into services and grades, each grade being defined in general terms like the House bill. They are 8o arranged, however, that in substance they conform to the executive order classification. In short, as described by Repre- ! sentative Lehlbach, the reclassifica- tion law is substantially the bill as: it passed the House, with a modifica- tion of the compensation schedules to meet the views of the President. COOLIDGES TAKE REST. Spend Brief Vacation Springs, Va. Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge are spending a brief yacation at Hot Springs, Va. The Vice President will at Hot “Bessie BESSIE. If you chanced to stroll down 5th street, in the vicinity of the Police Court. and stopped before the Court Cigar Store, you might see a strange sight—just an ordinary-looking little kitten rubbing its purring body against the arms of a grateful look- ing lawyer or judge. But be it known that Besste is no ordinary cat, by any looks are deceptive, that's all Bessie 18 not only the pet of Fran- cis Neville, proprietor of the store, at 404 5th street northwest. but she is used to having noted barristers and intellizent-faced jurists actually vie for her purrs. Gifts are so plentiful that they almost bore her. en short-skirted stenographers and dim- pled little secretaries lay presents of shrimp and liver at her paws. means She's a Self-made Cat. Of course, there is a reason. She i8 a seif-made cat. To Mr. Neville she owes a little because he saved the last of her nine lives; but to Bes- sie Mr. Neville owes pienty. True enough. he literally took her in out of the wet and gave her a home when all seemed lost and she was Btarving and freczing to death. on a bleak December night more than & year ago. And time can do much for cats and men “Who, pray tell, turns on the lights in the morning and calls hi from bed to meet early customers,’ Be: e might ask if she could talk. “1, of course And, who, sir, do you suppose all of thesa handsome gentle- men and beautiful girls come in to pat? Fat Francis Neville? Not a bit of it! It is I please know. And don’t you suppose I always manage to lead them over to the cigar coun- ter, where they are sure something from my master?’ Lot to Her Argument. In truth, there is a lot to Bessie's argument. wrapped in warm blankets little Bessie crawls from her bed of pil- lows before the living room fire and DECLINES TO AID FUND FOR UTILITIES BOARD Board of Trade Unwilling to Assist | in Providing Pay for Spe- cial Counsel. The Washington Board of Trade will not assist in the raising of funds for the employment of a special coun- sel for the Public Utilities Comm sion in the valuation cases. The mat- ter was brought up vesterday at a meeting of the directors of the organ- | ization and a resolution adopted op- posing the plan to provide for the counsel by subscription from the va- rious trade bodies. Jight new members were admitted on recommendation of the member- ship committee. They are James S. Carpenter, F. A. Castcel, W. T. Davis, Donald M. Earl, Willtam S. Johnson, J. A, Mears. Howard Myers and F. L. Newbeck. This brings the total mem- bership to 2,638, making it the larg- est trade organization in the city. —_—— D. C. GIRLS LEAD. Head Classes at Wellesle: Announcement Says. Four Washington girls, three of them seniors and one a member of the junior class, lead the list of scholars at Wellesley College, accord- ing to announcement from ‘that in- stitution. They are Misses Doro- thy Dodson, Bettie Larrimore, Char- igsa M Scott and Katherine Knabel, the last named being of the class of 1925. The president of the college each year announces the scholars in the order of their standings. Each of Four speak at “Founders’ day” exercises at the Randolph-Macon Women's Col- lege on March 12. the four local girls will be awarded one of the highly coveted Wellesley scholarships. The Silhouette is a new frame of artistic two-color combination — black on translucent crystal. This distinctive frame, although much stronger than the ordinary tortoise- shell, has the appearance fl being but a thin black line. “See ETZ and See Better” The Silhouette Inconspicuous and Distinctive Equally becoming to both men and women, these spectacles are now being worn with evening dress—as well as for every- day use« Let us show you their exceptionally strong con- struction and how really attractive they are. 1217 G_Street N.W. But that was | to buy | While Mr. Neville is still | fecls her way to the store, off of which opens her master's bedroom. Hopping nimbly to the top of the! klass showcase, carefully avolding | the magazines near the edge, Bessie reaches one paw, hooks it around the ring of a chain that! hangs from the electric lights and turns the lights on with one vigorous Jerk. That is Mr. Neville's infallible alarm { lclock “and, " incidentally, Bessie's | method of 'informing him that her feline highness fain would breakfast —and that pronto. For, should he fail to obey that signal. the kitten will proceed to leap on his bed and wash his face In true cat fashion. That method never fails to bring Mr. ) i ville springing from bed, though not | always in the best of humors. | _All'that either Bessie or Mr. Neville scem to know about her origin is | that she crawled up to nis door one | cold December night and begged, in | her beat feline English, to be granted the hospitality of his modest home. The northern” king had covered ali Washington under a frosty blanket of | snow. Food was not to be had; even the garbage cins were frozen. And Bessie was starving to death Nursed Her to Health. as her minth life was ebbing Mr. Neville opened the door, carried | her inside and nur: her ‘back to |health. Since the first day Bessie first stretched her half frozen little paws, the mice and rats that once infested the neighborhood have disappeared That is one of the reasons she is such a pet. Besides, she has come to recog- nize by sight all of the store’s steady customers and frequently she will perform for them. Let one of those regular customers enter the door with a package and Bessle is on the job. She is fairly | certain that means either shrimp or |liver for dinner, and she begs, loops | the 100p and rolls over and over to | show her appreciation. But one could | talk about Bessie's virtues for col- umns and columns. and space is ‘“uézm " So here this discourse must end. | Oh. yes: Just one thing more. Be: sle soon expects to be the mother of from six to six hundred kittens! POLICE FORCE RECRUITS URGED BY SULLIVAN Advantages of Steady Position, Medical Attention and Pension Held Up in Notice. j Steady employment. tree medical at- tention and liberal pension privileges are among the advantages pointed out by Maj. Daniel Sullivan. superin- tendent of police, in an effort to ob- itain thirty-three members of the reg- ular force and fourteen members of the street crossing force, forty-seven being the number of vacancies in the two branches of the service. In a message to members of the force to interest them in efforts to get the full quota of men, Maj. Sul- livan stated: “If you know of a man whose char- acter is beyond reproach; who is be- tween the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five; at least flve feet, eight inches in height and sound physic- ally, and who desires steady. health- ful employment in an important and interesting branch of the public service, urge him to take the exam- ination for appointment to the metro- politan police force.” Maj. Sullivan set out In his message that the salary of & policeman during | Jus { Cuba, | proximately lof stunt, the probationary term of one year is $1,700. The second and third year it 15’ $1,800, and $1,900 after the third]| year. limited quantity last Palm Specialties. grown, P orchard-side. individual service oz. size—in glass Guava Jelly— 7-0z. size.. ve: suci - Palm brand is. 1415 H Street. They are made from Florida Fruits, picked and preserved at the Orange Marmalade—in the Orange Marmalade — 19- These prices, as you will realize, are considerably below regular — for standard quality—as the Lone G. G. Cornwell & Son TAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1923. - > Is No Ordinary Cat; Even Judges Bid for Her Purrs 5,000 T0 ATTEND SOCIAL CONFERENCE Each State, Territories and Foreign Nations Invited to Send Delegates. Invitations to appoint representa- tives for the fiftieth anniversary meeting of the National Conference of Social Work were dispatched to- day to governors of all states by Homer Folks, president of the conference, In preparation for event, which will be held here from May 16 to 23. Each state Is expected 1o have a representative present to discuss re- lationship between soclal work and public officials and government de- partments. dealing with dependent wards of the state. This will be a main topic of discussion at the con- vention. Five thousand delegates from this country, Canada, Europe, Hawail and the Philippines expected to attend Prevention Among First Aims. Discussion of better methods for prevention of disease, dependency and and delinquency will be the major ob- ject of the conference, in view of the fact that the number of dependent wards of tie states has increased to a point where In many states ap- one-third of the state budget is expected on their care and maintenance. The conference was formerly known as the National Conference of Char- ities and Correction. It grew out of a meeting in 1874, when members of state boards of public charities of New York, Massachusetts, Connecti- cut and Wisconsin gathered to dis- cuss problems of relief and correction. Since 1874 these conferences have continued in unbroken annual se- quence. Special Toples on Program. Among special topics and chairmen appointed for their consideration are: Health, with Dr. Livingston Farrand, president of Cornell University, as the health chairman; the home, Porter R. Lee, chairman; law and government, Prof. Roscoe Pound, dean of the Har- vard Law School. chairman; the church, Mrs. John M. Glenn, former president of the conference, chairman; industry, Rev. John A. Ryan, Catholic Universit chairman; the school, Mrs. Helen T. Woolley, educator, of Detroit, chairman, and public opinion, Dr. John H. Finley associate editor of the New York Tim chairman. Each of these topics will be taken up in the order named on successive days from May 17 to May 23, inclusive, under the direction of those named. —_——— From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star HUMAN FLY' PLUNGES T0 DEATH IN THRONG By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, March 6—Not more than $100 and, according to one story, only $30 was the fee Harry Y. Young, a “human fly,” contracted to receive for the stunt which vesterday ended in his spectacular death when he fell when three-fourths up the front wall of the Hotel Martinique and crashed on the pavement below. The money was not paid in advance. . Newspaper reporters and photog- raphers in the big throng who saw are the stunt man fall to his death dur- | ing the noon rush hour in one of the most congested shopping distriets in the world—Greeley Square—said to- day that of the “human flies” they have seen work, Young worked the fastest. Though the walls were slippery be- cause of the moisture-laden air, Young was creeping upward at a pace faster than a hod carrier em- ploye going up a ladder. nothing but three-inch spaces into which he stuck his toes and fingers. Comments of observers bore out re- ports that he had & premonition be- fore he started Planned Feat at Niagara. Young apparently jumped at the chance to risk his life for a small sum, for his young widow, a twenty- year-old bride of a few months, whose home was in Wilkesbarre, Pa. said he had not worked all winter. So needy was he for money that, she said, he was perfecting an unheard “upside down tight rope walking.” He planned to introduce it over Ni- agara Falls. ‘Workers Fall Eight Stories LOS ANGELES, Calif., March 6.— 1 E. Goss and A. Polski, building clean- ers, fell elght stories to the pave- ment at Bth street and Broadway last night. Goss escaped without in- jury. Police surgeons said Polski probably would die. Goss' fall was broken by an awning. Goss sald it was his fifth fall and that in each of the four previous his fellow workman was killed. He renewed his life insurance two days There will be placed on sale tomor- row, continuing only for the time the s—these three Lone o 40° 15¢ size..... Phone Main 875. the | Young had | ] { i i x g |3 country has might on its side.” | Harding. i tricts and other hard characters from | French colonel h: INVADERS 0CCUPY TWO MORE TOWNS IN RUHR ADVANCE (Continued from First Page.) ple’s party—-In view of the fact that Germany surrendered and signed the armistice because she believed in Presi- dent Wilson's fourteen points it be- hooved the United States now to see to it that France does not carry her present policy of armed force too far. We ask the United States to intervens so that treaties among the nations of the world will be sacred in the futurs and not violated 3 heing without the lightest moral significance so long as Wanix President Harding to Act. Ernst Gothein of the democratic party impossible now to ftell just g the Ruhr occupation will last. be months, perhaps more than r, before the Rubr struggle is de- cided. ' But if the United States and Greal Britain hope ever to get back a cent of the money they loaned France it is to their interest to have the Ruhr invasion cut short. We want Presi- dent Harding to intervene, because he will then prevent another world war, which may be brought about by France's imperialism, which is now being shown in all its horrors in the Ruhr district.” Time for U. to Aect. Paul Felischer, centrist— time has come for the United States to intervene. If Germany asks Wash- ington to act in this direction it will | not be because she hopes she 111 have the advantage in such inter- vention, but because she wants jus- tice and peace. The whole world will applaud such an action by President how lo, It ma a ye e Count Max von Westarp, German nationalist party—“Germany has be- come used to the idea of not expect- ing help from the outside world, a though we believe that It is really the business of the United States and Great Britain ve Germany from } being crushed completely. At this| moment we realize that the time for outside intervention will col only after we oursel s have forced the invaders to Jeave the German soil.” FRENCH ENVELOP BRITISH. to s BY A. R. DECKER. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily Ne Copyright, 1923, E! , March 6—The French FIND HOSE SLASHED INUS. PRINTING FIRE Mystery Deepens With Probe and Evidences of Firebug. Loss Up to $16,500. Mystery surrounding the origin of the fire at the government printing office yesterday deepencd today when it became known that officials of tha ! office found a hose line in the bulld ing had been cut. Inspector Grant, chief of detectives, stated today that his men are work ing on a number of clues, but noth- ing has been developed yet that can be announced, Public Printer Carter also stated this morning that he iz co-operating , With the authorities in trying to get to the bottom of the matter. Simultaneous Discoverie Aside from the finding of the cu hose, suspicion is believed to be based on the fact that fire was d covered almost simultaneously on the second and third floors of the docu ment annex, with apparently no con nection between the two sources. The floors of this annex building are of hollow-tile fireproof construction. At Loss for Motive. cial of the fire marshal's of estimated this afternoon that damage to the stock of federal pub lications stored in the building might run as high as $15,000, while the damage to the structure was confined to $1,500, Although the police have been re- quested to join in the probe, one fire official said this afternoon that thers iy no apparent motive that would prompt any one to set fire to thy bullding. have advanced from Vohwinkle rail- road junction and penetrated south around the British zone to Greafrath and Kronenberg and have reached| Wipperfurth. Thus they have al- most enveloped the British forces in | Germany and have cut all the rail| lines leading from Cologne to unoc- i cupied German There is much speculation regard- ing the reasons for the advance. Many think that the British are preparing to leave the Rhine and that the French are getting ready to occupy Cologne as soon as the British leave. It is con- sidered significant that the British have pended sick leave ahsences of soldiers and officers—something not done before in the three years of the occupation. The French have men or Elberfeld, important dve cities, but have cut them off from rail connection with unoccupied Germany Without police Essen has become a mecca for Germany's thieves, and not a night passes without daring hold-up or burglary. Bandits entered the finest cabaret in the city last night when night life was_at i gayest, with champagne flow dancing and late dining. The not entered Bar- in- truders robbed the guests and cleaned | out the checkroom before they were driven away by firemen, who are try- ing to replace the police. Three of the bandits were captured. Several shops have been plundered the toughs from the mining dis- Hamburg Residents of Essen leave their | money and watches at home, for the feeling of insecurity is general and few venture into the dark streets. The Berlin government has forbidden the replacing of the police disarmed and expelled by the French. Cases have heen reported of French | troops robbing pedestrians, and a arrived to investi- gate such complaints DELAY DEBT MEETING. The meeting of the American debt commission. called for today, to put the British funding agreement into final form, was postponed to Friday. Inability of Secretary Mellon, the Electrician Is Overcome. George Reynolds, an electrician in the printing office, was overcome by smoke and had to be taken from the building. He stuck to his post when the blaze was discovered and assisted firemen under Battalion Chief Gill to haul the first hose line to the burning part of the building. The annex in which the fire occurred is a seven-story brick struc ture, filled with important congres sional and departmental documents. POST-GRADUATE DENTAL CLINIC TO BE CONDUCTED Most Advanced Methods of Surgery Will Be Demonstrated to Mem- bers of Profession. [ A post-graduate dental clinic, fo the purpose of keeping local dentists up to the mark In latest and most ad- vanced methods of dental surgery. will be conducted under the auspiced of the District of Columbia Dental Society at the Raleigh Hotel tomor row, Thursday and Friday from 8 am..to 5 p.m Dr. Charles R. Shelton, as chai: man of the clinic committee, is in charge of arrangements. In attend ance at the clinic_will be Dr. V. J Lohr of this city, Dr. W. E. Cummer” of Toronto. Dr. A. L. Le Gro of De- troit and Dr. C. O. Simpson of S Louis. All ethical dentists of Wash- ington have been extended invita tions to be present A lecture will be given tonight a 8 “o'clock in the Medical Sclence building by Dr. LeGro, who will out e some of the most recent dis coveries in treating teeth. Thursday night at 8 o‘clock L. M Barker, M. D., of Johns Hopkins Unt rsity, will deliver n address on Co-opération Between _ Physicians chairman, to attend. because of a_trip ‘ew York, was the reason given e change in plans. Feet Callouses are from the lowe this pressure stantly ceases disappears. during this special relief expert who is Sistem o your foot trouble wi mendations will be FA 310-12 and Dentist to which all local, physicians as well as ethical dentists are invited. Hurt ? If you understand what causes cal- louses you will appreciate how ?uickly and effectively Wizard Lightfoot Arch Builders and Cal- lous Relievers get rid of them. formed by pressure red bone in the ball of the foot which has been forced out of normal ition. Remove and the callous in- to hurt and soon Special Foot Service All This Week That you may have immediate and permanent relief from suffering feet, we want you to meet foot relief period our foot trained in the Correction Your stockinged feet will be examined without charge. You merely slip off your shoes just as you do in buying 2 new pair. The cause of Il be revealed and recom- made to provide instant NOTE: See Full Page Ad in Saturday Evening Post of March 1 MILY SHOE STORE JOS. STRASBURGER CO,, Inc. Seventh St.