Evening Star Newspaper, March 16, 1923, Page 2

A H e - : BHANGE ASSURES |u. s. AGENT JAILED - DELIVERY OF MAIL j’ostmaster Says Order Cur- || tailing Service Shall Not . Affect Washington. OFFERS SELF AS CARRIER ikplrtment Casting About for| Means to Reduce Expenses, WITH COMMUNISTS (Continued from First Page.) send messages or mail letters; were not allowed to call each other by thelr own names, aliases being used instead; could not keep “incriminating documents” in their possession overnight, could bathe only ar specified hours, and were re- quired to wear bathing suits then. Rules for Delegates. Some of the rules on this document provided: “No one can leave the grounds with- out the permiesion of the grounds committce. _All persons leaving the grounds must register when leaving | and report when returning. i “Persons shall go bathing only be- fore breakfast or after supper. ‘No persons shall mingle ngers with ‘No persons chall be allowed to Due to Low Funds. messages or mail letters, o 0 incriminating literature or Gocuments shall be kept in baggage or in rooms. All such matter must be turned over to the committee every The grounds committee | “The people of Washington will get | fheir mail if T have to go out and help \ (o Ftr " deliver it myself,’” City Postmaster |must arrange for the safckeeping of M. 0. Chance promised today, dis- | this matter = reated by the "All persons are prohibited from cussing the situation ¢ (o liperons re pEshibited (from crtailment orders sent out to large post offices of the country by the Post Office Department, owing to the dan- ger of postal funds running short before July 1 next. i “The city postmaster expressed the Belief that the service to the people of the National Capital has not been | affected in the least by curtailments already put in practice here, and that it will not be affected, no matter ‘what happens, WIIl “Get Out and Help.” sed, for himselt and other that they would get out and help the crrier force deliver letters if it ahould come to that, in order ihat the delivery service to the people of the matter of any kind. All written notes no longer desired may be handed over to the committee for destruction. “No one shall disciose or ask for zho‘- Jegal name of any person pres- | en Stewards on Job. Besides the rules of this committee there was a committee of stewards to enforce them. The stewards, according to another document produced by the |state. had each sleeping room and its {occupant numbered, saw that delegates turned over thefr incriminating papers and went to bed at the proper time at night, and got them up at 6 in the { morning. i O. L. Smith, assistant attorney gener- ecity should not suffer al of Michigan, In his opening state- Following the abolishing of “over- l{\-‘nl. _declaied the state would she\\'| et pay at the local office, and end- | that Foster had helped to organize, be- | came a member of, and voluntarily as- | sembled with the communist party | which advocated unlawful methods of accomplishing industrial or political re- orms. { _The evidence will show, he said, that Foster was a paid organizer and official of the organization and editor of the Labor Herald of Chicago, offictal pub- lication of the Trade Union Educational League, an offshoot of the communist party. Mr. Smith and Frank P. Walsh of | New York. chief of counsel for Fos- jter. olashed when the assistant attor- | |ney general declared the. evidence | would show that the Herrin, Tl mine |war, in which more than twenty per- { use of auxiliary help, involv- ing the stoppage of delivery in the afternoon by “two-iripper”” carriers as soon as their eight-hour service has run out, postal authorities are casting around for further ways of lessening expenses. Two-Trip Hasls Suggested. A suggestion has been made that perhaps the best way to cut down ex- penses would be to abolish one of the three trips of most letter carriers each day, and put the entive city, with the exception of the business sections. wpon the “two-trip” basis, making the entire letter carr! e “two trip- ing the | 1 | pezs.” as they are called e Stuch a scheme would be put into ef- isong were killed, had been jang fect only in an extreme emergency. itithe convention as a “valiant (xerigs:'t" i& understood. and even then might not : 1and that an officlal o y be tried, owing to the trouble it would f the communist party attending the convention had cause. It Is vointed out by those Wholdeclared the workers througho bave discussed the proposition that the |country must “take their é‘un;‘;fi; noon-time delivery of mail would be cigse ‘down the scab mines and the easfest to abandon, as perhaps not | 28 much mail is received by the average persen on this trip as on either of the uther two trips of the day. paralyze the state machinery by mili- tary action.” Blames Federal Agents. Bolley, [NetMmavener ”; Judge Charles White ruled that as| Abandoning the midday trip Would ithe gitorney . Jeave considerable time on the hands torney general said he had doc- of carriers, and would reaut in no gain, | UMents to support his statements ; it is pointed out, unlees the routes were lengthened, so that some carriers could be dropped from the service, thus sav- ing_expenses | But at the present time such al thing is not even contemplated. As| pointed out, the plon to abolish the | | they were admissable. i Mr. Smith described the speech the state claime Foster delivered to the convention, Walsh, in his open- ing statement. said the defenss would “endeavor to show that Foster attended the convention as a fraternal delegate and did not hold a card or pay dues to the communist party. He described the organization mddda trip gencrally is only under dizcusicn, and would not be serious- 1y considercd unless posgal funds | would reach the vanishing point early | of | e Whbroprlations should run | the party In 1919, and the federal| autin May. or ehrls In June. the post . Faids on its members on January 1.! 2l service would be hard put to neet | 1920. The evidence, he said, swould | the situation. with the steadily in-|%how that federal secret agents in e ine i ostal husiness which is|the party's ranks called meetings for Siag Eivin Br the people of the|that day, aml that when the members | odinl by ? had assembled in response to the call Y they were raided and some 6,000 arrested, few of whom were ever | 100-YEAR FIGURES Bruht 1o trial The state finished the _direct oxamination of Sheriff George Bridge- man. the first witness, this morning and the croes examination was taken BLAST THEORY THAT WINTER IS PASSING | “rix Shenfe Wocertied the raia on - O the communist convention and the finding of the two barrels of papers, documents, filling envclopes, type- | o ontinued fron | {writers. duplicating machines and | First Page.) manent increass or decrease, The nor- | sther supplies and paraphernalia. mai temperature is just exactly what | it has been from time immemorial.( EIGHT I. W. W. CONVICTED. Jn New England there are weather = bureaus a century old, whose records; Criminal Syndicalism Charges ! show the same result Proved in The past year prescnts a most elo- GelitorniatCourt. . ee 5 !now in_the Riviera. (uent denial of such assertions,” said | LOS ANGELES, March 16.—Eight| Miss Elizabeth Harding was mar- Forccaster Mitehell. “Last summer | MeMbers of the Industrial Workers|tied o Prince in “Washington. on \was exceptionally hot. The excess for |0f the World were found guilty of{July 14 1917 while her father was| the year was 550 degrees. But divide |criminal syndicalism by « jury in the | Bosd . Presidong aracral Reserve at by the days of the year and you | ronst here i e 3 resident and Mrs. Wilson have an excessive temperature of l.“‘”‘rlmc court here yesterday. Five|were guests. {of them were convicted on two counts land the other three on one. Judge {John W. Shenk set Tuesday as the {time for pronouncing sentence. | Found guilty on the first count,| I which was criminal syndicalism, were Lovd Leonard, Claude Erwin, Jame!! 1rifle more than one and a half gress per day—which most persons would never notice. Heavy Snows in Northenst. In Washington this winter there has been a lack of snowfall” In vember therc was a trace, whereas|Fink, Lawrence Gross. Arturo Oria, | normally there should have been an | William Allen, Martin Larsen and inch. In February three and nine-}Dan Duffy. On the second count, con- { spiring to commit erimi syndical- Lenths inches fell; normal would have | thm. all of the defendante cxcepr Orin i been almost seven Inches. ThatjLarsen and Duffy were found guilty. would seem to give substance to the| The trial started here January 4, lamity howlers' anthem. But look |and was said to be one of the longest @t New York. The present winter was | in the history of the county. Al the The second snowlest on record for that | defendants insisted on acting as their ecity and Maine had the worst snow-;OWn attorneys. i fails ‘",;‘“ ;::m:\:? mm}r i A ! S have veen | TWO D. C. STATUES : i i MAY BE EXCHANGED | purely local. Comparisons have been made in the terms of decades, to de- termine if there has been any change. These comparisons show that where. s there might be an excessive tem- perature for several vears at a stretch, another subnormal vear would come along and the average for the i —i H from First Page.) | decade would be just exactly the|tinguished sculptors of his day. The same as the previous ten-year pe- |Jackson statue was erected In Janu- e, H at a cost of $32,000. Of ) pomy News for March. ithis amount the government pald s {820,000 and the Jackson Democratic is no use grumbling about the varied assortments of weather | March has given Washington. say the | experts. Tiue, it is a little warmer ‘ashi 6 5 3han normal, but all things con ;‘J‘\Z,\“\-‘;J'r‘.""nl"('lr’?l“u P o‘}re;;;? sidered Washington s having Jjustggo. Officials of the public buildings | exactly what might be cxpecied at!and grounds office. are both proud | this season of the vear and whatigand fond of these memorials. They | Dame Nature has always served up|gre pointed out as being representa. | 1 us. And, what is still more!(ive of the art of the early days of &loomy news. don't expect more than ! the republ 7 i one or two days of sunshine at the One official of the office, in discuss- | most until further notice. ing the proposed change today, said | The winds are to blame for it all—!{he criticism of the Jackson statue is New York's super-abundance of |entirely unwarranted. He personally ahowfall and Washington's lack of it: | has a great admiration for it and the Californta’s sunshine and the Mis- {idea of the transfer is not prompted sissippl valley tornadoes. ‘While | by such criticism. i this city and its vicinity have been; Unquestionabl the Washington iulled on the bosom of warm south- | statue is a better work of art and | erly winds that originated in the jthe subject itself is more pleasing and | perfumed troplcs the northern metro- | inspiring. jolie has been in the Brip of easter- - y and northeasterly which were born Logic Suggested Change. Pointing out the logic involved this in the frigid white arctizs. Hence | the wide differences in tempera- : tures. ofiicial called attention to the happy | idea of placing the hero of the Amer-} jcan revolution in the same park with' Club of the District of Columblia paid | the remainder. The granite base cost $8.000, which the government paid. 'S0 cheer up say the prognostica- jors, it is just as possible that Dame Nature m: “reverse English” on the District next winter and make us @)l run for our heaviest woolens. ! the statutes of his distinguished allies | |of the revolution—Lafayette, Rocham- e {beau, Von Steuben and Kosciuszko {which grace the four corners of| LOWEST BID TOO HIGH !pich s, e ™o FOR SCHOOL ADDITION; The office of public buildings and grounds said today the difficulty being imet by the contractors in taking the 1 Washington statue from its pedestal fis due to the thorough manner in| i which the statue was placed in posi- | {tion. The brongze blocks upon which | the feet of the horse rest are securely |archored in the granite with molten |fead. It is only a matter of hammer- ing and chiseling to release the statue. This may take another day or so. E BOOKMAKING. Geotge E. Wyne Estimates $142,- 6800 on Garrison Building. D. C. Has $138,000. George E. Wyne submitted the low- est bid yesterday for construction of an sight-room addition to the Garrison Sehool, 12th between R and S streets. HARD COALSALES | found guilty | boat His price was $142,600. The engineer department has only §136,000 available for this building. but it is believed it will be able to gliminate some of the details in the original plan in order (o bring the -nost within the bids. 'Cwwo other bids wer received, but they were approxi- mately §25,000 higher. CHARG! John Y. Dawson, twenty-nine years old, 2206 K street, was arrested ve terday afternoon by Detectives Wor- rell and Jackson of the first precinct and charged with making a handbook on the races. They arrested him near 12th and E streets. Dawson was re- lezsed on bond in the sum of $3,000. /7 * RELIEVED F BAN Deliveries in Washington No Longer Restritted, Utilities Commission Announces. NOW UP TO THE DEALERS Improvement in Anthracite Situa- tion Renders Supervision Unneces- sary, It Is Declared. You can get all the hard coal you want today—provided your dealer has it on hand. The Public Utilities Commission’s | rules that have restricted deliveries of anthracite to houscholds during | the winter were abolished, effective this morning. Walter C. Allen, executive secretary to the commission, issued the follow- | ing statement: | “In view of the great improvement in the anthracite coal situstion in the District of Columbia, the Public Utili- ties Commission considers it unneces sary to exercise any further contrpl over the distribution of coal, and it has accordingly notified all concerned that It ceased exercising such con- trol at the close of business on Thurs- day, March 15, 1923 commission accordingly scinded all orders, rule. tions promulgated by it restricting or limiting the distribution of anthra. cite coal, effective on said date. —_—— From the 5:30 tion of Yesterday's Star, ' re- | and regula- | (EVAN FONTAINE AND MOTHER ARE INDICTED By the Associated Press. NYACK., N. Y., March 15.—Evan Burrowes Fontaine, a dancer, and her mother, Mrs. Florence E. Fontaine, indicted today on charges of perjury growing out of the dancer's $1.000,000 breach of promise suit against Cornelius Vanderbilt Whit- ne were The dancer and her motier, now reported to be in New York, wiil be arrested on a bench warrant, in the event they do not surrender Supreme Court Justice Tompkins, on January 3, sustained charges of fraud preferred by counsei for Whit- ;1;) :\_v.d vacated l);(‘ annullment of e dance marriage to Steriing | Adair of Waco, Texas. i ‘i "A gross fraud,” Justice Tompkins said, had been perpetrated on the court, and both the plaintiff and her mother had committed “rank per- jury.” Miss Fontaine, an oriental dancer, obtained an annullment of her mar- riage to Adair on the ground that she lived with”him orly three hours. Records showed, however, that they had lived together for a vear. Adalr died after the annullment. A promi- nent position In the suit was occupied by the dancer's infant son.” She said she was going to name him Cornalius Whitney. g i From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star. HARDING CANTCONFR PRICE DNVORCE RUMOR BOSTON. March 15.—W. P. Hard- ing, governor of the Federal Re- serve Bank of Boston. said today that he was unable to confirm reports that his daughter, Mrs. Frederick H. | Prince, jr. had been divorced from her husband, son of a Boston banker. { He said the two had been separated for some time, but that both were | | | | i At that time Prince was on fur- lough, having returned to this cou try after service with the Lafayette Escadrille. ~ Miss Harding had done war rellef work overseas. Lager Prince received a lieutenant's com- mission in the Quartermaster Corps and served at a southern camp. MRS. MARY C. HINE CALLED BY DEATH Widow of Former Commissioner of District Has Lived Here Since Civil War. { Mrs. Mary C. Hine, widow of the| late L. G. Hine, former District Com- missioner, died yesterday morning at the residence of her daushter, Mrs. J. R. Nevitr, at 1820 Calvert street, after a lingering illness. She was cighty-five vears old. Mrs. Hine came to Washington im- mediately after the civil war and has Jived here ever since. For many he was an active member of Nordhoff Guild-and the Dol Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. She is one of the oldest members of the First Presbyterlan Church Surviving her are three daughters— Mrs. J. R. Nevitt, Mrs. F. E. Fenning and Mrs. J. M. Boone—and a son, Capt. Oliver C. Hine, U. S. M. C. Funeral services will he held at Mrs. Nevitt's residence tomorrow aft- erncon at 2 oclock. Itev. Dr. J. B. Clark of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate. Burial will be, in Rock Creek cemetery ONE MAN CONVICTED IN STEAMBOAT RAID J. Ottaway Holmes, colored, proprietor of the excursion steamboat E. Madison Hall, was acquitted yesterday in Police Court on charges of violating the prohi- bition law, while James Woodson, col- ored, an empiove on the steamer, was by a jury, on the same charges in connection with a raid on the boat last July 4. Each defendant Was charged on four counts—two for selling. one for irans- porting and one for possession of in- toxicating liquor. The jury deliberated one hour. . Revenue and police officers raided the July 4 at the foot of 7th street, after having made, it was alleged, sev- eral purchases of whisky on the boat from Woodson, the agent of Mr. Holmes. A smail quantity of whisiy was found on_the boat in the raid. The boat was confiscated by the government officials but later releaged under $70,000 bond given by Mr. Holmes. Mr. Holmes' defense was that he had no knowledge of there having been at any time whisky aboard jhe boat, or that there had been sales made thereon. He testified that he had given strict orders that there should be no whisky nor other intoxicants kept on the boat. _—_ A truck that will run independently or on street railway tracks anc heuled by a trolley car, is being teled out in Germany. ’ little eraft at § = short distance of the Pioneer. From the 5:30 Edition of Yesterday's Star. | KKK WANTS TOAD LAW ENFORCENENT Kleagle Here Tells Inspector| Grant Order Wants Con- fidence of Officers. S. F. Poindexter, king kleagle, realm of the District of Columbia, Ku Klux Klan, has written Inspector Grant, chlef of detectives, a letter expressing his thanks for his ex- pression of confidence, quoted in The | Evening Star, relative to the fire; threat received by the Rev. Eugene A Hannan, pastor of St Martin's, Church, North Capitol and T streets, nearly 2 week ago. “Not only are our members severe- ly penallzed for writing or uttering. threats,” King Kleagle Poindexter wrote, “but we stand ready and will- ing at all times to assist in every way possible the apprehension and prosecution of those persons respon- sible for such threats “Not only are our men acquainted | with this fact, but knowing. as I do, | every man connected in the District | of Columbia, T do not believe that | any one of them would be asinine ! enough to indulge in such conduct. Every communication of our order is written on official stationery and | signed by some officer of the organ-! ization, and any other communication | may be branded as a forgery or fake | on the face of i | “Not only this,” the letter con-! tinues, “but our membership is sworn | to uph: and law enforcement and we have render- ed xervice on rgore_than one o assist at all times in | sion in this citv. We haye a clean- cut, manly bunch of men, and we; desire the confidence and respect of | those officers whose duty it is tol uphold the law and to maintain order | and safety. “We wiil be pleased at any time | to have vou, or whomsoever you may | designate. confer with us regarding | any question which may arise con- | cerning our organization or its mem- | bership, and on behalf of ever. klansman in the District, I pledge to you our unqualified assistance and support in such work. CITIZENS WANT CAR LINE ON BLADENSBURG ROAD Opposition to the removal from the Bladensburg road of the car tracks was expressed at a2 meeting of the Bladensburg Road Citizens' Assocla- tion at a meeting last night at the! home of Mr. McQueenle. At the mest- ing, which was specially called to dis- | cuss this mAtter, a clipping from The i Star outlining the proposed improve- | ment of the roadway and removal of | the tracks was read and setved as the basls for the discussions A committee of three members, Messrs. Talbert, N. Auth and Bohnke, was named to take the matter up with Mr. Tobriner with a view to deter- mining what action can be taken hy the association to prevent the aban- donment of the car line. The association alen adopted a motion requesting the Commissioners to order additional guard rails over the South Dakota Avenue bridge, spanning the raiiroad tracks, with | the purpose of providing additional protection to the many children who use it In the absence of tie president of | the association, George Talbert was | elected to preside for this meeting. | The next mesting 8f the association | will be held March 21. SUES FOR $100,000. - Graeme T. Smallwood. real estate dealer, has filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $100,000 ¢ damages from the New Taxi Service Company for alleged personal inju- ries. He also asks $2,500 damages to his automobile. Mr. Smallwood was driving his car December 29 last at{ 12th and L streets northwest when a taxi of the defendant collided with his machine, he avers, and inflicted serious and permanent injuries upon him and damaged his car. He is rep- resented by Attorneys Daniel Thew Wright and Philip Ershler. PROPERTY TION FOR THE | Bureau Federation, headed by Gray Photograph shows the houseboat Ploneer, which has President Harding and party on board, at Pal rtment of Commerce crulser Tarragon, which carri who guard the President day and night. Capt. Packard, who pilots WOMAN UNDER YEAR'S SENTENCE UNERUBATIUN? Another Gets Six Months i Giving H. W. Topham Bad | Check for Bag. Hattie A. Hobart of McLean, who recently pleaded guilty to using the malls to defraud, was given a term of one year in fail today by Jus- tice Bailey in Criminal Division 2. The sentence was suspended and the wom- an placed on probation. Miss Hobart admitted her connection with a pub- | lishing concern which advertised to publish music.of aspiring authors, | but which is claimed to have been| oniy a scheme to defraud | Mary M. Jones was given a term of six months in jail by Justice | Bailey. The young woman obtained ng bag {rom H. W. Topham's | »n an alleged worthless check George; Miller, allas Gran e Zepp. | who alleged to have served several | terms in the Navy under different | names, was sent to the penitentiary | by Justice Bailey for a term of four years. Miller was recently convicted of forging a government check. He had been adjudged insane some vears agon b naval board. but was d clared sane by the alienists at St Elizabeth’s. Through Attorney John Murphy Miller noted an appeal Albert Frasier, colored, will three years in the peniténtiary. was convicted of shooting William | Frazier August 6 last 1 CONGRESSMAN ANSWERS $130,000 DAMAGE SUIT| Representative Collins Pleads Justi-| | serve He fication in Replying to Min- ister's Charge of Libel. | Ross A. Collins, representative from | Mississippi, has filed a plea of justifi- cation in response to the suit for| £130.000 damages brought against him | 1 the District Supreme Court by Rev. | ames E. Arnold of Union, Miss, for} alleged libel. Collins, with F. J. Mc Kinley, special Indian agent, and the, iatter's clerk, Thomas J. Scott. is charged with circulating advertise- | ments in connection with the cam-| paign of Mr. Arnold's wife for Co Iins seat in Congress, in which it was | stated Arnold had a taint of negro! blood. Representative Collins in his plea claims the statements were correct and that he felt it his duty to the voters to mcauaint them with what he claims to be the facts. Attorney John S. Barbour represents the de- fendant. MUSCLE SHOALS PROJECT DIES WITH “ESSAYS WAR” Representatives Extend Remarks in Post-Session Issue of Con- gressional Record. Cengressional advocates and op- ponents of the Ford Muscle Shoals cfter had their last fling, so far as the Sixty-seventh Congress was con- cerned, with the issue today of the post-seesion number of the Congres- slonal Record. Represeniatives James, republican, of Michigan, and Oliver, democrat, of Alabama inserted statements in_the Record, - urging_acceptance of the Ford ofter, while Representative Riddick, republican, of Montana, let loose a_vog- orus denuriciation of the American Farm Silver, who has béen active in urging the cause of the Detroit manufactur- er. He algo assalled “dirt farmer demagogues” who ‘“purported to rep- resent the rarmer. Mr. Jomes replied to a statement by Frank W. Mondeli of Wyoming, retiring republican leader, that if the Muscle Shoals offer had been made by “any one but Mr. Ford it would have baen smothered by ridicule.” ENGLISH POET DIES. KELVEDON, England, March 16. Dr. James Rhoades, poet and class- icist, died last evening at his home here. He was the author of several L:etlcal works, including numerous tin translations. ND L _STREETS SOON TO BE OCCUPIED BY THE e Ak PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOS | 16th and north on 16th treet to Alas- | From the 5:30 Editton of Yeateran AND THE WOMAN'S WELFARE ASSOCIATION. U. S. TO DETERMINE AMNESTY FOR 50, [FOLLOWING auiz (Continued from First Page.) release of the prisoners convicted in Chicago. For Unconditionsl Release. Senator Pepper is of the opinion that these prisoners should be grant- ed amnesty unconditionally, on the records as they stand, and that they | ehould not be required to take any pledge of loyalty. It {s understood that the Department of Justice has held to the opinfon that the prisoners should be released on a conditional | pledge of loyalty. elieve” that each of these lmma is an appropriate one for the {immediate exercise of executive n Beach, Fla. | C1¢Mency, so also, in my judgment, it ecret service | VOUld DE u grave mistake to exact Whys within | Of 20Y Of the men & pledge of any sort s a condition of the grant, said Senator Pepper. “I believe tha all of these men are suffering from some form of mental stigmatism and {that they would be sure to accept |such a condition as tantamount to a | requt {the principles of thelr organization. As 1 do not belleve the government has any right to keep them longer in jail, 50 1 belleve that no condition Ought to be exacted in setting them at liberty which could not be success- fully demanded of them if they were the the Tarragon, keeps it From the 5:30 Editlon of Yesterday's Star. NEW BiS ROUTE SAUTHORIZED jother consideration,.my judgment is jsome or all of them would refuse |amnesty upon these terms, and this i Wwould make the situation worse than it is now.” Capital Traction Given Per- mission to Run to Alaska Avenue. Seven Pardoned in December. | cask, the twenty-eight men whose cases Senator Pepper reviewed, seven, Who were aliens, were granted par- dons in December with an order of | deportation annexed Within & few months the attention The Publio Utilities Commission ves- | 0 evoral members of the United - o ok ates Senate has been specifically orized the Capi terday afternoon authorized the Capital {Ciilq (o the cases ot the Somtint Traction Company 1o operats motor | prisoners by Senator Pepper. He has busges from the end of its car line i‘a!ked with Senator Lodge, Senator Borah, Senator Wadsworth and Sen- ator Brookhart. Tt is said that each concurred in the recommendation of the memorandum submitted by Sen- at 1th and Kennedy streets west to ka avenue, returning by the same ator Pepper. Senator y - route. A two-cent transfer would be | cent conversuiion om thoSeutjent’ of issued between the busses and the :;mhlual prisoners, said that the re- el lease of these men depended alto- : > {gether on whether or not they had This action is taken as an amend- been “sufficiently punished” for their ment to an order issuag last week, iobstructive acts during the period under which the Capital Traction |when the United States was at war. Compary would have operated the |He inclined to the view taken by busses only as far as 16th and |Senator Pepper on the matter. Senator Borah has been an outspoken advocate of the release of the prisoners of war. He made a speech in New York recently on the subject. The 1daho senator was prepared to make a speech in the Senate early last December but was discuaded from doing 80 on the understanding that the ad- ministration proposed to take some ac- tion. Except for the release of a few of the aliens nothing was done. RAID ON PARLOR SOCIAL NETS SIXTY WITNESSES Montague streets. The Sixteenth Street Heights and the Sixtesnth Street Highlands citizens associations asked for another hear- ing. clalming that a buss line to Mon- tague street would not afford thelr | community the desired service. i TR i s Star INFORMATION HERE SOLVES GOTHAM CRIMES Sarah Sykes Fined . %25 on Disorderly House As a result of Information obtained in this city last month by Detectives { Charge. Joseph Waldron and Thomas Sweeney, | Five razors and nine pistols clat- New York detectives have succeeded | in solving the mystery of a double murder committed in that city nearly six months ago . Inspector Grant, chief of detectives esterday reccived a letter of thanks from Detective Cornelius Manning, De- tectives Waldron and Sweeney being heartily commendcd for the part they played in the investigation The Jocal detectives located a color- ed girl who had heard of the details of the double murder, it is stated, and it was due to the Information she fur- nished that the New York poilce were able to arrest the alleged slayers and obtain confessions from them. Robbery was the motive for the double crime. The victims were stran- { gled to death with their own ties, ac- cording to the police. and their pock=- ets rified. lLeon Singleton, Georze Oliver and Beatrice Pennyweather, all colored, are under indictment for the crime. Detoctive Manning wrote that con- fessions had been obtained from the prisoners, Oliver admitting the stran- gling. The alleged participants told the New York detectives they came to this city the day after the double slaying, remained one day and went to Richmond. They returned to New York two weeks later. BANK TELLER FOUND DEAD William T. Wootton Expires Night at Home of Friend. William T. Wootton, twenty-seven years old, collection teller of the Federal-American National Bank, was found dead in bed yesterday at the home of his friend, E. J. Van, a member of the bank's personnel, with whom he was stopping for the night while Mrs. Wootton and two chil- dren were out of town. Death was due to heart disease, from which he had been a sufferer. The funeral services will be held at the residence ; of Frank Moale, 1512 Linden avenue, Baltimore, Md., tomorrow afternoon at 3:20 o'clock. The interment will be in a Baltimore cemetery. Mr. Wootton was 2 native of Mary- land and came to Washington two vears ago as collection teller of the Federal-American National Bank. Mr. Wootton'’s home was near Hyatts- ville, Md. He is survived by his wife and two small children. Mr. Wootton tered to the floor when police of the second precinct raided a parlor social at the home of Sarah Sykes, colored, forty years old. at 28 Pierce street, about 11:30 last night. Sarah was arrested on a charge of conducting a disorderly house and five patrol loads of witnesses were taken to the second precinct. All told more than three score were in the house at the time of the raid. The raiders were Lieut. Ready, Lieut. Davis, Sergt. McQuade, Pre- cinct Detective Howard and Privates Bremmerman and Brodie of the sec- ond precinct. Sarah forfeited $25 collateral Police Court this morning. —_— RAID ON GRAVES’ HOTEL NETS 40 QUARTS OF RUM Two Prisoners Taken When Police ,Swoop Down on Restaurant in Northwest. in Police and revenue agents seized forty quarts of liquor and two prison- ers in a raid on Graves' Hotel, at 1§ G street northwest. shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Walking into the restaurant con- while every table was occupled, Lieut. Davis, Sergt. McQuade and Privates Bauer and Brddie of the second pre- cinct, with Revenue Officers Fowler and Ruby, arrested Joseph Graves, colored, sixty-five years old, prietor, and Mary Jackson, colored. twenty-one, the head waitress, of 11727 R street, on charges of selling and illegal possession of liquor. Crowds from the government print- ing office collected around the place when the police took out the prison- ers and the liquor. Each prisoner was released on, $1,500 bonds. —— MILLAN IS SPEAKER AT LENTEN SERVICE Keith’'s Will Be Closed Tomorrow, But Worship Will Be Held All Next Week. in I was a member of the American In-} w.W.Millan was the speaker at the stitute of Bankers, midday Lenten services at Keith's Theater today, and took as his sub- ject “The Cail of God to Men.” Wil- liam T. Galliher introduced the speak- er. Rev. R. L. Wolven pronounced the benediction, and Raymond Moore sang a bass solo. The speaker said, in part: “Just as the ear of the world is tuned to the call of God to men so will it falter or go forward, slip down or go up. “‘This book of the depart out of thy life,; sald God to Joshut, when He had selected him as a leader of men. Success fs the watchword of our day and time. It is the ambition of every man, woman and child. Just as God promised Joshua success so long as he made the word of God the guide of his life, so must the man who has reach- ed the highest place in life, where ambition is crowned with success, m~del his 1ife on the great principles laid down in the holy word of God.” There will be no meeting tomorrow. Meetings will be held every day next week and there will be no collections. ———— The French people favor gray cats for luck rement that they should abjure | jalready at liberty. Apart from every | ducted in conjunction with the hotel | pro- | law shall not | 1 BRLSFALTOKK ON RAISED RENTALS Few More Thzn Normal De- |, partures Seen at Govern- ment Plaza Hotels. MANY. “PAY JOYFULLY” Further Action Will Wait on Fo mal Protest of Labor Department. The predicted prolest By womar guests of the government hotels o the Capitol plaza against the increas in guest rates to $30 2 month failed to materialize today—the day on which rental payments for the last half of March are due. A heralded general exodus of boarders from the government dormitories also falled to come about, although it pre- dicted yesterday that about 300 the guests were preparing to leave the hotels in protest against increa ed rates. Formal protest against the raise in rates has been made, however, to Rob- ert Watson, director of the United States ~ Housing Corporation, by committee representing the Plazn Council, according to Miss Imogene Van Dalen, chairman of a speclal committee appointed by the council for that purpose. But Mr. Watsor early this afternoon had not received the protest, although Miss Van Dale: said it was sent to him by messe ger Yyesterda Few Feeble Protests. Not more than a half dozen of 1 boarders at the government dorm tories registered even the feebles: kind of protest against the increa {of $4.50 & month, when they paid the bills last night and today. On t other hand, according to Mrs. Sara E. Summer. manager of the hotels feéw wrote on their bills, “Paid Jc tully.” Mrs. Sumner said today that sixt: five of the guests had left the hotels since the adjournment of Congress a fcw more than the normal depar tuies when Congress ends its ses- sion. Forty-five guests left last vear at the end of Congress. There are today a few vacant rooms at the big government hotel project, but the will soon be filled from the wating list of women seeking rooms Walt on Labor Department. Further action by the plaza coun- cil depends on the reception of the formal protest by Labor Department officials, Miss Van Dalen said today The spectal committee contemplates no action at present, until the receipt of the protest is acknowledged, and e .nswer given, she added. £ J. Henning, acting secretary .abor, yesterday put the issue of con- tinuation or abolishment of the hotels squarely up to the woman guests, de- claring that if the hotels could not pay for themselves they would be abolished. ‘The increased rental charge being coilected today will go to pay rental charges on the propert: |of “the Baltimore and Ohio railroa i now occupied by part of the hotc project. MRS. LONG DIES. Daughter of Washington Wom Succumbs in Baltimore. Mrs. Fletcher Long. formerly ani for many years & resident of this city, died yesterday at her home, 641 East 34th street, Baltimore, after a long illness She was a_daughter of | the late Mrs: Annie M. Mills, a life- long resident of Washington Mrs. Long is survived by her hus band, two daughters, Mi®s Annabelle long and Miss Carrie Long: a sor Fletcher Long, §r, and a sister, Miss May Mills. The funeral is announced for o'clock tomorrow afternoon from il | residence, in Baltimore BRIDGE VICTIM DEAD. Fall Into Eastern Branch Fatal * Telegraph Operator. Robert J. Chubb, twenty-five 3 old, York, Pa., who fell from the ra' - road bridge over Eastern branch n the jail Monday night and received o severe injury to his head, died | Emergency Hospital yesterday after- noon. Chubb, a telegraph operator, had ol tained a position to work in a rail road tower near Benning, and was o his way to work when he slippe through the trestle and was injure Mrs. Chubb, his wife, his father and brother came here and saw him at the hospital. Coroner Nevitt viewed the | body at the hospital and will hold &an | inquest at the morgue at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The body be taken to York for burial LIEUT. GILMARTIN BURIED. Lieut. Michael William Gilmartin |®. 8. N, retired, who ‘died at the | United States Naval Hospital in this !city Tuesday last, was given & mili- | tary funeral vesterd with burial |in Arlington national cemetery, Fu- neral services preceding the inter- ment were hold at St. Paul's Church, on V street northwest. Tho! pallbearers were naval officers. Lieut. Gilmartin was a New Yorker. He was fifty-six years old. He served in the Spanish-American war and saw seven years' sea duty and twelve ars ashore. H. C. DUNCAN DEAD. H. C. Duncan, & civil war veter well known in this city in G.' A circles, dled Wednesday at Kenov W, Va. according to information re- | ceivea in this city by his friends. He was_a member of Kit Carson Fost G. A. R.. of this city. During ti Wilson administrations he was a clerk in the pension bureau. holding the post of chief of the certificate/ division. He was retired two years ago. He enlisted at the opening of the civil war in Company A, 18th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 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