Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Ralin this afternoon, cloudy and cold- er tonight; lowest tempe freezing; tomorrow fair Temperature for 24 hour: ».m. today: Highest. 75, day’ Full report on page 7. | rature above and_colder. s ended at 2 at noon to- lowest, 60, at 7:30 a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 ~—" ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” ‘The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edition is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. No. 28816. ‘Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D, €, F \! RIDAY, [ARCH ) Dy 1923 —FORTY-EIGHT ) Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 96,4éfi PAGES. FOIL GERMAN PLOT 10 CRUSH REPUBLIC AND RESUME WAR Huge Conspiracy Revealed When Authorities Seize Over Sixty Leaders. PROPOSED TO SET UP TEMPORARY DICTATOR Ministers and Statesmen Marked for Assassination—Planned to Expel French. GEORGE WITTE. The Star and Chicago Dail Copyright. 19 23— In the nick of authorities have erman plot By Wireless to News. LIN, March time the German folled a widespread pan to overthrow the republic and estab- lish a dictatorship as intermediate government before the actual return to a monarchy The cxtent of came known today 1est than Yeaders, chiefly former officer: Lin other cit Thurs: of Xatlonalists. Rr an conspiracy be- ng the ar- this follow of more sixty in Ber- 1d ay Program was as Th program nationalistic follows 1 Whot alist ministers “others assassination of atesmen and for sale nd s £ of Germa 1ie 1han, deputy 2 Overthrow ment. the onalistic who responsible misfortunes 1S present minister of the Severing, ex-Chancellor and the communist Clara Zetkin of the Isbert govern- nt of the n: and the T in all a crection of federal German states Proposed to Disavew Treaty. the to 0 pay i, B interallied 5. Ultimatum draw from ihe avowal of refusal Mete Versailles The ¢ di aty of and arm. or to di reparati puision from of ntrol. te missions of o to with Ruhr district and to Great Britain., France and Belgium to evacuate the Rhinelands. & A constructive policy the cast view to getting back Upper and the Polish ance Corri Believes Plot Real. Thoush this program scems fantas- tie nevertietess” be- lieves would have the government that the Pan-Germans tried to carry it out, point point, and Germany once more would | have been exposed not only to the danger of civil war, but to a renewal of hostilities, both in the west and the east “The r anized go." issued today Ludend of the milit ing to the documents found, he s to have had at his disposal se I thousand former officers and be- tween 60,000 and 100,000 men. It wa hoped that some of the Reichswehr regiments and hundreds of thousands of volunteers would join soon as the coup was successful 1d the present government deposed. \ctionaries were far better than under Kapp three says a semi-official state- ‘A retired general ) was to be in ions and Outhreak Was to Be Simultancous. “Unlike the .|\x4|>n coup, which was Berl the new effort place simultaneously in nt cities Prussia. other states and pro upicd Germany. I anch organizations had which drilled retly under these ex-officers. We have been successful. however, in arrest- ing most of these leaders. The date set f the revolution was next week, probably Sunday.” George Heim, leader varian peasants’ party, he thought the danger w over, because S. Hitler, and ' Ludendorff were quite embit- tered over the treatment which Ba- varia received under the Wirth govern- mient. “The actionaries attempt in Bavaria_to upset the present government.,” he said. Herr Severing, minister of the in- ferior, told the reichstag today that if the plot had not been discovered Germany would have been in the throes of civil, war next week. MRS. WEEKS IS RUSHING HERE ON SPECIAL TRAIN Her centered in was to take the impo arlo and s in uno ervwhere U been started of aid the Ba- today not vet make an r may Improvement Noted Since Yacht Everglades Yesterday. Removal from Rr the Associated P'ress BRUNSW a.. March 23.—Mrs. John W. Wecks, wife of the Secre- tary of War, who-was removed from the yacht Everglades because of ill- ness at this port vesterday, today was en route to Washington with her husband on a special train A bulletin issued last night by phy- sicians d an improvement was noted in her condition since coming 1o land pan-German | including | ! the | the i by Gschelich | | ‘SCOUNDREL’ By tie Associated Prese PARIS, ‘ch . —The French troops in the Ruhr will be rein- forced by 20,000 men within a few days, War Minister Maginot an- nounced today in the chamber of deputies. PARIS, March Premier Poin- care, angered by communist insinu tions that he was controlled by Dep- uty Leon Daudet. the royalist leader, j started a scene of wild disorder when {in open session of the chamber today called Communist Deputy A Berthon an “abominable oundrel The chamber immediately went wild, while deputies hammered their desks and the ushers ran about try- ing to restore order The presiding |officer vainly rang bell for a quarter of an hour to get a hearing and calm the chamber down “That man.” shouted M. pointing at Deputy Berthor GERMANY CREDITS Poincare, “dared 1400,000,000,000 Marks Are Granted Syndicate for Passive Resistance. i {PROTEST RHINE TIE-UP Swiss and Dutch Take Steps to Obtain Unrestricted Rights on River. thie Associated Pross ESSEN, March 23.—A credit of 400.- 000.000.000 as been granted { the svndicate by the to aid in the istance in “rench marks German coal Berlin government | tinuance of the passive re | the Runr, ! nouncement Additional hundreds of been arranged by the ecentral ernment fer the Ruhr industr generally, it was asserted These credits are being the Ruhr coal mine and factory owr ers by the German government with a view to keeping the men employed and thus preventing unrest and dis- content. an- credits, billions, running likewise into have gov- 1i , | made to Directors Not Satisficd, The coal syndicate directors and the ndustrialists are ified with the credits, acceptance which is obligatory. according to formation obtained by the French in- telligence service. The industrialists and the mine owners contend that the German government should furnish the funds to pay the workers without charging them to the account of the Rulir magnates. They feel that the government ought to bear the burden of the Rulr resistance policy. A general strike for one month ginning April 1, protest against the Ruhr occupation has been in the Hagen region just outside the occupied territory. The posters an- nouncing the strike say half the wages of the men will be paid by the industrialists and half by the govern- ment. The French declare the strike is in the nature of camouflage; that the factories are compelled to close down because of lack of material from the Ruhr. The French see in it the effect upon occupied Germany of their hold on the Ruhr and the establishment of the customs barrier. not altogether sat be- i PROTEST RHINE BLOCKADE. |Holland and Switzerland Want Unrestricted Rights. i TONDON., March 2 and | Switzerland. the powers | most directly affected by interference | with international trade in the Rhine- land, have decided to take steps to obtain unrestricted rights on the Rhine, according to the diplomatic correspondent of the Telegraph. | When the international commission, | which controls Rhine navigation un- der the Versailles treaty, meets at Strasbourg on April 4, the cor- respondent learns, Holland will move a resolution ressserting the commis- sion’s treaty rights and the principles of free nmavagation. The resolution will be seconded by Switzerland. The correspondent add that the vote (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) —Holland s neutral British Alarm Over French Air Fleets Amuses Germans BY GEORGE WITTE. By Wireiess to The Star and the Chicago Daily News. Copsright, 1923, BERLIN, March 23.—Germany's ex- gencrals and ex-admirals are chuc- kling at the British alarm over the ¥rench air armament. They think it s a good joke that Great Britain, 2fter having crushed the German fnenace to her supremacy at sea, hould now become alarmed over ‘remeh supremacy in the air. Is the debate in the house of com- ons the forerunner of a new Euro- pean war?' as one newspaper. [Several experts declare that Great fsritain's fleet will do her no good i case the French should attack the iritish isles and that if the French i force should continue to surpass hat of Great Britain in the same yroportion as was indicated by Lord dirckenhead, the British would be iefeated. o 8 “It is high time that Great Britain should realize the danger to which she is exposed by having permitted the French to build up a powerful air fleet without having done the same herself,” writes a military critic in the Vossische Zeitung. At present the ratio is four to one in favor of France. Tt will take Great Britain quite a little while to catch up, but she cannot escape having to do it. , The world in the next few years will see the same sort of rivalry in the air between Great Britain and France as it witnessed in the decade preceding | the world war between Germany and |(;refil Britain on the high seas. Great Britain won the race on the sea, and |it is a fairly safe bet that she will talgo win the race in the air.” The Germans are quite in sympathy with the British, and, if necessary, will give them the first option on all new German inventions. The people in this country now hate the French worse than they hated the British Vduring the world war. RESISTERS BILLIONS led | POINCARE BRANDSDEPUTY' MID UPROAR| Scenes of Wild Disorder Follow Denunci-| ation of Communist Andre Berthon. | “Lied,” Declares Premier jto say he had agwinst me and mine abominable evidence whicn I fearcd would be published “He lied when he said premier angrily ejaculated, and the | deputles, most of whom had not! heard M. Berthon's accusation. jump- | ed to their feet. all of them, with the | exception of the communists and a| few of the radicals, cheering Poincare madiy. Iznore Presiding GMcer. Deputy Landry, who was presiding. put on his hat as a signal that the session adjourned. but one attention to him uproar had spent | itself the session was adjourned, hut pandemonium broke loose again whe the chamber reconvened a quarter of an_hgpur later |7 Thé scene followed 2 demand by | Deputy” Berthon for immediate dis- cussion of the government's request for supplemental credits for the Ruhr occupation. The premler said he | would give the finance co sion | ontinued on Page ) it,” the seemed Lo pay any | [ TR A Column 3 Army Airplanes Quit Porto Rico For Washington By the Associated Press SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. March e six United States Army airplanes, which arrived here from San Antonio, on Monday took off on theifMreturn trip to the | United States at 10:15 this morn- ing. Until they reach the mainland | the aviators will follow their out- | rd route, but from Florida they fiv to Washington instead of | Anto Their destination was mingo City at 230 miles, he airmen expect Washington before FORD SEEKS END OF U. 5. FUEL WOES | | Tex., H to arrive April 3. in | | i i | | | i | | | Purchase of 500,000,000- | Ton Coal Reserve for Dou- i ble Use of Product. ! |VAST DEAL CONFIRMED| ! Manufacturer Adds 120,000 Acres to Holdings for Use in All Plants. . Chilean de By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich.. March cial confirmation today at of Henry Ford at Dearborn automobile manufacturer chased 120,000 acres of coal land in Kentucky {with the statement that Mr. |tended to solve the country's coal | problems “by using every picce of twice.” 1 purchase of the property, it was ofti announced at the Ford of-| | fices, Mr. Ford comes into pos on | {of a vast tract of virgin coal lands| with a reserve coal supply of 500.- | 000,000 tons. This property, added m‘f other coal lands previously pur-| chased, brings the total number of | acres of such land owned by the man- | ufacturer to 165,000, i Supply for All Plants. i From these holdings Mr. Ford hopes that wighin a year will come suf-| ficient coal to supply all his factories in every part of the country, all the factories and mills manufacturing various products for his own concerns, | as many of the industries in this d triet as care to buy coal from him, ana have left fuel sufficient to supply a part of the domestic demand of the country. Mr. Ford, it was announced, will ask all industrial users of his coal to in- stall furnaces that will remove only | the gas and similar substances, lea ing a fuel unimpaired for domes purposes. The coal, after this process, would be sold to heat the homes of | hundreds of thousands of workers | throughout the country. The fuel re- | maining after the gas had been taken | out would be even more valuable for home-heating purposes than it was before, it was explained. Outlay Likely $4.000,000. Mr. Ford’s latest purchase cost him between three and four million dol- lars, it was officially announced. When asked how long it would be before development of the new prop- erty begins, officialy of the Ford com- pany replied: i “It_is Mr. Ford's policy to act quick- ;v You may be sure that not an hour [ Will be wasted in gettiog this enter- | prise under way." Coupled with the coal-mining plants Mr. Ford also will work on one of his et hobbies—reforestation. o The purchase, located in parts of | | five counties of Kentucky, but center- | ting in Clay county, is covered with 1 what is described as one of the finest I stands of oak to be found in the coun- Ltry. There are 500,000,000 feet of this !timber awaiting the wooman's ax, ibut although the Ford industries use 200,000,000 feet of timber every year inot a foot of that standing in Ken- | tucky is to find its way either to mar- iket or into the Ford products at this jtime. It is {he manufacturer's idea, !it was explained. to use the surface of the ground for scientific research work and experiments in reforestation | while miners are digging under ground | to bring up the coal. The latest purchase makes Mr. Ford one of the most important coal | land owners in the country. The coal | land he now owns comprises five | pieces of property, on which are ten jlarge mines with twenty-two open- ngs. the number of mines and openings that result through the latest acquisi- tion. 5 That the Ford campany will be able to dispose of all the coal it proposes to mine was revealed today. One thousand firms in the Detroit indus- trial district_already have asked to (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) the oftices | that the | had pur- undeveloped | coupled Yord in- | was { | | coal By a | exclusive | sma i during this conferenc UNION OF AMERICAS DROPPEDWHEN .S, FROWNS ON MOVE Other Nations Join Opposition‘ and Uruguay Decides Not to Press Step. MONROE DOCTRINE HELD VITAL TO LEAGUE PLAN Fear of Arousing Europe’s An- tagonism Hinted as Motive in Disapproval. By the Axcaciated Press. SANTIAGO. Chile, the arrival tion it March With f the Uruguayan delega- has become generally known that Uruguay is not disposed to press tpon the pan-American conference opening here Sunday. its scheme for a league of American nations. reported that the sentiment of ority of the delegations, includ- ing that of the United States, is op- posed to considering the plan at this conference. This view is said to have been informall to Uruguay. communicated Monroe Doctrine Would Come Up. There seems be g that the proposal discussed without to eneral could considering agree- not be th Monree doctrine, and it is pointed out that its adoption make the doctrine prono t: As drafted by former Brum, the Urdguayan suggestion ays "It would be established that association considers it dangerous for its peace and security ttempt be made hy any another continent to exte ination, either in the fo tion.” mandate or Ly region of the phere: also that ans the rights of a member by any coun- of another continent would st the association. which would » find a solution of the ques- ment would pan virtu, a American neeme President d 1ts dom- m of colon- prote American h nfringement of Would Guarantee Protection. quarters tion afforded 1 would expa ause is interpreted that the pro Monroe de into a mutual American t pos ttempts at the ded agreement among tions for defen Luropean aggress domination The opinion that uotii spire at the Par :h Lurope ca signifying a desirc n matlor was expressed it today president of league of nation: Held in E < mean ri be a in e will tran- nference rpret as t of th them- rds the & American ju. isolate to the zustin Bdw scembly of View ra Senor Edwards, who as head egati session ¢ nowill preside the congress next was slicf among the peoples of Kurope that Fan-American affairs said the a mistaken conferences antagonistic to everything Luropean. He said he be- lieved the spirit of every American nation might be truthfully interpreted the statement that authough the object of the confercnces was mainly welfare of Ian-American it wa ultimately that of the whole world “When we look into the future,” he he problems which these con- lled to solve concern 1d us well as the new and ution is of henefit to both. nations which today belong ferer he ol their s “Those to the league will not, I am sure, feel | that they are being detached. Neither will those not helonging to the league feel that they are being pushed toward it CHILDREN IMPRISONED BY SLAIN MAN'S BODY Door Barred After Tragedy in Lonely Home, and Cries Go Unheard. By the Assaciated Press ELKTON, March .—John Smylix. a farmer, living near Barksdale, Md., returned home from Wilmington, Del,, last night to find his five small chil- dren held prisoner b murdered man whose body lay stretehed front of the door of th.ir roor: such a way that they open it. The slain man was Joe Dorein, whom Smylix had employed as house- keeper since the death of his wife, six months ago. A fierce struggie evidently had taken place, as dishes were broken and scattered and furni- ture and windows were According to the ecight-year-old daughter of Smylix. another man came to the house Wednesday after- noon, spending the evening with in in could not smashed | Dorein, after he had put the children to bed. Later she heard a terrible racket, followed by a shot. Dorein staggered upstairs and fell in front of the door to the children’s room. The children were confined in_ their room without food or water for twenty- four hours, their cries having gone unheeded because of the isolated sit- uation of the house. The authorities found no clue to Dorein’s slayer. were | | i MILK PRIGE PROBE | MAY BRING SUITS Justice Department Gathersi Information for Anti-Trust Law Actions. AFFECTS D. C. SUPPLY Evidence Withheld Pending Re-! view and Instructions by Attorney General Following complaints producers’ a tions operatin prices to the c: and investigation this reau of ment Ju a probe of the Maryland with a view to possible a the Sherman anti-trust law, it was re- | ported Wash its te of { producers’ Ik was a scenc | gating | | The Eton mans that in stice obt 3y for 1 unde; information sumers. recent cha the Ma rges and | nd milk tions were combina- unduly Baltimore, of the has just mi ti ains a large ply from nuch of the rstood obtained M associations, and this eity | mainta especial i the bu- Depart- completed Ik trade der mount inve Information Withheld. thrs far by agents of the Department of Jus- t e is being wi rev General th w for held at the by the omm ral {approval of the Attorney ¢ was said today, e will be nece institute procecdings. o A {ar | s tion “Haven't he declared. ha “There {our member: cial all m prese | place ‘At c shipped. which Eyproducts. vice | negessary.s From Mr. w members price-fixing supply. It is | Department to the effect Association of trade and n prices unduly. ducers’ tion Jamis yland and Virginia P toda at the news that an inve | been in progress. heard this producers’ imagine where the complai the Investigation You speak e originated.” he continued is a proposed opposition contracts be | stipulating tl the are used learned do basis for the e vestigation was the reception by in restrain! ating to maintal n, expressed a thing Daughert about present ting At- sdation ral, it sary u Jducers As- urprise igation had it here has been some opposition on the part of certain milk distributo who refuse to co-operate or recogm e ociation, and I can contract f might for which has drawn espe- 1 k nt fo th Then { cans. and in placing the i the producers before the public when Jamison’s statement association th not or ¢ He denied this e nderstood, however, that the nauguration of the in- | igned t by all them. he coniract 11s for dues on the wmount o fund resultin for the too, we the meet ontrol at to of t contemplates members { the law, hat the association shaill that mply milk ng from purpose of serving the distributors in providing a surplus plant for milk that connoty be placed where it can be made into furnish -aring for sour milk, lost situation of it attempt he milk mphatically. the of Justice_of compiaints —_— SEEK SPIRIT PHOTO. Coreligionists of Late Mrs. Mary F. McVicker After Proof. 1.0S ANGELES, Calif.. March that the Maryland Pro- was a combina- oper- | An attempt to photograph the spirit | | tuaist is planned o'clock this afternoon. 0 i Mrs. McVicker believed her spirit would return_at that hour and be isible that its photograph so plainly v could be camera. taken by an of Mrs. Mary Fairfield McVicker, as- sociate pastor of the Central Spiri- Church, coreligionists at her funeral at by her 5 ordinary MORLE PHOTOGRAPHS OF REMARKABLE OBIECTS FROM THE TOMB OF This, of course, does not count | | | KING TUTANKHAMEN In the Rotogravure Section NEXT SUNDAY’S STAR of Order vour copy from newsdealer today | | | 1 | | | | | | | { | The | i i | honor™ 1 DOUBT /- IF YOu RECOGNIZE |72 YOURSELF Maryland Auto Tags Good Here During Conclave Maryiand 1 1 be permitted automobilists will by » drive into the Dis- ia on Maryland tags Shrine conventio today. red he trict of Colum iring Comr The had er Oyster said Commissioner cd tor Headly, but sprove The which this reci- granted will be dec the not et recei rdation of Inspe he would time limit during procity would ed be later, Although the District and the state | of Maryland have 1o never been able agree on obile re the the feels that, inasmuch as lpgislation pending to bring about the r procal agreements through the gasoline tax, it will be an eviden, of the District’s good faith to !(-_u the Marylanders to drive into Washington during the big con- vention MOTOR TAG BUYERS PLACED ‘ON HONOR Plan to Issue Maryland “Three - Qua(ler(ies" Day Before Sunday, April 1. auto roc- ity in past, Commissioner Motorists of the District of Colum- bia and Maryland buying three-quarterly Maryland tags for use April 1 are to be put on “their by Commissioner of Motor Ve- hicles E. Austin Baughman of M 1and g In view of the fac vear falls on a Su who are on that April 1 this d believi { that motorists will take advantage of | the mild weather on that day to take their spins on the neighboring high- ways, Commissioner Baughman ts prior to | working out a plan to permit the sell ing of tags Saturday, March 31 Law's Provisions Cited. Under a technical construction of the quarter-year proportion ate saving in license fees cannot ve nted motorists until April 1. Commissioner Baughman feels that in the event of a fine day this strict terpretation of the law would work a hardship on motorists would have to forego their tour simply because they had r on which to operate their car has therefore announced that h fice force will be prepared to issue three-quarterly tags on Saturday This issuance will be with the un- standing that the favored motor- will not take advantage of thix plan to operate under these tags be- fore Sunday. e Those who violate this confidence Wil run the risk of being arrested for operating on fictitious markers. Detection Will Be Easy. Jt will be an easy matter for the motor cycle officer of the Maryland state police and the police of Balti- more to know at a glance by the number tags being displayed whether or not, they are being used a day ahcad of time, the commissioner states. To facilitate the handling of this situation and to obviate so far as possible any great congestion at the commissioner's office, persons who have bought cars since the first of the vear and others who have not received their application blank properly stamped from the commis- sloner's office should make application for these blanks by mail or otherwise, at least seven days prior to March 31. BANDITS GET $40,000 FROM.BANK EMPLOYES Teller and Guard Held Up at Municipal Free Bridge in St. Louis, Robbers Escaping. By the Associated Press. EAST ST. LOUIS, 11l, March 23.— Samuel D. Barker. a teller of the Southern Tllinois National Bank, re- ported to police that bandits robbed him and one guard of $40,000 at the east approach of the Municipal free ! bridge today. The bandits escaped. The money was being taken to the Tilinois institution from the First Na- tional Bank im St. Louls,. Barker stated. TWO COENTS. JUSTICE AGENTS BEGIN PROBE OF SUGAR CHARGES { Consultation With Basil Man- | ly Held as First Step to Stop Price Boost. HOOVER AND SEYMOUR | | | i TO HOLD CONFERENCE ‘Peop]e's Legislative Service Agent i Secs Chance for Quick Action. started the wheels in motion to d | with charges that gamblers in suga have forced and propose to continue to force high prices of sugar. An jasent of the department spent yes- terday afternoon in consultation with Monly, director of the People's Legislative Service, who laid charges of a piracy to advanc sugar prices before President Ha ing No by Mr con reply has been received ar from the Attornes the %0 f Pre General of action i | CHARGES ARE FIXED FORTENNIS COURTS Five Cents Per Hour for Each Person Will Be Assessed in Potomac Park. What th { 1 son said LEASED AS CONCESSION ;! |Joint Welfare League Also Will |, .ric, “sarimont of Conduct Soft Drink Stands it was said today. T} 3 Ithe power. it was po on Grounds. pel the brokers to to the departmen - ,Umu' t who I sugar. 1T it Mr. Manl; informati and obtal he n possesses erpreted the answer dministration Hoover Further, it w Hoover to Confer. bet merce a Rt ey Seymour the | two de sion today : there e de pen their hooks Leen dealin: v that tment ha< | | can be or in sugar has to force up the Dep: the info i of been There will tan be a charge of 5 hour for each person using the| { Public tennis eourts lacated on reser- ;\.\Hn(.s under the supervision of the | efice of public buildings and grounds. This was made known officially to- ]da\' by Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sher- | ;r: . officer-in-charge of public build- cents et rent o have tion 0 proceed. Manly Issues Statement. Manly today issued a state- he was delighted the Justice had acted so £ to the suggestion apper of Kansas Dallinger of people of t v bring down hstaining from its it N &rounds, when he announced that he had just granted a concession the joint | promptiv, made by to and welfare service for the and manage- -seven public o | men S was nov to & ~ American people to tarve themselves to prevent a cr! } which the government shouid he able trol. His statement foilow delighted that the Depa Justice has so promptly 1 to m uest for action in question I Lack of Funds Cause. ng of the tennis courts within {the e of concession, as have been the bathing beach and the public Rolt course for several years., was i found necessary because of a lack of funds at the dispos i to properly maintain and { the courts the coming year. ;ivr]ng relieved of the cost ¢ and maintenance and managenont {21l of which amounted to $12.000 last j year. the office of public buildings jand grounds is assured of a sufficient | | Profit. which will permit it to con { struct probably a dozen or more ad | ditional courts during the calendar year. |* Col. sherriil does not believe that 1 the ninal charge of 5 cents an ur will tend to reduce the popularity in | this outdoor sport. Although he jwould have preferred to have oper- ated these publio places without any costs to the participants. he found ‘umsrlf in an unfortunate position because of tha indifference on the part of Congress that offered no | :uxhwr alt ative if he wanted to leontinne the operation of the pres- |ent number of courts without con- siderable curtailment. | Operates Big Cafeteria. | The Joint Welfare Service is an or- | ®anization under the jurisdiction of {the State, War and Navy departments and the office of publie buildings and grounds. Besides engaging in other !\elfare activities in the interest of |the many emploves of these govern-|is all that is required, and any live agencies it operates the large!district attorne b liberal afeteria_in the Mall, near 6th and B|subpoenas, can secure the m a ~(Continucd on Page 2, Column 8.7 (Continued on age 2, Column 8.) Police Seek Man Woman Say o : Drugged Her on 14th Street Car I a in sugar. I only hope that the action of the Department of Justice will he as vigorous and thorough a has been prompt uoKeap No long-drawn-ont fed non prod W wiho has beer Claus_Spreckels D. Bubst, and rs have a that the market is pure! and there is every reason to believe that they can. if they will, tell the grand jury what forces have com- bined to create this artificial market. Already Have Law. “A combination to increase prices is a combination in restraint of trade, and the Sherman act is all the la the Department of Justice needs as 2 basis for a thoroughgoing grand jur { investigation. “If the Department of Justice will show the same zeal against this sugar | conspiracy that it has exhibited in labor controversies. the presens narket will be speedily A federal injunction under the broad terms of the Sherman act Teadi ady declared speculative, other wherever he wished without creating dny undue excitement. Mrs. Halifax iv about twenty-threa What is believed to bold daylight attempt to drug and kidnap Mrs. Viola Halifax of 1008 | airs B8 o 8 oo O hain Carroll avenue, Takoma Park, Md., by [and attractive brown eves. She is a man using a conccaled hypodermic | &bout » feet § inches in height and needle while sitting beside her on a | 'S Slender 14th street car just above U street, Tuesday afternoon, came to light to- lday when Mrs. Halifax recited her ex- ! periences to a representative of The! Star. The case was reported to Inspector | Grant, chief of detectives, vesterday | { by a relative of Mrs. Halifax. Ho as- signed Detective Harry Evans of the narcotic squad to the investigation. Mrs. Halifax's Story. Mrs. Halifax tells the story as fol- |10ws: | “T was on the 14th street car, just | ‘above U street, Tucsday afternoon, | when I felt the prick of a pointed in- Istrument on my right arm. A man with gray hair was sitting next to me. T didn’t think anything about it until I1 became & bit dazed. I had & hard time fighting to ntain conscious- ness. have been a| She Wants Case Dropped. Detective Evans interviewed Halifax Jast night. She told the story, but remarked that she v De Mrs him i i reluctant to proceed in the case. tective Evans reported his interview to Inspector Grant today, with the result that the case probably will be dropped. Mrs. Hines said today that sitting at her window one day early in the week she noticed a woman running toward the front door. Sho came downstairs and found Mrs. Halifax there. Three times she asked her what she wished, but Mrs, Hali- fax scemed unable to answer. Final- 1y she came e, and after a short stay at the Hines house, Mrs. Hali- fax was sent to the home of a rela- tive. who also lives on Carroll ave- nue near the District line, in a sedan automobile. Mrs. Hines. prior to her marriage, was a trained nurse. She knows the hile while i | “When the car reached Columbia | road I got off and went into the fu- i neral parlors of S. H. Hines on the corner. There I met Mrs, Hines. She had me token home later that after- {noon in an automobile.” H | Mrs. Halifax said that she imagines | by the man might have wanted her to keel over on the car or on the street, after which he could have claimed to have been with her and taken her symptoms of narcotic drugging. Sho declared that the primary sympton of drugging—dilation of ‘the pupils of the eye—was not present when she received Mrs. Halifax. And there was no mark on the arm, Mrs. Hines sait Mrs, Halifax herself a physician. She declared that after an_ cxamination he said if there had been any drugs in her system she had worked them uff a few hours after the cccurence, was _treated