Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Rain tonight and tomorrow: some- what warmer tonight; colder tomorrow afternoon or night. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 68 at noon tocay; lowest, 46 at 11_p.m. yes- terday. Full report on page 7. I Closing N. Y. S!ocks agd Bonds, Page 24 Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. Che Foenina N .~ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 1~ Star. The Star tion is deliv as fast as t “From Press to Home Within the Hour” 's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- ered to Washington homes he papers are printed. | Yesterday's Net Circulation, 92,848 WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1923 _THIR' TY-SIX PAGES. 28,827, RUSSIANS EXEQUTE Aviators End E * CATHOLIG PRELATE, (GNORNGPROTESTS Vicar General Butchavitch Put to Death Last Satur- day by Firing Squad. Six Planes, Reach and Other | = | | A 5.400-mile aeroplane journey acro: deserts, oceans, seas and Islands was | smpleted ut 11:35 o'clock this morn- ing. with the arrival at Bolling Fleld f six De Haviland aeroplanes. which, exactly one month ago, left San An- tonio. Tex., to demonstrate to the | d that it was possible for the| { DOOM BELIEVED SEALED | BY WIDESPREAD PLEAS United States to establish aerial com- munication with Porto Rico Soviet, Aroused by Notes, Shov.’s;“”‘"r nearby insular possesstons. Resentment of Interference 1 Although of the twelve offi- in Hot Revlies. and | each |cers in the experimental expedition | | had seme extraordinary achievements | weronautics to .his credit, there Was a more proud group of | than those which were saluted retars of War “Weeks, Gen ick, Bric. Gen. Wililam 1. & hest of other Army offi- and civillans, Appear Over Field at 11145, 11:45 o'clock the six Porto Rican | s appeared over the field in for- | . escorted by a squadron of five < from the fleld here, and led b ier planes in which were Gens nd Mitchell and Lieut. Clay- ton Bissell. the latter's aide. A few minutes before three Martin bombers rived from Aberdeen, Md., and three Haviland planes of the 50th Squad- at Lan, vy Field landed Then | Gens” Pa and Mitchell and Lieut Bissell effected landings, which was a | nal for the ploneer flyers to follow | Plane No. 1, carrying Capt. Thomas Lanphier,” commanding officer of flight, and Lieut. Iban G. Moor- RELIGIOUS ISSUE RULES ELECTION Mayoralty Race in Chicago Concentrates on Sect at Last Minute. Br the Assoclated Press MOSCOW. April 3.—Mc stantine Butchaviteh, of the Roman Catholic Church in Russia, condemned to death for wil- fully opposing the soviet government, has been execcuted by a firing squad. The fate of the prelate, in doubt since last Thursday, when his appeal for clemency was denied, became known today when it was announced that the death sentence had been car- | ried out last Saturday. Detalls Kept Secret. ignor Con- viear general de ron ds soviet | the cir- nt The secrecy that surrour executions makes cumstances under which the was carried out, but it ble that Monsignor Butchkavitch was | put to death in the Moscow prison for the condemned, to which he had been removed after a reprieve was refused him Appeals from the outside world which had poured in upon the soviet thorities, had no effect in staying the hand of their exccutioners. Com- netent opin indeed that even | the break ¢ diplomatic relations by outside governments or a threat of war wouid not have moved the Moscow officlals from their course.| Their last word in the case had been spoken, it appears, when com- muted to ten years’ risonment the death sentence upon Archbishop Zep- ak, convicted at the same time r General Butchkavitch. Protests Pour In. Protests trom all parts of the world | were made against the exccution of the death sentence, the American government joining in the appeals for | tive in Congress from the second clemency | INlinofs district to fill the unexpired ‘he protest of the American State | term of the late James R. Mann. based on humani-| Reports of minor disturbances at o the uncertain seems proba- a | as Dy the Associated Press, CHICAGO, April 3.—Chicago voters | today are balloting for a mayor, twenty aldermen and a representa- | artment was poch-Making 5,400-Mile Porto Rico Trip Here| Safely, Greeted by Secretary Weeks | ice here. also was welcomed by a host D.C.TOOPPOSE SUIT OF ALLEY TENANTS Commissioners to Fight In- junction, Though Uneasy Over Evictions. man, taxied up to the line and came T natt at five minuces to 12, thus | MAY GO TO HIGHER COURT officially_concluding the epoch-making | fiight. These pilots were followed in _— order by the following Plane No. 2, Lieut. C. jutant of the flight. Longfellow; plane » Havnes and Lieut ruff; plane No, 4, Lieut. G. C. Mc- T d and Lleut. R. K. Stoner; plane No. 5. Lieut. Erik H. Nelson and Lieut D. H. Dunton, and plane No. 6, the offi- cial photograph ship of the expedition, carrving Lieut. Guy Kirksey and Lieut. E. T. Selzer. Greetings Are Exchanged. Friends of the flyers rushed up to the line and greetings were eX-{junction filed in the District Supreme changed. Perhaps the heartlest of Goury Byl (Fel owmcrsilor these passed between Lieut. Kirksey. | wellings in Jackson Hall alley. who for a long time was Photograbh | corporation Counsel Stephens ofticer of Bolling Fleld, und Mrs. Kirk- { {0dav that he would reply to the bill sey. Lleut. Haynes, Who is on duty in the office of the chief of air serv-|for an injunction and that if a re- straining order is issued the case i probably will be taken to the United | States Supreme Court. | ¥e pointed out, however, sioners probably uid be trained from enforcing the law, while the case was awaiting appeal If. on the other hand, the plaintiffs should be unsuccessful in obtaining an injunction in the District Supreme Court, the law in all probablility would go into effect June 1, the date fixed by Congress The law directs the Commissioners mmin 2.) | to prosecute in Police Court persons | who continue to use alley houses a {dwellings after June 1. If the in- Junction < Mr. Stephens sald, a | test case might be taken to the high- |er courts by a person arrested for I violating the law, | | ing Bolling Field| Officials. Face Inadequate Housing if 10,000 Are Thrown Out of Homes. B. Austin, ad and Lieut b, 3. Lieut Jam A v Wood- Although the Commissioners view with uneasiness the eviction of ap- proximately 10,000 alley dwellers, June 1, they will have to defend the law by opposing the suit for an in- vesterday said of friends. The officers then were called to- gether by Capt. Lanphier and the. walked over to the operations offi where Secretary Weeks, Gens. Patrick | and Mitchell, Assistant Secretary of| War Davis ond several foreign at-| taches formally welcomed the {welve | officers home. 5 “You have been making history.” | said Secretary Weeks, In welcoming these fiyers. “Fifty years from now | when somehody writes a history of | air_service what you did will be | (Continued on Page 2, Cc Turks Hold Up American Food, Asking Huge Tax By the Associated Press CONSTANTINOPLE. April The Turkish customs authorities today refused to permit the Near Sast Rellef to continue distribu- tion of foodstuffs to the 25000 destitute and hungry refugees in Constantinople unless the Amer- ican organization pald the new ccnsumption tax, which i3 four times as great as the import duty, it was announced by Near Easi Relief representatives The tax demanded by the Turks totals $15,000 and applies to the reliet supplies, consisting of rice, sugar, milk and corn grits, given by the American public. Protest was made to Adnan Bey and Hik- met Pey, representatives of the Angora government in Constan- that the Few Houses Avallable. | Should |fail the | most trying injunction proceedings nissioners will face a situation in disposses: ing the alley dwellers of their homes at time when obviously there are few small houses available for these people to rent or purchase. With less than two months re- 1g before the law closing alley |dwellings goes into effect, the com- tee of citizens appointed to stud he problem met at the Willard Hotel yesterday afternoon to map out the scope of its work | This committee is headed by Clara Sears Taylor, m er of the tent Commission, and was appointed at a mass meeting of interested men and women in the boardroom of the District bullding two weeks ago. Two subcommittees have been des- ignated. one to inquire into the legal spect of the situation and the other to determine what it would cost to build a house that could be rented the Ce Mrs. WHAT'S HOU) THAT | CUBAN LEGATION DENIES GIN“LEAK" Envoy Declares Man Arrested in Raid Was Not in Diplo- | matic Service. | | Washington police last night co ducted another raid involving an al- | leged liquor “leak” at one of the | foreign legations and obtained al- legations from the principal arrested | which today called forth emphatic | dentals by the Cuban legation that confiscated gin emanated from the | legation or that the man arrested, a| foreigner of Latin descent, was con- nected with the Cuban diplomatic | service, as he alleged. | 1 i | “TWENTY SEV RS AINST oAy YEARS' Wants Dead Wife Stuffed to Keep | WithHiminHome | Special Dispatch to The Sta HUDSON, FALLS, N. Y., April 3. Married life grand, sweet song” to Henry Lorton, farm- er. who has a living from a small wooded farm in hiils of the Adirondack Mounta near here. He and his wife work- ed together day in and day out and in the half century of their wedded bliss therc er was a cross word Their only regret was they no children. Mrs. Lorton is dead but her memory remains green in the heart of the aged tiller of the sofl. Today he sent a letter to the authorities asking that they give him permission to have the body of his wife preserved in gome way, in his letter he suggested that it be “stuffed” in order that he could keep it in their little home until he, in turn, is gathered to his "ather's. Reluctantly, because thev appreciate the situation, the of- wrung ¥ s i | the vicinity of 3d and D streets. and set forth ‘the that the life of the vicar geners! might be spared i Mgr. Butchkavitch was father su- perior of the Church of St. Catherine in Petrograd. He held the title of prei- | ate to his holiness, granted by the Pope for special services. He was fifty-five vears old. He came from an oid and wealthy family of Polish ori- | gin, although he himself was a Rus-. stan citizen | Mgr. Butchkavitch was a conspicu- ous figure in the trial of the Catholic | prelates and priests, at which he ap- | peared baldheaded, rosy faced and| bespectacied, and he bore himself | with marked serenity throughout that ordeal, which resulted in death sen- | tences for himself and Archbishop Zepliak and prison terms for their! fifteen fellow prisoners. CHARGED WITH TREASON. t grounds earnest hope' ian Found Guilty With Sixteen Other Prelates of Opposing Government. Butchkavitch, viear general of the Roman Catholic Church in Russia, was sentenced to death on March 26, after he and sixteen other prelates, including Archbishop Zepliak, had been found guilty of opposing the soviet govern- ment. The Russian central executive committee, meeting last Thursday night to consiler appeals made in behalf of the ecclesiastics, denied clemency in the case of Mgr. Butch- kavitch, agserting that he had “used his position as a priest to carry on a_dircct and active state treason.” The committee at the same time com- muted to ten yvears' imprisonment the death sentence imposed cn the arch- bishop. Caused Stir In Many Lands. News that Mgr. Butchkavitch would have to pay the extreme penalty created a stir in many lands. Soviet officials, however, since last Friday had professed ignorance as to what the final outcome of the case would be, and last Saturday afternoon Com- missar of Justice Kurski told cor- respondents that the death sentence had not yet been carried out. The prelates were charged in gen- | eral with carrying on widespread | propaganda against the Russian gov- | ernment and were alleged to have in- cited the people against the commu- | nist regime. Maxim Litvinoff was| quoted as saying that the action | against the defendants was political | rather than religious. In reaching its decision to commute the sentence| given Archbishop Zepliak, the central executive committee sald it had de- clded to modify the decrec of the court becguse a “certain backward element of the Catholice citizens of | soviet Russia” might consider the sen- | tence as directed against the priests | and their religion. Tried on Three Charges. The trial of the prelates began on| March 21. They were charged spe- | cifically as follows: First, with op- | posing the decree separating the church and state; sacond, with oppos- ing sequestration of church treas- ures, and, third, with engaging in a campaign of mgitation among the Catholic clergy and parishioners in the hope that the churches might be closed, thus inconveniencing the soviet government before the Vatican and impairing the terms of the R treaty with Poland. ohes Forelgn Minister Tchitcherin _in- formed Poland yesterday that Pre- mier Sikorski's recent pronouncement in regard to the sentences imposed on Archbishop Zepliak and Vicar Gen- eral Butchkavitch “is undoubtedly an unfriendly act and manifests an ag- gressive policy toward Russia.” Considered Unfriendly Act. The Russian note said: “In view of the fact that every state has the undeniable right to punish criminals according (o " the aws of its own territory, the at- tempt to intervene in this right and prevent the execution of a legal sen- tence passed upon a Russian citizen proved guilty of a crime against the people and the state—an attempt ac- companied by threats and unheard-of insults directed against the Russian overnment—is undoubtedly an un- riendly act and manifests an ag- &ressive policy, towards Russia.” Constantine tinople. “The Turkish function- aries, however, declared they were powerless to interfere with the orders from Angora. the polls today enlivened what other- wise was a drab, drizzly opening of the quadrennial mayorality election| day in Chicago. Complaints of three sluggings and two kidnapings were recelved by the state’s attorney before 1 a.m., but} o serious violence has been reported Another complaint to the election commissioners told of a charge by a republican of ballot box stuffing be- fore the polls opened at 6 a.m. These were the evidences of what were described by some observers as indicative to a return to the some- what quiet days of normalcy in mu- PRESIDENT TOPUSH WORLD COURT PLAN Confers With Dr. Butler on | to_serve on the legal com within the means of an alley dweller. | Mrs. Taylor said that Henry E.| Davis and Conrad H. Syme had agreed | ittee. i Thomas J. Donovan, president of the | Central Citizens Assoclatiop, took an | active part in the meeting vesterday | and indicated that his organization » has been considering court ac- tion to stay the operation of the luw,: Injunction proceedings to prevent| the District Commissioners and | Francis H. Stephens, corporation | counsel, from putting into effect the | act of Congress forbidding the oc-| As & result of the communcation of these denials by Dr. Josa T. Baron, charge d' affaires of the legation, to Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superintendent of “police, an investigation said to have been contemplated through State Department channels was drop- ped, it was learned thls afternoon from the superintendent’s office. Claimed Immunity. The man whose spectacular arrest in the Chastleton apartment house 16th and R streets, and subsequent | cupation of dwellings of alley prop- | Protestations against arrest on hi erties June 1, next, were filed late|clalm of diplomatic immunity, creat- yesterday afternoon in the District Su-|ed a stir in diplomatic circles to- nicipal elections. Lacking until the last minute the usval pyrotechnics of a heated cam- aign for office, the race for mayor last night was enlivened by injec- tion of the religious issue, some dem- ocrats_charging that the Ku Klux Klan had formed in the phalanx of the republican nominee, Arthur C. Lueder, former postmaster, and certain republicans in turn decrylng the membership In the Roman Church of Judge Willlam E. Dever of the superlor court, the democratic standard bearer. The candidates themselves, includ ing William A. Cunnea, soclalist, continued to abstain from accusa- tions and retorts discourteous and | jast night, for the first time, spoke from the same platform, the pulpit of a church. Kach further stressed his own qualifications for the office, and pre- Vious promises of a strict buslness administration designed to Chicago of what they termed a wan- ton and_shameful waste of the city's finas. William Hale Thompson, the retiring mayor, who recently an- nounced his withdrawal from politics when he declined to stand for a third term. has remained in the back- ground throughout the campaign, taking no public part in the republi- can effort Both Claim Victory. Rain was forecast for today, and should the weather be bad the vote as not expected to go over 675,000 With good weather, political author- ities estimated the vote would total in_exct of 750,000. Homer K. Galpin, republican chair- man, claimed Lueder would be elect- ed by between 40,000 and 75.000 votes, while Martin J. O'Brien, spokesman for Judge Dever's follow- ers, asserted it would be a demo- cratic victory by a plurality of 1 000 to 175,000. In the congressional contest the major party candidates are Morton D. Hull, former state senator, repub- lican, and Barratt O'Hara. former lieutenant governor, democrat. GIRLS ASKED TO OF SPOONING TO AID RESEARCH By the Associated Press, NEW YORK, April 3.—College women throughout the country have been asked by the Bureau of Social Hygiene, Inc., founded by John D. Rockfeller, Jr., t6 an- swer unusually frank question- naires concerning love, it was learned today. Questions put to unmarried wo- men include: “How old were you when you first began to spoon? “What effect, as you estimate it now, did spooning have upon the quality of your character? “Will you give the reason why you have not married. “What things are most stimulat- ing to you?" Married women and widows were asked these question “Has your married life been a happy one? If no, why not? “Were you strongly attracted toward young men? “If so, how would you describe this attraction? The purpose of the question- naires is to aid. in solving vexed L atholic | relieve | | preme Court by Charlotte E., Willlam P. and Margaret E. Lockwood, Jane S. and Sarah V. Lockwood and Char- ilotte Grunnell The plaintiffs_are the owners of | premises 218 to 236 Jackson Hall alley | and ask the court to enjoin the District | Foiis { authorities from taking any steps to AUGUSTA, Ga., April 3.—American | oust their tenants or from bringing membership in the international | criminal prn(‘-pbc‘linz: ap\!ns‘: ‘l{:e .?::‘2; i | tiffs for continuing to permit the jcourt of justice probably will be used ! jeir properties for ~dwellings after | by President Harding as a subject of | June 1. one or more speeches to be made on| Through Attornes Raiph A Cusick. " | Thomas F. Cullen and Thomas G. Finu- his proposed western tour, it was| e pisireiite say thelr property {sald here today by Subject—Will Urge Mem- bership During Trip. { By the Associated Press. cane, several members | will be greatly deprectated if it cannot of the President's vacation party. | be used us dwellings and may be ren- Mr. Harding, shortly before the ad- | d¢red valucless. They attack the valld- -, litr of the enactment as in contraven- journment of Congress last month, | tion to the fifth amendment to the Con- {recommended to the Senate that the | stitution n?d ('la(n;‘ tha:‘ they m;; be( b 3 deprived of it without due process of |United States accept conditional | J€DriVeq o b WICIOUC T ation. membership in the International | bt et o court. Since then he has been study-| .., v ing the question, and last night he ‘The houses are now and have been talked for some time with Dr. Nicho- | for a long time used and occupied for |}u ;:‘lur{.a:" Bu‘tler, Dre;lde!\! of Co-|dwelling purposes,” the court is told, umbia University. on the subject = = a ¢ con- B SEutier Tecommended” the pro- | and they are in good sanitary co | @ition, and in no way are they or is posal of membership in the interna- | 4 tional court as an issue which the | their use and occupation for dwelling oses injurious to life, to public republican party could safely carry | purp ‘hegcre the country. Arguments that | health, morals, safety and welfare in such membership ‘would involve the |the District of Columbla United States in the league of nations| ‘The houses were constructed by are illogical, he asserted. |and with the permission of the Com- The conference with Dr. Butler was | missioners of the District of Colum- the first the President had since his | bla. and in accordance with the build- |arrival here Sunday for a week's stay. |ing laws and regulations of sald Charles D. Hilles, republican national | District of Columbla. solely for use committeeman for New York, who had |and occupation as dwelling houses, been expected to confer with Mr.|and said plaintiffs invested their | Harding, left here yesterday, and it is | funds and money In said properties considered unlikely that any furtherbecause it was right, just and law- conferences of Importance will be|ful to use and occupy sald houses for held during the week. | dwelling purposes; that the value of The President planned to get in some | sald property is based solely upon more golf today over the Augusta|their use and occupation for dwelling Country Club course, and also had | purposes; that If it were necessary to an Invitation to visit an exhibition |use and occupy the said propertles base ball game between the Detrolt|for any other purposes the value of Americans and the Toronto Interna-|the sald property would be greatly tional League club. depreciated, if not rendered entirely GIVE EFFECTS = The owners asserted that properties (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) Spring Is Here With April Rains, Says Forecaster Hark to the weather prophets, for the strange impersonation of spring that blew into the city a week or so 2go i5 now throwing off its disguise and is beginning to look like the spring of old. “Fair and warmer today” is the official decree of the weather bu- reau, and *‘warm tomorrow, follow- ed by a slight drop in the tempera- ture tomorro night.” Tonight, late, a few showers are forecast that may continue for a while tomorrow, but do not be dismayed, for what surer sign of spring is there than the famillar April showers that freshen up the lawns and bring the flowers into exist- ence! No more real cold weather is looked for by the weather bureau forecasters. It may be a little cool at times, but from all indica- tions freezing temperature is a thing of the past. Fresh south and southwest winds will lend thelr aid, together with the mild temperature in casting that provoking cold germ aside, and so every day and in every way we wil be getting warmer and ‘warmer, questions of education and hy- glene. “We must have more informa. tion about the average woman in order to have any rellable guid- ance in the training of our girls and boys,” the introductory states ment reads. ““The needed information covers items of personal tendency, per- sonal experience and personal opinion. To be of real value much information must come out of the life experience of sensible and in- telligent women who can be re- lied upon to furnish thoughtful and frank statements. A study of the first 1,000 an- swers has been neavly completed. All answers will be held confi- dential, so far as they relate to Ppersonalities. Ellsworth Paris, profesor of so- clology at the University of Chi- cago and an expert on question- naires, commented on the inquir- les after many graduates of that institution received them. ‘The value of such a question- naifre to scieace s in doubt” he said. “Some of its questions are vague and virtually fmpossible of “sclentific consideration. How- ever, T know some of those who are conducting this investigation and am aware that their efforts to contribue to the cause of scien- tific research is sincere.” ~ day and caused official recognition of the claim in the Cuban officfal's de- nials, gave his name as Mario Fragi- nals, his age as twenty-three years and his occupalon as an attache of the Cuban legation. He was arraigned today In the | United States Branch of the Police Court on charges of violating the {national prohibition laws and re- leased on $1,500 bond for appearance at a hearing April 12. Bond was furnished by a professional bonds- man. He is alleged to have sold to a po- licewoman five quarts of genuine Mershire gin for $35, telling her that she need not fear as to the purlty of his goods, “as it comes from the Cuban legation.” Lfeut. O. T. Davis, in charge of the vice squad, which staged last night's rald, said today that the gin was “the best stuff we have ever gotten in any raid here.” During the rald an additional quantity of “qe‘“:r was conflscated in his apart- ment. Sought to Call Legation. On being taken, against his excited protests. to the second precinct sta. tion house, Fraginals claimed immu- nity from arrest on the ground that he “was connected with the Cuban legation.” He asked permission to make a telephone call at the station house, and, his request being granted, made a number of unsuccessful ef- (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) ONE DEAD, ONE DYING IN LABOR UNION ROW Shooting Follows Disputation at Meeting of Steel and Iron Workers. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 3.—One man was dead, another was said to ibe dying and a third was less seri- |ously wounded today as the result of a shooting affray at a meeting of the local unifon, No. 17, bridge and structural steel and iron worker: here last night. The slayer had not been apprehended early today. Ferb Bowen, forty-three, former business .fent of the unlon, was in- stantly killed. John O'Brien, fifty, secretary of the union, was taken to a hospital in a critical condition with a bullet wound through the chest. John R. Burnell fifty-three, received a flesh wound through the chest. Discussion of a clause in thé union rules, which provides that any mem- ber who becomes a_ contractor and employer of labor should be forced to resign or be fined, led up to the ’ shooting. Taking offense at remarks from a worker who declared he knew “three men_ O'Brien ought to fine for doing outside contracting work,” O'Brien left the platform and struck the man in the face with his fist. The two grappied and fell to the floor. O'Brien anding on top. The man underneath drew a revolver and fired, shooting O'Brien through the body. He then fired two more shots. Th bullets, which police believe were in- tended for O'Brien, struck Bowen and Burnell. Approximately 300 mem- bers were In the haM at the time. Bowen resigned _as business agent two years ago. He had been out of work several weeks and attended last night's meeting, his widow said today, in e hope o migh {1 in touch with & jobs . ficials have told him the burial must take place as originally plan- ned. (Copyright, 19: U. 3. PUSHES PROBE OF OIL PROMOTERS Dozen More Arrests in Texas on Fraud Charges Are Expected. i By the Associated Press. FORT WORTH, Federal agents went forth today in search of more oil promoters. The ones they seek are accused by the government of defrauding the in- vesting public out of millions. Six- teen arrests were made yesterday afternoon and night. At least a dozen more are expected today. Those sought today are persons the feder- al agents could not locate vesterday. In each Instance, the specific charge is using the malils to defraud The { fraud, according to the federal prose- cutors, consisted in misrepresenting oll prospects in order to attract in- vestment dollars. Among those arrested vesterday and released on bonds was S. E. J. Cox, formerly of New York and Hous- | ton, and who was tried in federal court at Houston in connection with his genera] oil company operations. Attorneys for Dr. Frederick Cook, Arctic _explorer informed United States Marshal Eldredge this morn- ing that their client would appear at the Federal building noon today and furnish bond in whatever amount was desired. As each promoter is brought into federal headquarters, he is arrainged before a United States commissioner. his bond set and his case referred to the federal grand jury. Until yes- terday no charges had been filed, the federal government being content to investigate the operators without making arrests. CARNARVON SINKING. Condition Critical After Sudden Turn for Worse. By the Associated Press. CAIRO, Egypt, April 3.—The illness of the Earl of Carnarvon took a sudden turn for the worse this afternoon. His condition is characterized as critical. Tex.. April LONDON, April 3.—Various dis- patches from Cairo report the condition jof the Earl of Carnarvon as more seri- ous, and there is grave anxiety owing TWO CENTS. TWOD.C.POLIGEMEN FACE TRIAL BOARD Officers Accused of Intoxica- tion Are Suspended and Relieved of Equipment. Messages received at the sixth pre- cinct police station yesterday after- noon contained information that a man in police uniform, and one in civilian clothes had attracted much attention on the streets, especially in One early report had it that a policeman | had been “pinched,” but police of the sixth precinct disclaimed knowing anything of the incident, It developed that the man covering the beat in the vicinity of 3d and D streets, Alec Friedberg, had failed‘to telephone the station, and Sergt. Bobo decided to investigate. Late in the afternoon, after he had visited many places in the precinct, hotels and rooming houses, where he thought the missing policeman and his reported companion found, he learned that a uniformed man and one in civilian attire had been seen to enter the Vendome Hotel, 3d street and Pennsylvanla Avenue. Finds the Men Aslcep. Going to a room on an upper floor Sergt. Bobo found Friedberg and E.| C. Middleton, the man in civilian at- tire, both members of No. 6 command, in bed asleep. It is alleged that they were 80 much under the influence of an intoxicant that the sergeant did not try to take them to the station. Capt. Robert E. Doyle, in command of the precinct, was summoned, and the captain and sergeant questioned the men, who, it is stated, were sick It is sald they explained that they drank a quantity of Jewish wine that forms part of the fmportant Jewish holiday at this season. Summarily Suspended. Both men were summarily suspend- ed and relieved of what police equip- men they had in their possession. Friedberg. on duty, had his full equip- ment, while his partner's badge was the most important part of his equip- ment he had with him. Capt. Doyle reported their suspen- sion to Maj. Daniel Sullivan, super- intendent of police. The papers have Dbeen turned over to Chief Clerk Hesse, who will prepare charges, and the uc- cused policemen probably will be cited to appear before the trial board Saturday morning. SEE REIGN OF TERROR IN WESTERN THRACE Reported That Greek Army Is Driving Out the Bulgarian Population. By the Associated Press. SOFIA, Bulgaria, April 3—A new reign of terror exists in western Thrace, where the Greek army Is driving out the Bulgarian population, it is asserted in statements issued by the Bulgarian government, which has sent a note of protest to the allies. The note claims protection for the minority population of the district under the terms of the treaty of Neu- illy—the Bulgarian peace treaty. It is asserted that thousands of Bulgars are being driven from their homes under the pretext that they are aiding the comitadji or irregu- lar bands. The Greek government, replying to to the great weakness from which he is suffering. The Daily Mail's Cairo correspondent says it is feared he is sinkin, the Bulgarian accusations, states that the Bulgarians in question are being deported to Crete for military rea- son: occurred here and abroad—re! always a summing up of the ourts tomorrow. For sale by newsdealers throughout the city Don’t Overlook The 5:30 Edition of The Evening Star 1t will give you the very latest report on what has sports finals; together with what will be considered by the liable and readable. There is financial situation—and the newsboys and might be | TIE-UP OF BUILDING FEARED AS STRIKE OF TRADES GROWS 125 Paperhangers Expected to Join 400 Painters and 125 Electricians Now Out. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SEEKS TO BRING PEACE Conciliator Expresses Confidence. Shriners Plead for Agreement to Save Convention Plans, Washington was faced today w a group of active and budding s which threatened to tie up painting, decorating and electrical work in ap proximately half today. th of those Since the strike for higher wages Yesterday of 400 painters the develc ments in organized labor ranks Washington are the following One-hundred and twenty-five triclans walked off jobs yesterday and signed strike benefit registration cards at a meeting in Musicians’ Hall at 1006 E street, early this afterno. A speclal meeting of members of t} paperhangers Jocal union is sc within the next thir er which union offi 125 elec- heduled hours, aft- als claim at least men will go out on strike. Conciliator Is Named. John B. Colpoys, well known ir cal labor circles, has been appoin commissioner of conciliation by Department of Labor in order to seek an adjustment in the painters’ c: troversy. | From Almas Temple, Mystic Shrine. | headquarters came s ement by Executive Secretary Harry iford pleading for arbitration of labor dif ficulties as soon as possible in order that work which Washington is plan ning to put through in anticipation of tbe giant Shrine pilgrimage in June {may not be held up. Members of the Master Painters Association of Washington are meet- ing at 3:30 this afternoon in the Bond building to discuss ways and means of ironing out difficulties between themselves and the striking painters. Sta Expect Short Strike. The strike of the painters changed in no essential particular today. The men continue out, for a wage of $9 |per day and a forty-four-hour week, with a signed agreement from the ‘mnsler painters’ organization. What | this afternoon’s meeting of the mas- {ter painters may bring forth, | course, s speculative, but pred |are being made freely in both la |and employers' circles that the strike n The electricians are ing for {per day to replace the 3850 scale B. A. O'Leary, business representa- tive of the electricians, said that a {nouncement that the union wanted | this raise was handed to the empl [ers on December 17, 1922. The meet- iing this morning was held to regis- ter all strikers and clean up the pre- liminary essentials necessary to a ystrike. After the meet it was decided to telegraph in ational union headquarters that ere is |1abor trouble on in Washington. O'Leary said that only half of the |electricians are out and that seven- |teen of forty-one local electrical e ployers are paying the rai |~ President Howard of t hangers Union, refused to ‘ion the situation today. | will be of short durati s Many Paperhangers Out. “Wait until after our meeting said. “We will make all anr {ments then,” It was learned | unofficial but unquestionable that the proposed meeting held to obtain a strike vo { fident are many of the p: | that a strike will be voted th |of them went on voluntary and | vidual vacations yvesterday morn | scores augmenting the number | morning. The paperhangers. it is understood. are to ask for a scale of $1.25 pe ! hour, to supplant the $8.30 day now in operation Conciliator at Work. Mr. Colpoys already is at work tempting to adjust things in painters’ controversy The controversy has reached stage where the employers say are willing to pay the wages quested if the men willing ablde by the agreement and to give sixty days' notice of the Teguest for an Increase in wages. ‘The last clause in contract i ounce- from being So con- so perhangers this at the re the between the Master Painters’ Association and the pa; ers' union is cau g the 1lz\mv gence of opinfon. The employers maintain that the following has been violated: “It is further agreed that notice of any change in these agrecments de- sired by either party at the time of the expiration of these agreements, January 31, 1923, shall be made in writing by the party desiring such {changes, and such written notic on the part of the party desiring such (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) WAREHOUSE RAIDED IN WHISKY THEFT Baltimore Bandits Bind Watchmen and Steal Three Truck Loads of Liquor. By the Associated Pres. BALTIMORE, Md., April 3.—Whis- ky thieves broke into one of thn storage buildings of the Spring Gar- dens general bonded warehouse, No. 1, district of Maryland, in southwest Baltimore, early today, bound the three watchmen and carried away { three large truck loads of liquor. The watchmen were liberated two hours later by a Baltimore and Ohio trainman, who heard their cries for help. They said there were forty men in the gang. The bandits gained entrance to the warehouse the watchman said, by breaking the lock on a door. The guards were quickly over powered and the robbers made short work of loading barrels of whisky on their trucks and getting aw The police authorities at once be- gan a statewide search for the whisky-laden trucks.