Evening Star Newspaper, April 19, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow; warmer tomorrow, moderate’ northwest be- <coming southwest winds. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 58, at 4 Dp.m. yesterday; lowest, 38, at 5:30 a.m. today. Full report on page 4. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 No. 28843. UG Entered as second-class matter post office Washington, D. C. FORCED DOWN AS U. S. ASKS COURTS TO FORBID GAMBLING Injunction Sougllt‘ VWill Put Ban on All Trading. SPECTACULAR RISE CITED IN PETITION Criminal Suits Still Under Consideration by At- torney General. The government moved today to! wipe out gambling in sugar in the} United States. An injunction against the New York Coffee and Sugar }ixch:xngc,; Inc, and the New York Coffee and| Sugar Clearing Association, Inc, and their officers and directors, toj prevent their further trading inj sugar was asked in a petition filed | by direction of Attorney General| Daugherty in the United States; court in New York. Conspiracy Is Charged. The government charges that a combination and conspiracy in re- straint of trade in raw and refined | sugar has existed and doc ist on | the part of the defendants. Violations | of the Sherman anti-trust act and the | Wilson tariff act are alleged. The recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in the grain future c rd of Trade of | Chicago versua Clyne—is relied upon by the government to strengthen its position materially ts action to, Prevent speculatior “Orgy of Speculation.” The petition aileges that “an orgy of speculation in raw sugar has been indulged in through the instrumen- | tality of the exchange and association” since February 7, It asserts that the exchange and mpl‘ clearing association perform no good or valuable functions in the inter- state and foreign trade in sugar. During February and March, it was | pointed out by Acting Attorney Gen- ! eral Seymour at the Department of Justice today, only one-thousandth of | 1 per cent of the number of contracts | cleared through the New York Coffee | and Sugar Exchange, Inc., were con- | summated by deliveries b The petition filed by thg goverumen today 1s a petition in equity. Criminal Action Not Declded. ‘Whether the government will bring eriminal suits against the alleged sugar speculators is now under con- sideration by the officials of the De- partment of Justice, it was said. The government now has under con- tderation a request to the court “to nul all of these fictitious contracts | and prohibit any payments or settle- | ments” in the contr.cts cleared! through the coffee and sugar ex- change during February and March. “We believe,” said Acting Attorney General Seymour, “that the court has the power to grant this relief, and | when we are sure that a such & re- quest is justified we wil] ask that edditional relfef.” Prices Forced Up. The government, in its petition, as- | merts that as a result of fictitious transactions carrled out by the de- | fendants, the price of raw sugar and ) the price of refined sugar in this! country has been increased since February 7 on an average of more than $2 per hundredweight. The charge is made that the alleged conspiracy to boost the price of sugar will con- tinue, urless the court acts to halt it, and that the prices of sugar will| be forced much higher than they are today. | 1 1 Defendants Named. 1 The defendants named in the suit} brought by the government today are, : specifically, the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange, Inc.; New York! Coffee and Sugar Clearing Associa-: tion, Inc.: T. S. B. Nielson, Manual E. | Rionda, Frank C. Russell, C. H. Mid- dendorf, J. H. Walter Lenkau, Justus ! Ruperti, Louis V. Sterling, William 8. | Seott, C. H. Stoffregen, August Schier- enberg, B. B. Peabody, E Lueber, G. H. Finlay, Frankiin W. Hopkins, John W. Windels, C. B. Stroud, John A. S. Dunn, Hugh S. Carney, William Dayne, Edward F. Diercks, Leon Is-| yael, Arthur H. Lamborn, Levis W. Minford, in their own right and as representatives of all the members of the exchange and association. The petition was signed by Attor- ney General Daugherty, Solicitor General Beck, Assistant to the Attor- ney General Seymour and Special As- sistants to the Attorney General I.! A. Fowler, Roger Shale and A. F.| Myers. It was filed by United States Attorney for the Southern District o!] New York Willlam Hayward. Action Follows Conferences. i The government's action today fol- lows several conferences between At- torney General Daugherty, who is' now in Asheville, N. C, and Acting Attorney General Seymour, and after the entire matter had been considered by the President and his cabinet. The petition has been prepared for a week, it was said. The petition asks that wrlts of sub- poena be issued directed to each of the defendants commanding them to| appear and answer for themselves and for those whom they represent, but not under oath, the allegations’ con- tained in the petiffon. It asks that the court order this cause to be heard : on application for a preliminary in- junction within ten days after the service of notice on defendants, and: that the court upon such application enjoin defendants from wfurther en- gaging in unlawful combination and conspiracy as described and from fur-! ther_operating the New York Coffee @nd Sugar Exchange, Inc., and the New York Coffee and Sugar Clearing A soclation, Inc., in 8o far as they relate to sugar. Conspiracy Ts Charged. The petition further asks the court that upon final hearing it be adjudged and decreed that by-laws, rules and regulations of defendant corpofa- SUIT CAUSES DROP OF 3070 74 POINTS Heavy Selling Develops, Fol- lowed by Rally Back 35 Points. NEW HIGH ON CUBAN RAW Action Described as Effort to Take “Roulette Wheel From Breakfast Table.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 19.—Raw sugar futures took a perpendicular drop of {approximately G0 points on the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange today upon receipt of word of the govern- ment’s suit to enjoin trading in sugar futures. Heavy gener:l selling developed as 500n as mews of the injunction suit reached the floor. Drops ranged from 30 to 74 points, but were followed by a rally which carried prices back 25 points. New Hizh on Caban Raw. Cuban raw sugar, however, sold at a new high record since 1920. A sale of 5,500 bags was made to one opera- [tor at 6% cents cost and frelght, lequal to 8.16 for centrifugal United States Attorney Hayward, s in charge locally of the in- vestigation which resulted in the sult, characterized the procedure as “united effort on the part of federal | officlals to make the gamblers in sugar remove the roulette wheel from the American breakfast table. “Every increase of 1 cent in the price of sugar, artificially stimulated by these defendants in their specula- | | tions, has cost and is costing the American people $2,000,000 a week,” Mr. Hayward asserted Sherman Act Development. “The theory of the government In this suit is the logical development of the Sherman law, the Wilson act and the decisions the Unlited States Su- preme Court handed down Monday in the Totten corner case and the grain futures case.” Stocks of sugar companies listed on the N York Stock Exchange also were hit by news of the injunction suit. They had started off with an advance of 1 to 1% points in early trading, but when word of the suit reached the floor they dropped 1 to nearly 3 points from their early highs. Supply Held Normal. Cuba cane sugar preferred dropped 2% points; Cuban American and Manati, 2% each; Punta Alegere, 2%; South Porto Rican, 2, and American Beet Sugar, 1. It was said at Mr. Hayward's office that there is every indication that the supply of sugar is normal and that the demand is also normal for the present time of year. Only the price is abnormal, it ‘was asserted. “The price of sugar is high because of manipulation on paper contracts for sugar which did not exist,” said one of the Department of Justice investigators. Paper Transactions. “The February figures of transac- tlons on the sugar exchange show that 1,500,000 tons of sugar were ; bought and sold on paper contracts, !and that only 300 tons of sugar were ;actually delivered during the month |of February. These figures show ! that actually only 2-10,000ths of 1 per cent of all the February trans- | actions on the sugar exchange were bona fide and representing sugar that was actually delivered.” A check-up on the hectic trading In futures which took place on the | sugar exchange following news of | the filing of the suit showed the tumble in futures ranged from 50 to 89 points. The drop was followed by a rally of 21 to 57 points, bringing pri a high. ‘The hearing on the government's application for a temporary injunc- tion will be held April 30, unless a postporement {s granted by the court, it was announced at Mr. Hayward's office. 6 BODIES TAKEN FROM APARTMENT RUINS By the Associated Press. LYNN, Mass., April 19.—Six bodies have been removed from the ruins of an early morning fire which destroyed a brick apartment house in the heart of the business section of this city. Seven others are missing and eighteen are being treated for burns and other injuries. President Backs ¢ s within 19 to 35 points of the | £ WASHINGTON, ENGLISH AROUSED BY FRENCH ACTION Expulsion of Rhineland Com- missioner Without Consulta- tion Stirs London. NEW BREAK FORECAST Signs Indicate Allies Are Prepar- ing for Long Ruhr Stay—Hotels Being Leased. BY GEORGE WITTE. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923 BERLIN, April 19.—A vigorous pro- test against the expulsion of the Ger- man Rhineland commissioner, Count | von Hatzfeldt, by the French without the knowledge of the British mem- bers of the Interallled Rhineland com- mission, will be launched by Great Britain in a day or two, according to information received from a source close to the British embassy in Ber- lin. In British diplomatic circles here {1t 1s feared that an unpleasant Anglo- French incident will result from the { French action. Plan Stay of Years. The French are planning to remain in the Ruhr district for years. That fact is becoming more obvious daily. Some weeks ago the French military authorities Issued to American news- | paper correspondents passes good until December 31 next. Now, according to dispatches from | Essen, the big hotels, the Kaiserhot Vereinshaus and Handelshof, have been leased to French companies. The Essenerhof, the Krupps' private {hotel, has not yet been seized. When asked about the situation in {the Ruhr district a high allied officer said: “I expect the French occupation to last at least four years. | Scope of Mission Extended. | By the Assoclated Press. | COBLENZ. April 13.—An order fs- {§ued by the- interallied high com- mission extends the scope of the Franco-Belglan mission, which hither- !to had been confined to the left bank of the Rhine and the bridgeheads, to all mines and factories throughout the occupied territory. D.C. JURORS CHARGE EFFORT 0 CORRUPT i Say Dave Sullivan Approach- ed Them in Bowles Trial for Bookmaking. Two jurors of the panel in the | Police Court who would likely form part of the jury in the trial of Nor- iman S. Bowles, charged with hand- {bookmaking, taking bets on horse |races, late yesterday afternoon charg- {ed In open court that an attempt had ibeen made to influence and corrupt them. The jurors, W. H. Jordan and Philip {Manley, had been called to the jury box and in answer to questions by Judge Robert Hardison as to thelr | qualifications, replied that Dave W. |Sullivan, a friend of Bowles, had made overtures to them which they 1Tepulsed, ordering Sullivan to leave jthem as they would not talk to him on the Bowles tase. ! Excused From Jury. | | Manley from duty on that jury. The withdrawal of the iwo men made it impossible to start the trial, as the other section of the jury pansl was in a jury room considering a traffc case. " Two other men were not avail- able to flll the Bowles jury. i case then went over until toda There was a conference bet Judge Hardison, Assistant_ District ! Attorneys Bert 'Emerson, David A. Hart, Charles S. Baker and Thomas Lodge last night, with Jurors Jor- dan and Manley being present to tell The {livan in his alleged effort to_corrupt the jurors in the interest of Bowles. { Mr. Emerson prepared a rule in the | contempt proceedings under which i Sullivan is to be brought Into court | as soon as he can be found, to answer |to the charge of attempting to influ- ence and corrupt the two jurymen. Convicted Here. Sullivan is @ personal friend of Bowles, and, " with Nicky Arstein, was convicted in the Supreme Court 10f the District of Columbia two years ago, charged with conspiracy to |bring into the District of Columbia stolen bonds from New York. Their cases are pending on appeal in the District of Columbia Court of Ap- peals from the judgment of the S reme Court of the District of Co- umbia. Daugherty’s Blow at Sugar Speculators BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Anather Daugherty injunction, des. tined to become as historic as the fa- mous process employed to get trans- portation for the American people a year ago, has just been filed to enable | the consumer to get a lower price for sugar. This marks a departure in the use of the injunction process, and, while the Department of Justice feels that its case rests on solid ground, the federal judiciary will have to deter- mine whether rellef for the public from speculation in sugar can be af- forded through the courts. The action taken by Attorney Gen- in g0 far us they relate to. suga their adoption by said corporations eral Daugherty through his assistants and individual defendants, and ‘the |jn New York and Washington was, of concerted action of defendants in car-|course, thoroughly approved by Presi- rying out said rules and regulations, gent Harding and the cabinet and constitute & combination and con- | represents the administration’s an- spiracy in restraint of interstate and |gwer to the cry of the La Follette I e &Toup -and-the -democrats who lately - 1 Y 1have Insisted that the Fordney-Mc- Cumber tariff or the speculative oper- ations of sugar traders were sending |the prices of sugar skyward. Decision Gives Precedent. Spurred on by the decisign of the Supreme Court of the United Statos a few days ago upholding the consti- tutionality of the act of Congress re- lating, to speculation in grain futures, the Department of Justice feels that its petition to stop sugar speculation is based upon logic and law equally forceful. ; “It is the contracts of sales of grain for tuture delivery,” said Chief Jus- iuce Taft in his opinion, “most of which do not result in actual de- jlivery, but are settled by offsetting them "with other contracts of the same kind, or by what is called ‘ringing’. The question w the conduct of such sal t0_ oo recurris (Cox Fyening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION - Star. — “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Cinu!a!ic;f, 96,8 70 D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1923—-FORTY-FOUR PAGES. | MORSE ARRESTED INDISTRICT COURT Surrenders After $10,000 Bond Is Forfeited—Doctors Ask Delay in Trial. Harrs F. Morse finally surrendered himself today to the District of Colum- bia Supreme Court and immediately was placed under arrest on a bench | warrant issued for him last Monday by Justice Stafford after his $10,000 bail bond had been declared forfeited. Morse was arraigned and entered a formal | plea of “not guilty” to indictments | charging him, his two brothers, Ervin and Benjamin, his father, Charles W. Morse, and four others, with conspiracy to defrand the eral government through war-time ship contracts. "o . Physicians Testify. Justice Stafford then heard evidence of doctors to determine whether | Morse should be placed on trial at| this time. Several physicians who ex amined him, both at his home a Bridgeport, Conn., and after his ar. rival in Washington last night, testi- fled that he was suffering with a mild | form of heart affection, and that if he were placéd on trial now his com- plete recovery from the ailment would be_jeopardized. ! Justice Stafford reserved decision pending examination later in the day | of the three physiclans who were ap- pointed to go to Connecticut last week and examine the defendant. Justice Stafford indicated that Inas- much as Morse had surrendered him- | self the forfeiture of bonds could | be annulled upon payment by the de- fendant of the cost in connection with the fesuing of the bench warrant and the efforts of deputy marshals to iserve it in Connecticut. Comes by Automoblile. ‘While deputy marshals hunted for him in Connecticut, Harry F. Morse, GETTING { Cold, exhausted and half starved,| PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TIPS U.S.Flyers Rush Food to Starving: On Island in Ice-Jammed Lake Three Brave Death to Bring Message to Shore~-Use Ice Cake as Raft After Small Boat Is Lost in Waters. By the Associated Pross. 1 NORTHPORT, Mich. April 19.— three men who for forty-eight hours battered their way through slush ice and open water reached the main- | land here yesterday, bearing news | that ten others—nine men and a| woman—are slowly starving on Fox | Island, eighteen miles from here in Lake Michigan As & result of thelr story—a story of a battle against great odds, in| which human-lives wera constantly at the mercy of sweeping gales and shifting ice packs—two Army alfs plance are driving through the sky from Selfridge Field, Mount Clemens, | today to carry food to the maroone: party on Fox Island. The party went to the island last | fall to cut timber, carying provisions sufficlent for several months. The prolonged winter, however, did not WILSON MAY GUIDE | PLATFORM FOR 1924 Ex-Presidént Said to Have| Proposed Six Planks one of the sons of Charles W. Morse, | New York shipbuilder, jointly charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States in war contracts, quietly slipped into Washington by automobile last night. He came by train from his for Democrats. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Judge Hardlson excused Jordan and | the court officers just what was sald | to them in the Bowles case by Sul- | home in New London to Baltimore, where & car was awaiting him. He went at once to Georgetown University Hospital. Morse was bought into court by his attorney, Henry E. Davis, at noon to-| | day, and was placed under arrest by { | Deputy Marshal Weaver on a copy of | { the bench warrant. | Dr. W. M. Barton, D. Percy Hickling, | and Thomas S. Lee testified they would advise keeping him in bed for one | month at least. i United States Attorney Gordon will} jcall to the witness stand this after- | noon Drs. George Ruffin and George N. | Acker, who went to New London last { Baturday and who reported Morse was in condition to stand trial. FOUR PLANES START CROSS U. S. FLIGHT Martin Bombers Hop Off from San Diego for Quantico.’ 138 in Crew. SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 19.— Four big Martin bombing airplane: manned by eight officers and five en- listed men of the United States Ma- rine Cow hopped off at the North Island Navy training station this morning at '9:15 o'clock for a cross- continent flight to Quantico, Va. GOES TO LAUSANNE. F. Lammot Belin, U. 8. Embassy Official, Leaves Paris. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, April 19.—F. Lammot Belin, second secretary of the United States embassy here, loft Paris today for Lau- sanne in connection with the re- mbling there shortly of the near east peace conference. ‘He was assigned to the conference because of his acquaintance with Turkish affairs. He was previously stationed in Turkey and was secre- tary to the American delegation at the first Lausanne ‘meeting. CAPT. W. |. COLE KILLED. Butdn; ziia By the Asenclated Press. . ; COLUMBUS, Gs., April 19.—Capt. W. 1 Cole, commander of Company K, 34th Infantry, stationed at Fort Benning, was instantly killed early today when his automobile crashed into a curbing on the Wyanton Fouts inning hi; rneath. Heé was Democratic senators are named as authority for the statement that Woodrow Wilson has drawn up a platform for the party for the 1924 presidential campalgn. Information is not definite as to whether the platform exists in writing or merely reposes in Mr. Wilson's mind. What is categorically affirmed is that he has mapped out the paramount is- sues which the democrats ought to espouse. These Mr. Wilson considers more essential than the identity of the nominee. He is represented as being pledged to no candidate in particular at this time. But even the machine bosses, like Murphy, Taggart and Brennan, who dislike the former President, admit that he will possess, and will probably use, veto power at the national convention against any man_whom he does not favor. If any candidate aspires to merit the in- dispensable Wilsonian approval, the primary condition will be that he supports the league of nations. No anti-leaguer or half-leaguer need apply. Probable Planks. This writer is Informed that a “Wilson platform” for 1924 would Pprobably include planks for: 1. Immediate entry of the United States into the league of nations, &s it now exists. 2. Unconditional adhesion to the permanent court of international jus- tice. 3. Repeal of the Volstead act. 4. Modification of the prohibition enforcement statutes, so as to legal- ize light wines and beer. 6. Federal control of railroads, ap- proximate war-time administration. 6. Natlonalization of the coal in- dustry. Reaction on Roosevelt. After Franklin D, Roosevelt, demo- cratic vice presidential nominee, saw ‘Woodrow Wilson in Washington on April 7, Mr. Roosevelt suggested that the United States might now ente: a modified league of nations. Many ob- servers jumped to the natural con- clusion that Mr. Roosevelt spoke un- der the immediate spell of his pro- tracted conference with Mr. Wilson. Some looked upon the statement of the young New York democrat as a direct and unmistakable sign from S g xt thn“nu lnrch-vr\;l:lol:l:t ot eague is no longer obdura: Ston who know the Wilson mental « on enter into their calculations. Three weeks ago all food supplies, except- ing some frozen potatoes, were gone. | Faced Starvation With death from starvation facing the little colony, an attempt was made by mainland. They started on foot, but two miles from the f{sland the ice broke up and two of the men nar- rowly escaped death by drownin, before the return to the island w: accomplished. A week later the men started again, but when two mliles out they were caught in & blinding snowstorm. They wandered about, uncertain of their direction, for nearly a day before nding their way bask to the island. Last Monday morning a third start was made. Edward Horn, twenty- three; Carl Cooper, thirty-five, and Ellis Sayres, twenty-one, composed the party which left the island in a (Continued on Page 2, Column 1. BANDITS TAKE SAFE FROM EXPRESS TRUCK Escape With Streng Box Contain- ing $17,000 in Checks and * $10,000 in Cash. By the Associated Prest KANSAS CITY, Mo, safe containing about April 19.—A $17,000 in | checks and $10,000 in cash was taken | by bandits here today ffom a truck |of the American Lxpress Company. The bandits fired several shots before escaping In an automobile, but no one | was wounded. They did not attempt to open the safe, but took it with| them. {SAYS SOVIET MUST RULE TEN YEARS YET Communist Congress Told That System Cannot Be Discard- ed Now. ] By the Assoclated Press. MOSCOW, Aprjl 18.—G. S. Zinovieff, chairman of the executive committee of the Third Internationale, told the communist party congress today that the condition of Russia’'s domestic and international affairs would not permit bringing the dictatorship of the prole- tariat to an end for at least ten years. At the present time, he added, with Premier Lenin lost to active leader- ship because of illness, it was ex- tremely important that the party dopt & decisive prog: four men to cross to the| * TWO CENTS. Army Aviator Beats Death to Bed of Mother By the Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 19.— Aviation won over death in a thrill- ing race half way across the conti- nent, when Maj. Cleverly of San An- tonio, Tex., rushed in three relays yesterday from New York city to the bedside of his mother at the Texas city. The final “hop” was from Spring- fleld to his destination, which was reached before dark, according to a message received here. The first airplane left New York city early in the morning and flew to Indianapolis. The second airplane left the Indiana city at about 10 o'clock and landed at the local fleld at 1:30 o'clock. ‘The third ehip, which had come here from Muskogee, Okla., to meet the officer, arose in & few minutes and headed south- ‘west at great speed, reaching San Antonio while still daylight. BULLET ENDS LIFE OF WM. G. CARTER Death of Head of Golden & Co.. Accident, Belief of Family. William G. Carter, president of Golden & Co. and ploneer business man of Center Market's “wholesale row,” was instantly killed this mordt ing in his home at 16 Taylor street, | Chevy Chase, Md., by a bullet from & AB-caliber revolver. {family who were in the house at the time bel eve his accident About 8:30 o'clock the report of a pisto] was heard in Mr. Carter's bed chamber, and his son, F. Carter, rushed into the room and found his |father lying across the bed with a bullet wound in the back of his head. Dr. Thomas K. Conrad of Chevy Chase was immediately summoned and pro- nounced Carter dead. Suffered, Says Attorney. Mr. Carter was in his usual cheerful frame of mind yesterday afternoon when he had a long talk with the treasurer of the company, A. N, i Murphy. Last night he made a per- sonal telephone call to Fred S. Swin- dell, attorney for the concern, and Mr. Swindell sald “everything was going along brightly Mr. Swindell added, however, that Mr. Carter has been “a k man" for a long time and lately has been suffering from rheumatism in the neck. This, he sald, has at times brought fon a depressed feeling, especlally in the mornings, after a night of sufter- ing. Mr. Swindell added that: several years ago Mm Carter was bedfast for three months, and in an effort to rid himself of the ailment had had his | teeth extracted. Mr. Carter has been president of the company for about eight years, succeeding Robert A. Golden, who- for ia number of years prior to his death had not been active in the dutles of his office. Therefore, it was explain- ed, Mr. Carter was the moving spirit of the institution for a number of years, although vice president of its board of directors. Affairs in Good Shape. Immediately upon receipt of news of the death of Mr. Carter the board of directors went in special scssion and went over the affairs of the com- pany, which they found to be in ex- cellent condition, according to Mr. Swindell. Resolutions of deep sorrow and regret were passed and the board then adjourned. Ferdinand Carter, one of the de- ceased's sons, sought out the office as a relief from his sorrows. He told friends of Mr. Carter's that about § o'clock this morning they heard a sound in his father's room, resem- bling that of a box falling on the floor.. They investigated and found the man_in bed. with blood on his pillow. Dr. Thomas K. Conrad was called in and made a hasty examination, but could find no bullet wounds. Mr. Carter is survived by his wife and these children: Robert G., Ferdi- nand, Willlam G., jr., Walter and Mrs. Lee Pennington, all of this city. Kept Gun Under Pillow. Robert Carter, brother of the dead ma of The Star that William had kept revolver under his pillow for some time, fearing that burglars enter the house. Every morning, upon arisimg, Robert explained, his brother would remove the gun from under the pillow and place it in a bureau drawer in order that the three-year-old grandson, William G. Pennington, who lived in the house, could not get it. It s the opinion of members of the family, according to Robert, that this morning William was removing the plstol from the pillow when it struck the bedpost and was accident- ally discharged. He pointed out that the bullet entered near the back of the head and lodged in the neck. The dead man's wife, Margaret J. Carter; his daughter, Mrs. L. R Pennington, in the house at the time, besides his son. Mr. Carter was in his room with his grandchild, according to Justic of the Peace Upton Perrell of Be thesda, Md., county coroner, who con ducted an Investigation immediately following the death. Mr. Perrell sald that he was notifled a few min- utes after 8:30 that Mr. Carter was dead from a gunshot wound. He im- (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) Capital’s Marathon Dancers Pass Fifteen Hours on Floor “If we do die, me and Josef will go to heaven dancing,” was the reply to a bit of caution from an onlooker to Elsie Barrett, who with her black- haired partner, Josef Baltrotsky, was still whirling around the floor at the Arcade today, where the two had been continuously dancing for fifteen hours. Twenty-nine other young men and women remained from the original entry list of thirty-seven. There was no apparent distress from any of the dancers today. All were going strons. The steps for the most part were more of a jerky walk variety than those uded in dancing. Two endurance dances started here last night—there being another at the Ninth Street Coliseum. A preponderance only fourteen women in all having registered. Seventeen Dancers Start. Entering the sixteenth hour at the Arcade, seventeen dancers remained on the floor who started with the whistle last night. The other four- teen contestants made their appear- ance on the floor at different in- tervals, one as late as 4:25 today. Included among those at the 14th street hall were W. C. Mendenhall and wife, who have trained for the event by dancing sixty hours out of eighty during the past two weeks. These two had many backers among the 2,400 enthusiasts who crowded the auditorium last night. The little army of rooters were on hand early today. Shave While Dancing. Immediately following the first meal today R. H. Ford, one of the most_optimistic of the dancers, in- Members of his | ath was due to an | explained to a representative | would | and his grandson were | { where around FACTIONAL ROWS BITTER AS D. AR, DELEGATES ELECT Women Charge Underhand Tactics as Polls Open for Selection of Officers. MRS. STORY QUITS RACE; CAUSES BIG SENSATION Mrs. Cook and Mrs. Hanger Groups Confident of Result—1,825 to Cast Ballots. Torn by the most bitter fight in the history of the society, the thirty-sec- ond Continental Congress of the D. A. R. began this morning to ballot on the selection of a new president gen- eral and an entire ticket of new na- tional officers. Although the contest narrowed down to a finished struggle between Mrs. Anthony Wayne Cook of Pennsylvania and Mrs. G. Wallace W. Hanger of this city, it was an- nounced that the result of the elec- tion probably could not be made known until nearly midnight. Long before the incumbent presi- dent general, Mrs. George Maynard Minor, had declared the polis open, long line of modishly gowned wo stood ulong the corridor lead Memorial Continental Hall, where congress was in n, to joining administration buil where the polls were located ad definitely ses Vote on All Offices. Besides the president general, the delegates had to vote on the follow- ing new offi Chaplain general, re- cording secretary general, correspond- ing secretary general, ganizing sec- retary general, registrar treasurer general, historian general reporter general to the Smithsoni stitution, librarian g - general, seven vice president and three honorary vice p general. Mrs. Livingston L. Hunter, chairman of the credentials committee, reported that at 10.30 o'clock this morning 1,525 delegates are officially regis- tered nce the rules of the society require the successful candidate to poll at least one vote more than half of the registered delegates, Mrs. Han- ger or Mrs. Cook will be required to have at least 913 votes unless more delegates arrive later in the day and are permitted to register, One Ballet Expected. ‘When the polis cponed it was im- possible to determine whether Mrs. Hanger or Mrs. Cook would be suc- cessful, but it seemed certain that more than. one ballot would be un- necessary with Mrs. Marion Cum- ming Story out of the fight. Each of the remaining candidates expressed confidence through their campaign managers. Friends of Mrs. Cook were claiming that she would poll ot least 1,400 of the total registered votes on the first ballot. On the other hand, Mrs. Hanger's friends, many of whom .are now na- tional officers, and, therefore, in a position to keep their hand on the pulse of the convention, declared themselves confident, and expected her to win. While they would not say how many votes they expected all were confident of her election, even though it might be by a small majority. Just what reactlon the delegates would show toward the sensational withdrawal of Mrs. Story in favor of Mrs. Cook during the nominating session last night was a much moot- ed question this morning. Some de- clared Mrs. Story had actually injured Mrs. Cook's cause by throwing her support to that candidate: few could be found who would admit that it might help her. Tacties Denounced. general, gene The letter assailing the courage and patriotism of Mrs. Cook’s son, An- thony Wayne Cook, began its circula- tion last Monday, and had been men- tioned both publicly and privately ever since the conventlon convened None of the delegates paid it any attention, except to denounce the In- troduction “of such scurrilous tactics in so high an institution as the Daughters of the American Revolu- tlon.” The Pennsylvania delegation had contented itself with quietly denying the accusations, and had not Story openly thrown her sup- port to Mrs. Cook as a_“prote against such acts, it probably would never have received serious consider- tion. A4 A Phe result of Mrs. Story's action. however, has been to _Pr\ht»(h_’- con- gress wide open, and it is intimated that some of the delegates who in- tended voting for Mrs. Cook had now turned to Mrs. Hanger, rather than be lined up with the so-called 'Story faction.” This made the race appear even closer than ever this morning and although the results may show Mrs. Cook's friends to be correct in heir predictions of a land slide, at Jeast that feeling is not reflected else- Memorial Continental Hall. Voting Line Is Long. The scenes immediately preceding the opening of the polls presented a most unusual spectacle. Unfortunate- 1y, the voting booths were located in the basement of the administration building and the line of delegates ex- tended almost a full block from Me- morial Continental Hall tarough a narrow hallway connecting it with the administration building, down the corridor of that structure and down the narrow, winding iron steps to the olls Pt had been Mrs. Minor’s intention to open the polis at 9 o'clock this morning, and as a result xevera’l h;:n— dred prospective voters were in line 2 few minutes after 8. When |t be- came nosed around that a number ot the delegates intended contesting the electlon if such an act were permit- ted, which they declared to be in vio- lation of the soclety's constitution, the president_general withheld the order to begin balloting until 10:36 o'clock. The result was that the early comers presented a rather worn and impa- tient appearance despite their tailored fineries when the command finally was recetved. Form Single Line. Before noon, the line of voters had overflowed the limit of both the ad- ministration building and Memorial Continental Hall and was beginning to ~ (Continued on Page 2, Column 7, 3 (coc_:ugqed_on Page 4, Columi. el