Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1923, Page 1

i CITY OFFICIAL HELD DRY LAW VIOLATOR Lately Installed Treasurer of Chi- cago and Six Others Under Indictment. WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow: mno change in temperature; fresh north- erly winds. Temperature for twenty four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 67, at 5 p.m. vesterday; low- est, 43, at 5:30 a.m. today. 7 Full report on page “From Press to 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. Home | | | | ¢ Foenil WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 1 | | L ch WASHINGTON, q Star. 1923—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. Ynterduy‘; Net Circnl;finn, ;5,861 TWO CENTS. RECKLESS DRIVING RULE ADOPTED BY D.C. COMMISSION City Heads Defeat Proposal Closing N.>Y. Stocks nla:l B;mis, Page 22 T “ntered as second-class matte No. 28848, Entered as second-clacs matter P WORLD COURT PLEDGE] [, Pl ENVOYS C.0.P. HAS IGNORED FOR YEARS, SAYS PRESIDENT, © AW PALEY i ‘ b : i Warren and Payne Chosen to Would Not Be League En-, Text of Harding Iron Out Differences Be- try He Tells Associated l Appeal for U. S: D. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, THE MAIL SERVICE . By the Assceiated Press. CHICAGO, April 24—John A | venka, the prestdent of a brewing' jcompany, who was installed as city | Cer- tween Two Nations. Press PLATFORM PROMISE SINCE 1904, HE SAYS | Issue Beclouded by Op-| ponents on Both Sides, , Harding Declares. 24— Partici States i the April United the ad- the court stration at the President Ha luncheon of the Press, in party tform pledges. candidatorial prox and Ame: | and would not be an entry into the league natior the back annual Associated with wid be harmony iceg aspirations, o “by the side door dcor or the cellar door.” cessive friends” of the league. dec 1. had beclouded the situation by unwarranted assump- tion that the proposal iy a move. to- ward memberskip in the league, while, he added. the irreconcilable opponents of the league have also beclouded the question with the assumption that en- tanglements with Europe would un- avoidably follow Dismisses Fear. The fear of entanglements President dismissed with declaration that if the sent to any his not the the blunt Senate were dministration ratification w con 1q ny wo mplete a proposal and ing today | to} ent it from hecoming effective. Refterating his conviction that the United States could participate in th court without assuming risks which its cpponents point W dent Harding reviewed the platforms sin pointed out. esi- believa in keep political parties d the and candidate what they say, then popular ernment fraud and cannot hope But the President that he inte toward the league of n support of the world co Yot for United States. with its dministrat Iy put a4 st ot mea our i form to end left no as no thought of the U'ni ing the league of nations. propose to enter now b door. the back door or th i have no unseemly comment to offcr on the league. If it is th old world helpfully. more power it. But it is not fo 8. The Senate 80 declared, the executive has so de- red, the. veople ave 8o dec o Nothing could be more decisively stamped with finality Mr. Harding made it did not consider the we question paramount to all tional problems, and added ther did he hold it a m ity tently having arnings issued hy vaders within the jast “It ought not to 1 ty question,” he continue party. repeatedly advocating a i be rended by the ort to perform in » with its pledges, it needs a new appraisal of its assets.” Answers Argument. Sensing one the principal argu- & to be used by opponents of th istration proposal. th claim nited States would be placed disadvantage in the elec idges to the through t ity the na 1 voting powe the leazue ssoembly. the President | #aid he frankiv recosnized this as a | “political bugbea but adde smuch s no nation could ave | re than one judge, it was less of an | tion than when applied to the league jtself. Although the question of the world ourt formed the burden of the Presi- | dent’'s address he also bespoke a word | fe the establishment of a merchant P rine, deplored iack of party lovalt 1 the organization of groups c ¢S to serve group interests, and ged that the primury be made an ent of indisputable party expres- sion rather than a means of party confusion or destruction Choose Closed Car. The preside al ars arrived in New ut Mr. and Mrs. breakfast until v o'clock they walked through string of motors n that he 10 court | other na- that ne o party mind the republican weeksr swed as a “but if pla few mi t spo Yo Hardi 8230, ¥ of at 6 £ did nc Shortly after left train and the station to the | awaiting their part An open car was selected for Mr. and Mrs. Harding. but because of the chill in the morning air the first lad of the land demurred and chose clogsed machine. Bocause of the uncertainty hour of the President's arrival al smaller crowd than usual was on | hand to greet him. Commuters, how ever, lingered to' cheer him, and a| fuir-sized_crowd was massed on 7th avenue. The presidential party drove | tirough 32d street to 5th avenue and 1hen uptown to the street en trance to the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Harding went at once to their suite. | It was understood that the Presi-| dent would remain in his suite until, he appeared at the luncheon of the Assoclated Press. May See Ball Game. There was a hint that the President after the luncheon might journey up- town to the new Yankee stadium to watch the New York ball players ciash with the Senators, and that Mrs. Harding might make a tour of New York shops. The tentative program for the evening called for a visit to a musical show. Included in the presidential party were Brig. Gen. Sawyer, Mr. Hard- ing's personal physician; Postmaster General Harry New, A. D. Lasker, chalrman of the United States Ship- ping Board, and Chairman Adams of the republican national committee. Gen. Sawyer, who is chairman of the hospitalization committee of the Veterans' Bureau, left the hotel soon after his arrival for an inspection of the new Gunhill Road Hospital in the Bronx. 7 Mrs. Harding later decided not to visit any stores herself, but sent her maid to buy some articles and had some goods sent into the hotel for her inspection. She seemed in excel- lent spirits as she appeared at the| door of her suite and chatted with members of her ty. . ‘The President iimited his activi three a.m t of the | s this morning to receiving a few vis- itors. _Among them were Will H.* * (Tontinued on Pags 11, Column 6.) Entry Into Court President fol- lows: Members of the Associated Press: During the closing days of the last Congress I sent to the Senate a communication asking its advice and consent to the adherence by the government of the United es to the protocol establishing the Internaitonal Court of Justice. Out of this simple, natural, normal proceeding has developed so much of mystery, so much of misunder- standing, so much of protest and approval, much of t 1 muddying of the political waters that I welcome the opportunity, on 0 appropriate an oc to re- veal to the American people both the purpose and the motives im- pelling Harding's speech so asion, Recalls Plattorm I8 popular governent through the agency of political parties. and must be umed that the course of the success party, which is at the s: an honest party, must charted by the platform party, and by the utterances of its candidates when appealing for popular ap . On that assump- tion it is seemly to recall the dec- larations of the party now in pow- er reiative to the promotion of in- ternational relationships. In 1904 the nati tform of the republican party said, “We favor the peacotul settlement of interna tional differences by arbitration. r years later. in the national efition of 1 the party in its platform alluded to progress made in keeping faith with the previous ration, and said yispicuous contributions -smanship to the onal peac: advanced in Th es are oceasions tion ievemen iple Ours ac né proclaim the - strengther perform, t of > nayons of t PDeelaration. rejublican platform it declaration inernational court I quoty from the party covenant of faith “Together with peaceful and or- derly developmend at home, the re- publican party earnestly 1 measures for the establ and protection of the peacs world, and for t clopment closer relations the v ous nations of th 1t lieves most earnestly in a peaceful settlement of ftnternational dis putes and in thi reference of all Controversies hetween nations to an internationa) court of justice.” The mnext formal and solemn pledge was m*'l»V in 1916, I quote again: “The repubjican party believes t a fir gonsistent, and coura- geous fored iwavs main- ained by Jel sidents American tradi- s it is the only preserve 1 and restore to us our rightful place asiong nations. We believe in the .peaceful settlement of intern tional disputes, and favor the establshment of a world court for that purpose.” Pledged to Meet Duty. In 1920 the question of our for- eign relationship was very aggte. The Senate had rejected the Ver- treat and the league of ons pact. The convention ed its approval of the rejec- tion, but was unwilling to pledge aloofness from the world. There- t in its platform pro- ment: pledge the coming repub- Jican administration to such agree- ments with other nations of the world as shall meet the fuil duty of America to civilization and hu- manity, in accordance with Ameri- can ideals, without surrendering the right of the American people to exercise its judgment and its powe favor of justice and peace. _ ‘As a participant in the making of some of these platform. the banner-bearer of one I have a right to believe the the party conscience so plainly that it is not easy to mis But there are other utterances which it is seemly to recall. I al- lude to the interpretation of the platform by the candidate in 1920. On August 28, 1920, speaking on the league of nations proposal, I sald frankly and very definitely 1 did not favor the United States en- tering the league of nation It was declared then that the issue, as de- fined by the candidates, “involved the disparity between a world court of justice, supplemented by world association for conference, on the one hand, and the council of the league on the other.” Quoting futher from the same address, I said: relating just tions, is the best, true way to Commended Tribunal. “The one is a judicial tribunal to be zoverned by fixed and definite principles of law, administered without passion or prejudice. The other is an association of diplo- mats and politicians, whose deter- minations-dre sure to be influenced by considerations of expediency and national _selfishness. * * * One a i { | TIME NOT YET FIXED {Both Men Familiar With Condi-| tions They Will Be Called On to Consider. Secretary Hughes announced today that the n commissioners to {negotiate for a closer undergtanding | with representatives of the Obregon | government In Mexico City would be | Charles B. Warren of Detrolt, former ! ambassador to Jupan, and John Bar- Payne, former scretary of the and now chairman of the Amer! ton ."“(' ric | Red Cros H time for the meeting of the com- n in Mexico City has not been but will be determined at an [ fixed, | early date. Judge Payne has made Mexican affairs and is famillar with conditions in_that country, While Mr. Warren's diplomatic accomplishments at the important Tokio post are con- sidered by officials to have well equip- ped him for the forthcoming negotia- tions. Wil Insist Upon Rights. The American commissiopers will be | ded in their discussions by the 1l considerations of policy which have actuated the administration in Al its dealings with Mexico. It is emphasized that there is no desire to interfere in Mexico's internal af-| fairs or suggest what laws that na- tion shall enact. At the same time it is held that when a nation has inv ed intercourse with other nations and has sanctioned contracts entered into | {and property rights acquired by for. jelgners, it is an essential conditio that there shall be no resort to con | fiscation and repudiation. Announcement of the commission a nent was made last night b ary Hughes in a brief state- n which it was said that with a ‘view to hasten aching of al mutual undes between the two governments ission would_mest “for the changing impression: ing then to their re ities.” That the arra ing in Mexico o study of br purpose of « and of report- pective author- | gement for the meet- ity was not to be con- strued in any way a lving mod- ification by the United States of the position taken with regard to recog- nition of the Obregon government was made plain by State Department otticials. Althoug! they refused to add to the formal statement, it was clearly indicated that the commis- | Gioners would be authorized fo dis- cuss only the existing tuation be- tween the two nations. without alte: ing its sta in any way in ca recommendations by the commission- ers for a plan of recognjtion failed of approval.by their govetnments. MRS. PHILLIPS’ HELD BY HONDURAS POLICE State Department advices received today from Tesgucigalpa sail that authorities of the Honduran govern- ment had arrested a suspect believed convicted ham- to be Clara Phillips. mer murderess, whe escaped from a | Los Angeles county, California Jjail. | The adviz added at the suspect was being held penmding receipt of | formal papers requesting her ex-| tradition to the United States. H Hushand Released. i By the Associated Press. LOS_ANGELES. Lee Philli Phillips, fugitive hammer murderess, has been released from custody. He had been held for investigation con- | cerning _his wife's escape from {prison. It was annoufced the grand | {jury would start an inquiry inw | | arson charges against J. C. Carson. | reparted to be with Mrs. Phillips in | | Hondruas. | The Central American wanderings of | { the woman believed to be Clara Phillip: escaped hammer murderes€ whose extradition from Tegucigalpa, Hon- duras, 19 being sought, are described in a letter received here by Chief of Police Oaks from C. W. Flagh ot Guatemala Cify, Guatemala. — The | letter came while officers were per- | fecting plans for speedy extradition | of Mrs. Phillips, who is believed to| {he using the name “Mrs. Robert| Young." i Flagh's letter gives minute de- scriptions of a man and two women, | the man ad one of the women de- | scribing themselves as Mr. and Mrs. | | Carson. The descrintion of one of | | the women, according to Flagh, fits | Mrs. Phillips. 71 FLEE IRISH PRISON. DUBLIN, April _24. — Seventy-one prisoners escaped from the Curragh! jsinternment camp on. Sunday, accord- | |ing to officlal announcement. They !left the camp by way of a tunnel. | {Many of them, however, have been ! | recaptured. ! SUCCEEDS PROF. EINSTEIN. | GENEVA, April 24—The council of the league of nations has elected the | | Dutch ‘physicist, Hendrik Lorentz, to! membership on the commission on | intellectual co-operation. He replaces | (Continued on Page 11, Column 2.) Mdny Lives Lost as Hundreds Of Earth Shocks Rock Arctic By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, April 24.—Tremendous earth and sea disurbances have taken place recently in the arctic and may still be continuing, ac- cording to Chita dispatches today, giving detalls of the earthqi¥fke recently reported at Petropaviovsk, Kamchatka, which carried several buildings into the sea. The total casualties are not known, but the loss of twenty-one lives already is definitely established. When the last word was received from Pegropavlovsk, on April 15, the earthquakes were continuing every six minutes on the average in that region, the advices stated. The radio station was destroyed and news of tho occurrences 1s trickling in slowly. The sparse population is homeless and famine stricken, all the warehouses, with their provisions, having been swept into the ocean, Prof. Albert Einstein, who recently re- | signed. According_to one Petropaviovsk dispatch, there had been, up to April 13, a total of 195 slight earth quakes,'accompanlied by rumblings of the ground. On the 13th new shocks of much ereater force were felt, accompanied by a tidal wave which swept across the ice-covered seas, causing the masses of water and ‘ice to crash against the coast, crushing business buildings and houses and then receding seaward, dragging with it the debris. The employes of some of the fish canning factories saved themselves in small steamers and tugs which were carried out to sea. The wom- en and children in most of the vil- lages of the region have been mov- ,ed inland to a place of safety in the mountains. The shores are yet covered with ice and wet snow. On the little island of Koshka three Russians, five Japanése and eight Chinese, making up the en- tire population, all perished in the disaster. The volcanoes of Anani- sky and Stunoffsky, the dispatches state, are active. ) | l I the | elauses !ister and head of the Angora deloga- | evacuation News Note: fort, N. C. TURKS TLLINSST ALES EVACATE Lausanne Parley Gets Down| to Real Work—Ismet Shies at French Yoke. By the Associa LAUSANNE. April 24.—The near east conference, called to arrange peace between the allied powers and | Turkey and between Greece and Tur- key, resumed its sessions this morn- ing under the presidency of Sir Hor- ace Rumbold, head of the British delc- gation The first work of the conierees waz classify the questions before the political committee under th> general heads of territorial and judicial. In discussion of the territorisl the Turks maintained their previous viewpoint on each of the dis- to | puted questions and insisted that the first step in the procedure should be | | the evacuation of Turkish territory, by the allied troops. Firat Importance to Turkey. Ismet Pasha, Turkish foreign min- tion, declared this was o question of first importance for Turkey. Spokes- man for the allies replied that the depended logically upon solution of the questions pending be fore the conference, and Ismet finally consented that discussion of this point be adjourned. He “then took up the question of fixing the frontier between the Turks and Grecks in eastern Thrace. For- mer Premier Venizelos of Greece sug- ed that if the Turks did not in- t upon their point of view Greece would be willing to sign an agree- ment that would involve a certain de- pendence upon Turkey of the terri- tory in dispute. Questions With France. Passing to the question of the fron- tier of Syria, Ismet demanded that the Angora accord with France be ratified at the same time as the even- tual treaty of peace. To this the al- lies replied that the Angora accord was a question between France and Turkey alone. Sir Horace Rumbold reaffirmed the agreement of his government with the Turks postponing the question of delimiting the frontier between Tur- key and the kingdom of Irak, which involves the oil-producing territory of Mosul, and maintaining the status quo_until a final agreement on the question can be reached. Trying to Throw Oft Debtor. { By the Associated Press. Resumption of the peace negotia- tions between the Turks and the allles has given rise to the sugges- tion that Turkey's expressed desire to cast off France as her economic pilot may lead to difficulties that will prove to be an important development of the conference. Most of the Turkish debt is owed to France, whose nationals aleo have a preponderance of the economic holdings in the domain now governed from Angora. The Turks express a desire to shake off French control, tut spokesmen of the latter country | aver that they are interested only in protecting legitimate French in- vestments in Turkey, to which end they have already made extensive concesslons. Activities of bands of Turkish irregulars along the borders of Syyia, a French mandate, appear to have enter@d into the situation, resulting in the dispatch of Gen. Weygand to Syria. Grew Asks Safeguards. The first day of the conference {passed without mention of conces- slons. Joseph C. Grew, head of the American delegation, informed the delegates of the United States’ desire that the commercial opportunities of all nations be safeguarded. “We are here for the same purposes and in the same capacity as before adjournment,” said Minister Grew, «“participating not on the footing of a belligerent against Turkey nor as a party to the treaty of peace under negotiations _between the _allied powers and_ Turkey. but none the less in a fully representative ca- pacity and with full authorization and _competence to speak on behalf of the government of the United States.” f \\ (RN \_ = = e - S |Crooks Organize { “Crime Trust” In Philadelphia 15 the Aseociated Press PHILADELPHIA, April 24— Banditry is becoming so lucra- tive in Philadelphia that a “crime trust” for the protection of crim- tnals has been organized, Super- intendent of Police William B. Mills said today. Twelve bands of hold-up men, eight of them composed of New York and Bal- timore crooks, are operating here. he said. “By banding together.” said Milis, “and alding each other in case of trouble, by obtaining law- vers and advancing funds, the criminal _element has strength- ened its position, not only in this city but in almost every large « of the country. The ring- leaders in the movement are old offenders and from their former experlences have a wider knowledge of the law than many policemen “Criminals of one band that had made substantial hauls often put up money to defend their less fortunate fellow bandits who get caught and are without funds. The ‘trust’ sees to it that favor is reciprocated. More than fifty bandits were arrested over the week end and Mills said the cam- paign to drive them from the city would be continued. Three hun- dred extra policemen have been placed on bandit duty. SHOOTS SON'S PAL INWILD AUTO CHASE {T. D. Bailie, Clarendon Edi- tor, Unwittingly Fires on Boys, Seventeen. ] i | Accompanying an Arlington county | police officer early today on a dash- ing pursuit after his supposedly stolen automobile when it was sight- ed speeding out the Canal road, Thomas D. Bailie, editor and publish- er of the Clarendon Chronicle, fired a shot at the fleeing machine and se- riously injured seventeen-year-old Lloyd McReady of Clarendon, who oc- cupied the car with the editor's son, Terrell Bailie, also seventeen. The elder Bailie was held to await the outcome of McReady’s wound. The injured boy was rushed to George- town University Hospital. Young Bailie was lodged in the Arlingten county jail on a charge of taking his father's automoblile. Fired at Tire. The shot that inflicted the wound was fired at a tire of Mr. Bailie's automobile. that had been taken from tke yard of his home about 2 o'clock { this morning and traced to this city. Mr. Ballie did not know that his own son and companion were its oc- cupants. Missing the tire, the bullet | passed through the back of.the car,! struck McReady in- the region of the right shoulder and passed through i his body. Mr. Bailie was aroused by the noise of the engine of his automobile run- ning. Missing the car from where he had left it last night, he summon- ed Motor Cycle Policeman O. W.. Welch, and accompanied the latter to this city in search of the car. The two were in a lunchroom near the north end of Aqueduct bridge when they saw the car pass. Ballie and the policeman followed the machine along Canal road and| across Chain bridge, and each time the policeman made an effort to pass the speeding car, it is stated, Terrell Bailie, at the wheel of his father's car, blocked his passage. % When the chase had reached & point about one-half mile from the Virginia end of Chain bridge Ballie fired a re- volver in &n effort to frighten the oc- cupants of his car. A second shot, aimed at the tire, m inflicted_the wound that may cause the death of a son of neighbors of the editor. Young Baille, hearing his ‘com- ‘panion cry out he was ghot, shut off the engine, leaped from thé car and took to the woods. “My God, Mr. Welch, I'm shot,” cried McReady, when the policeman and editor approached the car. The wounded boy was placed in the policeman’s car and rushed to the ho pital. Young Bailie was arrested in connection with the taking of the au- tomobile, while Deputy Sheriff J. D. East arrested the father for the shooting. At Georgetown University Hospital it was sald the wounded boy's condition was serious. Former President Wilson has just written another letter to an admirer in Beau- | TERMS STIR BITTER FIGHT IN GERMANY New Reparations Plan Will Be Submitted to Allies by End of Week. BY GEORGE WITTE. Ry Cable to The Star and Chicago D Copyright. 1923. BERLIN, April 24—The government will submit its ne News, repa- i rations plan by the end of this week. Conferences as to the amount to be offered to the allies are still continu- ing daily, and bitter fights are taking place over the question. According to reports from Wilhelmstrasse, the parties which are represented in the present cabinet still cling to their offer of 30,000,000,000 gold marks, whereas the socialists and democrats stand out for 35,000,000,000 as the basis of the reparations payments. Fall Back on Cuno's Offer. In regard to France's demand for security, Germany will fall back upon Chancellor Cuno's offer made in a speech last December to enter into an agreement under which neither side can attack the other within the next thirty vears without the con- sent of the allied powers and the United States. A new feature to be contained in the next note will be an offer to extend this period another ten, twenty or more years. In diplomatic and political circles in Berlin, where these details of the new offer became known today, it is feared that the terms will not be far- reaching enough to satisfy. begin negotiations on this basis. See Flat Rejection. Besides, it is believed that when Germany asks for the withdrawal of the French troops from the Ruhr and { promises to increase her coal deli eries the proposal will be flatly re- jected. Director Havenstein's attack on the German industrialists, their duty in the present crisis, widely commented on in newspapers. Vorwaerts savs that the capitalists, headed by Hugo Stinnes, are responsible for the new depreci- | It charges that ation of the mark. they have systematically thrown bil- lions of marks on the market to get foreign securitles. LONDON HOPES BRIGHTER. Expect Law and Poincare to Be| Nearer Agreement. By Cable to The Star and/Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. LONDON, April 24.—Should the Ger- ‘man government follow Lord Curzon's | advice by submitting new proposals | to the allies, it would become the | duty of France and Great Britain to| confer agaln as to policy. It is hoped in Downing street that when Prime Minister Bonar Law &nd Premier Poincare again review their two sets of ideas concerning reparations they will find no vital obstruction to agree- ment. German ; France even if Great Britain urged her to in which he accuses them of having failed to do | is today's a ! criminal code, which, he said, made it | treasurer of Chicago a week ago; | John L. Hoerber, jr., also a brewer, {and Barney Grogan, former | keeper and politician. today w dicted by the federal grand jury on | eharges of violating the prohibition {laws. The aloon- re in- two indictments, one naming | | Hoerber and Grogan, were the fi 'h]l\\v truck by the grand jury, which i ently received vigorous instructions | from Federal Judge Wilkerson to go after the “big fellows = we as th “small fry” in prohibition violation Cervenka is president of the Pilsen Products Company and ix a well known democratic politician. Hoerber is president of the Hoerber Brewing Company. Grogan, once an alderman, long has been powerful in ward poli- ties in the democratic party. Four other men, said to be beer truck drivers. were named in the in- dictments, two in each true bill JURY COMPLETED IN MORSE TRIAL Seven Salesmen, Two Cash- iers, Clerk, Collector and Hotel Man Chosen. | | | i The Morse jury was completed and sworn shortly before noon today. The twelve men who will decide the guilt or fnnocence of Charles W. Morse, ! his thrée sons and four others of the charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection with war- time ship contracts is composed of seven salesmen, two cashiers, clerk, one collector and a hotel pro- prietor. United States Attorney Gordon be- gan this afternoon a lengthy state- ment of the governmen case against the alleged conspirators. He reviewed the two indictments and outlined what the government ex- pects to prove. The introduction of evidence probably will start tomer- row. The jurors are John W. Dillon. 647 F streét northeast; E. Guy Donaldson. 225 P street n Dimsey, 29 Bate one | street northwest west; Joseph I street _southeast: Thomas S. Fritch, 2123 O street northwest; Robert B. Long, 613 Florida avenue northwest: | William T. Carroll. Atlantic Hotel: | Curtis 1. Disney, 1212 B street south- | east; Samuel L. Fowler, 1356 Emerson street northeast; Burgess L. Dailey, 5806 Colorado avenue northwest, and Taylor E. Eiker, 1006 Otis street northwest. Explains Charges. In his opening statement to the jury Maj. Gordon explained in detail the charges contained in the four counts of the two lengthy indic ments, which have been consolidated for trial, and pointed out that all of the charges relate to the same series of transactions, namely, certain ship- construction contracts and other con- tracts suplemental thereto. He then summarized the _indictments stated that the substance of all the charges was that Morse and his asso ciates entered into a war-time con spiracy to cheat. swindle an the Fleet Corporation and to defraud the United States by obtaining. through false pretenses, ship-con- struction contracts. contract pay- ments, loans and advances from the TUnited States and its_agencies, the Shipping Board and the Fleet Cor- poration, as well as by misapplying | or diverting vast sums of money be- longing to the government and in the hands of the various corporations controlled by Morse and his asso- | ciates, either for ship construction or |as a result of the operation by such companies as agents of ships-owend by the government. i Crime Is Charged. He pointed out that the charges are Franke, 306 Ja crime to conspire either to commit an offense against the United States manner or for any purpose. One of the counts, he said, charged the de- fendants with conspiring to commit about fifty offenses against the United States, each of such offenses to consist in the defendants’ making a false statement to the Fleet Corporation for the purpose and with the intent of cheating, swindling and _defrauding such_Fleet Corporation. all the stock United States. The other three counts, he said, charged, in various ways and from different viewpoints, conspiracies to defraud the United States, by inter- fering with the governmental func- tioning of the Shipping Board and the Fleet Corporation, which, said, were endeavoring, on behalf of the government, to encourage., de- velop and create a merchant marine, | 2 naval auxiliary and a naval reserve, to meet the requirements of the com- | merce of the United States, and es- pecially to meet the urgent require- ments of the country in efficiently prosecuting the war with Germany and bringing such war to a prompt and successful termination. D. C. Youth Charges Child-Wife Is Held Prisoner by Her Aunts Milton Johnson, an helper, twenty-one vears old, today sought the aid of the District Supreme Court by a habeas corpus proceeding for the return of his child-wife, Anna F. Johnson, who, he declares, is be- ed its mark and | ing held a prisoner at the housé of her aunts, Catherine and Josephine Killigan, 723 3d street northeast. He says his wife wants to come to him. Justice. Hoehling at the request of Attorneys A. L. Newmyer and Milton W. King ordered the Misses Killigan to have the young wife in court this afternoon at 3 o'clock. In support of his petition, the hus- band shows a letter from the wife dated April 17. She wrote: ‘“Dear Mil- ton: Since I can’t get out to you, I thought I would write to you. Guess you are worried now because my aunts are gaing to have you arrested. electriclan’s T told you 1 was twenty-one years old before we got married, and, of course, you did not know any differ- ent—and I really don't know my age, either. I wish I could see you some time. My aunts will not let me out. I love you and I will be glad when I can live with you. That is all I can think of now to tell you. Will write again. Yours only, Anna.” Johnson tells the court he was married Aprfl 4, last, in Arlington county, Va. but to keep the matter secret, the Wife returned to the home of her aunts. Last Friday they began living together at 1546 New Jersey avenue northwest, and lived together until Sunday, when the husband says the Misses Killigan asked the wife to call for her wearing apparel left at their house. Johnson says he | drove his wife to the aunt’s home and inside. wife, he says. vers' made demand on the Killigan for the return of the wife, but were refused. | Cervenka and Grogan and the other | I | | thwest: William R.| George 'C. Elliott, 902 M street north- | 16th | Th, and | defraud | violations of section 37 of the federal| or to defraud the United States in any |y he | waited in the machine while she went | Diaz, continuing the He 1s still walting for his|trenchment Yesterday, his law- | Mussolini, has placed on the retired Misses | list 2,000 officers. |ing space | ent regulation to Permit Higher Speed Limit. CHANGE IN HEADLIGHT REGULATION REJECTED Minor Changes in Rules Suggested by Traffis Body Ap- proved. A reckl enacted as the driving on wu the commis toda latest and most far reaching step to reduce accidents. The regula tion reads as follows: “No vel or street operated upon any of the public high ways of the District of Columbia in ner or condition as to danger the life or limb of any perso or the safety of property.” The recommendation of committee for an speed limit within the city from eighteen to twenty hour and for an incre: five miles on outlyin ways was voted It was the opinion of the hoard that the present speed limit be retained The board also took no action on a new headlight law recommended by the traflic committee, and decided that the present regulation on this subject be continued To Fix Penalty. The amounts of penalty that will be imposed for violations of the reckless driving statute were not known to- ay, but will be fixed before the reg- ulation goes into effect thirty days from today Another = recommendation mittee approved by the sioners provides that when the driver of any vehicle intends to go out from the curb or from any park- he shall indicate such in- tention by an unmistakable sig and shall not £o out in such manner as to interfere with moving traffic approaching from either direction The Commissioners retained the pres requiring drivers to stop fifteen feet behind a street car taking on or discharging passengers. The new regu n. however, con- tained the statements that when drivers are passing a street car load- ing platform they shall exercise great caution and chall not exceed a speed of twelve miles an hour. The Commissioners also amended jone of the sections under the head- ing of “passing. turning and backing.” ection amended is known as and now reads as follows: Must Pass to Left. “A vehicle overtaking another shail pass to the left of the vehicle so over- taken; provided, however, that no ve- hicle shall pass another oing in the same direction a street inters tion or at any place where the view of the road is obscured.” The Commiss also declared two more stre the northwe section one-way shfares. Park road from 1 to_17th street will be for westbound traffic only. Monroe stragt from New Hampshire avenue to 17th street will be for $800,000 SHORTAGE CLOSES BIG BANK Warrants Issued for Arrest of Cashiers of York. Pa., Institution. regula by ioners e car shall he such ma en the increase traffic the proper miles an to twenty uburban high- down. of the Commis- B th, | By the Associated Pross YORK, Pa. April banking commissioner today took over and closed the City Bank. one York’s largest financial institutions Examinors reported to the banking commissioner at Harrisburg today that they had found indications of a | shortage of $800.000. Warrants were {ss 24.—The state ted for the ar- rd, cashier. and cashier. B: His wife for the day. Action at Harrisburg. HARRISBURG, Pa., April 24 state banking department took over the City Bank York today as result of an investigation begun yes H. Boll, was_ not at his home he had gone awa —The of which was owned, he said, by the | terday, due to reports of indications of a shortage of $500,000. The co missioner declared that information would be made against the treasurer of the bank. “This case should be a warning as to the policy which the department {has adopted where .a shortage is found,” Commissioner Cameron said. “as information will be made at onc against any officials involved in such | SAILORS BADLY BURNED. Two Injured in Pipe Explosion on Destroyer Woods. SAN DIEGO, Calif. April ¥ Hill, fireman, third class, and Harold S. Maupin, seaman, second class, were badly scalded late yesterday when a steam pipe burst in the destroyer Woods, at anchor in this harbor. They were taken to the Navy Hospltal, where it was said their condition was critica George Dletz, a sailor from the cruiser Seattie, was killed and R. F. White, former Army captain, was in- jured, probably fatally, when an auto- ‘mobiie in which they were riding ran against a street car. rebounded and ran head-on into another car. Two other sgilors riding in the automobile were slfghtly hurt. _— GLUCK’'S DAUGHTER WEDS. PORT CHESTER, N. Y.. April 24— Miss Abigall Marcia Gluck, said to be the daughter of Alma Gluck, opera singer, and Frank Delmas Clark were married here yesterday by a justice of the peace _ RETIRES 2,000 OFFICERS. ROME, April 24.—Minister of War plan _of re- laid down by Premier The officers retired range from generals to second lieutenants.