Evening Star Newspaper, April 29, 1923, Page 2

D.C. BOYS STORY | FEATURES INQURY| Paul White to Submit Depo- sition in Conviot-Beat- ing Probe. STATE OFFICIALS CALLED Charges of Brutality Against Senator and Judge to Be Aired. Br the Associated Press, TALLAHASS Fla. April Additional reported convict brutali- 1ies will be aired next week by the joint legislative committee investi- gating state and county prison camps. State Senator T. J. Knabb, former owner of a private lease convict camp. and John Roddenbury, his alleged whipping boss, the latter now under an indictment, will be the principals in the coming inquiry. The committee announced ready to take up the Senator Knabb and Tuesday morning. and added 1hat one of the chief witnesses in the case will be John E. Thomas & te prison inspector, who reported | [ilemed "brutalitien at the Knabb camp. today it charges Ttodden- was agal By To Hear Judge. The investigating committee also ounced it would have to réopen its aring of charges against Judge B. . Willis of Leon county before sub- uiitting its recommendation to the lezislature. Judge Willis figures wrominently in the investigation of the death of Martin Tabert of North Dakota. 2 “ounsel for Paul Revere White of TWashington, D. C., alleged to have weceived brutal treatment at the Knabh camp telegraphed the commit- Tee today that his cllent would be un- Lie to leave his home in Washing- on to appear before the committee. An affidavit made by White together Siith the records of the Florida de- vartment of agriculture in regard to Die case will be introduced White, nineteen years old, was ar- rested near White Nprings. Fla. it 1s alleged, and after being arraigned in 2 jJustice of the peace court Was sen- tenced to six months in Alachua county jail. e was charged with vagrancy. He was later leased to State Senator Knabb, who operated a turpentine amp near MacClenny. White con- nds he was put to work scraping entine boxes, and “because 1 vould not do as much work as the egro hande,” his afdavit reads. “I was whipped the third day after I arrived. 1 was Kicked, beaten and Lipped practically every day dur- ing the time 1 was there.” Youth Unable to Work. vouth recited how he had con- ad swamp muck poison and be- he was unable to perform manual labor was mistreated by ttoddenbury until he was finally re: clued Prison Inspector Thomas. White's affidavit had been substan- tiated by Dr. Lamb of MacCienny. The report of Prisoner Inspector Thomas to Commissioner of Agricul- McRae, made shortly after he taken White from the Knabb states in part: g found the boy sleeping on a without a sheet, blanket or cov- z of any description—the ther- mometer was down as low as 18 de- around MacClenny. Calls Treatment Brutal. ‘I think a man who, takes a human talng in the condition of this boy nd puts him to sleep without cov- cring in such weather is very brutal #nd should not be allowed to handle prisoners. ‘[ went on the theory in taking the boy away from Senator Knabb over the personal protest of the latter that any 100 per cent American had & perfect right to put a stop to tor- ture and murder, and it meant mur- der to leave this man at this camp. “I am of the opinion that Mr. Knabb i< running a human slaughter pen «t his conviet camp, and I respectfully 1equest that Roddenbury and Thomp- son, both of whom are Knabb's war- dens, be placed on the black list. T also recommend that Mr. Knabb's camp be discontinued.” Upon this report, together with other evidence, the Baker county grand jury conducted an inyestigation and indicted Roddenbury for cruelty to prisoners. The trial has not been Eat. Following _the inspector's report, Fenator Knabb was summoned before the governor and commissioner of ugriculture. Following a lengthy con- ference the statement was given out that Mr. Knabb had promised to dis- charge the guards responsible for conditions. to remedy the evils and that under these terms he would be ellowed to retain the convicts. The officfals’ action was subsequently the rubject of protest by Baker county delegations. Senator Knabb, on his arrival here for the legislative session, issued a statement that he was entirely in- nocent. ALLEGED PEEPER HELD BY JANITOR Shots Fired in Apartment Court After Girl Gives ‘Warning. [Culmination of a series of visits by prowlers about the Smallwood spartments, 1835 California street, came about last night when George Thompson, janitor, fired three shots and held up Willlam Winslow, twenty-six vears old, of 1531 3lst sfreet. in the rear courtyard during 1pe drenching downpour of rain. Winslow Is alleged to have been look- ing in one of the recently barrel win- ijows. He was not hit. Miss Sarah T. Mero, in apartment 1, ®aw a man's face peering in her window after she heard a tapping npise at the screen. She rushed out and notified Mrs. D. O. Dickenson, o in turn velled for the Jjanitor. *Jompson cornered the man in an vlcove of the courtyard. When the police arrived they found Cieorge and three others with re- ~olvers covering the alleged prowler srom the rear, and another with & 2evolver covering him from the win- «ow of the Mero apartment, Winslow was taken to the eighth precinot and charged with disorderly vonduct. Then he was removed to the tenth precinct to be held pend- £ turnishing of bond. iesidents of the apartment declared that at least two “Peeping Toms” had annoyed them during the past month. A\ few weeks ago the windows were Larred and & sharp lookout has been iept for suspicious persons. Miss Mero sald that she had been ‘rightened several times by tappings «n the window screen of her apart- snent. Bhe cocupled a suite with three yLher young Womeh | 1.ad camp. T TWO DROWN IN FLOOD AFTER RAINSTORM; SCORES ARE RESCUED (Continued from First Page) words of encouragement to the ‘is- land” inhabitants. Slowly the fire- men helped the women and children from their place of refuge. After- ward, the men and boys were taken to “dry land.” which was in about half a foot of water. Sweeps Autos Away. Over dn Anacostia the water rushed down Stickfoot creek in the twinkling of an eve. A wall of water hit the auto- mobiles and houses, carrying almost everything movable before it. It swept through low-lying portion north of | Nichols avenue and isolated homes. | It roared under foot bridges and ripped them from their moorings. It picked up automobiles like toys and turned them topsy turvy with little or no effort. Almost before dwellers of the vicinity knew what had struck them the waters were rising higher and higher, until every one was in the upper stories of their homes. | watching waters raging past just below the upper window The Oxen Run flood was like sev- eral others, but more widespread and not so high. The water here did not rise above ten feet. whereas fifteen feet was the average at Sheridan | road. The wate cked mto a sort | of hollow where thirty homes were, located. and to get to nearby high | ground it was necessary for the resi- dents to rush out Into the waters and wade or swim to neighbors’ homes. Oxen run, which is just below Con- | gress Heights, near Livingston ave- nue, overflowed. inundating thirty homes. Licut. Yulee Hedges and nine other policemen rushed to the scene. Houses were being buried up to the first story by water. Women were screaming. Children were orying. Men were trylug to effect rescues. Policeman C. C. Wise met a bride and groom in an automobile just oft Livingaton avenue, They were fso- lated by the flood. He waded in up to his armpit, ordered the man from the car and carried the woman—iwho, he savs. welghed about 230 pounds— to safety. He is authority for the statement that one man tried until the end to save a poodle dog and | was forced to let the dog be carried | away by the flood in order to save his own life by swimming The names of all those rescued could not be learned. The policemen on hand were Lieut. Hodges, Wise, C. P. Kew, Harry Hildrup. W. P. Piper. C. J. Stewart. J. B. Belt and Mounted Policemen Lusby and Manning. The last named two were marooned in the flooded territory until thelr broth- er officers rescued them. Orders Out Reserves. Maj. Daniel Sullivan, Assistant Chief of Police Pratt and Inspegtor W. S. Shelby made a tour of the neighborhood and ordered out re- serves from the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 6th and 8th precincts for duty at midnight, each man to be equipped with two lanterns to post warning signals on impassable roads. Lieut. J. L. Sprinkle of the eleventh precinct was first in charge of the detall at the scene of the Sheridan road flood. He was relfeved by Capt. | Martin Rellly, and four fire engine companies alded the reserves and regulars from the eleventh precinct, who were fighting to stave off | wreckage and to open the mouth of t!le eight-foot sewer just below Nichols " avenue, which had become jammed with debris. i | Lumber Jams Sewer. The cause of the backing up of the waters and the flood is believed to have been a pile of lumber placed near the mouth of the sewer, which empties Into the Eastern Branch. This lumber was swept up and into the mouth of the sewer, and the mis- cellancous debris sweeping down later rushed in. completely jamming the mouth of the sewer. The sewer takes care of the drainage of approxi- mately flve miles of streams in the hills above Congress Heights in the District of Columbia and Maryland, Firemen descended from the top of the Nichols avenue culvert to the debric, with ropes strapped about them, and waded and swam in the water in an effort to clear the mouth of the culvert and tha mouth of the ewer. It is belie possible that the body of Tibbs may be held he- neath the debris, although the opin- fon also was held that it had been swept down the sewer and into the Eastern branch. Chief Watson gave orders to the firemen to continue at work until absolutely convinced that the body was not in the debris. A row boai was sent to the Sheri- dan road scene on a truck from the naval air station but it was not used. The call which brought thé boat up had been delayed for some time and the difficulty which the sailors en- countered in bringing it to the scene resulted in its arrival too late to be of actual service. Scenes around the Livingston ave- nue territory were pathetic. One po- liceman reported a mother with a two-month-old infant fighting vali- antly to wade through the flood when she was reached by the rescue party. Nearly all Anacostia turned out to watch the work of the policemen and firemen, Crowds jammed Sheridan road. Thick vellow mud, gradually increasing In depth from two and three inches to a foot, was on the roadbed. For hours after the rains Stickfoot creek raged and roared with its huge volume of water sweeping into the culvert and sewer at a ter- rific gait. Confusion was everywhere éxcept where the firemen were work- ing, calmly and systematically tak- ing the debris, section by section, in the searoh. Ours Stick ia Mud. Minnesota avenue northeast, just before it turns into Sheriff road, was badly flooded, making all travel across it last night impossible. Sev- eral machines were crossing it at the time, and were badly snired in the mud. The occupants nearest to the shallower part were able with little difficulty to get out, but were forced to abandon their cars. One machine, however, which was in the deepest part contained be- side the man who was driving, a woman and her small child. Because the water surged up over the run- ning board, they were forced to await sistance.” Within a short while the family was taken to a dry place by firemen. PEZET DENIES RECALL AS PERU’S ENVOY TO U. S. RIO JANEIRO, April 28.—Federico Pezet denfed to the Associated Press today that he has been recalled as Peruvian ambassador to the United States. He js spending a fortnight here, en route to Lima. The ambassador said he was merely on vacation and expected to return to Washington soon. He added that his stay in Rio Janeiro had no political meaning and was in no way ocon- cerned with the Chile-Peruvian ques- tion or the Santiago conference de- i Justice {cnite ana THE SUNDA ‘APRIL 29 1923—PART 1. FAILTO AT ON RUM[Unusual Costumes to Mark *“The King’s H ighway”. AND WORLD COURT Delegates to Law Society Convention Refer Resolu- tion to Council. The American Society of Interna- tional Law ended its convention here vesterday without having taken spe- cific action on the question of United States jurisdiotion beyond the three- mile limit in fighting rum runners, or the Permanent Court of International two problems which have commanded major attention. A din- ner. at which Ambassador Mathieu of Hanihara of Japan, de- Hvered addresses, was given by the soclety last night On the question of the interna- tional court. discussed in detail Fri- day night by Secretary Hughes, a resolution was referred to the execu- tive council with w request that it ascertain and make public the opin- ions of the socicty’s members. The council, at its annual meeting yes- terday.” instructed Elihu Root, the president, who, with other officers. was re-elected. to set in motion hn- mediutely measures to comply with the resolution. which was introduced by Frederic 1. Coudert of New Vork a strong supporter of the admini=ir- tion's plan for. American participa- tion a4 the steps in_the Pan- dor Mathieu discus: Monroe doctrine und related th taken by the United States past few years to promote American accord. Found Doctrine Feared. T will not attempt to conceal it. he said, here existed in a not ver: remote p. 4 certain anti-American Sentiment that had become inflamed in some quarters to the point of con- juring up the bugbear of Yaukee imperialism. The Monroe doctrine it- self. which had served as a policy of insurance for the new republics dur- ing their emancipation, became o obscure in meaning and distorted in form that stead of being a prin- ciple of national preservation it was converted into a declaration of hege- mony and guardianship over a the free nations on the American conti- | nent 1 This distortion having been ex ploited By foreign interests. foment- ed by patriotic but misinformed writ- ers, “aggravated by minor incidents carelessly explained or but little un- derstood, it was only natural that it #hould produce an impression upon a proud people. jealous of their inde pendence. and eventually create a feeling of mistrust which the weak always experience in the presence of the ‘strong and which predisposes them to blind resistance. Distruat Is Banished. “But, meanwhile, men have spoken and a cloudless confidence has heen reborn among us. President Wilson has spoken with that accent of pro- found conviction and apostolic une- tion which characterizes his ad- dresses. President Harding has | spoken and shown himself to be a frank exponent of a policy of disin- terestedness and generous and free co-operation. Secretaries of State Root, Colby and Hughes have gone Into .South America speaking au- thoritatively for the United States. 1 can, at least. permit myself to quote from Mr. Hughes' great speech at tha Brazilian capital: “‘We have our domestic problems Incident to the expanding life of a frea people, but there is no imperial- istic sentiment among us to cast even & shadow across the pathway of our progress. We covet no territory; we Scek no conquest; the liberty we cherish for ourselves we desire for others, and we assert no rights for ourseltes that we do not accord to others. “That 1 T say, s the language of a statesman; that is the policyq of a powerful nation that concerns itself more with making itself loved for its Justice than feared for its power. | _“Where, then. is the bughear of | Yankee imperialism and the Sibylline | oracles of the Monroe doctrine? Thauk God our republics can live se- cure in that regard and take their part. to the full meaure of their pow- ers. in the rational. human and gen- erous policy of co-operation.” Better Racial Feeling. Ambassador Hanihara and Judge Thomas Burke of Seattle, who also £poke, touched on the feeling toward the Japanese on the Pacifie coast. finding in the recent development of international discussion the cause ! for a waning of racial prejudice. Mr. Hanihara said the meeting of Ameri- can and Japanese leaders had brought about better feeling, and that this, with the spread of “thinking inter- nationally” among the various peo- ples, held great promise for the fu- ture relations between nations, Relating an incident during his residence in California, he said one of a group of Americans which met with & group of Japanese to considar their mutual interests and differ- ences. remarked that “the more I see of You Japs the less vou look like Japs to me.” The same conclu- sion, he declared, was being brought about internationally through con ferences and discussions. Judge Burke paid tribute to the character of the Japanese representa- tives at the armament conference, asserting that through their conduct prejudice, suspicion and distrust be- tween the races had vanished when the time came to sign the treaties, and that mutual faith and a deter- mination to give the Japanese “evan- handed justice” had taken thelr place. The people of Washington, he sald. had “seen the way to live with Japan as good neighbors” and had concluded that “if we behave toward them as neighbors they will behave toward us in the same way.” Judge Burke Indorsed the Permanent Court of International Justice. KNUTE NELSON DIES i IN BERTH ON TRAIN; OLDEST IN SENATE (Continued from First Page.) — s O T ) served in the legislature of Wisconsin and Minnesota and twice as governor of the last named state. He was frankly and unaffectedly proud of his record of never having been defeated for any office for which he became candidate. In politics he was a republican. Born in Norway. Born in Voss, Norway, on February 2, 1843, Knute Nelson came to the United States, with his widowed mother, when he was six years old, and they found their first American home in Chicago. Knute helped his mother by selling papers on the streets. L#ter they moved to Wis- consin and the youngster obtained his first echooling in Dane county, going to the academy at Albion, Wis., where he studied for three years. Mr. Nelson 8 elected to the Houee of Representatives in 1883, after he had served terms-in the legislatures of both Minnesota and Wisconsin as state senator. After six years in the lower house of Congress he retired and resumed his law prac- | two years later, but resigned in 1895 to become United States senator, to which office he was re-elacted. ia 1901, 1907, 1913 and 1914 {alities tice. He was elected Governor of Minnesota in 1392 and was re-elected MRS. GEORGIA GREGORY As Mary of Bethany. Among those takin, Frances E. Adnms, Mra. L wenther, Paul Starkweather, FREDERICK L. PRATT As the water carrier. the Central art are: gare Hill Obenr. Wrs. Frances Block, Helen Kral Iada SeChrixt and uy Eichelberger. Fascism and Bolshevism Have | NoPlaceinU.S., Says Gompers Fascisti Operations Have Spread Little, He ¢ ays—Conditions Here to Halt Widespread Movement. Facciam. nnder the leadership of Benito Muswolini swept Italy like & sudden fame and flung ite commander on the crest of wave futo supreme power. This movement has found an echo in the United States. Here, however, its fiery it encountéred conditions utterly different from those which estab- lished in Ttaly. Ts it justified by Ameri- onditions? Ts it suited fo itical development? Will It grom? Wil it muel Gompers, head of the labor movement in the United Ktates, in the article below states for the first time with any thoroughness his resction to fascism on this confinent, BY SAMUEL GOMPERS, ent Ame Federation ot needed Pres n or. Fascism has no place in the United States and 1 do not think that it will find lodgment to any consid- erable degree in our republic. 1t there ix little Fascism there fs need for little or- ganized opuosi- tion. Fascism and holshevism have much in common. Both deny and repudiate democ- racy. Both exist about the fascisii than about boishe- vism. Reports indicate that fascist! op- erations have not spread ta any ap- preciable extent outaide of New York. New York also has the ques- tlonable honor of providing the hot- bed for our initlal burst of the bol- shevist disease. Density and isola- tion of foreign born groups in New York account for this. in part. New York's neurotics account for a con- siderable degree. Unions Are Antidote, As to an organization formed for the definite purpose of combattin, fascism. I cannot at this time counse any precipiiate effort. The trade | union is, to my mind, the best demo- antidote for fascism. just as ¢ the Ttallan cratic it is for bolshevism. | workers can be organized in Ameri- can trade unions they will find them- selves in an_ atmosphere that will quickly dispel the mists that breed autocratic movéements, and sustain autocratic powers, American trade unions have proved this in dealing with bolshevism. No- where have wage earners stood #ol superbly true to democratic principles as in the American trade union. The attack continues, but it does not find success. Tt is necessary to know something of the background of events in Italy to understand why It was possible for a Fascisti movement to gain strength there and why it Is equally not possible in the United States. In by’ virtue of forcethe United States we have had neither exercised by a mi- nority which has a virtual monopoly arms. Organised Here. It 18 evident that there has been some fas- cisti organizing work done in the Samuel Gompers. United States there also have been some bolshe: vist organizing work. Both are rep- rehensible and inexecusable. Bolshevist adherents are to be found among all races and nation- in the United States. The fascisti fever seems to be confined to Ttalians in America. Thus Ameri- cans in general show .more sense DAUGHERTY TO START ON TRIP HOME TODAY Attorney General and ‘Party Have Been in Asheville—Decision in Sugar Cases Soon. ASHEVILLE, N. C., April 28.—At- torney General Daugherty, who with | members of his party has been in Asheville since April 1, will leave to- morrow for Washington to resume his duties. The time.spént in the southland has enabled the Attorney General to regain much of his strength, and while he will return to his desk, he expects to carefully guard his health | the extreme disorganization and des- titution as a result of war, nor the of | extreme menace of bolshevist chican- ery, with which Italy was confronted; 2nd both of these conditions helped to pave the way in Italy for Fascisti op- erations. Fascism, like bolshevism, operates on autocratic lines, regardless of the peaceful, natural expression of opin- fon by which democracy shapes its course. America has to the fullest degree provided the channels for ex- pression of public will. 1 think most Americans are determined that they will be governed only by law and ad- ministered only by those who are able to win approval at the ballot box. That determination seals the doom of Fascis and bolshevism alike so far as America 18 concerned and gradually take up his work, which has been in the hands of his assistants, whem he praises at every opportunity, in Asheville. He made no announcement today regarding his personal appearance at the hearing for a permanent re- straining order against striking rail- way shopmen, to be held in Chicago May 2. It is understood that a decision whether criminal prosecutions will be started by the Department of Justice in the sugar cases will be made by Mr. Daugherty as soon as he confers with his assistants in charge of the investigation. Those who will return to Wash- ington, with Mr, Daugherty on a spe- olai car leaving here tomorrow aft- ernoon will be Dr. J. T. Boone, per- sonal physician; Miss Katherine Carroll, sécretary, and Jei Smith, friend and adviser of Mr. Daugherty. Beware of Consumption —it is usually not suspected for a long time, and unless discovered early requires years to be checked, and is then hard to cure entirely. If you tire casily—or ar¢ losing weight—and have a persistent light cough or hoarseness—do not lose time. See a doctor or have yourself examined at the free Health Department Clinic 409 15th St. N.W., Tuesday, at 2-4 o'clock. Friday event Thursday or Saturda, ngs from 7:30-9 o'cloc! To Prevent Consumption 1. Avoid house dust and impure or close air, day or night, 2. Get all the light and sunshine possible into your home. 4. Eat plain, nourishing food. mind acts on your body. 3. Drink plenty of pasteurized milk and cream. None 5. Get enough sleep by retiring earl, 6. Try to avoid worry. Be ch w. enough. 1. ink kindly. Your TMs Bullstin s paid for dy the Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis Telephone Main 992 Zepes woww 923 H Strest NW. MISS AUGUSTA MACHEN As the messenger boy. Highway” will be geant is presented Frederic ng. Ira MeMill AGTORS MAY STRIKE ON SEVEN-DAY LAW Now Propose Retaliatory Measures Against Managers. | Special Dispatch ta The Sta NEW YORK. April 28—The Actors’ Equity Assoclation announced today that it was preparing a bill to compel managers to be present throughout all performances in their theaters. This is a move in retaliation for the Levy bill, permitting performances seven days a week. which has passed the state senate with support of the producing managers’ association. Broadway was discussing today the possibllity " of a repetition of the actors strike in 1919, Negotiations between committees of the equity and the P. M. A. for a contract to broken Gillmore. off last night. and Frank executive secretary of equity, called an indignation meeting for 3:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Hotel Plaza. Both the Sunday show bill and the contract troubles will be discusged then Makes Light of Bl Augustus Thomas, executive chair- man of the managers. made light of equity’'s proposed bill when a reporter told him of it. ].\lr Gillmore said, in outlining the plan: “The Actors’ Equity Association is preparing a bill to be introduced in the legislature to compe] theatrical managers to be present in the | theaters where their productions are from the e of the curtain to fall “The managers should be there in case of fire, accident or any trouble that goes on behind the curtain. All the actors have to stay there the whole time, and there is no reason why the managers should not be forced to do so. “If Mr. Shubert has twelve produc- tions all at once, he should personally be compelled to go from one theater to the other, where these productions a playing. “We have many friends in with whom we have already com- municated. and we feel certain they can put it through the legislature for us. Albany Their Wishes Ignored “There is as much justice in this bill as in the Levy bill, which com- pels us to work seven days 4 week. The manager can sit at homa and toast his toes on Sunday night, but the actors have to go through a ter- rible atrain. In spite of protests from hundreds out of our mémbership of twelve thousand (not counting chorus girls), they ride over us like a jug- gernaut. “We are certain to stick by our guns in our demands for the equity shop. However, the meeting tomorrow will decide what the actors will demand.” Arbltration will doubtiess be tried fn the present difficulty before there is a resort to the strike. The managers’ committee congsisted of Sam H. Harric. president of the association: Mr. Thomas, Mr. Brady and Lee Shubert. The equily com- mittee consisted of John Emerson, resident of the equity: Mr. Gillmore, lorence Reed and John Willard. —_— DEMONSTRATES SENDING PHOTOGRAPHS BY RADIO Inventor Explains Newspaper Men at Press Club. | . Francis Jenkins of this city, in- | ventor of the Jenkins process of | transmitting _photographs by radio | successfully demonstrated his inven- i tion for the benefit of skeptical new | papermen at the National Press Club last night. Photographs of Carter Field, president of the club, were broadcasted. Mr. Jenkins explained the proposed system by which “spot” news pic- tures could be broadcasted and picked up by every newspaper subscriber to such news picture service. Such a plan ‘when put into national service would give the San Francisco newspapers a picture of “spot” news in New York as promptly as the Boston newspaper ot it. & Mr. Jenkins explained the next de- velopment, which consisted in speed- ing up the apparatus until pictures by radlo every one-sixteenth of a second are possible, When this attainment is reached motion pictures by radio will be possible, whereby évery radio fan in & given territory will be able to see motion pictures broadcast from, a central station. The inventor explained that this will cultivate a still wider patronage for the regular motion picture the- r. “;'ha leoturer read a letter which he Process to le the deaf mute to talk to his onds at a distance In the sign lan- suage s | supplant that expiring next year were | its | WIFE LEAVES GORKY, MARRIED 20 YEARS Split Between Famous Author and | Mate Sensation in Berlin ! Artists’ Colony. bie to The Star and New York Copyright. 1923.) BERLIN, April 28 —Maxim Gorky and his wife, both of whom are now residing in Berlin, have separated. Mme. Andpeyeva left her distinguish- ed husband aftér having lived with him for nearly twenty vears. Mme. Andpeyeva will be remembered as the woman who came with Gorky to America eighteen years ago. The separation has caused a sensation in the Russian artistic colony in Berlin. (Br C TRUE, SAYS JUDGE CULT VICE CHARGE ! Finds Purnell Used Religion to Cloak Betrayals in Giv- ing $15,000 Damages. By the Associated Prass Mich igion was used as a cloak for im- morality by Benjamin F. Purnell leader of the House of David colony at Benton Harbor, Judge John E. Sa- ter of Columbus, Ohio, declared today in an opinion filled in federal court here, awarding damages approximat- ing $15,000 to John W. Hansel and his family of Nashville, Tenn The plaintiffs, former members of the colony, had sued for $80,000, which they claimed represented the value of property donated to the col- ony and labor performed during their nine years' membership. Betrayals Charged. Purnell not only betrayed a number of young girls and women, in the name of religion, but taught his fol- lowers to perjure themselves and sti- fled threatened investigations, the court declared “Because of secrecy enjoined by Purnell upon his victims,” the opin- fon added, “knowledge of his reia- tions with them did not extend to the members of society, excepting a relatively few A low morai tone. serious moral of - fences and petty theft have existed in the colony and have gone unpun- ished and in almost all cases unre buked. the court held. Referring to the teachings ¢® Purnell, the court de- clared that his utterance, oral and printed. given out to the general pub- lic and to members of the colony when collectively assembled. do not conform to his real teachinge to an inner circle and to the manner of life prevailing within such circle. | Relations With Gi Regarding Purnell's relations with girl membe of the colon the opin- fon says: “That @ man may so domin- ate young girls or maturer women as to render them submissive to him may he doubted or disbelieved by ®ome. but not by a person who know the details of genuine white slave cases. In this case the submissive girls received their keep, and in the name of religion were taught that subjection was a holy rite and in- sured immortality of their bodies.” Purnell's failure to appear at the hearing of the suit was noted by the court. Declaring the cult leader alone could refute charges of immoral practices with women members of the colony. Judge ter sald: “His ab- sence at this critical period in the 1ife of himself and his colony when he should have been quick to defend, is significant IMORE MEN ARE OUT | ATCALLOFLW.W. West Coast Lumber Camps i Affected, But Seamen Stick to Jobs. By the Associated Press, SAN FRANCISCO, Avpril 28.—The general strike of the Industrial Workers of the World resulted in ad- ditional men walking out today in Pacific coast states. Oregon reported a camp at the Dalles shut down, and the West Coast Lumbermen'’s Association, with offices in Portland, received a letter from the strike committee setting forth cleven demands. Estimates as to the number of men on strike in Washington, as reported by employers, were that 10,000 had responded to the strike call, but the I. W. W. headquarters sald the num- ber was between 20,000 and 30,000. Water front employérs say the strike of the marine workers has pro- duced no mnoticeable _effect. The leaders of the strike “said it was spreading in eastern Washington and northern Idaho lumber camp: In California few reports were re- ceived. The strike is more effective in the lumber camps than on the water front of the cities, it was stated. g Ready for Action. Ore., April 2s.—Upen totions from Gov. Pierce, Adjt tGen, George A. White has arrange to have maghine gun crews, matic rifle experts and gas Howitze squads of the Oregon National Guard ready for transportation by automo- bile at & moment's notice if their use is made necessary by the strike situa- tion, it was said at the adjutant gen- eral’s office late today. BUSINESS MEN LAUGHING. SALEM in- Special Dispatch to The Star. ! SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. {The “wobblies"—I1. W. boasted creed is that eve! man aptain of his own =oul and whose escutcheon is the wooden sabot and & bedraggled looking black cat, feared for years as a menace to both labor and industry the length and breadth of the I ifle ceast, have struck at last, and in the striking have shown themselves fusi about as toothless as Old Wallace, circusdom’s untamable lion. Today, the fourth since the ‘“red cards” launched their general strike against all lines of industry in five Pacific coast states, among their de- mands being one for clean bed sheets at least once a week and the right to ecat at the same table with the —only two lines of business have been affected. One is the lumber producing industry wherein the wobbliex seek this weekly change of bed ltnen. The other is shipping. Eoth are affecte #0 lightly that even tne woblblie ag tators admit that *he strike a dis mal failure. Business men and employers of la- .| bor, who have long consldered them- selves under the menace of the knights of subotage, are sitting back today and _laughing—laughing at April 28— W.s Aprii { auto-j whose | is ! | | ! | 1 SHRINERS 70 BEGIN GARDEN OF ALLAH s iDflZZ"na Scene Near White House Will Be Conven- tion Feature. All the beauty and splendor of Egyptian art and architecture will be blended into the Garden of Allah to be erected on Pennsylvania avenue from 15th to 17th streets for the Shrine convention. Frederick D. Owens, veteran officisl of the office of public buildings and grounds and chairman of the garden committes, announced last night that workmen “would begin tomorrow tie task of reproducing anclent Egypt on the streets of Washington. Twelve huge columns of true Egyptian design will form the out- line of the garden and from their peaks festoons of light will be draped across the avenue. At the two ends of the garden— 15th and 17th streets—there will be four columns fifty feet high, flanked by sphinxes of expert modeling. There will be eight columns of lesser height at Madison and Jackson places Expansive Review Stands. Reviewing stands with a seati capacity of 20,000 will run the length of the Garden of Allah both sides of the street. They harinonize in design and decoratio with the Egyptian atmosphere of the columns, In the center of the garden wil be the President's reviewing stand for the day and night parades, which aroc to be the big numbers on the convention program. Expert painters will come from New York to put the adornments or: the Egyptian columns, and the state 1y trees along Pennsylvania avenue wil be augmented by a generous scattering of palms through the garden. Mr. Owens being assisted planning this novel spectacle in front of the White House by the following committee: Dr. Mitchell Carroll and fortimer Clark. archcologists; Dr Edwin A. Hill, historian; Dr. Willian D. Wirt, librarian; Charles Niehaus of New York, sculptor; Arthur Hea ton and Snowden Ashford, architects and Willlam V. Cox, Edward P Casey, John P. Healy, Warren B Hadley, J. M. McQueen, Charles E Tracewell, Samuel Herrick, W. I Kindle, and Messrs. Lyons, Davie Miller and Kolb. Food Situation Good Ths Washington purveyors of food products are getting the situatior well in hand for the period of the Shrine convention seagon, according 1o officials at Shrine -headquarters The people are urged to lay in stocke of smoked meats early, such as hams and bacon, not only as a measure of safety. but because smoked meats are popular at that season of the year and will prove satisfactory for v itors. Fresh meats, however, will be available in good quantity Along with_ this__announcement came another from Thomas E. Jar- rell, chairman of the finance oom- mitier. to the effect that on May 1 will hegin the last intensive drive to complete the work of his committee in the collection of entertainment funds. He says: “The committec fs certain of having the full amount it started out to get. Every man in the District of Columbla over twenty- one will he approached and given an opportunity to do his share and show, through the means of con- tribution of some amount, that he has a personal interest in this enterprise. other way can he have such an Announcement was also made that a contract for the electrical illu- mination on Pennsylvania avenue from 17th street to Washington circle was lat vester to the same concern which is decorating the Avenue from the Peace Monument to the Treasur: the Capital Electric Company. 1. T. Steuart, the potentats of Aimas Temple, 'yesterday said: “I wish to congratulate the people of Washington on the splendid lovalty they have manifested in the prompt listing of thelr rooms for the enter- tainment of visitors. If the offer of rooms continues in the proportion now daily received, thers need be no concern about Washington's ability to take care of all who may come. Problem of Sightseeing. “Our special concern at the momen: is to secure a sufficient number of automobiles to make possible the carrying on of the sightseeing plan of the automobile commitiee in its fullness, and to have sufficient cara to meet every demand of our com- mittees iar interest in of Shrine week to be participated v the Army. Navy, Post bureau of standards and the Smith onian Institution is manifest on all sides. Nothing of a competitive character enters this part of the program. i The Shrine committee on historic landmarks will meet Wednesday at 4:30 nm. in the baardroom, District building. The personnel of the committee fo lows: Willlam Van Zandt Cox, chai man; Allen C. Clark, vice chairman Brig. Gen. George Richards, vice chalrman: Dr._Gaillard Hunt. vice chairman: Dr. Marcus Benjamin, vice hairman: W. P. Van Wickle, vics chairman: John Clagett Proctor, his- torian; Capt. Lee W. Wright, secre- tary; Miss Maud Burr Morris, assist ant sccretary: Alblon K. Parris treasurer: Frederick D. Owen, de- of ‘markers: Washington Top- compiling and printing: Dr William Tindall, archivist: Henry W Samson, _placing of markers, = and Robert ' L. Willlams. Frederick W. Fishback, Mrs. Louis A. Abbott Charles §. “Baker. Mrs. Lillian A Bennett, Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Col. Wrisley Brown, Col. F. C. Brvan Henry L. Bryan, Wilhelmus B. Brvan Samuel Buckelew, 8. T. Cameron Gen. John M. Clem, Capt. Theodore Harry Cunningham, John C. n M. Ely. Dr. Mark F. Wiilium M. Hannay, Samuel James 17 Hood. John B Noble D. Larer, Capt_O. C G. A, Lyon. jr.: John B. Mc Col. John McElroy, Hugh A itey, William J. Morton W. Noyes. Osborne H. Old- liam S. Parks, Mri Bthel Mrs. Charles W. Richard- Riddle, Mrs. Edwin J. Ryan, Harry Shannon, Col. C. O. Sherrill. Mrs. Jeannette R. Smith, Albert D Spangler, Mrs, Virginia White Speel, ‘W. S. Torbert, Matthew Trimble. Evan H. Tucker, Elliott Woods and Francis J. Youns. HOOVER WILL NOT CALL BUILDING PARLEY NOW ecretary Hoover hak an open mind on she question of calling a l'fln{f' enco to stabilize the building in- dustry, according to a letter made public last night by the National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association The Secretary added. however, that he saw “a great many dangers that might come” from such a conference. “T have felt,” the Secretary's let- ter said, “that it would be very diffi- cult for such a conference to arrive at concrete results which did not in some stage appear to be unwarrant- ed restraint on freedom of action in the bullding trade Before assembling a conferenoe, Mr. Hoover said, the trades should fur- nish some gort of program as to what might be accomplished —_— SEIZE LIQUOR AT STATION CLEVELAND, Apri! five hundred quarts of Scotch whis was seized by prohibition enfor ment officials #s it was handed off a train from Cinciunati here today. will in Finley. Herrick. Larner Luxfo! Carth Morrison Theodo royd, W Richards, J 8.—More than themselves for having been hoaxed | The liquor, which came as baggage.| for the past dozen years. s contained in & number of suit| w ‘Here in San Francisco, where the |cases, unmarked except for the dag: their most ran] join, actual count shows that less than a hundred responded. been urged to|day or two ago that such e check! ) Enforcement officers were notified hey oriday ment was on its way h believe it was consigned m;‘n ' )