Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1923, Page 1

———— Cloudy and cooler t row fair. Temperature for 22 h 10 pun. last right: Highs est. 51.7. Full report on page 10. WEATHER. oday; tomor- I ours ended at est, $0.8; low~- No. 945.—No. 28860. FOCHFORMING VAST MILITARY ENTENTE TOCONTROL EUROPE Touring Eastern Nations in Interest of Alliances of Great Importance. i Y | { POLISH ARMY NOW UNDER FRENCH HEAD Prague, Budapest and Belgrade to Be .Asked to Support New Movement. \By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune, (Copyright, 19: PARIS, May —Germany’s rather de- flant attitude in baiting the French with reparations proposals, which fell so far short from the conditlons, repeatedly enunciated by M. Polncars in public speeches that they could mot even be considered, has thrown new light on the present trip of Foch to central and eastern Europe. The marshal arrived in Warsaw in ime to represent France as o dis- tingulshed visitor to Poland's celebra- *tion of her infant independence on May 5. This ostensibly was the marshal’s | object, but the real object of the trip 18 military, as he will continue later to Prague, the capital of the “Little Entente.” Objectives Name. Poland and France are the two na- tions in Europe whose main prevccupa~ tion is natlonal security. The two se- curity problems are linked together. Poland has Germany looking at her + from the west, and France has the Teuton menace from the east. Poland alro has visions of Russia going mad again, some day. / Foch's presence in Warsaw is there- fore clear. He is there to confer with the Polish army staff relative to meas- ures for the closest military co-opera- tion with France, in the event of Ger- man aggression, and to inspect the I’ ilsh military machine. Since the end of the war the inter-allled general staft, which continued to work under the di. rection of the former generalissimo, has foreseen—as its duty dictates—that France could be rcattacked by Germany not only directly against its own front- sers, but indirectly ugainst the.Pelish frontier, * i ! Are Milltary Allies. A direct western attack on France is trpossible for many years to come. However, an attack on the Poles could be made tomorrow. From the military point of view efther attack comes to the same thing. France and Poland are military allies. Tt {g perhaps signifi- cant to point out that the moment Foch crossed the Pglish frontier a few days ago, he received from the Polish au- thorities the baton of a marshal of Poland, and it was rnot necessarily ! simply the manifestation of respect and admiration. From that moment the former generalissimo of the inter-allled| armies became really, according to secret and important deliberations of the Polish government, the chief of both armies. having under his orders Marshal Pilsudsky as chief of the Poles, as well as Marshal Petain. Heads Pollsh Army. it remains now to Foch alone to Rive orders to the Pollsh army for preparation of a dcfensive in the| event of war as well as to decide the! necessary fortifications and general organizations of the various frontiers, . settling all detalls of the military ‘plan for operations againsi Germany. The French have in castern Europe hoth friends and allles, Poland par- ticularly among the latter. But the itnation has changed seriously since 1914. Some changes are advantage- ous to the French, others have a con- rrary effect. The principul advantage of coursc is that Germany has been beaten and the French now occupy German territories, including the powerful line of defense on the west- ern frontier of Germany—the Rhine. It is not an advautage to have Poland substituted as an ally for Russta.on the east. Russia in 1814 was a great, powerful nation not se- riously threatened from any quarter except from the west. On the other hand Poland is a small, young, weak state, badly organized, with danger- ous minorities in her own territory, wnd weakened also by her special &eographic position. Inspeets Aerial Corps. In addition to perfecting technical points of the Polish defense, Foch will make careful inspection of-the frout. If Germany should be foolish enough 1o “start anything: against either ally, an air bémbardment of Berlin would be envisaged from these nearby Poltsh bases. French -avia- tlon bases may, perhaps, be establish- ed in Czechaslovakia also.. Leaving Poland, Foch will pass on to Prague, where he will confer with one of his best pupils, Gen. Mittlhausser, com- mander-in-chief of the Ctechoslova- kian army-—a Frenchman. Czechoslo- wvakia 1s the arsenal of céntral Eu- vope. Prague inherited some of the greatest Industries of Austria-Hun, ®ary, including the famous Skoda gun ~worke: and it is natural to suppose Prague -would not be unfriendly to the alllés in case of German aggres- mion. It is not regarded as impossible that Fooh may. pass on to Belgrade.’ The supposition exists that Foch smay conolude a precise military agresment with Prague, working out 2 more general agreement with Bel- 4avade and Bucharest later on. If Ber- " lin is actually baiting the French| by tendering reparations préposals known by Berlin to be unfoceptible ‘efore sending them, afid preparing for trouble, the answér to that really s Foch's trie shroush eastern -Burope. Entered as gecond-class matter post office Washington, D. C. he Sundiny Stae, WASHINGTON, Cuno Cabinet Fate May Hang On French Reply to Offer Franco-Belgian Refusal, Ready at Paris, Believed to Leave Door Open to New Moves From Berlin. By the Awoclated Press. PARIS, May o.—The Franco-Bel- gian reply to the recent German rep- arations proposals was Gelivered to all the allied cmbassies and the American embassy here this after- noon, but the government has de- cided not to transmit it to Germany until tomorrow afternoon. The French note will be made public to- morrow evening. 2 By Cable to The Star. RLIN, May® 5.—The French ro- DIy to the German reparation « .tle- rient offer, which is expect.. to ar- rive here in the course of the night, while known to be a rejection, will, it is now belleved, in diplomatic circl here. leave the door open for other moves in the direction of negotia- tions. The feeling here tonight, how: ever, is that such moves will have to be undertaken by some government other than that now under the chan- cellorship of Dr. Cuno. Chancellor Cuno and Foreign Minis. ter Von Rosenberg, it is believes have shot their bolts in the latest offer and are not likely to submit to serving as the instruments of offer- ing further concessions to the French. RUNS OF ANCENT MAYA Y FOLAD Palenque Shown to Be Great Centqr of Early Mexican Civilization. Specla! Dispatch to The St MEXICO CITY, May 5.—One of the most important of recent archeo- logical expeditions is that of Frans Blum, a young Danieh scientist, which has returned from the ruins of Palen- que, in Chiapas. Although these ruins are not as well known 23 those of | Yucatan they are among the greatest of the Maya remains. The depart- ment of archevlogy ise-making ex- tensive plans for rebuilding and pre- servation of Palenque, confining re- ‘construction work to the architec- tural principles of the Mayas. Palenque, before the expedition of Blum, consisted mainly of some eight large bufldings in a comparatively small area, although scientists who had explored the ruins declared that further traces could be seen in all directior It remained for Blum to uncover the cjty, which is shown to be some eight kilometers long run- ning cast to west and four kilometers wide, from north to south. This area, however, included merely the principal part of the metropolis, as the huts of the lower classes doubt- less extended ‘for much longer die- tances. Little is known of the history of the city, a8 the traces were not dis- covered until 1789. ‘Was Religions Center. From tombs and temples discovered it fs said that this place was the great religious city and burying ground of the Mayas, similar to the Valley of the Dead in Egypt. As it was the center of the early Maya civilization, the leading men of the Mayas wished to have their tombs amid the burial places cf their fathers long after the founding and rise_of Chichenitza, Uxmal and other Maya cities. Palenque stands amid the Chiapas mountains on a natural shelf some sixty meters above tie plains of the tate of Tabasco. The ruins extend from the bottom of the shelf, where there are remains of a bridge and a cemetery, to the summit of the range of hills, pyramids and other struc- tures being found along the entire distance. The bulldings were bright- 1y colored, generally having a red background. The Blum expedition uncovered buildings, roads and mounds. Nearly all of the structures contained a series of complicated subterranean departments. One of the houses was intact. Besides five groups of buildings, twenty detached houses were found. | Many of these were of great size and (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) Twelve Greatest | That further concessions are neces- {sary is now admitted by nearly all parties, from the peoples to the soclalist. These concessions, it is deolared, | revolve not so much around the ques- tlon of the final reparation total to {be agreed upon as around the matter |of guarantees. It is, therefore, con- |sldered significant that Gustave | Stresemann, leader of the peoples {party and chalrman of the Reichstag foreign affairs committee, today came out in an article in the conservative organ, “Der Tag.” In faxer of a direct capital levy as a means of isatistying the French demands for cash and guarantees. 5 Whether or not reorganization of the government will begin immedi- |ately or be again postponed will, how- |ever, it is declared, depend upon the | nature of the Yrench reply. If the | latter represents a mere rejection of Germany’s offer, but does not seek to impose peace by dictation, leaving Germany’ fres to take such steps as | may appear advisable for the sake of |an understanding, it is considered as {not at all unlikely that Germany's next diplomatic move will be preceded ' by a political reorganization at home. L. E. SAWYER, HOUSE " MEMBER-ELECT, DIES entative From Sixth Arkan- sas District Expires at Club. | Repres | !n_- the Associated Press. | HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May 5—L. | Sawyer, representative-elect from the | sixth Arkansas district, died sudden- 1y late today while seated at the Elks’ Club here. Heart failure is ascribed as the | cause of death, those who were with | Mr. Sawyer saying that he suddeniy | fel forward on his face. He lcaves {a widow and two daughters. Up to a few minutes before his Geath Representative Sawyer ap- peared to be in his customary good health and spirits. Mr. Sawyer camé to Hot Springs from Clarkedale, Miss., about:twenty years ago, and cstablished himself in jthe practice of law. He was defeated in his first race for Congress five jyessaxo, but last year, in his second {campalgn, he was clected by a good majority. He went to Washington | and took the oath two months ago. [0 TRAPPED MINERS ARE BELIEVED DEAD Three Bodies Recovered; Conditions Indicate Seven Others Perished. | i i i i | ies had been recovered and seven | checked as missing in the explosion- jwrecked north slope of the South- western mine of the Rocky Mountain Fuel Company at Southwestern camp, Inear Aguilar early tonight, which in- creased the number of men entombed by the explosion to the original fig- ure of ten. = Bodles taken out by the, rescue crews late today included two Greeks— John Konistakis and John Soupaginis. Reports from the mine sald the be- lief is strengthened by conditions en- countered by the rescue crews that all in the mine have perished. Several of the rescucrs wre over- come by gas, CYCLONE RIPS CABLE OFFICE. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal- vador, May 5.—Advices from Guate- | mala say that the port of San Jose experienced a violent cyclone yester- day. Tt destroyed the official cable office and varfous other buildings. The city is still without telegraphic communication. U. S. Women Now Living Picked by League Who are the twelve greatest liv- ing women in America?_ * It was with such a problem that the National League of Woman Voters was faced in making known its cholee last night of “the twelve living American women who have @efinitely contributed most in their several flelds to the petterment of the world." Here is the list: Jane Addams. philanthropy; Ceclliz Beaux, painting; Anna Jump Cannon, astronomy; Carrie Chapman ' Catt, politics; Anna Bostford Comstock, natural history; Minnie Maddern Fiske, stage; Louiss Homer, musi Julia Lathrop, child welfare; Flor- ence Rena Sabin, anatomy; M. Carey Thomas, education; Martha Van Rensselaer _home economics, and Edith Wharton, literature. “It is "humanly Impossible 'to know Who the really gresest wome: in the country are,” the league con- Téssed in'its statement, %0 those who need feel no offenss because their favorites have been left out. Mrs. Maud Park Wood, president of the league, When asked a year ago by a Chilean delegate to the pan-American conference of women, held at Baltimore, to name the twelve greatest women in the United States, thought that 1t ought to be an<easy matter. . Choloe Most Dificult. But she quickly decided it was not ds simple as it seemed. To name fifty was not so hard, but to pin the list down to a dozen was a differ- ent matter. Lists poured into the league from all parts of the coun- try, and no two lists agreed. A committee was formed by the women's joint congressional commit- tee, the committee finding first off that nobody had adequately defined “greatn ‘So the committee changed the premises slightly and lald down a definition, which it sought to live up.to in the list finally TRINIDAD, Ohio, May 5.—Three bod- | D. C, i | SISTER SAYS LEITER HASWASTEDESTTE Lady Hyde Wants Brother Removed From Charge of Father’s Millions. By the Associated Pres CHICAGO, May 5.—Charges of mis- management of the $100,000,000 estate of the late Levi Z. Leiter, former part- ner of Marshall Field, were made to- day in court by a bill filed against {Joseph Leiter. fanied for his reputed | wheae “corner.” ich cost Jenan 55,000,000, p The charges, Involving & sum est mated at more than $1,000,000, were made by Lady Marguerite Hyde, widow ©6f the Earl of Suffolk, who be- fore her marriage Leiter. a sister of Joseph. The bill jasks that the management of the Lei- {ter estate bo takeu from the hands of the former wheat king. Lady Hyde charges that she, as one of the trustees of the estate. was “crowded out” b tecs, Mrs. Nancy Lathrop Campbell of Santa Barbara. Calif.. | daughter of the late Levi Z. Leiter, and Mr. Leiter. Fifteen othe: most of them residents of kngland, are named in the bill. Dispute Over Trustee. Differences arose among the trus- tees. according to Lady Hyde. upon the death of Seymour Morris, a fourth trustee. There was a dispute over the appointment of another trustee to take his place, which ended when Leiter “arbitrarily,” according to the bill, appointed William J. Warr, clerk in his office, over whom he “ex- ercised control.” | Lady Hyde charged that her brother jwas engaged in extensive farming jin Clear Creek and Platt river valleys and suffered heavy losses there. In the purchase of stock of the Univer- sual Fuel Company, she alleges, there was a failure to account for, in the manner requied by the will, $982,000. Leiter galned fame from his plunge in the wheat market in. 1895. He be- gan buying wheat secretly as early as Apil, 1897, wwhen the price was around 73 cents. At one time he had 15,000,000 bushels of cash wheat and his holdings altogether were around 40,000,000, Wheat Corner Breaks. On May 10, 1895, wheat reached the top figure of $1.85 a bushel. Leiter stood to win about $7,000,000. Then lwheu began to pour into the Chicago Imarket and three weeks later~ the {price broke to $1.35. | Young: Leiter continued to hold his wheat until in the fall and his father came to his rescue, supplying several millions of dollars to cover his son's losses. Marshall Field at the time bought many properties from the Curzon, but she has since died, being survived by three daughters, who are interested in the outcome of the pres- ent litigation. 2,000 IN TUNNEL TRAP WALK NARROW RUNWAYS By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 5. passengers trapped in a tunnel under the East river tonight, when an In- terbourough subway traln stalled &wd held up three other trains, had to walk along narrow runways to exits in Long Island City. Burning out of electrical apparatus on trains that tried to force the stall- ed train out of the tunnel, filled the tube with smoke, adding to the nerv- *elder Lelter. ! Levi Z. Leiter was survived also by lanmher daughter, Lady Mary Victoria ousness of the large throng. Several ‘women fainted. One of the emergency exits used by many of the passengers nece: tated a climb of eighty feet up a nar- row staircase. Some of the women, who uped this exit took off their high heeled shoes to make the ascent more quickly and others with tight skirts removed these garments, the better to hurry out-of the smoke-filled ‘stmoaphersy. E i SUNDAY MORNING, him more | i was Marguerite ! the two other trus-! carver| hetrs, | /ER | TODAY’S STAR P. FIELDS! 'ART ONE—42 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. Army and Navy News—Page 18. { Spanish War Veterane—Page 18. Schools and Colleges—Page 26. | Radio News and Gossip—Page 30. | Financlal News—Pages 31 and 32. icuumed Adverysements—Pages 41, 33 to PART TWO—I16 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Society. Veterans of the Great War—Page 117 | Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 12. | Civikan Army—Page 12. | D- A. R. Activities—Page 12 { Community Centers—Page 13. ! Boy Scouts—Page 13. | Aviation Activities—Page 13. ! Review of New Books—Page 14. | Girls and Thair Affairs—Page 15. Arts and Artists—Page 15. Nationlt Suiee tdwi<Page iter. < PART THREE—11 Pages. nlay. ¢ Serlal, “Jil-Bett"—Page 4. Music in Washington—Page 5. { Around the City—Page 6. Motors and Motorfng—Pages 6 to 10. Fraternities—Pages 11 and 12. Boys and Giris' Page—Page 13. ! PART FOUR—1 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—8 Pages. Magazine Section—Features and Fiction. ] ROTOGRAVURE—S Pages. | World Events in Pictures. \ i COMIC SECTION—4 Pages. Mutt and Jeff; Reg’'lar Fellers; Betty; Mr. and Mrs. MEXICAN PARLEY Il | i U. S. Envoys to Open Nego- | tiations for Restoration of | Relations Soon. Negotiations betwhen representa- tives of the Washington and Obregon sqvernments to speed up restoration | of friendly relations will be formally | opened in Mexico City on May 14, it} {was learned yesterday after the two! | American commissioners ‘had re- ceived final instructions from Sec- retary Hughes. Charles B. Warren and John Bar- ton Payne, selected to represent the United States, will be accompanied upon their departure tonight for New Orleans by Matthew Hanna, chief of the Mexican affairs bureau of the State Department. They are to arrive; in Mexico City May 11. Mr. Hanna, however, probably will return .to ‘Washington within a week or so after the conferences begin and will be at the service of Secretary Hughes, act- ling in an advisory, capacity on Mexi- can affairs during the discussions in Mexico Cit Prior to his call at the State De- jpartment vesterday Mr. Warren con- jferred with President Harding. He plane to see the President. again to- day. Yesterday's conference with- Secre- tary Hughes concluded a . serles orl meetings between him and the two {commissioners, at which all existing!| and ‘Mexico were thoroughly dis- cussed’ and “full information and in- structions relating to the quéstion of. recognition prepared for use in the negotiations, J MEXICO READY TO PAY. NEW YORK, May 5.—Mexico has on deposit in New York banks suf- clent funds to cover interest pay- ‘ments due on April 2, and has been ready and willing to make the initial payments under the Mexican debt agreemeent, Manuel A, Hernandez of the Mexican government’s New York financial agency said in 2 radio ad- dress’ tonight. Operation of .the debt, agresment has been delaved, he.safd,. by. tech- nical details. A Amusementa—Thenters and the Pmta-} 10 OPEN MAY 14 MAY 6, 1923.—NINETY-SIX PAGES. = L ARGER THAN STEEL CORPORATION AL 7 SHOT DEAD " BY BOY PLAYWATE "Child Smilingly Pulls Trigger of Rifle, Children Tell the Police. | | | ' “I'm going to shoot you." | i Laughingly. one of a group of chil- jdren playing on the rear porch of | ! the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. AL Os- | {borne, on Wheaton road, Kensington, }Md.. yesterday afternoon, -made this |threat to thirteen-year-old Phyllis Watts and pulled the trigger of a fle, 3 Pryllis fell to the porch floor {the explosion-of the tifle.. She almost inetantly. Her jugular {had hegn penetrated by the rifie {let, fired from Aifty feet awa ! Dr. Bugene Jones, who was called, { pronounced the child dead on arrival | Exactly who fired the shot is not known. The children had been play- 1 ing on the porch, and one of the boys {inthe group. believed to be about ten vears old, picked up a rifle. He made the threat with a smile. Tor several conds efter the shot the children | t00d aghast. Then onc of them | screamea ! Phyllis was the daughter of Maj. tand Mrs. Oscar Watts. Maj. Watts| i formerly was attached to the War | | Department here, it is understood. but ; {at present is located in a civilian capacity in New York. Mrs. Watts | tives here at 718 19th street, but could 1 not be seen last night. The body was taken to the Gawler | undertaking establishment of this icity, and wires were ment to New York notifying the father. Funeral {arrangements had not been completed at a late hour last night. It was learned that Phyllis was vis- iting vesterday with the Osborne family, who are friends of her parents. No inquest has been announced. in- asmuch as the tragedy is recognized generally in the community ae accl- dental, | { | \PREPARE T0 RAZE BARRACKS IN PARK S_upply Committee Housing Offices in One Building to Empty Structures. The davs of the unsightly bar- racks in Potomac Park East are num- bered. Tomorrow is moving day for other offices to make room for con- | solidation of the general supply com- mittes in one buildipg., which Wil make possible the emptying and then the razing of the weather-torn and collapsing * barrack Lieut. Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, who is directing the work, estimates that it will take about three months to carry out these plans. 3 J. C. Young, an engineer, employed by the public buildings commission, has been working for fome time under instructions from Lieut. Col. -About 2,000 | difficulties between the United States|Sherrill on coneolidation of space in | the temporary buildings along the Mall, with the ultimate object of getting rid of the Potomac Park barracks. After a conference yesterday with Mr. Young, Lieut. Col. Sherrill sald that thess barracks are getting ‘worse every day, they no longer af- ford safe storage and could not stand | another winter. CECIL HOME, LAUDS U. S. SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 5.— Lord Robert Cecil returned, today on the steamship Olympic from his American tour: He said-nothing could have exceeded the kindness of his reception in America or the willing- ness of the people to listen to what he had te say in regard to the leagu of_nations. 1000 tons of sugar. TUnited States is §,500,000 tons. ;in strong hands today. | i city block ‘Flivver’ Airplane Flies Hour at Sea On Gallon Gas By Cable to The Bta PARIS, May 5.—Flying a light airoplane which developed only eleven-horse power, Georges Bar- bot, exponent of the “fllvver” air vehicle, rose to an altitude of nearly 2,000 yards this afternoon, flew nearly across the channel and successfully returned to his base. At the end of an hour's flying he had consumed less than a gallon of gasoline. 'Barbot was compet- ing for the prize offered for a cross- channel flight by the Paris Matin. He failed to reach the British coast because of heavy fogs and the absence of hydro- planes scheduled to accompany him, which lost his plane in the mists. Barbot will attempt the flight again tomorrow. —_— EEPLOTTOSWAMP U.S. SUGAR MARKET Cuban Planters and Big Re- finers Seek to Ruin Na- tive Producers. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. An entirely new twist to the pres- ent high prices-of sugar is given by reports reaching the government from Cuba. Reaping heavy profits from their present control of the American market, and with another compara- tively short cane crop in sight for 1924, the Cuban planters and American re- finers who control the Cuban crop are preparing for a war to the death with the American domestic producers of sugar in 1925, Confidential reports reaching Wash- ington state that the eastern redincrs and the Cuban producers have entered into dn agreement to plant in 1924 a erop which will produce in 1925 6,000,- The estimated an- consumption of sugar in the There- fore, if their present plans carry through, the Cubans and refiners can swamp the sugar market in 1325 at a price which might seriously affect the industry ,in this country, in the Hawalfan Islands, in the Philippines and in Porto Rico. Beek Afd of Wemen. An intensive fight to reduce or re- move the tariff on sugar is to be cen- ducted, duri the next. session. of Congrens, ‘dnd ' the eastern refiners, while they are being flayed by the housewives today, are very cleverly, nevertheless, enlisting the supgort of thess same women in the appeal to nual President Harding and to Congress! to .remove the tarif and by this means to ‘bring down the price of sugar a cent or #0 a pound. The Cuban sugar ctop is admittedly With the tarift removed. and with coffers filled from the present high prices. the re- finers who control the Cuban crop feel that they would be in an almost un- assallable strategic position in 1925 to deal witH the domestic growors and manufacturers once and for all, leav ing the market thereafter completel in their control. Situation More Comp! Sugar meantime is one of the do- mestic subjects which President Hard- ing feels should take precedence in government consideration over the world court or any other question cf international policy. ~The situation with respect to sugar is becoming more complicated every day.' The administration is watching with a great deal of interest the spread of the buyers' strike all over the count: It is hopeful that this movement will succeed where the gov- ernment suit against the New York sugar exchange failed to bring down the price of sugar to the consumer. The administration feels that its po- litical future may very largely depend upon the outcome of the present movement in sugar. President Harding, Attorney Gen- eral Daugherty, Secretary of Com- merce Hoover, f¥ of Agricul- ture Wallace and a host of other gov- ernment ofiicials are wrestling with the sugar problem as no other com- modity ever was wrestled with be- fore. QUAKE SWEEPS COAST OF CHILE; LOSS SLIGHT Strong Shocks Demoralize Several Telegraph- and Tele- phone Lines. BY the Associated Press, SANTIAGO, Chile, May 5. —Strong earth shocks affecting -the coastal zoné between La Senena and Coplapo, were felt last night. There was no loss of life and only small damage was dorie. Several telegraph and telephone lines were broken down and raiflroad communication was interrupted north of Freirina, JILTED ON WEDDING EVE; SHOOTS GIRL AND SELF Pittsburgh Man, at Fairmont, W. Va., Fires Five Times When Complaint Made. FAIRMONT, W. Va,, May 5.—James | E. Carter came here from Pittsburgh early in the week to marry Miss Grace Parker, but shé refused him. Late. today she went to the office of Frank R. Ames, prosecuting attor- ney, to lodge a complaint against Carter. for annoying her. He fol- lowed and shot her four times, He then shot himself. “Hospital physicians sald both would robably die. “From Press to Home The Star’s aarrier system to Washingto: as the papers are printed. entire | Within the Hour” cular edition. is bomes as fast and the rey | | | | x FIVE CENTS. NEW YORK REPEAL BIGGEST DRY BLOW, VIEW IN CONGRESS Death of Enforcement Code Felt to Mean Heavier Federal Expense. LAW WILL BE UPHELD, LEADERS HERE ASSERT Prohibition Sentiment Gains in Country as Whole, Declares Senator Curtis. “The severest blow been dealt national Prohibition en forcement.” is the way in which mem- bers of Congress friendly to prohibi- tion—some of them—Ilast night chars acterized the repeal of the state pro- hibition enforcement act by the New York legislature, They see huge federal appropria- tions required for the enforcement of prohibition by federal agents—rithe out the co-operation of state officials. They see the morale of prohibition enforcement in other states lowered by the action of New York On the other hand, some of the spokesmen in Congress for prohibi- tion forces were deflant when the action of the New York legislature was called to their attention. The federal government will see to i they insist, that the prohibition law will be carried out. Among thess were Senator Curtis of Kansas, re- publican whip; Senator Sterling of South Dakota and Representative Graham of Tilinois. candidate for ths republican floor leadership in the next House. Jusserand Sees Hughes. Meanwhile prohibition another phase of the question—the Supreme Court ban on bringing liquor into American waters—is regarded as likely to become a subject of diplo- matic exchanges. French Ambassa- dor Jusserand discussed this subject with Secretary Hughes vesterda: the State Department. but with what result did not appear. The embassies of all of foreign governments were without instruc- tions reégarding the Supreme Court's decislon. Copies of that portion of the decision which applies to foreign ships were given to them Friday by the State Department for the informa- tion of their governments, and it was not expected that any formal protest would be made until the exact word- {ing of the decision had been studied abroad. Congress at its last session appro- priated $9,000,000 for the enforce- ment of the federal prohibition law. If the federal government is to be re- quired to “go it alone” in the matter of prohibition enforcement in New York and other states in which the “wet” sentiment predominates, un- doubtedly the appropriations will have to be largely increased, it said. Wets to Try Economy. Proposals for increased appropria- tions will bring loud and prolonged criticism from the “wets who will shout economy and the fatlure of pro- hibition enforcement. When the last appropriations for prohibition were before the House and Senate, the | “antis” in Senate and House insisted that the sum was entirely too sm for real prohibition enforcemen | They maintained that $50.000.000 or | even $100,000.000 would not be = ficient to bring about rigid enforce- ment of the law. Senator Broussard of Lousiana, 2 “wet,” challenegd the | pronibitionists to join with him in ratsing the appropriaton for prohibi- tion enforcement to $30,000,000 o more. One effect of New TYork's latest | action on the dry question, it was | predicted Dby political observers. 1“'0\1](} be to make prohibition an even larger issue in the coming campaign than it would otherwise have been Seek Dry Legislature. | The suggestion was made that { pronibitionists would immediatel: launch a campaign for the election of a “dry” legislature in New York. A | new legislature, of course. could un- | do the work of the present body and i re-enact a state prohibitien law. Senator Curtis of Kansas is among |those whn assert that the federal | government 1ill go ahead with the enforcement of prohibition in New York and in any other state with all its power, no matter what the at- titude of the state legislatures. ! “The law will be enforced all |right”” said the Kansas senator. { “Prohfbition is growing stronger the { country over—not weaker.” Senator Sterling of South Daliotay republican, who was chairman of the | Senate Sudiciary subcommittee which ihandled the Volstead act and later the anti-beer bill, when thoss meas- | ures were before the Senate, also ex: I pressed confidence that the federa} | government will be able to deal with { the situation. Expects Ample Funds. it will have to redouble its e | ergy in New York. I am confide that the Congress will approprias whatever sums of money are neces- {sary to carry out the law. I de nm 1 know at this time just how much a & the state authorities have been ren™ | dering in the enforcement of the pri® i hibition law, If they have been d% { Ing little, then it iy possible that tiq government can go ahead with it i enforcement in New York state with ’l:omplrau\'el) little additional ex- pense.” = ! Then asked how he would regard the situatlon in the event that New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Mas- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) i i