Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1923, Page 4

0 ——— WOMEN UNHARMED " BY CHINESE BANDS Miss Aldrich and Companion 1 Separated in Raid; Condi- tion Not Serious. By the Associated Press. PEKING, May 8—Miss Lucy Ald- rich, sister-in-law of John D. Rocke- feller, jr, and daughter of the late Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, be- came scparated from her traveling companion, Miss McFadden, when Chinese bandits took captive the pas- sengers on the Peking express near the Shantung border Sunday. Miss Aldrich and Miss McFadden, falling into the hands of different squads of bandits, arrived at Tsinan separately and rejoined at a hospital, where they were attended. From Standard Ofl Company chan- nels it is reported that the condition of the two women is not serious. Miss i“la"ch was leaving today for Tien- ain, Robert Scripps, the publisher, who at first was reported a captive, has arrived in Peking. Scripps Atds Woman, Mr. Scripps, who was on the train that followed the hapless Shanghai- Peking express, later boarded the re- lief train_and found Miss McFadden aboard. She told him she had spent two days in captivity, isolated from the other women, who were released early in the morning of the hold-up. They were ordered to deliver the mes- suge that the prisoners would be killed unless the troops stopped firing. Mr. Scripps found Miss McFadden attired in a kimono and felt slippers and suffering from the effects of her long hike. Her spine had been slight- 1y _injured by a fall from a_donkey. She and other women on the relief train said they were driven six miles under a hot sun, without a drink and with meager food. The bandits were said to be sur- rounded in a hilly district, where their warnings were ignored by the troops, who continued to fire. WOMEN UNHARMED. Mrs. John D. Rockfeller, Jr., In- formed of Sister's Safety. NEW YORK, May 8.—Miss Lucy T. Aldrich, sister-in-law of John D. Rocke- feller, jr., and Miss Minnie MacFadden of Providence, R. I, her traveling com- panion, are in a hospital at Psi Nanfu, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, jr., was i formed today, in a message from Dr. Robert Coldman in Peking. Neither is in a serious condition as the result of thelr experiences in the Chinese bandit raid, the message said. Dr. Coldman declared in his cable that the Standard Oil offices in Peking had received a message from the Standard Oil manager in Psi Nanfu, declaring that Miss Aldrich and Miss MacFadden had arrived there and were in a hospital. The message also mentioned the pres- ence in Psi Nanfu of a Dr. Houghton, ‘Who, it was stated at the Rockefeller offices here, probably was an American diplomatic officer. ROCKEFELLER HAPPY. John D., Jr., Expresses Gratitude at News of Relative. SEAL HARBOR, Me., May 8. —John D. Rockefeller, jr.. clad in his work- ing clothes and an old brown slouch hat, paused in his activities of build- ing'a new summer house at his coun- try home here to express apprecia- tion for the news that his sister-in- law, Miss Lucy Aldrich, had been re- leased by bandits in China. “When I was told that Miss Aldrich was believed to be among those kid- naped T called up our offices in ew York,” Mr. Rockefeller said. “Noth-. ing had been Heard there from China. Then 1 called up Secretary Hughes, | at Washington, whom T know well personally, and I asked him to do what he could. I did not make any request other than citizen might make in like circumstances. “I gave Secretary Hughes the first news he had received of the Kid- naping incident. Naturally, we are all greatly relieved at news of the release and I wish to express my appréciation to the Associated Press for keeping us informed.” The correspondent found Mr. Rock- efeller attired in belted mackinaw and old gray trousers superintend- ing a group of workmen in.the build~ ing of the new summer house. JOHN S. MEADE BADLY INJURED BY A FALL Drops From Apartment House Third Story—Under Treatment in Casualty Hospital. John S. Meade, forty-two years old, 710 F_street northeast, former navy yard “emplove and prominent in| Masonic circles, fell from a third-| story rear porch at the Glascoe apartment house, 21 8th street north- east, this morning and received in- ternal injuries. He was taken to Casualty Hospital, where it was said his condition was serious. Meade was employed as boiler- maker in the navy yard for a number of years. He resigned when it ‘was certain the force would be reduced and has since worked at carpentering. This-morning he was workln% with a companion, and it was wheg his body fell on a pile of lumber that the lat- ter became aware of the accident. The injured man is father of seven children, whose ages range from one month to sixteen years. Mrs. Meade reached the hospital shortly after the husband was taken there. Meade is Shriner_and past high pfiest of Ana. costia Chapter, No. 12, R. A. M. EXPECT RULING SOON ON CUBAN BANK CASE Boston and Atlanta Complete Argu- ments for Branches Before Federal Reserve Board. The Federal Reserve Board, having completed its hearing upon the appli- oation of the Boston Reserve Bank's application to establish a branch in Cuba, today had for consideration a mass of data hoth for and aginst the proposition. The board is expected to act soon and may establish a prece- dent with respect to reserve bank extension. W. P. G. Harding, former governor of the Federal Reserve Board, repre- sented tho Boston bank's proposal, which was objected to by banks of the Atlanta and New York districts. + The Atlanta Reserve Bank has had &n application for permission to ex- tend its operations in Cuba before the board since 1921, and as a result of the two requests and the opposition raised against the Boston applice- tlon, it appeared that the board would consider them together. :-One board ‘member declared thé question would not be decided as between granting permission to either bank as against ghe other, but that the needs of both, ‘a# well as the requirements of Cub and domestio ti would have tof welghed-in any cqnclusions AMERICAN KILLED AS CHINESE TROOPS BATTLE BRIGANDS (Continued from First Page.) jr.; her companion, Miss Minnie Mc- Fadden, and Mi, Schonberg had stopped in Tsinanfu, where they were admitted to a hospital suffering from Their feet were cut and Amerfcan sald that the bandits split the captives into several parties after forcing them to leave the traln. The prisoner: guarded heavily, were brutally hur ried into the hilly country which is the stronghold of the banits. Bratally Handled. “If a prisonerlagged he was prodded with a rifle butt,” said Day. “We had to take the roughest paths. Tt was usele: to protest and strict silence was enforced. Any_ one speaking was mercilessiy hit. I was struck on the forehead with a Mauser for talking to my nelghbor.” The lair of the bandits, Day con- tinued, was a village in the hills en- circled by a stone compound. Within an hour or two after the arrival of the prisoners, soldlers appeared out- side the town and soon a lively en- gagement was in progress. Fired On by Hoth Sides. The brigands’ chieftain persuaded Day to take a note to the commander of the military forces, informing him that if the fire did not stop the cap- tives would be shot. Day had a har- rowing experfence in making his way across the open ground to the troops, as he was fired on by both the mill tary and the bandits, some of the lat- ter beipg ignorant of his mission. Day ‘delivered his message, where. upon the commander of the troops or. dered them to cease firing. but the force did not withdraw. Remaining with the military, Day started a search for some of the other prisoners, and came upon Miss Schonberg sitting on a boulder, exhausted. She, like the others, had escaped when dispatched as a messenger. Knocked Guard Flat. Jacobsen, however, knocked out his fuard with a large stone and ran off. iss Schonberg said her party had beén fired on by the soldiers, one of the Chinese captives being killed in- stantly. The tuchun of Shantung has sent reinforcements to the scene and the British, French and Belgian consuls from Nanking have also gone to Lin Cheng. The strength of the bandits is esti- mated at between two and three thousand men. 1t s sald that the troops had been trying to round them up for several days and that a pitched battle had been fought only a few hours before the train was wrecked. The brigands retreated across the railway line and it is believed that they then conceived the idea of hold- ing up the train. DEMAND HUGE RANSOM. Bandits Holding Americans, Ask $1,000,000; Kind to Women. PEKING, May 8—The Chinese bandits who In the daring hold-up of the Peking express train near Suchow, Sunday, kidnaped the pas- sengers, many of them Americans, have demanded a ransom of $1,000,000, In addition to a pardon for all In- volved, according to advices received here. ' The diplomatic representa- tives of the foreign governments are conferring on what action to take. United States Minister Schurman, who went to Tsinanfu, is keeping in touch with the diplomatic conference by telegraph. Mrs. Schurman left for Shanghal this morning over the same rallroad on which the raid occurred. She wiil _be joined at Tsinanfu by Minister Schurman. Reports: that the bandits have re- leaséd all their woman captives have not been fully confirmed. Storles of victims who escaped, however, indi- ate that the woman prisoners were shown consideration by their captors. Some of the prisoners, it was said, were given mules on which to ride. There is also no confirmation of the report that prisoners were shot dur- ing & brush between the brigands and pursuing soldiery. It had been reported that the fleeing bandits used their prisoners as shields when fired upon by.the soldiers. WOMEN REACH TIENTSIN. Army. Oficers’ Wives Were Freed by Chinese Bandits. Associated Press. May S -—Mrs. Roland Pinger and Mrs. Robert Allen, wives of the American Army officers who were released by the Chinese railway bandits while their husbands were held by the kidnapers, arrived in Tientsin with an American of the pame of Zimmerman. The latter said that he escaped through .a window of the train when it was held up and remained in hiding until the bandits left. Zimmerman sald the desperadoes first combed the train, robbing the passengers, rifiing the baggage and then rounding up and abducting their victips. One report was that slowed down perceptibly feachied that portion of which Had been torn up by the ban- dita’s It was suggested that this might have meant ocollusion between the train crew and the robbers. How- ever, the train crew was taken with the passengers. The relief train which was sent to the scene has pioked up those pas- gengers who escaped and is taking them to Tientsin. The motive for the train hold-up and the subsequent kidnapings is be- 1leved to be to force the Peking gov< ernmeht to.reinstate the kidnapers, who are mostly discharged soldlers. CAPTIVE LIKELY PASTOR. the, before it Rev. F. W. Pratt of Richmond on World. 8—The F. Honeymoon Around RICHMOND, Va., May W. Pratt. mentioned in dispatches from Shanghai as being among the foreignets held captive by the Suchow train bandite is believed to be the Reév. Frank W. Pratt, pastor of the First Unitarlan Church of this city. He was given an indefinite leave of absence from his church here on April 15, 1922, and was married In Boston to Mrs. Bracken the follow- ing month.” They left on a honey- moon trip around the world soon afterward. ————— NATIONS TO URGE PUNITIVE ACTION (Continued from First Page.) own judgment as to detalls of the situation. Large Force Available. That serious. considération was be- ing @iven the question of. initiating a concerted military action with the other powers against the bandits was evidenced by a conference yesterday between Secretary Hughes and Acting Secretary of War Davis. The latter announced after the oon- ference that the War Department was ready to “back up” any plan approved by the council of ministers at Peking and the State Department. -Such a step, taken in co-operation with the Peking government and in everit the Chihese au- thorities proved impotent, was expected to be considered, with other possible measures, at_a meeting of the foreign ministers at Peking today. Available for such use, which, it is pointed out, would be sanctioned by the general principles of international law, are the United States force of thirty- [five officers and 888 men stationed at Tientsin, and those of Great Britain, France and Japan, each of approx- imately a'thousand officers and men, -in addition to the smaller units maintained by other nations in China: Military' ex- perts believe such a composite force would be more than sufficient to bring the bandits to terms, and it is also pointed out that such a mobllization should prove a cheak to future outbreaks .j of Drigandage and the lfllfltlel of ir- f_e‘!;hr forces in China. train | THE ‘EVENING ‘STAR, 'WASHINGTON, D. G, At the Bottom of the Ladder. HAPPENED To ALANNA !, TUESDAY, —By KESSLER. SHORT STORY WHILE KEEPING' BOOK® IN A HARDWARE STORE IN AN FRANCISCO - Reporter Escapes Brigands With Story of Atrocities Saw Man Shot Down and Women Beaten and Spat On as Loot-Laden Chinese Drive Captives Into Mountains. Br the Assoclated Press. SHANGHAl, May 7.—Lloyd Lehr-| bas, reporter on the China Press of Shanghai, formerly of Pocatello, Ida- ho, and of the Chicago Tribune, who escaped from the bandits who held | up the Peking express on the Shan- | tung border, arrived today with the | first eyewltness story of the affair. | Women beaten, shoved ahead as they lagged behind, spat upon by the | bandits and some of them eventually | left where they dropped in thefr tracks as the marauders set a ter- | rific pace over the hilly country, was one of the pictures drawn by the| American newspaper man, who him- | self escaped clad only in his pajamas. | Held for Three Hours. | Lehrbas said he was in the hands | of the brigands for three hours. With { the others captured on the train, men {and women, most of them clad only in | their night clothes, as their berths, they were routed from he was | driven away from the scene of the | - holdup in his bare feet, ‘while the | guards about the party continually | menaced ‘them with revolvers and | rifles. | The captives were drivén forward at high speed over rough country.| ‘Women, whose pace was slower than | that of the men, were shoved ahead as they fell behind, beaten when they could travel no faster and #pat upon as they fell alongside the trail worn out. | Husbands of the helplcas women | were forced to leave their wives | the track{ Where they had fallen or were driven |finger. on ahead as the women dropped to ! the rear, unable to keep up with the main party, despite the beatings ad- BABY PLANEFLGHT ‘HELDERAOPENER Technical Experts Enthused Over Barbot’s Chanr)el ; CTrips. = 0 BY HAL O’FLAHERTY. By Cable to The Star and Ohicago Daily'News. Copyright, 1923. 1 LONDON, May 8.—Technical ex- perts_connected with the airdrome near London pronounce Georges Bar- bot's across-channel flight in 2 baby plane as remarkable- in opening & new era for cheap " low-bowered planes piloted by skilled flyers. If some method ocould be evolved of making the flight more automatic and less dependent “on the flyer it would instantly make air navigation free to any man or woman with some of ‘the meahs to buy a motor cycle. | Unfortunately M. Barbot has only emphasized the importance of flying by a.skilled expert trained in the navigation in the air ourrents. Manu- facturers now engasged in. praducing low-powered air craft declare that Barbot has demonstrated as truly a @1d Bleriot ih his first cross-uhannel flight that man is ¢apable of harness- ing the air currents It is barely fourteen years sinde Bleriot accomplished the first crossg- channel flight, but in that time So || many strides forward have been made Le Marquis 2308 Ashmead PL N:W. (South End Conn. Ave. Bridge) New 6-story fireproof build- ing; all latest improvements. Several choice housekeeping apartments 3, 4 and 5 rooms, rents very reasonable. In- spect same now. Moore & Hill, Inc. 142022 H St. NW. ministered by their gua The bandits who were guarding Lehrbas, the newspaper man sald, were laden with loot wrapped in a sheet snatched from a berth in the train. He dropped some of his booty and as he stooped to recover that Lehrbas sald he crawled away into the darkness and hid in the tall grass. Lehrbas gave the names of the fol- lowing as being in the party of which he was a member as the bandits drove them into the hills: Maj. Robert Allen, U. S. A. Medical Corps; Maj. Roland’ Pinger, U. S. A. ordnance department; their wives and Roland Pinger, aged eight, who still a captive with his father, and Ed- rd Pinger, four. who later was re- leased with his-motHer: Robert Allen, son of Maj. Allen; still held captive} J. A. Hinley and C. Jacobson. Saw Man Shot Dead. Lehrbas says he saw a white man, who had been traveling in a third- class carrlage of the train, shot dead by the brigands. All_the passengers-lost everything they had with them, except the night clothes in which they slept, when the bandits raided the train. Lehrbas said he first knew some. thing was wrong when he w awakened by the train bumping over the _stretch of track which had been torn.up.by the brigands. Then fol- lowed a volley of shots that broke the windows in the coaches along the entire train. 2 The newspaper man said he wedged himself under the berth and -re- malned there while, one’ after another, five bandits searched:the compart- ment. A sixth discovered. Lehrbas’ hand extended from beneath the berth and wrenched a gold ring from his Then the bandit thrust the muzzle of his carbine under the berth and Lehrbas crawled out to Join the other -captives. that it can’ now be ‘sald that man has attaingd:nearly all the secrets of the bird’s fiyIng ability, The 3nipst ", suprising. part. of Bar- bot's performaiice was his easy climb to mote than.5,000 feet during the first mingtes. e proved beyond doubt that afrplafel are nat. absclutely de- pendent 4pon power for gaining al- titude;, Which {n’ all, cases- involving flight ‘agfoss water establish a large Tactor ‘St Saabety Yoc the flver, Kive ing him @-vhance of making for a safe landihg place by long glides even should the motor fall completely. Interest in Glider Competition. Unbounded interest has been arous- |ed in Great Britain over the forth- coming Royal Aero Club competition tor gliders in which scores of planes équipped with motors .with small horsepower will try for records in performance with 1ow fuel consump- tion. Barbot made his entire flight yesterday at a cost of less than 40 cents. LOW-POWER PLANE FEATS. Georges Barbot, French Aviator, Buccessfully Repeats Stunts. PARIS, May 8.—Georges Barbot, the French aviator who flew across the English channel and back in an airplane having less than fifteen horsepower, made the return trip to Le Bourget, a distance of 160 miles, in the same machine. He made two landings en route. EHeld by Bandits, But Later Freed MISS LUCY ALDRICH, Sister of Mrx. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. BRITISH RULERS PAY HONOR TO ROME DEAD Wreaths Laid on Tombs of Un- known Soldier and of Two Italian Kings. By the Assbelated Preas. ROME, May 8. Queen Mary of England today laid wreaths on the tombs of Italy's un- known soldier and of King Victor Em- manuel 11 and King Humbert. Driving to the Pantheom, where the two former sovereigns are burfed, the British rulers were received by the minister of public instruction and by the veterans of the Italian war of in- dependence, who since the death of Victor Emmanuel II, in 1878, have maintained a guard over the tomb. King George shook hanhds with the company, and then, with Queen Mar: laced the wreaths bearing the Eng- ish colors. From the Pantheon the royal party drove to the monument of Victor Em- manuel II, in Plazza Venezia. The sovereigns ascended the staircase and laid a wreath on the burial place of the unknown soldier. TAXIS & AUTOS Lower Rates Main 431 Wayfarers’ B 00 These United States (Gruening) Victoria Shop _ (Hamsun) “Eight” Jackson Place Lafayette Square Telephene Main'1716 and Insure Your Profits During Shriners’ Week l';verybody is expecting big business during the week of this great conclave—but suppose it rains—and upsets your calculation? You've befn to big expense and you'll suffer big loss if it does. ‘We can protect you. Let us write “ Rain Insurance ” to cover your expected profits during this period. The premium is nothing compared with the protec- tive surety. Just phone Main QMO-—ayd a representative from our Insurance Department will come to see you. Boss and Phelps iThe Horhés. of Homes * Phone Main 4340 MAY '8, 1923. NORSE 0. BOOKS ~ FIGURE IN TRIAL Jury Led Through Maze of Figures to Determine Worth of Plant. The trial of Charles W. Morse, his three sons and four others, before Justice Stafford and a jury in Crimi- nal Division 1 today resembled a school of accountancy. The jurors were led through the mazes of fig- ures, 1iquid assets, non-liquid assets appreoiation and depreciation, to de- termine assets and llabilitles of the Morse woodén ship plant at Noank, Conn. William A. Gillesple, an ac- countant of Baltimore, Md., was on the witness stand and had in front of him several volumes from which he read figures, and, then, more fig- ures. New Books Installed. Mr. Gillesple said his firm installed a new set of books at Noank as of December 31, 1916, and that total assets, based on values given his ac- countants, were $919,053. This in- cluded an appraisal of the real estate at_$300,000. Under cross-examination by Attor- ney Nash Rockwood for the defense Mr. Glllespie conceded that his val- uation of the real estate was in error. He also declared he had not included in liquid assets the value of the wooden hulls under construction. The error admitted by the witness in- volved the sum of $112,0000. In answer to an inquiry by Attor- ney Fowler for Mr. Campbell, one of the defendants, the witness said his system of bookkeeping had been in stalled without direction or interfer- ence from anybody. Mr. Fowler first asked if Campbell had directed the witness to establish an “honest” sys- tem, and on objection from counsel for the government the word “fion- est” was omitted. Witness Repudiates Appraisal. George Brown, a builder of New York city, called for the government, repudiated an appraisal of the real estate of the Groton plant contained in a written document bearing his slgnature. H never saw the first two pages of the document, the witness asserted. Mr. Brown said he had been re- quested by Mr. M. E. Gilbert then president of the Groton Company to appraise the bulldings, shipways, and docks and had signed a sheet carry- ing these appraisals. He explained his appraisal as “just a friendly affalr” and declared he had no ldea the document was to be used in financing. The first sheet set forth that the appraisal was made at the request of E. A. Morse. The witness asserted it was not at Morse's re- quest but on the request of Mr. Gilbert. estate on the first sheet s iaap alued at $300,000 of this appraisal is and 'the witness Gillespie had stated that it was on the basis of the ap- praisal in this document that he had entered the real estate on the com- pany’s books. Yesterday afternoor & judge and 2 shipbuilder testified for the govern- ment in an effort to establish the true value of the Morse wooden shipyard at Noank. Conn. The government Charges that the value of this plant Was misrepresented at the time the company obtained from the fleet cor- poration a contract for twelve wood- en hulls early in the war. Judge Tentifies. Arthur P. Anderson, judge of the probate court at Noank, who held all of the stock of the yard for the heirs of Robert Palmer and his son, tes- e stock was sold to the ose "nterests Tn 1916 for £35.000 cash, the purchasers in addition as- suming a mortgage for $30,000. W. A. Fraser of Noank, who was superintendent of the plant for four years before the sale, stated that the plant was the largest and best equip- ped wooden shipbullding vard in the United States in 1916, and that two years hefore he had appraised it at $150,000. By court order in 1919 he and others again made an appraisal at $196.316. On cross-examination he said the last appraisal was after hipbuilding had slumped and the plant was idle. ELEVATOR OPERATOR HURT. Frank M. Collins, twenty-three vears old, in charge of the elevator at the Racquet Club, 1135 16th street, fell down the elevator shaft from the first floor to the basement about’ 1 o'clock this morning and received a probable fracture of the skull. He was plcked up by Herbert McCarthy, another employe, and taken to Emer- gency Hospital, where Dr. Cottone rendered surgical aid. Colling' con- ditfon s ritical. —_—————— One of the earliest gems used iIn the engagement ring was the lodestone. which symbolized the force of attrac- tion which drew the maiden from her own family into_another. Springtime Is Housecleaning Time for the Home Now is the time to have that old suite of furniture or odd chalr upholstered. ~We are quoting special prices on up- holstering _work to keep our staff of upholsterers busy dur- ing the dull season. Slip Covers Special This Week sz 0 Each plece, labor ! only. Linens and cretonnes . From 39c per Yard Up Phone, Write o r0all. Our Estimater Will Oall With Bamples. J. Holober & Co. Be Careful What You Wash Your Hair With Many soaps and prepared sham- poos contain too much free alkal which is very injurious, as it dries t}\e scalp and makes the hair brit- tle. The best thing to use is Mulsi- fled cocoanut ofl shampoo, for this is pure and entirely greaseless. It is very cheap and beats anything glse all to pleces. You can get Mulsified at any drug store, and a few ounces will last the whole family for months. Two or three teaspoonfuls of Mulsified in a cup or glass with a little warm water is all that is re quired. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub the Mulsified cocoanut ofl In. It makes .an abundance of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out eastly. "The hair dries quickly and evenly, and is soft, fresh looking, bright, - flufty, 'y, and easy to mansge. Besides, it loosens and takes out every partiole .of. dust, dirt. and dandruf.. Be ‘Sure -your druggist gives you Mulsified.—Ad- Vertisemant. L et VETS’ GRAVES CARE FUND OF LEGION INCREASING ‘Western Cities Subscriping Liberal- ly to Drive for $100,000. The American Leglon fund for the perpetual care of the graves of the American dead overseas and in the District of Columbia is belng in- ed by the receipt of donations from distant points, according to a statement from the treasurer today, who has received remittances from Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; Chicago and several other western cities. The effort to raise funds for this endowment fund is being carried on in every state fn the Union with a view to raising $100,000, whic the legion has pledged itself to se- cure for the purposé referred to. This means that the world war he- roes lying peacefully in Arlington national cemetery to the number of 7,000, the 210 in the fourteen local cemeteries and the 538 markers on 16th street extended will be deco- rated with an American flag and a Doppy on Memorial day. : The District employes came to the front yesterday with many contri butions. The varieus departments subscribing included the detective hu- reau, repair shop, water registe office, fireboat, sewer division, offica of welghts and meagures, corporation counsel’s office, District jail nnd citv refuse department. Joe Sparks, chair- man of the national rehabilitation committee of the American Legion also joined the list of donors vester. day ‘afternoon. John M. Barr, leglonaire in business in Tthaca. N, sent a check to the treasurer. of fund for $10. The public is invited send in contributions to the treasurer of the fund, Howard S. Fisk, 909 12 street northwest, who acknowledges all donations for the American I glon graves endowment fund. e e COMMUNISTS IN RIOT. By the Associated Press, BERLIN, May 5.—Communist rep- resentatives created disorderly in the Prussian diet yesterd n pelling the president to suspend the :m‘;xng. Fifteen communists, includ ing two women, were removed fron. the chamber. 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