Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy and colder tonight, lowest tem- perature above freezing; tomorrow fair with rising_temperature. Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: day; lowest, 39, at § a.m. Full report on page 7. Highest, 77, at 2:20 p. . yester- today. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 tered as second-class matter f:n office Washington, D. C. No. 28,863. TWO U. 5. MAIORS - ESCAPE WITH BOY " FROM BANDIT GANG Chinese Government Orders Ransom Demanded Paid to Free Prisoners. FOURTEEN OF CAPTURED TRAVELERS NOW FREE Foreign Envoys Fear Militarists Will Stop Cabinet Move to ¥ Meet Robbers’ Terms. By the Associeted Press. SHANGHAL, May 9.— Fourteen foreigners, including atleastsoven mericans, held in the hills back of Linching by the Suchow traim bandits, are “almost dead” from lack of food amd clothing a posure, according to & message re- celved here today from Linching. The telegram, received by the Asia Development Company, sald: “Captives almost dead from e: posure. Long marches. Foodless and unclothed. Bandits willing to megotiate.” By the Assoclated Pre PEKING, May 9.—MaJ. Roland Pin- zer, Maj. Robert Allen and Maj. Pinger's son Roland, jr., have escaped from the Suchow bandits, who held up the Shanghal-Peking express early 1ast Sunday morning, according to advices recelved here. This brings the total of those who have escaped or have been released to fourteen, The list of those who have escaped or have been freed by the bandits, as complled hers from various sources, is as follows: Maj. Robert Allen, Pinger. Roland Pinger, ir; A. L Zimmerman, V. Haimovitch, Carl Heinz, Lloyd Lehrbas, Emile Gens- hurger, O. G. Jacobsen, F. P. Day, Miss Lucy Aldrich, Miss McFadden, Afiss Schonberg and Miss A. Corralll.. The Chinese government early this morning issued orders to the foreign commissioner of Shantung province to comply with all of the demands of Suchow train bandits, for ransom the prisoners they are holding, 1 otherwise, Diplomatic circles are optimistic as to the result of the Maj. Roland Fear Militarist Pressure. The foreign ministers who have studied the situation closely believe that the cabinet 18 willing to pay the ransom demanded by the brigands, but that the militarists will intervene and insist on military operations iwing carried out against the bandits. Military operations against the kid- ers, it is belleved, will only pro- g the affalr and aptives, Yesterday sentatives interrupting pressed o tsonz and his i tive need for action. Lists of foreigners held or released | were conflicting and incomplete tod While the names of Mrs. anderson, Miss E. F. Fleming and Miss Virginia Auld appear on most Of the lists, there is some question whether they were on the train that was held up, though reservations had been made for them at Pukow. Other Americans belleved in captivity were . Solomon, a Shanghal merchant; 3. B. Towell, a Shanghal newspaper wan; L. F. Rileman, William Smith and L. Friedman. Demand $1,000,000 Ransom. To this list had been added today the names of R. H. Rowlatt, British; V. Barube, Frenchman and T. Saph- jari. Italian. Chevalier Musso, the ltatian attorney of Shanghai, whose name also appears on the revised ist, has been reported missing from the first, and yesterday, in a dispatch reaching Shanghai, It was Telated that he was desperately ill, while the ban- dits were holding him for $1,000,000 ransom. The names of Mr. and Mrs. Verea appear in some lists, but there is no definite information about them. E. 1iiias and F. Ellas, Shanghai brokers are listed ‘nationalists unknown.™ Joseph Rathman, who was killed, (Continued on Page 2, Column §.) WOMAN INDICTED INCHECK SHINLE Schwab’s Name Used b Mrs. Hayes, Raising $325,- 000 for Hotel, Charge. afternoon the of foreign governments, rinisters the seriou By far Aacocintod Iuese, NEW YORK. May L. Hoyes on business woman, ' tiving this city. today was indicted on a charge of having forged the name of Charles M. Schwab to a o.——Mrs. Myrtle endanger the | repre-, < of the situation and the impera- | U.S. S. Asheville Ordered to Rush To Chinese Port BY JUNIUS B. WOOD. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News: Copyright, 1023. HONG KONG, May 9.—The Amer- ican gunboat Asheville has been ordered to proceed immediately to Swatow and her commander. Capt. J. C. Richardson, instructed upon arrival there to take all necessary steps for the protection of lives and property of forelgners. k Cable and radlo communication with Swatow have become non- existent during the last several days. The ordering of the Amer- ican gunboat to proceed there im- mediately is declared to be in an- ticipation of _possible disorders should Gen. Wu Pei-Fu's army from Kiangsi attempt to capture the city. OPPOSED BY LABOR British Party Fears Note Means End of Trade Agreement. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May ®—It is expected that not the least important result of the British note to Moscow will be its reaction on labor here. Even be- fore the publication of the text, which showed a much more vigorous phras- ing than had been anticipated, the independent labor party, the com- munists and spokesmen of the parlia- mentary labor party let it be known that they would regard as deplorable a cancellation of trade relations with Russia, which step they believed the impending note foreshadowed. Now that the communication has become public there is a general be- lief that it may lead to a break in the relations between London and Moscow, although it is pointed out in some quarters that this government demands only that Russia cease her anti-British tactics. Seek to Prevent Break. The parliamentary labor party ear- nestly hopes that there Wwill be no break with Russia, and is prepared to use all the means In its power as the official opposition to prevent such |an occurrence. | The communication serves notice {on the Moscow government that | Great Britain will feel herself free Front the obllgations of the trade agreement in the event that Russia Fithin ten days does not: (1) Offer satisfactory @ssurances —concerning propaganda; (2) admit her liability for the various offenses committed against British subjects and ships, oftering proper compensation; (3) vithdraw unequivocally her reply to the notes submitted by Great Britain in protest against the recent religious | prosecutions in Russia Show mo Surprise. Associated Press | When the de: spatches were read to British officials | in London they evinced no surprise | over Moscow's reception of the Cur- ! zon note. The foreign office was able | not only to give precise facts and figures regarding the activities of the soviet's propaganda agents, but also the names and location of the prin- tipals who from various points on Great Britain's borders directed these ties. A e "seoms to be a disposition in ain circles to cancel the Anglo- feaseian ‘trade agreement, but before doing so it is desired to hear what | Moscow has to say on the charges | set forth in the British note. HOLD BREAK LIKELY. o Soviet Heads Think Britain W_Ants‘ to End Agreement. | By the Associated Press. i AMOSCOW, May 9.—An emphatic note from the British government handed to Maxim Litvinoff, assistant foreign minister, this afternoon, al- leging propaganda and other viola- lation of the Anglo-Russion trade | agreement and demanding assurances | ot unconditional fulfillment of speci- fled requirements within ten days, is | Russian officfals to- considered by night as definitely intended to bring | about a break in Anglo-Russian re- lations. . As the note is only now being tributed among the higher officials of the government none of them would | predict the nature of ! ply, but the general impression seem- ed to be that Marquis Curzon. the British foreign secretary, was desir- s of a break. ou"!‘lll majesty’s government has no desire or intention to enter into pro- longed or possibly acrimonious oo troversy on these subjects” the note says, in insisting upon unconditional fuifillment within ten days. Even the opinion among the members of the ritish mission this evening seemed to be that the Russians would have to back down farther than at any time_ in soviet history }if they conceded Lord Curzon's de- mands and accepted the tone of the note meekly. I a break in Russian _trade located in London will ! removed to Berlin or ! Scandinavian countries. relations comes the organizations now one ot the @h BREAK WITH RUSSIA the Russian re-| probably be | REPORT SHIP SEIZED. $25.000 note in connection with the] arection of the Hotel Chatham in Boston. While the indictment was on one count, it is alleged that she negoiated seventeen notes totaling $325,000, bearing the name of the ironmaster as_indorser. According to the district attorney’s sMce, which announced it would ask £10,000 bail, thé woman was inter- ¢sted in the Chatham, Inc., which is constructing the Boston Hotel and to have issued a lot | for the work. tle, atiorney for client had made transactions. The omplainant against the woman.” ha added, “is Henry A. Mark ot Stoddard & Mark, real estate law- vers. at 128 Rroadway, into whose hands a note finally came. It was a xixty-day note, and was made payable 1o the order of ‘ourseives,’ was signed on the face M. B. Hayes' and was indorsed on the back M. B. Hayes and C, M, Schwab. Mr, Schwab said that he had known AMrg. Hayes twenty-five years, but ‘hat she had not bean authorized to rign his name. hing ’ British Trawler Captured Off Mur- mansk Coast. By the Asseciated Prees. HULL, May 9—It is reported that the English trawler Lord Astor has Dbeen seized off the Murmansk coast by a Russlan gunboat, says the Cen- {tral News. The seizure is sald to have been based on the charge that the trawler was fishing within the i Russ'an territorial limits. {CHAMBERLAIN RESIGNS; PRESIDENT ASSENTS Resignation of former Senator George E. Chamberlain of Oregon as @ member of the Shipping Board has | ture, sale, importation and exporta- || been accepted by President Harding, effective June 30. Mr. Chamberlain said he expected to remain in Washington for a time. It _is understood office here. % WASHINGTON, UNLIMITED LUER | GRANTED DOCTORS BY COURT' DECREE New York Decision Upsetting Federal Act May Affect Narcotics. | PATIENT’S NEEDS COME | FIRST, JUDGE DECLARES| Congress Sought to Outlaw Use as) Beverage, Not Medicine, Is Ruling. By the Associated Press. ! NEW YORK; May §.—Federal Judge Knox today declared vold that por- tion of the federal act which limits the amount of liquor which a physi- cfan may prescribe and granted an injunction restraining prohibition en- | forcement authorities from interfer- ! |ing with the practice of Dr. Samuel | | W. Lambert. H Attaches of the court raised the | question whether Judge Knox's de- cision, if sustained in the higher courts, would not also deal a blow at the Harrison anti-narcotic act. This act, it was said, prohibits physi: clans from prescribing increased doses of narcotics to drug_patients, thus, in effect, limiting the physicians’ judgement as to what treatment shall be_used. It was indicated that if the decision is" upheld United States Attorney Hayward might find himself com- pelled to drop procedings against Dr. Ernest S. Bishop, recently indicted under the Harrison act for prescrib- ing increased doses of a narcotic to a patient. Other Doctors Interested. i Dr. Lambert's suit, which he faid | was brought on behalf of other physi- clans who held similar views concern- ing the prescribing of liquor, was di- | rected against E. C. Yellowley, then acting state prohibition director: David | H. Blair, collector of internal revenue, and United States Attorney Hayward, | all of whom, he said, had publicly | threatened to act against him if he| prescribed more than the alloted pint | of liquor every ten days to & patient. | Dr. Lambert set forth in his peti- | tion that he had a number of patients Whose treatment required administra- | tion of more than a pint of whisky | every ten days, and declared that he intended to continue treating them as | he felt he should. His counsel de-| clared at the hearing of his application | for an injunction that the Iimitation | of amounts of liquor a physician may | prescribe, took cases out of the physi- | cian’s hands and made practitioners of medicine out of the congressmen who voted to include it in the pro-| hibition enforcement act. i H Limitation Void. “I have reached the conclusion.” | Judge Knox said in his decision, “that the limitations of the Volstead act and its amendments which make it unlawful to prescribe but one pint of intoxicating liquor for Internal and medicinal use of a person whose (known aliment, if it is to be properly | treated, requires the administration R greater quantity. are void. . “Whether or not the use of liquor in certain known ailments is a val- uable therapeutic agent is a_contro- versial subject. with which the court is not, at present, concerned. For the purposes of this motion, it is suffi- cient to accept the allegations of the complaint and then consider that ! Congress itself in the very legis- lation under attack, has recognized | that in certain cases liquor has a legi- timate medicinal use and has speci- fled circumstances under which it may be prescribed in given instances. Appeal Is Planned. “Having done so, Congress, without reference to the quantity of liquor actually required for the proper treatment of a particular ailment from which a patient may be suffer- ing. and irrespective of the good faith, judgment and skill of a phy- sician in attendance, proceeds to limit the amount which may be used. 4 “The eighteenth amendment to the ! Constitution was designed to bring about the prohibition of intoxicating ’hqunr for ‘beverage purposes’ and { was not, I think, intended to put ar | | end to the use of liquor. | | i | | 1 Assistant United States Attorney John Holley Clarke, jr., announced that the government would seek a stay of the injunction pending an ap- peal to the Supreme Court. APPEAL UNCERTAIN. Officials Here Say Decision Af- fects Only One Doctor. | Government officials were uncertain | today whether an appeal to the Su-, preme Court would be taken from the | New York federal court decision de- | | claring void the Willis-Campbell law | provision limiting physiclans’ pre- scriptions for liquor. The Supreme Court has not passed on this provision of the prohibition law. It has upheld the Volstead act as a whole, but that action does not prevent the court from declaring a particular section void upon submis- sion of the question in a specific case. The New York decision, however, 1s regarded here as affecting only the case.of a -h':sla physician raising the question, and not as annulling the section of the Volstead act involved, even in the New York district. Each physician desirink .to increase his quota of liquor prescriptions. it is | | declared, still will be required to | | bring separate suit to make the ! decision applicable to him. i | Prohibition headquarters officials | said the limitation of physicians’ | liquor prescriptions had been ques- | tioned by other minor courts in a | few cases, but that, so far as wa known, no appeals had resulted. The law limits the number of lquor pre- soriptions to 100 for three months to & medical practitioner. Legal officers of the governmen doubted whether the New York d.f cision would affect administration of the Harrison anti-narcotic act Un- like the Volstead act, the Harrison law dox not limit the number of drug prescriptions or treatments which practitioners may administer, requiring only detailed records of each dose given patients. It also was pointed , out that the Harrison law was enacted upon the initiative of | Congress, while the Volstead act is |in pursuance to the constitutional i amendment for prohibition. It is pointed out, however, that the ianguage of the amendment might ieave room for a legal argument over the validity of legislation enacted under it to limit prescriptions for medicinal purposes. In one sentence, and without g into details, the amendment decla: that manufac- | tion of intoxicating liquors “for beverage purposes is hereby. prohibit- The limitation upen’ physicians liquor prescriptions was (’o' ht orously in Congress when the Wil! (Continued on Page 2, Column ° of ig- i Maxwell R. Marston of Philadelphia | Tolley—out . WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D.-C, an News Note: A bust of ex-Emperor Bill has been bequeathed to the Corcoran Gallery of Art ! Works. 5\ “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers ning Star. eyvery city bl lock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1923—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. <] and the trustees are in a quandary. | | FOURL . GOLFERS LEFTINDEALPLAY Ouimet, Rotan, Dr. Willing| and Neville Survive Third Round. By the Associated Press. 1 DEAL, May 9.—Four of the invad-| ing American golfers remained in the | running as a result of the play to-| ¢ in the third round of the British amateur championship. Another ! American, resident in England. elim- | inated the present British champion The remaining American invaders after the third round were: Franeis) Ouimet of Boston, who has been made the favorite for the championship by the British experts; George V. Rotan of Texas, whose low medal score yes- terday attracted attention: Dr. O. F.| Willing of Portland, Ore., and John F. Neville of San Francisco. Z By defeating E. W. F. Holderness. the present British titleholder. Doug- 1as Grant, former Californian, now living in England, also remains in the | competition. Two Lose Thi The Americans who dropped out by defeats in the third round were and Frederick J. Wright, jr. of Los Angeles, former Bostonian, who was the last American survivor in the British amateur tournament two years ago. Walter Hagen, holder of the Brit- ish open championship, visited Deal today, with his bride, to watch the amateur play. Within two miles of the Deal links and easily seen from the tenth tee is the Sandwich course, on which Hagen won his title last | year. W. B. Torrance, Edinburgh Bur- gens, defeated G. L. Mellin of Adding- ton, 4 and 3. Roger Wethered, Worplesdon. de- ! feated J.J. Murray, Ramford, 5 and 1. T. A. Torrance of Sandy Lodge, England, defeated Michael Scott, the French champlon, 5 and 4. Fred Wright, jr, of Los Angeles was eliminated by G. N. P." Hum- phries, England, 3 and 2. Tolley-Marston Match Close. Tolley-Marston match was close until the last few holes. Tolley hav- ing been two down on the way out Dbut one up at the turn. The car 4 4 45 i Marston—out Tolley- Aarston—in ... In the fourth round play tomorrow the field will comprise = thirty-tu players, the four visiting Americans and one American resident and twenty- seven British competitors. Outmet to Play Neville. America is now without & single representative in the lower.half of the draw. Ouimet will play his team mate, Neville, in the fourth round. Dr. Willing will play R. W. Crum- mack, and Rotan will meet’ W. L. Hope. The fifth round will be played tomorrow, the 'sixth round Friday morning, the semi-finals Friday after- Tcon, and the six-hole finals Satur- 923 tan had a_walkaway in his match with Stone. The British player failed to win with a single hole of the; eleven played and halved only three. The cards: Rotan—Out, 55653 4 4 43 5—38. | Spec j Pawson, { shocked b, ! inquest, Non-Stop Flyer Weds, With Pal Acting Best Man By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES. Calif, May Lieut. John A. MacReady. who, with Lieut Oakley G. Kelly, re- cently made transcontinental non-stop airplane flight from New York to San Diego, will be married here today to Miss Nellie J. Turner of Columbus, Ohio, according to the Los Angeles Times. The ceremony was tc be per- formed at 4:30 o'clock at the res dence of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin MacReady. Mrs. George il Turner, mother of the bride was to give her away. Lieut. Kelly was to be the best man. The honeymoon will be passed near San Diego. The couple will make their home at Dayton, where Lieut. MacReady is stationed LONDON HAS TERSE REPLY TOGERMANY Br the Asscciated Press LONDON, May ®.—The Britisk reply | to the German reparations proposals will probally go forward tomorrow or Friday. The note will be a terse. energetic document, and, while not so condem- natory or sweeping as the French re- ply. it will point out in unmistakable terms the utter unacceptability of Chancellor Cuno's proposals and the imperative need for a more substan- tial and workable formula for the so- lution of a problem which affects the economic life of all Europe. YOUTH IS KILLED BY MOTOR TRUCK i to The Star. TOCKVILLE, Md., May 9.—Alfred | the ten-year-old son of J. Somerville Dawson, was instantly Killed this morning while on his way to school when he was run over by large auto truck operated by Wil- llam Johnsen, colored. The lad was riding & bicycle at the time of the accident. The wheels of the bicycle became caught in & trolley track when the boy tried to turn out of the way of the truck. He was thrown directly under the wheels of the truck which ran over his head. Other school children were . so the accident that school dismissed for the day. i According to witnesses the accident was unavoidable and officials decided that it was unnecessary to hold an | | ispa R Dr. Cook Missing When Oil Frauds Case Is Called Dr. Frederick A. Cook, who for a time disputed with the late Ad- miral Peary the discovery of the north pole. today falled to put in his appearance at the Post Office Department at the hearing in oil fraud cases. Dr.-Cook had been summoned be- fore Acting Solicitor Horace J. Donnelly of the department to show cause why a court order of fraud should not be issued against Stone—Out,” 56 7 4 55 5 4 6—46. Rotan—In, § 5. Stone—In, 6 6. X Ouimet's game against Clough was notable for its liberal sprinkling of 3's. His medal score on the outward journey was_only one over Rotan's remarkable 3¢ of yesterday. After turning ¢ up the Beston star lost (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) | You Can Read Just How It Was Played Full description of the game is printed in the i~ Base Ball Final—5:30 Edition Il gin? —issued immediately after the last man is declared “out.” For sale by Newsboys and Newsdealers throughout the city him. He was one of eighty-seven porsons recently charged with using the mails to defraud.. Fif- teen oil compenies were involved, the one with which Dr. Cook is connected being among the num- ber. The morning was spent in the formal reading of the charges by a post office inspector. t | i | COOL TILL FRIDAY, PROSPECTFORD. G Weather Unseasonable All Over Country, With Snow in Middle West. Unusually cool weather visited Washington last night and today. and. according to the weather bureau, it will remain until ¥Friday morning. when the mercury will start climbing. The northwest storm which has laid Snow on many sections of the lower lake region caused the thermometer here to drop from 61.5 degrees at 30 o'clock this morning te 39.2 de- grees at 6 am. Tonight the temper- ature will be in the thirties—above freezing, however—and the same con- dition will obtain tomorrow nmight. | Yesterday’. s Circulation, 93,621 U.S.1S DENIED BAN ON SUGAR TRADING Judge Mayer Announces Plea for Injunction Agalnst Exchange Is Lost. i By tiie Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 9.—Federal Judge Mayer announced this afternoon that the government's application for an injunction to restrain the w York | Coffee_and Sugar I ange and the New York Coffee and Sugar Associa- tion from dealing in sugar futures had been denied. DECLARES IORSE O0KS MULEY Auditor Testifies for Govern- ment of Groton Iron Works Records. ! The books of the Groton Tron a Morse corporation, were in | “muddled condition.” according to {the testimony of D. H. Gilligan, a witness for the government, today at he trial of Charles W. Morse, his {three sons and four others on charges | of conspiracy to defraud the United| | States througiy war-time contracts. Mr. | | Gilligan, now an auditor in the in- come tax unit of the internal reve-| nue office, had been employed in | April, 1917, to audit the books of the | company | Witn said he prepared a state-| | ment which was the basis for the one | finally made up by Dennis & Youns, New York accountants, whizh was| delivered to the Fleet Corporation. Hs | had placed his work sheets in a safe {at the plant, he stated, but a month | [later they had disappeared. Counsel| for the prosecution produced the pa- | pers. but Justcle Stafford would not admit them as evidence, as there was | no testimony to show that any of the defendants ever maw them. Counscl explained the papers had beea tuken by government agents from the files | of Dennis & Young. Caw't Explain Figures. John A. Veit, now an internal rev-| etue agent, but formerly employed as | an assistant auditor, testified for the | | prosecution. He was in the employ of Dennis & Young in April, 1917, he | {left behind plenty | the restaurant door thi TWO CENTS. POST OFFICE SAFE AT SILVER SPRING ROBBED 7TH TIME Cracksmen Get About $300 in Cash and Stamps After Blowing Door. WORKED LEISURELY, OFFICIALS BELIEVE Took Stroll About Village While Waiting for “Soup” Charge to Explode. Two cracksmen jimmied their wa into the post office at Silver Spring Md., early this morning, casually blew open the safe, and escaped with about 3300 in cash and stamps-— the third successful burglary at t station in one year and the seventh in its short histors The police bLellete tue who helped themseléss to th tion’s cash today are the same o who visited it on both previous casions within the last tw months, The cracksmen worked with cool precision of men who knew they neecd fear little interference, although they of evidence show that they were prepared to sist intrusions with force if A brand-new A holster made to hold a heavgwcaliber pis 1ay on the floor amid gleces of v had once been the sa%$ door. Went Out for Ftroil. To jimmy open the front door an inner door leading to the room which the safe rested was but work of a few minutes. After drill- ing a hole near the combination of the safe the yeggmen poured in their “soup™” of nitroglycerin and depar:- ed for an inspection of the town. whils their charge was do¥ng its part of the night's work En route through Silves Spring the burglars were attracted by the ar ctive restaurant maintained by 1 Lewls. Wi e th act of opening that establishment the proprietor was awakened and turnec on ‘the store lights to investigate The burglars fled. but the marks of their jimmies were plainly visible o: morning. veggme nece sary. ny the Leave Fingerprints. In the meantime the charge in post office safe had gone off and the said. and--went to Noank to help|burglars retraced their steps, took Winds are marking the coolness and, | straighten out the stock records and | all of the money and stamps they the bureau added. there will be frost. Snow for Wash- ington Is out of the question, the forecaster stated. Reports received here state that in the mountains of Virginia, Weat Vir- ginia, Maryland, western Pennsy it it clears up, ia and western New York snow ! also is evident. MIDWEST STAYS COLD. Still Lower Temperatures Expected in Some Sections. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 9.—Unseasonable cold which sent the thermometer down to freezing and was accom- panfed by snow flurries, continues today to bring shivers to the entire central west, but the weather bureau sees relief immediately ahead. The cold will continue today, how- ever, according to the weather report, with even lower temperatures in the lower great lakes region, the upper Chio valley and the Atlantic states. Snow yesterday was reported as far =outh as Missouri. Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana and other central states sent reports that the flurries at times as. sumed proportions of a winter bz zard. The northern section of W consin told of a three-inch snowfall. Unseasonable Heat. On the other hand isolated spots in the far southwest and on the Pacific coast experlenced unseasonably hot weather with, however, the tempera- tures throughout those regions and in the Pacific northwest generally normal, as was true also of the old south. Yuma, Ariz. was the hottest point in the unttry v erday, the tem- perature there reaching d above zero, which, according to the weather bureau, was 16 degrees above normal.. The temperature set a record for May 8 At Riverside, Calif.. the mercury went to 104, the highest May reading on record. Bakersfleld, farther north, reported 93. At Chicago this morning an inch of snow covers the ground and the :Qmperutnre is slightly below freez- ng. The central west apparently was hardest hit by the momentary return of winter, upper Wisconsin, the northern Michigan peninsula, Minne- sota, northern Nebraska. South Da- kota and Iowa being the chief suf- ferers. S Fruit Trees Damaged. Special dispatches to Omaha indi- cated heavy damage to fruit tfees and vegetable crops in the last three states. One of the worst storms ever ex- perienced during May was felt at Mil- waukee. Reports from northern Wis- consin were that freezing, with snow, overspread that section. Menominee, Mich.,, reported the (Continued on Page 2. Column 7.) e CASHIER OF U. S. BANK SHOT ON PARIS STREET New York Man Caught in Cross- fire Between Police and Bandits. By the Associated Prest PARIS, May 9.—James Parmeler of New York, cashier of the Paris branch of the Guaranty Trust Company, was shot and killed as he was walking home through one of the principal streets last night. The body was taken to a police station and an autopsy was ordered in an endeavor to ascertain if the bullet that killed the cashier came from a police revolver or was fired by a member of a gang battling with the detective @ short distance away. degrees . later to the Groton plant. where he | was employed as an assistant to Mr.| Gllligan, the auditor. He identifled a | | financial statement which he prepared ! | showing the condition of the corpora- | tion as of April 30, 1917. He said the | real estate of the company was car-, ! ried on the books at $300,000. The | witness was unable to explain why ems totaling $12,000 had been ricken off the assets side of the books with a lead pencil. or why an item of $41,000 on account of work in process was not credited on the books. The witness, Gilligan, said that by direction of Willlam H. Dennis the value of the real estate at the Nounk plant was listed in the company's financial statement as §800.000, as againat $300,000 on the company's books, and that the capital stock was set down at $1,000,000, when the books showed only $200,000, | The mortgage on the real estate! was fixed in the atatement at $78,-| | 750, an increase of $45,000. The com- | | pany's books were then changed to | agree with the latter statement, the| witness declared. | Dentist Signs as Appraiser. | Dr. Abraham §. Brownstein, a den- ! tist of Brooklyn, N. Y., whose sign. ture appears on the appraisal of the { Noank plant, testified that he knows | absolutely nothing of realty values!| }and signed the second page of the| statement after George Brown, a builder, had told him it was all right. Like Brown, the witness was sure there was only one page of the state- ment when he signed it. He never saw | the first page of the statement as offer- | ed until he was called as a witness for | the government. The appraisal was | signed at the request of Gilbert, | former president of the company. ! “Justice Stafford admitted the tes- ! timony over the objection of the d | fense, but remarked that the gov- i ernment had not yet shown that the defendants had knowledge of the preparation of the appraisal. {FREE STATE GIVES VALERA FINAL “NO” By the Assoclated Press. DUBLIN, May 9.—The Irish Free State government hi refused the | peace terms of Eamon de Valera and | has declined to communicate further ! with the republican leader. President Cosgrave, in the Dail | Bireann today read the correspon- | dence conducted with De Valera b: | Senators Douglas and Jameson, act- | {ing as intermediaries_ i _The correspondence showed that De Valera insisted upon an election by September 16 and assignment to the republicans of barracks where their arms should be stored under republican guards pending the out- come of the election. He also claimed the right of republicans to sit in the Free State parliament without taking the oath prescribed in the treaty. The government, said President Cos- grave, refused these terms and de- Clined to enter into further communi- cation with De Valera. IMAY APPOINT PLEMMONS | | TO CAPTAINCY OF POLICE | Sergt. Cornwell Also Said to Be Receiving Consideration for Promotion. | . Lieut. C. L. Plemmons and Detec- ive Sergt. Fred Cornwell. both a E::‘.:nd l‘o the detective bureau at night, are said to be receiving con- ll:lntlnn for promotion & result of the retirement of Capt. E. J. Keefe of the eighth precinct, Lieut. Plemmons, in charge of the ‘bure: from 4 o'clock until midnight, would be made captain and Cornwell would advance to lleutenant, agcord- 'ing to the reports. I police” are | photographs of the prints. could find. examined several parce! Post packages and carried away also several registered letters. They left behind, however, plenty of finger prints on the sides of the saf and this oversight may prove costly if they hanpen to be veterans, as the almost certain to have A watchman stationed at the Balti more and Ohio_ railroad crossing in Stiver Spring believes he saw the burglar: He noticed a handsome touring car, with two young men i it. passing down Montgomery Blair road, which parallels the tracks it is his business to guard. He thought nothing of the car, how- ever, until he heard the explosion in the post office and half an hour later saw the same car emerge from the road and start back toward Washing- ton. The supposed bandits seemed to be in no hurry, but drove away at a careless pace. Used Heavy Charge. The yeggmen must have used extraordinarily heavy charge of ni glycerin. as the blast awakened sey- eral residents of Silver Spring. They, like the watchman. however. were unable to locate it. and went Lack to sleep. Charles J. Benedict has been postmaster at Silver Spring for less than a year, and this moru- ing’s was the first robbery he has experienced. Miss Bertha Shaw. how- ever, has been an assistant at the station for more than three years and she enumerated seven. The one immediately before this oc- curred last February, and the other within the year occurred last May making today's visit almost a birtl day party BISHOP HARDING’S WILL IS PROBATED Children Chief Beneficiaries. Cathedral May Obtain Many Books. The will of Alfred Harding, Bishop of Washington, has been filed for pro- bate. The document s in the hand- writing of the bishop on the station- ery of Bishop's House. Tt was exe- cuted June 29, 1814, Rev. G. C. I Bratenahl is named as executor. The value of the estate is not given After committing his soul to od and his body to the earth for Chris- tian burial according to his faith. Bishop Harding directed that the pro- ceeds of his life insurance policies be divided into five parts, one portion ito go to each of his sons, {jr.. and Paul C.; two portions to his daughter, Chariotte G. Harding, and the fifth share to be divided between his sister-in-law, Harriet S. Douglass, and Josephine Creyke. Bequests of $100 each are made to his nieces, Justine and Edythe Henderson. The sisters-in-law ‘are to take the silver and furniture which belonged to their parents, and the-remaining household effects are to be distribut- ed among the children. Dr. Bratenah! Alfred, |is permitted to select a dozen hooks from the bishop's library and the children are requested to place in the cathedral library such appropriatc books as they may not wish to kecp. The remaining estate ix to be dis- tributed among the children. TO AID GROUNDED SHIP. SEATTLE, Wash, May 9.—The coast guard cutter Snohomish is rushing to the assistance bf the Alaska Steamship Company's steam- ship Lake Gebhart on the rocks near Umatilla reef, according to a wire- less message received here. The Lake Gebhart, the message said, was in a dangerous position, but that the sea had subsided. The shin far- ries a crew of thirty or thirty-dve.