Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomo: what cooler late tonight row. Tenrperature for hours ended at 2 p.m. tod: §5, at 4:30 p.m. yesterda: at_5:30 am. today. Full report on page 7. rrow; some- and tomor- twenty-four ay: Highest, Towest, 62, ! Closipg N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 16 ch 28,883. post_office W Entered as second-class matte! gton, D. C. ~ LS. ACTION AGAINGT VET BUREAU HEADS FORFRAUDIS SEEN, Criminal Charges May Be Asked Against Purchasers of Hospital Sites. SENATE PROBERS MAKE | PROGRESS IN HEARINGS | Seven or Eight Face Prosecutlonl in Dental Fakes, Com- | mittee Says. 1 e of the evidence gathered in the Senate committee investigation of the Veterans' Bureau has been turned over to the Deparlnmnl.u{ Justice for possible criminal action against the individuals involved. The charges so far laid before the Attorney General relate to alleged frauds in connection with dental work in veterans’ hospitals, but it was indicated today that the Depart- ment of Justice might be asked with- in few s to take action also against certain persons connected with the purchase of hospital sites and other property by the bureau. John F. O'Ryan, counsel fi committee, said today that hat seemed to be unconscionable prices had been paid in some instances for hospitals and supplies, and that a definite decision would be reached within a few days as to the bil- ity of criminal proceedings against those responsible. Charge Dental Fraud. Som: a The cvidence bearing on allezed dental frauds, Mr. O'Ryan said, con- cerned seven or eight persons and had to do with charges that dentists had in some cases induced veterans to sign receipts for dental services which never had been performed. He added that in no case had it devel- oped that brass or other substitutes were used fraudulently in dental work. b The committee representatives now are engaged in investigating locally every hospital, vocational training school and_other institution of the Veterans' Bureau, and contract in- stitutions as well. Evidence of yraft, Selfishness and incompetence, Mr. O'Ryan said, is being found here and | th in connection with vocational training school, and is béing turned over to Director Hines of the bureau for action. Cite Training Fatlures. The committee counsel declared that in many cases veterans had been assigned by the bureau’s vocational training experts to courses of train- ing for which they were not fitted, and then had them cut off from all| training when they failed to make progress within the time prescribed | by the burcau regulations. Dis- closure of this practice, he said, had caused Director Hines 'to undertake a survey of the entire vocational training program. Mr. O'Ryan already has drawn up recommendations for legislation to| correct some evils uncovered in ad- | ministration of the bureau’s affairs. PLANS 70 CHECK UP PAPER ACCOUNTING Committee to Investigate Handling of Material of Which Money Is Made. i | To investigate the system of ac- counting, checking and handling of paper in process of being turned into money, stamps and securities of .the government. a committee of three has been appointed, consisting of repre- sentatives of the bureau of engrav- ing and printing, the bureau of effi- clency and the Treasury Department. | Hold Method Antiquated. The system of accounts at the bu- reau, it was said by officials, is ant quated, has been in effect since 1872, with two alterations, and the decision ; to go over the entire system was reached in connection with not only recent discrepancies in the account hut the difficulties encountered past routine Investigations. The committee of three, the per- sonnel of which was guarded on all quarters today as a secret, has been © at the bureau, it was learned v, since early this month, and is making much progress on a detailed and thorough-going Investigation of the methods now in operation. Suspension as Discipline, It was made known today by Louis A. Hill, director of the bureau, that red Gelsler, superintendent of the surface division at the bureau, had been suspended from his position as a_disciplinary measure. It was em- phatically “stated, however, by offi- cials of the bureau and others that there was nothing in the action of Director Hill to cast the least sus- picion upon the integrity of Mr, Geisler. FIVE KILLED, THREE HURT AS POWDER EXPLODES Gelatine Packing Plant Blown Up at Fayville, Ill.—Other Buildings Escape. By the Associated Press. FAYVILLE, 111, May 29.—Five men were killed and three injured in an explosion at the Hercules Powder Company here today. The explosion was in a gelatin packing plant, in which the five kill- ed were working. The cause of the blast has not been determined. packing plant was destroyed, but only one other of the numerous build~ . ug® of the plans was da: in the | Attorney General Daugherty, re- turning to Washington after a period of rest in Ohio, today attended his first cabinet meeting in several weeks and denied reports which again have been circulated that he soon would resign. “I have heard nothing and know nothing of reports published in Ohio that 1 am to resign,” said Mr. Daugh- erly. “I feel better and I am better | than since I was taken ill last winter.| I am ready to get back on the job ac- tively. In fact, I have been doing| considerable work right along. Reports Strange. “The frequency with which these reports that 1 am to resign spring up in certain quarters 1s certainly strange.” The Attorney General left Wash- ington early in the month to take 1.5 INVESTIGATIV PROFTEERING HERE {Burns Assigns Agents to Look Into Reported | Boosts for Convention. Weapons of the federal government will be used to curb food profiteering in Washington during Shrine conven- tion week. Two special agents of the Depart- ment of Justice were assigned today by William J. Burns, director of the| bureau of investigation, to make a| thorough investigation of the re- ported concerted action of a certain | &roup of restaurant proprietors to| boost the price of foods next week. IShou]l] the agents be able to get evi- dence of a criminal conspiracy to gouge the Shriners the fact will be| immediately laid before the grand jury, United States Attorney Peyton Gordon promtsed. ! Dozen or More Investigated. The ‘nnmes of about a dozen cafe owners and hotel proprietors who are reported to have planned to in- crease prices have been received by | Mr. Gordon. It is these cases espe- clally that the Department of Justice agents are investigating. The United States attorney expecis a report| from the agents this afternoon. Maj. Gordon is strongly in favor of the proposition that the Shriners and their friends boycott the estab- lishments “hl(‘h'setk to profiteer from Washington's guests. He ap- preciates, however, that some ad- vance is expected because of the in- creased cost of additional labor re- quired to meet the unusual require- ments of the situation. May Use Placard i Referring to price boosting, the prose- cutor said: “I have heard of some | hotels which are doing this, too. The Shrine committee can do a great deal to combat excessive hotel rates and high prices of food by giving full pub- licity. If necessary, it should notify the Shriners of the houses engaged in such practices.” Several large eating establishments notified the Shrine committee today that placards bearing the inscription “No | Overcharge to Shriners” will be dis- played prominently in their windows as assurances to the visitors that they will not be gouged. Others are expected to adopt the same method of discouraging profiteering. The Shrine committee looks with favor upon the action of these restaurant pro- prietors, belleving it will correspond to an effective boycott on the places which do not give some public announcement of their intention to cling to normal prices during the visit of the “nobles.” POISON PEN SUSPECT MISSING FROM LINER Maxwell, Reported as Passenger Aboard Majestic, Not on Ship When She Docks. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, May 29.—George Max- well, Indicted as the writer of poison pen letters to Mrs. Allan Ryan and other prominent women here, was not aboard the steamship Majestic when it docked here today. Officers of the line had reported that Maxwell had ¢ Foenin WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION q Sfar. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1923—TWENTY-SIX PAGES. Daugherty Denies He Will Quit Cabinet Post During Summer Reports Published in Ohio Say He Will Resign Soon—Guest of President at White House. Mrs. Daugherty. who had been a patient in & Baltimore hospital, to the Daugherty home in Ohlo. Return- ing last evening he spent the night at the White House, and will continue to be a guest there for two or three days pending reopening of his resi- dence here. President Harding is understood to have discussed plans for his western trip last night and today with the Attorney General. The itinerary for the trip virtually was completed st week but anouncement was with- because of thé ex- to go over the plans 7 Mr. Daugherty. who was his pre-convention campaign mana- ger in 1920 and who since then has been one of his foremost advisers, ny Problems Up. A number of questions-relative to administration policies as well as sev- eral Department of Justice matters also are expected to come up for dis- cission between the President and the (Continued on Page ‘olumn 3.) OFFER FOR SHIPS MAY BE ACCEPTED Billion-Dollar Bid, if Valid, Will Be Taken Up, De- clares Lasker. The Shipping Board will investi- Rate thoroughly an offer of more than $1,000,000,000 received yesterday for the entire government merchant fleet, Chairman. Lasker said today, and if the bidders back up their pro- posal “there can be no doubt the| board will make the award to them.” The offer was presented by John W. Slack, president of the Columbia Postal Supply Company of Silver Creek, N. Y. It proposed to pay $1,051,000000 “for all ships, actlye and inactive and all other properdy of the United States Shipping Board, real, personal and mixed.” An in- itial payment of $51,000,000 would be {made on October 1, 1923, and $50,- 000,000 yearly thereafter until the entire sum had been’ paid. * Would Preserve Lines. The proposal as made public by the Shipping Board continues: “We agree to operate present lines with at least as good service as that rendered by the United States Ship- | ping Board, during the entire life of the agreement. The government to have the right to repossess all the property at any time that there is a default In payment of any part of the principal sum or any installment of interest. Interest to be pald in full on the unpaid balance quarterly at the same time as quarterly payments are made on the principal. “We are prepared to furnish a bond of one million dollars guaranteeing that we will sign a contract if award- ed same, and to discuss any or all other details of such a contract.” In commenting on the bid Chairman Lasker emphasized that the to offered was nearly three tlm;at:!{:m ventory value of the fleet based on present world market prices. Neither he nor any other official would esti- mate what would be a fair valuation of the other assets of the board, such as office equipment, organization and the good will of the eighteen estab- lished routes. Ofter Still Unsuppported. “The bidder has not disclosed any- thing as to his conections or worth, save what is included in the letter,” Mr. Lasker said. “The board constant- receives offers similar to this, but when investigated nothing has come of them, ot one cent accompanied the of- fer. It is asked that we hold all our property intact and do nothing until next October, when $50,000,000, or & per cent of the purchase price, will be paid. “Of course, it would be delightful if, on investigation, the bid proves to be bona fide. If so, there can be no doubt = the board will make the award to this bidder.” KITCHIN’S CONDITION REGARDED CRITICAL| By the Associated Press. WILSON, N. C, May 29.—Repre- sentative Claude Kitchin spent a ‘“‘very restless night and is very weak taken passage in London. Albert Wright and W. H. Dixle, Philadelphia jewelers, were among disembraking passengers, however, having slept every night of the voy- age on $100,000 worth of jewels, Word had been passed around the ship that Wright was Maxwell, traveling under an allas, and that Dixle was his at- torney. Noticing the curious and suspicious glances continually cast In their di- rection, the men assumed that they were victims of an intended holdup and took care to keep their supply of precious stones continually with them under the sheet at night. ‘When Informed that they had been mistaken for Maxwell and his attor- ney they were immensely relieved. “I never spent a more sleepiess week,” sald Wright. “I didn't dare take my eyes off the jewelry, and kept imagining guns and masks all around e Another passenger was M. Dizen- goff, mayor of the city of Tel Aziz, sn Palestine, founded fourteen years ago. GROUNDED STEAMER FLOATED A wireless mes- st guard cutter today said the freight Norfolk, which went sage Acushnet steamship had been floated and apparently was undamaged. The Norfolk is bound from Baltimore. fox Fortignd, Me, ] this morning,” Mre. Lewis Suter, his daughter, told the Associated Press today. Mrs. Suter said the condition of the former minority leader was re- garded as “extremely critical” Mr. Kitchin's physicians do not feel very much encouraged over his chances for recovery, aceording to Mrs. Suter. Mr. Kitchin has been a patient at a local hospital for several weeks, suffering with stomach trouble which followed an attack of influenza sev- eral weeks ago. = Mr. Kitchin had apparently shown much improvement until a few days ago, when his condition became seri- ous. Mrs. Kitchin, his son, Mills Kitchin, attorney of Washington, and daughter are at his bedside. SVITH WILL SHAPE DESTINY OF PARTY | INWET' DECISION Issue Resolves ltself to Whether Governor Comforts Tammany or Drys. Pro and Con at Hearing Only lht-l ter of Form—Governor to Act Next Friday. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. ALBANY, N. Y. May 28.—Gov. Al Smith will do more on Friday next to shape the destiny of the democratic party in the nation and alter the whole aspect of the presidential con- test in 1924 than will a single demo- crat or group of democrats in the year that must lapse before the na- tional conventions are held. The issue before the New York state governor today Is not whether the Mullan-Gage law enforces prohi- bition by making 13 of 1 per cent of | alcohol the legal definition of what the cighteenth amendment of the fed- eral Constitution meant by the word “intoxicating.” Nor is the issue whether the Empire state is deprived of a statute under which arrests and prosecutions can be made concur- rently with the federal law. Is Smith Wet or Dryt Al this, of course, is the subject | of the hearing at which the pro and | con of the state law will be argued. together with lots of contention about ! the obligation of New York state “to { stay in theUnion,” as President Hard- {ing, in effect, expressed himself in his letter of advice to New York state. | But the whole problem is sim- Iply and absolutely reducible —to e question: Is Al Smith “wet” or ry"? To put it another way: 1 Smith give comfort to the vets or to the “drys"? The Mullan-Gage law is an incident in the larger controversy of state jrights. Are the several states oblig- | ed to agree with the federal Con- gress in the latter's definition lhfl!‘ one-half of 1 per cent of alcohol is “intoxicating”? It isn't a matter of I repealing the eighteenth amendment itself. That amendment is imbedded too deeply to be repealed at this time. But the Supreme Court of the \United States has indicated that { Congress can define the words “in- | as used in the federal | i | | r | toxicating” amendment. Belleves in Interpretation. If Al Smith believed in the one- half of 1 per cent definition he would be in duty bound to keep the Mullan- Gage law on the books by vetoing the repeal act of the leglslature. But Al Smith defined his position on | that matter in his letter to Simeon Fess, senator-elect from Ohio. Al Smith believes the federal Con- can interpret the Constitution! fixing any alcoholic content it thinks is proper. Woodrow Wilson, t_democratic President of the dent, which is of iIncalculable influ- ence In the present situation. Wood- literary fleld was known as an uu~1 thor} constitutional govern- | United States, vetoed the Volstead | act ftself and gave Al Smith a prece- | row Wilson, who respected the Con- stitution as much as anybody in the, democratic party and who in the ment, declined to sign the Volstead act and did: not feel that he was| | T OFFGALS Release of Fourteen Captives Believed Brought Nearer by Parleys. By the Arsociated Press. TIENTSIN, May 29.—Dispatches from Tsaochwang today strengthened the impression of an improved at- mosphere in the negotiations for the release of the fourteen foreigners held in the bandit strongholds on Paotzuku mountain. Chinese officials evidently are mak- ing a more sincere effort to placate the bandits, and the bandits have been quick to acknowledge this. After parleys with the bandits, the gentry pledged property as a guar- antee that an agreement would be observed. The deputy tc the Tuchun of Shantung province sent in coun- ter proposals, which received prompt attention. Wheh the bandits” secre- tarles reached _the relief camp at| Tsaochwang, the tuchun’ deputy instantly reassured them regarding their safety and emphasized that it was not a question of loss of face. “I have lost a lot of face” ex- plained the official. “So have you, and so has China.” ‘What the deputy told the bandits in the conference that followed, which lasted hours, evidently w satisfactory, since the bandits deci ed not to return Iimmediately to Paotzuku, as they had intended, but to remain overnight, leaving terday to report back to their chle 's. Quake Kills 1,000 in Persia; Shocks Destroy Many Villages By the Associated Press. ALLAHABAD, British India, May 29.—Advices to the newspaper Pio- neer from Teheran state that 1,000 persons have been killed by an earth- The | aground near Cross Rip lightship, |auake at Turbat-I-Haideri. The earth shocks covered a period of several h Many Bave hesn deyastated " BTR sald jofmiles Turbat-I-Haideri is a small Persian town in Khorassan, a north central province which forms part of the great Iranian desert plateau. The general elevation of the country is somewhat less than 2,000 feet and it is cut up into many fertile valleys that alternate with barren sand wastes. The town is about sixty-five RUHR COMMUNISTS EXTEND CONTROL Strike Bureau Trying to In- cite Thousands of More Miners to Quit. 2 ated Press. BERLIN, May 29.—The communists who are conducting the miners’ strike in the Ruhr are attempting to have it extended sympathetically to the| bituminous coal reglons in central German; according to a dispatch to the Vossische Zeltung from Bochum. The communists are said to have or- ganized a central strike bureau, which sent a delegation to the cen- tral German coal districts for the| purpose of instigating such sympa- thetic action. It also sent a delega- tion to Berlin for wage negotiations. The Ruhr strike embraces all the Bochum, Gelsenkirchen and Dort- mund districts and part of the Essen | area, extending as far westward as Dulsburg and Hamborn, these ad- vices state. The strikers' demands include a 50 per cent increase in the wages paid for the first half of May and another 50 per cent increase for the second half of the month and also bonuses to meet the advancing costs of living. Demand Arrest of Officials. The latter additions would amount to 150,000 marks for single men and 200,000 marks for married men. The strikers' delegation was further com- missioned to demand that all striking workmen arrested be released. that no further measures be taken against the strikers and that all officials whom the communists hold respon- sible for “police terrorism” be ar- rested, At the same time it is announced in Berlin that an agreement has been reached between the labor ministry and the four miners’ organizations in the Ruhr whereby the wages for May will be increased 52.3 per cent. The Red Flag, communist organ, vays the German police are already © perating with the occupation forces in action against the strikers at Bochum and other places. It adds that “the strike administration has organized the protection of the strik- ers through the working men them- selves,” and has proclaimed prohibi- tion of the use of alcohol among the workers. Disorders in Dresden. Although the government of Saxony denies that any disorders have occurred in Dresden, the Berlin newspapers today publish dispatches depicting the situa- tion in Dresden as serious, owing to distress among the unemployed, who are marching and demonstrating through the city, The Tages Zeltung reports that a crawd attempted to storm the Dresden po"oE headquarters last evening and that several persons were Killed or in- | | | | | red. ’uPr‘c(lmlly all the shops and restau- rants in the Saxon capital have been closed in fear of plundering, the advices add. A mob appeared before the opera house, demanding that it be closed, the dispatches state, but withdrew when the directorate promised to give 300,000 marks to the unemployment fund. The Dresden municipal council has granted 500,000,000 marks for relief purposes. 10,000 STRIKERS CALLED. By the Associated Press. GELSENKIRCHEN, May 29.—A mass _meeting _of 10,000 striking (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) 30 WILLLOSE JOBS IN REVENUE BUREAU Maryland Division to Cut Force in Keeping With Retrench- ment Policy. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md, May 29.—Thirty employes will be dropped from the roster of the United States internal revenue bureau, Maryland division, it was announced yesterday by Galen L. Tait, collector. This, he said, is in Keeping with the ! retrenchment policy of the adminis- | tration, as well as the intent of the last Congress, which made a con- siderable cut in appropriations for the service, I Of the thirty affected, twenty-five will be in the Baltimore office and 'S five in the Washington branch. The cut in the Maryland offices, it is sai miles southwest of Meshed, the oapi~ will mean an annual reduction of | twenty-eighth Y BE BETTERN & YOUR JoB oF 7/ RKAISERIZIN' fopd ME Chinese Pigtails FurnishU.S .Girls| 180,143,136 Nets American girls last year used 180,143,136 nets made out of Chi- nese pigtails to hold in their hair. The net makers, practically all of whom are located in Chefoo, China, collected $3,319,322 for supplying the product, the Commerce Depart- ment estimated today, and the tre- mendous increase in the use of the nets was indicated by the fact that nine years ago, in 1914, the total value of hair nets exported from Chefoo, was only $719. The net makers were said to ex- pect a big year during 1923, espe- clally since American women have demonstrated a preference for a type of net made out of two hair strands, whereas before nets fab- ricated from single strands were the vogue. The double net at first occasioned some let down in the industry, because they were found to stand more wear and tear than the single, and the girls didn’t buy as many. Now the trade observers calculate the slack has been takem up, and net use is going to evi- dence its normal increase. 35 SLAIN OR HURT BY AXMURDERERS Birmingham Stirred by Store- keeper’s Death, Reviving Series of Crimes. ] By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., mingham police are trying to solve the murder of Charley Graffeo, the latest victim of a series of ax as- saults which, during the past forty- two months has taken the lives of nineteen persons and resulted in in- Juries to seventeen others. Graffeo was found dead at his store in an outlying residential section last night with his skull crushed by the blow of an ax, and his throat slashed. A blood spattered ax stood behind the door. Its handle was shortened, so that it could be carried | beneath a coat, police believe. The dead man's pockets had been rifled and the store robbed. The as- sailant evidently had entered under the pretense of making a purchase, the police sald. Fourth Case in Year, The attack upon Graffeo was the assault during the forty-two-month period, the first be- ing on the night of November 28, 1919. It was the fourth case of its kind this year. Alleged perpetrators have been sent to jall in only three of the long list of cases. Police claim to have solved three other cases, declaring the wounded victims refused to prosecute or co-eperate in obtaining convictions. Police declare they have divided the ax cases into two classifications. In the first grocerymen and cafe owners have been the victims, and in the other group the intermingling of races is sald to have been involved. Robbery Motive Seen. Theorles regarding the crimes have covered a large range. While the attacks in some ses apparently have had robbery as the motive, in some the idea has been advanced that they were the result of quarrels be- tween negroes who had stolen prop- erty and men who were acting as “fences” in disposing of the prop- erty. Police also have held the theory that a number of the cases bear evi- dence of having been committed by drug addicts. Because of the simi- “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every <ity block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 92,534. TWO CENTS. DRY AGENTS SEIZE 2AUTOS AND MEN 250 Gallons Corn Whisky Captured in Spectacular Chase of Truck. The net stretched by prohibition agents to prevent liquor smuggling during Shrine convention days hauled in five prisoners, two automobiles and 250 gallons of still warm corn from southern Maryland, when a camouflage of chicken crates on a truck failed to delude prohi- bition agents and detectives from the fifth precinct at dawn today on the Pennsylvania avenue bridge. A zig-zagging rear-guard touring car failed in an endeavor to forestall pursuit of the crate-carrying truck. As a result two machines, chicken crates and corn liquor and five pris- oners ended their journey before the desk sergeant at the fifth precinct. “Grade A Stuff. The corn whisky was pronounced grade A stuff, and that it probably cost $1,500 “at the still.” They added that by terating and doctoring,” which is commonly practiced before the prod- uct reaches the hands—and lips—of { the consumer. the value would mount to about $8,000. Three of the prisoners were color- ed. Two were white. The occupants of the large touring car which tried to cut off pursuit, were charged with “interference with federal officers at- tempting an arrest” a violation of the penal code. Four of those arrest- ed sald they were Baltimoreans. The names and addresses given and the charges against each follow: Emory C. Lewls, colored, 2009 13th street, transporting and illegal pos- sessfon of liquor; Walter Nelson, col- ored, Baltimore, 'transportation, ille- gal possession, no operator's permit and dead District license tags; Ben Camphor of Baltimore, transportation and illegal possession of liquor; Lew Jeremiah Bennett, white, Baltimore, possession of counterfeit stamps and labels and interference with federal officers; Paul Bernstein, Baltimore, white, same charges as Bennett. Chase Across Bridge Spectacular. The chase across the bridge was spectacular. Detectives Wise, Hayes and Fletcher of the fifth precinct were in an automobile with three of the prohibition bureau’s unnamed agents, imported especially as parts of the anti-wet cordon which has been stretched around the city. They first noticed a new truck carrying chicken crates speeding down the road toward the bridge, en route to Washington from southern Maryland. Before they could start in pursuit, another auto- mobile—an expensive nickle-trimmed touring car of a high-speed type—had hopped into the gap at the rear of the truck. When the revenue men at- tempted to pass this machine it swerved to the side of the bridge they were heading for and then back to the other side when they swung in that direction. Dart Into Opening. The finul attempt of the revenue men was a feint at the right side of the bridge and a swift dart to the left, which resultad in passing the touring car and wedging themselves between the units of the whisky fleet. The rest was easy. Bootleggers are adopting highest types of strategy to get through the cordon. The most successful one last night was a smoke screen. It was thrown up at the rear of the machine by a tank attached to the exhaust pipe, the tank taking in the smoke and exhaling it in volume when con- nected by a pedal, and sending it streaming into the faces cf pursuers by spreading it with 2 megaphone- like funnel. One whisky car broke through the cordon thus last night, larity in the attacks upon the store- keepers, it been suggested that the crimes were committed by the same person or group of person: and the agents lost another when it stopped short, swung back to Mary- land and disappeared across the stale 1ine. P st b At 4 <A R — T e e e e Souvenir Editions Imperial Council Session of the Mystic Shrine The Evening and Sunday Star From Sunday, June 3, to Sunday, June 10, Inclusive Each issue will contain a complete and accurate account of the great event. cluding the special issue of Tuesday, June 5, page Rotogravure Section of Beautiful Washington. Mailed anywhere in the United States, 40 cents, in- containing a twelve- Place Orders Today to Avoid the Rush v v e . Som, $35,00 10-345,000 in the payroll. ‘cutting and splitting, adul- | PLANS CONPLETE FOR HANDLING 20 SHRINERS' TRANS Greatest Rail Traffic Crush Will Occur Between Satur- day and Monday. MANY CARS TO BE SENT DIRECT TO SIDETRACKS Special Information Bureaus, Post Offices and Other Services Ar- ranged for Visitors. Plans for handling the vast throng of Shrine guests were completed to- day, when the transportation com- mittee, comprising the passenger traffic agents of every railroad en- tering Washington, held its final meeting and announced at noon that it was ready to receive the greatest number of trains ever assembled in one spot. With three special trains already comfortably parked within Washing- ton’s yard limits, the railroad men must begin to handle the 200 or more chartered trains due here between now and next Monday, in addition to an unprecedentedly heavy traffic on the regular schedules. The greatest crush will occur between Saturday morning and Monday evening. Pamphlet Is Issued. The transportation committee has not only perfected its plans in such a manner as to assure the least con- fusion, but it also anticipated thou- sands of inquiries as to the location of visiting temples and representa- tives. It issued today for the first time a complete pamphlet containing { the name of the railroad each temple will use, the time their respective specials will arrive and where they will disembark their passengers. In addition to this, the same pam- phlet contains a list of the names of every Shrine representative and at what hotel he and the members of his family, if he is accompanied by any will spend Shrine week in Washin ton. These booklets will be dis. tributed in such a manner that any person need only consult it for in- | formation regarding any temple, ! speclal train or representativ Schedule Board Started. To make assurance doubly sure the committee crowned its achievement with the establishment of a scheduls board at Shrine headquarters. On this will be charted dally the hour of arrival or departure of special trains, together with the minutes late they are calculated to be, if any. Six attendants will man tele- phones in front of this board from { morning until midnight. Should any person wish information regarding ortation they may go to tha telephone, ack for “Shrine.” then ask for the fransportation com- vittee and have the information they seek In a jiffy. The question of getting repre- | sentatives from the parking pla | to the meetings of the Imperial Con- {clave and back has been solved by the committee chartering enough au- tomobiles to haul them back and forth. | ""This service will be free to the rep- | resentatives at least, and it was an- nounced that the committee expected to have enough machines by Satur- day to give every noble parked in the Pullman cities free rides to and from. the centers of attractlon throughout the convention. Specials to Be Diverted. | To prevent confusion at Union | station. many of the special trains | will be diverted direct to thelr park- | ing _tracks upon arrival on the out- | ekirts of the city. Some few will be | permitted to discharge their passen- | gers at the main terminal and then back out to their allotted space. It has been found, however, that for the convenience of the passengers and the roads alike the practice of avold- ing Union station as much as possible will be followed. Members of the railroad committee will be on duty from 8 o'clock in the morning until midnight at Union sta- tion, the parking terminals, the Wil- lard, Washington and Raleigh hotels, where all of the representatives will be quartered. These representative will not only answer questions rela ing to transportation, but will also be glad to direct visitors to points of in- terest. Special Shrine Post Office. Anticipating tons of extra mail, the telephone and telegraph committee has made arrangements with the Post Office Department to open a special Shrine post office in the department building on Pennsylvania avenue There will be nine general delivery windows. open from 8 o'clock in the (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) FRANCE SOON TO ACT ON ARMS AGREEMENT Government and Chamber Agree to Terms of Resolutions for Pact Ratification. By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 29.—The government has come to an agreement with the foreign affairs committee of the cham- ber of deputies regarding the text of the Interpretative resolution to be in- troduced in the chamber for the rati- fication of the treaties signed at the Washington armament conference. The committee’s report is expected to be ready shortly and placed on the agenda of the chamber. TRY TO WRECK TRAIN. MINEOLA, N. Y., May 29,— Thres ten-year-old boys, alleged to have made two attempts to wreck a pas- senger train In order to repeat In real life the thrill they had got at |the movies, were arrested today. They admitted, the police say, that after seeing a movie train wreck they put an iron plate on the track near Westbury. When that was removed by a track walker they wedged a bolt into-a switch, but thetrack walker found thaje 100