Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1923, Page 2

[ o1 * BANDITS CONTINUE TOENLIST IN ARMY Freeing of Prisoners ‘Now Only Matter of Days, Officials Believe. By the Associated P'ress. PEKING, June 4 the Shantung bandits into the na- tional army is proceeding at Tsaoch- wang, according to advices received at the American legation today. But those of the bandits who do mot de- sire to become soldiers are slipping away, leaving their rifles ~ behind. Members of the legation feel that it will be only ma of day until the cight foreign still held on Paotzuku mountain are released. BANDITS DISAGREE. Gen. Chen Now Negotiating With Chiefs. nrollment of ¥ the Associated Press, § TSAOCHWANG, June frost leaders of the brigands, Sun Mei-Yao, Ku Chit-Sai and others of the faction which is for aligning with the army, tried to persuade Bobo Lieu and the recalcitrants to agree hat those wishing to enlist may do o and those who do not may go_ their 9wn way on their own responsibility % Bobo s said to be the leader of he outlaws who would continue he brigandage G o S hen prousht aders, Sun and Kuo. esterday to continue After several hours #ith the two chiefs for th: Paots- #Fku headquarters of the bandits Tawo o bandit leaders are staying at Fsaochwang. The brigands have announced that the release of the four forcign captives yesterday was to show good faith CONDITIONS BETTER. 4.—The fore- bandit ang nce lett the o Tsa the ca Gen. Chen Released Men Say Captives Have ‘Easier Time. By the Associnted Press ISAOCHWANG, June 3.—In inter- views with correspondent of the Assoclated Press today, the four for- eigners released vesterday by the Suchow andits agreed t the con- @itions of the captives at the Paot- zuku camp had considerably improved &nce they were taken prisoner. The former captives said there is no lack of provis upplies or news of the outside at the camp. Pinger, they said. wce of something to his time night. To an ex- aptives have been enabled their time at night by tak- ges flashed in the Mborse code fr a light in the Tsao- chwang mines. By this me s the captives were kept informed of ‘what teanspired outside until they werc brought down from the summit of Paotzuku mountain to iple at the base with other captives. The captives ar more frec- dom, it wa mon, a m hanghai and one of those s! heid, says in a letter that the bandits show no respect for their oner nd sy on them if annoved, and if the prisoncts object think nothing of point ifles and vevolvers at them and threatening to shoot Manuel Verea, manufacturer, Mexico, one of the four released ves- terday, told the Associated Press he had been freed in time to spend his wedding anniversary with his wife in Shanghai. The only thing Senor Verea brought from the landits' eamp which he did’ not_take there is a pair of cuff links which he purchased for $2 from Reginald H. Rowlatt, resident of England, who still is held prisoner. The captives say numerous bandit bands are keeping to themselves in the general region of Paotz u, gain- ing their subsistence by robbing other bandits, The international military commis- mion sent here to investigate the bandit situation was received by guard «f honor on its arrival toda: Brijx. Gen. William D, Connor, United States Army, who heads the mission, explained that had come to obtain accurate information. MAs m ary men and servers,” d. “we shall expeet t abtain information whica .t would be imposeible for others to We shall have no dealinz with the bandits, directly or indirectly, but will merely make a report to the diplomatic_council, in charge of ne- gotlations. it is expected the commission will remain not to exceed four days, RUM CRAFT SEIZED. Canadian Authorities Raid Nest of Ships Off Victoria. SEATTLE June 4.—Cana- dfan authorities ded by a detacl ment of Royal riounted police, raided a_nest of liguor boats on_ Discovery Island, just off Victoria. B. C. yes- terday, according to infy ceived here by Roy C. w2ohibition director. Four gas bo: baen londed with, agd taken back to Victoria. The occu- pants of the boats plunged overboard wamd escaped in the darknes: Two of the captured boats are said b¥ the police to have been owned in Canada These boats had abeard alout 7,000 bottles of beer, the police +#ld. The other two boats are owned in Seattle and cuses of whisk volice. SEES DRY CAUSE AIDED. Senator Sheppard Says Smith Aect Clears Atmosphere. By the Associated Press. TEXARKANA, Tex. June 4.—The action of Gov. Smith “will in no way arrest or wcaken the cause of pro- hibition,” Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, author of the eighteenth amendment, declared in discussing the signing of the bill repealing the New York state prohibition enforce- ment act. “In fact, Gov. Smith's action will clear the atmosphere in the state of New York and enable us to put on guard there prohibition offi- als who belleve throughly in carry- ing out the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act. “The majesty of the Constitution and the law will be vigorously up- held both in New York and through- out the Union. The bootleggers and those in so-called high society who furnish the chief source of revenue for the bootleggers will obtain lMt- tle comfort from the action of Gov. Smith and the New York legislature.” a wii occupy at tent, the to occupy ing down said of trained oh- sh., Lyle, federal all side to have according to the Only One Question. From Loodon Auswers A A certain elementary school was visited one day by an important edu- cational authority, who proceeded, ns was his custom,’ to cross-examine the puplis. Question after question he put to the boys. Time after time he receiv- ed correct answers. He was de- lighted with the results. “Well,” seid the visitor, at lag, * there any boy here who would like to_gsk me something™ e looked about, and at last saw one small boy at the back with his hand up. “Yes, my boy, what is 1t?" he ask- ed, indulgentl ‘“Please, sir,’ came a tired voice; “what time does your train leave?” —_— ‘Women do most of their worrying over what they suspect rather than pver what they know. i obtain. | rmation re- | . et liquor, were seized were loaded with 500 | INEW YORK DRY LAW ISSUE! TAKEN UP AT WHITE HOUSE It Is expected that a number ¢f con- ferences will be held at the :White House this week between the: Presi- dent and government officials Fegard- ing the government's enforcetient of prohibition in New York state. It is understood that the President has notified Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Commissioner of ‘Internal Revenue Blair, Prohibition Commis- sioner Haynes and Attorney General Daugherty that he would like to dis- cuss the situation with them pre- paratory to the working oui of plans for strengthent=s the federel enforce- ment in the Empire state. SHRINE CARAVAN ' ENDS LONG TREK D. C. Nobles Accon_jpany Six- ty-One Autas Frem Fred- erick on Finaf Leg. Winding their way : through the rolling hills of Montgémery County, four-score automobiles, comprising | the Shrine caravan which started in California nearly a mohth ago, today completed their trgns-continental tour. Sixty-one automobiles which formed the caravan iraveling over the Alleghany mountains stopped in | Frederick, Md.. last night and left { Frederick at 8:30 thi§ merning, ar- Iriving in Rockville shortly after 10 After lunchedn they reached Washington—their mecca. The caravan, which® was joined at Frederick by fifteea automobiles from Pennsylvania and northern Maryland, proceeded ifito Washington at noon today by wa¥ of Wisconsin [avenue stopping at the District line | while the cars were :decorated and then proceeding down: Massachusetts avenue, around the: Capitol and thence to the Ellipse; south of the White House where niembers of the trans-continental caratan assisted in the ceremonies incident to the dedi- cation of the zero milestone by Pres- ident Harding. Good Bllryl:lnd:'l"ll:e. Led by Capt. Bernard McMahon of Almas Temple, Washifigton, D. C, who has been engagéd for eight ! o'clock. Shrine caravan, the Shrine cars made |good time through northern Mary- !land and completed the last leg of the journey without any untoward inci- dents. Capt. McMahon's rar had mo- {tor trouble five miles this side of | Ferderick on the way to Washington { today, but the trouble was soon fixed |and he caught and passed the caravan | before Ridgeville was reached. | Fntering Rockville the caravan jwas met by members of Almas Temple {of Washington, including Dr. J. T. { Prenderzast, chairman of the Shrine |parking committee, and, escorted by a | group of Rockville Shriners, proceed- jed to the Rockville fair grounds, where luncheon was served and mem- |bers of the caravan washed up in | preparation for their triumphal entry into Washington. Roger Shaw served an chairman of {the Rockville entertamment commit- tee and was assisted by a group of prominent Rockville business and {professional men. The Shrine tour- ists were officially welcomed to Rock |ville by Dr. O. M. Linthicum, mayor of the Maryland ‘city. who made a ishort address while lunchecn was be- g served. Womcn Star order from Rockville, Kensing- |ton, Bethesda and Gaithershurg joined in serving the tourists with luncheon. Escort to Distriet Linc. A large delegstion of Maryla state police preceded and rode w he caravan all the way from Fred- erick to the District Ime, where a { group of District of Columbia motor {cycle policemen met the caravan. Noble George M. Fisher, an of the transportation committee. |met the caravan in Frederick y: iterday afternoon and accompanied the {motor tourists into Washington. Passage of the Shrine caravan through Frederick and Montgomery {counties was marked today by out- {ward spontancous enthusiasm. On {the part of the townsfolk and country | people through w0se tirments a h settiem, {and farms the caravan passed all the {school children along the rosd were out in full force, given a recess by {their toachers, und as the caravan |passed by the children waved them |Godspeed. At every crossroad a {groun of enthusiastic Marylanders greet- {ed the Shriners and members of the jearavan were made to feel without {Guestion us if they were the welcome |guests of an hospitable people. This impression was heightened by the re- {ception they received at Rockville and {at the District line, where they were jmet by Noble Edgar C. Snyder, chair- {man of the Shrine entertainment com- {mittee. Few Cars in Start. Less than a score of cars started from Los Angeles, and members of the Shrine nobility have joined the caravan at various points along the route which ok the travelers through the cities of the middle west. One hundred and | fifty cars of the caravan came through Indianapolis last Wednesday, whence they went to Dayton, Ohio, in one day and reached Pittsburgh by easy stages. Coming through the Alle- | ghany mountains, whose eastern foot- { hills_ the members of the caravan {left this morning, the western group | was joined by a delegation of about {tnirty ears from western Pennsylvania and western New York, which will accompany the caravan on its tri- umpal entry into Washington this afternoon. —_———— SHRINE THOUSANDS THRONG CITY AS CON- CLAVE GETS UNDER WAY (Continued from First Page.) aeronautical exhibition ever held here off Hains' Point in Potomac Park. The uniformed patrol of Fedinah Temple will give a demonstration of its military worth on the elipse at 2 o'clock, and at the same hour the {marine pageant, “The Congress of the |Seas,” will start at Key bridge, in Georgetown, and pass down the Potomec river, round Hains' Point and terminate at the Washington |channel. It will be the greatest wa- ter spectacle ever witnessed in this city. Throughout the city, Shrine chanters and bands will be holding concerts, especially for the benefit of the maimed and indisposed, who are unable to get down to see the real spectacles of Shrine week in the heart of the city. KLAN DENIED ORDER. CHICAGO, June 4 —Federal Judge Wilkerron has denied a request of Attorney Charles G. Palmer, repre- senting the Ku Klux Klan, that all lists and printed matter in the hands of the G. B. Williams Company, print- ers, pertaining to membership of the Indlanapolis Klavern, be seized and Impounded. Palmer charged that officials of Tolerance, an° anti-klan magazine, had ordered the company to print the lists for circulation in_Indiana, dedpite the order of Judge Wilkerson last week Impounding a copy of the list_claimed by Tolerance officials to be the Indianapolis roster. ¢ Palmer was told to.serve a copy of the previous order, on the printers. months in mapping out the trip of the | of the Eastern | vice chair- | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, UNDERWOO L Married on the Monument Lot thi was Miss MT. VERNON VISIT FIRST SHRINE ACT (Continued from First Page.) who have been there today. “This is still the land of Washington,” clared the governor. “May I not hope, imperial potentate, that you, and, through you. all the Shriners of the earth may be baptized with the spirit of American_patriotism.” James A. Price. a grand master of vVirginia. In_adding his welcome to that of the Governor of Virginia, de- clared that Gen. Washington ' was “ome of the brightest stars of any age.” “God made him continued. Imperial Potentate McCandless thanked the two Virginians for their welcome to the home of Washington ana said that it was a great privilege {to be there. Mr. McCandless said that {George Washington had a “good jclean nature” and asserted twenty of the generals who served under Wash- a great soul” he fraternity. Here to Express Love. “We are here to place a token of sible,” said Mr. McCandless, the great wreath over to Mr. Steuart, {who in turn placed it upon the tomb. i __Then John Wellington Bovle, { Haugertles-on-Hudson, N. Y., emeri- !tus member of the Imperial Council, {at the request of the Imperial Poten- ll.’\lu, dropped_a single rose upon the i bier of the Father of His Country | Gov. Trinkle was accompanied to | Mount” Vernon today by Col. J. W Ogden, his aide, and other members of his staff. As soon as the ceremonies were [concluded _at the tomb, Imperial Potentate McCandless and the others | ipmmediately returned to Washington. | "™Eut at noon thousinds of Shriners argd their wives and families were | sti] streaming into Mount Vernon to | pay. their respects to the memory of { Washington. . Reverent Before Bier. As he Shriners filed past the tombd each femoved his red fez and stood Iy before the bler. | Mount: Vernon showed toda in all its | beauty teneath a hot sun, which was | tempered:, slightly by a brecze from | the river.; The great mansion heuse ithe cuthotscs, the gardens and other ! points of interest seemed to enthrall {the thousards of Shriners and their | families. - The cars of the Washington and O1d Dominios line were Trun upon frequont schédule all day. Many | stopped off at ‘Alexandria on the re- {turn trip. q | " Among those svho accompanted the { imperial potentate upon the pilgrim age were Frank Jones, first cere- monial master; I:eo V. Youngworth, Second ceremonigl master; E. A { Fietcher, marshal;: James C. Burger, assistant cnjamin W, Pow ell, recorder; S_. Brown, treasur- er; David W. land, high priest and prophet; Conrad V. Dvkeman, deputy potentate; James E. Chandler, {chief rabban; Thomas J. Houston, Jr.. captain of the guard; Clarence M. Dunbar, oriental guard; and Earl C. Mills, outer guard, GETS 2 DEATH SENTENCES Cuban Also Given Three Terms of Seventeen Years for Assaults. HAVANA, Cuba, June 4.—At the ses- sion of the Audencia in Santa’Clara, Julio Aguilar was sentenced tothree terms of imprisonment, each of seven- teen years, for assaults on his three daughters, and at the same time to two sentences of death for killing his two grandsons. VIEW Ruth Ethel Paula of Sioux City. de- | ington were members of the Masonic ilove and affection upon the tomb of | the man who made this country pos-| handing morning, Linder E. Brostrom, Abu Temple, Sioux City, groom, Rev. John E. Briggs of Washington, at left, performed the ceremony. ‘Bomb Shrine Pair With Kisses ' At Monument Grounds Wedding The first dart fired by Cupid since | the Shrine host arrived, took effect | e ubcring when Tuderimtiass trom, member of the Abu Bekr Tem- | ple of Sloux City, was married to| Ruth Ethel Paula on the Monument | grounds at 11 o'clock. | Surrounded by the thirty mcmhers; of the mounted patrol, members of the temple and hundreds of specta- tors, the couple were married by | Rev. John E. Briggs, pastor of the| Fifth Baptist Church of this city. i Amid a rain of “Good-bye old man, “Don’t forget your pay enveiope | every Saturday night” and like ex- pressions, a large number of the one hundred and ninety-six members | the Abu Bekr Temple and some | members took advan- i who were not { and kissed the! | tage of the occasion GEDDES RETIREMENT | REPORTS ARE DENIED| British Officials Deelare Rumors Are Entirely Without Basis of Truth. Br%he Associated Press. LONDON, ports to the effect that Sir Auckland Geddes was retiring from the posi-| tion of British ambassador to the! TUnited States were characterized as; entirely unfounded by Ronald Mc Nefll, undersecretary for forelgn af-| fairs, in the house of commons today. U. S. LEADS IN DONATIONS | FOR RELIEF AID IN RUHR! | P S i Cash, Clothing and Foodstufts Con- tributed by Americans, Berlin Reports. | 1 | By the Assoctated Press. | BERLIN. June 4—Americans rank ! first among the peoples of the various in:\tinnk in the extent to which they | have contributed toward the relief of | the Rhineland and Ruhr populations, {it was revealed at a recent meeting of the German Red Cross. Cash do- nations alone included $25000 re- ceived from the American Red Cross, {$8.000 collected bv the Yorker | | Staats Zeitung, $5.000 from re: \ll'“l.l; { of St Louis and $2,000 from the Cen- | tral Relief Committee in New York. The Central Relief Committee also sent foodstuffs valued at approxi- mately $70,000. Clothing sathered from all parts, of the United States and sent to the| ! Ruhr was valued at 350,000,000 marks | and 20,000 packages of foodstuffs} were also send for distribution in other parte of Germany, besides about 100.000 individual boxes, valued at wo billion marks, forwarded through {the Central Relief Committee. The Red Cross officials reported that other organizations and nations ! | which contributed toward relief in {the Rhineland and Ruhr includeds Swedish, Norwegian and Danish Red Cross Societies, Austria, Esthonia, Holland, Switzerland and Czechoso- valia. Donations were also received June 4—Newspaper re-of District {omeial. from the Vatican. pretty bride, while a number of ladies present did likewise with the bride- groom. Both, being exceptionally £00d sports, enjoyed the whole affair and even posed in a “very long” kiss for the camera men The temple chanters sang “Because” during the ceremony and rice was thrown in every direction. The bride and groom will honeymoon in Atlan- tic City and New York after the fun of_the convention here. The best man, C. O. Anderson, a member of the temple's chanters says, with the passing of his brother noble, he is the only eligible bache- lor in the Abu Bekr Temple. His ddress is Track 14, car 5 at the Baltimore and Ohio freight depot. Golden G. Morrill was matron of hon- or_at the wedding. The bride and groom, both thirty- one years of age declared amid the cheers of the throng that they were thrilled with the whole event. D. C. OFFICIALS WORK AS SH Struggle With Reclassification ‘While Bands Play Rag-Time. Belleve it or not, but a committee officials gathered this morning in one of the front rocms of the Municipal building and struggied with the question of reclassification while one Shrine band after another passe up and down Pennsylvan avenue playing martial airs and rag- time tunes. It was plain to b seen, though, that department heads of the city govern- ment were longing to get away from even so engrossing a subject as higher salaries and see the fun. Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, chairman { the reclassification committee, with 3ood morming. Mr. Gallagher,” ring- ing in one ear and reclassificati figures pouring into the other, went over the final report, which will be laid before the Commissioners late today or tomorrow. GRANTED NEW TRIAL. Court of Appeals Reverses D. C. Supreme Court. The District Court of Appeals today | granted Charles J. Seymour a new trial of his damage suit against the director general of railroads for in- { juries received when he was attacked at Danville, Va., by 2 special officer. The opinlon vendered by Justice Robb ' reverses the decision of. the District Supreme Court, Which had held she Company not iiable, as the officer happened also to be a state! Seymour was a “news butch- er” on the Southern railway and the attack occurred while the railroads were under government control. ———eee The 0ld Familiar Question. From the KansasCity Times. She—Darling, I've been wanting to ask_you something ever since we werée married. He—Well, dear, what is it? She—If I were to divorce you would you marry me again? Camp Mecca’s Street of Tents RINERS PARADE, JUNE 4, 1923, ‘Shriner Takes Unto Himself Bride at Public Service Here wn placing ring on finger of his “life partner,” who RUTHENBERG WINS RIGHT 10 APPEAL 'Convicted Syndicalist Es- capes Sentence Pending Higher Court’s Action. By the Associated Press. ST. JOSEPH, Mich, June 4.— Charles E. Ruthenberg of Cleveland, convicted in the Berrien circuit court last March of violating the Michigan Anti-syndicalism Act, escaped a pris- on sentence, for the time being at least, when permission to appeal the caso was granted by Judge Chese { White, this morning. Judge White agreed to withhold sentence pending the appeal to the Michigan Supreme ! court. i The motion for an appeal will be | filed by Attorney Frank P. Walsh and was opposed by Charles W. Gore, | prosecuting attorney. Ruthenberg was present in court when the mo- tion was granted. His bail of $10.000 { was continued, and he will be re- quired to_be present at the opening lof the September term of court, { though his appearance at that time will be a formality only. Ruthenberg's conviction was first under the Michigan statute against criminal syndicalism. With fifteen others, he was arrested Au- wust 22, 1922, when a sheriff's posse and federal agents raided the second annual convention of the communist party of America, held in the sand- r Bridgman, this coun The raiders found two barrels buried in the woods and from them took portfolios containing the personal pa- D of the seventy-six convention Velegates and other convention para- phernalia Francis Morrow, government secret agent, attended the meeting in the disgu a delegate. It was on in- furnished by Morrow that te brought its charges of crim- Zicalism. Among -nty-six were Ruth- enberg, Willlam Z. Foster, Rose Pas- okes and many other well n radical leaders. William Z. Foster of stecl strike fame was trie@ frst, but the jury disagreed. WILL IGNORE CAPTAIN'S CLAIM TO RICH ESTATE G. W. Davies Charges Wife Who Left $8,000,000 Was Hypnotized by H. L. Zeitun. i i i i i i | NEW YORK, June 4.—Settlement of the $8,000,000 estate of Mrs. Julia Wood Davies of Kansas City and Ex- celgior Springs, Mo. for which claims were entered by Capt. Harry Lello Zeltun of London, will be made shortly without col de on of the claims, George W. Davies, her husband and administrator of the estate, announced last night. Davies {is known as Giorgio Salvatore on {the opera and concert stage. Two wills held by Capt. Zeitun, naming him as eole heir, were de- clared by Mr. Davies to have been obtained through “hypnmotizing” his wife. He asserted Capt. Zeitun had lured his wife from Rome a few vears ago and had kept her under linfluence of drugs until she man- aged to escape. A few weeks before | her death she left a will naming Davies as administrator and co-heir with her daughters. the | |Baldwin Pledges France Help in Solving Problems By the Associated Press. PARIS, .June 4—Prime Minister Baldwin of England, in a state- ment to Le Petit Parisien, says: “I had the good fortune last winter to succeed in settling the delicate question of the Anglo- American debt. If the European questions now pending are ap- proached in the same spirit, I do not see why we cannot manage to settle them also. “In any case you can count on me to do my part with the great- est determination. Perhaps at the beginning we will meet temporary checks, but I am certain that in ;he(end success will crown our ef- or DRASTIC RUM RULE FOR SHIPS DRAFTED | (Continued from First Page.) scribe for medicinal purposes may | have an important bearing on lhei amount of liquor which may be used | on shipboard for medicinal purposes. | So far there has been no suggestion | that ship's doctors are to be limited in the amount prescribed. May Require Records. It may be necessary, however, it is belfeved, to have some record of the use of {iquor taken aboard for me- dicinal purposes presented to the American sutharities, in order to prevent its use for beverage purposes. Undoubtedly attempts will be made when Congress meets to have the phohfbiiion law amended so as to alleviate a_ situation which is gener- ally conceded as likely to prove em barrassing to internationl commerce. Some Treasury officials believe that Congress may find a way to remedy the situation. But others are con- vinced that enly a change in the pro- hibition constitutional amendment it- self would permit this. The drys in Congress may be relied upon to con- test vigorously any such change, how- ever. They are delighted with the decision of the Supreme Court. All permits for medicinal liquor brought into the United States ports by American and foreign vessels must be ‘approved by the officlals of the public health service. Dr. M. J. White, acting surgeon gen- eral in the absence of Surgeon Gen- eral Cumming, said today that the 1 public health service would carry out the regulations exactly as they are laid down. Instructions to the med- ical officers of the service in all the ports of the United States are going forward immediately. With less than a week intervening before the regu- lations become effective, it will prob- ably be necessary to transmit some of, the instructions to distant ports by wire. One Loophole Left. The one loophole in the regulations issued by the Treasury Department through which liquor might be carried on vessels entering American ports and find its way to the thirsty as a bever- age it is belleved in some quarters, is {in 1.e permission to carry medicinal | {liquor. "For that reason every effort | | will be made by the authorities to see that medicinal liquor carried by the vessels is used only in cases of sick- iness. It is recognized that this is go- ing to be a difficult job. n determining what amount of [1iquor & vessel shall carry for me- dicinal purposes many matters must | | be taken into consideration. The size | {of the crew, the number of passen- gers, the extent of the voyage, etc. Publie health physiclans are called upon to determine what in their opin- fon constitutes a proper supply of {liquor under these circumstances. | It was pointed out today that the jamount of liquor needed on an ocean j voyage might vary considerably from time to time on the same vessel with the same number of persons aboard. On one trip there might be a vast | amount of sickness due to rough | weather. expoeure, etc., while on an- {other very few persons would be | sick. Champagne has been used by phyelcians very generally to combat ! seasickness. How much champagne | is a physician to allot, therefore, to a ship carrylng several hundred pas- | sengérs? ~ How much whisky and| jother alcoholic stimulants? { RUM SHIP SINKS. |Sloop Beulah Rammed by Steamer i Off Virginia Coast. | | By the Assoctated Press. | NORFOLK, Va, June 4.—The fifty- {ton sloop Glen Beulah of British reg- ‘Iistr\ with a g0 of liquor, was isunk Saturday ht when she was rammed by an unidentified steamer ten miles southeast of the Cape | Charles lightship. { The nine men of the Glen Beulah's | crew were rescued by the coastguard | cutter Yamacraw, which was anchored ! about 200 vards from the rum run- | ner when the collision occurred, The sloop sank fifteen minutes after the members of the crew of the| sloop were brought to Norfolk and | turned over to federal prohibition en- { forcement agente. { {TRIAL OF MORSES ENTERS 7TH WEEK Government Witnesses Tell oli Financial Troubles of Corporation. The trial of Charles W. Morse, his three sons and four others, charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States through war-time contracts, entered its seventh week today. It is expected there will be no session of the trial tomorrow due to the Shrine festivities. The prosecution today Introduced testimony reflecting on the financial | history of the Virginia Shipbuilding | Corporation, one of the Morse com- panies. ‘Witnesses said the company had established Ilne of credit for & few months, but soon the creditors began to demand settlemen Robert L. Lake of Flushing, N. Y. formerly manager of purchases and trafic at the Alexandria plant, testified for the prosecution. He narrated conversa tions with Benjamin W. Morse and Rupert M. Much, two of the defend- ants, concerning the pressing de- mands of the creditors. The government also.read into the | t lana here, PLANS LOGALOPTION BILL IN CONGRESS Representative Britten Lauds Smith’s ‘A\stion on Repeal * of Dry &nforcement. Commending G(w". Al Smith of Nev York as the “onl:v outstanding figure in democratic nati onal politics today™ declaring th:ivt “the un-Amers fcan Volstead faxv'e will continue to be violated by 2(} 000,000 of Amer- ica’s best citizens” vmitil it is amend- ed, Representative ®red A. Britten, republican, of Nlinots today announced that on the first day (af the next ses- sion of Congress he welll introduce & bill for state local optfon for manu- facture of light wines azid beer. The resulting federal taxes would be applied to payment (Af a soldiers' bonus, according to th.s legislation Representative Britten pitvposes. He says: “My bill will inciude the sol- diers” bonus bill approvew! by Dboth branches of the last Coiusress and vetoed by the President. § A nominal tax on beer wnd wines will raise more than $700,0%),000 an- nually and will be paid mon: chier- tully than any tax the gowrnment has ever levied. This tax wilk pay the soldters’ bonus and pay off our entiyre national debt in twenty years. Ends “Plague.” In discussing the action of Gov. Smith, which he characterizes as igning @ bill which repeals state enforcement of the Volstead plague.” Representative Britten says: “The New York legislature, repwe- senting more people (12,000,000) tiyan Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Idawo, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshiw, New Mexico, Florida, Maine, Connec ticut, Wyoming, North and South and Vermont combined {1 &tates) interest of state self-government and had passed the Cuvilller bill in the interest of state self government and 89,000,000 sane liberty loving people of America expected Smith to sign that bill. His failure to have done so in order to please a highly organized mfnority of peculiar but well int tioned people would have eliminated him as a presidential possibility who gould not even carry his own state again. “The fanatics who cried to New York to ‘stay in the Union' had not said that Woodrow Wikson was wrecking the Constitution when he vetoed the mow unpopular and dis- graced Volstead scourge. No one contended then that the Volstead blight was in fact the Constitution and it is silly to suggest such a thing now. “The states that failed to ratify the eighteenth amendment are still a contented part of the Unidn. “The un-American Volstead farce. which tells doctors how 1o prescribe for patients and which does other equally ridiculous things, should be changed to meet popular favor, and until it is so_amepded, it will' con- tinue to be violated by 20,000,000 of America's best citizens.” CATHERINE LITTAUER WEDDED TO DOELLER Telegram to Groom’s Mother in Columbus, Ind., Tells of Mar- riage in Philadelphia. By the Associnted Press. COLUMBUS, Ind., ‘June 4—William E. Doeller, formerly of this city, was married Saturday in Philadelphia to Miss Catherine Louise Littauer -of ew York, according to a telegram received by Doeller's mother, Mrs | Hattie Doeller. Willlam A. Littauer, the girl's fath- jer. filed suit in Paris last January to prevent his daughter from marrying Doeller, to whom the Littauer family is sald to have objected. Later the. suit was withdrawn, it being under- stood that Miss Littauer had prom- ised not to marry for several months. STUDENTS AS GUESTS. Hyattsville Entertains Class From Ordnance Special School. atch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, June 4.— Hyattsville had the honor last night of entertaining enlisted students of the ordnance department, equipped to full war strength, who have been trafning for th st year at the ord- nance specialists’ school at the Rari- tan arsenel, Metuchen, N. J. The organization manned with five cfficers and 105 enlisted men, was in- vited to_pitch tents on the grounds of the University Park subdivision the invitation being extended by B. O. L. Wells, manager of the subdivision. The organization ar- rived in Hyattsville early last eve- i ning and today will proceed to Wash- fngton over the boulevard. THREE IN AUTO DROWNED. SPRINGFIELD, Vt., June 4.—Three East Barre men were drowned in the Connecticut river near here late last night, when their automobile went through a fence and down a sixty- foot embankment. A fourth occupant of the car was i thrown out on the bank and escaped belleved to in the injury. A heavy fog. is have obscured a sharp turn road from the driver. May Circulation 92,509 istrict of Columbia, s.: * DN G NEWROLD, Businces Mauager of T~ ON TAR." does of omnly @wear S o istribated jes of e paper d_and con 1 { Quring e mouth of May, A.D. 1023, o DAILY. Copies. Dass 84500 17. 95,030 18 D458 19 Days. £ testimony a number of documents by which it expects to proye its charges of comspiracy. NOTED MEN T0 SPEAK { Special Dispateh to The Star. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass,, June 4.— Statesmen and publicists from Eng- land, France, Gérmany and Austria will ‘address the third annual session of the Institute of Politics, which opens at Williams College on’ June 21, President Harry A. Garfleld, chair- man of the institute, announced here tonight. _Viscount Birkenhead leads the list of guests from abroad, but the English point of view will be further presented by Sir Edward Grigg, for- mer political secretary to Lloyd George, Canon Ernest Dimnet, 'pro- fessor in the College Stapislas, Paris, will ‘repfesent France. Count Harry Keossler, is the speaker: chosen for Germany, the first German ever in- vited to lecture at the institute. A brief_course of public lectures . will also be given by Sir Paul Vinograd- off, formerly. 6f Moscow, NOW pro- fessor of jurisprudence in Ox University. ord l Less adjustments . S Total daily net circulation Daily average net paid circu- IO .oz aeoomsacscnocs Daily average number coples for service, etc 91,551 =8 92,500 Coples. 95,320 97,681 of Dally average net circulation. SUNDAY. Copies. Days 98,547 20..... 98,117 27. Dy, 13. 592,685 - 3,145 350,520 96,778 802 Average Sunday net circula- . 97,380 tlon ......iiee 2 . FLEMING NBWBOLD, Business Masaeger. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20 n{ of June, A.D. 1923, (Seal.) Less adjustments Total Sunday net circulation.. Average net paid Sunday cir. culation Average number of coples for service, etc. ELMER F. YOUNT. Notary Public. »