Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER, Fair tonight and tomd/.row; cooler tonight. Temperature for p.m. today: yesterday: yesterday. Full report on parzs 7. | i 70 24 ne,urs ended at Highest, 88, at lowest, B%, ar 2:1¢ p. / 7 fH.m. Closing N. Y. sw.k:;_ntl Bonds, Page 28~ - 28,893. o. Er fered’ as seccnd-cla PC 8t off.ce Wishingt matter DG s NOBLES BEGIN TREK HOME AFTEQ MERRY " CONCLA'E ENDS IN [ E NEHT OF REVELRY 200 %500 Jam Colorful Avenue ‘o Bid Farewell to Hosts of / Visitors to Greatest of I Iy, Shrine Conventions. | TUMULTUOUS APPLAUSE GREETS GREAT PAGEANT| Carnival Spirit Rampant and Mer- riment Continues Into Early Hours of Morning—Capital To- day Resumes Its Quiet Life, With All But Few Guests Gone. Ba over the burning sands whence they came, the hosts of the Mystic Shrine were hurrying home- | ward today, and long before Wash- ington had dragged itself from bed most of the merry nobles were miles ‘away. The Aladdin city of Mecca| ‘was once more America’s National | Capital, changed overnight with the same mysterious suddenness that . had made it a big, care-free carnival | for the past week. | Gone was the happy fanfare of gay music to which Washington had rol- licked so merrily, gone the gro- tesquely costumed clans oi jolly good fellows who had romped its streets at will. Only an occasional | fez-capped noble, perspiring under | the weight of heavy suitcases, en| Toute to his steaming caravan, re-| mained to remind the observer of | the festive crowds who had thronged | the streets only yesterday. Beiore lunch time all but six of the 200 special trains that had| brought most of the Shriners to! Washington were homeward bound. | Aladdin Pullman cities in which | thousands of them lived during their | stay here had dissolved into hun- dreds of caravans. as sudden as it was com The | last temple to leave 1 be Jeru-| salem of New Orleans. Its departure | -is scheduled for next Tuesday. The| other temples remaining are Alad- din of Columbus, Ohio, “the Presi- dent's own"; Ararat of Kansas City Mo.; Crescent of Trenton, N. Cairo of Rutland, Vi, and Rizpah oi Madisonville, Ky The exodus was | 1 te. | i | | Farewell Is Brilliant. Washington will never forget its! farewell to the Ancient Arabic Order. | Noble i the Mystic Shrine. With | pageant. carnival and fireworks the city bade them godspeed, and back came the solemn Shrine prayer, “May Allah bless vou ail.” More than 200.- 000 men and women, casting aside the | fetters of worldly affairs, romped in the mellow, golden light of the “road | to Mecca” far into the wee sma’ hours. It seemed as though the foun- | tain of youth must have been found in the heart of Washington for cou- ples of mature years, men high in the | husiness of the nation. frolicked like:| children, i The greatest nizht Washington has ever known began the minute the city" and its thousands of guests could. ®ulp down quick suppers and race o} Pennsylvania avenue for points of | Yantage from which to view the great: historical pageant, the closing pro- on of the week. Long before § lock, when the parade rounded fhe. Peace monument and began its march down the “road to Mecca.” both sides of Pennsylvania avenue were banked 1o the bullding lines with a solid mass of cheering humanity. Every grand-sf stand was filled to its capacity i President in Stands, President | In Allah, and Who have enjoyed ! the Garden of Mrs. Harding. | here 'we(l‘m i ness Enabled His | BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Prohibition faced its in Washington during Shrine week and met it triumphantly. That is the considered judgment of all au- thotities directly concerned with the preservation of public order. sreatest crowds in the capital's his tory were the best-behmved on rec- That unprecedented result is attributed on all hands %o the absence of the saloon. Washington bone dry while the congregated. Some of them came with private supplies, and at their hotel headquartiers there was drinking. But practically no cases of public drunkenness were observed Disorder in the streews, it is officlully asserted. was confined without excep- { tion to the city's normal “bad egg: aided by an influx of out-of-tow pickpockets. Not a Shriner or an other visitor icentified with Shrin INVESTIGATE JAIL DISAPPEARING ACT U. S. Officials Tol¢l Substitute Served for Upper Marlboro Prisoner and’ Vanished. preme test ord was Shriners were Substitution of a ¢ utility man” for bona fide prisombr in the Prince Georges county, Mgl. jail for four while the soner—the con- victed one—roamed’ about at will, is the backbone of a wase rounded out by Department of Kustice agents in- vestigating chargest of alleged lax law enforcement in sthat county, it was learned today. Entirely too consiferate treatment even of the substitufe is woven into the case by informalion obtained by the operatives to tlje effect that he was a vertiable “guest” of the county during incarceration\ periods. having freedom about the town of Upper Mariboro, at intervals, syl meals and a resting place awalitingshim at night, in the Jjail From a source of wndisputed au- thority today came the prediction that drastic action might be looked for within two weeks, with a baktery of the United States attorney's office in Baluimore ‘turned upon the. position of a deputy” sherlf, ready toslay down a pre-indictment. barrage. Casevintricate and Veiled. a The casevis/ intricate jand is being veiled with offficial secgecy far as the Departmeint of Justice is con- cerned. It hajl its stakt when prohi- bition agentsy raided fthe John V. 1 Findlay farm\ near Hilicott City and after a running gun fight captured seven prisoneks and 20,000 gallons of mash and disg'llate, "and smashed up two 500-gallon; stilly and the rest of a plant valued at $10,000, on March 14 This case reswlted An two tions under the Vblstead act Morris A. Soper. an/May 232, ten day. after conviction, sentenced John C. Stafford, alias John Johnson, and Harry G. Rich{ w three and two months, _respectiviely. The. opening convic: i wedge of the case worked up by the investigators comsists of allegations that a party took place en route to the county jail, ;v here the prisoners had asked to be womiMitted, and that during that party’ a man named W. G. Hall stepped; inbo Johnson's (or Stafford’s) shoess to take his place in the jail { Four weeks l#ter, when investiga- tors swooped dawn on the jall, they found that a welrning siren had been sounded and _t. tafford was in, the cell, while W. G. Hall had conven- fently disappeared. Picking up odds and ends. the agents are declared to have found that while Hall was pinch hitting for Stafford. he was beirg al- lowed a run oft Upper Marlbero at times, returning td the jail for over- night stays. U. S. Officials on Cawe. Federal officials in Baltimore ' have been placed in charge of the fase by the Attorney Generals office here. W. W. Woodcock, the United Stajos attorne) K ‘The | not | i Judge every minute of Shrine week. review. | tHeTe, in a statement, said/ that he was cd the pageant from their siang. sar. | ALWOrk on the case and that mo official rounded by a brilliant gathering of | men and women from al] over the world, who packed the bigstands on either side of the garden. Led by} Tllustrious Potentate Leonard P.| Steuart and the Almas Temple Band the procession swung into the heart | of Mecca a few minutes before 9| o'clock. Tmmediately behind the Al- mas Patrol, continuing in its capacity as the guard of honor, strutted its dog mascot, dressed up fit to kill in the patrol "uniform and apparently enjoying it very much. A great shout rose from the stands as the Army band swung past, fol- | Jowed by a detachment of men from | the United States training ship Alex- | ander Hamilton. Then came a little | bit of every unit that makes up tlie | entire United States Army. from 2 company of infantry, cavalry and ar- tillery to the motorized machine shops | and photographic galleries with which | every modern combat battalion s | equipped. The cavalrymen from Fort | Meyer and their mounted band made | a tremendous hit. Smallest Plane Shown. Tn the Navy's section were sights | new to many of the inland Shriners. An airplane from the U. S. S. Langley, | “the eyes of the fleet,” and the small- | est segplane in the world were wheel- | ed past, followed by perfect dupli- | cates of submarines. real tarpedoes, | depth bombs, anti-aircraft guns and | mines. Lieut. John A. MacReady, whose fa- mous exploits in the air have been heard around the world, rode in an automobile behind a section of whip- pet tanks. Each wore the red fez! that prociaimed them Shriners and their reception along the entire route was tumultous, .~ One of the most striking features 1he parade wak the float of the Uni fog States coast guard service. It « ooC iated of & real life boat, filled viy] " (Continued on Vage 2, Column A3 / / Lieut. Oakley G. Kelly and |id report could vet be madey . It is known, however, thr the spe- cialist-investigators from thys jurisdic- tion have completed their iend of the preliminary investigation. rnd the fact- finding inquiry is a closed i gsue, the mat- ter now having been turn gl over to the United States attorney fto whip into form for legal action. Every indication at the/Department of Justice’ today pointed £o the interest that_has gripped the /federal ¢ Fhening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON Shrine Week Here Hailed Greatest Prohibition Victory Maj. Sullivan Says Lack of Drunken- Force to Set New Record in Handling Thousands. | activities was “picked up” by the | police for disorderly conduct. The week's record Is destined to stand for all time as an example of mass behavior when the incentive of in- toxicating liquor is not publicly at | hana. Haynes Is Astonished. Federal Commissioner { his prohibition enforcement staff |frankly contemplated Shrine week | with misgivings. Though they had schemed for weeks in advance to dry| | up all possible sources of liquor sup- Ply. they feared the worst when a | couple of hundrea thousana | fellows™ got together for merrymak- ng purposes. © Haynes has been greeably astonished. “The finest tribute to prohibition e the Vol- stead act became operative” is his |summary of Shrine week. He be- lieves the results achieved will bé of prohibition enforc (Continued on Page IBROKERS INVOLVED, | PAPERS DISAPPEAR ent__movement Column 3.) Prosecutor Asks Police Aid in Finding Records of Gotham Curb Market Firm. NEW YORK. June 8.—District At- | torney Banton. who is investigating | charges of bucketing against sev- }eral bankrupt brokerage houses, to- | day called on the police to ald him in | | tracing records of the curb market |house of L. L. Winkelman & Co which disappeared a few minut {after an involuntary bankruptey tition had been filed Mr. Banton rushed Assistant Di trict Attorney Gibbs to the Winkel- man house as scon as he learned of | the crash. Mr Gibbs reported he l'ad been informed that srveral large | packages. presumably records of ths | firm. bad been taken aw in al taxicab. * U. S. Attorney Act. the Winkelman house, | the largeet firm holding | membe:ship in the New York curb| market. intensified Mr. Banton's| campaign against brokers alleged to have operated in a questionable ! manner. United States Attorn Hayward also has entered the in- vestigation, secking an alleged con- spitacy to defraud investors. Liabilities of the Winkleman firm were placed at $1.750,000 and assets at $1.500,000 in an application for re- ceivership made before Federal Judze ! | Bondy. Judge Bondy naméd Charles L Livingstone receiver, with bond of $50,000. George Gordon Battle. attorney for the firm. issued a statement declaring his clients usserted they were solvent | and intended to co-operate with the receiver to the fullest extent for the | protection of their customers. Denles Records Gone. Attorney Battle denied that' any | records had been removed from the | Winkelman offices after announce- | ment of the failure. | “District Attorney Banton will | find." he sald, “that ail the records are in the offices as they were before | filing of the bankruptey petition.” | Mr. Banton disclosed that L. L. Win- | kelman and A. K. Nicholson, partners | in the Winkelman house, formerly had been in the employ of Charles A. Stone- ham, part owner of the New York Giants, who formerly operated a brok- | erage house under the name of Charles A. Stoneham & Co. Mr. Stoneham re- cently was involved in the $6,000,000 | failure of E. M. Fuller & Co.. admit- | ting at a referee’s hearing that he had | loaned the firm $197,000 shortly before | the crash, at the request of Thomas F. | Foley. Tammany leader, and former | sheriff of New York county i Winkelman, it was said, was the curb | representative of the old Stoneham | firm. and Nicholson was a correspond- | ent and market letter writer. /Hints at “Ring.” The Winkelman firm, which became ! a member of the curb market in 1916, specialized in curb oil stocks and| Standard Ofl securities. One of its] most successful promotions was Salt | Creek Producers’ Association, which | operates in the Wyoming oil fields. | The recent series of bankruptcies) of stock brokerage firms, accompanied | |in several cases by charges of bucket- | '"F orders, has started Federal Dis- | I trict Attorney Hayward on an inves- Failure of which was | (Continued on Page/ p (Continued on Page 3, Column 5. Respect ffor Flag Wins Ensign Firaise of Secretary Denby{ When Ensiitnf Warren F. Taylor of the United / ¥.tates’ submarine 48 entered the yrivate office of Secre- tary of tle /Navy Denby today, in answer to g summons, it would be putting it m'ild to say he was nervous and shakys/ But when he walked out {of that f¥amber he was all smiles, ‘tnd wa'A’ probably the proudest man in the ° compli Favy. He had been personally ented by his chief. Tay occupied 'a seat on gran-fstand in front of ‘Lafayette Sa:rr/Ie.‘ diagonally opposite the pres- a the stand during ' the parade Tu fiday. From the starting of that Pr fcession {o the end he arose with th/, passing of each American . flag 7 £1d stood at rigid attention while he aluted. There was nothing unusual in_this especially on the part of any Army or Navy man, but it was par- ticularly noticeable on that occasjon because Taylor was the only person in that section, in fact in a number of adjacent sections, who paid this respect to the colors. He stood out prominently because of his white uniform, § Secretary Denby was in the Presi- dent's reviewing party and it was not long before he espled this young n: val officer. With the passing of each cucceeding flag thereafter the Secre- tary watched closely to see if “that youngeter in the white uniform. he referred to him ‘terward, “was going to cheat or grow indifferent.” He called the President and Mrs. Harding's attention to it. Taylor never failed. He was oblivi- ous to the fact that the eyes of such prominent personages were upon him. Before the parade had ended Secre- tary Denby sent an'ald to learn the officer's identity, and 'yesterday he sent worl to his ship for him to re- port ‘at the Navy Department’ at 9 o'clock this morning. young man, sald that while he had done nothing out of the ordinary. his act was significant in that it would erve probably as an object lesson and probably an inspiration for the others about him, who, unfortunately, are 5o indlfferent regarding the honor and respect to the American colors. The Secretary today placed his coms | l | 1s being sent to the ensign.. Haynes and | “good | | epoch-making influence on the whole | { will be possible only if London agrees | Berlin government as to the absolute . | knowledgement | criticised Star. = “From Press to Home The Star’s carrier system covers every <ity block and the regular edi- ticn is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed Within the Hour” 1 !l | l | : Yesterday’s Circulation, 105,964 C Loy RDGOLOUS, SAYS PONGARE OF NEW GERMAN PROPESAL France May Insist on Show- i down on Ruhr Resistance in Her Reply. D. | BELGIANS FAVOR COMMON INTERALLIED ANSWER | Great' Britain Eipected to Agree Tha* Germany Must Admit De- feat in Occupation. By the Associated Pross. PARIS. June S.—Paris and Brussels are keeping in constant communica- tion today, discussing the advisability of making a reply to the new Ger- {man reparation note or ignoring it | entirely as not susceptible of form- {ing a basis for negotiation. In the | event a decision is reached that a re- »ly be made the French government is reported to favor a curt dismissal | of Germany's latest proposition. Bel- glum, on the contrary, is said to be |desirous of wording the acknowledge- iment in such a manner as might leave | | the way open for a further parley. | Foreign Office Silent. | The French foreign office maintains an absolute official silence on the sub- Ject. but the indications appear to be that a reply will be made and that Germany will b2 requested to an- nounce, once and for all, whether she Intends to continue or abandon her passive in the Ruhr. Prem are. upon reading the note. is reported to have called it| “ridiculuous.” and the newspapers. with the exception of the extremist organs. take the same attitude. The Belgian cabinet — strongly vors a common interallicd repl it seems cer that a joint answer PROBE PLOTINRAD OF CANESEBANDTS International Committee | .| Sees Possibility of Politics bt | Behind Outlawry. a n to leave no :doubt in the mind of the Bs the Associatcd Pr IENSTEIN, June 8. —Whether the | bandit attack on the Shanghai-Peking | express May 6, in which a number of | foreigners were kidnaped was the re- sult of a political plot is the point on | which the international committee of | inquiry. headed by Brig. Gen. W. D.! necessity resistance. and France There has munication of discontinuing the Ruhr Upon this point Belgium are solidly agreed. been mo direct com- between London and Paris on the subjact, the British viewpo'nt being transmitted to the Quai D'Orsay through Brussels. The expectation here is that reat | RBritatn will agree that Germany must admit defeat in the Ruhr and.| o, s, that a joint note will be elaborated | CONNOT: U. S. A.. is concentrating. and dispatohed to Berlin tomorrow. | The commission is seeking to de- The six leading papers of Paris|iermine whether the train crew had ! apply (o the memorandum Such|y .ioue knowledge of the bandits'| epithets as “inadmissable.” ‘“unac- clptable” and “mot meeding a repiv. |plans to attack the express, and Le Matin finds that the note has the | whether the armed guard aboard the | appearance of a challenge, so greatly | S iy = Den it fall to recognize the political|train made any effort to resist the situation { pandits The process of enrolling the bandits | Einds Many: Okidctions, n the Chinese army still is going on Even the anti slowly and officials are opposed to the new propositions are ob-|attempting to speed it up for fear of j.'tonable in many ways, especially | ATOUsing the suspicions of the out-| i {lawg and creating a breach | tie suggestion for a moratorium of | four rears in which France would re- Bandits Familiar Figures. ceive nothing. not even ‘the expense of the Ruhr occupation The Newpapers d ministerial L'Oeuvre | sayse Bandits now are familiar figures on | of Tsaochwang. At first.| the parleys were opened, they | L e more b on o ether l entered that city only in great uneasi- | ness of the memorandum; teceint will be sent by France andi Now. however. their manner has| chang They face cameras and) | Belgium. whether a joint ailied reply moving-picture machines with all the| will be dirpatched -or whether the assurance of veteran screen actors.| of the proposed guarantees will be | a vield in paper marks can be turned | of the brigand chiefs, the interna- 'its flights in that district. | | suspicion of spying there, has been LONDON, June 8.—The new German of {SOVIET TO BE ASKED many would be represented meets ' owever, as to whether France can, proposal as flatly as she rejected the | by Envoy in London. the streets themselve. te on {when allies will discuss the cuestion in the supreme l(?vlllt“. One oint especially Jo ihat the Administration | grin broadly. wave their hats and| vetained in German hands: Further- | sway their fans in truly picture style. ! more, some commentators assert. the | i understood that, at the request | memorandum fails to explain how | into’ gold | tional commission’s airplane which | | ; AD has been reconnoitering the outlaws’ Dliovi BT e | stronghold on Paotzuku, has ceased; General Impression in Newspapers| p,iper Potte. German medical mis- | sionary, who a few days ago was| Is Favorable. ordered out of the outlaw camp under | By the Associated Press. | permitted to return following his ex reparations memorandum has rreaned‘fl;’:f\'fi‘;" that he was attending the a generally favorable impression in! ' the London newspapers. most which regard it as a distinct advance over any previous proposal. The sug- | geation of a conference at which Ger- | T() MODJFY ANSWER with the approval of a majority of | > the commentators. i ] Considerable 'doubt is expressed | gontentious Character of Latest h be brought into line with the other | e i | allies. some of the, editorial writers| Note to Britain Defers Delivery believing that she will reject the new | last. The Morning Post expects the French | will ‘reject the proposal for an INter-| n ., Avaciated Pres [EX-PREMIER VIVIANI ORDER INGPECTION | were injured FRIDAY, JUNE.B, 1923—FORTY-TWO PAGES UNION STATION FLET T0 PARADE BEFORE PRESIENT |Executive to Review Battle Divisions at Seattle Next Month. COLLAPSES IN COURT Suffers Fainting Spell While Argu- ing Case and Is Taken to His Paris Home. By the Associated Press PARIS, June § Rene Viviani suffe while pleading afternoon and v in a state of collapse »rmer Premier °d a fainting spell a case in court as taken (o his this home President Harding will review the ates battle fleet off Seattle it became known today, when Depariment issued orders for the concentration of the various | units of the fleet in that locality. |, The department today sent the fol- lowing dispatch to Rear Admiral S. S Robison, acting commander-in-chief of the battle flect: “In view of Pr ! Seattle United | July | the Navy OF ALL WHARVES Commissioners Act to Pre- vent Repetition of Crash in Which 7 Were Hurt. sident's arrival department desires fleet itinerary modified so that all |forces in Puget Sound waters may | be assembled off Seattle not later | than July 26. prepared to be review- ed by the President United orge- | States July 27 CErl o About fifty naval vessels will form vn and Anacostia onts was | 3 i1l toww pud A1 Ha rlver Stont the concentratiom, including the bat- ordered by the Commissioners today | {lasnine Trmee OkioraLding, the bat- as & result of the collapse of a whart) Avizona. Nevada, Mississippl, Denn: S i L »sday | S¥lvania. Tennessee and At the foot of /3 stycet Tucday | Matvitnd: ITHE Warstaan) il hage afternoon. in which persons { completed the calibration tes of her {16-inch batteries off the Virg a capes [barely In time to traverse the canal 'and joint the fleet. The 35th and 36th divisions of de- stroyers and saquadron 11, compri ing thirtv-one vessels in all, with the destiover tender Melville, will | form the auxiliary forces, which will :\N‘ accompanied by the new hospital ship Relief and the repair ship | Prometheus. SEE DRY REPEALER LOST IN WISCONSIN Prohibition ~Leaders Say State Senate Will Kill As- sembly Measure. at Thorough inspection of all wh and landing places along the e of the seven The Shrine progress when the Fortunately all those the water were rescued The city heads took action today upon recommendation of Roland M Brennan, chairman of the wharf com- mittee of the engineer department In his report to Acting Engineer Commissioner Besson Mr. Brennan said “The act of Congress approvedi March 2, 1899, relative to the conxroli of wharf property. states that the | Commissioners, are authorized and | empowered to make all needful rules | and regulations for the government and control of all wharves. piers. bulkheads and structures thereon Perhaps this refers only to wharf property belonging to the United States or to the District of Columbia, and even if this be true, it is believed that any dangerous structures of this charactere although in private owner- ship, should be made safe The order of the Commissioners di- rects the building inspector's office and the police department to make | the investigation jointly, and requires owners to take whatever steps may be found necessary to put all wharves | By the Associated Press. in safe condition. MADISON, Wis., June 8.—Dry lead- ‘The wharf collapse was one of (h;lor’ in the state senate are confident few accidents that happened durin e the Shrine convention of defeating the Tucker biil. which COAST GUARD RESCUES | SEVEN ON LAKE BARGEi water pageant in ident occurred who fell into n enforcement act, should the bill come before the upper*body. The assembly vesterday engrossed the bill by a vote of 48 to 43, and wet adherents pre- dicted that thelr forces would remain Ley | designing the battle | TWO CENTS. OYSTER INSTRUCTS EADLEY T0 NAME ONE-WAY STREETS Acts to Retain Part of Down- town Schgme Which Has Been So Successful. RUDOLPH LENDS SUPPORT TO PERMANENT PLAN Widespread ~ Commendation of Scheme Heard—Parking at Angle May Be Changed. SPECIAL NIGHT PARKING CURB LIFTED BY D. C. Parking of automobilex in the downtown section will be per- mitted tomorrow night and Sun- day night, except on Pennsyl- vania avenue, C Oyster announced t. Pennsylvania avenue will re- main cloxed to trafiic at night to and Including Sunday night. The Commissioners already have lifted the ban on daytime parking on all streets. except Pennsyivania avenue. All of the Shrine regulations, including the one-way streets, will end Sunday, midnight. The Commi are dering making e-way streets permanent the near future. Commissioner Oyster made a dsfi nite announcement this afternoon that a number of one-way streets now in effect will be made perma- He Instructed Inspector Hi o submit a report this afternoon thoroughfares on which the one-way rule should remain. The Commissioner said he was ask- g for an immediate recommenda tion in order that the Commussioners might act in time to establish way streets before the temporary regulations expire Sunday aixit The Commissioncr also declared that he is considering. with his coi- con- nent a- i leagues, abolishing angle parking fn favor of parallel parking. which, believes, would leave more space passing trafic and reduce ac resulting from motorisis backing out from the curb into the lane of mov- ing vehicles. The smooth and frictionless running of automobile traffic during the Shrine convention has brought strongly to the fore the necessity of the permanent es- tablishment of the one-way streets now in effect, according 16 a consensue of opinion in Washington. Ease of operation, comparative free- dom from accidents and absence of iong traffic delays at intersections in the most congested traffic ever experienced |in the District have convinced local | motorists that the solution for the mu- jority of downtown traffic evils lies Tetaining one-way streets. Backed by Board of Trade. The Board of Trade special traffic { committee, under the leadership of {W. Pearce Rayner. an acknowledgrd expert on traffic, and numbering i its’ members those who were called in for consultation on new regula- tions for the District, is record in urging the full use of one-way streets. The committee has pointed out that Washington is far behind other cities in this matter and that congested downtown traffic will re- main as long as the obsolete idea of |two-way streets is maintained The Shrine convention is said to have proved the committee’s conten- Gents on would repeal the Severson prohibition | Craft Springs Leak After Ramming intact when the measure comes up Secretary Denby in commending the | mendation in an official letter, which ) national body to fix Germany's capacity to pay. As to guararitees, the news- paper believes French acceptance will depend to a_great extent upon the ac- tion taken by the United States and Great Britain on the question of the interallied debts he Post says: e Again we see how vitally interested the United States is in the European problems, and how impossible it is, in the long run, for any creditor nation to_pursue a poliey of isolation.” ‘here is strong press support for the conference idea. British _diplomats were reluctant 3 " {Continued on rage 2, Column AIRSHIP WINS OUT AC-1, 'Dirigible, Battles Heavy Wind and Rain for 14 Hours, .But Keens On. By the Associated Press. | BELLEVILLE, 1l.. June 8.—The {turned to Scott Field, near here. this morning from Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, after battling the ele- ments for fourteen hours. Heavy rains and wind storms were encoun- {tered the greater part of the way, but neither the airship nor any of its | crew suffered any 1ll effects. The blg semi-rigia “ship” left yes- terday from the Dayton field to bring back the crew of the ill-fated TC-1 and was expected to return last night. Some apprehension was felt when it aid not appear at midnight. ~ Shortly after 8 o'clock this morning. how- over. the ship. was sighted and half an hour. later the crew was landed sately. ‘3 In this connection | IN FIGHT WITH STORM| airigible AC-1, with a crew of six, re- | _ LONDON, June 8.—Soviet Russia’s |answer to the latest representations | of the British forelgn office has ar- | rived in London. It is understood the note is of a con- | tentious character on certain points, and before presenting it Leonid Kras- sin, acting as his government's repre- | sentative here, hopes to have the Mos- cow authorities temper it so that it } will mollify Lord Curzon in connec- ition with the reiterated demand of the British foreign secretary for the | recall of the soviet envoys at Teheran land Kabul as well as other matters | in dispute. | The Russian trade delegation here ! qeclared today that M. Krassin hoped to hand the reévised note to Lord Curzon shortly. REMOVE ALL BUT 12 FROM WRECKED SHIP Men Remaining Aboard U. §. Mine Sweeper Off Alaska in No Danger. i By the Associated Press. SEATTLE. Wash., June 8. —Twelve { members of the crew of the United | States mine sweeper Cardinal,wrecked | | on Chirikof Island, south of the Alas- | kan peninsula, remained aboard the | vessel this morning, all others having gone ashore or been taken aboard the coast and geographic survey ship D coverer. according to a radlo message received here shortly before .10 o'clock. Another message indicated the men 3t aboard the Cardinal. were I oo langer. at Ohio Landing. LORAIN, Ohio, June §.—Seven mem- bers of the crew of the barge Botts- ford of Saganaw, Mich., were rescued by Lorain coast guards early today after the vessel rammed the east har- bor pier here and sprang a leak. The | Bottsford was being towed here from Cleveland by the stgamer Simon Langell and was carried into the pler by a high wind after her tow 1line had snapped| POLICEMAN KILLED? By the Associated Press. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, June S§.— Fancied grievance and domestic trou- bles was the motive for the murder of a policemap at Lowellville, Ohio, ten miles east of here, early this morning. Wallace F](‘f\‘;mg:gkm:lh‘::; T bs Gianacppe Teanto. 1t ia al: | later an expert pilot at Mile canyon leged. Teanto was captured at 6}and White Horse rapids, Yukon A u itory. He made several explorations ojclock this morning. He denied the |ritory. He made several exi o Pier for final pascage in that body. The senace is admittedly dry, a% has been shown in past votes during this session. Headquarters h Wisconsin Division of the A Aralnst the Prohibition Amendment recently admitted that there was lit- tle chance of passing a repeal meas- ure In the upper house. A spirited debate was staged in the assembly vesterday before the Tucker bill was ordered engrossed. The de- bate hinged principally on the effect the state law would have on possibie modification of the Volstead law, the revenue gained by the state in the enforcement of the Severson act and the effect of prohibition on the morale of the public generally. EXPLORER DROWNS IN YUKON NEW YORK, June 8.—Dr. Leonard S. Sugden of this city, explorer -and lecturer, lost his life by drowning at Mayo, Yukon Territory. June . friends were advised today. Dr. Sus- den was formerly a sergeant in the royal northwest mounted police and e This Week's Big Shrine Events In the Rotogravure Section Of Next Sunday's Star A variety of interesting photographs reproduced in this superbly printed section—a worthy souvenir of the great Shrine conclave. b In Next Sunday's Star Mailed anywhere in the U Wflmmfiwxfl' it ed States for 10 cénts, postage prepaid T oA W A {tion. Motorists have been delightea | with the way in “which they couid | get _around” “under the new resula- { tions. Comments have been heard on all sides on “Washington's step forward." ‘avor Wholesale Scheme. | That the one-way streets for the | convention have been adopted whote |sale and not piecemeal has drawn jthe commendation of the committee A statement on this subject reads “We believe that it is unfair to the public and to the merchants to adopt one-way streets piecemeal, bt ask that the entire plan now in operation be put into effect perma- nently so that no street will be less desirable for business purposes than another.” Advocates of streets point easy permanent one-way out that-they afford 10 busis®ss houses on of the streets. and tha | turning big cars around is not neces- sar; because parking is allowed on side. They also suggest that one-half of time required for park- ing will be eliminated. Maneuvering backing. pulling out and other an- novances will be entirely done awny with, with the consequent speeding i up of traffic. H Members of this committee include | Alexander Britton, Dr. Gregg Custis Willlam Lanham. William Lackett Theodore P. Noyes and Charles Waters. Rudolph Favors Keeping Some. That some of the one-way streets Inow in effect should be made per- manent _is the opinion of Commis- sioner Rudolph. The Commissioner made it clear. in his first exp today on continuance of certain the special regulations, that if par ing privileges are returned to normal one-way streets should be perman- ently established. Commissioner Rudolph said that he believed that the city should either curtail the parking privileges or keep the new type streets. He said he did not believe that both are nec- essary. Commissioner Oyster, who has di- rect charge of traffic matters, already has made known his belief that th one-way_streets have worked weil during Shrine week and should be made permanent. Oyster Sees Benefit. Capt. Oyster does not think there is need for as many permanent one-way streets as are in effect for Shrine week He mentioned three specific thoroughfares he believes should be made one-way permanently 7 Jackson and Madison place, which abut Lafayette Square, and 15th street from New York avenue to H street. ‘The remarkably small number of automobile accidents during th Shrine convention, when thousands of strangers were added to the local population, demonstrates,” said Com- missioner Oyster, “that the people of Washington can make the _streets (Continued on Page 2, Column L more than