Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Generally falr and continued warm tonight and tomorrow; gentle vari able winds. Temperature for twenty- four hours ended 4t 2 p.m. today—HIgh- est, 82, at 6 p.m. vesterday: lowest, 10, at’5 am. today. : Full report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 ch Ente.ed as - No. 28,904. 1G5 Cmee Wa second-class matter shington. D. C. HOPE ETNA'S FURY HAS PASSED PEAK; PERIL STILL GREA Thousands Continue Flight | { Before Lava and Clouds of Gray Ashes. LINGUAGLOSSA SEEMS DOOMED BY HOT FLOW Peasants Brave Death to Chant Prayers for Deliverance—Crater's Mouth Widens. the Assoclated Press. CATANIA, Italy, June 20.—Some of | the latest reports from the country- side stricken by Mount Etna's erup- tion give rise to the hope that the | fury of the mountain have passed its period of greatest inten- sity. However, the situation is gen- erally regarded as being practically | unchanged, with the mighty stream | of lava bearing slowly. but inevitably | upon Linguaglossa. During the night the mouth of the Crater was enlarged by a renewal of the terrible convulsions, and its lips, slipping into the ng in- terior. were hurled to the skies, tum- bling down the sides of the mountain | with a tremendous clatter. ! may Country Looks Dead. The lava has now submerged the station at Cerro and blocks the road between Castiglioni and Lingau- | slossa. | The quantity of ash emitted by the | crater is now more abundant than | ever. Tt resembles gray face powder, covering everything, pen ating ev- «rywhere and burying the entire landscape under.a powdery blanket. | Indeed, the whole region has taken L a note of mourning and sadness. | Wwhich, together with the oppressive | heat, ‘gives the country the aspect | of a dead land. One by one the little towns clin to the mountain's outermost ! flanks have been evacuated, their in- | habitants fleeing with such of their | houschold possessions as they can | earrv. However, the roads fo the | towns more remote from KEtna are strewn with the possessions of the fceing viliagers, who, weakened Ly fear and by the heat, have been coni- velled to abandon their treasures Red Cross Alds Many. Thousands of the homeless refugees are already belng cared for by Red Cross courts. Five great tentacles of molten rock and several smaller ones are stretch- ing out to gather in Linguaglossa and the town seems helpless. In fact it saems already dead in its mantle of black, suffocating ashes Up through the heavy smoke ash curtain an airplane occasio works its way, reporting back to the | threatened villages the progress of | the eruption. i The only life in the town is pro- vided by the troops and the occa-| sional processions of townspeople in- | voking the mercy of Heaven to save them from the impending disaster. | Try to Deviate Lava. i Between Linguaglossa and the on coming lava there is a scene of grea activity. All the engineer troops in | Siciliy have been gathered there and are digging deep trenches on the, mountainside by means of which it is| hoped to deviate the lava stream to the right and left of the town, turn- ing It down the steep slope into the! valley below. _This work could| hardly be more difficult for the heat,| dust, cinders and sulphurous fumes attacked the lungs and eyes of ‘hL sworkers to an extent that makes| thelr labors almost impossible. i Green fields, orange groves and| nevards have been swallowed up, | and for miles around the atmosphere is suffocating with volcanic smoke and a rain ot black smoke and ashes Which is covering the countryside | like a pall. veral smaller houses | jn Linguaglossa have been shaken | down by the frequent earth shocks @nd the once smiling little town, | Which. until the last it was thought | might be spared, is directly in the lne of the lava and is doubtless| doomed to destruction. ! Moves Forty Yards an Hour. | The molten stream is traveling! about forty yards an hour and Lin guagloosa Is confronted by a lava! bed 800 yards wide and nearly thirty feet deep. Smaller torrents of lava, diverted from the central stream, | threaten the villages of Randazzo and Bronte, from which so many | tourlsts make the ascent of Etna,| Francavilla, Castigione, Glardini and | Fiume Freddo. i The work of clearing the threat- ened towns is being carried out with| that t | | | the greatest energy and admirable It is said that a small armed force | organization. Discipline is necessary ; to induce the terrified inhabitants to|time by holding the first entrance. | abandon their beloved homes, bu their removal is carried out with| sympathy and kindness, | A new stream of lava on the west- ern side of Etna menaces the Giarre | junction on the Etna rallway. A cording to leading volcanologists six new craters have opened, only two of which, however, are of the first importance. In these can clearly be! seen the lava in frightful turmoil] being ejected in ' ‘irregular spurts | amid vast clouds of fumes and ashes,| forming two streams of liquid death, one of which is rolling down | on Linguaglossa, the other moving toward Sciaro pass, but threatening | no inhabited points, though causing | immense damage to the vineyards and nut plantations which consti- tuted the wealth of the countryside. The speed of the latter stream 18 80 slow, however, it is hoped it| ‘will not advance far, but rather form a kind of lake In one of the valleys. Numberless heart-rending episodes are being enacted in this theater around Etna. The affection of the peasants for their homelands renders thelr evacuation a difficult and deli- cate task. In one case a woman refused to abandon her vineyard, de- claring that her whole life had heen given over to its cultivation, that its existence was her existence and its death her death. They endeavored to carry her away, but she rushed back to the trees and embraced and kissed them singly, calling them her children. When finally she was re- moved it was found she had lost her reason. Many mothers carrying their chil- aren or crowded upon little hand- carta, are among the fugitives, and in_numerous cases stalwart peasants carry on their shoulders aged rela- 1ives unable to walk, who otherwise (Continped on Page 4, Column 2.) | possible the Asa G. Candler, Wedded to Stenographer By the Assoclated Press. ATLANTA, June 20.—Asa.G. Can- dler, sr, aged seventy-two vears old, capitalist of Atlanta and founder of the Coca-Cola Company, was married here today to Mrs. May Little Ragin, thirty-five years old, a stenographer, With offices in_the Candler building. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal “couple left for Washington, _The ceremony was observed at 11 o'clock in the chapel of Theological building at Emory University. After July 5. It was announced, the Candlers will be at home at the hand- some home of Mr. Candler in this city. Mrs. Ragin is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Little of Atlanta, and since the death of her first hus band, more than two years ago, has supported herself and little twin daughters, Julia and Mary, aged ten by maintaining a public stenographic flice in the Candler bullding here. It was in the course of her work that she became acquainted with Mr. Candler and this acquaintance grew into the romance which had its culmi- nation in the wedding set for toda. Original plans were for the wedding to be held at the home of the bride's TROOPS WILL RULE MOBCITY [F NEEDED Gov. Hardwick Acts After 2,000 Attack Savannah Jail. Br the Assoctated Press, ATLANTA, June 20.—Gov. Hardwick today signed an order authorizing Adjt. Gen. Lewis T. Pope to establish military rule at nah, where a mob threatened the jail early today to capture a negro held on a charge of attacking a white woman, in the event demanded such action. LAW IN COMMAND. SAVANNAH. C ed streets. dark and over by the keen eves June 30.—Desert- silent, guarded of the law, early today stood out in marked con- | trast over the stormy scene of a few hours before, when a mob of more than 2.000 persons assembled before the jail where Walter Lee, negro. charged with criminal assault upon white woman, is being held A check-up. on the number wounded got under way a Several persons ar in a more or less s of in Rospitals »us condition. Oscar C. Parker. jr. was the only person killed. so far as is known. Parker was shot In the stomach in onrush of the mob and died short: time later in a hospital George Bart. a baker's son, I8 suf- fering seriously from a wound re- celved in the firing. Chief of Police Hendry ing from bruises as the having been struck in with a brick Dricks Hurled by Attackers. The mobh formed shortly before midnight, when word spread through- cut’the city that Lee was being held in the city jail. Sheriff Merrit W. Dixon sought to disperse the gath- ering, but failed. He then ordered tity firemen to turn water on the mob and six streams poured out. Bricks were hurled at the firemen Chief Hendry was struck and Sherift I'ixon's revolver was knocked from his hand. Meanwhile, when the menace ap- peared to grow, troops were called cut by Mayor Seabrooks. A detach- ment " of machine gunners, under command of, Maj. A. Russell Moore. reached the jail and took position. A section” of the mob began to close in and firirg ensued. It is hLe- lieved that then Parker received his fatal round. Lieut. I C. Helmly, j Battery C, National Guard, was struck in ‘the face with a brick hurled by thc mob. Under Lieut. Col. is suffer- result of J. H. Thompson, the military then pushed the crowd | back two blocks from the jail. Rifles were fired over the heads of the mob. At 2:30 o'clock the crowd had pers At 9 o'cl this morning units of the 118th Field Artillery and the Georgia Hussars, numbering more than 150, were still on guard duty at the jail. A conference of mili- tary authorities and police officials was scheduled for this morning after Brig. Gen. R. J. Travis reached | Savannah. It was problematical this morning whether the forty-nine alleged mem- | bers of the mob, who were arrested by the military last night, would be glven a hearing immediately. They are being held in the eity barracks. It was quiet around the jail. Tempo- rary breastworks have bheen thrown up by the military and guards are patrolling the nearby streets. The Savannah Jjail, according to records, has never been successfully stormed by a mob. Entrance to it is through a gate set in a high ‘brick | wall, and if entrance could be ef-! fected here it would require the pene- tration of the main door, which is of steel, and which leads to the Jail offices, before the cells are reached. could repel a large mob for some dentity of the negro Lee became known to the police yesterday after- noon, and the search was begun for him. Although but nineteen years old, the negro, according to the po- lice, has a criminal record from the juvenile farm and chain gang. Human Sacrifice in North Burma Persists Despite British Power By the Associated Press. RANGOON, June 20.—Slavery and human sacrifices are still going on in some of the mountain districts of northern Burma, according to the an- nual report of the commissioner of the northeastern frontier, published by the government here. It is in the torritory known as the Naga Hills that the sacrifices take place. At- tempts by the government to eradi- cate these practices have not yet entirely succeeded. The pedemption of slaves Intended for sacrifice has only resulted in the use of money saved for a bigger and more ex- pensive sacrifice later on. By a recent government investigar tion it was discovered that the nume ber of human sacrifices in the Naga Hills Is never less than from six to ten a year. Sometimes, when. funds are plentiful, the number in a year amounts to twenty or thirty. The most common victims are Indian chil- the situation | soon as | al the stomach ! dis- | WASHINGTON, D. C, 72, Capitalist, |parents on West North avenue, ac- cording to printed announcement cards, | but owing to ill health of the bride's | mother, a change was decided wpon i Mr. Candler choose Emory Sniversity | for the ceremony because of his deep Interest in the college, which largely | through his support has become one of the leading educational centers In !'he south. Interest In the Candler wedding is increased by the fact that the $500.- 000 breach of promise suit filed against Mr. Candler by Mrs, Onesi- ma de Bouchel, a prominent soclety { woman of New Orleans, still {s pend- ing in the local courts. Mr. Candler and Mrs. De Bouchel were to have been married at Reno, Nev., last September, but the engagement was broken aftér announcement cards had been issued and the suit by Mrs. | De_Bouchel followed. NEW ORLEANS, La. June 20.— Mrs. Onezima de Bouchel of this city, plaintiff in a $500,000 breach of promise and slander suit against Asa | G. Candler, sr. smiled today when |informed of the approaching mar- | riage of the Atlanta capitalist. - knew nothing whatever of it.” ald, “and. being entirely uncon- | cerned in it, of course, I could not ay anything about it RUM RUNNERS FAGE - CRUSHING ATTACKS Federal Officers, Stung by Long Island Defeats, Plan “Mop Up” Tactics. | she By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 20.—Stern meas- ures to crush rum runners using Long Island as a base of operations were | planned today by federal prohibi- !Kklnn authorities. The “mopping up” | |was decided on after reports of two Ipitched battles, in which deputy i sheriffs and police exchanged shots | with gangs, were received yesterday | by federal ofiicials Sheriff Amza Biggs of Suffolk | |county yesterday told of an encoun ter at Greenport between eight deputy sheriffs and some'fifty or sixty rum runners and New York gunmen, in which the deputies were forced to seek cover while a fleet of |trucks dashed to New York with nearly 600 cases of liquor. Fighting Two Day. | The battle was the culmination of | two day's skirmishing, which started | when the vessel of unknown identity landed a cargo of liquor in Greenport | early Sunday. Sidney Smith, a citi-| zen, had one ear shot off as he stood | before the house of Capt. Fred Davis, | a fisherman, Sunday. Smith notified | Sherift Biggs and four deputles were | rushed to the house. They observed men loading cases on a truck, it was said. The truck was rushed and Ernest Mar. tin of Westbury, the driver, John Monahan, and Joscph Kelbacher were arrested ! The second part of the battle oc- | curred wnen ten gunmen were rushed | to Capt. Davis’ house in an automo- | bile. Eight deputy sheriffs attempt- | ©d to “capture the stronghold, hut! | were driven away by a volley. ! ! Police Rush House. | The other battle was fought yes- terday by police of Baldwin, when | they "were called out by a report that an attempt was being made to burglarize the home of Edward W. Pruden. Shots were belng exchanged as they arrived. The police rushed the house and captured Pruden, John Tietlow and Frank Jones. A short! time later Adrien Klein appeared on the scene and was arrested. He ad- mitted ownership of 1,000 sacks of liguor found in the house, the police Sherift Biggs told the Associated Press that Long Island. particularly | the tip, was overrun with bootleggers | and rum runners. He said the repeal of the Mullan-Gage state enrnrce»! ment act had been followed by an amazirg increase in rum operations. Rum ships, he said, had laid off Mon- | tauk Point almost continuously for the past five months, but the number had increased greatly in the last few weeks. { WILL TRY POLE FLIGHT. French Officer to Take Up Venture | Amundsen Dropped. PARIS, June 20.—A French ex- army officer intends to make an at- | tempt to reach the north pole by air row that Roald Amundsen has aban- | doned his scheme, the newspapers announce today. The prospective ad- venturer's name Is withheld, but the writers say he has already distin-| guished himself in the polar regions. | He had begun preparations for the | fiight, but abandoned it when Amund. | sen made known his own plans. | QUAKE IN SIBERIA. | MOSCOW, June 19.—A severe earth- lquake occurred on the morning of | June 16 at Verkhne-Udingk, Siberia. It lasted twenty seconds. No detalls have been received hers. | |dren, both boys and girls. kidnaped from Assam, although any kind of available slaves may be included in the slaughter. One Indian girl, al- ready earmarked for sacrifice by the Nagas, was recently released througP ! government action. | At the time of the last government estimate there were 271 slaves in Hkampti, against 373 in the previous year. A few deaths of slaves had oc- curred, but the reduction was mainly due to slaves redeeming themselves or being released voluntarily by their owners. : The report mentions several cases in which Indians were enticed by the Nagas to enter the country to work as blacksmiths and subsequently were seized and sold as slaves in the Hukong valley. Some of these men had settled down with wives pro= vided for them and had no desire to be liberated. A certain number, how- ever, appealed to British officials, who were able to procure their free- dom. In addition . to those found among the Nag: seven cases of hu- slavery were discovered among the Hukong Kachins, - ¢ Foening Star. | first reading of the log early today,| { not appear before their guests until| | talk | leaving Boston harbor. | dealing with | aboard, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as t he papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 91,551 e FINDFEW FAULTS ONLEVIATHAN TRIAL Huge Ship Slips Along Quietly and Rapidly, While Cuisine Wins High Praise. By Wireless to the Associated Press ABOARD THE STEAMSHIP LE- VIATHAN, June 20.—Uncle Sam's big | vachting party aboard the recondi-| tioned Leviathan was bowling alonzI at a nineteen-knot-an-hour clip at the as the nation’s biggest liner steamed her way on her trial trip to West| Indlan waters. The guests, said not to exceed 430. although the list had not yet beeny complled, loomed up as a slender group In the vast recesses of the vessel, which will accommodate near- | ly ten times her present passenger 1ist, Albert D. Lasker, retiring chalrman of the Shipping: Board, and others offi- clally connected with the cruise did the vessel was under wav. 3ossip among the passengers had it they were In retirement because of fast-| fiying fumors that an eleventh-hour| attempt would be made to enjoin the trip. On emerging from the seclusion of thelr cabins the officials assured their guests that they had not been disturbed by the last-hour injunction i Prasengers Fall to Note Start. On a sea as smooth and unruffled | as a small fnland lake, the big ship is almost without vibration as she emashes through the water. So smoothly did the giant slide along| that many of the passengers were unaware that she was under way until half an hour or more after| The commissioners in charge of the | trip held a long session with mem- | bers of the trial board last night and | agreed upon all details of the test program. It is largely technical, the intricacles of cui- sine, machinery, speed and the ves- mel's general behavior under various conditions All the detalls are not to be in the hands of the officials, however. The guests are to have something to say about the service and ap- pointments of the palatial liner. In all guest rooms have been placed printed cards requesting that com- plaints of any and all kinds con- cerning the ship's service and ap- pointments be filed with the officials in® writing. With these a!ds, combined with the observations of the technical experts | it Is designed to make the Leviathan the most modernly appoint- ed passenger vessel in the United States service. Provide for Entertainment. So far the complaints have been few These have been filed by members of , the trial board themselves and had nothing to do with the Leviathan. They were directed to the wrong ten- der for transportation to the ship in Boston harbor and were considerably delayed in getting aboard. Motion pictures were screened for the entertatnment of the guests last night. Various other features have been ar- ranged for thelr amusement during the five-day cruise which will end in New York Sunday, when the Leviathan will dock to be given the finishing touches preparatory to her first trans- | atlantic wrtp under the American flag as a passenger liner. Runs Through Fog. The Leviathan made her first night's run through a heavy fog, her whis- tles at times rendering sieep impos- sible for members of the party. Daylight found the liner off the Jersey coast between Atlantic City and Cape May, and it was announced that the cruise would be continued to Abaco Island, Bahamas, about 1,123 miles from Boston. Turning north Thursday night, the Leviathan is expected to cover the 1,062 miles to New York by Saturday afternoon. The sea ocntinued smooth today and operation of the glant steamer ap- arently satisfled the experts on oard. The engines, starting at. 150 revolu- tlons & mfnute, were®gradually in- creased to top. speed and the Levia- than shot smoothly ahead. No plece of machinery and no service will re- main untested when the cruise is com- pleted. So far only minor faults have been red. ‘These involved primarily the ventilating and plumbing systems, which it was sald could be correcte before any paying pa: ngers were WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1923—FORTY PAGES. IM SURE -tfi\‘ THISLL BEA ¥ VALUABLE A ///,'/1//7” ; o it 1 I ot ey Lttt J 0 et g g DN TR PN O30 g Iyl o wllll'\,fiy ,a‘/; TR Wit 54 V3 : Potatoes Borne With Tomatoes By Freak Plant ALEXANDRIA, La., June 20—H F. Hanes, a farmer of Willow Glen, has brought to Alexandria a fr of nature, which it i3 understood here Luther Burbank, the piant wizard, has been trying to pro- duce. It is a plant bearing Irish potatoes on the roots and tomatoes on 1he foliage, Hanes planted potatoes on a plot of ground where tomatoes were produced last fall and found the freak recently. The potatoes and tomatoes are about even as to number, but the potatoes are larger than the latter. Discovery of a potato-tomato plant was reported at Forest Hills, La. but was given little credence until Hanes arrived here and exhibited his plant and the fruit to potato growers. JOINT CROSS-TOWN BUS LINE IS ASKED A proposal that the two railway companies operate jolntlr the cross-town bus line from the southeast to the southwest section of the city was made by the Capital Traction Company at the hearing be- fore the Public Utilities Commission today. If the commission authorizes project on that basis it will be second bus venture in which the companies have joined hands, first being the Woodley road line There was no opposition to the es- tablishment of this bus line, but a lively discussion developed between cfficlals of the companies and repre- sentatives of the public over the question of whether a two-cent charge should be made for transfers from the busses to intersecting strect car lines. Ask Free Transfers. William McK. Clayton, spokesman for the Federation of Citizens' Asso- ciations, and John B. Colpoys. rep- resenting the Central Labor Union, testified that there should be free tranafers. John H. Hanna. vice president of the Capital Traction Company, stated in reply that the application for the bus line was made on the basis of a 2-cent charge for transfers and that his company would not consider the proposition without such a charge. William F. Ham, pre:fdent of the Washington Railway and Electric Company, took the same position. He testified that the W. R. and E. has been operating short bus lines for more than a year and during that time have sustained a loss of $16.000. The Capital Traction Company, he said, has paid $4.000 of that loss for its interest in the Woodley road line, which is operated jointly. Speaks for Navy Yard. Mr. Colpoys, speaking in behalf of the navy yard workers, ‘wWho would use the proposed line, told the Com- mission that pennies count with those workers at the present time and that the bus service should be rendered on & free transfer. Replying to Mr. Hanna’s contention that the bus line probably would not pay for some time to come, Mr. Colpoys argued that the Capital Trac- tion Company has enjoyed a liberal income on the present rate of fare and could afford to render the bus service without a transfer charge. Henry Lynn, appearing for the Southeast Citizens' Association, Inc., said his people were not conéerned with the rate of fare, but wanted additional service. He suggested that the Bladensburg road bus line of the W. R. and E. be extended south from 15th and H streets to the vicinity of the Eastern High School and con- nect up with the proposed line from southeast to southwest. Extension Urged, Evan H. Tucker, president of the Northeast Washington Association, suggested an extension of the bus line across to East Capitol street. Mr. Ham sald his company stood ready to make any such extension in the neighborhood of Eastern High School the commission deemed in the public interest. ‘The companies approved of a change in- the proposed route of the new bus Iine suggested by the Commission, and if-the application is granted, it’ will probably be over the commission's route, which follows: Westbound-—From 11th and M streets southeast, west along M street to 3d street southwest, 3d street to L street street the the two the taken aboard. The fine appointments of the sleep- ing quarters, the dining salon, the smoking rooms and the general at- mosphere of luxury on the recondi- tioned ship astonished even guests who are accustomed to travel on the world's. finest vessels. southwest, L street to Water street, ‘Water street to P street southwest, P street to 4% street southwest. Eastbound—From 4% and P streets southwest, along P street to 3d street southwest, 3d street to M street south- west. east.on M street.io 1lth street southeast. R X ‘ AP L _ B ANOTHER NEW YORK ' Second Crash in Week on Ex- change Leaves Street Bewildered. | By the Assoctated Fress. NEW YORK. June 20 —Zimmerman & Forshay, one of the leading mem- bers of the New York Stock Ex- change, failed today. The failure, announced from the rostrum of the exchange shortly be- fore 1 o'clock. was the second crash of a stock exchange house to be re- corded within a week. Knauth, Na- chod & Kuhne went into involun- tary bankruptey last Friday. Like the Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne firm, Zimmerman & Forshay dealt exten- sively in forcign exchange, speclal- .zing in German mark: Street Surprised Coming on the heels of the an- nouncement by President Cromwell of the exchange vesterday that there wag no truth in reports of impending failures, today's crash took Wall street by surprise, despite the fact that the firm was one of those that had been mentioned as shaky. The firm was organized eighteen years ago and its members are L. Zimmerman, Louis J. Rees, M. H. Hauser, John C. Scully, Simon B. Blu- menthal, Isaac Gutenstein and David Forshay. It had no out-of-town branches. An involuntary petition in bank- ruptey was filed in the federal court against the firm and its members. Leopold Zimmerman, senior member of the firm, in & statement, attributed { the failure to “persistent rumors at- fecting our credit,” which, he said, had been circulated from an un- hnown socurce. He declared he be- lieved tha firmi was wholly solvent. Hamilton Vreeland, counsel for the firm, estimated the ets at $9,- ©9,000 and liabilities at $7,500,000. Needed the Money To Pay on House, i Steals Wallet 1 1 needed the money to pay a note I on a house 1 am buying.” was the reason given by an unidentified in- dividual for taking a wallet contain- ing $61 from the pocket of William F. Wall, florist in the Center market, residing at 512 6th street southeast. The explanation was contained in a special delivery letter roceived by the florist yesterday, twenty-four hours after the theft was committed, The writer inclosed the $10 bill and wrote that he would repay $51 addi~ | tional that the purse contained. 1 Police think it probable that the writer of the letter will return al the money as soon as he is able to do so, probably considering the af- fair in the nature of a borrow and not a theft. President Harding has sold his con- trolling interest in the Harding Pub- lishing Company of Marion, Ohio, pub- lishers of the Marion Star, an after- noon paper, it was announced offi- clally at the White House today, but the President will “continue as a stockholder, with editorial asso- ciation.” Although the President relinquishes his “majority ownership” in the prop- erty, which he acquired nearly thirty years ago, it was announced that “jt is a part of the agreement that the Star shall go forward along the lines which have made for its suc- Outside Men Buyers. The statement sald: “Contracts have been closed where- by President Harding disposes of his control of the stock of the Harding Publishing Company to Louls H. Brush and Roy D. Moore. Mr. Brush is a resident of Salem, Ohio, where he directs the publication of the Salem News and the two newspapers at East Liverpool. Mr. Moore bas been associated with metropolitan publi- cations and has been a resident of Columbus, but will locate in Marlon and will give of his experience and talent to the business management 4 . | ' STOCK FIRM FALS, TWO CENTS. District Schools Close and 65,000 Children Go Free The 1922-23 gcholastic year of the District public schools closed this afternoon. Sixty-five thousand chil- dren were freed from books, studies and home work for three months. Several thousand who failed in thelr studles, however, will voluntarily re- | turn to the summer schools, which open next month. Closing exercises were held in vir- tually all the schools. The programs in most Instances consisted of fare- well remarks by the teachers and song festivals. Some classes pre- sented plays. Teachers” wil be required to stick on the job until Friday in order to take inventory of supplies and per- form other duties in connection with the ending of a school term. PRESIDENT'S PARTY OFF FOR ALASKA ASMERCURY SOARS Accompanied by Mrs. Hard- ing and 75 Others, Chief Executive Starts at 2 P.M. With the mercury bobbing around 90 degrees in the shade, President and Mrs. Harding and a party of seventy- five left Washington about 2 o'clock this afternoon by special train, bound for America’s northernmost and cool- est possession, Alaska, where, in con- ference with the three members of his cabinet most concerned, the chief executive will study the problems of that great territory. | Second only in importance to the | Alaskan situation, and by some con- | sidered of even more interest to the {American public, will be the presi- | dential tour across the continent, | when Mr. Harding wlill open his mind | and heart to the people of the coun- |try in a serles of addresses on leading | questions of the day, which the Presi- ;dunr insists will not be dealt with ‘frun‘ political angles. | Will Sail July 5. Crossing the continent the party will embark on the transport Hen- derson at Tacoma July 5, crulse to Alaska and return, transferring to | vessels of the Shipping Board for the | yovage through the Panama canal for New York. They expect to be back in Washington the latter part of Au- | Bust, | The first principal stop for the President to' epeak will bé & St. | Louls, tomorrow night, where he will discuss the world court. Other ad- dresses are to be made at Kansas { City, Mo Hutchinson, Kan.; Denver, Colo.;" Cheyenne, Wyo.: Salt Lake | City Pocatello and daho Falls, | Idaho; Butte and Helena, Mont.; Spo- | kane, 'Wash.; Meacham and Portland, {Ore.,'and Tacoma, Wash. The presidential special which will carry the party to Tacoma consists | of ten cars, and, according to those in | charge, - is the latest thing in trans- | portation for the comfort, conveni- ence and even luxury of the Presi- dent’s party. Latest Equipment Provided. The President's private car is carried at the end of the train, with observation platform, while the baggage cars, the latest development of Pullman compartment cars. Tele- phonic and amplifying equipment are provided, so that at h _stopping place where the President Is | speak, the amplifiers, so successfully used here at huge gatherings, will lcarry the President’s voice at least 11,000 times enlarged to his hearers !far away. Telephones throughout the train are so connected that im- mediately the traln stops at various |cities for whatever purpose, connec- of the city, so that the President and his party will be with the local telephone system that city. The presidential special being pulled across the continent by the latest model passenger engine of the Baltimore and Ohlo lines, which has been completely “tuned up” in the shops in preparation for the trip. Along the line of the special there are stationed a number of reserve engines in case of emergency, four- teen having already been aliocated to this duty between here and Park- ersburg, W. Va Leaving the White House by motor, the President and Mrs. Harding and a few intimates of the party drove to the station, where they went (Continued on Page 2, Column 1) ot 3, ‘Harding Sells Control of Star, AtMarion,Acquired39Y earsAgo of the newspaper there “The same interests have pur- chased the entire property of the Marion Tribune, and will continue its publication, Mr. Moore assuming per- sonal charge and directing Its policy, in addition to assuming the business direction of both properties. “The staft of the Star will remain unchanged under the new control. President Harding will continue as a stockholder, with editorial associa- tion, and it is part of the agreement that the Star shall go forward along the lines which have made for its success. Makes Sale With Regret. “President Harding has let it be known that he deeply regrets the release of majority ownership in the newspaper property which he ac- quired nearly thirty-nine years ago, but he is certain of its firm establish- ment, and sure that it will carry on under the new control, working with his assoclates of many years, who have 8o successfully and progressively carried on the work since his public duties have taken him from Marion, “The properti~s of the two papers will undergo a corporate reorganiza- tion as early as is feasible, but the career of the Star will be marked by no material change, and plans for the Tribune are designed to enlist popu- lar approval. The issue of a morn- ing paper is in contemplation, so that Marion shall have full metropolitan advantages in morning and evening newspaper service.” interests acquired e A b others include, besides the dining and | to | {tion will be made with the exchange | in communication { RENT COMMISSION OF D.C.INCREASED T0FIVEMEMBERS President Harding Makes Appointments Just Before Leaving Washington. TWO OF FORMER BOARD GET REAPPOINTMENTS Richard S. Whaley, Oliver Metz- erott and T. E. Peeney Are New Appointees. President Harding today appoint- ed the following five members of the Rent Commission: William F. Gude. Richard S. Whaley, Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor, Oliver Metzerott gnd Thomas E. Peeney, effective July 1. This personnel includes two mem- bers of the commission of three as at present constituted, Mrs. Taylor and William F. Gude. A. Leftwich Sinclair, the third member of t commission, was not reappointed Authorized in 19: The President’s appointments today were authorized by an amendment 1o the District of Columbia rent act signed May 22, 1922, which was to en large the membership of the Rent Commission by two members and alsn added considerably to its authority by permitting it to sue in the Mun! pal Court to enforce its determin: tions. The three new members Rent Commission, Mr. Whaley, Mr Metzerott and Mr. Peeney, are well | known In Washington. The first two are lawyers and the last is clerk of | the Senate, District committee and a native of Delaware. of the Metzerott War Veteran. Oliver Metzerott, who is a lawyer. has served as a member of the Mary- land state senate and house of d gates. and during the world war wa< @ major in the Reserve Corps of the Army, serving for seventeen months as born ir this city December . the son of Willlam and Hen- riette Metzerott, and received h education at Emerson Institute, the National University Law School and Princeton University. He holds the degrees of B. S., LL. B. and LL. M. Mr. Metzerott has maintained a vot- Ing residence in Prince Georges county, Md., for a number of years, living at Hyattsville, but having his law offices in this city. He is co: nected with several local business or- gh:;.:mti?n.-',.nnamhu other interests . He is a dire, vatts- e b ctor of a Hyatts. The prospective nominee is a mem- ber of the Washington Board of Trade. the Columbia Country Club, the University Club, the Masons and the Odd Fellows. He is a_member alto of All Souls' Unitarian Church, Thomas E. Peeney is a native of Delaware. He came to Washington With Senator Ball to take the pos!- tion of clerk to the Senate District committee, of which Senator Ball is {chairman. Mr. Peeney's home is in Wilmington. Although he s only forty vears of jage, Mr. Peeney has had a wide busi- ness experience. At one time he served as construction engineer for the Edgemore Iron Company, Wilmington. He also has served as secretary of the board of health at Wilmington, and was_secretary and treasurer of the Rothacher Rubber Supply Company of Wilmington. Just before coming to Washington Mr. Peency was general manager of the Wilmington plant of the D. B Martin Company, packers. The com- pany has been purcnased by the Wil- ¥, and is now known as Martin Company, packers. 3 ney was educated at Wil- mington, attending the grade and aigh schools there. Former Congrexs Richard S. Whaley a member of Congress from Charies- ton, . C. He is forty-nine ycars old. was educated in the Episcopal High School at Alexandria, Va his LL. B. degree from sity of Virginia in 1897. He was ad- mitted to practice Lefore the South Carolina bar in 1897 and elected member of the South Carolina houss of representatives in 1900 and re- elected for five successive terms. He was speaker of the South Carolina house for two terms and presided over the democratic state convention in_1910. Mr. Whaley was a delegate to the democratic mnational convention in Baltimore in 1912. He was elected a member of the Sixty-third Congress, serving in 1913 and 1915, filling_the vacancy caused by the death of Rep- resentative George S. Legare. He was re-elected to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-sixth Congresses. Delayed Filling The rent commission of five ap- pointed today by the President was authorized by amendment May 22, 11922, to the rent commission act, but the President delaved more than a year in_making his appointments, Why he did not fill the vacancies earlier is known only to the chief executive himself, but the intima- tion had been given earlicr in the spring that up to that time the Presi- dent had hoped the situation here in the District over rents might adjust itself, without the necessily of en- larging the commission. It was also said in some quarters that the President had difficulty in filling the posts, due to various fac- tors. He was said at different times (Continue CAETANI GUARDED AT RITES AT YALE Action Taken After Circulation of Handbills Against Italy's Ambassador. Member. was former! aml took the Univer- laces. By the Associated Pre NEW HAVEN, Conn., June 20.—Pre- cautions against annoyance to Prince Gelasio Gaetani, the Italian ambassa- dor, who received an honorary degres at Yale University today, were taken by the university authorities when they learned of the circulation of handbills protestingf against the coming the university of the prince. > to