Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1923, Page 2

FORD WING BY FAR | INPRESIDENGY POLL Receives Vote of 88,865 to 51,755 for Harding in Na- , tion-Wide Canvas. TFinal results of a poll conducted by Colller's, covering ¥ men and women in all parts of this country, show Henry Ford ahead in prefer- ence for Presilent. Out of the total vote cast, Mr. Ford received §8, His nearest opponent was President Harding, with § The other potential can- didates for the presidency and the votes they recelved arc as follows: Willlam G. McAdoo, democrat, 401; James Cox, 1 Hiram Johnson, Gov. Al Smith, slemoc Secretary Hughes of partmon spubHea: tary Hoover of the Commerce, repdblican, La Follette, républican Leonard Wood, republican, Senator Borah, republican, Senator Underwood, democ and John W. Davis, democ Calls ¥ord the Issue. “Henry Ford,” Coller's says. the issue in American . whether he becomes a car for Presidc “Out_of ing. §8.565 for Ford. over Fretident Hurding s than the vote for Mr. M est democratic aspirant. tion of the votes {s even more sIg; politically than th a clear plurelity in New York, C. North Carolin in Arizona he is tied with Mr. Harding. His vote is anything but democrat, republ This 18 Georgia this. East tts snd impossible not to s and west, also—sce Massachuse California. ally c: District of of the Belleve Vote Hepresentative. “We believe that this vote repre- sents a nuine o cction - of American political opinion. with the one exception of the farmers, whom our agents were not able to call ups large num in the shor their disposal Many fa wrote in to us, asking us to them as voting for Ford L we were compelled to refuse v were trying to discover the sentiment of the country through an act poll of a representative cross-s fon, ‘This consisted of approximately 250,000 wgeaders upon whom our agents could 1 face to f; In the interest of 5 accurate test we could not count ¥ vote of any one else ‘A few ballots were thrown out. These vote approval of virtues not soclated with adminl To have included their candidates would have lengthened the list un- duly. Among tho i d are Mary Pickford, B Ruth, Chaplin and Jack Demps The vote in Ohio gave Ford 6,548 to Harding’ 4,368; In Michigan, Ford's vote 99 to Harding's 308; in_Georgia Ford’s vote was 376 to 953 for McAdoo, Ford's near- st competitor in that state, and in the District of Columbia Ford's vote was 534 to Harding's 3. Independent Government Neoes- sary to Understanding, Says Musha Kasim Pasha. By tho Associated Prers, JERUSALEM, July 11 (Jewish Tele- graphic Agency).—An independent Arab government for Palestine is the minimum that will satisfy Arab aspira- tions, declared Musa Kasim Pasha, chairman of the Palestine Arab execu- tive, in an interview here on the eve | of his visit to London, where he will strive for British recognition. “We shall persist in our demands,” &he sald, “and cannot renounce any Zthing. 1f England wants an under. standing with us it must establish a national constitutional independent government. “King Husseln of the Hedjaz will never sign the present text of the Arab treaty. None of the Arabs nominated for the Palestine advisory council will accept nomination.” CUTTER RUSHES TO AID OF GROUNDED STEAMER Wireless Reports Monson-McCor- mick Line Vessel Ashore on Pacific Coast. By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash, July 11.—The coast guard cutter Snohomish is rush- ing down the Washington coast to the assistance of the steamer Sydney M. Hauptman of the Monson-McCor- mick line, which went ashore near the mouth of the Columbia ri cording to a wireless me celved here. URGES WORLD COURT. 8enator Spencer Asks Women to Back Idea. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa, July 11—Sup- port of the Permanent Court of In- ternational Justice by the United States, as advocated by President Harding, was urged last night by Senator Selden P. Spencer of Mis- sourl in an address to the Republi- can Women's Club of Pittsburgh. “There is a crying need for such a tribunal in the troubled condition of Burope today,” Senator Spencer de- oclared, “Just in proportion as this tribunal establishes itself in the con- fidence of the world by its impar- tiality and the promptness and wisdom of its judgments will its influence for 8004 increase.” Senator Spencer said the court is already In existence, explaining that “it is. the creation of a separate treaty. to which forty-six nations have already assented and thirty-five have ratified.” t is in no sense subject to the league of nations,” Senator Spencer added. ROTH’S BODY TO IOWA. Pilot of Wrecked Balloon to Be Buried in Cedar Rapids. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 11.—The body of Lieut. Louls J. Roth, pilot of the Navy balloon A-6698, fourd in Lake Erie off Port Stanley, Ontarlo, Monday morning and brought here by hydroplane, will leave here for Cedar Rapids, Iowa. at 11:15 p.m. tonignt. Dr. Harry La Fav local United States naval physician, announced to- da; The body.will be accompanied by Lieut. James H. Strong, local Navy inspector of airplane conatruction, as ;l.v. government's "offalal reprezeftas - mers | st | Chariie | Suicide or Murder? Pugzling Officials MRS. GRACE SIMMONS KEPNER » incut Frederick woman whe, pest - mortem examination could not have taken own lfe. “KEPNER MYSTERY State’s Attorney Promises to Get at Bottom of Fred- erick Shooting. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, M, July 11L.—"All cards will be put on the table. Noth- tug will be concealed. We must and will et to the bottom of this thing.” Thia emphatic statement was made this morning by Stai Adtorney Aaron R. Anders {n announcing that inquest in the death of Mrs. nmons-Kepner would be held ng at 9 o'clock in the { i | | courthouse. Drs. William of Pr M. Smith and J. O. lerick toduy formally r their find- examination publicly expressed e manner in which to her death. The ught death entered the left side and came out { which broi sad_on_th right. nformal ren last Satur- ans were re- ported to be of the opinion that Mre. Kepner could not have killed herself, he was believed to have done. It understood t Drs. Smith and Hendrix are reserving 1 their opinton until the inau - Hewaid J. Maldels of Balti- . the other doctor who made a -mortem examination, reported vesterday that Mrs. Kepner did not come to her death threugh suicide. WRIT FREES TWO MINE STRIKE HEADS Nova Scotia -Meeting to Consider Return of Men Before Union Leaders. pos By the Assoclated Press. SYDNEY, N. S, July 11.—A writ of habeas corpus was issued today for the release of Dan Livingstone, presi- dent, and James B, MacLachlan, rec- retary of District 26, United Mine Workers of America, who were jailed a week ago charged with having is- sued false and malicious statements against the government in circulating a general strike of coal miners. The scheduled meeting of execu- tives of the mine workers to consider the request of President John L. Lewls that the men return to work, and reported efforts of the company to move coal from No. 2 mine at Glace Bay occupled the center of the stage in the strike situation today. Moving_coal from the 165,000-ton pile at No. 2 to Sydney awaits or- ganization of a working party, a com- {pany offiefal declared. If the company | | attempts to convey the fuel by trains lover the fifteen miles of track from |Glace Bay to Sydney the line_will be picketed,” it is expected. Military guards will accompany the trains. ‘Warrants for the arrest of men said to have been concerned in disturb- ances at the outset of the strike been sworn out. They charge lawful assembly. ASK DRY LAW REPEAL. Largest Legion Post in Michigan Demands Referendum. DETROIT, Mich., July 11.—A move- ment to repeal the state prohibition laws was started here last night, when the Charles A. Learned Post of the American Legion, the largest in Michi- gan, adopted a resolution expressing “unqualified opposition” to prohibition and demanding a popular referendum on the repeal of the dry amendment. to tha state constitution. Adoption. of the resolution was virtually unanimous. The post has 2,000 members. MAUGHAN STARTS BACK. Flyer Leaves St. Joseph for Mitchel Field. ST. JOSEPH, Mo., July 11.—Lieut. Russell L. Maughan left Rosecrans Flying Field here at $:04 o'clock, cen- tral standard time, for Dayton, en route to Mitchel Field, N. Y. Lieut. Maughan's plane, which was damaged when he was forced to land near St. Joseph Monday, on his daylight coast- to-coast flight, has been repaired, and no trouble is expected on the return trip MAY ALLOW ANDERSON TO TESTIFY FOR SELF Dry Leader Must First Waive Im- munity, District At- torney Says. By the Associated Prems. NEW YORK, July 11—William H. ! Anderson, state sunerintendent of the Anti-Saloon league of New York, will be permitted to apnear as a wit- ness for himself before the special grand jury investigating charges against him, If he will sign a waiver 1 i i i i l MUST BE SOLVED" when the doctors falled to give thelr | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. U, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1f, 1923. Woman, Sentenced to Hang, Attempts Suicide in Jail Cell FIRES AT OFFIGER HUNTING BURGLAR Woman Mistakes Policeman for Man He Is Track- ing to Roof. To be mistaken for a burglar and fired et by the very person who Is supposed to have summoned him to search for burglars was the unpleas- ant experience early this morning of Policeman A. 1. Bullock of the third precinct station. Bullock was hurrled to the premises at 1737 P street northwest in re- sponse to a telephone message from a woman who gave her name:as Mrs, Mary S. Venable of 1739 P street. The woman declared two men had climbed to the roof of the previo address, {and were acting in such a suspiclous manner as to “alarm the whale neigh- borhood.” Stopped By Shot. Reaching the scene of the trouble, Policeman Bullock elected to ascend to . the roof by means of the fire escape, hoping to take the supposed desperadoes by surprise. Cautlously tiptoelng up the iron ladder two steps at a time, he had just reached & point well beyond the second floor when a flash ‘of fire stabbed the darkness. followed instantly by the report of a revolver. -3-2-3-z-2ing,” sang a bullet dan- gero close to Bullock's head. asting asiGe caution, Bullock chose the shortest route and continued his Journey upward three runes at a time. Reaching the roof in a sweat, the policeman found Willlam _E. {Drury, twenty years old. of 1721 | Rhode Island avenue, and E. J. Sulll- vari, twenty-four, of 2320 19th street, comfortably stretched out enjoying the cool breezes of that higher alu- tude. Jiad Mintsken Ofiicer. Taking the two young men In tow, Bullock began to investlgate gource of the plstol shot and learned, 1t is sald, that it was fired by Mrs Venable who mistook the officer for one of the men she had seen on the 100! Questioned at the third precinct station by Capt. C. E. E. Flather, the prison oxplained that Sulllvan had an fnterest in the house and, together with Drury, had gone to the roof to {spend the night in comfort away from the heat. Both were promptly released and Bullock spent the remainder of the night thanking providence that it {had not placed the revolver which ‘l}:m‘\ ‘been aimed at him In a steadler and. SHIPBUILDING OFF IN MOST COUNTRIES Germany Alone Showing Increase in Construction—New Low Levels Reached by Others. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, July 11.—World ship- bullding during the last three months has declined to new low levels, Ger- many alone of all the maritime na- tions showing increased activity, says the midyear report of Lloyd's register ot shipping, made public today. Shipyards of all nations Had on quarter million gross tons of work— approximately 300,000 tons less than March 20 and 400,000 tons less than six months ago. The United States, which at the end of March was bullding 34,000 more tons of merchant ships than at the first of the Year. was bullding 5,000 tons less on the date of the survey. Shipyards of Great Britain and Ire- land experienced a siump nearly as great as all the other sea nations to- gether, they absorbing 154.000 tons of the world decrease of 316,000 tons during the quarter, Germany Second. Germany now holds second place among shipbullding countries. She is constructing more than twice as much new tonnage as her nearest competitor, France, and two and one- half times <s much as the United States. Great Britain and Ireland lead with 1,338,000 tons. Other coun- tries rank: Germany, 352,400; France, 170,900; Italy. 141,500 United States, 133,700, Holland, 100,000, Japan, 72,800; British: dominions, 45,000. Compared with a year ago, says Lloyds. the British shipyards are building’ 551,000 tons less: yards of the United Siates 17,000 tons less. and those of all other countries 93,000 tons less. RIGHT TO FILL LIQUOR PRESCRIPTION ASKED California Druggist’s Case in Su- preme Court Seeks to Upset Local Limitation. An entirely prohib new feature of n question has reached the Supreme Court frém California. It involves the problem of whether states can prohibit druggists from filling physicians’ presoriptions which call for the quantity of medicinal liquor allowed by federal law. While federal courts in New York and Montana have been wrestling with the question of restricting the quantity of liquor a physician may proscribe, the courte of California have Angeles limiting the quantity which druggists may dispense unon any prescription to eight liquid ounces. That is half the amount which the federal government has made the maximum, Merlin W. Hixson, a drugsist of Los Angeles, has asked the Supreme Court to review his conviction for violating the ordinance which he con- tended was enacted prior to adoption of the eighteenth amendment and had been nullified when Congress passed the prohibition enforcement law. He declared his position as a druggist was untenable when physiclans were parmitted to issue prescriptions call- ing for one pint of intoxicating liquor and he was restricted by the city ordinance to dispensing one-half the quantity the prescriptions called for. ——— BROKER IS SENTENCED. A. F. Toohill Given From Two to Five Years in Prison. AMSTERDAM, N. Y., July 11.—Au- gustus F. Toohill, member of the defunct New York: city brokerage firm of Dillon& Co. Wwho was re- cently convicted of grand larceny, has been sentenced to from two to five years in prison. The case was based on the com- plaint of a local music dealer, who of fmmunity, Assistant District At- torney Pecora sald Mr. Pecora sald he informed coun- sel for Mr. Anderson a week ago that he would recommend that the dry lcague leadsr be permitted to testify if he would subscribe to the condi- tions. He said he had recelved no intimation that Mr. Anderson would insist: on appearing before the grand| alleged ho had deposited 35,508 with Dillon & Co. for stock which was never delivered. e Because “it 1s known that more chil- dren roam the strests of Howell, Mich., at & late hour than any other town of its size in the middle west,’’ the women of that town have petitioned the coun- cll to pass a 9 o'clock curfew ordi- nance. June 20 an aggregate of two and one- the | sustained an ordinance of Los | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 11.—Mrs. Sabelle Nittl Crudelle attempted to commit suicide in her cell here today. She beat her head against the bars and tried to choke herself. Only ths in- tertention of the matrons prevented lefl from doing serious injury to her- self. Barly in the morning It was learned that the woman had a high temperature and had refused food. She was removed to the jail hospital and a strict guard established. In the same hospital {s Mrs. Minnie Bernatowlcz, who several days ago shot and killed Mrs. Anna Andreski, whom she claimed was her husband's affinity. When asked her opinfon of the Nitti fury’s verdict, Mrs. Berna- towlez safd: do not think they ought to hang & woman.” ‘Wives of jurors who on Monday gave the death pepalty to Mre. Crudelle, tried for thekilling of her formerhusband, were reported today to disagree with the pen- AMERICA PAYS FOR HER COAL IN BLOOD OF MEN, SAYS LEWIS inued from First Page.) nia alone. They give up their lives in order that others may be warm and comfortable. Th ency of the American ner as compared with his English e rer is attributed at the com- forence here to his cuperior pay and his better living conditions. It is also due to the Introduction into American colliertes of all sorts of improved ma- and labor-saving _devices. sh miners object to th Amertean miner w The English miner see in the improvements & lay-off of sur- plus miners; the Americans see only fncreased production. England Camnot Help. m The comparative inefliciency of the British miner also is being stressed here to emphasize the fact that In the ovent of an anthracite strike this winter the United States and Canada can expect but little relief from coal imported from the United Kingdom During the thirteen months the an- thracite miners recently were on strike England sent something like 1,500,000 tons of coal to this coun- try. “It we i had wished to nullify that at importation of coal” safd Mr. fs. “it would only have bean cessary for us to prolong the strike by ono day and three-quarters. The Unlted States is dependent upon the maximum output of the anthracite mines, and talk of the industry being threatened by the introductlon of gas ranges and oll-burning furnaces is all moonshine. Revere Old Custo: The English mines, it was said to- day, are being worked with old equip- jment. Old methods and old castoms are revered by the British. America has no such reverence. In the Unlted States nothing is thought of wrecking a comparatively new twelve-story building to make a place for a thirty- story skyscrapper. But the British preserve buildings virtually until they crumble to pleces, often because some anclent tradition is attached to them. The whole question of peace or strike in the anthracite coad Welds will rest during the next six weeks elmost wholiy In the hands of two men —two veterans of the eternal industrial struggle. One is John L. Lewls, the miners’ president. The other is Samuel D. Warriner, chairman of the anthracite operators. They are the generalissimos of the contending forces. The two men are distinctly bred to type. Lewls, rugged, dogged, earnest, feeling tihe weight of his r sponsibility full upon him. A mass of hair, fully two Inches thick, si upon the Lewis head. It is brown bronzed, tinged and wavy. The Lewis face is clean shaven and full, the figure a bit rotund. When Lewls speaks his whole attituds is one of defiance. Lewis speaks bluatly, but with some of the emphasis of the ora- tor. It is casy to see that Lewls rose from the mines. True Business Type. ‘Warriner is distinctly of the busi- | ness type, one might almost call him {a tired business man, for when he speaks he drawls his words and sug- gests at least mental, if not physical, fatigue. He Is tall, thin and bald, with small patches of fron-gray halr above his ears. The small iron-gray mustache is rather scrubby. Warrie ner is suave and polite in all he says. He speaks of the miners as his col- leagues and his friends. It seems to give him the greatest pain that the operators cannot grant all of the eleven demands of the miners. He is proud, however, that the industry is able to pay the miners so handsome- Iy e it Is dqing. The miners surely ought to feel the same way about ft, Mr. Warriner thinks. Looking at some forty of fifty miners ranged on one side and a similar number of operators seated on the Jother, it would be difficult, however for the uninitiated to distinguish be- tween them. Perhaps there are more soft collars on the miners' side and fewer horn-rimmed glasses, but the black clgars were about equally di- vided and so were the silk shirts, It remained for one of the operators to be first to shed his coat BUY SITE FOR HOME OF FEEBLE-MINDED (Continued from First Page.) i lcare properly for feeble-minded per- sons. Georige Wilson, secretary to the board of charities, has been an active worker in the cause. Blue Plains Site. The advocates of a home for feeble-minded were somewhat dis- disappointed when Congress two years ago ordered the erection of the institution on land near the Home for Aged and Infirm, at Blue Plains. Last year, however, the legislators heeded the pleadings of local organi- zations and repealed their previous a tion by authorizing the Commission- ers to select a site in Maryland, Virginia or the District. Commissioners Rudolph, Oyster and Bell, accompanied by Maj." Raymond Wheeler and Mr. Wilson, carefully inspected a number of sites in both Maryland and Virginia before decld- ing on the Bowman farm. U.S. T0O LATE,TO JOIN LEAGUE, SAYS HITCHCOCK By the Assoctated Press. NEW YORK, July' 11.—Gllbert M. Hitchcock, former senator from Ne- braska, who led the democratic fight for ratification by the Senate of the treaty of Versallles, sailed for Europe with Mrs. Hitchcock and thelr daughter. the Belgenland today, declar; now was too late for Amerle: ter the league of na- tions. The former senator, now editor of the Omaha World-Herald, which he owns, said he thought William G. McAdoo was a “good bet” for the democratic nomination for President in 1834. But this, he added, was not intended to indloate that he W { { ,llly recommended Ly their husbands. The foreman's wife was reported to have threatened to leave her husband if the sentence was carrled out. Mrs. Crudelle ie the first white woman in Cook county sentenced to hang. Expressions of approval and condem- natlon of the jury's action came from many sources yesterday. Mrs. Lenora Z. Meder, attorney and officer of the Soclety for the Abolition of Capital Pun- ishment, prepared to protest the verdict 1o Gov. Smal. Dr. et Alexander Stone, physiclan and author, declared the jury followed a primitive prineiple of ‘dis- carding an ugly woman and decided the case Impersonally on fts own merits. | Attorney Eugene Moran, Mrs. Crudelle’s | counsel, said that verdicts in triais of women were inversely proportional to | the charm of the defendant. | _ Assistant State's Attorney Willlam | McLaughlin expressed the opinion that | the verdict is the beginuing of death | penaltles for woman defendants in mur- | der cases. Rev. J. O'Neal, of a Jesuit parish here, sald the jury did fts duty. {MAY FORCE ARREST OF SHIP CAPTAINS (Continued from First Page.) law, such merchandise be forfeited and the offender shall be fined in any sum not ex- ceeding $5.000 nor less than $50, or ibe imprisoned for any time not ex- ceeding two years, or both. When- | ever, on trial for a violation of this { section, the defendant shown to have or to have had possession of !such goods, such possesaion shall be deemed evidence sufficient to author- unless the defendant the contrary to shall ize conviction, | shall explain ‘the possession to | satisfaction of the jury.” Provides Double Penalty. The government, having decided not to proceed ageinst the liquor under the Volstead act, with its em- barrassing provisions which called for the seizure of ships violating its provistons, has turned to the tariff act, which provided a two-barreled penalty of no less embarrassing na- ture, which if strietly enforced would drive the administration to the ex- tromity not only of selzing the Lquors, but also of {nstituting criminal pro- ceadings against the officers of ships fiying forelgn 1l Thus the prodicament of the ad- minisiration today rose almost to the same dellcate point whick reached when drys were pr the seizure of foreign course which the administration hesi- tated and has so far falled to tak: Which would be worse, from @ te nical point of view, in the del international ation pre: by the ship liquor ban, it has been #sked, seizure of ships or prosecution of thelr captains? Discard Voistead Act. | | Developments pushed the matter to its present delicate situation today through disclosures that the govern- ment had decided to operate entirely under the customs officers and tariff act instead of the prohibition officers and the Volstead act. Instructions were sent by S. Par- ker Gilbert, acting secretary of the Treasury, to customs officials throush- out the country, advising that forfeit- ure proceedings could “best Le han dled under section 593 of the tariff act” and that customs officials were to retain custody of such liquors they had selzed, and to “repossess themselves of liquors which had been | turned over to the prohibition direc- tors. This course could better be pur- sued, it was pointed out, than that through prohibition directors. Cer- tificates of custody were ordered to bo turned over from cus«toms officlals to district attorneys for use in for- feiture proceedings before the courts. To Return Liquors. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes ls- sued instructions to his directors to return all seized liquor turned over by customs officials except that which had already been brought into court proceedings under the national prohi- bition act. It was not revealed what percentage of the thousands of gallons which were taken, had already been started on its way through the courts under the Volstead act. So far no forelgner has been arrest. ed, nor have any criminal proceed- ings been Instituted in this con tion. Thousands of gallons of bev- erage liquors have been seized by the customs officials from the vessels of several foreign powers, but the of- ficers of the ships bringing in this liquor in violation of the ship liquor ban_have not been molested. Most of the vessels from which the liquor has been taken have salled again from American waters. Fail to Clear Tangle. How the officers of ships which have surrendered their liquors and ileft American waters are to be prose- !cuted was not made clear by those who are pressing for their prosecu- tion. ‘Whether any more ships will ven- erage liquors on board, in violation of the ship-liquor ban, was a ques- tion around which the whole matter seemed more or less to hinge. If no more ships come in, it will re- lieve the situation immensely. In- formal indications have come to offi- clals that perhaps no more fareign vessels will attempt to break the ban. But what is to be done, it is asked, about those ships which have already broken the law, whose liquors are now to be haled into court as smuggled goods, and whose officers are most of them now on the high seas? May Have More Teeth. ‘Was it the embarrassing provision of ship seizure in the Volstead act which led the government to aban- don court proceedings under thatlaw? it was asked today, or was it rather the hope that courts which have been unfriendly to cases brought under the prohibition act might be more disposed to act favorably upon cases lbrou!h! under the tariff act? ! Has the tariff act longer teeth than {the Volstead act? The criminal pros- ; ecution tooth of the tariff act already {has proved so long that it is worry- ;ing those who desire to bring an end as soon as possible to the interna- tional embarrassments of the ship liquor snarl. ,BOTTLE MAKERS DEFY ORDER TO SELL PLANTS Federal Trade Commission Charge of Monopoly Called Absurd by Firm Head. By the Associated Press. ELM CITY, N. Y, July 11.—The Thatcher Manufacturing Company, whose headquarters are located here and maintaing milk bottle making plants throughout the country, has recelved notice from the federal trade commission ordering it to dis- pose of all its holdings and proper- tles in four different subsidlaries, on the ground of alleged monopoly. The four plants, as named in the order, are: Essex Glasy Company, Mount Vernon, Ohlo; Travls Company of Clarksburg, Lockport Glass Company, Lockport, N. Y., and the Woodbury Glass Com- pany of Winchester, Ind, Francis B, Baldwin, president of the company, declared today that the order of the commission 1s absurds “The law gives them the.right” he sald, “to order us to dispose of our stock in the ocompanies mentioned. However, it does not give them the right to'order us to dispose of our property, “The Thatcher Manufacturing Com- pany does not intend to obey the com- mission’s order, using the Bherman law ‘to issue the order, and they hava absolutely noth- ing to do with that law as the Fed- eral Trade Comml ture into American waters with bev- | 1 { The commission is | napea, {of Pommern and three from Witten. {ters FRENGH 3G0UT NEW REPARATIONS PLAN =~ Officials Hold Report Baldwin Will Urge Probe in Ger- many Incredible. By the Associated Pres: PARIS, July 11.—A report printed here today that the statement on rep- aratlons which Prime Minister Bald win {s to make in Londop tomorrow will include acceptance of the Ger- man proposal for an impartial In- ternational commisston to examine into Germany's capacity for payment is treated in French officlal circles as Incredible. The argument is once more advanced that no reason exists to suppiant the reparation commis- slon by another body. GERMANS EIDNAPED. In Night Rzids, Countrymen Seize Those Dealing With French. oclated Press. July 11.—The Germans in some sections of the occupled terri- tory have adopted nocturnal ralding party methods toward such of their fellow countrymen as have dealings with the French, riding them out of the country In automobiles and on horseback, often with threats. The French authorities say they have the names of five men who were kid- two of them from the town In vne instance the kidnapers wore white sheets over their heads and shoulders. Two ,of the men from Pommern and one of those from Witten were taken from thelr homes at night. The last time the two were seen they we tomobile and the other one rseback, bound for the frontler, which is closed everywhere and guarded by nch troops. The raiders are belleved to i be working in conjunction with other Germans at Hamm, in the pled territory. The abducted men were not work- Ing for the occupying forces, the unoccu- {French declare, but were merely ne- gotiating with them on various mat- One of the kidnaped Germans s chairman of a committee on em- ployment and has been dealing with the French on the unemployment situation. HAGEN, OFF FORM, TRAILS AT INWOOD (Continued from First Page.) he holed out for a birdie two. On the tenth hole, after driving into a trap, he pitched to the edge of the green and holed a chip shot for a birdie taree, His card: Out. . 5 45 6 In 3534 David Campbell, Ay Charies H. Mayo, West Hampton, N. (., 83: Willlam M. Leach, Overbrogk Pa., 83; Fred Stellar, Port Coan, 79: Charleg C. Courtiee,” New York, 8§3; Frank Coltart, Philadelphia, § George F. Sparling, Bridgeport, Conn., 86; John J. Kane, Deal, N. J., L. Mothersele, New York De Meo, North Hempetead, 93; Jack Kennedy, Pittsburgh, Smith, New London, Conm:, withdrew. J. R. Langlands, Joo Marziotti, Jacobus, Ridgewood, Kane, Deal, J Marietta, Ohlo, 7 George Sargent, Columbus, Ohlo, James C. Maiden, New York, 82; Er! Edwards, Poweiton, N. Y., withdrew; Jack Eiphick, Grosseisle, Mich., 85 Willle Ogg, Worcester, Mass, 77; Lourie Ayton, Evanston, Ind., 77; Tom Kerrigan, Mount Vernon, N. Y.. 84. Tom Mahan, Amsbury, Mass, 82; William Ryan, Noroton, Conn., 89. New York, 83; n Antonio, 82; Jack ‘onn., §0; Alec Smith, New London, Conn., §3 Walter Doran, unattached, 81; Ray Philadelphia, 79; W York, 76; Andre York, §8; Charles H. tsburgh, $0. H. Anderson, ewark. J.. 80; York, 92; George John J. 87 Buffalo, N. Y., withdrew; F. J. Brady, Joliet, Ill, §5; Felix Serafin, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., §2. Edward L. Gow, Weston, Ben Lord, Glens Fal Bruns ! Detroit, §8; W Philadelphia. withdre elson, Fort George Car- ., withdrow; Ryall, Kennebunk Beach, : William D. Robinson, Phila- delphia, §5 TACNA-ARICA BRIEFS NEARING COMPLETION Will Be Ready for President as Ar- bitrator Within Six Months, Set as Limit. The belief was expressed today by both the Peruvian and the Chilean delegations on the Tacna-Arica ques- tion that their briefs would be ready for submission to President Harding as arbitrator by September 13, the time set within which to file them. When the ix months perfod, termi- nating on that date, was originally t it was realized that developments night require an extension of time, but it is now said that both cases will be completed early in September unless the unforeseen arises. LIGHTNING KILLS THREE, HEAT CAUSES ONE DEATH Crops in Southern Michigan Heav- ily Damaged by Gales and Rain—Buildings Razed. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, Mich, July 11.—Light- ning claimed three victims and heat a fourth in lower Michigan yester- day, while wind, reaching gale pro- portions in some, sections, uprooted fruit trees, wrecked farm buildings and ruined standing crops. Lightning victims were: Dorothy Ronan, fifteen years old, of Toledo, Ohlo, &t Little Wolf lake, near Jack- son; Leon Lavina, twenty-two years old, at Monroe, whila he was bathing at Monroe pier, and Wallace Vannote, fifteen years oid, at hig father's farm near Ashley, Joseph Cantrill, sixty- six years old, was overcome by the heat at Grand Rapids, where the temperature reached 91 degrees, and dled soon afterwdrd. Damage, estimated at several thou- sand dollars, resulted to crops and farm buildings near Tecumseh, where a severe windstorm occurred. SCHOOL COMES TO D. C. Orders have been given for the transfer of the Army Veterinary School of the Medical Corps from Chicago to this eity. Col. W. P. Hill, Veterinary Corps, 1s in charge of the school and he has the assistance of five other officers and ten enlisted men, It is understood that the trans- fer will be made this fall and that| for tl :.5;'“&":«“':.‘1’ Boool ana avenue. the school will X lished in tha. building, on Loul i i | SWINDLERS HIT 11 BANKS FOR $100,000 Cut When “Certified” Checks P; 'resented by Three Gangs, Led by Woman. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 11.—FEleven banks in outlying sections here have been swindled out of more than $100,000 within the past few days by what police call “a certified check and cut telephone wire” system, according to the Chicago and Cook County Bank- ers’ Association: ‘Three gangs of men, working under the direction of a woman, police sald, perpetrated the swindles. Checks purporting to be certified were presented in each case, the po- lice stated, and bank tellers were In- vited to verify them by telephoning the person whose name was signed. Meanwhile, according te the police, a confederate had cut ths telephone wire of the supposed signer and the teller was unable to reach him. Frequently, the police sald, the checks were pald after tellers were unable to verify the signatures. BACKS 60-40 BASIS FOR WATER MAINS (Continued from First Page.) ation of the system, It would be pri- marily a fire department adjunct. In Baltimore, for example, formed firemen operate the central pumping station, from which the water {g forced through the high- prossure mains to the fire hydrants. Three Reasons Cited. Aside from the question of how much a reduction would be made in fire insurance rates following In- stallation of high pressure, there are three other reasons why the business men of Washington believe it should bo done: For the adequate protection of val- uable government property, as well as private structures; because it would reduce the drain on the reservoirs from which the city gets its filtered water for household uses, and Db causo it would release the fire en; gines now used in the business se tlon for service in the residential areas. START PROPERTY VALUATION. Trade Board Members to Get Data on High Pressure Area. Compilation of statistics on the value of property in the area to which it is hoped to have installed a high pressure system for fite fight- ing has been started. The newly created bureau of statistics in the Board of Trade has been assigned the duty of getting the figures on the value of the property which it is hoped to protect, with a view to fortifylng the board with complete data in conferences before the Com- missioners. Request was made on the asses- sor's office of the District for infor- mation as to the value of the prop- erty in the area bounded by 1st street and 19th street and K street and the Mall northwe! However, the information s not available, the board was informed in a letter today, and probably would not be for three or four month Get Official Estimates. The collection of this information is considered important in connection with the program to convince the Commissioners and Congress that a high-pressure system should be in- stalled. So, in order to have it, the board itself instituted the compila- tion, which is being taken from the ofiiclal plat books in the assessor's office, Efforts are being made to find cut the exact reason why the request for the high-pressure system has not gone in the estimates before. If necessary, it was pointed out, the Board of Trade committees will seek a public hearing to convince the Commissioners that there is a real general demand for the Installation | of the high-pressure service sn the | high property value area. While the committees of the trade board which are working up the pro-| gram to bring about the high pres- sure installation have passed aside| the matter of lower insurance rates | as an argument for or against the| installation of the proposed system, nevertheless it was pointed out that in Philadelphia and Baltimore there was a noticeable drop in the insur- ance rates immelately following the placing of high-pressure systems into service as a firefighting element, Prevent Business Loss. It was pointed out today that the matter of insurance should not enter in any way into the arguments. The high pressure is a matter of protect- ing the property from a serious con- flagration, with its resultant closing down of 'businesses affected and the throwing out of work of employes. Insurance can Dever Cover matters of this kind, it was asserted, but a high pressure system undoubtedly would be the means many times of preventing a conflagration which would wipe out businesses and destroy much property. Pressure already is being felt from various angles for the water system, and there is a hope now that the Commissioners will feel this to the point of putting the provision for the fire-fighting system in the estimates | this year, and at least give Congress | the opportunity of passing on it There is a feeling that if the Com- missioners recommend it Congress will give its approval, first because there seems to be a unity of opinion that the system is needed, and sec-| ondly that it will provide a great| source of protection for the valuable government records which have been a concern to Congress for some time, as anoually there come up demands for the construction of fireproof | buildings in which to store these| records which have been srowing i with the republic. VIRGINIA BANK LOSS PLACED AT $60,000 By the Assoclated Pres PETERSBURG, Va., July 11.—The National Bank of Hopewell, whose.| cashier, R. Lewis Shelby, was arrest- ed last night on a charge of em- bezzling the institution’s funds, fail- ed to open its doors this morning. Henry J. Watkins, president of the bank, eaid the shortage in Shelby's accounts would total $110,000, but that $50,000 of this amount has been recoversd and that the balance will be_made up by stockholders. Depositors, the president declared, will lose nothing. The bank was es- tablished in 1915, with a capitaliza- tlon of $100,000. ATLANTA TOO CROWDED. Federal Prisoners Being Sent to Leavenworth. Because of crowded oconditions at tho Atlanta federal penitentlary the larger federal prison at Leavenworth has hecome, temporarily, the summer resort of new convicts. Prisoners recently convicted have REPORTS PROGRESS INMEXIGAN PARLEY Warren Says Outlook for Set- tlement Grows Better Every Day. By the Associated Proas. MEXICO CITY, July 1L—"“We aro continuing to make progress which each day is more rapld,” sald Charles B, Warren, one of the American rec- ognition commisstoniers, at the con cluglon of last evening's session of the conference with the Mexican delegatos. He added that a complets agreement had not yet been reached. It is understood that tho agrerfan claims’ convention, covering Mexican clatms against the Unlted States and vice versa, Is virtually complete, though the conference has not yet touched the prospective convention that will deal with American bills fo revolutionary damages. Official intimations that the confe: eaco would probably end by Satur- day of this week have been modificd by tho statement that the negotia- tions may extend beyond that dat. 5:30 Editton of The From Yesterday Star DRY RAIDERS SEIZE - 24 IN BIG DRIVE 400 to 1,100 Gallons of Va ous Liquors Taken by Po- lice and U. S. Agents. Another city-wide prohtbition D ment drive yosterday credited the poiics and government agents with tWenty-four arrests and the confiscation tity of liquor variously es: from 400 to 1,100 gallons. Most of tas seized alcoholic drinks was the cor product. Some was synthetic and small amount was claimed to be ti high-grade 100-proof stuff of pre-V stead days. A mafority of the alleged bootlegz. arrested were thosc who cater to t half-pint trade. A few, however sald to b done business on a eiaborate scale. Dry Officer Assaulted. Armed with more than earch warrants, the raiders sta the second police precinct 3 morning about 9 o'clock, under th fon of Lleut. O. T. Davis, who T the series of ralds. Throughout th and late into_the night the opera continued. ~ Every section of the was visited. % Several of the raids were of spe tacular nature. Frank Hertzig, bition officer, was_ bruised and a fight with an allezed liquo: in the southwest. who re rest. Another bootl volver ‘on Lieut. Dav; him. Professional _bondsme headquarters at the during the day and business. After the night, bonds ageres been taken. Hidden Behind Wainscoting. Liquor seized in some of th 1808 was found in almost inconceivable es. In the delicatessen store at t southwest, wher 3 gger d wi €W & ro disar) rade precinc their t final ting § corge B. R rested. the . tity of alleged corn whi behind the wain room and the only cess to it was to remov board and slide one of the boards out of the wainscoting. With Lieut. Davis on _the were Sergt. McQuade and W. C. of the vice squad; J. L. Asher, carries the dual sobriquet ¢ Colonel” and “Th George Fowler and Hertzi the prohibition bureau, and L Michael Ready and Precinct Detect Howard. The prisoners may be arraigned in Police Court tomorrow. FREIGHT BREAKS RECORD FOR WEEK IN JUNE 1,021,770 Cars Loaded Is Higher Mark Than That of Heavy Period in October, 1920. Freight traflic during the week er ing June 30 was the heaviest e handled by American railroads. total number of cars loaded, the car service division of the American R: way Association reported today 1.021,770. The nearest total t ever recorded previously came ing a week in October, 1 the fall months when fuel movement is greatest, and a to 1,018,539 carloads. The June 30 record was a tive one. following three weeks in which car loading: ceeded one million. The service divi sion statement added as a showing o7 railroad accomplishment that in sp of the tremendous freight movem car shortage had practically dis peared. 1In spite of the demand ¢ rolling stock, on June 20 there we 63,636 freight cars in good repair he in surplus for further increase business. Every commodity ¢l showed increases in the freight vol- ume. Since January 1, the statem. concluded, railroads have handled carloads of freight, while for the same period loadin 20,020,267 cars, and in 1921 the were 18,685,921 cars, rai au in ification From Yesterday's 5;30 Edition of The Star. TO PROBE HOSPITALS. Senator to Study Veteran Care in Far West. Investigation of Veterans’ affairs in the far west, especial with reference to hospital faeiliti in Arizona, California, Oregon and Washington, will be undertaken by Senator Odgle, repubiican, Nevada, for the spedial Senate committee, of which he is_a member. enator Oddie, Wwho will leave Washington within a few days. had a conference yesterday with John F. O'Ryan, special counsel for the com- mittee. who presented the complaints and conditions which had reached him,from the territory the senator will " visit. ROAD ASKS INJUNCTION. The Northern Pacific Railway Com- pany yesterday filed suit in the Dis- trict Supreme Court for an injunc- ton agalnst Hubert Work, Secretary of the Interior. The company seeks to prevent threatened cancellation by the department of a grant for eigh- teon sections of land fn Wyomins. which the company claims has been pald for by it —_— Burea been rerouted to Leavenworth In- stead of Atlanta, federal.courts here, Indlana, New York and elsewhere having been ordered by the Depart- ment of Justice to send their convicts he time being to Leavenworth. The Atlanta penitentiary {s sald to have. 100 more convicts now on its rolls than were provided for. ) BELGIAN ENVOY SAILS. NEW YORK, July 11.—Baron de Cartier de Marchlenne, Belgian am- bassador to the United States, salled for home for a vacation today, on the Belgenland. He sald he expected to return in the fall. 4