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F-2 *° DRYS LOSING WHIP - HAND IN GONGRESS Deaths of Two Senators and Voistead’s Defeat Cost- ly to Control. The dry forces irf Congress, who for several years have exercised undis- puted control over the legisiative ma- chinery handling prohibition bills in both Senate and House, arve looking forward with some concern to the situation which seems likely to con- front them when the next sessfon ineets In December. By a combination“of circumstances the men now in line for chairmen of the Senate and House judiciary com- mittees, which have charge of pro- hibition measures, are Senator Bran- degee of Conneoticut and Representa- tive Graham of Pennsylvania, both of whom voted against the eighteenth amendment, and since have steadfast- 1y refused to be counted among the drys. . % Progress Through Deaths. Senator Brandegee has become the ranking member of his through the successive deaths of Sena. tors Nelson of Minnesota and Dilling- ham of Vermont, while Mr. Graham inhérited the ranking position on the House committee through the defeat of the chairman, Representative Vol- stead, in last year's primary in Minne- sota Not only did Senator Brandegee op- pose the prohibition amendment. but he also voted against both the Vol- stead act and the anti-beer bill. He took the position that such tion was unconstitutional, and the drys concede that with a judiciary chairman holding that view the path- way of any additional proh(bition leg- islation to be urged at the coming session may be somewhat difficult tepresentative Graham, after voting against the constitutional amendment, answered “present” his name on the rol] call which passed the Vol- stead act and also was recorded as “not voting” on the anti-beer bill Already some of the dry leaders are framing an extensive program of leg- islation for the next Congress, includ ing a measure to prohibit Americs {ps from carrying liquor on_the high seas, ght which they have under the' recent Supreme Court de- cision. but which Shipping Baard ves- rhidden to exercise by order sident Harding. There also is a4 move to make other changes in the ship-liquor provisions, as well as oth- er sections of the law MINE PAY SESSION HALTED TEN DAYS Men and Operators So. Far Without Agreement on Cardinal Demands. to By the Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N hracite wtors ar A have b heen here for a we liminary presented by out of an come cffe vesterday discussion of the nen in the agre demands working ent, to be- ptember 1. adjourned until July 23, when the enference will meet here agatn The full two two and the subcommittee met four times without arriving at any on the cardinal demands made by the ew v seale cominitt of the sides held general sesston conclusions the # operato Eh in their discussions sof ave agreed to meet the miners demands in two instances. One is the abolition of the tw. hour day as scon as practica and as far as po. sible, and the other iy that after grievance has been referred hy conciliation board to the umpire he shail render a decision within thirty days. a Discuss Other Demands, An demands are still discussion. The rosult of the ence shows that the ope omnfitted to other under con- ors are during no suspension negotiations, aml that any ment arrived at shall be retroactive to September 1 in the event the par- ley goes beyond that date. They desired the continuous oper- the public mind. The miners are oy posed to any 4ETEFMeEnt on NOn-sus- pension, on the ground that it would not insure a contract before August 31, when the present one expires, and would remove the necessity of the operators coming to speedy understanding witn the miners. The subcommittee late afternoon and la ght took up the demands_ for uniformity and equali- zation of all day rates, dockage dif- ferentials, and the question of whether ‘the men working twelve hours a day shall have their pay event their day is reduced in the shortened Scale Committee to Meet. e adjournment over next week was taken $o as to permit members of the miners' scale committee from district No. 1 to attend the biennial convention of the miners of that dis- trict While the district convention will heve no direct effects on the wage cemands, the gathering will be one of the most important in years be- cause of the factional contest be- tween William Brennan, who was de- feated for re-election as district pres- ident by Rinaldo Cappellini, who has been quite active in opposing the wniners’ administration in the Scran- ton and Wilkes-Barre territory. Cap- peilini was elected by-more than.1 000 majority. There have been r ports that his election will be con- tested on technicalities. If his- elec- tion is ratified he will take office on August 1, and automatically become & member of the subcommittee ey FLYING RUSSIAN LADY DEAD AT FOOT OF CLIFF Only Book of Verses and Cigarette Package Left at Top of Terrace. ' By the Associnted Press. { ROME, July 13.—The Russian oountess, Claudia Kapniest, aged (| twenty-six years, old formerly Baroness Meller Zavomelsky, was found dead todav at the foot of a terrace at the villa Sforza, where she lived with Countess Sofie Fersen. Countess Kapnlest was a daring aviatrix and had just brilliantly pass- ed examination as a pilot. known whether her death was due 1o accldent or intent. On the. terrace from which she feil were found onl. a volume of Baudelaire's verses an a packet of cigarettes. \ The Roman aviators, with whom committee | legisla- | the | yesterday | It is nol_{ 1 KILLED, 30 HURT IN SOUTHERN WRECK Memphis Special Derailed in Ala- bama—Six Cars Go Over Embankment. By the Associated Press, MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 13.—One man was killed and about thirty others in- Jured, some seriously, early today, when the Memphis special on the Southern railway was deralled two miles east of Larkinsville, Ala., according to Teports received here. Ten of the more geri- ously injured are-in a hospital at Hunts- ville. Four pullmans and two coaches of the train, which was eén route from New York to Memphis, were torn loose from gine, mail, express and combina- cars, and hurtled down the embank- , overturning. Youth I Killed. HUNTSVILLE, Ala, July 13.—Fifteen persons injured in a wreck of the Mem- | phis special near Bcottsboro, Ala., early today were brought to a hospital here this morning. H. L. Carr, nineteen, of Durham, N. C.. was killed. It was stated that at least twelve persons were sariously hurt. GLOVER MUCH BETTER. Operation Unnecessary, Says Mes- sage From Maine. Much improvement in the condition of Charles C. Glover, chairman of the board of directo: f the Riggs Na- tional Bank, who was seriously ill at his summer home in York Beach, Me., was noted in a message recelved by jnn bank last night from Mr. Glover, r. The communication said that the temperature was normal and the at- tending physicians, Dr. B. L. Hardin and Dr. James E. Mitchell, both of Washington, had declded an opera- tion was unnecessary. Mr. Glover has been suffering 1rom for the past six montha and had gone to the Muine resort with his family two weeks ago. WALL STREET GREETS PURGING AFTER LOSSES OF $50,000,000 (Continued from Fir {they are worth every penny the ambitious voung crooks about to establish themselves bus! s as “brokers." Like all other criminal activities, there are “master minds” in buck- eting game here in New York—men who grown rich and powerful in community. The state authorities are having difficulty pinning the suspected guilt on the {men. hut their activities have been so widespread and often so bold it is senerally believed that out of the in in ups are certain to far it would seem that only clerks and underlings who have per- mitted the use of their names have |been caught in the toils. iwere merely the window dr [The evil geniuses back of them Istlll at large and still operating in an illegal way in the downtown sections of the city Naturally be involved. Thus ing. it is aifficult prosccuting authorities to great sympathy with the | the bucket shop. stand why men and women will trust | their 1oney, often the savings of jlifetime, with some allexed brokera jconcern’ without inquiring or inve ating into the firm's standing. fleeting suspicion has been ed to sleep by a visit with a view of mahogany and a ticker. Too fre- for have vietims of the {of ticker or furnitur |Ban of the gamblers that “nine time out of ten the customer is wrong.” One-Sided Business. So they trade against the customer. If the customer is wrong they pocket {his money. 1f the customer happens {to be right in too many cases, the {frm fails. In other words the bucket jshop can't lose. Conversely the cus tomer can't | _The story of the bucket shop in New i York is as fascinating as fiction. It {is the story of ex-walters, | tenders, ex-barroom habitues and ex- brokcrage clerks who have learned a4 smattering of the game and have gone into “business” for themselves. | When they fail under one name they jare quickly in business again under another. The trail of some of the | bucketeers leads through seven {ight detunct concerns | | ticularly true of “‘Dandy Phil” Kastel, a fugitive from justice and recently reported dead in Cleveland. His death | nev 5 been verified to the satis- i fac of the authorities. “Dandy last’ venture was as backer of the firm of Dillon & Co., at 32 “Dan” Dillon, the A of the firm, was a news- paper man, formerly of Washington. Short, Glorious Career. “Dan” accompanied the Airst Amer- |ican transport to France as a war correspondent and was in the field for nearly a year. He was well known - to Gen. Pershing and to other high officers of A. E. F. was hail, fellow, well Dillon also is missing. a short but clorious | career. There were about 400 cred- {itors when it failed. The receiver 1 8ot the large fee of $68.01 out of the ia The disbursements were | etee Now, | His firm had sets. $155.25. | Connected with every bucket shop is some great romance and into these romances the moneys of the victims have gone.-.Chorus girls have been lifted “from stage doors and given establishnients in this city and in | Parls. Easy come, easy go has been the motto of the bucketeers. and the golden flood has continued to run at_full tide. { While the indictments and jailing of some of the bucketeers are sweet music to the losers’ }is_ convinced there s something , wrong with business laws or busi- ! néss rules which permit these gam- {bling shops to open and operate in ; the full light of da. FLOOD IN SUBURBS 1 FORCES HUNDREDS ! FROM THEIR BEDS (Contixiued from First Page.) around the bank, without thought of sustaining supports. | “How long do.you expect that to {1ast?" a citizen who happened to be 1looking on was asked. { “Oh, until it rains again, 1 gues: { was the laconic reply. i~ And that was about how Hillbrook {and Deanwood surveyed their latest j inundation, Without sewers, proper drainage facilities or even gutters, | the residents accept every rain as I‘mnre or less of a deluge. Almost auto- matically they begin to move to the !'second floors of their homes so as to | be prepared for eventualities. The |Rills are high, the “protection none. | Hence a good hard rain is almost sure !to mean a flood, they say. } Substitute for Gold. | From the Kansas City Star. A young French chemist named j Mazarin has invented a new alloy re- “sembling gold, and it has been called “areum.” It has the brightness, dur- ahility, and inoxidability of which qualities will permit its Jowelry ! i { | bladder trouble | of it to} who are | prosecuting | * o | | fermentation now going on the higher- | | the | But they | are | any | They cannot under- | | quently there has been nothing back | except the slo- | win { ex-bar- | or | This Is par- | osien- | He | met and Jjust| the type to be desired by the buck- | ears, the public | _THE EVENING STAR, WAS MAY CALL WILSON | [prESIDENT AND MRS. HARDING GREET cowBOY IN MORSE TRIAL Subpoena Issued for Ex- President, But Not Yet Served. Woodrow Wilson, former President of the United States, may be & wit- ness for the defense in the Morse conspiracy trial. Thls became known this afternoon when counsel for the defense sccured from W. S. Adkins, assistant clerk of the court, a supoena for theé former chief execu- tive. The summons directs the ap- pearance of Mr. Wilson as a witness for Jyly 16. The document was In possession of counsel, and had not been delivered to United States Mar- shall Snyder for service. Counsel, it is understood, may con- sult with Admiral Grayson, former physician to Mr. Wilson as to the likelihood of his being able to attend court. Assistant Attorney General Allison today continued his cross-examina- tion of Rupert M. Much, former as- {elstant treasurer of the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation and one of the elght defendants in the Morsc conspiracy trial before Justice Staf- ford and a jury in Criminal Division 1. The witness had stated on direct examination that the capital stock of the company was $10,000,000, of which $1,000,000 was paid In cash The cross-examination developed that this was the standing only of the witness, yet governinent read into evidence letters signed by him giving this information to a national credit agency and to an industrial credit agency. Both letters stated that $1,000,000 had been peid in cash. Hazy on Check Signing. Much could not recall the circum- stances surrounding the signing of six checks aggregating $830.000, ex- cept that he purchased with them the sccurities about which he testified. He could not account for the appear- ance on the stubs of certain of these checks in the company books of hand- writing by himself and by Charles W. Morse. Asked for an explanation the witness declared that on Mr. Allison noticed that the name of Charles W. Morse was omitted from the roster of officers of the company he letters to the commercial agen- s and asked the reason. Morse Wa: ien chairman of the board of direc The witness said there was no {reason for the omission. Schwab Letter Admitted. Attorneys -Nash Rockwood “and Wilton J. Lambert for the defense ecured the admission in evidence of a letter from Charles M. Schwab, then director general of the fleet cor- poration, expressing himself “de- iighted” with the progress made at the Alexandria plant of the Morses he communication was addresed to Benjamin W. Morse, one of the de- tendants, and reads: “My Dear Mr. Morn want to il you how pleased I with our visit to vour yard. I was so delight- ed with the progress you are making {that 1 visited the works again last night with some of my people. The real test of Your energy, however, is &0ing to be as to how quickly you | will get started and turn out ships for us. “I want you to let me know how I assist in any way and I want you establish a rccord that my old friend Morse will be proud of. delighted to know that the sons of my old friend made such a good start_and I want them to make a ition for themselves such as they You shall have every help Very sincerely, "HARLES M. SCHWAB. Tells Where Money Went. Assistant Attorney General Allison lconducted tha cross-examination of Much. He secured an admission from ithe witness that of $1.036.200 paid in | progress payments to the Virginia {company by the fleet corporation up to November, 1918, most of the money { went for housing and plant construc- i tion. The witness also admitted that a Istatement of the company's assets in { February, 1918, showed a deposit of {$200.000 'in the Munsey Trust Com- pany, when that loan hdd never been made because Frank A. Munsey had {refused his approval. 1 | from me. {INJUNCTION HALTS | ALLEY CLOSING ACT | ENFORCEMENT HERE tinued from First Page.) when_such builings are erected on an alley less than thirty feet wide | throughout its entire length: does not run through the square and is not supplied with , sewer, water, gas or electric lights' The language is in the conjuctive and Mr. Stephens ad |vice to the Commissioners was that but few alleys are affected by the law as written. Started In May. Injunction proceedings were insti- tuted in May by Clarence F. Norment, {representing his father's estate and {by the Lockwood heirs, who also own alley houses. They asked injunctions to prevent the Commissioners begin- Ining threatened prosecutions against ants. The decision of Justice Bailey does not deal with the question of the validity of the enactment, but the in- {junction is granted because the prop- |erties owned by the Norment and |Tockwood estates do not front on |alleys meeting the qualifications set {out in the act. The memorandum opinion of the court in the Norment case reads: “The bill alleges that the Commis- sioners are about to take steps to in- augurate proceedings against the plain- Gff unless the plaintiff evicts all ten- {ants now located upon the premises de- {scribed in the bill. The bill alleges | that these properties front upon alleys {Which are included in the provisions {0s. 1 and 2 above, but which are sup- | plfed with sewcr, water mains and gas lights, ana that the premises them- selves are supplied with sewer and water mains, but not with gas or elec- tric lights. = There is nothing in the statute which prohibits the use of prop- erty bordering on an alley where the jalley is supplied with sewer, water imains and gas lights, and it would be la forced construction of the statu | to apply this provision to the premiss rather than to the alley in the face of the plain language of the statute. “For. these reasons I think the in- Sunction should issue, as prayed in the bill. Lockwood Case. In reference to the Lockwood suit, the court wrote: | __“This case is similar to the case of rment vs. Rudolph, decided toda The bill in this case alleges that | the properties therein described front on alleys which are supplied with sewer, water mains and gas lights. and, in addition, that a portion of the | premises front on an alley which, al- i though less than thirty feet throug! | out its entire length, does run straight through and open on two of the streets bordering the square. “For the reasons given in the Nor- ment case, an injunction will issue, as prayed in the bill. Attorney F. S.' Smith represented | Mr. Norment, while Attorneys Cullen, | Cusick & Finncane appeared for the ! Lockwoods. Corporation Counsel Ste- phens argued for the commission. CITY HEADS TO APPEAL. The Commissioners will take the case to the District Court of Appeals, Corporation Counsel Stephen this afternoon. P Although he had not had® o pa s got | tired and the other filled in the stubs. | 1am| them unless they evicted their ten-| stated at Enstern Orego! (Contizued from First Page.) cessions which the British viewpoint further requests from France, there re- {mains a feeling of optimism—a belief | that a complete break will be avoided. | The British government. It is declared, {18 fully cognizant of the iimit of the con- | ciusion which the French appeared to | make, and it is felt that Great Britain { will make no requests which might leave France no other alternative than a re- | | tusal. ndue Lenfency” Regretted. The press presents what it regards as his undue leniency with Germany. “Very friendly in form for France, very in- dulgent for Germany in substance,” says the Echo de Parls. The Petit Parisien deplores that Mr. Baldwin does not see that by “proposing to talk with Germany at the present juncture he is playing the game not only of the German gov- {ernment, but of the great German in- dustrialists, who are most hostile to reparations.” Henrl Didou. writing in Figaro, at in Berlin the statement ppear as a catastrophe. radical organ L/Ueuvre, which never misses an opportunity o criti- | ciwe Premier Poincare, remarks: “Let | us regret with Mr. Baldwin that by its obstinate silence the French gov- ernment has permitted the initiative to be taken away from it at such a grave conjuncturi RECEIVED WELL IN ROME. iRegarded as Closely Approving Mussolini’s Views. By the Associnted Press. ROME, July 13.—The British prime minister's statement on reparations was well received here, it being re- garded as closely approaching Pre- mier Mussolini’s proposal of joining the question of reparations with that of the interallied debts. The efforts of Premier Baldwin to | preserve the unity of the allies are {unanimously praised and hope is ex- | pressed that if his scherre is accepted the United States also will be repre- | !nenlefl in a commission {ntrusted with establishing the extent of Ger- many's economic power, in order to settlo definitely the amount of repa- rations to be paid It is remarked in authoritative circles that Italy, being the poorest jamong the victorious powers, cannot | {give up her share of reparations !whlle her creditor nations refuse to walve the debts due them BRITISH DRAFTING NOTE. i Will Be Accompanied by Memo of | Explanation. { By the Associated Press. ! "LONDON, July 13 | {sters will be busy for the next day or ! two in completing the draft of the| British reply to the German repara- | I tions note, which is to be submitted | to the alltes. The document will be accompanied by a covering note detailing, for the benefit of the allies, the British gov- ernment’s views on the whole question, and this, it is belleved, will take more | time for preparation than the reply Iitselt, which, according to some re- ports, virtually has already been drafted. U. S. Expected to Get Draft. Pending a definite official statement respecting communication to the United | | States government of a draft of the {reply, there is a general supposition that this step will be taken. The Times today says: “The United States gov- ernment may not be able to take any action at present, but it is deeply inter- ested and it should be officially in- formed of a decision that, modest as is momentous n its possible consequenc e Daily Mail, reporting the likeli- hood that a draft would be handed to the American embassy a mat- ter of courtesy, added: *“American opinion points to Thamas W. Lamont of the Morgan firm—who is understood to be in London—as the possible —The cabinet min- HINGTON, D. ¢, { ver, | within a week or two. American representative on an inter- national commission to estimate Ger- many’'s paying capacity. Comnervatives Dissatisfied. The Daily Telegraph says Mr. Bald- win may be able “to make a further I!ulemenl regarding the British steps and the form In which American Iin- terest might be associated in an en- deavor to solve the reparations tan- gle.” Yesterday's statement, adds the article, was merely an initial move which is to be supplemented at an 1y date. ®fany, conservatives are- dissatisfied with the prime minister's statement. The Lloyd George liberal faction has condemned it as inadequate. Some of the leading ‘Asquith lukewarm comments. Many laborites are pleased. . Belgian Paper Believes Baldwin _ Held to Commitment. Py the Associated Erem. ooyt CANNOT RENOUNCE Dlmsn.l FRIDAY, French Take More Ruhr Towns As British Draft Proposals assoclate himself from his predecessors. “France and Belgium helr deference toward says the newspaper, “cannot renounc. their defense of what they consider thelr higher Interests, knowing that the existing situation results more from England’s negative policy ward Germany than from the policy which Premiers Theunis and Poincare seek to realize in oecupying the Ruhr.” the policy of despite all England.” B — VITALP. 0. ISSUES IND.C. CONVENTION Heavy Increase in Mail and Space Shortage Before Postmasters. One of the most important of the postal conference-conventions being held throughout the United States by the Post Office Department will con- vene here the second week in Octo- when of Postmasters sions: Postmaster Mooney ington City Post Office, who is in charge of local arrangements, has sent out a call for a meeting of the committee of arrangements here Members of postmasters holds its annual ses- of the Wash- the committee comprise in other cities. Unusual conditions faced by postal service this summer will be discussed by the first and second class postmasters who make up the personnel of the national associa- tion. the New to Address Meeting. It is expected that Postmaster Gen- eral New, First Assistant Postmaster General Bartiett und other officials will address the convention and out- line the needs of the postal service for the ensuing year. This summer the problem of “mak- ing both ends meet” was first in the thoughts of the postmasters of the first and socond class offices, compris. ing the largest cities of the country The portmasters, with the ald of the Post Office Department, managed to pull the postal system through to the beginning of the fiscal year with- out any impmirment of service. In this happy result, of course, the third and fourth class offices played their | parts, Face Many Problems. The coming year will sce the post- masters meeting unusual conditions due to the huge increase in the postal business of the. United States, and the problems brought about by limit- ed space in which to handle the mails. Year by year the situation in re- gard to enace, especially in which to handle parcel post matter. becomes more acute. In Chicago, for instance, a great parcel post terminal has been bullt especially for the handling of this_class of mail. It is felt in some quarters that the whole problem of increased area fot the proper handling of the mails in post offices is to be met by the pro- | gram, now under way, urging the OLD AND NEW GRAND pootaenahipbies. to- the National Association | JULY 13, 1923, ! This shows Mrs. Harding shaking hands with & cowpuncher from the rear platform of the Presidential train where the President greeted a number of ranchers. 1S, NOT CONSULTED INBRITISH DECISION No Suggestions Volunteered Here on Forthcoming Note to Germany. statement here made that the Washington government had not been consulted by British officials regard- ing the forthcoming British reply to the German note on the reparations t It was added, that Washington had volunteered no sug- gestions and press reports that there had been interchanges of views through the London embassy w without foundation in fact In support of the official denial that there had been sgotiations it was pointed out that the State De- partment was dependent today on press accounts from London for light as to the nature of the British plan. Department officials declined to con ment In any way on what the premier d { Attenipt at Sofntion Seen. | Mr. Baldwin's phraseology at s {eral points was generaily regarded in | Washington as implving that some attempt was in process to find a ren {edy for the reparations tangle through | joint international action to determine | Gormany’s capaefty to pay as an eco- | nomic fact. 1f that should prove to {be the substa of the British cabi- net proposals when they are an nounced, undoubtedly the plan would have much in common with the sug- gestions made by Secretary Hughes to the French government last Oc- tober. Since the viewpoint of the Ameri- can government on the British pro- posals could not possibly be formu- lated until they were known in de- tall, it is doubtful that the State De- partment has begun to determine American policy in | recent developments abroad. No Part for United States Officials here still take the position that there has been no change in the uropean tangle that makes the mat- ter one in which the American gov- ernment could intervene in any diplo- matic way further than taken last fall and winter in seeking to avert drastic action by the French, Belglan and Itallan governments. It «1s0 i felt strongly that discussion of the question in Washington at this stage would be untimely and filled_with possibilities of misunder- standings and additional complica- tions. In view of this feeling there is no disposition in any official quar- ter to break ths silerce maintained by the Washington government from the beginning of the present crisis abroad. An thoritative osterday it clear ation also, that any n — e government ownership of all office buildings. Bigzest Single Busines When Will Havs was Postmaster General he pointed out that the postal service business in the world, and that it must be oonsidered strictly from a business viewpoint, never forgetting, of course, the human aspects of the “business,” which employes more than 300.000 workers. The first and second class post- masters, who will meet here in Oc- tober, are the managers of the branches” of this biggest business Zach vost office may be termed & branch office of the central office here at Washington, the Post Office Departmen post EXALTED ELK RULERS Y. n_to sueceed him, connection with | the steps | jout is the biggest single ! Vertipactor, New Air Machine, Will BeTested Monday By the Associated Press. MINEOLA, N. Y., July 13.—The vertipactor, a heavier-than-alr fly- ing machine, built to serve the ame purpose as the helicopter, will be tested Monday at Curtiss Fleld. 5 The machine is sald by its in- ventors, John H. Lynch of Paw- tucket, R. 1, and Iver Carison of Chicago, to have risen six feet from the ground and to have re- mained aloft fifteen minutes on a trial flight. It is 12 feet high, 12 feet wide, and has a 15-foot U-shaped tun- nel of wood, aluminum and can- vas, the length of the macbine, under which air s sucked by two ropellers, worked by two 200- horse power motors, to push the apparatus up in perpendicular flight. The pllot sits in a box- like fuselage between the motors. The two propellers work in op- posite directions to lift the ma- chine, but together for stralght- away flight. —_— HUTCHISON LEADS TITLE GOLF FIELD (Continued from First Page.) nine in 38 for a 77. MacDonald Smith, his partner, took 39 for a 77. Kirkwood: 4436544443377 453453846 6—-30—77 H. A. Sampson of San Francisco also had par 37 on the first nine. Sampson was in with a 39 for a 6. His card out .. 4455650 4 §—37 T . 45254654 4—39 5 Emil Loeffler, Pittsburgh. missed making a hole in 1 by half an inch on the short twelfth. His mashie niblick shot over the pond, rolled against the flagpole and bounced back, resting on the 1ip of the cup. He was down for a birdfe 2 Diegel Shoots 77. Leo Diegel, Washington, after tak- ing 42 strokes on the first nine, equaled par 35 coming in, for a 77. Francis Ouimet took 44 out and 38 coming home for an §2. Diegel's card: Out .558 A L4 4 Ouimet's card Out - AsT In 443 64 Sarazen’s Luck Poor. Gene Sarazen had bad luck on the seventh, where his tee shot went out of bounds and he used six strokes to hole. He was past the ninth in 39. He had a birdie three on the eighth 44555363 4—39 L3 55364365 4—10—79 Chick Evans, Chicago, was over his first nine but did the nine in 37. He wus in traps tee and second shots on the for a six and took three putts ninth for a five. Out 454505446542 Bag- .. 5235544 45—37—79 Mike Brady, the Detroit pro., today started his first round of play for the national open golf title with 36, one under par, on the first nine. He had a birdie 2 on the jungle seventh. His card: Out 4455 4436 ! Braay turned the second nine in 38 for a card of 74. His card In L44356 44443874 Bobby Cruikshank of Westfield, N J. got & good start, turning in a card of 73, one over par. Hiy card: i out 44555336438 In 5 4 35 4—42 6 4 4—35— —14 —38—82 45 on_his eighth on the 4—35—T73 44345245 Mehlhorn Near Top. Willlam Mehlhorn negotiated the second nine in 34, one under par, for a 73, His card: . 444553 1343456 Watrous came in tetal of 74. His card: Out. 445656554 In..... 4436423 John Burke. St. Paul, took 37 com- ing in for a 74, Hiscard. out ..... 5553462337 In ..000024836724:6 4 Burke had birdles on the second and ninth, - Willle Ogg_ of Worcester, Ilas: was out in 29 and equaled par coming In for a 74 tots His card: { Out N 446505434439 In ........4 4445334 4—35—T7¢ William Creavy of Kansas City took his place with the leadars, turn ing the first nine in 36, one under par. He had birdies on the fourth And eighth, but was one over par on the ninth. Hlis card: 445453335636 5 Creavy turned his second nine in . for a total of 3. .4 43544445~ Farren Haw 70. John Farrell of Mamaroneck, N. Y., was out in 38. He was over his sec- ond nine In 38, for a 76. His card: Out....4 4 6 45336 4—38 In.. 5563 453 44 5—38—T6 Hutt Martin of Los Angeles made the morning round In 78, playing an even game. His card: Out....4 4 556 3 an...434ssa Scores for the first llow: m,\?;‘e Oakland, Calif., Robert Westfleld, 73. Emmett French, Youngstown, Ohlo, 8. 91. 4 3 —74 first, 6 4 5—41 4 4 5—37—78 eighteen holes 82. Espinosa, spino: . Cruikshank, I, G. Jacobus, Ridgewood, S, A. Gagen, Port Chester, N. Hutt Martin, Los =Angeles, 78. Peter . Henry, Cleveland, 85. E. Williams, Peorfa, 111, §0. William L. Kline, New York, 79. C. H. Lorms, Columbus, Ohio, 80. Jack Burke, St. Paul, 74. Harry Hampton, Rochester, Mich., 8. Johnny Farrell, Mamaroneck, N. Y., Willlam_ M. Reekie, clair, N. J., 80. A.' Beeve, Long Branch, N. J.(7%. Charles H. Rowe, Pittsburgh, 81. Francis Ouimet, Boston, 2. Leo Diegel, Washington, 77. Eddie Held, Webster Groves, 80. Ben Parola, Linden, N. J., 8 James Hendry, Manchester, A. E. Reld, Ardsley, N. Y., 80. Richard Walsh, New Yorik, 87. Harold Callaway, Rome, N.' Y., 84. H. Culel, New York, 85. g P. 0. Hart, Marletta, Ohlo, 79 Joe Kirkwood, New York, 77. MacDonald Smith, San Francisco, 77. Willle Ogg, Worcester, Mass., 74. Fred Baroni, Philadelphia, 80. H. A. Sampson, San Francisco. 76. C. L. Mothersele, New York, 7. Dave Spittall, Toronto, 83. W. E. Melhorn, 8t. Louls, 73. Al Watrous, Bedford, Mich., 74. W. M. Creavy, Kansas City, 73. Bob MacDonald, Chicago, 76. Jack Forrester, Ridgewood, N. C. L. Booth, Putnam, Conn., 86 Mike Brady, Detroit, 74. Chick Evans, Chicago, 79. . Gene Sarazen, New York, 79. W. E. Ward, Woodbury, N. J., W. R. Noon, New York, 77. Emil Loeffler, Pittsburgh, 76. Alex Armour, Rye, N. Y., Dave Campbell, Deal, N. Joe Turnesa, Elmsford, N.'Y., Frank Dyer, Upper Montclair, 8 Louis Chiapetta, New York, 83. E. H, Gow, Weston, Mass., 84. . L. Ryall, Kennebunk Beach, Me,, 88, & ri\, Hughes, Lancaster, Pa., 74. g’hd‘.fl yd'. All.fl.ny‘ Pl?;.-. John 2 Upper Mont- H, 79. J., 5. second | room. { {ter up to the jury for decision. KEPNER ON STAND INDEATH INQUIRY Admits He Bought Lingerie for Miss Ricketts—Says Wife Was Melancholy. Special Dispatch to The Star, FREDERICK, Md., July 13.—The coroner's inquest into the death of Mrs. Grace Simmons-Kepner, wife of B. Evard Kepner, Frederick architect, whose dead body was found by her husband in & room of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Houck, near here, las June 18, was begun this morning, with Mr. Kepner as the first witness. Kepner, after asking the jury that he be permitted to tell his story in his own way, declared that he was going to tell “the good as well as the bac about myselt.” Gave Her Presents. In referring to Miss Lulu Ricketts and Mrs. Bruce Strallman, who had been mentioned in the case, Kepner admitted that, while be had be friendly to Miss Ricketts, his rela- tions had been only those of a gen- tleman. .He admitted that he gave her presents and some money and on one occasion bought her expensive lingerie. He related that on one oc- caslon Mrs. Strallman accompanied himself and Miss Ricketts on a bus ness trip to Hagerstown. Sayx She Wanted to Die. “I do not love Miss Ricketts she does not love me,” Kepner cn phasized. Kepner declared that his wife had been extremely melancholy recent! and of an unusually nervous dispc sition. “She often prayed to God that she hoped He would soon take her away, Kepner continued. “Before we retired at night it was our custom to kneel by the bed and pray. Often on these occasions Mrs. Kepner would lean on my arm and pray that her life on earth might be shortened. Kepner related that he had been married twenty-one years and that for the last ten years he had lived at the Houck home. He declared that his domestic relations had been disagreeable, saying that Elinor Houck, sister of his wife, ‘“had it in for me.” He continued that her other sister, Elizabeth, and Mr. and Mrs. Houck had treated him as & son. Prosecutor Threatens to Leave. A hot verbal battle, during course of which State's Attorn. Aaron R. Anders threatened to leave the courtroom. marked the opening this morning of the inquest. No sooner had the jury convened ir the crowded courtroom, with Jus J. Grahane Johnson acting as coroner, when Leo Weinberg, one of the attor- neys for Mr. Kepner, addressed Jus- tice Johnson, for the purpose of hav- ing decision to view the remains of Mrs. Kepner abandoned. Argues Agninst Exhuming. He argued that the body had been buried for nearly a month, that whi the law required the jury to view the body he thought that this requirement could be waived if he and the state's ttorney agreed. He said the hody had “been horribly hacked and mutilated” when the autopsy was performed last Friday, and made an impassioned ap- peal before the justice, the jury and the crowd. State's Attorney Anders attempted to interrupt Mr. Weinberg. The latter continued after a pause. He denounced what he termed as highly colored ar- ticles in the metropolitan newspapers. He intimated that the inquest had al- ready been held in some of the papers and sald that he had been quoted as saying things that he never even thought of. “You know, Mr. Anders, that I never defled you,” sald N Weinberg, in denying a statement that appeared in a city paper. Susplcion Declared Cast. “The mind of the public has been aroused by the newspaper a cles,” shouted Attorney Weinberg. uspi- clon has been directed to a certain person. Again Mr. Anders attempted to In- terrupt, but Mr. Welnberg continued. “Mr. Kepner is here. He has come voluntarily. It was not necessary to summons him. He will gladly take the witness stand and tell you all he knows about this case and answer any question that you ask him.” Anders Starts To Leave. Here the state's attorney, his face flushed, shouted he would leave the courtroom. “You krow Mr. Wein- berg,” he declared, “that you have no right to address a ccroner's jury. Nelther you nor I, nor any other law ver has that right at an Inquest. and You Mnow it 1% improper. Lawyers have no right at an inquest and they are only here because we permit the to be.” Nr. Weinberg attempted to talk again, but Mr. Anders, turning to Justice Johnson, said: “If this in- Quest is to be made a sideshow, I will _leave it He turned, picked up his hat and started from the t was at your suggestion and mand that we ordered the body ex- humed again,” said Mr. Anders. Mr. Weinberg admitted that this was correct, but that he had changed his mind. Calm Restored. Calm was restored when Mr. Wein- berg asked Mr. Anders if he would agree to abandon viewing the body Mr. Anders at once consented. How- ever, the law required that the re- mains be viewed when an inquest is held, Justice Johnson put the mat: poll was taken and within two min- utes Foreman Charles Wertheimer announced that the jury wanted to see the remains. Justice Johnson then announced that the inquest would adjourn to Mount Olivet cemetery The jury viewed the body and then went to the Houck home and exam- ined the room in which Mrs. Kepner's body was found. Public Excluded. Upon returning to the courthouse shortly before noon, Justice Johnson ruled that the public would be ex cluded from the hearing and the jurors retired to the grand jury room Reporters were admitted. . There were loud protests from the hundreds present when the justice ousted all but interested parties, the case having created more interest and gossip than any here in recent years, because of the prominent per- sons involved and the mysterious cir. cumstances. Suleide Theory Scouted. At the time of Mrs. Kepner's death, the coromer gave a certificate of sui- clde after a brief examination of the body, which revealed a bullet wound in the head. Members of Mrs. Kepner's tamily demanded a thorough investiga- tion, ‘and after an autopsy, Dr. J. H. Maldeis, city post mortem physician of Baltimore, gavé it as his opinion that Mrs. Kepner did not commit sui- cide. The course of the bullet, he de- clared, made it impossible for Mrs. Kepner to have fired the fatal shot. Mrs. Kepner was supposed to have killed herself in a fit of melancholia ‘Wonderful Earrings. Prom the New York Sun. The latest delirlous splash in ear- rings! She was & pale and interesting type. A little enamel basket filled with gre n/l:vn sad plak roses fl;o

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