Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1923, Page 2

~ TORTURED WOMA * TELLS EXPERIENCE Burned With Acid, Hair Cut Off and Attacked by Two Ab- ductors, She Declares. By the Associated Press. TULSA, Okla., July 19.—Detatls of her abduction on a busy street corner here Monday evening and subsequent torture in an effort to wring from her information relating to a deal involving George Petropol, an oil lease broker, were given last night by Mrs. Pearl Hayter, according to a published this morning by the Tulsa World. Before she was thrown from an automobile on the streets of Okmul- gee Iate Monday night, Mrs. Hayter declared she was attached by two of her abduetors and burned with acid. Her hair was shorn by the kidnapers, she satd. Vehement denial was made by Mrs. Hayter that she and Petropol had been blackmailing business men in Tulsa and Sapulpa as alleged b twelve masked men who were re- ported to have summoned reporter of the Tulsa Tribune Tuesday and stated that they were re onsible for the torture of the woman, charging that she and Petropol had been pr: ticing extortion. Petropol denled such charges, challenging hi accusers to meet him in court. The masked me ted they were not members of the Ku Klux Klan. Will Probe Charges. An official inquiry into the c will be instituted, it was announced by County Attorney John M. Golds- berry. The motorcar contained four men and one woman, Mrs. Hayter said, arriving at the point south of Tulsd she deciared she was told “You can save you suffering an trouble by what you ow about Petropol deal."= Asked by the reporter what Berry :d to, one of the men ac- companying Mrs, Havter spoke up: “‘She an. Ber all right, Jim Berry of the Am an National Bank a " he according to the a lot of telling us the Berry- d, “Yes, that's the man I mean and the man to whom they referred,” Mrs. Hayter continued. Only Her Good Friend. “One of the men then accused me of knowing all about George's busi- ness, but I denied krowing a thing about this Berry deal” Mrs. Hayter here interrupted to say that Petropol had been only a good friend. She then re back to a railroad station and placed on board a train for Okmulgee. being iat if sh to escape she would be ©On arriving in Okmulgee, she said she was placed in another automobile and driven out into the country where she was azain denled any knowledge of the deal. “Well, ‘w. make you pride of yours to me. 1. if you won't talk we'll h you had, and cut that one of the men said Talked of Ramsom. “After this was over they said they would take me to a place and keep me. One of them asked me how much money Petropol had and wondered if he would pay $10,000 or $12,000 to get me back. “They decided they would take me some place and hold me, but one of them sald he had- something that would make me talk. “He then pulled & bottle from his pocket and announced they would burn it out of me. “At first they would tilt the bottle of acid so the cork would be wet and stick it on my arm. It burned awfully. Gradually they grew m bolder and the torture was something awful. All the time they were doing this they said if I wolld tell them of the Berry deal they would quit. Burned on Breast. “Then they burned my breast and wy le with the acid and I broke down and it seemed like this tright- ened them. “On the way back the men cut the bair from my head “Finally 1 was dumped out on a side street in Okmulgee. “I did not know any who participated in the Kidnaping.” Mrs. Hayter's arms were bandaged, and from appeararice her breast had been badly burned with acid. A long-distance telerhone call James Berry of the American tional Bank at pulpa informing him that Mrs. Hayter had named him in the tortu c brought the answer that he knew nothing about the case, but he they evidently took ouf the wron ty when they to a. be ~ involved, deal where the iding on which He went into Berry said, *: bank purchased a by Petropol had a lease. court and asked the district court and Petropol appealed.” ZIHLMAN TO FIGHT FOR HIGH-PRESSURE FIRE MAINS IN D. C. (Continued from First Page.) tem should be installed and all ready at least by the time the new conduit which is now being built is ready. Congress recognized that this conduit, Jitha fltration plant at the District ne, and a pumping station, was impera- tively needed to prevent a water famine, which would cause the gov- crnment workshop to shut down in- definitely. The new conduit project i to cost-approximately $9,000,000. This relatively small project. at an estimated cost of $1,600,000, is just as necessary to keep the government workshop from being burned over the heads of many thousands of employe: with terrible loss“of valuable rec- ore o . From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. CANADA TO BAR ALL RACING SHEETS By the Associated Press, OTTAWA, Juiy 18.—The customs and exclse department today an- nounced it would immediately issue orders to customs officlals at the port of entry to hold up all shipments of racing publications, in accordance with legislation agopted at the r cent session of parliament. Although the law does not author- ize customs authorities to seize such publications, it was said they would be “detained,” and local police offi- clals who are charged with enforce- ment of the law notified. The better known sheets from the United States, devoted to inform: tion of bookmakers, will be included in the blacklist, and prosecutions from time to time will determine the list of such papers to be permanently prohibited, i ed that she was taken | called for help or i ked if she would talk, and | of the men ! cancellation of | the lease and we won the case in the | and with two new reservoirs | 22 D. C. MOTORISTS' LOSE DRIVERS’ PERMITS Number of Days of Revocation Given With List in Baltimore - Traffic Court. A dispatch from Baltimore publish- ed in The Sunday Star of July 185, giving the names of twenty-two Washington motorists who had.been penalized for varlous violations of the Maryland state motor laws falled to stal that the penalty was a re- 1 vocation of drivers' permits. In each case the mtorist named had his permite revoked, the pumber of days mentioned after his name in the dispatch signifying the length of re- vocation. MAUGHAN REACHES ST. JOSEPH IN DAY FLIGHT ACROSS U. S. (Continued from First Page.) peclally true on a race against time like this one. Flies Map Course. ‘Because of the fact that 1 was never lost, T suppose it is that I feel 30 much better, both physically and mentall. than I did en the first at- tempt. & “I don't &nticipate any great trou- ble on the balance of the trip from here, as regards to keeping the course. The route I have planned dily lends itself to fiying with a map course. “The trouble with the gasoline line has been completely eltminated, and with this out of the way and the motor functioning perfectly, I have great hopes to complete the 'trip and take dinmer In San Francisco before the sun gets there this evening. Maughan was sighted over McCook Field at 30 o'clock this morning. He flew to the, north end of the fleld and back, then landed the plane with the < pointed toward the north. Gets Hasty Lumeb. Immediately upon landing, he hopped from the plane and was taken by wait- ing automobile to the McCook Field din- ing room, where he ate a hasty lunch {consisting of two bananas, a glass of milk and a sandwlich. During the lnterim, the corps of Me- Cook Ficld expert mechanics gave the plane a hasty but thorough grooming., There was an expert for -each part of ane and while they were making inspections the plane was being refucled and oiled by another set of mechanics. Some extraordinary, quick work was formed by the McCook Field mechan ics in gassing and oiling the plane; ap- proximately 167 gallons of gasoline and nine and a half gallons of oil were pumped into the ship before it had been on the ground five minutes. As before. the motor was kept run- ning during Maughan's short stay at the fleld. - Maughan said that he was fiying on an average of 1,000 feet high, coming down slightly when passing over his 1landmarks to better identify them. TAKES OFF AT DAWN. their i Plane Carefully Guarded by Sol- diers All Night. By the Assoclated P = MITCHEL FIELD, N. Y., July 19.— Lieut. Russell L. Maughan took off here at 4:08 o'clock this morning, eastern standard time, on the first leg of his second attempt to fly from coast to coast between dawn and dark. He pointed his plane toward Dayton, Ohio, where he Intended to i make his first stop. The plane *left the ground eight minutes and four seconds later than the take-off made by Lieut. Maughan on his previous dawn-to-dusk flight. Weather Almost Ideal, Lieut. Bertram J. Sherry. weather | expert from Washington. D. C.. de- ! clared the weather to be almost ideal for flying conditlons, saying the light winds would be to the aviator's ad- vantage. At the 3,000-foot level, he [ said, there was a tem-mile-an-hour | easterly wind, while at 6,000 feet a ! northeast wind was blowing at eight { miles an hour. There was a slight { fog over the field, but Maughan had ino aifculty in making his getaway. | Liuet. Sherry said he also would en- ' counter a light fog over the Alle- | ghanies in Pennsylvania. 1~ The flyer had little more than four {hours' sleep, having retired at 11:30 {last night and arising at $:45, day- light-saving time. He breakfasted ion ham and egg sandwiches and cof- A Flying Newsie. fee. | Atter Maughan had climbea into Ithe cockpit a bundle of New York | | morning. newspapers, still damp with | the ink from the presses, was hand- led to him. ~Above the roar of the en- Igine he shouted out. laughingly: “I Want to be the first news vender to Il New York morning newspapers in Francisco on ning of the | iday of their publi {“Xsthe fiver took to the air a tele- !gram was dispatched by Lieut. Ed Ward Johnson, Maughan's “bunkle, {to Col. . W. Gilmore, chief of the air service at San Francisco. It sald: “Lieut. Maughan carrylng copies iof New York morning newspapers | Suggest they be auctioned as firat { morning papers to be read on Pactic | coast on date of publication in New | York." ess. Pays For Papers. Maughan Insisted on paying for the papers, saying he would be a (real news vender and wanted to get {his pay for delivering them out of the {profits from sales. An_extsa heavy military guard surrounded the machine all night and right up to the moment when Maughan started. Officlals have been unable to di: cover what ailed the pressure sy: tem that clogged and broke off the ilast transcontinental flight. Nor has the pilot been able to satisfy himself that the radiator cap, which he found over the outlet to his gasoline tank, got there accidentally. S The seventy-five officers and ten i newspaper men permitted to approach Ithe biplane were kept 100 feet dis- tant by the cordon of soldier guards. No hands touched the machine after it was tucked away last night, except those of Maughan and the little staff of mechanics In whom he places trust. Will Follow Same Route. Lieut. Maughan will follow itinerary mapped out for his first flight on July 9, which ended in fallure near St. Joseph, Mo., after the gasoline feed pipe became clogged. Four stops were planned en route: At McCook Field, Dayton, Ohlo. Municipal Field, St. Joseph, Mo.; A} Mail Fleld, Cheyenne, Wyo., and Sal- dura, Utah. To accomplish the flight across the continent between dawn and sunset, Lieut. Maughan will have to make the trip In 16 hours 16 minutes. He lost 14 minutes of daylight in the nine days since his first attempt. Service to Be Speedy. When the machine alights at the stopping places two men will sel: the wings and trundle it to the pres- sure pumps, where benzol and gaso- line will be forced into the tanks. Mechanicians will hurriedly examine the airplane for defects. The flight was arranged, according to Mal. C. Weaver, commanding officer here, to determine whether fleets of airplanes could be trans- ported from coast to coast in one day in the event the United States was attacked by hostile forces. ——r—— ALIMONY OVERDUE; JATLED. Because he owes his wife, Pauline Herren, $30 arrears of alimony, Ed- win O. Herren was adjudged In con- tempt of court yesterday by Chief Jus- tice McCoy and sentenced to serve ninety days in jail. He may be re- | leased sooner by settling the account with his wife. A rule inst the d [ the waeks ago one tontinued "on secersl Geastons, ut the money has not been | | 1 i l the G DEATH OVERTAKES THO AMID COFFING Undertaker Kills Seif “in Morgue as Woman Book- keeper Dies in Fall. By the Associated Press KANSAS CITY, M July 1 bodies of W. M. McClure, fifty-four, prominent Kansas City undertaker, and Mrs. Eula Thompson, thirty-five, his bookkeeper, lay today in the silent dusk of the undertaking rooms in which they met death last night., Inquiry continued: by the police failed to reconstruct ac- ceptably from meager details the cir- cumstances which led to the dual tragedy. McClure was married and had two daughters. Mrs. Thompson, a widow, long had been employed by his firm. Fred Webb, negro porter, found M- Clue bending over Mra. 'Thompson's body at the bottom of an elevator shaft last night and was ordered by McCi to call a physiclan. When two Db cians arrived to examine the body, ‘Mare left the room. A search for him a short time afterward revealed his body Iying upon an undertakers' slab in the morgue, a knife, used in post- mortem examination, protruding from his breast. McClure's eyeglasses had not been removed. There was nothing to indicate violence in his death. Fell Twe Stories. Besides McClure and Mrs. Thompson no other persons had been shown to have been in the undertaking rooms when Mrs. Thompson died. A door open into the elevator shaft, and blood upon the floor of the eievator at the bottom of the shaft, indicated that shs had fallen from a room in which coffins were stored, two stories from the floor of the clevator. Dr. H. E. Moss, deputy coroner, ex- pressed the belief that Mrs. Thomp- son fell into the unguarded pit when she went to the storeroom. Dr. Moss asserted that an extreme- ly nervous temperament attpibuted to the undertaker might have caused McClue to take his own life in _the belief that discovery with Mrs. Thompson's body would bring a court ordeal which he dreaded to face. Precisely what happened just prior to aiscovery of the tragedy has not been revealed. Brothers Alwo Suicides. Police continued Inquiry into re- ports that Mr%. Thompson, angered by McClure's recent irritability, several times had threatened to resign. Friends of McClure asserted he had become nervous by long vigil at the beds!d® of his wife, an invalid. Possibility that McClure was swept to his death by suicidal tendency was suggested in the memory of the sui- cides of his two brothers, e and Emerson McClure. Dav McClure, a mail clerk at Lawrence, Kan., it was recalled, shot himself sixteen years ago, and a few years later, Emerson McClure, a Kansas City undertaker, went to Lawrence and there shot him- self to deatb. Reasons for the suicide were not revealed. Mrs. McClure has not been told of her husband's death. The coroner announced that no in- quest would be held. SEEK CONFISCATION OF SEIZED SHIP RUM Government to File Suits to Ob- tain Foreign Vessels' Stores. Department of Justice officials s today that libel suits would be filed soon in the New York federal courts by District Attorney Hayward to confiscate liquors selzed receptly from foreign Mnes. Instructions have gone forward from Assistant Attorney General Willebrandt to Mr. Hayward, with advice to limit the present proceed- ings, at least, to confiscation. If fu- ture violatiéns of the Supreme Court liquor ruling occur, the government is said to be prepared to pursue a more vigorous policy. It is sald to be the intention to make the aciion to some extent a test of the hew government liquor policy. For this reason the confiscation suit probably will broight under the tariff act or pos- sibly under one of the old revenue statutes providing for government | confiscation of contraband imports. Should the proceeding be based on the prohibition statutes, officials say. ! it would ybe mandatory to confiscate also the ships bringing in the liquor and take criminal action against their masters. In view of the cessation of at- tempts by foreign ships to bring in llquor the department is not disposed to resort to the more drastic prohi- bition law. Britixh Stand in Deubt. LONDON, July 19.—Premier Bald- win told a questioner in the house of comnfons today that the govern- ment committee considering the question of intoxicating lauor in British ships in Amercan waters had reported its findings, but he was un- able to make any statement as to the line of policy the government would ultimately decide upon. REVOKES PROBATION Of MAN TO BE EXILED tice Stafford Awaits Proof Eng- lishman Convicted of Theft Will Leavé U. S. Jusf Henry Foster, forty years old, a na- tive of England, was placed on pro- bation today—almost. Foster had been charged with grand larceny and ‘when brought before Justice Stafford in Criminal Division, No. 1, admitted that he lt\l. three suits of clothes belonging to'H. 8. Omohundro, & local tailor. The court imposed the “usual sentence of ten years,” but suspended the sentance and placed Foster o) probation on the assurance of h counsel that he ‘would go to England and remain away from this country. Brig. Stitt_of the, Salvation Army had promised the cdu would be sent to England, but when Probatipn Officer Steele ipquired into the details he learned that Mr. Stitt was to place’'Foster on a train for New York, where he was to be met by another official of the army and then to be taken to Toronto, Canada. Steele did not think Canada as far away as the court wanted Foster to be, so he reported to Justice Staf- ford his understanding of the ar- rangements. Foster was brought back into court and the probation was revoked. It is understood Attorney Detwiler and the Salvation Army officer will make another effort to secure pro- bation for Foste: . ~A number of human bones, several The quiis of & porcupine taken: trom o qui the stomach of & aingte crocodile Were recently exhibited in London.. - ship | be | furt that the man |- | M. K. England, wax o exhausted he fell KEPNER’S LAWYER SCORED BY COURT (Continued from First Page.) FOR PLEA TO JURY Morris. whe defeated the A troi RECORDS PRODUCED far, it at all, any one in the premises. “You and your associates are abof to engage in and you have been at the instance of Mr. as the husband of Mrs Kepner, not only anxious to have fully . called her death, but who also wants to tree from the horrible suspicion th has been cast upon him through t press. Urges Jury to Probe Deeply. “Mr. Kepner, the: counsel, respectively requests th you conduct a thorough investigati and hear all the facts regardiess consequences. He especial b do something more 1y rati jury: that you delve deep all the facts and circumstance roundjng the death of Mrs. that you inquire into the motiv interest of those who are and that, generally, you full deeply probe into this entire a determine, first and principal whether Mra. Kepner came to th | | ' | the act of another. “We also urge that you do not imi- | tate the example of the coroner’s ju: and try Mr. Kepner for his tions with Miss Rickett that fact to prejudice your mind conducting this very tion. fore you, and they are: Was Mrs. Kepner murdered? It ves, the same? Willing te Appear. who is responsible f “Mr. Kepner and his attorneys, be- lieving that you gentlemen are fa honest and conscientious men, expect You to enter upon the performan of your duties with open and discrim- and to act without re- inating mind: gard to inflammatory newspaper a counts, as well as without fear favor. 2 ‘As_an evidence of Mr. Kepne: good faith, he hereby offers to volu ter of your inquiry. He also as that you will summon before you t following witn Dr. Cleary, Herbert S. Hahn. Miss Gra Pettingall, Casper E. Kline and W liam Y. Anderson. - Prosecutor Has New Evidence. “We trust th# vou and your ass clates, fully mindful will sume, conduet unbiased an imparti. the truth, the whole truth and not ing_but the truth. ““We respectfully ask that you re: this communication before the ju ner be given an opportunity to appe come within his knowledg On the other hand, State’ Aaron Auders was Attorn his possession since last Saturds when the coroner’s jury declared M Kepner to have been murdered. Falls to Get Letter, His movements were shrouded morning. Detéctive Lieut. Charles Kahler, Baltimore today. and it was stat that there came to Frederick wi him at least one assistant, who expert in Bertillion work. All Fre erick waited the outcome of the i vestigation of blood prints, which still remain | Sver the death bed. {1t is scarcely likely, however, th. the result of that examination wi become known before the grand ju | i i | ! smear of Grace Simmons Kepner, and how be culpable a serious undertaking, largely Kepner, who, | re- vealed the truth in eonnection with | fore, through his the finding of the coro- into Kepne her death through her own act or through associa nor allow vital investiga- There are but two questions be- tarily come before the jury and tell all he knows about the subject mat- Ira J. Me- | Curdy, Alban M. Wood, George D. Mc- of the solemn responsibility you are abeut to as- nd complete investigation, exhausting every means to ascertain and renew our request that Mr. Kep disclosure’ of all the facts that ha: sy today com- pleting evidence that has come into secrecy and he could not be found all vho was assigned to the case three weeks ago, was recalled from tained finge: N HORSE TR Fleet Corporation‘ Minutes Introduced to Show Policy by Defense. ut is | be | at | he | Reading of documentary evidence took up a large part of today's ses- sion of the Morse conspiracy trial be fore Justice Stafford and a jury in Criminal Division 1. Attorney Nash Rockwgod of counsel for the defense % |read into the record a number of ks |minutes of the meetings of the Ship- an | ping Board in reference to transac- i tions between the Morse corporations and the government Robert Bruce Wallace, plant man- ger at the Alexandria yard, was called to tell of changes in plans of ships which the defense claimed im- peded the work. Counsel were un- able to show formal orders for the changes. The matter was deferred | until notice could be served on the | government counsel to produce the nece: ry written documents. Judge Rockwood showed from the minutes of the fleet corporation that January 1 1918, the application of Charles W. Morsé for the transfer of steamers owned by the United States teamship Company to foreign regis- ry was demied. An application by Morsé for a hond issue refused at another meeting of the board. From the minutes of the meeting of y 1918, it was shown that ad offered the steamer Os- schooners_to - the at 0! 1y in or Morse wego and certain board at its own figures. This evi- dence Was submitted to show that Morse and his associates were har- rassed by the fleet corporation and their efforts to recover from finan- cial depression thwarted. The brief submitted by William G. McAdoo to the fleet corporation and referred to by him while testifying who ir, ce o~ | or i | was read in detail to the jury, |also heard a report of John ! Overend, district controller of the ks | fleet corporation, under which the he | Morses claimed there was due them from the government $1,425.000. A reply to the Overend statement made by Willlam W. Seott. counsel for the Virginia_Shipbuilding Company, was also read to the jury. SUES APARTMENT CO. | o Suit to recover $10,000 damages was filed today in the District Supreme {Court by Lillie Drexel against the uitable Apartment Co., at 1424 W ! street northwest and H. Latane Lewls, agent for the property, for alleged personal injuries. P The plaintiff is a tenant in the ! apartment building and alleges that | October 21, 1920, she fell over a worn | and ragged mat in the hallway of the {building and was seriously injured. She is represented by Attorneys Wil- fon J. Lambert and Rudolph H. Yeat- iprobe opens, if anything of impor- tance was learned. % Rev. Dr. J. T. Gaehr s3id this morn- ling he had not yet received the letter | Mr. Weinberg promised to return to | him last night. It was, therefors, im- possible to determine today whether or not that missive had been tampered with, and the situation was | complicated by intimations from Mr. {Weinberg that he may retract his promise and make the circuit court compel him to give up the document ——a procedure that could not be com- ed | pleted umtll after the grand jury in- | vestigation has been finished, since at |the circuit court has intimated that il it will give that proceeding its un- ry divided attention. r's n- l | i ce il- 0- al, h- ad ry ar before you, and make a frank and full ey Ly, rs. in A ed th HERE TO CONFER OVER $100,000 PEACE AWARD Franklin Roosevelt (left), wife of former assistant wecretary of | He e Navy, and Miss Knther E. Lape. notables rding dispesition { the Bok award for the AR foc the United Siaton 1 eomopersto with other Aations Who have come fo Washington to confor Mfliflkfll for world peace. 20,000 IWW. FLOCK CLAYTON PROPOSES B8 TOAID 3 INTEXAS Foot-Loose Host From East and West Streaming To- ward Port Arthur. By the Associated Press, CHICAGO, July 19.—Foot-loose mem- bers of the Industrial Workers of the {World from the far west and the BROOKHART URGES RUSS RECOGNITION (Continued trom First Page.) vent organization by the republican leaders unless a special session is called now. Something to Be Done. “We have reached a point where we intend to do something, and mot take it out in talk,” he added. Senator Brookhart sald he had found sentiment strong in the east as well as in the ‘west in favor of a special session to handle the agricultural sit- uation. “If we are going to help at all,” he said, “Congress must take charge, through some government agency, of the marketing of the big crops that are coming. There should be an ap- propriation by Congress of govern- ment funds to purchase, if necessary, the staple crops of the entire country and market them. The entire wheat crop, corn crop, cotton crop, etc., should be handled in this way. Leg- islation should provide a minimum price for these products, to be bid by the government. ‘““There should be a high tariff wall erected to keep out food products |from abroad. The millers and the middle men would have to purchase the farm products then, either from the farmers or from the government. 1 bellcve that as shon as they recog- nized this was the case they would comparatively little of the crops in question. “This would be an emergency meas- ure, intended to meet the situation brought about by the huge crops ex- pected jn this count Eventually a farmers' . ‘co-operative ‘~organization should be formed to handle the crops. It might x’u & vear or twe to form such an drganization, and in the meantime {he government should be ready to act. But we must act quick- ly now, if at ail. The legislation en- acted during the last session will not meet the situation at all.” Senator Brookhart, when he landed in New York, was quoted as saying that Judge Kenyon of Iowa, formerly senator, should be drafted as repub- lican nominee for the presidency. He said today that he had found the sug- gestion well received. i “Judge Kenyon would be the man | for the place, and he could be elect- led.” declared Senator Brookhart. The Iowa =enator seid he knew nothing of the suggestion that Senator La Fol- | 1ette would break away from the re- publican party and head a third party. In fact, he said, he haq re- ceived a contrary impression from Mr, La Follette the last time he had talked with him. “But the old parties might as well recognize the fact that they cannot nominate President Harding on the one hand and Senator Underwood on the other, and get away with it,” he concluded. - Senator Brookhart believes there are other pressing matters which a special session of Congress could han- dle, including rallroad legislation. The freight rates today are oppress- ing the agricultural interests to a marked extent, he sald. He will leave here probably tomorrow for lIoWA. “RECOGNITION TO COME.” Senator Says Soviet Government Must Be Reckoned With. By the Assoclated Press. EW YORK, July 19.—United States Senator Smith W. Brookhart of lowa told the New York American yesterday {he planned to cxil on Secretary of State {Hughes and report to him tiie results {of his personal investigation of condi- tions in Russia, from which he re. turned recently. “If he asks my opinion about the matter,” Senator Brookhart added, * shall unhestiatingly recommend that the United States arrange for a speedy recognition of the Russian republic. The world eventually will be forced to recognize the soviet government as 4 power to be reckoned with, he de- clared, and he predicted that it would only be @ question of time when the leading nations of the world would seek Russia's friendship. #peaking before the Co-operative League of America tonight Senator Brookhart urged that the Co-opera- tive League in the United States work for the establishment of a co- operative banking and credit system. The co-operative movement in Eng- lapd, he said, had assumed immense proportions and whole industries were now being managed co-opera- tively. N Senator Brookhart after his address said he predicted a third-party with an independent candidate In the com- ing national elections as the result of the election of Magnus Johnson fo the United States® Semate from Minnesota. “If Harding and Underwood both are nominated there will he a third party,” he said, “because those two are so much alike they ought to be unflth:l.:_lun:dtlehe < e lared Henry Ford could beat President Harding “hands down.” _ PLANS WET BILE. Dyer to Propose.Sale of Three Per Cent Beer. ST. LOUIS, July 18.—A resolution -niln‘ the Volgtead act to permit beer of 3 per cent alcoholic content will be introduced at the next session gress by Representative L. C. Dyer of St. Louis, he has announced. Dyer said a recent tour of the western, middle western and New England states had convinced him Rt S R ™o on_of the prol on law, ded that the business mens, rance worl ug“flum 3 8t len | o ! buy direct from the farmers and that | PLOVements made possible through a the government would have to handle | $2,900.000 road bond fssue, some offi- eastern seefion of the country are re- ported today to be traveling south- ward toward Port Arthur, Tex., with the' object In view of protecting the rights of three of their members, who are reported to have been beaten and threatened. The great central section of the country, however, seems to be free from the pilgrimage, as the 1. W. W. members in the central division of the organigation have not received any such orders. Reports from Los Angeles state that a small group of foot-loose members of the I. W, W, started from there on freight trains last night and that more of them were expected to leave Los Angeles today. John Shuskle, Bsecretary-treasurer of the organization in New York, stated yesterday that the movement had begun all over the country, but Harry Clark, secretary and treasurer of the I, W. W. in Chicago, stated today that no orders had either been received here or transmitted to mem- bers relative to their going to Port Arthur. Simultaneously with these develop- ments comes news from Port Arthur that everything is calm there and that all the I. W. W. who put in an appearance will be well receivéd, as there is much work to be done on roads. 20,000 ARE EXPECTED. Port Arthur Has Plenty of Work for Any Vagrants Coming In. By the Assoclated Press. PORT ARTHUR, Tex., July 19.— Imminent influx of I .W. W. cru- saders, estimated to total more than 20,000, finds this city of 22,000 out- wardly unconcerned. Announcement by John Shuskie, secretary-treasurer, New York, that the pilgrimage has begun from all over the country by foot, freight train and by sea, in protection of the rights of three members said re- cently to have been spirited away from here and severely beaten by u: known parties, finds local authorities volunteering little information as to plans for a reception. Corroboration of the report by John Aaron, secre- tary of the Marine Transport Work- ers’ branch, San Francisco, likewise leaves them non-committal Plenty of Work. What is plainly outspoken, how- over, is that all persons without visi- ble means of support will be arrested. In event of their convictions as va- grants, it is declared possible that they will be assigned to work on road and bridge buildihg gangs throughout the county. There is an abundance of work of this kind in Jefferson county as a result of im- cials hint. Difficulty, owing to hot weather and clouds of mosquitoes, is being experienced in keeping laborers on_the pay roll. Meanwhile Port Arthur official have not asked Gov. Pat M., Neff for assistance in handling the situation. L W. W. Organiser Tried. Alleged mistreatment of John Hol- land, I. W. W. organizer, which was ‘the beginning of the agitation among the marine transport workers' braneh of the organization, will not be taken up officially until August 6, when the Kr;nfl J!:iry reconvenes. olland was arrested late in and detained on the ground thn{ug: was a member of the 4ndustrial Workers of the World. His attorney sued out a writ of habeas corpus in the district court at Beawmont, and Judge E. A. McDowell released him with the declaration that member- ship in that organization is not a crime under Texas statutes. Judge McDowel] also called members of the grand jury before him and demanded that investigation of the punishment by officers of the law as_complained of by Holland be made. Holland de- clared he received punishment in the hands of the officers when he is al- leged to have resisted efforts to have his photograph and fingerprints taken. Holland has filled a_ libel suit for $50,000 against a local mewspaper in connection with a story, bused on an alleged fingerprint report from A. J. Renoce, chief of the bureau of iden- tification at Leavenworth, Kan., that | he had been identified with a man charged with slaying two officers in Everett, Wash. From Yésterday Edition of The Star. ILL AND CRIPPLED, jat Portland, Me., |Hynam was DUPED BY ‘HEALER’ Ry the Associated Press, NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., July 18.— Complaint was made to the police to- day that a man giving his name as Prof. Blacio Demonceo of Pittsburgh had victimized residents of the Italian district to the extent of more than $5.000 with promises to cure! various afflictions. The man won the confidence of Frank Tedesco, a prom- inent member of the Itallan colony, n&fl was introduced te many persons icted with blindness, deafness and her infirmitie A date was set when all who had taken treatment were to appear at Tedesco's bakery, where the healer would pronounce the magic word and they would be cured. The lame, blind and halt congregated to the number of several hundred, but the healer failed to appear. The afflicted ones became angry and Tedesco fled when they threatened to harm him. —~————— HELD IN ASSAULT. Colored Man Accused of Attacking Child. Erastus M. Marrell, colored, twenty years old, 218 Elm street, arrested Monday night, charged with an at- tempted criminal assault upon Frieda Simon, a ten-year-old white girl, re- siding with her parents at 131 Thomas street, ,;Iv.d preliminary hearing in | the United States Rjranch of Police | Court_today, and was con- tinued until SBaturday. The bond was fixed at $2.000. Morrell {s charged with assaulting the child on the Bloomingdale play- grounds. She screamed, gnd her sajlant was frightened away. Mor- rell denies the charge, and says that it is & case of mistaken identity. —_— CALLS SENATE ELECTION " MONTPELIER, Vt, July”18.—Gov. Proctor today called a special sena- torlal election to be held November 6 to fill the vacancy cdused by the death of Willlam P. Dillingham, who was for twenty-three YeArs a senator frond Verment. Gov. Proctor also ordered a special primaty on Ootober 3. to nominate candidates for the senatorial election. An X-ray motion ploture of the cox- tractions of the human heart was shown before a congress, of an medieal experts in MunicK recently, o X903 B - JINPROVEMENTS New Bridge to Anacosfla Among Projects Urged in Estimates. Three important projects for the development of the o€y were laid before the commissioners today by William McK. Clayton of the Feder- atlon of Citizens' Association for con- sideration in framing the new esti- mates. They are: g Bullding of a new Pennsylvania avenue bridge across the Anacostia river. Opening and grading of New Hampshire avenue from Grant Circle to the District lime. Funds for the opening of l4th street from its present terminus northward. Mr. Clayton told the Commissioners thesé three improvements would s to open up new areas that are no only partially developed, and would provide new gateways between Mary- land and the District. Need Money fot Widening. In the case of New Hampshi nue, Mr. Clayton pointed out that the land has been condemned and awaits only the money to grade this poten- tial thoroughfare. Fourteenth street cannot be ex- tended until Congress passes the nec- essary legislation to permit the open- ing of the street through the grounds of Walter Reed Hospital, but the rep- resentative of the federation said he felt confident the lawmakers would pass the bill at the next session, From Yesterday’s 5:30 Edition of The Star. 1.5, SEIZES BRITISH SHIP 8 MILES OUT ASRUM SMUGGLER Captain of Fishing Boat Served With Federal Warrant Charging Conspiracy. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, July 18.—The British fish- ing schooner Kaduskak, seized off | Cape Ann yesterday by the coast guard cutter Ossipee, Wwith a cargo of liquor on board, was conveyed into Boston harbor today. Her negro skipper, Capt. Frederick Hynan, was served on landing with a federal war- rant charging participation in an al- leged rum-running conmspiracy at Bar Harbor, Me., last September. It was belleved that the could not be held, as the coast guard men admitted that she was at least ht miles fromp shore when picked up. The schooner's papers showed that she was bound from Trinidad lto St. Pierre Miquelon with & cargo of 1,500 cases of whisky. It was at first reported that the Ossipee also was escorting to port another British schooner, the Mat- tawa, also rum laden. This vesscl was spoken off Cape Ann, but well out to sea, and was allowed to pro- ceed. g The warrant against Hynam | based on an indictment returned 2 Bangor, Me., and charges the captaiu with conspiracy to violate the Vol- stead act by landing 2,000 cases whisky, 1,000 cases of gin and 1 barrels of Tum on Mount Desert Roc twenty-two miles off Bar Harbor. United States District Attorney Dyer, charged that Capt. in league with a rum ring that operated in Maine for th past four years, with a base nca Bar Harbor. T From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Sta RAIL AND ELECTRIC SYSTEMS MERGED Charlottesville Company Absorbed by Virginia Western Power Co. By the Associated Press. BALTMORE, July 18.—The Char- lottesville and Albemarle Railway Company, which' operates the railway {and electric systems of Charlottes- ville, Va., has been absorbed by the Virginia-Western Power Company, it was announced here today. Practically all the bonds and both issues of stocks were owned by resi- dents of this city, but only the com- mon stock was sold. The price pald was $625,000. The $400,000 bonds of the have been called for redemption the Virginia-Western Power Comps According to an announcement the latter company, it will immedi- ately begin tie construction of a line to connect Charlottesville and Staun- ton properties, both of which it owns. FIND ESCAPED PATIENT. St. Elizabeth’s Inmate, Qut to “End It All,” Sprains Ankle. Declaring he was going to “end it all,” Alexander M. DeGolgoff, twenty=- nine years' old, a soldler patient at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, knocked At- tendant Harris down with a blow of his fist, scaled a brick wall and escap- ed yesterday afternoon. About one hour later police of tha eleventh precinct found him at the home. of Mary Proctor, colored. Wade road, where the woman was nursing a sprained ankle that he sustained in his escape. The police returned him to the haspital. company From Yesterday's 5. !O'Bflmou of The Star. Rooster’s Crow Sirenlike, Lures Man to His Death By the Assoclated Press. SIOUX FALLS, 8, D, July 18.— The crowing of a rooster every morning was the cause of the shooting to death of Eugene F. Grifiith, forty-twe vears old, here today, according to police, Who have Charles L. Ferguson, the alleged slayer, under surveiliance. The rooater, with its neck wrung, was found beside the body of Griffith. According to Ferguson, hé found Grifith in his henhouse' after the \Jatter had threatened to “stop the erowing if the rooster was not disposed of." when Ferguson or- dered Griffith to raise his hands, . the latter refused. and”the owner of the reoster fired twice, the sec- ond bullet striking Grifith in the heart.