Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1923, Page 2

RESERVE OFFGERS LEAD N EVIEW Command 16th Infantry Bri gade During Parade at Camp Meade. Brig. Gen. H. B. Fiske, commanding officer at Camp Méade, reviewed the 16th Infantry Brigade Saturday mern- | ing at the camp. Companies of the 12th and 34th Infantry reglments were commanded, by reserve Army officers. Following | the review, Gen. Fiske ordered the' troops massed and com- mended them on their appearance in Washington last week. He especially commended the reserve officers for the manner in which they handled the troops during the parade of Saturda: The present day condition of the American Army was forcibly pressed to the numerous reserve offi- cers in camp, when the entire per- sonnel of thé two infantry regiments was formed in two small battalions, numbering little more than 200 troops to a battalion Challenged to Tou nament. A chalicnge has been sent to officers of the S0th Division by the officers rom the 99th Division (Pennsylvania) t of sisting of buse wall ball. boxing, Wr swimming. The athletic officer will confer this week with First Lieut. T. H. Edilblute, athletic officer of the §9th Divislon, ‘to arrange for the various events. It been ru- ored that there are many former college athletic stars among the 80th Division who- are from Washington, nd it is expected that this challenge ill not go unaccepted Religious services were held ves- terday in_camp for reserve officers by ‘the chaplains of the troops at the camp. Chaplain Robert Athinson of Kensington, Md.. who is in camp with the 80th Division, preached the xermon. Chaplain Ira’ Freeman led the scriptura lesson and offered the prayer. Practically all offlcers in amp - yes attended the serv- g evening more than officers left camp to spend the week end in Washington. inance Officers Busy. Saturday was a busy day in camp fur the finance officers of the 80th Division. Pay vouchers and milcage vouchers for the 145 officers of the division were prepared for the re- serve officers. Upon the completion athletic games, (indoor), vol- stling, ing to a tourname ley torday turday of the vouchers thev were forwarded is to the expected camn finance officer. It that the officers will paid on Saturdav afternaon. will start to leave for their home: immediately thereafter. The follow- ing finance reserve officers of the th Division prepared the vouchers apts. Frank A Frost, Lester [ Stewart and Von Wirt Robards This morning the officers took other tactical walk, with Giréen of the Regular Army in charge Group 1. consisting of infantry, engi- neers and judge advocate general's department, all of the 80th Division, were in charge of Lieut. Col. Baird an- Group consisting of lleutenant colonels and majors of infantry, en- mineers, jud advocate general's department, adjutant general's de- nd air service, in_charge Col. John Scott. Group 8 Wil be comprised of lieutenant colon- 18 and majors of infantry, engineers, dge advocate general and adjutant general's departments, in charge of Waugh. These officers will be 5 99th Division and the non- visional group. Capt. Eberle will or in charge of Group 4, which will isist_of captains andslieutenants and 7 com- 80th and 99th Divisions and_Capt. Hopkins will in charge of Group 5, with the fol- wing officers, captains and lieuten- s of rifle companies of infantry, Also captains and lieutenants of en- Rinee adjutant general's depart- ament air service, chaplain corps and Military intelligence department from $0th Division. Others in Command. Capt. Speer and Lieut. Franklin will have charge of v-five offi- cers as follows: Cap and lleu tenants of rifie companies of infantry captaing and lieutenants of engineers adjutant general's department, judge advocate general's department and air service from the 99th Division, and the non-divisional group. Maj. Polk will have the officers of the Quartermaster Corps from the 80th and 99th divisions. Maj. Fitts will have all officers of the Medical, Den- tal and Veterinary Corps of the 8oth and 95th divisions, and the non-divi- sional group. Maj. Henderson has heen assigned to the lieutenant-col- onels and majors of fleld artillery from the three grouns. Capt. Moore with captains and lieutonagts of field artillery of the 80th Divsion, and Capt. Golden with the captains and lieutenants of fleld artillery from the 29th Division and non-divisional group. Licut. Stephen F. Tillman, adjutant general's department, has ‘been as- signed_to duty in the office of the S0th Division, as ass!amn? to Maj. Tames H. Tierney, executfve officer of the camp of the $0th Diyision. PROMISE OF OBREGON ONLY ASSURANCE U. S. CAN WIN FOR FUTURE (Continued From First Pnge.) of interest to the United States and a revolution came next week, the dis- turbed state of affairs would prelude any adherence to the phraesology of a treaty r military necessity has in Mexico at last swept aside even more vital con- acts than were contained in treaties, is therefore the choicé of the Cool- idge administration to accept the Obre- Zon promiscs on their face value and by extending recognition strengthen the Obregon regime and the cause of peace south of the Rio Grande, or to refuse recognition and bring about a state of affairs which may produce disintegra- tion and thus gain nothing for Ameri- can property owners, anyhow. Recognition Is Alternative. Recognition would seem to be a natural alternative, and although the United States has not obtained in technical form what was sought in the beginning, the important fact is that “the Obregon government has proclaimed an interpretation of the Constitution, which is apparently sat- isfactory to tha American corimis- ~loners who went to Mexico City with a full knowledge of what Sectetary Hughes wanted in the way of legal assurances. It is true the Mexican embassy is- xued the other day an official state ment authorized by President Obre- #on which stated that Mexico had not ssumed any obligations under the greements ~ reached _between the i Mexican and American commissions, but the worgd “obligation” s .unque: tionably a term for public consump: tion in Mexico and the minutes of the proceedings carry their own inter- pretation of what constitutes a prom- ise or an obligation. (Copyright, 1023.) START PHOTOGRAPHING. Post Office Officials Obtaining Pic- tures of Local Employes. Photographing of employes of the { washington city post office for the officlals’ records of' the office began ' today, pictures being taken of several ' Postmaster Mooney as score distributors in the division. This step was decided upon by necessary one, in case any employe becomes in- volved n aceldent, or_there 18 any. iilies need for positive identification. mailing Maj. J. A.| GARRETT TRIAL OPENS WITH VENUE BATTLE " (Continued From First Page.) he can permit a change of venue which would bring a jury here from some other place,.or he can direct the trial to proceed in Cumberiand. Shotild he decids on a change of venue, Judge White can take the case to his own court or select some court in_another county or city. Should he select some court other than Cumberland or his own, there is a possibility the regular judge of that court would fix the date and preside at the trial, thus relieving Judge White of the assignment unless he were reassigned by E. Lee Trinkle, So intense has the fight become over the legal technicalities Involved that the actual question of the guilt or Innocence of the aceused has be- come temporarily sidetracked in the public mind by the interest in the outcome of the battle of lawyers. ‘Real Venue Fight,” According to Commonwealth's At- torney Milton P. Bonifant of Pow- hatan county, who is acting as special prosecutor, the state, in moving today for a chance of venue, has even greater expectations of success than previously, “We are going to make a real fight this time,” he said, “and in view of the fact that the numerous affidavits offered at Larkin Garrett's trial have served to widen the Zap between the factions in Cumberland we are confident of succ Mr. Bonifunt declared that some of the affidavits read last month has served to make lifelong enemies between families who hitherto have been warm friends, and this in turn has spread to the respective friends untll there was not a part of the ntire county free of feeling He cited particularly the affidavits ysed in challenging three members of the Jur: vhich resulted in the mis- trial. These were made by atlants who had been close friemis of the jurors and in some instances the allegations were based on convers: tions during neighborly calls. _Little new in the nature of sensa- tiona is expected even as the trial proceeds here, as ail of the principals testified at the Larkin Garrett trial, including the Garrett brothers and the widow “of the slain ininister. The Garretts both admitted shooting the minister in the vard of his home, but swore they did not fire until after he had shot R. O. Garrett in the back. Court Crowd Slim. When ‘the court convened at 10:24 half of the seats were not occupied and there were few visitors to the village, other than court attaches and attorneys. The city force from Lync! burg, Portsmouth and Petersbu: were on hand and took up positions assigned to them at the previous trial. As before, all persons entering the courtroom ‘were searched for weapons. Anticipating the motion for change of venue by the state, Attor Smith told the court the defense desired ample time to arguc the ques- tion of constitutional rights of the defense for a trial in his own vicin- ge. He sald such a _guestion had never been raised in a Virginia court before and that to grant the request of the state would be setting a dan- gerous precedent Judge White, in replying, ‘said he would allow ample time and, refer- ring to his previous ruling that the state did have a right to demand a change of venue, he said ke was ruling if an error had been made Mr Bonifant then formally pre- sented a change of venue motion and it was agreed as a means of saving time that the question of constitu- tional right and the facts in the mo- tion shouid be argued together. Attor- new White then began reading the first of the sixty or more affidavits {the state had procured in support of iits plea for a change of scene. These, he said, were from scattered |residents -of the county who swore they did not belicve a fair and im- {partial_ trial could be obtained .in {CumberTand county. Divixion of Sentiment. Most of the afliants declared them Iselves as democrats. All the atfiants lalleged a distinct division bordering on' disorder was extant throughout from the county. | One adavit was from E. W. Paul- ette. employed in a drug store in [Farmyille who alleged that after a mistrial had been declared in the case of Larkin Garrett, he heard a juror who had been discharged from the case state that the jury had stood eleven for. acquittal, and he alleged that R. A. Garnett, one of the jurors, sajd “we would have acquitted him in ten minutes.” |” Thomas Holman, jr. one of the |afiants, stated that one of the wit- [n s in the Garrett case had been threatened. Invarfably the aflidavits lstarted out with “there are two fac- itions in Cumberland county bitterly lopposed to each other,” and “for this reason & fair and impartial trial is impossible, in my opinion, in this county.” Attorney White read this over and ver in many aMdavits until constant it the intonation of lo repitition gave a chant. AFFIDAVITS CONFLICT. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND COURT HOUSE, Va., August 20.—Counsel for the defense of Robert Garrett introduced fifty- three counter affidavits today to the sixty introduced by the prosecution. Several of the defense afidavits were made by the same persons who made ithe prosecution affidavits, it was stated. W. W. Justic, jr. said thesc afflants professed they had been mis- led into giving the prosecution a statement, believing that the prison- er_was seeking a trial elsewhere. The prosecution has the strongest case for a change of venue that two weeks of hard work and the brains of four experienced attorneys can possibly _devise. The defense will makes a bitter fight to reopen the con- stitutional question, involving a point declded favorably to the prosecution in the trial of Larkin: Garrett. Judge B. D. White will be asked to allow argument on the constitu- tional question, Mr. Justis indicated before court convened. Should he decide to permit this argument it means that the legal battle preceding the case may be extended over a period of two days. Should he rule that no argument need be heard on this point and that the decision of July 26, made by him, that the sec- tion of the new code of Virginia glving the commonwealth a change of venue right, is constitutional, it will be a blow to the defense. Police Guards Arrive. Fifteen police from Lynchburg, Petersburg and Portsmouth arrived in Farmviile last night and began to arrive fn Cumberland early in the day. Cots and other paraphernalia will appear during the day, loaned by_the adjutant general. - - Richard Evelyn Byrd arrived here last night. Milton P. Bonifant ar- rived by bus later in the day. George B. White already was in Cumberland, where he has been for some time, stay- ing with C. C. Corson, a leader of the. anti-Garrett faction, who lives four miles outslde the town toward Farm- ville. Harry M. Smith, jr.; L. O. Wenden- berg and Mr. Justis, defense counsel, were in conference last night. Additional affidavits attacking the jurors who served in the trial of rkin_Garrett, declared a mistrial when Judge D. White admitted that at least one juror is prejudiced, were istroduced by the prosecution tending to show that the jury was acked” with Garrett sympathizers already with a fixed opinion. Milton P. Bonifant of the prosecution coun- s6l this morning presented eighty-six new affidavits to show that a fair and impartial trial of Robert Garrett { would be impossible in Cumberland county. Upon the opening of the trial Har- ry M. Smith, Jjr, defense counsel, after asking that the case of con- stutionality be reopened, said the de- fense will contend that, since the Garretts were jointly indicted, joint- ly arraigned. and pleaded together, separate trials are illegal, and the :mmlol: for severance; he -said,.eame oo late. ready to be shown the error of that| HOLD S N ROBBERY OF NN AT DETRONT Police Believe Same Gang Killed Patrolman—6 Guests Reported Shot. By the Associated Press, DETROIT, August 20.—A man gi ing his name as Herman Sakoless of { Brooklyn, Y. is under arrest at Monroe, Mich., #nd four men whose names ave withheld are in custody here as a result of a spectacular hold- up of the Allendale Inn, a notorious roadhouse just outside Detroit, and the killing of Oscar Reinhardt, mo- tor cycle policeman, at Monroe Sun- {day morning. | Police believe the same band of gun- men who entered the roadhouse at 3 o'elock Sunday morning and staged o “wild west” hold-up of 150 guests of the inn and a score of employes five hours later shot and killed the motor cyele policeman at Monroe when he jattempica 1o stop a touring car peedinis through the city. re Volleys Intg Ceiling. of the roadhouse {duncing, cating arinking Hive sunmen two by the door and three from the front. Eith coincide © prearrangement the ons on dance floor were en- waiching a verbal battle n two women, one of whom as upbraiding the other for being too attentive to her escort. The first warning given of the hold-up was when the gunmen fired several vol- into the ceiling. Deftly the bandits rifled the cash regis lined up the emploves and then went from table to table gather- ing jewelry and money from the pa- trons. One man keeping watch in the middie room fired occasional any of the victims =po Some of the shots took men and two women ured The injured were removed by the time po ed. fifteen minutes after th p. but two men and one woman later were located in hospitals. None of the visitors would jmake any defir atement regard- were when th onall effect, four being. reported ling the affai Seene of Wild Disorder, When police officers arrived the inn was a scene of disorer. Tables weore overturncd, food, drinks and es were thrown on the floor, men ibited torn shirt-fronts where dlamond studs had been torn from them, aml elothing of som of the women was tom where pins had been ripped from their gowns.. In <01 instances the bandits used their teeth to remove pins and diamond scttings from rings, rather than drop the pistols they carried, Reinhardt was shot hours later when he attempted to stop an auto- jmobile speeding through Monroe, forty mile south of here. The driver of the machine drew a pistol, according to witnesses, and the po- liceman drew his weapon, firing five times into the car. The driver re- turned the fire, hitting Reinhardt four times in the stomach. in- hardt died later without regaining consciousness. Possr Gets One Man. A posse of mora than 1.000 per- sous was organized. including the local howitzer company of the Na- tional Guard, state police and police officers from towns. The automobile was found abandoned ‘ahout two miles fram. Monroe. - Blood. stains on the cushions testified to the ac- curacy Af the policéman's alf, and a search was begun for any wound- ed members of the band who might {be secreted in the swamps of fiells Jortly afterward Sakoloss wits taken into custody nehr tha place where the abandoned machine was tound. He admitted, uccording to officers, belng a member of the party in the automobile. but asserted he knew none of them and had been Invited to ride with them He was identified later. police say, as one of the men who took part {n the Allendale hold-up. The machine whiqh .was found abandoned was identified as one stélen from in front, of a Detroit hotel about an hour be- fore the hold-up at the roadho BANDITS GET $10,000. Card Players Robbed by Two Men, Who Flee in Auto. - VANCOUVER, B. C.. August 20.—| Two masked bandits early today en- | tered the 7th Battalion Club on Gran- ville street. lined up a score of card players and after taking forty-five minutes to collect $10.000 from their vietims, fled. _ . .. The players were intent on their cards when suddenly they heard the command: “Stick ‘em Boy: up, faces. One victim alone lost $6,000. mobile. HACKER AND GIRL HEAVILY SENTENCED Get Seven and Five Years for Lur- ing Man Into Auto and Then Robbing Him of $160. Tazewell B. Amos, a young hack- er, was sentenced today by Justice Balley in Criminal Division 2 to serve seven years in tho peniten- | tiary for robbery. Viola Spicer, twenty-one vears old, who was con- victed of aiding the hacker in the robbery of his passenger of $160, was given a term of five years in the penitentiary. Samuel Feinberg April 10 last was invited by Amos to take a ride. Viola and another young woman completed the party. ~When the car was on Foxhall road near the New Cut road late at night, the police claimed, Viola held.the hands of the passenger while Amos struck_him oyer the head and robbed him. The other girl wa® acquitted by the jury. ‘When asked if she had anything to say -before sentence Viola merely responded: “I throw myself upon the mercy of the court.” —— SHERIFF SHOT DEAD. Pair Beleived to Be Robbers Slay County Official. CINCINNATI, August 20.—Sherifr Jwiiliam Van Camp of Brookville, Ind., was shot and killed by two men today eight miles east of Brookville, according to word received here. The two men, who are believed to be rob- ber: stopped at the farm of Glen | Luce and threatened Luce. Luce no- tified Sheriff Van Camp. When the eherift arrived at the farm the twa.| men immediately opened fire upon him with shotguns. The sheriff wa almost instantly killed. The men es- caped in_an automobile in the direc-. tion of Cincinnati. CAPITALIST KILLED. MIAMI, Fla., August 20.—C. J. Hol- leman, Pittsburgh capitalist and de- veloper of Holleman' Park, Miami, was killed instantly about 2 o’'clock this morning when - his automobile ran off the road and crashed into a, fle of brick, police reported. Mr. olieman was.alone - in-‘the "Rutomo- Turning around they saw two men [proposal to strengthen Pacifit forti: with handkerchiefs tied across their |fications, The bandits drove away in an auto-}¥rojects “sceds of another armament IRritain the evidence. . STAR. WASHINGTON, loss of the I 'D.."C.. MONDAY: AUGUST 201923 © . . Chief Executive was marked by solemn obxervance i ed at the Place de la Concorde, with colors from Paris Post of e American Legion in PRESIDENT VISITS OFFICE ON SUNDAY Spends Few Minutes Stroll- ing Through White House Grounds at 7 in Morning. Presde and Mre. Cooldge went to the First Congregational Church ye terday and heard Rev. William Sher- gold of London. England, preach | a sermon in which he pledged the | good will of his native country for the President uand the United States The clergyman also emphasized the nportance of co-operation between reat Britain and the United tes in preserving the peace of the world Dines at Willard. ong other things, Rev. Shergold “I am confident that I can assure An him who has now been called to un- dertake the uUnmense responsibilities of the presidency that he has and will continue to have the good wishes and earnest prayers of my countrymen as he keeps the solemn and momen- tous duties of what has been fitly culled the greatest post in the world. The President arose early yesterday morning and pald. a_visit to the White House shortly after 7 o'clock. For more | than half an hour he strolled about the beautiful grounds in the rear of the manson, pausng frequently to examne certan trees and shrubbery and flowers. He “appeared deeply interested in evérything and asked many questions of the secret service man who ac- companied him. - i Pefore .returting to his hotel. the Trdsident went to his office, where he spent a little time examining papers 4nd arranging details for his atten- tion today. Sunday " dinner was eaten .in the presidential suite at the Willard Hotel. It was a typical New England meal. Frank W. Stearns and Mrs. Stearns of Boston, intimate friends of the President and Mra. Coolidge, and W. L. Cook, editor of the Springfield, Mass., Republican, were dinner guests. JAPANESE CRITICIZE ARMS PARLEY PACTS Press Comment Sees U: §. and Brit- ain Benefiting at Expenese of Island Emnvire. By, the Associnted Press. TOK10, August 20.—The Kokumin and the Nichi Nichi, the only news papers commenting on the exchange of ratifications of the Washington theaties Saturday, congratulate Premier Kato on this consummation. hut criticize the British plan to fortify Singapore and the American The Nichi Nichi terms these new Tace < “The Kokumf €ars that the Wash-| ington agreements promote British- American interests at the expense of Japanese nagtonal expansion, as Japan eannot’ Yortify her outer fis- lands, while America and Great are “fortifying quarters of the Pacific which _directly menace the defense of the Japanese state. CLOSING -OF FRONTIERS ROUSING' GERMAN ANGER Stresemann Declares Barrier Be- tween Free and Occupied Sec- tions Increases Bitterness. By tho Associated Pross, BERLIN, August 20.—Tn an_inter- view with the Hanoverscher Kurier. Chancellor Stresemann said that if the frontier between occupied and | unoccupied territory remained closed | [ for a long period bitterness in Ger- many would only be increased. The conkciousness of wrong done to Germany by the occupation of the Ruhr, he added, made it extraordi- narily difficult for the German people to follow their government in the path of ciréumspection and dispas- sionate deliberation just at the m ment when all the peoples of Europe ‘at .last appeared to .desire that the present conditions of unrest be brought.te an end, —_— AUTO OVERTURNS; 1 DEAD' Two Others Hurt in Night Acci- dent at Gary, Ind. CHICAGO, August 20.—E. J. Schaf- fer, thirty-seven, of Akron, Ohio, gen- eral manager of the Sacfleld Pub- Lsaing Comale) of ARTon, me Rilat and Mrs. Knatt were seriously in- juréd when their dar overturned while .‘1‘?“23‘ through Gary, Ind., late last FINED $60 FOR ATTACK. Charged with assault, Samuel Davis, colorod, was sentenced in Police Court today .to pay a fine of 360 or erve sixty days in jail. It s alleged that he struck his roommate, James Johnson, also colored, with stick, When the latter objected to his mak- ing so much noise, after he had re- tired. MOOR REBELS INCREASED. ' MELILLA, Morocco, August 20.— The Mogrish rebels are receiving con- sidefable reinforcements, whicl ‘massed before the Spani; it~ body. of the. tro | primariiy to acquaint the Pr | the condition of organized Lusiness and RECRUITS FOR ARMY CALLED URGENT NEED Pershing - Warns Corps Comiand- e1s to Increase Enlistments Before Next January. Unicss enlistments are materially increased. the Army will find itself next January¥ reduced to a point which will serfously affect the train- ing of our citizen soldiers, according to a statement made by Gen. Per- shing, chief of staff. in a circular to commandants of all corps areas. Attention is called to estimated losses that will occur by discharges, etc. during the next six months, as follows: August, 7.590; September, 8955 October, 7.815: November, 8,987 December, 10,385, and January, 11,562 The present strength of the Army is about 113,000, and the recruiting service is obtaining about 4,000 a month. “In addition to Increased cffort for the enlistment of new men in the service,” savs the chief of staff, “by the use of additional canvassers, etc., organization commanders must take energetic action to obtain the re- enlistment of men to be discharged.” MELLON TELLS COOLIDGE OF STUDY OF EUROPE; TO REMAIN IN CABINET (Continued from First Page.) of his obscrvations and conclusions, According to him, the talk was more r less of the nature of a chat about his European trip. He would not say after seeing the President what his impression was of the attitude of the French towurd this country’s sist- ence upen payment of its war debt Frarnce appears to be in a decidedly properous _ condition, according to Secretary Mellon. Thé crops through- out the republic were abundant. there was extensive building operations everywhere, there was no noticeable unemployment and money seemed to be plentiful. While there was some unemployment in England, Mr. Mel- lon did not con€ider it to be of grave proportions. He gathered that the people of England are optimistic over the reduction in their foreign trade, but he believed this situation is_only tempora The ‘many problems being faced by organized business werc briefly but clearly described to President Coolidge by the delegation and financial men, headed Wy Julius H. Barnes, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the TUnited States. Mr. Barnes explained that the object of the conf rence was Jident with o let him know something of its wants. Conditions Good. My. Barnes told the President that business and financlal men are con- vinced that while conditions are falrly g00d now in this country, there i urgent need for considerable readjustment of several of the more recent laws, Busi- ness has been hurt, ho explained, be- cause of the tax policy of the govern- ment. and that becuuse of this'there should be sufficient modification of the tax laws to encourage the investor to turn to trade channels for investments. President Coolidge was told that organized business is opposed to the goVernment operating railroads, or the merchant marine. He said that the proposal for & consolidation of rallroads meets with the approval of business if that consolidation is made permissible and not compul- sory. He sald that the idea of gréup consolidation also is ap- proved. He pointed out that there should be greater restrictions in our fmmigration laws and that_organized business is bitterly opposed to a sol- dier bonus, but that it favors strong- Iy extending governmental relief to disabled veterans. Dincusses Europe. William H. Booth, president of the International Chamber of Commerce, who was in the delegation, furnished some interesting views concerning the ecomomic situation In Europe. According to him, in order tp revive Europe thera must first be & gen- eral golution of the_economia prob- lems_before. the political -problems can be thrashed out. Tt was his opinion that the attitude have much to do in the final analysis with restoration of Europe's eco- nomic stability and with the final rehabilitation of Germany. Stabiliza- tion will be brought about oniy through the united efforts of busi- ness and financlal representatives of various nations, including those of the United States. These experts, he sald, will probably bring about the floating of an international loan which will have behind it the guar- antee of the countries making it and which will be marketed throughout the world, principally in the United States. . . Former Senator Hoke Smith ~of Georgia called on President Coolidge today and introduced Leon Fox of New York, president of the National Association of Commercial Travelers, who extended a formal Invitation to ttend the opening session of the an- nual convention of that assoclatiom in Atlantic City, September 5. The President said that the pressure of busineas would not permit him to at- tend. —_——— JUDGE HARRAH FUNERAL. Judge B. F. Harrah, assistant audi- tor of the Panama Canal Commission ashington, wha died Satardes: it ashington, who urday, be buried tomorrow afternoon. ;u- ral services 1 be. held at the S encer 1853: Nowtor: strest ‘Rorihs ‘west, at 3 o'clovk. 1 WOMEN'S BODIES TAKEN FROM RUINS Three Others Still Missing in Blaze That Wrecked Famous Resort Hotel. Dy the Associated Press. HUNTSVILLE, Ontario, August The bodics of seven women who per- ished in a firo which destroyed the {Wawa Hotel, Lake-of-Baye, early resterday had been recovered today | Three other women are missing. The ! dead: Miss Annie Lee, Toronto: Marjorie Bowker, aged fourteen, daughter of C. G. Bowker, general manager cem- tral region, Canadian National rail- way, Toronto; Miss K. Roger, Cleve- lland, Ohio; Mrs. Barratt. Hamilton, Ontario; Mrs. James Alexander, To- two unidentificd women em- s of the hotel Miss Phyllis Beranda. Thorold, On- tario, and Mrs. Elizabeth Krogan. Cincinnati, Ohfo. who were guests at the hotel.’ are missing, as is also a third woman employe. The fire i3 belieyed to have started in an elevator shaft and to have been caused by friction. Within ten min- utes after the discovery of the flames the building was in a blaze which could be seen twenty-five miles-away. 300 in Blaze. Alarme sent through the building, which contgined 153 rooms, sent about 300 guests.and servants to the hotél | grounds, clwd only in their night clotiies, Few stopped (o save cloth- ing or valuables. It is believed that some deaths, those of servants, were due to the fact fact that they tried to escape by a rear stairway, at the foot of which was a locked door. Blocked here they are reported to have run back upstairs and were trapped by the flames. Then it is said they ran to windows and threw themselves out. The heroism of George English, son of a riding Instructor at the hotel, is credited by many as saving their lives, He went through the dense smoke to warh those who did not know of the danger. . The fire burned itself out. Nothing is left of the once beautiful hotel but the gaunt, toppling remnants of the I huge fireplace; for which the place was I noted. Of ‘tho twenty-five the most serious are: Mrs. H. Duncan, Hamilton, and Miss {E.” Duncan, Hamliton, badly burned about the face and armis. Miss Beulah Simpson, Toronto, in- jured back. Miss Young, Toronto, injury to back, head and arms, Miss Kittie Carroll, New York, left arm fractured and legs and arms bruised. 20.— persons injured Probe Is Started. Fire Marshal E. P. Heaton has sent a half dozen inspectors here from Toronto to make an investigation. The Ontario’ attorney general's de- partment slready has ordered an in- quest over the body of one of the yictims. The injured were taken to Toronto yesterday in a special train, Advices from that city today said all were expected to recover, Among the guests from the United States who escaped, losing all their clothing and baggage, were: Mrs, Charles F. Brush, Cleveland: Ruth Radke, Cleveland; Dr. and Mrs, M. J. Barrie and son, Indianapolis; Miss Berry Radcliffe, Hamilton, Ohio; C. E. Congdon, wife and son, Youngs- town, Ohio; A. C. Johnson, Columbus, Ohjo; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Johnston, Columbus. Ohio; Misses Terres and Ellnor Manning. Pittsburgh; Mrs B. Hayes. San Antonio, Tex.. George Radcliffe, Hamilton, Ohio: Chapman Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. B. B. San Antonlo, Tex.; Mr. and J. “Hamilton and daughter Margaret, Cleveland; Mr. and e, C. W. Huber, Philadelphia; Mrs. M. C. McDanlels. San Antonlo: Mr. and Mrs. RS Radeliffe, Hamilton, Ohio: Miss Madelyn Reed, Memphis, Tenn: Mr. and Mrs. J. G Wood. and!two childrep, Cleveland, and Miss Anpa MeDevitt, Philadelphia. _————— S. L. KERBY DEAD. . A S i Contractor’ Built 0ld Central Higl School Here. Samuel Leonard Kerby, son of Wil ot “the bond-buying American will|liam and Barbara Kerby of Fort|ered eight miles wh Washington, Md, died at his home here, 3439 Nichols avenue - southeast, Saturday evening following an ‘il Tess of fourteen weeks. Funeral serv. fces will be held”tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock at the residenee, fol- Jowed by interment in Broad Creek cemetery, Md. | “Mr. Kerby was born at Fort Wash- on in 1865. He had been a resi- city for the past forty years. He was a contractor an Pullder, having erected the Masonic Temple in Anacostia and the old Cen- tral High School. Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Marion Watson Kerby, and three daughters, Mrs S“le V. Wynn, Mra. W. i, Buscoe and Mrs. C. R. Rector. REPORTS SUITS STOLEN. rt Edwards, tailor at 2042 Gorata avemie, Teported to the polics last night that his shop had been en- tered through glass broken in the front window "and_-that five suits valued in all at $150 were stolen. LOOSES PURSE AT CHURCH. Constance L.. Lowe. of 321 C street rthwest reported to the police the disappearance of her pocketbook yes- terday from tho seat beslde her in church. It contained §40 and papers. She told the police that she suspected & mar oecupying the pew Immedi- ately in the rear of hers ingt dent of this n |King’s Sympathy Sent De Alvear On False Report Iy the Associated Press BUENOS AIRES. August 20— Cabled oxpressions of regret from Eyrope based on .4 feport that President De Alvear had been in- jured in an automebile accident have caused the chief executive some embarrassment, inasmuch as he has been in no accident of any character. One of the messages was from King Alfonzo of Spain, Wwho tendered his condelences. SMOOT NOW SEES SOLDIERS' BONUS Senator, After Conference| With Mellon, Says Congress Will Pass Measure. i & snator Smoot of ranking {member of the Scnate o com- | I3 half-hour's h, fin {mittee, follow {ference with Seerctary Melon at the |Treasury today, predicted tt the| |Conire to copvene in December | {would make no reduction in taxes {but would bill, with provis to pay it There was no possibility at all, in the opinion of Senator Smoot, for the reduction of taxes, and he thought further that there would probably pe no revision at all of the tax legisla- tion passed by the last Congress. The solliers’ bomus, the senator ®aid, stood a better chance than ever of becoming law, and he belleved that Congress would provide the means for ralsing the necessary money to meect it. perhaps through a sales tax Discuss Allied Debt. ! Hoth Senator Smoot aml Secretary 1Mellon had spent considerable time |in Europe during the summer and v understood to have discussel to some extent the situation conce: ing the payment of the allied war debt to Ame Both are members of the American Debt Commission. Senator Smoot did not hesitate to say that in his opinion the European situgtion was grave, intimating that the trouble not oniy between Ger- many and her former enemies, but the “misunderstanding between lallies themselves did not for the collection of the all this country. No arrange the present, Senator Smoot s the meeting of the Ameri commission The - British debt. having already been refunded and an agreement reached as to its payment, is causing the debt commission no concern. The debt of Finland also has been negot ated. But France, Italy, Belgium and others have as vet to meet with the Amerfcan commission. Vistt Unofficial. Secretary Mellon whilc was in conference with m heads of the allied powers, although he continued to insist, as he had be- fore sailing from this country, no of- ficial significance could be atfached to his Europea The S 5t00d to ! 1 Europe 5t -0f the ry ad personal nt number of the a to have obtained a very understanding of the European situa- tion ied | full | | |FARMER FINDS TWO IN WRECK OF AUTO Machine in Field With John E. Hoover Dead and John Hargett Injured, Reported Stolen. CORRY, Pa, August 20.—John E. Hoover of Tiffin, Ohio. was killed and John Hargett of New Richmond, Ohio, wds badly hurt when an auto- bile was wrecked near here today. They were found by a farmer, Iy- ing under the machine in a field, and Hargett was brought to a hospital here. The authoritics said the aut mobile had bLeen stolen from a r: road tower at Spartanburg, P’a., where the towerman had left it. “MUST EVACUATE AMOY,” GEN. ONG DEMANDS Commander of Peking Troops Sends Ultimatum—Chang May Comply. AMOY, Chi August n. Ong, commanding an army of Peking troops at Shihma, eight miles north- | west of Amoy, today delivered an ultimatum to Chang Tse-Ping, the eastern ally of Sun Yat Sen, saying that Amoy must be evacuated within{ forty-cight hours. Gen, Ong renewed his offer to enlist Chang's Amoy troops in the northern army, paying them arrears in wases. As an alternative Ong suggested that the soldiers be paid their back sa aries, plus a bonus of $30 each, and be sent back to their homes. Ong added that if Chang refused, Amoy would be attacked by land forces, aided by four Rgunboats now at Swatow, one, the Hatchie, the largest gunboat in the Chinese. navy. Chang is expected to evacuate. CHANNEL REBUFFS GIRL. Swimmer Finds Sea Too Rough for Attempt to Cross. By the Associated Press FOLKESTONE, England, August 20, —Miss Zetta Hills, British woman swimmer, abandoned her attempt to swim the English channel today owing to a rough sea. She had cov- en taken from the | | 1 water, MARKS HIT NEW LOW. 12 ‘Cents a Million Quoted After Two Weeks at 17. . NEW YORK, August 20.—The Ger- man marks today dropped to & new low for all time, selling at 12 cents a mil- lion, The last low, two weeks ago, was 17 cents a milllon. LECTURES ON MASONRY. eynold’ E. Blight, a Masonic lec- tui‘er? ‘will speak on “Symbolism and the Apron” tonight at the Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. 15, F. A. A. M. Al members of Masonic lodges are invited by the master, Mr. McQuire, to attend. The felloweraft degree will be eonferred, with Senior Deacon John C. White in the chair. FINED FOR INTOXICATION. Richard Butler, colored, charged with larceny and intoxication, was arraigned bofore Judge ~Gus A Schuldt in.the United States branch of Police Court this morning. His personal .bond was taken on the larceny charge and he was fined $30 or thirty days for intoxication. | through un RUHR FOOD CRSIS TRAILS COST RISE 600 Per Cent Increase in August Cause of Rioting and Sharp Hunger. BY WILLIAM E. NASH. Special Cable to The Star and Daily News. Copyrigl DUESSELDORF, August 20 a problems—how to buy enough kraut to feed six Hungry « ) during the next twenty-four for instance—interest the averas man on the street here far more than politics. Chancellors may comeé and %0, but the struggle for livelthood goes on forever. The food situation in ‘occupied Ger- many is eritical. imagine how hide this winter, It is impossible to ous it may becomo Emissarics from Berlin today arc conferring with the muric - pal authoritics of Duesscldorf as to the best means of warding off this disaster. The cost of living rose 600 cer during the first two weel : of Atigu Food worrics have been at th of every riot that in occupied Germans Whe ed latei mobsy o city folks rush out’ intn the court something s radic wrong Wage Ralves Tnwuficient, Despite the raise Wages at lea- & once or twice a week, workmen sin, > ply de not reccive enough marks - mike both ends meet. Suffering re sults, not o much from lack of food as from lack of money to pay fou food. Prices go up three or fouk times a day, actually as often as on. an hour at 'times, to keep pace wit the mad downward rush of the mar™ Wages cannot positively go up mo: than two or three a wee Consequently there is always a crepancy between prices and w te the detriment of the latter. A man goes to the bakery in morning to buy a loaf of bread. Wy finds it listed at 100,000 marks it pound. He returns in the evening o= next morning to find it listed at 156,000 marks & pound. He simply has not the money to pay the new He is' furious at eversbe of meat potatocs, mi sugar. Moreover, marks have grown worthless tha far retalflers and wholesalers no longer 3 sell for cush. Before they can invest the money the value of mark has fallen b 50 per cent, and they are losers thereb: As a result they hoard their food and the poor consumer is exploited at every t: Beggary for Intellectuals. Bad the situation is workingmen it is nothing with the situation of the classes, those who are used to 1i on their incomes. These people find the: ves reduced 1o begs: or starvation. To make things sti worse, prices are higher in the Rubr and Rhineland than anywhere else in Germany. Meat, which costs 1.000.000 0 or 300.000 in Berli ich_bring 60,000 here, bring 20,000 clsewhere. The discrepency is due largely to the expense of transportation. ood supplies come into the Ruhr by automobile. with gasolinc costing a mijlion-and-a-half marks per liter, or by water down the Rbine. Coal and potatoes promise tp be the scarcest articles for consumption this winter. Famine in both appears inevitabe As for grain. the city fathers of Dusteldor{ belicve they oan, scraps I spring. because of pu hases- made seme. time.ago in tI United States, Holland and the Arge tine, while the mark was bearin some resemblance to real money. But the fat, meat and margarine outlook here is not favorabié. Food cenditions are understood to be better in Dusseldorf than in Essen and other cities. CAPT. H.P TUTILE, (CIVIL WAR VET, DIES Was. Widely Known as In- ~ventor and Astronomer as Well as Comet Discoverer. Capt. Horace Parnell Tuttle, i ventor, astronomer and civil war veteran, died Thursday at the homo of Stanley Higgins, Falls Church, V Capt. Tuttle was born at Newfleid, Me., March 17, 1837, and when « Young man he enlisted in Cothpuny D of the 44th Massachusetts Voluniecr Infantry. He served with this regi- for nine months. In Apr he was made. an acting pa - master in the United States Navy and a vear later was appointed pagmaster, serving on the Macedonian and Cats- skill i % During his service jn the Navy he invented a mothod of inserting steel rifled core into brass or iron cunnon us well as a method of jong distance signaling by flashes Capt. Tuttle, during his carly man- hood discovered a comet which ap- pears every thirteen years, for which ho received recognition from France. He held degrees from Dartmouth Col- lege and Harvard. . Capt. Tuttle, Who was employed later at the United Stutes Naval Observatory when it was located on the Potomac river, in credited with the discovery of twelve comets and the discovery of the as teroids Maia and Clyt For the past thirty X has made hi shome with’ the family of Mans, here and in Md. the date Oliver 8. Montgomery county FRANCE T0 RECOGNIZE GREEK GOVERNMENT Own Minister Has Held Creden- ‘tials Only to the Venizelos. Regime. By the Assoclated Press. PARIS, August 20—The French government announced today that it would recognize the Greek govern- ment and fully accredit its minigter at. Athens. 3 5 The French minister “has he credentials only to the Venizclos gov- ernment under the late King Alex- arder, ‘who succeeded to the ‘throne when King Constantine was deposed during the world war, MINE ENGINEERS MEET. 128th Meeting Opens Today in To- ronto; to Stydy Mines. TORONTO, Ont., August 20.—-Mam- bers of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Epglnem'fiu: were here today for their 128th meet- ing. which will include a tour of various mining properties in Ontario and Quebec, The engineers will leave tomorrow for, Sudbury and for the remainder of the week they 1 travel from one mining region to an- other, An, institute survey shows that Canada's ' total - mineral -output of $182,029,600 In 1932 was 6.4 per.aent! greater than in 1921, and was exceed- Pz Dby only three previous years—1917, 1918 and 1920.