Evening Star Newspaper, August 29, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow ; ‘slightly cooler tonight: Temperature for twenty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 80, at 3 p.m. vesterday; a.m. today, Full report on page 9. lowest, 30 ' 71, at Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bol;dl, Page 22 28,974, 0. post Entered as second. oftice Washington. lass matter D C. WASHING GOAL PEACE RESTS ON PARLEY TONIGHT WHEN GOV. PINCHOT PRESENTS HIS PLAN Conference Called to Hear and Answer Compromise Suggestions to Prevent Walkout After August 31. TERMS ARE WITHHELD " UNTIL AFTER MEETING 30-Day Truce, 8-Hour Day, Aid to Union in Collecting Dues, and ! New Wage Discussions Believed to Be Basis—Miners Firm for Pay Increase on September 1. By the Assoclated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa, August 29. Gov. Pinchot will bring his inter- vention in the anthracite situation to a climax tonight. He called on sentatives of the mine operators officials of the miners’ union today meet him at 6 o’clock tonight, jointly hear and answer a compromise propos which he has prepared in the endeavor to prevent the suspension of operations September 1, The governor's peace proposal, terms of which were kept officially secret, was practically in diness at noon today Among the advisers whose final word upon it was given during the morning was the Rev. Fr. J. J. Curran, a Wilkes- Barre Catholic priest, whose connection with settlement attempts in anthracite controversigs dates back to the time of and to to re 30-Day Truce Asked. The only intimations as to what the governor had in mind in the settle- ment attempt gave the impression he would ask from both sides a thirty- Gay truce; from the operators an abun- donment of all but eight-hour day employment, and the extension to union agents of the privilege of col- lecting union dues in company offices on paydays, which is now done in gome parts of the anthracite region; resumption of direct wige and a negotiations between the leaders on|have “political speculation both sides. The employers' tender of arbitra- tion for all disputed points, to which the union has taken a position of un- ¥ielding opposition, was said to have been set aside for the moment by the governor. What he planned to do in case of a rejection of his terms by one .or both groups the governor would not say. Miners' union repre- sentatives gave the impression that they would not take any compromise that did not carry with it a Septem- ber 1 wage incre That the gov- ernor's terms would require this of emed doubtful. president of operators John L. Lew the United Mine Workers, who has left|Tassments to the pres the preliminary v. Pinchot in the ciates, arrived risburg to take the final action. eight membe workers' scale on hand. For the ope policy committee which ha: ed all dealings with the with federal st agencies, which D. Warriner, A. B. Jessup, W. W. In- glis and W. J. Richards, was on hand and accepted the governor in behalf of the employers. Discuss Maintenance W dealings_ with C hands of his early today in part personally All of the thirty of the anthracite committee were also conduc Kers. Meantime the operators and miners | themselves had direct negotiations in progress to fix the conditions under which some union members may re- main at work in the fields, in the event of a strike, to. keep pumps working and entry ways from ing in. Union maintenan, requirement a cav- proposals to furnish men were tied up with a that all of them be awarded the eight-hour day during the | uspension. Operators ut for an agreement them conditions iden- tical with the ¢ now have, but a promise of pay adjustment retroactive to September 1, should any better con- ditions be won at the end of a sus- Pension. The miners' contingent had in mind the Idea that the governor would try to force the operators to grant some gort of & wage increase, perhaps as much as 10 per cent, but' wWere never- theless inclined to regard the sugges- tions as inadequate to mect demands, 'EXPLOSION KILLS 4; 2 SERIOUSLY HURT 0il and Oxygen Tanks Blow Up at West Virginia ‘Works. time of the were holding that would &iv. By the Associated Press. WHEELING, W. Va., August 29.— Four deaths here resulted from an ex- plosion of ofl and oxygen tanks at the Riverside works of the National Tube Company at Benwood, near here, and two other workmen were in a hospital, not expected to live. In addition, eight other men, less seriously burned, were treated at the mill.” The dead workmen are Oharles Hickey, Harry McKee, George Palcic and Charles F. Beatty. Ben Stevens, foreman of the plant's locomotive ' department, and William Larus, a machinist, sus: fained serious burns and physicians feared they would not recover, Stevens in a statement made at the hospital declared a mill locomotive had slipped a tire and that the blast occurred when tanks of cruae oil and _compressed oxygen, used to ex- pand_the tire, exploded, scattering flamig oil into a score of workmen grouped about the Jocomotive. -Offi- cials of the Riverside plant declined 1o make any statement concerning e accident. i - ors, the same such | | o1a political 'ALL HOPE IS ABANDONED FOR PRINCESS ANASTASIA i | i | | | | | | | 0- | passively ar- | while his own appointee in | statements predicting his active can- invitation | there. has been mo coiicrete evidence | that he is playing the polttical game. | i | | repre- | In St. James place ¥ Former Mrs, Leeds Sinking Rapidly in London. {Fails to Recognize Family Around Her Bedside. By the Assoclated P LONDO! ugust 29.—DPrincess An- astasla of Greece, formerly Mrs, Wil- lam B. Leeds, who has been suffer- ing for some time from an organic in- testinal affection, was sinking rapidly this afternoon, and her doctors stated that virtually all hope had been abandoned. The last sacraments were administered by a priest of the Rus- sian Orthodox Church Late this afternoon Princess Anas- tasia’s breathing became more labored and her pulse became more feeble. Her relatives assembled to bid her farewell, but she did not recognize any of them. Queen Mother Calls, Queen Mother Alexandra called to express the sympathy .of the British royal family. Through the windows of the house nce Christopher, husband of the dying woman, could be weeping and burying hiv face in his hands. Dr. Robert Turner, physician who accompanied the princess her last trip to the United arrived here today In CODLDGE AVERSE T0 SPECULATION ON 1504 COURS Political Discussions Prove Embarrassing as He Starts on Career as President. seen the American BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge would like to tabooed, s0 far as he is concerned. This - formation, divulged in the last twenty- four hours, was not specifically re- lated to the many utterances of men in the. administration itself who have been publicly booming Mr. Coolidge or the 1924 presidential nomination, but the inference being drawn is that Mr. Coolidge would like it just as well if he were not made the center of political discussion at the moment. He feels there is time enough for that later on. Nothing, of course, has come from the White House to indicate that Mr. Coolidge is averse to winning the nomination. But there are embar- dential job if ten months before the national con- ventions the Chief Executive is even a candidate, especially issue public didacy. Coolidie Takes No Part. Mr. Coolidge has in all probability union and|been advised that the best polities | government | he could possibly play with reference sts of Samuel|to 1924 is to play no politics at all. Since he has taken the oath of oflice Many . of the fe however, have deral office-hold declared themselves for Coolidge, and the organization of Coolldge-for-President clubs {s proceeding just as if the man in the White House had given his consent. The word dircet from the admi tration, therefore, that the President would like to be spared political peculation, is as much a bit of ad- vice to the press as it is to the well- intentioned fricnds who have been extolling the virtues of the President. observers are rather amused by the spectacle of federal (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) H.B. BYRD SUICIE INHIS APARTMENT Shot in Head Ends Life of Business-Man Once Active in Financial Circles. H. B. Byrd, fifty-eight years old, today was found dead in his bed at his apartment, 918 18th street, with a gun shot wound in the crown of his head and a .3S-caliber revolver grasped in the right hand. Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, coroner, issued a certificate of sulcide. Dr. Nevitt made a thorough in- vestigation before signing the certi- ficate because of the location of the wound which caused death. Dis- covery of powder marks on the left hand however, led him to the theory that this hand was used for steadying the revolver while a'finger of the right hand pressed the trigger. The coroner gave “business worries” as a probable cauge for the act. - Mr. Byrd was active in local finan- cial circles until a short time ago, when he severed connections with the Fidelity Savings ‘Company to enter business as the H. B. Byrd Manufac- turing Company, machinists, at 300 12th street. The time of the suicide is placed by the police at 6:10 o'clock this morn- ing. When found the victim was clothed in sleeping attire and the bed evidently had been slept in. +. Mr. Byrd is survived by his wife and a son, H. B, Byrd, Jr. Y, PRINCESS AN response to an urgent summons, but s unable to do anything. Princess in The princess is in a state of coma and artificial restoratives are being employed. Since yesterday afternoon she has failed to recognize those about her. Prince Christopher and Anastasia’s son, William B. Leeds, jr. who have kept almost constant vigil at the bed- side throughout her ten weeks of Coma. tion. The of Greece and Anastasia’s secretary and companion, Miss Emma Parmen- tier, have denied themselves sleep, |food and rest in order to comfort ! their_patient U.S.CuttersBring T hree Suspected By the Assoviated Press SAVANNAH, Ga., August 20.—The Coust Guard cutter Yamacraw and the customs cutter, Tybee eatered port this morning escorting thrce captured boats believed to be liquor runners. The two government ves had been out since yesterday. HOUSER BRINGING | TREASURE T0 B sels Finder of “Pot of Gold” to Exchange Roll of Mildewed Notes, He Declares. ial Dispateh to The § HAGERSTOWN, Lee Houser, repu Spe ar. . Md., August d finder of 29.— the 1 ton road. last Thursday, has made up his mind to- go to Washington and was expected to leave for that city today. where he will turn over the mildewed bunch of notes to the Treasury Department and seek to have them exchanged for new cur- rency. The nots were found in the tin which contained the gold and are in such a condition that Houser fears to handle them. He was told that if he kept the roll intact, ex- perts at the Treasury Department would be able to see n the roll and would like amount -in gold currency. It is said that he reached the de- cision after the visit of two depart- ment of Justice agents yesterday. It is known that the spent the day in that section inter- viewing Houser and members of his tamily had assured Houser that the government would not seize the mon- ey. Upon -learning - that the gold treasure was his own Houser .ar- ranged with his_sister, Miss Esther Houser, to visit Washington. Broth- er and sister had planned to-make the trip yesterday afternoon, but post- poned it because Houser was unable to see his brother, who was to ar- range the trip. -Founa %2,000. Houser found about $2,000 last Thursday. He told the first person who interviewed him last Friday be- fore the public knew that he had found any treasure. Hhe then began to read the papers and found that he might have to give up the -money. He then denied that he had found it, but refused to make the denial un- der oath. “I might tell you that I did not find it, but I would not take on cath that I did not find any money,” he declared. Hauser said- that the Department of Justice men belleved him. yester- day when he told them that he had not found any treasure. ‘But maybe I have found the money,” he said, “nobody can prove it. They can be- lieve which ever lie they want to,™ he declared. Believe Money Found. And that is just what his neighbors are dolng. They are torn between two bellefs. The majority believing that he found the money and would lie low until he can safely dig it from the place. where he has: hidden it. “I would not be surprised to see Lee walt a_year and then run off with the monéy some day: and - tell no.one. He is the wisest man -in these hills,” George -Thom, a neigh- bor, said today. “He, was clever enough to fool the Department of Justice men,” said Thom. Hotel' Owner Denfes Rumor. Owen D. Sherley, owner of the Vivian Hotel here, where Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, who' is supposed to have hldden the gold which has now been found spént considerable time while he'was dodging the draft, was seen by the two Department of Justice agents last night. Sherley did (Continued on_Page 2, Column 3.). | return the | | ! illness, are at the point of exhaus-| aged Queen Mother Olga | Rum Boats to Port! 10 REPLACE BILLS, treasure neir the Brownsville-Wever- | how much was | two agents who | WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION IND. C. OVERTAXED, COL. SHERRILL SAYS Announces That'No More Of- fice Room Here Can Be Provided. IMMEDIATE BUILDING PROGRAM HERE URGED Many Priceless Records Now Stored in Quarters Unfit for Further Use. Col. €. O. Sherrill, acting chairman of the Public Buildings Commission, to- day announced that the commission Ead practically exhausted all possibili- tles in the District of Columbla for space In government buildings, and is at a loss how further to proceed. The commission has for months been “juggling” the various activities of government about in the space avail- able, In order to house them as well as possible, but the pressure has now grown so great, Col. Sherrill sald today, that the commission will be unable to further accommodate those bureaus and departments who are clamoring for space, unless wore building space is | provided. While recognizing there is a move- ment on foot in certain-quarters for a national building program, to be taken care of In an omnibus bullding bill planned for the next session of Congress, the public building com- | mission has hopes of separating, if possible, the needs of the government here from the national program. This proposal. it is understood, would meet with opposition from cer- but the need in the cap- 1 b come w0 acute that the | commission, ‘Col. Sherrill said today. | had deterniined on_a policy_of e { deavoring to set before the Congress and the national the immediate needs ot the federal government at home. | A joint statement from the internal revenue burcau and. the office of | | tain sources it was claimed that if these . sadly In need of their to the commissic which it two agenci; own quarter in 2 bullding of their own there could be effected through more economical administration an actual saving of balf a million dollars the first year. Has Valuable Records. The internal revenue bureau, Col Sherrill said, not only is scattered all but has a huge gmount of valuable and irreplaceablc records stored in an old frame huilding at 14th and B streets, In Imminent danger of fire and destruction. This building recently became so dilapidated and dangerous, Col. Sherrill said. that 1t was about to be condemned as unfit for oceu- paney. As there wa no available | space, however, to take care of the activities of the intern. revenue bu- reau housed there. the old building was repaired. to last a little while longer. In that building there < about 300,000 square feet of floor space impossible to find anywhere clse in government buildings In the city. The rented per | Fhe She to v Potomac to_Ko. In the old bureau of engraving and printing building are housed part of the department of agriculture and the bureau of debts and_accounts of the treasury in space needed by the bureau of engraving and printing. But there is {no place for the bureau of debts and accounts to go, Col. Sherrill sald. It would need about 12,000 square feet of floor space. Recorder of Deeds Arthur G. Froe vesterday appeared before the comm sion, reporting that he would need 15, 000 'square feet fireproof space for the storage of records of the District, as the owners of the building where the re- corder now is located has given orders to vacate. REACTIONARY RULE RESTORED IN IAPAN New Premier Represents Bu- reaucratic- Militarism of Past Generation. Department of Justice, in a building costing $75,000 rent ir, needs government housing. general supply committee, ill_said, is making every effort ate the old barracks in East BY E. R. EGGER. By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923, TOKIO, August 29.—Admiral Count Gombei Yamamoto, new Japanese premier, following ott instructions given him late Tuesday when he was summoned by the prince regent, to- day set about forming a new cabinet to succeed that of the late Premier Kato. While Count Yamamoto 1s a mem- ber of the Seiyukal majority party, {he also is a member of the Satsuma [clan, which proves correct the pre- dictions that the government plans to continue its present bureaucratic tendencies. The worst feature of Yamamoto's appointment, which was made upon the recommendations of the “Genro” or elder statesmen, how- ever, is the fact that while he was formerly Japanese premier shortly before the world war he and his entire cablnet were involved in a Scandal over the purchase of war materials from a German firm. The scandal resulted in prison sentences for many lesser officials. The appointment of Yamamoto means the revamping of the entire cabinet and doubtless many important changes_will be made. The new premier’s career is varied. He formerly was a member of the supreme military council and fought on the imperial side in the war. of restoration. He is a ploneer graduate of the Naval Academy and visited Turope and America in 1837 as a member of- the suite of. Vice Minister of the Navy Kabayama. He also visited England and America in 1907 as a member of the suite of Prinece Fushimi. He formed a cabinet in 1913> succeeding Premier Katsura. His cabinet fell in 1914. Yamamoto was born in 1852 and is 2 member of the old school of poli- ticians who are out-of tune with the progressive generation which the late’ Admiral Kato represented, R . over the cify In various buildings, ! Col. | Park, but can find nowhere | the | AuBust controller general has been presented | warned the Rev was said, in|less he could each be housed | With them was a development during i WARNED MINISTER, ! when | not Mr. Pierce fired first?” 'ON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1923-THIRTY-FOUR PAGE ¢ Foening Star, ‘The Star” every city bl | | “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers lock and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. -Yul;rdly'l N;t Circulliim}, 87,166 S. TWO CEN FEDERAL BUILDINGS| TheY RE WORKIN' ME UPTo'A POINT Y/ Z WHERE THEY KNOW 1L BE GLaD To PAY ANYTHING T To GET JUDGE TESTIFIES Says He Told Rev. Mr. Pierce Garretts Were Certain to Make Trouble. By the Ascociated Press. AND COURTHOUSE, Va., —That the witness had E. S that un in his criticisms of the Garretts he would have trouble the cross-exumination this morning of Judge W. M. Smith, a court wit- ness, in the trial of R. O. Garrett, charged with shooting the minister to death. Mr. Smith testified that prior to his _advice to the minister R. O Garrett had come to him and asked him what he should do to keep the Rev. Mr. Pierce from “talking about him and worrying him.” Mr. Smith, who is the Cumberland county commonwealth’'s attorney and former circuit court judge, said he told Garrett to do nothing. R. ©O. Garrett, he said, very much wrought up n.atter. Judge Smith, former state witness, but who the prosceution deaided not to use yesterday, and whose testi mony, after he had been called 1 court witness late vesterday, the | tempted to break down on the ground that he had given several versions of he Plerce shooting, was on the stand I of the morning session. The wit- ness was grilied at length by R. E. Byrd for the stat but stuck to his statement made at the Larkin C. Gar- rett trial that, although the first shots came almost simultancously, he, be- lieved the m(nl:lvruflrml Nl’sti ‘Judge, at the adjournment y day aternoon,” began R. E. Byrd this morning, “we were discussing whether or not the first two shots were simul- taneou i “Betore we began that, said Mr. Smith, “1 want to state that yesterday | 1 aid Bob Garrett rushed back, in his scuffle with the ministe I meant that he pulled at the gun, and, Mr. Plerce turning loose, he naturally fell back.” “Will you state if you did not say in the first examination, in repiy to a question of Mr. We denbury, that the shots were so aearly together that you could not tell wi cther or appeared over the ester- Bars Inferences. “Yes, 1 did. What I mean is that the only way 1 arrived at the con- clusion—" “Now, we don't want any inferences,” reminded Mr Lyrd, “tell only the facts.” Harry M. Smith, jr., iaterrupted and contended that the witness had a right to explain discrepancies in his testimony. Judge White, however, refused to allow his. explanation. Judge Smith then said he had told Judge Hundley the shots were almost simultanepus, and that he could not say who fired first. “Did you not tell Levi Plerce some time ago that the Garretts had the minister covered from the time he came out of his house?” asked Mr. H?'chnn'( affirm or deny that.” 1f you said it, is it true?” Yes, my memory was fresher then. Last night 1 thought over the thing a lot, and I am not sure at what time the Garretts began to ¢over him.” “From the time they covered him, (Continued on Page 2, Column 2. THREE DIE AS AUTO AND TROLLEY CRASH Prominent Michigan Attorneys Killed, Two Others Hurt. Impact Terrific. By the Associated Press. FLINT, Mich., August 29.—Three of Flint's most prominent attorneys, two of them former officials of the city and county, were killed and two other mem- bers of local law firms injured last night when the automobile they occu- pled was struck by a United Rallway Interurban car at Mount Morris, five miles north of here. The dead: Marshall M. Frisbie, forty years old; Clay M. Miller, thirty five years, and Clark M. Johuson, forty ars. YThe injured: Capt. Frank Millard thirty-seven years old, and Hugh Parker, twenty-five years ‘The automobile, a closed car, owned and driven by Johnson, crashed head- on -Into the interurban on the main street of Mount Morris, when th. driver attempted to turn out while | passing another automobile. The im- pact of the collision was so terrific that the machine was jammed severel feet beneath the front of the inter- urban, sy { other_oftice: OJL. Fy, ARE % /aSTH —~ (3 Wilson Cabinet Member to Wed A. MITCHELL PALMER, PALMER 70 MARRY MRS. M. F. BURRALL Ceremony Today—Bride of Former Attorney General Manufacturer’s Widow. By the Associated Pross. STROUDSBURG, Pa., August 29.—A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney General and alien property custodian in the Wilson administration, and Mrs Margaret Fallon Burrall of Water- bury, Conn., to e married this afternoon at the bride’s summer home at New London, Conn., according to information given out here today by Mr. Palmer’'s law partner. The mar- riage is,to be performed by the Rev P. K. Emmons of Trenton, N. J., for- merly of Stroudsburg. The bride was the w Booth Burrall. a manu died at_Palm Beach, Fla ago. Mr. Paimers wife years ago. A shor are dow cturer, who four ‘years died” two Ne trip to the M states, accompanied by daughter, Mary’ Dixon mer, was planned, With an extended automobile tour of Europe, leaving New York on the Olympic, September 8. ANTARCTIC EXPLORER LOST ON BRITISH SHIP John R. Hudson Believed to Have Gone Down on Coal Steamer in Storm. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAT, August 29.—Hope was abandoned today for the British steam- er Mylie, five days overdue from Chit- wangtao with coal, and last seen on August 16 battling a _typhoon. It is believed that all aboard perished, in- cluding the six foreign officers and fifty-odd Chinese in the crew. The chief officer was John R. Hud- son, who gained some prominence as an Antarctic explorer and scientist. Mr. Hudson was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a fel- low of the Royal Astronomical Society. The captain was Harry Mays and the listed were: gineer Harvey Green, Second Engineer J. O. Auld, Third Engineer J. Morgan. The second mate is believed to be a ussian. R"A‘ugs searched for the Mylie for two days in the vicinity of Saddle Rock: where she was last Seen. The Mylie was owned by the Hai- chow Steamship Company, and had a net tonnage of 1,297 Oac OPqu < TORS &2 7;'€Y Dowr of John | Chief En- | | RNACES | EXYPENSI Ve 4L, 1 “IMIMY'S PLAGE™ RAIDED 700 LATE Maryland Sheriff, Seekingii Gamblers, Finds Nothing But “Home Folks.” \ After running “wide open™ for sev- eral days with crapshooting and gam- bling featured, “Jimmy the District line off the Washington | | ana Baltimore boulevard. closed down | tight last night just as Sheriff J. Ar- | thur Sweeney of Prince Georges coun- | ty and a corps of deputies were pre- | | paring for a raid | When Sheriff Sweeney reached the spot and threw out scouts about the | place it was deserted, except for the | “home folks” and a few retainers.| Machine after machine drove up to| the gate that shields the yard of the gambling - mansion from view. only! to be told: “Nothin' doin’ tonight, | brother; nothin' doin’. Raiders Find All Qulet, Sheriff Sweency made rapid thorough preparations for the T terda, fternoon, after receiv | “tip” that the gambiing rendezvous was ! ldoing a rushing business. There was | thought to be no possibility of failure. | When the house was Teached, however, | there was nothing but sobriety, a littte ilight and a broad lawn in evid Whether the officlals of the place c it just in the nick of time or whether «w Subterranean channel of information floated some warning ripples to (h(‘ s in command is as vet problem- | The sheriff, however, vesterday lared that every ep in his power would be taken break up the gam- bling resorts in his territory “Jimmy's Place,” alw rendezvous. received a sudden incre- | ment of clients simultaneou with the publicity given Commissioner James F. Oyster's determination to make Washington a dangerous place for gamblers. A game scheduled to be “pulled Monday night Northeast on did not ma- | terialize the craps shooter who were to participate found it an asy matter to get a “run for their money.” not far away. Right on Dividing Line. “Jimmy's” i dividing line between Prince George county and the District of Columbia. | The gambling is done within the con- fines of the Maryland county, though the county has a law against gam- ing. Monday night's craps game w have been prey for Lieut. Burlingame of the ninth pre who has been waging a consistent campaign against gamblers in North- ecast Washington. Burlingame and other members his command found that “Jimmy's Place” by opening, had broken up carefully laid plans. 1 but | a popular of of getting an “inside B ¥ on what happened, the lieu- tenant sént a member of his force to Jimmy's Place. was that approximately 350 “sports,” chiefly Washington residents, were participating in games in three rooms of building, with bills and coin. The program of operation for Mary- land gamingk houses heretofore seems to have been sporadic. As soon as game gets under way for the benefit of Washington “sports” who are un able to get into games in Washing comes a closing for a short time. It is rumored that some closings result- ed_from opposition owners being un- able to agree to terms, while another report states that fear of ralds some- times figures in the perfodical shut- downs. Just now Prince Georges county is seething with politics, and it is re- ported at Marlboro that only candi- dates favoring “sports” in the county have any possible chance of being successful at the polls. this category includes similar games. Tab is being kept, however, on cars patronizing . each resort around the District, while it is running. From license numbers, the name and ad- dress of the player is easily obtained. “Cop” Arrested After Lining Up Score of Motorists on Highway Speélal Dispatch to The Star. WEIRTON, W. Va., August 29. Nearly a score of badly frightened motorists were held prisoners on the road between here and Hollidays Cove for half an hour Monday night by an unarmed man, whose only gesture of violence was a suspicious patting of his right hip pocket. The would-be traffic policeman, vho later sald he was Thomas Pinich, stood in the center of the road and held up his hand as an automoblle approached. - The motor- -/ ist %topped abruptly when he mo- ticed = the stranger's other hand rested In_ his hip pocket. Nine more mrachines, containing several passengers each, were stopped one after another in the next few minutes. When police arrived half an hour later they found the motorists duti- fully ~lined up along the road, Pinich calmly walking up and down in front of them. He surrendered peaceably when approached by four officers, and upon search it was dis- covered that the chilling hip pocket contained nothing but the mal's hand. ' He is being held here pend- ing investigation into his sanity. | By th |'cuba in | situated exactly on the | re- | What he reported | ton without fear of molestation, there | and | UPHEAVAL HINTED AS CUBAN CABLES G0 UNDER CENSOR Havana Government Gives No Explanation of Order Effective There. '[MOVE BY ZAYAS SEEN TO STABILIZE REPUBLIC ‘Activities of Veterans’ Bodies Said by Executive to Menace Administration. Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 29.—The Come (mercial Cable Company announced td« day that messages to Cuba were sub< {Ject to censorship until further notice. The company added that it had been notified to this effect by the Cuban government. No reason for | the censorship was given. The Western Union Telegraph Com- pany said it had received no notich censorship. Conaul Not Informed. From other sources it was learned that yesterday Inspectors employed by the Cuban government had visited cable offices in Havana and looked over various messages, but held noth- ing up. At the Cuban consulate igneranca of the censorship order was professed. Wall street received advices that the Cuban government had placed & censor- ship on telegrams to the island owing to political disturbance in the provine of Oriente, Phone Service Continues. A sugar house with a direct wire to reports that so far there has been no censorship imposcd at the Cuban office. The International Telephone Company said that no attempt had been made to censor its telephone messages. ZAYAS SAYS HE MUST ACT. Veterans’ Movement Called Beyond Legal Limits. HAVANA, Cuba, August 29.—In an interview printed in El Mundo today | President Zayas sald when the Cuban veterans began holding meagings he gave little attention to the matter, but in view of the threatenifix situ- ation created by the “acts certain elements have pretended to carry out in Washington,” and realizing that | the movement is passing the limits of he considers it his duty to ot in a secret but eflicacious way to safeguard the welfare and liberty of the republic. The President added tha ent movement is not backe ington, for Cuba has never enjo; such complete sovereignty and free- dom as_prevail at present. —President vas said he would take all steps N against any movement in opposition to the constituted authori- ties and that he woull tolerate no insult to cong : After a conference yesterday after- noon between M. Cuesta and President Zayas it, was announced that the meeting of the veterans, under Gen. Garcia Velez, would be permitted to be held this afternoon, but that the parade through the streets of Havana would not be al- lowed to take place. The time of President Za for the past thirty £ix hours has be'n largely taken up in conferences vith high officials relative to the activities of the veterans. SEEN HERE AS PRECAUTION. legality t the pres- Officials Silent, But Informed Circles Not Surprised. Although discuss the imposition cable censorship between try and the United State lieved by those outside ofcial circles but in close touch with the Cul situation that the step was taken a precaution against possible serfous political developments. Both the State Department and the 7 embassy here recelved their first news of the censorship through press dispatches from New York. Up to that t no official word had reached Washington that such a step | might be in prospect, but it is known that recent reports received in other quarters have indicated the Cuban government might shortly take vig- orous steps to stabilize affairs in the island. Report Veterans Active. The activities of the Cuban ve erans’ organization, which been holding many mass meetings in pro- test against the new railroad consol- idation legislation and other govern- ment measures, are said to -have caused considerable anxiety among some officlals in Havana. ‘Whatever reports the American government has on that subject. how ever, are held in strictest confidence. 1t is made clear, however, that the government here has no connection with any censorship of messages sent from the United States to Cuba. Such a step is beyond the authority of | executive officials. It is assumed that | the censoring of messages entering | Cuba will be performed by Cuban offi- cials stationed in the Cuban receiv- ing offices, who will also pass on all | messages submitted for transmission from Cuba to the United States. GERMAN REVOLT SEEN WITHIN THREE MONTHS People Being Starved Into Com- munism, Declares Dr.- Bernard I. Bell After Visit. NEW YORK, August 29.—Germany will be in the throes of a revolution within three months in ‘the opinion of Dr. Bernard 1. Bell, president of | St.. Stephens , College at Annandale, N. Y. who returned from Hamburg today on the Manchuria. - “Sixty or ninety days from now." isaid Dr. Bell, “there will be a big i revolution in Germany. The country is being starved into communism, and the revolution is bound to happen. She feels that her only friend is Russia, Dr. Bell added, and that to | get any assistance from Russla she must turn commnistic as well. The people have no moral responsibllity and are longing for the day when they have @ new governmeat, he said 4 no American official will by Cuba of a that coun- it is be- |