Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1923, Page 2

"9 = VETERANS ELECT OFFICERS TODAY Closing Business Before Na- tional Encampment in Norfolk, Va. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va. August 31.—Elec- n of officers and selection of cities | or the national headquarters loca- tion and for next years convention occupled the attention today of dele- gates to the annual encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Three nominees for commander-in-chief were presented yesterday—Brig. Gen. Lioyd M. Brett of Pennsylvapla, “Fighting Jack” Dunn of Massachusetts and TRobert S. Allyn of New York. Atlantic City and Boston are seek- Ing next year's encampment. Sup- port for a new headquarters location when it is moved from New York was Ka: Minneapolis and Detroit. A spectacular parade, in which 7,500 soldiers, saflors and marines snd former service men participated yesterday brought the Veterans of Forelgn Wars encampment and the reunion of the 80th Division to a spectacular climax. It was estimated that more than 50,000 people lined the streets to watch the procession pass. ' Maj. D. John Markey of Frederick, { Md., was elected president of the T12th Machine Gun Battalion Associa- tion at the fourth annual convention of that sroup here yesterday. This battalion was with the 29th Divislol and was known overseas as the “Suj cide Club.” The convention next year will be held in Frederick, Md. Others Selected. Lieut. Col. Charles Keller of the War College, was elected president of the 317th Infantry (S0th Division) | Association, organized here yesterda: Lieut. Car! T. Hatch, Baltimore, was chosen secretary. One of the objects of the organization is to prepare a history of the 80th Division. F. Willard Kime of Tacoma, Wash., re-clected to the office of supreme of the Military Order of © Cooties, playground branch of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Col. Thomas Nottinzham of Norfolk, was selected senfor vice ~ commander and J. J. Everett of Los Angeles, Calit., junior vice commander. COOLIDGE GIVES ASSENT TO U. S. SHIP OPERATION ON SMALLER UNIT PLAN divided between Kansas City, = commande i i i | — |Death of Baby \Starts Move Herefor Contagious Hospital (Continued from First Page.) the health department that the case is there. 'We malntain an ambulance service for the removal of such cases duning the day and until 11 o'elock at Plan Separate Building. Inquiry at the District bullding to- day developed the fact that within a few years the city will have a muniel- pal bulldfhg for the exclusive treat- ment of contagious diseases. Capt. John E. Wood, assistant engi- neer commissioner, said that it is the plan of the Commissioners to de- slgn one unit of the new Gallinger Hospital for contaglous patients. Thus far the city heads have only completed the psychopathic wards, but additional appropriations for the. completion of the project are expected from Congress at regular intervals. Dr. Fowler said he made the sug- gestion some time ago-to other Dis- trict officials that one building at Gallinger should be designed and set sside for the treatment of contagious | diseases, and his thought has been accepted. Dicd of Pucumonia. Testimony of Dr. Herbert E. Mar- tyn, deputy coroner, who performed an autopsy on the baby, indicated Pneumonia as the cause of death. He £aid that the ride from two other hospitals to get finally to Garfleld Hospital not in his opinion a con- trbutary cause of death. Mrs. Ernest Mothershead, mother of the baby, and physiclans and at- taches of the three hospitals were placed on the stand as witnesses. Mrs. Mothershead detailed her experiences the various hospitals, while the physiclans told of the treatment given and the rules and regulations prescribing action In case of con- taglous diseases at the respective institutions. Dr. Henry G. Hadley street southwest, the family phy fcian, arrived late, and testified that he had treated the baby for a cough with the symptoms of whooping cough and for dysentery, but that on last Sunday the baby had shown signs of great improvement. He added that he reported the case to the health de- partment as whooping cough on the night of the death of the baby. Among _physicians on the stand were: Dr. H. S. Hoffman of Emergency Hospital, Dr. Sanchez of Garfield Hos- pital, Dr. Maurice Grozin and Dr. Moses Paulson of Children’s Hospital. James R Mays; supérintendent of Children’s Hospital, also testified. Four Contaglons Wards. Only four of the eleven larger hos- pitals in Washington have isolateu wards where patients suffering from contagious _or infectious diseases might be admitted were they to ap- ply. A census of the city's hospitals today showed that Garfleld. Freed- | of 1252 6th (Continued from First Page.) government as being in line with elther of the foregoing points, 5o the Shipping Board is going ahead with its own oper- ation- of the fleet, but is to build sub. sldiary companies so that each will be 2 going concern and will have a better market value than if the ships them- Selves were to be offered for sale. The government will, in other words, demon- strate how the fleet can be efficiently op- erated by nusing the best methods of private business. Then it it is ap- parent that the government can_ break éven or incur only small losses by the plan, private owners will be able to calcuate upon greater economies and make a better bid for the ships and the organizations that go with them. Use U. S. Personnel, ~Another feature of the plan which is bardly less Important than the economies which will be practiced is the development of an American per- sonnel. Having never been exten- sively in the shipping business before the war, the government has had to Tely too much on foreign employes. Nor has there been any assurance of stability under the loose system of ®peration under managing operators Who were given a commission for (h&}r Services. ith, however, a group of sub- Sidlary companies so organized that they can be bcught outright by pri- Yate interests, the personnel would be insured of a certain degree of permanency. They will go with the Ships. The morale of the Shipping Board's employes has recently been disturbed by “the uncertainty over the future. The announcement that & decislon has been reached and that the subsidiary company idea is going through will’ be of considerable en- couragement to those on the anxious seat who were wondering whether to to forelgn shipping I TS pping lines or other Coolidge Impressed, Mr. Coolldge is very much im- Ppressed by the opportunity the sub- fld:ary company jdea offers to con- #olidate lines and operate with eve: fewer ships than heretofore and dg the same or even greater business, Duplication will be eliminated and numerous expenses reduced. In fact, it wowd not be surprising if the . Executive found occasion on recom- mendation of the Shipping Board to ask for a much smaller budget than heretofore. As for the legality of the new lan, only a few members of the oard have been in doubt about it. The Panama Canal Corporation and the United States Grain Corporation are sufficiently recent to offer prece- dents that will be helpful, for in both cases the government owned the stock. Indeed, no legal obstacles are really expected to be found, but If they are, then the organization of ! subsidiary companies can still be de- | veloped ~ without corporate form, though the latter would be more practicable and more advantageous in attracting shippers who dislike the idea of being unable to sue the gov- ernment without its consent for claims and adjustments. They could sue the subsidiary corporations as readlly as foreign shipping lines in- corporated under state laws in America. (Copyright, 1823.) URGES IMMEDIATE RIVER FRONT WORK (Continued from First Page.) and commerce, as well as to the es. thetic viewpolnt. “The municipal - fish market_ the new clubhouse of the Capital Yacht Club, the structures occupled by the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, the new_concrete wharf and headhouse on Water street be- tween M and N streets, the Naval man’s, Foundling and Providence are the only hospitals boasting such a ward, In the case of Freedman's and the Foundling hospitals the wards are very small. The following hospitals, according to the statements of their superin- tendents, have no isolation wards Casualty, Children’s, Emergercy, Gal- linger, Memorial. George Washington University, Columiba and Sibley Me- morial. It was pointed out that all of the latter have a room containing one or two beds where patients who o velop contaglous or infectlous dis- cases after they have been admitted may be placed until it is possible to remove them to a_regular ward in another hospital. Patients applying for admission, however, would be denied. Would Take Patient. The chief resident physician of Freedman's Hospital said_his isola- tion ward is very emall. He said he would not, however, permit a patient applying for admission to go back into the streets, but would put the person in the ward. If it were then possi- ble to transfer the sufferer to one of the regularly equipped contagious digease wards, he would do so, but it necessary would keep the unfortunate victim_until recuperation. At Emergency Hospital the super- intendent declared Congress has never made an appropriation which would enable the city's hospitals to maintain a contaglous disease ward. Other physicians asserted it would bs dan- gerous to other patients to admit per- sons suffering from contagious dis- eases. “A person in a hospital Is so weak that he is subject to almost any germ that comes around,” one said. “Were we to let contaglous disease sufferers in we might soon find ourselves facing an epidemic with persons already in- valided as the victims. Ordinarily it is not dangerous to a person suffering from a contaglous disease to postpone their treatment long enough to send them to a hospltal adequately equip- ped for such treatment. The chief resident physician of Co- lumbia Hospital pointed out that his institution is devoted to the treatment of obstetrical cases, which are al- ways subject to contaglous and in- fectious diseases. He sald there is a room for the treatment of persons who contract a disease after they have been admitted, but he admitted it would be necessary to refuse ad- mittance to such a sufferer from the | outside. GARRETT VERDICT ! IS DUE TOMORROW (Continued from First Page.) i gathered since the trial was called July 26 had collected around the ho- tel and courthouse long before court was scheduled to open. There were many visitors from outside places, | attracted here in the hope of hear- ing the arguments and possibly the verdict. The hundred or more avail- able seats were occupled early and hundreds milled around outside seck- ing vainly for passes to get into court. Members of the Garrett families took seats behind the accuved and Mrs. Plerce and the six children of the ‘dead minister were grouped just behind the witness stand. When it became evident that the final dis- cussion of instructions would delay the opening of court several Lours, both the Garrett and Pierce families left and the court was cleared of spectators. . Mrs., Garrett on Stand. The appearance of the " accused man's wife on the stand yesteriay {caused the biggest stir of the day. Mrs. Garrett, tall, attractive blonde of about thirty-five years, was dress- od stylishly but modestly in-a blue satin dress with a cream colored soft Militla armory and, perhaps, the ‘wharf of the bureau of lighthouses, representing, in all, an investment of approximately $500,000, should be retained in any scheme of develop- ent. “If it be decided to construct a quay extending to the existing pler- head line, and to fill in all slips, adequate provision should be made for the protection of small boats b the establishment of several smal basins or indentations. Provisions should also be made for one or two marine rallways; one at the Capital Yacht Club and another at the foot of Sth or 13th street. “Ample property in public owner- ship is available for the widening of Water street southwest, for the e tablishment of a oonnecting boul yard or driveway between Washin ton barracks and Bast Potomac Park by way of a new bridge at the foot ©f 14th street. “One part of the District of Colum- bla_ having great potentialities for ark development is the section Pounded by Washington barracks, the Anacostia river and P_street, popu- larly knowr as Buszzards’ Point. This roperty 18 now zoned for commercial Bne Tndustrial us but some doubt 388 been expressed to whether or ‘ot . industry will er utilize this ‘water frontage. . straw hat and made a striking ap- pearance on the stand. She spoke a low volce, but distinctly and with composure until she began to de- scribe what she had thought was the death-bed scene of her husband after he haud been brought in serious. 1y_wounded from the Plerce home. “Robert's face was ‘Mr. Plerce shot me and I shot him." We all thought he was dying. Our two little boys came to the bedside and took his hands to tell him goodbye"—H the wit- ness 10st her composure and was ex- cused. Robert Garrett, worn on; from his ordeal on the stand, himself appeared on the verge of a breakdown, while Mrs. Larkin_Garrett, a sister of Mrs. Robert Garrett, and the latter's two little boys, wept openly. The defense rested its case yéster- day afternoon with the appearance on the stand of Mrs. Garrett, the state having rested the previous da; LA FOLLETTE OFF FOR RUSSIA. BERLIN, August 31.—United States Senator La Follette and party, who have been visiting here, left yester- day for Petrograd. THE Rifie team of the Nations Left to right, front row—Sergt. Schricker. Buck row—First Lieut. H. H. Leizear THO DI, TEN HURT INFACTORY BLAST Stil Explosion Wrecks Dye Factory and Starts Fire at Philadelphia. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Pa, August 31.— Two workmen were killed and ten others injured when a large naptha- line still exploded early today at the dye and chemical works of the Barrett Company in the northeastern part.of the city. The blast rocked the neighborhood and fire that followed de- stroyed the building which housed the still. Two of the injured may die. The | victims were working in a room ad-; joining the one containing the still when the explosion occurred. The still | Toof and|cause of the rapidly changing situa- | Miners in a sore spot and they were was hurled through the landed in a street According to workmen employed on | the night shift of the plant and who were in the building, the shock of the sslon was 80 great that practi- cally every one was hurled to the floor. Thin walis separating the still room from the rest of the bullding were blown to pieces, and the clothing of the men in the room was blown | from their bodies. The blast could be heard for two miles. Flames shot up from the wrecked still. In adjoining bulldings, inflam- l¢ chemicals were tnanufactured and stored, and it was feared for a time the fire could not be controlléd before it spread to these structures. After some of the injuzed had been taken frm the burning building and placed in an ambulance, an, automo- blle crashed into the driver of the hospital car as he was cranking his engine. Both his legs were broken, and he was placed in the ambulance, which & policeman drove to the hos- pital. MOB ROUTS KLANSMEN, 100 REPORTED INJURED (Continued from First Page.) and fire escapes only to be engulfed in the crowds below. Those who-had not had the foresight to remove their Klan regalia were easily distinguish- able and received rough treatment before they escaped into the woods bordering the city. A small contingent of klansmen was unable to leave the hall, which the police succeeded in clearing of the attackers. These joined their companions on_the, outside, who bom- barded the building with bricks and stones, defying both police and klansmen to come out. State Troopers Called. Policg Chief Tonneson had summon- ed a detachment of state troopers, whose arrival was greeted by renew- ed activities of the muttering mob. { Aided by the state troopers, the police | began the removal of the imprison- od klansmen. loaded into three automobiles. which the crowd immediately overturned, administering severe beatings to the occupants. rescued received similar treatment. The crowd intercepted a number of escaping klansmen who were being fled to safety over adjoining roofs. also were beaten. TheY §lotclock all the klansmen had fled, leaving behind them the threat ey would return for re 3‘1‘:; tah force of 10,000. This called forth the answer that they would be met with 20,000, Remnants of the crowd remained on the streets throughout the night until dawn, but re disturbances occurred. " lthough the police used their guns, they only discharged them into the air, and no one was killed. SETS NEW MOTOR CYCLE TRANSCONTINENTAL MARK Paul Remaley Lowers Former Sea-to-Sea Record by Twenty- Two Hours. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 31.—Paul Rema- ley early today completed a record transcontinental motor cycle run, cov- ering the distance from Portland, Ore., to New York in five days seventeen hours and 10 minutes. Remaley, accord- n {ing to officials of the Motor Cycle and Allied Trades Association, shattered by more than twenty-two hours the former six days fifteen hours and thir< Ton mrimuten. Jestablished last. October by Wells Bennett, who started from Los A ngeles. Romeley, .traveling on_a prearranged schedule, reached New York within an hour of the time he had mapped out at the start. He had but eight hours' sleep during the entire trip. TRAFFIC RULE MODIFIED. The Commissloners today voted to modify the traffic regulations by mak- ing 13th street a two-way thoroughtare agaln between F' street and Pennsyl- vania avenue. It will remain a one- way thoroughfare from Masschusetts avenue to F street. At the present time 12th street is In\l\hbounfllld 13th street northbound. In accordance with an amendment passed on by the Commissioners sev- eral weeks Aro. this order will be re- versed, effective September 8. On that date 12th street will become north- bound from Pennsylvania to Massachu- setts avenues, and 13th strest south- bound as far as F streef. 4y, ¢ . EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1923. Guard of the District of Columbia, photo, J. H. Windsor, Fi Several of them were | A patrol wagon load of| ’ J. H. Robertson, Corp. Alex TI t Sergt. J. C. Jens t Sergt. W. P. Li Husband Jokes About Alimony, | Gets Jail Term Justice Siddons in Equity Court today sentenced Willlam H. West to serve sixty days in jail for con- tempt of court. Mrs. Jane West complained that her husband rode past her house in an automobile and inquired In a loud voice if she had recelved any part of her ali- mony. | Upon application of her counsel, ' Justice Siddons slgned an order | that wili result in West's confine- i |0BREGON RECOGNIZED | AS U. S. RESUMES FULL | | MEXICAN RELATIONS Master (Continued from First Page.) was held at Nlagara Falls, N. Y. but was without much practical effect be- | tion in Mexico. Huerta's power was rapidly disin | tegrating as a result of the attitude 1o then governor of Coahuila. revolt, and had been joined b; eral of Madero's former general including Franeisco Villa, Obregon and Pablo Gonzales. i Carranza Recognized. i Huerta fled the country in July, ! 1914, and Carranza, entering Mexico City, assumed the executive power. Although factional differences at once | developed, after varying fortunes | Carranza was given de facto recog- | nition by the United States in the fall of 1915, and de jure recognition | after he had been elected president| for four years under the constitution, | {ramed by a constituent assembly in The refusal of Villa to support Carranza because of the latter's fafl- ure to hold an immediate constitu- | tional election resulted in a state of | guerilla warfare in morthern Mexico ! accompanied by serious consequences | on the American gide of the border. | | The raid on Columbus, N. Mex. by | Villa was followed by a national| guard mobllization and the dispatch | into Mexico of the expedition headed by Gen. Pershing, in what proved to be a frultless search for Villa. The condition in the north was finally accentuated In the spring of | 1920 by a revolt of governors, headed by Adolphe de la Huerta in Sonora, who objected to a plan for the arrest | of Gen. Obregon after the latter had | announced his candidacy for the presidency in_opposition to Ignacio Bonlllas, favored by Carranza as his successor. The movement developed such proportions that Carranza fled | the capital and sought refuge in the mountains of Hidalgo, where he was elain by Indian soldiers. | De 1a Huerta was proclaimed pro- visional president and confirmed fn {office by congress, which then co | Yoked an election. As a result Gen. Obregon was elected for a-four-year term and assumed office December 1, | 1920. He established a military com- | mana of the situation regarded here | as satisfactory, and irritations for the | United States greetly diminished Many nations recognized Huerta and several, including a number in Latin America, have recognized Ob- regon. Others, however, mnotably Great Britaln, preferred to await ac- tion by the United States. The designation of charge d'affaires by the two governments {8 expected to be made without delay. At the Mexican embassy it was said that no instructions on that point had been received as yet from Mexico City, and, therefore, it had not been de- fermined when it would be possible to present credentials at the State Department. CELEBRATE ON BORDER. | Paso and Juarez Citizens Gratified by Recogntiion. By the Associated Press. EL PASO, Tex., August 31.—Whi tles were blown and a delegation of 100 prominent citizens went to Juares to exchange felicitations with Mexican citizens as soon as the news of recoi nition was received here. A jubllee celebration will be held in Liberty Hall tonight. TRADE IN MEXICAN BONDS. El Gains Scored by Government Is- sues in New York. NEW YORK, August 31.—Active trading In Mexican bonds took place on the New York Stock Exchange and the New York Curb Market today, fol- lowing the official announcement of a resumption of diplomatic relations. Gains of 1 to 1% points were scored by Mexican Government 4s, s, large s and National Railway 4%e of 1967 on the big board and the Mexican Government 4s of 1945 on the curb. —_— FIRING SQUAD ACTS. Utah Slayer Executed by Shooting for Double Murder. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, August 31.—George H. Gardner wae executed by a firing squad at the Utah state prison at dawn today for the murders of Gordon Staurt, a deputy sheriff, and Joseph Irvine, a rancher. U. 8. OFFERS CONDOLENCES. ROME, August 31.—Richard Wash- burn Child, the American ambaseador, has presented to the government the ; condolences of the United States over the massacre of the Italian Nflndllz mission. The British and Polis) emissaries have also conveyed the sympathy of those nations, ‘ hed today at Union § , Private M. W. Dinwiddie, Private L. T. Meeds, Private J. R. Quade, Sergt. J. A, foot, Serg: | fore fon, just before Sergt. F, F. Bernadorfl, Sergt. B. Ki Lapt. Ralph MINERS QUIT; COAL PEACE HOPE DIM (Continued from First Page.) negotiations, the status quo merely lapses into a suspension.” The renewed objection of the miners | to arbitration “no matter how the lady may be dressed,” referred to the sug- gestion of Gov. Pinchot that most of the points at issue be left for final de- termination to the anthracite concilia- tion board, which has been in existence, more or less, ever since the strike of | 1502 was settled through the interven- tion of President Roosevelt. Cites Roosevelt Plan. Mr. Roosevelt could do nothing with the miners and operators at that time until he reached in behind the operators and brought into pla the full force and power of the Wall street backers of the operators. J. Plerpont Morgan was summoned to the White House, and when he. was made to see the light, to say nothing of the shadow of the “big stick” lylng athwart the light, the strike was over. The miners today are not very friendly to the board or pleased with its decisions in the p: There- when Gov. Pinchot suggested that they place most of their case before that board for further con- sideration and settlement he hit the not very slow in making that fact evident. The miners have taken the ground the United States and military|that it is better to thrash out all of morning. Victories . of the constitutionallsts in | their grievances with the operators | the north headed by Gen. Carranza, | &t this time rather than to accept afgtatement of yesterday, in which h Carranza | few points and leave the others for lannounced that h had proclaimed himself in a state of future and perhaps unsatisfactory de- |difficultics and in which he attributed | termination. The miners have said that matter having reached a climax with the order suspending work in the anthracite shafts, it is just as well to go to the bottom of affairs and reach a settlement on every point in- volved in the eleven demands made at the first meeting in Atlantic City. In Ris compromise proposal Gov. Pinchot touched on only four points. MWhen Pinchot made his proposal to the miners and operators in public session on Wednesday evening it was expected, that the reply requested by Friday ‘vould 'be made ot a similar public gathering. The governor him- selt gave no hint untd Thursday that |the next and crucial meeting would be behind closed doors. By that time it was apparent to all observers that both sides had found in the governor's proposals a vagucness which puzzled them and which seemed to call for further ex- planation. It was also apparent that in such circumstances it would be impraciicable for either side to give 2 categorical yes or no reply. Too many points of reference had been passed over and there was enough Indefiniteness to the proposals to give the opposing forces reason to defer final replles and _ therefore prolong the negotiations. In view of the nature of the replies he found he must deal with, Gov. Pinchot de- termined upon a closed session. where he could sit with both opgrators and miners. to use his utmost’ endeavors to bring about a peace or at least take some steps in that direction. No Truce Hoped. The governor also had been made aware before today’s meeting that the miners would absolutely refuse to agree to any sort of a truce, even if the agreement eventually arrived | at should be made retroactive to Sep- tember 1. endeavoring to get the miners to agree to just that proposal, but every time they suggested a contimuance of work pending a final settlement they ran Into a stone wall. “No contract, no work."” has.been the motto of the mineérs from the be- ginning, and Gov. Pinchot ran into the dictum just as hard as the opera- tors themselves. (Copyright, 1923.) U. S. WITHOUT PLAN. The administration will make no move in the coal situation so long as there exists the basis for further conferences along the line laid out by Gov. Pinchot, it was announced officially today after a conference be- tween Chairman Hammond of the Coal Commission and rPesident Coolidge. The government, plan for emergency dis- tribution will be held In abeyance, it was stated, while the miners and operators exhibit a willingness to continue negotiations. 800 MINERS STRIKE, PROTEST PAY METHOD Move Has No Connection With Anthracite Walkout Set for Tonight, Is Announced. August 31.—The rs at the Jeddo 7 collleries ot the Jeddo-Highland Coal Company, struck todey, as has been their prac- tice at every pay day for several months, in protest against the re. fusal of the company to advance the pay hour from 3:30 pm. to 2 p.m. These strikes have been of only one day's duration every two weeks, the |men remaining idle to get their pay . envelopes. The miners contend that as most of them are through with their shifts before :30, they should not be objiged to wait until that time for the!r money. The case has been ap- pealed to the conciliation board by the company. The board is made up of the three anthracite district pre: dents of the union and three oper- ators, all of whom are members of the subcommittees now trying to end the anthracite wage controversy. Miners today anxiously awaited the news from Harrisburg, and were ready to quit.tonight if there was no new agreement with the operators or a truce to continue work pending further negotiations, All division of- ficers of the Lehigh Valley railroad, rving thirty-seven collierie: stated that crews handling anthra- cite shipments are to report as usual tomorrow unless developments at Harrisburg bring about an idlenesy of the mines. .o ‘rockett, Fl The operators have been ! it was —— leaving for the natlonal rifle matches. t Lieut. C. S. Shields, Capt. OVERNOR T0 MEET CREDITORS TODAY McCray Probably Will Ask Them to Take Charge | of His Business. | By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. August 31— {Gov. Warren T. McCray, who has ad- |mitted that operation of his extensive {farm profects in Indiana has brought 'him face to face with financial obliga- l‘llons which he cannot meet at their maturity, will confront his creditors personally at a meeting here this afterncon. He plans to lay before them all details of his financial crisis and leave to them the problem of {conducting his affairs so that all of his debts can be liquidated. He is confident that he can pay dollar for |dollar, according to & statement made {by him to the Associated Press this The governor plans to amplify his; e was in financial | |his misfortune to “the peculiar eco- | Inomic conditions affecting agricul- | ture.” | Will Glve Details. The additional detafls will concern |tiie various transactions which led up to the necessity for calling a meeting of l(hfl creditors. Bankers from several small cities and towns throughout the state had as- | sembled here: this morning to Join the meeting of creditors. Four or five {Indfanapolis banking institutions also | will be represented at the meeting. Close friends of the executive con- tinue confident today that a satisfactory i solution of his financial problems would be found this afternoon. They were re- ticient as to the exact amount of the |labilities which he had incurred, but { insisted that he was amply able to meet all of them. ‘Will Name Trustee. It was consldered a certainty that the meeting this afternoon would result in the appoinment of a creditors committee of five individuals, and the designation of one banking institution as a trustee for the governor's affairs. Among those in attendance at the meeting, it is expected will be former {Gov. James P. Goodrich, who headed the “pool” which recently raised $350,- 1000 to assist the governor in meeting his pressing obligations. Thomas Tag- gart, democratic leader, who is reported |as assoclated with Mr. Goodrich in_the i pool, returned from French Lick, Ind., | yesterday afternoon, and it was under- |stood that he would also attend the 1 meeting. A complete statement of the gov- ernor's assets and liabilities have been prepared for presentation to the creditors. The Indianapolis News today says: “Two sums have been named as the !amount of his indebtedness, one plac- !ing the figure at $1,600,000 and the | other at $910,000. ' When asked Whether either of these figures was true, James Noel, the governor's at- torney, said that he couid ‘neither af- | firm or deny the reports.’ ! “Elmer Stout, president of the ! Pletcher-American Bank of this city, | when informed that a movement was lunder way among the creditors to have his bank assume the trusteeship |said that this plan had been suggest- jed to him, but that the bank would |Gccept only on the condition that it |was the unanimous choice of the |creditors. 'FROST BEATS AGNEW IN MUNY GOLF PLAY Charlte Agnew, District public links, golf champion was defeated today defending that title by Eddie Frost, on the eighteen green at the East Potomac Park golf course. Agnew shot a 75 and yet was de- teated by Frost, who made & 77. The tenth hole, where Agnew took ithe only 6 of the match, put him out Jof 1t. Frost made a birdie 3 on the | eighteenth to win. | At no time in the match was either man more than 1 down.' The first 8ix holes were halved and altogether twelve of the elghteen holes wers split, 8o closely together were the players shooting. Frost now meets Meltoni and Mc- Guire meets Voight in the semi- finals. The final will be played September 11. — |15 MONKEYS GET DRUNK ON CHLOROFORM FUMES By the Associated Pre INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., August 31.— Fifteen monkeys in a local park went on a chloroform “jag"” when a keeper dropped a bottle of the fluld in their cage here yesterday. Two of the animals engaged in a fight. In an attempt to separate them the keeper saturated a plece of cot- ton *with chloroform and held it near the fighters’ noses. In the melee the bottle was knocked from his hand. #niffed inquisi tively at the fluid, and soon all came hilariously drunk. It was some time before order was restored among the former jungle residents. | | | {denounced RITCHIE WILL ATTEND MT. RAINIER DEDICATION (Mzryland Governor to Be Princi- pal Speaker at School Exer- cises Tomorrow. Special Dispatch to The Star. ‘WMOUNT RAINIER, Md., August 31.— Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland will be the chief speaker at the dedi- cation of the new school in Mount Rainier tomorrow afternoon. The exercises will be under the auspices of the Patriotic Order of America, which organization will present a flag and a Bible. The. committee on arrangements ig headed by C. A. Noske of Brentwood, and is augment. d by the school committee of the ount Rainler Citizens' Association, of which W. A. Vanneman iy chair- man. The program calls for the assem- bling of all organizations and school children at the Mount Rainier station at 1:30, from which place they will march to the school building at the corner of 32d and Ash streets, where the exercises will begin at 2 o'clock. Bewides the governor, other speak- ers of note will be State Superin- tendent of School Cook, Nicholas Orem, superintendent of the Prince Georges county school system, and J. Enos Ray, jr., state auditor. This is the first time in the history of the state the governor has ever participated In the dedication of an elementary school, and Mount Rainier is preparing to make it a gala event, as it also is the first time since the town's inceptiom that a governor of the state has ever visited the town. Motion pictures of the entire pro- ceedings will be taken, to be shown in a local showhouse, IS RAILROADS FORCE ‘CHECK-OFF Jewell Tells Lewis Compa- nies Insist on What They Say Is Un-American. Fifteen rallroads which foster the organization of “company unions” among their men Insist upon the check-off as a means of collecting dues, President B. M. Jewell of the American Federation of Labor's rail- way employes' department today in- formed President Lewis of the United Mine Workers. Some of the roads, Mr. Jewell de- clared, own or are otherwise inter- ested In anthracite and bituminous mines, the operators of which have the check-off system as un-American, Railroads now using the compul- ! sory check-off, according to the list arranged by Mr. Jewell, include: Atlantic Coast Line, Central of Georgla, Chicago and Alton, Dela- ware and Hudson, Great Northern, Jacksonville Terminal, Missouri, Kan- sas and Texas; Norfolk and Western, Pennsylvania, Rock Island, Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Wa- bash, Wheeling and Lake Erie and the Pullman Company. - From Yesterday's 5:30 Bdition of The Star. SMOOT 10 PUSH TAX ON LUXURIES High-Priced Articles to Bear Burden—Sales Levy Dead, Declares Senator. By the Associated Press, SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, August 31.—A tax on luxuries and extrav: gant purchases i the purpose of an expenditure tax which is being pre- pared by United States Senator Reed Smoot of Utah and which will be presented to the next session of Congress as a substitute for the proposed sales tax, according to an- nouncement by the senator here today. Senator Smoot said that all farmers sales up to $6,000 would be exempt. Cheap commodities, such as a $3.50 pair of shoes or an Inexpensive auto- mobile would not be taxed under the proposed legislation, but expensive purchases, such a $2,500 automo- bile or a $7.50 palr of shoes will be taxable at the rate of 1% per cent. “The les tax, which caused con- siderable debate at the last sessio of Congress, will not be revived, Senator Smoot sald. From Yesterday's 5:30 Bdition of The Star. BOY FATALLY HURT IN ELEVATOR SHAFT Crushed Beneath Car at Semmes Motor Co. Garage—Dies Be- fore Reaching Hospital. Crushed in the shaft of a freight ele- vator in the garage of the Semmes Motor Company, 613 G street, Joseph Reeves, seven years old, of 742 6th street northwest, was so badly injured that he died a short time later. The elevator which is used only for freight, is in the rear of the building. It was stated that the operator heard a cry, and, leaving the elevator, found the injured child in the pit. He was placed in an automobile and rushed to Garfleld Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. From Yesterday's 5:90 Bdition of The Star. New Super Tank Drags Big Guns Carries Others By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, August 31. — British gun manufacturers have produced & new war weapon, says the Daily News. It takes the form of a tractor tank, and is capable of drawing artillery Into action, in addition to being a self-contained fighting unit. The tank 1s mounted with guns, bhas a turret and a special com- gartmont in which it carries eld artillery. Its range is twice that of the earlier type of tank used-in the war. ‘The - British vernment has \planned an initial order for twen- ty-three of the new machines, to cowt $40,0 n each, TALKS and TALES With and Abour CAPITAL’S GUESTS All contrary reports, opinions and predictions notwithstanding, old friend John Bull Is not to give up his “toddy” during this generation, nor maybe for several to come. This emphatic statement is based on in- formation obtained from George Au- gustus Nicholas, manufacturing fur- rier of 177 Regent street, London. W. I, member of the London Cham- ber of Commerce, intimate friend and admirer of William B. (Pussy- foot) Johnson, and one of the most indefatigable workers in the British Isles to make Alblon dry. “It is a slow, tedious proce: sald the robust skin expert, as he rested in his rooms in the Hotel Washington after a transcontinental trip from Winnipeg, Manitoba, whence he had gone to attend an im- portant conference. “There is too great a majority in old England im- bued with the age-long Impression that alcohol is a good creature of God, a much needed food for the health of its people. Maybe some day we will be as dry as you, but it will be a long time’ Asked if he was impressed on his trip through the states by the aver- age American's disinterestedness in the spirlt that cheers, cholas replied in the affir wondertul, “simply remarkable, that a great nation like America, with 110,000,000 people can 50 s00n adjust itself to such a radical change. Noth- ing less than inspiring to see great stalwart men sitting at soda foun- tains sipping fce-cream sodas and the many delicious concoctions for which your counrtymen are famous.” “And_you encountered nc instances where the law was being disregarded, Mr. Nicholas?" 3 ot_one—ah, wait a minute, yes one. It was in a hotel at Denver. A young man sitting opposite me at the table drew from his pocket a small phial and poured a few drops of white liquid into his glass, but even at that, it might have been medicine.” “Quite true, Mr. Nichola g our folke are using medicine today.” After inquiring about the health of Mr. Johnson, the loss of whose eye he greatly deplored, the Britisher =poke enthusiastically of the wonders of America, its vastness, the immense distances of its streets, the great spaces surrounding its private homes, the wonderful hospitality of its veople, and its remarkable develop- ment, “so evident on all sides.” The visitor spoke also in_hopeful terms of his homeland, said things were progressing slowly, that he was opposed to the dole system, that France was absolutely justified in taking the stand she does, that many business men of Britain shared th feeling, and that Germany was simply playing “the old fox game, waiti her chance to break loose again. Besides his fur business, Mr. Nicho- 1as is an expert in law cases pertain- ing to matters of trade and enjoys a large practice before the high courts of London. He was a director in the “Strength of Britain” organization, formed during the war to make Eng- land dry, and is vice president of its successor, the National Commercial Temperance League. many of For the benefit of local motorists touring through Cleveland. Ohio, this summer it might be well to state that the dazzling orange and black deco- rations appearing on park benches, stanchions and all other paintable municipal property are not there be- cause the majority of Forest City dwellers are Princeton graduates, German sympathizers nor those op- posed to the aims and aspirations of the little green isle. “Oh, our new colors,” laughed Charles P. Piwonka, assistant vice president of the Union Trust Company of Cleveland, who, with his brother George and members of both men's families, are breaking an extended r trip through the east by a few ays' rest at the Hotel La Fayette Well, it's like this. Our mayor, Fred Kohler, when a boy attended the old South High School, and so great was his fondness for its principal, Prof. Ruetnik, that nothing would do when he became mayor but that he be ap- pointed director of public pa “Principal Ruetnik, too, never for- got his loyalty to the little red school- house, and his first act on assuming loffice was to issue an order that all city property be painted in the colors of the institution he was connected with. Mr. Piwonka reports that Ohio, and especially Cleveland, is enjoying a Pprosperous year, crops are good, busi- ness is even, a great deal of bullding in the residential section of the city is noticeable and all told there is littlo need of complaint. “Ot course, President Harding's death was a terrific shock to all in the Buckeye state, but our people, ir respective of politics, feel that Pres- ident Coolidge is a master in a crisis.” sald the Ohioan, as he passed the cheroots. If by any chance a rumor that the* great sovereign state of lowa is In financial straits should reach those in this neck of the woods, it is a ‘visable that it not be discussed too freely, especially if a citizen of the noted corn commonwealth is any- where in the offing. ‘While strolling through the lobby of the Hotel Powhattan the writer encountered M. A. Potter of Mason City, that state, and on asking the westerner, who 1s one of the best known automobile finance men in the section, how things were looking out his way, was completely upset at the explosion that followed. “8o you're one of those who are spreading reports that Jowa's up against {t?" snapped the fiery visitor {with red in his eye. not at all” was the rather meek reply. “I think Towa a wonderful commonwealth, for I know well as you that there's- where-the-tall-corn-grows.” “Right you are, friend,” came the smiling response, as a iight shown in his eyes. “Why one acre of land in lowa is worth more right now than fifty in any other section of the United States. I've just motored from Duluth, Wi, up around New York, Boston and the east, and everywhera 1 was asked about lowa being hard put. It's absolutely ridiculous. Crops are fine, corn higher than ever, peo- ple all happy and driging automo- biles, and everybody Whtisfied with President Calvin Coolidge — what more could you ask?"' L ] “Nothing, Mr. Potter, absolutel nothing,” and we both went our wa “And here's where little old Maryland may perk up and act chesty. Seated in his monster touring car, with two colored chauffeurs makfng things _ready for a gquick get-away, W. & Proctor of the Magnolia Petro: leum Company, Dallas, Tex., who had just checked ‘out of the Shoreham Hotel, shook his head at the writer, when' asked for a wor: “Know nothing, my boy. Have been motoring through New England for two monthe. Can't tell you a thing about cotton. The oll business is espasmodio and the truth of the matter is you probably know more’ about conditions in Texas than L “How are the roads, Mr. Proctor”? “Great, everywhere great. “We've traveled through the entire eastern part of, the country and can't say too many [Food things about the roads o of the sec Of ail states, however. ‘Enough said, Mz Proctor, you may “Not at all, sir, hit out for Texas” and the big car ‘went spinning. ‘Tulsa, Okla., is as ?nle( as & peace- ful New England village right now, according to John F. McDonmelly and J. 8. McConn, two young public ac- countants from that place. who have Just arrived at the New Willard Hotel for a short business trip in Wash- Ington. “Of course the investigation of the ‘whippings is ‘Olns on and will con- tinue until the Governor p his hands on the gullty parties, young McConn. “Such business will not be tolerated, and the sooner thosre Pelplonllble underal:‘na this, the bet- tef for all concerned.” THE MIXER,