Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Falr .tonizzht and to change in 4eriperature, for tweaty-four hours p.m. todags Highest, 68 Yesterdaw; lowest, 44, at ¥ull #eport on page 7. 1 morrow; no temperature ended at 2 at $:30 p.m. 5 a.m, today. 1 | { | Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 2 No. 28,993. post _office. W Entered as second-class matter ashington, D. C. KLAN PROBE BEGU ~ INTWO OKLAHONA CITIES BY MILITARY Former Chairman State Corporation Commission-. First Witness in Capital. TROOPS’ RULE LIMITED TO FRACTION OF STATE| Special Grand Jury to Investigate Governor's Actions Is Com- pelled to Suspend. By the Asmciated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, Sep- tember 17.—The Oklahoma City polico department, taken over by the military late vesterday, was returned to civil authorities today when Mayor O. A. Cargill' served notice on Col. W. S. Key, military commander in charge of the city, t unless Ray hicf of . was rein once, the police force would b re- ired by the city and the task policing the city would be lef the hands of the military. Frazier tated t in B the Assoclgted Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla courts Septem- of inquiry ies of the Ku Klux Klgn were in operation today in the &wo largest cities in the state—Okla- lioma City and Tu The Oklahoma City court convened today, and summoned as the first wit- ness Campbell Russell, former chair- man the state corporation com- mi of Other Courts Funetion. The ed military court here of Col. Paul Walker, N. Graves and Maj. L. has estab 4 headquarters a downtown hotel. It w that Russell was called prelim to the actual opening of an inv gation into alleged floggings ex cd directed in Oklahoma county. Machinery of the court not yet completed, but the full force of the investigation is expected to be in ef- fect tomorrow nwhile »cludin is com- Col. H. H. Harrold. Tt D in or courts throughout the z Oklahoma and Tulsa, ion. No interruption of civil proceedure in the state occurred 3 the exception of that in Okla- and jury sum- ¢ way forbidden Miiftary Rule Restricted. In no.other v of the state was there any on that military rule effe an 4 month in had be nded to all cor- the s ners b Lo eek which unty (Oklahoma nlac ndey bsolute Satu night by Gov, was still without tary No mobil undisturbed, Adj. Gen. B. H. Markham airplane from Tulsa today t o to conference with Col. 3. Key, in command of troops here. The adjutant general declined to say whetner the state military headquar- ters would be trans Tulsa. with Ci ma Okla- ial law’ Waltons vestige of mil- troops had be: Machine Guns Placed. martial law became effective tiroughout the state Saturday at mid. night the military has superseded thi Oklahoma City police heads. Machine guns h: been leveled at the city hall, police station and county court- grand jury has been can- nd a military court of investi- gation substituted, and state capital citizens ha te Since bed and when to get up. ecial grand jury, calied to meet v _to investigate charges that Walton used state employes in ecking initlative petitions recently filed with the secretary of state, was suspended last n; orders ‘trom Col. W. 8. Key, in command of Okla- homa City. A military court was or- dered to proceed “with investiga- tion work” at the direction of the chief ve. The scope of its investig will inelude matters which the grand jury would not have considered, it is understood. Governor Sees Challenge. Gov. Walton dectared in his martial Jaw Dproclamation that Oklahoma City was the headquarters of the Ku Klux Klan in_Oklahoma, and that “it is here ivhere the sovereign power of the state was deflel when ihe grand dragon of this semi-mili- tary oragnization publicly proclaimed in substance that the sovereign, state of Oklahoma could not break the power of the Klan.” “urther asserting that “the power of this criminal organization may be destroyed” and “the source power must be destroyed,” the execu tive is expected to guide the military eourt inquiry into Ku Klux Klan state headquarters activities. Troops Patrol at Night, An infantry company and a ma- chine-gnn ceived equip- ment_at a_City armory (Cont:nucd on Page 2, Column 7.) ZR-1 on Flight ToD.C.Tomorrow It Day Is Good Weather permitting, the National Capital tomorrow about noon will ®et its first view of the Navy's queen of lighter-than-aircraft— the ZR-1. Announcement was made at the Bureau of Acronautics today that the giant_dirigible was scheduled to leave Lakehurst, N. J.. tomor- row morning about § o'clock and complete her speed trials begun today. ‘ i Then she will nose westward, passing over Southern Philadel< phia, Chester, Wilmington and Bal- timore, arriving here about 13 o'clock. Over the Capitol and down Penn- sylvania avenue to the White IHouse, the ZR-1 will be guided and thence over to the Arlington national cemetery, where flowers wili be dropped for’ the tomb of the unknown-soldier. From Ar- lington. the ~huge cigar-shaped craft will proceed to Mount Ver- non, and_there dip a_salute to George- Washington. It is esti- mated the ship will reach this plage about 2 o'clock, and_then will proceed to her berth at Lake= hurst. No landings will be effected ere, n indicated | all civil authority was | X vI.nngley Pilots Carry New Motor erred here from been told “when to g0 | of the! :| entered EEx-Senator, 101, | Heard Lincoln At Gettysburg By the Associated Press, LOS ANGELES, September 17.—- Cornelius Cole, formerly United States sénator from California, one of the.few lving men who heard Abrabam Lincoln deliver his Get- trsburg address, was 101 years old today, and his descendants planned a quiet reception in his honor at his home here. . “Longevity does not thrive on inertia,” Mr. Cole declared. “One must keep moving. I eat what I Want to eat, three times a day. There are no ‘don’ts’ in my regim “1 gave up tobacco six years ago. I thought it was doing me no good and perhaps a little harm. I have used alcoholic beverages temper- ately all my | | 1 | 1 MINERS ACT TODAY Ratification and Return of Men to Work by Wed- nesday Expected. By the Associated Press. SCRANTON, Pa, miners, representing the 1155,000 union workers of the Penn- | | sylvania hard coal flelds, meet in convention here today to pass upon ! the proposed two:yeaF Mgreement | drafted by their officers and the op- ators in Harrisburg nine days ago. | Delegates representing locals in each jof the three districts of the United Mine Workers in the anthracite re-| on are here for the convention. | Ratlfication of the terms of set-| tlement was the finai step necessary | to bring about resumption of min- ing operations, suspended since Au- | gust 31, when the pheviows con-| tract expired and the men were or- | {dered to quit work. John L. Lewls, president of the United Mine Work- | ers, expressed confidence the dele- i Bates would approve the settlement {With little or no opposition. It was| ‘lhe general belief of both union offi. cers ‘and the men that the workers be back mines Wed- | would | nesday | Sewsion Tomorrow Likely. | It was considered probable the | convention would not adjourn until | tomorrow. | Only one point of | new ‘contract, which embraces the four major points of the gettlement plan put forth by Gov. Pinchot—a | 10 per cent wage increase, the eight- { hour day, recognition of the union {and recognition of the principles of colleetive bargaining—threaténsd to bring objections from the miners, This was the fact that the 10 per cent flat wage fncrease would give laborers a smaller raise in pay {than the $2 jnerease originally ask- | ed. President Lewie and other union {otficers declared, however, there would not be serlous opposition to ratifi- |vation on this ground. [FIND LOST FLYERS IN WEST VIRGINIA in the the proposed to Rescue of Cole and His Crew. By the Associated P NEWPORT NEWS, Va. September —An innovation in aviation was es- {tablished by pilots of Langiey Field yesterday, when a complete new motor was taken by airplane from the Army ON GOAL CONTRACT, i | |formed the State Department today RIVERA WILL EXLE 31 POLITICAL CHIEFS INMADRID CLEAN-UP Military Directorate Bans All Parties in Effort to Bet- ter Conditions. PLANS NEW OFFENSIVE AGAINST MOROCCANS {150,000 Troops to Move Forward) { From Melilla Against Riff Chief- | tain in Finm Drive. By the Associated Press. PORT VENDR! Franco-Spanish Frontler, September 17.—The military directorate formed as the result of last weel’s revolution has declded to expel thirty-one of Spain's lead- ing politicians, including former Pre- mior Sanchez Guerra and several prominent liberals and Catalinist syndicalists, it is learned from ad- vices coming over the border. “The expulsions will occur this week. The military regime is refusing to politiclans or parties. Senor Ventosa, former Spanish minister of finance in several cab- inets, who was on his way to France aboard the Barcelona-Parls express, was stopped by the Spanish police at the frontier station near hers and informed that he must remain in cided upon his status. NEW LEADER NAMED. Gen. Aizpuru Sent to Morocco to Lead Big Army. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, September 17.—A new offensive in Morocco is planned by Primo Rivera, president of the mill- tary directorate in Spain. The Madrid cdrrespondent of the Daily Express quotes the head of the new government as follows: “Weo are sending Gen. Aizpuru to Morocco with orders to settle the whole problem there. We will re- spect our treaties with Ralsull, but will make no treaty with Abd-el Krim (the RIff chieftain) and will launch a néw offensive in the Mellila zone In ggoordance with the plans of the genefal stafl.” It I8 stated in Madrid, spondent. adds, that the fenglve incMorocoo will prol gin within a week with the corre- t of- 180,000 a disclaimed any intention of foyerning without patliument, says ing that he would form ghother; representative ~of Spanich opinioh, wiich would créate a new constitu- tion for the country. Referring to the suppression of . sundry officers under the old regime he asserted that |thero would be & bureau of com- plaints in each ministry to which all Spanlards might present their griev- ances. TREATY TAKEN UP, U. S. Envoy Promised Early Reply on Commercial Pact. Ambassador Moore at Madrid in- that he had conferred with the new Spanish premier, Gen. Primo Rivera, and had been promised early reply with respect to the commercial treaty in process of negotiation between Spain and the United States, An American draft of the treaty was transmitted to Madrid some months ago, and conversations with the for- mer ministry have been going on, with a prospect that a complete agreement flying station near here to Charlestown, W. Va., where Lieut. Cole and three mechanics, while flying to St. Louis via | Washington, to participate in the Pulitzer race, were forced to land be- cause of engine trouble. The motor was dispatched imme- diately upon receipt of word of the plight of Lieut. Cole and his three mechanics, who were reported in Wash- ington dispatches as missing and for whom fear was entertained for a while esterday that their big Martin bombing plane had gotten off its coursse and been ariven out to sea. Lieut. Austin, who took the motor to Charlestown, re- ported upon his return here that Lieut. Cole and his companions probably would Tesume their flight today. Lieut. Cole and three mechanics left Bolling Field Saturday morning at 10:35 o'clock for St. Louls, but with their first stop scheduled at Mounds- ville, W. Va. Nothing was heard of the Martin bomber all day Saturday and yesterday two planes going west were instructed to check up the land- ing flelds on the model airway for the missing ship. | This morning Lieut. Howard K. { Ramey, of the air service station here and a reporter of The Star were about to board a De Haviland airway ship and institute a thorough search for the airplane, when information from [the Assoclated Press was received that the plane had been located. The search, which was to have ex- tended as far as McCook Field, Day- ton, Ohlo, and was to have lasted all of foday and tomorrow then was call- ed off. The plane flown by Lieut. Cole is in the bi-motored airplane race at St. Louls in connection with the international airplane races to be held there In a few weeks. Lieut. | Leslie P. Arnold, photographic officer {of Bolling Fleld, is the pilot to fly this ship. By the Assoclated Press, NEW YORK, September 17.—As he peered into the dim reaches of the Atlantic in the early dawn last ‘Wednesday, Second Officer H. H. Lancaster of the Royal Mail Steam Packer liner Orbita was shocked from his post on the bridge when the heavens suddenly broke into a canopy of brilliant light. For five minutes he was held spellbound while an immense me- teor, the sailor’s “hound of the heaven: shot from horizon to horizon, leaving a luminous green vapor in_its wake, suffusing the heavens for twenty minutes with color. “It was like a glorified sky rock et with a ruddy and brilliant tai Meteor, Crashing | Hurls Officer From His Post soon would be completed, The treaty is the first of a series of commercial pacts which are in prospect to re- adjust the agreements between the United States and various nations on a basis made necessary by changes resulting from world war conditions. KING ENDS PARLIAMENT. No Disturbances Follow Declara- tion of Military Regime in Spain. By the Associated Press. MADRID, September 17.—King Al- tonso has signed a décree dissolving parliament. No disturbances and little excite- ment have been caused by the estab- lishment of the military regime and the publication of decrees by the new government. For the preserit Gen. Primo Rivera is the only responsible minister. He has the power to pub- lish decrees, which thereby become laws. As the country now is governed by a military directorate, Primo Rivera's title appears to be president of the military directorate, instead of presi- dent of the council of ministers. The forelgn ministry of war will be re- tained, but it is understood all other ministries and subsecretaryships have been suppressed. The various de partments will be under control of a higher government officlal, to be chosen by seniority. He must, how- ever, submit all matters to the presi- dent of the directorate for decision. Rigld Economies in View. The military directorate will begin rigid economies in the national ex- penses, but without prejudieing the functions of the administration. . The government, Primo Rivera declares, will propose and develop a policy of security, regarded as indispensable (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) Over Steamer, sald Lancaster upon the arrival of the Orbita today. - “Suddenly in the same fashion as a Chinese rocket, it burst and all the world seemed filled with a greenish, magic light. ' The intenge light paralyzed my eyes for five miin- utes, and then I.saw floating in the remote - upper spaces a- streak which glowed as volcanic fires do through brownish smoke." > The meteor was recorded in the Orbita’s Jog as flashing at 5:50 o'clock, Greenwich time, in latitude 4612 north and longit west. It crossed the heavens from a southwest to a north-nortliéast from the direction of the . constellation of Pegasus .through Cassiopoela and vanished in the re- © gion of the t Bear.: The me- téor was about four times the size of Sirius, ? have anything whatever to do with | Spain until the new regime had de- | | b S WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION MWASHINGTON, D. C, Dainty little red and green shoes with high French heels, or dresses covered with rows of images no longer will grace the forms of any of Washington's twenty policewomen. issued a fall fashion bulletin, de- creeing what a policewoman shall sear on duty. Here it is, in the plain language of the order: “Plain dark colored strajght cut, tatior made “Hats to be along simple lines, with no_trailing trimming. “Shoes to be black. gray or brown. with low, flat heels. “Stockings to be. black, brown or GREEK NAVY READY 70 SALUTE TALY By the Associsted Press. L TARANTO. Italy, Septemiber Arrangements for the ceremony oft Phaleron on Wednesday in which the Greék fléet will salute an allied naval squadron In accordance with the set- tlement of the Greco-Italian Incident were announced here today. The Italian squadron will join the French crul¢er Jean Bart and the British battle cruiser Hood ten miles oft Phaleron and the combined force, under command of the Itallan ad- miral Solari, will steam before the Greek fleet, which will salute the Italian flag with twenty-one guns. The Greek vessels in the ceremony will include ~the cruiser Glorgios Averoff_and the battleship Lemnos, formerly the U. 8.,8. Idaho. As soon as the ceremony is over the Italian squadron will safl for Corfu. hile the religious oeremony for the Itallan victims of the massacre near Janina, which precipitated the crisis, was being held in the Catholic cathedral In Athens, reguiem mass will be celebrated aboard the battle- ship Conte DI Cavour for Gen. Tellini and the other victims of the massacre. The bodles of the slain officers ars expected to arrive here Thursday aboard the battleship San Marco, escorted by the Conte DI Cavour, the Giuilo Cesar and a squadron of de- stroyers. They will be received by all_ the civil, military and ecclesi- astical authorities, patriotic associa- tions and the entire garrison of fas- cista militia. The bodies will be sent to Rome, where a solemn tribute will be pafd, with the king and his entire cabint participating. SAWYER APPOINTED 10 VET BUREAU J0B G Brig. Cen. Charles E. Sawyer, the ‘White House physician, has been ap- pointed “acting community manager" at the United States Rehabilitation Center, Federal Park, Perryville, Md.,, a government reservation projecting Into Chesapeake bay, seventy miles trom the National Capital. This was learned at the office o cloth suit, Gay Dress for Policewomen Banned by New Regulation For police officials—mere ml—n——hl\o' 0 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1923—-THIRTY Shirt waists to be in keeping with the position. “The above described clothing musi be worn on duty, except when other- wise directed by the officer in charge of the woman's bureau.” At first glance It might seem that the order would make the streets | safe for male mashers who make eyes {at the passinig beauties. But the {last paragraph of the order is a sig-| Inificant one. It gives the officer in | charge of ‘the woman's® buréau the | right to make exceptions to the gen- | eral rule. | ~The police department has always had rules of dress for the brass-but- | toned male members of the force, but | | this is believed to be the first time the department has ever undertaken | the task for the fair guardians of the | | aw. \ NEW MILK SOURCES PROMISED CAPITAL, i { [ Dairymen in Clash With Pro- ducers See Possibility of Changes. Many new milk producers are plan- ning to ship their product to Wash- ington if a fight deveiops between the local dairymen and the farmers of Maryland and Virginia, it was learned today. A battle between the producers and distributors of this commodity is said to be brewing over the desire of the farmers to sell their milk to the local | dealers through the Maryland and Virginia Milk Producers' Associatlon. The local dairymen are said to favor the system of buying their milk di- rectly from the farmers as individ- uals. Price Advance Uncertatn. Neither the dairymen nor the of- ficials of the producers' association were able to state today whether the price of milk per quart would ad- vance on October 1. A member of the dairymen stated that there would be no increase in the retail price unless the producers £0 up on the wholesale figure. At the office of the producers’ association, 1st and Q streets northeast, it was stated that no increase had been decided upon. It is understood the board of direc- tors of the producers’ association will meet in Washington Wednesday, at which time the question of selling milk to the Washington dairies through the organization probably will be dis- cussed. It was learned today from a reliable source that within the past few days the health department has been called upon for a large number of application blanks for permits to ship milk into Washington from sources not hitherto shipping to this city. This s taken to indicate that should any of the dairymen fail to reach an agreement with- their present farms they would be able to get milk from | these new sources. Health Officer William C. Fowler is following. the present situation. He stated today that Ris chief concern is to see that only good quality milk PAGES. 30,000 CHILDREN BEGIN SCHOOL YEAR [Many of Buildings Over- crowded as Pupils Throng In on First Day. Washington's public schools opened today for the scholastic year of 1923~ 24 with heavy enrollments. Although there will be no. figures showing the total number enrolled on the first day untii late fhis afternoon, belief was |expressea that the figure probably would exceed 55,000, The greatest increase in the en- rollment, in the opinion of the of- cials, will be snown in the third div] sion, which covers the Mount Pl ant sections and the newly developed subdivisions of the northwest. Vir- tually all the schools in this division were overcrowded last year. The congestion gives evidence of inoreas- ing until the completion of the new { Mactariand Junior High School, which will provide rellef for many of the schoole. A portable colony of four one-room structures has been placed on the edge of the Macfarland High School site in nerth Petworth to accom- modate the overflow from the Pet- | worth, West and other schools in that vicinity, pending the completion of the Macfarland Junior High Sehool. Robert L. Haycock, supervising prin. cipal of the third division, said that the enrollment in his district gives every incication of being vnusually heavy. The greatest increase was noted in the lower grades of the Petworth School. Many of the new puplls enrolling in this divtsion are from out of town. ‘The junior high schoo! classes or- ganized in the West and Petworth schools filled up soen after the opening. this morning. There are enough pupily now in these classes, he said, to fill the new Macfarland Junior High School if it could be opened tomorrow. Similar junier high school classes were organized in the Emery and Gage schools. It is the plan of offl- clals to give pupils in these classes as much junior high school work as possible until the new Langley and Macfarland junior high schoois are completed. When these buildings are ready for occupancy the junior high school units in tte West and Petworth schools will be moved in their en- tirety into the Macfarland School. ‘The junior high school classes in the Gage and Emery schools will be shift- ed into the Langley School. All pupils of the Thomson School were transferred to either the Frank- 1in or Webster school. A third story six-room addition is being erected on the Thomson School and this building will not be ready for occu- pancy before the Christmas holidays. The_placing of the Thomson puplls in the Franklin and Webster schools increased the congestion at these buildings so greatly that both bujld- inge were compelled to put all clas- ses on part time. The officials have received some criticlsm of such an arrangement, but pointed out that it was impossible for the work to be completed on the Thomson today, as the erection of the . third-stor) addition was not started until about July 10. The ap- propriation for the addition was not made available until July 1, and work could not be started sooner, it was said. Despite the large prospective in- crease in enrollment, only one addi- tional school building was available comes into, Washington. He expressed the belief, however, that there are no apparent reasons for an increase in the Dhice of milk at this time. Ordinarily the price advances a cent I3 months. Dr. Fowlét pointed out, how- today to relieve the congestion—the ola Eastern High School, which open- ed as a junior high school. This build- ing_affords some relief to the schools in Northeast and Southeast Washing- ¢|or two on October 1 for the winter |ton. Periodically, however, additional Director Hines and at Gen. Sawyer's; ayer, that the price did not go down |school buildings which are now under own office in the United States Vet-|during the past summer, as has been | construction will be opened as they erans’ Bureau today. Prestdent Coolidge some time ago an- nounced that Gen. Sawyer would re- main as White House physician, The Veterans' Bureau hospital at ! Perryville is for nervous and mental cases and serves s a supply 'station for the bureau. . Gen. Sawyer is offi- cially in charge and alsb has' the status of ‘an “observer” for 'Director Hines. k B 3 The Federal Hospitalization Board, of which: Gen, :Sawyer s chairman, has virtually finished its work, but is still existent. ¥ G Because of Gen. Sawyer's interest in the walfare of the disabled war veterans, some of his friends have suggested that he is- obtaining: ex- perience at Perryville, as an “ob- server,” with a view of being in a position to ald. disabled veterans in his Wome state—Ohio—swhen he . re- sumes private practice. gt A general practitioner in"Marion, Ohijo, and life-time frierd of War- ren G. Harding, Dr. Sawyer wis made a brigadier general in the Officers’ Reserve Corps and assignéd to active t the White House as . the physician, when his friend became the Chief Executive. 5 He Boon became one of the most powerful Tm in the Harding ad- min fon, The board acts in ai advis ;apacity to the director of the Vetes Bureau on matters re- Jating to - : ‘hospital care ‘of ® dis- abled vetera¥s. ri-e the custom in previous years. 'POLICEMEN DETAILED T0 ENFORCE PARKING ML Sin s e A Tricky Currents Wrecked U. S. Out to Detect Rule Violations. Maj, Sullivan’s special squad of -five bicyéle men started today to enforce sutomoblle parking, rules downtown, and at noon. had made nine arrests. Inspector - ‘Headley, -chief ‘of the trafiic bureau, explained that the ad- ditional detail ‘makes a total of ten bicycle policemen - detailed- to - duty with the trafiic bureau. This specia]l parking - squad was created by Mdj. Sullivan at the sug- gestion of Commissioner -Oyster, in an effort to break up the practice of leav- ing machines in one place on a busy downtown street all ‘day or for sev-, eral hours at a stretch. The trafic regulations specify thirty minutes’ parking in the ocon- gested séction - except around public parks, here machines may be Jeft for two hours, are completed. Before the end of the current semester, it is expected that the eighty-four additional classrooms, which will be provided by the new buildings, will be occupied, and the overcrowded conditions which will exist ‘for several months, will be al- leviated. Destroyers, By the Associated Press. SANTA BARBARA, Calif, Sep- tember 17.—Strange currents flow- ing around Point Honda, where | seven naval destroyers ‘were stranded the night of September 8, still are talked of among the crews of fishing boats and small coast- wse vessels which put in and out of Santa Barbara daily. Capt. Joseph Nocetti, commander of the fisherman North America, put in the harbor here yesterday after a week's cruise. He prob- ably has as extensive knowledge _of the Santa Barbara county coast as any man and it is his firm con- “From Press to Home The every ¢ ifya Within the Hour” r's Carrier system covers block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 83,992 Sunday’s Circulation.. 94,573 Trusty Sponges Soak Up Evidence, | As Jar Is Broken Norman EBasgell, widely known among the sporting fraternity as “Jazz Bassell” fancy .dancer, smashed a one-gallon glass jar said to have contained corn whigky in the vestibule of the apartment 1465 Chapin street Sat- urday night, where he had been cornered by Policemen Brown and Vermillion of the tenth precinct and Revenue Officers Estes and Edwards, in an effort, police de- clare, to destroy the evidence of his possession and transporting of whisky. The officers, however, pulled large sponges from their pockets and soaked up more than a quart of the liquid on the floor, which will be used as evidence against Bassell. The officers chased Bas- sell, who was in an automobil for' more than nine square: Bassell took refuge in the hall- way of the apartment and as the officers entered he smashed the glass jar. BASOLINE SLASHED | 10 PER CENT HERE Price Cut Coincidental With That in New England and 8 Seaboard States. | A 10 per cent slash in the wholesale price of gasoline went into effect in Washington today, at least six of the leading oll companles cutting 2 cents | Off the tank wagon price to retailers. This lowered the wholesale price from 20 to 18 cents, and cut the retail price to 21 cents. The cut in Washington was under- stood to be coincident with a reduc- tion In prices in New England and elght Atlantic seapoard states, first announced at the New York head- quarters of the Standard Oil Com- pany of New Jersey. and the Gulf Re- fining Company. The cut, however, is sharpe? here, according to reports, as the largest cut elsewhere, announced in New York, was 1 cent on the gallon. One dealer here reported that the whole- sale price had been cut in Baltimore, effective this morning by only one- half cent. Consumers to Feel Cut. This reduction will be passed onto the consumer today by the retall stations of the Standard Oil Company, it was announced, with a reduction in their retail prices of from 22 to 21 cents. > The Penn Oil Company, which also reduced its wholesale price from 20 to 18, announced that its retall cut would go into effect tomorrow, with the exact retail price to be announced later. “Lightning” gas, it was said, would be 23 cents. Wholesalers which also made a tank wagon cut effective today from 20 to 18 cents included the Texas Co., Columbia, Crown and Inde- pendent. The real cause of the cut in gaso- line prices was not forthcoming to- day from oil company officials in the clty. N Cause of Cut Not Known. It was suggested informally In certain quarters in close touch with the gasoline situation that there has been a large supply of gasoline in the District of Columbla. On the other hand, there were thoge who_intimated that the leading oil companies had made a more “drastic” cut_in_the price here in the city of Washington than anywhere clse along the Atlantic seaboard in the progress of a gasoline war against the “little” companies who have been charged with undercutting the price. No _intimation was forthcoming from New York headquarters of the Standard Oil and Gulf Refining, from whom the first announcements came, as_to the reason for the reduction. The prices in nearby Virginia and Maryland, served from Washington, it was said by company officials in charge here, will be similarly reduced. The additional tax of 3 cents laid by the staté of Virginia will be laid there, bringing the new wholesale price up to_21 cents to the retailer, while the Maryland tax of 1 cent brings the price to the retailer in that state up to 18 cents. CUT IN NEW ENGLAND. Eight Atlantic Seaboard States Also Feel “Gas” Reduction. NEW YORK, September 17.—The tank wagon price of gasoline today was reduced 1 cent a gallon in New England and eight Atlantic seaboard states by the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey and the Gulf Refining Company. The new price ranges from 18 cents in Washington, D. C., to 21 cents In Virginia, where there is a state tax of 3 cents a gallon. The Texas Company announced it would meet the reduction. The ter- ritory In which the cut was an- nounced by the Standard of New Jer- sey includes New Jersey, North and South_Carolina. In addition to the New England states, the Gulf Re- fining_Company_reduced the price in New York and New Jersey. The new price in most of the terri- tory affected is 18 cents a gallon plus the amount of state tax, if any. GOVERNOR SEEKS FACTS. Ohio Chief Asks Oil Companies Why Reductigns Miss State. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 17.— Seeking to learn why gasoline is b Continued on Page Says F isherman, viction that the devils of the deep ‘were playing diabolical tricks on the night the naval vessels went .on the rocks. “That current along Honda was not where it was the day before,” he sald. “Something happened to it. One day it went one way, an- other day the next. The compass is no good when current acts like that. All ships that night went straight to the rocks when com- pass pointed to open sea.” Capt. Nocettl's own craft went ashore before the destroyers struck. ‘That happened at a time when he could have taken an oath, he said, WO CENTS. EXPECT 9 VERSIONS OF NAVAL DISASTER AT INQUIRY TODAY ICrews of Wrecked Destroy- ers to Testify After Com- manders Are Heard. REAR ADMIRAL PRATT PRESIDING AT COURT iImpressive Memoridl Services for Twenty-Three Drowned Seamen May Be Held Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif., September 17.— Nine versions of the naval disaster off Point Honda September 8, in which seven destroyers were wrecked and twenty-three enlisted men perished, were expected to be read into the record of the naval court of Inquiry investigating the catastrophe when it resumed its sesslons here today. Reports prepared by the command- ers of all of the seven wrecked ves- sels and of the two others which were damaged in the grounding were to be submitted to the court and read in the presence of the commanding of- ficer and surviving members of the crew in cach case. Crews May Testify. After the reading of each report the crew -of the destroyer involved was to be sworn and each man given an opportunity to add any information he thought should be incorporated in his commander's account of the dis- aster, or any complaint which he felt should be made at this time. At the conclusion of this procedure, which was to take place at the destroyer base heve, the investigating body wis expected to adjourn to & courtroom at the naval air station on North Is- 1and, where reports of other officers of the destroyer squadron might be submitted and the testimony of ex- perts in navigation recelved. Witnesses likely to be called be- fore the court of inauiry include, be- sides the naval officers in authority on the wrecked or damaged ships, the radio operators on the various de- stroyers, their signalmen and quar- termasters on duty at the wheels of the vessels when the squadron ran aground. Pratt H Court. Rear Admiral William V. Pratt, commanding divigion 4 for the bat- tle fleet and himself a former com- mander of the Paeific destroyer force, heads the naval officers conmstituting the court of inquiry. Meanwhile other naval ofclals here were busy with preparations for impressive memorial Services in honor of the twenty-three dead. Tentative plans call for services at the naval air station on North Island tomorrow afternoon, with every available offi- cer and enlisted man of the destroyer force participating. Recovery of four additional bodies at the scene of the wreck yesterday brofight the total number of dead re. covered to ten. AWARDS SALVAGE CONTRACT. Navy Department Orders Only One Destroyer Refloated. LOS ANGELES, September 17.—The Navy Department has awarded a con- tract for salvaging the U. 8 8 Chauncey, the only one of seven wrecked destroyers deemed worth re- floating, to San Francisco Interests. The machinery and equipment of the other wrecked vessels will be salvaged under direction of the Navy. NATS AND BROWNS TIE INATHINNING. 33 BY JOHN B. KELLER. Southpaw Wally Warmoth, recently recalled from the Memphis club of the Southern Assoclation, was Manager Bush’s selection for mound duty in the first game of a double-header be- tween the Browns and Nationals here this afternoon. Bayne was on the slab for the Brownes. FIRST INNING. ST. LOUIS—Gerber popped to Ruel in front of the plate. Ezsell “lofted to Judge. Tobin went out, Harris to Judge. No runs, WASHINGTON—Tvans singled _to center., Peck hit into double play, Kzzell to McManus to Schleibner. Goslin tripled to left center. Rice grounded to Schleibner. No runms. SECOND INNING. ST. LOUIS—Harrls threw out Wil- ltams. McManus singled to left. Harris fumbled Whaley’s grounder, but recov- ered the ball in time to get the runner at first. McManus stopped at second on the play. Bluege threw out collins. No runs. WASHINGTON—Judge went out Bayne_to Schieibner. Ruel singled to left. Harris drove into the new left- fleld stands for a triple, scoring Ruel Bluege rolled to McManus_and Harris was caught at the plate, McManus to Collins, Warmoth was hit by a pitched ball. Evans singled to left, scoring Bluege, while Warmoth pulled up at second. McManus threw out Peck. Two runs. THIRD INNING. ST. LOUIS—Schleibner singled to left. Bayne sacrificed. Bluege to Judge. Gerber flled to Evans. So did Essell. No runs. WASHINGTON — Goslin ' _flied 'to ‘Whaley. Rice walked. A ball from Judge's bat bounded off McManus' face for a double, sending Rice to third. Ruel singled to left, scoring Rics, but Judge was caught at the plate, Willlams to Collins. _Ruel took second on the throw in. Harris singled to Ezzell at third, Ruel stopping at that corner. Bluege walked, filllng the bases. War- moth fanned. One run. FOURTH INNING. ST. LOUIS—Tobin walked. Williams singled to center, Tobin taking third. | McManus walked, filling the bases. A third strike was called on Whaley, Col- lins, with a three and two count, dou- bled to 1left, scoring Tobin, Willlams | that he was several miles off shore. Only the fact that his boat was of light draft saved it from. being wrecked. 2 nd McManus, Schlelbner . went out, Warmoth to Harris to Judge, : Collins taking third. Bayne fanned; Three uns,