Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1923, Page 1

Fair and cooler.tonigh! row; temperature for t and tomor- twenty-four hours ended at 2 pm. today: High 73, £t noon today; lowes .m. today. ; Full report on page 7. t, 49, at 5:40 Closing N. Y_._St:ch lml_ Bonds, Page 28 Fntered as & No. ond-clase matter post office Washington, D. C. - CVILIAN DICTATO URGED IN CERMANY ASCABINETRESGNS Stresemann, Mentioned for Post, Turns to Formation of New Ministry. CHANCELLOR PROPOSES FOWERS BE INCREASED Officials to Be Cloaked With Un- usual Authority to Avert Crisis. Br the Associated Press. BERLIN, October 4.—With the re-} tirement of Chancellor Stresemann’s coalition cabinet. there is talk of the establishment of a civilian dictator supported by martial law. Dr. Stresemann himself is spoken of in some quarters as well fitted to take over such an office, in view of his experienco in economics and finance. Meanwhile, he has been invited by Yresident Ebert to form a new min- istry. The resignation of the came last night after the four social- ist members had withdrawn follow- ing their rejection of a compromise proposed by the chancellor on the eight-hour law. The bourgeoise mem- bers voted to retire in a body andig.ven servants had been locked in| authorized Dr. Stresemann to apprise | (o wine cellar of their home by five | Tresident Ebert of their declsion. The | banaits, 1ea by Mourey, that she re- | chancellor returned from a visit to the executive soon after midnight and immediately received the German ¢ditors, to whom he reviewed the events leading up to the retirement of his ministry. It is noteworthy that although the cehinet members among themselves e In-full accord on concurrence of opinion was lack- ing in the individual parties whom the ministers represented. “The views of the people at large, id the chancellor, “no longer coin- | de with those of the partles, and if t were ditions of unrest the best solution of the whole problem would be new reichstag elections.” Axks Smaller Cabinet. The chancellor proposed that he have a smaller cabinet as he is no longer obliged to consider the parti- san wishes of each party, as was the case in the retiring ministry. This statement is construed as indlcating | that Herr Stresemann wishes to con- struct a cabinet that will represent w - closely.. . co-ordinated ministry cquipped with extraordinary powers. Although the coalition government has found it impossible to effect re- forms acceptable to all four partles repregented, the bellef is prevalent that the ministry might have been held together had Premier Poincare been responsive to the termination of passive resistance. cellor ferred an avoidance of parliamentary | complications in view of thq present internal and foreign situations, they | are believed to view the outcome with | satisfaction, in that It brought an! end to the fraditional system of com- | promises and political bartering with which a dozen or more previous | crises have been patched up. Chancellor Stresemann’s statements to the press point to the conclusion | that he purposes constructing a cab- | inet comprising a limited number nl| ministers and invested with semi- | dictatorial or carte blanche author- | ity to put the drastic relief measures into effect without awalting parlia- | mentary netion. Situation Acute. The points of divergence upon which the socialists and bourgeols parties became deadlocked and which ultimately occasioned the cabinet's collapse have not been eliminated from the situation. and inasmuch as Chancellor Stresemann has refused to ! vield on them it is taken for granted that Germany's powerful socialist party is about to enter upon a life- and-death struggle. The decision of the radical element not to expose their following to leg- | islation with dictatorial possibilities indicates that they are fully cognizant of the impending developments. For the present, the soclalists have chosen to make the defense of the cight-hour law their shibboleth, and they are accusing the big industrial- ists in the German people's party of having broken up the big coalition. Chancellor Stresemann's program, | however, is known to include reforms directed against capital, the prop- ertied classes and the monopoly in- ierests. But the outstanding issue in the situation, which is quickly de- veloping, is the question whether the | alleged yranny” of socialism, | backed by the powerful federations | of trade unions, or “invisible govern- ment.” as it Is known to its 'oppo- | i { | i i i ments, will definitely be blasted. POLICIES UNCHANGED. Stresemann to Propose Same ne-} forms, Is Reported. By the Assoclated Press, not for the prevailing con- | While President Ebert and Clun-! Stresemann would have pre- | 4 { mittees LONDON, October 4.—It is almost | i Can Build Plane To Fly So Fast It Would Burn By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, October 4—An air- plane attaining a speed of 500 miles an hour can be built, but the craft would fly so tast that it would burn itself up in friction with the air, Glenn L. Curtiss,, designer of the Curtiss_racing planes, de- clared today. Mr. Curtiss, who is here for the international air rac sald he believed the maximum fe; sible speed In aircraft had been reached because limitations on landing_speed would make higher powered machines impracticable. PARIS POLICE SLAY [Shattuck Home Butler’s Death Relieves Strain of | Fear From Family. { | | By the Associated Press. Shattuck, retired financier, and his wife now may return to dwell in !xh(-lr red brick colonial house in | Washington square, for with the | killing in Paris today of Gabriel cabinet | Alphonse Mourey, allas Henri Boilat, | ithe shadow which has ‘surrounded | the Shattuck home has been removed. Refused to Stay in Home. Mrs. Shattuck’s nerves were so shaken after she, her husband and fused to llve there longer with Mourey at large, and Mr. Shattuck | closed his home, announcing it would | not be reopencd until the robber chief | was rounded up. After that he per- | sonally led a world-wide search for all issues, | Mourey, spending several months In! Paris in the role of an amateur de- tective. Made Rich Haul. About $90,000 in jewelry was taken {in the robbery, April 2, 1922. Three of the five robbers have been ac- counted for to date. With Mourey killed and Eugene Diaset and Mau- rice Bagnoli arrested In Plainfield, N. |J.. and sent to Sing Sing for forty | to sixty years, only Boilat and two others are at large. | Shattuck has offered a '$20,000 re- | ward for the arrest of Boilat. Only one piece of jewelry has been Iegauered. This wae 2 §2.000 diamond. stiidded watehi, which was recovere |1n'San Franciseo from a ‘wormn whe | sald Bollat gave it ta her. i WSS COLETT O OFCOLF TOURNEY Mrs. Vanderbeck Defeats Woman Golf Champion in Close Match. By the Associated Press. RYE, N. Y., October 4.—Miss Glenna Collett of Providence, R. I, today lost | her title as woman's national golf | OLDERS TO GET MEXICAN ROAD BACK Make Arrangements to Receive Property Again From Government. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY. October 4.—Share- holders of the National Railways of Mexico at their annual meeting yes- | terday accepted the provisions of the Lamont de la Huerta agreement re- ferring to the road. After electing {new directors the shareholders au- thorized the board to appoint com- to recelve the company's properties and to take steps to make certain, says an Exchange Telegraph | the agreement effective. dispatch from Berlin, that Dr. Otto | Gessler and Heinrich Brauns, min- isters of defense and labor, respec- | in the Stresemann govern- ment, will Join the new cabinet, which will be purely bourgeois. Chancellor Stresemann, the corre- spondent adds, intends to submit to the reichstag the same reform bill that he proposed to the old cabinet. Commenting on the report t Gen. Degoutte, in receiving a deput tion of trade unions in the Ruhr re garding the resumption of work, had fnsisted upon a ten-hour day, the ex- pulsion of unwilling workers' and the suppression of resistance by armed force, Vorwaerts believes not a sin- gle man will accept “these impudent terms.” GRAVE MENACE SEEN. tively, Monarchists’ Plot of Great Scope Threatens Germany. to The Sta d Chicago Daily News. By ommee fcw;n.r:t.lm.‘a % BERLIN. October 2 (By courier to Amstordam) (Delayed). —The mystery Wwhich the German government made Under the agreement made in June, 1922, between the International com- mittee of bankers, headed by Thom- as W Lamont and Adolfo de la Huerta, former secretary of the Mex- jcan treasury, for the resumption of payments on Mexico's debt, the gov- ernment undertook to return the roads to the private management from which they were taken in 1913. By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, October 4.—Future wars may-be ended by the demoralization of the civilian population of huge cities by the dropping of 10,000- pound bombs by craft four times as blg as the Barling bomber, Walter Henry Barling, designer of the bomber, told newspaper men. Mr. Barling sald that he was prepared to over the selzure of the former fort- Tosses at Kuestrin and Spandau by armed natlonalists only serves to em- yphasize the mortal danger “of the republic; which the selzures indicated. This isolated attempt, which wai frustrated by the reichswehr after a day’s fighting, was not in {tself a se- (Continued op Pasa 2u-Column 23 - " risk his reputation on the succe ful designing and fiying of an air- plane four times as blg as the Bar- ling bomber, at present the largest heavier-than-air craft in the world. The Barling’s wing spread is 120 Zeet, . It a _saventy, feat long-- GOTHAN GEM THEF NEW YORK, October 4.—Albert R.! ¢ Foening Star. ’ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1923—FORTY-FOUR PAGES. OKLAHOMA FIGHT SHIFTS 70 COURTS FORFINAL BATILE Legislators Test Right to Convene and Are Ready to Go to U. S. Supreme Court. WALTON SEEKS TO MAKE | INJUNCTION PERMANENT Oklahoma City Mayor Says Cotton Fields Await Ragen’s “Irish Lads,” En Route to Scrap. By the Associated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, October 4.—Members of the Oklahoma legls- lature, bent on instigating impeach- | ment charges against Gov. J. C. Wal- ton, went into district court here to- day to test their authority to con- { vene as an inquisitorial body without a call from the governor. Meanwhile, in a separate court bat- tle, the executive was marshaling his forces to prevent the vitalization of a constitutional amendment, passed in Tuesday's special election, which would delegate this power to the legislature. A lengthy fight is predicted Mem- bers of the legislature have declared | they will take the case to the United ates Supreme Court if necessary. Until a final decision is rendered, however, they have pledged to essay no further meeting. Hearing on an application to make permanent the district court injunc- tion obtained yesterday by Gov. Wal- ton to prevent the state election hoard from certifying returns from Tuesday's election to the secretary of state is set for October 9. Deny Kilan is Issue. The governor, charging that the election was controlled by the Ku Klux Klan, predicted In a statement last night the greatest political bat- tle since the civil war during the next sixty days. Legislators leading the impeach- ment move replied with a denial that the klan is an fssue in Oklahoma. | Belated roturns from Tuesday's elec- ition continue to give a decisive ma- jority for the amendment. Newspaper compilations from 2,142 out of 2,837 precincts in the_ state show: Kor, 185,573; against, 67.899. A soldiera’ bonus and four o\hfr constitutional amendments appear to have been defeated. Nendy for Ragen's Colis. Oné hundréd membérs of Ragen's Athletlc Club of Chicago, descéribed as “back of the yards Irish lads, han- dy with dukes, knives or guns,” who left for Oklahoma recently with the announced intention of alding Gov. J. C. Walton in his fight against the Ku Klux Klan, will be put to work pick- ing cotton If they reach Oklahoma City, Mayor O. A. Cargill advised Chicagoans in a telegram. “The fighting is over,” Mayor Car- gill sald. “but the colts will be rounded up for an engagement with the boll weevil." His telegram follow: {ports have it that Ragen's colts are on their way to Oklahoma on the {theory that this fight Is open to the {public. The fighting is over, but the cotton picking is_under way in full {swing and the colts will be rounded up for an engagement with the boll weevil. “They should bear in mind that Ok- lahoma is the original broncho bust- ing state and our slogan has been changed from ‘They shall not pass' to ‘Ride ‘em, cowboy.’* GEORGE HARVEY REFUSES TO DISCUSS RESIGNATION Will Not Confirm or Deny Report| He Will Quit Post in November. i i “Press re- champion. She was defeated in the third round of the championship tournament by Mrs. C. H. Vanderbeck of Philadelphla, 2 and 1. Miss Collett was 3 down to Mrs. Vanderbeck at the end of the first nine holes. The Providence girl, long off the tees, was playing a wretched short game. Other scores: Migs Alexa Stirling defeated Mrs. Melvin Jones of Chicago. 7 and 5. Miss Edith Cummings of Chicago defeated Miss Edith Leltch of Eng- ¢ and 4, s. E. H. Goss of Baltusrol. > ed Mrs. Dorothy Campbell of Merion, Pa. 1 up. SHAREHOLDER By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, October 4—Ambassador Harvey today refused to discuss the subject of his resignation. When asked to confirm or deny a report from Washington that he was to leave London in November he re- plied: “1 cannot say anything what- ever about it.” SEVERE QUAKE IN TOKIO; NO DAMAGE REPORTED Nineteen Shocks Felt on Tuesday, But Were of Little Importance. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, October 4 (via Tomioka).— A strong earthquake shock was felt here last night, but had no serlous consequences. On ' Tuesday fourteen severe shocks were felt and five more were recorded on the seismograph, but all were counter vibrations and of little importance. RIVERSIDE, Calif., October 4.—A slight earthquake was felt here at 11:03 o'clock last night. No damage was reported. 1 Barling Plans Plane 4 Times Size Of Present Giant Ship for War| twenty-seven feet high. - The main i plane area is 4.000 square feet, and with full equipment weighs 43,000 Ppounds. Mr. Barling asserted that such a ship could carry two 10,000-pound bombs, which' when dropped on cities would practically leave the largest of them in ruins. Mr. Barling evaded the question It the Army contemplated building such a craft at the present. “It is feasible,” he asserted, “and I am willing to risk whatever repu- tation I may have that it would be a success. The cost of one battle- lhlI amounts to around $41,000,000 and, perhaps, for less than bu‘ mil- lion dollars an airplane could ' be bujlt that would accomplish all I ¢ as well “as sink two of 050 . Dattieships- o ong - Slghk™: -and -dismantle 1,300 RUM SHOPS FACE CLOSING DRIVE Pinchot Finds Philadelphia Saloons Defiant, on Per- sonal Inspection. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, October 4.—Gov. Pinchot early today personally ob- served the open deflance by Phila- delphia saloons of his order to cease business under threat of being dealt with according to the “padlock sec- tlon” of the prohibition law. On Tuesday ‘the Governor and the tederal department of justice issued a joint order notifying the 1.300 or more logal galoons and cafes to close thelr -places within forty-cight hours. A large force of government agents and state police, who_gerved the notices on the pro- prietory, coMpleted théir work late last night. Shortly thereafter, Gov. Pinchot made the rounds to see for himself whether the order was being obeyed Ho visited half a dozen or more places and found them all doing a flourishing business. The Governor made no attempt to make a purchase. Refuses Statement. Gov. Pinchot strolled leisurely into the saloons and cabarets, looked around, observed the crowds and as leisurely strolled out. He made no comment. He said he probably woulli glive out a statement later in the day. “DId you see anything to indicate that the prohibition laws were belng violated?” he was asked. “It would be highly improper for me to say anything about the situa- tion now,” he replied. “I will not discuss it in any way. While the governor was making his tour of Inspection bandits were busy holding up a bartender three blocks from one of the saloons visited by the state executive. A bartender was seized by three men and held while they rifled the cash register of $60. Order Heeded By Few Apparently but few of the saloon men have heeded the closing order. They declared that they had been advised by Francls J. Maneely, chief counsel for the Retail Liguor Dealers’ Protective business as usual, but to obey the law insofar as It pertained to the sale of liquors of illegal alcoholic content. Mr. Maneely characterized “dry” campaign as “meaningless” and “without sanction of the law.” He said there was nothing in the law to prohibit a man from maintaining a saloon 80 long as he conforms to thet part of the law regulating the sale of intoxicating beverages. Many of (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) ENTOMBED 3 DAYS, S HNERS RESEUED Hope Grows for 36 Still in Shaft, Without Food, While Buried Alive. the By the Arsoclated Press. FALKIRK, Scotland, October 4.— Buried alive for nine days, five of the forty-one miners entombed by an ex- plosition in a coal pit near here were rescued today. They were brought to the surface in falrly good condition, and their remarkable escape from death has raised the hopes of the relatives of the others imprisoned. The searchers today were redoubling their efforts. The first thing the rescued men asked for was cigarettes. They sald all they had to exist on was water after the first day. when the'supply of e vy T R they crawled to a ledge away from the water and found a passage where they got a current of There they stopped except for occasional trips Seventy men were entombed by all hope for for water until they were rescued. ‘The p! the explosition, l:mt twenty-nine soon escal axu& shaft. vwwrd m. " MeD b it belonged to the James Mim- mo Company. throf a Bosn Assoclation to continue | BEING ILLUMINATED. Second Guard Shot By the Associated Press. DYVILLE, Ky., October 4 —This morning's sun swung up over the Lyon county hills to light the scenes for a tense drama. the successive acts of which were being unfolded on probably the strangest stage that ever men were cast by destiny to play upon in Kentncky. Hemmed in by the grim, gray stone walls of the prison area of the west- ern Kentucky state penitentiary, three convict murderers, who yesterday killed one guard, fatally wounded one and shot two others, in an attempt to shoot their way to freedom, were barricaded In a two-story brick din- | g room Dbullding, the central struc- ture of the prison plant. The con- victs apparently were conserving the ammunition for thelr autumatic pis- tols—and waiting. From behind the walls of their im- provisei fortres! the desperadoes faced a ring of death. Stationedyat vantage points about the barricaded building were prison guards, members of Troop C from the POST OFFICE STAFF HERE 15 INCREASED Fifteen Clerks and 13 Car- riers City’s Share in Na- tion-Wide Enlargement. Postmaster Mooney was authorized today by the Post Office Department to increase the staff of the Washing- ton city post office by fifteen clerks and thirteen letter carriers, as the share of the National Capital in_ in- creases in personnel of nearly 7,000 workers to post offices throughout the country. Nation-wide {increases were an- nounced today by Postmaster General New, upon authorization by the bud- get bureau, with the full approval of President Coolidge. The increases will involve, it is understood, a deficiency appropriation by Congress of between $5,000 000 and $6.000,000. John H. Bartiett, first assistant postmaster general, today sent out authorizations for increased person- nel to some of the larger cities, in- cluding Washington. Increased postal business is responsible. New York was granted 500 addi- tional clerks and 200 additional car- riers, while Detroit was given 150 clerks and 200 carrlers. Authoriza- tlons for increased forces also were wired to St. Louis, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia. Los Angeles and San Francisco, Similar authorizations will go out i lw until it 15 expected that the thousand largest post offices of the land will Lave been given increased personnel. The budget bureau has allowed 3,200 additional clerks and 3,000 addi- tional carriers, - Authorization also ie given for augmenting the laborer force of the postal service by 500 men. The United States mails have in- creased more than 20 per cent in volume since two years ago, repre- senting $100,000,000 a year increased revenues. The old postal force has found it difficult to handle increased business. Postal officlals here were jubilant today over the authorizations by the budget bureau and declared that as a result better service will be given. Plans have not been completed for the utilization of the extra fifteen clerks and thirteen letter carriers granted the Washington post office. A portion of the new force probably will be utilized in Georgetown. CLOSING HOUR For Sunday “Want Ads” 5:30 P.M. Saturday Classified Ads for The Sunday Star must be re- celved at The Star office or any of its branch offices be- fore 5:30 p.m. Saturday. SIVeR U, | ithin a few days to other cities., Machine Guns Await Sortie By Barricaded Rebel Convicts in Kentucky Prison Escape Attempt Dies—Troops May Storm Desperadoes’ Retreat. National pany at Guard Machine Gun Com- Hopkinsville, and citizen marksmen from the neighboring countryside. The trim barrels of two machine guns were trained upon the | building, ready to greet with a with- ering stream of bullets any attempted sortle, Prison _authorities and National Guard officers were expected to in- itiate today an active attempt to dis- lodge the besieged convicts, Monte Walters of Loufsville, Lawrence Grif- fith of Mayfleld and Harry Ferland. reported to have been committed from Newport. Tear gas guns, brought las t pight by, the tear s squad of the sville police depart- Brent, ware heft By anthorities ba ba | ineffective, inasmuch as their users would be exposed to the fire of the besieged men, on account of the iso- lated site of the mess hall. Tear gas bombs were ordered from the state arsenal and were expected to arrive today. ‘Wounded Man Dies. Victims of the convicts' desperate ibid for freedom were Hodge Cunning- ham, shot dead; V. B. Mattingly, who died today of his wound; W. M. Gil- bert, whose condition 'is reported critical, and W. P. Gillthan. _Gilbert | (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) ARREST ATTORNEY INRAID ON'STILL E. L. Wilson Declares He Was at Place to Buy Eggs. Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., October $—E. L Wilson, prominent resident of Mont- gomery county and Washington at- | torney, 1tving at Deane, near Bethes- da, and Benjamin Shanholtz were ar- rested this morning at 2:30 o'clock in a rald on a still sald to have been operated on Shanholtz’s place at Black Rocks Mill. near Seneca, this county. The officers found a 100-gallon ca- pacity still, seized four gallons of blackberry brandy and destroyed 300 gallons of rye mash. Shanholtz was jailed on the charge of illezal possessicn. No formal charge has been made aga‘nst Wilson, who was released on his _personal bond of $500 for appearance in court here Thursday next. " h“‘ilson explained his presence at the place rai went there 10 buy some engs, "t B Officers declare that Shanholtz's place had been under surveillance for a week. Mr. Wilson represents Mrs. Katle Wilson-Greene in her suit filed against {Irene Castle. SAN DIEGO, Calif, October 4.— Byron F. Hobart, a grandson of a former Earl of Nottingham, and the first president of the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake railroad, is dead at his home here after an ill- ness of several months. He was seventy-six years old. He is survived by his widow, two daughters and one son. He was born in New York city. The greatest job of counting mail ever undertaken by the Wash« ington city post office will begin Sunday as part of the thirty-day check-up which began September 21 to ascertain the cost of bhan- dling the various classes of mail. The work here is part of the count being made throughout the na- tion. Chlef interest lies in ascer- taining whether parcels post is be- ing carried at a loss. Lasting through October 13, every letter, paper, parcel, every Dbit of matter mailed here, Will be ‘weighed class by class. For seven days ail first-class mail or letters will be weighed as a class. 4 F Biggest Mail Counting Task _In District Will Begin Sunday The Star’ every city b “From Press to Home Within the Hour” s carrier system covers lock and the regular ed'- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterdny ’s Circulation, ;3,287 WO CENTS. Gasoline Price Cut to 9 Cents In Texas City By the Associated Press. DALLAS Tex., October 4. —Gaso- line is being sold in Dallas today af less per gallon than distilled water. Some fllling stations are charging 9 cents for gasoline. Dis- tilled water, such as is used to fill storage batteries, costs 10 cents a gallon. The majority of the retail filling stations, however. charge 10 cents a gallon for gasoline. Retail ers say they would nor be sur- prgfled at further reductions in the price. GASMASKSTESTED INROOM OF SMOKE District Firemen Emerge Unaffected at Bureau of Standards. Wenriig new masks recently pur- chased for them by the Commission- ers, a company of firemen today walked into a smoke-filled building at the bureau of standards and fought an imaginary fire with as much ease as though they were standing in the open air. After remaining for fifteen minutes In a chamber so dense with smoke that one man could scarcely see an- other, the grim-faced, sturdy fire fighters emerged, showing no il ef- fects from the fumes. Their eyes were not Inflamed, nor were the men choking. Set Straw Afire. Using a galvanized metal structure, | the firemen iznited a pile aw and tnen threw Jamp rags over it to create a greater volume of smoke. When the room was filled with smoke the doors were opened and the com- pany rushed in, led by Fire Chief Geprge Watson, Deputy Chief An- drew J. Sullivan and Battalion Chiefs Gill and O'Connor. Similar tests were made with am- monia fumes and illuminating gas and from each experiment the men came out unaffected. The masks already age a part of the equipment of every fire company and the men have been thoroughly instructed in how to use them. Chief Watson ordered today's dem- | onstration, however, to convince his| men that the masks will do what the firemen expect of them. Use Safety 'Lamps. | In addition to the masks, each com- | pany now has a safety lamp, to be! carrled Into the burning building by | the captaln. As long as there is a certain percentage of oxygen in a| building the masks will protect the ! firefighters from sufrocation. i The purpose of the safety lamp Is | to warn firemen when it is no longer safe for them to remain inside. The lamp is a delicate flame that will go out when the oxygen in the room goes below the point necessary to sustain human life. ! Before the demonstration began Chief Watson addressed the assem- | bled firemen, warning them to watch the safety lamp and leave a bullding promptly when the flame flickers out Chief O'Connor, drillmaster of the department, also spoke to them. GIRL TRIOPUZZLE INBEACH MURDER Photo With Headless Body and Scimitar Believed Weapon of Death. By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 4.—In- vestigation of Pittsburgh's headless murder mystery today centered around the identity of three girls, a snapshot of whom was found in the clothing of the torso of a white man | when it was discovered yesterday in the girls’ dressing room of the South- side bathing beach, situated along the Monongahela River. A trail of blood led a group of boys | to & pile of rocks 175 feet from the | dressing room last night where the | man’s head was found buried more than a foot deep in the sand. Near the spot was found a #uit of blood- stafned underclothing, leading de- tectives to believe that the head was wrapped in the garment and carried to the spot. Scimitar Likely Wea The head was removed to the morgue and placed beside the torso where hundreds viewed the body in an effort to-identify it. Morgue offi- | cials declared after a postmortem | examination that the death instru-| ment had'been a large knife such as a scimitar, and advanced the opinion that more than one pérson was in- volved In the killing. City detectives admitted that they | were_ without a clue until the body had been identified and the identity | of the three young women established. A tatoo inscription in Arabic on one arm, language experts declared, was the name “Hassan Nahmod." | { All newspapers and other sec- ond-class matter will be weighed on speclal scales. Other printed matter and photographs, compris- ing third-class matter. similarly will be weighed by itself. All parcels will be weighed, these forming the fourth-class matter. ‘At the time this weighing by classes Is golng on complete ac- count is being kept for the thirty days of the revenues on each plece of mall and of the time required by all workers to handle it. As a result of these various and tedious counts, it is expected that the absolute cost ol hlndlln{ each class of mall will be ascertained. i 000070 ATTEND MASONIC RITES IN ALEXANDRIA NOV. 1 Laying of Corner Stone of George Washington Memo- rial Epoch-Making. GRAND LODGES OF WORLD INVITED TO CEREMONY Coolidge, Cabinet and Other High Officials to Take Part in Service. The world's greatest gathering of Blue Lodge Masons wfll be held at Alexandria November /. when the corner stone of the George Washing-* ton Masonic National Memorial is laid, according to announcement today of the preliminary arrangements for the ceremony. Besides the participation by Presi- dent Coolidge, the cabinet officers and other high ranking officials of the federal and District governments, the exercises will be attendeg by the grand masters of the Grand Lodge Jurisdictions from every state in the Union as well as from the District of Columbia and Alaska. Invitations have been extended to the Grand Lodges all over hte world The total number of Masons who i will attend the ceremonies is a mat- | ter of conjecture. |inz plans to send 28,000 members, and Virginia {s mak- 80 far is the only state whose prepa- rations have been made public. It is estimated conservatively that more than 50,000 Masons will be present. Many to Have Part. Each grand master will be furnish- ed with a silver trowel, a replica of the one used by George Washington. Each one will spread a small quan tity of mortar on the corner stone. - The ceremony will be held regardless of the weather and will conform to the laws of Masonry as in use in Vir- ginia. Charlos H. Callahan, deputy grand master of Virginla, will be in charge, a tribute paid him for his lifelong study of Washington, the man and Mason. He will be assisted by Col. Louis A. Walters, president of the George Washington National Me- morial Association; Willlam Howard aft, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme urt, and by James H. Price, grand master of Virginia. The President and his cabinet will be escorted to “Alexandria by Leon M. Abbott of Boston, Mass. sover- elgn grand commander of the Su- preme Council of the Bcottish Hite, Northern Jurisdiction; Barton Smith of Toledo, Ohio, past soverelgn grand commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern ~Jurisdiction, and Senator George E. Chamberlin of Oregon. Former President Taft will be es- corted by Judge “H. B. Tompkins, grand master of New York; George M. Napler, attorney general of | Georgia, and Capt. John H. Cowles, sovereign_grand commander of the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction. Conrad V. Dykeman of Brookiyn, M Y., imperial potentate of the Myst Shrine, will be escorted by the po- tentates of the surrounding temples. Dr. William H. Kuhn, grand high priest of the General Grand Chapter of the United States, Royal Arch Masons, will be represented by Henry De Witt Clinton of New York, who will be es- corted by the high priests of surround- ing chapters. Plans Being Made. All out-of-town Masons residing at present in the District of Columbia are requested to form with their local, State representatives, the designation to be announced later. Plans for am- plifying and broadcasting the cere- monies are being made. The corner stone will be laid by the Grand Lodge of Virginia at 12 o'clock noon, the Grand Lodge being called at 10 a.m, (old Masonic Temple, Cam- eron street), and each visiting grand master, or his representative, will actually participate in the ceremony. Owing to physical conditions sur- rounding the temple the actual laying of the stone can be seen from only a portion of the grounds. Therefore the | Dest vantage points ‘have been re- ved for those participating. S elaborate parade of all particl- pating will begin at 10:30 a.m. ‘All_subordinate commanderies be- longing to the same jurisdiction will unite at the formation point and march as escort to their respective state's Blue Lodge delegation; there- fore, consolidated commanderies from each state jurisdiction will precede the joint Blue Lodges of their respec- tive states in the line of march. To Retain Identity. All Blue Lodge Masons will like- wise unite as one state body accord- ing to their state affillation under the command of officers _designated as above suggested and will thereby in cach instance, in conjunction with the united commanderies, form separate State units in the parade. It is per- missible, however, in the sald forma- Uon for each individual lodge to re- tain its identity. The ordcr of march will be in col- umns- of eight, columns marching six feet apart. This applies to Templars and Blue Lodge Masons, with due re- gard, however, for the position of commanding and subordinate officers a8 their respective offices may Justify. Each grand master and grand com- mander of the respective jurisdic- tions has been reguested to motify Col, Kenneth W. Ogden, chief mar- shal, Alexandria, Va., as early as pos- sible_as to the number of sir knights and Blue Lodge Masons, respectively, who will participate in the parade from_their respective jurisdictions. A banquet will be served at 5 p.m. the grand officers and invited = Admission will be by card guests. 1y. O icommodations for the night are being arranged by John H. Trimyer, lexandria, Va. £ AlEving to limited facilities in Alex- andria, the committee has arranged %6 have lunch stands erected at which sandwiches and cofiee will be served. THREE DROWN IN LAKE. Launch Burns and Sinks Before Help Arrives. DETROIT. Mich., October 4.—Three men are belleved to have ' been érowned in the heavy sea that was running in Lake St. Clair last night following the burning of an uniden- tified launch about thirty-five feet 1 . The burning craft was sighted Trom the shore about 9 o'clock last night and rescue boats were put out. not only in the Washington offic but at post offices throughout thi Before they could reach the spot, however, the launch turned over aad k. . v