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WEATHER. ‘alr and cositinued cool slowly ture for twenty-two hours perature. Tempera! today: to- risiag tem- ended at 10 p.ih. last night: Highest, at 4 p.m. yésterday; 6 am. yesterday. page . No. 967.—No. STRESEMANN GRIPS, REINS WITH FEEBLE HAND IN GERMANY Exhausted by Week of Tur- moil, Chancellor Baces Fu- ture With Pessimism. 29,013. NEW CABINET HARMONY HELD HARDLY POSSIBLE Reichstag Parties to Give Views on| Semi-Dictatorial Policy Pro- | posed Monday. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, October 6.—Plainly ex- hibiting signs of physical exhaustion wrought by five days of political parley.end barter, and, incidentally betraying nervousness, born of ap- prehension of what tho Iimmediate future holds in store for his resur- rected coalition government, Chan- cellor Stresemann this afternoon sub- mitted to the relchstag a liberally fmprovised statement of the internal and foreign situation. Tae famillar optimism, which ordinarlly s an en- gaging feature of the Chancellor's political utterances was wholly lack- fng today, and its abseace may be taken as symptomatic of the atmos- phere of political languor which Breeted the return to the government bench of his laboriously reassembled coalition ministry. While a majority of the members of the former cabinet return to their old posts, the chancellor up to the time the reichstag session was book- ed to open was still short a finance minister, for which post he sought the services of Dr. Schacht, a well known Berlin banker, who finally de- elined. Dr. Hans Luther was then transferred from the food ministry to the position vacated by Dr. Hil- ferding, who was juttisoned by the woclalis in the course of yester- day’s political bartering. Koeth a_ Novelty. Dr. Koeth, the new minister of economics, is something of a novelty in the cabinet. He achleved fame as a practical expert in wartime economics and was an important aid to Dr. Rathenau. He has the repu- tation of belng 2 ‘type''of efiiclent but blunt, bureaucratic ~executive. He was a major of aftillery #n the war. s (i AL Chancellor Streserant's speeth waa malnly a cursory review of events since the abandonment of passive res sistance, and he frankly discyssed the crisis of the past week. He made no precise allusion to the resurrected four party sovernment's immediate program or the extent to wWhich he proposed to apply the authorization law for which he has been seeking parliament’s approval. At the concluston, his speech, which, apparently, proved a severe physical strain on the chancellor, the reichstag voted to adjourn until Monday, when all the parties will announce their indiviiduel attitude on the govern- ment's proposed seml-dictatorial measures. The conspicuously artifi- cial termination of the past week's crisls leaves the parliamentary situa- tion in a complete state of uncertain- ty, éspeclally with regard to the joint productive actlvity of the four coali- tion parties, . each of ‘which bears scars of the. five diys of partisan re- criminations, which would hardly scem to vouchsafe harmonious co- operation. FRENCH FEAR GERMANY. S | Light Breaks Showing Trend To-: ward Monarchy Again. By Cable to The Star and New York Tribune. Copyright, 1923. PARIS, October 6.—High pessimism reigng here as a resuit of the Ger-| man situation. The French interpre- tation of what is now going on in Germany is that it is nothing more | than another chapter in the evolu-| tionary offensive directed against the | treaty of Versailles. Chauvinism is; triumphing graduaily and 1t is lib-| erally_forecasted in Paris that the; reich republic will oon be a memory. Germany is rapidly swinging to: ward the right, there can be mno! doubt about that. Militarist or na- tionalist absolutism is what officlal France foresees emerging, and no one knows better than the French that this means more trouble. It is no secret to Europe that Erance .and Poincare' are extremely disappointea over the turn of political affairs across the Rhine, and it is now only hetf @ secret that the Ruhr, on which the premier has solidly maintained influence over parliament and dublic opinion until the present, miy prove the turning point against him now in domestio politics. I | | ‘Won French Applause, When Poincare orderea the Ruhr occupled; - it was' with the' idea of possibly forcing the Beslin, govern- ment into: #peedy exegution of its obligations. In other words, as the Eedd of the nationalist bloc in ‘the chamber, Poincare received the coun-! try's applause for his'intreptd into German ‘territory, ‘since wm{u average Frenchman it meant forcing Germany to divide in this way, shely- | ing the national horror-of a strong, though camouflaged, neighbor secret- ly preparing.a war of revenge.... To the Frenchman on'the street, the Ruhr became, 80 to speak, the bul- wark of French security. The fact | that resistance foiled the. forthcom- ing of a quantity of material from i Fm\moml IASB lowest, 45, at report on Entered as s post _office WALTON REVERSES POSTION BY CALL FOR EYTRR SESSON Oklahoma Governor Selects Date Six Days Ahead of One Members Fixed. ASKS LAW TO EXCLUDE SECRET MASKED BODIES Executive's Action Is Accepted as Challenge for Finish Fight on Impeachment. By the Assoclated Press. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., October 6. —A call for an extraordinary session of the state legislature on October 11 “for the purpose of the enactment of o law to protect the people from masked and lawless marauders and secret organiza- tions” was issued tonight by Gov. J. C. Walton. Simultaneously a statement was made public by Aldrich Blake, executive coun- selor, declaring that the “governor is ready” and that he is “eager to meet the legislature.” Accepted ns Challenge. The governor's action was accepted as a challenge for a finish fight with mem- bers of the legislature, who huve sought his impeachment, and his advisers made no effort to hide the fact that they were preparing for the attack. ‘The governor's call precedes by less than a week a session summoned by a majority of the members of the lower house for October 17, at which a general investigation of impeachable state offices would be made. The call indlcated that evidence ad- duced by military courts of inquiry throughout the state would be placed be- fore the legislature to support the ex- ecutive’s demand for ant! Ku Klux Klan legislation. May End Martial Law. Counselor Blake declared that “the call indicates that martial law will be lifted soon.” He declined to in- dicate details of any program that might look to that end. Statewlie martial law was declared three weeks ago.. tonight. “From Press to Home The Star i 60 emts’ per and ‘service WASHINGTON, D. O, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1923. —NINETY-EIGHT PAGES. - = MIND NUMBED BY SPEED, 15,000 SEEG. U. | BOW TO MARINES f Stirring Scenes Mark Annual Battle Held at Grif- fith Stadium. Cheers, music, parades and sall the fanfare that usually accompanies col- lege gridiron struggles were in evi- dence yesterday at Clark Grifith's ! stadium when Georgetown University |and Quantico Marine foot ball teams ! met in annual conflict and when the | tormer went down to defeat, 14 to 3. | The business-like uniforms of Uncle {Sam's sea. soldlers, —the lup-to-the- TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—36 Pages. General News—Local, National, Foreign. Natlonal Political Survey—Pages 3 and 4. 8chools and Colleges—Pages 20 and 21. Notes of Arts and Artiste—Page 27. Radlo News and Gossip—Page 30. Serlal, “The Double Chance”—Page 31. Parent.Teacher Activities—Page 32. At the Community Centers—Page 33. Financial News—Pages 34 and 35. i | PART TWO0—16 Pages. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Soclety, Tales of Well Known Folks—Page 11. Girls and Their Affairs—Page 15. News of the Clubs—Page 15. Girl Scout News—Page 15. PART THREE—12 Pages, Amusements—Theaters and_the Photo. play. | Music In Washington—Page 4. Motors and Motoring—Pages 5 to 9. News of the Jéwish World—Page 9. Gov. Walton; In & statement to the ) minute attire of the college youths.! Fraternities—Page 10. Associated Press, declared that he “wanted: t@ make it plain -ithat /ne [OF the collegs yeuths'.ifemmes.” to, effort will be made to hinder in any WAY-ARY. attempt by- the members “It has beent sald in some quarters that I would try to prevent impeach- ment action,” the executive sald. “I want to deny that emphatically. I am ready to defend my every act and 1 court the investigation of my office. ! I have nothing to fear and the only fight I will make will be to see that the truth-is told.” “The governor isiready,” Mr. Blake declared: At 1 the record of the military courts is complete. - He has ‘at mno time exceeded his con- powers. - He is not only willing, but eager to meet the legis- lature. He awaits the verdict with complacency, eatisfled that he has done no wrong and confident that within the next sixty days the Ku Klux Klan will be destroyed.” Fheem T s STATUS IS SETTLED FOR WOMAN BUREAU Oyster Refuses Reopening of Mat- ter After Hearing Plea of Mrs. Van Winkle. Lieut. Mina C. Van Winkle, head of the woman's bureau of the police department, yesterday afternoon ap- pealed to Commissioner Oyster to re- constder ‘the- action taken Friday, when: the.board of Commissioners ap- praved .a séction in the new police manual gIving the woman's bureau the status of a police precinct. The Commissioner indicated, fol- lowing the conference, that he +ould not reopen the question. URY: PARK IS SWEPT BY FIRE RAZING 4 HOTELS Several Btores and Outdoor The- ater Also in Buins as Water - Front Block Goes, ASBURY PARK; N.-J.,-O¢tober 6.— Four hotels, a number of stores and an open-alr theatér wefe in ruins to- night s the result of a fire that wiped out an entire watérfront block. Two men were feported missing in the Bristol Hotel, where the fire started. . All the hotels were closed for the season, and.uo guests were in them. - ~ Bgsides the Bristol, the Keswick, Victorla and ‘Edgemers hotels were burned. to the ground. All were of frame condtruction. Fire apparatus from gurrounding towns was called to fight the flames. WOMAN'S BODY BEACHED, Victim Believed to Be Mrs. , - Parker of Detroit. WINDSOR, s Ont, October 6.—A woman’s body, belleved to be that of Mrs. A, M. Parker of Detrolt, was washed ashore today at Stoney Point on Lake St. Clair, Mrs. Parker, her land the more flamboyant. costuming say nothing of the brilliant raiment jof falr. ones accompanylng . the. Marines, made . the stand ' jammed -yfu,sm& pegple & colortul -spece tacle. 3 ‘The throng began filtering into the stadlum long before 1 o'clock and at 1:30 eager foot ball fans were ar- Lriving in droves. The Georgetown | rooters, almost all students at the University, preceded by a band that blarea familiar college songs, were among the first of the. large contin- gents to appear upon the scene. As s00n as they, were seated, their cheer leaders unlimbered and quickly had the stands rocking with lusty yells. Seen by Large Crowd. Shortly after 2 o'clock the grand- stand was well fllled, except for a {blg gap in that portlon along the center side of the fleld opposite the Georgetown delegation. This was re- sorved for the Marine brigade that had camped over night at Camp Melggs on Florida avenue. These soon arrived, led by ten massed bands sounding martial ma- sic that brought the entire assem- | blage to its feet. Uncle Sam's Devil | Dogs, or Leathernecks—call them what you may—as they swung on the field from the northeast entrance were cheered loudly. The Fifta Reg- iment Band led the way in khakl at- tirement, sending forth the tamous (Conlinued on Page 8, Column 2.) D. C. DEFIANCE STIR v MIP.K PRODUOERS‘ Distributors Denounced. at Freder- ,ick, Alleging Broker Fees ' and Making Threats. i Special Dispatch to The Star. 'a meeting here yesterday, which threatened at times to break up-in rloting, two Washington ‘milk dis. tributors, Henry N. Brawner of the Chestnut Farms Dairy and “William A Simpson of the Walker Hill Dairy, reiterated their ‘détermination not to deal with the Marylahd and:Virginia Milk_ Producers’ - Association.’ - ‘The meeting, ' which - was < held. /in' “the | courthouse, was attended by-probably | 500-dairymen and farmérs.. -+ " When the two distributors, through {their spokesmen, E. C.-Brandenburg and M: E. O'Brien, Washington; de- (clared that brokerage was charged {by the producers without bemefting farmers, a number of men leaped to their feet and _dnnou}lufl the speak- ers, pledging’ thelr. “support. to.the association. * The Washington distributors de- olared .they would mot recognise the association and would not agree to the pooling of milk. ‘If it was neces- sary, they declared, they would open up new dairy territorfes at York, Pa., and in Virginia> The M‘Mbll:o(r- sald they paid dairymen of Frederick county $1,000,000. for milk. The Producers' . Association ‘was Army dnd Navy News—Page 10. Boyst and Qirls’ Pagh—Pags 11, ° Around the City—Page 11. | The Civilian Army—Page 12. - Spanish War Yeterana—Page 12. = PART FOUR—4 Pages. Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—S Pages. Magazine Section—Features and Fiction. PART SIX—10 Pages. Classified Advertising. Vaterans of the Great War—Page 9. Reviews of New Books—Page D. C. National Guard—Page 9. GRAPHIC SECTION—3 Pages. World Events in Pictures. COMIC SECTION. Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers Mr. and M ORIENTAL REVENGE BLAMED IN SLAYING Body Mystery Bears All' Earmarks- of Turkey or Arabia. 7 Betty; i Headless By the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH, Pa., October 6.— With the identification ¢’ the head- less body found Wednesday in a bathhouse along the Monorngahels river s that of Charles “Chuck” Mc- Gregor, twenty-ohe, today began the task of attempting to unravel what they belleve has the aspects of an oriental mystery. Ad- mitting that they were without the semblance of a clue, an effort was belng made to trace McGregor's movements since he left Kittanning, ! sible motive. Difficulty was expeoted \to be-en- countered because of what James H. MoGregor, the victim's father, who identified the body today, termed his son’s “roving disposition.” Inquiries will first be made at Detroit, whére McGregor ‘was reported: to have been located about three ‘months ago, but 1detectives @dmitted that they lacked definite information . as to his ad- dress or acquaintances in that eity. ‘While detectives declared that any motive advanced at this stage of the investigation would:-be mere conjec- ture, they were viéwing favorably the theory of “oriental veggeance.” They safd they had learned“there is a tribal custom in Turkey, Syria and Arabia for male members of a family to swedr vengeance on any man for certain causes. Whenever possible the marked man is stripped before 6r after death and the head severed, aecording: to ' the custom related by detectives, and ‘then'as 'a mark’ of disrespect the ; head. is' buried in: a shallow hole where'it can’easily be found. 4 Sk S That reported oustom, ; detectives pointed out, wouid dovetall -exactly city ~ detectives PLAN SCHOOL TOUR FOR BUDGET CHIEFS Officials to Impress Need of Funds Upon Bureau by Showing, Defects. Determined to impress upon the bu- reau of the budget the serious situa- {tion confronting the District public {school system because of lack of | funds, with particular emphasis upon overcrowded conditions in some of Washington's antiquated and poorly lighted schools, District government and schoot officlals tomorrow 'will take representatives of ihe budget i bureau on & tour of inspection of the school system. Schools in: wirtuaily ali-thirteen “{ afvisions where the sitnation is most serifous will be visited by the in- spedtion party, which will' leave fhe administration headqhiasters of . the scheol system at the Franklin Schoel at 9 o'clock. The itinerary is being mapped out' by Superintendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou. Trip te Show Needs, A personal investigation of - the achools, the officials believe, will con- vince the budget bureau representa- cannot be provided If the school esti- mates for the next fiscal year are trimmed. A similar trip was mede last year prior to the budget bureau’s hearings on the school estimates, and the results were satisfactory to the school offictals. The inspection party will be com- posed of Capt. Redmond D. Stephen: assistant chief of the budget bureau, who is directly in charge of the Dis- trict’s estimates; E. Kennedy, budget bureau Investigator; District En- | sineer Commissioner J. Franklin Bell, |Assistant Engineer Commissioner John E. Wood, Ernest Greenwood, vice president. of the board of edu- cation, and Dr. - Ballou. Ballon to Give Fucts. During the survey, Supt. Ballou will familialze the budget bureau officials with his plans for extending the! junior high school ‘system which will ultimately result in a complete .6-3-3 ; system of education in the Washing- ton public schools. The euperintend- ent also will-explain how the J\lniorl high schools afford relief to the senior high schools as well as to tI elementary echools. That the Washington achool bulld- ing situation is driftins, toward an impasse from which a miracle alone can extricate it is a warning received yesterday . by, Capt: Jullus I Peyser, ! president of the Public Scho8l Asso- clation, In a special report prepared by the state of Delaware, which fur- nishes an interesting comparison be- tween the school program in that FREDERICK, Md., October 6.—At!pa, last March in search of a pos- |state and in the District. - Delaware's Fime Record. In two years Delaware has built 101 school houses, organized 160 par- ent - teacher assoclétions, installed many modern educational features jand for actlvity- &nd enterpri j{dwarted the work of many ‘cities with maly times the population. ‘With a population of about hslf that of Washington for the. entf Delaware, the report shows, (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) PRESIDENT IS HOS ON THE MAYFLOWER RBHIR I0AT Guests on Six-Hour Outing Praviaant oo of- party feft the navy ydfd in the early H tives of: the imperative needs whlch[ | more sympathy and D.C.F LYER WINS AIR RACE)| Lieut, A: J. Williams Flys 243.67 Miles an Hour; Other. Places Won by Capital Pilots. BY FRED R, NEELY. Staf? Correspondent of The Star, LOUIS FLYING FIELD, St Louis County, Mo., October 6.~On the broad shoulders of Lieut. A. J. (Al) Williamg' of ‘the naval air statlon, Anacostia, D.,C., tonight rests th most remarkable airplane ‘speed achlévement known to mankind— 243.67 ‘miles per hour for a closed ceurse measuring 124.27 miles. The Pulitzer trophy, carrying in addition cash prizes amgunting to $4,000, is in the hands of three airplane pilots, all from the Washington stati, the United States again h: the world the leadership in this most thrilling and most dangerous sport— airplane racing. Close on the tail of the speed pilot of the world was Lieut. Harold J. Bfow, also of Anacostia, and third, Lieut. Lawson H. Sanderson, Marine Montreal Throngs Present Flowers as Lloyd George Arrives. P2 By the Assoclated Press. MONTREAL, October 6—Lloyd George, war-time premler of Great Britain, received a tumultous recep- tion on his arrival in Montreal at 9:15 o'clock tgnight. for & visit of two days. He was greoted by great throngs who cheered, while young woman members of Welsh societies in cos- tume presented him with flowers. Mayor Mederic Martin headed an official reception committee, while the famous Grenadier Guards Band played martial music. { Mr. Lloyd George later was es- corted from' the station to the Mount Royal Hotel, where he will make his headuarters during the stay. TRIP LIXE CAMPAIGNING. By the Ausociated Prese. . > ON BOARD LLOYD GEORGES SPECIAL TRAIN, BURLINGTON, Vt., October 6.--Swinging through - the valleys of the Hudson and the Mohawk and across Vermont, in a country rich /in the history of BEritish and Ameri- can arms, Lloyd George, war-time premier of Great Britain, began today a speaking tour of Canada and the United States 'under- circumstances which bore much of the touch of an American political campaign. Cross- ing the international border at Rouses Point, the -distingulehed: visitor w38 due to reach Montreal this evening, for & two-day program, which will in- clude his fitst formal address of the tour. Although desirous of avolding any discussion of current political ques tions on @ trip undertaken’ primarily to fulfill many promises to visit the American continent, Lloyd George was received everywhere with the iny terest and enthusiasm usually re- served for- active political candidates. He was Introduced from thé rear platform of his private car as “a statesman who belongs to all the world,” cheered loudly and repeatedly as ! rounded by hundreds eager to shake his hand. There was much of the Rooseveltian in the manner and the reaction his personality had upon the people. “Like Election Campaign.” At every stop hundreds and some- | times thousands exténded a cordial greeting, until Mr. Lloyd George him- solf remarked that “this-is like an election campalgn.” Prominent in his audfences wére men and women who showed by thelr accent thelr !Irish origin, and notably world war | !Veterans who grasped the former premier’s hand and recelved & Kindly word of greeting. Organizations of Welshmen, spme- times accompanied by brass bands and by giee clubs, were invariably prese) and “Man of Harlech” was |the gla. Welch song with which they invaridbly greeted him. “That ‘was- written,’ Lloyd George remarked, “bfore .Christopher Co- Jumbus'started'to sall for America.” Plainly ple: by the evidences of goodwill, the wartime premfer ad- dressed the crowd, and leaned over | ‘the car-platform to grasp the’ n,lnn_atelsec, Glad to Know imerioans. He was glad to know, he declured to his American ‘audiences, “some- thing of a part of the people-who have established forever the prin- \clples of freedom and human lo- erty.” - “Always,” he said, rnh > “I have received ‘support from America in the struggle 1 have put ‘up to-establish democratic nrhlml,::. than ‘from-any other people in the It has been like an- electric currént coming across the Atlantic to [ give strength to.my erm.” f‘!v:ur, in’ conversstion with news- paper; mepn. accompanying him, Mr. ‘Lioyd Geéorge said that the welcome of the American people had touched him desply. ented by H. P. Pancoast of|With the'manner in which McGrégor's |afternoon and returned early In the | «¢ has been so warm and kindiy a Pugeellsville, Va.; ‘Washington, Thomas manager; | the Ruhr sufficlent to make the oo« [busband,'and Charles A. Gilligan, who | B. ‘Symons, Washington, .and John cupation a paying investment became| were passengers in a launch, which | McGill, county - agent of ' Frederick secondary. After elght months .of .this, the the Cuno . ministry—ostenta ho#- (Continued on Page &wmq!c»i., burned Wednesday, have besn miss- ing since. s sirplanes have participatéd, Nas been unsuccessfyl. .. . . county. They declared that the aseo. clation” had contracts with fafmers day'in Marylspd, Virginia and Weq } Stresemann government - suocéeded { - A sparch for their bodies, in whieh controlling 36,000 gallons of milk per | to shedlike ‘beach, with the head located s m-w. buried in O. A.-Jamison of| decapitated Body was found In & evening after a run down the Poto- ing room at the South Side bathing| The guests of the. President and go were Mrs. Arthur Cap- ¥, wite of the senator from Kansas;. ‘.. E. Gann, ot greeting,” ‘ho asid. ALBANY, Qctober. 6.—Tha N Y., part whi ot Martin H. Glyng, former Governer ot New York. played in thel shown | Corps, the respective speeds being 241.78 and 230.06 miles per hour. “It was the grandest trip I ever had,” remarked.Lieut. Willlams sev- eral minutes after he had landed on the fleld- and taxied over to the grandstand to receive the plaudits of True to his promise to the writer, made a few days ago, Lieut. Williams “gave her all “she had” and took a chance of lapsing |into unconsciousness. The entire voyage at the almost | 1igntning speed cannot be recounted iclearly tonight. There are a few hazy ideas here and there about cer- | tain parts of the trip and no memory of other events can be mustered up {at all. In other words, Lieut. Wil- |Hams lost consclousness part of the ! time. |_As his little Curtiss racer sang a {Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) | the crowd. TUMULTOUS CITY D, C. HEADS TO ASK GREETS EX-PREMIER, CAR MERGER AGAIN Decide to Submit Same Bill They Supported Last Year as Traction Remedy. ! The District Commissioners have decided to submit to the next Con- gress without change the same bill they supported last year for bringing about a merger of the street rallway linds. Although Maj. J. Franklin Bell, chairman of the Utilities Commission, was not on that body wher the mer- ger bill was drafted, he sald yester- day he did not expect to recémmend any changes in it. “I believe,” said Chatrman Bell last night, “that we stand a better chance of obtaining prompt action from Con- gress if we g0 back to them with the same: measure that has already been studied by the committee of the Senate and House.” : Commissioners Rudolph and Oyster |alno indicated yemtenday. that. they would not ‘seels to'revise the former merger bill. Provisions of Measure. The Commissioners’ bill authorizes the Washington Rallway and Electric and the Capital Traction compahies to consolidate first, after which the merged railway line would be at lib- erty to take in the Potomac Electric Power Company. One of the ‘obstacles ‘to merger in the past has been the fact that the earning power of the Capital Trac- tion Company is far greater than that of ita competitor. The bill seeks to eliminate this dif- ferential in income by having the city collect an excess profits tax from any company earning more than 6 per cent on its valuation. At present both rallway companies pay & tax of 4 per cent on gress earnings. The propesed bill. would abolish that tax and substitute a levy of 50 per cent of all income in ex- cess of 6 per cent on fair value and 75 per cent of all net Income in ex- cess of 7 per cent. Effect on Roads. | The W., R. and E., which earns less | than 6 per cent, would be relieved of the grand old man,” and Sur-|iaxation pending a merger, while the Capital Traction would have to turn into the city treasury a substantial portion of what it might earn in/| excess of 6 per cent. Settlement of the disputed valua- tions of the two car companies and the power company also must be effected before a merger can be hoped for, in the opinlon of persons familiar with the traction situstion. Officials of the companies point out that a consolidation 1s. not likely while a difference of opinion exists between the corporations and the commission as to the value of the several properties. % The principles are thé same, how- over, in all of the valuation suits, and. when the District Supreme Court succeeds, in disposing of the Potomac Electric Power tale the chances for a merger will be brighter. |SON-IN-LAW SUES CHEVY CHASE WOMAN +John B. Wilsen Asks $25,000 for Alleged Alienation of Wife's Affections. Special Dispateh to The Star. “ ROCKVILLE, Md., October 6.—Mrs. Ella Holland, prominent resident of Chevy Chase, is defendant in & suit for $25,000 damages filed in the cir- cuit court here by her son-in-law, John Raymond Wilson, who charges her with allenating the affections of Rhis wife, Mrs. Hazel H. Wilson. The plaintift_is represerited by Attorney John A. Garrett-of Rockville. The blll ‘sets forth that “on Sep- tember 18, at Chevy Chase, and at varfous other times and places, the defendant wrongfully, ‘unjustly and wickedly urged .the sald Hazel H. ‘Wilson to live apart from the plain- tif and. by threats rand promises cauged her t6 leavs and depart from the plaintifi’s home and to refuse to longer live with him.” The plaintift has been in the em- ploy of the Baltimore and Ohio Rall- iroad Company a long time. His mar- [ riage to .the defendant’s daughter mem !:&“v&v'qmfiron. . e~ w Within the Hour” |'delivmdw every evening and to Washington at menth. Telephone Main 5000 will start immediately. PRISON SIEGE ENDS IN DRAMATIC, DEATH OF DESPERATE TRID Guards Enter Bullet-Torn Covert Aftelj 81-Hour Battle to Find It Tomb. CONVICTS DEAD 2 DAYS, IS BELIEF OF OFFICIALS i Two Committed Suicide or Were Shot by Pal—Gas Attack Final Weapon. { By the Assoctated Press. WESTERN KENTUCKY STATE PENITENTIARY, via Paducah, Ky., October 6.—A storming party late today entered the mess hall fortress here, held by three convict murderers since Wednesday, when they killed three prison guards in a desperate bid for freedom—and found them dead. Indications were that the gunmen had been dead for at least thirty-six hours, two of them possibly for two days and nights. Entrance to the bullet-torn, two- story bullding was affected by a de~ tall of seven picked men, after the desperadoes’ stronghold had been flooded for an hour with ammonia fumés. Bodles of the convict-gunmen were found on the floor of the second story of the building. Monte Walters’ body was found near {the northwest wall with a bullet { wound through the head and horribly burned from a bursting rifie grenade, {Bodles of Lawrence Griffith and Harry Ferland, Walters' companions in_the spectacular “last stand,” stripped to the waist, were partly sheltered under a table against the wall on the north- west side. Powder-burned bullet wounds over the heart indicated the manner in which Grifith and Ferland died. Ferland's gun hand, stiff in death, still gripped a heavy caliber automatic pistol. . Ferland and Grifith's arms were folded as though the bodles had been arranged after death. These two jof the-desperate trio lost heart as hope of escape. diminished and com- mitted suicide to avold capture or | were slain by Walters, who then fell under the heavy fire from the beselg~ Norces. .- Prison physiclans salg Walters apparently was the last man to die. : Unaware of Deaths. Unaware of course, that all wem- bers of the gunman trio wer. dead, authorities in charge of the sige of the mess hall today obtainéd a supply of high proof ammopia from an ice company in Paducah. Under cover of metal shields, three pipe lines were lald to the building and for an hour this afternoon, the fumes were forced into the desperadoes’ bullet-torn covert, After a second hour had elapsed, during which besiegers waited for. ait currents to sweep the ammonia from the building, ' the storming party moved forward. Entrance was made at 5:06 o'clock and a moment later word flashed out that all the men | were dead. The barricaded mess hall was under siege of prison guards, more than half a hundred Kentucky Na- tional Guardsmen, made up of details trom guard companies at Hopkins- ville and Mayfield, and citizen marks-’ men, who volunteered their services scon after the outbreak, for elghty- one hours. - In duration of time the’ “siege of Eddyville” surpassed the three-day battle of Cettysburg, most he | | hotly contested engagement of t | eivil war. Four Guards Shot. The siege was begun after the des- peradoes, turned back by guards from a dash toward the main gate of the prison, took refuge in the mess hall early Wednesday. Four guards were wounded, three of them fatally, by" the oonvict - gunmen before they were driven into the mess hall. With the desperadoes safely corner- ed, the authorities launched attempts !to capture them and at the same time' !insure against further 'loss of lite: jand a minimum of damage to the state’'s property. Troop C, from the Hopkinsville Ma- {chine Gun Company, first was arderod to the scene by Gov. Edwin P. Mor- irow and later a detall of guardsmen {trom Mayfleld arrived to- provide guard relief for the beslegers. Lasted Four Days. Through four days and.three nights the roar of barrages of rifie and- ma~ chine gun fire rolled at intervals over {the Lyon county hills. Such a wither- ing hail of steel-jacketed bullets was sent smashing into_ the beleaguered building from the high-velocity wegpons of the beslegers that it seemed impos- sible the mess hall tenants could es- cape death. Warden John Chilton point- ed out, however, that huge brick and iron ovens and heavy metal dough mix- ing machines in the prison kitchen, located on the ground floor of the bar- ricaded bullding, would provide eafe shelter for the trlo from the attackers® ‘fire. During the first days of the slege prison officlals were confronted with en additional troublesome problem: in ‘prv- viding food for the other convicts fa the" penitentiary as all of the prison — food, stocks, as well as the kitchen equipment, was in the mess hall. The approximately 530 prisoners were on short rations of an emergency nature Wednesday and Thursday, but by Fri- Ray the feeding schedule 'had been reo- stored practically to normal - through importation of supplies from outside points ‘and use of the kitchen in the warden's quarters. ¢ Use. of Tear Gas. Early in the siege, after use of tear gas guns brought here by members of the, tear gas.squad of the.Louisville police ent ‘had been