Evening Star Newspaper, October 10, 1923, Page 1

Faif and aightly warmer ‘tonight and’ fomorrow; variable Wwinds. Temperature for (wenty-four ended at 2 pm, today: at noon today; lowest, 43, Full report on Page 2. gentle to: moderate hours ‘Highest, 65, at 7 am. * ClosingN. Y Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 f e — No. 29,016. post_ofiice Wa e POINGARE REFUSES REICHS PROPOSAL TORESTORE RUAR Sees More Hope of Collecting by Reaching Agreement With Industrialists. DEMANDS PROPOSITION COVERING WHOLE ISSUE! French Determined to Keep Seized Pledges, Ignoring German Proffers. France Foresees Ruhr Co-operation By Cable to Tho Star aad Philadelphia Public Ledger. (Copyright.) PARIS, October 10~The co- operation of Germany in the ndustrial exploitation of the Ruhr is now 4nevitable Frenek government suthor- ities thus sum up the aituation, éeapits the evemtualities of Stinnes’ - ul{imatum to Berlin om one hand nad strong Ba- varion opposition on the other. Unless the smoldering roy- alist movement in Bavaria rhould gain dominance of the reich, French officials now ap- timistically: declare that all in- dustrirlists in_ the Rubr bound te acecds to the French progrum of productive sanc- o There will he even m: mism if Chancellor Strexemann favorable remly to wltimatum for ind: 1 ifieation of Gurtrialints o their_co-opera The - French whether Stinnes is merely seek- ing_to protect hix “gang,” or makmg @ last-minute attempt to prevemt dismemhberment of Germany by formation of a series of Franco-Belgian-Ge: man contrects which wonld tend to organize the productive interests of the three coun- trien. At amy rate, tho day af piste reorgumization im the Ruhr is not far off. I — clated Press. PARIS, October 1.—Herr von Hoesch, tiie German charge d'affaires, called on Premier FPolncare today and of- fored the co-operation of the reich are osking toward the resumption 6f {hé necmal economic life of the Ruhr. Preimier Poincare replied that ingh. fuch as negotiations were in firog- ress in the Ruhr with groups of in- dustrialists and labor leaders, he did| not consider it advisable to begin further conversations on the same subject. He informed Herr veon Hoesch that when Germany was ready to make a proposition covering the entire reparations question he would be glad to consider it, “Acting under instructions from my | government,” Hert von Hoesch said atter his return to the German em- | “1 called upon Premier Poin- | bassy, care and-laid before him the proposi- tion of the reich’s desire to co-operate in the resumption of the economic life of the Ruhr and suggesting a meeting of Belgian, French and German gov- | ament representatives in the oc- cupied territory to discuss ways and means by which this could be ac complished. This proposal was re tused. 1 have no.comment to make.” con- tinued: the charge. “It is.dot for me to make comment. The-first part of my duty fs done. It ngW remains for me to inform my government that the French government #§ unwilling “to in- terfere With the nezotiations mow in in thet Ruh: cuss my proposal at this time, but fs_willing to examine in collaboration with _its_dlllex a German -proposition th the reparation question as Ruhr Needs Food. “ 1t was explaindd at the German em- bassy that the proposal was based on the fact thzt it was necessary to pro- vide work and foed for the Ruhr pop- ulation now that the pajyment of wages to the ynemployed by Berlin has been | stopped. and also to arrange’for. the resumption of deliveries in kind on reparation account. The surprise felt at the German em- bassy over the French refusal was ap. parent. Tt was remarked that Germany had complied with Premler Poincare's conditiol The Germans pointed to his promise that the French govern- ment would consider passive.resistance ended when Germany tevoked her or- dinances forbidding Intercourse by the Ruhr officials with the occupying au- thorities and’ when the Eerlin govern- ment-susnended. the paymént of wages to the unemployed. The Germans consider that both these conditions now have been ful- filled, but feel tifat the Ruhr question is apparently no further advanced to- ward a sojutlon. Will Keep Scizures. The purposs of Premler. Poincire, it was indicated in French circles, was to make it elear ‘to ‘the German charge hat the allies’ vere determined to carry through fl"lglr own program in the oc- cupied regitna withoyt the collaboration of the German goverfiment, ¢ The ‘French premier's pirpose is to keep the pledges seized free from: the interference of the Beriin. government until the essentials of the entire vepar- ation problem are settled and the pay- ments to the allies guaranteed. . His position is that the occupation of the Rubr was a penalty aj for default in the execution of "the treaty of “e"t.":i“ .‘rldh k‘l’;lnk Gerh"‘;(l‘g) has noth- ing to do w e met] of applyl “““ By i pplying t was explained at the foreign office that thepe was some fear that S Ber- lin goyernment might seek to complica the situation in the Rubr tn some wa: apd’ trade upon ‘it- even after the ces- sation. of passive resistance, byt that the French government and the Belgian overnment well were determined hat the -Ruhr question should be mo further entangled. . .. ¥ . GERMANY SPEEDS PLANS. Reich Leaders Confer With Indus- trialists. on Policy. . ~ 3 & By the Amociatid] “’;nu : ’ 5 BERLIN, ober Negotiations hetween members -of' the reich gov- and: regresentatives the Fntered as second-class that . it cannot | aatter shington, D. GIANTS TOP YANKS | BY A4-10:3 COUNT ATEND OF FOURTH Indian Summer Prevails for| Inaugural Contest of Title Games. | | | | | FANS GATHER AT GATES BEFORE BREAK OF DAY | | Many Kinds of Entertainment Are| ! Provided by Those Among | “Early-Bird” Throng. FACED. VANKEES. Witt, ef. Dugan, 3b. Ruth, R. Meuscl, I Pipp. 1b. Kelly; 1h. Gowdy, W Umipires — Evans, | Lengue, nt the plate; Hart, Na- tional League, third N 1in, Americ: agu base; O'Day, National Leagwe, firat hase. H i | By tie Associated Press. YANKEE STADI { October 10.—A swatfest seemed store for the more than 60,000 fans who packed the Yankee Stadium to- {day to witness the opening game of the world series. Both- Wateon and Hoyt, the starting | Pitchers of the Giants and Yankees, :respe!‘flvsly, were driven off the 1 mound before thrce innings had been : completed. Their shocs were filled by Ryan gnd Bush. It looked for a while as if the Yankees were going to have things pretty much their own way, they getting to Watson for a run in the first session and adding a pair in the second. Bob Meusel's double ac- | | counted for the pair of tallies in the | ! second session. i | | 1 Hoyt, who had looked good in the | first two sessions, met his Waterloo {in the third, when a pass, sngles | by Kelly and Bentley, a. thett of sec- Eond, Groh's triple and Frisch's sin- ! gle' netted four runs. Groh's three- bagger accounted for two tallies and he later seored.” s The piay in detail: FIRST INNING. a t flied out 48 Rl R e 20 bl pitched. Friseh forced Groh, Scott 10 ‘ard. ~ Frisch was out stealing, Schang to ward. No rune, one hit, no crrors. YANKEES—Wiit lined out to Bane { croft. Dugan got a base on balls. Ruth forced Dugan, Groh to Bancroft. RutH | scored on Meusel’s double into center. Pipp filed out to Meusel. One run, one hit, no errors, SECOND INNING. / GIANTS—Dugan threw out Young at first. Meusel fouled out to Pipp. | made a nice catch of Stengel's 1 No runs, no hits, no errors. YANKEES—Ward singled into _left | field. Schang singled into center field, | Ward going to second. Scott sacrificed | to Kelly, unassisted, Ward going to! | third "ana Schang {o second. Hoyt | struck out on three pitched balls. Ward and Schang scored on Witt's single into | center. Watson threw out Dugan. | Two runs, three hits, no errors. 1 THIRD INNING. GIANTS—Kelly singled into centef. { Cowdy got a base on balls., Bentley, ‘ batted for Watson and Magujre&mn’ for’ Gowdy. ~Bentley 'singled - intoWenter, { flling. _lhe bases. Gearin ran for; Bént- |ley. Kelly scored when Bancroft erced Gearin, Scott to Ward. Maguire went to third. . Bancroft stole second. Ma- < guire ‘and Bancroft scorcd on Groh's | three-bagger to right. Bush went into !'the box for the Yankees. Groh scored | forced Frizch, Scott to Ward. Young "!orccr Frisch, Scott to Ward. Young | was out stealing, Schang to Scott. 1‘ Four runs, four hits, no errors. ! YANKEES—Ryan went in the box for ‘the Glants and Snyder behind the {Uat. Ruth fiied out to R. Meusel, E. ! Meugel sent a high fiy to Stengel, "Pinp scratched a hit to Fritch. Ward fanned. No runs, one hit, no errors. FOURTH INNING. | GIANTS—Scott threw out E, Meusel {at first. Stengel walked. Kelly hit into a double, Scott to Ward to Pipp. No runs, no hits, no errors. 4 | YANKEEE—Schang ‘walked. Scott | struck out. Busi doudled into left, ] Schang going to third. Witt hit into a { peculiar_double play, Ryan to Groh ta | Frisch. - Witt was trving to make sec- | 01@ while Schang was being run down. No_runs, ‘one hit, no errors. . ! White hot-dog and cool-drink ven- | ders barled through the stands, the !fans got into the glamorous world { serfes atmosphere watching “Nick™ Altrock ~and Al Schacht. the high comedians of the dimaond, go through | their perennial stunts, and a few new { ones, including a boxing match in }pnmomimc. It was perfect “Indian | summer” weather—a bright sun t brought -out all the color and. dried { the playing fleld. and a cool atmot i phere that made for snappy play { a comfortable time watching it. Barly customers wore top coats, which were shed as the sun advanced to its dow: ward course, but white shirt fronts were not visible and not an elbow was In sight. ! l i f ! i | gram Ihign WASHINGTON, D. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1923—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. {SUN DECLARES WAR G ON TSAQ KUN RULE Asserts Latter Bought Presi- dency—Demands Punish- ment of Parliament. By the Amociated Press, SHANGHAL October 10.—Sun Yat- Sen, south: Chinese constitutionalist leader, has issued an open declaration of war against Tsao Kun, president- elect of China, according to a tele- received here from -Sun by|{ Wang Ching-Wel, his personal repre- sentative.. Sun sald: “I'have issued an order for the or- ganization of a punitive expedition against Tsao Kun and for the arrest ard punishment of all members of b A R O e Marshal Tuan Chi-Jul, Marshal Chang- Teo-Lin and Gen, Lu Yupg-Hsiang, nvitin em (0 join me o the sup: of Sun's dction seventy-fouf members of the Chinese Plrlllmtn( met. here today and repudiated the recent elec- tion of Tsao Kun on th ground that it was the ult of bribery Denounces Election. Sun Yat-Ben issued circulars de- nouncing the election immediately after it was held last Frid4y. Chang Tso-Lin issued a statemeni just be- fore the election ying “he would support it if it were fair and legal, but that he would oppose it “if an unqualified person™ were chosen. Lu Yung-Hsfang and Tugn Chi-Jul have not made public statements. A_ statement was issued at the headquarters in Canton of Dr. Sun saying that telegrams from all parts of China were urging him to assume the leadership of a nation-wide move- ment to oust Tsao. A lengthy meeting of Sun’'s “cabi- net” was held Monday, attended by military leaders and leading civil officials, at which it was de- cided to address a manifesto to for- eign powers denouncing the-election. ‘The manifesto was issued yesterday and handed to Sir'J. V. Jamieson of Great Britain,;senlor consul bere, and communicated ’to, the " diplomatic corps at Peking. “There have been many sordid transactions in _history, ‘but* none equals the shamefulness of this latest attempt to seize power,” the mani- festo declares. 0 _people who tamely acquiesce to such an act can have the right to live as a_self-respecting nation. The Chinese people as a_ whole regard the election of Tsao Kun an act of usurpation and treason which must be resisted and punished. “The people are determined to find concrete expression in a national government the formation of which is now being worked out by ‘Tepre- sentative leaders of the nation. $30,000 FRAUD CHARGED. New York Salesman Held for Stock Swindle in Georgia. NEW YORK, October 10.—Samuel W. Glover, a stock ‘salesman,’was ar- rested - today for an alleged stock swindle in Albany. involving $30,000. v CASHIER PLEADS GUILTY. Dayton, Ohio, Man Waits Penalty in $306,000 El_nbenlanunt. CINCINNATI, Ohio, October 10.— Frederick ‘W. Hecht, former .cashjer of the American National Bank at Dayton, Ohio, pifaded guifty in Unitea Stafes district court here to- day to an indictment charging him with-having cmbezzled $306,000 of the funds of the bank. Sentence -will be pronot in the da; ~ unced Tater | Sues for Full Official Value ‘The American Express Company is named as defendant in a suit to recover $5.240,400 filed today In the Supreme’ Court of ‘the District of Columbia. ‘The plaintiff is Walter Holland, a local attorney, who last August purchased from the com- /pany two money orders, payable in' German ‘marks. One ,of the money ‘orders is for 20,000,001 marks and the other for 2,000,000 marks. The company has not pald him, the plaintiff says, and he asks the court to-award him judgment for 'what he claims. is the I value ‘of the, marks i _Amrf&‘nl joey. " . t - Binoe-1813:2r, Hollaad. saye:the- | Of 22,000,000-Mark Purchase value of forelgn.money has (been: fixed by law and is not governed by the fluctuations’of Wall street. Under a statement of the valye of el e et S easury. . 1’-'? nlln‘. ‘uhtsoe:;;;ry.‘ ~ .|n|;'thl mark: 238 ‘o and - Mr. Hnlll:.fln fif‘:,llal“ 1! since the company. not de- u the »vg‘-rkc‘:- as called® for by his mpney orders it-must pay him the value of the German mon accoring o (e Agung: o the reas As mfid\ m priced at 23 cents plus the lawyer claims, that for his - 2,000,000-mark _order - he +should ‘have $476,400, and:for his 20,6 the sum of, i e B shu_uig,:,;p. % % L8 e uakes Lasting More Than Hour Recorded Here By the Associated Press. Earth tremors of pronounced in- tensity were recorded early today on the seismograph at the George- town University observatory. Be- ginning at 2:30 am., the tremors reached a maximum _intensity about thirty 'minutes later and continued until 3:48 a.m. Director Tondorf of the observa- tory estimated the center of the disturbance to be 3,500 miles dis- tant from Washington, apparent- 1y in a southerly direction. WALTONWILL QUIT IFKLAN IS BANNED Goverror Would Abdigation for Bill Pro- hibiting Masks. By the Associated Pres OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. October 10—Gov. J. C. Walton, after nine months as chief executive. stands ready to abdicate in order, to bring to a successful close his war on the Ku Kilux Klan in Oklahoma. Climaxing the whirl of spectaculgr maneuvers and counter-maneuvers ! between opposing forces in the tu- multuous factional battle which has been waged during the last month, the governor last night offered to compromise with members of the state legislature, bent on jmpeach- ing him. by resigning. His only con- dition was that the law-makers first pass his bill designed to unmask the Klan and curb mob violence. “Now we will see who is sincere declared Aldrich Blake, the executive counselor, in’ making public the gov- "ernor’sjterms. “The next move is up to the Klan.” House Still Defiant. Leaders of a majority of the lower house, hlready gathering here for the extra session tomorrow of the legis- lature, retorted that the governor's offer would not affact their intention to inquire. into impeachment charges before proceeding with the proposed anti-Klan_legislation. ~ * Gov. Walton asserted he would de- vise other means to combat “this or- ganization of masked marauders” if hie proposal is not accented. The zovernor's bill is said to be modeled, in part, after a Tennessee statute. . Tt would compel all secret organizations to file their rosters with constituted civil authorities and pro- hibit the wearing of masks in public. Economic. and school organizations would be excepted. One-Man Army. Tke mobile strength of Oklahoma's “army of Joccupation”. is. announced by a high officer of the National Guard as “one buck private,” Upon his shoulders alone. the guard officer said, rested the burden of enforcing mar- tial Jaw over the 2,028,293 residents of .Oklahoma. & *“Operations of thé army,” the guard continued, “are directed by three of- ficers still in, the fleld. With the ex- ception of ;these four men, the uni- form of the' Oklahoma National Guard 18 no longer seen outside the head- Quarters of tie.adjutint general here: Representative W. D. McBee of Ste- phens county, active in the impeach- ment MOV nt ‘against Gov. J. C. Walton, ‘has been chosen speaker of the houge fof ithe'oxtry seanlon of the ninth legislature which will open to- morrow. The ahnouncement said that while no' caucus yet has been held, the majority of house members who sign- ed-the original call for an investiga- tion ‘of the official copduct of the ex- ecutive are at one in their choice of Mr. McBee as their presiding officer. BARN IS DYNAMITED. Building Blown Up Near Snow " Hill, Md. % By the Associated Press. . . USNOW HILL, Md.,, October 10.—The barn of Patrolman Sylvester Messick, #ctive in the prosecution of: boot-] eggers at Pocomoke City, was dyna- mited today. ‘No one was injured, hut numerous windows in the vicinity were broken by the force of the blast. Nothing of value was stored in the barn and no animals were quarierat ‘there.. 2 h o 3 u:’h‘:ru;::a hm that the nm; men! ™ ithe ;parsonage of the Rev. J. R, Bickering at Poconioke, ty last August were concerned In the.a. iting. ofthe Messick .barn ‘Mr. Bickering has- been prominent of bootleggers in ip-the prosecution -community, DYNAMITE WRECKS DRY AGENT'S HOME Wife Dug From Ruins After Hour’s Hard Work—Recalls Bootleggers’ Threats. By the Associated Press STEUBENVILLE, Ohio, October 10. |—The Wome of Charles Pearce, thir | ty-six, prohibition enforcement offcer at Smithfleld, Ohio, west of here, was blown up today by dynamite. Pearce, his wife and baby escaped serious injury. The, blast partially wrecked the city hall opposite the Pearce home, the Spragg restaurant, the home of Mrs, Mary Merryman, and broke win- dows in threescore residences, yn; 3 ander. A oF PR et Nt e structure, and-it collapsed-inward; the walls and roof falling into the entegn-month-old baby, wers throws into the cellar with the debris s Wife From Ruins. Pearce extricated himself, rescuee his baby, and. then, with the aid of [ neighbors, .dug .his wife from the {ruins after an hour's hard work. The {baby was cut ana bruised. Mrs Pearce had her back injured and suf- tered greatly from shock. Mrs, Merryman's home adjoining was 80 badly wrecked that the aged lady. who had been seriously ill, had to be removed from the totterin, structure with ladders to the secon floor. The damage caused by the ex- plosion is estimated in excess of $20.000. Miners en route to work claim to have seen four strangers standing at a corner near the Pearce home, and others report they saw an automobile with several man passengers leaving the town at a high rate of speed shortly before the blast. Got Bootleggers’ Threa: Sherifft Ed. Lucas and deputies ‘of Jefterson county are working on the thedry that liquor law violators pros- ecuted by Pearce were responsible for the outrage, and, according to latest reports, are seeking suspects at Piney Fork, 2 mining town near Smithfield. Pearce claims he has received no threatening letters, but has been openly threatened by bootleggers ar- rested recently. | |ZR-1 FLIGHT SHIFTED BY DENBY’S ILLNESS | Dirigible to: Take- Secretary -and Wife to New York in Debut of “Shenandoah.” By the Associated Pre LAKEHURST, N. J., October 10,— The ZR-1, to be christened the Shen- andoah at the naval air station today, will make her first flight under her new name at 4 o'clock, when the dirigible Wil be placed at the dis- posal of Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Denby. Original - plans under which the Shenandoah was to leave for Wash- ington with Secretary.and Mrs. Denby, shortly . after the christening cere- monies were changed when it was announced that Secretary Denby would go from Lakehurst to New York. for a minor operation. Commander Weverbacher said last night that' the flight this afternoon would likely be in the immediate vicinity of Lakehurst, but that the destination and. extent of the trip would be for,Secretary Denby to de- cide. . Secretary and Mrs. Denby will ar- Tive at 1245, At 2'the dirigible will be christened by Mrs. Denby. Among the distinguished guests will be Ad- miral Moffett, chief of the bureau of aeronautics, and Admiral Scales. com- mbnder of battleship division five of the Atlantic fleet. g /, Secretary Denby’s operation tomor- row-will-be performed" at the Ortho. pedic_Hospital in New: Work, for a ‘strained tendon M his-leg. Secretary Denby. - suffered the -injury in Mich- igan last weelk, and itfailed to heal properly.. Tpe operation is not con- sidered serious. LANDSLIDE HITS HOSPITAL." : PANAMA, Qctober : 10.—A _heavy rainfall ye ! landslide at.Ancon Hill, which did considerable damage to the: Ancon. Hospital build- ings. - The isolation ward:-was burled under, fons. of earth;. but none of the patienits was njured. No damage to the canal has been r ed. UNION OF ARMY AND NAVY | OPPOSED BY JOINT BOARD| President May Be Told Uniting Depa “From Press to Home The Star’s carrier system cdvers every city block and the regular edi- tion is deliv as fast as t! Within the Hour” ered to Washington homes he papers are printed. i | ! | Yesterday’s Circulation, 92,589 TWO CENTS. ri- ments Would Impair Mobility and Efficiency, Despite Economy. An adverse report will be sub. mitted to President Coolidge by the joint board, composed of high offi- cers of the Army and Navy, it its opinion is asked upon the proposed amalgamation of the War and Navy departments into a department of national defense. Such a consolida- tion is contemplated.in the plan for reorganizing the federal departments, which is expected to be laid before the cabinet shortly. Informal consideration of the pro. posal was said officially today to have convinced members of the board tha while it might make for some econ- omy in expenses, there would'be 2 material sacrifice of mobility, and therefore of efficiency. Time Element Vital. Since the “time” element is consid | ered by both Army and Navy experts | 1o be a vital factor in any scheme of national defense, it was added, any 'YOUTH, ON BICYCLE, KILLED BY TRUCK Crashes Into Vehicle While Riding at 13th and Wal- lach Streets. Seventeen-year-old Irving Coffey of 452 M street, collector for the Vacuette Sales Company, was in- stantly killed today when his bicycle and a truck of the Southeastern Ex- i Wallach streets, just below U street northwest. The electric truck had come from the south and w: turning into the side street westwardly, while the boy was approaching from the north ‘when the collision occured. The front wheel of the bicycle was smashed and the boy fell tb the ground with his head in the pathway of the huge rear wheel. The right rear wheel of the truck passed over the boy's head, causing almost instant death. C. E. Taylor of 67 L street north- east, the operator of the truck, went to the th precipet immediately atter the % teld polige e could not unde how 0y pould mot have Seen the large truck. Tayioe sald that the front wheels of the truck a o e acciden bad already ifi?& ond the limits of the 13th street roadway and were on Wallach street, 4nd that in order to_collide the boy must have been riding very. close to the curb. Father Uninformed. When police-of the second precinct went ta the home of the boy to no- tify relatives, it was discovered that his father was James Coffey, em ployed at present in Leesburg, Va., by the Washington and Old Dominion raflway. An: effort to communicate with him at the Virginia city was be- ing made early this afternoon. Irving Coffey’s mother is dead. His sister Lillian, about twenty years of age. an employe of a local department store, has taken her place since her death. It was she who had been caring for Irving and his nine- year-old schoolboy brother since the father was sent to the out-of-town position some weeks ago. The fam- ily originally came here from Kansas City. Mo, where Irving was edu- cated in the public schools. Sister Is Notified. Miss Coffey was at work when notified of the fatal accident. Shock resulted in a serious nervous condi- tion in her case. The body of the boy was taken to the District morgue in the patrol of the eighth precinct, where an official of the company employing Irving established the positive identification. An inquest probably will be held to- morrow. ACCUSED SLAYER ADMITS IDENTITY Recaptured Following Escape Negro Charged With Three Murders Is Arraigned. Herbert L. Copeland, colored, charged 'with the murder of Police Lieut. David J. Dunigan, ‘Policeman John Conrad and Deputy Sheriff Mc- Partland of Maryland May 21, 1918, today : admitted ‘his - identity, when brought before ~Justice' Bailey ‘in Criminal Division 1. Copeland es- caped from the District jafl April 21, 1919, and was ‘captured at Akrom, Ohio, last July. ‘The prisoner had cortinued to deny his identity to’jail officials and had clainted that he was Love Golden, the {name under whigh he was employed in the Ohio town. Although officials of the jail and others were sure he was the escaped prisoner, Copeland steadfastly insisted he was Golden. Replies in Afirmative. Copeland was brought to court to have Counsel assigned today. Jus- tice Bailey inquired: “Is this Herbert L. Copeland?” The prisoner replied, “Yes, sir, this is Copeland.” The. accused then asked ‘to have counsel- assigned -and requested per- mission to submit nameg ot lawyers that he would like to—Tave.. The court granted the permisalon, but did not bind himself. to name any of those suggested by the prisoner. Copeland Handcuffed. CBpeland was brought from the jai} this morning in the new .van in com- pany. with about a dozen other pris- oners. Deputy Marshal Ceremile had with i m Detective Sergeants Kelly and Scrivener, and took ‘the precau- tion of handcuffing Copeland bétween two other prisoners. In'the celiroom of ‘the courthouse he was gllowed in the room ;mh o{ne: Drl":’i"" but ‘watch was Kept upon him. S Ceintant. United . States Attorney Emeragn, who will conduct the prose- cution, expects to #6t the case for an early. press Company collided at 13th ‘and | move which would decrease the op- portunity for early victory iu a strug- gle will have their united opposition. The joint_board at present includes Gen. John J, Pershing, chief of staff: Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, deputy chief of staff; Maj. Gen. B. H. Wells, chief of the Army war plans division; Ad- miral E. W. Bberle, chief of naval operations; Rear Admiral R. H. Jack- son, assistant chief, and Rear-Ad- miral W. R. Shoemaker, director of war plans in the Navy Department. Parallel in Washington’s Day, The proposed consolidation was said to have almost an exact parallel in the project put forward during Pres- ident Washington’s administration, when responsibility for the Navy was vested in the War Department. The result was so unsatisfactory, accord- |ing to a study made for the joint | board, that in 1798 a committee of commended that the con- be disc inued, and the y of War concurred, recom- separation of the two ments. CURB ON POLITIGS } " BY POSTMASTERS !New Tells Convention Here Meetings in 1924 Banned to Avoid Suspicion. | n e | | | Postmaster General New today voiced his determination to keep the Post Office Department absolutely tree from politics next year during the national elections in an address welcoming first and second class { postmasters of the country, who opened the twenty-third annual con- vention of the National Association of Postmasters at the New National Museum. Announcing the discontinuance next year of the postal conference conventions of postal workers, which have been held during the past year, the Postmaster General declared that if the gatherings of workers were held “during tho national elections motives would be ascribed to the de partment which no officials had in mind. Resume Meetings Later. “1 am going to keep the Post Office Bepartment ‘abrolutely free from stis-| picion of being involved in politics, Postmaster General New said. He stated that after the electiofie he would recommend, it still Postmaster General, that the conference conven- tions be_resumed. Maj. J. Frankiin Bell. Engineer Commissioner of the District, wel- ccmed the postmasters to Washing- tor. The invocation was given by Rey. Bernard Braskamp, pastor of the Gunton Temple Memorial Presby- terian_Church. Mr. New predicted that within ten years the business of the postal serv- ice will be considerably more thana billion dollars. “The Post Office De- partment is going to be a billion- dollar department.” he declared. “That will come within ten years, at the rate we are going.” Sees Future Profit. Mr. New said that he believed that by 1925, provided there are no un- usual changes made in the expenses of the department, the department “will be more than self-sustaining.” The deficit of the department will be not more than $31,000,000 this year, A decrease of $36,000,000 from last year, Mr. New said. The Postmaster General received an ovation when he arose to speak. Ad- dressing the delegates as “my fellpw postmasters,” Mr. New said that fhe past year has been probably the bus- iest in the life of any postmaster present, due to the great growth of the postal pusiness. The work has been difficult, he pointed out, because, while the postal sceipts have increased 10 per cent, noting increased business through- out the country, the increase in per- sonnel of the postal service has been but 2 per cent in clerks and less than that In letter carriers. Puts Service First. “It is up to you,” Mr. New said to the postmasters, “to see that the pub- lic gets the service which it has a right to expect. A breakdown in the postal service is altogether unthink- able and would be intolerable” The postal service, he continued, is prob- ably the one business in the world that can never stop, and the progress of the country is to be measured by postal receipts and the volume of mail matter carried. The Postmaster General then pre- sented to the convention his four a: sistants—John H. Bartlett, first sistant postmaster general; Paul Hen- derson, second assistant; W. Irving Glover, third assistant, and Harry H. Billany, fourth assistant. . Postmaster Frank J. Bock. of New- ark, N..J.. preaflent of the national | asspciation, commended the Post Off- ce Department for the nation-wide weighing of mail matter now under way. to ascertain the actual cost of the handling of the mails. WIll Visit Coolidge. Work of first and second class postmasters is being discussed by Mr. Bartlett, John B. Mullan, post- master of Rochester, N. Y. and Charles M. McCabe, postmaster of Nashville, Tenn., this afternoon. At 1245 p.m.’ tomorrow President Coolidge will receive the postmasters at the White House. Postmaster Wil- 1i4m . M. Mooney of Washington, is chairman of the local committee on arrangements. N GROWTH OF The Sunday Star l 97,008 90,644 433 359 98 86 Preparations ar now under way for making next Sunday’s issue an- other great in which all ‘Washi s will be interested. Are you among them? 4 = Cireulation (Not) Columas of Advertising Number of Pages. l 1.5 WORKERSHERE 0 G 36773 * BOOSTINSALARES 54,000, Including 22,000 D. C. Workers, Covered in Reclassification. BONUS LOSS MORE THAN MADE UP BY ADVANCES Reclassification to Require Larger Appropriations, Board Fig- ures Show. The approximately 54,000 employes of the federal government in the Dis- trict of Columbia. including some 22 000 employes of the District (or municipal) government, are to recelve s more salary next year as a resuit of reclassification, according to figures secured for the first time to- day from the personnel classification board. These employes are now receiving what is called base salary, amounting to § 41,051 They have been re- ceiving also $11,958,532 in what has been called “the 40 bonus.” The allocation approved by the per- sonnel classification board will be re- flecicd in the estimates sent to Con- gress by the budget bureau, which means $94,872,306, instead of $79,241,- 051, according to the board's method |of figuring. This shows an increase jof %15,631,255 or 19.73 per cent. L.l of this increase the employes e already receiving in the so-called ‘bonus” $11,958,532. In other words the ~alaries are increased on account of reciassification $3,672,723 or 4.05 per cent net. Makes Increase Permanen This wipes out the “bonus” anu makes it a permanent increase in sal- ary, where, heretofore_ there has been annual uncertainty as to whether Con- gress would coutinue the “bonus granted during the war days to meét the increased cost of living, and the fact that many thousands of emer- gency war workers were paid out of lump-sum appropriations, salaries out of balance with the statutory salaries paid the year-after-year veteran em- ployes of the government. 5 The 22,000 employes of the District government are to receive increases totaling $276,885—above thefr presen: compensation plus the bonus, or a ne increase. |SCHOOLGIRL MURDER CASE ARREST MADE Youth Who Seid He Saw Emma Dickson Slain Held by Phil- adelphia Police. By the Associated Press, ~ PHILADELPHIA, October 10.—Dc tectives today arrested Ernest Fac- cenda, twenty, Of this city, as a ma- terial witness to the death of Emma Dickson, fifteen-year-old Millyille, N. J., high school girl, whose battered body was found in the wqods near her home September 21, after she had been missing nearly a week. Faccenda was beld by the authori- ties after eighteen hours of question- ing. According to detectives, he told the foreman of a shipyard where he was employed on September 17 that he had witnessed the killing of a girl on his way from Ellisburg. N. J., after a visit to his mother. The foreman did not believe him, thinking he had magde up the story as an excuse for reporting late at work. When the body of the girl was found the fore- man_reported the incident to Phila- delphia_detectives. According to the detectives Fac- cenda admitted lie was a witness to the killing, but did not know the slayer. The detectives, who did mot give out all the information they ob- tained, said they had not decided whether the youth was in a motor car passing the scene of the crime. Some of the authorities of southern New Jersey have held the theory that. the girl might have been killed by a motor car while she was walking along the road. $67,000 SHORTAGE CLOSES BANK; CASHIER ARRESTED Stockholders Offer to Make Good for Oldest Institution in Erie County, Pennsylvania. / By the Associated Press. ERIE, Pa. October 10.—The Citi- zens' Bank' of Albion, Erie county, the oldest banking instution in that city, was closed by state bank exam- iners today. They reported that they had discovered a shortage of $67,000. R. J. Griswold, cashier was arrested. Griswold was charged with falsia- cation of the bank's accounts. He was admitted to $15,000 bail for a hearing. When it became known that the bank had been closed by the examin- ers, the First National Bank of Erie offered to take over the accounts of the Alblon bank. Stockholders of the Alblon institution offered to make g0gd any. shortage. A statement issued this -morning showed that the Albion bank had ap- proximately $87,000 to cover the r ported losses. The capital stock was $60,000, ~ surplus $17,500, cashier's surety bond $10,000, and undivided profits §9,500. —_— {P. M.S TO SEE PRESIDENT. {Will Ask Class 3 Offices Be Put Under- Civil Service. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn,, October 10.' —By the appointment of a committes, composed of John T. Clapp o Beech Grove. Ind.; T. F. Phiney of Hyannis- L M. Hellenbeck, Gréen- . Y., and W. G. Stevenson, Ac- conac, Va., to g6 to Washington to confer with President Coolidge Satur- day regarding placing _third-class postmasters under civil service, and transaction of some: other routine business, the annual convention of the National Leagua of District Post- imasters came to a clase at noon-to- day and most of the delegates bggan thefrjournéy homeward, f