Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1923, Page 2

. === LLOYD GEORGE TRIP ~ AROUSES JOHNSON Senator Sges Clever Effort to Draw U, S. Into Af- fairs of Europe. By the Assoctited Press. OAKLAND; :Culif, Hiram Johnson sees in visit to this cquntry *a bold plan” to convince the. people of the United States “bLy oleverness and -nimble- ness of wit” that their moral ebliga- tion is to help Burope collect its debts from Germuny, the senior California sonator declared in un address here yesterday. “1 deny we will do anything of the 'he United States, hments of Euro- the mawkish ap- «r own, will be i nor collector 1 will answer the un- suffering Lioyd George's ! ontributions ouid stand participation in Bu- ed tha for- Great Britain has reectiy clear” that If Ger- America will be the allie " to make pub- rce between Hughes relative to Amer German reparations lic “the retary THRONGS WILL HEAR EX-PREMIER TONIGHT (Continu st_Page.) om convinged that the fu- dependa side. in st, not b understand- pursuit of Standing aims- and ideals togethor, that will be irresistibl Feels Humanity Is Safe. Be he was sure Eng America would never unite in agzression or oppression against tghbors, Mr. Lloyd George said he t the future of humanity was safe with the twyo gr g peaking nations standing o the side of the cause of righteousness. le praised had been * reccived cverywhere, in the sririt of kindncss with which he America and made bantering remarks ab American institutions. The radio: ’and | the radio amplifier he thought remarkable additions to the equipment of politlcal campalgning, but Re for said v He feit »f many ause v uld attend their general he added, that the en- American public fig- vere too sorely taxed by the 1ious nature of their lives. holas Murray Butler, who intro- d Mr. Lloyd George as a friend. sociate, and “a_lover of our declared thst “deep down in t of the Americar people is ; faith in the integrity and nigh purpose and love of liberty of England and her empire.” 3 Chuckles Over Humor. ) New York was chuckling today over Lloya George's quict humor+n hisad- drese at the Lotos Club last night. Departing from the usual tenor of Bis addresses throughout the United States and Canada, in which he had dmphasized that the future of civili- dation depends upon Britain and America working side by side, the former premicr spoke in iighter veln of otservations on his tour and had nhis audience in laughter most of the me. B ine wav. masiprved for himibyn:. Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbla /niversity, the toastmaster, who wel. domed him to Bohemia and the Lotos as “David Lloyd George—human be- have traveled north and south dnd ecast and, to some extent, west,” He said. “Dr. Butler has told you what he thinks of the outlying_ dis- tricts—what the opinion in New_ York iz of these districts, and after the kindness which you have shown me it_would not really be nice of me to tell you what they think of New York. “But I was recelved with great Kinaness. I had some insight into your campalgn methods. We are a ttle more moderate. I came to this cotitry to deliver four speeches.. [ think it is about the seventy-fifth. You work your public men very hard. I think it was Mr. Gladstone who be- gan this practice of addressing half a dozen meetings a_day, and vou fol- low his example. You have at least two or three very strenuous and anergetic politicians here. I belleve Mr. Bryan is one of them. Likes Radio Amplifier. ‘ “However, I got on fairly well with the aid of a little machine, an ampli- fier and the radio. I believe they are #oing to revolutionize public speak- 1hg. I believe they will circumseribe the activities of politicians and give them a little more time to think of what they are golng to say. 1 de- lvered a speech, 1 think, in In- dianapolis. T got a telegram the fol- lowing day from Texas from some- bedy that had been lidtening to me. I'think that was adding a new terror to public life. T was driving along the streets of Cleveland and I could hear-a voice which seemed to _be fol- lowing me around wherever I went, and I found they wero testing out the amplifiers for the speech I was to delver. “However, it has been a v - thresting experience to me. and’l oo away with & new feeling of the ime ensity of this great country and of the influence which It must have upon the world and the ages that are to come." Mr. Lloyd George paid a tribute to Chauncey Depew, who was present, =aying that he belleved it was Mr Depew who once related-that when - Daniel found himself in the lions' den | he sald: have to speech.” The guest told how when England was in the throes of e great con- stitutional struggle with regard to the powers of the second chamber, the leaders of the conservative and iiberal parties met in conference, and by invitation Dr. Butler met with them. “At any rate I will not deliver an “He gave us,” he said, “a full ac-| count of the powers of your Senate, a very truthful account of the rela- tions between the Senate and the * House of Representatives, and we de- cided not to risk i ARBUCKLE'S WIFE SUES ON DESERTION CHARGE 'm'qrco Plea Filed at Providence, ' R. 1., Where Comedian Was N Served. PROVIDENCE, R. L, November.2.— Minta L. Arbuckle has fled in the superior court here a petition for a divorce from Roscos C. Arbuckle. The _petition is brought on the ground of desertion and neglect to provide. Notice was served an Ar- buckle at & local hotel here on Oc- tober 22. ‘The petitioner claims he deserted her in April, 1917, and says khe came to Providence in September, 1919, to enter the employ of the Zruart Film Company. November 2.~| of money | 7} of after-dinner | JACKIE COOGAN SUES FILM MAGAZINE FOR ARTICLE Statement Boy Star Has Nervous I ‘Temperament and Over- i worked Resented. * { By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Calif., November |2 —Attorneys' for Jackle Coogan, fu- venlle motion pictire actor, have been instructed to file suit against a film magazine whidh recently published an article alleging he was of a’ve health was suffering from overwork, 1it was made public by his representa- {tives here today. - J00BACK AT WORK { f‘Concessions Made on Both | Sides—Federal Congiliator Aids in Settlement. Modith dressers of Washington may have their fall suits without delay. The taflors' strike, which has tied up work in twenty-two custom taiioring shops in Washington for two woeks was settled today, and between 230 and 300 workmen in the custom tatloring shops returned to work i Detalls of the settlement were not {made public, although it was said | concessions were made by both sides | to arrive at an _dccislon to decia the strike at an lend was made at a joint meeting of ‘employers and mombers of the Jour- | neyman Tailors' Union today at the {shop of E. H. Snyder & Co, {street. John B. Colpoys, }zlul\u of conchiation of part of Labo ¢ with both sidg d proposed the | which the strike | Two wi more than 200 i workmen ¢ and walked out of jtwenty-two tailoring establishme in the Capital, demanding an increase 2 branches of the rs sub of 16 this. vork T -d for more thun meantime strikc- employed and jof the work in tailoring establish- {ments nere was sent to other cities | for co etion. {CHEMICAL WARFARE agreement. Final comme- the De committee: is sald Ston basis on as settled. [ n, but i, certain classes of g out for more woek, and in th akers were I by Paris Editor on Committee Deoision. By the Associnted Proes, @ PARIS, November 2.—The league {of nationa committee appointed to inquire into chemical warfare, says Lucien Chassaigne, editor of Le |Journal, hae conciuded to recammend the continuance of this mode of war making, at the same time defining { the.types of chemical destruetion the nations ought to accept and reject. The authority of this statement, says M. Chassaigne, is Col. Raymond | Bacon of the United States chemical jwarfare service, and the announce- ment of the committee's declsion ap- pears in the review Chimle et In- dustrie. This publication observes that the committge’s report finds the | use of chemical agents in war more {humane and less iangerous than {other methods of combat. | M. Chassaigne concludes that | France must not negiect the warn- |ing_and must revive the chemical warfare section, which she has als {lowed to fall into disuse. COPELAND AWATTS - DEATH SENTENCE Slayer of Lieut. Dunigan Re- manded After Jury Finds Him Guilty. Herbert L. Copeland, colored, today faces death on the gallows as the re- sult of the verdict of guilty of mur- der in the firSt degree which was ren- dered late yesterday afternoon by a jury In Criminal Division 1 for the killing of Police Lieut. David Dunigan in May, 1918, at 1400 Carrollburg !place southwest. Justice Bailey re- manded the prisoner for sentence af- | ter his counsel had given notice of an intention to file a motion for a new trial. The jury’s Verdict carries the death penalty. Copeland killed the officer when the latter went to arrest him for the murder of Deputy Sheriff McPartland and Policeman Conrad, which had oc- curred one hour before ut 76 I street northeast, where Copeland lived. The accused was shot four times as he at- tempted to escape after\killing Lieut. Dunigan, and lingered for some weeks in a hospital. After being in jail several months Copeland escaped, and { was at liberty for four years before | | {being located last July at Akron, Ohio. ! Asslstant United States Attorney Emerson conducted the prosecution of the negro, while Attorneys Henry Lincoln Johuson, Royal and Benjamin L. Gaskins defended him. FORGETS PARTISANSHIP THROUGH CIVIC PRIDE CLEVELAND, November 2.—De- claring that the people “have enough civio pride to forget partisanship in that sort of thing,” W. B. Gongwer, local democratic leader, sald that the democrats will co-operate with the republicans In every way In bringing the republican national to this city. A non-partisanship idea was sug- ested by Representative Theodore . Burton, chairman of a working committee’ of the Tippecanoe Club, a8 he renewed efforts to meet with the requirements that must -be had before 4 formal bid is made for the big gathering. It was understood last night that two or three of the leading democrats of the city will be appointed to the Tippecanoe Club committee tomorrow. “Bringing as big an affalr to a city s not something for ome party alone,” Mr. Gongwer said. “Demo- crats as well as republicans should work for the com¥ention.” Mr. Burton said he was encouraged by the statement of National Ch: man Adams. . nervous temperament and that his| TAILOR STRIKE ENDS 1411 G| te have i much | | GETS LEAGUE 0. K.| complications which ! Col. Bacon of United States Quoted | A. Hughes | convention | an exclusive republican organization, ; PHE EVENiNG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 FVESHPSMEET | MISHAPS INPAGFIG Freight Washed Ashore Mute! Evidence of Probable Disaster-to One. By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, November 2 {Three marine mishaps fust night in- {volved four ships, and’ evidences of |the wreck of a fifth ship were re- ported. | The dreadnaught New Mexico, the little coasting steamer Elizabeth, the ! Standard Oil tanker §. C. T. Dodd and | the Japanese freighter Shinkoku Maru |wers the vesscls definitely involved | {while the casting up of a quantity of apples—freight on many & vessel sall- {ing from Washington and Oregon ports these duys—and a ship's spar on the coast of Vancouver Island save mute evidence that another, it not’ wrecked, had at least suffered {serfous diffculty. | First of the mishaps betell the | Elizabeth, reported aground and in a | precarious situation near Bandon, | Ore.” Efforts to obtain more informa- | tion here cauned unusual wireless at- | teation to be turaed to the north Pa- cific, und & messuge from the Shén- | koku Maru. reporting she was adrift {noar the Aleutian Islands, was picked {up at Los Angeles, thousands of miles jaway | 1 Three Passenzers Landed. The Elizabeth, it presently devel- ! oped, was in no danger her three | passengers had been landed. The | Northern Radlo stations got after the i Shinkoku Maru and learned she had jbroken hor prolelier shaft and was loft Unimalk Island. The Shinkoku Maru, a ve of 5,800 tous, is en {route from Japan to Portland, Ore. She had no passengers. TRadlo ad- ivices received from Cordova, Alaska, 10 Bremerton, Was aied that the | shinkoku Maru was “in ballast and {desired a tow.” 1 Meanwhile, from Bamfield, cable {station on ‘the coast of Vancouver {Island, near the “graveyard of the | Pacific.”” came word that apples and ia ship's spar had drifted ashore near | Clo-Oose. No identifying marks in- { dlcuted whonce they had come, and { remain mute evidence of some ivessel's batil. with wind and water {in & reglon wiera wrocks have been E umervus and costly in human 1 Caught in Heavy Tide. _Shipping men and newspaper work érs had barely taken a full breath ln(ler gathering up the available facts on these developments when the tanker 8. C. T, Dodd, with 60,000 bar- {rels of crude oil aboard, was caught in @ heavy tide at the mouth of Los Angeles harbor and carried agalnst jthe battleship New Mexico. Quick {work with collision mats enabled the Dodd to reach safe anchorage, though it was feared for a time the vessel would be sunk, because she was so heavily loaded. The "tanker veral plates rboard ard. The Francisco. Damages to the Dodd and her cargo were estimated at more than $100,000, while officers aboard the dreadnaught said $3.000 would cover damages to that vessel. “BLUENUSE” SKIPPER, DEFIANT, QUITS RACE Disqualified on Technicality, nadian Says He Will Re- turn Home. HALIFAX, N. 8, November Capt. Angus Walters of the Lunen- iberg schooner Bluenose today defied the international race commission, which last night ruled that yester- {day's race should go to the American challenger Columbla after the Blue- nose had apparently won, and he de- clared positively that he would not race tomorrow. “I'm going home; the Bluenose has ‘Won, and I'll do no more racing this year,” Capt. Walters was quoted as having said. The international committee ruled that the Bluenose had forfeited yes- | terday’'s race, which it had won by a margin of 2% minutes, by sailing to {the landward instead of seaward of a shallow water buoy. The rule had been promulgated at the conclusion of the first race, when Capt. Ben Pine of the Columbla protested he had been fouled by the Bluenose when the Canadian crowded the American into dangerous waters. PIMLICO ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY, FIRST RACE—Autumn Greea ) Valley jiesplechase Seadioap; Touryear it and wi $2,000; two miles and & quarter. lost her entire bow. on the battleship's quarter were pushed in- odd was bound for San Ca- SECOND = BACE — $1300; six furlongs. i | Mty Oumani onpes, - ncing Foo | Wrioe 1R. T. Wilson, THIRD RACE—Olsiming; _three- ‘:-“!h i purse, $1,500; ene mile enth. | *Frankenia | sl | ooy “Baier { YWhalebone ... | sNortn' Wales. | Rosets | King Joha ; b RACE—The _Pinlico Futurity; | $0000 aatad Swoywareids; ane miler btail . Sun Leord Frodorloki Flavanaa » six- *Kn't of Heather 113 Evelyn Sawyer... 10 B e e, Gifford entry. FIFTH BACE—The Monumental baudios | all ages; $1,600; six farlongs. il Mus Btar.. This xhows the former of the late President R, 1t MILKPRICEISCUT. GENT IN BALTIMORE. Drops to 13 Cents a Quart 1 as D.C.Charge Goes Up | to 15 Cents. 0y Coincident with tncrease of 1| cent a quart in the retail price of| milk in Wuashington yesterday ¢here was a reduction of 1 ent in Baiti- more. according to dispatches from that city today. | This makes a quart of milk 15 cents in Washington and 13 cents in Baltimore. The farmers of Maryland and Vir- ginla decided a month ago mnot to raise the wholesale price to the local dairymen, but last week they recon- sidered the question and notified the dealers that the farm price would go| up 4 cents per galion on November 1. An increase in the cost of produc- tion was given by the farmers as the reason for the advance in their price, which resulted In the retail price going up here. According to a dlspatch from Bal- timore, Dr. Clyde L. King, arbitrator Between the furmers and’ dealers of that city, made the following state- ment: “After reviewing the market con- ditions for October I am convinced that favorable weather conditions have helped develop milk production in_ the Baltimore territory to the point that an ample fall supply is axsured, and I have decided that the Baltimore price to the producers be reduced to 32 cents per gallon. This will enable the dealers to séll at 13 cents per quart and 8 cents per pint “1 wish to call attention to the fact that the price to the farmers in the Washington territory has recently in- creased to 33 cents per gallon. -The Baltimore situation was met earlier in the season and hence the Balti- more supply is assured. HAMMERS ARE USED ON DRY LAW AGENTS Riot Call Sent in Following Negroes' Assault on Lone ‘Wolf Asher. an A near rlot resulted at st and L inglixh premier SLAIN POLICEMAN'S | guarding property, jago, Jimmy Armstrong. headquarters fare being called upon today to heed streets northeast at noon today when prohibition agents, attempting to get “evidence,” were attacked by colored men with hammers. Two agents, under the direction of “Lone Wolf” Asher, had purchased a pint of bootleg at 96 Fenton street, according to the story of the agents, and had been followed to 1st and L streets northeast by the woman from whom the liquor was purchased. “Go get him,” she cried, when five lcolored men in an automobile saulted the prohibition men. Asher and his comrades were severely bruised before they put in a riot call. At No. 2 precinct station ' this morning Eleanora Beatrice Johnson, colored, thirty-two vears old, was rged with Interfering with gov- CRarEmt oMcials and Inciting to Tiot. Her address was given as 96 Fenton street northeast. ‘Herman West of Anacostia, colored, was charged with assault with deadly weapons, as_ was John Smith, colored, 1082 New Jersey avenue. Barbara Settlers, colored, twenty-five years ola, 79 Fenton street, was charged with disorderly conduct. Police this afternoon are looking for three other colored men who par- tlolpated in the assault on the offi- cers, The car in which the men rode was seized by the police. BANDITS GET $4,700. Masked Men Hold Up Chemical Company Paymaster. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., November 2. —Five motor bandits, wearing hand- Xerchiefs for masks, today held up the paymaster of the John Wyeth & Brothers Chemical Company and Tobbed him of & $4,700 pay roll. The | hold-up occurred a short distance from the chemical plant as the pay- master was returning from a nearby bank. \ THE LINE OF Inclosed find ' my subscript of Policeman John W. Purcell, killed in line of duty. This subscription also’ pledges-me in the Line of Duty Club, and my contribution of not less than $1 will be forthcoming. Signed . Clip this out. Put it in an envelope, with the contirbu- tion, and mail it to the cashier of The Evening Star today. AGTDULHEAN 1923, {MEXICANS FREE NEWMAN.| State Department Advised Ameri- can ‘“Safe and Well.” Release of Robert A. Newman of Barron, Wis., who has been held by Mexican bandits in the reglon of Torreon for several months, was re. rted to the State Department ye: rday both by the American em- bassy in Mexico City and by consular officials at Torreon, No details of the releaso were given the department, which was In- formed, however, that Newman was “safe and well” and was expected to arrive at Durango yesterday. —_— #rom Yesterdsy's 5:30 Edition of The ACCUSED OF THEFT - FROM TREASURY {Formes Vault Clerk Indicted on Charge of Stealing 41 $1,000 Bonds. —_—— tar. Enos B. Smith, colored, formerly em- iployed ap vault clerk at the United | States Treasury, was indicted yesterday {by the grand jury on a charge of grand 'larceny. Smith is said to have stolen ! forty-one bonds of $1,000 each of “the |second liberty ‘loan, August 22, 1919. |He was arrested only a few days ago {#nd held on bail of $5,000 by United , | States Commissioner Macdonald. Secret | leervice agents have been tnvestigating (the disappearance of the bonds for | more than two years, it was stated. | The grand furors ignored a charge of lareeny from the United States which had been preferred against Luther W. Stokes. He was allcged to have stolen a typewriter from the Veterans' Bureau. A charge of assault with a dangerous weapon against Willlam E. Caswell was also ignored. A total of twenty-seven ments were reported 'Ly the grand jury. Those accused and the charges against them are: Thomas Benford, allas Isadore Coachman, larceny af- ter trust; John Francis Connore, Mary Hall, Joseph James Dean, Louise James, allas Loulse Smith, John Bronco and Jennie Bronco, Herbert Scott and Richard Mallory, viola- tion Harrison marcatic act; Frederiok O Rinker, Alfred W. Beall, Bernard Jones and Jennings E. Craven, grand {lareeny: Montrose Waters and Smith- { son M. Banion, robbery; Raymond | Wood, larceny, second offense: Louis Wiilis, robbery; Willlam H. Dicker- | =on, assault with dangerous weapon;' John Brown, joyriding; John Prown and Nathan Beavers, Charles B. Mc- Donaid, Albert Earl Moran and Guy | K. Fries, grand larceny; Paul B. Gor- lacing 2 wi ter Bay, Long I indict- | FAMILY NEEDS AID “Line of Duty” Club Members Called to Relieve Widow and Two Children. In line of duty, John W. Purcell, col- ored, policeman of the fourth precinct, walked from the serenity of customary routine into death on October 15 last, in an alley at the rear of the Bell School, near 2nd | and D streets southwest. He flashed a | light at a suspicious group of three | From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. MISS JACKSON WINS. Awarded “Brush” as First Lady in at {Kill” During Hunt. Miss Eiizabeth Jackson was the first lady in at the “kill” and was therefore awarded the “brush,” at the fox hunt held by the Rock Creek Hunt Club yes- terday. The animal was caught in North Rogk, Creek Park. Approximstely fifty people partici. pated in e chase, which covered a | course ef bout ten miles. Starting from the front of Alrlfe, - the residence of Rudolph Kauffmann on ‘This subscription also pledges me automatically to membership in the |Military road. the hunters proceeded Line ‘of Duty Club. and in_ future through Rock Creek Park Chevy cases similar to this, my contribution | ¢, ® Adion o of not less than $1 Will be forthcom- § Chase and the farm of Andrew J. Cum ing.” mings. Those are the W. The hounds for the chase were re- |leased by Mrs. Cuno H. Kudolph, wife and answer an appeal for funds for {of the Gommissioner of the Distriot. John Purcell's widow. A hunt breakfast was served, follow- And here's why: s chixte Praised By Commander. John_ Purcell. forty-five years old, won affection and lovalty from mem bers of the police department through ! last commanding officer, said toda: AS SEDAN IS STRUCK Driver Shocked When Car Is Said “He cannot be praised too highly. He married in 1903 and in the vears! to Have Been Knocked Five Feet in Air by Limousine. men. A shot was fired. A volley of jdon. alias Paul B. George, false pre- y there a |tenses; Robert Avritt, assauit with| shots followed. And today there fa a | feness: Tobert Ayrit sespuity tid poiiceman’s widow, with two small chil- | grand larceny; Sylvester Smith and dren, one of them a crippie, wondering | James C. Jordan, assauit with dan- o i {gerous weapon: Leon Smith, Richar. how ehe is to faco the years to come | Eerous woeapon: Leon Smith, Richard with the head of the family taken away | cony; - John Abersoll and Frank from her. He died while guarding the | Christopher, joyriding and grand propcrty and lives of peaceful citizens | 1argeny: Melvin G, Reed T ugainst marauders, His partner, Po-| 2 : liceman_Crawford, was injured during the fight and 18 now in the hospital, but is expected to recover. The Star today sotunds the call to ac- tion for the “Ling of Duty Club,” or- ganized to aM the families of police- men who are kjlled in the performance of their duty—and whose familics need assistance. Started In 1020. 1320, almost four Back in years detective, “was shot down. Then Policeman Oscar A. McKimmie on January 17 was killed while pursuing a_burglar. That started the “Line of Duty Club.” These men left fam- | ilies to bhe provided for. Washing- tonians came to the rescue with con- tributions which mounted into tha thousands of dollars, and hundreds signed ,“Line -of Duty Club” pledges in which ft was stated: { | shingtonians who From Yesterday's 5:30 Edition of The Star. that followed a boy came to the fam- ily and then a girl. The boy is now thirteen, and the girl is nine years old. The little girl is a cripple. Five years ago a stroke of infantile par- alysis afflicted her. On October 13 a ray of hope enter- ed the family sorrow surrounding this afliction. ‘An operation could cure her and she was sent to Freed- men’s Hospital for the operation. Her condition precluded operation for a few days. While she lay there in the hospital her father was Kkilled. Operation Delnyed. The widow and the boy are still living at 742 Harvard street. The little girl will not be operated on untll funds sufficient to cover the ex- penses can be raised. = There was $1,000 forthcoming from the police pension fund. ~Mortuary expenses and similar itéms accruing at the time of death have already eaten into thia, On the morning that Purcell walked out of his house for the last time his wite had $9 in cash. This was all the money, cash, savings or credits that the family had. nolds of the Laclede apartments, 1223 “5,000 WOMEN MISSING.” Vermont avenue, and was not dam- Los Angeles Social “Worker Says|aged. 'rmrla v:terelt:;,o o:lhar wgrr:in' n it at the time of the Homes Are Responsible. i g accident. , who was driving the sedan LOS ANGELES, Calif., November [, SIocum. who B8 o o 707 New 2.—Five thousand women and girls | Hampshire avenue, was making a left | of all ages were reported missing in |hand turn at the intersection of 16th | R streets and was proceeding | Los Angeles during the past year,|SAS, %, R°strect. Near the morth- | according to Mrs. Georgla Robinson rb, according to Mr. Fortney, | of the police juvenile bureau. e esine, wuing south on 16thl Dissatisfaction with conditions at|street, struck the right rear w home was responsible for most of the | the sedan, causing It to leave the disappearances, she said. ground and fall on its left side in the center of the street. KANSAS BANK LOOTED. Harry A. Slocum, 1707 New Hamp- {shire avenue, had a narrow escape | from serious injury yesterday afternoon, when a sedan he was driving collided with & limousine at 16th and R streets. The impact of the collision lifted the sedan at least five feet from the grouad, according to E. H. Fort- ney of the bureau of standards, who witnessed the accident, and turned it | over on its side in the center of the street. Slocum, suffering from shock, crawled through an open window of the machine and alded a wreck crew from a nearby service station right the machine. The left rear wheel was damaged and a pane of glass in the door broken. The limousine, it was sald, was driven by Mrs. Willlam E. McRey- Huron, OTTAWA. Kan, November 2—rour|FATALLY BURNED WOMAN men, driving a large car, robbed the First National Bank here this morn- ing of all the cash in the vault and safo, estimated at between $20,000 and ‘szs.ooo, and escaped southwest of own, DUTY CLUB. ion for $...... for the family | GIVES BIRTH TO A SON Husband Held Pending Inves- tigation of Fire's Origin. By the Associated Press. MACON, Ga., November 2.—Mrs. B. B. Lockhart, rescued from her burn- ing home here last night by firemen end rushed to a hospital in & semi- consclous condition, died from burns| orning an hour after she under- ent an opgration and gave birth to automatically to membership in future cases similar to this n, 1® Lockhart was arrested at the hos- pital on charges of drunkenness lndl disorderly. conduct shortly after Mra. “I£ockhart reached there: He is being ! held by police pending investigation of the fire and until an inquest can be_held. "Additional charges of arson and murder were placed against Lockhart by the police this morning. heel of | b Dies Following Hospital Operation, 0 e POSTPONE DECISION ON RATES FOR GAS Public Utilities: Commission- ers to Consider Briefs Filed by Companies. The Publlc Utilities Commission yesterday afternoon postponed action on the rates of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Companies in order to give more careful considera- tion to the brief filed by the com- panies, setting forth urgent reasons why a reduction should not be made at this time. Although it had been reported that the commission might reach a deci- sion at its meeting yesterday after- noon, the members of the board did not have time to go over the written arguments submitted Wednesday by the companies. The procedure of the commission is to fix rates that will yield a reason- able return on the value of the prop- erty. The firet contention of the com- panies is that the commission’s val- uation of the gas properties is too low and that the rates should not be reduced until the valuation figures are settled. The companies also claim that the amount allowed by the commission for general maintenance and amorti- zation is inadequate. The attorneys {further requested the commission to consider the quality of service ren. dered by the gas companies in arriv- ing at its decision. If the commission takes cognizance of the points raised by the companies in their brief the rate schedule prob- ably will not be disturbed at this time. AGTION S DELAYED ON REORGANIZATION {Absence of Walter F. Brown Brings Postponement at Cabinet Meeting. Reorganization of the federal de- partments was again to have been the principal business when the { President and his cabinet met today, | but Walter F. Brown, chairman of the Jjoint congressional committee on re- organization, who was to have been on hand to answer questions and ex- plain certain features of his reo: ganization plan, was out of the city {and the matter was deferred until| next Friday. During the past two weeks the plan of Chairman Brown for rcorganizing the executlve departments‘and inde- pendent agencies, which was officially approved by President Harding last winter, has occupied the greater portion of tne cabinet meetings. The plan at these meetings was touched by the President and his official family in a more or less Informal and preliminary fashion, but doing so they selected cer- tain features of the plan of which there appears to be some contention to pre- sent to Mr. Brown for further explana~ tion and enlightenment. It was President Coolidge's inten- tion to have Chairman Brown on hand today fortified with a complete copy of his plan and explanatory charts and diagrams, Mr. Brown, however, left Washington several days ago for his home in Toledo, Ohio, e there is a political contest way, and he therefore did not reccive the Executive's summons. It is understood that Mr. Brown will re- turn to Washington during the mid- dle of next week, and when the cabi- net assembles at the White House gexa Friday morning he will be on and. THE WEATHER For the District of Columbia and | Maryland—Fair and somewhat warm er “tonight; temperature slightly above freezing; tomorrow unsettied and warmer; gentle variable winds. becoming moderate southeast and south. For Virginla—Partly cloudy to- night, warmer in the interior: tomor- | 1y, row unsettied and warmer, progably rain in extreme southwest portion; moderate northeast and east winds. For West Virginia—Cloudy and warmer tonight; tomorrow unsettled and warmer, followed by rain in west portion, Records for Twenty-Four Hours. Thermometer—Yesterday, 4 pm., 48; 8 p.m., 40; 12 midnight, 33; today. 4 am, 30; 8§ a.m., 32; noon, 560! Barometer—Yesterday, 4 p.m., 30.43; 8 p.m., 30.52; 12 midnight, 30.55; to- day, #'am. 3057; 8 am., J0.61; noon, Highest temperature, 50, occurred | at noon today. Lowest temperature, 28, occurred at 6:30 a.m. today. Temperature same date last Highest, 63; lowest, 41. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at 8§ am.: Great Falls—Tem- perature, 52; condition clear. Weather in Various Cities. year— Stations. Weather. . 0.08 Rain Clear Pt.cloudy Clear, Abilene, T A Boston Buftalo Charlest Chicago . Cincinna Cleveland Denver [ Los A: Loutsv] Miami, Fia Portla Portland. 54 8. Lake’ City 30.12 San” Adtonlo 50,09 an _Diego.. . 30. Francisco 30.18 30.28 001 Cloudy Clear P ST T A E 5 EEPLPE I S 1 LT R i o0 . 2992 PSS G 800 FOREIGN. (8 am., Greeiwich time, today.) Stations, ‘Temperature. Weather. London, England. 40 Part cloudy Paris, Fraoce...... Part clovdy Oopenhagen, Denmark. Part cloudy Stockholm, - Swed Part cloudy Glbraltar," 8ps Bart cloudy orta (Fayal), ou Hamilton, Bermuda. Part cloudy Juan, Porto Rico. Clear Havana, ba. . Clondy Clgudy Exzesese | TALKS and TALES | With and About | | CAPITAL’S GUESTS Postmaster General New! Post- master General New! Pgstmaster | General Harry New! Ah, Mr. Post- | master General, so glad you're in the |halll Want you to hear first hand what Frederick W. Hume, executive | secretary of the National Publishers® | Association, has to say about you and your administration of the Post Of- {fice Department. Al right, Mr. Hume, | please repeat what you sald in the {lobby of the New Willard Hotel. !Kindly speak loud, Mr. Hume, as ;there is a fearful nolse hereabouts! “The more I come in contact with {the Post Office Department the more {firmly convinced I am that Post- | master General New is one of the jmost efficlent heads the de tment {hu ever had. He is a business man, {administers the business of his office {in a businesslike manner, and the | Fesult is being felt all over the jtry. He, with the aid of Seccond i sigtant Po | ae Ithe which | paper publishe: 1 that the findings of the g count taken October 20 will result in the proper {proportion of parcel post cost being reached. It is a pleasure to do bus mess with the department at present Mr. Hume, under whose eye tha magazines of the try pass, was most optimistic o the business outlook " for the comimg year. He |Based his conclusions on the tre- | mendous increase in advertising to be carried {n January and Fobruary. “I can see nothing at pre to retard the wave of prosperity that is apparéntly sweeping the country.’ sald the newspaper man. “Th wholesome report of the United States Steel Corporation buoyed things up wonderfully, as fs evi- denced by the jump in stocks, and with a record-breaking volume of advertising already contracted for during the winter months, conditions appear most hopeful for this country. There is a_ slight overproduction in coal, but this will not affect condi~ tlons seriously. All told, If the coun- try can go on along for two or thres months ~ without anything serious happening 1 can sCo no need of Wor- rying over economic conditions. The New Yorker said that from a casual survey President Cooildge en- joyed the confidence. of the busin: world. and that general sentim was that he would be nominated by his party to succeed himself. While a close personal friend and great admirer of Gov. Al Smith of New {York, Mr. Hume refrained from ex- essing an opinion on the outcome of the election in the Emplire state Tuesday. This/ however, was not the case with Hoger Byrnes, well known law- yer of New York city, who 18 spenc ing a few days at the Hotel Arling- ton. “Tamms the jud y Hall will win out with ary, probably seating ail fourteen of the sWpreme tourt jus- tices in the five boroughs, bu the assembly will go to the repubiicans, {said Mr. Byrnes when presed for an opinion. “You can’'t beat Tammany in Great- er New York, and to tell the truth, it I8 just as well that such is the case. I am a lifelong repubilcan, but am free to admit the city is | better run under Tammany rule. Th {fight up state will be hotly conte led. as Gov. Smith is maktng a whirl- wind campaign, but, as popular at {A1 1s, T hardly “think the democrata {can put it over.” % ‘When quizzed on the national sffua- {tion, the jovial New Yorker laughed {heartily when he said: “Really, it Is jamusing the way all prospective {candidates of both parties are hop. {ping on the water wagon. Pledg card manufacturers must be thriving business these day: 'allowing for time to wi 3 | teardrops. Judge Byrnes continued: | “Prohibltion enforcement as con- jancted today is farcical, for the lstmple reason that the best in th {land are violating the act. Now. wh ‘,don‘l one of the parties be fair and | square and ingert 2 plank in its plat- iform to read something like this: {'Vote for us and we pro tho mige to do ail {in our power to enforce prohibition {throughout the country for a perlod jof two years, but if at the end ol that time It is found to be impracti- |cable we will work equal hard to modify the law and que un | rest so damaging to America?' T truly believe such honesty would win. | Leaving the man-from-Manhattan, a {quick trip was made to the Hotet i Washington, where Fred C. W. {Parker of Chicago, international lsecretary of the Kiwanis Club. was {encountered scurrying to the meeting lof the local organization on the roof {of the house. 1o busy and much traveled man i4 | Mr. Parker, for, in the course of duty he has to visit 1,111 Kiwanis clubs in all sections of the country, besides at- tending many of the district conven- tions of the organization | "'He, too, was most sunguine over the | future prosperity of the United States. {“I am here, there, everywlrere during Vear.” 'sald the official, “and, as | you know, Kiwenis 1s composed en- {tirely of business and professional Imen, I feel competent to judge condi- tions, and will say that from the rec- lord attendances being enjoved by all branch clubs of our organization, eco- nomic conditions must be in a healthy state. Today men are laughing heartler, singing louder, digesting { their food better and showing up at | the meetings more regularly than has | been the case for two or three veare. {This i the best sign in the world that prosperity is with us, forione go back into_their ghells quicker than { those being pinched.” g When asked to address the local ody and finding there as but one { minute before adjournment hour, Mr. { Parker stopped his taik abruptly by comparing his speech with a certain ID)I’!‘O!'I reckoning of time. 17%An old lady owned a parrot thet wore t Iy, said the Kiwanian. th ib dn't break the bird of the habit, bat did 4 in keeping him qulet on Sundays Ly throwing a sheet he cage. OVEE e SR minister approach the house early one Monday morning and foarful her pet wonld embarrass the clergyman, she took a chance on the Sheet and prayed for the best ; The goodly man had hardly passed the covered cage when a cholce line of invectives nearly caused )“"J to {9aint, the last of which were: ‘And {tuke it from me. this is a bl | blankety-blank-d— short woek. Spylng two former governors seat- | ed peacefully and chatting most ear- Inestly on & divan in the Shoreham Ho- {tel lobby, the happy thought of killing: 7 with one stone was mosglL O Paral but on making the approach | one, Charles S. Whitman of New York, | How away, leaving Henry B. Quimby, 1 who served the grand old common- { weaith of New Hampshire in 1909-10, 1o bear the brunt of the interview. Mr. Quimby now makes hls home in New York, but this has in no way deadened his love for the Graiite state, and nothing pleases him more than to talk of its interests. Yes,” said he, “New Hampshire is enjoying fairly good times. We are {hot an agricultural people, but de- pend for the MoSt DAt ON OUF Manu- factures, that of cotton goods being the most important. Of course, like i all New Englanders, our cotton man- { ufacturers have had their troubles over the labor situation, it being dif- ficult to compete with the low wages paid in some southern states, but,.om the whole, business is good $ Like most all in the section. tho former governor was enthusiastic over the prospects of President Cool- idge. “I know him personally, and no finer man, nor more capable official ever lived. New Hampshire will give him & handsome majority if he runs, which I think is a certainty. ~ Yes, the | Semotrats have succeeded in- several . campaigns of late years, but way {down In the heart of New Hampshire beats a love for the other party, and with one of her neighbor's sons run ning for the first office in the land— why. IU's rldiculous to even talk about it; it's impossible, my hoy! 5 THE MIXaie