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Mg o 'WEATHER. Fair ton! ntle lfilt winds. moderate and tomorrow; warm- south and ture for twenty-four hours D ended at 2 p.m. today: Highest, 49, at noon today; lowesi, 28, at 7 a.m. toda; Full report on page 2. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 14 Entered as saco! No. 29,047. nd-class matter post office Washington, D. he ben ¢ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION . WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1923 -THIRTY PAGES. CROWN PRINCE SLIPS OUT POINCARE EXPECTS OF HOLLAND AND CROSSES BRITISH DEMAND T0 FRONTIER INTO GERMANY/| PAYUPWARDEBTS Believed Going . to Estate in Silesia. OFFICIAL ESCORT LEAVESWITH HIM Departure Is Legal;| No Complications Foreseen. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 10.—The en- tente allies will insist vigorously at Berlin that former Crown Prince Frederick William, who entered Germany today from his exile in Holland, be expelled from German territory, it was said in official circles this after- France and Great Britain have exchanged views during the past few days on this subject, it is stated, and are in entire ac- cord rcgarding it. noon. PARIS, November 10.—Holland may not be regarded as a suffi- ciently secure retreat for former Emperor William of Germany in view of the flight of the ex- crown prince, it was said today at the foreign office, and a sec- ond St. Helena may be chosen for him AMSTERDAM, November 10.—The Dutch government officlally an- nounced today that former Crown | Prince Frederick William of Germany | crossed the German frontier thls| morning en route to Oels, Upper Si- lesia. The estate to which he recently expressed a desire to retire is lo-| cated at Oels. ‘The Exchange Telegraph account Ofl the ex-crown prince's departure says he left the Island of Wleringen at 4:30 o'clock. Two big motor cars awaited him in the village of Ewijcksluis, on the malnland. ed- erick William entered the first car, accompanied by Burgomaster holf of ‘Wieringen, while his luggage was loaded in the second. Both cars drove | off at daybreak. Before leaving Wieringen Frz William addressed a derick ' letter to the porulation expressing his regrot at eing unable to say good-hye and ex- pressing gratitude for the friends he had made during his years of exilc ani for the hospitalitv shown him. It 15 considered here that the Dutch government had no right to detain him in Holland, that his departure is quite legal and that it will not in- volve Holland in any diplomatic con- flict. It none the less has caused a sensation. FRANCE PROTESTS. Poincare Letter Against Prince’s Return Is Presented. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 10.—A note sign- ed by Premier Poincare as president of the allled council of ambassadors was delivered to the German charge d'affaires yesterday protesting against the return of ex-Crown Prince Frederick William to Germany. LEFT WIERINGEN AT 4 A M. Report He Was Going to Doorn Is Denied There. By the Assoclated Pres LONDON, November 10.—Former Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany left Wieringen about 4 o'clock this morning and mystery sur- rounds his whereabouts, says a Cen- tral News dispatch from Amsterdam. The prince was seen in a motor car | in a small mainland town a few miles ' from the coast at 4:30 o'clock this morning. Another car heavily loaded | with baggage and petrol followed and from this the correspondent assumes Frederick Willlam was going on a long journey. Two chauffeurs and an unidentified person accompanied the prince. Tnquiry at Wierlngen elicited the statement that Frederick William was Ends His Long Exile BERLIN @ ~ ~ ~ 91.55 BRESLAV & HoLLAND. 4 he above map shows the route taken by the former German crown prince, Frederick William, on his return to Germany, after hix fiv Year exile at Wleringen, Holland, LUDENDORFF FALL DISRUSTS GERMANS ‘Bubble of His Omnipotence Bursts When He Is Captured as Common Criminal. BY HIRAM K. MODERWELL. By Cable to The Star and Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1923. BERLIN, Ngvember 10.—With the capture of the beer hall which Hitler troops had occupled Friday anothar famous legend was exploded—that et the omnipotence and emiscience ot Ludendorff. This man who once made nations tremble, whose promised victory per- suaded half a million Germans to go to their death in the spring of 1918, proved so politically incompetent in making an alliance with a former Austrian sign painter that withir. twenty-four hours he was pinched like a common criminal. And Hitler's pitiful miscalculations and ridiculous faflure may open the eyes of several hundred thousands, who permitted such @& man to. take the terrible responsibility of organ- izing a civil war. Hitler's calcula- tion was that if he once got Dictator Von Kahr into a trap the latter would be helpless, because no troops would mach against the “superman” Luden- dorft. ; Von- Kahr “Agrees.” But von Kahr, with his usual dex- terity, pretended to agree to Hitler's scheme for organizing a national gov- ernment in Munich, thus avoiding ar- rest and possible disorganization of his forces, and then walked calmly with his friend, Gen. von Lossow, to the nearest Relchswehr barracks and issued orders against the conspirators. He knew that Ludendorff's name was :l:tb 80 terrible as it was supposed e. ‘The people had not forgotten that Ludendorff, “organizer of defeat,” was, like the former kaiser, a desert- er. He fled Germany shortly after (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) going to Doorn, but at Doorn castle it was stated that the prince had not ar- rived and that he was not expected. The correspondent adds that many rumors are ia circulation, one of which is that the prince intends to cross the Dutch frontier. MONARCHIST RUMOR HEARD. Implication of Crown Prince Con- jectural and Unconfirmed. By the Associated Press. UTRECHT, Holland, November 10.— Rumors are circulating here that ex- Crown Prince Frederick William, who left Wieringen early today for Ger-. many, has gone to put himself at the head 'of a monarchist movement, but this is conjectural, and there are no means of verifying it. OREGON VOTERS APPROVE INCOME TAX MEASURE Unofficial Returns Indicate Law Is Adopted by Majority of 543, With Few Voltu Out. PORTLAND, Ore., November 10.-— Oregon voters at last Tuesday's tion adopted a state income tax law, it became apparent late yesterday when an unofficlal tabulation showed the tax measure to have a majority of 543 votes, with returns missing from only four i 1 precincts. The vote was: Yes, 58,695; No, 58,063, ASK EARLY VERDICT ON WAN'S APPEAL Officials Request Advance of Hearing for Man Sentenced to Be Hanged. The Supreme Court was asked today by the government to advance the hearing of the appeal of Ziang Sung ‘Wan, convicted here.of the murder of Ben Sen Wu and sentenced to be hanged. Pointing out that the question at issue is whether the trial court had properly admitted certain confessions made by Ziang Sung-Wan, which it was contended had been involuntarily made, and that the same question was _involved in the case of Edgar Randolph Perrygo, pending in the was frequently presented in oth criminal ca: in the federal courts here and elsewhere, the government in its brief suggested that it was highly important that the question should be promptly and finally de- cided by the Supreme Court. Berlin Protests Extension of Army Rule. \PUTSCH LEADERS | FREE ON PAROLE | Conflicting Report Is That Ludendorff Is on Trial. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, November 10.—In a note to the councll of ambassadors today Ger- many requested the allies to postpone the resumption and extension of mili- tary control by the commission of allied officers. ‘While declining to guarantee the safety of the commission under the present conditions the German government as- sures the council that Germany does not intend to contest her obligations under the treaty, but sets forth that she is unable to fulfill all of them now. “The German government has no, in: tention of contesting the obligation de- volving upon it under the treaty of Versailles,” the note says. “It finds itself constrained, however, to declare that fn the present circumstances it is not in a position to execute these ob- ligations in all points. * * “Because of the course events have taken In Germany the resumption of the control operations at this moment might create a fresh subject of con- flict that would considerably aggravate the internal political situation. The situation would be all the more grave because, according to reports from all the domestic services concerned with the matter, the appearance of the inter- allied control officials would inevitably bring about incidents, so that difficul- ties of foreign politics would be added to the internal difficulties. “The council of ambassadors ought to recognize that the present moment is not a propitious one in which to demand of the German government the strict execution of the. exactions contained in the note of November 3. The German government consequent- ly requests the council of ambassi- dors "to postpone its exactions through force of circumstapces.” LUDENDORFF ON PAROLE. Conflicting Report Declares T-!bl of Pamous Leader Is Under Way. By the Associated Press. MUNICH, Bavaria, November 10.— Gen. Ludendorff, arrested here yes- terday for his part in the Muynich revolt, has been paroled. PARIS, November 10.—A Havas dispatch from Berlin this morning says the hearing of Gen. Ludendorft before the attorney general of the reich now is In progress, according to Munich advices recéived by the. German peoples party. F (The foregoing conflicts with dfher advices stating that Gen. Ludendorft has been released on pa Ry the Associated Prese. P BERLIN, November 10.—A govern- ment proclamation issued in Munich today announces the establishment of summary tribunals and the institu- tion of the curfew in the city and district of -Munich from § p.m. until 5 a.m. Cafes and similar places must close.at 7 p.m. ENILLING IN CONTROL. Premier’s Government Disarms Na- tionalists in Munich. By the Assoclated Press. BERLIN, November 10.—The gov- ernment of Premler von Knilling is in complete control of Munich, ac- cording to latest reports from the Bavarian capital. Quiet has been re- stored in the city. A state of slege has been proclaimed throughout Ba- varia. The Tageblatt says that a coup similar to that at Munich was at- tempted at Augsburg, Bavaris, but that the police immediately arrested and disarmed all insurgents. At Nuremburg also the police dis- armed the nationalists. The burgo- master yesterday sent an urgent re- quest to Berlin for troops, but Chan- cellor Stresemann refused to comply. HITLER IS SOUGHT. ‘Whereabouts Unknown, But Is Be- lieved t> Be in Munich. BERLIN, November 10.— The Muenchner Neueste Nachrichten re- ports that the whereabouts of Adolph Hitler is unknown, but that Gen. Ludendorft has been released after pledging his word that he would take no further part in the revolt. The disarmament of the nationalists had almost been completed late last night. Gen. Ludendorff spent some time in the Munich police court station after arrest yesterday, according to dis- patches from that city, but was re- leased after he had given his word of honor_not to participate again in a coup d'etat. It is believed possible that Hitler, who was reported to have escaped from the Bavarian authorities, has sought refuge east of Munich with several hundreds of his nationalist followers. STRESEMANN SATISFIED. Chancellor Believes Hitler Revolt Was Blessing in Disguise. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 10.—Chancellor | Stresemann and other . government c- | Court of Appeais of the District, and ;leaders give evidence of satisfaction over the outcome of the Munich putsch. They are inclined to view it as a blessing in disguise in that it definitely disposes of Ludendorff and (Continued on. Page 2, Column 2.) | l Sees This Move as Outcome of Apparent Collapse of Parley Move. ENGLISH STILL HOPEFUL DESPITE HUGHES’ VIEW TUnited States Officials See Whole Plan Frustrated by French Restrictions. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 10.—The presen- tation of Great Britaln's bill for her ‘war advances to the French govern- ment is foreseen by political observ- ers as one of the probable early re- sults of the apparent collapse of the plan for an expert committee to ex- amine Germany's capacity to pay rep- arations. It 18 understood Premier Poincare expects it to be one of the developments. The reparation commission, which will meet next Tuesday, now will have to decide the question whether the Germans shall be heard, according to thelr request, as to the capacity of Germany to pay. It Is understood there will be no opposition on the part of the French. It is pointed out that the peace treaty itself provides for equitable bearings for Germany on that subject. LONDON STILL HOPEFUL. British to Continue Efforts for Rep- aration Parley. By the Assoclated Press LONDON, November 10.—Although the press reports from Washington regarding the prospect of a repara- tion inquiry conducted within a lim- ited scope of the French proposal are by no means sanguine. British offi- cial circles in London do not consider the time has yet arrived to abandon hopes of an ailled conference includ- lnr. America. n competent quarters it is asserted that Great Britain will continue to apply herself to the problem of reach- ing a basis on which a conference satisfactory to the United States can be held untll every possible avenue is explored. U. 8. DROPS PARLEY PLAN. Sees Futility of Work in Face of French Stand. Restrictions insisted upon by France on’ the proposed inquiry by experts into Germany's economic conditio) ‘would render such an effort to the réparations problem us tatilé, In the opihion of ton government. This decision was reuefled late yes- terday after the sijfation had been discussed durt: day by President Coolldge with cabinet and Ambas- sador Jussersgnd at a conference with Hughes had explained in e nature of the French limi- e result was that word was sent Ao Premier Poincare, through the am- bassador, that his determination to restrict the scope of the inquiry, ad- ministration officials here believed, would fruatrate the object of the United States in_ offering the allies aid In bringing about an adjustment. What the future might bring forth officials here declined to predict. They would discuss only what had transpired, asserting that the American public was entitied to know just what was the position of the United Statea Declin- ing to epeculate as to future poss: bilities, they would not admit that the door through which American ald might be tendered had been closed. Ne Formal Iavitation. No formal invitation to participate in & reparations inquiry, it wag.pointed out, 18 before the Washington govern- ment, and consequently a declination is not in order. While, under the circum- stances, no invitation from the allles is now expected, it was plainly indicated that such an invitation, if France con- tinued to insist upon restrictions, would be declined. In his talk with Mr. Hughes yester- day the French ambassador explalned that Premler Poincare's stipulation that the experts be limited to an inquiry into Germany's “present capacity” to pay reparations meant that the survey should be restricted to the period ¢nd- ing with 1930. This limitation in_itself was re- garded by the Washington govern- ment as making a comprehensive study of the situation and the formu- lation of a financial plan that would avold economic disaster in Europe im- possible. Futlle, Coolidge Holds. President Coolidge feels that the French limitations render the inquiry plan useless and futile. He believes the French restrictions would reduce the inquiry to a mere audit of Ger- man accounts; that the United States could serve no useful purpose by sanc- tioning American participation in an investigation that could not produce (Continued on Page 3, Column 2.) SHOOTS COMPANION, KILLS RABBIT WITH ONE SHOT Annapolis Lawyer Accidentally ‘Wounds Undertaker While Hunting in Field. Speclal Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., November 10.— John M. Taylor,an undertaker of An- napolis, was accidentally shot near here this morning by Nicholas H. Green, former state's attorney, while the two were hunting on the first day of the open season. About twenty small shot went into Mr. Taylor's leg, but he is not dangerously Injured. Mr., Green shot at a rabbit which darted toward Mr. Taylor. -Enough of the shot were properly directed to bring down_the game. YeER'M HoOMETo eer © AUNT HANNWSPE 4 SOME oF , AN IMILLIONS T0 HEAR SPEECH BY WILSON Address by Radio First Break in Silence for Three Years. Wilson Address Opening Feature Of Celebration Salfent features of Washing- ton's celebration of/Armistice day will be: P2 At 8130 o’clock tonight, ad- dress by former President Woeodrow n by radio. At 10 pllock tomorrow mora- ing P ent Coolidge, assint- ed Secretary of War and lary of the Navy, will rate the tomb of the wa- mown soldier. At 3 o'clock tomorrow after- moon, mand service of all Wash- ington churches and most vet- eran associations ia the sm theater at Arlington nation ‘cemetery. At 3130 o’clock tomorrew aft- erncon, demonstration in honor of former President Woodrow Wilson by his friends in fromt of his 8 street home. Mr. Wil- son is expected to speak. Woodrow Wilson will step from his retirement tonight and deliver through ether waves the first words he has addressed to the nation since he left the White House nearly three years ago. i‘rom the quiet study of his S street home here the former President will talk by radio on the eve of Armistice day to an unseen audience of perhaps more than a million persons, the greatest of his whole career. The title of his address will be “Some Remarks on Armistice day.” May Address Visitors. Mr. Wilson will probably follow to- night's address with another tomor- row afternoon, when more than a thousand of his admirers from every part of the country make their annual pilgrimage to his residence shortly after 3 o'clock. He has agreed to greet his visitors, with Mrs. Wilson, from the front steps, and is expected to speak briefly to them. Ideal atmospheric conditions prom- ised for tonight virtually assure per- sons as far away as San Francisco of being able to hear him. Begias at 8:30. Mr. Wilson will begin to speak at 8:30 o'clock, it was announced at his home this morning. Preliminary an- nouncements. and necessary . tests probably will begin five or ten min- utes sooner, so that-those who wish to hear the former President’s first address from private life are adyised by those in charge to set their in- struments about 8:15 o'clock. ‘The former President's words will (Continued on Page 5, Column 1.) DUEL HALTED UNTIL AFTER ELECTION Mexican General and Candidate for President Agree to an Armistice. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, November 10.—The duel between Gen. Arnulfo Gomesz, com- mander of the Mexico City garrison, and Gen, Antonio Villareal, a presi- dential candidate, which wis to have taken place at dawn today, has been postponed until after the elections. This decision was reached last night by the seconds of the two men. It was decided that inasmuch as duels are a criminal offense, Villareal would have been subject to a term in prison had the engagement taken place, and thus deprived of his rights a citizen he could not have gone before the people as & candidate for the presidency. - The dispute between Gomez and Vil- Iareal rose from an exchange of charges of reprehensible conduct on the fleld of battle following comments made by the candidate concerning the recent allega- tions of co-operati deputies that Gen. Gomez was implicated in a plot to attack them. The seconds have agreed that the duel will take place within three days after the election. Boy Tows Boat | 5 Days to Bring Father to Doctor By the Associated Press. WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Novem- ber 10.—His arms deeply scarred by the tow rope, the ten-year-old son of Samuel Bignell, an Indian, arrived here yesterday after tow- ing his dylng father in the fast- flowing river fifty miles to get medical attention. When his fath- er was taken ill while out on a trap line with the youngster, the boy helped him into the canoe, took the rope and finally, after dragging the craft for five days, reached civilization and a_doctor. Bignell died soon after his ar- rival. END BOOTLEG SALES FROM U.S. BUILDING Lunchroom Proprietors - Cut Phone Line to Halt Activities Near Police Headquarters. That a thriving bootleg traffic is be- ing conducted within the shadow of police headquarters, with activities centering in 8 lunchroom located in a government-owned bullding at 1ith street and Pennsylvania avenue, was disclosed in a letter sent by W. G. Platt, chief clerk of the Treasury De- partment, to proprietors of the lunch- room. Apparent inability of tite police and prohibition agents to cope with the bootleg situation in that vicinity was indicated in the letter, which was sent to McHugh & Brown, propreitors of the Western Lunch, 1406 Pennsylvania avenue. The letter told of complaints of bootleggers having transacted busi- ness over the telephone in the lunch- room. The property is rented by Mc- Hugh & Brown. Fully two months ago the police called the attention of the proprietors to reports of alleged bootleg operations over the telephone in the lunchroom and asked their co-operation in an ef- fort to put a stop to the practice. Warning Is Sent. Addnlonlld:on‘:plalns ‘were made, and yesterday Chief’ Clerk Platt sent the proprietors of the lunchroom the fol- lowing message: “Gentlemen: On October 3, 1923, I addressed a letter to your Mr. D. B. McHugh calling his attention to a re- port that had been made to me con-| fidentially with reference to men loit- ering in your lunchroom from 6 o'clock in the evening till 6 o'clock in the morning, who were undoubt- edly carrying on a bootlegging busi ness. In this letter 1 asked your co operation in breaking up any ques: tionable practice that might be car- ried on from your place of business. “A_ formal complaint now come to me from the police department, say- ing that there is no doubt but what bootleggers are transacting business in your lunchroom; that orders for liquor are’ received over your tele- phones; that it is well known on the outside’ that liquor can be obtained from men who frequent your place and that you know who ‘these men are; that It is not an 'uncommon thing for calls to be received over your telephone; that your emploves will go out on the street and request | cite coal operated on a margin of less { was $1.18, or more than three times the person called for to come to the telephone, and that it is well known that the ‘conversation carried on is with reference to securing liquor. “There is no objection, of course, to your having telephone service for the proper conduct of your business, but this_department cannot rd to_be (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) 11 KILLED, 20 HURT IN BLAST AT GENOA Was Second Explosion in Two Days—Nine Died in First. By the Assoclated Press. GENOA, November 10.—Fort Mon- tegnano, where an explosion of cor- dite occurred Thursday, causing the death of nine persons and the wound- ing of nine others, was shaken by explosions again yesterday, eleven more persons being killed and a score injured. Firemen could not check the spread of flames, and the fort is a com- plete wreck. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning to Washington 60 cents per month. Telephone Main and service wi homes at e 1 5000 ill start immediately Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 92,964 1 HONEST-TO-GOODNESS DIPLOMAT. ENDUGH HARD COAL FORD, . BUE SOON Local Dealers Expect Supply When Shipments Cease on Great Lakes. Users of anthracite coal in the Dis- trict of Columbia who have been un- able to purchase coal in sufficient quantity this fall will probably be able to buy anthracite in any quantity after November 20. By that date dealers believe ship- ments of anthracite to the northwest via the great lakes will have drop- ped off and navigation on the lakes will be almost completely closed for the winter, releasing shipments of anthracite to the south, most of which will come through or near Washing- ton. Anthracite shipments to the Capital have been unusually light this fall, not alone on account of the miners’ strike last summer, but because northwest and New England points have demanded full shipments before navigation closes on the lakes and winter causes a partial shutdown of rail and water shipments. At pres- | ent there is little anthracite to be had in Washington at any price, ac- cording to dealers, and next month the price may be increased. Plenty of Soft Coal. The bituminous situation is just the reverse of that regarding anthracite. Plenty of bituminous coal is on hand in dealers’ bins, at the lowest price for many months. Bituminous is sell- ing generally at between $7 and $8 a ton, while one grade sells far below $7. Delivery can be made in practi- cally any amount of bituminous. Seventeen companies mining anthra- than $1 per ton from January to March, 1923, the United States Coal Commission” announced today, while forty-eight companies operated on margins between $1 and $3 a ton, with six companies recelving more than $6 a ton margin for their coal. Ten companies received between $2 and $2.49 margin, while only one company reported a cost in excess of sales realization. Show Large Increase Compared to the margins on which anthracite operators worked before the war present-day margins show a large increase. In the four years be- fore the United States entered the war ihe average margin for the rallroad coal companies was 37 cents a ton. In 1919 the average margin was 61 cents. In 1920 and 1921 for these companies it was 56 cents and 85 cents, respectively, with the aver- age for 1921 more than twice as great as the pre-war average. During the coal strike of 1922 the companies lost heavily and opera- tions for the year as a whole showed a loss. After the resumption of mining, however, the commission sald margins rose to the highest point of record in ten years. For the last quarter of 1922 the average of the railroad coal companies was $1.15 and in the first quarter of 1923 it TWO CENTS, VIGOROUS RUM WAR 10 CLEAN UP CITY LANDS7TINTOILS Sixty Policemen and Six Dry Agents Led by Davis in Sweeping Raids. GROUNDWORK CAREFULLY LAID BEFORE DRIVE OPENS Seventy-Five of Ninety-One Forays, in Seven Precincts, Completed by Noon Today. With clocklike smoothness and regularity police raiders and prohi- bitlon agents, under supervision of Lieut. O. T. Davis of the vice squad, today mopped up Washington's retail bootleg territories and brought in seventy-one prisoners and about 500 gallons of confiscated liquor. The raids came on the heels of the announcement of vindication of the members of the vice squad of charges of irregular enforcement of prohibi- tion laws in the National Capital. They were almost city-wide in scope. Five precincts contributed flying squadrons of picked men to assist in the ralds. By 1 o'clock today 75 per cent of the ninety-one planned raids had been completed successfully, only three fights were reported, prisoners were jamming precincts and bonds- men were placing thousands of dol- lars an hour for the release of those held. Many Arrests Made. The 1 o'clock summary revealed that the second precinct was in the van with arrests totaling 21, while the fourth precinct was running a close second, with 20; the ninth pre- cinct, despite a late start, had gath ered 13 into the Volstead net, while the eighth precinct reported 10 ar- rests and the sixth precinct, 7. The ninth precinct raiders had cap- tured about 110 gallons of liquor, at 1 o'clock; the eighth, 50; the second almost 200, and about 150 gallons were scattered about in various other precincts. In addition, the second precinct raiders, led by the vice squad, had taken about 312 gallons of corn mash, In a raid at 1449 P street, the home of Edward Philips. At 617 New York avenue, where Julius Rudden was arrested, Lieut. Davis and Scrgt. McQuade encounter- ed opposition, which resulted in a free-for-all fight. There was no serious casualties. Later today when the vice squad went to 1320 I street, where Mr. and Mrs. David Traino were arrested on charges of selling, illegal possession and destruction of liquor for evidence, another fight started, in which Po- liceman Salkeld of the second precinct nearly had his trousers torn off him. Two quarts were saved by the po- lice, it was stated, after a large quan- tity had been destroyed by the oc- cupants of the house. while the raid- ers were breaking in. Several minor disorders occurred when colored houses were raided, but no serious injuries were recorded. Raids Carefully Mapped. The ralds were mapped out like a battle plan in the skirmish of oppos- ing forces. Last night the police vice squad gathered in the office of United States Commissioner George H. Mac- donald and swore out the warrants. Commanding officers in the various precincts were handed them. Until 7:30 o'clock this morning, when the first raids began, there was no knowl- edge of the raiding outside of the vice squad members and the commandants of the aforementioned precincts. Throughout the day prohibition agents have been flying from one pre- cinct to another to identify prisoners as to purchases against them. Be- cause of the activity of prohibition agents early today In the sixth pre- cinct the ninth precinct raiders got a late start and had made no arrests at 10:30 o’'clock. Asher Central Figure. James L. Asher, who was beaten by a mob near 1st and K streets northeast recently, was tbe central figure of the evidence gathering. Alded by two confederates, he posed as a team master and as an automo- bile mechanic to make purchases. Several other disguises were used with facility. For ten days the work of making “buys” for warrants has been pro- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3., MAY FRAME CODE the pre-war average. The large mar- gins of late 1922 and early 1923, the commission said, were due In part to the active demand for steam sizes and in part to the fact that the railroad companies advanced the price of domestic coal slightly. ALIEN LAW EXTENSION FAVORED BY PRESIDENT Congress will be expected by Presi- dent Coolidge to extend the restric- tive immigration law, which would expire next June 30. No definite sug- gestions to Congress have been for- mulated by the Chief Executive, it was learned yesterday, but he would look with disfavor on any increase of the present 3 per cent quotas. Secretary Davis has announced he would offer again his bill embodying restrictive features similar to those | in the present law, but providing for | selection of immigrants abroad. Some industrial interests, including the United States Steel Corporation, have | proposed a liberalization of the pres- ent law. ON CHILD WELFARE Rudolph to Ask Sage Founda- tion Experts to Com- plete Work. Possibility of having the Russell Sage Foundation proceed with the framing of a new child welfare code for Washington will be discussed at a conference on Monday between Commissioner Rudolph and two rep- resentatives of the foundation. Mr. Rudolph explained today that the meeting is not for the purpose of beginning the actual work, but mere- 1y to find out whether it will be pos- sible to have the foundation bear the expense of doing it. The Commission- er explained that the District has no fund with which to pay for such a task. The conference will be attended by Dr. Hastings Hart, director of the FORTY DIE FROM PLAGUE CASABLANCA, Morocco, Novem!erl 10.—An epidemic of plague is spread- | !ing at Larache and forty persons "°| reported dead. The French authorities have estab- lished a itary cordon, permitting no one to pass from the Spanish into the French zone or iInto Tangier without submitting to vaccination. child welfare for the foundation, and W. W. Hodson, another expert con- pected with the Russell Sage organ- ization. The Commissioners for a number of years have had organized a child wel- fare code commission, headed by Jus- tice Frederick L. Siddons of the Dis. trict Supreme Court. The Commis- sloner expects to find out at Monday's meeting whether it will be possible to get the services of the Russell Sage experts.