Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Rain tonight and possibly tomorrow morning, followed by cleaving; silghtly wars tonlght; colder tomorrow ana tomorrow night; temperature for twen- ty-four hours ended at 2 p.m. tod: Highest, 56, ut noon. today; lowest, 38, Full report on page 7. “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star's carrier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes at 3 a.m. today. as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Net Circulation, 91,717 Sunday’s Circulation, 99,827 TWO CENTS. @ h WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, | ¢ Foening - Star. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 22 29,063. N Entgred as second-class matter ¢ post office Washington, D. C. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26. 1923—THIRTY-FOUR PAGES. LEGISLATURE CALL - T0 FIX GOAL PRICE ASKED OF PINCHOT Gov. Preus of Minnesota Holds State Can Regu- late Industry. FULL CONTROL OF MINES ADVOCATED AT PARLEY Governors’ Conference Told Public Is Justified in Anger Over Prices. By the Assoclated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., November 26.— Gov. Preus of Minnesota, in the out- line of a plan for reducing anthracite ©oal prices, submitted today at the conference here of representatives of Bnthracite consuming states, called upon Gov. Pinchot to call a special session of the Pennsylvania legisla- ture for the purpose of having the anthraclte industry declared a public business, ‘The legislature, he declared, can regulate the production of coal, its preparation for use and can fix the price. Federal legislation ‘“should then and could be passed,” he said, Tegulating the distribution and trans- portation of coal. He expressed doubt that Congress can remedv the situa- tion to anywhere near the exten: that Pennsylvania can. Government control of the anthra- cite coal industry by state and feder- 2l action and by a compact between the anthracite-consuming states es- tablishing a commission to enforce regulations to be agreed upon by the Bovernors was proposed by Gov. Pin- chat of Pennsylvania in an address. Such a commission as he proposed, the governor said, “pooling the po- lice powers of the states concerned, could, in co-operation with federal authority over interstate commerce, completely regulate the whole indus- try from the mine to the consumer's bin."” Alms at Lower Prices. Today's conference was called by Gov. Pinchot to consider a specific program of legislation designed to keep down coal prices. In his ad- dress he set forth three suggestions for such a program: That the state executives use such powers as they mow have to assure clean coal by publicity as to fraudu- lent practices; that they ascertain and make public extertions being practiced and by whom; that they disseminate Information as. to- fuch economy and substitutes, and thi they act jointly in appealing to the Interstate Commerce Commission for consideration of anthracite freight rates. That the federal government estab- lish and enforce in interstate com- merce standards for clean coal and for sizes; that Tt license all those engaged in the Interstate anthracite trade; that it authorize the Inter- state Commerce Commission to deny cars to profiteers, and that it inves- tigate and publish facts. States’ Treaty Advoeated. That the anthracite using states under a provision of the federal Con- stitution agree upon the form of regulation “that will best work 2o the advantage of their people” and negotiate a treaty or compact to establish a joint commission to en- force it. Governors of thirty states had been requested to attend and acceptances received assured the presence of dele- gates representing practically half of them for the opening of the confer- ence at 3:30 p.m. today. Declaring “the people are angry, (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) PRESIDENT URGES MEMORIAL BRIDGE Anxious for Work to Begin on Structure to Span the Potomac. President Coolidge is especially anxious that there be no unnecessary delay in getting under way in the actua) construction of the Arlington Memorial bridge, which is to span the Potomac river and serve as a direct connection between the Lincoln Memorial and the Arlingfon national cemetery. . The President's deep interest in this memorial bridge was made known today to Representative Langley of Kentucky, chairman of the House committee on public buildings and grounds. During the discussion of the project the President, who is chairman of the special commission named by Congress to approve the plane and carry out the construction of. the memorial bridge, told Repre- sentative Langley that he does not care to have this important matter lag, and in order to arrive at some definite agreement he will very shortly call a meeting of the commis- sion to be held at the White House. Besides the President and Represen- tative Langley, the other members of | the commission are the Speaker of the House, the President of the Sen- ate and Senator Brandegee, chairman of the Senate committee on public buildings and grounds. Approaches Already Designated. The commission already has selected the location of the north and south approaches of the bridge and have tentatively approved the planf of the structure Itself. The latter, accord- ing to architects add experts in such matters, will be one of the handsome and at the same time one of the most practical bridges in the world. These plans also have been approved by the Fine Arts Commission and have been used as the basis by engineers of the office of the public bulldings and grounds in making the preliminary survey, which work was provided for in an act of Congress last year. Representative Langley said it is very lkely that the necessary le Ecuumudonl’m Column 1.) | were killed in coal mine accidents Oriental U niversity While the Oriental University here has been ‘“graduating” doctors of medicine by the score, Dr. Helmuth P. Holler, its president, against whom a fraud order recently was issued by the Post Office Department, has been busy perfecting a “spiritual X-r Medical ' Association with it. | Assisted by the unseen spectres of | famous surgeons and medical prac- | titloners who have passed into the great beyond, Dr. Holler claims his | “spiritual X-ray” will ferret out the most baffling afictions and make it possible for the departed specialists in his employ to cure them without the aid of scalpel or drug. “That is why T am being hounded,” sald the president of Oriental Univer- sity, violently grabbing at his right side in the proximity of that kidney, complaining all the while that he had | been suffering for several days from | a pain in that vicinity. “The medical association that once my ‘spiritual X-ra: ZKILLED, B HURT IN MINE EXPLOSION All Others of 922 Workers in lllinois Mine Blast Bglieved Safe. know: become: By the Associated Pre CHICAGO, November 26.—Two miners are dead and eight others badly burned are in the West Frankfort hospital, but all others who were endangered by an explosion this morning in the north- western part of the Chicago, Wilming- ton and Franklin Coal Company’s mine No. 1, near West Frankfort, one of the largest, if not the largest, mine In the world, are believed to be above ground, according to a message received at the company’s offices this afternoon. The mine employs more than 1,000 men, 922 of whom were in the mine when the explosion occurred. The latest infomation was to the effect that about thirty-five men were working in the section of the mine where the explosion, belleved to have been due to combustion of gases, oc- curred. All of these, according to the ast message to President George B. Harrington, now-are beiteved to be out of the mipe. The message, stating that two were dead, eight In the hospital and all others believed to be above ground, was taken to indicate that rescuers had succeeded in entering the affected section of the mine. 153 KILLED IN MONTH. Mine Accidents Take Heavy Toll During October. It cost more than two lives to mine each 1,000,000 tons of coal mined during October, the bureau of mines announced today. One hundred and fifty-three employes of coal mines during the month. Output of coal s 57,895,000 tons, a fatality rate of 2.65 per million tons mined. The rate for October last year was 3.83 per million tons. Most of the fatal accidents during October occurred at bituminous mines. Total number of fatal accidents at all coal mines reported for the first ten months of 1923 was 2.059, com- which he declares will soon exter-| minate that science and the American | ‘Spiritual X-Ray,”W orld Panacea (‘Invented’ by D. C. School Head President, Facing U. S. Fraud Charge, Sees Med- ical. Science Doom. known it will be the end of medicine. Ouch!” Dr. Holler said as he clutched his side tighter. ‘Can’t your spirit friends assist you in your own suffering. doctor?' in- nocently inquired a mild reporter. Can Cure Hix Tlix. “Oh, yes, yes. Of course, my boy.” replied the inventor of the latest psychic surgical instruments, | quickly. “You see the spirits only work when things are quiet and calm. I am too much disturbed right now. They don’t—er—what you might say ‘zet me’ when I'm so excited. Dr. Virchow. the gr-r-reat German spe- cialist who has passed on, is my first assistant. He Is so superior to me! But to get back to my ‘spiritual X-ray.’ ‘The patients and a number of mediums, who must be robust and healthy, sit around in a circle. That gives strength. Then the lights are turned out. That attracts the spirits, Each of us calls upon the spirit doc- tor that is helping us. Slowly we see a light turned upon the patient, penetrating _to the affected organ. | (Continued on Page 10, Column 3.) GUNS OF RUM SHP * FIRE ON CUTTERS Tomako Broke From Cap- tors, Threatened Officer, Coast Guard Reports. ves, By the Associated Pres: NEW YORK, ovember 26.—The crew of the rum-laden schooner To- mako, after her capture yesterday threatened a coast guard boarding officer and attempted a dash to sea after firing her machine guns at the cutters Seneca and Lexington. These adidtional facts were brought to the cellector§of the port, who was {investigating the alleged British ure, it was reported from London, might bring a formal protest from the British government. sent aboard the Tomako after her capture. The Lexington and Seneca started back to New York with the Tomako loafing along in the rear. Suddenly, it was alleged, the ma- chine guns were trained on Perkins and the Tomako headed east. She gpened fire when the cutters pursued her. The alleged smuggler was over- hauled for the second time when she was about ten miles off shore and Boatswain Johasenn was sent aboard with an armed party of six men. A hand-to-hand fight followed before the Tomako's crew was subdued. Sefzure of the Tomako, according to Assistant Solicitor Edward Barnes, was made_upon special instructions from the Treasury Department call- ing for capture of the Tomako wher- ever it was found within twelve miles off shore. Go to Trial Today. “Rummy Bill" McCoy, whom govern- ment agents call the “King of the Rum Runners,” appears before a United States Commissioner today with eight British seamen, crew of the schooner Tomako, charged with smuggling lquor. pared with 1443 fatalities in the same period last year. BLIZZARD WEATHER HITS NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK Blanket of Snow Covers the Upper Hudson and Eastern Mo- hawk Valleys. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., November 26.— Northeastern New York state s ex- periencing midwinter weather. A Sunday blizzard left a blanket of snow over the upper Hudson and eastern Mohawk valleys, Albany, Troy and Schenectady had six to elght Inches of snow. Electric- car service was crippled and wire communications delayed. In the east- ern Adirondacks sleighing replaced motoring, and snowdrifts hampered steam traffic. MONTREAL, November 26.—Con- stituting a record for fifty years, fourteen and & half inches of snow fell in this city and vicinity between Friday night and early Sunday. Branches of trees were broken and electric light and telephone wires were snapped in some sections. SR TS RED AGENTS FACE TRIAL. MOSCOW, November 25.—Two more big trials for ecomomic mis- management of government institu- tions are announced for the near future. One case involves the entire management of the central trading department of the supreme economic council, embracixg nearly 100 per- sons. The department was allotted sixty million gold rubles in goods and working capital and succeeded in losing eleven and a half millions the first year. . The other trial will bring before the court twenty-five persons con- nected with the state universal retail stores, which lost half a million gold rubles. CABLE LANDED IN HAVRE. HAVRE. France, November 26.— The new Franco-American cable, said to be the longest in the world, was landed safely yesterday by the cable steamer Stephan. The line will be in operation in a few days. —_— GRANGE ELECTS OFFICERS, Special Dispatch to The Star. EASTON, Md., November 26.—At the annual meeting of Pomona Grange of Talbot county, composed of Easton, St. Michaels, Bozman, Mc- Danfel and Cordova Granges, held at Cordova, the officers were elected, in- cluding Alexander McGill, Easton, as ter, The men, who surrendered yester- day after the coast guard cutter Seneca had fired twiee across the Tomako’s bows, had $100,000 in cash in their pockets and 200 cases of liquor_in the hold. They will make their defense, McCoy says, on the fact that the ship was six and one half- miles from shore when captured. McCoy, who is said to be under in- dictment for violation of the prohi- bition law and who has been sought for five months along the Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida, had $60,000. Government agents safd this amount was received for 4,000 cases of liquor already sold to American bootleggers. The cargo was taken on in the Bahamas. Start Pefore Dawn. The coast guard cutters Seneca and Lexington, operating on information, proceeded to Sandy Hook long before daybreak. As dawn broke the Lexington sight- ed the schooner, its two sticks stand- ing over the top of an early morning haze, and sent a radlo message to the Seneca to proceed. “Ahoy, schooner,” shouted the com- mander of the speedy Lexington. “Heave to there, you little devil, or there'll be trouble.” “Heave to, verself,” came the an- swering shout from the schooner's stern. ~ “Whaddye . think - yer doin’ chasin’ a British boat outside the three-mile limit?” =~ “Bring her around or we'll blow you clean down to Nassau,” the coast guard warned. . No heed was paid to this threat and a shot from the three-inch gun on the Lexington whistled across the To- mako's bow. Its only effect was to increase the schooner's speed. Then the Seneca sent another shot whizzing by the mainmast. The cutters were almost upon her then and the schoon- er's captain brought her about. A party of five from the cutter was dispatched in a small boat to board the schooner. As they climbed over the side several members of the crew at- tempted to push them back, and a lively fist fight ensued, during which at least three members of the schooner's crew got bloody noses and sore heads. Rounded up, the crew of eight, in- cluding the schooner's master, George Downey, were sent aboard the Lexing- ton. Downey declared he was not liable to seizure, as the twelve-mile treaty be- tween Great Britain and the United States involving rum-carrying boats had not become effective. Meanwhile, the boarding party searched the schooner and down in a hold they found McCoy, crouching among the remaining 200 cases of the original 4,200-case cargo. In his pockets were found banknotes for $60,000 and in the cabin safe were ‘I.De.m more. All this, McCoy said, had been received from the smuggler boats of New Jersey that vis- ited his ship on Rum row. All members of the Tomako's crew had been given their share of the 0 prof- . {Continued on Page 2, Column &) ., about six miles off the Jersey shore,; out in an official report made today | registry of the schooner, whose seiz- | According to the report, Lient. L. | W. Perkins of the coast guard, was | ALBERT'S EFFORTS | T0 FORM CABINET INGERMANY FUTILE Chancellor’s Selection Re- sented by Nationalists, Who Favored Hergt. REICHSTAG DISSOLUTION AT EARLY DATE IS SEEN New Leader Gained Great Noto- riety in U. §. During % World War. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 26 —The efforts of Dr. Heinrich F. Albert, former minister of the treasury, to form a new German cabinet had borne no visible fruit up to this afternoon. It was believed that if a ministry should take office under Dr. Albert's chan- cellorship it would do no more than mark the transition stage to a disso- lutfon of the national parliament. President Ebert's invitation to Dr. Albert to form a new cabinet caused considerable resentment in nation- alist quarters, because the president did not invite the natlonalists to sub- mit a candidate for the chancellor- ship, for which post they lLad the natfonalist leader, Dr. Hergt. ‘n view. The invitation was extended Dr.: Albert Sunday after tho members of the deposed Stresemann ministry and the various parliamentary leaders had informed the president that the present situation in the reichstag would prevent the Installation of a coalition government which would be assured a working majority in the legislative body. The president re- called Dr. Albert and prevailed upon | him to reconsider the declination to assume the chancellorship, which he had given after a_consultation with | the executive last Friday. Dissolution Expected. It was hardly expected from the first, however, that Dr. Albert would be able to get together a ministry which would stand the test of a reichstag vote, the idea apparently being that it would serve as a means of carrying on governmental affairs until dissolution of the reichstag, ex- pected in the near future, should come. Dr. Albert gained great notoriety in the United States in the early part of the world war. In 1915 he was| commercial attache of the German | embassy in Washington, and during | that period and later was charged with engaging in extensive propa- ganda in behalf of Germany. Among his associates were Capt. .von Papen and Capt. Boy-ed. Much of Dr. Albert’s work in serv- ing the fatherland, it is alleged, was carried on by a bureau which he es- | tablished in New York. Numerous| documents were disclosed in which | Dr. Albert figured as the leading spirit in the attempt to {influence American thought in favor of Ger- many. After his return to Berlin Dr. Al- bert was appointed an undersecretary | of state, and in 1922 was minister of the treasury in the Cuno cabinet, and still later held the post of minister of reconstruction. ROLLING STOCK SEIZED. Belgium Acts When TUltimatum Gets No Reply. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, November 26.—The Bel- glan government today seized Ger- man rolling stock at Duisburg and Hamborn, in view of Germany's fail- ure to reply to Belgium's ultimatum demanding an indemnity of 1,250,000 francs for the assassination of Lieut. Graff near Duesseldorf in March, 1922. The time limit fixed by the Belgian ultimatum expired last night. Bel- gium had previously rejected an offer from Germany to submit the question to The Hague tribunal for arbitra- tion, and the Berlin government was notified that the amount claimed as indemnity would be confiscated in the occupled regions should Germany fail to pay. Police Claim Error. Lieut. Graft was shot while he was riding in a street car between Ruhr- ort and Walsum. His slayers, four members of the German green police, pleaded mistaken identity, declaring (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) LODGE CALLS G, 0.P. CAUCUS SATURDAY Candidates-to Be Chosen for Leaderships—Demo- crats to Act. A formal call for a conference of Senate republicans next Saturday went out today from the office of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, the republican leader. The purpose will be to select the majority candidate for President pro tem. and the party leader and whip. Senate democrats, under present plans, will hold their conference next Monday, two hours in advance of the convening of the Sixty-eighth Con- gress. Senator Robinson of Arkansay is assured of election as democratic leader, while Senator Pittman of Ne- vada is likely to be the minority can- didate for President pro, tem. and Senator Gerry of Rhode Island as democratic Whip. Cummins Undecided, Senator Cummins of Towa still is considering which of his present two jobs he will give up in the coming Congress—President pro tem. of the Senate or chairman of the interstate commerce committee, on which Sen- ator La Follette of Wisconsin, a leader of the progressive bloc, is next in line Lot the chalrmanship, POLICEMAN SHOT ARRESTING YOUTH Sergt. McDonald Victim as Alleged Thief Empties Gun at Captors. Sergt. William M. McDonald of No. 10 -precinet was shot through the jaw and Detective B. W. Thompson of head- quarters ducked as a bullet passed through his hat early today, when the two attempted to arrest Linwood Tedeastle Folk, twenty-one years old, 1925 Park road, who stood behipd his front door and nearly emptied the magazine of an automatic pistol at the officers. He was arrested a few min- utes later as he tried to escape through the back door of his home, clad only in his underclothing and a bathrobe. Physicians at Emergency think Sergt. McDonald will recover. It was 3 o'clock this morning when the two policemen, who had been asked by Deputy Sheriff O. Parmeter of North Chevy Chase, Md., to assist him in making the arrest, reached the Park road home and rang the bell Mrs. Folk came to the door and went to get her {son out of bed, returning to tell the officers he wouldn't get up. A minute later the youth appeared at an upstairs window and asked the officers what they wanted. They told him to come down. He came, and the sheriff started to hand him' a warrant for his arrest on a charge of grand larceny. Folk at- tempted to shut the door, but McDonald blocked it with his foot. Folk opened fire and shot about seven times, while the officers, drawing their guns, re- turned the fire. Captured by Chauffer. Folk rushed through the rear of the house and reached the alley, where P. W. Nicholson, police chauffeur, was on guard. Nicholson ordered the youth to throw up his hands and drop his gun. He did so and Nicholson put him under arrest. Meanwhile, at the front door, McDonald sagged to the ground and Thompson held him up until the police chauffeur arrived. The prisoner was given to Sherlff Parmeter, who took him to headquarters, while McDonald was rushed to Emergency, weak from loss of blood. Dr. Daniei L. Borden, police surgeon, probed for the bullét which was found in his neck. _ Grand Larceny Charged. ‘The warrant for Folk's arrest was issued by Magistrate Robert E. Lee, on the oath of Parmeter. It charged grand larceny, but did not specify what was alleged to have been stolen. Par- meter told the police the amount of money invotved was $150. Folk de- clared therg was a dispute between Parmeter and himself growing out of a lquor transaction, but this statement was vigorously denied by Parmeter. Deputy _Sheriff Parmeter, accom- panied by H. W. Lenderman, 2113 14th street, who had driven him to the city from 'his home, called at police head- quarters and requested Detective Em- brey, night chief of detectives, to send an officer with him to Folk's house to get him on the grand larceny charge, Detective Thompson was detailed to ac- company him, and Sergt. McDonald, in uniform, was asked to assist. FAMILY OF 9 BURN TO DEATH IN HOME Loghouse Built Century Ago Crumbles Upon Occupants Beyond Help. v By the Associated Press. CONFLUENCE, Pa., November 26.— Samuel Roscoe, his wife and seven children were burned to death early today when their home on a hill ‘halt a mile from the village was destroyed. Roscoe, who had been a miner, re- cently bought a farm within sight of, Confluence, but half a mile away, He moved his family into -an old house of log and frame construction, built almost a century ago. When the fire broke out the flames spread rapidly and before help could reach the fam- ily the structure collapsed. ‘The bodies were found in the cellar, some of them in the charred beds, which had dropped from the second story. The seven chilireh ranged in age Yrom_thirteen years to three weeks, the infant being found in its mother’ arms, The police expressed the opin- fon;that the fire was caused- by, an stovey <L |LEVIATHAN SETS RECORD | FOR CHERBOURG VOYAGE Crosses in 5 Days, 7 Hours and 20 Minutes—Beats Former Time 13 Minutes. NEW YORK, November 26.—Ameri- ca’s biggest st?amship, the Leviathan, established a new world's record for westbound navigation of the Atlantic, arriving from Cherbourg today after a | run of five days, seven hours and twenty minutes, with an average hourly speed of 24.17 knots. : This broke by thirteen ‘minutes the previous record, held by the Cunarder Mauretania of five days, seven hours and thirty-three minutes. D. C. RECEIVERSHIP ASKED FOR ROAD Washington-Virginia Com- pany Bondholder D. C. Su- preme Court Petitioner. ‘The District Supreme Court was asked today to appoint an ancillary receiver for the property within the District of Columbia belonging %> the Washington-Virginia Railway Com- pany. Attorney Charles H. Merillat, representing Mrs. Mattle M. New- comer of Maryland, a bondholder of the company, filed an intervening pe- tition, in which he requests that a receiver be appointed “with the cour- age to take hold of the situation, re- port fearlessly to the court and adopt such action as conditions demand.” Justice Hitz has set down arguments on the application for this afternoon. Judge Brent at Fairfax, Va., last Friday appointed Arthur L. Reynolds as receivor for the company in Vir- ginia. The designation of Mr. Rey- nolds as ancillary receiver In_this !jurisdiction is requested in three suits filed today against the company by three corporations of Philadelphia. The plaintiffs who are asking for the same receiver are the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, the Bank of North America_and Trust Company and the Real Estate Trust Company of Philadelphia. Polint to Virginia Actio These three petitions set forth the proceedings In Virginia and the action of the court there and request similar action of the local tribunal. It is alleged that the road is in- solvent and has defaulted in the pay- ment of interest on its bonded in- debtedness since 1920. Attorneys John F. Barbour and Hayden Johnson appear for the plaintiffs. 4Zhe intervening petition of Mrs. ewcomer alleges that the company issued bonds far in excess of the real value of the plant and charges that $100,000 disappeared overnight from the office of the tregsurer of the com- pahy and that the ‘affairs of the cor- poration were not conducted in the best interests of the stockholders. This vast sum of money disappeared, it is stated, in 1919, and no action to redress the wrong has been taken by those who have since been in control of the corporation. 6TH PRECINCT PROBE ORDERED BY OYSTER Commissioner Takes Action After Disclosures in Recent Dry Raids. Commissioner Oyster today direct- ed Maj. Sullivan to make an investi- gatlon of conditions in the sixth pre- cinet. The Commissioner indicated that his action is a result of the fact that the vice squad, headed by Lieut. Davis and assisted by prohibition agents, went into that precinct last week and conducted a raid in which they discovered a large still and con- siderable amount of liquor. The Commissioner sald he felt that some inquiry should be made by the superintendent into conditions in the precinct. Reports were current to the effect that there might be some changes in the personnel of men assigned to that precinct, but it is not likely that any definite action toward transfers wiil be pke; until the major: has com- pleted his investigation, NEW CARNEGIE GIFT ASSURES LIBRARY $100,000 Appropriated for Magnificent Branch at Mount Pleasant. An additional $100,000 has been ap- propriated by the Carnegie Corporation of New York for erection of the Mount Pleasant branch of the Public Library, insuring that the branch to be estab- lished at 16th and Lamont streets will be a structure in keeping with the other fine buildings in the vicinity. This was announced today by Dr. George F. Bowerman of the Public Library, following receipt by him of a letter from Dr. Frederick P. Keppel of the Carnegie Corporation, telling of the appropriation, which makes a total of $200,000 available for the new branch. Put Off Other Projects. Tt is understood that the corporation deferred other projects in order to give the National Capital a fine branch library in this populous section. Resolutions adopted by trustees of the Carnegie Corporation provide that the $200,000 cover the cost of the building complete, including all indis- pensable permanent furniture, fixtures and equipment. Dr. Bowerman hopes that ground may be broken on the building Janu- ary 1 next, following submission by the Commissioners of requests for bids upon the plans drawn up by Ed- ward L. Tilton, the architect who de- signed the southeast branch library. The budget contains an appropriation for the maintenance of a staff for the Mount Pleasant branch, beginning January 1, 1924. Dr. Bowerman pointed out that the new branch will serve a population estimated now at between 100,000 and 150,000, which is growing rapidly. Will Have Two Stories. The Mount Pleasant branch will be a two-story building, with basement, built upon a site already purchased for $25,000, the money having been appropriated by Congress. The lot. on the southwest corner of 16th and Lamont streets, is behind a little green triangle. The building will face toward Sacred Heart Church. The plans of the architect call for a building modeled after the Massimi palace at Rome. A distinguishing fea- ture will be an outdoor reading room, which in winter will be closed in with great windows. This outdoor room will be reached by the main corridor. Another feature is to be a great rear staircase, part of which will be in the open, which will lead directly to the children’s rooms on the second floor. Every provision found good in modern_library construction will be incorporated in the Mount Pleasant branch. v FORMER SLAVE SUES EDUCATED HUSBAND Reared Family While He Studied, Only to Have Him Get Divorce, Is Charged. * Emma Mingo, colored, today filed suit for maintenance in the District Supreme Court against William Mingo, jr., an employe of the Naval Observa- tory. The plaintiff says she and her husband were born in slavery in Texas afid are about sixty-five or seventy years old. Shortly after marriage her husband suggested that he would like to get an education and while she also wished to be able to write her name she consented to take over the burden of rearing the family while William went to school. Later Willlam se- cured a position as a teacher in Texas and afterward obtalned a gov- ernment position here. ‘When she wanted to come here he told her living expenses were too high and advised that she remain in Texas. Only once did he send her money, she declares, and that was when one of the children had the smallpox he sent $10. She has now learned that her husband obtained a divorce from her in Texas without her knowledge. She asks that the court ignore that decree and award her alimony. They were married December 18, 1879, and lived together until 1913 Attorneys Bell, Marshall & Rice ap- pear for the-wifes 'FORBES DESERTED, RECORDS OF ARMY DECLARED T0 SHOW Papers Turned Over to Sen- ators Said to Detail Disap- pearance and Later Arrest. MISSING FROM FT. MYER SGON AFTER ENLISTMENT Restored to Ranks and Finally Dis- charged as Sergeant After “Faithful Service.” sald by War Department to show that at one time Charles R. Forbes, former director of the Veterans' Bureau, was drop- ped from the rolls of the Army as a deserter were turned over to the senate veterans committee today by the department, The record, sent to the committee at its request, was said also to show that later Forbes was apprehended, served out his term of enlistment and was discharged without having been brought to trial. The attitude of the department at this time, it was sald, was that the case long ago had been disposed of and there was no intention of taking any further action, since the matter now was in the hands of the Senate committee. Members of the committee declined to say what use would be made of the information given by the department. During the eterans’ investigation, in which Forbes was a central figure., efforts were made to bring the former director's service record into the pub- lic hearings, but Chairman Reed rul- ed it out on the ground that evidence should be confined to the period after Forbes became head of the Veterans' Bureau. Papers officials Enlisted in 1900. The service record put in the hands jof the committee was summarized by War Department officials as follows: Forbes enlisted in the Army as a private in March, 1900, at Boston, Mass. About two months later. in May of that year, he was dropped from the Army rolls for desertion. At that time he was serving at Fort Myer, Va., as a first-class private in the Signal Corps. He was apprehended and restored to duty without trial by the depart- mental commander. He then com- pleted his enlistment period and was { discharged from the Army as a first- class sergeant with character de- scribed as exceilent and services sald to_be “honest and faithful.” During the world war he was com- missioned reserve major in the Sig- nal Corps and served overseas with the 41st and 33d divisions. He was promoted to a lieutenant colonel, Sig- nal Corps, in October, 1918. May Take More Testimony. The first draft of the report of the committee is now in preparation by John F. O'Ryan of New York city, general counsel, in consultation with the members of the committee, It probably will not be completed under wo weeks. Decision as to whether the commit« tee is to hear Mrs. Katherine Morti= mer, wife of Elias H. Mortimer, of Philadelphia, the star witness against Forbes, still is in abeyance, as is the ion of whether her testimony, | taken in executive session, is to be made public. It is certain, however, | that the committee will hold a few additional open sessions for the ad- mission to the recorfl of a number of telegrams and other documents re- lating to matters which have come up in the open hearings. | | qu GOOLIDGE ORDERS CRAIG CASE PROBE Daugherty to Decide if Par- don Is Feasible for New York Controller. Investigation by the Department of Justice into the legal phases of the case of Charles L. Cralg, controller of New York city, sentenced by Fed« eral Judge Mayer to sixty days in jail for contempt of court, has been ordered by President Coolidge. The orders given by the President to make the investigation were dis- closed today at the Wkite House in connection with the receipt of a tele« gram from Attorney General Daugh- erty, who is in Columbus, hOlo, as- serting that the inquiry would be expedited. The question of a presidential par- don for Controller Craig was brought to the attention of White House offi- clals last week by Edward P. Doylz, a New York attorney, and numerous letters bearing on the case have bean received at the White House C. Bas- com Slemp, secretary to the Presiden who spent the week end in New York, discussed the case with republican leaders there and Serater Copelani, democrat, New York, had an engags- ment today to make a formal appeal to the President for a pardon. The inquiry is understood to be directed not only into the procedure of the case from the time Judge Mayer passed sentence until the Sue preme Court a’week ago refused re- view, but also Into whether a presi- dentfal pardon can be granted in the case of civil contempt. Legal experts of the Department of Justice, on the basis of preliminary study, say there are no precedents for a presidential pardon in civil contempt proceedin although several Presidents hav granted pardons in criminal contempt cases. In addition to Senator Copeland, So- licitor General Beck conferred with the President today, and although he would say only that'the President has asked him for some information, it was understood that he also discussed the Craig case,