Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1923, Page 1

WEATHER. Cloudy, with rain late tomorrow; not much cha perature. Temperature for twenty-fou: ended at at noon toda; today. 2 pam. today : lowest, 49, Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 28 Full réport on page 7. tonight or nge in tem- hours Highdst, 59, at 7:30 am. @b intered as sec No. 29,088. post office Washington, ond-clads matter D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, DAWES DESIGNATED - BY ALLIES TOHEAD REPARATON PROBE Choice of American as Presi- dent of Expert Committee Made Unanimously. BERLIN FOOD LOAN PLEA REFERRED TO POWERS Investigation of German Agri- cultural Situation Ordered by Commission in Paris. By the Associated Press PARIS, December tion commission th 10 offer to Charles G. Dawes of the Tnited States the presidency of the committee which is to examine Ger- man finances. An American prineipal named for the many’s resources tion The rer 1.—The repara- morning decided thus will head the ymmittee to be investigation of Ger- and financlal situa- expert Tecessary to postpone issuing its In- ~vitations to the other delegates on the committees aside from the Ameri- cans, but in view of the need of gain- ing time to permit the representa- 1ives from the United States to ar- rive without de the names of G Jpawes and of Owen D. Young of New were approved and instruction 1 that forma itations be sent Choice Ix Unanimous. Tt the the reparation presidency of the ie mittee ought Le offered to Cer formalities connect- L of the dele of the other countries remain to be com- plied with and the invitations to these delegates will be sent as soon as this is done. decision of that the £ expert com- was unanimous commission dai to Gen ed with selecti Germany’'s application for authori- zation to pledge resources as a guar- antee for a food loan from the United States was referred by the reparation commission today to the home gov- ernments of the various delegations. At the same time it was decided that the commission’s committee on guar- an should make a thorough im- stigation as to the food situation in Germauny. ermans Amend Appeal. The Germans amended their appli- cation before action was taken upon it Article 248 of the treaty of Ver- sailles was invoked, as well as article 231, there being a question as to jurisdiction. Article 248 provides that the first charge upon all Ger- many’'s assets and resources shall be the cost of reparations and all other costs arising under the treaty or sup- plementary agreements or arrange- ments “subject to such exceptions as the reparation commisgion may ap- prove Article 251 priority that sociated a riginally invoked lists such coses and speci- priority may be allowed by rnments of the allied and as- wers to permit Germany i 10 pay for food suppligs, raw material, | vte, judged by the governments to Lo essen to enable Germany meet her reparation obligations. The report of the commi guarantee committee ble either for the allfed or the reparation whichever sha German applic DAWES' CHOICE GRATIFIES. Friends Consider Banker Well Qualified’ for German Task. CHICAC Charles ( rep comm governments commission itself, 1 finally take up the tion. ° ). December 21.—Brig. Gen. Dawes. decided on by the tiony commission to head the ttee examine German finances, is regarded by his friends us singularly well eculpped for the duties, both through his experience and zeal ay a rvant to proposed iinancial Jublic He is founder of, and long has been | head of, one of Chicago's lurge bank- | ing_institutions. served in France, as chairman of the general purchas- ing board. which handled the sup- plies for the American forces. He was the first director of the budzet under President Harding, be- ing appointed in June, 1921, saving: » the government of between $250, 600,000 and $200,000,000 being credited to the operation of the budget burean under his guidance. Gen. Dawes withheld when informed of the sion In 1917-1919 he most of the time comment commission’s VERDICT IN FOX CASE AWAITED BY THRONGS Courtroom Jammed as~ Decision Against Klan Editor Is Mo- mentarily Expected. By the Associated Press, ATLANTA, December 21.—Hundreds of persons were In the courtroom and in corridors of the court bullding to- day awaiting a verdict in the case of Philip E. Fox, former Ku Klux Klan editor, charged with the murder of Willlam S. Coburn, a Klan attorney. The case went to the jury late last night, but deliberation was not start- ed until early today, it is understood. Fox was brought from the jail un- der a heavy guard and closeted in a room on an upper floor of the court building. He will not be brought into the courtroom until .a verdict Iis reached, it was stated. When court reconvened at 9 o'clock nll exhibits placed in evidence by both | sides were carried to the jury room. These included the pistol used by the fendant when he shot Coburn, the clothing worn by the attorney at the time he was shot showing an alleged bullet hole in the back of the coat and a long-bladed knife taken from Fox after he was arrested, ‘When the jurymen arrived at the ourthouse they were immediately Jocked in a room just back of the vhamber In which the trial begam woore than a week agu, ation commission found it | aid to | i1l be availa- | ! || CHIEF OF EXPERTS CHARLES G. DAWES. HOLDS S5 FAMIL AT BAY WITH GUN Drunken Man Terrorizes | Apartment House Until Felled With Bat. IES | When h attempt at suicide Inflicted | only a siight bullet wound and set his { =hirt afire, Sam W. Armor, jr., thir Inine years old, 613 6th street north- ! iwest, turned hls wrath on the occu- | pants of the Dorchester apartments, “-ll‘O 12th street southw . early today, | |and kept fifty-five families who reside | | there huddled in terror inside their |apartments while he dashed up and {down the building, revolver in hand, | threatening to “pop oft” the first one | who put his head outside tie door. | Armor. who was later charged with | {intoxication and carrying concealed | weapons, dominated the situation with | n untll his ambition was squelched by a well directed blow from a base ball bat wielded by George R.| Kidwell of apartment 26, who got up from his bed and hid behind the | | banister post until Armor passed, | | | Armor had come to atone for a quar- | | rei with a woman friend who resided in {the apartment, but, according to the | woman, she was tired of hearing Ar- | mor boast of his occasional gifts of fruit and other things, and she re- fused “to make up,” whereupon Armor pulled out the gun, opened his coat and fired upon himself. A slight wound was inflicted, and his shirt caught fire. The flames were quickly smothered. Terrified, the woman dropped her washing and fled to the roof, there to remain until all was qulet. | Threatens Janitor. Descending the stairs, nearby bridge, but returned | 2gain to the apartment. As he en-| tered he shoved his gun in the face of Richard Spencer, the janitor, who | rotreated, precipitately into his| apartment, denying Armor's acc tion that he had called the police. | When the janitor reached his apart- ment he heard a bullet crash into the wall. Armor secmed to enjoy his ex- perience with the janitor and. ap- parently yearning for some more sex- citement, he Immediately started threatening the whole apartmen terrifying women and children, sev-| eral of whom fainted. Ho kept the! place {n a state of terror until Kid- | well. Began wiclding “his base ball bat. After the police arrived rested the man Armor ran to a and ar- they inquired if any one had seen him _brandishing the huge revolver. Harry Ryan, a rela- tive of the janitor. said he had. C- cording to Richard Spencer, Armor, nothing daunted by his recent ex perlences, took “an awful swipe at| Harry's face. | Today ail that Armor has to re- mind him of his wild escapade is a ore side, a burned shirt, a broken |arm, recéived in his encounter with the sick- man; a- heavy head and charges on the book at No. 4 police station for carrying concealed weap- ons and being drunk. AUTO SMOKE FOILS PURSUIT BY POLICE Suspected Rum-Runners, Ignoring| Halt Command, - Chased | Five Miles. i | i Feeling secure in_the protection |afforded by a dense and stifiing smoke | screen taid_down early today in the | path of pursuing motor cyele police- i men, an automobile believed to have | contained lquor maintained a leisure- |1y speed, while the flustered officers, | choked by the fumes, were forcad to| {stay far in the rear_ and see thelr quarry escape. The car was encountered near Bates and Rock Creek Church roads by Motor Cyele Policemen Lineberg and Sanders of ‘the tenth precinct, while the officers were on a hunt for cars bringing n “hooch” for the Christ- mas hollday trade. Two colored men in the vehicle spotted the policemen, refused to obey a command to 8top, opened the'smoke Sscreen_and sped on. In, the five-mile pursuit that fol- lowed the fugitives kept within the speed limit. The pursuit was through Harewood road, around Soldler: Home grounds, south on North Cap! tol street to Florida avenue and to the Baltimore and Ohlo freight yard in Eckington, where the car disap- | peared. i Flatfening of a rear tire of the| car enabled the police to trail it over the asphalt roadway, but the trail was_lost when the stone roadway at the freight station was reached. Every time the pursuing policemen got near the automobile, it is stated, the smoke screen was operated, com- pelling them to fall back. When " the supposed - liguor car reached North Capitol street and Fiorida avenue it rounded the oircle several times before starting east on Florida avenue. The smoke affected the throats and eyes of the two po- Jicemen, | Walker PARLEY OF REBELY FORECASTS END OF- STRIFE INMEXICO Peacé Belief Strengthened by Obregon Order to Cease Recruiting. FIRST OF WOUNDED MEN AT SAN MARCOS REMOVED Huerta and Sanchez Seen in Effort to Compose Differences With Federal Chief. By the Associated Pros. Indications that the rebellion in Mexico has entered a less belligerent phase are given in news dispatches from Vera Cruz, where the rebels maintain their headquarters, Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez, chief mili- tary supporter of Adolfo de la Huerta is reported to have gone to Esperan: in the fighting nfer with the other rebel leaders in Puebla and Oaxaca on a plan for terminating the confiict. He was sccompanied by a e an representative of de Huerta. The military situation remains stationary with movements of importance. President Obregon is reported to have ordered suspension of recruit- ing. on behalf of the federals, deem- Ing ernment forces suflicient to cope with the uprisin REBEL CHIEFS CONFER. pne, to c appa no ently troop Movement for Peace,in Mexico Seen in Parley. By the Associated Press VERA CRUZ, December ession, prevalent for veral that' the Huerta and Sanchez rebels would compose their differences with the Obregonists, gained grouud today by newspaper advices that Gen. Guadalupe Sanchez and Senator Ra- fael Zubaran Capmany had gone to Esperanza to confer with rebel lead- ers in the state of Puebla and Oaxaca relative to a termination of the war- far S 21.—The ator Capmany, according to these advices, accompanied Gen. Sanchez as the representative of Adolfo de la Huerta, who, with the general, insti- gated the campaign against the pres- et regime in Mexico City. The conference at Esperanza, it is belfeved. may have beon called in connection with the telegraphic nego- tiations which have been in progress for several days between leaders of the opposing factions. Farlier in the week there was a re- port that rebels and federals were arranging an armistice at Rinconade, not far from San Marcos, but nothing | was made public regarding the re- sults of such conversations. U. 5. DENIES BEER HAS HEALING VALUE Right of Doctors to Pre- scribe Beverage Is Attack- ed in Supreme Court. The right of physiclans to prescribe beer for their patients was denied in a brief filed today by the government with the Supreme Court In a test | case expected to result in final deter- mination of that question. Contending for constitutionality of the Wills-Campbell anti-beer law the government's brief, signed by So- licitor General Beck and Mrs. Mable | Willebrandt, assistant torney general in charge of prohibi- tion prosecutions, declared. that beer had no medical value and its pro- hibition under physiclans' prescrip- tions is necessary to enforce national prohibition. The case is an appeal by the James Everard's Breweries from a decision by Federal Judge Hand of New York dismissing an _fnjunction sought against the New York prohibition di- rector. It raises questions relating to physicians’ prescriptions similar to those decided by Federal Judge Knox agalnst the government last summer. Assistant. Attorney General Wille- brandt sald today that an effort to combine the two cases was in pros- pect for simultaneous consideration by the Supreme Court. ' It is contended by the appellants in the brewery case that Congress was without power to Interfere with medi- cal practice. The government con- | tends that Congress 1s the sole judge of steps necessary to enforce prohi- bition. QUAKE RAZES TOWNS WHERE 5,000 DWELL| 1 Mexican Courier Reports Many| Dead in Sierra Madre Moun- tains of Sonora. By the Associated Press. DOUGLAS, Ariz, December 21.— Granados, Huasabas and Oputo, towns in the Sierra Madre mountains, Sonora, Mexico, with an aggregate population of 5,000, were destroyed by an earth- quake Wednesday night, according to the story told by a courler, who arrived late yesterday at Nacozari, ) a raflhead, approximately seventy- five miles south of the International boundary The courier had ridden since Wed- nesday night over the mountains, which Tie\ for forty miles between the three towns and the railroad. As he arrived exhausted he told an in- coherent story of how adobe houses had been tumbled about the heads of the inhabitants. “Many, many dead,” were the words he used in describing the extent of the casualties. His appeal for food, tents and blankets for the homeless was for- warded to Presidente Duraso of Agua Prieta, across the border from Doug- las. The presidente announced that supplies would be shipped by rail to Naucozarl and would be taken by #tage the remainder of the way, 2, | la| { at- | | { WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION | | PA’ { CATHEDRAL FUND TOTALS §868.217 |Campaign to Be Extended to Give All Chance to Make Donations. Campaign workers for the District's share of the $10,000,000 needed to com- plete the construction of the natfonal cathedral this afternoon extended their campaign to city at large, instead of confining it largely to the list of per- sons previously drawn up. Beginning this afternoor workers are approaching any one and every one in the National Capital who may des! to contribute to the build- Ing of the great shrine on Wisconsin avenue. On Sunday opportunity will be given to members of all communions in the District to contribute. Shortly the 200 E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will send his voice ringing through the ether from a local radio broadcasting station to the nation at large. Campaign teams at the bui luncheon this afternoon at the Willard Hotel reported total scriptions for the day of $35 ess ow the executive committee, reported a total of $711. Of this lafter sum one subscription was for 3500 and two for $100 each. Today's subscriptions brought the grand total for the cam- paign to date to $868.217 Donntions Break Record. Bishop Freeman sald that no ap- peal in the history of the church in this country had ever reached such a total in four days and declared that | when he went to the nation at large the large subscriptions would help him immensely. The first intimation as to the ob- jective of the campaign was given this afternoon by Newbold Noyes, 1 cal campalgn manager, when he int mated it Is hoped the central tower of the cathedral may be built with the funds secured from the people of the District of Columbia. This would mean a total contribution of approxi- mately $2,000,000, the estimated cost of the great central tower. Bishop Freeman read a letter from cretaty Charles E. Hughes, in which the latter said that he was glad to know of the progress that is being made in the movement to com- plete the national cathedral and sent his best wishes for the success of the plan. Impresaive Testimonl: “The cathedral will be a most im- pressive testimonial to the perma- nence of Christian ideals and to the necessity of safeguardigg the foun- dations of character, without which all soclal and political structures will inevitably fall” sald Secretary Hughes. “It will also testify to the iong labor of those Wwho in the midst of confusion and strife are seeking first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.” Speaking of the great need for the rathedral, the Bishop of Washington (Continued on Page 2, Column FLAYS NAVAL BASE SCHEME AT ALAMEDA Senator King Says Congress Will Be Amazed at Plan to Revive Proposal. Revival of ‘the proposal for a naval base at Alameda, Calif, was attacked by Senator King of Utah~democrat, in a statement issued today. “Congress will be amazed,” said Senator King, “to learn that some of the residents of Alameda and San Francisco are trylng to revive the a ted Alameda naval base :«‘:fi:‘:’ “This question has been be- fore Congress & number of times and defeated, but, like Banquo's ghost, it | will not down. e Characterizing as “one of the most ingenuous documents ever presented to Congress” the naval omnibus land bill, which provides for acceptance by the government of a site at Alameda, Callf, for a naval base, Representa- tive Charles F. Curry of California warns the public not to “swallow un- awares’ this “unsavory” proposal in “capsule” form. Acoeptance of the site would mean ban ent of the navy yard at e dflnl‘l;‘r' Curry declared, add- |to that time, however, Dr. ultimate expenditure of | had never been in Washington. mn‘g:}lnfl. an }::ln $100,000,000 to $160,000,000 would FRIDAY, DECEMBER after 10 o'clock tonight Rt. Rev. James | sub- s20. | while Bishop Freeman, reporting for | ¢ Foening RT OF HI ANNUAL Berries, Pansies Season’s Freaks Of Mild Winter By the Assoclated Press. STRATFORD, Ontari ber 21.—The latest out-of-season freak developed by the unusual springlike weather in Ontario was reported today by Fred Crocker, who picked luscious. ripe straw- berries from the vines in his garden. “rocker's Christmas pie will be strawberry, instead of pumpkin or mince. Decem- Q WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. Decem- her 21.—A single pansy burst into bloom in the yard of Mrs. M. M. Dade today, the last day of autumn. December _21.— New York, busy with its Christ- mas shopping, enjoyed summer weather today, the first of winter. Balmy breezos blew: the sun's warm rays beat down upon the ghopping crowds and caused a general shedding of overcoats and muffiers. UTO SPEED CUT AROUND CORNERS Commissioners Order Eight- Mile-an-Hour Rate, Instead of Twelve, Now Allowed. NEW YORK, { I i | | 1 The District Commissioner} today reduced the speed limit of auto- mobiles turning corners from twelve to eight miles an hour. In recommending the change Commissioner Oyster Tnspector Albert 13, Headley, chief of the trafiic bureau, stated that the danger to pedestrians in crossing street intersections is in- creasing daily and he voiced the be- lief that twelve miles an hour fs too fast for a machine turning a corner. Under the law the Commissioners must make public such a ghange thirty days before making prosccu- tions for violations. The new spaed 1imit, therefore, will become effective the latter part of January. Headley Recommendation. Inspector Headley's recommenda- tion to Commissioner Oyster follow. “In view of the increasing number of automobiles and the apparent in- creasé in pedestrians, I have ob- served that many automobiles are be- ing driven around corners at a great- er rate of speed than twelve miles an hour. The speed allowed for driv- ing around corners, I believe, is too great and the danger to the pede: trian Is increasing every day. 1 rec- ommend that the speed around cor- ners be reduced to eight miles an hour. At this speed the driver should have his automobile under full con- trol. “The police department is making an effort to induce pedestrians to cross, the streets on the crosswalks and at street intersections, and the greatest measure of safety should be given them.” VELARDE NAMED BY PERU AS AMBASSADOR TO U. S. Nation’s Former Minister to Ar- gentina, Lawyer by Profession, Given Post in Washington. LIMA, Peru, December 21.—Dr. Hernan Velarde, former Peruvian minister to Argentina, has.been ap- pointed ambassador at Washington. Ernesto de Tesanos Pinto, who now holds the post of minister at.Rio Janeiro, succeeds Dr. Velarde. The legation at Brazil has been ralsed to the status of an embassy, and Vietor M. MauMua, the present minister to Ecuador, has been ap- pointed to the Brasilian post. Dr. Velarde has many acquaintances in Washington, whioch he made while ‘here & member of the Peruvian mission which took part in the Tacna- Arica negotiations last year. Prior Velarde Befors his appointment as amba: ‘e necessary to establish the Alameda |sador to the Argentine he was Per: base The omnibus bill p continue the Mare Isian! shipbuilding and repair work, roposes to|envoy in Brazil. vard for | profession He I8 a lawyer by and was undersecretary 9L state for several years, BUDG to, Sta 21, 1923 —FIFTY-TWO PAGES. | | | | { | | | | PRESIDENT FIGHTS BACK AT SENATE Withdrawal of Thompson and | Haney Seen as Reprisal on | Farley Rejection. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. President Coolidge has served no- tice on the Senate that he does not {intend to be intimidated in the mak- {ing of executive appointments by eenatorial influences. | The abrupt action of the President | In withdrawing from the Senate two! nominations which ably acted upon because the Senate commerce committee had rendered an adverse report on another nomina- | tion—all three for the United States Shipping Board—has behind it more then appears on the surface. Chairman Edward Farley of the Shipping Board has been the center of ‘attack for several weeks from different quarters. It was he who refused fo permit the managing operators to continue their famous “M. O.—4" contract whereby their | commissions for operating govern-| ment vessels were deducted from | gross receipts Irrespective of whether the government actually made a profit it was he, who further incurred the antagonism’ of ship operators by de- | clining to recommend a plan whereby { the government fleet would be ' sold at nominal rates or leased on terms | that would permit private interests to ! build up their own business with gov- ernment capital back of them. Mr. Farley it is charged has not | been the most tactful person by any } means in handling Congress but men | | who come to Washington from the business world accustomed to blunt and direct methods rarely are as suave as the persons who have beem bred in the political atmosphere. ‘orces Fight to Open. may or may not have had something to do with the adverse report of the senate committee on commerce—the President doesn't know. But Mr. Coolidge has forced the fight into the open. The senate committee said its only objection to Mr. Farley was the fact that he had been appointed from the Great Laki region when anothe man, T. V O'Connor was alrea serving on the board, and he too comes from the same section of the country, the pres- ent law providing that ‘only one member shall be appointed from each of certain sections of the country. But the President points out that the Senate itself confirmed the nom- ination of Mr. Lasker, who comes from Chicago—Mr. Farley's home— whila Mr. O'Connor of Buffalo was serving on the board. Is the technicality, therefore, the real reason for fighting Mr. Farley? | The President is well aware that| thero are fnterests hostile to the operation by the government, even for the present, of the mercharit ma rine, and that there are persons who would like to see the merchant fleet kept in chaos so that other shipping lines might profit by the disorder. Whatever the influences are, the President is not going to allow the| Tostile forces to get the upper hand. Mr. Farley is a practical shipping man and has familiarized himself in a remarkably short time with the| government's problem. To reorgan- ize the board means further setbacks | and delays in getting the shipping| problem sofved. | The nominations of Fred I Thomp- gon of Alabama and Bert Haney of Oregon have been withdrawn, not becausa these men are in any way | involved in the Farley controversy, but because the President may feel it necessary to appoint from their sections of the country new men for the chairmanship [n casa the Senate | insists on the technicality. NOMINATIONS MAY GO BACK. All th { Frederick I. Thompson and Burt E. Haney, whose nominations were with- drawn from the Senate by President Coolidge yesterday, will be renomi- nated when the Senate reconvenes after the holidays, according to the opinjon of those close to ‘the Presi- dent. Although the President’s action yes- terday in withdrawing these two nominations following the adverse re- port made by the Senate commerce committee on the confirmation of Ed- ward P. Farley, chairman, came as a complete surprise to political and of- ficial circles here, no explanation has come from the White House for the President’s reason in taking. down the nominations. If the President made ln{lelphnl- tion or gave any idea of his future intentions, he probably did so to Senators McN of Oregon and Un- derwood of Alabama, who conferred ‘with him separately today, the former in the interest of Mr. Haney and the latter in the interest of Mr. Thomp- son. Both Senators MoNary and Under- wood, after their audience with the President. gave every evidence of be- had been favor- | | Through = contract which | 11,000-acre “From Press to Home The Star’s Within the Hour” carrier tem covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is deliv as fast as t ered to Washington homes he papers are printed. Yesterday’s Net Circulation, 95,247 TWO CENTS. Soviet Declares Documents Cited ByHughesForged By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, December 21.—Foreign Minister Tchitcherin statement today denying that Russfan soviet government had ever sent any documents to the American workers’ party or had ever had any connection with it whatsoever. 1f such documents exist, the statement declared, they are forgeries, the authenticity of which Russia would like to submit to arbitration. LEVIATHAN RUNS AGROUND ON REEF issy a the | Tugs Unable to Float Her in New York Harbor as Low Water Nears. By the Associated Press NEW YORK, December The Leviathan, queen ship of the Amer- an merchant marine, inbound from Cherbourg today, grounded on Robins reef in New York harbor. A call was sent for all available tugs The reef is located just north of Tompkinsville, Staten Island. The ship grounded atter she had passed n quarantine on the way to her dock. The tide was ebbing when the Le- viathan grounded. It will be 8 p.m before the high-water mark again will be reacked. The reef was con- siderably to the west ship channel. The operators of the Leviathan were without advices at 11:15 as to how the vessel came to be o far off her course. Shortly after the Leviathan ground- ed quarantine reported that the fieighter Boden. = outbound, was ashore in Gravesend bay just the Narrows. A heavy haze over the harbor this morning. The Leviathan was completing vovage during which she made an at- tempt to set a new record on the westbound trip from Cherbourg to ew York. Heavy fog, however, w reported to have slowed her duri the last hours of the voyage The Leviathan is booked hung & to go to | drydock at Boston after her passen gers are landed to undergo the usual repairs while the period of slack tiansatlantic trade is on Half a dozen tugs had reached the Leviathan by 11:30 o'clock and had made fast. They tugged away vigor- ously, but apparently were unable to budge her, with the low-water mark about an hour ahead The dense fog that hid the sea @iant from shore observers when she struck lifted an hour later, ana the Staten lIsland beaches were crowded crowds who assembled to watch the operations of efght tugs that chugged mightly in apparently futile efforts to foat her. The offices of the United States lines, which received first word of the grounding from the Associated Press, later reported the liner was in no danger. Dimcult to Handle. Because of her great bulk and draught _the Leviathan is one of the most_difficult vessels in the world to maneuver. More than 900 feet long and 100 feet broad, she draws 40 feet. It was necessary to dredge the en ttance to the harbor at Newport New before she could enter that port for reconditioning. Nine tugs were at work soon after the vessel grounded. Five were push- ing on the bow, two fore on the sides and two others had two lines on the stern. _Apparently the giant ship struck first on her port bow. The liner, sbeking to clip several minutes from her westbound record. was checked by a fog that lessened as the morning wore on. At quaran- tine anbther delay, vexatious to Capt Herbert L. Hartley, was experienced when she unloaded her heavy Christ- mas madl. B Meanwhile the tide was getting lower and lower, but the ship moved out of quarantine still hoping to dock by_noon. The Leviathan carries a heavy pa senger list. Her operators were di ing means of landing her passen- by tugs. Otherwise it appeared they would not dock till nearly mid- night, if the tugs were able 1o float the liner at high water. John J. McGraw, manager and part owner of the Giants, and Prince Machabelli, whose wife is scheduled to alternate with Lady Diana Duff Cooper as the Madonna in “The Mir- acle,” are among the passengers, Others whose names appeared on the first cabin list were W. F. Dovle of Boston, Countess Tolstol, Madame Bareto of the Chicago Opera Company and Mr. and Mrs, J. Dawson Chambers of Chicago. 11,000-ACRE TRAGT ~ TOBE GOLONIZED Large Deal Closed in Mary-| land to Attract Immi- grant Settlers. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, Md., December 21.— has just been closed by the Farms Company of Maryland with the F. M. Welles Corporation. .of New York for an tract of land between White Plains and Waldorf, Charles county, colonization of solthern Maryland by farmers' families com. ing chiefly from Germany, Norway and Sweden has been undertaken. The same corporation is said to be trying to get a tract of equal size in Prince Georges, Calvert or St. Marys county. The Charles county tract is on the Popes creek branch of the Pennsylvania railroad. Any _tract which might be bought in Prince Georges or Calvert county, would be served by the proposed route of the Drum Point rallroad, from Millers- ville to Solomons island. A _commission, of which Keith Compton of the Baltimore paving commission is chairman, now is con- sidering a plan by which the counties would aid in the construction of the road and will report to Gov. Ritchie shortly after the first pf the vear. ‘William L. Marbury is president of the Farms Company of Muryland; W, Mitchell Digges, recently elected chief judge of the seventh judicial district of Maryland, Is vice president, and Jessie Slngluff of Baltimore is secre- tary. Robert Crain is sald to be the largest_stockholder. Mr. Digges this morning said: “The Farms_Company of Maryland has entered into-a contract with the F. M. Welles corporation of New York by which it will take over and pay for not less than 1,500 acres of the ~ {(Continued on Page 2, Column 6.), iouiinued o ¥ege 2, Column of the main | outside | 12 LISTED BY .S, N GIGANTIC BOOZE ~ PLOTIN CAPITAL Prominent Names in Files of Syndicate Said to Be Clients. |CAPITOL AND LEGATION FIGURE IN DISCOVERIES i Elaborate and Intricate System to Supply District Uncovered in Seizures. | Twelve names were listed in the gOvernment's case against an alleged | "slgantic” conspiracy against the | Voistead act in Washington at the joffice of United States Commissioner { Macdonald today, when four were ar- |raigned and released on bonds; rants were issued for two others. |Attorney James F. |he would surrender another two as |s00n as possible. Four others ha: | been arrested last night. sistant United States Attorne: In stating reasons for re- large amount of bond to sioner Macdonald, disclosed the magnitude of the cdse in the view of nited States attorney's office by stating: “This case represents a well defined attempt to hold in contempt the na- tional prohibition act on a gigantic scale, and consequently wa are forced to ask for honds commensurate with the importance of the case.’ January 18 was set for the hearing before Commissioner Macdonald Those arraigned were: H. Curtis Lamson, thirty-three, of fount’ Jda, Va. investment broker Girl Among Prisoners. Bryant, vear-old niece of of |named in the case, a clerk, | Woodward apartments. ’ Joseph Marks, ployed H R war and O'Shea. announced M Pearl pretty seventeen the men of 403 one twenty-nine, unem Bates, a salesman Attorney O'Shea, representing the four above named, announced that ha would produce Miiton E. Scarborough of Clarendon, Va., as soon as he ar- rived in town in answer to a wire already sent and that Benjamin F. Morris of Silver Spring, Md., would ap pear for arraignment as soon as his mdition would permit him to leave the hospital. Bond was set at $5.000 for Marks {and Lamson and the governmen |asked that a similar_amount be se | for Scarborough and Morris, | Bond of $2,000 was set for Bates and $1,500 for Miss Bryant. Four Others Released. Four oshers arrested and released on bond last night were: John Cas per Mack of 1417 Belmont street twenty-two years old, who says he is & photographer, Miss Naomi Middleton, nineteen, of 469 _H street Allen Clyde Witherite, twenty 8 1ith street, a m Marian Adams, street northeast In this case police said today the have smashed a bootlegging synd cate whose books—now in possession police—list prominent Wash includ in_ the apitol and some in the House office building. as clients Against all of those arrested are charges of conspiring to defeat the purposes of the Volstead act. According to the police, opérations of the syndicate were directed from |a headquarters ofice in the Conti- nental Trust Company buflding and from a subsidiary office in the Dis- triet National Bank bullding. Legation Figures in Case. of thirty, | | Complications with & forelgn lega- tion entered the vesterday, is stated, when an attempt was made by the vice squad to liquor stored in the alleged of the concern. When a visit was made to the warehouse, where thousands of dollars worth of liquors are kept the sccret of a legation hers claimed that the liquor was exempt for diplomatic use. Attention of of- ficlals at the State Department al ready has been called to this fea ture. Police withheld the name of the legation concerned Lieut. Davis and Sergeant McQuada of the vice squad were handed the case many weeks ago by Commis- sioner James F. Ovster. At that time there had been some complaints about the many arrests of the “half-pint” bootleggers in wholesale raids, while the “big men’ were allowed to continue without molestation case it seize warehouse | | | Ordered to Get Leaders. iet to the bottom of this,” ordered Oyster. ‘I don't care who is mixed up In it. Get it and bring ‘em in.” According to the police, their in [ vestigations divulged the fact that Washington had the field operations for a syndicate with thr ‘master minds,” backed to a liberal extent’ by moneyed persons, who were conducting bootlegging as scientific enterprise. The “syndicate,” it was stated, had an elaborate system of i been o | with “headquarters.” The street men. | it was stated, had automobiles which | were stocked with lquor at all times When the stock ran low a call 1o the warehouse would send a wagon to some descrted all the stock would be transferred and the salesman replenished. One office was in the District ) tional Bank building, it was alleged This handled the small retail trade. The other office was the headquar- ters for the big orders. It was in the Continental Trust Company build- ing, the police state. Now, Davis and McQuade, aided by a force working under them, got fat enough to discover that this syndi- cate had tentacles which stretched into the seat of legislative activities for the the entiro natlon—the Cap- tol. They dug deeper and were able to uncover some records of trans- actlons and books of the syndicate They took a look at some of the names and whistled in amazement Then Commissioner Oyster received another call from his vice squad leaders. “Go out and get them and don't worry me about names,” replied the Commissioner. “You're here and I'm here to try help enforce this law and its up to you to get every body coon nected with this thing.” One of the big strokes, the police say, was obtaining confesslons and affidavits from the four arrested last night which will be used to follow up apd completg the case,