Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1924, Page 1

WEATHER. Increasing cloudiness tonight; min- imum temperature, 28 degrees; to- morrow, rain and warmer. Temperature for 24 hours ending at 2 p.m. today—Highest, 55, at 2 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 24, at 7 a.m. today. Fuli report on page 7. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 Entered as seco; post 29,420. o. 1 REALTORS T0 SED PEACE COMMITEE T0 WEET TENANTS Condemn All High-Handed Practices in Constructive Step to Harmony. LANDLORDS ALREADY URGED TO ACT FAIRLY Official Body Points Qut Need of Mutual Concessions Rent Situation. in Condemning all landlords who act In an unwarranted and unfair man- »er toward tenants and serve unnec- essary eviction notices, the Wash- inzton Real state Board, following &n executive committee meeting to- Qay, authorized a committee of five to be appointed to meet with a com- miittee of tenants In order to discuss v and means for assisting all those tenants who are being harassed pr subjected to unjust treatment. This decision appears as a possible Solution of a situation that threat- ened city-wide antagonism between landlords and tenants. “The Washington Re T . ary of the organization, wholly opposed to unnecessary rent increases and ev ions. With- in 48 hours after the decision of the | Distrist Court of Appeals affecting | the Rent Commission, a special notice | Jvas sent to all members urging them to use their influence in restraining landlords from taking unfair advantage of the decision.” say Perlod of Readjastment. The resolutfon polnts out that a period of readjustment necessarily must follow the removal of the “re straint” of the rental legislation, but Doints out that this will be mitigated | and shortened if the landiords and | tenants recognize their mutuality in-| terests. | In a prepared statement Mr. Petty | { [ ! ; | office. Washington, nd class matter D;C. Spirit of Croker Often Speaks to Her, Widow Says By the Associated Press. E NEW YORK, November Mrs. Bula Edmondson Croker, who arrjved from Ireland today, said that she had been in spiritualis communication with her husband, the late Tammany chicftain, off and on. His spirit came to her most often in Ireland because things over there were more tran- quil and peaceful, she sald. 17.— OPIUM CONFERENCE OPENSUNDERCLOUD Stormy Clash Between Brit- ish and Japanese Echoes at Session. Iy iated Press. ., November 17.—In the presence of the official American del- osation, headed by Representative Stephen G. Porter of Pennsylvania, the Fourth international Conference | for International Control of the Traf- | fic in Habit-Forming Narcotic Drugs, opened today in the League of Na- tions’ Palace. The conference was pre- sided over by Herluf Zahle, Danish Minister to Berlin, and leading Dan- ish delegate to the League of Nations assembly The object of the conference is not only to obtain an agreement for limi- tation of the exportation and impor- tation of narcotics to mgdical and scient but also to'resrict the growth of the plants from which they are manufactured to the same humane requirements. The delegates assembled today ani- matedly discusing what was generally regarded as the complete failure of the preceding conference which ended last night and which was confined to considering the far eastern aspect of the oplum evil. The clash at this conference be- tween England and Japan illeged discrimination against Japan in opium purchases was the chief topic of conversation. The rupture in the first conference came about when it was charged by the Japanese @h over the| | that other powers especially England, {had falled to recognize opium import s a strong feeling among |certificates issued by the Japanese Bays: “There WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1924 -THIRTY-SIX PAGES. DEFIANT RANCHERS CONTINUE GRIP ON CITY WATER SUPPLY | | Bloodshed Feared if Los An- geles Officials Move to Oust Raiders. RECKON HE HAS ME AN’ WISCONSIN /' IN MIND! VALLEY DWELLERS WARN FEUD MUST BE SETTLED Ninety-Pay Reserve Enables Au- thorities to Move Slowly to Recover Reservoir. the Associate LOS AN , Calif., November 17. —How to restore without bloodshed | the flow of water through Los Ange- les' 250-mile aqueduct, diverted into | Owens River yesterday by raiders, who swooped upon the waste gates near Lone Pine, 200 miles north of here, despite protests by city em- ployes and Inyo County officlals, was the problem that faced Los Angeles authorities today. The ultimatum delivered by the raiders was that the gates would re- ntain open until Los Angeles settled the Owens Valley water rights feud on a basis satisfactory to the valley {ranchers and business men. S FROM OPERATION { pending Gov. Richardson’s reply to an appeal for State troops, Los Angeles lofticials said, but 75 civil complaints Vice President-Elect Under Knife for Reduction of Hernia. | were prepared for fillng in ®uperior | Court ask injunctions to dispossess the raide Except all ~the complaints are directed against “John Doe.” The two named are M. Q. Watterson, a banker of Bishop, and W. R. McCar- thy, irrigation engineer. As to the raiders’ ultimatum, Wil- liam Mulholland, builder of the aqueduct and chief engineer of the| it city water department, declared it} would be ignored. | Enough water is escaping through the waste gates, engineers estimated, to cause the city a loss of $10,000/ daily, but sufficlent storage is still{ on hand in reservoirs to supply for two, Iy the Associated Press, CHICAGO, November 17. — Gen. Charles G. Dawes, Vice President- elect, was virtually himself again to- day except that he was in bed, after the leaders of the realto organiza- pvernment. a minor operation at the Evanston tlon against landlords who are at- tempting at this time to take an un-| fair advantage of the rental situa-| tion. As far as this board is able to| lIearn, no member of the realtors’ board has been ‘involved in cases of | abuse referred to in the press since | the rent situation was recently re-| newed. “This board has consistently op- posed unwarranted increases and un- Decessary evictions and on several ses has issued strong appeals to its membership to use great care and| caution in their dealings with tenants. Within 48 hours after the recent de- cision of the Court of Appears aj special notice was sent to every mem- | ber urging them to use thelr influence | in restraining landlords from taking | unfair advantage of the court's de-| cision. The executive committee recogizes | the fact that landlords who have been | subjected to the restraint of rental, Jegislation hare, in many cases, suf- fered abuse at the hands of unrea- sonable and dical tenants, however, it feels that in the best interests of both Jandlords and tenants all should yefrain from any action that wiil cause continaal i1l will and friction between landlords and tenants. Way to Bring Peace. I some means can be found to Vbring the radical and unreasonable persons on both sides of the question to understand that the interests of both landlord and tenant are mutual &nd that neither ciass can benefit unless relations are harmonious and | based on fairness and justice, then the whole situation will adjust itselt | in_a comparatively short time. | “This board recognizes that both | landlords and tenants have disflnl‘l‘ rights in their relations and this or- ganization is willing to pursue any barmony In the rent situation, “A joint conference betwcen a com. Miitte of this board and a represent: tive group of tenants, as suggested ln' the resolutions adopted, will result in a better understanding and may possi- | bly oben the way for this board work- | ing (n conjunction with both tenants &nd landlords to relieve the situation. Our committee will be appolnted at once and if the tenants will select a | committee to co-operate we will ar- raunge to bring the two committees in conference immediately.” Text of Resolution. The text of the resolution adopted | by the board today covering the sit- wation reads. in part, as follows: ‘It has come to the attention of the | executive committee of the Washing- ton Real Estate Board that a few landlords are apparently taking ad- vantage of the decision of the court 1o harass and unjustly treat their tenants. We believe a large majority of the responsible and representa- tive landlords are refraining from any unwarranted increases or evictions, and we believe the period of read- Justment that must necessarily follow &+ any time the removal of the re- St aint thut has existad for several Fcurs under the operation of rental jesisiation, will be made shorter if the landlords and tenants recognize the anutuality of their interests and pur- sue a course of reasonable action With an earnest desire for harmony. “The Washington Real Estate Foard condemns the attempt on the part of any landlord to unfairly in- crease - rents, serve unwarranted eviction notices or in any manner Larass or unjustly treat their ten- ants, and declares that the president of this board be authorized to ap- point a committee of five members to meect with a committee representing tenants in ofder to’discuss wiys and means of furnishing to those tenants wiio are suffering from or threatened with abuse such assistance as may be within the power of this board to offer.” A copy of the resolution will be gent to the Tenants' League and the Jtent Commission. — WORLD FLYERS HOP OFF. Leave New Orleans for Flight to St. Louis. DALLAS, Tex., November 17.—Four Army world fiyers, Lieuts. Nelson, Wade, Ogden and Harding, In the planes New Orleans and Boston, II, Joft Dallas at 9 o'clock, central stand- srd time, today for St. Louis. They planned a non-stop flight, < | Japan later issued another state- ment declaring that if she issued certificates for opium in excess of Japan's scientific and medical needs she woyld violate Interngtional en- gagemefhts, and. the other powers could seek reparations under article I of the covenant of the League of Natlons. The statement added that Japan demands protection for her legitimate commerce in opfum and insists that the league covenant prevents the states from adopting measures un- fair to the legitimate interests of other members of the league. Not since the Corfu dispute between Italy and Greege has the palace of the League of Nations been the scene of such tense incidents as marked yesterday's session of the opium con- ference, the object of which was to arrange not alone the suppression of opium smoking in the Far East, but for the curbing of excessive opium production in China. In consequence of charges by the Eritish delegate and the apparent impossibility to obtain _satisfaction concerning Japan’s freedom to pur- chase opium abroad, the Japanes delegation virtually bolted the con- ference. The morning session adjourned with all the delegate admitting that the conference had virtually col- lapsed, since it had achieved nothing on its program. Nevertheless, on the earnest appeal of the presiding of- ficer, M. Van Mettum of Holland, the delegates agreed to reassemble in the afternoon and take up points in the program which Wwere less contentious in nature than the questions which had produced the rupture. Japanese Make Charges. The morning’s clash was caused by Japan's allegation that she was being Qiscriminated against by other pow- ers, chiefly Great Britain, in connec- tion with the shipment of opium, and further that when the Japanese gov- ernment lissued import certificates they were not always recognized by the other powers. The break was immedi a however, to Japa- ge 3, Column 4.) . DAWES PLAN RESTORES RAILWAYS TO GEBMANY Roads in Occupied Area Turned Back by Franco-Belgian Commis- sion Without Incident. By the Associated Press. X ESSEN, Germany, November 17.— The railways in the occupled area were turned back to Germany at mid- night by the Franco-Belgian railway administration, as arranged in the carrying out of the Dawes plan, with- out a hitch or untoward incident. Most of the French officials had al- ready left for France, thereby en- abling many of the German officials to return to their former quarters. The money changers’ offices at the stations were closed, as German money will again be accepted in payment for tickets. The railway bookstands likewise have been turn- ed back to the German concession- naires. The time tables will remain as they have been under the allied adminis- tration until December 1, after which extensive changes in the passenger and freight schedules will be put into effect. Hamburg Line Plans Wind Turbines On Freight Ships in Asian Trade By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 17.—The Hamburg - American Steamship Company is so convinced of the importance of Anton Flettner's “rotor” system, which controls vessels without crew or sails, that it has decided to build immediately 10 freighters of this type of 10,000 tons each, says a Berlin dispatch to Lloyd's Shipping Gazette. The company will also convert other ships to the “rotor” principle for feright service on the Asiatic route. Herr Flettner informed the cor- | ordinary demands for 90 days. | The Alabama waste gates where the | diversion took place, are located north of the old town of Lone Pine,! a station on the overland stage route | to California on the Mormon trail, in the Alabama hills, about 10 miles above the north end of Owens Lake. | The Alabama gates are about 23, miles from the intake of the aqueduct | system on the Owens River. | RAIDERS DEFIANT. i | Will Hold Gates at Any Cost, They | Declare. i By the Associated Press. BISHOP, Calif., November 17.—Los | Angoles' aqueduct waste gates near | Lone Pine were captured )'eilflrda)" by a small army of Owens Valley | men, who brushed aside city employes | on guard and diverted Los Angeles'| chief source of water supply IHQOi the Owens River. { Determined to keep the water of the aqueduct flowing through the spillway until Los Angeles settles its | long-standing water fued with valley | ranchers in a manner acceptable to them, the raiders defied aqueduct | authorities and the Inyo County | sheriff to drive them out. The raid| today had settled into an organized | occupation backed by the efforts of several hundred men and women. Sixty men left on guard at the waste gates last night will be re- lieved by others today, Harry Glass- cock, editor of the Owens Valley Her- ald and spokesman for the ranchers, told the Associated P'ress, and there- after for as long as necessary the guard will be maintained by reliev- ing with fresh men every 24 hours. Should 60 men mnot be enough, the| force would be inereased, he 'said sterday a hundred men held the Women Feed Raiders. Food for the aqueduct guard, Glasscock sald, will be prepared by women in Bishop and sent to the waste gates, 50 miles away, by motor truck. Two trucks of food and sup- plies were sent last night. Los Angeles water suppiy is as- sured for 90 days by water im-| pounded at several sites along the aqueduct south of here. Inyo County authorities - refrained from action pending the outcome of an appeal| for State troops sent to Gov. Friend W. Richardson by Sheriff Collins, who urged immediate use of troops as the only possible way of dis- persing the raiders without blood- shed. The ranc aqueduct h water necessary ers maintain that the fobbed their farms of for irrigation. MRS. HARDING WEAKER. Able to Take Scarcely Any Nour- ishment, Says Doctor. MARION, Ohio, November 17.—Al- though Mrs. Florence Kling Harding was resting quietly this morning, her kidney and liver complications were more marked today, Dr. Carl W. Sawyer said in a_bulletin issued at 9:30° a.m. from her bedside. The bulletin follows: “Mrs. Harding rested quietly last night. This morning she is very weak and exhausted. The kidney and liver complications are more marked. She is able to take scarcely any nouris- ment." respondent that 60 per cent of oil fuel could be saved on the Asiatic route, while the saving on the Rio Janeiro réute would be 50 per cent and on the New York route between 35 and 40 per cent. The reglons of trade winds and monsoons, he explained, were the most favorable for the exploita- tion of wind power by rotors. For a license to use the rotor patent, companies will be charged 10 per cent of the tonnage value of the ship in which they are installed, and the inventor maln- tains that such vessels will save the cost of the license in a single yeus, Hospital yesterday. He passed a com- fortable night and read his newspaper at breakfast, his secretary said. The general expressed a desire to smoke his pipe yesterday after Dr. W. R. Parkes had injected a local] anesthetic, but the doctor forbade. Again while the surgeon was reduc- ing the hernia for which the opera- tion was pectormedes@en.s Dawes asked how he was getting along with his task. The surgeon Is sald to have replied that he was getting down to “brass tacks,” one of the general's recent campalign slogans. Mr. Dawes' household and physi- cians anticipate no trouble except in keeping the patient in bed long enough. oted Six Years Ago. . Six years ago Army surgeons dis- covered Indications of the affliction while examining Gen. Dawes for ap- pointment as brigadier general. Dr. Parks issued the following tement after the operation: Dawes stood the operation 1t was a simple operation of herniotomy, involving no vital or- gans. The general will be in bed about two weeks. His vitality is very good. “Six vears ago, when the general was being examined for promotion to brigadier general, a slight suggestion of the trouble was discovered. The operation today probably is an ex- aggeration of the trouble noted then.” As the Vice President-elect was be- ing wheeled back to his room after | the operation he dictated a message to President Coolidge, informing the Chief Executive that he was in no immediate danger. At 10 o'clock Mr. Dawes dropped into a normal sleep, according te, Dr. Parks. EX-DETECTIVE RONE’S CASE CALLED TO TRIAL Jury Told How Policemen Arrested Two in Cellar of Fourteenth Street Home. Guy Rone, former precinct detee- tive, and Harry Grossman were placed on trial today before Chief Justice McCoy and a jury, in Criminal Divi- sion 2, to answer an indictment for housebreaking. It is alleged that the officer and Grossman broke into the cellar of the home of Gustave Forsberg, 4907 Fourteenth street, for the purpose of stealing a quantity of liquor stored there July 1. Policeman C. P. Weber told the jury that he was secreted in the cel- lar of the Forsberg home, which had been visited before by rum thieves, when Rone and Grossman entered the vear door of the cellar. Weber said he covered the men with his revolver and placed them under arrest, after Rone entered the wine room. As- sistant United States Attorney Bur- nett is conducting the prosecution, while Attorney L. H. Vandoren ap- peared for the accused. MOSER CLAIM UPHELD. Supreme Court Rules He Should Be Rear Admiral. The much litigated claim of Capt. Jefterson F. Moser of the Navy that When retired he should have been given the rank of rear admiral was disposed of today by the Supreme Court, which held that he was en- titled to that rank. ENVOY REACHES MOSCOW. MOSCOW, November 17.—Vasilio vVdillo, -first Mexican ~Minister to the British holdings of Anglo-Persian presented his credentials. In an in- terview he said there was every pros- pect of increasingly cordial relations between the two countries. He be- lieved there could be nothing in these relations which would be inimical to the interests of the United States, provided each country had due respect for the independence and liberty of action of the other. Radio Programs—Pago 13. 2 ’./'- ¢ = \ > \ BANDIT AND GUARD DIE IN ROADHOUSE HOLD-UP Two Employes Wounded in Fight to Protect Till of Hostelry. o By the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, Mo., November 17.—One of seven robbers, who held up Eagle Park, a roadhouse, north of East St Louis early today, was fatally shot, an employe was kidnaped and killed, and two other employes were wound- ed. The robbers took about $1,600 trom the cash register. The dead are: Melvin Norvell, roadhouse watchman, and a who had given his name a H. Cole of Madison, 111, identified by Charles Phayer, roadhouse proprietor, as one of the robbers, U. . SICK LEAVE “ABUSE” S PROBED Chief = Clerks’ Seeks Regulation of Em- ployes’ Time Off. ‘man agrant “abuse and misuse” of the annual sick leave of 30 days, to which Government empl being sharply looked into by the Chief Clerks’ Association,e with a_view not cnly to eliminating such abuses, but able to establish uniform “time and leave regulations” throughout the executive departments. A committee, consisting of Chief Clerks F. S. Curtis of the Navy Di partment, F. A. Birgfeld of the Treas- ury Department and John ofield of the War Department, been appointed to investigate and report at the next meeting of the Chief Clerks' Association, probably some time this week. has Committee Regently Named. The committee was named at a re- cent meeting of the chief clerks of the executive departments, when the matter of sick leave was brought up and reported to be seriously abused in several instances by some Gov- ernmdnt employes, A close check-up in clerk’s office of the Trea ment had resulted in the amount of sick leave for the past 10 months it was revealed. So suc- cassful was the check-up in the oflice of 600 employes of the office of the chief clerk, Mr. Birgfeld reported, that the check-up system is spread- ing throughout the Treasury Depart- ment, and is expected eventually to embrace all the employes .of this largest department in the city, in- cluding more than 18,000 pervons. Time Off Reduced. The figures showed, Mr. Birgfeld re- ported. that the amount of sick leave per person during the past ten months had been reduced from seven to four days by the new system to find out if the persons were really sick. For the ten-month period of the preeed- ing year the figures showed, he said. that the sick leave per person had Dbeen seven days, or almost twice as great as for the same period this year. 3 Although details of the recommen- dations to be proposed to the chief clerks by their special committee have not been revealed, it is under- stood that thers is a sentiment which may result in the committee consid- ering some changes in the rules and regulations regarding “time and leave regulations” for the department, which are considered “drastic. the chief sury Depart- reduction in S POINCARE GIVES PROOF OF INNOCENCE IN WAR Publishes Letters Refuting State- in Diary of Georges Louis. By the Associated Press. PARIS, November 17.—Former Pre- mier Poincare today answered accu- sations that he was partly respon- sible for the World War by publish- ing letters in which Jules Cambon, Stephen Pichon and Emile Daeschner repudiate entirely the late Georges Louis’ supposed conversations as re- corded in his diary, extracts from which were printed by L'Oeuvre yes- terday. M. Poincare also casts doubts on the authenticity of the diary and says he may some day supplement official revelations “of the pre-war period with “private cotemporary letters written by Paul Cambon,” Gerard (former American Ambassidor to, Germany) ‘and many other authorita- tive persons, and by Georges Louls himself,” ment Association| yos are entitled, is | ! was frozen | PRESIDENT ' CoOLIDGE STRONGLY ENDORSES |EDUCATION UNUSUAL COLD DUE FOR QUICK EXODUS Warmer Weather Forecast Tomorrow—Many Radia- tors Are Frozen. Promise of warmer weather for| tomorrow did little to help Wash- ington motorists out of the dilemna | of thawing out frozen radiators or liguidizing congealed oil in their motors today, as a result of the un- usual cold snap that swept over most of the Eastern United States last night. With the thermometer down to 24 | degrees at 7 o'clock this morning. | seven degrees below the freezing point, and showing little inclination to make a sudden climb, the city| chattered and shook on November morning it since 1920; the coldest | has suffered | All Caught Unprepared. It was the fourth time in the annals of the local Weather Bureau that the mercury has dropped to 24 degrees before ovember 20, and the freeze | caught Washington wholly unpre- | pared. As a result automobile emer- | gency cars were kept busy answering | calls’ to thaw out radiators, restore | batteries that were exhausted by the | freeze and in some instances to tow | cars that would not move because the | Summer grade of oil their owners had been using had “frozen,” or congeal- ed, too | Ice was found in many places and | the city experienced its first real| wintry blast in & most unexpected | fashion. Today gas stations are do. ing a rushing business dispensing medicated alcohol, hood covers and the usual paraphernalia that cars are garbed in ordinarily closer to the first of December, ‘Warmer weather is promised for tomorrow, however. and a sudden ces- sation of the chill winds that had been sweeping the city lent credence to the weather man’s predictions. WEATHER RECORDS FALL. | New York and New England Ex- perience Unusual Cold. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 17.—Cold weather records for this date of many years standing were shattered in parts of New York and New England last night and early today, the mer- cury in some places dropping to zero or below. In northern New York there was a considerable snowfall. In New York City the mercury hov- ered about 20 degrees during the early hours, marking the day as the coldest this season. There was a slight snow flurry during the night, but all trace of it had disappeared at daylight. An unidentified man died of ex- posure during the night. At Hartford, Conn. John Yardy to death. In the Litci field Hills, in Connecticut, tempera- tures of 8 to 10 below zero were re- ported. Pittsfield, in western Massachusetts, reported temperatuve of 5 de- Brees above zero, the mercury drop- ping 57 degrees in 48 hours. The lowest temperature recorded in Bos- ton during the night was 14 above. Central ~ Vermont experienced a blizzard which raged throughout the night. Montpelier reported a mini- mum temperature of zero. Portland, Me., had a temperature of 1215 degrees early today, a fall of 31 degrees since yesterday. At Springfield the offictal reading was 10 above zero and temperatures were reported from some outside points down to 7 and 8 above. The demand for denatured alcohol for automobile radiators reached record (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.) “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 as fast as the papers are printed. Saturday’s Circulation, 93,907 Sunday’s Circulation, 105,174 TWO CENTS. AN SLAIN BY AUTO FIRST ROBBED THEN RUN OVER, IS STORY Confession Said to Have Been Made by One of Two Suspects in Tragedy. * Larger Auto Tags Proposed to Halt Reckless Drivers A suggestion that automobile tags be made larger, so that they would be plainly visible both day and night, was put forward to- day by Maj. Daniel Sullivan, su- perintendent of police, discussing the several traffic deaths recently in which the drivers did not stop. Although the superintendent has not made a definite recommenda- tion along this line, he has dis cussed it informally with Com- missioner Rudolph and probably will take the idea up with Com- missioner Oyster today. The major said that when a machine is speeding at night it difficult for witnesses to an a dent to see the license number. The motor cycle squad, the maj- or said, is exerting every effort to prevent speeding, but this force cannot be enlarged beyond the present limit of 50 men without an appropriation. | Washington since Halloween was the SESSON S CALLED Imen, after robbing their victim, Charles F. Jarvis, 1408 Gerard street. of his valuables, deliberately dumped him into the roadway and killed him by driving their heavy smoke-screens cd touring car over him. According to this story, aimed, “My God! We've killed and stepped on the gas in dash for freedom, only to be trappe a few minutes later by police ¢ the scene by a passerby, Ernest | Muir of 1447 Maryland avenue north | east. DETECTIVES IN SQUADS COMB CITY FOR OTHERS Coroner's Jury Returns Verdict of Criminal Besponsipility in Two Slayings. 1xing the startling wave of flic murders” that has engulfed G. 0. P. Senators Must Choose Leader and Fill Committee Places. the driver Republican Senators will meet in conference to select a leader in place of“he late Senator Lodge of Mass chusetts Saturday, November 29, under call to be issued by Senator Curtis of Kansas, ant leader and party whip, it was learned today Following the conference the Repub- lican committee on committees will filled and that committee will make the assignments to the com- | .o [0V mittees in which vacancies exist be- |y " of the deaths of three Sen- | and also wiil assign committee places to the newly elected Senator Metcalf of Rhode Island and Sen- ator Butler of Massachusetts, just appointed to fill Senator Lodge's“ndria, who was struck down and | dragged more than a hundred feet as seat. ; B | she was about to board a street car Senator Warren of Wyoming, who Florida avenue and First street Confexxion ix Alleged. e lurid story was related to Cap | L. Stoll and detectives of -the ninth precinct by one of the captured me: James Robert O'Connor, who that Vernon S. Storey, arrested wit {him in the car, was at the wheel |Both men are being held for the coroner’s jury A coroner Th. a; saic pg jury at the morgue this passed judgment in two of fatalities with the same words “Killed by cars whose drivers arc unknown, and who are criminally re- sponsible for the deaths.” The verdicts were reac cases of Miss Margaret Heflin of hed in at has been re-elected for another six Year term, is entitled to the leader- ship of the Senate under the Repub- last Friday night, and of Riley of 508 Irving street, William T killed more lican | Georgia avenue and W street | yet practice of many vears' stand- by which the leadership goes to Senator with the longest service. tor Warren undoubtedly can have the leadersip uniess he should him- self decide not to take it. He re- turned to Washington today, but would make no statement as to his plans, merely saying that he had not ad an opportunity to give the matter consideration, ing. th n; May Give Up Chance. Senator Warren is chairman of the important committee on appropria- tions, which requires a great deal of his time and attention. It has been considered likely that he would pr fer to retain that chairmanship and to permit the party leadership in the Senate to go to some other Senator.| There is nothing to prevent his hold- ing both the committee chairmanship | and the place of leader should he prefer to do so. The late nator Martin of Virginia, Demo- crat, was chairman of the committee on appropriations and party leader of the Senate during the Wilson ad- ministration, it was recalled today. Whether there is to be a real con- test for the office of Republican leader depends, therefore, upon the decision reached by Senator Warren. 1f he decides not to be a candidate for the leadership, then, it appears, the most formidable candidates for the nomj- nation are Senators Curtis of Kansas and Senator Wadsworth of New York. The latter is secretary of the Repub- lican conference of the Senate and chairman of the Senate military fairs committee. Senator Watson of Indiana is also a candidate for the place, but is not likely to have the strong backing for leader that Senators Curtis and Wadsworth will have. however, West Seems in Saddle. Senator Curtis has rendered valuable service in the past as party whip and assistant leader. He is astute and a good mixer. Senator Wadsworth is recognized as one of the best debaters in the Senate. Neither of these Sena- tors has been a member of the ~ (Continued on Page 3, Columin 6.) so- NINE DRIVERS ARRESTED ON INTOXICATION CHARGES Maj. Sullivan Renews Plea for Jail Terms for Operators of Autos Who Imperil Lives. Nine operators of automobiles were arrested for driving their biles while under the influence of liquor, during the 48 hours ended at 8 o'clock this morning, an offense characterized by Maj. Sullivan as be- ing as serious as a man running amuck with a loaded revolver. The fact that none of them met with ac. cidents was no fault of the intoxi- cated ones, according to the police | officials. Maj. Sullivan thinks no mere: should be shown intoxicated persons, | who drive their cars over the cit streets or country roads. Prison sen- tences alone, he will reduce the dangerous practice, Police captains are under instructions to demand real estate bond or a collateral of not less than $300 in such cases, It is then up to the courts to determine the amount of penalty. Stars Swing Fists, Pugilist Robbed in Second Row, at By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 17.— Lowell Sherman, one of New York's best known matinee idols, and George Baxter, also an actor, used their fists at the Actors’ Equity Association ball, which ended at the Hotel Astor early yesterday with several fights and one affair with a ragor, it was learned today.. The quarrel between Sherman and Baxter was caused by Sher- man’s refusal to introduce Baxter to Miss Lilllan Foster, appearing in a current Broadway show, ac- cording - to Baxter. The fight started In Sherman's box, which he occupied with his mother and Nora Actors’ Equity Ball Bayes. Ethel Barrymore occupied an adjoining box. Both Sherman and Baxter bore marks of the con- flict. There was no complaint to the police. John Saporensky was arrested ° on a charge of grand larceny on complaint of “Gentleman Jack™ O’'Brien, former pugilist, who claimed that $400 was picked from his pocket during a fight that started when somebody knocked the tall hat off James E. Cabot, an actor. Basil Gallagher, a newspaper man, was slashed with a razor after leaving the ball and Charles Cambridge, a negro, was arrested. Neaily 100 .persons who were leaving the ball joined in a chase after Cambridge, automo- | than a weck ago. In an adfol lay the body of Mr. Jarvis. | Robbery Is Alleged. | One of the astounding ang confession was an alleged admission { Connor that he and Storey looted | pockets of the dead or dying man, r | moving a watch and chain and a qu: tity of money pt. Stoll and Dete tives Kuehling and Davis of No. cinct are investigating this story ] bles have not been found, Connor | declaring, it was asserted, that he threw | them away With a rapid | edies and near-tragedies mined to bring to justice the “col blooded murderers,” as Inspector | Clifford L. Grant today termed them: {the detective force divided into squads and scoured the city in a redoubled effort to solve the mys- teries | Quick ac immediate response | alone prevented the escape of the | alleged “traffic murderers” yesterday | Resident a car, about to ent the alley, dump on the street the broken body of its vietim The two suspects are Vi | Story, his arm still in a sl | a bullet wound sustained in a legger's foud two weeks ago | Ernest Clancy, his npanion killed, and James R. &y said by the policé to have a criminal record, Connor i said to have was operating the gears for Storey who was driving with one arm, and | that their car knocked the man down and dragged him for distance They then lifted the form away from the car, it is alleged, and drove up Keanes lane, near Eighteenth strect {and Benning road nort . wher they were arrested by Policemen L. |3 Wilsc 1 J. J. McCarthy of 9 precinct as the car was being | turned around. Two bottles of liquor |and a quantity of .38-caliber revolv ammunition are said to e bee |found in the car, which is equipped | with 4 smoke-screen apparatus | Police Spurred in Hunt. | Inspector Grant anaounced to his men at roll call this morning that | they must bend as much effort to |catch “the four missing drivers as |they would if the four persons sought had “gone out on the street |armea with axe nd deliberately | murdered innocent men and women.” | “Any one who will deliberately run | away after his car has knocked down |a pedestrian is a murderer at heart, the detective chief “Go after our quarry with t in mina ‘hey ought to be literall | with murder. Inspector province of the would end when the escaped drivers !are apprehended. “We are going to find them, and when we do they will be held for the coroner's jury, which | will turn them over to the gran | jury for indictment on, most prob- {ably, a charge of manslaughter.” In addition to the c of Miss Heffin, in which Miss Anna Stev { of 912 Eleventh street northeast also wae badly injured, and the case © | Mr. Riley, the detective bureau still confronted with the task of find- ing the drivers of the car that fatally {injured J. N. Powell at New Jersey | avenue and § street on November I. jana Dr. William A. Pethel, knocked | down Halloween night by a car of celebrants at Twelfth and 1 streets. Co-operation of g roo the ssion of trag- and deter- ion by bystanders and by the police rnon when was nnor dmitted he t charged, that the department said police Grant tizens in running down missing drivers w asked to- day by the Police Department. At the same time Maj. Daniel Sullivan | superintendent of police, announced that a reward of $100 will be paid in each case to persons supplyin information leading to the arrest of any of those “criminally responsi- ble.” Bladen Busey, colored, 4116 Belt road, was taken to aalty | Hospital early last night from North Capitol and L streets, where he was Knocked €own by an automobile, the driver of which failed to stop to in- quire the extent of his injuries or learn if death had resulted. A se- vere injury to his head was inflicted. His condition was reported as being undetermined. . Mrs. Mary Ford, 45, 1501 Fifteenth street, thought to have been knocked down on Rhode Island avenue near Jowa Circle Saturday night by an automobile, the driver of which also fled, was reported at Emergency Hospital this morning as being som " (Continued gn Page 2, Column 5.) -