Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1926, Page 1

WEATHER. (1. S. Weather Bureau Foracast.) Cloudy ‘tonight and tomorrow, pos- sibly lght &now, rising temperature; mmimum temperature tonight about 28 degrees. Temperature: Highest, 30, at noon today: lowest, 19, at 7:40 a.m. today. Full report on page 9. Closing N. Y. Stocks and Bonds, Page 24 aG R=5 26,855, i ohis . 130F COAST GUARD AMONG 1 INDICTED INVAST RUM RING Probe of Alleged Huge Syn- dicate, Headed by Dwyer, Comes to Head. BUSINESS OF MILLIONS INDICATED IN EVIDENCE, Scheme to Approach Municipal Of- ficials to Aid Rum Deals, Is Charged. Br o Asomiated T | NEW YORK, January 2—Thirteen | mbers of the Coast Guard and 48| er individuals were indicted today Federal grand jury Investigat- the lleged bootleg syndicate d by * Dwyer, former race owner, Nine of the coast guardsmen named e indictment still are in the active . Three separate indictments returned, charging the 61 defend- with violation of the Federal ition law and conspiracy to the law. grand Jury has spent six weeks | <tigating the alleged rum ring. | presented. by the Federal writies having controlled 18 can steamers in the rum running Dwyer and more than a of his confederates were ar- rested in December. and since then four boats supposed to have been in the trade have been seized. ite as Business In Millions. The syndicate, Federal authorities believed, was responsible for bringing in millions of dollars’ werth of liquor | to this country annually. It was con- | sidered the ‘“backbone of rum row." A suite of offices was maintained in the East River Savings Bank Bulild- ing, and general headquarters were in_Lexington avenue. Dwyer, whose full name is William V. Dwyer, was named in the indict ment, together with his higher-up con- federates and members of the ring's sea-going vessels. The coast guards- men were alleged to have been in his i Papers seized in possession of the first men arrested in the round up! showed there was collusion between | some members of the Coast Guard and | the syndicate, Federal authoritles said. Codes for an elaborate system of sig-{ 1ls for communication between the! eged confederate coast guardsmen and the rum ships were found among | the selzed papers. Vicholus Brown, boatswain and com- sanding officer of Coast Guard cutter . 126. one of the men arrested in the initial round up, was indicted. Papers zed after the arrest of Philip J. Cof- -, allezed “‘pay off man” for the ring, contained a mnotation ‘showing that $%,400 had been paid to Brown by the ring. Officials Approached. The indictment charges that part of the conspiracy plan was to attempt to' induce certaln officials of municipal- fties in New York State to aid in the fllegal transportation and importation of liquor. Ships were operated from foreign ports to rum row and others were operated between rum row and the Amerlcan shore, the indictment charges The third indictment charges Dwyes and John J. McCambridge with hav ing sent the American vessel Willlam J. Maloney to sea in the foreign coast- ise trade in such an unseaworthy condition that the crew of 12 men lost their llves. The wives and children of some of | the men who perished gave assist- ance in having the leaders of the svndicate indicted. Dwyer, the Federal authorities said, once was an owner of the Coney Is- tand race track in Cincinnati, Ohio, and of the Mount Royal race track in Montreal. In addition to his al- leged wholesale rum-running activi- ties, Dwyer maintained the Sea Grill restaurant in this city until it was yadlocked by the Federal officials. This restaurant was used as the “‘pay tion™ for the Coast Guards men in confederacy with the ring, according to the authorities. Charge Liquor Brought In. A specific allegation in the first in- dictment is that “Coffee and Brown,’ together with two other Coast Guards men, brought 315 cases of liquor into the United States aboard the Coast Guard hoat No. 126. The syndicate apparently carrlied on fts coastwise activities as far north as the Con- necticut shore. An overt act charged in the second indictment is that Cof- oy n New London, Conn., last October. ward Gallagher, former member of the Coast Guard. who was brought here from Miami, Fla., and arralgned vesterday, was among the defendant named in the first indictment. In a new complaint tiled against him. he was charged with bringing into the United States 700 cases of liguor on Coast Guard b 1924, when he craft. Lou 1tzkovitch, a in the principal 48 commander of the other man named indictment, was the syndlcate srchasing agent abroad and maintained an office in London, ates District Attorney Buck- Walter L. Van Dyke was s the ring's purchasing “unada, with headquarters in He is alleged to have sed liquor at points In Nova Scotia for smuggling into the United States. Canadian Is Indicted. Paul Chartier of St. Plerre, Mi- quelon, who also was indicted on a eonspiracy charge, was described by Mr. Buckner as being head of one of the largest liquor distributing com- panies in Canada. He is alleged to have sold liquor to the Dwyer syndi- cate, knowing that it was intended to be smuggled into the United States. Also indicted was Edward Caperton of Curtiss Fleld, Long Island, an avi- ator, who is alleged to have piloted airplanes out to rum row to direct Jiquor ships in their unloading. Mr. Buckner said today the syndi- cate was undoubtedly the biggest ever uncovered in this country. Thirty of rhe defendants already are under ball, totaling $268,000. Montre: Radio Progrms;l;age 22.‘ { not satisfy ffered a bribe of $2,700 to Brown! in December | Fntered as second class matte Washington, D. C. Blind Guides Rail At Fogless London Winter; Funds Cut By the Associated Prese. LONDON, January 26.—Blind men, who act as guides to pedes- trians when dense fogs settle over London, have been complaining because of lack of “business” due to this Winter's weather, which has been exceptionally clear and cold. Thousands of persons frequent- ly become lost in the fogs, even within a block or 8o of their homes or offices. It is on such occasions that the blind men, who find their way by “feel” and instinct, take up their stand at prominent corners and offer their services as guldes. It has been estimated that a real fog here entalls a loss of ap- proximately 330,000 pounds to busi- ness in less than 24 hours. ‘STRANGLED WOMAN DOCTOR NOW SAYS Chiropractor Asserts Black- mail Drove Him to Des- perate Action. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January Having confessed that he strangled and dismembered Miss Anna Mav Dietrich, David L. Marshall, chiro practor, was being held without bafl today. Marshall, married and the father o 2 12-yearwid daughter, made a sec- ond confession last night, in whick he admitted strangling the woman whose ‘“‘cabaret complex,” he sald, was proving a financial strain upon him Miss Dietrich, a 34-year-old milliner. had ambitions to be a “modern girl.” Early yesterday, having readilv told of his acquaintance with Miss Dietrich and of having treated her professionally, Marshall confessed that he had cut up the body, but steadfastly denied that he had killed her. Admissions Unsatisfactory. ‘The first confession, however, did authorities, particularlv that part wherein he said that the woman had drank poison because r wealthy New Yorker with whom she was in love had jilted her. After much more questioning he suddenly shouted late last night: “I'm lving! TIt's all lies! the truth now:"’ Then he said he had strangled Miss Dietrich because she had threatene to inform his wife of their relations unless he gave her more money. “I knew Miss Dietrich for eight years,” the sald. “At first she thought T was single. “Recently she got a ‘cabaret com- | plex.’ She wanted to go out skylark- ing at nights. She began taking les- | sons in the Charleston. “I told her 1 couldn't go out with her—I was afrald my wife might find out. Then. too, I began to be afraid of the financial strain. But she insisted that I take her to roadhouses and to cabarets. She threatened to tell my wife about our relations if I ! didn’t take her out. Wanted Night Life. | “She wanted to take a whirl at the ! night_life before she became too old. Tuesday night the thing came to a cli- max. She met me at my office. She in- | sisted we go out. I refused. We ar- | gued. Again she threatened to tell my wife. I was desperate and in a I'n ter e. Fl seized her by the throat to shake her; to make her understand that I couldn’'t and wouldn't. I pleaded with {her to break off our friendship. But she wouldn’t listen. **Then—I don't know what possessed me. The next thing I knew she was ,dead there before me—on the floor of !my office.” | It was because he did not want to be charged with murder, he sald, that he dismembered the body and disposed of it by throwing the torso and legs in a field at Media, and hiding the head uner a rallroad trestle a short distance from his home at Bywood Heights. 'BEATING OF CONVICT T0 DEATH CHARGED Body Exhumed as Alabama Pris- oner Accuses Guards of Killing His Companion. By the Associated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., January 26.— Alabama’s convict lease system and | the whipping of convicts has bobbed up again in the public eye as a result of the exhumation last night of the ! body of James Knox, a convict, who | died suddenly in August, 1 Nothing like a satisfactory conclu- sion could be reached as to whether the man died from a beating by guards, as charged by fellow convicts. It was said that the viscera would probably be sent to the State chemist in an effort to ascertain whether the convict died from poison, as declared 'in the death certificate, upon which | the coroner based a finding of suicide. | The body was exhumed last night at_direction of the officials Knox was convicted of forgery and ! was serving a long term at Flat Rock mines, this county, when he died. A fellow convict, who had no oppor- tunity to testify at the time, is said lately to have charged that Knox was beaten to death by guards. By the Associated Press. SALEM, Oreg., January 26.—Will Moore, State insurance commissioner, sald today that hundreds of man and woman bootleggers in California are protected by insurance. The commis- sloner said he had learned that more than 1,200 man aad 100 woman policy- holders pay weekly premiums ranging from $2 to $15 for partial or complete protection against hazards attending their f{llicit operations. Premiums paid to the company handling the in- surance amcunted to $500,000 in 1925, be #ald he had discovereds Bs) Che WASHINGTON, SENATE TAKES UP FIRST RESERVATION ONWORLD COURT Way. Prepared for Speedy Consideration of U. S. Mem- bership in Body. D. C., TUESDAY, LEADERS SEE POSSIBLE FINAL VOTE TONIGHT Swanson Conditions First to Be Acted Upon—Others to Get Chance | Immediately Afterward. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Under the cloture rule adopted yes- | terday the Senate today is driving ahead toward a final vote on the World Court. Estimates as to when the court wiil finally be disposed of ranged from tonight until the end of “he week. The first half hour today was taken up in reaching a unanimous consent agreement on a plan of procedure. It was finally decided that the Swanson reservations contained in the pending resolution of ratification and other amendments and reservations pro- | posed shall first be considered in com mittee of the whole. Then Senator Moses of New Hampshire and Senator Willlams of Missouri are to be given opportunity to offer the substitutes which they are presenting also in committee of the whole. The first Swanson reservation was read for consideration, as follows: “That such adherence shall not be taken to involve v legal relations on *he part of .the United States to the League of Nations or the assumpticr of uny obligation by the United States inder the treatv of Versailles.” Reed Attacks Legality. In agreeing to the unanimous con- sent for procedure, Senator Reed of Missouri, opponent of the court, saild ' Bolling Fleld’s glant engineering that he gave his consent, but with a hangar, with 9 airplanes, 44 Liberty reservation he considered all and Hiso motors, together with a vast to be illegal and " h'n hon tool and ¥ to the Constitution of girplane equipment, which it housed tes und contrary to the . ; e rules of the Senate. Senator Reed g reduced to ashes shortly after has contended that the World Court Midnight in a fire estimated to have protocol is not properly before the C2used approximately $400.000 damage Senate since it has not been signed by _ Two District firemen, Sergt. T. 1 the President, as other treaties and Satterfield of truck No. 8, and Private conventions are negotiated and signed F. A. Loffler, engine company No. 25, before being presented, and because were painfully but not seriously in ?(;lnol;ihg:nge!nzrl;he protocol Is not be- jureq while fighting the fir~ when an The Supporters of the court, on the SXtinguisher hanging inside the han- otker hand, insist that the proceedings Ear exploded. Fragments hit Satter- are entirely legal and proper, since field across both legs. while Loffler the Senate has the right to advise and | was felled by a crushing blow on his consent in advance of the negotiation 'left leg. The firemen were taken away BOLLING LD FRE L0SS IS D00 Nine Planes. 44 Motors and Machine Shop Equipment Ruined in Blaze. JANUARY 26, Foening Star. WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 1926—THIRTY-EIGHT PAGES. -, Aw.Go Lone! =R YOU CAN o Do HEAPS ;2 ppp? OTALKIN'IN / NINETY SIY | EX-BANKERS INDICTED. Held in IMYSTERY ATTENDS Connection With Denver Bank Failure. DENVER, Colo., January ). — Seven former officals of Den\'m'l | bank were indicted by a Federal grand | te veste:day in connection with | lure of the (ilobe National Bank | here last September for more than) | $4,000.000. | Those indicted G Gordon Hill Will F. Bishop, D. I SUICIDE OF WOMAN Died Instantly But Pistol Is Found in Bureau Drawer by Police. | Herman B.| . Frank L. Bishop, H. Stalen, John Q. Adams and Mary Minty | Forged notes, ntries and miss- | ing funds to the amount of $1,500,000 | | are charged against the indicted per | sons in the true bills. F | A pistol shot early today, according | | {to John R. Jeffries, War Department | | accountant, sent him rushing to lhe‘i |rear room of his apartment on the {first floor of the Iroquois, 1410 M | street, where he found the body of his ife, Mrs. Daisy Jeffries, 41 years| SPANTOANERIA temple When Coroner J. Ramsey Nevitt and Capt. Fred Cornwell. togethe | with Detectives Kelly, Scrivener, | Livingston and Cullinane, had inspect |ed the apartment, they found the | 32-caliber pistol in a bureau drawer, | | This_discovery led to the holding of the husband for the outcome of the coroner’s inquest tomorrow afternoon, | but early this afternoon, at the order Take Off in 1.050-Mile Hop From Canaries to Cape Verde Islands. |*ha Arm and signing of u treaty, as well as after it has been negotlated and signed. The protocol, it was ex- plained, can be signed abroad after the action of the Senate through the diplomatic agents of the United States. Senator Heflin of Alabama, address ing himself to the first Swanson reso- lution, took occasion to reply to Sen- ator Cole Blease of South Carolina with reference to Mr. Blease's criti- cism of the late President Wilson and praise of the late Senator Lodge. Senator Heflin defended his note for cloture for the World Court, pointing out that the two-thirds cloture rule had been adopted to prevent a single Senator from holding up the business of the Senate over a long period. Tells of Hatred of Wa "It is a serious and truly important step which the United States is about to_take,” declared Senator Heflin. He proclaimed his love of peace and hatred of war. “There are some men who are willing to join in a world movement to stamp out the foot-and-mouth dis- ease among cattle,” tontinued Sena- tor Heflin, “but they will talk forever to prevent an agreement to do away with war.” Sénator Heflin said that “we prom ised the boys who went to war (1:’ put down war, but we have been remiss in our dut He sald that nations which were good enough to make war with as allies are good enough to join Wwith In an effort to preserve peace. The wounded veterans of the war who may be seen at any time in the parks of Washington serve to recall to mind, he said, the fact that nothing has been done by this country in the" elght years since the close of the war to advance the interests of interna- tional peace. Plan Fight to Get Out. Although the final vote for Ameri- can adherence to the World Court has not yet come, opponents of the court in the Senate are already planning a fight to “get the United States out of the court.” They figure that this can be done under the reservation con- tained in the Swanson resolution of ratification, which provides “That the United States may at any :;21“; withdra; it; adherence to the protocol” (the proto World Court). protora ot s Just how such withdrawal made has not been determing opinion was expressed today that it would have to be by con- gressional action concurred in by the President. A resolution providing for the withdrawal of the United States from the World Court will be intro. duced in the Senate and possibly also in the House almost as soon as the 1 would be ed, but the at the Capitol tion providing for adherence, Opponents of the court are planning, it is said, to go into the coming con: gressional campaign to line up candi. dates for the Senate and the Houge in opposition to the World Court. Expect Nations to Agree. That the other nations now mem. (Continued on Page 6, Column 2.) {Jail and Other Disasters of Trade Insured Against by Bootleggers| The protection accorded to patrons of the company, Moore said, together with the fees charged, follow: Accidental death while in the line of duty, $10,000 policy, $10 per week: $5,000 policy, $7.50 per week. For time spent in jall policies pay to the holde; $5 a day, the liquor dealer paying §3 a week for this class of policy. For protection at the rate of $10 a day while confined in jail the rum run- ners pay a premium of $4 a week, or $5 a week for protection at the rate of §20 a day.. !in ambulances. 1A hoad of nouiry arganized todav by Capt. C. H. Reynolds, acting com- manding officer at the field. made up & detailed statement of the following | planes and equipment destroyed in the {fire: Foriy Liberty motors and 4 Hiso | motors, $200.000: 5 D H planes, worth $9,000 each.®$45,000; 1 Vought plane, [34.0(\0: PIN nplane. €1.000. and | PW-9 planes, worth $30.000 each, $60, 1000. The loss of the hangar itself has been set at $50,000, while no attempt has been made to estimate the many thousand dollars’ loss in machine shop ltnolu and spare airplane parts. Little Left for Salvage. The members of the board of in- quiry agreed today they will be able to salvage only a small portion of the nine planes destroyed. These planes today are merely charred and twisted remnants. While most of the planes were practically new, the biggest blow is the loss of the two PW-9 planes which were In the course of assembling-and | had never yet taken the air. These i planes were of the pursuit training type, such as are used in the air. plane races and were slated for duty at Bolling Field. | _Capt. Reynoids voices the opinion i that the fire which broke out a few i minutes after midnight was caused | elther by defective wiring or spon- | taneous combustion. While the entire | post was aroused within five minutes | after the sentry gave the alarm, by the time the hangar was broken open i it was a seething inferno and they were even unable to save a plane | which was within 8 feet of the door. Loss of Hangar Serious. | Destruction of the 56th Service Squadron engineer hangar, as it was known, ig keenly felt at Bolling Field, as it was the only quarters for as- ! sembling, repairing and tuning up the many airplanes on the post. Located as it is at the extreme south end of | the field, the firemen, alded by a | favorable wind, were able to keep the flames from spreading to adjoining hangars. = Members of the board of ‘Inquiry iare: Capt. O. G. Trunk, president, | Army Afr Service; Capt. C. A. Schwarzwaeller, Quartermaster Corps; | First Lieut. J. C. Gullet, Army Afr | Service. _ CHARGES BORROWING. Pinchot Says Pennsylvania Offi- cials Gave Inadequate Security. | By the Associated Press. | MADRID, January 26—The Cadiz ireless station reports that at 12:15 p.m. the steamer San Carlos was in communication with the Spanish plane Ne Plus Ultra, flying from ando Bay, Canary Islands, to St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands. The avi ators reported everything was going | well and that th ntaining their course by radio compass. Another wireless message at 3:40 p.m. said the aviators were still pro- ceeding without incident. OFF ON LONG FLIGHT. | i Ne Plus Ultra Winging Way to Cape Verde Islands. LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, Jan- uary ' 26 (®).—Comdr. Franco and three Spanish aviators today resumed their flight from Spain to Argentina. They hopped off for the Cape Verde Islands at 8:20 a. in_their plane, Ne Plus Ultra. Takeoff was made from Gando Bay, south of here, where the aviators flew yesterday The distance from Las Palmas to the Cape Verde Islands is about 1.050 miles. After two days’ rest will come a big jump across the Atlantic to Per- nambuco, Brazil, a distance of 1,711 nules. The plane last Friday left Palos, Spain, whence Columbus sailed to discover a new world. The first leg of the flight. about §70 miles, was accomplished in 8 hours. Since Friday the plane has been overhauled The fivers are aiming for St. Vin- | cent, which they hope to reach this evening. The start was auspicious, the seaplane circling the bay for se eral minutes before pointing its nose toward the Southwest. All the ships in the lane of flight were notified by wireless of the avia- tors’ departure. The Spanish gunboat Infarta Isabel is stationed about mid- way, RIVER BOTTOM TEST SET FOR TOMORROW Study to Be Made to Determine Pressure of Slope and Soil for Bridge Piers. 1of District Attorney Peyton Gordon, The o Associal service. » UP) Means Associated Probe of Mitchell Case and Revising By the Associated Prees, Investigation of the Mitchell court-martial case, with a view of revising the law governing military courts-martial, was proposed today in a resolution hy Representative Connally, Democrat, Texas. The inquiry would be conducted by a special House committee. “The recent trial and conviction of Col. William Mitchell for viola- tion of the articles of war,” Mr. Connally snid, “has rais-d a very serious question in the minds of a great many as to whether the ar- ticles of war and court-martial pro- cedure in the Army and Navy are in need of review and revision by Congress.” MITCHELL STARTS SERVING SENTENCE Colonel Allowed $4,760 Year- ly Pay by President—Case Reopening Seen. Col. William Mitchell today began serving a sentence of suspension from rank, commn “or five ¥ By action of President Coolidge in proving the findings last night of the Army general court-martia) whic ried and convicted the fiery for violating the 9%th Article the name of “Col. William Alr Service, U. S. Army” today ‘tricken from the commissioned roll. The sentence of as not carried o rfeiture of all p: he Executive upk mendation of Secre *hat the airman be his base pay and allowances. Mitche! wa recom ary of War Dav! Case May Come Up Anew. With President (. ast night, which cam~ 1S he had received the repo *he War Department only a hours earlier in the day, the Mitchell case became a closed incident with but there were inc ‘rom the suspended he public has not heard 1t is known thar Mitchell s frien ‘neluding some Democratic members of Congress. are planning to = Sanace n withholding e was comnle decision omment until th and the Vresident's raven, The possibility of a resienation loomed un as the onlv alter ca for Mitchell in the nheence of anv com- ment from h'm today | Mr Jeffries was released in custody of his lawyer, Mark Stearman, pending | the inquest. | Case of Apparent Suicide. Coroner Nevitt stated that on its face the case was apparently suicide He based this on the location of the wound and the recent ill heaith and deafness of Mrs. Jeffries. Were it not for the discovery of the pisto’ in| the drawer, he said, he thought no further investigation would be neces- Coroner Nevitt made it clear that he ordered Jeffries held because of that fact. Jeffries was taken to the second precinct. The account obtained by Coroner | Nevitt indicated that the tragedy hap- pened, as follows: At about 7:20 o'clock Jeffries was in the kitchenette preparing break- fast. He heard the pistol shot. Rac- | ing to the back room, he found the | body of his wife. Jeffries summoned Stephen A. Arm- strong, resident of another apartment, and he notified the police and Emer- gency Hospital. Fired Before Bureau. Inspection of the apartment room revealed that the bullet had struck the il Cicocheted and landed on | the floor beneath the couch. From | the position of the body and the lo- | cation of the bullet, the investigators drew the inference that it was fired | while Mrs. Jeffries was standing in front of the bureau, in the second drawer of which the pistol was kept, | and that, while falling, the pistol | | might have dropped into the bureau drawer, which may have been closed as Mrs. Jeffries fell. Jefr.es positively stated he did not touch the weapon, or place it in the drawer after the death of his wife. Neighbors of Mrs. Jeffries, who was deaf and in poor health recently, stated that last night while she played cards she seemed absorbed in other matters and was very listless. She and her husband both came from a South Carolina town and she married Jeffries while he was in the Philippines, in the Army sgrvice, ap- proximately 14 yvears ago. - In so far as their neighbors know, the married | life was a happy one. Mrs. Jeffries was employed at the | Merchants Bank and Trust Co. at Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue as an assistant teller. i ey | Defers Altitude Flight. DAYTON, Ohio, January 26 (P).— Weather conditions today resulted in Lieut. John A. MacReady, McCook Field, again postponing his altitude {long as he retains office | recommendations to man heen danrived of ¢ all 11 have e Claims and sned and a* the <ame t'me reonened th tire controversy once more. Now that A nortionsof his pav has heen eranted h'm there is no tasie for appeal from “he decision of the Pres'dent. it s said tn weil informed quarters. Shortly after the nresidantial an- proval was announced Penresentati Frank R Reid. Pepublican. of 111 nals. who headed the defense counsel at the irfal issued a characterist! statement. declaring that an “invis. le mind and hand have labored with- out ceasing for this dayv's verdicf and that “they have finally ‘got’ Col. Mitchell.” To Get $1,760 Yearly. The White House announcement bearing President Coolidg=s full state- ment declared that “hereafter during the pleasure of the Presdent Col. Mitchell will be entitled to all his al- lowances and one-half of the monthly pay which he would draw while not actually engaged in flying, making a total of $3%7.67 per month, or about $4.760 per vear The President’s comment on the case in part was: “The theory of gov-. ernment implies that every official so all deport himself with respect toward his su- periors. This is especially true of those in the military service. Unless this | rule is applied there could be no d cipline in the Army and the Navy, without which those two forces would not only be without value as a means of defense, but would become actually a menace to society. Discipline is the whole basis of military training." The effect of the President's action in limiting modification of forfeiture by the phrase “during the pleasure of the President,” is to make possible at any time during the five vears, re. vocation of that modification and a withdrawal from the convicted officer of all pay and allowances. No further court action wou'd be necessary. Should Col. Mitchell remain in the Army and again clash with his su- periors, the form of this sentence, which was recommended by the Board of Review and approved both by Gen. | Hull and Secretary Davis, would pe: mit his punishment to be made more severe by executive action. Davis Reviews Charges. In transmitting the case and his the President, Secretary Davis rehearsed briefly the charges on which Mitchell was con- victed of having issued for publica- tion in San Antonio, September 5 and llowed one-half of | ™ | who made note of the: .| Board of Education, sat Senate shall have ratified the resolu.' HARRISBURG,, Pa., January 26| Examination of the Potomac River | ). —Charges that two former Sta‘e | pottom at points where the plers for |9, statements containing expressions flight. He will not make the attempt, | “highly derogatory to the War Do jhe said, until the weather changes. | treasurers, Charles A. Snyder and more than $100,000 from State bank- ing institutions without adequa‘e se- curity, were made by Gov. Pinchet today in @ letter sent to the House and Senate banking committees at a public hearing on pending banking legislation. Of Speci'al Interest to Washingtonians “The Flagstaffs of Washington” A series of dally ({llustrated articles on the many flags seen in the Capital begins In Today’s Star Harmon M. Kephart, each borrowed | |the proposed Arlington Memorial | Bridge will rest will be made tomor- | row preparatory to awarding the con- tract for this part of the structure. Maj. U. S. Grant, 3rd, executive of- ficer of the Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission, will go there tomorrow morning, with representatives of con- jtractors and officials of the bridge commission, to be present when the tests are made. A dredge of the Army Engineer Corps will dig up portions of the river bottom and pile them on deck for the purpose of determining ‘the pressure and slope of the soil. This is necessary in order that the officials may reach a decision as to whether | the meihods suggested by the con- tractor in his bid for the construction of the piers is sufficient to withstand the pressure of the rvier bed at these points, Marseille Brokers Strike. MARSEILLE, France, January 26 Clear weather is necessary. ‘Wesley Washington, who conducts an undertaking establishment at 2053 Georgla avenue, has gotten himself into an unusual and embarrasing predicament through the possession of a corpse, which District Health Officer Willlam C. Fowler will not permit him to bury. To add to his troubles the health officer has ar- ranged to have him appear in Police Court this afternoon to answer a charge of keeping a body for more than seven days, the legal limit be- ::an death and burial in the Dis- o Dr. Fowier revealed today that for almost a week Washington &nd a rival undertaker have fought bitterly (#)—The brokers and clerks on the |for the right to bury the body—that Marseilles Bourse, following the ex-|of a colored preacher who died Jan- ample set by the Paris traders last|uary 18 at Gallinger Hospital. Wash- week, walked out today in protest|ington was given a permit to prepare against the proposed tax on stock the corpse for burial, but it developed market operations, . afterwards that . the second (Continued on Page 4, Column 3.) Undertaker, Refused Burial Permit, Faces Fine for Holding Corpse Too Long mortician was the one desired by the minister’s church, and as the Lealth officer has always made it his rule to respect the wishes of those close to the dead, he refused to give the Georgia avenue undertaker . burial permit. ‘Washington then retaliated. Dr. Fowler said, by declining to give up the body to the opposition, except on the payment of a sum which the health officer ‘held to be exorbitant. Dr. Fowler then refused to issue a permit for burial and Washington kept the body longer than the law per- mits, and the health officer today swore to an information to prosecute him in Police Court. Until the court settles the case the body must wait for its journey to its last resting place. The penalty for keeping a body more than a week is a fine not to ex- ceed $200, or imprisonment of 90 day or both, . nly evening paper in Washington with the ted Press news Yesterday’s Circulation, 103,305 TWO CENTS. Pres BALLOU CONTROLS Army Law Asked EDUCATION BOARD, PEYSER TESTIFIES Tells House Subcommittee on Gasque Bill Members Should Be Elected. SENSATICNAL CHARGES OFFERED AT HEARING Those Wko Onposed Superintendent Lost Membership on Body. Witness Holds. I | | Charge that five members, or a ma | Jority, of the Board of Education “are {under the dominating influence” of Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent 10( schools, and that any member of the {board who attempts to thwart the | standpatters” or “who do not think }in the regular channels” has no jchance whatever for resppointment i were made by Capt. Julius 1. Peyser | former member of the Bos i tion ntative Allard Gasque outh Carolina providing for pop- L ular electi of Educatior | members in tk < stand for other wit red cor r while tendance appe sutset tha me of the of the Board of Educz ort of his con will be better sei bers elected by e his or n" in sup: at the city m residents, Two Points Notable. were brought out by Peyser, which appeared to In- | terest members of the subcommittee for future in- declaration that a rider should appropriation bill rer of the boar by th the other a member has a relative in an One Peyse > attiched to was and v one to be ! 0f the board who appointive positio ice. d minute wheic he and 1 detail: ade stric aking bit of testimo: e William C. Ham: na objected on t ks were too overruied b teid of Iilinois subeon Tee who Peyser to go on “and tell all yo of the tem." So_ind nemb: time for particular- Repre- North d that evest of the mmittee at the v's hea-i anotr closi give s Court judges Before tel with ~he “don cation Capt early conflicts card du- acked the “star chamber” procecdings of board, which he labeled dfrectly in viola tion of the law and the policy for the standing committees Dr. their power being practically Cites Case of Two Members. To back up his statement that the board is dominated by Dr. Capt. Peyser alleged that Mrs | Morgan and William 1 whom he described ¢ ‘able memlers of the board. had fail of appointment “because they failed to line up" He stated that while he had requested not to be reappointed, he doubted very much whetner he would have been reappointed if he had wanted to.. Dr. H. B. Learne d, mémber of the in a front row seat for the m.ijor portion of the hearing and during most of Capt Peyser’s testimony. but_when Chalr- man Reid asked if Dr. Ballou or any of his representatives were present he led to respond. A few munutes later he left the room. Capt. Peyser said that his first un- pleasant encounter with his fellow hoard members a day or two after his {appointment was when he was called to a room in the Woodward Building, where he was informed by three mem. bers “that Ernest Greenwood was not a proper man for the presidency of the Board of Education.” Capt. Peyser said that the next day James T. Lloyd, a former Congressman, was | elected president of the Board of | Education and that he later found | that the statements made to him in the Woodward Building room con cerning Mr. Greenwood *‘were abso- lutely false. Two other complaints of Capt. Pey- ser, which he says are examples of what had happened in the past and in his opinion would not occur if the board members were selected by popu lar vote involved alleged carelessness on the part of Dr. Ballou in the de- tachment or demotion of teachers and an alleged clique of the Board of Education which attempted to “take the vitals” out of the liberal teach | ers’ salary bill which later passed Congress. Quizzed on Contract Charge. When Capt. Peyser called atten tion that there is need for correction of the custom of having members on the Board of Education who profit by contracts with the District Govern- ment, Mr. Hammer roused himselt and declared: “If there are any such members they ought to get off. We ought to have their names and hold them up to eternal storm.” Capt Peyser gave the names and circumstances involving two or three | teachers whom he said_suffered loss {of pay on account of Dr. Ballou ! “losing certificates” and “making | mistakes” but he did not give any specific fact on members alleged to have profited by having contracts with the District Government. Throughout today's hearing Chair- man Reid showed a lively interest in the testimony of (%ipt UPKMI“A;‘“ “(Continued on Page 2, Column 3