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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
ORDERS RETR|AL IN
ID. c. TERMINAL SUIT
Justice Robb Upholds City's
Claim for Pay for Light,
But Sees 0vercharge.

while sustaining the right of the
District Of Columbia to compel the
Washington Terminal Company 10
bear the expense of lighting the
streets covered by the vtaducts adj
Jacent to Union station. the District
Court of Appeals today. in an opin-
ion by Justice Robb reversed "A judg
ment of $10.22322 awarded in the
District Supreme Court in favor Of the
municipality. 4 new trial of the Dis
trict's suit against the company is
ordered.
The reason for the reversal. while
sustaining the main contention of the
District officials. is that the lower
court permitted recovery for the cost
OF lighting of LIST and I'd streets in the
vicinity of the station. Justice Robb
company for lighting these thorough
fares. onto which the station does not
intrude. is beyond the police power of
Congress. The company's building and
inciosing walls are on its own prop
erty and do not "appreciably AFFECT
either the safety or convenience OF
the public" the court holds.
SpuSTeSS lHc court litus. az
thority 10 compel the company TO pa
for the lighting of II. Is. /. and NJ
streets and Florida avenue. over
which, its Niaducts extend and in
which are the supporting columns OF
these structures AS we view the
question" says Justice Robb. the
, test is whether the terminal com
pany'S occupation of these streets
renders necessary additional precau-
tions for the safety and convenience
of the public. 1t is of no Importance,
in our view. that the tracks of the
company are above the surface of the
streets. so long as they occupy the
streets and their occupancy interferes
with the normal use of the street by
the general public"
Chief Justice Smyth rendered a dis
senting opinion holding that the COM
pany should pay only the cost OF
additional lighting and not the whole
cost of lighting the streets occupied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
J. E. TEIRER ACQUITTED
OF NUMBERING MOTHER

BUFFALO. NY, May 3.-John Edwa rd
Teirer was acquitted today of the MUIR
der of his mother, Mrs. Agnes NJ. Teirer,
after the jury had been out seventy lone
hours Last December he was con-
victed and sentenced to life imprison-
ment. but won Il new trial.
The murder of Mrs. Teirer and her
son. Frederick. occurred on the road be-
tween Orchard Park and Buffalo. about
midnight January 80. 1915, after they
visited Johns home in Orchard Park.
John claimed that the crime was com
mitted by a negro hishwayman. He is
under indictment on charge of killing
his brother. Teirer was released from
custody.
District Attorney Moore was disap-
pointed by the verdict and issued the
following statement
I'm this era of social unrest and boil
shevistic propaganda, if on the evidence
in this case courts and jurors allow the
wealthy and powerful to go free, no one
can be surprised if great impetus is
given such propaganda. If all the cir
cumstancns surrounding this case were
known there might be some startling
revelations
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
WITNESS LEAPS TO
DEATH RATHER THAN
REVEAL BOMB PLOT
Continued from First Paxe.)


turned over to the Department Of
Justice
Italian I.aborer Arrested.
On information salt to have been
supplied by ELLA, Vito Marriani. an
Italian laborer. was taken into GUS
tody. The police say he admitted he
was an anarchist ard supplied infor-
nation on which Salsedo was arrest
ed.
Chief Flynn said that Salsedo and
other government witnesses had ex-
pressed fear of being murdered by
the anarchist piot:ers il it became
known they lad confessed.
~ their own suggestion quarters
We're arranged f"r them in the Park
Pow bniidine. There they slept and
had their meals. and they did not
leave the building except for exer-
Csc.
Salsedo's wife was allowed to visit
him frequently She is said to have
spent much of yesterday with him.
News of Salsedo's death will give
the first information to some of his
former confederateS. Chief Flynn said
tina, some OF the conspirators had
been for Il long time in custody and
might cause them TO go into hiding
o: take especial pains to elude the
government agents who have been
watching them Enough is known.
however. according to Flynn. SO that
none of the principals ran long es-
cape.
according to Chief Flynn. arrests
OF some of the plot suspects were
made in other cities besides New
\ ork. He said his department had let
conspirators gather the impression
that Salsedo had fled to Italy. where
as he had been held for weeks on
Park Row
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
GEORGIANS AROUSED
BY SEIZURE OF BAKU

CONsTANTINoPLE. May Thy the
Associated Press).-The seizure of
Baku. on the western coast of the
Caspian sea. by the Russian boil
sheviki April % has aroused the
Georgians. who have called four ad-
dtttonal classes to arms and an
nounced that they will not permit the
reds to enter Georgia through AEerb-
allan.
Thus far they have been able to
prevent the bolshevik! from entering
through the mountain passes in the
vicinity of Nladikavkaz.
The capture Of BRku gives the boil
sheviki virtual control OF Azerbait IAN
Its seizure makes the Armenian stu
alton more precarious. rs the bolshe-
Wiki doubtless will help the Moslem
Azerbaijan opposition to Armenia.
In this way Mustapha kemal Pasha' y
Turkish nationalist Mohammedan
forces would he able to connect with
the Azerbaijans. forming a connection
with the Moslems in Turkestan by
way Of the Caspian sea and Persia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
ORIGIN OF COLLEGE AT
CONSTANTiNOPLE THEME
Leon Dominion, z Robert Graduate,
Addresses Presbyterian
Ministers.

Robert College. Constantinople.
was the subject of an address by
Leon Dominion. graduate of the
institution. at melting of the Pres
byterian Minister'S Association today
at the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church.
Mr. Dominion told Of the origin of
the college during the Crimean war
and how DIR. Cyrus Hamlin. an Ameri-
can missionary. then working among
the wounded British and French SOL
diers at the Florence Nightingale
Hospital. in Turkey. had attracted the
attention of Christopher Rhinelander
Robert. a New York philanthropist
and how the latter had advanced
money to start the first school which
was ultimately to become the present
institution.
He also dwelt on the opposition met
with by the founders in securing per-
mission from the Turkish government
amusement by relating the tactful
manner in which Admiral Farragut,
who had arrived in the Bosporus with a
mighty American fleet. had asked at
banquet why the charter was be-
ing held up, the permit being forth
coming the following day. lnferring
that the Turkish government liked
none too well the presence of the
American warships in its harbor.
Mr.. Dominion said that the spot
on which Robert College is located is
one of the most beautiful in the
world.
He sa i'll the influence of the college
on the Bulgarian people had been ire
mendous, and attributed the independ-
ence of that country was due en-
tirely to the work of Bulgarian
graduates The present Bulgarian
minister to the United States is d
graduate of Robert College.
Rev. Il. G. Thomas. moderator, pre-
sided. and after invocation had been
pronounced by Rev. Dr. Allison of
Alexandria. it was announced from
the chair that the next meeting of
the association would be held at 10
o'clock on May "a. instead of II
o'clock, as is the custom. DR. NJ
Little of Illinois was admitted to
membership
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
RAIL BOARD TO MOVE.
Will Begin Hearing Proceedings
at Chicago on May II.

The Railroad Labor Board will move
to Chicago within two weeks. Chair
man Barton said today. and will begin
hearings there MAY II. Offices have
been obtained in the kesner building
Presentation of the brotherhoods' ar
guments for general wage increases
probably will be concluded this week.
The board then will recess until the
railroads are ready to present their
cases which probably will not be un-
til after the board has moved to Chi
cago.
F. J. Manion. president of the Order
of Railroad Telegraphers. concluded
his argument today for wage in
crease for teleeraphers. who demand
AN advance of &c cents an hour to 81
cents.
Demands of the railroad signalmen
were presented by ID. w. HeIt. presi-
dent of the brothe rhood, who asked
for from 60 cents an hour to $1.10 an
hour for various branches of the sig
nal service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
REGRET PUT IN RECORD
FOR PRESIDENTS WORDS

A declaration expressing regret lat
the reflections recently made by the
President upon our anciene alley.
France. and upon Italy" signed by
a number of prominent Americans
was put into the Senate record today
by Majority Leader Lodge and re-
ferred to the foreign relations COM
mittee.
The signers said that they ''sha red
the regret recently expressed in the
United States Senate" at the Presi-
dents action. and that such public
criticism of friendly and allied ma
tions is not warranted. and it affects
adversely our relations with nations
whose interest in peace is equal to our
own"
The reference was to the statement
of the President in the Fiume con-
troversy that France had fallen into
the hands of "a militaristic party"
Among the signers were Charles J.
Bonaparte. former Attorney General.
Joseph II. Choate. David Jayne Hill.
Myron T. Herrick. former ambassador
10 France: William Fellowes Morgan.
president New York Merchants Asso-
citation: Moorefield Sterry. Boston. and
Henry Watterson. Louisville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
Would
LOWER SOME RENTS
interior Department Seeks
Permission to Equalize
Charges to Tenants.

With tenants complaining about the
alleged profiteering tactics of some
landlords it was "A distinct relief to
members of the rent commission to-
day when one Washington Landlord"
appealed to the board to reduce the
rents of property occupied by its
tenants
This extraordinary landlord is the
Department of the Interior. The de-
partment let's out for rent certain
property on condition that the tenants
make the necessary repairs and keep
the structures in good condition. Some
of the property is rented for the as
toniShing sum of $ per month
Several properties rented by the de-
partment for s35 and $40 a month
were said in the appeal to the COM
mission not to he worth such amounts.
Hence the department wants the com
mission to determine lower rental.
Rinse In Rents Asked.
On the other hand there are other
properties where the tenants pay 81
or S. month for occupancy. the de-
partment would have the commission
raise the rent to a fair standard.
The list of such properties and their
tenants follows:
Property located at 232 New Jersey
avenue. occupied by MIS- "A. I. Ut :
shall rent. IS month. 230 New Jer-
sey avenue. Mrs f. r. Myers. So: 234
and 236 New Jersey avenue. Mrs r
NJ. Davis 81: 23S New Jersey avenue,
Mrs ID. F. Boswell. 81: p street
Miss Ida Marshall. 50: 90 and 81 b
street. Miss l.. keyser. s.: 33 b street.
Mrs. j. NJ Barker. s.: 40 c street Mrs,
H. T.. Boswell 81; ~ street. Mrs,
Pauline Rector. 81; PA New Jersey
avenue. Mrs. II. l.. Minton. 50; PIG
New Jersey avenue. Mrs. $. +. Pink
erton, 81; 21S New Jersey avenue. Mrs.
X. d. Wetmore. 81: 22O New Jersey
avenue Mrs. Loretta Smith. 81; 222
New Jersey avenue. Mrs. NJ. ~. morn
ton. 81: 224 New Jersey avenue. }. NJ
williams. s.. and 226 New Jersey ave
nue.. Mrs NJ. J. McAndrews. 50.
Reductions Requested.
The list of tenants and properties
where the department asks a reduc-
ton in rent follows:
Property located at 2l0 New Jersey
avenue. occupied by Mrs: NJ H. King,
who paws S35 4 month: 212 New Jer-
sew avenue. Mrs. Bridget Morrison.
$40: 46 G street. r. r. Jordan. $40; AZ
G street, Mrs. NJ. r. Magee. $40: so &
street. Mrs f. l.. I.awhorn. $50. and
235 Arthur place. II. w. Wacker-
man, $25.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
"TW|STER" RAzES
OKLAHOMA Town;
90 REPORTED SLAIN
Pegs, Coz m U n cation
Means Destroyed, Scene
of Storm Tragedy.
BY the Associated Press.


MCSkOGEE. Okla. May 3.-Fifty
than $50 injured in storm that de-
Ftroyed the little town of Pegs.
Cherokee county, Okla. last night.
Thirty-seven bodies have been re-
covered by rescuers from wrecked
houses. according to a telephone re-
port from Tahlequah. This informa-
arrived at Tahlequah today Twenty
or these bodies are reported to have
been taken from one building.
The little village of Peggs is on the
northern border of Cherokee county
about sixty miles east OF Tulsa. The
place Is on the railroad and is stu
ated in the foothills.
Inose familiar with the roads In
the vicinity say it is practically i'm
possible to reach Pegs by motor
car.
The Tulsa Tribune started a newspa-
perman by airplane to the stricken
district this morning.
Village Left in Ruins.
Reports to the Muskogee Times
Tahlequah. where dead and injured
from Pegs are being taken. said
that not house was left standing in
Pegs.
John I.ittlefield. his wife and six
of their seven children were among
to Tahlequah said. The only ply
stefan in the town. DIR. W. X. Hill,
also was killed.
a special train. carrying doctors.
nurses and equipment. left Muskogee
for Pegs this morning. All doctors
and nurses in Tahleauah also have
gone. Practically every store in
Tahlequah. which is the county seat
of Cherokee county. has closed and
several hundred people have gone to
Pegs to do rescue work.
Direct communication with the
stricken town was impossible this
morning. as all wires from Muskogee
to Pegs are down.
Rescue Parties Seek Victims.
CHELSEA. Okla. May tby the
Associated Press) parties
today spread out over the country
north of here to ascertain the full
extent of Il tornado that struck just
before dusk last night.
No estimate of property damage has
been made. although it was indi-
Gated ii would be heavy. The dis
trict affected is rural. and. as wire
communication was paralyzed. ii was
believed here. the exact loss of life
and property damage might not be
known for some time.
The storm passed near Chelsea and
many persons here watched it twist
it's way out of sight Reports were
current here that the storm had
struck other nearby towns, but. owing
to wire conditions. they could not
be verified. Passengers on Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Texas train said
that they had observed large areas
OF devastated country districts south
of |inita. but. as the train had made
no stops. they could add nothing
definite to the reports of destruction.
Many narrow escapes were being
reported. Among those who wealth
cred the storm were Walter Suther-
land and eight friends. who we're
riding in a wagon when they saw
the storm approaching. Sutherland
hitched his team to telephone pole
and the party took refuge in a near
by ditch. The storm passed over
head without injuring any of them.
but the horses and wagon were car
ried away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
CLASSICAL ASSOCIATION
ENDS ANNUAL SESSION

BALTIMORE May 3-The four
,eenth annual convention of the MEM
beers Of the classical association of the
Atlantic states at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, HomewoOd. closed Saturday
after a busy session.
At the morning meeting addresses
were made. including discussion of
'Sappho and her influence on later lit
erature." by DIR. David NJ. Robinson
of Johns Hopkins. Other addresses
were: The Parable of Menenius
Agrippa." by DIR. John D. Warnock of
the Hill School: The Humanistic AL
lies: History and the Classics" by
DR. Lewis X. Harley of Central High
School, Philadelphia: THE Classicists'
Responsibility in the Teaching of His
tory" by Prof. f. H. Brewster of
Swarthmore College. and The Work
of Andreas Karkavitsas, the Lead
ing Story Writer of Contemporary
Greece" by Prof Aristides f. Phou
tribes Of the University of Athens.
The afternoon program included
The Classical Element in the Poems
Of Rudyard kipling.'' by Prof. Harold
w. Gilmer of the University of Pitts
burgh; 1.-The catilinarian Orations as
a Milestone in the Progress of Demo-
cratic Government" by Miss Mildred
Dean of Washington. and THE To-
geography of the Catilinarian Ora
tions." by Prof. H. Tanner of Hunter
College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
SALISBURY law RULING
GOES OVER UNTIL FALL

The question Of whether the Sauls-
bury resolution was repealed by the
creation of the rent commission in the
District of Columbia will be argued
before the Supreme Court of the
United States at the fall term of the
court. The Supreme Court today post
poned for consideration on its merits
the motion TO dismiss TWO Of the rent
cases appealed 10 the Supreme Court
The cases are Sarah A. WhitteInore
VS.. Maude Il. Crawford. and Gertrude
t;root VS.. Caroline J. Reilly
The argument made by the defend
ants in error on the motion to dis
miss was that there is no longer any
question regarding the constitutional
ity OF the salisbury resolution be-
cause it had been specifically repealed
by that section of the food control
act which provided that the Sauls-
bury resolution should be repealed
sixty days after the confirmation by
the Senate of the rent commissioners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
INCENDIARY CAMP BLAZE
DOES S5OO,OO DAMAGE

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. May Sire.
stated by military authorities to have
been of incendiary origin. did dam
age estimated at 100000 IN an ord
nance department warehouse At Camp
Travis. near here. yesterday. Rifles.
machine guns, automatic rifles and re-
vo1vers. trench knives Of various
types. all new equipment and valued
at 100000 were stored In the build
ing. but much OF this stock was SAFE
ly removed.
with the approach OF May day a
warning to guard against possible
plots to destroy the camp was PASSED
among officers. firemen and military
police. 1t was stated at the camp yes
terday
Maj. Gen. James c. Harbord. COM
mander Of the camp and Of the I'd d.
vision. which 10 stationed there. an
nounced that he would appoint a
board Of inquiry to investigate the
conlagration.
The blaze apparently started under
meath the building. 1t was said. ]. l..
Hogan. chief of the camp fire depart
ment. who was one Of the first men
to go into the part Of the building
where q small quantity Of paint was
stored. said there was no leakage OF
paint and no fire on the floor in that
section. Hogan said he passed the
building on an inspection Of the guard
twenty minutes before the alarm was
turned in and saw no evidence of fire
at that time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
Fear of "PaIs'" Revenge
Prompted Death Lean

That Andrew Salsedo, who leaped to
his death today from the fourteenth
story of the Department of Justices
housing headquarters in New York, was
one of the rngleaders in the bomb plot
OF last June was admitted here today
by Assistant Attorney General Caravan.
Fear was undoubtedly the motive
what prompted Salsedo to commit sui
eide. said Mr.. Garvaf, after II. had OBJ
tanned a full report of the tragedy from
tn" New York bureau. ''Salsedo was
afraid to appear on the witness stand
as witness for the government He
vas afraid so,rf- 81 his pals world get
him. So he choose thu only other al
ternative-that OF ,endng his life
Mr.. Garvin outlined the history Of
the departments efforts to round I'D
the gang of would-be murderers who
were implicated in the bomb plots
Months of investigation resulted in
the discovery of the printing place of
Plain Words. the circular found near
; the scenes of The bomb outrages. and
the apprehension of the individuals
responsible for its printing.
COnfessed to Printing.
In February OF this year Sals-do
alias Benedicto Errera. alias Tony
Pavia. was taken under surveillance
Upon order of Mr.. Caravan. who direct
ed the investigation of the bomb out
ed plain words at the request of Mic
ola Recchi. who furnished the manu-
script. Seven hundred copies. accord
ing to Mr.. Caravan. were printed at
canZanis print shop in New York in
May. 1919. A. the same time Salsedn
was arrested Alberto Ella OF Brook
Ign was likewise taken under sur
veillance as being connected with the
bomb plot. Ella admitted he was for
years connected with the Anarchistic
group at Paterson. y. j.. and printed
the anarchistic newspaper. La Qes-
stone Sociale.
Ella was close associate of
Salsedo." said Mr.. Garvan. land the
two together were the principal lead
ers in the Italian terrorist group in
the United States. These two individ-
, uals have been kept under surveil-
lance by the Department of Justice
, for the last two months. pending fur
Their Investigations to other persons
! responsible for the plot.
Both Admitted They Were Anarchistx.
F; Both Ella and Salsedo admitted
=. frankly that they were anarchists and
+: have been SO for many years. Ella
said he had seen Salsedo print Plain
/. Words and deliver a package of the
! circulars to Recchi.''
Mr.. Garvan said Salsedo was TWEEN
ty-eight years old. He was born in
!; Italy and came to this country in
1902 In July. 1914, he returned to
. Italy and served nine months in the
i Italian army. In October. 1916. he re-
turned to New York and again be
came associated with the "GaIIianni
+. group" of anarchists at Lynn. Mass.
. where il. printed various papers Of
the Italian terrorist type.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
RAIL WAYS IN EAST TO ASK
RAISE IN FREIGHT RATES

roads east of the Mississippi and
north Of the Ohio and Potomac have
agreed to ask for 80 per cent in
crease in freight rates. E. G. Buck
land. vice president of the New York.
New Haven and Hartford railroad
said today. These roads cover what
is known as the official classified ton
territory He added that they would
demand no increase In express pas
senger rates. but that the Interstate
Commerce Commission might see At
to raise some Communication rates
which arc SO low as to make the lines
Improbable.
The 80 per cent Is needed because
of increased costs Of labor and mate
rails since the beginning Of the war.
Mr. Buckland said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-03
THIEVES SLAY CONFEDERATE.
Evidence in Bond Theft Case
Proves Assassin Was Used.

NEW YORK. May c.-Evidence that
Benjamin Binkowitz. bank messenger.
who was stabbed to death at Milford.
Conn. last August. after he had dis
appeared with $11S.000 worth Of
stolen securities. was killed by a
hired assassin because he refused to
turn over the securities for $4,000.
was developed, it is learned. through
information obtained at secret hear
ings held before United States Com
missioner Alexander Gilchrist here
last month in connection with the
bankruptcy case against Nicholas
Arnstein. a fugitive from justice.
The evidence of the crime is re-
ported TO be in possession of Dis
trict Attorney Swami and Attorney
Saul s. Meyers. counsel in the bank
ruptcy proceedings. Arnstein. who is
wanted by the police as the master
mind in securities thefts exceeding
81. O0O.0 900. still is in hiding