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Evening star., 1920-10-17
NEGRO BEATS WOMAN
WITH PISTOL IN ATTACK

Miss Gertrude M. Gardner. 1928
street, Chevy Chase, was
attacked by q negro in a deserted
hollow near Mckinley street and
Broad Branch road, shortly before
midnight last night.
Miss Gardner passed through the
lonely, bottom land on her way home.
AS she neared the darkest section of
1t, a negro. ran down a bordering
hill, and spoke to her.
Miss Gardner screamed and started
to run. He grabbed her by the arm
and dragged her across the road, and
attempted to stifie her outcries by
pointing a pistol at her.
"If you make any more noise I'll
kill you," he said. By that time she
was struggling for her release in
yard near the corner of Broad Branch
road and Mckinley street. The girl
continued her struggles. and the ne
gro raised the pistol over her head.
He struck her once. then knocked her
down with a second blow on the head.
For some cause, Miss Gardner said,
her assailant made off, Whether it
was a passing automobile or the fear
that her screams had aroused the
neighborhood. she said she did not
know.
Evening star., 1920-10-17
Tide Sweeping Toward
Democrats, Says White

accepted 1t and the rush to the
league side-the democratic side
began.
1.-The rush continued throughout
the week. and. in the manner OF
King Canute. republican managers
sought to stem the resistless tide
by confronting it with the declara-
tion Of thirty-one league repub-
licans for Harding.
Senator Harding resumed this
bosh about an association of ma
tions to be formed after scrapping
the league. But he did not say
how he will form it. because he
knows it cannot be formed.
Independent republicans. who
want the fruits of victorious peace
redeemed from partisan controversy.
refused to check their rush to the
democratic ticket. and the whips
Of the party bosses and the hy-
pocrisy Of leaders who owe offices
and favors to the party bosses have
failed"
Evening star., 1920-10-17
Women Aid in Capture
in Caruso Theft Case

curtain Of mystery which thus far
has shrouded the disappearance OF
the jewels. -.
Police authorities give full credit
for Toback's apprehension to- the
PoilloR sisters. in whose apart
ment the suspect was taken at the
point Of a revolver by Detective
Henry ]. Porter. He protested in
nocence, denying all knowledge Of
the Caruso robbery. though the
women testified he had told them
a different story when he tried to
sell them valuable jewels.
Recording PhOnOgraPh Used.
Receiving Toback in room in
which a recording photograph had
been installed, they led him on to
make an offer of sale Of "jewels,
the proceeds of the Caruso robbery.
for $4,000 cash." The true value
of the gems, he is said to have de-
clared, was much more.
Concealed in a porter's room over
head, sleuths listened in" on the
conversation. Toback was appre-
hended just as he was about to
leave the Poillon sisters nat.
The prisoner is alleged to have
told the women that the jewels
were in Baltimore and that they
would have to go there to see or
get possession of them.
Evening star., 1920-10-17

NEW YORK. October 16.-aarry
c. Toback. a salesman OF BROOK =
lyn. was arrested here tonight
charged with having committed
the half-million-dollar jewel theft
from the home Of Enrico Caruso.
which aroused worldwide interest
several months ago.
According to the police. Tooack
has admitted possession OF some OF
the stolen gems. the original dis
appearance Of which from the
Metropolitan Opera tenor's coun-
trv home at East Hampton. l. l..
caused suspicion to be thrown on
(,eorse Fitzgerald. Caruso's chauf-
fenr- who was arrested. but later
released for lack of evidence.
Carefully Arranged.
The arrest. detectives declared
otter Toback had been booked at
Tombs prison. was the result Of
carefully laid trap. Besides city
police, operatives Of private de-
tective agency. attaches OF the dis
t,,ct attorneys office and two sis
+ara Mrs. Catherine Smith and
charlotte Poillon. also assisted in
the capture.
Oficials at headquarters were
elated over the arrest, predicting
that they were about to raise the
Evening star., 1920-10-17
INDUSTRY MENACED
AS MILLION BRITISH
MINERS WALK0UT
Thousands of Dock and Other
Workmen Out of Employ
ment Also.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
!, LONDON. October 16.-With mil
lion miners out Of the pits tonight,
thousands Of dock and industrial work.
ers already out Of employment as a
consequence and the transport work
ers and railroad men called to meet
soon to discuss q sympathetic strike.
Great Britain facss one of the grsat-
est Industrial zuphesyals In It's history.
In the opinion Of labor and political
.aeaAsrs who discussed the situation
today.
Reports from Ill Industrial centers
tonight are not reassuring. while port
officials say that shipping will be tied
up within week. The most hopeful
message came from Sheffield, where. 1t
is believed. there Is enough coal to last
weeks supply is the limit.
The statement that the men struck
against the advice Of most Of their
leaders was confirmed to some extent
by the attitude Of. many who left the
pits. They said they did not under
stand that voting against the datum
line" meant strike, and 1t is clear
that great many misunderstood 1.-The
unfortunate phrase" as J. n. Thomas.
general secretary Of the National
Union Of Railway Men. called it in a
speech. Mr.. Thomas admonished the
railroaders to listen to the advice
Of their leaders, which would be given
after the meeting Of the delegates
Wednesday.
A different note was struck, how
ever, by the South Wales branch of
the miners federation. which called
a meeting for next Friday to recon-
mend that II the strike was not set
tied by October 80. the pump men and
other employees remaining at work
should be called out.
1t is intimated tonight that Premier
Lloyd George will take no hand in the
matter before Tuesday, when parlia-
ment meets and undoubtedly will dis
cuss the situation. No disturbances
are reported and no troops have been
sent to the mining centers, but they
are held In readiness.
London's few electric signs and
window displays are dark tonight by
order Of the coal controller, and the
!! races. for which special trains are
usually operated, have been Cancelled
for next week.
Notwithstanding the food ministry's
assurances that there will be plenty
Of food. even though the strike lasts
some time, London privisioners report
that housewives are laying in sup
plies. The sugar ratlons will be cut so
per cent Monday.
Evening star., 1920-10-17
HARDING CHARGES
j. s. NEEDLES TOO
MUCH IN EUROPE.
Declares America Has Paid
Too Little Attention to
Trade Relations.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. October 16.-Before
a crowd which overfiowed the big st.
Louis Coliseum and greeted him with
a roar Of cheering and singing which
lasted more than half hour, Senator
Harding tonight closed his last ex-
tensive speaking trip with an address
In which ne coupled condemnation OF
embarrassing foreign political. en-
tanglements with a plea for exten-
sion Of the nations foreign trade and
commerce.
Again afraigning the democratic ad-
ministration, the republican presf-
Dental nominee declared that in the
last few years there had been too
much Of "meddling" in Europe and
too little Of trade cooperation with
Latin America and other lands hold
ing out promise for commercial en-
terprise.
The night meeting was the wind
up Of one Of the candidates most
strenuous days of campaigning. dur
ing which he ran the whole scale Of
issues in a dozen speeches in Indiana
and Illinois. The league Of nations
had a prominent place in his utter
ances, the nominee replying at length
to criticism of his proposal for a new
world association. To crowd at
Greencastle, Ind, he asserted that a
spokesman" Of France had been sent
to him to ask that America lead the
way in the formation Of world as
sociation. and at bingham, I'LL. he
quoted similar declaration by Ste
phan Lausanne. the French publicist.
Quoting statistics Of the nations
foreign trade, Senator Harding said
in his night speech here that it was
apparent Europe could not be expect
ed to offer in the future the same
market for American goods she had
provided before the world war. The
development of markets in other
parts Of the globe was particularly
desirable because the demand there
was for manufactured goods which
America could most easily supply. He
cited the British expansion of foreign
financial connections as an example
of what might be done in that direc-
ton by an enterprising nation.
Our own government has signally
failed to extend its industrial and
commercial enterprises anything like
the sort Of encouragement and sup
port which has been given British
industries by the British govern
ment," said the candidate. so far
as we properly may we should co.
ordinate all the facilities Of finance.
of domestic and overseas transporta-
ton. Of tariff policy. of trade agree
ments, of consolidated credit. in or
Evening star., 1920-10-17
First Election
hU S. WithAU
Officials Women

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, October
l6.-Perhaps the first election
In America in which all officers
are women, wns held today at
Cumberland Gap, Tenn. for the
selection of n mayor and five
aldermen for the municipality
OF Cumberland Gap.
Two tickets were in the field
and Russell Berkam was can
didate for mayor on both. j. $.
Whfteaker and j. b. Whiteaker,
brothers, were nldermanfc can
didates on opposing tickets.
Like the mayOralty nspirant, T.
OvertOn was on both tickets ms
an aspirant for reelection as
alderman. One of the alder
manic candidates, w. p. Essary.
is the husband Of n judge of the
election. The election officers
were:
Officer, Mrs. ALI c. Williams;
Judges, Mrs. w. p. Essary, Mrs.
Hattie Carr and Mrs. r. w.
Brooks: clerks. Mrs. j. H. 5.
Morrison and Mrs. Charles Lam
ham.
Evening star., 1920-10-17
By tho Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. October 16.-George
White. chairman Of the democratic
national committee. declared. in a
statement here tonight, that the
political tide. which last Satur-
day was at the turn. is now sweep
ing toward the democrats"
ut is too late for the republicans
to arrest it," he added. 1.-The con-
trolling group of voters, who have
been waiting, with great patience.
for Senator Harding to take an
honest stand for the great issue
accepted what he said at Des
Moines as his real convictions.
They felt that he had broken the
bonds of deceitful strategy just
once"
Senator Harding's statement that
he stands for rejection, Mr.. White
said. made a clear issue between
the league Of nations with clarity
ing and protecting reservations
and no league at all. The people
Evening star., 1920-10-17
D. c. FREE
|. OF DEBT IN LESS
THAN -FOUR YEARS
Auditor Donovan Forecasts
Redemption of 3.65 Per
Cent Bonds.
NET INCUMBERANCE NOW
TOTALS s2,152,e26.54
National Capital Probably Would
Be the Only City Of Its Size
Without Indebtedness.

The District government will be out
Of debt in less than four years. On
August 1, 1924, the last of the 3.65
per cent bonds authorized by Congress
in 1874 will have been redeemed, leav-
ing the National Capital probably the
only city of it's size in the United
States unincumbered.
This s-formation was given to The
Star in an interview last night with
Auditor Daniel ]. Donovan. discussing
the financial condition of the city.
Mr.. Donovan's report, made public
on Friday, showed the net indebted
ness of the District on June 30 last as
$2,152,626.54. For a number of years
past Congress has appropriated an
nually $s75,40S to meet the interest
and part of the principal of the bond
ed debt. The continuation of this
appropriation In the next three Dis
trict bills will make it possible for
bonds in August. 1884,
According to the last report Of the
census bureau On the financial status of
cities, there IL no municipality in the
United States Of 30o,o00 or more popu-
lation that has AZ low Q debt as Wash
ington.
Here are tho debt figures for some
Of them, as shown in the census report
Of 1918: Buffalo. ss4.s7s.ss7: San
Francisco. $4a27e.4s4; Milwaukee.
$50. .oos. .1so: Newark. $as.s24,o27: cincin-
natl. $S6,7oS, 7so; New Orleans. $44.222.-
17s: Minneapolis. $2o.2s7.2os: Seattle.
$35.o2s,7o5: Jersey City. $25.55s.77s: /:
Kansas City. $12.se6.41s; Portland.
Ore, $2o,325.s3s. and Washington. D.
c.. $3.9o7.973. No other city of 900
or more even approaches Washington in
tho small amount Of its bonded debt
Not only has the National Capital
reduced its debt to $2,152.626, but it
has in the Treasury a surplus Of $4.-
64s,6s in revenues. which have ac-
cumulated in the past few years.
High-water Marx.
When the present form Of government
was created by Congress in 1878 the
$50. Nearly all Of this. Mr. Donovan
pointed out, was incurred during the
regime of Gov. Shepherd from 1871 to
1874, when he and the board Of pub
lie works sought to put into effect
L'Enfant's plan for the developmeneof
Washington.
In 1874 Congress abolished the ter
ritorial form Of government and cre-
ated a temporary commission form.
and in the same act authority was
given for the issuance of bonds bear
ing interest at 3.65 per cent for a Pc
riod Of fifty years. In later legisla-
ton the amount Of the issue was
restricted to $15,00o.0 900.
The purpose of the bond issue was
to wipe out the various other forms
Of indebtedness which had been put
in circulation during the preceding
years ..-a
In 1880 Congress gave the Court Of
Claims jurisdiction over the settle
ment of all outstanding claims
To-0o j ~ 0 4
Evening star., 1920-10-17
PARADOX IS FOUND
IN leach OF PARTIES
AS FIGHT GOES ON
Republicans and Democrats
Face Unusual Conditions r
Within Their Ranks.
BY n. O. MESSENGER.

NEW YORK, October 16.-Wonder
if 1 have made it plain to you in these
short talks over the telegraph wire.
in dispatches from New York to Los
Angeles and points between. how the
issues of this great campaign are
shaping as election day draws nigh;
and how, dating from the two ma
tional conventions. the issues at that
time contemplated have been modified
by circumstances and political 'expe-
diency-not only modified. but. in in
stances. changed radically.
Let's go back to the closing night
of the Chicago convention, when the
republicans departed from that town
after strenuous week. which left
them with Senator Harding as their
candidate and their position on the
league Of nations quite nebulous. The
main thing which gratifed them was
that the progressives and the regu-
lars Of their party were reconciled.
That was tangible fact. like q Aftx~I
dollar note tucked in your fob pocket
when you didn't know what the din
ner check might yet be.
Then Came San Franeiseo.
Then come to the San Francisco
convention, whence the democrats
started eastward more jubilant, more
confident than since the Bryan con-
vention of 1896, with the added con-
sideration that last June the demo-
Gratis appeared. taking stockroom
inventory and market prices rather
than book values. to have more
assets of political mobility than In
1896.
Old campaigners had never seen the
democrats more cocky, with reason
able grounds for their air of now
we've got a look-in," than they were
after the San Francisco convention
had named the candidate and written
the platform.
The democrats at San Francisco
had given President Wilson all they
| thought he wanted. except the can
didate, and they could not find out
| whom he wanted as his candidate.
They gave him praise which was
| oihSSAS oAo nSSCPlSu uiS 1Sdtsu OIL
nations-with their fingers crossed.
Then they started on their way for
a new deal all around. A new chair
man of the national committee was
chosen, the management Of the cam
paign turned over to other hands.
The candidate vowed everlasting
loyalty to the Presidents league of
nations plan-but held it in allegiance
while he proceeded to fash an issue
of his own.
White House asst TiEht.n
The White House sat tight for
weeks. Another case Of '.watchfu]
waiting" You said it. The new
regime had full swing, the candidate
was left undisturbed and Jared forth
to say his say as he wanted to. No
progress was made. Moreover, money
was scarce-"collections very poor"
as they say in mercantile life. A
1 very brief period of campaigning suf-
feed to run the new deal to the last
card on the board.
Then the transformation. The
democrats discovered that the league
Evening star., 1920-10-17
SHARP COAL PRICE
DROP OPMAYF0L[OW
INITIAL DECLINES
New York Dealers See Help
fuI Results of Palmer's
Fight on Profiteering.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AS60c19ueQ fIeSS.
NEW YORK. October 16.-Prediction
that the recent decline In the price Of
bituminous coal is to be followed by a
much more decided drop within q short
time" was made here tonight by Charles
S.~Allen. secretary Of the Wholesale Coal
Trade Association Of New York.
Mr.. Allen said that his statement was
based upon consensus Of opinion Of
members Of that association" which, he
added, was due to the action this week
Of Attorney General Palmer in calling
upon the coal operators to take steps
ito reduce prices and eliminate prof.
teering."
Making public telegram sent by
Attorney General Palmer to the coal
operators of northern West Virginia,
urging them to use their influence in
other districts to reduce prices and thus
Tighten the work Of the Department
of Justice by reducing the number of
prosecutions to be instituted for VIOLA
ton of the Lever act in charging un-
reasonable prices" Mr.. Allen said:
Yelled Threat Seen.
"Among the New York wholesalers
the opinion is general that Mr.. Palmer
has decided to- give the operators an
opportunity to remedy conditions at the
source of supply, and If this action is
not forthcoming they see-a veiied sug-
eestion in the last line of the telegram
that prosecution to end high prices at
the source of production will follow"
The northern West Virginia op-
orators, at a meeting here this week
adopted a set of resolutions which
reduced the price of coal at the
mines in that section, not already
under contract at lower figures, from
$14 to S. Attorney General Palmer
according to Mr.. Allen, asked the Ma
tional Coal Association to take sim
liar action, and the association had
referred the resolutions to its fed
eral relations committee. and they
will probably soon become a real
ity."
"The National Association numbers
among its members more than 5000
operators" said Mr.. Allen. Including
the biggest producers in tho coun.
try, and II adoption Of the resolu-
tions has an effect similar to that
which occurred in northern West Vir-
ginia a sharp decline, in prices
throughout the country will follow
Evening star., 1920-10-17
German Radicals
Vote to Adhere
To Russ Creeds

By the Associated Press.
HALLE, Germany, October 10.
The Independent socialist con-
ference voted at t0day's session
to adhere to the third interna-
tiOnale. 237 votes to 156.
Headed BY Herr Crigpien, vice
chairman Of the party, the MI
nority faction left the confer
ence hall, while the communist
wing continued in session.
Evening star., 1920-10-17
Lives Fire Days
Without Food;
Spine Is Broken

POUGHkEEPSIE N. ". Oc-
tober 16.-JOseph Taplen. sixty
five, of Dutchexs junction Is in
a hospital at Beacon uffering
from n broken spine, the result
Of falling from tree. He lay
there five days until found by
hunters who happened to pass.
Little hope is held for his re-
cOvery.
Tnplen lived alone i'm n hut.
Evening star., 1920-10-17
UPHELD BY SMALL MARGIN
Navy Estimates Sus-
tanned by Four Majority.

LONDON, October 15.-The Aus
tralian federal government has es-
capped defeat by only four votes on an
opposition motion to reduce the. naval
estimates by one million pounds.
The Australian naval estimates just
issued provide for the expenditure Of
f3.2660o0. as compared with $4,000, 900
before the war. The personnel Of
Australian feet Is given as e.62s.
Before the war Australian naval man
strength was 1927. ..5g afz
Evening star., 1920-10-17

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1Continued on Page 2, Column p !
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The Associated Press II exclusively entitled to
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All rights Of publication Of special
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CONTINUED on Page .. Column s.,
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Fair today and tomorrow.
TernperatJlre for twenty-five hours
ending 10 pm. last night-Highest.
83; lowest. 81.
Fun report on page 70.
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Jutro o godzinie Sci popo}udniu Cd
bedzie sic interesujaca gra W pike me
towa znanej dziewiatki naszych zuch6w
pod nazwa The West Speed Boys Base
Ball Team" re StanislawOwa, ma BOZ
sku Dundee, Ill. z silna dziewiatka
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brame. ChiOpcy S~podziewaja sic, re ma
81 rutCrzy i ruterki licznie wyjada do
Elgin i dodadza niejako ducha naszym,
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LADUJA
w PORTAcH PERSKICH.

Paryz, 10. lipca. - Depesze z
Teheranu donosza, re wojska Dol,
szewickie wyladowafy w Elku por
tach perskich ma morzu Kaspij-
skiem. Droga prowadzaca z Tehe-
ranu do Taurus zostaia zaieta
przez bolszewikow.
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raz przynajmniej Lloyd George
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kim i prowadzic z mimi W dalszym
ciagu rokowania handlowe. Przyp,
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Rnch " TowarzyStWach.
ZE STANISkAWOWA.

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fe oba oddziaiy maja sic zebrac jaK
najliczniej dis wieczorem, o godzi-
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Z BRIDGEPORTU.

Klub Mlodziezy s~kupiajacy sic PREY
parafii Sw. Barbary urzadza wyciecz-
Ike w OgrodZie Polonia. pnr. 1000 Ar
cher ave-. W niedziele dnia 1890 b. IN.
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maicony program. Poczatek wycieczki
z~apowiedziany ma godzine 1 so popOiu-
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zakradio sic do zakladu fryzyerskiego
kt6rego wlaScicielem jest L. Gallagher,
zam. pnr. 1923 So. Halsted ul., skqd
zabrali z kasy IS i niemilosiernie Obili
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pnr. 1856 So. HalSted Ill, zostala wcZO-
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dw6ch bandyt0w, kt0rzy zabrali jej to,
| rebke zawierajaca so I naszyjnik ko-
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