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Inquiry Starred.

ing. to determine whether secret war
stores ana munitions had been clan-
oestinely manufactured there, says :
Mayence dispatch to the Journal.
The inquiry has shown the explo-
SION was due to the spontaneous de-
composiuon OF new product -nintro
sulphate of amonia-from which
wonders were expected as fertilizinr
agent. - -. 49, ----.e -
Tne manufacture of this material,
has been going on in the plant 81 tie
6adlsche Aniline company at Onpau
Tor the past i've months, and consid.
cradle stocks accumulated
Desolase scene.
Mannheim, Germany, Sept r.
(by the Associated Press s)-Desertion
and ruins alone remain Of what W..
once the no,irshinE town Of Oppau.
rne town had $500 residents or
which majority of the men enxax
cd In the chemical works were Killed
or wounded. Soldiers in French uni
loFms are clearing away the wreck
age, picking up the dead and fni,Ired
as after q big battle. - =
Eleven hundred dead and four
thousand Injured Is the latest esti-
mate OF the disaster which caused a
greater number of casualties in the
Aann he1fE-lndWiEHhafen, district than
me Ieur Years Of the war. The DESC
inx seen at Vesdln, sor \ IA F1ands dsrr
over = similar area Hundreda of
persons are digging In the ruins for
TIE ;baA AlN6s-of k1tatives or frieY,S1as
faearfy A $of which haye baer,
Fscuyefed thus far. s'.r I, q q
a Tliirty-stx hours after the exniosion
hsre arc still to be heard moaning
and cries of the wounded. while the
soldiers search for possible survivors.
1Wenty-f1ve hundred OF the injured
arc reported to- have passed through
the hospitals Of tho surroundinr
cities. - - =
ine vast crater is slowly fillfng with
water, and it may never tbe known
now many victims found : grave
Soldiers IN Charge.
The Thirty-second Army Corps Of
the French army Is in complete charge
Of the area, and every avasia6le
french medical on1cer had arrived
the German physicians and sur.xeons.
The French and German Red Cross
are cooperating and big Gerna n
sanitary train has brought. large quan-
titles OF medical supplies. The German
omcials thanked General de Goutte for,
lAc pIo1uPL manner In which the
French army came to the assistance
Of the victims ~
At Oppau, where families were COM
pletely wiped out, about three hundred
bodies having already been placed in
the adjoining cemetery awaiting
burial. At Mannheim hospitals are
crowded with injured, more than 400
persons having suffered from the ex-
plosion in this city.
French Barracks wrecked.
Several French soldiers were killed
and many wounded when the force OF
the Oppau explosion wrecked the
French barracks at Eisenheim.
The experts who are inquiring into
the cause. said the explosion probably
occurred in the course of tests Of the
compression of new gas, the proper
ties of which were tnsumciently
known. Il. = e
Primarily it is reported. the disaster
! was caused by the explosion Of fifteen
tons Of ammonium sulphate in the
preparation of a new gas In which the
pressure Of 500 atmospheres and q
temperature Of between 500 and 700
degrees centigrade were needed.
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Second I.etter.

The second letter to the nurse
asked her to notify Waiter Dunning-
ton Rt the Madison Square hotel in
this city to take care OF her Affairs.
Send me home to California cre-
mated continued the letter. Make
III easy for my darling. sweet mother.
Don't let her know the truth, dear.
Can't stand this sordid tinsei life any
longer. &. Il s,. ''SSS s5s53
5tsa forgive me. Billie, all my mis-
takes, and remember me as sweet and
clean as. i have been, Too much
liquor and conyersat tion on all sides
4 y '.The black leather Jewel case n In
the safe and my rings are gone and
ii sold the tickets. All my trunks arS
ct hotel store rooms All my bars ct
Hanan's send then, home to mp moth
er. please. s7 .s y Ssis .ssa s
Mo- Hanan y ~. whiis MrA Dawes
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day! She ended the interview BY
closing the front door In his face.
New York, Sept. 2s.-Miss Mildred
Hanan, said by the police to be q
daughter of the e5late Alfred p. HAnan,
was shot three times,
early. to-day ;;as she was emerging
from an apartment house in Brook
5lyn,E with John S. Rorland. An import
Mrs. Grace Lawes, who flred thu
shots. then ended her own life by fir-
ing q bullet trto her brain. Y ID. Y
:. Miss Hahan ia la hospital refused
to discuss the shooting. X 4
stepped Out Of Shadows. -.,'
& According to the police, Borland
said Mrs. LAwes stepped out Of the
shadows as he and Miss Hanan
en- erged from, the apartment. where
fired the shots. He attributed the
shooting, police say, to jealousy, ad-
mitting that, he had quarrelled with
Mrs. Lawes recently over Miss Hanan.
Miss Hanan's condition was report;
ed to be critical, but not necessarily
fatal. One OF the bullets took effect in
the left breastj near the heart, one
in the left side and one in the right
arm. @
Borland was unable to explain to
the police how Mrs. Lawes learned that
he and Miss Hanan were visiting dn
Brooklyn. He said he had gone to
Brooklyn yesterday afternoon With
Miss Hanan to help her seek a new
apartment. The apartment hunting
trip, he said, ended with visit to
Miss Dorothy Gottschalf. a friend Of
her family.
They left ths apartment about 1925
q. M, he said and encountered Mrs.
Lawes as they stepped to the street.
Without speaking, Mrs. Lawes drew a
pistol and fired. She then stood for a
moment regarding them, Borland said
Then she uttered a scream, pressed
the muzzle Of the pistol against her
head and fired.
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SHOOTS GIRL;
KILLS | j SELF ]
II - ---'-T q = z
Daughter Of Late ]. Hanan
Shot by Woman in Fit
Of jealousy.

San Francisco, Sept. -
Mrs. M. e. Dita1nar of San Fran
cisco told newspaper men today
that she was the sister Of Mrs.
1awes, and that jealousy was not
the motive for the shooting.
% San Ffancisco, Sept 43.-MrA
NJ. e. Ditt1nar, snid to be the.
mother Of Mrs. Grace LAwes, de-
MED such relationship when ques-
toned by tho representative of an
ATE S.sernsGn son psReT :.1e, a. as hsr t,1 hoc TO-
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Was Relative.

/. II s Z . . d j. 4
Mrs. Lawes, who is daughter Of
was a distant relative of Mrs. Hanan.
Four years she had lived with Miss
Hanan, and the latter's mother in an
apartment in the exclusive Park Ave-
nue. district Of Manhattan. Two weeks
ago she moved to the Hotel Wander
bilt nearby. The police said that she
had sent several threatening letters
recently to Miss Hanan.
s5t Two letters were found In Mrs.
Lawea' pocketbook. One addressed to
her mother. asked forgiveness for
what she had done. The other, ad-
dressed to Mrs. Birdie Williams Of
Manhattan, formerly a nurse in the
Hanan household, requested that Mrs
Williams take Mrs. Lawes' body to
San Francisco and have It cremated.
Tho Letters.
The letter to Mrs. Lawes' mother,
Mrs, NJ. e. Dittmars Of San Francisco,
read tSg5 # .j & 'QSs
Mother darling: II ssV
.'You never can understand what
I have been through here. Don't try
x to learn. 1t, is past. y am too tired
and i'll to try to overcome the great
Obstacles I have placed In my own
way. NJ III 81 VI.
TOO much high life. The pace Is
too fast and the liquor has driven me
crazy, dear. Forgive and forget and
remember, pray for my soul. Love to
all and think Of me as I always say
TO you, q good. sweet daughter.
lovingly.
80 Z Z.
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tCopt tinus y "a pass is.l
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Cleveland johnson fouled TO Nnu-
~. Ward threw out O'1Seil. Speaker
ha*4inE for CoyeleekiA Speaker fiisd
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These are the conditions in South
Dakota. Now let us compare these
Evening star., 1921-05-08
VISIT OF JAPANESE
PRINCE TO ENGLAND
VIEWED AS PACT AID

BY Cable +" The Star and New York
World. Copyright. 1921.
LONDON. May 1.-The arrival
here of the crown prince of Japan
viii center attention on the a'l-im-
portant question of renewing the
Anglo-Japanese alliance. The crown
princes visit here. despite official
Camouf1aSc. is timed to popularize
the idea of an alliance. That there
will be "A renewal of the Anglo
Japanese pact is not doubted in any
responsible quarter.
The chief work of the imperial
conference next month will BE to
md basis for empire agreement
ana It's termS-termS which will
not antagODiZe America and which
viii meet the contentious of the
domini0ns
- Canada. so far, shows the most
reluctance to renewing the pact.
Australia and New Zealand favor
IT with reservations as to japanese
immigration.
- HdS DSeIl suggested mere tnat
the Zap issue may have some in
nuence on the eventual discussions
about treaty with Japan and that
Great Britain may emphasize before
hand the necessity for Japan to re-
lieve her of embarra ssment con-
cerHng Zap by interpreting her
rights in zap in the spirit rather
than IN the letter of the zap pact.
Evening star., 1921-05-08
TWO KILLED IN CRASH.
Washington Lad and Clifton, Va,
Chum Die as Train Hits Truck.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CLIFTON. Va. May Two persons
were killed and third seriously in
iured here this afternoon when mo-
tor truck in which they were riding
was struck by Chesapeake and Ohio
train al a grade crossing.
The dead are: Lamont Cassaday.
ten-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas r. Cassaday. liiS W street
eoutheast. Washington: Julian Davis
twenty-five years old. Clifton. Va.
who was driving the truck.
George Kincheloe. forty-one years
old, was seriously injured and is in
the hospital at Alexandria. Va.
Tho truck was struck by Chcsa-
peake and Ohio train No. ). IT is be-
llsved Davis. the operator of the
truck. became confused as he started
across the track. when he found a
Southern railway train approaching
from the sOuth about the time the
Other train was coming.
The boy and KIncheiOe wer~ hur-
ricd TO ths hospital. but the former
died short time after hi. parents
reached there.
Evening star., 1921-05-08
FINISH NAVY PLAN THEN TALK,
SAYS ROOSEVELT OF DLSARNINC

Great Britain and Japan do not
intend to dlsarm. and never will.
We must finish our present pro-
gram OF naval construction and
then we shall be In a position to
talk.
"In order that we may man our
fleets and make them effective ",
should have at least 10000 en-
listed men In tho Navy and more
than 10000 men in the marines
These figures are deceptive. and
this number Is far from being too
great a personnel.
In reality we should have less
than 100000 men, because 25.oo0
would be on leave or sick or in
schools and unable to perform their
regular tasks"
Mr.. Dawes address was in SUD
port Of the assistant secrctarv's
plea for strengthened armament
program
Evening star., 1921-05-08
DE VALERA is CoNCILIAToRY.
Sees Close Community Interest Be-
tween North and South ireland.

LONDON. May :. - Eamon de
Valera. the Irish republican leader,
writing in the Irish Independent of
Dublin today. what the newspapers
characterizes, as n remarkably concil-
iatory message to Ulster, says:
We shall never cease to maintain
that there is a community Of interest
between our countrymen of the north
eastern corner of Ireland and our peo-
pie of the south and west. For all
their MISUNDERSTANDING and preju-
dices, artificially created for the most
part, we believe the men of Ulster,
reft from us by statute, but main
tained to US by higher laws. look upon
Ireland as their country and in their
hearts cherish the Irish name. In the
eighteenth century Ulster felt pro-
foundly her unity with the rest of
Ireland. She will do SO again. May
that day come soon.'
Evening star., 1921-05-08
Joint Hearings on
Reclassif ifcaiion viii
Start on May IL

Joint hearings on reclnSsificH-
tiou Jcrislntjon before the Sem
ate and House civil service COM
mittceS will begin Tuesday. May
l.. il was announced yesterday
afternoon. following con-
ference between senator Ster-
ling. chairman of the senate
committee. and Representative
LchIbach. chairman of the
House committee.
Both senator Sterling and
Representative LchIbach desire
to expedite the consideration q!
this Legislation. and II was for
that purpose joint BEARINGS
have been arranged. Rcprcsen-
tativeS -: the Federation of
Federal Employees and it's local
unions are preparing data to he
submitted to the com M il tee.
Meetings will he held this week
by the committee on hearings Of
the federation. consisting of
}. Franklin Mcyc of the bureau
Of standards. Frank }. Coleman.
editor of the Plate Printer. and
". :. Douglas of the Navy de-
partmcnt. and by the trade
union Legislative council.
Evening star., 1921-05-08

by the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, May tn
der the leadership OF the American
Legion, Cincinnati today cele-
brated "all American day" with IA
monster afternoon parade. which
was reviewed by The odore Roose-
: welt. jr.. assistant secretary Of the
Navy; Charles q. Dawes. Chicago.
former briRadier general in the
United States Army. and Frederick
w. Galbraith. tr.. cOmmander-in-
chief Of the American Legion.
Estimates placed the number par
ticipating in the parade between
10000 and 10000
Mr.. Roosevelt declared in his ad-
dress that disarmament or limi-
,ation of arms is nice theme for
discussion, but We must never dis
arm ourselves and then b,andIy
await the result of the councils Of
other armed nations
Evening star., 1921-05-08
House Leaders Think Peace
Measure May Be Held Up
a Month or More.
DELAY THOUGHT TO MEET
WITH PRESIDENTS WISH
Advantage Seen in Waiting to End
Technical War Until Situa-
tion Clears.

Definite announcement that the
Knox resolution making separate
peace with the central powers would
not be considered by the House for
eign affairs committee this week was
made yesterday by House Leader
Mondell.
While Mr.. Mondell was unwilling
to state when the Knox resolution.
which was adopted by the Senate a
week ago. would be taken up. it was
indicated by House leaders generally
that the delay might extend over. a
month. certainly until the European
situation had cleared.
Following closely President Hard
ine's decision to have American rep
resentatives on the supreme council
the conference of ambassadors and
the reparations commission. the delay
in the House is understood to be in
accord with the wishes of the Presi
dent, and is said to have been agreed
upon with the approval of the Senate
foreign relations committee.
Observers to Start Mt Once.
Ambassador Wallace and Roland W.
Boyden are expected to resume their
places almost Immediately as unoffi-
cial observers. with the conference of
amba ssadors and the reparations COM
mission. respectively. Their instruc-
tions were prepared today at the State
Department
George Harvey. American ambas-
sador to Great Britain. will receive
his instructions from the President
after his arrival at London next week,
but it probably will be a month be-
fore he begins his duties as the exec
utive's representative on the supreme
council. as the body meets usually
only once month.
Ambassador Harvey will be en-
powered to take part in the coun-
ellis deliberations. and, it is UNDER
stood. will have authority to initiate
such discussions as the .Presi dent may
direct His status thus will be quite
different from that of Mr. Wallace
and Mr. Boyden. who will act as OBJ
servers only. reporting 10 their gov
ernments on the proceedings Of the
amba ssado-s and the reparation
commission
The supreme council at it's next
session is expected TO take up the
question Of mandates raised by the
American government in the notes to
the four principal allied powers. and
administration officers believe the
presence Of an American representa-
tive at that meeting Will serve to
strengthen the position of the United
States and facilitate a final settle
ment of the question.
There Was only passing reference
in the Senate today 10 The acceptance
Of the invitation Of the supreme coun-
Gil for American representation on
the three allied bodies. During de-
bate on the emergency tariff bill,
Senator Harrison, democrat. Missis-
sippi, said that by sending the invita-
ton the allies were merely rubbing
4. in" on the United States for de
sert!nS them" He also charged that
in accepting the invitation. the ad-'
rninistration had switched" on its
foreign policy.
There was no reply from the repub-
l.can side.
Evening star., 1921-05-08
GHOST
HAUNTS CONGRESS
Hearings on Medical Beer to
Start Soon-Other "Dry"
Issues Pending.

/ John Barleycorn's ghost is coming
mack to haunt Congress. Those who
have been holding seances with this
shade foresee that it will stalk this
week at the hearing before the House
Judiciary committee on the Volstead
Dill to embalm the departed spirit.
Every now and then the corpse stirs
and creates excitement This time
enemies of the departed plan to de-
liver final whack. Considering the
dry composition of the House, mem
bers predict that the new Volstead
measure. designed to prohibit sale of
beer to the sick will be put through.
A flood of petitions has reached Mr.
Nolstead for and against any added
restrictions. Doctors, including the
general practitioner. who still sticks
to the old top buggy as a means of
reaching the sick. seem to be divided,
about fifty fifty, according to the let
ters. on the question OF medical beer.
Some have written that it is not need
ed to help the ailing; others have pro-
tested that it was not right to keen
the sick man from having little
beer with his meals, for his stomach's
sake.
SO the committee agreed to hear
them all. beginning Thursday. and
then, Mr.. Folstead predicted, put
through the bill designed to put med
zeal beer in place all its own in the
Barieycorn family graveyard
cir
ing-up measure. three or four others
affecting prohibition are pending.
The bill which would permit Amer
lean ships to sell liquor beyond the
three-mile limit will be considered by
the merchant marine committee, but
the Nolstead committee will pass
upon the Hill bill to repeal the pro-
hibition enforcement act. and also the
Wood bill transferring actual en-
forcement from the Treasury to the
Department of Justice.
There is wide difference of opinion
on the question of putting the en-
forcement army under the ATTORNEY
General. many prohibition leaders be-
lieving that there should be no
change. the sale of liquor on ships.
coastwise vessels excepted, is being
urged on the ground that the Amer
lean passenger fleet must be put on
equal footing with foreign liners if
Congress hopes to develop it's mer-
chant marine.
Chairman NolStead refused to
hazard a guess as to how long the
beer hearings might run.
Evening star., 1921-05-08
French Troops Ready
to March Instantly;
British Before Ruhr

bE the Associated Press.
DUESSELDORF, May The
French military plans for the
occupation of additional Ger
man territory are virtually COM
pletc, and. with the arrival OF
Gen. DcEOutte from Mayence
Monday. the troops will he ready
to march at moments notice
on receipt of word from the
government.
The army. which is concen-
trated between WeScl and the
mouth of the Wupper river. on
both hanks OF the Rhine. num-
bcrs approximately 100000 mrn.
BRUSSELS. May 7.-The cabi-
net today approved the London
rcparatiOns decisions and or
dercd the mobilization of one
class.
SOLINGEN. May "A bril-
Eade Of British cavalry has oc-
cupied the Ruhr frontier near
SOlinEen. The British are ready
to take part in the occupation
OF SOlinEen. Elberfcld and Bar
men, should that be necessary.
Evening star., 1921-05-08
SECRETARY DAVIS SEES PERIL
7OU.S. IN INFLUX OFALIEN REDS

aliens that we may know where
they are. The communist group
among them is well organized.
''They do not come here to learn
the principles Of our government,
but to overthrow this government.
We must adopt a system Of educa-
tion to offset this communistic
propaganda There is no room in
America for any man who breaches
the overthrow of this government.
There is no room in America for
any man who does not respect the
Stars and StripeA"
Evening star., 1921-05-08
IRISH PEACE NEARER
THAN IN 75O YEARS,
GREENWOOD CLAIM
Chief Secretary Declares
Craig-De Valera Conference
Most Hopeful Sign.
FIRST SESSION OF KIND
FOR CHANGE OF VIEWS
No Englishman, Welshman or
Scotchman" Wants to Run
Ireland. He Asserts.
By the Associated Press

ly the Associated Press
~ hLIN. May Sir Hamar ,irr.il-
wood chief secretary for ireland,
speak ing today of the recent con-
terence of Sir James Craig, premier
designate Of Ulster. and Eamon dc
Valera, the Irish republican leader,
declared tn" meeting WAS the most
hopeful sign for peace in ireland in
30 years
1T is not only the best thing that
has happened in modern Irish his
tory. Sir Hamar said. but the most
hopeful thing in 80 years No Eng
iishman. Wclshman or Scotchman
wants to run ireland. ireland must
settle her problem herself There
ior". the meeting Of Sir James and
Mr.. de Valera is an extremely sienifi-
cant sign. and III connection with L
! must praise the courage of Sir
James. who consented to accom-
pany strangers whom he knew to be
enemies in motor car from my lodge
to the meeting place. He went alone
and unattended.'
Asked whether Sir James had been
''iiihi'i"'h- t.S NdS tflt correspondents
when he recently interviewed Mr.
de Valera, Sir Hamar said: Not at
all, be went with his eyes wide open"
First Discussion Of Kind.
The chief secretary pointed out and
emphasized that this was the first
time on record that the representa-
tives of northern and southern Ire
land had consented TO meet for a
friendly discussion of the different
points of view. He declared himself
extremely optimistic over the outlook
for settlement.
When asked if there was any pos
sibility of an Irish settlement before
the parliamentary elections, Sir Hamar
said:
The present British government
has one virtue-its consistency, which
will be followed first, last and all the
time. There is no question as to
the government going on with the
elections
Atmosphere viii BE Cleared.
"Thc Irish question must be settled
through the home rule act. After
the elections the atmosphere will be
cleared. and we shall all he in bet
ter position to discuss matters than
now.
The home rule act is no more a
partition and plunder act, as it has
been termed. than was the separa ton
of West Virginia from Virginia or
North and South Carolina"
Sir Hamar emphasized that Ireland
must settle her own affairs just as
IF California or Texas say. had diff
culties. the United States government
would leave the question to those two
states to adjust
Evening star., 1921-05-08
WANTS COSTA RIGA IN UNION,

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, May T.
President Acosta submitted to con-
gress when il convened today the
Central American Union treaty pro-
v:ding for adhesion by Costa Rica -
Republics. In a patriotic message he
urged the congressman to ratify the
pact. PLolic and legisla':.. opinion
with regard to Costa Rica joining the
federation is divided
Evening star., 1921-05-08
DISTRICT INSPECTOR SHOT.

BELFAST. Ireland. May 7.-District
Inspector Ferris. in charge Of the
Falls district police. was shot and
probably mortally wounded this aft
ernoon in Falls road.
The Springfield barracks. the head
quarters of Inspector Ferris. is close
to the place where Patrick and Daniel
Duffn, brothers. were shot and killed
April %, and it was Inspector Ferris
who took charge OF the investigation
of the case.
$4,000 for Irish Aid.
NEW YORK, May 7.-Allocation OF
$4,000 from the community chest OF
Cleveland, Ohio. for administration by
the American committee for relief i'll
Ireland. was announced by the COM
mittee tonight
Evening star., 1921-05-08
FOUR MORE MURDERS.

DUBLIN. May Ten policemen
were ambushed today in County West
meath by fifty armed men. Sergt.
Murray was shot dead and another
constable dangerously wounded.
Near Cappa ghwhite, County Upper
airy, Irish republicans yesterday aft
ernoon attacked a police patrol, kill
ing Sergt. Kingston and an unknown
civilian whom the police had taken
prisoner.
Nora Conway, wife Of railway
fireman, was shot dead in her own
doorway in Caherdaniel. near Trales.
Hearing a commotion in the street,
she looked out and two shots were
fired at her.