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Evening star., 1922-10-02
Former D. c. Pastor Indicted Z:
On Charge of Postal Fraud
James De Pue accused
of Selling Same Prop
erty to Scores.

James H. De Pue, former pastor Of
a local Presbyterian church, was in
dicted today by the grand jury on q
charge of using the mails to defraud.
De Pue is alleged to have inserted ad-
vertisements in various papers offer
ing an exceptional business propo-
sition" and persons answering the
"ads" were offered. it is claimed. a
half interest in going business
which De Pue called a civil service
course of coaching.
Large sums Of money were secured
from prospective purchasers follow
ing correspondence through the mails.
when De Pue had no intention of
transferring a valid title to them Of
the one-half interest. it is alleged.
De Pue is said to have represented
that Senator Capper of Kansas, Sena-
tor Davis Of West Virginia and for
mer Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia
indorsed his course of coaching, when
the indictment alleges neither of them
had so indorsed the De Pue course.
Indicted Once Before.
De Pue was indicted in September,
1914, on a charge Of false pretenses
OH "IlCA Ac gave OOuO 1OI llldl uC
case has never been tried.
The alleged scheme to defraud, &C
cording to the recitations of the in
dictment, was carried on by De Pue
through the insertion of misleading
advertisements in newspapers One
Of these ads offered a half interest
'fn going profitable local mail order
business for the sum Of $3.50.
The indictment further charges that
De Pue put this advertisement in the
newspapers with the view Of offering
every person who answered 1t one
half interest in a certain business.
which he styled the Civil Service
dated School system. whereas 1T was
not the intent and purpose of De Pue
to sell to any person who might COM
municate with him a one-half interest
in the business, but 1t was his intent
to deceive each and every one of such
fraudulent contracts and agreements
and falsely pretending to convey to
each and every one Of such persons a
one-haf interest without giving to any
one good and valid title thereto"
Charge Loans Misused.
De Pue is further charged in the in
dictment with obtaining large sums OF
money from persons who answered his
advertisements in the belief they were
a half interest in his COM
pany. when, as q matter of fact, De Pue
applied these same sums to his own use
without giving them anything Of value
in. return. j.
The indictment further AYERS that De
Pue failed to furnish the persons to
whom he sold a half interest in his COM
pany with copies Of the course Of in
struction as he agreed, but that 'it was
his intent and purpose to deceive such
persons and to cheat and defraud them
by not delivering the number OF copies"
Evening star., 1922-10-02
Grand Jury Reports d. G.
Ouerrun With Stock
StCindlers.

The grand jury today reported TO
the District Supreme Court preva-
in the District of Columbia. They
asked Justice Stafford, who will have
the duty of ifstructing grand jurors
this year, to call this condition of
affairs to the attention Of subsequent
grand jurors. that the work of eX-
terminating such undesirables as
fraudulent stock promoters may be
carried forward.
Foreman Eugene E. Thompson ex-
planned to the court that while the
retiring grand jury had reported sew
eral indictments against alleged
fraudulent use of the mails by stock
promoters. there are other cases
which time did not permit the grand
jury to investigate.
The report, as submitted to the
court reads: The grand jury has
been investigating stock promotion
in the District Of Columbia, and your
honors have probably observed that
investigations as We were eble to
complete. 1t is our opinion that
now Offering are fraudulent and are
very large number of promotions
direct violations Of section 215-B of
the penal code-that is. using the
mails for fraudulent purposes.
WaEe-Earners Victims.
Wholesale swindling has for years
in the District of Columbia, been go
ing on. and the swindler is catching
the wage earneTs, who cannot afford
to lose and who are literally at the
mercy Of what appears to be the
worst type of crook known. The pro-
motions are not limited to oil and
mining stocks, as was the case many
years ago. but extend to various
kinds of Industrial enterprises and to
what Is known as dividend paying
stock pools, of which three in Wash
ington have closed their doors in the
past few weeks. and now the receiv-
ers are hunting for their assets
The methods adopted by these pools
were fraudulent at the start and it
fine a word descriptive of the scheme
at the end. There appears to be no
law for the purpose of regulating
stock sellers and promoters other
than the section before referred TO,
although a bill is now pending in
Congress which it is hoped will go
far toward curbing this evil.
swindlers Overrun d. C.
1--WE find that the District Of Column
biz, is overrun with promotions Of
various kinds. many of which are
Questionable, to say the least, and in
order that the public might be warn
ed of this exceedingly dangerous form
Of robbery, the grand jury recently
invited to a conference representa-
tives Of press, business associations
and various clubs in the District, at
which the District attorney also was
present.
"This matter was quite thoroughly
discussed and those present pledged
their efforts to assist in warning the
public against the smooth-tongued
promoter who sought only the sale
of stock without regard to its le-
gltimate and sound condition.
The grand jury feels that 1t would
request the court in charging the
new grand jury to request or direct
that it give some attention to this
dangerous situation"
Evening star., 1922-10-02

child. 1t is alleged that when he went
to work in the morning he tied the
child with a stout rope and left Il all
day without food or the means of OBJ
tanning sustenance.
Other Indictments.
Others indicted include the follow
ing:
John Franklin Austin and Florence
Austin, anu-narcotic law; Joseph
Fields. housebreaking and larceny;
]. Harry Cody and John P. Varnum,
false pretenses; James H. Dixon,
forgery ana uttering; Cecil Overton
and Bernard Short, attempted rob-
berry: Joseph johnson. Edward ].
O'Brien. Samuel Foster. James b.
Zepp, Frank Hauss, John Crawford,
John A. johnson. Charles H. Haw-
kins, Bernard Bell, Maurice e. Mich
olson, Walter D. Yenawine. Harry
jackson, Roger l. Baker. Allen J.
Lloyd. Amos A. Roper. Thomas ].
Cannon, Thomas Hall, Marion e.
Reese. Jesse r. Baltimore. John H.
Shelton. Roy Adams. Albert johnson,
Julian b. Williams, William H. Leigh,
Jefferson Mitchell, Everett ]. Beavers,
Charles Bachor. Ogle I. Brooks, Ben
ford l. Lambert. Lorenzo D. Pulaski
and Mortimer p. White, non support.
Evening star., 1922-10-02
BEGINS 5-DAY SESSION.

NEW YORK. october 2.-The forty
eighth annual convention Of the
American Bankers Association got
under way today with most of the
$500 delegates in attendance. A
program of business and entertain
ment will take up Ave days Strikes.
the future Of labor unions, agricul-
ture. thrift promotion and economic
relations with Europe are among tho
topics to be discussed.
There will be addresses by ReKi-
nald McKenna, former chancellor Of
the British exchequer. on "Repara-
tions and International Debts; Her
bert Hoover, Secretary OF Commerce,
and Frank A. Munsey. who recently
returned from an economic study Of
Europe, and many others.
Evening star., 1922-10-02
RESERVE OFFICERS .
in 3-DAY SESSION.
Convention Representing
Nine Army Corps Areas
Opens at New Willard.
FORTY-TWO GROUPINGS
Called Together to Effect a Per
manent Organization, and
for Other Purposes.
F0RTY-TW0 GROUPINGS

With representatives present from
all the nine corps areas of the United
States, the first convention of Re
servo Officers Association of tho
United States opened for a three-day
session at the New Willard Hotel to-
day.
The entire morning was given over
to registration Of delegates and alter
mates. and a large number of re-
serve officers from all sections Of
the country. including many briga-
dter generals were among those
listed.
In opening the later session Col.
John Stewart, Engineer Reservs
Corps. chairman of the organization
committee. said that the convention
was called to perfect a permanent ma
tional organization OF members of
the Officers Reserve Corps, who at
present number 10000.
The forty-two groupings OF the re-
serve organization throughout the
country are represented at the con-
vention by several hundred delegates.
ranking from major general to second
lieutenant, picked from men who saw
SERVICE curing tne late war.
Objects OF Convention Stated.
: It was pointed out by Col. Stewart
that in the~nipe Army Corps areas Of
the United States there are dig
tributed thfrty-thr divisional or
gapfzatfons of the organized reserves,
and in addition. throughout the eean-
try. there are members of nine divi-
sional units made up of technical and
staff specialists holding reserve corps
commissions in these branches.
Following preliminary remarks to
be made by Capt. r. f. B. McKenney.
Infantry Reserve Corps. secre tary
treasurer of the organization, appoint
ment of committees on credentials
and constitution and resolutions will
be made. This will be followed by an
address by Col. Stewart, after which
the session will adjourn until tomor-
row morning at 10 o'clock.
Prominent Speakers Listed.
Secretary of War Weeks, Gen.
Pershing. MaJ.Gen. Harbord and other
high Army officials will deliver ad-
dresses during the convention.
The War Department is interested
in the new organization, the purpose
of which is the upbuilding OF the
officers Reserve Corps, which advo-
Gates every reasonable measure for
national defense. including an ade-
quate Army, Navy and National
Guard.
Evening star., 1922-10-02
CHARGES STOCK FRAUD.
Two Indicted by Grand Jury for

Conspiracy to defraud in connection
with a stock-selling scheme Is charged
against Oscar F. Clifford and Harry b.
Thomas in an indictment reported today
by the grand jury. The men are ac-
cused Of securing sums of money from
different persons to whom they are said
to have sold stock in the Anderson Tire
and Rubber Company on the installment
plan. The grand jurors allege that mis-
were made to the pur-
chasers that the company. whose stock
was being sold had acquired the rights
Of the Anderson Tire Manufacturing
Company, which has q large plant In
Anacostia, just over the bridge.
The alleged conspiracy is said to have
been formed May 81. 1891, and in
furtherance Of the scheme, 1t lis charged,
clifford and Thomas fraudulently OBJ
Arlington on the National Metropolitan
Bank. This Is cited In the Indictment
as one Of the overt acts Of the alleged
conspiracy, the grand Jurors declaring
that the accused did cheat and defraud
divers persons whose names are to the
grand jurors unknown, as well as Ar
rington. !"
Decay Rights Purchased.
The indictment asserts that the
Anderson Tire and Rubber Company
had not purchased the rights and was
not the successor In business Of the
Anderson Tire, Company, a. It ia
claimed the accused men repressnted
when selling the stock Of the Anderson
Tire and Rubber Company.
Using the malls to defrsud ID
charged In an Indictment against Rocco
Guiii. alias Thomas Matto. alias Henry
Wahl GUN, under the name Of Wahl,
IL said to havs sent . letter. to the
Columbia Garment Company Of New
York March. u last. asking that the
company send at once sample selec-
tions OF ito better suits. coats and
ladies' wraps to his store, at 1895 Penn
syklvania avenue northwest. It d
charged that GULL sought to get the
goods under the superstition that he
was . merchant engaged At that place,
when. It Il stated IN the indictment,
he had no such place % business
Robert Wright. colored, Is charasd
With cruelty To- hia three-year-otd
Evening star., 1922-10-02
CHEER WILSON MESSAGE.
Veterans Applaud Letter From
Wartime President.

ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., October p
Veterans attending the first annual
reunion Of the 18th (Lightning) Di-
vision yesterday received q message
from Woodrow Wilson with pro-
longed cheers and applause. The
minutes.
The former President expressed re-
gret at his inability to attend the re-
union because Of his poor health.
Maj. Gen. ]. H. McRae, divisional
commander, and now acting chief Of
ary president Of the division associa-
tion.
Brig. Gen. Haniford B. Stanberry
of Columbus, Ohio, and Brig. Gen.
Clinton C. Hearn were named honor
ary vice presidents.
Evening star., 1922-10-02
ANOTHER BIG STRIKE
PREDICTED BY FOSTER
Labor Agitator Says Next Time
Steel, Railroad and Mine
Workers Will Unite.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. October o.
Another strike in which the steel men
will be reinforced by an alliance with
miners and railroad men and other
workers If necessary was predicted BY
William z. Foster in an address here
in which he recalled his leadership Of
the ''one big union idea and discussed
the causes which led to his arrest in
connection with the federal raid at
Bridgeman, Mich.
I'VE can turn back and say we gave
the steel barons the best fight they ever
had" Foster said.
'sWhen the steel workers tie up the
mills the next time it will be different.
We will have an alliance with the min
ers. and they will agree to dig no coal.
Then We will have the railroad men to
refuse to haul coal II somebody can be
persuaded to dit it."
Evening star., 1922-10-02
DRY ADVOCATES URGED
TO BOYCOTT BEER VOTE
Ballot for Referendum Mere Ex-
preston of Opinion, Says ILL.,
nois Anti-Saloon Man.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. October 2.-The Anti
Saloon League will call upon it's
members and all those favor1ng pro-
hibition to refrain from participating
In any way In the vote on light wines
and beer ut the election this fall, F..
Scott Mcbride. superintendent Of the
Illinois League, has announced. Mr..
McBride's announcement was con-
tanned in a statement commenting on
the opinion Of Attorney General
Brundage that the Secretary Of State
would be obliged to provide q ballot
for referendum.
Sponsors Of the petition for the bal
lot declared 1t would be merely an ex-
preston Of the desire Of the electo-
rate, which would not in any way
change existing laws.
I'VE recommend voting for candi-
dates who are in favor Of carrying
out the laws" Mr.. Mcbride said. 'But
we also recommend that all patriotic
citizens refrain from participating in
any way on the vote. The object Of
the referendum Is not to amend the
Constitution Of tho United States, hut
to nuflify It"
There can be no referendum on tho
question of obedience to Law, M. No
Bride said
Evening star., 1922-10-02
MONEY ORDER RATE CUT.
Postmaster General Makes Change
on Foreign Payments.

Conversion rate on money orders
payable in Great Britain were re-
duced today from $3.50 to the pound
sterling to $3.50 to the pound ster-
ling, effective Wednesday. The order
was issued by Postmaster General
Work.
Explaining the order. the depart
ment said: "The department desires
to give its patrons the benefit of
every material reduction in the e1-
change market, and even though the
present comparatively low rate for
sterling exchange quoted by the banks
in New York may last but a short
time, the department decided. never
theless, that it could make the con-
cession. although it may be neces-
sary shortly to return to the old
rate"
Evening star., 1922-10-02
LANDS NAVY PLANE
At 6O-MLE GAIT;
) DIDN'T USE GEARS

MOUNT CLEMENS, mich. october
2.-Landing the Navy Bee Line racer.
which he had been p1lot1ng at speed
OF more than two hundred miles an
hour at Selfridge Field yesterday.
Bert Acosta brought the machine to
a stop without using the landing
gear. The monoplane, q naval entry
IN the Pulitzer race. to he held here
October "A. came to, earth with It's
wheels tucked inside the body. The
plane struck the ground at an approx
innate speed of sixty miles an hour.
It was the first time. pilots here say.
that such q landing has been made
without mishap. Acosta was not even
shaken up as the plane slid 100 feet
over the turf and came to a stop.
Evening star., 1922-10-02
EVENING SCHOOLS
!. READY 70 REOPEN
Students Will Be Enrolled
Tonight-Graduates to
Get Diplomas.
MANY COURSES OFFERED
All Classes Will Be Taught Eng
lish and American
History.

washington's public night schools
Will reopen tonight with a new ar
rangement of courses. designed to Mt
in with courses offered in the day
schools
Walter B. Patterson. director Of spe-
cial schools, expects q large enroll
ment Of students for the evening
classes. he announced today. The
opening sessions will be taken up
principally with registration and ad-
justment Of classes.
Through the new system of studies,
adopted In the night schools this year,
diploma somewhat equivalent to
that awarded on the completion of
day school courses, will be given
graduates. The curriculum will COW
er nearly the same subjects as the
day schools. so that persons unable
to attend the day sessl ms will not be
vance themselves educationally.
Subjects Elective.
The courses. completed. will have
netted the student graduates at least
twenty-four credits, each credit repre-
senting an hour Of study each school
night for fifteen or more weeks Sub
jects to be studied are elective with the
pupil. excepting English and American
history, which are required in all
courses. At least two years Of English
and one year Of American history must
be taken.
Night classes will be conducted this
Business High School, 9Th street and
Rhode Island avenue; Eastern High
School. 7th and c streets southeast; Nc
k1nley Manual Training School, 7th and
Rhode Island avenue: the Americaniza-
ton School, 7th and Q streets: the
Smallwood Vocational School. street
between Sd and 41a streets southwest ::
the Wallach. Sth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast: the Henry, 7th
and P streets; the Jefferson, 9Th and
streets southwest. and the Park View
on Warder street between Newton and
Otis streets.
Colored night classes will be held
in the following school buildings:
Dunbar High School,. 1st street be-
tween N and o streets; Armstrong
Manual Training School, P street be-
tween 1st and Sd streets: Garnet-Pat-
terson. 10th and U streets: Stevens, 2lst
street between X and L streets; Ran
tional. ] street between y and 1st
streets southwest. and the Lovejoy.
at 18th and D streets northeast.
Resistration Tonight.
The white graded night schools will
open at 6:45 o'clock this evening for
registration purposes. and the COL
ored graded schools will open at Z
o'clock. Eastern High night school
will open at $50 o'clock. Business at
I. Mckinley at 7:30 and the Americana
zation School at $50 pm Dunbar
and Armstrong colored high schools
will open at o'clock. All of these
schools also will be open at the same
hours Wednesday night for registra-
tiop. $50 -
The course at Eastern High will in
clude business arithmetic, bookkeep-
ing, shorthand. typewriting, algebra,
French. Spanish and English. At
Business High the course will incl, de,
in addition to those mentioned, COM
mercial law, gymnasium work, PEN
manship, calculating machine opera
tion and office training.
Evening star., 1922-10-02
DEMOCRAT HOUSE
A CALAMITY, VIEW
OF THE PRESIDENT

President Harding believes the people
are beginning to be convinced that the
election of a democratic House Of Rep
resentatives In November would be lit
tie short of a calamity. Representative
Wood Of Indiana. chairman OF the re-
publican congressional campaign Corn
mittes. said today after visit to the
White House.
Mr.. Wood said he was more optimistic
now than heretofore as to the outcome
Of the election. His previous estimate
Of a republican majority of thirty in
the next House, he added, had been re-
vised upward to seventy-five. The COM
mittee chairman will leave Wednesday
for Chicago. where he will be active in
directing the republican speakers
bureau. .r-
Evening star., 1922-10-02
EXPECT SOVIET TO TAKE
VLADIV0STOK BY OCT. IS
Communists Report Russian Army
Ready to Enter as Soon as
japanese Leave.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated freet.
VLADIVOSTOK. September 81 (De-
layed).--Communists here predict that
soviet forces will occupy the city by
the middle Of October.
This will be facilitated by the
Japanese commanders reduction of
the neutral zone to Ugolnaia station
after October 6. Thus the Primoria
government will be left to its own
resources and the reds will be re-
lieved of their fear of Japanese
Intervention.
Soviet troops are concentrating on
the northern frontier. ready to move
when the Japanese evacuation is COM
pleted. Whites and reds have clashed
in few skirmishes. The strictest
censorship PREVAILS.
vladivostok is full of refugees from
districts evacuated by the Japanese.
There is anxiety. regarding a number
Of American mines on the Siberian
mainland opposite Sakhalien Island.
Gen. Dieterichs, the white commander
at Vladivostok, has declared a block
ade against this mainland from which
the Japanese have just completed
their withdrawal,
Evening star., 1922-10-02
HURT BY AUTO,
BOY DIES IN HOSPITAL
George Sweeney. Receives Frao-
tured Skull-Driyer Of Car
Fails to Stop.

George Sweeney. eighteen years old,
Of zoos Girard street. was fatally in
tured last night when he was struck oy
an automobile on Pennsylvania avenue
near 9th street southeast. The boys
skull was fractured and he died in
Casualty Hospital In few hours.
Sweeney. James A. McKeever. Of 1922
Florida avenue; Joseph A Ryder. jr.,
Of 100 Euclid street. and two young
ladies were out for an automobile ride.
Tire trouble developed and Sweeney
started to walk down the street with
McKeever while Ryder changed tires
When they were only short dis
t2hce from their machine another
automobile appeared suddenly and
struck Sweeney. the driver failing to
stop after the accident. The boys
'hss vas too badly inJuredrsfor the
physicians to save his life.
Police Of the eleventh precinct are
seeking the driver Of the car that killed
Sweeney. Coroner hewitt WILL bold an
INQUEST tomorrow ;, ' :" =.
Evening star., 1922-10-02

her home, 27cs N street over the
tragedy.
Since his arrest Tighe has MAIN
tanned an air Of Indifference, and has
absolutely refused to make any state
ment to detectives. When taken to
police station, where he has been
locked up, the accused man appeared
nervous
Revolver In Found.
Headquarters detectives yesterday
found the revolver alleged to have
been used by Tighe in a bureau draw
er on the first floor Of his home. It
is q .25-caliber automatic. Four emp
the gun at the time. Another empty
she'll was found near the scene of the
shooting.
After the shooting. the police be-
lieve, he went directly to his home,
left the revolver. and then went to
Classic. After leaving Attorney
Classics home, Tighe is believed to
have gone downtown.
Tighe was taken to police head
quarters yesterday afternoon and
photographed and finger printed for
he manifested little interest in the
proceedings. but freely discussed his
homo.
Mrs. Curran Improves.
Believing her son innocent Of the
crime, Mrs. Ine8 Tighe, seventy-ive
years old, who occupied the home
with him on Rock Creek Ford road,
visited Tighe yesterday afternoon in
the tenth precinct police station: She
brought him fur coat, pair Of
shoes and blankets ito protect him
from the cold" as she said.
Mrs. Anne Margaret Curran, wife of
the murdered man, who was wounded
at the time her husband was killed,
is resting comfortably at the Emer-
gency Hospital. Physicians at the
Institution reported an Improvement
in her condition today. and said that
she probably would be able to leave
the hospital within two weeks.
Funeral services for Curran will be
held Wednesday morning, at o'clock
at st. Stephens Catholic Church. Be-
sides his mother Curran is survived
BY his three sisters. Mrs. Merry Fish
er, Mrs. Kate Rhodes and Mrs. Bird
get Corcoran, and two brothers, John
6. Curran and BARLEY Curran.
Evening star., 1922-10-02
DEFER KUEHLING TRIAL.
Postponement Due to Prscarious
Condition Of Wounded Wife.

Special Dispatch to The star.
ELDORADO SPRINGS, Mo-. octo-
Der 2.-The preliminary hearing Of Roy
H. Kuehling. who shot his wife Kath-
leen at the home Of her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Whitesel. ten miles southeast
Of here, has been continued from today
Huff, prosecuting attorney Of Cedar
county. The critical condition Of Mrs.
Kuehling, as represented by her doctor,
is said to be the reason for the con-
tinuance.
According to Prosecuting Attorney
Hun. q charge Of first degree murder
will be placed against Kuehling should
Mrs. Kuehling die.