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The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
THOUSANDS IN AUTOS WATCH
LIGHTNING CONSUME TOWER
Bolt During Storm Strikes Structure On
Glover Estate, Starting Destructive Fire

Scorning deluge more than
5000 adventure-seeking motorists
-tth many in evening clothes, as
-embled along two miles of road
--Ay on Massachusetts avenue last
>sSht and watched flames destroy
q water tank. approximately 100
feet high, on the estate of Charles
c. Glover. retired capitalist and
former president Of the Riggs Ma
tjonaI Bank.
The IRE, which was started by
lightning. could be seen for miles
and from a distance appeared far
greater thar 1t was. Because of
the dense gathering of automo biles
hremen were seriously hampered
In getting their apparatus to the
scene.
By the time a stream of water
was brought into play the tower
was enveloped in flames. The fire.
men had to relay hose from a
water connection at Wisconsin and
Nebraska avenues. nearly half a
mile away.
A sensational ride on horseback
by A F. Swenson. manager of the
Glover estate. was one feature of
the fire. Hearing the crash as light
ming tore on a corner of the tower
he rushed for a phone to call the
apparatus He sOon di.cnvs-ed that
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
OFFER PLANES
UTO CARRY MAIL
Aeronautical Civic Club
Would Aid in Case
OF Rail Tie-Up.

Replying to the proffer of
the Aeronautical Chamber of
Commerce of the United
States to assist in the trans
portation Of the mails with
1000 commercial airplanes,
the Postmaster General sent
the following telegram yes
terday:
Good, Fine. More evil
dence, IL any were needed,
that the One Big Union we
hear about is the United
States. and its emblem is the
Stars and Stripes"
The offer of assistance was
contained in the following
telegram from New York.
signed by the Aeronauticai
Chamber of Commerce:
Members of the Aeronaut-
fcal Chamber of Commerce.
located in such transporta-
tion centers as Boston, New
York. Philadelphia. Baltimore,
Buffalo, Cleveland. Detroit.
Minneapolis, Chicago. st.
Louis. Kansas City. Spokane.
Los Angeles, San Francisco
and Seattle are prepared to
provide airplane mail service
in case of strike emergency.
Using the existing transcon-
tinental aerial mail line as a
nucleus branches can radiate
over wide territory. Within
a few days 1000 commercial
craft capable of transporting
at least 5000, o0o first-class
letters daily can be placed in
operation"
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
Daugherty Referees Clash
Over ''Wet" u. S. Vessel
Attorney General Withholds Decision After
Heated Debate Between Drys and
Liquor Advocates.

resentative Of the United States Ship
ping Board would appear at the last
minute to sustain the action of that
body IN permitting the sale Of in
toxicants on ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
vessels, but instead the board simply
stood on the ruling Of Its solicitor
that such sale Is legal.
Mr.. Daugherty stated at the con
clusion of the hearing yesterday that
he wanted to take the matter ur
with associates in the department
for final determination: that so many
arguments and briefs had been sub
mitted that the case Is thoroughly
understood. Two assistant attorneys
general. Col Guy D. Gotf and Mrs
Mabel Willebrandt. the latter In
charge Of prohibition cases. sat with
him at. the hearing. An intimation
was given that no ruling would be
made for at least a week.
Storm in Corridors.
While the hearing itself was con-
Quoted In a decorous manner, with
the attorneys for opposing sides pre-
senting their conflicting views as they
would in court room, a stormy ses-
sion developed in the corridors out
side the Attorney Generals Office
when 1t was announced the public
would not be admitted. that news
paper representatives would be ex-
cluded. and only the attorneys of or
ganizations which had previously
given notice of their intention to
appear. would be allowed to make ar
guments.
1t was explained there is no large
hearing room in the Department of
Justice and that 1t would be i'm
possible to accommodate the repre-
sentatives of the press and the
public.
Rev. Sam Small. the Southern
evangelist. appeared as spokesman
for the National Reform League.
and advocated dry ships.
Asks "Freedom Of Seas
DR.. John P. Davan. Of New York.
appeared for the American Liberty
League and explained he Is in favor
of the freedom of the seas" He
said he was the only doctor to ap-
pear before the House Judiciary
Committee to protest against Con
gressional interference' with the
practice of medicine when the anti
medical beer bill was under con-
sideration. ~
Prohibition Commissions Roy A.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
WALL CRASH KILLS
ain QUAKER CITY
Collapse of Steel Girder Hurls
Fifteen Men From
Eleventh Floor.

PHILADELPHIA. July 13.-Four
men are dead. seven dying and at
least thirty suffering from injuries.
as a result of the collapse Of part
of the south wall of the old Odd
Fellows Temple here today.
The injured were rushed to va
rious hospitals in the city.
The crash occurred shortly after
the lunch hour and the men were
engaged in various parts of the
thirteen-story building.
Fifteen workmen engaged In
placing steel girder on the
eleventh floor were carried down in
the collapse and buried beneath
tons of debris. Four of these men
are dead.
The crash could be heard for
miles around.
DR.. ]. Smithe, of the city police
department, declared the crash was
the worst in the history of the city.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
WEEKS ORDERS TROOPS Held READY
TO PROTECT RAILROAD LINES IN TEXAS:
CRISIS NEAR AS COAL STOCKS DWINDLE
Strike Situation

The nations two great indus
trial conflicts resulting in vir-
tual collapse OF the mining in
dustry and an Increasingly Sc
rious transportation situation,
are moving toward a crisis.
The government prepared late
yesterday to use Federal troops
in areas where interference
with train service and violence
had resulted from the railway
shopmen's strike. Warning
was served by Secretary Of War
Weeks that when State govern
ments proved unwilling or un-
able to handle their local situ-
ations adequately. Federal
forces would go in.
President Harding. following
further conferences between the
operators and miners. respec-
lively, and administration Of
hcials regarding his mine strike
arbitration proposal. informed
both sides he wished a reply to
his proposals by next Monday.
Indefinite postponement of the
mine strike impasse, probabili-
ties Of which Increase each day.
gave rise TO the belief in some
quarters that the coal crisis,
scheduled to reach a very seri-
Gus stage" within the next two
weeks might yet compel the
government to take drastic ac-
ton toward resumption of pre-
duction.
Reports from the country re-
veal that each strike situation
is now contributing to the dan
ger in the other. Railroads are
beginning to feel the pinch of
growing coal shortage adding
to the confusion of transporta-
tion. And mine production is
being seriously hampered
through lack of transportation
facilities growing out Of the
shopmen's strike.
The combined Industrial up
heaval. meantime, shows signs
of arousing the public. Scores
of kilograms and letters are be-
ginning to pour in upon ofiicials
promising cooperation and aid
in meeting the threatened emer-
gency.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
Administration Forces
Admit Defeat on
Cotton.
LODGE WILL CONFER
WITH PRESIDENT
President, Absorbed by
Strikes, Loath to Dis
cuss Legislation.

Republican insurgency yesterday
dealt supporters of the McCumber-
Fordney tariff bill a crushing defeat.
and smashed the cotton schedule to
pieces. 1t was the most stunning re-
verse the tariff trainers have suffered
and was conclusive that they openly
admitted their surrender
AS result. talk OF abandonment
Of the bill until next session revived.
For what happened yesterday on the
cotton schedule may happen again on
the sugar rates and other proposals
by the Senate Finance Committee to
increase substantially the duties i'm
posed by the House
Thirteen Republican Senators
Joined yesterdays revolt. Among
them were such regulars as New of
Indiana, Mccormick of Illinois, Nell
son OF Minnesota and Willis of Ohio.
Some members of the Republican
agricultural tariff bloc also voted
against the committee. This occa-
stoned bitter comment. inasmuch as
the tariff bloc adherents had stood
steadfastly by the committee in getting
desired rates on wheat and othe
agricultural products. Democratic Sen
RIOTS, lHCluulnR "aiSh OF MaSSachu-
setts, twitted the Republican leaders
about this.
Walsh Twits Smoot.
The manufacturing interests of
the East should have arranged to
have their schedules come ahead OF
the agricultural schedules" said
Walsh to Senator Smoot. Utah. who
was in charge OF the tariff bill forces
The upset came on the basic ques-
tion of cotton yarns. Three times the
finance committees proposals for in
creasing the House duties on cotton
yarns were bowled over by the coali-
ton Of Democrats and insurgent Re-
publicans. led by Senator Lenroot OF
Wisconsin. who. for the first time In
many moons followed the lead Of his
colleague. Senator La Toilette. After
three roll calls showed the committee
beaten. Smoot arose and announced
the committees capitulation.
"Inasmuch as the Senate has re-
jected these basic rates." he said. "it
might as well reject all the other
proposed amendments in this group
Otherwise the bill will be left badly
out of balance"
This constituted a virtual abandon
ment of the whole cotton schedule. one
of the most important in the bill
not only because of its effect on the
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14

the wires had been put out of COM
mission by the storm.
Swenson then saddled one of
GloTer's prize horses and raced for
the alarm box at Wisconsin and
Nebraska avenues. Arriving there
he discovered that the storm had
disabled that too. He mounted his
horse again and rode to the house
of Engine Company No. 20 at Wis
consin avenue and Warren street,
fully a mile and q half from the
Glover estate.
Finally four engine and two truck
companies reached the burning
structure. They were followed by
a carload OF headquarters detec-
tives, five ambulances from the Pub
lie Health Service. and police from
Tennallytown and Seventh precinct
stations.
A Gordon was drawn around the
estate and In short order fire lines
were established.
The wrecked water tower, a frame
structure of 5,000-gallon capacity,
was erected twenty-five years ago.
according to Manager Swenson. He
said 1t had been empty for years.
The mansion on the estate. known
as Westover. was vacant. Mr..
Glover with his family is at York
Harbor. Ne.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14

Vets and drys clashed yesterday
before Attorney General Harry M.
paugherty on the issue of whether
intoxicating liquors should continue
to be sold on American ships operat-
ing on the high seas.
Prohibitionists urged Mr.. Daugher-
ry to rule that under the prohibition
Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States and under the Vol
stead act Ii is just as Illegal to sell
intoxicating liquors on American ships
as It is upon American soil.
Counsel for steamship companies.
on the other hand. contended 1t was
plainly meant that the prohibition
apply only to 1.-The territory" and the
territorial limits" Of the United
States, and that II was not the in
tention of the law-making body to
apply to vessels on the high seas,
outside the territorial waters Of this
country.
A rumor was circulated that a rep
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
JULY PREPARATIONS
MUST Be PAID NOW,
ALLIES TELL BERLIN
Commission to Consider
Plea of Moratorium
Until 1924.
WILL STUDY NOTE
France Suggests Germany
Delay Paying Bond
Holders.

PARIS, July 13.-Germany must
pay without delay the a2,OoO.Ooo gold
marks due Saturday as an installment
on her war indemnity, the repara-
tions commission has decided.
This is the answer made today to
the plea of the German representa-
tives that the payment be suspended
because of the financial condition In
Berlin. The reparations commission
took under advisement the German
request for a moratorium on further
reparations payments until 1924
promising a decision within a month
Promises to study Note.
While the commission promises tc
study their note with all the care
which the gravity of the situation de-
scribed demands" it adds that they
are convinced the reparations pay
ments constitute only one and moi
even the most important of the causes
of the present depreciation Of the
mark"
Germany is reminded that the in
stallment due July Is has been al
TedQy reduced Dy loyUUOrUOO BOlt
marks. In view of this reduction the
commission says prompt payment is
expected.
The commission insists 1t will make
no further concessions or promises
NJ Dubois, the French member. is un-
derstood to have drafted the reply.
Understands Situation.
The commission realizes that Ger
many is not entirely responsible for
the situation in which she finds her
self Members points out that it will
be insufficient to grant moratorium
until means are found to prevent re-
currences of the existing dilemma.
France. it Is understood. has sug'
gcsted that Germany delay reimburs
ing holders of German treasury
bonds until they have paid the rep
arations bill.
Sections of the French press con-
tinued to warn the commission agains
overriding French public opinion ir
letting Germany off from indemnity
payments, raising the possibility OF
Frances Withdrawing from the COM
mission.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
GIRL employees
TO Be PROTECTED
House Office Building Draws
Undesirable" Men Dur
ing Recess.

inundated by men entering their
ofices, girls left alone in the House
once Building will be protected by
special police. 1t was announced
last night
The exodus Of Representatives
from the city left some Of the Of
fices occupied only by girl en-
ployes. In some instances only one
or two ofices are occupied in
corridor a block long. which seems
to have attracted undesiraoles-
Yesterday q girl who had left her
ONCE to visit another part Of the
building returned TO hnd seated
there a man who failed TO give a
satisfactory reason for his pres
ence. She started for assistance
but had taken only a few steps
when the man ran down the cor
ridor and escaped.
Other girls have had similar ex-
periences. but have not reported
them previously. it was learned.
In view of the daring attacks
upon Washington women within
the last few days. Capitol police
will take every precaution TO pro-
tect the women employees in the
House once Building durirg the
recess. II was stated
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14

Business and traffic N this city
were almost completely disrupted
for one hour and twenty minutes
yesterday afternoon while an un-
precedented electrical storm held
sway and did damage to property
estimated at thousands of doll RS.
A rainfall, which descended with
cloud-burst violence, turned the
principal arteries of traffic into
veritable rivers. curtailing street
car and vehicular traffic during the
period Of the storm.
During the eighty minutes that
the disturbance ragged $40 inches OF
rainfall-a new precipitation record
for that period Of time-was regis
tered at the local weather bureau.
The body of a man, said to have
been seen floating down Rock Creek
after the storm, was being sought
by police from the Harbor precinct.
Mrs. Helen Smith, of Rock Creek
road and Massachusetts avenue
northwest. informed the police that
she saw the body in the swollen
waters of the creek, as it was car
ried past the rear of her home.
Police believe that a bather may
have been caught in the swift
waters and drowned.
Vivid flashes of lightning which
preceded the fury of the tempest
caused seven fires in various parts
of the city and its environs, slight
ly injuring several persons.
Golfer FeIIed by Bolt.
Among those struck by lightning
was Gardner P. Orme, $500 Georgia
avenue northwest, a member of the
automobile firm of Emerson and
Orme. who was felled and stunned
while playing golf at the Columbia
Country Club. He was temporarily
incapacitated. but stated last night
that ''it was nothing of any conse-
quence"
Two Alexandrian residents, Mrs.
]. H. Robinson. 124 North Pitt
street. and Miss Margaret Hefiin,
juries shortly after 6 o'clock when
Virginia Electric Railway car at
avenue. Both women were under
the care of a physician last night
A spectacular blaze occurred at
the home of Charles c. Glover. for
nler president o. the Riggs National
Bank. on Massachusetts avenue ex-
tended. wrecked huge water
tower. while a blaze in the base
ment Of the Columbia Country Club.
Chevy Chase. Md. did slight dam
age. other Ares in various parts of
the city did slight damage
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
STORM TIES UP
TRAFFIC HERE,
DAMAGE GREAT
Suburbs Isolated and
Phones Interrupted in
Record Rainfall.
FLOODED STREETS
RESEMBLE RIVERS
Fires Started by Bolts
Add to Toll of Loss
Suffered in Capital.
DAINFALL SETS
IL ECORD FOR DC.

The cloudourst-Ilke rainfall
yesterday-3.I0 inches in so
minutes-is believed to have
been the most heavy in the his
tory OF the city. according to
the local Weather Bureau.
On July 8, 1905. a two-hour
do Tnpour resistered 3.33 inches,
being, until yesterday. the
greatest brief period" rainfall
recorded here.
Yesterdays total rainfall at
8 o'clock last night was 3.29
inches, while in Baltimore. Md,
forty miles distant, the total
rainfall was OF of an inch.
During the years 1872, 1875,
1850. 1881, 1885. 1890. 1898.
1894, 1898, 1900. 1902. 1907.
1909. 1918, 1914 and 1915, the
total rainfall for the month of
July was less than the amount
which fell in this city yesterday
during the one hour and twenty
minute period. the Weather Blu.
reau announces.
The total rainfall for yester-
day, 3.29 inches. was the same
amount for the entire month
of July during the years 1887
and 1908.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
20 INDICTED MINERS
FREED OF CHARGES

WILLIAMSON. w. Va. July 10
Indictments against twenty members
OF the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea. charging them with murder and
arson in connection with Mingo Coun-
ty mine riots two years ago, were
quashed today. Prosecutor s. d.
Stokes announced.
Stokes declined to give the States
reason for dismissing the cases.
Murder charges against c. F.
Keeney, president: Fred Mooney,
treasurer. and A. D. Lavender, sec
retary of District No. II of the mine
workers. Stokes said. were among
those quashed.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
ARMY CLIQUE WARS
ON ROGERS AS 0. M.
CHIEF NEXT TERM
Moseley, ,Smither and Con
nor Mentioned for I'm
portant Post.

A small clique of army General
STAFF officers. close to Gen. Pershing.
wants the scalp of Mai. Gen. Harry
L. Rogers. quartermaster general
of the army. As a result a lively
skirmish is going on In the War
Department, while former A. E. +.
officers and men are Indirectly par
ticipatlng throughout. the country.
Gen. Rogery fu6rsyear detail ex-
pires July 22 and at that time either
he or some rival will be appointed
to direct the expenditure. during
the next four years, OF nearly 81
o0.000,o00 of the taxpayers money.
Majority opinion, in the Quarter
master Corps, among General Stan
officers and in outlying military
posts holds that Gen. Rogers is the
most able quarterma ster general
the army ever had and that he.
next to Pershing. Is the outstand-
ing figure of the American army
emerging from the world war.
Three Seek job.
Brig. Gen. w. D. Connor. an as
sistant chief of the General staff.
and former commanding general of
the Service of Supply of the Amer
ican Expeditionary Force, is said
to want Rogers job. Brig. Gen.
George Van Horn Moseley and Col.
Henry /. Smither also are under
stood to be working actively for
the post. These three men, IT is
stated, are very close
to Pershing. No one of them. how
ever, ever has had any experience
in the qhartermao.s. department.
Rogers is known as the father OF
motor transport" in the army. His
in supplying Pershing's
1916 punitive expedition into Mexico
Continued on Pace Three.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
BALTIMORE POLICE
SEARCH D. FOR
WOMAN'S SLAYER
After Mutilating Body
Murderer Flees Toward
Washington.

Tracks of a motor vehicle leading
toward Washington and away from
the body OF a brutaIly murdered wo-
man near Baltimore. together with a
Washington newspaper found near the
scene of crime, yesterday led Balu-
more authorities to call upon the po-
lice of this city to aid in the
search for the murderer.
Stripped of its clothing the body OF
a Jewish woman was discovered yes
terday morning by a caddy of the
Rolling Road Golf Club, whose atten-
tion was attracted to the scene by
blood-stained clothing lying on a
hedge. Closer examination revealed
the corpse. Terrified, the boy ran &c
the police who upon their arrival de
clared the murder to be one OF tbs
most brutal in the annals of Balti-
more.
Throat Was sIashed.
The throat of the victim had beer
slashed with a sharp knife. A .45-
caliber bullet had passed through her
arm and after removal Of the body
to the morgue II was discovered that
two bullets had penetrated her head
and another had passed through the
right ear and lodged in her mouth.
Scalp wounds were later accounted
for when the police discovered q
blackjack lying near a Washington
newspaper a short distance from the
spot where the body was found.
The woman whose identity has not
yet been established by the Balu-
more police is said to be about 80
years old. Jewess and weighing
about $50 pounds. The condition oi
the ground was believed at first to
Indicate that the woman had died
fighting for her life but later the
theory that the body had been
brought to the spot was accepted
The Washington herald., 1922-07-14
Sitting Ashes Saves Radium

NEW YORK, July 13.-After sift-
ing ton of ashes in the incinerator
Of the Methodist Hospital in Brook
lyn last night, workmen with the aid
of an electroscope recovered ten milli-
grams OF radium valued at $1,000
which had been lost at the hospital
the previous day.
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Continued on Page Three.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-02-09
AT THE THEATRES
THE RIALTO

Sunday, February 10. Gladys Walton
in High Heels. Fire" Scenic,
Pollard comedy, Save Your Money"
Monday and Tuesday, February IS
and Ii. Valentino and Ayers in The
Sheik " Topics of the Day. Admis-
sion, Children SOC. Adults SOC.
Wednesday and Thursday, February
Is and l6, H. B. Warner in "When We
We're Twenty One" Two reel come
dy, Friday. the 18th"
Friday and Saturday, February II
and Is, Thomas Meighan in "Cappy
RIcks." Vodavil Movies No. 81. In
ternational News No. LOG.
Coming February 10, 20, and 81,
cover the Hill" The first time ever
shown anywhere at 30c for children
and soc adults. first run. Showed four
weeks at Portland at from 75c to 81.
Coming here direct from Blue Mouse,
Portland, where it showed at soc and
75c. Our prices will be 30c and SOC.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1922-02-09

Estee Brosius, who now resides at
Salem. where he is a representative of
Portland banking house, spent the
week end here with his parents. DR..
and Mrs. F. C. Brosius.
Edgar P. Button. formerly engaged
in businessshere but who with his fam
ily has resided in Portland for some
time, has returned to Hood River and
is now a member of the clerical force
of Kelly Bros.
The Thursday Afternoon Thimble
club, one of the oldest social organiza-
tions of the city, met Thursday for a
luncheon at The Pheasant. Following
the luncheon the 20 members of the or
ganization played cards in the par lors
of the Hotel Oregon.
Fifty members of the cast of "The
Land of Happiness. the Knights of
Pythias show, were midnight dinner
guests at the Hotel Oregon the even
ing of the last performance and on the
preceding evening at the Apple Bios
som Cafe.
A. B. Shelley, The DalIes automo.
bile man, who motored here from the
Wasco county capital Friday, says the
Highway between the two cities, is in
excellent condition except for partial
blockade just west of the twin tunnels
and theyobstruction of ice drifts and
slides on Rowena loops. With little
work, Mr.. Shelley said, the road can
soon be placed in excellent condition.