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The Washington times., 1922-06-05
SUSPEND FOUR NURSES
IN ScALDING OF CHILLI

NEWARK. N, j.. June 5.-Four
City Hospital nurses were suspend.
ed indefinitely here after an invssri.
CATION by Mayor Breidenbach ana
Corporation Counsel Consleton into
the death Of two-year-oid shelbourns
Laird. who was scaidsd in the hoe
pital. |
Sara Van steenbrue, nurse, IN
charge Of the ward. and Kathrya
shampanors. a student nurse who
placed the child in the bathtub. were
suspended Tor carelsssness, and Jth.
ME Aliiston and Anna Galligan fcr
withholding information seven days
after the accident. ~
Lillian Hpokla, a child, told the
Detectives she was In the bathroom
and that after the baby had ben
placed in the Tub the nurse leftshs
room. Lillian said she turned he
hot water on, thinking II might
hurry her own bath,
Robert Laird, twelve year .old'
brother OF Shelbourne, died recendy
in the hospital. where ne was taken
for treatment for tonsiit.s.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
YANKEE TROOPS
STAY ON RHINE
INDEFINITELY
Change in Policy Believed Due
to Allies Agreeing Bill
Will Be Paid.
BY international New. Service

American troops will be retained
on the Rhine indefinitely. 1t was
learned at the War Department to-
day
The Eighth infantry. comprising
about ! 900 men. has been ordered
TO remain until July /, and no date
thereafter has been set for their re-
turn home.
Maj. Gen. Henry ]. Allen, COM
mander of the American occupa-
tjonal forces since General Pershing
came home, also will remain on the
Rhine.
1t had been intended 10 bring all
American troops home by July l..
President Harding issued summary
orders to this effect Immediately
after the allied powers had shown
disposition to haggle over pay
ment Of the American bill Of $2I, :.
900, 900 for their upkeep. This pay.
ment was to have come out OF the
German reparations payments.
What caused the present change
in administration policy officials
would not state today. It is under
stood. however. the decision was
due to the combined request Of all
the allied powers. and assurances
that the American bill will be taken
care of as promptly as possible.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
D|Az ORDERED
MADERO SLAIN,
FUENTES SAYS
Son-in-Iaw Of Huerta Accuses
Him Of Decreeing Execu-
ton in 1913.
BY Universal Service.

MEXICO CITY. June 5.-Chief Of
the Cabinet Gales made public = let
ter today from Luis Fuentes, son.in.
law OF Victortano Huerta. former
president. in which he accuses Felix
Diaz of ordering the execution of
Gustavo Madero and General Adalfo
Basso on the night Of February 10,
1918.
Gustavo Madero was the brother
OF Francisco Madero. who was presi.
dent when Diaz engineered n revolu.
ton in which the president and vice
president. Saure5. were murdered.
Fuentes' letter was written in
Havana on October rs, 1870, In re.
sponse to a plea from Gen. Joaquin
Mass. whom Diaz has accused in an
interview at Vera Cruz with shooting
Gustavo and Adalfo Basso.
In his letter Fuentes says he was
a lieutenant at the time. and with o
detail OF soldiers escorted GustsVo
Madero to the citadel, where he
found Diaz IN bed. when informed
OF the presence Of Gustavo, DlsS, he
says, without raising up, ordered him
to shoot Gustavo.
Gustavo was taken to the national
arsenal, where he was shot. The
same procedure was followed the
same night in the case Of Basso.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
BANDITS FOUND
CARDS
LEFT IN POCKET
Two Plead Guilty to HoId-up
Netting $2.55-Leave Coat
Used to Silence Victim. I

Traced through a deck of cards
found in a coat alleged to have been
used by them to muffle the cries Of
victim OF a highway robbery, Stan
ley Leroy Jones, alias "Snake" Jones,
and John r. Gray, both colored.
pleaded guilty before Police Judge
Hardison this morning and were held
in 81 900 bond each for the action of
the grand jury.
The men are alleged to have visited
the home OF Martha Peters, on Ben
ming road. near the Benning School,
late Saturday night and to have
asked her for permission to play cards
there. She refused and says she saw
one Of the men slip a deck of cards
into his pocket.
As Lee Harley, Of Benning. was
walking along a lonely strip of road
on his way home early yesterday a
coat was thrown over his head and
hr was pinned down. His pockets
were cleaned out, the robbers getting
only s2.55. He was then hurled down
a bank beside the road, with the coat
still over his head. Precinct Detective
b. c. Kuehling, of the Ninth precinct.
found a deck Of cards in a pocket of
the garment and through them sue.
ceeded in tracing Jones and Gray.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
SENATE BACKS
COMMISSION 8
BUILDING PLAN
Erection of Public Archives
Structure Will Be First
Matter.

Sentiment in the Senate is favor
able to the adoption Of a public
buildings policy in accordance with
recommendation OF the public
buildings commission.
There is dissent. however, from
the opinion of Senator Smoot and
his associates that future Govern.
ment buildings in Washington
should not be monumental in char.
acter, but should be purely business
office buildings. 1t is doubtful II
such a policy will be sanctioned by
Congress.
Senator Ferpald. chairman Of the
Public Buildings and Grounds Com
mfttee. today said he would co.
operate with the Public Buildings
Commission in framing a construc.
ton policy for Washington. He
would not commit himself, however,
with regard to the details OF the
report. and 1t is well known that re
believes the future Government
buildings in this city should be In
keeping with it's character as he
Nations Capital.
There is a strong demand in
Congress that the renting OF private
buildings for Government use should
he reduced to a minimum. Publica.
ton by the Public Buildings Com.
mission OF the great savings thai
already have been made in this
direction has crystallized the senti.
ment that the rental OF buildings
should be done away with as soon
as the construction policy Is
adopted. 49,
The first matter to be taken up in
drafting a public building policy is
the construction OF an archives
building. Senator Smoot. chairman
or the commission, believes that
land for this structure should be
purchased in blocks adjacent to the
National Museum and a bill author
izing such purchase is now pend.
ing in the Senate. A number of
Senators believe, however, that the
land the Government owns between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets,
south Of Pennsylvania avenue,
should be utilized for the proposed
achiVes structure.
The demolition Of the temporary
war structures, probably will pro.
coed at rapid rate during the next
few months. AS far as possible the
navy building and the munitions
building at Seventeenth and B
streets northwest, will be utilized for
various departments now requiring
extra space. Both OF these struc.
lures are Of reinforced concrete and,
despite the fact that they are on
park property and were built during
the war emergency. II is not likely
that they will be razed for many
years to come.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
WILL
PRESSPR0BEO Of
D. {. FINANCES
Resolution Will Be introduced
In the House
Today.

The joint resolution authorizing
an investigation OF the fiscal rels-
tions between the District and Fed
eral Governments was expected to
be called up on the floor Of the
House for passage this afternoon,
under a suspension OF the rules.
Chairman Campbell. Of the Rules
Committee. said that in the event
that he cannot get consideration Of
the resolution today that II would
be made a part OF the regular order
next Monday. which is District day,
The Fitzgerald compensation bin
will have the right Of way next
Monday. but 1t was predicted today
that II the resolution to investigate
the District financial system Is not
passed this afternoon that IL will
be quickly disposed OF next Mon
day.
The resolution is designed to em.
power a committee OF three mem
bers OF the House and three OF the
Senate to make a complete inquiry
into the records Of the Treasury
with respect to the credi'S Of the
District Government. which claims
that the Federal Government has
a balance of $4,000. 900 which right
fully belongs to the Districts
credit
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
CONCERT FOR Benefit
OF BEllEAU WOOD FUND

A memorial concert, celebrating
the fourth anniversary of American
entrance into Belleau wood, will be
held under the auspices Of the Pel.
leau Wood Memorial Association. at
the Woman's National Foundation,
Connecticut and Florida avenues
northwest, at 4 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. No admission will he
charged, but a collection will be
taken up.
association. Of which Secretary OF
War Weeks is honorary president,
and Vice President Coolidge, chair.
man, 10 planning to rebuild the vii.
lage OF Belleau wood as a memorial
to the American soldiers who fought
there.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
CD, A AWARDED
' DRILL HONORS
At ST. JOHN 8
Annual Competition Held on
EIIipse for College Train
ing Corps.

First honors in the annual COM
petitive drill of St. Johns College
Reserve Officers Training Corps,
held on the Ellipse this morning,
went to Company A. commanded by
Capt. Edward McQuade and Lieuts.
Lyden Keefe and Michael Venditti.
Lieut.. Ernest Kessler, who com.
mands Company B, was chosen the
best drilled officer; Private James
Trotter was judged the best drilled
cadet in the battalion and also Com
pany A; Sergt. James Grant, best
drilled cadet in Company r and
Sergt. Robert Mahoney, best drilled
cadet in Company c.
The judges were Lieut.. Col. r. d.
LaGarde, adjutant of the District
National Guard; Capt. ]. DcCourt,
military instructor at Howard Uni.
versity, and Capt. E. G. Watson,
military instructor at Georgetown
University.
Mai. George T. O'Neill comman nded
the battalion, and other battalion
officers were Capt. Theodore c.
Howe, adJutant: Capt. Edward M.
Sullivan, quartermaster; Sergt.
Maj. John F. X. Ryan and Quarter.
master Sergt. NJ. J. McGregor.
Lieut.. Col. Hollis c. Clark IL mill.
tary instructor at St. Johns.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
SWEET
FILM STAR, WILL
WE'D PRODUCER
Admits Her Engagement to
Marshall NeiIan-ceremony
This Month.
by Universal Service.

LOS ANGELES, June S.-Bianche
Sweet, film celebrity, and Marshall
Neilan, prominent motion picture
producer, are to wed.
This became known today through
the latter's Representatives, who
stated that the wedding would be
solemnized in New York the latter
part OF this month.
Miss Sweet admitted to friends
that the rumor about her enga re.
ment to Neilan was true. She will
start for the East today.
Miss Sweet has not appeared be.
fore the camera for several years
because OF an illness. II is believed,
however. that, following her mar.
riage. she will resume her place as
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
BIRTHS REPORTED.

Michael A. and Anne N; Beiio. boy.
Joseph A. and Elsie L. O'Bryhinn. boy.
AuEust r. and Elizabeth Daw, boy.
Louis r. and Bessie Mosiey. girl.
Arthur and Marietta Dixon. boy.
John n. and Leta Lister, boy.
Abraham and Henrietta Wolf, boy
Hugh @. and Ruth Postles, girl.
william A. and Markaret A. Davis, boy.
Richard D. and Marion W. Harrington.
tirk
George r. and Theima N. Proudiey. boy.
George w. Jr.. and Lees Dunn. girl
william B. and Bertha N. Long. girl.
Edmund A. and Eva r. Purdy. boy.
Ernest NJ. and Sarah N. Anderson, boy.
Aloysius and Mary z. Thompson. girl,
Louis and Sophia Lift, boy.
Louis J. and Lillian J. Eckert. girl
Rowla nd L and Annie c. Darling, girl
Leweliyn and Matte Gross. boy twins
Joseph II. and Jane r. Brown. boy.
August L. and Edith Berry, boy.
Harry J. and Anna Nelson. boy.
Thornton and Clara b. Hart. girl
George and Clara Belle williams boy.
William and Viola Queen. boy.
Wesley and Anna Johnson. girl
William and Ada McPayton. boy
Roscoe and Teresa Washington, boy
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
BANK
EMbEzzLER IS
GIVEN 5 YEARS
Louis D. Merriam Sentenced
for Stealing From Merchants
Trust Company.

Chief Justice Mccoy today SEN
fenced Louis D. Merriam to five
years In the penitentiary for steal
ing April 3, last. $500 from the
Merchants and Trust Company.
His attorney made an appeal stat.
ing that the accused was a dope
fiend and had been on his way to
Michigan for treatment when he
committed the crime.
Chief Justice Mccoy said that he
had received a telegram this morn
ing from the sister Of Merriam in
British Columbia promising 70 take
care Of the prisoner. The Judge
said that II the family would take
care OF Merriam. he would parole
the young man into their custody.
Merriam's young wife standing IN
the back part Of the court room cry.
led out by attendants.
The following also were sentenced
John PAsseris, five years, for viola.
ton Of the white slave act; Annie
Harvey, colored. three years,
larceny; David Johnson, colored
three years, larceny: Albert Stands,
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny; Robert
X. Smith. oolored. two years,
larceny: Virginia c. Lowry, colored,
two years. grand larceny. Placed
on probation:. James Earl Morrow,
Al Stein and Charles w. Ashton,
housebreakins and larceny in con.
nection with entering the store Of
Herbert Simon. Sentenced to one
year in the Jail and placed on proba-
ton with the exception Of Ashton
who will have TO serve his sentence.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
SCHOOL
HEAD INDICTED
ON P. D. CHARGE
Bishop" HolIer Said to Have
FrauduIentIy Used
Mails.

Helmuth p. Holler, said TO he the
head Of the Oriental University in
this city. was today indicted by the
grand jury for violation OF the pos.
tai regulations and charged with
fraudulently using the mails for OBJ.
tanning money.
The indictment alleges that
Bishop" Holler published in the
pamphlets and other printed mat.
ter OF the university, the names Of
prominent scientists claiming that
they were connected with Inc uni.
versity as patrons and professor 8.
1t is claimed that the accused mail.
ed a pamphlet of this Kind July +,
1919 TO the Rev. E. II. kesler, Of
Westmoreland, Kan, making false
statements.
Five indictments charging assault
with dangerous weapon We're return.
ed against John Matthews. George
Watkins. Fred. Harris, Rufus HUT.
Ter and George Green. Forgery and
uttering is charged against Edw.l"d
Richardson and Rolph 4. kersch.
and grand larceny is charged against
George F. Travers, Charles Doles
and Elsie Green.
Indictments charging robbery were
returned against Madeline de Rorri
and Robert Edmonds, and attempted
robbery against Spaniel Jackson.
Violation Of the Harrison anti.nar.
cotic act is charged against Her
man Davis and William Tuell and
Richard r. Bush is indicted for re.
ceiving stolen goods.
Nonsupport is charged against
Richard V. Cooley and George +.
Ward.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
Births. Deaths
Phone Main $3.50 Until
|2 p. M. Obituary Desk
GEN WILLIAM III. SAG

Word has been received by
here OF the death OF Brig. o.
lam Hampden Sage at Fort l5..a
Wyo., Of which post he Y 'on-
manding officer.
General Sage had forty years q
service since he was graduated a
the Military Academy at West Point
in 1882 and commissioned IN tm
infantry. During the Spanish.
American war he received the Con
gressional Medal Of Honor for dis
tinguished services in the action at
Zapobe river on June 13, 1888. Dur
ing the great war General Sage was
commissioned major general, national
army, and commanded the thirty
eighth division at Camp Shelby. Mis-.
sissippi. General Sage was later On
duty at Coblenz, Germany, with the
army OF occupation.
Funeral services will be held
wednesday afternoon and burial VIII
be In Arlington Cemetery at . o'clock.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
NAMED
IN WAR FRAUDS
FOR CONSPIRACY
Warrants Expected to Be Is
sued for Associates OF
Phillips.

Warrants for four other persons
are expected to be sworn out. II was
learned today. in connection with the
issuance of a warrant for the arrest
of John Lewis Phillips. Georgia Re-
publican State chairman. under Sec
ton 81 OF the Penal code. charging
conspiracy to defraud the Govern.
ment.
Another principal and three acces
sories against whom the Department
Of Justice Is expected to proceed, are
named in the bill OF complaint on
which the warrant for Phillips arrest
was based.
II Is pointed out there can be no
conspiracy without two or more prin-
cipals TO the plot. The second prin.
cipal is known to be outside the
Jurisdiction OF the District OF Co.
lumbia courts, which will necessitate
sending the papers TO the jurisdiC-
ton where he is now located or may
be apprehended, and the issuance OF
a warrant there. The three acces.
sories are said to be within the Die.
trict of Columbia Jurisdiction at this
time.
The nation wide search was con.
tinued today for Phillips, million.
aire lumber dealer. He is the FIRST
TO be charged with fraud by the tpe.
cial selected grand jury investigat.
ing alleged war frauds.
Phillips, IL was learned TODAY, dis.
appeared from Washington at room
last Saturday, the day the warrant
for his arrest was issued by United
ing TO attaches OF the hotel. Phillips
did not take any OF his luggage with
linn except a handbag.
Secrecy surrounded the issuance
OF the warrant for Phillips arrest.
Department Of Justice officials deny
an indictment has been returned.
II Is believed that II an indictment
was returned by the special grand
Jury after reviewing the case pre-
sented to II last week by John w.
n. Grim, assistant to the Attorney
General, IL was a secret one.
According to charges made by Con.
gressman Woodruff. who Is gener-
ally given the credit for "kindling
the fire" under the Department OF
Justice, Phillips is charged with
gross irregularities" in giSsntic
lumber deal-an aftermath OF the
war.
A memorandum prepared by Ern.
est c. Stewart and read into the
Congressional Record by Woodruff,
alleges that Phillips sold several
million feet of mahogany. cherry.
walnut, and other valuable hard.
woods. at ridiculous" prices. Ii is
understood Philips arrest is being
sought on the findings OF the De.
partment OF Justice that he owes the
Government $1.s54.o76.04.
Marshal Snyder today said two
deputies were engaged in the search
for Phillips. "A soon as he Is ar
rested he will be given a preliminary
hearing before Commissioner Hill, or
II he valves that. may be released on
bond fixed by the commissioner.
The arrest of Phillips, II was learn.
ed. was expected Saturday morning
Early on that day two deputies were
asked for by the Department OF Jus.
tice to go with a department agent
and arrest Phillips.
The trio went to Phillips room In
the Raleigh, only to find that Phillips
had left town without any forward
ing address.
Department OF Justice official re-
fused to discuss the case this morn.
ing.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
ADMIRAL FUllAM TO
ORGANIZE AIR INTERESTS

Rear Admiral W. F. Fullam, re-
tired, commander of the Pacific
fleet during the war, will arrive
in Chicago next Sunday night on
his double transcontinental tour Of
organization for the National Aero
nautic Association.
Admiral Fullam. also former head
OF the Annapolis Naval Academy,
has been organising conventions in
districts corresponding to the nine
army corps, and his recent visits
have been in Southern and West.
ern cities.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
TWO DEAD, THREE DYING
IN EXPLOSION OF POWDER

OAKLAND, Cal. June 5.-Two
men were instantly Killed, throe are
dying, and a fourth was seriously IN.
jured when three storehouses OF the
Trojan Powder Company's plant at
san Lorenzo, near here, blew up.
James Toons.
The report was heard for many
miles. Scores Of windows we're shat.
tered.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
ENGLAND WILL
NOT COOPERATE
IN US. DRUGbAN
Exponent of India Liberty
Points Out Why Great Britain
Encourages Opium.
BY sAILENDRA N. CHOSE,


Director 'American Commission to Pro-
mote seif-Eoyernment in India
Copyright. 1922. by Cosmopolitan News
Service)
Passage Of the Jones-Miller act
to restrict the use Of drugs in
this country by placing the traffic
under rigid Federal control, while
a tremendously forward step in
curbing the drug evil, cannot be
made wholly effective without the
honest cooperation Of the British
government. That such cooper.
alton will not be given is clearly
indicated by a booklet recently
issued by the India Ofiice in Lon
don and entitled, Truth About
Indian Opium"
Defiant Stand Taken.
This booklet defiantly declared that
India (which Is under absolute
British rule) would be justified in
refusing TO agree to a modification
OF the terms OF the Hague conven.
ton In the direction OF greater
stringenCy until she is convinced
such modification would lead TO
beneficial results" India" the
booklet further says. demands TO
see the terms OF the convention
translated into action by others. and
would. undoubtedly, emphatically
negative any proposal aiming at the
suppression OF Indian cultivation in
order TO provide a scapegoat for the
rest Of the world"
Under British rule India has sup.
piled the world with the bulk OF
opium and drugs derived from
opium. Britain fought two wars
with China to be allowed to intro.
duce into that country without re-
striction the opium grown under
British supervision in British India
and the native states. Also, the
opium produced in Persia and Tur.
key was handled in the world mar.
kets by British interests which sup
piled the japanese and others en-
gagged in smuggling drugs into the
American and other markets.
Production Decreasing.
Opium production in India has de
creased within the last year, but the
decrease can be traced to the passive
revolt led by Mahandas X. Gandhi,
who Is now in prison serving q six.
year sentence. One OF the cardinal
INKS in the revolutionary platform
= suppression Of the drug and liquor
traffic.
Earl Winterton recently announced
in the House OF Commons that the
opium crop in India for ls20.l921
would approximately l.646. 900 pounds,
as compared with 2,247 900 pounds in
19l7.l9l9.
II Is interesting to note also that
Earl Winterton. in announcing the
decrease in opium production Ia
India, noted that production in the
native states had increased.
What Is OF paramount importance
to this country is not 30 much the
amount Of opium produced as the
amount exported. The Nationalist
boycott has reduced the number Of
licensed drug shops from $4,000 to
5000.
That means that hundreds of tons
Of opium that would have been con.
sumed in India must now be intro
duced into other countries.
And. II the reports Of the Ameri-
can police and health officials are
reliable, and there is no reason to
think them otherwise. much of the
traffic Is carried on with this coun.
try by smugglers who obtain their
supplies at the monthly opium auc.
tions conducted by the British Indian
government in Calcutta
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
DENVER MAN TELLS JUDGE
HIS WIFE is GLOVE FIEND

DENVER, June 6.-William Floyd
Bruce declared in police court here
that his wife was q Glove fiend." In.
stead Of using morphine, cocaine or
other drugs with q needle" Bruce
told the Judge Mrs. Bruce "ate
cloves by the handful every day for
the past two years." with serious In.
jury, he believed, to her health.
Bruce was discharged after being
arrested for assault upon his ''olove-
eating" spouse.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
TOOTH DRIVEN IN LUNG
CAUSES FLIER'S DEATH

LUSANNE, Switzerland. June s.
A tooth driven through the larnyx
caused the death Of the Swiss avia-
tor. Joiner. who was killed when
his airplane fell several thousand
feet last Thursday.
None OF the aviator's bones was
broken. and an autopsy disclosed
that except for a tooth found In one
OF his lungs there were no internal
injuries.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
DEATHS REPORTED.

st. NV.
Irma schuler. II yrs. Geo Wash
Univ. Hosp
Minnie Sacks. 50 yrs Emsrs. Hosp II.
Mary McMshon, "a yrs., 81. EiIl HOSP
Annie L. Thompson. 6 hrs. iiiS v
william L. Watson, 81 yrs. Frs.dnens
Hosp.
.. Anna Lawrence. IS yrs. Freedmen,
Hosp.
Infant o. David and Sarah Fleming.
days. Columbia Hosp
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
HARDING SIGNS BILL
ENLARoINc RESERVE BOARD

President Harding today cleared
the way for placing dirt farmer"
on the Federal Reserve Board.
He signed bill which increases
the membership OF the board from
ed along with banking and oom-
mercial interests.
The Washington times., 1922-06-05
Silk Strikes Arjusted.

A number OF strikes in New Jersey
silk mills have been adjusted by the
Department OF Labor. II was an.
nounced today. The disputes arose
out Of wage cuts and IL is under.
stood that the strikes were settled
without reduction Of wages.