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The New York herald., 1922-12-16
Special Dispatch 10 THE New York HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington. ID. C., Dec. Is.

President Harding decided to-day to
hasten the conference of Governors,
which he announced i'm his annual mes
sage to Congress he would call to con-
slider ways and means of enforcing the
prohibition amendment and the Vol
stead act.
1t is the purpose of the President to
have the conference open at an in
formal luncheon at the White House.
Monday He got into telephone COM
munication to-day with the Conference
of Governors now in progress at White
Sulphur Springs, w. Va, and extended
the luncheon invitation.
The conference will be of a purely in
formative character, the indications be-
ing that the President seeks to famil-
iarize himself with conditions in the
States and the reasons why the pro-
| hibition machinery in so many of them
| has broken down. Whether the Gov
ernors will continue the conference
after they meet the, President has no;
been indicated but there is a possibility
they may desire 10 adopt some formal
resolutions for which there whould be
no place on the agenda of the White
House conference.
The liquor situation in Pennsylvania
was discussed to-day at conference
between the President and Clifford
Pinchot, the Governor-elect
The New York herald., 1922-12-16
Facilities Now Exceed
Needs of War Disabled
Special dispatch to THE New YoRK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., Dec. ID.

FOLLOWING a discussion 1T
to-day's Cabinet meeting Of
what the Government has
done and is doing to care for dis
abled veterans of the world war, 1t
was officially stated that the Ad-
ministration is satisfied the situa-
ton is not only well in hand. but
that the facilities offered are greater
than the needs.
ItAwas declared that loose state-
ments about 10000 men being on
the waiting list for admission to
Government hospitals could be
characterized monstrous libels call
culated to cause discomfort and un-
rest.
The Government has 5000 beds
for which no patients have applied,
and when the program OF hospital
ization is completed there Will be
twice as many beds as will be neces-
sary.
The New York herald., 1922-12-16
One With $1,072, Other
in Rags, in Pickpocket Net

ToSEPH HARRIS, aged 80, Of
1877 Orchard street. well
- dressed and with sl,072, and
Harris Giles, aged 40, of IL West
18th street. wearing rags and hav-
ing only an old umbrella, met in
the lineup at Police Headquarters
yesterday, each being accused of
picking pockets. The police say
Giles gets the handle of his UNI
brella caught in the pockets Of
other men. but it appears that he
has not had much success of late.
Yesterday in n subway station he
is alleged to have told Alexander
III. Harris of 110 William street
that his umbrella had caught in
Harriss pocket "And so has your
hand" said Harris. as he grabbed
the man and turned him over to
the police.
Joseph Harris also was arrested
in subway station.
The New York herald., 1922-12-16
RUMANIAN SCANDAL DENIED.
Reported Estransement in Royal
Family Contradicted.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 15--1'he Ruman-
ian legation to-day issued the following
statement: "There is no foundation
whatever in the reports which have APP
peared In American newspapers regard
ing an estrangment in the Rumanian
royal family"
The statement referred to published
reports that Prince Carol of Rumania,
renouncing his claim to the throne, had
left HIS royal bride, formely Princess
Helene of Greece. to return to his
former morganatic wife.
The New York herald., 1922-12-16
President Phones to EXecu-
tives Meeting at White
Sulphur Springs.
PARKER RETURNS HOME
Urges Colleagues to Act for
Beer and Wine and Against
klan.

Special Dispatch 10 THE New YoRK HERALD.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w. Va,
Dec. 15.-President Harding tonight
extended an invitation TO the twenty
three Governors here in annual con-
ference to come to Washington for a
luncheon at the White House Mon
day.
Tie nature of the Invitation indi-
Gates the meeting will be informal, but
it is we'll understood by all of the
fifteen Governors who have accepted
that there will be a discussion on the
prohibition question as it menaces
American institutions through disre-
gard for the law.
Discussion will be informal, The
luncheon will merely formulate a pro-
gram for orderly discussion when
formal conference on the subject is
called, probably after January 15.
The Invitation came as a surprise af-
ter many who attended the conference
were ready to return home or had made
| arrangements
| President Harding talked by telephone
with Gov. Sproul of Pennsylvania and
later with Gov. Preus OF Minnesota. He
asked that they get in personal touch
with all the Governors here and give
| to them his earnest invitation to attend.
| Governors silent on Views.
Republican and Democratic Govern
ors alike, who will attend the luncheon,
| those from wet States and those from
dry, are not willing to publicly express
| their view on the subject of discussion
in advance of the White House meeting.
Gov. Parker of Louisiana, however, who
was compelled to leave tonight for his
home State. expressed the hope that
| some program would be formulated.
| Gov. Parker urged action on prohibition
and the ku klux Khan by the present
| conference, but Il will not go on record.
Gov. Parker had asked the Governors
here to take action which would bring
light wines and beer and enforceable law
and Imprisonment in the pententiary
for alLof those who violated the law.
Several OF the Governors attending
the conference here stopped off I'm Wash
ington and urged the President to delay
the call for his formal prohibition con.
ference to a meeting date after January
Is. when newly elected Governors are
installed, Others maintained that meet
ing of Legislatures and other important
engagements would keep many State
executives from a January meeting.
President Harding will get much con
flicting advice and suggestion at hi;
luncheon.
The New York herald., 1922-12-16
LEAVES LAW FUND TO HAR.
WARD.

The will of Mrs. Sarah X. G.. Hunt,
wife of Frederick Il. Hunt, filed yes
terday, gives Harvard University a me-
mortal fund with which to establish
two or more scholarships in the law
school. Tho gift is TO be known as the
"Galloupe Morton Fund.- in memory
of her son. who was graduated from
Harvard In 1891. Mrs. Hunt lived at
the Apthorp, 2211 Broadway.
The New York herald., 1922-12-16
CHEATED or $4,000 ON GEMS.

David Rome. furniture dealer. of
511 Hackensack Plank road. West Ifo-
boken. lost $1,000 Thursday in a fraudu-
lent diamond deal. Two men went to
his store and displayed twenty-one un-
The New York herald., 1922-12-16

set diamonds valued at from $3.50 to
$500 each. which they offered at bar
The New York herald., 1922-12-16
some Fear "Buck Passing

Those who will attend have many di-
vergent views. A majority Of them is
politically dry and many personally dry.
They believe in the velstead law but
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-10
NEW CODE WILL
SAFEGUARD LIFE
Empowers Building Inspector
TO Act Where Alterations
Are Necessary.
PROBERS MAKE REPORT
Complete Exhaustive Study of
Hotels Condition Before
and After Fire.

That the new building code which
becomes effective ON next Monday
carries provisions tending 10 safe
guard human life in new buildings
ana gives the Building Inspector au-
thority TO proceed against owners OF
existing structures where alterations
and improvements may be found nee
essary TO conform with the safety
provisions is shown in the report of
tie spccih, probing commission
named by Director OF Public Safety
Myers. handed that Official yesterday
by the commission.
The report follows an exhaustive
study OF the condition of the Lex
!ngion Hotel prior TO the fire and a
review Of the building since the dis.
nSter. IT points out the various Sec
tiohs or the new code which give 10
the building Inspector more drastic
powers. During the work of com
iiiation the code commissioners. en-
brac!ns experts In architecture, en-
gineering and construction, went
fniiy into every angle of the prob
lem OF safe construction. The code
is not as drastic as the Director of
SAFETY desires. but il goes long
way towards the desired end, Colonel
Myers stated last night.
Knowing the nature of construc-
iion OF large number of the old
buildings in Richmond" said Colonel
Myers. I'VE sought authority to
{COntiuupU on pnnn q 80
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-10
White House
Of Confederacv
in Photogravurc

In next Sundays Photographers
Section of The Timcs-Dispatch
will be printed two pages of pic
lures showing the precious relics
or the Southland which now re-
pose in the White House of the
Confedcracy. the historic mansion
which was the home of President
Jefferson Davis during the War
Between the States. This Is the
first time the priceless contents OF
the mansion have been pictured.
The pictures have been obtained
now only through the courtesy
of the Confederate Memorial
Literary Society, which permits
The Times-Dispatch to present
them In it's Photogravure Section.
The double page OF pictures, aside
from their artistic merit, will
mako n souvenir to be treasured
by every lover OF the Old South.
In addition to the historic pic-
lures there VIII be a full page Of
beautiful views OF Richmond as
1t appeared under its recent
mantle of snow.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-10
is CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE HEAD:
UNANIMOUS VOTE CAST
Chosen as Brancll's Successor
at Annual Meeting in JEFF
fcrson Auditorium.
400 MEMBERS ATTEND
J. Scott Parrish and Julien
Hill Vicc-Prcsidents With
out Dissenting Ballot.

]. j. Marcuse. first ce-prcsidcnt of
the Chamber of Commerce for the
past year. was unanimously elected
t'esidcnt to succeed John Kerr Branch
at the annual meeting Of the cham
ber. held last night In the auditorium
"f the Jefferson Hotel. J. Scott Par
rish was chosen first vice-presidcn,
and Julien IL. Hill second vice-prcsi
deht, both by unanimous vote.
Fully 800 members of the cham
bcr were present at the meeting and
took part in the Inauguration of tn.
new system or electing officers. Ex-
ecut.Hes, prior to the meeting last
night. we're elected By the board OF
directors. but, under the new BIZ.
laws. these officials are now chosen
by popular vote.
Twenty-Five, Directors Chosen.
y new board, OF directors, consist
ing OF twenty-five members. wa,
elected. as follows: W. II. Adams. W
Meade Addison, X Nice. Burlington
L. >. Carlton. J. Lee Davis. Villa n,
j. Harahan, +. T. Harrison, Ralph r
Harrison. j. r. y. Hobson. T. r.
Howell. III. z. Litchford. Thomas T.
McAdams. Oscar T.. Parrish. j. j
Pollard. Fred II. Powell. Robert l..
fowers c. b. Richardson, w. +.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-10
ITALIAN CARDINALS
. OPPOSED TO DELAY
Austrian Prelatcs Supported
Move 10 Await American
Participation.
CASPARRI URGED VOTE
Much Discussion Over Early
Balloling for the Papal
Crown.
Icy Associated Press. !

ROME. Feb. 9.-Two-thirds OF Tho
foreign cardinals and :: small frac-
ton OF the Italians favored American
participation i'm the conclave which
elected Pope Plus NJ. Against the
proposal to delay the election we're
almost all the italian cardinals. led
by the camerlengo. Cardinal Gas
parri.
IL is learned that the Austrian
cardinal. PHI. Archbishop of Vienna.
and Cardinal Csernoch. primate of
Hungary. made determined stand
in the conclnve that the final choice
for the papai crown should not be
made until at least one American
was present.
Fears Grave Reaction.
America is vital part of the
church." Cardinal Csernoch said to
the members of the Sacred College.
1T will be calamitous to deny her
participation in the election Of tho
Pontiff. 1t will have grave rcac-
tion among the American people; IL
Will wound their pride and dignity.
ask the conclave to weigh well the
consequences of its act before cast
ing this vote
Cardinal rim was even more de-
tcrmined at the conclavc. YES Il.
may be true" he said in answer to
tContinued on l'age II, Col. c.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-10
when a Feller Needs
a Friend" in Court
icy AssocInted pr.ss


WEST PALM BEACH. FLA, Feb.
9.-Mayor John 4. IIy,an, OF New
YORK city. was equal to tho oc-
casion today when fellow need
ed friend in municipal court
here.
The Mayor, accompanied by
Maurice Connolly. president of tho
Borough OF Queens, and several
other New Workers visited the
court and were espted by John
Nolan. charged with intoxication.
I'VE are all Irishmen together"
Nolan pleaded to Mr.. Hy!an.
Please help me out"
MIR. Hylan's lntercession with
Judge Earman was so effective
thnt Nolan's sentence was sus-
pended. Then tho New York
Mayor peeled $2b from a roll OF
bills and gave It to Nolan.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-10
New York Girl Weds
in Knickcrbocker Suit
(By United News. !

NEW YORK. Feb. 9.-Miss -Amo-
liza Gcrickc. Is and exceedingly
pretty. has the distinction of being
NcW York's first knickcrbockcr
bride. and that's one of the rca-
sons why her parents and her
hubby's parcats aren't on speak
ing terms with either of the clop-
ers. Her new hubby is Sunday
school superintendent. too.
Miss o;ericke is blessed with tho
sort of limbs th2t look just as
well in knickcfbockers as in
skirts. II not better. To disarm
the suspicious OF her parents, she
wore her knickers and car
ried her skates when she set out
To marry William Raymond Brand.
%. The clopement was successful.
out Brand had only 81. enough
Tor the license. and had to borrow
s. Tor the marriage certificate.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-10
RELATIVES ARE HERE
TO CLAIM BODIES
Charred Remains of Z. J..
Bush, of Cincinnati, Are
Taken From Wreckage.
uNIDESr,rrEp TORSO FOUND
Pr"hcrs Confident They VIII Uncover
body of Il. r.. Coz. Richmond
Mnn, In Ruins.

Concentrating on wrcckngc dcsig-
rated as places where victims are
known to have been burned to death.
ircmen and iahorcrs yesterday re.
covered two blackened, charred and
muiilated bodies. augmcnting to elk
the death list IN the Hotel IeXing-
ton holocaust
Police last night abandoned all
hopc for four or the missing and
declared II aa their opinion that live
Others also are dead In the tangled
.fsnd twisted mass OF masonry. steel
iron and timber. It's their belief
that when the debris is cleared away
the death list Will have reached NJ
teen at least.
The bod: OF Erwin J. Bush. sales
man. OF Cincinnati. Ohio. with the
limbs torn on. was found ut $3.50
yesterday informing. Shortly before
o'clock another torso was recovered
about ten feet from the spot where
Bush's body was discovered. but on
tho opposite side or brick wall
y reeparnting the laundry room from
The stockroom OF the Pearl Laundry
Company basement. The latter
body. believed to he that OF Il man,
is impossible OF Identification. police
say.
HeintIVcs Positive Kin Pcrished.
Relatives OF three OF the missing
victims have come TO Richmond from
various cities to assume charge of
the bodies when they are found
They arc CONVINCED of their deaths.
The four known victims in the
ruins. but whose bodies are yet un-
found, are:
Il. T. Cox, OF Richmond
Felix Poirier OF Yonkers. y. Y.
William II. Kcnnon. OF Brunswick
County. Va
Samuel Asch. travelling Snowman.
wncsc homo is unknown.
Those believed dead, whose bodies.
..,oday. arc:
-. L. Amcs. OF Charleston. s. c.
-. a. keiser. OF Coles. Ohio.
. 9. w. Hawthorne. Baltimore. Md.
Il. S. ierrell. address unknown.
c. +. Ebcrley. wnkes-Barrc. Pa.
Find Billie ON Bush's body.
Bush's body was discovered by
t!rcmcn and laborcrs about 9:30
o'clock. Several letters were found
in coat on tho victim. They were
burned and water-soaked, but ieri-
: bic. AS the body was being removed
from the ruins the coat, which was
tightly buttoned. fell in shreds. and
charred leaves OF n Bible were found
Tho back of the cover had been de-
stroyed by flames. but, although
charred and stained by fire and
water. the fourteenth chapter Of
John. first verse. still was readable:
Let not your heart be troubled. Ye
believe I'm God. believe also in Me-"
All the limbs had been burned from
the body, which was almost directly
.Sn top of wrecked bed. Later
parts OF tho limbs were found near
the spot where the torso was re-
covered.
Another body, lmbless and head
less. was found about o'clock in
wreclsage in the basement OF the de-
stroyed Pearl Laundry building. II
was Impossible Of Identification. Cor
oner Whitfield, after viewing both
torsos. ordered them removed to tho
undertaking establishment of H. w.
Woody.
An old watch of handsome quality
and fourteen carat gold. initiated c.
II. r.. was found in the ruins near
CONTINUED an PaCc . Col ~
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-10
a BURN TO DEATH
AS FIRE DESTROYS
NORTHERN PACIFIC
Survivors Of Ill-Fatcd Ship
Describe Disaster and
Rescue.
REMAIN SILENT AS
TO CAUSE OF BLAZE
Missing Men Have Not Been
Seen Since Flames We're
Discovered.
CAPTAIN PREPARES REPORT
- Members of Crew Rescucd by
rrnnsPortntiOn.A Are brought
fn
REMAIN SILENT AS
TO CAUSE OF BLAZE
PREPARES REPORT
- Members of Crew Rescucd by
Transportation Are brought
tO Newport News.
IBy Associated Press. |

NEWPORT NEWS. VA. Feb. O.
Refreshed by n few hours slecp. and
apparently little concerned over their
experience. members of the crew OF
the steamship Northern Pacific. which
was burned at sea yesterday, tonight
described the fire and the rescue. but
remained stubbornly silent when
questioned as TO possible causes OF
the disaster. Captain William Lustie
master Of the Northern Pacific. after
preparing Il detailed report for the
Shipping Board left for Norfolk. He
refused To make any statement pend
Ing the publication of his report by
the Shipping Board
Sighted Turning Ship.
captain Seth Chase, of the steam
snip transportation. which reached
mere early today with the twenty two
SURVIVORS OF the former army trans
port told OF sighting the burning
Northern Pacific about ] o'clock We'd
heshay morning. and said from a point
Twelve miles distant the flames an
pcared to he Just little bit brighter
thhn the brightest thing you can
imagine lie said he turned his shin
ana rushed to the scene, arriving
'here when the fire was at its zenith.
ABOUT 2:ao o'clock. the flames leaning
hish above the masthead.
Saved Three Boats.
We started looking for the boats.
captain Chase added. "and saw one
with thirteen men in it. While VIA
were taking that aboard another
steamer near by was picking up an.
other boat We saved three of the
four boats"
Members Of the Northern Pacific
ere" said the four Sun ShipbuiId,np
Company men believed TO have noen
burned to death We're quartcred inst
ahcad OF where the fre started nre-
Suhaoly on 'B" deck just aft Of the
second funnel. They did not think
the four men got out of their ou,r
ters' NO one saw them after tho
hrc was discovered by Second Omca,
y. B. Wilson.
me fire started on the lower do,,,
nmidships and had been burning for
hours before il was discovered snor,
~ after midnight by Second Omce-
y. b. Wilson.
rms was definitely established ,bi.
Continued on Page 2. Col A.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-10
FOOR T. & F. CARS FIRED ON IN VARIOUS PARTS OF CITY
~ CALL MABEL NORMAND AND MARY MILES TODA Y
TWO MORE BODIES RECOVERED FROM LEXINGTON ERE RUN
Unemployment Hits
Stage People Seriously
iBy AssocIute,I prcss

NEW YORK, Feb. o.-Therc are
touaY more unemployed actors
anu other stage people walking
along Broadway and II hundred
main streets looking for Jobs than
ever before. Everybody in Times
square who knows anything
about the thcatcr. from the cut
rate ticket hawkcr to the pro-
duccr OF "a dozen hits. is complain
ing.
Several well-known managers
estimated today that half OF the
5000 actors I'm the United States,
exclusive OF vaudeville PERFORM
crs. were out of work. The Actors
Equity Association said the num-
ber was not that large. but is 20
per cent worse than usual.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-10
TRAIN IS WRECKED
NEAR WASHINGTON
All Southb0und Traffic IInIta & Uour.
After Freight Cars Are
Dernlled.
by United News. |


WASHINGTON, Feb. "a rai,roa Il
wreck, tying up all southbound
traffic for four hours. was added to
the capitals list of disasters Thurs
day night. delaying hundreds OF
Southern tourists. No one injured.
Three freight cars were derailed
within few hundred feet of the
bridge that crosses the Potomac River
at the southern end of the city and
plunged down an embankmcnt of
some thirty feet. The derailed cars
were coupled in the middle of a long
train. The accident was caused, It
Is understood, by defective switching
machinery.
The derailment tied up trains on
inc X. +. & p, Seaboard Air Line,
southern and Atlantic Coast Line
fniiroads. as this roadway is the
only artery to the Southern States.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-10
LEGISLATURE LIKELY
TO TAKE NO ACTION
tBy Associated Press. |

JACKSON. MISS. Feb. 9.--No ac-
ton was taken today by the Missis-
sippi Legislature into charges pre-.
fcrred against Governor Lee NJ Rus
sell by Miss Frances Birkhead. his
former stenographcr. in which she
alleges seduction in her suit for
100000, instituted several days ago.
y resolution for an investigation,
which was said yesterday to have
been proposed by Representative Lee,
of Choctaw County. was not intro
duced at today's session. ns had been
forecast by several members OF that
body.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-10
WEDS; LOSES MONEY

Richmond Couplc Arc Married In
Rockville, Md.
Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.l
ROCKVILLE. MD. Feb. 9.-AIiss
Rosa A. wilkins, 90. years old, and
Sydney n. Wheatley. 90, both OF Rich
mond. Va, were married today in
Rockville by the Rev. p. Rowland
Wagner.
Wheatley said that getting married
Mt this time meant big financial
sacrifice as no would havp come into
considerable property had he deferred
marriage until after he had reached
the ago of forty.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-10
IRISH SITUATION
!. STILL DEADL0CKED
Sim Feiners Decline to Liber.
ate Prisoners and Cap
turc More.
5000 SPECIALS ON GUARD
Sir James Craig Urges Impc-
rial Government TO Act
on Kidnapings.
5000 SPECIALS ON GUARD
LBy Associated Press. ]

LONDON. Feb. 9.-Thsre was no
important development today i'm the
kidnapinsS in Ireland. 1t Is believed
that the few persons captured in
Donegal have been released. but that
otherwise the situation remains dend-
locked, the Sim Feiners apparently
having declined to liberaoe prisoners
until the football players from Mona
shan have been released by the Ul-
sterites. The Sim Feiners today are
declared to have captured more of the
Ulster specials.
taken strong measures for protection
by placing more than 5000 .ne.
cials along the boundary TO preyent n
new invasion from the south. II ulso
Is arranging for the rc-enfSrcement OF
the specials by troops.
Craig Urges Interference.
Inc government headed by Sir
James Craig also is urging the i'm
periai government to take action in
the situation. but the imperial au-
thorities appear to be reluctant To in
terferc further pending action bv the
provisional government OF the FREQ
state. i'''
British troops today were still Ieav-
ing Southern Ireland. and statement
made in Parliament by winston Spen-
Ger Churchill. Secretary for the COL
onies. seemed TO indicate desire on
the part of the imperial government
to leave tho solution OF the disturbed
situation to tho two Irish govern
ments.
Griffith Is Hopeful.
Arthur Griffith. who is remaining
over in London until tomorrow before
returning to Dublin. in an interview
tonight expressed confidence that.
with patience and restraint by both
sides. the Ulster question would be
amicably settled within the present
year on tho basis of unified ireland
He added that 1t must he remem-
bored the provisional government did
not enjoy full governmental powers
as yet. but that IL might be relied
upon to adopt every action within its
circumscribed powers to prevent II.
legal acts from being committed.