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Evening star., 1922-04-11
BOWIE ENTRIES.

First race. purse. $1,000: claiming;
three-year-olds and up: seven fur
ngs-.Winneconne. 105: "Encrinite,
los: .Siesta. los: H c: Basch. log;
night Stories. 81; 'Lloyd George, 1G3
Allah. los: Lucky Girl, 90.
Second race. purse, S1204S3: claim
Ing: three year and up: seven
furlongs-.The Nephew. 10: .Peri-
gourdine. los; -Secretary. 1O3: Forest
Queen. 95: Lady zeus. 90: .Edna D.,
los: Miss Orb, 1o5; Pretender, los:
Financial Rstr. 40.
Third race. purse s1.2O4.s3: claim
ing: for three year-olds and up; seven
furlongs-Rustler. rs; Ardito, 1OS;
Clinchfield. 9s: *Malvolio. 103: LADY
Ward. 1o5: 'Heliocross. 10: 'Capers,
105: Uncle's Lassie, 103: Armistice,
los: .Bryngar, 9S.
Fourth race. purse S1,204.s3; claim
ing: three-year-oldS and up: six fur
longs-Cacambo. 116; SANDY H., III;
Hidden Jewel, 1o7; Bright Lights
er. 81; 'Bengore. Ill: 'Trantula, 109.
Fifth race. purse. s1.204.s3: claim
ing: three -ysar-oldS: one mile and
seventy yards-*Matche Mary, 104:
.Night Boat. 9S; sVeiIe,l Colleen. 's6;
aaermis al ks,nble lo4; Miracle Man.
Annie. SO: BILLS Luck, Sc
Sixth race. purse. s1,204.s3: claim
ing; four-year-olds and up: one and
one sixteenth miles-+Jack Reeves.
106: sLucy Kate. 80: Morning Face,
ss: -zouave, 'fe1: 'Fizer, SO; 'Tan II,
101: "Tiger Rose, SO.
seventh race. purse. $t204.S3;
claiming: four-year olds and up: one
and one-sixteenth miles-Solid Rock,
Ill: Pattern, LOG; "George Washing
ton. 80: Little Ed. 109; Sammy
Jay. 1o1. 'John Arbor, 1o6; Walk Up.
101.
/ Apprentice allowance claimed
Weather clear: track fast.
Evening star., 1922-04-11
INJUNCTION TO BE TESTED.
West Virginia Miners Will Fight
Companies Action.

CHARLESTON, W. Va. April IA
federal court injunction issued by
District Judge George w. McClintic
Yesterday against officials and MEM
bers of the United Mine Workers of
America, for the purpose of enjoin-
ing them against further attempts
at organizing the miners and to abol-
ish the tent colonies in Mingo county
after thirty days, will be tested in
the courts Harold w. Houston,
chairman of the union, announced
that an appeal would be taken to the
circuit court at Richmond immedi-
ately. go.
Sixty-three coal companies signed
the petition out of which the injunc-
tion grew. the issue being known as
the Borderland Coal Company case.
No new developments were re-
ported from the Fairmont region.
Two bullets OF a volley passed
through a passenger coach of the
Observation-Disclosures express last
night near Mount Carbon, hirty-five
miles east OF here. narrowly missing
three men. Lieut.. Jack Kings of the
state police was seated in the same
car and announced on his arrival at
Beckley that he would launch an in
vestigation- Immediately. Stoning of
passenger trains near Crown HILL has
previously been reported, he said,
though no strike trouble from that
region has been made known
Evening star., 1922-04-11
CHIEF JUSTICE }REVOKES
: TRACTENBERG'S PAROLE
Man Who Is Under Indictment in
Several Gases Must. Serve Time
on Joyriding Charge.

Aaron Tractenberg, ~twenty-three
years old. reputed by the police TO
have been implicated in numerous in
stances of transporting whisky from
other places into this city for boot
leg supply purposes. appeared be-
ing on an allegation that he had vio-
lated the terms of his parole, Justice
I'Gould having paroled him on joy
riding charge about two years ago.
Attorney Robert l. Miller appeared
in court and asked for stay of two
or three days
Probation officer Steele reported
that Tractenberg had failed to COM
ply with the requirements of his
parole, and the chief justice revoked
the parole. which means that Trac-
tenberg will have TO serve two years
imprisonment.
The two years may not be all The
young man is under indictment for
the alleged grand larceny of an auto
mobile belonging to Frank u. Bur-
rows. a dealer in Center market. IT
being alleged that he sold the car in
Petersburg, Va, for $500.
Another indictment against him
charges the possession of narcotics,
and the police also allege that he was
party TO the exciting liquor pursuit
on January 81. when the police over
took a so-called "booze car" at 9Th
and NJ streets and seized $50 gallons
of corn whisky.
Tractenberg said the whisky was
brought from forty miles below Pc
tersburg. Va. Shooting done on that
| occasion. he declared, was by the po-
mobile party A rifle carried in the
car. he said. was not used.
1t is said by the police that the
young man also is wanted elsewhere.
Evening star., 1922-04-11
UNION ORGANIZERS BUSY.
Succeed in Closing Coke Plants in
Pennsylvania,

PITTSBURGH. April 11.-Inhuence
ref union organizers and the strike
are being more strongly felt IN the
coke regions of Pennsylvania where
of yesterday demonstrated. APPROX
mately 1000 miners in the Connells-
vile region, quitting their work, left
eight of the H. c. Frick Coke Com
pany plants idle and greatly ham,
pered six Independent plants. Head
ers also announced their determine
ton to send additional organizers
into the territory.
More than $50 non-union workers
of fhe Greensburg Coal Company,
went out. yesterday: swelling the
some having quit Saturday. The
mines are near Greensburg, in West
moreland county.
John Brophy, president OF Dlstricl
No. 2, of the mine workers organiza-
ton, yesterday sent letter to GOV
PREVENTION on behalf of the $4,000 or
sanized miners of central Pennsyl-
yania and their families in the man.
ner in which the state police are
handling the strike"
Union miners who were following
the course Of action guaranteed by
the federal and state constitutions,
the letter said. have been ridden by
the police, while on private property
on which they had permission to as
.semble. One miner. while carrying
an American flag at the head OF a
of them ordering his companions to
arrest that with the flag. The
letter charged the operators with
importing gunmen to intimidate the
miners and otherwise alleged unfair
discrimination against them and their
families.
1NJ11NcTIoN TO BE TESTED.
Evening star., 1922-04-11
JURY TO DECIDE on WILL
OF LATE DR.. S. E. LEWIS
Court Submits Issue of Mental Ca
pacity of Decedent, Who Left
$15O,OOO Estate.

After a trial of six weeks Justice
Siddons of the District Supreme Court
today submitted to a jury the ques-
Samuel Edwin Lewis. who died in
November, 1917. at the age of eighty
years. The question arose in a will
contest brought by the five brothers
and sisters of the deceased.
The jury was celebrating this
afternoon. A former trial last year
resulted in disagreement of the
jury.
DR.. Lewis left an estate estimated
at s150.000, which included premises
1416 and 141S 14th street 1906 to
1410 P street and 1902 14th street
northwest. By his will. executed in
eight years old, DR.. Lewis provided
life annuity of s25 for colored
servant and gave a life interest in
the remaining estate to one of his
sisters, Mary Frances Lewis. At her
death the entire estate was to go to
the medical department of George
Washington University. The Ameri-
can Security and Trust Company was
named as executor. A caveat was
filed by the brothers and sisters. in
cluding Mary F. Lewis. charging
fraud, undue influence and mental in
capacity. On behalf of the executor.
was no evidence Of fraud or influence
and left to them the sole question of
mental capacity.
Attorney Charles H. Merillat ap
peared for the brothers and sisters
and the executor was represented by
Attorneys Clephane & Latimer and
Gilbert l.. Hall.
Evening star., 1922-04-11
SEES NATIONAL DISASTER.

The Navy bill, as reported by
the House appropriations committee,
breaks the naval ratio" established
by the armament conference treaty
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt told the National Press
Club last night. declaring that the
bills passage would be national
disa ster."
our safety. influence and honor"
he said. ARE jeopardized by the
lame duck navy carried by the bill
1t breaks the naval ratio. 1t relegates
US to a minor position among the
great nations. 1t cripples our de-
fense.
I'VE believe in the limitation of
armament. We have demonstrated our
belief by our accomplishments. We
got this Limitation because we had a
good Navy. There unquestionably
will be further conferences in the fu,
ture. The lame duck Navy provided
by this bill will destroy our influence
in such conference. for who will heed
an impotent country?
Under the treaty our relations with
England and Japan is 5-o--3. The Eng
lish navy this year will have 100000
men the Japanese will have $3.50. We.
under the House BILL have only $1,000.
This bill therefore has established a
naval ratio of 27-5-3 with the United
States on the small end. The guns are
of no account unless we have the men
behind them. The men behind the guns
are the navy.
THE minimum number of men neces-
sary to man our Navy at present with a
reasonable degree of efficiency is $4,000.
If, indeed we had all those we need for
every contingency we should require ap-
proximately 10000.
THE battleship is the keystone of the
Navy arch. On the battleship the naval
treaty was predicated.
Terms Of Treaty Agreement.
We are allowed eighteen battleships
by treaty agreement. Next year. he
added, Great Britain will keep ready
for active service 1.307,7S5 tons of COM
batant vessels Japan will maintain
ready for active service approximately
$4,000 tons of combatant vessels.
THE United States, on the other hand,
under this bill will be able to keep ready
for immediate service only TOBIAS
tons of combatant craft"
The House bill proposal to cut down
heavily the number of destroyers to be
kept in commission. Mr. Roosevelt said,
ignored that the United States had no
light cruisers.
Evening star., 1922-04-11
CRAFTS. AMENDMENT
TO RENT LAW APPROVED

DR.. Wilbur F. Crafts, general coun-
sci of the international reform bureau,
has received assurances from Senator
L. Heiser Ball of the Senate District
committee that an amendment to the
Ball rent law. drafted by DIR. Crafts,
would be presented to the committee
at once.
In this proposed amendment DR..
Crafts suggests that when a decision
is rendered by the rent commission
in favor of the landlord, giving him
possession, the tenant should be call
ed for contempt by the commission
for failure to agree.
DR.. Crafts says that under the pres
ent system the tenant is relieved of
all costs or responsibility, regardless
of what a decision may be.
Citing an example, DIR. Crafts re-
ferred to d. case affecting the organ
ization which he represents. He said
that the bureau had been trying to
get possession of business property
awarded it by the rent commission
for more than two years; that the
case had been in court at least five
times, with the prospect of returning z
again and that while all this cost the
plaintiff money. in case of dnal pos
session the tenants would loss moth
1uGs .. -.
Evening star., 1922-04-11
u. S. JEOPARDIZED
INCUTTING NAVY,
SAYS Mr.. HUGHES
Continued from First PaseD

-
prove. | believe, an expensive expert
ment
Il trust that an adequate personnel
will be supplied to maintain the
Ell gbteen battleships which the United
States is entitled to keep together
with the auXiliaries that would be
appropriate TO such a fleet OF course.
| fully accept the view that the
Navy, on the reduced basis, should
be highly efficient"
Fight Opens in House.
The fight on the naval appropria-
ton bill began in the House yester-
day with members insisting that it
did and that it did not actually carry
out the 5-5-3 ratio as fixed by treaty.
All day the discussion centered
around this one big question in dis
pute. Chairman Kelley of the sub
committee on appropriations, which
drafted the measures, and others, in
Guiding Representative Mondell,
wyoming, the republican leader, de-
clared an enlisted force of $1,000 plus
1000 apprentice seamen was adequate
to maintain the Navy in accordance
with the arms conference rating.
Others. however. including Repre-
democrat on the naval committee
which in former times prepared the
Navy bills, asserted that figures were
SO low "as to destroy the efficiency of
,the American Navy" and give it a
standing the same as or lower than
that of Japan.
In all there were seven speeches
during the day, three for and four
against the measure.
Evening star., 1922-04-11

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should at least provide for as much
of the resurfacing as would match up
with that part of the east side which
Is paved.
This avenue bears extremely heavy
traffic 1t is a thoroughfare to and
from the fast-growing section ad-
jacent to the avenue, and in addition
it is used by people going to and
from, points in Maryland. Practically
al, the stores in abe Chevy Chase sec
tion are loca ed sHon the west side of
the avenue. There is a deep gutter
TO the west of the street. making diff
ficult the parking of automobiles in
front of these stores and crowding
the through traffic onto the car tracks
Widening of the west side of the
avenue is one of the great needs in
connection with the resurfacing. it
was pointed out, as the space between
the car tracks and deep gutter is not
wide enough 10 handle the large VOL
ume of traffic which the street has
to carry.
The District Comm mssioners. in their
estimates. asked for an appropriation
Of SIS. 500 to widen and resurface the
west. side of this thoroughfare from
Chapel road to Chevy Chase Circle.
1t was approved by the bureau of the
budget. but rejected by the House
However. the Senate inserted an
amendment providing for an appro-
priation of $4,000 for widening and
resurfacing from Ingomar street to
Chevy Chase Circle distance of ten
blocks.
Evening star., 1922-04-11
FOREST FIRE PATH
OVER MILE WIDE
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK. Md. April 11.-Fan-
ned by strong wind. one Of the
worst forest fires in the history of
Frederick county swept several thou
sand acres of valuable timberland in
the northwestern section of the
county and threatened with destruc-
ton the town of TRurmont late last
night.
This morning the flames were un-
der control. with little or no loss to
buildings. which had been nlenaced.
Hundreds of residents fought the
flames.
May Have Been Set.
The fire started about three miles
from Thurmont. near Harmans
bridge, on the road from Thurmont
to Wolfsville. about o'clock Mon
day morning. The origin is not
known, but some think that it was
set.
With plenty of dead leaves and
grass, the fire spread quickly. and in
a short time the path was more than
a mile wide and headed directly
toward Thurrnont. town of about
one thousand residents in the the
Acre after acre OF valuable timber
land was burned over At times the
fire was several miles wide and a
mile or more long. On many tracts
considerable cut wood was destroyed
George Zentz had 800 cords. which
had been cut and raked up. con-
sumed. Others who lost were GUY
Kelley. William Ridenour, William
Martin. Irving Mackley and John
Recker.
The farm buildings of Charles Nc
Carthy and the house ofsAlArtin kelley,
near Thurmont, were saved only by
the work of the fire fighters. Sparks
from the fire were blown to these prop
critics and small biazes We're started
but these werereXtinguished. which
also probably saved other nearby build
ings from destruction.
Near Railroad Tracks.
The fire ragged on both sides of the
Western Maryland railway tracks
No damage was done to this property
however, and traffic was not inter
rupted. Passengers and crews of the
passing trains complained of the heat
This morning most of the fire was
in the neighborhood of Hunting Creek
mountain. but as there are no build.
ings in that vicinity. little alarm was
felt.
The frefghters were directed by
Deputy Fire Marshal NJ. H Freshman
and number of assistants.
Evening star., 1922-04-11

schedule K. but Senator Smoot of
Utah. who drafted the new schedule
is authority for the statement that
some of the rates are as high as those
in the Payne -Aldrich measure. while
others are somewhat lower. Because
of the increase in the basic wool
rate, the duties on manufactures pro-
Fordney bill. Under the Underwood
bill wool was free.
Cattle hides were taken from the
free list for the first time in many
years and a duty of cents on green
and 4 cents on dried proposed. These
are about the rates asked for by the
agricultural-tariff bloc. The ma jor-
ity report said these duties were
necessary to equalize the difference
in competitive conditions" and added
that the imposition of a duty on hides
made 1t necessary to provide compen-
satory duties upon leather made
from cattle hides and the various
leather manufactures. such as shoes
and harness. The rates on shoes
were fixed at from s cents pair to
II cents pair and } per cent ad
valorem.
The glass provisions in the Fordney
bill were rewritten and the majority
report said the necessity of main
tanning and strengthening the newly
developed glass industries. including
the manufacture of optical and chem
ical glass, has been met by writing
in duties that should encourage re-
search and expansion of the domestic
industry"
These duties" the report added.
ARE not higher than actually re-
quired to prevent waste of the capital
now invested in these new industries" a"
Aside from hides and shoes and a
large number of agricultural prod
ucts, important articles taken from
the free list include sewing machines
and cash registers, mechanical wood
pulp, cocoanut oil. soya-bean oil and
cottonseed oil. crude magnesite. lawn
mowers, scythes and sickles.
Tin in bars and blocks WAS restored
to the free list from the Fordney
bill. as were shingles, manganese ore.
bananas. Mineral oil. petroleum and
fuel oil also were left on the free
list. The original Fordney bill pro-
posed a duty, but the House struck
out the provision. Other important
items on the free list include:
Agricultural implements. linotype
and all typesetting machines. type
writer's, shoe machinery. antitoxins
vaccines. serums. Bibles. binding
twine, books printed and bound more
than twenty years. bullion. gold OF
silver; chalk. unmanufactured; coal
coke, cocoa and cocoa beans, coffee
coins of gold, silver or other metals
copper ore, grasses ana nberS. guano
gums and resins, gunpowder. ice
crude India rubber and guttapercha
! iron ore, jet, asphalt. manganese
oxide and ore, newspapers and peri.
odicals. oil cake and oil cake meal
ores of gold, silver. nickel; parchment
and vellum. mother of pearl and
shells in natural state. crude phos-
pilates, platinum in ingots. bars OF
plates: Quinine Sulphate, rag pulp
sea herring and tuna fish. shingles
shrimps. Holsters and other shell fish
raw silk, silk cocoons and silk waste
sulphur. tar and pitch of wood. tea
turpentine and roSin wax, barbed
wire. logs, timber. round. unmanu-
factured. hewn, sided or squared
otherwise than by saving: sawed
boards planks. deals and other lum-
ber not specifically provided for.
Evening star., 1922-04-11
|BOURSE AND BANK
MATTHEWS CLOSED

Closing of the bourse and the Ma
tional Bank of Greece was reported
today in cable dispatches tov the Com
merce Department..
Confusion caused by the uncertain
ty of the enactment of Forced loan
by the Greek government, according
to Commercial Attache Paul l.. Ed
wards at Athens. caused the Greek
authorities to close the bourse on
April 6, and the National Bank of
Greece April s. the day after the
forced loan became effective. Busine ess
in Athens is at standstilLl he added.
Consul General Will l.. Lowrie, at
Athens. reported that a forged inter-
nal loan of 1900 900 900 drachmas
was f1oated by the Greek government
by calling in part of the paper money
in circulation in exchange for 612 per
cent bonds. due in twenty years, and
certain other considera ti,ons.
Bank notes of 3, 10, 25- 100, 500 and
1000 drachmas, Consul LoWrie eX-
planned are to be cut in half. the half
bearing the picture of tine founder of
the National Bank of Greece to be de-
clared legal tender at One-half the
value of the whole note. and the other
half of the ncte bearing the crown
to be held by the government and to
be replaced by bonds.
Evening star., 1922-04-11
.TRAFF|CRULE MAY .
BREAK BRIDGE JAM
0ne.Way Order for Potomac
Park Structure Being
/ ! Considered.

Establishment of one-way rule
for traffic over the small bridge at
the tidal basin inlet is being con-
sidered by Col Clarence o. Sheriff..
in charge of public buildings and
congestion such as o,-urred in 20
tomac Park SUNDAY afternoon.
Attracted by The blooming of the
japanese cherry blossoms ana lhe
warm weather. thousands of motor
lists drove TO the park Sunday. WIN
the result that jam occurred on the
approaches to that bridge.
Col. Sheriff. himself motored to the
Speedway and saw limousines and
f1ivvers clogged four abreast along
the river side of the polo field.
seuth-Beund Use Only.
The colosel said today such occur
rences might be alleviated in future If
the small bridge in question We're used
by south bound traffic only. He has be-
come convinced, the colonel said, that
this bridge is inadequate for the
present flood of machines that at
tempts to cross it on Sundays and
holidays.
Records at the District building
show that for the nine months OF
this fiscal year Sails automoplie
tags have been issued, as compared
with only 53.l36 for the corresponding
year of the last fiscal YEAR
These figures do not represent the
actual number of machines in the
city, because many cars change hands
two or three times in year. calling
for a new tag each time. They do
indicate, however, that there are in
the neighborhood of ten thousand
more machines in use now than a
year ago.
With the open seasons Of the year
at hand, this increase in motor traulC
is bound to be felt on the drives OF
Potomac Park during the next hve
months.
Another Congested Point.
The intersection of 10Th. U street
and New Hampshire avenue is an
other spot where District officials are
seeking to improve affic congestion.
At present temporary wooden plat
forms are in the street there, TO guide
machines on New Hampshire avenue
in passing through the endless pro-
cession of automobiles on 10th street
II Is understood that officials of the
engineer department have reached the
conclusion that the placing OF perma =
nent concrete platforms where the
wooden ones now stand is the only
feasible step without making New
Hampshire avenue a oue-way thor
oughfare at that point.
The esta ablishment of circle there
with the L street cars passing through
1t, also has been considered. but prob
ably will not be recommended to the
Commissioners.
Although some motorists have eN-
pressed disSa tisfaction with the plat
form idea, engineer department ofh-
cials say they have had large num-
Der of comm endatory messages.