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Evening star., 1922-08-29
MINNIE B0YklN TAKEN
AGAIN IN LIQUOR CASE

Minnie Boykin. colored, of "a i
street. who just paid a fine of $500 in
a liquor case two weeks aga was ar
, rested again last night at her home
in a raid conducted by Sergt Nc
Quade. Privates O'Day and Mansfield
and Revenue Agents Ruby and Elliot,
on charges of selling and Illegal pos
session of liquor.
The raiding squad had carpenter
tear out the wainScotine and dash
boards of the floor. behind which po-
lice claim, they found ten gallons of
corn whisky neatly incased in INCHES
in the wall. in pint, half-pint and half
gallon containers
Theodore Bankett, colored. thirty
three. of 1919 9th street, was arrested
by the same squad shortly before mid
right, charged with selling and Illegal
possession of liquor. Police say they
seized three and one-half gallons of
whisky.
The arrest was made at a garage at
1241 4th street. The liquor was found
in hole closed by a trapdoor under
the sink.
Twelve gallons of liquor are claim
ed by the police to have been seized
early this morning when Privatek
Kelly and Davis of the ninth precinct
three, of 649 Goth street northeast
and Robert Davidson. thirty-fve. of
1869 + street southeast on charges
of Illegal possession Of liquor.
Arthur Ferguson, seventeen. of 33s
14th street southeast, and Barney
Balinsky. twent$-siN, of 706 6th
street were arrested carly this morn
of the first precinct on charges OF
transporting whisky. Three and a
half pints were alleged to have been
found In their possession.
Evening star., 1922-08-29
MILITARY DRILLS
FOR DC. POLICEMEN
All Not Fifty Years Old Must
Participate in Training
Twice Weekly.
REVIEW ALSO PLANNED
Maj. Sullivan Believes Program
Will Increase Discipline and
Efficiency Of Force.
REVIEW ALSO PLANNED

The Washington police force is to
be trained in military discipline, MAJ.
Daniel Sullivan, superintendent. an
nounced today.
Beginning this afternoon. all MEM
bers of the department who have not
reached their fiftieth birthday. VIII
be required, to take part In regular
drill Sand Army setting-up exercises
for zone hour, twice a week. Assist
ant Supt Henry G. Pratt. who was an
officer in the. Army during the war.
has been placed in charge OF the
military training in the departm ent.
Each precinct commander will desig-
nate a number Of men who have had
military service to act as corporals
and conduct the drill. These cor
porals will have to be obeyed just as
officers of the department.
Fifteen minutes of each drill hour
will be devoted to setting-up exercises
and the other forty-five minutes will be
taken up with instruction and practlce
in all drills. up to and including the
school of the squad, such drills to be
under the supervision Of the precinct
be under the direct command OF the pre-
cinct captain.
Three OF the four shifts will drill ST.
multaneously. leaving one set or men
to guard the precinct. Each precinct
captain will designate the place in his
territory where the drill grounds VIII
be located.
Some time later in the year. after the
men have had a reasonable amount OF
training. they will take part i'll an an
nual review fo> the District Commits
sioners. At that time the Commission
ers also will make general inspection
Of equipment and appearance.
Mai. Sullivan believes that the pro-
posed program viii increase discipline
and efficiency OF the force. and thereby
improve their value as policemen. The
schedule of drill will be as follows:
Mondays and Thursdays-first, second.
third. and fourth precincts
Tuesdays and Frfdays-fifth. sixth.
seventh and eighth precincts.
Wednesdays and Saturdays-ninth.
tenth and eleventh precincts.
Evening star., 1922-08-29
FIVE SCHOOLS LOSE
ARMY INSTRUCTORS
Retired Men Drawing Full
Pay Must Be Replaced by
Others on Active Duty.

Under its new policy of relieving
ther civic educational institutions
having a course OF military instruc-
tion. Capt. Hollis c. Clark, instructor
at st. Johns College. this city, and
Capt. Joseph W. Blanchard. instructor
at Howard University. this city. have
been removed. TO take effect August
81. and ordered to their homes. Capt
Clark is a resident of this city. Capt
Blanchards home Is in Leavenworth
Kas
Col. Frank II. Wolven of this city
has been relieved from duty at the
University Of Pennsylvania. Philadel-
phia. and Nal. Frank b. Mckenna
also resident of this city. has been
relieved from duty with the high
schools of Detroit. Mich.
Capt. Guy Z. Manning. military in
structor at the high school Winches-
ter. Va, also has been relieved, and
will proceed to his home in Berkeley
Calf
Reduced appropriations for the
military establishment, it is expla ined
has msde 1t necessary TO relieve prac-
tically all retired officers from active
duty emitting them TO full pay and
to transfer the duties now performed
by them to officers on the active list
Because of the heavy reductions being
made in the commissioned personnel
the War Department is having diff
Guilty in replacing the retired officers
serving as instructors at colleges and
high schools all over the country.
Evening star., 1922-08-29

The Capitol has a mystery. Today
members of Congress are wondering
what it all is about. They are under
scrutiny. From the headquarters of
the national swoman's party. cold,
staring feminine eyes watch them.
But it is not the woman, but what
she represents. that troubles the law :
makers of the nation.
Duplicating the attitude of Robins
famous statue, THE Thinker" a
sculptored woman sits near the win
dows of the headquarters. Unlike the
former, she is fully clothed in some-
thing about cross between bath
robe, a rfeglige OF a tege. Her chin
fs supported on one hand In the
other she holds a manuscript. What
the latter is all about is what the
Congress members want to know.
Not n Letter From Lover.
From the sad and gloomy express
sion of the lady's face 1t might ap-
pear that 1t was a letter from her
lover announcing that his inheritance
had been stolen. But not SO, say the
members of the woman's party. 1t
cannot be a letter from any man,
sWomen have other things to oc-
cupy their minds without thinking
about how to charm some man or
Keep him faithful" declared Miss
Helen Todd. one of the party mem
bers.
.The center of woman's thought
has now changed from individual man
to collective government. What W om-
an demands now Is a reckoning from
the men who essay to run the ma
tfon.
sThe time is past when sculptors
and artists might only use women
as models for. beauty. In ancient ana
even modern art one seldom has seen
Evening star., 1922-08-29
BANDITS GAG EMPLOYEES
AND ROB BANK OF $4,000

BY the Associated Press.
LETHBRIDGE. Alberta, August %.
Five motor bandits invaded the
town Of Foremost early today, bound
and gagged employees of the Union
Bank, blew the safe and escaped with
$4,000 in cash and negotiable secur-
tiles.
The bandits found several employees
Of the bank sleeping in rooms on the
second floor Of the building. They
bound and gagged all but the Junior
clerk They compelled the clerk at
the point of pistols to open the outer
door of the vault and then blew open
the inner door and rifled the vault
of $4,000 in. coin and $4,000 in secur-
tiles.
Before starting their operations at
the bank the bandits had cut tele-
graph and telephone wires leading
into the town, and had blocked ali
roads save the one by which they
escaped. They blocked this behind
them as they fed. Alberta provincial
police are working on the case. but
so far have obtained no clues.
Evening star., 1922-08-29

women pictured as thinking beings.
Take Wattesu, for example, he always
painted women as lovely doll-like
things living only to be serenaded by
beautiful gentlemen with guitars.
Too Many Venuses.
There have been too many Venuses
rising from the foam. There is no
foam on the Woman's Party. And
there is no coquetry about this sculp-
tored woman who represents the
party, no frills. nor furbelows.
She is not even couquettish. But
she Is very brave and very womanly
and very self-contained. Her thoughts
dwell not on the men unless it be on
ne who is to occupy the Presidents
But If the lady is picking out the
looking rather hard at the material
in the Capitol across the park from
where shs sits. 1t Is somewhat of an
uncanny gaze which may make Itself
felt on some of the statesmen who
taking in politics. OF course. there
are certain members of the Woman's
Party who insist that she Is holding
list Of DETERMINATIONS between men
and women in the law of the land and
her features their stern expression.
VIII Not Go in "Cellar.-
The statue is by Julia Ogden Heidi.
a pupil OF Saint Gaudens, and was pre-
sented to the Woman's Party by her.
The title 10 ssThe Thinking Woman" :"
and 1t eventually is to have the place
Of honor in the new headquarters the
party, plans to build, "The Watch
Tower On the HILL" It will not be
presented to the nation to take its
place With the statues of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone and Susan
B. Anthony in the basement Of the
Copyright. 1s221
Evening star., 1922-08-29
OFFENSIVE A WIDE ONE.
Communications in Near East Dis
turbed by Battles.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Rv Cable TO The star and Chicago Daily News.
Copyright, 1S2c.
CONSTANTINOPLE. August "
While the diplomats are talking peace
and preparing for a meeting IN venice
ot the allies, Greeks and Turks. the ma
,ionalists are carrying on an offensive
along the whole front from the Meander
valley. sixty miles southeast of smyrna
to the Kodjalli peninsula and the shores
Of the Sea OF Marmora. Since Sunday
all OF the Anatolian frontiers have been
closed Telegraphic. postal and other
communications are interrupted and no
one OF any nationality is permitted 10
travel
No boats are allowed ~ land pas
sengerS ships are not permitted 70
enter the ports and all the small craft
in the harbors have been beached.
The American destroyers stationed
in national ports are not allowed IL
communicate with the land. supplies
are brought 10 them daily by TURKISH
officers. No communication with Amer
leans or the mainland is permitted. but
the Turkish military commander mas as
sured the captains OF the destroy cis
that American citizens at- not IN any
danger After attacking the Greeks in
the Meander valley in the vicinity oi
NaziIi the uationalists advanced to-
wards the Kodjalii Peninsula. three
Kemalist divisions advancing on
Biledjik This attack means that
Brusa is threatened. but it is thought
that this is only demonstration
similar to the operation at Nszili. Ii
is now reported that the Turks have
begun an offensive at Afiun karahis-
sar where after forty--ight hours "f
artillery preparation an infantry at
tack is in progress.
Military authorities here believe
that all these are minor operations
and that the main Turkish effort
should be looked for on the Eskishrr
front where the bulk Of the national!
iSt army is concentrated.
Evening star., 1922-08-29
PRICE OF COAL
WOULD ADD $3.50
TO FORD CARS

Present coal prices would only add
81 80 to the price Of Ford cars, Sec
retary Hoover declared today. In ex-
pressing the hope that the Detroit
automobile manufacturer would not
hnd it necessary to close his plants
because of the price of fuel.
Mr.. Hoover said he noted that Mr.
Ford considered $3.50 a ton a reason
able price for coal. and that the
Detroit manufacturer could obtain
1t now at $3.50. Figuring on the
basis of $4,000 tons Of coal used a
under present prices the increase
per Ford car would only be about
$1.50. Legislation now pending. Mr..
Hoover added. probably would pro-
vide price control machinery that
could go into operation within few
days of September 16. the date set
by Mr.. Ford for shutting down his
plants.
DETROIT, August 29.-The state
ment of Secretary Hoover that pres
ent coal prices would add but Sis
to the price of Ford cars was charac-
terized at the Ford Offices here to-
day. as "a trivial and playful state
ment for the head of a government
as serious as the present one"
1T is quite in keeping with every
thing that has been going on a;
Washington i'm the present situa-
tion," II was added.
Does Mr.. Hoover think we should
turn over to the profiteers from 81
900. 900 to $10.000,000 that would be
represented in the increased cost OF
coal?' was asked.
The normal daily consumption OF
coal by the Ford plants here ranges
from $500 to 1900 tons.
Evening star., 1922-08-29
COAL PR0FITEERING LAID
TO EMERGENCY BROKERS
Detroit Mayor Declares They Are
Men Who "Carry Offices
Around in Hats.o

DETROIT, Mich. August 2s.-The
charge that increased coal prices can
be laid to the lot of emergency coal
brokers. who carry their Offices
around in their hats" was made by
Mayor James Couzens before ahe city
council today
The mayor was speaking in oppo
sition to proposal that the city
purchase 100000 tons of soft coal for
municipal use at $4.75 ton plus
the cost to $7.33 ton. Representa- l.
tives Of q West Virginia. kentucky
l-producing syndicate also at
tended the council meeting.
'The present coal prices can be
laid to the lot of emergency coal
brokers who are utterly dishonest
and who are gouging the public y
the mayor declared. They are a
class who carry their Offices around
in their hats
The council tabled the proposal and
authorized tbs mayor 70 psRfchAse
coal swhere he saw at.
Evening star., 1922-08-29
TRA|NMEN RETURN
AT ROODHOUSE, I'LL.
WaIkout on Chicago and A.
ton Ends as Trains Re-
sumo After Tie-Up.
MANY DISORDERS OCCUR
Reports of Bombing and Attempts
at Wrecks Come From Wide
spread Points.

Ev ih- Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 29-The walk
out Of Chicago and Alton trainmen
at Roodhouse. ILL.,. is over Striking
engiuemen and company officials met
al Slater, Mo. in a move to end
the Chicago and Alton tie-up there.
These were important developments
in the railroad situation today fol-
lowing bomb outrages. shootings.
wreck plots and Investigations by
federal, state and private operatives
during the last twentyfour hours.
seek To UnraveI TanEIe.
The Chicago and Alton. which has
been one of the chief sufferers from
strike complications since the shop
mems walkout. July /. prepared to
unravci the traffic tangles on it's
western lines. With the settlement
at Roodhouse. the road began ar
rangements for daylight schedule
for its trains. The unauthorized
tually had paralyzed the Chicago and
Alton since last Friday.
While chicago and Gary police
federal operatives and railroad de-
tectives dug into their Investigations
Of the Gary wreck and other allege ed
were part of a program of ter
rorism. separate inquiries were be-
ing made into an attempt to ditch
the California Florida flyer on the
Frisco system. at Capleville. Tenn.
and the dynamiting Of Chicago. and
Alton railroad bridges at Drake and
Whitehall. Ill.
List Of Disorders.
Bombing of the homes Of rcilrOad u
employees at Bloomington. ILL.,. and
Montgomery. Ala; the shooting of a
Chicago and Alton watchman in Chi
cago; ii gun tight between railroad
guards and a Sniper at Moline. Ill.
and the dyuamiting Of bridge at
Spuds. Fla. were among strike dis
orders reported from different sec
tons of the country.
Discovery of an infiammable bomb
near II gasoline storage tank at Flint.
Mich. Increased the rapidly growing
list of reports of violence.
Some Return: Others Threaten.
Big four transportation brother
hood men on the Frisco at Chafee.
Mo. threatened to strike. but num-
Der of maintenance of way employees
Of the Missouri Pacific, who Joined a
sympathetic strike at Jefferson City,
Mo. returned to work.
Federal agents at Hammond. La.
arrested Oscar II. Joiner. chief of
Thomas II. Gillian. on charges OF vio-
lating injnnctions granted to the Illi-
nols Central railroad. The arrests
were made in connection with the ar
rest of deputy sheriff of Pike cOun-
~, Miss, by the Hammond police.
FIRST TRAIN ARRIVES.
Evening star., 1922-08-29
FIRST TRAIN ARRIVES.
c. & A. Promised Trainmen "All
But Road" Says Official.
BY the Ass0cia ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROODHOTSE, H., August 29-After
promising trainmen who had quit work
last Friday that he would give them
everything but the railroad" Vice Pres
ident A. +. Titus of the Chicago and
Alton Railroad Company. at 7:30 o'clock
this morning had the satisfaction Of
seeing the first train in sixty hours
leave Roodhouse bearing two passen-
gers to st. Louis 1t came through from
Jacksonville.
Trains will be run only by day for the
present. This. Mr.. Titus said, was at
the request of the men at 'the final
peace conference last midnight The
chief mediator for the employees was
Jonas p. Mcbride of Cleveland, vice
president of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen.
1t was also agreed to curtai night
railroad yard service here. so as to re-
duce night work for the men.
Evening star., 1922-08-29
STRIKERS SUE OVER JOBS,
Fired From Construction Work
After Joining Shop walkout.

PASCO. Wash. August 29.-Twenty-
eight striking Northern Pacific shop
men here are starting suits for $1,000
each against the railroad because they
have lost their jobs.
This is how 1t happened. g.
After the strike was declared the
railroad management decided to build
a fence around the shops as pro-
lection to the property and the work
ers. The contract for building the
fence was let to construction con-
eern. The twenty-eight idle shopmen
Immediately applied for jobs helping
put up the fence and got them
When the Northern Pacific found It
out, the twenty-eight alleged in their
lawsuit, they lost their new Jobs
Boycott and blacklisting are charged.
Evening star., 1922-08-29
RAIL CLERKS SETTLE
DISPUTE WITH ROADS
c., M. & st. P. and Ell Paso and
Southwestern Reach Agree
ments Over Pay.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, August 29.-Clerks
and station employees on the Ell Paso
and Southwestern railroad and clerks
on the Chicago. Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad have effected settle
ments with the managements' on the
questions of wages and working con-
ditfons. it was announced here at the
brotherhood of Railway and Steam
ship Clerks. Station and Express En-
ployes.
The 300 clerks on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul railroad ac-
cspted a reduction in wages. but were
rtven vacation and sick leave pay and
a Saturday half.holiday.
The settleme elt on the Ell Paso and
southwesternlrs ilroad. according to
the statement at'clerks headquarters,
AFFECTS 1900 .Gferks and. station en-
ployes who have been granted an in
crease of from to 4 cents an hour.
which restores the former wage
scale in effect before the decision of
June 80, 1922. of the Railroad Labor
Board cutting the clerks and station
employess wages. Vacation and sick
leStSSsfafid Saturday -half-holiday
we're. .yeetoIsd .taes sP9f fayFipder-.ths set
Evening star., 1922-08-29
BIG BITUMINOUS GAIN.
Production rs Per Cent Normal.
May Reach 10000, 900 Tons.

Production of bituminous coal in
the mines of the nation now approx
mate IS per cent of normal, the De-
partment of Labor was advised to-
day in messages from agents ofsthe
bureau of conciliation. The last mine
in Indiana was opened this morning.
the messages said, while mines in the
eastern part Of Washington were also
opened up today, resuming maximum
production in the state.
Possibility Of soft coal production
Of 10,000.000 tons per week appeared
likely today, provided the coal can be
moved by the railroads, and there is
a possibility that more coal may be
mined within the next two months
than before the opening OF the great
coal strike on April I.
Mines in Illinois and Indiana have
speeded up production and are now
practically at maximum, while the
West Virginia and Pennsylvania BIZ
luminous mines are nearing the peak
of production.
Evening star., 1922-08-29
AWAITS 81 YEARS
FOR WIFE BEFORE
SUING FOR DIVORCE

HONOLULU, r. H., August 20.
Colburn H. Maemae. Hawaiian,
waited thirty-seven years for ms
wife, Emily, to return to him be-
fore he brought suit for divorce on
the ground of desertion, he test-
fled here at the hearing on ms
case.
Maemae and his wife were mar
.ried In Eva. Oahu, in 1884. the
year following the coronation OF
king Kalakaua. and she left him
four months after the marriage, he
testified. Since then he has wait
ed for her return. but finally con-
cluded that she meant to stay
away" he said.
Mrs. Maemae now is a fisher
lady, and resides on one OF the
small islands in Kalihi harbor. ad.
Joining Honolulu bay, her husband
testified.
Evening star., 1922-08-29
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

DOVER, Del. August 29.-Delaware
democrats assembled Tor the state
convention here today with several
candidates for United States senator
and representative in the Held.
Thomas F. Bayard, former Judge
William II. Boyce, Henry Ridgely and
w. w. Knowles are seeking the nomi-
nation for senator.
The state committee "ar'y t",'as
adopted a tentative platform calling
for economy in esp no.
in sorernment, enforcement of al
laws, good roads and opposition u
federal tariff.
Evening star., 1922-08-29

Continued from FIRST l'dSe)
the Smoot paid-up insurance plan in
lieu of all options: the Bursum half
cash, half-credit proposition and two
proposals by Senator Walsh, demo
crat Massachusetts,. u cash bonus and
a plan under which the veterans
could apply their bonus money on
the premiums of their converted gov
ernment life insurance.
Features of the Debate.
Senate debate yesterday on the sol
diers'. bonus bill rentered largely on
the land reclamation amendment Of
fered by Senator McNary, republican.
Oregon, but neither that nor any OF
the other amendments offered came
to a vote. The unanimous consent
agreement limiting discussion On
amendments to twenty minutes 10
each senator became operative at
pm.
In the discussion Senators Wads-
worth of New YORK and: Sterling OF
South Dakota. republicans, Folceu
their opposition to the bonus, al
though Senator Sterling supported
the reclamation project. Senators
Nicholson republican. Colorado, ana
Hef1in. democrat. Alabama. supported
the bill. the former also arguing In
favor of the McNary amendment
Senator Nicholson attacked big
business men opposing the bonus.
mentioning particularly the United
states Steel Corporation and the
Standard Oil Company. lie charged
that the latter company proflted
through .'unconscionable' prices
charged during the war. and declar-
cd that IL ill became Judge T.. ii
Gary, chairman of the board of the
Steel Corporation, to oppose adjusted
compensation for the veterans when
his company had made great prohts
during the war.
wadsworth's Vigorous Attack.
Senator Wadsworth was particu-
larIv vigorous in his attack on the
measure He declared that the bonus
could be financed only through taxes
now or later and that the America n
ueople had reached limit in the
burden they could bear. Also he
argued that the veterans themselves.
their wives and their children would
have to work but the harder in the
years to come to pay back the money
the former soldiers received. whlch'
he contended would be Insufficient to
afford any lasting benefits.
The New York senator argued that
the measure could not be properly
termed adjusted compensation bill
because IT proposed to treat all the
men alike, no matter what their pay
in war time and whether they needed
assistance. Attacking the bank loan
provision, he asserted that this was
an invitation from the government
to self-respecting men to borrow
from the banks and then repudiate
their notes. leaving to the govern :
ment the payment of the sums Dor
rowed.
Evening star., 1922-08-29

ments had been made for accommoda-
tions. The duke and duchess did not
bother about the presidential suite.
which 1t had been planned to give
them, but accepted something just as
good. Meanwhile Fred r. Scobey, di-
rector of the United States mint. Is
in the presidential suite he has occu-
pied since his arrival several days
ago.
For a time 1t was announced re-
Gently, the hotel management antici-
pated trying situation in view of
the dukes request for suite occupied
by high federal official.