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The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
OYSTER ORDERS
PROBE OF GIRLS
STORY OF INSULT
Declares No Complaints
Have Been Filed
Against Official.

Investigation Of the rumor that
the Is-year-oid daughter of for
NOR poiicewoman was recently in
suited by a high police Official was
started yesterday by Mai. Daniel
Sullivan, shperintende of police.
at the direction OF Commissioner
James F. Oyster
Commissioner Oyster frankly ad-
mitted last night that no COM
plant or charges had been filed
and declared that all he knew o.
the case was what he had read in
the papers.
The story related by the girl. ac-
cording TO the rumor, was that she
was insulted by the police official
when she went to his office in the
District Building to secure letter
OF recommendation. The girl Is said
to have returned home and to have
told her mother that the official
made improper proposals and had
kissed her
Major Daniel Sullivan, superin-
tendent of police. was attending the
convention of police chieefs in San
Francisco when the affair was sup
posed TO have happened and de-
clared last night that he could make
no statement as he was without
knowledge of facts in the case.
mo charges or complaints have
been filed $50 far" Commissioner
Oyster said, and ! have received
no notice that any will be filed
However, ] have ordered Maj. Sui
livan to make a thorough investi-
CATION"
Doubt that there is any founda-
tion to the story involving the Of
fcial and the girl was expressed
last night by Mrs. Nina &. Van
Wrinkle. head of the woman's bu-
reau of the police department.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
MRS. SUSIE ROOT RHODES ASKS
PARK CONCERTS FOR CFIHDRENJ
Central Citizens' Association Endorses PlanF
To Keep Youngsters OF Streets.

Band concerts especially for chill
dren ON Saturday morning in parks
and Fairgrounds may become a new
factor in the District problem Of
keeping the children OF the streets.
IL suggestions by Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes. supervisor of District play
grounds. are successful.
There are large Fairgrounds in
many parts of the city that could
be used every Saturday or in rota-
tion-whichever seems best" she
said last night"
Rosedale is a fve-scre tract that
would be excellent for band con-
certs. Garfield Park, Georgetown.
the Plaza playground, MOntrose.
Happy Hollow-all these play CEN
ters could be used easily by band
to attract children who otherwise
would be playing on the streets.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
DOCUMENT THEFT
PROBE MAY LEAD
MORE ARRESTS
Stolen Papers Said to In
voEe Activities of Big
Liquor Interests.

Additional arrests are expected to
be m4de shortly in connection with
the Wholesale theft of documents
from fhe Internal Revenue Bureau.
it wSs said last night by c. E.
YelIor rley. chief Of general prohibi-
tion bgents.
The documents are said to con-
tain sdamasing evidence against
huge s1iquor interests In this sec
tion Of. the country. According to
Yelloyley. they will bring to light
the activities of a number of the
largest bootlegg rings on the
Atlantic coast.
VIII Guard Evidence.
Most OF our evidence, including
the ipnportant documents. will not
be bfought to bear against those
accused at this time. for fear of
spelling our case and hindering our
probabilities of clearing up the en-
tire affair."" he declared.
Attorney Max II. Halperin. alias
Halpeh, 2S years old. of New York,
one OF the four men arrested Satur-
day In connection with the robbery.
left for New York shortly after he
was released on s25.0O0 bond. il was
icdEneo ytStSTudS heTTlAA olSiHs
fels. alias Stenburg and Steinfels.
30 years old. a New York salesman.
was unable to furnish a similar
bond up to late last night
Eoth men are represented by At
torney Milton King.
No Charge Against Agents.
The two revenue agents. Ivan P.
Pennyworth and William r. ]. Hay
den, Who were arrested in the Rev
enue sBureau. 1880 F street north
west,.upon the accusation that they
were affiliated with the New York
ers. are still in the custody of rev.
enue %oficials. according to Chief
TelloEley. although they had been
released from the police stations on
their own recognizance. No charges
have been placed against them up
to this time.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
MINGO MINISTER'S
SON TOGO ON TRIAL

CHARLES TOWN. W. Va. Aug. g..
john Wilburn. 22-year-old union
miner, son Of Rev. James E. Will
burn. goes on trial here today,
charged with the murder of Deputy
John c. Gore. of Logan County. The
father is in Jail here awaiting dis
position Of motion for a new trial
after a jury in June found him
guilty Of second degree murder.
Both father and son were al
legged to have been implicated in an
early-morninE battle year ago
this month on Blair Mountain. dur
ing the mine troubles in the State.
Young W:lhurn has been in Jail here
since April. bail having been de-
MED ny the court. His trial was
postponed in order to give farmers.
who compose most Of the juries for
this court. an opportunity to har-
vest their crops.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
THREE DC. YOUTHS
WIN c. U. COURSES
X. of c. Scholarships Urged
By Cardinal Gibbons Are
Given to 10.

Three Washingtonians are among
the nineteen college graduates who
have been awarded Knights of Col
umbus postgraduate scholarships at
Catholic University. founded at the
request of the late Cardinal Gibbons,
with a 100000 endowment by the
knights. II was announced yesterday
by Monsignor Edward A. Pace.
The successful Washingtonians are:
Thomas II. Byron. 1880 First street
northwest: Antoine J. Schneider, 1915
Otis street northeast, and Lewis c..
Cassidy
Young Byron graduated from Cath
olic University as a chemist last June
and will continue his studies at that
institution this fall He graduated
from Emerson Institute four years
ago and Is member of the Catholic
University Chemical Society.
Schneider. pre-medical student.
and a graduate OF Gonzaga College.
will also continue his studies At
Catholic University this fall.
Cassidy could not be located last
night.
Other students awarded scholar
ships were CharleS F. Bongardt
Omaha. Nebr.: Thomas p. Annon,
Huntington, Ind; Monroe NJ. Catu-
dal. Plainsville. Kans; John v.
Connor, Wilmington. Ill: Arthur
Morrissey. Somerville. Mass; WILL
lam o. Mcdonald, st. John, New
Brunswick: Edward A. Sweeney.
Normal. ILL.,; Edward c. Pfeiffer,
New York: Joseph c. keenan,
Clarksburg. W. Va: Augustine J.
McCarthay. Hornell. n. Y: Bernard
A. Facteau. Tupper Lake, n. Y;
Paul A. Kennedy, West Hoboken,
n. j.; William r. Sheridan. Buffalo,
N. y: Edmund F. Baxter. Wayerly.
n. Y: Francis A. Whelan, Peoria.
Ill: Michael A. Boccalery. Salt Lake
City. Utah.
nj addition to the nineteen sue
cessful candidates named ii was
announced that two other candi-
dates were successful, but as they
will not receive the bachelors de-
gree until September. the award
will be deferred until that time.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07

Unlimited support Of the c.rtrsoe,
Citizens Association was promised.
:or the plan last night by Presidenx.'
Thomas J. Donovan. Of the assoc!a-
tion.
Other benefits were prophesied nv
James l.. kidwell. director Of the n
Boys Band, an organization Of SOM a
10 boys.
we are ready to co-operate q,
the fullest extent to help IN anv
plan for children's concerts on sa,t
urdays." he said. They not oniS
would center the interests Of bovfJ1
and girls in the Fairgrounds an
parks. but would teach them e.
appreciate music
1t seems 10 me that the htgee-I
problem Of the proposition is ths-
OF finding suitable place 10 hax@
such concerts. The band is readN
To play for them" 2
This factor has been provided fc-
by Mrs. Rhodes herself. who ha .
been trying for several years 10 ln2 .
crease the use of music In the play -
grounds =
The custom Of having regular Sat b.
urday concerts for children has lons-
been used with marked success foir
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. onsi
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
WOMEN LAWYERS
TO MEET TONIGHT

Miss Emma Gillette. dean of the
Washington College of Law. has
been appointed honorary chairman
of the Lawyers Council of the Ma
tional woman's party. according to
announcement yesterday.
Women lawyers of the District, in
response to an appeal by Miss Gill
lette that they unite in obtaining
for women fair chance of success
in their profession. will meet in the
open forum at the Woman's party
headquarters tonight to analyze dis
against them.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07

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to support this may be published by
them, it was said.
According to those autl rites
who have been most closely in touch
with coal production a near famine
in fuel exists in the United States
today and even IL production
were resumed in the union fields at
once. it would be impossible to
catch up with the normal demands
of the fall and winter"
Coal distribution under the Inter-
state Commerce Commissions pri-
ority rulings will continue for at
least sixty days after the rail and
mine strikes are settled and IL both
are not terminated soon a direct
policy of strict rationing will be put
into operation to supplement the
priority shipping work, it is said.
Cries of fuel famine are now be-
coming louder both in Mid-western
and New England States The East
ern seaboard. particularly New Eng
land and New York, where anthra-
cite coal Is used almost exclusively
report dire distress in the wake of
the complete stoppage of produc-
tlon In the anthracite fields and the
virtual exhaustion of the anthracite
reserve stocks
Fuel Prices Climb.
On top of the crisis. prices which
have steadily mounted in the coal
market are extending their infiu-
ence into markets for other fuel.
In the hard pressed areas, accord
ing to reports received by the gov
ernment, prices of ire-wood are hit
ting high levels. In Virginia. for
example. where wood generally sells
at VIZ a cord, .fire-wood prices are
now s1S cord with every prospect
OF going to s25. In the New Eng
land States costs Of wood have dou.
Die in the last few weeks and
threaten to go still higher.
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plies of raw materials under the
f1uctuating exchange conditions.
Bitterness against France is in
creasing hourly. The German in
the street damns Premier Poincare
and the. whole French simultane-
ously.
While hoping against hope that
the London conference will bring
about new adjustment of the rep
arations obligations. the German
fears that in the end Lloyd George
will yield to the French point Of
view in order to avoid an open
Impartial diplomats declare that
Germany beyond question is at the
end of her rope in the matter Of
reparations payments. Both the
common laborer and the middle
class German see nothing ahead but
the Austrianization of Germany
meaning the utter collapse of Ger
many as an organized national en-
tity.
1t is pointed out that a year ago
the Austrian crown stood precisely
where the German mark stood last
week, selling about 500 for a dollar.
Now the Austrian crown is worth
about $4,000 to the dollar.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
Slim Giant Unidentified.

NEW YORK, Aug. amy man
seven feet tall and weighing only
100 pounds might be expected to
be his own Identification anywhere.
But the New York police are unable
for the time being al least to as
certain the identity of such man
who was killed in a traffic accident
The man was about % years old
and apparently was a laborer.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
Police Capture Still.

"A 25-gallon capacity copper still,
100 gallons Of mash. and a quantity
OF alleged liquor were seized by DO
lice in AFRAID at the home of Charles
Whars. colored. &c years old. I'LL
v street northwest, early yesterday
morning. Whars was charged at the
Eighth precinct station house with
illegal manufacturing and possession
of intoxicating liquors.
The raiding party consisted of
Lieut. Sullivan and Precinct Detec-
uves Billman and Nally besides q
squad of policemen.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
DEATHS.

oUACKENBUSH-On Friday. August 4.
1922. at Garfield Hospital, WALTER
WILLIAMS. beloved second son of Viii
liam and Daisy Quackenbush (nee Sla-
teri
Funerai from his parents home 644 Park
read northwest Monday. August I.
1B2. AT y m. Services at the Church
Of the Holy Comforter. Brightwood at
2SO p. m. Interment at Rock Greek
Cemetery. Friends and relatives in
Wed 1l5
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
WRESTLING CURE
FOR SUFFERERS
Boston Physician Will Give
Class Free Instruc-
tiOn.

Its aim is to cure persons who
stutter. those who have speech de-
fects and others who humble when
they telk.
Such class will open tomorrow
at 1921 " street northwest. under
the direction of the Washington
School for the Correction of Speech
Defects. The first school of whis-
tiers was conceived by Walter r.
Swift. NJ. D.. of Boston. who will
give Instruction in the class here.
The flass will be free. Those
wishing to join should write to Miss
Jennie Herdick, 1921 y street north
west
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
MODELS TO DISPLAY
FUNERAL GOWNS

AUGUSTA, Me-. Aug. "a touch
of novelty will be given the drab
business of the annual convention
of Maine undertakers here this
week when. on the opening day.
Tuesday. live models will display
funeral gowns. And after discus
sion of the good and bad points of
new styles In burial attire for both
sexes. the convention will announce
what fashion DEGREES the deceased
shall wear this season. The con-
vention will continue three days.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
Motor Policeman Hurt.

Tnrown from his motorcycle when
side-swiped by a large truck which
ne was chasing at Fifth and Frank
lin streets northwest, last evening.
Motorcycle Policeman Franz
Chainey. attached to the Second pre-
cinct station, was badly injured
about the face and body. He was
treated at the Emergency hospital.
The truck driver escaped.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
Improving Foreign Service

Progress in the effort to put the
foreign service OF the United states
on an even footing with the trained
diplomatic corps of European ma.
tions is noted by the committee on
foreign service of the National
Civil Service Reform League OF
nine ambassadors appointed by
President Harding. the report says
fve are men who had previous eN.
perience in the diplomatic service
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
Building Boom in Chicago. :

CHICAGO. Aug, 6.-Thiss Is the
biggest building year In the history
Of Chicago. Permits for the con-
struction of $127.1l2.000 worth of
residences apartment buildings.
office buildings, factories, and
other structures--have been issued
during the frst seven months Of the
year.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-07
FRENCH STAND
ADDS RIFT TO
ALLIED FARLEY

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HARDING MAY WARN
COAL AND RAIL MEN
TO END DISPUTES

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The New York herald., 1922-08-27

The Extraordinary Price Concessions offered
in this Special August Sale will POSITIVELY
The New York herald., 1922-08-27
CONVICT, FREE A YEAR
AFTER ESCAPE, CAUGHT
Burglar Identified in Street
by Former Guard.

MouNpsuLLE, w. Va. Aug. 20
Harry Milton of Chicago. convicted
burglar. was in the State penitentiary
here again to-day after he had enjoyed
one year of freedom. Sentenced to two
to ten years. Milton was a model pris-
oner. He gained the confidence Of the
officers and was made a
trusty. Last summer the ccnvjcts
staged a benefit baseball game In the
prison yard and Milton was selected to
collect admission funds at the gate.
Considerable money passed into his
hands and during heated part of the
game, Milton, with the gate receipts in
his pocket, slipped away.
Capt. A. w. Athey of the prison
guards was the man who trusted Milton
and when he was advised of the escape
he said I'll get him sooner or later
Athey resigned from the guard several
months ago to accept position in
Wheeling. Walking the streets here
late yesterday he sped Milton The
recognition was mutual and the fugitive
sped away. but Athey was not to be
outdone and he captured Milton.
The New York herald., 1922-08-27

circuiting the electricity. The vessel
was in complete darkness, but on deck
the night~was bright and clear and the
surface of the sea was smooth.
The engine crew quickly took every
Drecaution to avoid explosions. They
closed all compartments and tried every
emergency measure, TO keep the ship
afioat as long az possible. The officers
were unable to do much maneuvering
with all power gone. but they managed
during the hour before she sank to
steer driftingly toward shallower water
hoping TO beach her
Meanwhile the crew began launching
boats while awaiting telp from her
sister dreadnought. the Paris. and many
torpedo boats and other small craft
which had been asked by wireless Tor
help.
Most OF the members Of the crew kept
at their posts until the France began
settling on the shallow. rocky bottom
alongside the channel port known as
Basse Nouvelle When II was seen that
there was no hope of the vesseis re-
naming upright wireless messages were
sent out that the crew was about 10
abandon the ship and small boats ana
life RATS. which had been made ready
were quickly launched.
The crew got off safely before ihe
dreadnought slumped over on her side
and the 900 officers and men. afloat n
boats and RATS. were taken aboard by
searching vessels. The rescue. however
required several hours, and at noon to-
day it was announced that fifteen mem.
bers of the crew were missing. Twelve
of these were found later, and a ffna
roll call showed that only three were
lost
The France and the Paris were the
second pair OF dreadnoughts of the
same type, built in 1872. Their sister
ships. the Jean Bart. which success
fully resisted an Australian torpedo dur.
ing the war, and the Courbet were com
pleted a year earlier. These four have
been considered the backbone Of the
French navy.
The New York herald., 1922-08-27

various tables during the hours OF play,
which are from eight o'clock in the eve
ming until ten in the morning.
There Is scattering representation
of foreigners, but those who spend the
night at baccaret. roulette and other
games where the minimum play ranges
from ten million to one hundred million
rubles are mostly Moscovites. Millions
OF iubles change hands on each deal at
baccarat.
Most of the profit taken by the house
goes to the government in taxes or
famine benefits. The house draw OF five
per cent. is reported on one night to
have totaled more than fifty billion
rubles, indicating that the play reached
one trillion rubles. or the equivalent OF
$4,000.
Well dressed men ana women rub ell
bows with the unshaven and poorly
sarbed at tables where the croupiers
speak French and money changers &C.
cept gold and foreign currency. Casinos
The New York herald., 1922-08-27

rather bored by the presentation OF NJ
Poincare. whom he thought argumenta-
tive and dry. The French Premier.
after making his exposition on amy inn
portant feature of the French plan, lis
tened on several occasions with some
surprise to a reply which usually evaded
his reasoning. He would then go care
fully over the whole subject again. APP
pearing to think that the English Pre-
mier had failed 10 understand the nature
OF his argument.
Mr.. Lloyd George would again go off
the subject, developing what seemed to
him TO be the larger political consider
ations. M. Poincare would patiently
bring him back TO the particular matter
under discussion. The latter would
trace again all the outlines of his own
logical structure. The consequence was
that the French Premier. according to
the members of his encourage. formed
the impression that Mr.. Lloyd George
was erratic and that his mind quickly
The New York herald., 1922-08-27
BATTLESH|P FRANCE
CAPSIZES ON ROCKS
Currents Sweep Pride of
French Navy OH Hidden
Ledge in Darkness.
THREE SAILORS LOST
Majority of Crew of 900
Have Time to Escape in
Boats and Rats.
SINKS IN IS FEET
SINKS IN Is FEET
Lies on Botto moi Sea Off
Brittany Coast and Is
Total Wreck.

L'ORIENT, France, Aug. 26 (Asso-
ciated Press) 1.-The battleship France,
$4,000 tons, one of the prides of the
French navy. struck a rock off Quibc-
ron Bay in the darkness of early morn
ing to-day and went to the bottom in
seventy-five feet of water.
All but three of the 900 officers and
men of the crew were rescued from
RATS and lifeboats launched from the
battleship before she took her final
plunge.
The warship, which was one of four
battleships of the first line. was re-
turning from night maneuvers to Port
Haliguen, when at o'clock this morn
Ing she ran on hidden rock lying
twenty-five feet below the surface. A
great cash was torn in the steel hull
She remained afloat an hour, giving
the crew time to escape in boats. Then
the vessel slowly settled, turned on her
side, and went down. She lies on the
bottom and is considered a total wreck.
The work occurred in the tortuous
waters of Quiberon Bay. about twenty
miles southeast of here on the Brittany
coast. The swift currents abounding
there are supposed to have swept the
warship slightly from her course The
detection was sufficient, however, to
carry her squarely and head on over the
pointed rock. known and charted but
concealed beneath the water. The mo-
mentum of the huge ship drove her for
n rd cn1t d1ry n
at first to dislodge her with the help
OF a side current which was travelling
twelve knots. But this soon proved to be
impossible. as the warship was pinned
solidly on the rock which projected into
her hold.
The water rushed into the hold i'm
Hediately flooding the boilers and short
The New York herald., 1922-08-27

between the two Governments chiefs In
London. The effects of their tempera-
nents still. continue. TO the embarrass-
ment Of both Governments.
Premier Poincare is understood to
have found the British Prime Minister
lacking in the logical grasp of the Ger
man situation in the French sense !;
namely, that of having reasoned con-
ception built up with great care upon
what the French regarded as facts.
Mr. Lloyd George was found to make
his points with dramatic force and brill
liant expressions ana with his. radiatine
and powerful personality. All these
qualities of the British Premier found
M Poincare cold. The latter's thesis was
harmoniously constructed and constituted
brief in which every point rested upon
an official study of the conditions in Ger
many. Every conclusion was the result
OF a profound examination on the spot
by experts.
The British Prime Minister appeared
The New York herald., 1922-08-27
tired in the examination OF a single

tired in the examination of a single
subject
1t also was the opinion OF the French
Premier according TO those close to him,
that once the British Prime Minister
had reached a definite judgment by his
own intuitive processes, he did not make
any effort to explain the reasoning and
the facts upon which he arrived at his
decision. The negotiations were carried
on with extreme courtesy, but IN an
outside conversation. Mr.. Lloyd George
is credited with having exclaimed, "Oh.
how dull r.
The New York herald., 1922-08-27
AMERICAN RELIEF FUND
FOR RUSSIAN REFUGEES
League of Nations Has Money
to EUacuofe Stomboul.

GENEVA. Aug. 26 (Associated Press).
The League of Nations has formally
accepted the American Relief Adminis-
tration's offer to feed Russian refugees
in Constantinople for four months and
to contribute $4,000 toward their evacu-
alton upon the condition that the league
raised $4,000 for evacuation expenses.
The league has now raised this amount
of money. which will he handled by q
commission at Constantinople.
The New York herald., 1922-08-27
Girls Hose

Misses fine Isle rib hose. Full
fashioned. Black only.
Sizes u to 81 Csc
Sizes 9 to 10 I5c
Girls heavy and light weight
wide rib hose. Turnover tops.
In black, cordovan and Russian calf.
Also with two-tone turnover tops.
Sizes "a to 81 SOC
MAIN FLOOR.
The New York herald., 1922-08-27
LLOYD GEORGE COLD
TO POINCARE'S LOGIC
French Premier Reiterates
Country's View Of German
Reparations.

PARIS, Aug. 26 tAssociated Press) -
The difference in temperament between
Premier Poincare and Prime Minister
Lloyd George appears to have consider
ably influenced the recent negotiations
The New York herald., 1922-08-27

MOSCOW GAMBLING
RIVALS MONTE CARLO

Moscow, Aug. 26 (Associated Press).
"A gambling casino rivalling the Monte
Carlo casino has been opened in Moscow
Crowds are continually milling about the