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The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
ATLANTA TRAIN
TWO HOURSLATE
Several Hundred Mechanics
And Shop Workers Pass
Through Capital.

Despite the statement made by
the stationmaster at Union Station
last night that our trains are run
ming just as they were before the
strike" numerous trains were late
coming into the Terminal last night.
The Southern train from Atlanta
due at II p. m. was two hours late.
The speedy Memphis Special" due
at 1880 a. m. pulled in at 2:55 a. m.
The Charlotte local was nearly
three hours behind time.
The Seaboard Air Line train from
jacksonville due at $50 was nifty
minutes late.
Running on Baltimore and Ohio
tracks. a train from Cumberland.
due at $40 p. m. arrived at 1920
p. m. The Wheeling and Pittsburgh
train was fifteen minutes late.
Several hundred mechanics and
other shop workers last night
passed through Washington on
their way to Chesapeake and Ohio
railway roundhouses.
Lieut.. NJ. X. sterner. of the Ter
minal special police. last night re-
ported that everything Is excep-
tionally quiet"
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
NEGRO IS ARRESTED
in PLATINUM THEFT
Janitor Confessed Stealing
$1,000 Worth at Bureau
OF Standards.

The theft Of nearly $1,000 wcrth
Of platinum from the Bureau OF
Standards was cleared UP yesterday
police say. in the arrest OF negro
janitor who is alleged TO have re-
moved the metal and sold il to sec.
ondhand dealers.
The accused, who gave his name
as Ernest Seagles, 81 years old. 1905
Twelfth street northwest, was ap-
pretended by Headquarters Detec-
tives Lynn and Cox as he was leav-
ing the building yesterday after
noon. Four charges of larceny from
the United States government were
placed against him and he was
locked up at the First precinct sta
tion.
Shortly after. police say. nearly
$500 worth of platinum was re-
covered at a secondhand store. Of
ficials declare Seagles admitted the
robberies.
According to police. F. c. Brown
assistant director at the bureau
was unaware Of the robberies until,
yesterday when he missed a small
quantity.
This 10 the first robbery occurring
at the bureau since 1920, when Os-
car Nauch, jr.. was arrested on the
charge OF stealing $4,000 worth OF
platinum. While waiting trial or
bond, Nauch committed suicide, po-
lice say.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
RENT BOARD AIDS
NORMALCY RETURN

The Rent Commissions back to
normalcy'' policy is doing much to
straighten out the rent question. A.
Leftwich Sinclair. chairman Of the
commission. claimed yesterday.
"A judicious determination Of prop
erty values coupled with a thorough
understanding Of the real estate situ-
alton Is aiding us in bringing rents
back to a normal basis" he said.
Recent apartment house values set
by the commission are The Holland.
SIS Vermont avenue, $4,000: the
Cambria. 1884 Euclid street. S52.bo0;
The Suffolk. 1857 Irving street north
west. s52.5o0; the Pebbleton, 1747
Church street northwest. $25.00o: the
Ashburne. 1900 Harvard street north
west. s42.5oo: the Vivans, 1923 G
street northwest. $4,000; the Nor
wood, 1343 East Capitol street, $4,000;
rhe Stanley. 1911 Harvard street
northwest. s27.5oo; the winton. 1909
Harvard street northwest. 3zS.500:
and the apartment house at 1868
Park road. $4,000.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
CHILDREN EXHIBIT
SCHOOL PRODUCTS
Hundreds Line Virginia Ave.
nue. Playground to Wit
ness Circus"

School Fairgrounds will observe
little houSekeepers' day Tuesday.
The exhibitions. In charge Of Miss
Elizabeth Nahon. will include mini
ature houses and furniture made by
school children. This day was
originally scheduled for Friday. but
fnclement weather made IL advis-
able to postpone IL.
However. Friday did see two ex-
hibitions Of real child talent and
skill. A ''circus' enlivened the vir-
einia avenue playground and a raf-
fla work display was on exhibition
At the Dennison School
The circus produced by the play
ground children had a little of
everything in Il except the animals
Miss Elma Smith managed the pro-
duction- Hundreds of spectators.
lining the grounds. saw the "three
ring" performers and marveled at
their versatile talent
The rama work exhibition and
appropriate exercises marked the
completion of the Dennison summer
school course. All the work was
produced b ythe pupils during the
six-veek term. Quite a number of
parents and friends were enter
tained at the school building.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
BURIAL SERVICES
FOR PROF. BECK

Funeral services for Prof. Roger
Crossman Peck, instructor Of science
at Mckinley Manual Training school.
Of this city. who died Tuesday at his
summer home In Hanover. Conn. were
held yesterday afternoon at the Con-
gregational Church. Hanover.
Death came after q short Illness
following an operation. Prof. Peck
was the son OF the Rev. and Mrs.
Charles H. Peck, formerly Of Han
over. now residing In Essex. Conn.
Rev. Peck is the pastor OF the Essex
Congregational Church. Of that city.
He 10 survived by his wife, three
daughters. Jean Selby. Anna Cross
man and Isabelle Peck. all Of this
city: three sisters. Edith w. Peck.
Newark High school teacher: Ellen
Peck. Of New York and Mrs. Andrew
Scarlet. Of Orange, New Jersey and a
brother. Carol w. Peck, Of Providence,
r. l.
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voting on minor amendments to the
bill.
Only two or three important ques-
tions In the bill remain to be set
tied. OF these the smouidering night
over the change in the Senate
measure from the foreign to Ameri.
can valuation in determining duties,
and a renewed attempt to jam
through the dye embargo promise
to be the most hotly contested.
Senator Oddie. of Nevada. mem
Der of the powerful tariff farm
bloc. declared sentiment in favor Of
American valuation 10 increasing
and will be subject to a severe
struggle. while Senator Freiing-
huysen. of New Jersey, announced
another effort will be made to
adopt the dye embargo, which re.
Gently was stricken out Of the bill
by q close vote.
The long battle over the tariff haa
been sensational and spectacular
Charges have repeatedly been made
that Senators. interested in certain
industries. by supporting high rates.
were voting money into their own
pockets. Resolutions demanding
Senatorial investigation Of the
votes and interests IN the wool
and sugar rates were defeated
Soldier Bonus Next.
Following vote on the measure.
the soldier bonus bill will be
brought up for action. Leaders
predicted that II would be passed
within a weeks time, despite strong
intimations from the white House
that the President would veto IL.
Though the ship subsidy, the Dyer
antI-lynching bill. the Liberia loan
bill, the capper-Tincher grain fu-
lures act. and other important
measures are on the Senate's cal.
endar, II is believed the Senate will
adjourn sine die about October 1.
when 1t is expected that the tariff
will be reported back from con.
ference.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13

said. These men sleep in sepa-
rate cells above the once. which
we call 'rooms' They are cells,
however. and were formerly used
Tor the women prisoners In the
jail.
As far as I know. he has not
left the jail grounds. He may
have gone to court Wednesday and
Thursday. Whenever a prisoner
II allowed to leave for any reason.
he Us accompanied by . guard,
usually In plain clothes. and ]
know this rule has not been
broken.
Ordinarily the only way 4 pris-
oner can get out even for a short
time Is when he 10 detailed TO
chauffeur duty. and Mearns has
not been given that duty.
Foster. the former superintend-
ent. may have taken him out sew
eral years ago. but ! don't know
about that"
Rumors that Mearns and others
were given special privileges have
been rife about the courthouse in
connection with Mearns' plea for
release. He Is held for failure
to pay the courts award to George
z. Sullivan, receiver Of the Inter-
national Sales Corporation. Of
which Mearns was once president
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
ARREST OF COUPLE
RECALLS MYSTERY
Montreal Police Hope to Solve
Abduction Of Theater
Magnate.

MONTREAL. Aug. ~. - With q
man and woman under arrest. po-
lice today hoped to solve the mys-
terry of the disappearance Of Am.
brose Small. Toronto theatrical
magnate. who disappeared several
years ago. just after disposing OF
his holdings for 81. 10000 The the
ory is that he was abducted while
he had a vast sum in cash and
bonds on his person.
According to Chief of Detectives
La Page. Max Phillips. alias Her
bert King. has been taken into Gus.
tody at Perce. Quebec. by Detective
Mitchell. A woman. said to be a
former companion Of Phillips. Is
also under arrest.
Detective Mitchell. who caused
the arrest of John Doughty. Smalrs
secretary now serving a term in
jail for having In his possession
some bonds that belonged to his
employer. has trailed the man and
woman since last spring, It was
said.
BOSTON. Aug. 12.-It was re-
ported here tonight that Detective
Mitchell. of Toronto. who has
sought Ambrose Small. missing the
atrical magnate, for several years
is on his way here to probe a clue
that Small is confined in an insti-
tuition here.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
Commission viii Check Up
All Coal Sales in District

The new forms on which the local
coal merchants will make their daily
report to the Public Utilities Commits
sion were delivered yesterday.
Among the facts the commission ex-
poets TO obtain through these forms
are the following: Record Of sale Of
each ton of coal. whether soft or
hard. the price charged. the name Of
the consumer. the point Of delivery.
the amount of coal on hand with the
dealer each day. the amount Of re-
served for prepaid consumers. the
amount reserved for priority orders.
the amount received during the day.
total amount available for immediate
delivery. and the total days deliveries.
By the use Of this information the
commission expects to be able to
direct the distribution Of the ship
ments as they arrive IN Washington
and TO check up on any attempts to
overchange the consumers. according
to District officials.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
OFFICERS WIDOW
DIES SUDDENLY

Stricken suddenly with heart at
tack while visiting relatives at the
Cairo Apartments. last night. Mrs.
Julia ~. Fletcher. So years old,
widow OF Lieut.. A. H. Fletcher, u.
s. N. living at the Clifton Apart
ments, died before medical atten-
tion could be summoned. Coroner
hewitt 10 investigating.
Mrs. Fletcher. who before her
marriage was Miss Julia wo1s-
worth. was . member of one of the
oldest washington families. She
Is survived By two sons. Robert
Fletcher. 1900 Second street north
east. and Arthur Fletcher, Of Bal
timore. ana two daughters. Miss
Florence Flstcher. OF the clifton
Apartments, and Mrs. A. D. Rust,
Of Lanham, Md.
No arrangements have been made
for the funeral.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
MERCHANDISE FAIR
PROVING SUCCESS

The National Merchandise Fair.
which opened this week In New
York under auspices Of the Ma
tional Retail Dry Goods Associa-
tion and the National Retail Gar
ment Association. Is proving . sue
cess. according to Charles J. CO.
lumbus. secretary of the Merchants
and Manufacturer Association.
The Grand Central Palace and the
Seventy-first Regiment Armory are
being used to house the exhibits.
1t 10 believed that this fair will be
an annual event and Mr.. Columbus
will recommend to his organization
that . bid be put in to stage the
1898 fair in washing gton.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
EDITH MCCORMICK
TO WE'D AUSTRIAN
YOUTH, REPORT
Muriel Practically Or
phan In Maze of For.
eign Alliances.

CHICAGO. Aug. l2.-Positive as
sertions were published In q sensa-
tionai paper here to the effect that
Mrs. Edith Rockefeller Mccormick.
divorced wife OF Harold =. Mccor-
mick. who yesterday married Gamma
waiska. would. - February. be-
come the bride Of Edward Rrenn.
young Austrian architect. whom
she brought over to superintsnd
the construction Of q great open air
geological garden she is donating 20
the city. Krenn 10 but rs years old.
very much her Junior. There is
about the same discrepancy in their
ages as that between her daughter.
Mathilde. and Max Oser. the elderly
Swiss she intends 20 wed.
Questioned as 20 the truth Of the
story. Mrs. Mccormick instructed
her secretary to announce that she
would not discuss the matter.
Krenn also refused 20 sfirm or
deny the rumor. During the last
seven months they have been much
together and Krenn has paid her
marked attention.
The one solitary figure in the en-
tire kalieooscopic mare Of divorces
and international marriages appears
20 be the daughter. Muriel When
her father and mother were d.
vorced she sided with her father.
But his marriage to Gamma wslsks
was a hard blow. as she does not
rejoice In the much-married Polish
singer as a foster-mother. She also
is opposed to the marrtsEe OF her
sister Mathilde 20 Max Oser.
Now, with her father married TO
a Pole, her sister betrothed TO
Swiss and her mother reported en-
saeed to an Austrian. huriel is
practically an orphan" and very
much out In the cold.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13

---N@ sN'.. ~ 'Ss
pose of the pariey is said to have
bean due to fears among some Of
the operators that the courts might
regard the coal peace conference a.
being In violation OF the interstate
commerce law.
I. ofne1als of the conference declare
that operators representing about
lee. zee 900 tons Of output In the
outlying districts are in Cleveland
ready to 60 along with whatever
settiement Is reached They list
50. .0oe. 900 tons from Central Penn
ryivanis. 25.eeo.o0o tons from
Northern West Virginia. 1<.00o.0o0
from the Kanawha field, 100000
from Maryland and 100000 from
Michigan. Added to the 4o.oeo.ooo
tons In the conference It makes .
total of 14o.oo0.oeo tons. which 10
said to be ready to jump into op-
GRAFTON as soon as terms are
reached.
It In figured at about 100000
tons . week. As fast as this out
put Is opened up. the union theory
is that producers on the outside
will start UP on the same basis
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
WOMAN DENIES SHE
LOOTED DEAD MAIL

The bread winner for the family Of
dependent sister. Miss Agnes Lee
Page. 1906 Seventeenth street north
west. appeared before Commissioner
Hit to deny charges Of Postofice
Inspector A. B. Hulse that she had
feloniously removed money from the
mails.
Miss Page. a clerk in the Dead
Letter Division of the Post ONCE 10
assigned the opening Of dead mail"
Denying that she appropriated to her
own use currency taken from the let
tiers, Miss Page waived hearing and
Furnished $500 bond. James B. Archer
appeared as her attorney.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
Boiler Neglect Endangers
Thousands, Declares Shea

CLEVELAND. Aug. 12.-Seventy
thousand giant locomotives totter on
the verge OF destruction. daily i'm
perilling thousands OF lives. Timothy
Shea. acting president OF the Broth
erhood OF Locomotive Fireren and
Enginemen. charged tonight
Neglect Of locomotive boilers be-
cause Of the shop mems strike more
than a month ago has caused q de-
terioration Of engines that IL certain
to result in annihiiating explosions
said Shea.
Thousands Of brotherhood members
in railroad centers Of the South and
West. in response to Shea's warning.
threatened to walk out. D. B. Robert
son. president OF the fremen. has is
sued authority for men to leave their
jobs IL conditions Of equipment made
operations Of trains unsafe.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
Thieves Trick Dog
With Sweetrneats
Lock Airedale In Room and
Ransack House Of $1,000
In Jewelry.

Armed with sweetmeats instead
os guns. thieves tricked the large
atredale dog OF Carl r. Jorss.
275s Macomb street northwest, into
submission. locked him IN the
bathroom ransacked the house and
escaped with Jewelry worth ap-
proximateIy $4,000 in q daylight
robbery yesterday.
The robbery occurred some time
between II o'clock and { O'Clock
yesterday. when the house was
deserted. Clothing was strewn
around the house but none was
taken. and no money was stolen.
according TO police.
The 3ewelr- included valuable
diamond rings. lavaliers and neck
laces.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
100 Utah Firemen Return
To Work After Compromise

OGDEN. Utah. Aug. 1.-THE FIRST
break In the tie-up OF trans-con-
tinental lines by Big Four" train
men came tonight when over 100
Southern Pacific and Union Pacific
nremen IN this district announced
they would return TO work.
Local authorities reached q COM
promise with the hremen on the
matter of armed guards in the
yards and assured the hremen they
would make every effort TO with
draw faulty equipment. II was de-
clared.
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nois Central and Frisco systems
here tonight.
approximately sixty switchmen n
and hostiers. asserting they were
being harassed by armed ruards,
suspended work in the Southern
Railroad yards at Meridian. Miss.
A telegram from George Coup
land. of Pasadena. Cal. a passenger.
said 500 passengers were stranded
at Seligman. Ariz.
"A great many women and chill
dren are suffering" the message
said.
The fourth trsnscontinen ntal rail-
way line from California was re-
ported cut today by a strike OF Are
men OF the Union Pacinc ON the
Las Vegas. New. division.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
Veterans to Hold Fete.

Two beauty contests. open air dsnc-
ing and other attractions viii feature
the Allied vetersnr Carnival under
the auspices OF cissell Saxon Post.
Veterans Of Foreign Wars. and Vim
cent B. Costello Post. American
Lerion. on the grounds Of former Sen
ator Blair Lee. Georgia avenue and
the District line. beginning tomorrow
ana ending next Saturday.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
L. and N. Trainmen Ask
To Resign Their Jobs

CLEVELAND. Aug. l2.-ReQuests
for authority to quit their jobs were
received from hremen and enginemen
Of the Louisville and Nashville Rail-
road at Latonia. KY. by Brotherhood
headquarters here tonight.
The Louisville and Nashville mem
bers charged they had been hred on
by railroad guards.
Timothy Shea. acting president Of
the Brotherhood informed them a
vice president would be rushed 70
Latonia TO iron out their troubles.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
u. S. RELIEF CORPS
LEAVES AUSTRIA

VIENNA. Aug. 1.-THE American
Relief Administration today with
drew from Austria. according to an
announcement by the government,
hut gave a donation which assures
the feeding of 10000 children for
two years and the maintaining OF
a table for university professors and
students. The Austrian government
IL continuing the work under the
name of the American-Austrian re-
lief work for children.
n The government in a .retrospec-
Give summing up of American re-
hef, states that s14.ooo.ooo was
spent for feeding Austrian children.
The number of children fed reached
3s2,ood on June 81.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
BOOZE NOT DEAD
20 e YET, SAYS CAPPER

, The booze business IL not yet
dead" Senator Arthur capper. long
q dry leader. warned in a Significant
statement last night
i The Senator looked with concern
on movements throughout the coun-
try to restore light wines and beer.
1--WE must keep up the fight, until
the pendulum swings back to strict
iy bone-dry prohibition. which It 10
certain to do" Senator capper said.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
rgRsE 10 APPEAR
IIEsDAY In REPLY
KnlDICTMENT
Fires Peyton Gordon of
His Return From
Poland.
VOW IN NEW YORK
Vas Charged With Conspir-
|acy 10 Defraud Government
In Surplus Materials Sale.

Ernest C Morse. former director
bf sales of the War Department.
md one Of the ten men indicted on
July is by the war frauds grand
3ury on charges of conspiracy to
hefraud the U. S. government in
connection with the purchase and
bale of surplus war materials. last
hight notified District Attorney
Peyton Gordon that he would ap-
bear in Washington Tuesday to
hnswer the Indictment brought
against him.
The telegram was sent by Morse
Ialpediately after his return from
Poland. where he has been gagged
IN Business for the Foreign Export
corpor alton OF New York. The tel
egram reads as follows:
Morse's Telegram.
i arr: ved from Poland on Maui
retania today to answer charges
against me VIII be at your ONCE
1t 10 o'clC tx Tuesday morning un-
1ess you riake other arrangements.
was advis d oy cable July 81 Of
Immediately concluded
business and returned"
Morse now is at his home in
Larchmont.. y. Y.
Before becoming director of sales.
Morse was assistant to c. Willis
Hare. the director. Previous to this
service. p was vice president OF
the westinghouse Company. He is
known as an expert electrical engi-
|neer.
w Takes Charge Of Sales.
Following the war. when Hare
went q London with Assistant Sec
retary of War Crowen to handle
the sale of surplus war materials
In England, France and Italy, Morse
took charge Of sales in this coun-
try. Following Hare's illness In
England and subsequent resigna-
ton. Morse was appointed TO the
vacancy
The position of director of sales
put the disposal OF approximately
81. 500 900 600. worth Of surplus ma
terials in his hands. The program
OF sales perfected by Morse was in
dorsed by almost every government
Official.
-lt Receivers a. Per Cent.
Authentic figures show that he
recovered approximately SO per cent
of the original cost of the items
sold. The English recovery for
sales has been set at 47 per cent.
Morse resigned to accept con-
nection with the Foreign Export
Corporation. Of New York. after
putting the liquidation program
into such shape that the work
could be continued without his per-
sonal supervision
The indictments against Morse
are two and in both cases the BOND
was set at $4,000 with Milton 5.
Kronhein as surety.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
SELECTS JUDGES
FOR FAIR EXHIBITS

ROCKVILLE. Nd. Aug. l2-Mrs
]. Somerville Dawson. OF Rockville.
who will have charge OF the women's
section at the annual fair here August
p %. "a and :s. has announced that
the following will Judge the exhibits
in her department
Flowers-z. d. Blackstone. Of
Washington; works OF art, Miss
Florence Doub. Of Frederick; fancy
work. Mrs. David Blskemore. OF
Warrington: culinary. Mrs. Marian c.
Bell and Miss Knight. OF Maryland
state College: antiques. Mrs. William
II. Talbot, OF Rockville.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
Cuban Mas0ns Coming
To UnUeiI Tablet

Cuban Masons. headed by Felix
V. Prevail grand secretary Of the
Grand Lodge Of Cuba, will arrive
In Washington August 20 to un-
veil q tablet to the memory Of Gen.
Galixto Garcia at the Raleigh Ho-
tel Tuesday. August %.
Announcement to this effect was
made yesterday by Horace 8. Nay.
lor. acting grand secretary Of the
District of Columbia Grand Lodge,
+. A. A. NJ Entertainment plans
for the visiting Masons will be dis.
cussed 1v the oficers OF the Grand
Lodge yDesday night at the Ma
oout< Temp1o. ss
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
NorthcIiffe's State '1Grave." |"

LONDON. Aug. 1.-THE condition
Of viscount Northeliffe 10 persist.
emily grave" his physicians an.
nounced today. He had one hours
sleep during the night.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
DEATHS.

nARREIL-on Friday. August II. is27. st
u "a. n, at Atlantic city. y. J., BEN
n JAMIN .. DARRELL. aged ~ yssrs-
4. Funeral private.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
FIVE GOVERNORS
CALLED TO CONFER
8 ON COAL STRIKE

CONSUMED FROM Page one.
The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
Sporadic Strikes
OF Rail Service
Men Spreading
Shots Exchanged a. Fiue
Bombs Are Exploded in
California Yards.

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END OF TARIFF
FIGHT IN SIGHT;
TO VOTE AUG. Is

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